Germanwings spoke in the last hour. His performance was without any criticism. Nothing at all was striking. The crash killed all 150 people on board. Meanwhile, police were seen outside the house in germany that is believed to be lubitzs home. He had a single engine private pilots license. They issued that license in january of 2012. It had restrictions. He had to be proficient in english and had to be accompanied by his german pilots license. Monique braxton is live at Philadelphia International airport. Monique, nationally known aviation expert from our area is weighing in on the developments. Thats right, vai. We came here just outside the International Terminal because lufthansa operates a few flights out of here every day. As you mentioned, they do own germanwings. The aviation expert arthur wolf calls it very troublesome that anyone would intentionally crash an airliner kill himself, and the passengers on board. What concerns me most is on a short flight like this, what in the world is somebody leaving the cockpit for . When this is an airplane certified to be flown by two pilots. Now, wolf also told us hes concerned about the fact there is no bathroom inside the cockpit like a lot of american airlines. Now, the next half hour were working to bring you one of his comments about what he thinks should be done in the future as far as the presence of other people inside the cockpit at all times. Live for now outside the International TerminalMonique Braxton, nbc 10 news. Three americans who are among the crash victims, one graduated from Drexel University in 2013, emily sellke was a Music Industry major and Vice President of the gagmma sigma Sigma National service sorority. Her mother was with her and died in the plane crash. We spoke with one of emilys friends. She wanted the best for everybody. She made everybody feel important. Thats why everybody loved her was because she made you feel important and thats hard to find in people these days. Emily and yvonne selke are from virginia. Yvonne selke was a u. S. Contractor you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com as we continue to follow developments on this breaking news as the investigation intensifies into the deadly germanwings plane crash. You can get updates on air and on our nbc 10 news app. Pope francis is coming to washington. About an hour ago, the White House Press secretary announced that president obama and the first lady will meet with the pope in september. His visit to the white house coincides with the world meeting of families being held here of course in philadelphia. Taking place the week of september 22nd. Pope francis will be here september 26th and 27th. You can count on nbc 10 for new information on the papal visit and its impact on the region. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. Warm wet and windy weather. As the saying goes march winds, april showers, lead to may flowers. Something like that. Were tracking showers and thunderstorms moving into the area. Here is a live look at the center city philadelphia. You can see where the rain and the storm are right now as we take a live look at the radar. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley is here now with the forecast. Did i get that right or may flowers . Right on target. We have the wind helping to warm things up. But also coming with the wet weather. We have been tracking the showers for the last couple of hours and thunderstorms too. Thunderstorms have already rolled through delaware and this line of showers is just crossing millville, through Cumberland County and heading to the northeast quickly too. Northeasterly at 50 miles an hour. It looks like it is going to be moving into Atlantic County with some heavier rainfall. The rainfall rate more than an inch and a third per hour and some of the heavy showers to Gloucester County theyre also moving quickly to the northeast. So rain is starting to come down in philadelphia. 51 degrees right now at Philadelphia International. Thats a lot warmer than it has been lately. And we will go considerably warmer this afternoon. It is not going to be an all day rainfall. Well see some scattered showers, 60 degrees by 1 00 with breaks in the rain. 65 degrees at 4 00. And still in the 60s when were likely tracking some showers and thunderstorms that will be moving in from the northwest. And that is going to writebring our temperatures down into the 60s by 7 00 and falling overnight tonight. Extended future weather taking you through it hour by hour when i come back. Well see you then bill. A man convicted of killing a young man over a pair of headphones has been sentenced to life without parole. Last month the jury convicted arkel garcia of Second Degree murder charges in the death of christian massey. Garcia shot and killed 21yearold massey in november of 2013 and the overbrook section of philadelphia and police say garcia wanted to steal masseys beats by dre headphones. A judge handed down a sentence this morning. A philadelphia judge postponed sentencing for christina regusters. She was convicted of taking a 5yearold girl from an elementary school, bringing her to a home and raping her. Whenever she is sentenced, she could face life in prison. And new this morning, police in State College say some of the women pictured nude on a Penn State Fraternitys private Facebook Page have come forward. Authorities also say some of the members of Kappa Delta Rho are now cooperating with the criminal investigation. The frat was suspended for a year and ordered to reorganize by its national organization. Philadelphia police are investigating a Home Invasion in point breeze where a woman says the intruder choked her. Police are calling it a strong arm robbery and they say it happened around 4 00 this morning on south chadwick street. The Victim Told Police the attacker asked her for money and then grabbed her by the throat. Her husband said she is doing okay. Police say in the end, the intruder did not take anything from the home. Investigators are still trying to figure out how the attacker got inside that house. And police are looking for two men who drove away from a Home Invasion robbery in west philadelphia. This happened around 11 30 on north constoegia street. Investigators say the man robbed and pistol whipped the man inside his home. The victim was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. The intruders got away with a tv, playstation and some video games. Don tollefson was once the highest paid sportscaster in philadelphia. This morning hes getting ready to serve two to three years behind bars. He was convicted of scamming people by selling bogus sports packages and pocketing the money. Judge ordered him to pay back more than 160,000. Happening today, a hearing in philadelphia will take a closer look at governor tom wolfs moratorium on the executions in pennsylvania. Members of the House Judiciary Committee who oppose the ban are holding the hearing at city hall at 2 00. Theyll listen to testimony from the families of murder victims. The state Supreme Court is deciding if the moratorium is legal. Also happening today, family, friends and fans will come together to remember eagles legend chuck bed narknarik. There is a private mass for family and friends tomorrow. The hall of famer known as concrete charlie died over the weekend at the age of 89. He played offense and defense for the eagles from 1949 to 1962. And now to the race for mayor in philadelphia. A judge ruled yesterday that former state senator milton street can stay on the primary ballot. There were questions about his eligibility to run because of claims that he hasnt lived in philadelphia for three years as rehred by law. Street is one of six candidates vying for the democratic nom nation. The others are lynne abraham, nelson diaz, doug oliver, jim kinney and anthony williams. Jim rosenfield will moderate the first debate ahead of the may 19th primary. At the Kimmel Center on tuesday, april 7th. Watch it here on nbc 10 of course. If you have a question for the candidates, let us know. You can submit them right now at nbc10. Com or through the nbc 10 app. Camden city schools announced a shakeup in leadership at five of the lowest performing schools and up with of the Oldest School buildings is shutting down. The Whittier School building is more than 100 years ole. And will close for good. Educational nonprofits best known for operating charter schools, will take over leadership at those five schools. Education Officials Say only one out of every five students in the Camden City School district performs at grade level. We dont give them the opportunity that they are due, then were failing as leaders. Through this partnership, were build ing building real signs of progress. You may remember last month in philadelphia there was plenty of public outcry when they considered granting charters to some of the same groups now expanding in camden. The schools to be transformed in camden will not become charters. The district calls them renaissance schools, still neighborhood schools run by the School District. And we continue to toll breaking news breaking developments concerning the crash of the germanwings plane in the french alps. Were learning more about the copilot alone at the controls who intentionally sent that plane into the doomed descent. Plus assessing the damage from deadly tornados that swept through parts of oklahoma. Storm system that caused those tornadoes is heading our way with a chapsnce of thunderstorms for later today. Already tracking storms and much warmer temperatures. The hour by hour forecast when we come back. Jesse jackson jr. Is now on his way to a Halfway House in washington, d. C. After being released from an alabama prison this morning. Jackson was picked up by his wife, children and parents. The reverend Jesse Jackson and his wife. Jesse jackson jr. Began serving a 2 1 2 year sentence at the prison in 2013. He pled guilty to illegally spending 750,000 in Campaign Funds on items like furs and vacations. Hell serve the remainder of his sentence at the Halfway House. And prosecutors could rest their case against Boston Marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. Yesterday, fbi agents testified they found bomb components in his familys apartment similar to those used in two bombs that exploded near the marathon finish line in 2013. Tsarnaevs lawyers admitted he and his older brother tamerlan detonated the bombs but say tamerlan was the mastermind of the attack. We could find out tomorrow whether italys top court will uphold a guilty verdict against amanda knox or send the trial back to another appeal. Yesterday, the panel of judges delayed their decision by two days. Knox and her former boyfriend were convicted and later acquitted of murdering knoxs roommate. Last year an Italian Appeals Court upheld the original guilty verdict. A line of tornadoes spewing storms moved through oklahoma last night killing one person and injuring several others. This morning work crews are out trying to restore power to homes and families are seeing the damage done to their property. Gabe gutierrez has an update. Reporter it has been a quiet tornado season here in Tornado Alley until last night. This is the doughnut shop or it used to be a doughnut shop here. It is the hardest hit area of oklahoma. At least one person was killed in a Mobile Home Park not far from here. Three people were injured in that Mobile Home Park. One of them critically. Several dozen homes were destroyed near here just west of tulsa. So it is also a gymnasium where there are 60 to 70 people trapped inside. Firefighters rushed in and were able to take out rescue the young girls and amazingly no one was injured. Today, governor mary fallin is touring parts of the state and is assessing the damage. Tens of thousands of people were left without power here in Tornado Alley. Tornado season had gotten off to a quiet start until last night. Gabe gutierrez, nbc 10 news sand springs, oklahoma. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Foggy start is what we had this morning and now fog is still in the area. Eased off a bit, were tracking some showers and thunderstorms rolling into the area. A threat that will be with us not only during the day, but especially this evening. A oneday warmup today into the 60s this afternoon. We get a break in the rain and the clouds thin out a little bit. We could be closer to 70 degrees, but it is a oneday warmup. It will turn winterlike as we head into the weekend. Already warmer for the year. We look at the pocono mountains at 45 degrees. Trenton is 48. And just last couple of minutes, dover has warmed into the low 60s and thats where philadelphia is going. Right now it is clouds over the city and rain too. You see the wind has died down for now. But there is a southerly wind blowing and thats not only helping to wind the tarmemperatures up. Riding in on the wind is the wet weather that were seeing stroll through the area through philadelphia. Thats mainly light rainfall but heavier showers in south jersey moving into Atlantic County right now. We have seen some wet weather in cape may. The showers and potential for some thunderstorms, in fact thats Lightning Strike that just popped up now in upper Cumberland County in new jersey. Showers to start with. Will be coming our way later today. There is more wet weather to the south. And also there you can see the showers and thunderstorms moving through norfolk right now and into eastern carolina. Thats going to be here this afternoon. And then this evening, it is this line of showers that will give us the possibility of thunderstorms for this evening. Noon time 57 degrees in philadelphia. Clouds will thin out. Theyll break, 3 00 this afternoon. 64, still some showers in delaware and south jersey and were watching this area to the north and west that will be moving in during the evening hours after some areas could reach to near the 70 degree mark. Showers roll through during the evening and that drops our temperatures by tomorrow morning. It feels pretty chilly once again. For today, warm breezy winds gusting to 20 miles an hour and High Temperatures in the middle 60s to near 70 degrees. Dont get used to that however. Here is a sneak peek at the weekend. Saturday morning, 4 00 32 degrees in doylestown. Philadelphia 34. Cold enough for snow. And that is a possibility saturday morning. There is a chance of some light snow. Not a big storm here. And with temperatures above freezing not expecting to see accumulation. A dusting at most on colder surfaces. And by afternoon time changes over to rain, a light rainfall and 40 degrees. Chance of that on saturday. Mostly cloudy skies, 40 the High Temperature, but a big improvement sunday up to 50 degrees with bright sunshine. And then things turn a bit warmer too. Sevenday forecast coming up in the next half hour. Thank you, bill. Scaring you into quitting. Smoke caused my lung cancer. Thats the hope of a new ad campaign. Smokers show the effects of what they say is the harsh reality of years of smoking. And this picture says it all. More exciting news about leah still and her brave battle with cancer. This is nbc 10 news. The centers for Disease Control is set to launch a new set of ads next week aimed at getting people to stop smoking or never start in the first place. Erika edwards has a preview and a warning, the images that youre about to see are graphic and may be disturbing to some viewers. Smoking caused my lung cancer. Reporter by now, most people have seen or heard of the graphic antismoking ads from the centers for Disease Control. So i was legally blind. Reporter what many may not have heard is an explanation of the damaging effects of cigarette smoking put quite like this. Before they put that needle in your eyeball, look as far away as possible. Reporter that cringeworthy tip is from marlene, one of the long time smokers featured in the cdcs new tips from former smokers campaign. Shes describing her treatment for macular degeneration. Smoking doubles the risk for the condition, a fact she wishes she would have known when she picked up her first cigarette at age 18. It was devastating to me when i found out that i could lose my central vision. Whoever thought that smoking could do Something Like this . Reporter other ads show men and women with Colorectal Cancer who must use ostemy bags to collect their waste. The testimonials are gruesome and honest because thats the way to reach smokers. We cant be too cautious because the smokers absolutely said we want to know what it will be like if we get this because that will help motivate us to quit. Reporter according to the cdc, it is working. Other tips campaigns prompted more than 100,000 smokers to quit for good. Erika edwards, nbc 10 news. Good news this morning about a little girl waging a big battle. Last week we reported the scans show leah still is cancer free and we just learned that the biopsies confirm it and she is officially in remission. Her father devon still, tweeted this picture late last night and shows him with leah giving a peace sign and puckering up of course. He said in his post when i look at my daughter all i can do is smile and hug her. It was not easy but every day and every treatment leah fought like hell and kicked cancers butt. The 4yearold girl was diagnosed with a rare form of stage 4 cancer last june. Shes been receiving treatments at Childrens Hospital here in philadelphia. Devon says leah will need more treatments to make sure that the cancer cells dont return. I had a chance to sit down with leah and devon a few months ago and you can watch that interview and our impromptu dance party if you wish on nbc10. Com. We continue to follow breaking news. Tuesdays plane crash in the french alps now appears to be deliberate. New details into the investigation as a nationally known aviation attorney in our area weighs in on what may have been going on inside that planes cockpit. I need some advice. And taking it to the top. The third grader who decided her problem was a job for the president. What she wrote in a letter that got her an invitation straight to the white house. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. The old english poem march winds and april showers bring may flowers. Dark and gloomy out there a little bit. Live look at philadelphias boathouse row showing how gloomy it is out there. At least were getting a little break from the cold. Thats good. It is the kind of day where you might choose to trade in your heavy jacket and gloves. You can see where the rain and storms are right now. Theyre moving eastward there. Almost kind of northish. We take a live look at the radar, the first alert meteorologist bill henley here to explain all of that for us this morning. Hey, bill. Dont see too many umbrellas in that video you were showing. Today is the day to carry one. We have rain see a few rain drops on the lens of the camera on top of the comcast center. Rain clouds, you can see the rain sweeping past the camera right now. Still some fog around in the pocono mountains. Not as thick as it was and rain showers moving into the mountains. A little bit of snow left on the ground. This is the view from shawnee along the banks of the delaware river. Temperatures are already in the 40s in the mountains. On our way to the 60s in philadelphia. Already in the 60s in parts of delaware. And warm air is surging into the area and bringing with it the showers and thunderstorm activity that is now moving into burlington county. Thats fast moving shower activity with quick moving heavy downpours. Youll see showers at 1 00 and at 4 00. Wont be an all day rainfall. These showers will be on and off. That will be allowing our temperatures to warm into the 60s. And still quite warm at 7 00, well be watching for thunderstorms moving in from the northwest at that hour. And then the cool weather, maybe even cold as we head into the weekend. Show you how long that lasts with the sevenday forecast when i come back. All right, bill. Checking our top stories now, we now know pope francis will head to the white house during his september visit. The pontiff will meet with president obama and the first lady. His first visit coincides with the world meeting of families being held here of course in philadelphia. And police say some of the women pictured nude on a Penn State Fraternity private Facebook Page have now come forward. Authorities also say some of the members of Kappa Delta Rho are now cooperating with the criminal investigation. The frat was suspended for a year in order to reorganize by its national organization. And Philadelphia Police are investigating a Home Invasion in point breeze where a woman says the intruder choked her. The victim told the police that the attacker asked her for money and grabbed her by the throat. Her husband says shes doing okay. Police in the end say in the end the intruder did not take anything from that home. We were following breaking news overseas. A french prosecutor now says the copilot intentionally caused the germanwings plane crash that killed all 150 people on board earlier this week. According to the prosecutor the copilot sent the jetliner into a dive into the side of a mountain in the french alps. Here is what we know now. The copilot has been identified as Andreas Lubitz a 28yearold german. Germanys top security Officials Say there are no indications he had any terrorist background. French Prosecutor Says the copilot refused to open the door to the cockpit. His breathing was normal throughout the final minutes of the descent when he intentionally put the plane into a dive. The ceo of lufthansa spoke just within the last two hours through an interpreter. His performance was without any criticism, nothing at all was striking. The crash killed all 150 people on board. Meanwhile, police were seen outside of the house in germany that is believed to be lubitzs home. The copilot according to the faa, he had a sinal engine private pilots license. The faa issued him that license in january of 2012. It had restrictions. It had he had to be proficient in english and it had to be accompanied by his german pilots license. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton is live this morning. You spoke a local attorney who say nationally known aviation expert and hes weighing in on what has happened with germanwings. Tell us what hes telling you. Reporter it was very interesting. Aviation expert arthur wolf talked to us about the lufthansa owned Germanwings Flight and posed some questions to us. Among them why would someone leave the cockpit during a short flight . Why is there no restroom in the cockpit . Like in some airplanes that fly longer distances. He made this observation. What im also concerned about is why there was not someone else to take the place of a pilot outside the cockpit as there are in every u. S. Flight. He points to flight attendants who go in for example, to prevent a terrorist attack. He also says airlines may, in the future moving forward, have to also investigate the flight crews psychological background much like they do in looking at job experiences as well as getting job references. No doubt well stay on this investigation and follow it and have the very latest for you coming up in our evening newscast. Live for now from the airport, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. The city in germany it mourning the loss of 16 High School Students and two teachers who died in the germanwings plane crash. The mayor and head of the school went to the town hall to sign the condolence book. Classes were canceled. The group of students were returning from a week Long Exchange Program in spain. And three americans are among the crash victims. One graduated from Drexel University in 2013. Emily selke, a Music Industry major and Vice President of gamma sigma Sigma National service sorority. Her mother yvonne also died in the crash. We spoke with one of emilys friends. She wanted the best for everybody. She made everybody feel important. I think thats why everybody loved her was because she made you feel important. Thats hard to find in people these days. Emily and yvonne selke are from virginia. Yvonne was a u. S. Contractor you can count on nbc 10 news and nbc10. Com as we continue to follow the developments on this breaking news as the investigation intensifies into the deadly germanwings plane crash. You can get updates on the air and on our nbc 10 news app. Now to breaking news out of delaware county. The superintendent just finished talking to the media about a woman reported missing in august of last year. 25yearold amanda guio disappeared in august of 2014. She is a known drug user and has no contact had no contact with her family since she disappeared. Police now believe she may be the victim of foul play. Amandas mother and sister were at the News Conference to plead for amandas return. If this can reach my sister then i would want her to know that not to be scared to come home that we love and miss her, and that her daughters miss her. We just want to make sure shes safe, even if it is just a phone call from her. Amanda has two daughters ages 3 and 5. Police say they are in touch with Homeland Security to look at the possibility of any ties of amandas disappearance and human trafficking. The u. S. And iran are once again talking about tehrans Nuclear Program. Secretary of state john kerry met with irans foreign minister in switzerland this morning. The two countries along with five other world powers hope to reach a rough deal on the Nuclear Program by next tuesday. U. S. Officials say that deadline is achievable but remains uncertain amid significant gaps. The countries are aiming for a final agreement by the end of june. A new report finds the fbi has made strides in fighting terror, but still needs to improve its ability to gather intelligence on global threats. The review finds that since the 9 11 attack the fbi is doing a better job of sharing information with other Law Enforcement agencies. But there is still room for improvement in collecting and analyzing intelligence. Especially now dealing with threats from isis. House somebody committee holds a hearing in washington on the precheck program. Some lawmakers are questioning the future of the program that lets trusted flyers breeze through airport security. They cite some recent incidents including one where the tsa allowed someone who served prison time for a felony to go through the expedited security line. Now it is the senates turn. Lawmakers are expected to vote on their version of the budget later today or early tomorrow. Yesterday, House Republicans pushed through a conservative plan that aims to balance the budget by the end of the decade. It relies on nearly 5 trillion in cuts to eliminate deficits. It also calls for repealing the Health Care Law and overhauling medicare and the tax code. And we have an update on a story we told you about yesterday morning. The kidnapping of a woman in california. Investigators say it was all a hoax. Denise huskens reappeared at her fathers apartment yesterday. The boyfriend waited 11 hours to report the abduction. And police say that aroused suspicions. Officials believe the whole thing was made up by the couple. They will now determine whether huskens and her boyfriend broke any laws. And we have new information about a ski lift accident in maine that injured seven people over the weekend. A broken drive the shaft on the gearbox is to blame. They say the failure allowed the lift to move in reverse. Some jumped to the ground below. An emergency brake engathdged automatically and stopped lift suddenly. The resort says none of the injuries were serious. The woman who recorded Donald Sterling making racist comments will testify in a california courtroom. V. Stiviano allegedly received millions of dollars in gifts when she was his girlfriend. His wife is now suing for the return of those gifts. Stivianos recording led to sterlings ouster as team owner. Little girl from maine had trouble making friends, so she asked president obama to help her out. Now shes redded to the edheaded to the white house for a trip of a lifetime. She asked him a letter asking for advice on how to make friends. Not only did she get a reply, she also got a chance to go to the easter egg roll. She may meet the obamas and get a personal tour. I figured that he must have to make friends with people hes working with. Shes much happier. She is more outgoing. The fact shes joining clubs is really amazing. Writing that ledder, katies mom says she made two best friends and joined three new clubs, which is something she said she wouldnt have done without this new confidence. Good for katie. Happening today, students in bucks county help celebrate their new school at a groundbreaking ceremony taking place in the students will come together in different buildings. Marketing your school it may sound strange coming from a Philadelphia High School but it is happening. All thanks to a new partnership between business leads and school principals. Nbc 10s katy zachry shows us how it is working. What do you want to do . Reporter there is something new happening in the halls of the high school in kensington. Thanks to the Industry Partners program. It is new to philadelphia. And it pairs Business Leaders with school principals. We both feed off of each Others Energy and ideas and from the start it was a great partnership. Reporter this Technical School is one of the few philadelphia schools taking part. It lab it has been through difficult times. The principal meets monthly with local entrepreneur bob mao to talk strategy. The advice is businesslike, which led them to Start Marketing the School Online and in a video for perspective students. This felt like a school that has done a lot of things right and about how to get the good word out about that . Reporter reporting from kensington, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. And we have breaking news. Well get to here in a moment. Doctors on demand the price some people are willing to pay for this concierge medicallike care. You pay a price if you dont carry an umbrella today. Rain is moving through the area and more is on the way. The potential for thunderstorms as well. The sevenday forecast ahead. Well show you how long this warmer weather will last. And we have breaking news to nbc 10 this morning. Philadelphia police are right now investigating a shooting outside of a mini market in kensington. Here is a live picture from the scene. This is on amber and cambria streets. Were working to find out right now the condition of the victim and if there are suspects or any suspects, if theyre in pursuit of the suspects. Stay with nbc 10 news for any updates on this breaking news. And happening today, a bankruptcy judge will decide whether to approve a radio shack deal to sell its assets including customer names and addresses. If youre one of the 117 Million People who have shopped at radio shack and given them your name phone number or email address, you may be affected. There are several lawsuits to stop the sale. One attorney argues the turnover of Customer Data violates radio shacks own privacy policy. Radio shack filed for bankruptcy last month after 11 years of losses. Apple is overhauling the music business. The New York Times reports the company is working with engineers at beats to create a streaming Music Service that competes with spotify. Apple is revamping itunes radio, tailoring it to listeners in regional markets and seeking more exclusive album releases for itunes. Theyre expected to unveil all of this in early june. Doctors on demand changes in Health Care Law are increase increasing the popularity of what is known as concierge medicine. Sharon epperson tells us what it is and could it be right for you . Reporter dave stays on the go running a company that helps Small Businesses manage their social media presence. Literally every minute is booked from morning until night. I use my calendar to track every single thing i do and really take advantage of every minute. Reporter the busy ceo doesnt like to complicate his schedule or waste time. Especially when it comes to his health. You go to the doctor every six months wait in an office get seen by one of a dozen or two dozen doctors that happen to work at that office and have you for the day, you wait in the waiting room and wait in the Doctors Office and then wait for billing. Takes a long long time. He is one of a growing number of consumers could wants to see a doctor on demand. So he hired a concierge doctor a primary care physician who offers a greater degree of personalizeizeized attention. You have a busy executive, works 25 hours a day. What happens if im sick and down. Here comes me. Reporter the number is expected to grow in this era of Health Care Reforms as more americans seek alternatives to the way doctors deliver care. Concierge doctors charge a retainer, 1500 to several thousand dollars a year. That gives the patient 24 7 access by mobile phone, email or text. And the ability to make appointments the same day. Some doctors write out prescription and may have them delivered to your home or make house calls or office calls. It runs a gamut. Sometimes they call for a pesky cold, cough, nowlike symptoms. Some call because theyre, like, im a little short of breath and i dont know when is going on. Am i having an issue with my hearts or lungs . Or patients call us because they have diabetes and havent had a followup. Reporter carpen pays a 2500 annual retainer. I call him every six months or text him. Hes over the next day or two days later, comes to my office comes to my house, waits for me and i can see him just like that. Reporter he says the Concierge Services are worth the costs. For his own health and the health of his company. Just the time saved alone ends up being worth it because i can use that time to make money with our business. Reporter Sharon Epperson cnbc business news. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 11 49, the temperatures are climbing as rain falls. The temperatures will keep on moving. And showers and thunderstorms are going to be on and off this afternoon. The best chance of seeing some thunderstorms will come through this evening. There are a few Lightning Strikes in delaware. A oneday warmup. Enjoy it. The cold returns tonight. Winterlike cold as we go into the weekend. Out the door now, 42 still chilly in allentown and a chilly rain is falling in northeast philadelphia. It is ten degrees warmer than Lehigh Valley. Atlantic city getting closer to the 60 degree mark. Cape may started off with rain. Now see something sunshine. Look at that. See the shadow this is the view for the market lafayette hotel. Temperatures in the 50s now in cape may. Right on the beach, in the 40s. Chilly breeze off the ocean. Look at the rain. Heavier downpours and some thunder and lightning moving through burlington county. Those are fast moving storms. Moving to the northeast at 50 miles an hour. Theyll be out of the picture. Mour showers will be moving in. Moving through norfolk and virginia and eastern carolina. Thats during the day today. Then this evening, this is what well be watching. And this is going it bring cold weather back. In fact you can see it because it is not just rain thats snow falling as well. Colder air moving in. We might even see some snowflakes tomorrow morning. During the day today, however, it is honon and off rainfall. The chances of seeing umbrellas go up more likely in philadelphia delaware and south jersey than areas north and west. This is 3 00 in the afternoon. Some breaks of sunshine this is one well see some of the warmest temperatures of today. Few spat spot maze get near the 70 degree mark. Than were watching that line that is farther north and west thats a 5 00 this afternoon. Moving into the pocono mountains cure during the evening hours. It keeps on moving to the south and east. So during the evening hours, 8 00 to 9 00 in philadelphia thats when you can expect this line of showers to be moving in. Behind it the cold air that youll feel by the later evening hours and overnight, tonight, you can see it at 11 00, the rain is still coming down with more showers off to the north and west. So need your umbrella today and tomorrow morning we may be watching umbrellas go up once again. Today, were watching the temperatures go up. 60s to near 70 degrees this afternoon. Occasional shower and chance of thunderstorms. The thunderstorms during the daytime hours, more likely in delaware and south jersey. Wont be widespread. And then this evening, that line of showers moving in another chance of some thunderstorms for areas north and west and philadelphia. Showers still in the area on friday, look at the temperature plunge from the 60s, 50s, the High Temperature after morning low of 46 degrees. Winterlike for saturday. Clouds moving in. Wet weather with temperatures starting off at 33 degrees. Might see light snow in the morning changing over to rain as the temperature climbs to 40 saturday afternoon. Light showers on saturday. Sunshine will be here sunday and that begins a warming process. 50 degrees on sunday. 57 on monday. And well into the 50s tuesday and wednesday. Well be right back. Students in one School District are helping out the hungry in the Lehigh Valley and doing it in a big way. Nbc 10 was at Parkland High School in allentown this morning at kids were preparing more than 20,000 food items to go on the truck. Students from parkland School Districts 11 schools collected all that food. The donation goes to the Second Harvest food bank. Good job, kids. This afternoon on ellen Julianna Margulies from the good wife. And bruno mars and mark ronson perform on the ellen stage. Then nbc 10 news at 4 00. A winner among us . Why you should check your wallet and all your pockets all the time. Someone in our area could have just struck it rich. Thats this afternoon at 4 00. And now to an update on breaking news. A french Prosecutor Says the copilot of the germanwings plane that crashed in the french alps appeared to want to destroy the airliner. He says the copilot was alone at the controls and intentionally set the plane in a dive. The copilot has been identified as Andreas Lubitz. Germanys top security official says there are no indications he had any terrorist background. Lufthansa says it has no clues to the copilots motive. The crash killed all 150 people on board. Now bill henley with the final check of the weather. Rain on and off during the day today. Temperatures are climbing. We have seen the first line of showers move through. Now the heavier downpours are in ocean county in new jersey. Just the west of toms river. The temperatures still chilly north and west, already up to 54 and climbing in philadelphia. Thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11 00. Im vai sikahema. For all of us at nbc 10, have a great day. Okay. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Okay. What are you doing, nicole . Oh. Get your coat and take me to those damn diamonds, now. Im not kidding around. Move it. Xander . Eric, oh, my god. What a surprise. Yeah. [chuckles] [sighs]