To other news now. Take a look at this. A Small Plane Crash in Lehigh County this morning. Skyforce 10 over the scene where amazingly, the pilot survived and we are told was alert. The single engine experimental plane went down into the Little Lehigh creek in allentown, very close to i78 as you see on the map. The faa just released a statement saying it is investigating. They say the plane was an experimental aircraft and built from a kit. We are also hearing the pilot may be injured but was conscious as the rescue crews worked to get him out of this plane. He was the only one on board. The faa says its not clear what caused the crash. Police are turning their attention to preventing any additional problems that this accident could cause. We are concerned, you can see we still have crews on scene. We will be putting our haz mat unit, put in booms across the water and such for any fuel or fluid that leaked from the plane. We will continue to keep an eye on this plane crash situation and bring you updates on air and on our nbc 10 app. Today, eagles coach chip kelly answered the big quarterback question Everyone Wants to know about this sundays first preseason game. Will starting qb sam bradford play . Sam will not play. Thats my decision. He really wants to play. I dont think hes real happy with my decision. Bradford wont, as you heard, take the field when the eagles take on the colts sunday afternoon in their very first preseason game. You can watch it only here on nbc 10. Comcast sports nets amy fadool joins us with what that means for the birds. Chip kelly was definitive with that answer. He was. I think he was right when he said sam bradford wasnt real happy with that. Sam bradford mentioned he has practiced all during Training Camp and according to kelly the eagles are just being cautious with bradford. He has not played in nearly two years after tearing his knee ligament. Even though chip kelly hasnt named bradford officially the starter, he has taken most of the first team reps during Training Camp. Normally the First Team Quarterback plays a couple of series in the preseason opener. Chip kelly says there is plenty of time for bradford to get into preseason games. Thats the decision i had to make and i think with the training sessions with the ravens next week i think will help because we will get two real good days with them in pads and then we have the game against the ravens, then the packers. Its coachs decision. Obviously i wanted to be out there, i was preparing to be out there, but this morning he kind of sat down and explained it to me and its up to him. Ill be ready to roll next week, get out there and play against the ravens. More on bradford and the latest on running back Demarco Murrays status for sunday and also a player who will miss the entire preseason, coming up at 5 00. The players are ready to take the field sunday and so are the fans. We caught up with some eagles faithful today more than anxious to get the new season started. I know theyre going to win. I just dont know how theyre going to win. I dont know what chip kelly is on right now. You are getting quarterbacks, they have been injured for the past two years, youre trading your best players. Im really trying to see where his focus is. I will definitely watch this game. Were about to crush this. We will get a good start and go to the super bowl this season. I can feel it. Crews, meantime, getting the lincoln financial field ready to go for sundays game. Today, a time lapse view gives us a good look at the work that went into the painting and preparation. This view comes to us from the newest addition to our Sky Cam Network right inside the linc. We call it the eagles nest, sits high above the seats to give us a Crystal Clear look at the field. A live look and nbc 10 will be using this new camera as we prepare to bring you complete coverage as the official tv station of the philadelphia eagles. Its the birds and colts and their first preseason clash right here on sunday. Game time, 1 00. Our pregame coverage begins at 12 30. Just a spectacular day to be outside. You can see these men got together to enjoy the weather. Theyre playing a little domi dominoes in port richmond. The temperature is starting to creep up ahead of the next heat wave. Starting to feel a little warm. First alert meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz has a look at the forecast for us. Getting a little hotter each day. Today is the most comfortable day we will see in quite awhile. Its certainly a popular day at the wave pool at camel beach. There are loads of people there and it is nice and comfortable. 79 degrees in mt. Pocono. 86 in philadelphia. 88 in northeast philly. Toward the shore, we got into the low 80s, getting a little bit of sea breeze now. Whats going to happen here, yeah, we have another heat wave. Temperatures going up over the next several days and that may not be the end of it. This thing could continue into a good bit of next week. Bonedry out there. Theres no precipitation at all, hardly any clouds around, so were certainly starting off the weekend in a great way. Weve got nice, comfortable temperatures and humidity is low at least for tonight and tomorrow. Then its going to start going up. I will tell you more about just how hot its going to get and for how long with the sevenday in a few minutes. History was made today in cuba. For the first time in more than 50 years, the American Flag is flying over the u. S. Embassy after it was raised during a ceremony this morning. Gabe gutierrez reports. Reporter the u. S. Flag is now flying he at the u. S. Embassy in havana for the first time in 54 years. You could hear the applause as the flag was hoisted. The ceremony watched around the world. It technically reopened on july 20th, but this marks the formal reopening of the embassy attended by secretary of state john kerry. The first secretary of state to visit cuba in 70 years. He was joined in the audience by several marines that had actually taken down this flag back in 1961. Thats when the u. S. Had cut diplomatic ties with cuba. During his speech, secretary kerry alluded to the fact that several deep differences between these countries remain. Having normal relations makes it easier for us to talk, and talk can deepen understanding even when we know full well we will not see eye to eye on everything. Reporter no political dissidents were invited to the ceremony but secretary kerry is set to meet with them later in the day. He is also set to meet with c a cubas foreign minister. In his speech, the secretary says this day marks a historic change for the united states. We will look at cuba not only as enemies or rivals but neighbors. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news, havana. A new york city firefighter put his life on the line today and was shot and killed responding to an arson fire. It started when police went to arrest the man this morning on a parole violation. He apparently set fire to his home on staten island. Firefighters responded and say the man opened fire with an Assault Rifle and hit a firefighter twice. We had one fire lieutenant who was shot twice, once through the right buttocks and through the left calf. The lieutenant is in stable condition in the hospital. After a sixhour standoff, the suspect was found dead. We should make clear here, the firefighter wasnt killed but he was injured. Its not clear if the gentleman in the home was killed by police or himself. The suspect has 18 prior arrests, has been out of jail for just over a year. Two life sentences without the chance of parole. That is the punishment for a philadelphia man convicted today of killing his pregnant girlfriend. A jury convicted Aaron Fitzpatrick of first degree murder in the death of his girlfriend and also returned a third degree murder conviction for the death of her unborn child. Fitzpatrick shot and killed Tiffany Gillespie in the basement of her south philadelphia home back in february of 2012. Gillespie was five months pregnant. The life sentences were mandatory. An ocean county woman faces drunk driving charges after a crash where she had her 6yearold in the car. Toms river police say she tried kicking officers as they put her in handcuffs tuesday night. Investigators say he she crashed her jeep into a car at cedar grove road and bay area. The other driver had minor injuries. She is charged with dwi along with child neglect and resisting arrest. New information this afternoon in the investigation into Pennsylvania Attorney general kathleen kane. Kanes office says shes expected to file a request next week asking a judge to release several emails. Kane believes information in those emails could help her current legal troubles. On wednesday, kane called on Montgomery County judge William Carpenter to lift a court order so she could release the emails. She calls the emails pornographic and racially offensive. She is accusing judge carpenter of protecting friends whose names are in the emails. Kane is charged with leaking grand jury information to a newspaper, then lying about it. She blames her prosecution on efforts to conceal the names of those involved in the circulation of the pornographic emails. Kane is scheduled for a preliminary hearing august 24th. An earthquake rattled parts of Central New Jersey this morning. The u. S. Geological survey says the magnitude 2. 7 quake hit around 3 40 two miles north of bernardsville in somerset county. 78 people reported feeling it. Police say there are no reports of damage or injuries. Its almost time to help clear the shelters. Tomorrow is your chance to adopt an animal with reduced rates and bring some extra love into your home. Its a partnership between nbc 10, telemundo 62 and dozens of local Animal Shelters in our area. All week we have been telling you stories about the benefits of taking in a rescue. Today, we are looking at the adoption pitfalls facing a particular breed of dog. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live in old city with that story. You learned some big names are lending their voices to this problem. Reporter of the dozens of cats and handful of dogs up for adoption, one breed that you rarely see, if ever, pit bulls. Tomorrows clear the shelter event will find homes for many pets but often pit bulls languish. Theres a renewed effort to find them homes by setting the record straight. A lot of people are fearful of pit bulls because they feel they are so aggressive. Pit bulls have no more record on state Health Records than a labrador or golden retriever. Reporter stacy spends hours defending the reputation of pit bulls but caesar, a healthy 3yearold dog, brought in during a cruelty investigation. They have generated plenty of negative press. One website lists every attack in philadelphia from what they call a bully of a dog. We had to stop based on what they look like and trying to fit them into this box of this what is this breed is and that is what its known for because thats not true anymore. They make this breed out to be villainous when in fact, it isnt. Reporter Jennifer Utley jumped on board the p. B. Express by adopting jack in 2008. It was the year the phils not only had fights but a championship. A photo shoot brought jen and her husband in contact with jack and a small pit ball pooch joined their family. I have two young kids. I trust this dog with my kids more than i trust some people with my kids. Reporter it is firsthand accounts like that that Animal Rescue advocates hope will resonate with people, hope to help them find homes for these pit bulls. Coming up, we will take you through the process when you come in this front door and walk to this counter, what can you expect if you decide you would like to try and adopt tomorrow. Thats in the next hour. Jesse gary, nbc 10 news. We are learning a lot about the way to adopt and how to get ready. A lot of people need to know before they head out. Absolutely. Thanks, jesse. Come see us tomorrow to welcome a new friend into your family. There are shelter locations across pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. To find the one closest to you, tap on the nbc 10 news app. We have two recalls to tell you about. Volkswagen is recalling about 420,000 cars to fix a problem that could cause the airbags to fail. The recall affects several vw models including certain passats and jettas. Vw hasnt said when the fix will be available to drivers. And a potential safety defect is forcing car seat maker brittock to recall 47 models. The defect could prevent harnesses from locking. No injuries have been reported from the defect. All registered car seat owners are getting mailed a free remedy kit. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with south jerseys papal weekend parking conundrum. Tens of thousands of people are expected to travel from new jersey into center city. As you know, to see pope francis. The most direct way is to walk from camden over the ben franklin bridge and then on to the parkway. But parking in camden will be extremely limited. South Jersey Bureau reporter cydney long did some digging today to find out what options people have if they are trying to find a spot across the river. So many questions. Reporter a good exercise plan is what you should plan for. You should plan right now, not wait until the last minute. We are trying to get you the number of the freedom passes because patco will be riding visitors across the bridge for 5, for a one day pass, and 10 for that two day pass. Those are still up for grabs. We dont have a solid figure. Otherwise the option is that long walk but only for people who get to this point. A patco rail pass for the papal festivities will allow you access to park your personal car in camden. The catch . On designated drpa lots only. Even with large parking venues like this which can seat a concert crowd of 25,000, police, parking and transportation officials are not budging on the issue of private lots being up for grabs. There are not enough parking spots in camden city, in camden county, or in this region, to accommodate the people that want to go to the event. Thats a fact. Reporter this is cydney long with nbc 10. We called the Susquehanna Bank center and asked rutgers university, the Mayors Office and county freeholders if any privately owned lots will be able to offer additional pope parking. Zero. Reporter the answer, zero. Camden isnt playing hardball. It doesnt yet have a handle from the world meeting of family organizers how many of the 1100 buses will actually register and show up. Therefore, they cant calculate leftover spots. Instead, police are dead set on keeping an enormous volume of 80 to 100,000 papal visitors safe. They arent willing to absorb any more cars in town or people, for that matter, to cross the bridge. The river line will be delivering tens of thousands of people into center city so our focus will be on delivering them safely to the ben franklin bridge. Reporter some 8,000 regular Parking Spaces in camden become far fewer when you consider a giant bus will be filling this space. Folks can preregister with the world meeting of families to get those credentialed buses until the end of this month so that number will not change until early september. 77,000 folks live here in camden so police are already going to have their hands full with those people who live and the visitors who will be emerging that weekend. Im cydney long, nbc 10 news. Rutgers universitys camden campus is closing during the popes visit. Classes will be canceled starting at 4 00 p. M. On thursday, september 24th. They should be back in session starting the following monday afternoon, september 28th. But there is a chance the closure could be extended depending on how accessible the campus is by then. Cheers to the pope. A brewery at the jersey shore is releasing a limited edition beer to commemorate the papal visit to philadelphia. The Cape May Brewing Company is whipping up 500 gallons of the specialty brew called yopo or you only pope once. It will be available in late september. The company says the beer pairs with a nice cut of argentine beef. You had some of that. You like it . It was delicious. Calling in mind the popes home country. In fact, nbc 10 was the first local news station to visit the popes home of argentina. Next week we will share stories from our trip and bring you an encore showing of the peoples pope, my half hour special looking at the deep roots pope francis has in argentina. Dont miss it next tuesday, august 18th at 7 00 p. M. Right here on nbc 10. Wouldnt it be nice if the weather was like this when the pope was around that weekend. Bad weather would make for some problems. Weve got a heat wave that is on the way. Its not starting today. It will be getting hotter as we go through the weekend and the humidity is going to be creeping up as well. We are going to have a lot of dry days ahead. Like this. Look at that. Blue sky all over the place. 86 degrees, the humidity only 37 . Its five degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday so that warming trend has started. Its 86 in philadelphia now. 88 in bensalem. 85 in allentown and mt. Holly and wilmington. And at the shore, well, they had a land breeze in the morning and a sea breeze this afternoon. Theres the wind starting to come in off the ocean, not real strong but its dropped the temperature in Atlantic City marina to 78 degrees while its 83 at Atlantic City airport. We have had a lot of dry air around. That continues from the philadelphia area all the way back to chicago and beyond. So chances of rain are pretty small, as you can see. Future cast, one of our models going through the weekend, keeping High Pressure nearby. Moves offshore and generally as it moves offshore, the moisture increases. In this case, it may start coming back by the middle of next week, reinforcing the dry air and keeping the moisture back to the south and to the north. So thats why we could get an extended period of dry weather along with the heat. Now, at the shore, the jersey shore tomorrow, we will be seeing 82 degrees, then the sea breeze kicks in, may kick in a little bit sooner on sunday, actually causing the temperature to go down. That is really nice weather. Pretty nice in the poconos, too. Lit