a business manager. and a stickler for homework. i'm john kane running for state senate. dad says the road to a good job starts in the classroom. [ lori ] he's a great dad who sees taxes going up but schools not getting the funding they need. [ john ] so i'd put back the billion dollars corbett cut from education and make sure corporations and natural gas drillers paid their fair share. time to close the loopholes for the tax cheats. dad thinks a lot about education. i'm john kane and it's about time harrisburg did too.

a hit-and-run driver killed a man in his 60s this morning in north philadelphia. police the speeding rental honda cr-v hit the victim who was crossing the street around midnight. the impact threw the man's body into an oncoming vehicle. that driver of that car did stop to help. the honda was later found abandoned on bambry street. two men and a woman are in the hospital after they were stabbed with a machete in west philadelphia. it happened overnight in a house on the 900 block of north st. bernard street.

the three are being treated at the hospital of the university of the pennsylvania. we know that one of the men is in critical condition. meanwhile, two people are in custody. a 19-year-old allbright college student is dead and two students injured after their house caught on fire. sophomore matt rain of south river, new jersey, was visiting the house near the reading campus, according to college officials. there's no word on the condition of the other students. a brooks county fire official says four students jumped from the second floor to escape the fire, which started in the basement. well, police in montgomery county are investigating the possible electrocution death of a northtown man. it happened on trooper road in upper marion, inside valley forge national park. authorities saying the 41-year-old victim may have been attempting to steal copper wiring from the kennedy super mansion, when he was shot. now, he was discovered next to a 4100 volt electrical box.

police have not released his name. well, a wet, cool day for walkers in the susan g. komen philadelphia three-day. >> three to go! >> participants will walk 60 miles and we caught up with some of them at city and belmont avenues in montgomery county. this is day two of the marathon fund-raiser for breast cancer research. the walk finishes up with a ceremony at the navy yard tomorrow afternoon. susan g. komen has funded more than $800 million in research since it was founded in 1982. and a week-long celebration of philadelphia's immigrant community started in china town today. as part of the cultural past court to philadelphia week, tables were set up, helping people register to vote. the office of immigrant and multi-cultural affairs says its mission is to get immigrants to the polls. nbc 10 and telemundo 62 are proud sponsors of the cultural passport week. well, families scooped up

free book bags in west philadelphia today. the bags filled with school supplies were given out as part of victory christian center's annual community day. the center says it's a way to help families who are struggling financially give their kids an academic boost. well, the earth is feeling the impact of not one, but two strong solar flares that burst off the sun's surface this week. experts say these flares can effect power lines, radio transmissions, communication systems, and satellites to a small degree, but they also say it's nothing to worry about. two strong solar flares erupted from sun spots this past monday and wednesday. good evening. it was a soggy start to your weekend on this saturday. and we're starting to see our showers drying up and clearing up as we head into the next few hours here. we'll see plenty of sunshine on your sunday. it's still going to be well below average with temperatures

in the low 70s tomorrow and we'll stay cool, fall-like temperatures in store for us heading into next week. but a closer look at our radar. most of the rainfall is confined right along the shore near little egg harbor, stretching to the north here into stafford and isolated showers moving through atlantic city. but you can see, most of the rainfall has already pushed offshore. and as we head into the next few hours, the only spot that's going to see any type of rainfall is closer to the shore. but for philadelphia, you can see, mostly cloudy skies, the rain has stopped. temperatures at 67 degrees. so it is a cool saturday for you. our humidity is up at 87%. wind speeds out of the north-northwest at 9 miles per hour. so temperatures are down substantially from yesterday. it's 8 degrees cooler at this time yesterday. where it's about 11 degrees cooler in wilmington. we're down 9 degrees in allentown. down 10 disagrees in trenton. i'm sure you're feeling the difference. right now in the poconos, we're at 57 degrees. 63 in allentown. 61 in quakertown. temperatures, if you're heading out the door in wilmington at 64

degrees. we're at the mid-60s here in trenton, 66 at mt. holly, and closer to the shore, 68 in aval avalon. close to 70 in lewis. our temperature trend shows we are well below the average for this time of year. 80 is our average. we're technical tli stily still summer, but as we head into your weekend, we'll stay in the low 70s, and as we push into next week, we'll stay below average in the 70s again. our showers will clear up, still dealing with light rain, by 7:00, closer to atlantic city, stretching into tom's river. by 8:00, most of the rainfall should be offshore. by 9:00, definitely offshore, and you'll even notice all the clouds clearing into our overnight hours, pushing into tomorrow. so we'll have drier air coming in from the north. we'll be drying out, clearing up, plenty of sunshine as we head into your sunday, which will be nice. but our temperatures will stay pretty much the same as what we saw today, in the low 70s and below average. as we head into tonight, our rain is going to taper, cloudy skies expected, cool conditions settling in. we'll drop all the way down to 54 degrees in philadelphia, down

to 56 for our suburbs to the north and west. and as we head into sunday, a sunday beauty for you. sunny skies and mild conditions, temperatures range between 70 and 73 degrees. seven-day forecast shows 72 as we head into your sunday. nice day for a phillies' game. and as we push into monday, we'll see sun turning to cloudy skies and temperatures still in the mid-70s. 75 degrees with showers expected on tuesday. and then we'll stay in the low 70s, even towards the end of your workweek, pushing into the weekend. >> brittiney, thank you. we'll hear from jimmy rollins on when he expects to be back. and how will jimmy fowles of the eagles prepare for what's going to be a noisy environment in indianapolis tomorrow night. that is next.

hey, i'm john clark. good news. flyers chairman ed snyder says he is cancer free. he announced today at rookie camp the cancer has been gone since last month. he received chemotherapy and radiation earlier this year. the chairman says the decision to bring in ilya brizgalef was a horrible mistake and he says he's been a little too anxious to win another cup. he says he is not more patient than he used to be, but the gm and he's the boss. first pre-season game is october 22 nt. october the 28th, they open at boston. home opener the following night against the devils. eagles and colts monday night. the colts lost their first game to peyton manning and the broncos in denver. so the team and their fans will be ready in their home opener.

nick fowles and the birds revamp offensive line, will have to deal with the noise in lucas oil stadium, which is a dome, so the noise gets trapped inside. nick talked about dealing with the noise and trying to run that up-tempo offense. >> we have loud noise here at practice that we try to simulate what it's going to be lake in a game, and obviously you can't, but you overcommunicate and go out there and zone everything out and play the game of football. >> andrew luck went head to head in college. fowles at arizona and luck at stanford. he was asked if he feels pressure to sustain long drives to keep the birds' temple offense off the field. >> obviously, i think we're doing a lot of respect for what their offense can do, but as a an offense, every week we're trying to go out there and score points, but making good long drives error free. >> it's a new day in the big 10.

penn state and rutgers will meet tonight in north jersey, the first meeting of the team since rutgers joined the team this season. it's penn state's first game on rutgers campus in 59 years. but head coach jim franklin says, their focus doesn't change. >> we are just as motivated this game as we were for akron. we're just as motivated this game as we were for central florida. our approach will not change. >> phillies jimmy rollins will miss his fifth straight game with a hamstring sprain. the phillies will be in oakland, jimmy's hometown and today jimmy updates his status. >> went aggressive on it for the first three days. yesterday took a day off, because i was just bruised and beat up, and now we're getting back in it today, and it's really a day to day thing. you know, nothing serious, but hamstrings, you just never know when you can do something, you know, crazy. so until i'm 100% ready to get on the field, take some ground

balls and things, i'll be watching. >> last night, the phils with their fifth walk off home run of the sb. and three of them have been against the marlins. that is cody arby's first career walk off hormomer. kyle kendrick on the mound tonight. the red bulls at ppb park. andrew wanger finds the goal. 2-1, new york. the game ends in a 2-2 tie. the union still in the playoff chase. next for the union, the u.s. open cup championship against seattle. it's the oldest competition in the u.s., date back 100 years. you can see it on the comcast network tuesday at 7:30. you can vote for the high school blitz game of the week next friday. your choices, delsea at camden, george washington at northeast, or archbishop wood versus west catholic. you can call or text your one-time vote to 610-624-4111.

the game with the most votes is featured on the high school blitz every saturday night. you can see it here tonight on nbc 10 at 7:00. and how about this in the tour championship. rory macelroy. the ball ricochets off a tree, rory and the man in the crowd have a good laugh about it. i wonder who's exactly going to be reaching into that guy's pocket to get it. i don't think rory mcelroy is. he doesn't have it in the back pocket just yet. sorry for the pun. >> i thought that was pretty good. >> that was pretty good. >> not too bad, john clark. >> we're actually going to have some nice weather tomorrow, moving in. >> great weather. this is the winner of the weekend, sunday. plenty of sunshine, 72 degrees, and we stay in the mid-70s, even heading into next week. >> that's nbc 10 news for now. for all of us here, i'm denise n nah kato and i'll see you

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from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening everyone. just before coming on the air tonight we've received word that a british hostage has apparently been murdered execution style by his isis captors in another videotape beheading. the video surfaced on the internet late today showing what appears to be 44-year-old aid worker david hans leading a statement. it's not been published by british or american authorities. it appeared on the internet just

day after his family issued a public plea to his captors. nbc's kristen welker is monitoring this new development and joins us from the white house. >> reporter: lester, nbc news has learned tonight of a videotape released by the official media wing of isis purportedly showing the beheading of british hostage david hanes, as you said, 44 been held captive since 2013 when it is believed he was taken from the turkish/syrian border. the white house has not commented. this comes hours after his family released a statement appealing to his captors. the statement reads in part, we are the family of david hanes. we have sent messages to you of which we have not received a reply. we are asking those holding david for response. isis is responsible for killing james foley and steven sotloff. the obama administration has embarked on what the white house spokesman is calling a war against isis. the u.s. has launched about 160 air strikes against isis targets

in iraq and is expected syria will be next. the terrorist group is headquartered in that country. the administration has been working to build an international coalition to defeat the group. secretary kerry crisscrossing the middle east to get arab allies on board. it is unlikely they will commit their armies. president obama continues to insist no u.s. boots on the ground. this latest incident could heighten the international outrage over this group. lester. >> all right, kristen, thanks. for more on this breaking news let's turn to nbc's richard engel. he's on the ground in iraq tonight. richard, why would isis put out this awful video at a time when the u.s. is putting together a coalition to attack them? it almost seems like they're baiting the west here. >> reporter: well, i think the isis group has two objectives in this. one, this is a warning to arab nations to neighboring countries not to get involved, especially turkey. turkey has many of its diplomats who are being held hostage by

isis. and it is a message to turkey saying if turkey joins this coalition, this is going to happen to its diplomats. but there is also message to the united states to great britain egging on a fight while isis believes that it can survive american air strikes, that there is no real ground force to push isis away. and it believes that if american air strikes come, the group will gain a tremendous amount of prestige. remember just a few months ago this was a not very well-known group. it controlled some territory in syria. now it has become a popular terrorist franchise around the world. even eclipsing al qaeda. if you look online, a few years ago all the want-to-be terrorist groups, all the aspiring groups associated themselves with al qaeda. now all the franchises want to be just like isis. >> richard engel on the ground for us in iraq tonight. thanks. for more on how the administration plans to attack the threat of isis, let's bring

in chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press." chuck, i know it's early, but this murder of david hanes doesn't make the president's job easier in trying to form this coalition to go after isis? >> certainly, look, it was the american beheadings that galvanized the country over the last ten days and why the country is essentially backing some sort of strikes against isis to take on isis. so as far as the political dynamics in washington, they've already been there, the public's there, congress is there. the question is -- and that's the -- what richard just brought up, so far secretary kerry has had a very hard time finding coalition members that will actually contribute combat troops. you cannot defeat isis in syria without combat troops. the u.s. does not want it to be theirs. and if you don't have turkey, if you don't have saudi arabia, if you don't have jordan committing to those combat troops, then you're not going to succeed against isis. i think that seems to be the big challenge for the administration

even as the threat of isis clearly is now more and more public all the time. >> all right. chuck, thanks very much. i know you're working on your program. we'll have much more on this topic tomorrow morning on "meet the press". when we come back, tonight's other major news, a scandal, a se ♪ [music] defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. easily absorbed calcium plus d. beauty is bone deep.

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scandal for the league after its admitted mishandling of the ray rice case. nbc's peter alexander has developments on both those fronts for us tonight. >> reporter: hailed as one of the best running backs in nfl history, adrian peterson turned himself in texas this morning charged with injury to a child, reckless and criminal neglect. he's accused of abusing his 4-year-old son by hitting him with a small wooden switch, a small tree branch. >> we take all allegations of abuse against children very seriously. >> reporter: in a statement peterson's attorney quickly downplayed the charge calling the 29-year-old a loving father, adding he used the same kind of discipline with his child as he experienced as a child in east texas. he never intended to harm his son and deeply regrets the unintentional injury. peterson posted $15,000 bond and was released. but his team, the minnesota vikings, benched him for tomorrow's game. his image still prominently displayed on the ticket. >> i would argue that there's no

time in the history of the nfl where this information coming out would be worse for adrian peterson than this week. >> reporter: today, ray rice was welcomed back to the sidelines at a high school football game in new rochelle, new york, his alma mater. his arm wrapped around his wife. their 2-year-old daughter raven named for his former baltimore team in tow. >> ray, is there anything you want to say to your fans? >> huh? >> reporter: no comment. it's the couple's first public appearance since the tmz sports video showing rice hitting his then-fiancee valentine's day weekends. rice's former coach offered unwavering support. >> the mistake he made will be erased by the good deeds he will continue to do and because of the good deeds that he has done. new rochelle high school will always be ray rice's home. >> reporter: scrutiny of the nfl's handling of the domestic violence case has exploded. and the controversy isn't going away with the carolina panthers

greg hardy expected to play tomorrow despite his conviction in july for assaulting and threatening to kill his girlfriend. >> some girl is getting her -- beat upstairs. and i heard it. and i seen it. he is beating her -- right now. so get here now. >> reporter: hardy's appealing the conviction. >> it was a mind blowingly terrible week for the nfl. and it had nothing to do with the football. >> reporter: 42 nfl players have been arrested for domestic violence in the last eight years. that's according to usa today. three quarters of them faced no disciplinary action, just a handful were cut by their teams. that is the backdrop for the nfl, lester, heading into another full slate of games tomorrow. >> peter alexander tonight, thanks. now to an update on the severe respiratory virus striking mainly children in more and more parts of the country, 16 states including some in the northeast are now investigating suspected cases of those the cdc confirmed the virus in six states. more than 1,000 kids have

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treat tonight. that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. ♪

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