an african problem. truth is, with the whole globalization, there's no such thing as an african problem no more. >> reporter: will fred says most travel to west africa through his travel agency had been canceled. he's glad international travelers at philadelphia international connecting through west african countries are getting this flyer about ebola symptoms but many in this community wish testing for ebola would extend to philadelphia international. not just the airports with direct flights from west africa. >> sometime we're going to make sure we don't contract the disease. >> reporter: i have to tell you, this community seems to wholly support more testing and more action from the united states. live in southwest philadelphia, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. ebola survivor dr. kent brantly has donated his blood to help the nbc news free lance journalist who's battling the virus.

when brantly found out his blood type was a match, he went to a community blood center in missouri. his donation was flown to omaha. dr. doctors hope the antibodies will boost ashoka mukpo's. teresa ramiro says she remembers touching her face with a protective glove after leaving a room. she helped treat a spanish missionary who died of ebola at the end of september. the leeing experts of infectious diseases are meeting right now at the pennsylvania convention center. christine madella has been speaking to these experts. christine, how are they addressing this outbreak? >> i just heard from a doctor from the centers for disease control and she told me this is the largest ebola outbreak in history and the first ebola epidemic the world has ever seen. now, doctors from around the world are here at the

pennsylvania convention center. they're attending this infectious diseases conference. ebola is a major topic of discussion. this afternoon, i sat down with the medical director of the communicable diseases unit at emory university hospital. he's treated ebola patients flown to atlanta from west africa. he says the response to ebola has been just that, a reaction. instead of taking a pro-active approach, he says health officials are trying to keep up with ebola, the outbreak will continue to spread. >> if we don't do a better job of contact tracing and identifying and isolating patients with this disease, it's anticipated there may be between 1 million and 2 million victims from this infection over the next six months. clearly we need to do a much better job. >> and in order to do a better job, dr. ribner says all health care centers around the world

need to know the symptoms of ebola and isolate those patients right away. he also said west africa needs help. he says right now in west africa, they don't have trained personnel. they don't have supplies. in some cases they don't did the even have running water, so they need assistance from other countries in order to combat this disease. reporting live at the pennsylvania convention center, christine madella, nbc 10 news. our coverage of the ebola outbreak continues through 6:30. all new this afternoon at 4:30, we'll go back to christine who's asking these medical experts if air travel should be restrictioned in light of the ebola outbreak. hear what they have to say. that's a little more than 20 minutes away. right now on nbc10.com, learn more about the efforts of airport workers on u.s. soil to spot those who may be contaminated with the ebola virus. skyforce 10 over a house fire in northeast philadelphia. in the last hour, you can see the heavy smoke and flames coming from the flird floor of this home on princeton avenue.

fortunately, no one was hurt but investigators are still trying to figure out what started this fire. this just in to nbc 10. police in montgomery county just wrapped up a news conference announcing the arrest of two lower southford township women accused of giving heroin to children. patricia davenport and megan rudolph brought davenport's kids along to buy the drugs in philadelphia and the women allegedly injected the heroin into davenport's daughter and her boyfriend. >> when i read this story about these allegations of a more introducing her child to a drug like heroin, i'm at a loss for ç words. i can't fathom these allegations and the facts that are charged in this case. >> prosecutors say this happened several times over the past six months. both women are charged with endangering the welfare of children and a number of drug offenses. and now pennsylvania and new

york are teaming up with other states to crack down on the growing heroin epidemic in the northeast. the coalition allows law enforcement to investigate heroin trafficking that often crosses state lines. they will be able to share information on any case regardless of the jurisdiction involved. that coalition includes new jersey and massachusetts. other states in the northeast and mid-atlantic regions are expected to join within the next few weeks. >> philadelphia is the cross roads for the supply of heroin. it comes in to philadelphia by land and sea and trafficked from philadelphia up and down the east coast and to the western states as well. >> the attorneys general say one of the first goals of this partnership is to educate the public and parents about the crippling effect of the heroin epidemic. a montgomery county jury is about to get the case of a man on trial for the murder of a baby girl and her grandmother. he served as his own attorney.

deanna durante was in the courtroom as he made one last plea to the jury. >> tell us what it was like for the man to deliver his own closing arguments. >> it was long, two hours. at times you felt that raghunandan yandamuri was going down a road that he was trying to prove his case to the jury and then it seemed like he would get off topic and then go back and accuse police of not tracking down leads, saying the confession he gave was coerced. this trial has been going on for about 23 days for the jurors since the time that the first set of jurors were selected. so this is a very long trial for them as it is. prosecutors, the first assistant district attorney in this case, usually quiet and reserved at times raising his voice, calling the accusations that yandamuri made in his closing arguments ridiculous and insulting to the police officers that he said worked like a small army, trying to bring home a 10-month-old baby girl. now, recall back in october of

2012 when investigators first arrived at the marquee apartments, they found a 61-year-old grandmother murder, ransom notes scattered all over the apartment, demanding $50,000 for that baby girl, that girl nowhere to be found. an amber alert had been issued and five days later, the baby's body was found in a basement of one of the apartment building at the marquee apartments. yandamuri multiple times pointed to two men, matt and josh he called them, saying they were the ones responsible for the crime. we did ask his standby counsel again, he's defending himself, he has a state-appointed lawyer that to act as an adviser. he we asked him after the proceedings why yandamuri didn't go into detail or offer up more information about those two men. he said that he can't answer that question. he's not sure why yandamuri made the decisions that he's made. but that he does say that for someone with no legal background, that he felt he did an effective job of delivering his closing arguments. we're calling a lot of detail

from memory. prosecutors call him a cold, calculated murderer. they say he is the one responsible for this crime. and he alone is the one who is responsible for killing the grandmother and killing the baby. kevin steele telling the jury the baby's only crime, only reason she died is because she was crying and yandamuri couldn't get her to stop. that's why he suffocated her. at this hour, right now, the jury is getting its final instructions before it goes back to deliberate. and judge steven o'neil told that panel they should prepare for a long evening. that is the very latest, reporting live outsideç the montgomery county courthouse, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. skyforce 10 over a school bus crash right outside an elementary school in northeast philadelphia this morning. at least ten of the 23 children on the bus were hurt and then taken to nearby hospitals. police say the bus driver lost control and hit four parked cars outside ann frank elementary school. nbc 10 spoke to a parent who

also happens to own one of the cars that was hit. >> it sounded like a really bad explosion. i came running back and that's when i saw the bus up on the lawn with the suv in front of it. >> the school bus is owned by lehigh transportation. police are questioning the driver to try and figure out what caused him to lose control. a child and three other people were hurt when another school bus collide with a car in southwest philadelphia. skyforce 10 over this scene at island avenue in lindbergh boulevard just after 8:00 this morning. police are trying to figure out what caused this crash. two septa passengers were injured after the bus they were riding on was rear ended by a car. skyforce 10 here at tomlinson and roosevelt boulevard just after that accident at 8:30 this morning. septa tells us those passengers were not seriously hurt. from our jersey shore bureau, two police officers from new york are charged with sexually assaulting a woman at the trump taj mahal in atlantic city. andre torres and devin thomas were both charged for the april

24th attack. torres is an officer in the new york police department. thomas is a trooper for new york state police. both men are expected to be extradited to new jersey. pennsylvania state police gave us new information about the search for eric frein as day 26 of their manhunt for the accused trooper killer continues. doug shimell just got out of the news conference. he's been reporting from the poconos since this story broke more than three weeks ago. >> even though police still don't have their suspect, they have a treasure trove of evidence? >> reporter: exactly. and pennsylvania state police say they have had five live confirmed sightings of eric frein in just the past week. the most recent coming this past monday by a law enforcer at a dance of 150 to yards in dense woods. >> the items taken in a search of eric frein's house took on an

ominous context. police seized a night vision scope, am my clips and bullets, multiple computers, laptops and tablets and external drives. they also took various writings from a desk in the house. a search warn the says from tiffany frein's room, they took a 4 gigabyte memory card. as the fbi released new pictures of what frein might look like now, they also read from the journal they found. >> friday, september 12th, got a shot around 11:00 p.m. and took it. he dropped. i was surprised at how quick. i took a follow-up shot on his head, neck area. i just used my marker lights. missed the trail around a runoff pool and drove straight into it. disaster. >> reporter: well, the atf said

all of those items or many of the items found at eric frein's home are consistent with the manufacturer of some of those pipe bombs that were discovered at a campsite a week ago this past monday as well as other booby trap style explosive devices. coming up tonight at 5:00, where did eric frein spend his final days and weeks before that fateful shooting here in blooming grove? live in pike county, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. students caught in philadelphia school budget crisis made their voices heard today. some students at philadelphia's high school for the creative and performing arts didn't show up for class today. they said they want today's show their support for their teachers. on monday, the src abruptly terminated its teachers contract over an ongoing dispute over health insurance contributions. the move forces teachers to start paying health premiums of

as much as $140 a month. teachers vow to fight this in court. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with decision 2014. less than three hours from now, the keanes for pennsylvania governor will be facing off with their third and final debate. tom wolf will be fielding questions on the big issues facing the keystone state as well as tom corbett. you can see the candidates spar over the issues. highlights of the coverage tonight right here on nbc 10 news at 11:00. former secretary of state hillary clinton is rounding up support for tom wolf. clinton will headline a women for wolf grass roots event for the democrat tomorrow at the national constitution center in philadelphia. the republican party of pennsylvania responded to clinton's campaign event for wolf tomorrow saying, quote, this -- even though women occupied only 2 out of 26 management positions and zero

positions on the board of directors, end quote. job creation, certain to be one topic of discussion at tonight's debate for governor. >> today, nbc 10 is in one pennsylvania city that's starting to see a turnaround in this. take a look at these figures from allentown. in july 2012 be with the unemployment was 12.7%. fast forward to july of this year and that number is down to just over 8%. still above the state average. today nbc 10 lehigh valley bureau reporter randy gyllenhall shows us what the city is doing now to get more people on the payroll. >> reporter: you can tell there's a surge of progress in allentown because in some corners, construction cranes stand taller than the city's historic civil war monument. >> we're seeing close to, over the next year and a half, about 4,000 new jobs. >> reporter: allentown's mayor says it's a clear sign the local economy is on the rise, a billion dollars in new development here like the newly opened ppl center. yet still unemployment remains above the state average, better

than before, but not where the city wants to be. >> many times you have folks just don't know that jobs exist. >> i want to thank you all for coming here. >> reporter: so today, a new way to connect the unemployed to the thousands of new jobs flooding the lehigh valley. it's called tweet my jobs. an online portal to search openings, even a smartphone app that shows you the closest listing based on your gps location. >> with improvement in the economy, there's still a lot of folks struggling and need help. >> reporter: the company's founder says it may help people who may not know how to network or have good contacts in the city. carlos is one of those people. he wants a job in construction. >> machine operator. >> reporter: and found some on the website. >> the nature of the kind of growth that's happening in allentown means there will be more jobs. we want to make sure allentown citizens are the first to hear about those jobs. >> reporter: for you, the job seeker, this website and smartphone app is completely free but it costs the city about

$50,000 a year. in allentown, randy gyllenhall, nbc 10 news. child abuse trial for minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson could begin as early as december. with his wife by i had side, he showed up for an arraignment this morning. peterson is accused of injuring his 4-year-old son when he used a switch to discipline him. despite all the recent issues for nfl players, most fans believe commissioner roger goodell should keep his job. that's according to a new poll from the ap. 66% of fans surveyed say goodell should remain in charge of the league after his handling of recent domestic violence cases. the majority of people polled do disapprove of how goodell handled those cases. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, this is about as mild as it's going to be until we get into next week.

so if you like the mild weather, i hope you enjoy today. the chill returns. you'll feel it tonight. you'll feel it tomorrow and every day -- through the weekend at least. we have rain coming in on saturday and then we dry out on sunday. we can't promise you a totally dry sunday but it will be drier sunday than saturday. there's the live picture, a lot of sunshine during the day today. 74 degrees. the wind now 16 miles an hour but at least we're not getting any gusts at the airport. other places getting gusts. 74 in philadelphia and in bensalem, 73 in mt. holly and many places in the 70s this afternoon. 74 degrees, atlantic city international. we are still seeing gusts of 20 to 25 miles an hour, straight oust the west. right now, it's keeping things mild but eventually it's going to be bringing in the colder air and if the wind totally died down, these numbers would be even lower. but i think this is about as low as it's going to get tonight.

42 in allentown, 44 in reading, 46 in quakertown. 48 in doylestown and norristown. not as much of a temperature contrast when we have some wind. all you need 5 to 10 miles an hour and you get fairly uniform temperatures, at least compared to a calm night. 49 in chester and in westchester and also in glassboro, things are very dry, of course, around our area. also dry, way back to the west. we are going to be dry for a while. with the high pressure building in. however, that's going to move away and it's going to allow some moisture to start coming in from the west and there it is, a saturday 6:00 p.m. could start later on friday. it's friday night into saturday morning. then it's a question of how fast this thing moves offshore as to when we clear out. now, eventually some of that moisture could come back but we may have this break from later saturday through sunday that will help us out, at least not

having a total wash joust a weekend. there's the forecast for temple. we do have a chance of rain, especially at the beginning of the game, most likely dry for the eagles, although there is a chance there could be some rain by the end of the game as that moisture starts to come back. for tonight, clear and cooler. 52 for the low in philadelphia. 42 north and west. we haven't seen that for a few nights. mostly sunny, breezy, cooler tomorrow. highs in the upper 60s. remember, 75 today. the average high is 69 by the way. cooler on friday with a chance of rain late in the day. likely friday night, into saturday morning, still a chance of some lingering light rain and saturday afternoon. and mainly dry on sunday but cool and then look at the warmup for next week. we have breaking news from skyforce 10 which is over the scene of this school bus accident. this is in greenville, delaware.

on kennett pike and sunny side road. we understand there's one serious injury here we know of involving one of those cars you see that's damaged. we don'tç know whether anyone the bus, that school bus you see on the side of the road, if anyone on the bus was hurt. we're continuing to make calls on this. a school bus involved in this accident with two other cars here at the very least, at least one person is dealing with a serious injury in this accident. we're continue to get more information. count on us to update you as we get that information. in the meantime today, dollar deals on local real estate. the mayor from our area who wants to sell homes for just a buck a piece. also, mysteries from the past. how one local police department is going back more than a generation to get answers for families who desperately are looking for some closure. plus, a smaller sparkle, how big bling could spell trouble for your relationship and have some women actually wishing for small diamonds.

and found fortune. a look man learns he's suddenly a millionaire and didn't even know it. today, how he found out about his record payday.

from our trenton bureau, the mayor of the city wants to sell properties for as little as $1 for the promise of fixing them up. the mayor says first-time buyers would have to show they have enough money to rehabilitate the properties. buyers would have to agree to make the property their main home for at least ten years. 6,300 or one-fourth of trenton's properties are vacant. a new poll shows new jersey residents aren't as satisfied with life in the garden state as previous years. >> shall we take a look at the rules? the quality of life poll shows 61% of people believe the state is an excellent or good place to live. but that's actually the lowest

level in four years. 58% of the people polled said they feel safe in their neighborhood at night. that's also a drop from previous surveys. the poll conducted by monmouth university. it appears the first state ranks near the top when it comes to immature men. the real estate website estately released a study to find out where the highest population of immature men lives. the number one state was rhode island, delaware at number two. pennsylvania at number 16 and new jersey fell towards the bottom at number 43. how did they do this? here's a closer look at the criteria. the first unemployment, then the number of porn downloads per state was factored in. the site used facebook data to find out how many users in each state had an interest in beer pong, fantasy football and video games. all right. to more serious news, the first u.s. ebola patient has died. >> that's our top story today on

nbc 10 news at 4:00. thomas duncan died at a dallas hospital. the 42-year-old man was from liberia. he came to the u.s. in late september. family members who shared a texas apartment with duncan after his arrival remain today in quarantine. new at 4:30, should air travel rules be changed in light of the ebola outbreak? nbc 10 poses that question to leading medical experts meeting in our area right now. glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> i'm tracking cooler conditions plus the return of the rain in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert seven-day forecast. then, coming up tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, he thought they were his friends and his teammates. well, now police are involved after an incident on the field and what accusations a high school soccer player from pennsylvania is making. we'll have that story in the next hour.

this is nbc 10 news. right now at 4:30, nbc 10 is following a developing story, the death of this man, thomas duncan, the first ebola patient ever to be diagnosed in the u.s. has died today. 'riffed in the u.s. from liberia about 2 1/2 weeks ago. health officials identified ten people who had direct contact with duncan when he was contagious. as concerns grow aover the ebola outbreak, questions arise as well. >> should travel be restricted from liberia into the united states? nbc 10's christine madella asking that question to leading health experts who are meeting right now in philadelphia. >> christine, what is their medical opinion on that topic? >> reporter: one of the people i posed that question to is actually standing behind me, dr. robert fowler is with the world health organization. he recently got back to the

united states from west africa where he was treating ebola patients. now, today we found out the department of homeland security announced workers at five u.s. airports will now be watching passengers, looking for any signs of ebola symptoms. i sat in on two presentations about the ebola outbreak. one by dr. fowler with the world health organization, one by the centers for disease control, to learn about the symptoms, concerns and spread of the disease. and today i asked the world health experts here at the infectious disease conference if more steps should be taken, if travel should be restricted to prevent the spread of the ebola virus? >> i think that one of the really important messages is that travel must continue to the affected çareas, in that if yo curtail travel both in or out of the countries that are affected, that would effectively prevent people from responding and helping to control the outbreak in addition to preventing people from helping to treat folks there. so if there are travel

restrictions that are applied to effective areas, again and again we see that, that ends up creating much more trouble for both the affected area and then for the rest of the world because of the inability to control things at the source. >> the unfortunate gentleman who died in dallas probably wouldn't have been picked up anyway because he came from europe. and so i think the real key is good education, screening, letting people know what the symptoms are. >> right now there is no fda approved vaccine or medicine to treat the ebola virus. when i heard from the cdc today, they said there are two vaccines in the testing and experimental phase. with no medicine to treat the disease and numbers growing, what is the cdc doing right now? and what can they do to stop this epidemic? i'm working on that part of the story and i'll have that answer when i come back in about 30 minutes. reporting live at the pennsylvania convention center, christine madella, nbc 10 news.

in light of all these health outbreaks we know you have questions. count on nbc 10 news to get those answers for you. if you have questions about enterovirus d68, ebola or any infectious disease, send them our way. just go to the nbc 10 facebook page. we'll forward your questions to the doctor, get you the answers. that will be on nbc 10 @issue, right after the "meet the press." here are some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 4:00, the abduction and murder trial of a montgomery county man is expected to be in the hands of the jury any minute now. raghunandan yandamuri who is representing himself in the case spoke to the jury for nearly two hours during closing arguments today. if convicted for the deaths of a 10-month-old baby and her grandmother, yandamuri could face the death penalty. we're watching day 26 in the search for eric frein.

state police confirmed frein left behind a journal detailing the shooting that killed one trooper and injured another. police also seized a night vision scope from frein's home, along with computers and tablets. and we're seeing this new picture of what eric frein just might look like now. we have new information about the teen charged in a stabbing rampage in western pennsylvania. a judge reverse his own ruling and has decided that 16-year-old alex hribal will receive mental health treatment at his detention center. he is accused of stabbing 20 students and a security guard at franklin regional high school in murrysville. everyone survived. workers plan to protest about an hour from now, trying to prevent another casino from closing. union members of united local 54 are expected to sit down in traffic in atlantic city beginning tonight at 5:30. nbc 10's south jersey bureau

reporter cydney long live in atlantic city. >> tell us why the workers are protesting and what police are doing as well to try to keep the peace. >> yes, jim and renee, this is all going to unfold about an hour from now. unite here local 54 represents thousands of hospitality workers here in atlantic city. we're told as many as 500 and 00 of them, not just from trump taj mahal. they are prepared to sit down in traffic right here at arctic and missouri. we're told they are prepared to get arrested as well for what they call greed by their parent company, trump entertainment. as we know, the parent company 6 taj mahal, trump entertainment, is currently in bankruptcy court proceedings and demanding givebacks of health care and pension funds by employees. many of whom have devoted their entire lives to working in the casino industry and in many jobs, trading lower wages for the good benefits. now, take a look. today marks ten years since

unite here, local 54, hold an enormous rally in also city, also blocking traffic and sitting down in the streets. some 10,000 union workers were fighting for those wages earned by their las vegas brotherhood during what turned out to be a 34-day strike. again, this is a decade ago. here at arctic and missouri, the end of the atlantic city expressway as it spills into the mouth of atlantic city, if you will, atlantic city complete do plan to have added patrols out here. we have seen some of the patrols arriving within the last couple of minutes we're told. that will be to ensure vehicle and pedestrian safety. as you know, we have the walk outlet shops over here. we are also told that state police will be involved in this effort, just a block westbound of where we are but that they will be primarily trying to divert traffic so that no one is hurt during this. this afternoon, police also say they don't anticipate any problems but they will have the added patrols here and then

plenty of other patrols to make sure they're handling all other crime in atlantic city tonight. that is the latest, live in atlantic city, i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, cydney. the bigger the rock, the worse the luck. >> today why women may want to consider a smaller diamond for their engagement ring. here's what the nbc 10 news team is working on right now for nbc 10 news at 5:00. new today at 5:00, our first look at the text message eric frein sent a friend a day before he allegedly murdered a pennsylvania state trooper. plus, some at&t customers could look forward to getting a check in the mail. >> the phony charge it tacked on to mobile bills. couldn't the on nbc 10 news right at 5:00.

there are do it yourself remedies for just about everything these days. that could soon include a version of the flu vaccine. members offal military who squirted a nasal vaccine up their nose were just as protected as those who got it from health care workers. the results of the mist will be discussed right here in philadelphia this week. listen to this, the bigger the diamond, the shorter the

marriage. researchers found men who spent 2,000 today's $4,000 on an edge gaugement ring were 1 1/2 times more likely to end up divorced compared to those who spent less. the research shows men who spent under $500 on a ring were also more likely to divorce. you have to get it right in the middle there, i guess. >> i mean, you can't win for losing. what are you supposed to do with this? >> i don't know. today, learning lessons from your linens. >> what experts are hoping to teach local kids with pillow cases. and pennsylvania payday. one local man becomes a millionaire. he didn't even have to play the lottery to cash in. we'll explain his new-found riches. glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> rain could be making a return just in time for the weekend. my exclusive nbc 10 first alert seven-day forecast. all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, shot and killed in the line of duty but not forgotten. how pennsylvania state police

and a school art teacher are honoring the memory of this fallen trooper.

revealed through the work of its scholars and graduates. it has inspired strength and purpose. an enduring symbol of passion and excellence that is not static, but moves among us. a feeling...a shared experience, a reminder that we are connected for life.

we are penn state, making our mark on the world.

more than 99% of comcast shareholders voted to support a merger between comcast and time warner cable. the $45 billion proposed merger still needs state and federal approval which wouldn't happen until 2015. time warner shareholders will vote tomorrow in new york city. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. lockheed montgomery county man will receive more than $1 million from the state and not because he won the lottery. the payout is from the state bureau of unclaimed property. it's the largest for any person statewide in the data base. unclaimed property may include closed bank accounts, uncashed checks, lost stocks and bonds and many other valuables. the salvation army of greater philadelphia is getting

ready for the holiday season. this morning it hosted a breakfast and invited local nonprofit and community partners. to learn more about christmas aassistance programs and how to make referrals for people who need help. today, local children got a lesson in emergency preparedness. this is mrs. wagner's third grade class at wilmington manor. they are taking part in the pillow case project. it teaches kids how to plan and pack for emergencies like a fire or a major storm. the red cross got the idea from louisiana college students who were forced from their dorms during hurricane katrina. >> the red cross workers down there saw them walking out with their pillow case that they took the pillow out, filled with supplies they thought they were going to need and evacuated that way. the red cross workers thought this was a great idea. while the kids are coloring

their pillow cases, the red cross talks with them about what they'd pack. they hope the kids go home and keep the conversation going with parents and siblings. >> now your nbc 10ç first aler weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> lots of sunshine today but also was kind of windy. that wind eventually will be bringing in cooler air. the chill returns tonight. it will last for several days. we have rain coming in, best chance for that is on saturday. and drier weather coming in by sunday. well, flyers are starting their season and travel in that direction looks pretty great for tonight. 74 degrees, wind west at 16 miles an hour. look how low the humidity is. 37%. it's 5 degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday. remember back on friday it was 61 degrees, up to 75 so far today. we're going to go down tomorrow about 69 but then that is now the average high temperature for

this time of the year. and then it's going to go down from there. well, the wind straight out of the west, the sustained winds now generally 10 to 16 miles an hour, not quite as strong as they were a few hours ago, will continue to diminish. i don't think they'll go dead calm during the night tonight. a few close up by the poconos. things dry across the east and even into the midwest. it will take a while for moisture to build up but eventually it's going to be streaming in from the west and as the high pressure that's going to be on top of us tomorrow moves out, that's going to allow the moisture to come in. and it's going to be kind of a narrow band. those kind of things can sometimes race eastward even faster than the computer model suggests. that's why we have a chance of rain in for late friday. eventually as the low gets closer, the rain chance goes up and up and up. friday night and saturday morning, look to be the wettest periods here and once the logos

by, we may see a little bit of improvement here. late saturday, saturday night and into sunday. but that front will not go too far and some of that moisture could come back as early as sunday night. so for temple playing at noon on saturday, still a chance of rain. it's obviously going to be wet then and 62 degrees, perhaps a little drying out by 3:00. the eagles generally on the dry side but kind of chilly with temperatures dropping into the 50s, just a chance of a shower toward the end of the game. for tonight, clear and colder, 52 for the low in philadelphia. 42 north and west. colder than it's been for a few days. mostly sunny, breezy cooler tomorrow. highs in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. gusts up to 30 miles an hour. it will feel kind of cool. the chance of that late rain friday, rain likely friday night and saturday morning. still a chance lingering into a portion of saturday afternoon but the general trend is for

drier air for saturday night, much of sunday, a chance of rain returning by sunday night. then it starts to get warmer next week. we're getting a sneak peek at the new menu for the wells fargo center. some of the highlights include the hammer, a smoked sausage and chopped pork sandwich. named after former flyers player dave schultz. also, smoked chicken and bbq pork sandwiches. the arena will also add tomato and mozzarella flat bread to the menu. tomorrow, home opener for the flyers, 76ers are currently in preseason. today, anguish but no answers. >> now police are our area are trying to change that. the local murder cases long since forgotten by many now getting a second look. all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, part of the team or part of the joke? the reason a pennsylvania high

school soccer coach and players are in trouble over how they treated a fellow player.

local families may soon get answers to mysteries that have gone unsolved for decades. >> police in new castle county are dusting off old case files, hoping to get closure to dozens of murders. as nbc 10 delaware bureau reporting tim furlong tells us, some of the cases date back to the '70s. >> reporter: this is what harold long told nbc 10 back in 2007 after his daughter was murdered at their new castle apartment. she wasç found strangled in he bed, wheelchair bound since birth. nothing ever panned out, even

after strong leads. >> i don't know how many times you have to go over the evidence to prove this person did the crime. >> reporter: that case is still unsolved to this day but new castle county police say they are starting a cold case team to go back over 40 to 50 unsolved murders dating back to the early '70s. >> they'll have to start from square one, contact initial officers if we still can, maybe still live in the area that can give us intimate details that never made it into the police report. >> reporter: they are going to reach out to family members to get a fresh look at some of the older cases. they're also going to take advantage of new advances in dna analysis, resubmit samples into the national registry to see if they match up with people who might be already lock up for other crimes. >> our son is never coming home. >> reporter: d'andre green's family wants to know who killed the 16-year-old after a community center dance last september.

his family, nicole's mom in california, so many families just want the answer, the cold case team might be able to get them. >> that's the main goal, to get some justice for our deceased victims and get closure for the families, for the loves ones. >> reporter: in new castle, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. next on nbc 10 news at 5:00, live team coverage, feas the fe of the spread of ebola grows. new information about the manhunt in the poconos. what he was doing just before the deadly shooting. and sheena parveen is tracking a cold night ahead. sheena? >> temperatures will be dropping tonight and tomorrow will be a cooler day, then we're tracking rain going into the weekend. i'll show you the timing of that coming up. dangerous crossing where pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware rank when it comes to train safety. and what's being done to protect people near the tracks? that's next on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

we begin with a developing story on the ebola front. the first patient to be diagnosed with ebola in the united states has died. thomas duncan passed away at a dallas hospital this morning. duncan was admitted to that hospital nearly two weeks ago. >> duncan arrived in the u.s. from liberia after showing no ebola symptoms but fell ill within a week. nbc 10 national correspondent chris pallone is in dallas where health officials announced

duncan's death earlier today. >> reporter: he died ten days after being admitted to ebola. it is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of thomas eric duncan this morning at 7:51 a.m. the mayor of dallas announced duncan's passing and offered condolences this morning. >> this is sad news for all involved. >> reporter: there have been questions surrounding duncan's care since he came to texas from liberia in late september. he first went to the emergency room when he became sick and despite saying he had been in liberia, duncan was sent home, returning two days later when his condition worsened. once admitted his condition went from serious to critical. he battled the disease for ten days, taking an experimental drug. >> his fever is pretty much gone because his temperature is normal. >> reporter: duncan dies just hours later. in a written statement, his fiance said my