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Nbc 10s Monique Braxton is live for us in old city. You talked to her a short time ago. Tell us how shes doing. Reporter the former d. A. Told us she fell gracefully last night and said she feels well this morning. We caught up with her when she arrived here at the National Museum for American Jewish history. She was carrying a cup of coffee, she mentioned she doesnt drink water, she says last night during the televised debate on nbc 10 she was dehydrated. Overnight, political analysts have been weighing in on abrahams fainting. I asked her about that. Some of the political analysts are asking that you release your medical records. Will you do that . I dont even have any medical records. I go for annual checkups im big on mammography, i speak about that race for the cure susan komen. Im perfectly fit. Abraham was one of four mayoral candidates appearing before a coalition called build philly. The 300 who gathered listened to answers from the candidates regarding the environment, infrastructure and the tax rebate. We also asked abraham if the collapse in any way will affect her ability to raise money. And we also asked her what her message is to voters. Were working on that for you coming up at 11 30. Live now in old city Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. Thank you. Of course count on nbc 10 for in depth coverage of the race for philadelphia mayor. Visit nbc10. Com to read up on all of the candidates including their responses to questions. Nbc 10s Jim Rosenfield asked them about education, taxes and crime during last nights debate. And we have breaking news just in to our nbc 10 newsroom. Police in Chester County have arrested a deejay and photographer on sex assault and child pornography charges. Investigators say Daniel Milowicki sexually assaulted a young woman after luring her to his home under the pretense of a modeling photography session. He was selfemployed as a photographer and deejay. Count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com for updates on this breaking story throughout the day. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. Breezy and damp out there today. Look at that flag whipping in the wind and much colder than it was yesterday. Here is a live look at center city philadelphia. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is here with the forecast. It is a twopart story. Were seeing colder temperatures, much colder than yesterday, and also on and off showers as we head to the rest of today. Temperatures, 44 degrees in philadelphia. 44 in pottstown. 42 in Atlantic City. Temperatures in dover at 45 degrees. Even in the 30s in the poconos, but couple that with our wind speeds, which are gusting above 20 Miles Per Hour and our feels like temperature is at 26 degrees in the poconos. At 39 in allentown. It feels like it is 37 degrees in philadelphia. And 34 in Atlantic City. So it is going to be cold throughout the entire day. Cold and wet. And were already starting to see light rain moving into parts of the poconos and also pushing into Lancaster County. As we head into the rest of today, well continue to see that on and off shower activity but it is going to remain light. Thats the good news. Our temperatures are also going to stay down. Even by noon youll notice some of the scattered showers starting to push into pottstown, wilmington portions of millville and the poconos. Thats going to continue even into our afternoon hours and, again, as we head into thursday plus, we factor in thunderstorms as we push into friday and we have an unsettled wet week ahead of us over the next couple of days. We wont dry out until we head into your weekend. Thats when our temperatures will recover. As we head into thursday again, were going to see similar conditions to what were seeing today. Our average for this time of year at 61 well above that average yesterday. As we head into the rest of today, 46. By thursday 44. Ill let you know when well start to warm things up coming up in my sevenday forecast. New this morning, Staff Members in the Easton Area School district are mourning a bus driver who was crushed to death by a car. 61yearold bonny novack worked in the Transportation Department for three years. Police say she was pinned against a parked car at the districts bus depot last night. The depot is next to Tracy Elementary School in Palmer Township. According to authorities, novack was trying to stop her car as it was rolling downhill toward another vehicle. A coworker found her about an hour later. This morning classes were delayed for two hours while the district held a meeting for employees in the Transportation Department. The district we provided support this morning to all of the drivers, had counselors available to talk with them and really just process their grief and their loss as a whole group and then individually with counseling support. Police told us they found the car in neutral and emergency brake was not engaged. It will be back at the bus depot today to continue their investigation. In Philadelphia Police arrested a driver who tried to run from the scene of a crash in kensington overnight. Investigators say the driver hit a big pothole at the intersection of cumberland and tulip streets, lost control and crashed into a parked car. The parked car smashed into two other vehicles. Police say they were warning cones around the pothole. Two people were hurt when a car crashed into april abandoned building. This happened around 11 30 last night at market and wood streets in bristol, bucks county. Police say the car glanced off the porch of a house and smashed into the building across the street. Were told the victims would be okay. No word yet on why the driver lost control of the vehicle. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire inside an Apartment Building in north philadelphia. First brought this to you as breaking news this morning. Crews were on the scene on north 11th street. Officials believe the fire started inside a trash shoot. And the firefighters had to deal with heavy smoke, otherwise no one was hurt. And this morning, police are trying to figure out why a man shot his father in the head while the family was driving on the skookle expressway. Investigators say a 22yearold man from philadelphia was in the back seat and shot his father while driving the car. It happened during the rush hour near the conshohocken exit. The father is in critical but stable condition. Thats appalling and im stunned right now to know that thats the reason why the traffic was so bad. Drivers were stuck in traffic for hours after police shut down the westbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway to investigate. Well take a look. Philadelphia police say this burgundy van caught on Surveillance Video is the clearest evidence they have in the kidnapping of a Center City Jewelry store worker. Investigators say robbers beat and tasered the victim as the van left the parking garage on Chestnut Street on saturday. The bandits demanded security codes to the Jewelry Store where the victim worked before releasing her. Right now, coast guard crews off the coast of new jersey are discussing the best way to remove a commercial fishing boat that ran aground this morning. No one was hurt during the incident on Point Pleasant beach in ocean county. Officials say the boat ran aground just after 5 00 this morning. Three people were on board. The boat is not damaged and the coast guard says there is no pollution risk to the public. Crews will continue to monitor the situation for the remainder of the day. And in the Atlantic City casino crisis city council is expected to approve rezoning for the old showboat casino so Stockton University can use it as a satellite campus. They bought the showboat but disagreed to sell it to straub because of an agreement requiring the property be used as a casino. If the rezoning is approved it would prohibit showboat from being used as a casino and designate stockton as an education related developer. The move could still be challenged though in court. Also on the ac boardwalk, the revel deal became official yesterday. Straub closed on this sale paying 82 million for the casino hotel. It cost about 2. 5 billion to build. Glen straub sealed the deal after four earlier attempts to sell revel fell through. His lawyer says straub went to reopen wants to reopen the casino this summer. And happening today, parishioners who are trying to save their church from demolition will meet with the president of the Philadelphia City council. Darrell clarke is asking the archdiocese to hold off on tearing down the 133yearold church in fishtown. He says parishioners have appealed to the vatican for help and have yet to receive a formal response. Also happening later today, Lower Merion Police and township officials will discuss Community Relations report on policing and race. Tonights meeting in ardmore will follow up on this video shot by a neighbor showing police detaining two africanamerican men shoveling snow. Police are expected to release figures showing the arrests in the township by race. We have a link to the report on the nbc 10 app and on nbc10. Com. That is racial profiling. And it has to stop. Citizens expressed their concerns during a township meeting last month. The issue stemmed from a womans complaint that police targeted men she hired to shovel snow because of their race. Police say their officers acted properly. Well it is the tape that led to murder charges. This morning, the protests in South Carolina after a Police Officer is charged with killing an unarmed black man. Stormy weather in the midwest left behind plenty of damage and more severe storms could be on the way. Were talking about thunderstorms. Scattered showers. Ill let you know what to expect over the next couple of days. Thats coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. We have breaking news from overseas. A u. S. Soldier is dead after being shot by a soldier from afghanistan. Officials say the soldiers were at a compound of a provincial governor when the soldier suddenly opened fire killing one and injuring at least two others. Nato is confirming one of its soldiers died during the attack as well. Reports show the shooter was shot dead immediately after firing on the troops. And this morning, protests are happening in South Carolina where a white Police Officer is now charged with murder for shooting an africanamerican man as he ran away. This is an operation to keep a community down. Oppressed, brutalized silent. And now we are awake and we are screaming no more no more. No more you can see the demonstrators are rallying outside the Police Station in North Charleston. Tracie potts has more on this from washington where the Justice Department is keeping its eye on the case. And we want to warn you, the shooting was caught on a cell phone and the video could be disturbing to some viewers. I have two stepchildren and one on the way. This is officer Michael Slager appearing via video, charged with murder. It happened saturday morning in North Charleston South Carolina, a traffic stop, a brief scuffle, and then this. Walter scott shot at eight times as he was running away. He had some Child Support on him and i believe he didnt want to go to jail again. He just ran away. Reporter officer Michael Slager says he felt threatened. Shots fired. Subject is down. Hes down. Reporter the video shows the officer picking up an object after the shooting and dropping it at scotts feet. We have got 343 Police Officers in our department. This is a bad decision by one of those 343. We all have seen the video. If there wasnt a video, would we know the truth. Reporter scotts family is planning to file a civil rights lawsuit. The familys Attorney Says the person who recorded that video is cooperating with authorities and will come out and talk about it at some point. Tracie potts nbc news washington. Meanwhile, happening now, jurors are in their second day of deliberations in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. Dzhokhar tsarnaev is accused of planning and executing the 2013 bombings. The defense team however, claims dzhokhars now dead older brother was the mastermind behind the attack. Also happening now, an arraignment for two illinois men accused of supporting the terror group isis. Both men are charged with conspireing to provide Material Support and other resources to members of isis. Investigators say one of the suspects is a member of the national guard. And more severe storms are expected in the middle of the country after yesterdays violent weather left damage widespread. The National Weather service says winds reached as high as 70 Miles Per Hour throughout some parts of indiana. Emergency Officials Say a tornado touched down briefly last night in southeastern kansas. Forecasters predict more strong winds, hail and a number of tornadoes throughout the Southern Plains today. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. And the good news is for our region, were just going to be dealing with scattered showers throughout today. Our threat for thunderstorms does go up as we head into your friday. But a wet and unsettled workweek for us over the next couple of days. Were still going to be dealing with showers and thunderstorms by friday. And cold temperatures both today and into tomorrow. Were talking about temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below average. But we will dry out just in time for the weekend, so saturday and sunday look really good. From philadelphia, right now, look outside, you can see the gray skies, mostly cloudy even a little light rain at the Philadelphia International airport. 44 degrees, feels like temperature at 37. Wind speeds out of the east northeast at 14 Miles Per Hour gusting close to 30 Miles Per Hour. Most locations are dealing with the windchill when you step outside this late morning, early afternoon. Mid40s in allentown. 44 degrees in pottstown. 42 in westchester. 44 in philadelphia. Low 40s in mount holly. Temperatures at 42 degrees in Atlantic City. And 43 in stone harbor. Closer look at our feels like temperature, feels like were just at 35 in mount holly. 34 in Atlantic City. Feeling like 39 degrees in dover. And 34 in wilmington. The reason why is the cold air is in place, and were seeing gusty wind speeds out of the northeast, gusting up to 20 25 Miles Per Hour. Thats going to continue until we get to our 11 00 p. M. Midnight hour tonight. Cold and wet conditions expected to continue for us. Youre starting to see a few more scattered showers and light rain pushing into the western parts of our area here. If we take a closer look south of reading, light rainfall coming through, same thing for providence and if we fly you down to delaware light rainfall moving into parts of dover, the northern and central parts of delaware right now seeing light rainfall. Our future weather shows us that well continue to see on and off showers to the rest of the afternoon. And this will continue again into your thursday. Well see more of a moderate rainfall by thursday night at 10 00 p. M. And then were still not done as we head into friday another round for us especially by 5 00 p. M. On friday and this is when we start to track our best chance of thunderstorms. You can see the difference there on our model with the intensity of the rain showers picking up and the possibility of thunderstorms. Clearing up nicely heading into saturday and also sunday. We have the phillies game tonight if you plan on heading out. Expect a northeasterly wind 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. Cold and damp by 7 00 p. M. 42 degrees. Look at 9 00 p. M. Similar conditions, 41 by the time you head home. Again, scattered on and off showers expected to continue. For today, breezy much colder than what we saw yesterday. Yesterdays high at 69 degrees. Thats nearly a 20 degree drop even more than that in some locations between yesterday and today. Patchy light rain expected for us. Sevenday forecast once we get through the two days in the 40s, we are going to see temperatures recovering on friday but we track our chance of thunderstorms and then saturday and sunday plenty of sunshine dry and windy, with temperatures back closer to average. Getting drunk on the governments dime . Well, still ahead, the local Police Department that is looking for a few good men and women to help them out with officer training. And new this morning, encouraging news about pennsylvania drive ersrs. This is nbc 10 news. Experts say older adults need faster treatment for melanoma. A new study finds Many Medicare Patients Experience delays when it comes to surgery for the deadly skin cancer. A large study of medicare patients found 22 had to wait longer than six weeks for surgery. 8 waited longer than three months. Most doctors recommend surgery within four to six weeks after diagnosis. Delays could cause further illness or even death. And new this morning, traffic deaths in pennsylvania hit an all time low last year. Penndot released new numbers this morning. They showed nearly 2,000 people were killed in car crashes in 2014. Thats the lowest number since the department started keeping records. 87 years ago. Drunk driving deaths were also 14 lower compared to the year before. The report isnt all positive. There was an increase in the number of people who died in crashes involving utility poles, Drowsy Driving and older drivers. This weeks wednesdays child is full of life and loves to take on new challenges. Shes looking for a forever family to help her reach for the stars. I want you to meet michaela. Were going to do that on the high bar now. Michaela is a sweet and athletic 11yearold who loves to try new things. And from what we saw in our recent trip to philadelphia Gymnastics Center in conshohocken, p. A. She may have found her calling. Thats it. Michaela is a very fun, energetic 11yearold who loves anything that is active and any sport. She loves basketball. Gymnastics. She got right in the swing of things. Besides her natural athletic ability and Infectious Energy she has a can do attitude. You never have done this before . No. You think youre going to keep working on it . Yeah. I like coming here for classes. Michaela says shes open to any kind of family. As long as they can keep up of course. She is just full of energy. Shes very spunky and fun and energetic and she offers a lot of love. I want you to take this leg and were going to swing it around. The ideal family would motivate and encourage her to reach her goals. She would either love a single mom or a twoparent family home with older children in the home i think, would be best. She is more than ready for her forever family. Have you ever envisioned what your family would look like . Like a mom would take me to gymnastics and a dad to play catch with. Play catch. You love sports . Yeah. Say gymnastics. Michaela is this weeks wednesdays child. Im telling you, probably not next year but i would say 2020 summer games, she might be there. If you like to help make her dream come true or the dream of any wednesdays child sponsored by the Dave Thomas Foundation go to our website, nbc10. Com and search wednesdays child while there or call the National Adoption center directly 1866doadopt. It is the day after the debate with so much on stage drama. Hear what Lynne Abraham is telling us this morning after taking a tumble during the first televised debate featuring all six democratic candidates. You saw it all unfold here on nbc 10. The internationally known maestro of the philly pops but the groups music director is letting us in on the little secret today. Ill talk to him live about his brandnew adventure just ahead. This is nbc 10 news. This morning several of the candidates for philadelphia mayor are back out making their pitches hours after nbc 10 brought you their debate. And one candidate in particular is answering questions about how shes doing. Former District Attorney Lynne Abraham fainted just minutes into the debate at the kimmel center. A doctor said she had a sudden drop in blood pressure. Abraham did not return to the debate. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton talked to her at a forum in old city this morning. Monique, what did the former d. A. Have to tell you . Reporter i guess you could say, vai, she was full of campaign conversation. She was smiling and very upbeat when she arrived here at the National Museum for American Jewish history. Our camera was rolling and Lynne Abraham told us that she feels well, despite falling gracefully. The start of todays panel was much different than last nights first televised debate on nbc 10. As you know the 74yearold fainted moments into the debate. Well, this morning, abraham admitted she doesnt drink water, but proclaims shes fit. Do you think the fact you collapsed will affect your ability to raise funds, Campaign Funds . Ill tell you something, im a fighter. Philadelphians are scrappy. And im going to keep campaigning. Thats why im doing here this morning. Reporter when asked about her message to the voters abraham said voters should say Lynne Abraham is one tough broad. Thats exactly what she said. She was one of about four mayoral candidates to answer questions posed by build philly. 300 people listened to the candidates talk about repealing the tax rebate changes to the infrastructure as well as the environment. Were going to have Lynne Abrahams comments posted on nbc10. Com as well as on our news app. Live now from old city Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. You can count on nbc 10 for in depth coverage of the race for philadelphia mayor, visit nbc10. Com to read up on all of the candidates their platforms including their responses to questions. Jim rosenfield asked about education, taxes, and crime during last nights debate. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. Kind of dreary and overcast out there. You better get used to it. Were stuck in a rainy pattern. A live look at boathouse row right now in philadelphia. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist britneytney shipp is here with the forecast. A true shock to our system. Yesterday, close to 70 degrees. Now daytime highs will not get out of the mid40s. Our temperatures right now still in the mid40s. 44 degrees in philadelphia. 44 in trenton. 37 in mount pocono. 45 in dover. And 42 degrees in Atlantic City. Our feels like temperature, because were seeing wind speeds gusting up to 20 Miles Per Hour sustained at around 10 to 15 it feels like it is only 37 in philadelphia. 34 in wilmington. 38 when you step outside in dover and 34 in Atlantic City. Our satellite radar shot shows were seeing light showers moving into parts of the poconos, also Lancaster County and the central and northern parts of Delaware County at this time. Everywhere else cloudy skies, light drizzle. Thats going to be the trend as we head into the rest of today. Well continue to see the on and off showers throughout the rest of your afternoon and youll notice our temperatures dont really move still in the mid40s, even by 1 00 p. M. As you head out for lunch. If we fastforward this closer to the time youre heading home from work were still mainly in the low 40s with on and off showers expected to continue into our overnight hours. And once again, on thursday. With our temperatures still on thursday staying below average. Well below average. Well be back in the low 40s by tomorrow. Our average for this time of year is 61 degrees. So well be pretty close to 20 25 degrees below average. Chilly days ahead for us. Average is 61. 46 today. Well head down to 44 degrees for your thursday. Yesterday, we saw high of 69 degrees. Thats a big drop. For today, breezy much colder patchy light rain temperatures range between 43 and 44 degrees. Coming up ill be going over your sevenday forecast. Were tracking warmer air, which is nice and also have your weekend forecast as well. Well see you then brittney. Top stories right now, a bus driver for Easton Area School district was crushed when her car rolled into another vehicle. It happened at the bus depot in Palmer Township last night. Classes were delayed this morning as the Transportation Department came together to mourn bonny novacks death. Philadelphia Police Arrested a driver who tried to run from the scene of a crash in kensington last night. Investigators say the driver hit a big pothole at the intersection of cumberland and tulip streets, lost control and crashed into a parked car. The parked car then smashed into two other vehicles. And a commercial fishing boat runs aground off the coast of new jersey of a new jersey beach. Right now, coast guard crews are trying to find out how to remove it. Officials say none of the three people on board were injured when it ended up on land at Point Pleasant beach in ocean county. In about an hour and a half there will be a News Conference in North Charleston city hall. Thats the South Carolina town where a white Police Officer faces a murder charge for shooting an africanamerican man in the back. Nbc 10s mark barger has more details in the case and a warning that the video may be disturbing to some viewers. No more. No more. No more. No more. Reporter protests and outrage over the shooting of an unarmed black man in South Carolina by a white Police Officer now charged with murder. This video shot by a bystander recorded the fatal confrontation saturday. On tape this officer Michael Slager firing eight shots at walter scott as he fled following a traffic stop. The family of the 50yearold victim says they are thankful the tape surfaced. It would have never come to light. They would have swept it under the rug, like they did many others. Reporter but it was viewing the tape that prompted loichlt eded Law Enforcement officials to file charges against the officer. When youre wrong, youre wrong. And if you make a bad decision dont care if youre behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. Reporter slager made his First Court Appearance on tuesday and is being held without bail. The police veteran says he felt threatened and scott tried to grab his stun gun. Shots fired. Subject is down. He grabbed my taser. Reporter but the video appears to show a much different story. Somebody was watching. Hallelujah. There was a witness that came forward with the video. And the initial reports were wrong. Reporter a video that led to an arrest of a Police Officer now charged with murder. Mark barger, nbc 10 news. And the National Transportation safety board says it has no immediate word on what caused a small plane to crash in Central Illinois killing seven people. The passengers were returning from the ncaa Basketball Championship when the plane went down near the bloomington airport yesterday morning. Among the victims, Illinois State universitys head basketball coach and deputy athletics director. They say there was fog yesterday, but it is not clear if that was a factor in the crash. Today, iran is sending a naval destroyer and another vessel to waters near yemen. A military official says the ships would help protect naval routes in the region. This comes as saudi led air strikes are targeting shiite rebels in yemen known as houthis. The Group Released this video that appears to show the results of those air strikes. You can see a huge crater and wrecked building. Critics say iran backs the houthis, but the country and rebels deny any direct military assistance. U. S. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says an Al Qaeda Branch is makeing great gains amid the chaos in yemen. He made the comments in tokyo. Carter said the collapse of the Central Government in yemen makes it harder to conduct Counterterrorism Operations against al qaeda and in the arabian peninsula. About 40 of flights across france are canceled today because of a strike by air Traffic Controllers. Air france says long haul flights wont be affected. The air Traffic Controllers union called the twoday strike to protest working and retirement conditions. The strikes are also planned for next week at the end and at the end of the month. A pair of hong kong parents are behind bars after their teen daughter jumped to her death from a window inside their high rise apartment. Both parents are suspected of ill treatment of their two daughters. An investigation revealed that the victim and her 14yearold sister had never been to school and they dont have any identity documents. Officials think their mother moved to hong kong as a domestic helper and is suspected of overstaying her visa. Rand paul says while hes skeptical about the Iran Nuclear Deal framework negotiations are better than war. And hes going to keep an open mind. The newly announced republican president ial candidate appeared on today. He took issue with criticism hes changed his positions in recent years on positions like foreign aid, and the threat iran poses to america. Is iran still not a threat . No no no. Listen. You editorialized, let me answer a question you ask a question you say, have your views changed instead of editorializing and saying my views have changed. Lets start out with paul said his position on some issues like foreign aid and whether iran is a threat have changed as events have changed with the time. Another term in office for chicago mayor rahm emanuel after failing to achieve a majority against four other candidates in februarys election. He faced a showdown in the citys first ever Runoff Election for mayor. The former white house chief of staff won the race with about 55 of all votes. Voters in ferguson missouri elected two africanamerican candidates to city council. Until yesterday, five of the Six Council Members were white. This is the first election since michael brown, an africanamerican teenager was shot and killed by a white Police Officer. That put ferguson at the center of a National Conversation about race and policing. And president obama is off to jamaica today. Hes scheduled to meet with Prime Minister and leaders of the caribbean community. According to the white house, president obama will discuss our nations Ongoing Partnership and go over details of the Caribbean Energy security initiative. In california Good Samaritan helped foil a robbery. Watch this video from sunday when the man in black lunges at the cashier at the gas station. Seconds later, the customer in the red shirt leaps into action. He and the cashier start throwing punches forcing the robber to back down. And then the Good Samaritan puts him into a choke hold until Police Arrive eight minutes later. During a phone interview, he said he was glad to help bring the robber to justice. How did you do that . The right thing to do. Well what the robber didnt know is that the Good Samaritan is a former Police Officer. Police arrested the man that was wearing black and charged him with attempted robbery. Nearly one in ten American Adults have a history of impulsive anger and access to guns. Thats according to researchers at duke university. The new study also shows more than 1 of adults with anger issues carry firearms outside their homes. Experts say examining an owners history of violent offenses could be more effective at preventing gun violence than Mental Health screenings. Pope francis today said children are a great blessing. And during his weekly address at the vatican, the pope said the importance of family is crucial to a childs success. He said those children who are starving or begging in the streets often become prey to criminals. The pope said it is important for the adults in charge of the systems dedicated to children make sure they are successful. Nbc 10 is preparing for the popes visit to philadelphia. Count on us for full coverage of the world meeting of families in september and get updates on the event anytime by downloading the nbc 10 news app to your smartphone or to your tablet. Up next cooking to fight cancer. What students from a local university are whipping up that could be the recipe for healthier living. Oh and where has spring gone . Disappeared for the next couple of days. Temperatures stay in the mid40s. Today and tomorrow and tracking showers on and off today and tomorrow. And thunderstorms on friday. Ill go over all the details in my sevenday forecast. The new town township Police Department in Delaware County needs 20 volunteers willing to have a few alcohol drinks under supervision. It is training officers to do field sobriety cases. The classes will run the first week of may. If youre interested call the police. Some culinary students from Drexel University are helping Cancer Patients one healthy meal at a time. Nbc 10s katy zachry went into the kitchen to watch the students in action. Reporter these culinary students are taking comfort foods and creating healthy alternatives so that people with cancer can enjoy them. Inside Drexel Universitys food lab, there is more happening than just cooking for class. These students are making recipes for Cancer Patients and survivors. It is very easy to follow a recipe and cook something delicious. It is much harder to problem solve and apply that knowledge. Reporter thats exactly what culinary arts professor Jonathan Deutch asks of his students. This semester they started creating recipes for the nonprofit cook for your life. Theyre healthy, low fat, often low calorie alternatives to comfort foods that Cancer Patients can enjoy. The students then teach their recipes at the hope lodge in cheltenham where many patients stay during treatment. It is good. It is a lot of fun. Were happy to help. Reporter she used her love of greek yogurt to come up with a healthy alternative to fettucini alfredo and strawberry shortcake. Our goal is to see if we can expand this. Reporter this program exists in other cities but it is first Time Culinary students are taking part here in philadelphia. Go to our nbc 10 news app for more information on where to find those healthy recipes. Reporting from University City katy zachry, nbc 10 news. He is the very talented maestro of the internationally known, renowned philly popped. Hes been entertaining audiences with his music and his wit in philadelphia for about a year and a half now. This morning were learning that michael has another Impressive Talent one that hes ready to share with the world. Were thrilled to welcome back michael to nbc 10 this morning. Welcome. Appreciate your coming. Michael, the philly pops the season is about to start this weekend. And but concertgoers are also in for an extra special little treat. Tell us about it. Well in addition to the concert that were playing this weekend, which will be a program of movie music, famous music from famous movies were also going to be showing some of the examples of my hobby, which is photography. So many of my photos will be in the lobby. When people arrive they can see what i do when im not on the podium conducting. That is picture perfect. Shots from paris. There is venice. I was in venice this past summer. So when i travel i like to take my camera. Florence. Wow. Tell us about your love of photography. How this, you know the genesis of this how long not that long. I started doing it for several years now. I like to travel. And used to take snapshots, but i wanted to you know get better at it. As i got better at it i really enjoyed it a lot. And it enhanced my travel and now i enjoy my trips that much more. I take more time to really enjoy the sights around me because of the photography. Are there plans to display more of your works at future shows . Well see how this goes. Im very kind of modest about this is my hobby. I dont put on display what i do as a conductor. This has been something i do as fun. This is the first time ive ever you know kind of put this out there in front of the public and say look what i can do. Well see what people have to say about it. Well see what the reaction is. If they like it ill show them some more. Looking at the pictures i think the reaction my guess is people will want to know if they can buy some of these works. If they do, were going to offer them up and were going to use the funds to go to our Educational Programs at the philly pops put on. They can and their money will go to a good cause. Fantastic. A possibility of possibly buying some of this work. So you mentioned that well be familiar with some of the music. Tell us more about that. All of the music. Broadway music. Were playing music from the movies. Okay. Friday night, saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon at kimmel you know all the great music from great movies everything from gone with the wind to pirates of the caribbean and sound of music and avatar and everything in between. I missed the great music and the great the music, sometimes they played during intermission, when movies had intermission. The philly pops performed the sounds of the Silver Screen with epic hollywood soundtracks this friday through sunday at the kimmel centers verizon hall in center city philadelphia. Tickets are still available. Michael, thank you very much for coming in. We appreciate it. My pleasure. Congratulations. Thank you. We look forward to seeing more. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bit Brittney Shipp. As we head into the rest of today, temperatures are going to feel cold. Were going to stay in the mid40s. It is still an unsettled wet and stormy week for us. And these temperatures are going to stick around not just for today, but as we head into tomorrow. We will start to dry out as we head into saturday and sunday. Live look outside now, you see the gray skies for philadelphia mostly cloudy skies, so were not seeing rainfall right now. But on and off showers will continue throughout today. Temperatures at 44 degrees, feels like temperature, 38 degrees. So another cold day on tap for us. Out of the east northeast and wind gusts up to 23 Miles Per Hour. Current temperatures throughout the rest of the region at 34 in trenton. 42 in mount holly. Low 40s in Atlantic City. Temperatures right now in stone harbor at 43. Feels like temperature at 38 degrees for philadelphia. 37 in pottstown. 39 in allentown. 26 in the poconos. And feels like temperature in dover at 38. We expect our wind speeds to continue to gust throughout most of today, heading into the afternoon and evening. Well start to see our wind speet spooed speeds subside in our overnight hours on thursday. A breezy cold and with wet day for us. Our satellite radar shot shows mostly cloudy skies and also a few scattered showers starting to move just to the north of allentown into the poconos. And also into parts of philadelphia, dover and the southern parts of delaware. So here is where were seeing the scattered showers near pottstown right now. Reading staying dry at this time. Then closer to the south of dover is where were also seeing another batch of isolated showers. Heading into the rest of your early afternoon, well continue to see the light rainfall move through from west to east. And then well see it picking up in intensity as we head into thursday afternoon and late evening hours, closer to 11 00 p. M. Thats when well see more of a moderate rainfall coming down tomorrow evening. And thats not the end of it. Well see another round as we head into friday. And this time by friday evening were tracking the possibility of thunderstorms. You can see this is a lot more organized as we get into friday. Our temperatures are going to go back up into the 70s which will help fuel some of the thunderstorms. You want to be very careful heading home from work thursday night. As we head into saturday well start to see more clearing. And well see plenty of sunshine for saturday and sunday. If you are still heading out to the phillies game, well see wind speeds out of the northeast, 10 to 15. Our temperatures are going to stay cold and our conditions are still going to stay damp. 42 degrees. Look at 9 00 p. M. 42 still cold for us. By the time youre heading home 41 degrees by 11 00 p. M. Breezy colder patchy, light rainfall expected on and off. And temperatures range only between 43 and 47 our average for this time of year at 61 so were well below that. As we head into your friday we warm back up into the 70s. 60s on saturday and sunday. Well thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11 00. Im vai sikahema. For Brittney Shipp and all of us at nbc 10, have a great day. But we both know when i get my money, youll get your diamonds. I dont know that. Oh, yes, you do, because you know that i know what happens to people when they doublecross you. Serena, whats wrong . Im sorry. It just hit me. What . How much i love you