Meteorologist bill henley and the first alert forecast. Bill always springs out of bed every morning, right, bill . Yes, which is why im all bruised up. At 4 00 in the morning or earlier. Grab an umbrella if youre headed out the door. Headed to spring weather, that usually includes rain. Thats what we have this morning. The rain is falling in cape may. Live view from the marchquise de lafayette hotel. The first bit of rain and well get a break before more showers move in later on. The temperatures will be moving up despite the wet weather. The clouds 56 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 59. Upper 60s at noontime. Well go through it hour by hour with the future weather show you when that next round of showers will be moving into the area when im back in ten minutes. Right now lets check in with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Good morning, jessica. Good morning, bill. If youre headed out in the Center City Area on the vine street expressway, the westbound side is closed due to ongoing construction. Get off the broad street exit take a right to broad street local and head to Spring Garden and ak set the schuylkill expressway at that point. Right around montgomery drive, you can see shiny roadways. Potentially wet and slippery. Take your time even though the speeds are not doing bad. Westbound to the blue route, thats going to take you 12 minutes. 13 minutes headed eastbound so far. The West Oak Lane section of philadelphia we have an accident cheltenham avenue is closed. You want to take ogontz avenue to get by rosemary. Thank you, jessica. We have new information on the crash in West Oak Lane that jessica mentioned. This is a live picture at cheltenham avenue and 19th street. The white sedan looks like that it flipped up and hit a tree or pole there. We know that at least one person is injured. He was taken to Einstein Medical Center but its unclear exactly how seriously he is hurt. Well bring you updates as soon as we get them. New from overnight, we have new information on a police Chase Montgomery county that ended with an officer going to the hospital. We brought you this as breaking news at 11 00. Now we know more about it. The officer opened fire at the suspect before the suspects vehicle hit the officer. The chase started around 9 00 last night in lower pottsgrove township. It ended at the intersection of high street and moser road in pottstown. Matt delucia joins us now. Matt, what do you know about the investigation at this point . Well chris, that investigation is still underway but that officer, were told is doing well recovering from his injuries and that suspect is under arrest at this point. He is also in the hospital but lets go ahead and show you video from the scene. This was last night. Lower pottsgrove chief is telling us that officers were pursuing a man from this area. They get to the intersection of high and moser in pottstown and the car stops. When the officer got out and approached the vehicle, for some reason he feels threatened and fires two shots at the suspect. Then the suspect drives off and in doing so hits the officer with his car. The officer was taken to the west reading hospital. Hes been treated. Hes talking to us. Hes doing well. His family is with him. Our thoughts are with him. Now under investigation right now is why the suspect was being stopped in the first place and also that suspect was picked up a short time later has a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay but police are trying to figure out if that injury came from the officers gun or from someone else. Were going to stay on top of this investigation as it continues. For now live in lower pottsgrove township. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. A south jersey pastor has posted bail after Police Arrested him on sex abuse charges. Jump into heaven and saw jesus standing. This is bishop James Simmons jr. Leading the congregation at new life in christ ministries in gloucester county. Police arrested him after investigators say he began a sexual relationship with a 17yearold girl that lasted for four years. Authorities are calling it abuse but some church goers are skeptical telling us they cant imagine that he would do Something Like that. Hes a great man. He will help anybody. He would take the shirt off his back and give it to someone. Nbc 10 did reach out to the pastor but he declined to comment and his attorney did not return our phone calls. 4 35 now. Hemming today, a former Montgomery County teacher who sexually assaulted a student is expected to report to jail. Erika ginetti was a math teacher at lower moreland high school. The 43yearold admitted to having sex with a 17yearold. The married mother of three admitted to sending sexual Text Messages to that student. A judge sentenced her to one month in jail and two months probation. Today a judge will sentence a member of the Philadelphia Iron Workers Union who pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges. Prosecutors say christopher profit was part of a group that had violence and extorsion and retaliation if they didnt join the union. He is one of nearly a dozen men indicted in the case. Septa is applauding a mans heroics in saving a passenger who fell on to the tracks. Look at this video. Septa released this video of the rescue wednesday night. Watch the bottom left of your screen. Youll see the man fall onto the platform at the 15th street. There he goes. Some people scattered. The guy in the eagles jacket jumps in and grabs him. Several others came over and helped pull the man to safety. It was a case where everybody almost in view jumped in and got involved between running to the catch ear, hitting the Emergency Box and helping pull the man out. Everybody got involved and thats great to see. Now septa said the man who fell is okay. The transit agent i is condemning the Good Samaritans but suggested a safer move will be to use the emergency call boxes to have the tracks shut down. The plan to repair a damaged bridge is now on the fast track. Drivers Montgomery County will still have to wait months for it to open. Whats underneath the pavement thats complicating the project. Plus baseball season just started, but football is on our minds here at nbc 10. Ahead, our big reveal about the peacock joining forces with the berds. Birds. Birds. Irds. Today well learn the details of a new safety plan for trains transporting crude oil from Montgomery County. The county commissioners will outline their plan for dealing with a potential oil spill from a train derailment. The precautions cover trains carrying crude oil along the Norfolk Southern line that parallels the schuylkill rivers. They will assess a plan a little bit later on this morning. 4 40 now. Penndot is fast tracking an emergency plan to replace a bridge. Penndot says the bridge over a creek on plymouth road has to be demolished and rebuilt. It was caused because of structural damage due to sinkholes. Construction will begin late next week and the Transit Group wants to reopen the road by august 31st. If that doesnt happen on schedule. The contractor will face fines of 20,000 a day. Many people who live near the bridge have voiced their concerns about construction noise and traffic. I really am very happy that the residents who live right next to this bridge came out and well work alongside them and make sure that their concerns are addressed. Now that means traffic on plymouth road will continue to be detoured over Germantown Pike and joshua road until the bridge is complete. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 19 minutes before 5 00. Leaving the house right now youll need an umbrella. Tracking some light rain thats already moved through portions of the area and its still coming down in philadelphia, Philadelphia International, but the temperatures really havent come down all that much. Were at 56 degrees running warmer than yesterday morning. There you can see the light rain in philadelphia that extends into new jersey. In fact some steadier showers. These are moderate showers with the rainfall that is on the move. Theyre moving off to the east and east northeast this morning and behind this first line of showers some scattered showers that will be tapering off during the Morning Hours only to return this afternoon. By 10 00 this morning hourbyhour forecast shows just a few sprinkles in south jersey and into delaware but most of the area will be looking at cloudy skies. Then this afternoon here comes another line of showers developing. Thats by 2 00 3 00, 4 00 in the afternoon that line. At 3 00 it will continue to move into the area during the evening commute. Thats 5 00 this afternoon. Its with this next line of showers during the afternoon that we could see a thunderstorm and some heavier downpours, but until then just a bit on the dreary side. And rainy this morning. 6 00 mostly cloudy skies and 56 degrees with some showers still in the area at 6 00. Then well get a break with temperatures climbing. Upper 60s by noontime today. And over the weekend, well nice turn around. Saturday, 79 degrees and 63 degrees on sunday. And then looks like things are changing for monday. Got the seven day forecast when im back in 10. Weve just got to get through today, the wet weather. And of course that drive to and from work. Thats all you have to do. Then you can enjoy the weekend. Nbc 10s first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington tells us whats happening on the roads. Jessica . Yeah chris, currently the biggest problem we have is the roadways are wet. You can see on 95 around cottman avenue, these are the southbound lanes. Not a lot of volume. Thats a good thing. The drive times are down. We can have some time to slow down. You can see no problems and all green lights there. Were dealing with still some problems in center city on the vine street expressway. Broad street to the schuylkill expressway thats closed for the next 20 minutes or so. If they livedft that closure, well have that. This morning we are hearing the call from help for the airport worker trapped in the cargo hold of an airplane. Im stuck in this plane. Next more of that desperate 911 call from a man whose nap turned into a trap. Plus an historic factory in philadelphia will get a major makeover to attract music lovers. Well explain. Hp instant ink can save you up to 50 on ink delivered to your door. So print all you want and never run out. Plans start at 2. 99 a month. The most affordable way to print. Hp instant ink. 4 45. Happening today. Suspended running back Adrian Peterson can resume his nfl career. Roger goodell told him yesterday. The vikings say theyre looking forward to petersons return but his agent says peterson wants to play somewhere else this season. A lawyer for rap mogul shug knight says he has no report on his condition. This is after a judge ordered knight to stand trial on murder and attempted murder. They say he killed a man and seriously injured another one when he ran over them with his truck. Congress may hold security hearings after a man flew a gyrocopter onto the white house lawn. He was released and allowed to return home to florida. Hughes, who by the way is a postal worker says he was trying to deliver hundreds of letters to congress protesting Campaign Finance corruption. Hughes is now barred from operating any aircraft and is ordered to stay out of washington unless he has a court appearance. Were now hearing the 911 calls from a baggage handler who was trapped inside the cargo hold of a plane on monday. 911. Hello. Im trapped in this plane. I am in the plane. Youre where . Im inside the plane. I feel like its moving in the air. Im not sure any 911 dispatcher has ever trained for a call like that. That was the call for help from inside this Alaska Airlines jet liner. The worker had fallen asleep in the cargo hold before the plane took off from seattle. The captain had to turn the flight around after he heard the loud banging. The trapped worker is fine and still has a job. Hes back on the job this morning. A little bit later on today well get details on a bill in delaware aimed at protecting internet privacy. The measure will cover both the web and social media. Attorney general matt dannon and lawmakers will introduce the bill later on this morning. Online safety was the hot topic at Country Day School of the said cred heart in bryn mawr. They visited the girl to talk about the dangers on the internet. Where they may be approached online by a user who says that theyre, you know a certain age from a certain demographic in a certain part of the world and in fact very well and very easily through technology could be a pedophile sitting anywhere else. The discussion was all part of the National CyberSafety Campaign called i guardian. 4 48 now. Bryn mawr hospital is planning a 200 million renovation. There will be renovations to the labor, delivery and maternity unit. The project is expected to be finished by 2018. Lets head down the shore where atlantic citys oldest casino is embracing the newest technology. Resorts casino opened an Online Gambling area. Staff members are on hand to help traditional gamblers to make the transition. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. A rainy start this morning. Light rain to start with. And a chance that well see some heavier downpours later this afternoon. The light rain is now steadiest in new jersey and into delaware and pushing to the east. Showers this morning, another round of showers and thats when we could see heavier downpours later this afternoon but timing here is good because its going to be out of here by the weekend. In fact, for saturday, a big warmup. Summer like temperatures. This morning, little bit warmer than yesterday. 4 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. 56 degrees, light rain and southerly winds. Just 3 miles an hour at Philadelphia International and light rain over boat house row. Not going to be an all day rainfall today. The temperatures will not stay in the 50s all day either. It will likely top out in the 70s in spite of the showers and cloudy skies. 57 now at northeast philadelphia pottstown and millville in the middle 50s. Currently 54 and wilmington. Delaware county in the low 50s from marcus hook swarthmore 54 degrees. New town square and saint david. Still some rain in delaware county. You can see the back edge that is just starting to enter western delaware county. Scattered showers farther north and west. This is our chance of afternoon showers and a possibility of thunderstorms. But before they get here the temperatures will climb 72 degrees this afternoon. And then sunshine will be here around saturday. Look at the afternoon temperature, 79 degrees the high on saturday. Wind blowing. It will bring the temperatures down. High of 64. Rain and a chance of thunderstorm and it will keep temperatures lower. Monday rain tuesday sunshine that will continue wednesday and thursday. Looking good. Thank you, bill. 4 51. Time to get another check of the roads. Traffic reporter Jessica Boyington joins us with what shes seeing. Good morning, everybody. We are dealing with an accident on the schuylkill expressway that just popped up. Were monitoring this over into the right hand shoulder. You can see Police Activity on the scene. Trying to get that cleaned up and out of the way but its doing just fine. Were not setting anybody back too much but just something to watch out for. Drive times are up and theres no problem there. We do have an update. No road closure but cheltenham avenue on 19th street you want to take ogontz avenue to get by. And additionally were still dealing with the road closure on the vine street expressway. Center city on the westbound side from broad street to the schuylkill expressway. 5 00 a. M. Any minute that construction should be lifting up. Chris, back to you. Jessica thanks. Happening this weekend, free admission. Thats what youll get if you visit any National Park in the united states. Its the start of National Parks week. Thats a celebration of American Heritage dating back to the opening of yellowstone National Park in 1872. Philadelphia, of course hs a National Park on Independence Mall and a National Memorial in society hill. Theres another nearby National Park in valley forge. The future of solar energy is looking bright in delaware. Snip went the big cities. Solar city cut a ribbon on a new facility in newark. Its americas largest solar provider. It opened a plant in Sussex County two years ago. This new location in New Castle County is expected to create 50 jobs. Getting ready for summer speaking of solar power, next upgrades starting at the jersey shore today. Plus the eagles are flying on to nbc 10. A change underway. Ahead a football season. Well tell you what that means for you, the fans. You wish your dog could fight off fleas and ticks. But since he cant. You rely on frontline plus. Because frontline plus unleashes a deadly killing force to kill fleas and ticks, plus flea eggs and larvae, preventing a new infestation. Its protection lasts a full 30 days. No wonder frontline plus is the 1 choice of vets for their pets and yours. After all, your dog is a lover not a fighter. Frontline plus. The vets 1 choice. 4 55. Happening this weekend, volunteers will gather on Hallowed Ground in western pennsylvania to enhance the memorial to flight 93. Volunteers will help forestry officials with a Tree Planting project in shanksville. Organizers say more than 20,000 seedlings will be planted. A new Visitors Center is expected to open. United flight 93 crashed after being hijacked during the 9 11 terror attacks. Today marks the start of post sandy construction. The army corps of engineers plans to rebuild beaches and sand dunes in ocean city Sea Isle City and strath mere. The construction will cover areas of north jersey from the hurricane. Sparking waves of anger at a popular spot on the jersey shore. For the first time people will be charged to enter Island Beach State Park from barnagut bay. They will charge a 3 entrance fee. Park officials insist the fee is not there to generate revenue but, rather to pay to put life guards on an historically unguarded beach. Boaters dont buy that. The fee came along with increasing our services. It wasnt a fee and then the service, service first, fee to compensate for it. We dont even need life guards there. Its been an unguarded beach for 30 years. Those opposed to that new charge say its unfair that people coming into the park on foot dont have to pay anything. Theyve launched an online petition which has gained hundreds of supporters so far. A former factory in philadelphia will soon become a new concert hall. This is happening in fish town. It will be a state of the art concert venue and more. Fireworks helped live nation unveil plans for the phil more music hall. It will create several hundred jobs. It will be open by october. You can catch more fireworks tonight. The blue rocks have their first game. Last night they kicked off in wilmington to a packed house. In february the team sold Opening Night tickets for the price of the temperature and it was just 4 degrees so every seat which is a cheap seat. A lot of people got their tickets for 4. The blue rocks are serving up that all new donut dog. The hot dog with a bun as a donut with bacon and jelly. Thats reason enough to go to the game. Breakfast for me. Beginning of a new era here at nbc 10. Yes. We are now the official station of the philadelphia eagles. I mean, theres a reason i wore green today. Woops. Well, thats all right. Ill do it next week. Yeah. For you birds fans, that means more coverage than youve ever seen before. Were talking pregame, halftime, post game top analysis. Special shows and features. Even the eagles themselves are looking forward to the coverage on nbc 10. Every down, every hit. Every play. To be a part of nbc which is a leader of their industry its a natural fit. Nbc 10 will carry every eagles preseason matchup with coverage before during after the game. Thats for starters. This has been a busy off season. Hard to keep up with chip kellys moves. Everybody paying attention to the nfl draft coming up at the end of the month. The start of the draft less than two months away on april 30th. What will eagles head coach chip kelly do . Well take you live to the draft in chicago and well have expert analysis to break down what might happen. Our draft day special airs thursday night, april 30th 7 00 to 8 00. Well have you covered after the draft. Youll hear from the coach and some of the eagles new picks. The post draft special. Eagles blueprint airs sunday may 3rd at 11 35. From the nfl draft to postseason. You can follow us on facebook and twitter. Youll see a lot of that on twitter. You are watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Nbc 10 news starts now. It was a wild night in the Montgomery County community starting with a police chase, then there was gunfire and a hit and run before it was all over. Well have the overnight developments in a live report. And we are off to a rainy start this morning. Here is a live look at boat house row. Some of us are waking up to light showers, but stick around. Youll want to see the first alert weekend forecast. Definitely want to see tomorrows outlook. It looks night. Good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im chris cato. Im rosemary connor. Lets get to bill henley. Need that umbrella bill. Seeing steady rain in the area that will break. Not going to be an all day rainfall, but clouds are going to be hanging in there for most of the day. You can see the clouds now over center city. 55 degrees at 5 00 with the steadier rain now in new jersey and some scattered showers in delaware. The radar showing theyre making some steady progress to the east. Light rain. Just a couple of spots where its coming down a bit