Lunchtime, 56 degrees. For lehigh, skies are clear. No fog and clouds overhead. A climb and a considerable warmup considering were in the upper 20s right now. It is a february morning, after all. But its going to feel like spring this afternoon with plenty of sunshine, and up to 50s at the shore. Ill break it down hour by hour and show you how its going to warm up in your neighborhood. But first, traffic with Jessica Boyington with an update from the first alert traffic center. Starting the 6 00 hour with a crash in westchester, route 202. Now, its on the southbound side right near matlack street. From the 22 camera, zooming in here. This is the offramp. Right now, they had traffic stopped. Just a second ago, they had one car moving towards the center of this accident right here. There we go. Theyre starting to let cars back through again. So, again, there will be some delay behind that scene. Of course, you look over on the northbound side, too. Theres a vehicle off in the lefthand lane causing a delay there. Watching that on the southbound side of route 202. And ill have an update when i come back. All right, thank you, jessica. A new voice is joining the growing movement begging our nations leaders to strengthen gun laws in the wake of the Florida School massacre. En 0 the show last nigh 0 the jimmy fallon praise the young survivors leading the charge for change. That strength that they have is inspiring. Theyre angry and theyre doing something about it and creating change. This is a real revolution. Nbc10s dray clark has more on what families are doing to push their agenda even further. Good north, vai and tracy. Jimmy fallon is joining a movement. His star power resonates with those across the country and now he will use that notoriety to push a change for gun laws. The show was actually on hiatus when the shooting happened but hes been following the aftermath. And hes been inspired by the students who have decided enough is enough. And when they march on capitol hill next month, falon will be by their side. What they had to live tlurgs and what they have to live with is something i cant even imagine. And i think what the students of Marjory StonemanDouglas High School are doing sun believable. Theyre speaking out with more guts, passion, conviction, and common sense than most adults. And they have organized a peaceful march on saturday, march 24th in d. C. To demand action to prevent gun violence. I stand alongside you guys and ill be marching alongside you with my wife and two children. Meanwhile, President Trump will be meeting with republican lawmakers to discuss the gun issue. A bipartisan bill is gaining momentum. But theres still a lot of disagreement when it comes to banning assault weapons. Meanwhile, gun activists are voicing against florida lawmakers for not making changes in the wake of the high school massacre. In florida, yesterday, activists shouted shame and after a state Senate Rules Committee failed to vote for a law to ban assault rifles. Now, after meeting with republicans, meanwhile, today, the white house says President Trump will meet with a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers later this week. To continue discussions on gun control. In the Digital Operations Center this morning, dray clark, nbc10 news. The lawyer for the armed sheriffs dispute who stoodz outside of Stoneman Douglas high school during the massacre now says that the officer is no coward. The attorney for Scot Peterson said he thought the shooting was happening outside the building and he followed protocol by taking up a tactical position. Peterson resigned after the sheriff suspended him. Yesterday President Trump said it was disgusting that the deputy didnt go into the school. And a 15yearold bringing a gun to school is facing charges. The student tried to pass through a metal detector, s sam Fields High School in north philadelphia. No one was hurt. New details about a hitandrun that injured an 8yearold girl in camden. They say the driver was speeding last tuesday and hit the child, as she tried to cross the corner of the street at ferry avenue and phillips street. The 8yearold was treated and leased. The vehicle is a charcoal fourdoor sedan, possibly a ford fusion. If you have information, police would like to hear from you. And pulaski denies trading city contracts for campaign donations. His defense rested yesterday after prosecutors wrapped up their examination. The case could go to the jury by tomorrow. For the second time, bill cosby is mourning the loss of a child. Ensa cosby died from Kidney Disease in massachusetts. Here she is in an episode of the cosby show. She was a known supporter of her father calling the allegations against him onesided. Bill cosby lost another of his five children in 1997, where his son was shot to death in los angeles. Meanwhile, bill cosby is due back in a courtroom next weeks for ahead of the pretrial on Sexual Assault charges. The attorney could ask for postponement or to waive his rights to be in the hearing. New this morning, parking rules in philadelphia. The Parking Authority wants bus drivers to help catch drivers who are blocking their path. Nbc10s katy zachry is live in center city with the proposed plan. Katy, tell us how this works. Reporter well, vai and tracy, streets are lined with bus stops in philadelphia. It turns out more and more drivers are disregarding signs like this where it says no stopping, bus only. Now, to fight this problem, the Parking Authority is considering teaming up with septa. The idea is to use cameras that are already mounted to the front of septa buses. And with a click of a finger, the septa bus driver can snap a picture of a camera of a vehicle illegally parked. You could be slapped with a 76 fine. I just spoke with a woman who rides the bus regularly. She tells me she feels unsafe because cars often park where bus us need to stop. It is a good idea because it makes it more safer for the rider to get on and off. Its scary, really, because cars can pull up here and hit you while youre trying to get on the bus. Reporter now, this happens so often in philadelphia, the city Parking Authority estimates that it would generate more than 10 million a year from this initiative alone. Reporting live in center city, katy zachry, nbc10 news. Thank you, katy. 6 08. Lets give you a live picture right now where theres fog there yesterday. And it cleared out a little bit about this time. But obviously, very clear this morning, but still cool out there, 36 degrees. Yeah, clear and chilly 36 degrees. First alert meteorologist bill henley says its going to warm up, bill . Yeah, there are colder neighborhoods, 36 in philadelphia. Clear skies and very dry air allow the temperatures to come down but we are set for a nice sunny day today. After a chilly morning, were in for bright sunshine all day long. In the 50s, its going to feel more like spring than the end of february. And clear and cool this evening. Well see no sign of any clouds if youre out this evening. So, a really nice day ahead, nice two, actually. Temperatures 20s right now in the Lehigh Valley. In the suburbs, south jersey at 29 degrees. There are a few neighborhoods in the 30s but the temperatures are still falling. Exton dwaet along with phoenixville, collegeville, twraf degrees. 30s and 20s that you see this morning will quickly warm up. Once the suns up, well see light winds and the temperatures will be climbing. In fact, theyll be climbing at 8 00 this morning. Still chilly, 46 degrees. But sunny and 30s for philadelphia, wilmington and trenton. A quick warmup with no sign of any wet weather. But thats going to change before we get to the weekend. Nice and clear to the west. So, no worries for wet weather today. That comes, you may notice it with the sevenday forecast coming into thursday and into friday. Today, sunglasses today. 55 degrees at noon, 55 at 4 00 this afternoon. From the 30s to the 40s and into the 50s for the suburbs and Lehigh Valley. Look at that warmup from 35 degrees to 55 this afternoon. Plenty of sunshine for delaware. 52 degrees at lunchtime. Middle 50s this afternoon. The winds stay light in new jersey. 51 degrees and climbing at noon time. Look at the shore, peeking around with sunshine. Bright sunshine at the jersey shore. Tomorrow, that should be warmer in spite of clouds coming in. Once that rain moves in, the chill returns as we head into march. Ill show you when to expect the rain and when its going to leave us plus, you get the weekend forecast back in ten. To minutes past 6 00. A lot of flashing rig ining lig there. Well see what thats about. Jessica boyington continues to watch that. Yes. Matlack street, the route 22 camera, in that general area there, if youre there where that is. Again, southbound side one lane getting by right now. Its kind of in the center of where the accident is. And northbound here, too, say second ago, i was delays that way, as well. One lane getting by on the southbound side of route 202 here if youre trying to head to delaware from route 202. You might see a bit of a delay. Upper providence, south collegeville road. And the rest of the majors also when i come back. Jessica, thank you, one of the worlds biggest Credit Card Companies is refunding millions of dollars. Coming up, the error they recover and how much money the average customer will get. Also, student walkout. At 6 30, the local school facing back upand school safety. And also straight ahead. It wasnt the retirement she expected at all but a local mother says its the life for her. Up next, her journey as a Foster Parent, she hopes to get other families to take a child in need. How beautiful, when seeds we sow give free their fruit to hands below as thank you for the chance to grow pick your free yogurt at chobani. Com its 6 15. And all this weekend,s in 10 is helping to shine a light, desperate need for foster families. 5,000 children in philadelphia are in foster care due to abuse and negligent. The city needs more families to provide a loving home for children going through a traumatizing time in their lives. Nbc10 introduces us to a mother who opened her home and her heart to change kids lives. At 68, i thought for sure wed be snowbirds. I thought for sure, wed be retired. Empty nesters. Reporter but Sloan Stevens now has hunter. Her retirement looks a lot different. Hunter was played with her as a foster child four years ago. The challenges were not new to phyllis who had been a longtime Foster Parent especially to special needs children. Before hunter, phyllis and her husband have five grown kids. Their daughter alex is among the four they adopted. As hunter came around, phyllis was a little rusty. I didnt know life came in numbers, i thought they were small, medium and large. Reporter for 30 years, an advocate for Foster Parents we first met her strategizing with caseworkers abdomen how to improve the system. She said partnerships are key to the abuse and neglect many that the 5,000 foster children endure. Because of my caseworker stepped up and gave me the tools i need. Reporter most foster children return to their biological families but that was not possible for hunter. He eventually became child number six in the steffens family. And they wouldnt have it any other way. We cant imagine life without him. We need more team like phyllis to help out foster the 5,000, 6,000 kids in philadelphia that need homes. Its just temporary, it may be a day or two or a couple months. Right, we want to find families to open their hearts and their homes. Nbc10 is setting up a phone bank on thursday, at 4 00, to answer any questions that you might have about becoming a foster family. What a great resource. People can have any questions they have to call in. If youre thinking about it, not youre, well take care of you. And 6 18, another update on 202. Jessica boyington has that. Jessica. Yeah, guys, im watching it out in westchester, route 202 from the camera from route there, zooming in one lane getting by right now. You can see were slow with the delay at the scene, if you look here on the northbound side, we have a vehicle on the westbound side, too. In delaware, through westchester, thats where we see delays there. And watching a disabled vehicle on the vine street expressway. On 24th street, approaching the schuylkill expressway, you see that. That delay there, traffic slowly trying to get by here. We see a little delay on the eastbound side as well. Another disabled vehicle on the opposite side approaching the vine street expressway. That might be whats causing that there. Ill check in eye were the drive times on the schuylkill expressway and well update you as well on 202. 6 19 right now. 36 chilly degrees outside. Take a live look outside right now. Oh, cape may. The lighthouse there. Lets find out what the forecast is for the beach, for down the shore, to where you live. Meteorologist bill henley has got that. Yeah, a much brighter light. Bright sunshine at 6 19. 36 degrees. Look at the glow in philadelphia. Beautiful start. The waters barely moving. Very little wind this morning. Sunshine will be nice and bright. It will be pristine conditions at camelback mountain. Right now, its chilly, though, if youre heading out the door youll need your heavier jacket, especially in the suburbs. Look at mt. Holly at define degrees. Thats where were starting. This is where were going today. Into the 50s this afternoon, sunshine for philadelphia, the suburbs, Lehigh Valley. Look at the shore, a nice warmup. Atlantic city, 56 degrees, matching wilmington at 56 this afternoon. We will see clear skies today, but come tomorrow, weve got wet weather thats brewing that will start sending us clouds tomorrow. The rain will hold off until thursday. You see the first shower south of houston. Theyve got a long way to go before it gets here. Its the extended forecast that shows the rain moving in the day on thursday. By afternoon, were looking at a rainy condition that will continue right on through thursday and into friday. Now, friday, it might end with snowflakes falling, but the temperatures are still in the 40s. So, were not expecting accumulation as we head into the weekend. The weekend actually will be dry. Windy on saturday, but temperatures in the 40s. Well see sunshine in the afternoon and get less wind with plenty of sunshine and back into the 40s on sunday. More wet weather next week. Got that with the 10 day on 10 in the next half hour. Overcharged and in line for a refund. Next, the bank thats dishing out millions to its customers. And the average payment that could be coming your way. Plus, completing the process. The not so subtle way a local company is trying to get king james of philadelphia into the sixers jersey. 6 24 right now, citigroup says it refund hundreds of millions of dollars to credit card customers after admitting it overcharged them for interest. Citi promises to pay back the money. For charge holders in Good Standing over a fiveyear period. Customers have no way to know theyre eligible for the customer. Citi will notify cardholders with a check in the mail. Happening today, Jackie Robinsons originally signed baseball contracts will go up for auction in north jersey to celebrate black history month. Back in 1945, the brooklyn dodgers of robinson two years later. Historians found the document in a safety deposit box a few years back. Experts appraised the pair at 36 million. Jackie robinson of course began the mod discernation of baseball and became a champion for civil rights. High school hoops, roman catholic, beat them by two points in front of a packed house last night. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington with you right now, with a check of the roads and how theyre going out to westchester. Heres route 202. On the southbound side, delays approaching an accident on matlack street. Ill keep my eyes on this and update you on problems. Lets go to the vine street expressway when i come back. Also ahead, passengers stranded. Developing overnight. Unforeseen danger brings an amtrak train to a halt, leaving riders stuck on the tracks. Plus dog rescue. How it led to saving the fourlegged. Students unite. Kids at a local High School Plan to walk outside of their classrooms today after a teacher was punished for voicing his safety concerns. Pushed and punched. S in 10 catches the cops on the center a confrontation and a man with police. And inside a crisis facing thousand of people in our area as they drown in medical debt. Coming up at 6 45, how nbc10 is offering new hope of getting ahead. Announcer nbc10 news starts now. A lot of people interested in that. 6 30. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. Im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. Lets take a look outside and look at the warmup. First alert meteorologist bill henley has got the most accurate forecast. It is colder, in the suburbs, 29 degrees. Thats not the only spot, new jersey, 28 degrees in Lehigh Valley. Look at the glow over easton. Warms to 40 degrees at 9 00, 52 degrees at lunchtime. Starting up at 36 degrees in philadelphia. It might come down another degree before it starts moving up and low 50s at lunchtime. The winds will be shifting today, too. Thats an important change. This afternoon, it will become more southwesterly, and help boost temperatures today. And ensure that tomorrow will be warmer. A preview at the bottom of the screen with the sevenday forecast. This afternoon, cant beat it this time of year, into february it looks like a late march day with temperatures in the 50s. Philadelphia up to 56, along with delaware. And, yes, at the shore. Well see bright sunny skies a nice clear view from ocean city. 50 degrees this afternoon. Ill break it down hour by hour and show you how quickly this part of the area warms up before we head out the door. First, problems on the roadways, Jessica Boyington is tracking it all with the first alert traffic. Thats right, bill, watching it route 202 right around matlack street. Dlully the 322 camera kind of zooms in on this point. The traffic on the southbound stopping and reopening. Clearly, parts of this accident are in the righthand lanes and lefthand lanes as well. Stopping and causing the southbound moving this way again, through westchester towards delaware. If youre heading in that direction, youll see delays there. And even through this northbound side. Actually through this light area that you have, where traffic cant make a lefthand turn or get through this intersection in through here. Theyre blocking that left lane and every once in a while, we see slow traffic moving through the scene. A little bit of a backup as well. Also watching a disabled vehicle on the westbound side of the vine street expressway, approaching the schuylkill and a disabled truck actually on the eastbound side of the schuylkill expressway coming towards the vine. So, we are seeing in delays. And im going to check in quickly with the schuylkill expressway drive times because the eastbound is starting to see delay. 26 minutes from the blue route to the vine. And speeds are down into the 20s already. 6 32 right now. Students in one Camden County high school are planning to walk out this morning, to protest a teachers suspension for questioning safety at the school. Nbc10s matt delucia is outside of cherry hill east for more with the students concerns and the possible punishment, they say. Matt, tell us more. Reporter right, tracy, some of the students here at cherry hill east that they may face suspension for supporting the teacher who was suspended. Last night, there was a meeting for parents and students concerned. They met with the superintendent of the Cherry Hill School district. The issue in question is over a history teacher who was suspended for making remarks about what he called a lack of security. Quite a few students have come to his defense. And yesterday morning, some of them gathered in the auditorium. And followed that up with a petition that went around gathering about 500 signatures in support. Parents we spoke with last night say they, too, want Better School security, and theyre going to support their sons and daughters who intend to take a stand. If they get suspended, i support them because this is for what they believe in. And if they dont speak their mind now and then they grow up and go into the workplace or whatever it is in life, and they need to be able to speak their own mind, what are we teaching them if they cant speak their mind now . Reporter and i was just talking with a parent of a student here a couple minutes ago. Who says that she is equally concerned about what is going on here and. Situation that has unfolded. Last night, the superintendent said that he could not comment on the teachers suspension. And the day after the parkland shooting down in florida, the cherry hill superintendent did send out a letter to students and parents saying that safety and security is the primary focus of responsibility. And that anyone who has concerns should address them with the principal or the superintendent directly. Live in cherry hill, matt delucia, nbc10 news. In a related story, dozens of colleges with peaceful protests against gun violence will not hurt their chance of getting in. Those schools include, the university of pennsylvania, temple and penn state. In delaware county, a downed power line stopped an amtrak train in its tracks and trapped 50 people on board. After it left the station in philadelphia. Crews shut down power to get passengers off that train safely. And now to an nbc10 exclusive. Three Camden CountyPolice Officers are on desk duty after a violent encounter with a man caught on video. We do want to warn you, the video is disturbing. Prosecutors are investigating what youre about to see. Nbc10 shows an officer knocking down edward arella. Hes still recovering from the encounter on collins road last thursday. The 32yearold father says he did nothing wrong. And the video shows that. I didnt resist. I didnt do nothing. He need more social skills or more trained. Listen, the video i think it speaks for itself. Its very disturbing. We have concerns with it. And officers were responding to a tip call about someone with a gun at that location. When they got there, the man matched that exact description and the car that was there. Were told that the officer in question was wearing a body camera and it was working. 6 36, 36 degrees outside. And stories making headlines county by county. We begin with an update of the tunnel, the ntsb expects to finish its investigation and could issue a preliminary report within a month. The portion of the tunnel fell through the mans truck and killed him. Its the only tunnel in the turnpike system that has electrical piping directly above drivers instead of in a parallel tunnel. In glou chester county, a teacher may face charges in a deadly hitandrun in washington township. Nicholas dunn is accused of falling asleep at the wheel and leaving the scene of a deadly crash. Police say he hit and killed the woman as she walked to a bus stop on route 422. State troopers believe they stopped a dogfighting ring. An officer stopped molina and found an injured dog in his car. That gave troopers cause to search the home when they found dog treadmills, guns and the spca has considered putting the dogs up for adoption. The city is working to renovate wood lawn park, cool spring and tilton park. The first of the sessions takes place this afternoon at wood lawn library. Get ready for a party on the beach in atlantic city. Country star sam hunt will perform on july 1st as part of the beachfest concert series. Tickets go on sale friday. 6 38. Were just getting a peek of the sun right now. We want to show you a beautiful orange glow. Look at that. Over the delaware river. Looks very nice. How about down to the shore . Lets check in with bill henley and find out how it looks in ocean city. Here it comes. There she is. Isnt that nice . What a perfect morning with the ocean around there. Youll need your jacket this morning. Its colder this morning but that sunshine, it will have a quick impact. 36 in philadelphia right now. Skies are clear. Sun is just coming up. The temperatures will start coming up this morning. Head into the 50s this afternoon. A really mild day. The suburbs, nice and clear, 36 degrees. No repeat of the fog we had yesterday. But temperatures climbing into the 40s this morning. We will see mid50s this afternoon for the suburbs. Lehigh valley tends to be on the cool side. But mid50s for the Lehigh Valley with plenty of sunshine all around. New jersey, sun . Skies. 55 degrees at 4 00. And at the jersey shore, sunny skies all day. 32 degrees right now but 40s at 8 00 then upper 40s will warm around 50 degrees this afternoon. A southerly wind at 9 miles an hour. A little stronger than the rest of the area. The southwesterly wind that develops for delaware will push temperatures into the 50s this afternoon. 30s to start with. Nothing but sunshine during the day today. Enjoy it because there is some wet weather on the way for thursday and friday. And even though tomorrow is going to be warmer, before that wet weather moves in, clouds into the area on wednesday. So there are some changes ahead. But today, nothing but sunshine. A look at that rainfall. How much to expect, and what it could do to the shore when i come back in ten minutes. 6 39 right now. Lets get to you work. We have this issue on 202 for a while now. Yeah, jessica, i dont see any movement there. Looks like its stopped . Yeah, so there is a light here. Part of it is that. Part of it is theyre letting one lane by. On westchester, southbound, matlack street. Im seeing a vehicle involved here in the righthand shoulder moving around so they may be getting it out of the way. Or at least getting it off further to the shoulder which will open up this delay right here. And the lefthand lane, that turn area of the northbound side, but its not really causing any major delays as it was. Again, through the intersection, not too bad there. You can see the lights there as well. Looks like maybe two lanes starting to get by through the intersection. Thats a good thing on the southbound side. Theres a new crash in hourhrsh on welsh road. And an accident there with a truck involved on the eastbound of the schuylkill. Coming into the vine, all clear. And you can see the delay is pretty much gone. But were seeing a delay on the westbound side of the vine. But we still have that here for the schuylkill. Almost backed up the entire length of the screen there where it gets slow. And off here, delays for septas route 10 trollies in both directions because of a disabled bus blocking part of the tracks. Back to you, guys. Once the medical bills start piling up, its really hard to get ahead. Yeah, a scenario that people know too well. Up next, a local woman shares how a car accident left her in constant pain and a struggle to get ahead. And nbc10, paying off the medical debt. Plus, calling on the king. New billboards are pushing one of basketballs greatest to come to philly and to help complete the process. Chance are you or someone you know is drowning in unpaid medical bills. And thats why nbc10 responds is stepping up to help erase some of that medical debt. Spnbc10 responds reporter Harry Hairston shines the light on the crisis. Harry. Vai and tracy, you know, more than 1 Million People in our viewing area have medical bills they cant pay. And they dont know when theyll be able to get out of that financial hole. Cynthia able isnt as mobile as she used to be. She was in a car accident at this bensalem intersection seven years ago. The crash aggravated a previous injury. I have plates in my lumbar my lower back. Reporter mabels insurance didnt cover all of the costs. After spending thousands of dollars out of pocket. She still owes 1400. A Collection Agency wont let her forget. And they keep calling, and i keep telling them, youll get it when i get it. 15 Million People a year. Reporter he says 60 of all bankruptcies in america involve medical debt. We have a crisis in this country. Not many people talk about it. Reporter he was a former debt collector turned reformer. He founded the nonprofit rip medical debt with donates from rip. Its a random act of kindness to remove it off their credit report. Reporter the nonprofit uses the same for collection agencies by pennies on the dollar. Ten bucks can buy you 1,000 of debt. Thank goodness that nbc has come to the front. Nbc owned universal television the Parent Company of nbc10 is responding. Our company is donating 150,000 to r. I. P. Medical debt to erase 15 million of medical debt across the country. That includes 2 million for people chosen randomly in our area. Mabel says she plans to pay off her outstanding bills but doesnt know when shell be able. Collectors will just have to wait. I live month to month, you know . I mean, i have things that i have to pay for that come first. Now, if you want to erase someones medical debt, weve made it easy four go to nbc10. Com and click on this story. It will show you how to make a donation, just like we did. With just one dollar you can help erase medical debt for someone. Well also show you the most frequently asked questions about the charity and the process. And i suspect that one of those questions that people want to know is can people sign up to get the medical bills paid . No, you cant do that. We want to be absolutely clear about it. Everything that happens all random, because of privacy, we wont know who is getting that. Once again, vai, just one buck can help wipe out somebodys at least knock down somebodys medical debt a little bit. What a relief. Right. Harry, thank you very much. Coming up at 6 00 tonight, we explain how medical bills are shopped around from one agency to another. Were help you avoid the pitfalls that lead to medical debt. 6 48 right now. A few minutes ago we showed you the shore. And how beautiful it was there. Lets show you the wilmington, delaware skyline there. Bill . Were going to see sunshine. Look at the sun reflecting off the build at center city. Were off to a mild day today, and again tomorrow but the 1st day of march, thursday, begins wet and windy. The winds will be picking up and a steady rain. There is a coastal flood threat. Theres a lot of rain as we end the week. Its cold in allentown, isnt it . It is. 27 degrees in allentown. Pottstown at 25 degrees. There are some colder neighborhoods in south jersey. While millville is 34, 29 degrees in mt. Holly and 34 to start with in wilmington. Sunshine, though, a little wind. Were going to see a quick warmup this afternoon even with the mountains, the temperatures in the 20s this morning. It will climb into the low 50s in the mountains. And middle to upper 50s in most of the area. With the sunshine, its going to feel warmer, especially with that light wind this afternoon. Today, clear. Tomorrow, a different story. Clouds will be building. And those clouds right now are in texas. Theyve got a long way to go but theyre going to make quick progress. It really balloons up into quite a bit of moisture that is not going to be here today or tomorrow. Its going to stay dry through wednesday. But on thursday morning, the clouds will be building. And by early afternoon, look at that, steady rain moving on through. It moves through thursday afternoon. And continues through the day on thursday. Look at the evening commute with rain in the area. And through most of the day on friday. By the time its done, were looking at more than an inch of rain potentially for allentown, doylestown, pottstown. And close to an inch in philadelphia. This is just an updated number. And more than an inch at the shore. Add to that very strong winds with this coming storm. This is friday morning at 5 00. 50 mirm wind gusts in avalon. And 54 in Rehoboth Beach that will carry into the weekend. The wet weather, however, will dry out through the weekend. Today, nothing but sunshine. 56 degrees this afternoon. 60 tomorrow. The clouds will be increasing. Here cummings the rain for thursday. Rain and wind for friday. Wind after the rain is done on saturday. And sunday, some sunshine and will be around again on monday. Both days near 50 degrees in the afternoon. More wet weather tuesday and wednesday. And come next thursday, you might want to shield your eyes. Theres a chance of rain mixed with show. Boo. Yeah. Oh. Stop it. Shield your eyes. Shield my eyes. Yeah, well take another look, its still there, but in westchester, it looks better, though . Yeah, guys, it is definitely better. You said move be through westchester, thats exactly right. Our cameras around matlack street, theres no delay. Its opened up in the southbound side. Righthand lane, something into the lefthand turn lane of that northbound side. Traffic is moving along nicely. Again, youre not going to see many delays by the scene anymore. Theres still a disabled vehicle on the vine street expressway. Westbound side, around 24th street. This is skaug almost a delay the entire length of the vine street expressway and moving towards the vine street expressway. Getting sticky on that westbound side. And seeing 20minute delays for septas train 313. Other that, mass transit doing good for the most part. Back to you, guys. Whoo check out thick raucous crowd greeting members of the mens and Womens Curling Team as they came in yesterday. And then theres adam rippon. Hes among one of the athletes that came back into san francisco. He talked with reporters about the secret to his success at this years winter olympics. So, i hope that when i went to the olympics, i felt just like totally myself. I felt thats the reason i made the team and was so successful at these games was, you know, i just kind of got out on my own way. People love him. They had so much fun. Look at this coming up on ellen on nbc10, ellen welcomes home the entire womens hockey team and talks about winning gold at 3 00. Thanks to an nfl player from our region hundreds of kids got a front row seat to the hottest movie right Bobby Calhoun treated 300 kids to a screening of black panther. He handed out the tickets last night some wilmington. Bobby calhoun said its all about giving back to his owntown. Just to help the community out i was all for it. Thats how initially it came about. Just to be able to do this on this level, its great. Calhoun partnered with project new start for the giveaway to help transition exconvicts back into their community. Meanwhile, here at home, the first thing that happened when i arrived at work today, tracy told me that the flyers are in first place. Indeed they are. Because they won the shootout in montreal. Six straight wins for the fly guys. They lead the division. To complete the process, philly wants lebron. Thats the billboard message in the area right now. Putting up the giants signs close to the cavaliers arena. Its to persuade lebron james to sign with the 76ers in the off season. They love seeing the team play. In fact the cheapest ticket on stubhub to see lebron play in april triples the price for any opponent. Yeah, the fans are going to love that. Next for the top stories were following for you today. That includes students planning to protest one of their teachers getting suspended over comments he made about school safety. Mom, we got Girl Scout Cookies to sell. The girl scout cookie inspired flavors you love. Now in the dunkin coffees you love. Only at dunkin. Two minutes before 7 00. Cherry Hill High School students plan to walk out of class in a protest of a suspended teacher. That teacher had spoken to students about School Security after the florida massacre. The School Superintendent would not comment about the suspension. And today, President Trump will meet with republicans on capitol hill on possible gun control legislation. Also Broward County commissioners will honor the Police Officers who arrested the confessed gunman in the Florida High School shooting. Hey, everyone, Jessica Boyington with you with a quick check of the roads. A few things happening, the schuylkill expressway, a crash off to the shoulder. A little slow by the scene. We are seeing traffic get by. Typical delays. At white horse pike on the cameras they just moved it. On the westbound side, we do have a crash off to the shoulder. Im meteorologist bill henley. Its a cold start this morning, not so cold in philadelphia but just moved up to 37 degrees still seeing 20s in the suburbs. In new jersey look at the Lehigh Valley at 27 degrees. Bright sunshine, and everybody will see a nice warmup for easton. 52 degrees at lunchtime. The rest of the area will be warming in the 50s as were well. The cool spot will be at the shore where you see plenty of sunshine, 56 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia. And it will be even warmer tomorrow. But later tomorrow, you probably wont need your sunglasses. Very nice. Appreciate that, bill. Well have local updates throughout the morning. Of course, you can get realtime news, weather and traffic on the nbc10 app. Thanks for starting your day with us. Thanks for watching. Today show starts right now. Good morning. War of words. The former sheriffs deputy called a coward for somedtaying outside during the Florida School shooting, breaks his silence to defend his actions. As his boss doubles down amid calls of his own resignation. I gave him a gun. I gave him a badge. I gave him the training. If he didnt have the heart to go in, thats not my responsibility. Here it comes. A dangerous, new storm, taking aim at millions. Flooding thats forced widespread evacuations, expected to get worse. While in the east, all eyes on a potential noreaster that could get ugly. Als watching it all. Speaking out. The former stylist accusing