Of it. Ive added the front in. Theres the warm air allowing us to boost up into some spots. The low 70s by tomorrow afternoon. But the cold front is going to start forcing that out so by 4 30 in afternoon we bring cooler air. We talk about the cooldown for your sunday coming up. Thanks for that. Police in philadelphia are investigating a hit and runin the philadelphia neighborhood. A driver of a white nissan hit a woman at fifth street and wyoming avenue. Right now the woman is in Critical Condition in the hospital. This morning Philadelphia Police are also looking for the person who killed a person inside her home. As you can see, skyforce 10 was over the seen in Port Richmond where a Family Member discovered the victim beaten and lying face down in her living room. This happened here on mercer street. According to investigators, it appears the womans killer stole some valuables from the house. Neighbors tell us they cant believe anybody would want to harm the 57yearold whos lived here most of her life. Used to work at the armingo diner. She was suffering from obvious trauma to her head. She was always lying in a pool of blood. Police tell us there was no forced entry into the home. It didnt look like a breakin. Theyre hoping private surveillance cameras on the block and in the neighborhood will generate leads in the case. This morning in delaware, a special election is under way. It will decide who controls the state senate and because of that a political heavy hitter threw his name behind one of the candidates in the contest. Nbc 10s matt delucia is in newark, new castle county, to fill us in on that. Matt . Reporter rosemary, the polls opened about 90 minutes ago. One of the polling places is mcvay elementary. Some say this is different, unusual, but important. We have to do what we have to do. Reporter even before the polls opened they were waiting in line to cast their ballot its less than optimal. Reporter but the stakes are big. We wanted to come and vote. It could be very well that the senate terns to another party which is interesting. Reporter the tenth district had been representatived by Bethany Hall Long until she took office last month. Having one whole party run the entire thing isnt really how our democracy is, you know, so i think that its very important to have an equalization of the senate. Reporter Democrat Stephanie hansen, republican john marino and libertarian joe lanzendorfer. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have poured into the race mostly by democrats even outside of delaware. This is a delaware election, not a national election, and so were i dont think thats fair to have awe all this outsi money. Reporter former Vice President joe biden threw himself behind a television ad. I want to know the things that are happening locally that i have influence on and maybe i can change my micro environment rather than everything happens on a national scale. Reporter a bit of history here, the last time the state senate shifted power was all the way back in the early 1970s. The polled here close at 8 00 tonight. Live in newark, im matt delucia, nbc 10 news. The Democratic Party will choose a new National Chair person. Former labor secretary tim perez will be up. It will be up to the new leader to form a strategy for the new party. A department of Homeland Security report is casting doubt on president trumps travel ban. Last night the Associated Press got a copy of the draft memo. The report concluded that citizenship in any of the 1e67b mostly muslim countries covered by the ban is unlikely to create terror threats for the u. S. A spokeswoman did not dispute the report because but said it was not a final review. In the meantime the president said hes working on a new executive order. This morning we learn that the son of legendary boxer muhammad ali was detained after returning from jamaica last month. Muha mid ali jr. Lives in philadelphia. They questioned him for two hours asking him about his name and whether he is muslim. They say all International Travelers are subject to inspection. Cn, the New York Times, and other Media Outlets are complaining about the white house barring them. It came after a snub during the cpac. Trump sent out this tweet last night. More fake news. Media doesnt tell the truth. The New York Times a joke, likewise, cnn. Sad. The president promised action and a rebuilding of the military and he promised to put american interests first. The era of empty talk is over. Its over. Now the is time for action. He repeated his vow to build a wall along the u. S. mexico border. During the same speech the president gave a Camden Company some love. Take a listen. Yesterday i had 29 of the biggest Business Leaders in the world in my office. Cater pillar, tractor, campbells soup. We had everythinbody. We had everybody. I like campbells soup. His focus was on Building Companies in the u. S. And keeping jobs in the u. S. Democratic u. S. Senator bob casey from pennsylvania will be a featured speaker at the event. Republicans in congress and the president have promised to repeal and replace the aca. The Affordable Care act will be one of many issues discussed on nbcs meet the press. It will also be an issue thats come up at the political town hall in the past few weeks. Tomorrow chuck todd will be sitting down with tom kohn who took some heat at one of the town halls. It comes your way tomorrow at 10 30 right here on nbc 10. New this morning crews are working to make repairs to a water main break. Heres what we know. Walter flowed from the 8inch man early this morning. The street was cut down for crews to make repairs. Well keep you posted on this one throughout the day. Some scary moments in the sky. A hospitelicopter makes crash lg and there are ties to this area. Doctors say there are new problems to an addiction. A problem with an overthecounter medicine. Were tracking thunderstorms for your afternoon. Well take a closer look at when you can see storms roll through areas Like Center City coming up. Lets take a look at your weather. The storms are passing through pretty fast, a little faster than models were trending. Still for us, afternoon and early evening hours and some thunderstorms are expected. Right now, conditions are pretty good. We see clouds mixed with some sunshine out there. A little fog along some of the shore spots but were already in the 60s in some areas. 61 by 10 00 a. M. 69 by 2 00 in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Some sunshine still breaking through. Then as we get into the afternoon through early evening thats when we see storms popping up. About 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. In philadelphia with thunderstorms and weather likely to cool down. In some areas, the storms may happen earlier. Early on, 2 00 to 3 00 we may begin seeing a crack of thunder. In the lehigh valley, we go from 61 at 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. To 67 and tropping overnight. Well talk more about that coming up. This morning two people are recovering from only minor injuries miraculously after their helicopter crashed in newark, new jersey. The chopper came down near an apartment complex. The helicopter is registered to a Business Center in newark, new castle county. 8 41. An organization that helps the homeless becomes the target of thieves. A crime caught on camera is making it a lot more difficult for the charity to carry out its mission of feeding the hungry. Well have the details straight ahead. Plus, jcpenney is getting ready to Close Stores Across the country. Coming up well talk with experts how malls are adapting to the charging shopping times. A food pantry out of northeastern pennsylvania is trying to figure out what to do after somebody stole their delivery truck. Take a look at the top part of your screen. Surveillance video shows the truck parked outside the pantry in east strasburg. Another truck parks nearby. The driver of that truck hops into the pantry truck and takes off. The truck left behind was also stolen. They now have to come up with a plan. Doctors in the eli valley are seeing a new trend as they fight the opioid epidemic. Patients unable to get prescription pills are instead resorting to overthecounter imodium to get high. Officials say addicts will take dozens of pills to achieve that high. Two paintients who were admitte for taking the pills had erratic heart beats and near death. Up and down, light headedness and fightings like they were going to pass out. She at first denied it and then when he said, know e what caused this, she finally admitted it. Familied should look out for excessive use. Malls in our region are preparing for big vai can sis. Jcpenney is getting ready to close dozens of Stores Across the country. Traditional Big Box Stores will have to adapt to the times but its not a total decline. Reporter jcpenney is planning to close 14 of its stores. The full list is coming next month, but according to reports, the owners of the willow grove mall are already planning for a vacancy. This retail brand follows macys and sears facing online competition. I shop online all the time. Reporter Online Shopping has 345id it easy to avoid the mall. There are tons of options and it only Takes Minutes to order. Give it a couple of minutes to ship and the products right on yo your doorstep. You never had to liev. Weve seen strategies shift but increasingly things like bowling alleys and theaters. Reporter she says as malls shift away from anchor stores there is an opportunity to reuse that space for homes, office, even industrial space. Hes already infrastructure in place for the building itself and really its an opportunity to drive additional traffic to the retail that already exists. So the mall isnt going anywhere, but you can expect new stores and strategies. Drew smith, nbc 10 news. People around the country remain on giraffe watch this weekend. Thousands have been watching this livestream as the giraffe is expected to give birth any moment now. Theyre closely on serving the 15yearold giraffe named april. This will be her fourth calf. Hes a young man who gets good grades, loves cars, and plays sports. Hes still searching for his forever family. Nbc 10s vai sikahema introduces us to him. Reporter its a car lovers dream and thats exactly why we brought 15yearold key on drea. He loves cars. Anything having to do with cars, keandre loves it. On the ride back, hes going to talk about this place, the day after hes going to talk about this place and all the cars. Reporter keandre has some developmental challenges and attends school where he excels, gets grades, and has no issues. He even joined a softball game. Keandre needs a family whos patient and makes him feel secure. Youll see a young man excited about life and knows what it is that he wants. Reporter ke andre loves people, especially the ones who are there for him. He loves the connectedness and the people who support him. It took a little time for me to develop a rapport and a relationship with him, however, through developing trust he has opened up quite nicely. Reporter keandre is this weeks wednesday child. If youd like to make keandres dream come true go to nbc10. Com and search wednesdays child. You can also call 1866doadopt. Were beginning with a live look outside cape may, new jersey. You see the fog has set in. Patchy fog possible. So if youre getting out, some areas along the shore are experiencing a few layers of fog. That will thin out. Were going to see that mix of clouds and sun through your early afternoon. Here are the temperatures were dealing with. We wont see a huge climb along the shore because like weve seen the last couple of days, the cooler ocean air moderates the temperature. 58 at cape may in atlantic city. 58 at mays landing and nearly 60 here. It remains warmer inland as we go through the rest of the day. Lets take a look at your philadelphia neighborhoods. Nice start. A surprise when we were breaking records across the entire region. Today, 70s will come to an end. Heres your radar and satellite view. Sun and clouds but now just off to the west were starting to see rain creep in closer and closer. Its still a ways out but its going to make its way into our neighborhoods as we get in through the afternoon farther west and mid afternoon as we go toward philadelphia and along the east. Lets track it out. 8 30 in the morning we have clouds and break of sun. 3 00 we see storms have passed through. I think around 1 00 to 2 00 is when were going to see this moving in with some thunderstorm potential because the line of storms is moving a little faster than the models are trending. That means it hits us a little more. As we go along from 3 00 to 4 00, 5 00 p. M. , those thunderstorms pass through philadelphia. Notice this arcing you see here. That bowout . That is what you typically see. Unfortunately that means stronger winds, heavier rain and possibly small hail. The red spots particularly, those are areas where weve got strength in those storms. Those will continue to move through the east zones. You see from 7 00 to 8 00 most of the rain clearses out. Here are the forecast highs. Low 70s early afternoon. Upper 60s through mid60s for the suburbs and same for lehigh valley. For highs, no one escapes the storms though. Low 70s in new jersey, upper 60s for the shore and 60s to low 70s for delaware. New details are emerging about the prison standoff in delaware. Were learning more about the 20hour ordeal that left one correctional officer did and two others tortured at the hands of inmates. This morning a man who led generations of local athletes is being remembered. Veterans day may be months away but that didnt stop others from helping out vets. Money raised at the event will be used to fine homes for military veterans. Today the Independence Visitors Center in old city will honor black history month. At 1 00 this achbl the center will host a pranl called pennsylvania hall, a new perspective in the fight for freedom. Visitors can learn about the abolitionist place that stood for three days before being destroyed. The International Pink event of jim gnats will be featured at center city. 3,000 young gymnasts from all over the northeast are continuing raise money for Breast Cancer patients. 8 55 on this saturday. Pollsters are heading to the polls this morning. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live to tell us about this event. Matt, its not a tuesday. Eats a saturday. Tell us whats going on. Reporter you can see bhienlds me this is one of the polling locations were at right now. You see a stream of voters coming here. Were going to tell you why this election is so important to the folks around here coming up. And we have our eye on a line of storms starting to pass through pennsylvania thats head manager our direction. Ill let you know when the rain and thunderstorms hit us and the coomer air that affects your sunday coming up. We are tracking storms on this saturday. Well be tracing this for Severe Weather and colder conditions. Well have the details in moment in this first alert forecast. Its a murder mystery with neighbors and Family Members in disbelief. A woman discovered dead in her live room with no signs of a breakin. Well tell you about the clues police hope will lead them to a killer. A special election sunday way this morning. Well explain how it can shift the balance for power for the entire state and how the National Pundits will be closely watching the results. Good morning. Welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its 9 00 on this saturday. Get out. Even joy the warm sunny weather while you can. Our temperatures are going to be great. Mild start to the day. The temperatures will continue to climb and then they will take a nosedive. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking those changing on the way for us. Krystal . We have one more day and then a dropoff. Yesterday we set records all over the place and as a result it was a very mild start to the morning. Now were in the 60s over much of the region. Look at reading. Almost 70 at 66 degrees. 62 in potts tourn and 63 in philadelph philadelphia, f 3 in millville. I hate to say it, even mount pocono way warmer than average. Not looking good in terms of snow unfortunately. The good news is were going to see a cooldown akrod the board. The rain were tracking is going to bring colder air behind it. Thats going to move toward the and and by tonight into tomorrow. Windy conditions and cooler air in the forecast. Well be at 67 by noon. Notice, though, winds start cranking up and weve got the thunderstorms starting to move in. Were going to track that out hour by hour as we look more closely at the cool downahead as well coming up. This morning investigators are on the hunt for a killer who murdered her inside her home on mercer street. A Family Member found her beaten to death lying face down yesterday. It also appears the killer stole some valuables from the house. Police tell us there were no signs of breakin. Theyre hoping private surveillance cameras on the block will help them solve the case. Last night loved ones gathered to remember a shooting victory. Someone killed christina tosada outside an exotic dance clob. Police are offering a 20,000 reward for information that will lead to the shooter. New this morning philly police are searching for a hitandrun driver. A driver in a white nissan struck a woman at fifth and wyoming just after 1 30 this morning and took off. The woman is in Critical Condition. Now to new details about a hitandrun in kensington neighborhood. Police found the car and theyre testing it as they continue to search for the drive. Take a look. This is a photo of the victim in the hospital. He lives just across the street from where he was run over. Last night we spoke to one of his friends. Everybody knew him. He was just a great guy, you know. He was just from the store to his house, from his house to the store. Everybody loved him. The victim remains in Critical Condition. Lawyers for bill cosby will return to court on monday. Theyre expected to argue that cosbys trial should be moves out of montgomery county. Yesterday a judge ruled that only one additional accuser in the case can testify in court. That would claiming she was drugged by cosby in 1992. Hes charged with sexually assaulting andrea constant inside his home. Lieutenant steven floyd died in an uprising at the Vaughn Correctional Center and an attorney representing his family and two other Correctional Officers say they were brutally beaten for hours. Also according to the attorney at one point, inmates lit a blanket on fire and tossed it on Joshua Wilkinson and winslow smith. Smiths injuries, he was beaten from head to toe, i mean literally every part of his body. If he were here today, hed want to shake your hands but he cannot shake your hands because his hands still cannot grasp anything. The attorneys say the uprising started when inmates staged a fight when they came back from the yard. He insists it was a carefully planned attack. In delaware theres a special election under way. It could affect power in that state and big money and political names are affecting the outcome. Matt. Reporter rosemary, the polling location opened a little more than two hours ago. Ive been talking with voter this morning. We receive the steady stream here and there. One voter coming out of the doors right now. Weve been talking with some of them. We say this is important to come out and vote. Even a saturday morning. Now, were talking about the tenth district. This might seem like small potatoes but it has taken on national steam. Right now the delaware state has ten democrats and ten republicans after bethany halllong moved on to become governor last month. People are looking at this as the first big test. Democrats have spent a lot of money on this election trying to ensure a win. Total spending on this race is expected to top a million dollars. Take a look. Here are the candidates who are vying for this kofrts coveted s Democrat Stephanie hansen, republican john marina and libertarian joseph lanszen dorfer. I want to know that the things that are happening locally i might have influence on and i can change my micro environment rather than everything happening on a national scale. Reporter the democrats have held the senate since the early 1 1970s. This includes middletown, glasgow, and parts of newark. There are only 17,000 voters but it is a spot everyone is watching closely. The polls close at 8 00 p. M. Live from newark, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Nbc news got a copy of the congressional draft bill. It calls for expanding tax credits and health savings. It would also cut spejd on medicaid and draft spending. There would bea cut to federal funding to planned parenthood. This morning theres word that legend aary head coach mik pettine has died. He retired in 1999 with 16 undefeated seasons and four Pennsylvania State championships. His son microjunior became a successful coach in his own right working for several nfl teams. He died yesterday in his home in florida. Hes we 76 years old. The School District released a statement called him a widely respected teacher and coach whose impact went far beyond his amazing records of wins because he made a Lasting Impact on the lives of many, many young men. Were following new developments in whats being called an international mystery. Investigators are searching for new clues in the death of the north korean rulers half brother. Well tell you where theyre looking coming up. Plus, a sighting of former president barack obama. Well tell you what he was doing in the big apple. Bears, coyotes, and foxes. The creatures have popped up in local backyards. Sunday morning well discuss if theres reason for concern. If you are seeing a coyote or a fox in your yard, it probably sees something that is appealing to it. Food left out, garbage, or if you have a pet, its something to be concerned about shoo thats coming up sunday morning right here on nbc 10. Malaysia says it will issue an arrest warrant if he doesnt cooperate. Theres speculation that the country is behind the apparent assassination. Malaysia has raided the condo. Authorities say a band chemical weapon was used to kill kim j g jong. Two whip did it. Tens of thousands have passed lieu the airport with no problem. And just a moment ago i was showing how warm it is up in the poconos. Mid50s. You can see it looking a little thin on the snow on the ground because of the fact the temperatures the last several days have been so warm today. Theres no bring from it, but we will see a threat of it. Some of thunderstorms in pennsylvania. That is heading our way but it wont hit until later this afternoon and into the evening which gives us time to still warm up. We were at 58 wednesday. Thursday we were at 73. Yesterday we tied a record for warmth at 74 and today still forecasting a high at 72 early on in our afternoon. Then the temperature starting to drop. Overnight well make it to the 30s and 40s tomorrow afternoon. Wheel talk about the temperatures neighborhood by neighborhood coming up. Looking forward to it. Sixers fans will have to wait for a pick. Theyll talk about simmons being sidelined for the rest of the weeke season and how hes reacting to it. Its ahead in your sports. Commitment to clear the shelters. We do it every saturday and with great success. Krystal and i are joined by the shelter. What do we have here . This is rudy, a 2. 5yearold pit bull mix under 30 pounds. Shes great. House trained. Knows sit and understands some basic commands. Obviously shes doing great here. She seems like a real sweetheart but she has some special situations. You have to do proper introductions and give her time. She can definitely go to a home with dogs. We dont know about cats. Meet and greet before hand and it works out. Yes. Of course, shell be part of the special you have going on. Yes. Right now we have doggy days where you take a mystery dollar and depending on how much money on that is what the fee is. No adult dogs more than 25. It helps us to kind of clear the shelter because right now were having hvac renovation and its important to get as many dogs out of the shelter as possible because were low on space. Whats the timeline with renovation . Were about halfway done. The first phase is under way. I was there. Theres still construction going on. Then we move on to phase two. So it will be a couple more months. I should mention. This dog is so calm. We have a bit of an audience here bind n the studio behind the cameras and shes tellately chill. Shes great. If you are interesting in more information you can also get in touch with them by calling them, 2673583300 or visit them at the shelter. Thanks for being with us. Thank you guys. Hey, hey, good morning. Im danny pommells. The sixers. Slowing down this guy, john wall. Easier said than done. Nearly 23 points per game and this is not slowing him down. Thunderous dink over the player. The sixers had seven guys in double figures including this gentleman roshon holmes. Earli earlier bryan coangelo said simmons will not play at all this season. His fracture in his right heel has not healed. It does continue to progress appropriately but at a slower pace than what anyone hoped for. Hes heartbroken. He wants to play. He wants to be out there. Unfortunately thats not going to happen this season. From the hartwood to the ice, flyers and penguins outdoors at the holmes of the steelerss. Heinz field should be a good one but have you seen this. The temperature, a record high of 76. Supposedly a cooldown for tonight. The fliers are playing their biggest rivals as well. Playing this game outside, though, just make this game even more important. It doesnt get any better than this. The guys are excited. Its cool to see. I love the game so much. You go out there and try to enjoy the game. Even if its not going your way, youve fwotd to find a way to love the game and play with passion. Yeah. Exclusive like a velvet rope. Thats what we have right here at nbc 106789 john clark and keith jones for the lets take it outside live pregame show. Be sure to join us. The Grapefruit League opener, lets have a look. Thats a solo shot to dee dee gregorious. A first inning, jack, no doubt. Asher, two innings. Then we go to the ninth. Cameron perkins hitting the hard knock life. They take it on the chin, 94. Meanwhile the phillies host the yankees. You can see that game on csn at 1 00. Thats your look at sports. Danny pommells, csn. Obama on broadway. We have new footage. The cheers greeted former president barack obama in new york last night. He and his daughter malia were spott spotted heading out to see a broadway show. He and his family have kept a low profile for the most part since inauguration day. We begin with a look at the temperatures. They are cranking on out. Its going be very easy to see low 70s before the drop happens later this afternoon. Were all rigready at 6 7. Lumberton to pemberton, florence at 64. Here 62 degrees. Remember the average for this time of year is about the mid40s. So were way warmer than typical at the end of february. Radar and satellite. What weve got in our area, clouds. A good and of sunshine as well. Notice the bigger clouds are starting to creep in. We see the rain on radar thats going to move in as we get into your afternoon hour. Thunderstorms mostly farther to the noncht weve got more energy to the southnd thats going r. There are clouds. Well see breaks in clouds. Sun mixing in. 1 00 to 2 00 is when well see showers developing north to west. The radar is running a little faster than the model. But still it shows us nicely by 3 00 we have the line of thunderstorms. Its going to arc as it continues a packet from west to east. What you see here is a nice little boeing. Theres a potential of it to be strong severe. Thats when you have problems. Strong wind gusts, possibly small hail. Its not the whole reason but possibly some areas with a brieg period of more dangerous weather weather this afternoon. You get raid through new jersey. By about 8 00 p. M. Most activity does move out. Lets review that one more time. Its going be a big change from the morning. Thunderstorms and strong winds are the biggest concern as we see that big drop in temperature. So for your wind gusts, they start briefly as we get into the early afternoon but turn windy. 35 to 40mileanhour gust this afternoon. Theyll continue overnight into sunday. Heres the weekend forecast. Upper 60s to low 70s. Check it out as we go through the overnight and the cold air moves in. Hoove drop in temperatures. 46 in philadelphia and 44 in the suburbs. 47 for new jersey for those forecast temperatures and theres a look at your 10day forecast. Windy conditions through your sunday. 46 for the forecast high. And then you see we start to climb back up again, monday, 52. Wednesday, with the return of showers. Well be right back. Tradingin or selling your car, truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, drive to your local car buying center. And three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes so dont wait. Get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar. Com. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com this might be a familiar sight for parents. This cub was clinging to hiss leg, dont leave me, dont leave me. The zookeeper decided, look, youve about got to go to bed. Its 8 00. Took it back to the play area. If you keep watching, he keeps coming back. No, im holding onto your leg. The forecast is good for the first half of the day. Showers and thunderstorms that could pack a punch. Then we drop down in temperatures. It could be windy. The temperature of 46 just for the high. That sounds cold. Its typical for this time of year. We pick back up. 60s into the next workweek. Seeing the 30s, you thought youd get a. [ with your energy bill. Thats going to do it for us. Have a great saturday. This race is consequential. Its all about being able to look your kid in the eye. And say, honey, its gonna be okay. And this woman understands it in her gut. She gets it. Stephanie hansen understands what people need. This election is very, very important to middle class people to live the life they deserve. Dont ask yourself the morning after the election why didnt i vote . The morning after the election re, and this is open house. This week, we check out some of the best views in bel air at a newly built modern masterpiece and an impressively designed townhouse in new yorks greenwich village. But first, a scandinavian inspired sanctuary with beautiful la views. We have a beautiful view here of downtown la, and it ranges all the way down to the beach in santa monica on a bright day. [music playing] welcome to open house. Right now, im coming to you from a beautiful loftstyle apartment situated on the 62nd floor high above midtown manhattan. This home is a perfect oasis with iconic city views framed by these 11 foot floor to ceiling windows. This corner combination living and dining area