Back in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington is watching first alert traffic. Watching conditions right here on the garden state parkway just around the cape may toll plaza. Looks okay if for the most part. You can see in part underneath some of the lights there. Reduced visibility. Other than that good on the north and southbound side. New castle watching flooding. Been here for days. Portion of airport road. Closed between highway 37 and i95. Again out in new castle delaware. On the new jersey turnpike watch for speed restrictions. Waiting for these to be lifted. Checked in with cameras. Reporting foggy gi conditions. The schuylkill will end here. Still looks great. See on the bottom right here. 13 minutes and in green. So from the blue route to the vine street expressway, average speeds still into the 60s. Search is on for the man who shot a man. Shot in the neck. Happened here on the 4900 block. Medics rushed him to the hospital. Hes in stable condition. Now to nbc 10 exclusive. Philadelphia mother is speaking out about the deadly shooting on roosevelt boulevard that took her sons life. Saying she believes that he was targeted. Victim Dante Valentine was father of six. Gunned down sunday morning stopped at a light. His mother believes an argument at one of the clubs where he worked as a bouncer may have led to the deadly shooting. They targeted him to kill him. They did. Dante wasnt a violent person. And for him to be taken away from us, is senseless. There are no arrests, but police are following several strong leads. Well have more on the familys plans to honor his life coming up at 6 30. Testimony resumes later this morning in pike county in the trial of accused cop killer eric frein. Prosecutors say frein ambushed state troopers in 2014 killing one trooper and wounding another. Yesterday, jurors heard emotional testimony from a 911 di dispatcher who heard the gunshot that killed the police officer. She recalled finding him on his back as he mouthed the words help me. He hid in the trees and ambushed the officers. He then led police on a manhunt. He has not pled guilty to the charges and not expected to take the stand during the trial. In wilmington trial will continue in a bathroom fight that led to death of 16yearold girl. Died of sudden cardiac arrest in Howard High School technology. She had preexisting heart condition. In court the prosecution showed cell phone video of her being punched. Dragged by the braids and kicked in the face. She did not fight back. All three teens charged in the case are being tried as juveniles. Developing this morning, secretary of state Rex Tillerson says quote, the United States has spoken enough about north korea. End quote. All in response to latest missile launch. South korean Officials Say the north fired a Ballistic Missile into the water off the east coast. Officials believe its in response to military drills being cared out by the u. S. And south korea. Trump Administration Says the Obama Administration and syrian president are to blame for a suspected chemical attack that killed dozens of people. Warning. Some of the imagines youre about to see are very disturbing. Mr. Trump insisted the consequence is of the Obama Administrations weakness and ir resolution. 83 people including 25 children were killed in the recent attack. Witnesses say it was cared out by jets operated by the russian and syrian government. Both are denying responsibility. This explosion was caught on camera at a hospital while an activist was reporting the aftermath of the gas attack. President trump is calling the chemical attack reprehensible. The conflict in syria will be a topic of conversation when President Trump meets with king of jordan. Two World Leaders will discuss how they can defeat isis. New this morning, in chester county, police and Emergency Management officials are working to increase security at a center for troubled teens. A 17yearold allegedly escaped from the school and attacked and elderly woman. Nbc 10 first told you about the arrest last month. Charged with Home Invasion in which a 72yearold woman was tied up inside her house and left there for days. Announced they are working with the school about a notification system in the event of another escape from the facility. Five Pennsylvania State owned universities may have to cut jobs and programs because of low enrollment. On the state schools that have been put on notice. The union represents the schools sent out a warning that cuts could be coming starting next year. Faculty members in california, clairons were notified. Enrollment dropped 24 since 2010. Plunged 53 at cheney. Appeals panel in pittsburgh will hear arguments today on philadelphias socalled soda tax. The Beverage Association along with local businesses are challenging the tax. They say it amounts to a sales tax because its passed on to consumers. The city disputes that arguing the tax is levied on distributors. Money from the tax funds universal prek and other programs in philadelphia, the prek program launched just a few months ago and already the city wants to expand it from 2 dhourks to 3,000. City counsel is also pushing to greater target for low income areas. Today we can expect to learn more about plans to turn the old taj mahal into hard rock casino. Join hard rock officials and city leaders at a briefing this morning to reveal the details. Hard rock has said it will buy the taj for 300 million. Plans to ep up next year. This wednesday, already 61 degrees outside. Get to the studios. Heres a live look down to shore. Cape may, start to see the sun beginning to come up. Lets check in with bill henley. Sky force 10 flying over northeast philadelphia. See the fog easing into some neighborhoods in philadelphia coming out of new jersey. That is coming in with cooler temperatures this morning. The fog wont last very long. It will quickly disappear and then well see bright sunshine to warm things up. Philadelphia at the airport, no problem. 61 degrees. Nice and mild. 54 in delaware. 54 in the suburbs. South jersey and now some neighborhoods in philadelphia, northeast philadelphia look at 40s now for somerton. While its clear Port Richmond 61 in center city. And no problem with fog andorra and chestnut hill. See a little bit of fog moving in this morning across new jersey and philadelphia. Theres no rain associated with that. Thats the doppler radar. Nice and clear. The rain, thats going to be here tomorrow. We can see some strong storms. Heavy downpours for tomorrow. Bright sunny day, 60 degrees at noontime. Up to 58 in suburbs. Into the 60s this afternoon. Plenty of sunshine for big warmup in lehigh valley. Plenty of sunshine for delaware. 61 degrees at lunchtime. 65 at 4 00. Temperature will go up a little bit before sun set. Topping out near 670 degrees in delaware. Then 59 degrees in. At noontime and then into the 60s this afternoon and the shore. Sunshine and 60 at lunchtime. Just a few thin clouds at 4 00. Sunshine today, youll need your umbrella tomorrow. May not just be tomorrow either. Ten day on ten when im back in ten minutes. Thank you, bill. About 9 minutes past 6 00 a. M. Jessica boyington keeping an eye on the cameras. Watching route 202 and cameras around route 29. It looks like a good drive so far. See both directions. A if few cars moving in both directions. Northbound and southbound right here from northbound drive time. Moving around route 29. Moving towards the schuylkill. See a little more volume heading that way. 6 minutes right now. Average speeds up into the high 60s. Watching a crash new into the system. Right around the pa turnpike looks good all morning. You can see on the road map we are still green. 12 minutes westbound from route one. Most its going to take you a minute less on the eastbound side with speeds up there as well. End with mass transit. Remember am track running on modified schedule today. New jersey transrunnitransit ru holiday schedule. Still watch for delays there as well. Septa and patco running on time. Thank you. Nfl draft casting more than a spotlight. Well have the changes that drivers can expect coming up next. Plus a mother tells us about a proud moment. How her daughter responded when a store clerk questioned her decision to pick out a doll that doesnt look like her. The practice doctors say will bring more happiness to your life. Game night is our daughter allies favorite night. And knowing that her favorite General Mills big g cereals are glutenfree, like honey nut cheerios, rice chex and lucky charms, she can enjoy it her way. Try new very berry cheerios. The taste of real fruit in every bite. So berry good. Sunshine is on tap for wednesday. Were off to a live start. It is 55 degrees right now. Storms are coming tomorrow. So enjoy the nice weather today. Meteorologist bill henley will have the details in first alert forecast in just a moment. Now, the storms heading our way are part of the system creating destruction in midwest. Authorities believe it was a tornado that severely damaged several buildings including a fire station and elementary school. Thunderstorms are expected to cross the southeast today with the spread of more tornados and hail. You live in center city. I do. The nfl draft is still three weeks away. There are already obvious signs its coming. Especially for drivers in center city. Road closures start next monday on the parkway. Parts of Spring Garden street will be affected. Scaffolding is up at the art museum. Safe to say its just a bit of an inconvenience for visitors and locals. I came all the way out here to film on the infamous rocky steps. Im doing a music video. Its heart breaking its not happening now. I need to figure out what im going to do. I think taking the train would be a better idea gl make plans now because the detours and closures could last into may. We can handle this. Come on. Quarter past six right now. New pepsi ad sparking a backlash on social media. Take a look. The ad features Kardashian Family member, kendall jenner, black wig. Black lives matter protesters walk by. Suddenly rips off wig and joins protest movement. Hands a can of pepsi to a police officer. Many point to a connection of black lives photo evans being arrested. One critic on social media called the ad tone deaf. Another said it was the worst thi thing she had ever seen. Now to the story about a little girl and her doll that is spreading a message. Her mom recently took her shopping. As you can see she picked out a doll with a darker kplegs of her own. When they got out she asked if she was sure this was the one she wanted because there were some that looked like her. She said, yes, she is the one. Shes a doctor like im a doctor. Shes a pretty girl and im a pretty girl. The post had gone viral. Its been shared 215,000 trials. Pretty amazing. Remind me of the boy in the chicago suburbs. Told his mom he wanted to get his hair buzzed like his best friend and trick the teacher. They were twins. Goes to show that kids that age, they are basically color blind. Nice message about diversity. Nice to see shes already got some big dreams ahead. Shes going to be a doctor. Or she already is a doctor. Its nice to see theyre born. How youre born. When you come out that way, its a good feeling. Right. Its a good way to start your day. You drive a dark colored suv. Thats nice of you. Very diverse that way. Pearl white. Whatever. Lett get you out the door and felt you to work this morning. Nice way to start off your day. Schuylkill around cameras. Look at that drive time. Eastbound. In the yellow just a second ago. Moving along nicely and now its green. 15 minutes from the blue route to vine street expressway. Average speeds there into the 50s. Eastbound side right in here. Watch for disabled vehicle car into the righthand shoulder. Both directions look okay. Crash out of the in horsham road. Might be Police Activity there. Camera in hamilton. 295 just around 195. See foggy conditions here. Reduced visibility reported as well on the new jersey turnpike. Speed restrictions because of that in mansfield and robbinsfield. New jersey turnpike not reporting any problems. Well end here in new castle. Weve had flooding that closed a portion of airport road for a if few days now. 6 19. This wednesday. Meteorologist bill henley is tracking a warm day ahead. Bill . Beautiful day. Look how nice and clear it is at penns landing. No sign of fog in new jersey and northeast philadelphia in this view. Most of the area is looking nice and clear like spring city pennsylvania this morning. Getting closer to sunrise. The temperatures, those warmer areas have no fog. The lehigh valley, the suburbs, delaware and philadelphia international, but find those colder neighborhoods and youve got fog this morning. Lumberton, pemberton. Cinnamonson. The warmer readings, nice and clear this morning. These 40s will warm up quickly. That will get rid of fog like that. Then its sunshine for the rest of the day. Completely clear. Nothing to show you this morning on the doppler radar. Tomorrow morning, tracking showers with a potential for strong thunderstorms from this storm system thats moving through the midwest right now. Got a ways to go before it moves into our area. Sunshine today. Clouds and first showers will be here tomorrow morning. This time tomorrow morning, 6 30 well see light showers moving through. No heavy downpours at that time. The rain will be increasing through the morning. And theres a chance well see heavy downpours with thunderstorms that will continue into the afternoon and into the evening hours and yes, even into friday too. Theres a chance of some showers. The heaviest rainfall and potential for strong thunderstorms possibly severe thunderstorms will come tomorrow. Thats why weve issued a first alert for entire viewing area for thursday, possibility of periods of heavy rainfall, localized flooding and a chance of severe thunderstorms tomorrow. Today, sunshine. Pretty good chance youre going to enjoy this. Near 70 degrees this afternoon. Rain, wet weather, wind will keep temperatures in low 60s. Morning temperatures in 40s on thursday. Cold er on friday. Wind will be blowing to make it feel colder for friday. We dry out on saturday and sunday. Ro look at that. Perfect timing for Cherry Blossom festival. 80 degrees on tuesday. Next round of showers holds off until next week for thursday and friday. Coming up, going to class hungry. Thats the reality facing a growing number of college students. Still ahead, how one local university is trying to fix the problem. Plu plus, the loss of a philadelphia legend. 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Help them reach their goal. Ta nbc 10 h a mother gunned down sitting at ap she b a chilling seen caught on came. Ing key to pinpoints daily habit 0 news. M conners. Yourood, nice day ah meteorologist bill henley tracking it ara forecast in the. Its going to be a beautiful day. We aee this morning. Look at delaware and new jersey. This is the view this morning. Many neighborhoods theyre seeing temperatures in the 40s seeing fog form this morning. Not everybody is getting it. Its in the 50s and clear in the suburbs. 61 in philadelphia. Sunshine were in for ae warmup today. The fog will skies for new jersey. Lehigh valley is delaware is at 54 ee clear over stadium. Morr. Looks like rain is tomorrow. Today would be a great day foer break it down houry alert when i come back in ten minutes. Movi. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. At starting to see delays here during the beginning of morning rush. Right around camera at trooper road. Starting to be a little backed up. Eastbound side here. You see we are starting to see bright lights. Eastbound 29 to schuylkill. 14 minut s. Higher 30s, but still theyren horsham drive. Watch for Police Activity ion o delaware or heading back to new rose mary and vai, back to you. Nbc 10 exclusive. Father of six gunned down waiting for a green light on the roosevelt boulevard. Victims mother explains why wa nbc live alongmerdale where the shooting happened over the for valentine to talk t here at this intersection. Get it out sos another this is sittg in his car early when police say someone in next to him and opene his mother believes this stems from a fight a worked as a bo six children who struggling withhe re her son. They targeted him they person. And for himowa from us is senseless. Eporter northeast detectiveshi morning. Still no arrest. The family tells us they are given the fact police have witnesses theyve spokeo the shooter drove away in. Somerdal katy zacha 6 33. Right now fere to the person whg victim is not the witnesses to interview. Mmunity who knows anything habit theot us. Philadelphia police want to talk to this babys parents after the child was nearly taken right out of the stol roller. Surveillance captured. Clerk started yelling thats my baby. Thats my baby. Police know who he is, but they still need to talk to the couple and other witnesses. We now have judge neil gorsuch to the nomination of the supreme court. Pushing 12 hour mark now. Took the senate floor around 7 00 last night. Promising to speak as long as he is able. Democrats have enough votes to filibuster the gorsuch nomination. Republican leaders threaten to change the rules to allow for simple majority volt. Socalled Nuclear Option that could happen on friday. White house officials and lawmakers hope to resume talks today on reviving the Republican Health care plan that failed two weeks ago. Held a late night meeting with congressional republicans. Failed to agree on a proposal to let states opt out of Obamacare Mandate if they can prove a lower premium costs. That would mean insurers would have to cover things like maternity, mental health, and emergencies. Problems continue this morning for commuters heading to new yorks penn station. Operate on reduced service today. Remember on monday a new Jersey Transit train derailed at station. Crash did so much damage, could be days before full service is restored. Slow ride into work and school for folks in bucks county. New construction project could affect the morning commute here. Lane closures in effect weekdays from 7 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. On river road between lower york road. This is to make way for crews who are working to build a recreational trail. 6 36. Take a look at stories were following county by county. First to delaware, a disturbing discovery in a pond there. Dive team pulled a body from the pond in middleton yesterday. Million examer working to find out who it is. Working to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the death. Dozens of people in lower South Hampton voicing their concern about a proposal to close district court. Drop in case load is one reason for the plan. Residents worry Public Safety would be jeopardized if court closes. They say police would have to file cases in pen dale which is about 20 minute drive away. Some residents believe if officers are out of the area for hearings, they may not be able to respond quickly enough. Burlington Police Department cracking down on distracted driving. Yesterday members of the township Police Department discussed efforts to stop drivers from using han held phones and other devices. All part of statewide you drive, you text, you pay. Enforcement campaign. Happening this month. In montgomery county. Penn state abington open a food pantry for students today. Started after the University Faculty and staff noticed that students were going hungry. Especially near the end of the semester when funds are lower. Lehigh valley, a win for a long Time Major League baseball uniform maker there. Workers have learned that theyll be on the job for years to come. There was some uncertainty when mlb officials announced under armour would take over. Company by majestic cut a deal with under armour to continue making merchandise locally. Phillies uniforms as well. Be sure to watch welcome home special this friday at 2 00 p. M. Takes you up to home opener. Right here on nbc 10. All eyes on the forecast for friday. Looking at the forecast for right now. Check in with bill henley and most credit. Forecast for friday is crummy the not going be a good day for baseball. Today would be a great day for a game. Abington, nice and clear. Sun is coming up right now. Cape may, see clear skies right now. Its in between the shore and some of the communities inland that were seeing the fog. This is dell ran. Look at gray skies to start with. Fog clear out. Wont see it last long. Happen as temperatures climb. Starting off warm in philadelphia. 61 degrees. Well be up to near 70 with bright sunny skies all day long in philadelphia. Suburbs, 52 right now. Up to 54 at 10 00 and 60s this afternoon. Look at that sunshine with a little bit of breeze out of the northwest at eight miles an hour. Dry air coming into the area. Keeping things clear of any fog in the lehigh valley. Cool, yes, but not cold. Not for this time of year. Should be in the 30s this time of year in the lehigh valley. 55 degrees. Look at the quick warmup with sunshine. 57 with sunshine. This fog will disappear. Colder neighborhoods in the 40s seeing the fog with temperatures in the 50s to 60s this afternoon, fog will be long gone. Definitely need your sunglasses for today. No sign of rain at the shore. 57 right now. 50s this morning. 60s for this afternoon. Wind up to 10 miles an hour at lunchtime. Then they start to shift late this afternoon at the shore. For delaware, look how nice and clear it is over the stadium. 54 degrees for delaware. 57 at 10 00 and 60s this afternoon. Today would be a great day for the blue rocks home opener. Unfortunately, thats coming tomorrow. And thats when im watching for showers and thunderstorms. Clear this morning, but the storm system thats heading our way for tomorrow will be here first thing in the morning and through the day. Into tomorrow night and even into friday. With it will come some heavy downpours and the possibility of some localized flooding. Take a closer look at that when it moves in and when it moves out. When i come back in just a few minutes. Thank you, bill. Looks like the schuylkill and montgomery is what you expect 20 minutes of 7 00. Traffic starting to pick up. Jessica boyington keeping an eye on it for us. Watching the eastbound side. Crash up ahead. Just a few moments ago. Saw police officers, few police cars move through the eastbound side into the shoulder. Seeing delays there. Just before that montgomery drive offramp. Police activity into the center. Ramp is open and lanes are open on the schuylkill. Additionally, were seeing more delay just moving towards center city because its beginnings of rush hour. 22 minutes eastbound to the blue route. Westbound side watching the disabled car right there. Theres a crash in horsham road right around keith valley drive. Watch for disabled vehicle on the garden state parkway headed southbound. That southbound side still looks okay. Still watching foggy conditions as well on 295 in mount laurel. Both directions look okay. In terms of volume. Definitely reduced visibility there on the highway. Also with mass transit. Check in lastly here. Amtrak running with modified schedule. New Jersey Transit running on holiday schedule. Two cars short. So expect some overcrowding and possibly for that train to be expressing past certain stops because the trains are full. 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Couple areas seeing fog this morning. Doesnt last. Bus stop this morning. Up to 55 degrees to start with in philadelphia. With sunshine, a dry condition today. Warm to near 70 this afternoon. Enjoy it today. That is whats coming tomorrow. Look at the clouds extending into the ohio valley. Clouds move in overnight tonight. First thing tomorrow see thunderstorms and possibly Severe Weather tomorrow. Look at the rain by 11 00 tomorrow night. More than an inch on the ground. Over an inch in philadelphia. Theres a possibility that goes even higher up to two inches of rain. Which means we could be in for not only strong thunderstorms, but also a flood threat for our area. Our entire viewing area tomorrow for thursday, starts in the morning, continues in the afternoon, periods of heavy rain. Wont be heavy rain all day long. Especially heavy rain with thunderstorms. Localized flooding and possibility of severe thunderstorms with the storm system. It lingers into friday. The forecast for the phillies game is not looking good. Temperatures in the 40s with wind out of the west to 20 miles an hour, but it turns around nicely for Cherry Blossom festival this weekend. Warming trend, sun new york sny a lot of activity going to continue. Today a great day to get out. Enjoy 68 this afternoon. Wet weather tomorrow. On and off through the day today and tomorrow. Possibility of thunderstorms. Keep temperatures cooler on thursday. Really chilly for friday. 49 degrees, High Temperature with the wind blowing. Make it feel even colder. We clear out this weekend. Sunshine saturday and sunday. Twin begins the warming trend that continues next week. Monday 75, 80 on tuesday. Another nice tay wednesday before more spring showers come in for thursday and friday. Great weekend. Phillies in town. Cherry blossom festival. Weather nice. Lets get an update on the situation eastbound on 76 and montgomery. Jessica, tell us whats going on. Approaching an accident scene in the cameras. Not doing bad. None of the lanes are blocked. In the center of where the exit ramp is where it goes off to side and where all the lanes are going eastbound towards center city. Right in the center of that spot. Lanes are still getting by. We are seeing delays. 26 minutes eastbound while you approach is scene. Speeds are averaging into the 30s. Theres a crash on west anymo. Disabled vehicle. Southbound side of the garden state parkway just around the tolls. End here with mass transit. Amtrak modified schedule. Holiday schedule for new Jersey Transit and two cars short for septa stormdale train. All of these you want to check before you go. Patco running on time with no major delays. How are you doing. My name is ron. Im a corner back for Philadelphia Eagles. A couple of Philadelphia Eagles players delivered a big surprise to the Ronald Mcdonald house in philadelphia. Ron brooks and good posed as furniture delivery men. Dropped off donations for kids battling serious illnesses. Keeping a school in tiptop shape is not easy. They dont always get the credit they deserve. Krids at one Bucks County School are working to change that. Ted is in the running for janitor of the year. Students nominated him for the national honor. They tell us he knows every single one of their names. He was up against 1200 other custodians. Now whittled down to ten finalists. Say, ted, i got a flat. Can i get a jump. Can you fix this for me. Take care of the emergency first. Give back to everybody sooner or later. Jack of aull traits. One of the few final liists lef you can vote for him now. Coming up next, top three stories were going to be following for you ahead today. That includes a battle ahead for philadelphias socalled soda tax. Businesses fight right back. Appeals panel will hear arguments on the socalled soda tax. Challenging the tax saying it amounts to another sales tax. City disputes that arguing the tax is levied on distributors. Money from the tax funds universal prek and other programs in philadelphia. Today the jury will hear the first full day of testimony in the trial of accused cop cockpiter eric frein. Trial is happening in pike county. Jury chosen in chester county. Prosecutors say frein ambushed state troopers in 2014 killing one trooper and wounding another. Frein has pleaded not guilty. Later this morning, hard rock officials will reveal more about that plan to turn the old taj mahal into the Atlantic City into Hard Rock Hotel and casino. Hard rock has said it will buy the taj for more than 300 million and plans to open next year and employee around 3,000 people. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington with the check of the roads and schuylkill expressway to start. Right around montgomery drive. Seeing slow downs here on eastbound side. Police activity involving another car. Just in the middle of one of the offramps and the ramp is still getting by. So are the lanes. Still see delays here. Disabled vehicle on the righthand shoulder of the westbound side. 26 minutes eastbound from the blue route to vine. Also a crash in lower providence. Egypt road. Some of the fog that used to be on 295 starting to turn into sun glare. Still seeing traffic move by in both directions. Just watch for visibility issues. What a turn around, just minutes ago you could see the fog. Now its blue sky. The fog is already starting to disappear. Some areas of fog in south jersey where the temperatures are cooler. 43 degrees. Rest of the area look at the sunshine. Some clouds moving through the lehigh valley. Break for a lot of sunshine. 55 right now in delaware. 15 degrees above normal for this time of year. Look at the warmup for this afternoon. Sunny skies and beautiful spring day. Enjoy it today because weve got storms for tomorrow. First alert for heavy downpours and possibility of severe thunderstorms tomorrow. Keep you uptodate right on through the day toorm. Of course always get first alert forecast on todays 101. 1 more fm. Thank you. Local updates throughout the morning. Always get realtime news on the nbc 10 app. Thanks for watching. Have a good one. The today show starts right now. Good morning. Breaking overnight, north korea fires another test missile. The trump administrations response, no furtherer comment. If theyre done talking, will the next step be military action . Monster. A massive tornado cuts a path of destruction through a missouri town. Extensive damage to schools, homes and businesses. The south, now bracing for a new and whats expected to be more powerful tornado outbreak this morning. Fleeing the factor. More Companies Pull their ads from bill oreillys show, amid accusations of Sexual Harassment against the star. Can he survive the growing standal . And falling flat. Outre