October is beginning and pretty much the way september ended. Gray and cool out. A live look outside Philadelphia International airport. There are damp spots on the runway this morning. You wont see much sunshine today. Lets check the weekend forecast from meteorologist krystal klei. Hi, krystal. Were all missing the sunshine. It has been gray day after gray day. Today that continues because the storm system is still sitting to our west, kind of parked there which means it continues to pull that moisture up as well as the front helping with showers firing off. Heres what we have our eye on. Right now, cloudiness for us in our area. Take a look and we have an area of showers sitting just down to the southeast of us. Thats mostly going to clip the shore and stay out of our zone. Then we have a line of showers moving along. That line of showers will likely move into the area as we move late morning and afternoon. On and off showers expected in the forecast. Still currently clouds, but with that last couple days, theres potential for misty conditions. What i mean by that, we have lowhanging fog and light drizzle which means as you walk outside, doesnt feel like rain, just water in the air. Youll notice that today in spotty areas with all of that moisture hanging in our region. This has been a wet forecast. Temperatures now are mostly in the 50s. We wont warm much. We will talk about how high temperatures go later today in a few minutes. Thank you. If you have outdoor plans this weekend, have the nbc10 app to stay updated on the weather. Get the forecast specific to your neighborhood and track rain with our interactive radar. Happening today. Thousands of people are expected to pack a Memorial Service for two wilmington firefighters who were killed in the line of duty. Lieutenant Christopher Leach and jerry fickes died saturday in a row home fire. Monique braxton is live in wilmington with details about the service. Monique . Reporter hi, ted. Right now fire executives who are responsible for the processional are meeting outside the building, you can see them over my shoulder. We learned Vice President joe biden and dr. Jill biden will be among the mourners. The Vice President will pay tribute to two men who sacrificed their lives. You may recall biden shared condolences at the scene of the gutted row home on lakeview road one week ago. Our camera captured thousands from across the country at a Public Service for lieutenant Christopher Leach yesterday. The service for senior firefighter jerry fickes was private at the request of his family. He rushed into the burning home to rescue leach. Absolutely love firefighters. Only time you truly understand the gravity of what the men and women are willing to give up to keep us all safe. Reporter two firefighters are still recovering at the hospital. Investigators have arrested a 27yearold woman. We learned she has confessed to setting the fire to the house and told investigators she was drunk and angry. Now shes charged with first degree murder and about a dozen other related charges. Firefighters will begin arriving in a short time. We will have all of the activity outside chase center as it happens. Live in wilmington, Monique Braxton, nbc10 news. There was poignant show of support for firefighters at dover speedway. Kyle benjamin displayed the Fire Department crest on the hood of his car and won his first career win. From concert hall seats to the streets, patrons of philadelphia orchestra had to settle for an outside serenade after they went on strike opening night. The walk out came before the start of the orchestra season. All concerts for this weekend are cancelled. They put down instruments and picked up picket signs. The labor union voted to strike after salary talks with orchestra leadership struck a sour note. Years of pay cuts put their salaries well below ork stras in other cities. Patrons were in their seats when they learned the first concert had been cancelled. We kind of looked at each other, is this a joke . We have a multi year offer on the table that will cant underestimate the value of the musicians, what they bring to our city. I dont blame them for doing what they are doing, they are world renowned musicians. You can get a refund for any concert cancelled by the strike. New jersey drivers, be ready to spend more at the gas pump. Governor christie and Democratic Leaders agreed on a plan to hike gas tax by 23 cents per gallon. If you have a 20 gallon tank thats 4. 60 more every time you fill up. It is for a transportation fund. It will receive 2 billion for the next 8 years. Christie says money spent on roads will save the average driver 600 in repairs. We talked to drivers with mixed reactions to the proposal. Absolutely ridiculous, Everything Else is incredibly expensive. I live in philadelphia and come here to get my gas. For my delivery job. People make it back and forth to work. It includes several tax cuts. The sales tax would gradually drop 3 8th . Over the next two years. There will be tax credits for retiree, vets and low income workers. The proposal still needs to pass through both houses of the legislature. Now to the deadly crash of the transit train in hoboken. Federal investigators took blood and urine samples from the engineer but are holding off interviewing him because of his injuries. Theyll return to the crash site this morning. If theyre able to secure the damaged terminal, could get their first look at some of the train cars still untouched. Black box failed to download yesterday so it is not known why the train went into the station so fast thursday morning. Governor christie had this to say. No accident is acceptable so we have to get to the bottom of what happened and i promise we will. Crew members have been very cooperative and we appreciate that. Half dozen people out of more than 100 hurt in the crash are still in the hospital. One woman was killed. Her Family Planning a funeral. Some are saying they didnt act quickly enough to equip the trains with an automatic braking system. Stay with nbc10 and the app for continuing coverage of the train crash. New video of a crash on a Texas School Bus. And scary clowns have communities on edge from south jersey to new york. What some towns are now doing to keep children safe. Welcome back. Look at radar and satellite. Clouds are hanging out today throughout delaware, new jersey and into philadelphia. Spotty showers barely to the west of us with a line of heavier areas of rain near parts of washington, d. C. This morning. Thats where we are tracking the central, west parts of pennsylvania. Not a huge concern. The tail end of this line may clip us. Thats late morning into the afternoon. We will see on and off showers and some thunderstorms possible. Also seeing rain offshore this morning as well. Heres the weekend forecast. Saturday not so good. Sunday looking a little better. 69 the temperature in philadelphia. South jersey, 68, delaware in the upper 60s. On and off showers, cloudy, breezy, cool. Sunday temperatures are warming a little bit finally. 74 in the forecast in philadelphia. Low 70s in the suburbs to the Lehigh Valley. Still the possibility of more isolated showers and that continues on the shore through the delaware area as well. Mid 70s, forecast highs there at 75 degrees, both the jersey shore and south jersey through delaware. You see it on the screen in the sevenday forecast. Forecast do warm more. We will talk about that coming up. Thank you. We are 37 days away from the president ial election. Up next, the newest polling numbers in the area. Also ahead, more charges in this fight over the road between a local School Bus Driver and fedex truck. Screams from kids aboard a Texas School Bus that flipped last week. Yesterday School Officials released video of that accident near houston that injured more than a Dozen High School students and the driver. Investigators say the driver told them she swerved to avoid another vehicle and lost control. None of the injuries lifethreatening. The driver of a fedex truck faces aggravated assault after trying to force a school bus off the road near the jersey shore. According to authorities, the bus tried to pass. The School Bus Driver received a lesser charge for illegal passing. Should say that was last month. Decision 2016. Donald trump will make a Pennsylvania Campaign stop tonight just outside lancaster but it is his latest twitter rant thats getting attention. Trumps tweets attacked Hillary Clinton and former Miss Universe alicia machado. He began the tweets at 3 00 in the morning. He asked did crooked hillary help disgusting alicia m become a u. S. Citizen so she could use her in the debate . The republican nominee claimed machado had a sex tape has not been confirmed. Machado said he degraded her for gaining weight. Hillary clinton mentioned her in the debate monday night, called the tweet proof trump is unfit to be president. Who gets up at 3 00 in the morning to engage in a twitter attack . I mean his latest twitter meltdown is unhinged, even for him. During a Campaign Stop in michigan, he had more to say about his microphone in the first president ial debate. You have 100 Million People watching, what do you do, stop the show . It was bad. I wonder why it was bad. Figure that out. The commission on president ial debates said an issue with trumps audio effected the sound level in the debate hall but not on the television broadcast. Also have the results of a new poll from new jersey. Stockton university surveyed voters leaning toward one candidate or another, it found Hillary Clinton leads by six points. 46 to 40 . Ten percent plan to vote for a Third Party Candidate or nobody at all. The president ial race and next weeks Vice President ial debate top priority for discussion on nbcs meet the press. Join chuck todd tomorrow at 10 30 here on nbc10. Fall is here. Temperatures are dropping. Theres a need for coats for children. The group unity in the community is hosting a coat and uniform drive in philadelphia from noon to 4 00 p. M. At the Mamie Nichols center on south 22nd street. For more information, go to our website at nbc10. Com. Or check out the nbc10 app. And lets look at the radar and satellite, still tracking showers out there this morning. Now we have our eye on a few separate areas. We have an area of rain out to sea, that may clip parts of the shore this morning. Then a line of showers and storms is directly to our south. That will bring rain later on today, and look at this now organized area of thunderstorms. Starting to head into north carolina. Thats something we have to watch as we move late day and even into overnight, spot rain chances possible lingering from that. This is all part of the same system swirling off to the west. Its going to start to shift sunday into monday. But for today, it is another gray forecast. Not good when we already have this on the map. This is doppler estimated rainfall total. When you see red, orange, huge numbers that were looking at. Even good amounts for philadelphia and south jersey on the shore. We expected this. Called for it days before the rain moved in. Expectation, delaware hit hardest. Milford, 8 inches. Close to a foot of rain, a foot there estimated near milton borrow. This was spread over several days. Bad news, Flooding Issues in delaware, suffolk, new castle county. Looking at some red and purple, three inches near wilmington. Six in middletown, one and a half in philadelphia. Again, not the official amount but estimated amounts based on what radar picked up. Some of you may see more or less than whats on the board here so far. 2. 9 inches at sea isle city. Today, rain chances out there for philadelphia, dover, reading, Atlantic City. Still going to be on and off chances for Atlantic City, but elsewhere chances drop off to more isolated potential, and likelihood slows for monday, tuesday, wednesday. Dryer conditions and sunshine. For the for example, 69 in center city. 66 in lansdale. Cookstown, 68. Cloudy with showers expected through the afternoon and evening. Trenton, 65, ocean city up to maybe 70. And wilmington up to 68 for the forecast high today. Thank you. This weeks wednesdays child is an active boy whose smile will melt your heart. He needs a family to give him love and attention he needs to thrive. Vai sikahema introduces us to frankie. Hi, frank ee. Theres no way around it. Caring for frank ee takes a lot of energy. Cat and mouse all day. A ton. Lets go chase franky. But boy is it rewarding. Connie is one of his case workers. 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The Team Announced ben simmons has a fracture of the fifth metatarsal, the bone on the outside of the foot that connects to the little toe. It occurred yesterday morning in training camp. He was taken for xrays and mri where the fracture was discovered. They havent released a timetable for his return and havent said if he needs surgery. Tweeted this, trust the process, two praying hands emojis. They need to be patient trusting the process, the healing process. To baseball. Ryan howard back in the lineup for the phillies against the mets. Expected to play all three games and phillies expected to buy out the option year for the contract. Not a big crowd but fans in south philly giving a warm ovation to howard. First at bat doing what he does best. The wind and cold keeps it in the park. In august that would have been gone. Bangs off the toyota sign. Howard out of place, ball lands on the bag. Run scored. The fifth straight loss. Thats a look at sports. I am Danny Pommells from csn. Enjoy your saturday. 7 26. Preparing for a somber send off. Wilmington will salute two firefighters killed in the line of duty in a public memorial. The part Vice President biden will play in the service just ahead. Krystal . Breezy conditions today. Still tracking potential for rain. We will take a closer look at the first alert radar and talk about when rains finally move out of the ten day forecast. When i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord. But i spent my whole life fighting back. So you can imagine what i thought when i saw donald trump say. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember that reporter he is talking about suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. I dont want a president who makes fun of me. I want a president who inspires me, and thats not donald trump. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Remembering two fallen firefighters. Wilmington gets the chance to say goodbye to men that gave their lives trying to save others. Striking a sour note with concert goers. The philadelphia orchestra walks out before opening night. The message theyre sending to management. And showers and clouds are covering the area this saturday morning as we take a live look at the jersey shore, cape may. The nbc10 first alert forecast breaks down the timing of when this wet weather will clear out of here. Good morning. Welcome back to nbc10 news today. I am ted greenberg. It is now 7 30 on this saturday morning. Thank you so much for being with us. It is another gray morning. Take a look at Citizens Bank park in south philadelphia. You want to bring rain gear to the afternoon game against the mets. Nbc10 first alert meteorologist krystal klei is here with the weekend forecast and it is damp again, krystal. It is. After a few days, people are finally ready for no more rain. The good news is that we are on the tail end of the system, but today still looking to be cloudy and damp day. We have clouds over the area, showers hanging to the west and south, but we have thunderstorms as well that are creeping to the north. Thats something that may be effecting us late this morning into this afternoon. Then you see a large area of rain as well, mostly out to sea, could send some showers into p