What mailin voting might look like in the covid era with so much on the line, we did an experiment to see if every vote really will be counted. And name game. First on cbs this morning, well talk to the head coach of the nfl franchise now called the Washington Football Team. Say what . But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I looked at my team and i said, the timing for this event is not right with whats happened recently. The flare up in florida. The planned celebration for President Trump to accept his nomination in jacksonville, florida, is now off. The announcement comes as covid19 cases in the u. S. Surpass 4 million. Its impossible really to stop the virus. And even when we try to do our best, even when weve locked everything down, it still leads to a mountain of dead people. Alexandria ocasiocortez criticized republican congressman ted yoho on the house floor after the two lawmakers had a verbal confrontation. Representative yoho called me, and i quote
Smartphone. Download the nbc 10 app. We have posted a list of fireworks and other weekend events. Lets get a look at the roads with people headed to their Holiday Weekend destinations. Looks pretty good from the network of traffic cameras. A look at route 42 at the Atlantic City expressway in gloucester county. These roads will get quite a workout this weekend. It does look like this would be a good time to head out there. Lot of drivers headed of course to the shore. Nbc 10 Jersey Shore Bureau reporter Ted Greenberg is live in wildwood. Maybe you will be tempted to get on the ferris wheel or the roller coaster, whatever tempts you. Reporter ferris wheel, yes. That roller coaster, no. Because it goes upside down. I dont do those kinds of rides anymore. Not in about 25 years. Take a look behind me. I think more people have shown up here on the boardwalk since we last talked with you at 4 30. We have something really cool today. It is a remote controlled aerial news camera we are showing
Tomorrow will be even better. Theres a live look outside right now. Light shower activity, heres what it looks like. Heavier in the poconos and the Lehigh Valley. Along the shore in Atlantic City were seeing light rainfall. Into the rest of the morning hours, were continuing with this trend. Its coming up from the west of us. We have one batch, youll notice that is closer here to moving into parts of the poconos. Other parts of the energy from this system are pushing off to the south of us. Clearing up into the afternoon but still maintaining a few light sprinkles throughout the day. Currently were at 67 in pottstown. 70 degrees in Atlantic City. 72 in cape may. And your poconos forecast today shows a high of 69 degrees. Only 77 in the city. And for the shore on this fourth of july the 70s with a chance of a few passing showers by the afternoon. Ill have an hourbyhour breakdown coming up. Today we celebrate our independence. Heres a live look over center city where 700,000 people more
Today. Im rosemary connors. Its 6 00 on this saturday. Happy fourth of july. Brittney shipp has the details on those changes in the forecast. Were already seeing light showers moving into parts of our area. And its going to continue into the late Morning Hours for areas like the poconos or Lehigh Valley. Theres a live look right now. It looks like an overcast or foggy start to the morning in philadelphia. If we take a closer look at temperatures, were at 62 in the poconos. 68 in northeast philly. 67 in mt. Holley. Heres where e thethe showers are. We saw a few showers in Atlantic City now dry. Widen out the picture, show you theres a little bit more moisture on the way moving up from the southwest. As we head into the rest of today, well continue with the chance of light, light showers near allentown and into the poconos. Right along the shore, looks to stay pretty dry. Well see a few showers in the area that could drift along the shoreline there. We dont want you to be caught off guar
Americas birthplace for fourth of july events. This is where the u. S. Declaration of independence and u. S. Constitution were debated and signed. It is expected to be crowded here later on. At 10 00 this morning there will be a celebration of freedom ceremony which will be followed by an independent state parade. More than 6,000 participants will march through philadelphias most historic neighborhood. Now heres a live look over center city where more than half a Million People will be partying on the ben franklin parkway for the fourth. Jesse gary is live on the parkway this morning with a preview of the block party, free concert, and fireworks. Its going to be busy there today, jesse. Reporter it already is busy and look how things have changed. Look what im not wearing. Sleeves are up. Look whats out right there. I dont want to jinx anything so im not going to say anything more than that. Things have definitely changed. Ill move out of the way and you can see how busy it is behind m