phoenix area on monday and his health was complicated by advanced parkinson's disease. ali boldly claimed he was the greatest boxer of all time and they agreed but it converted beyond the sport converting to islam changing his name from cassius clay to muhammad ali. in his hometown of kentucky, flags are flying at half-staff in honor of muhammad ali. handwritten signs carry messages like rest in pow ser, champ. he had ties to our aarea, house in wester brook and cherie hill. talking to michael j. fox about ali's impact on the community. we begin with drew smith who spent today talking to many in our area who knew ali well and his life in northern liberty where friends knew him well. >> reporter: good evening. it was community day at the joe hand boxing gym. many kids came out to learn from the champion. it got a new meaning today as they paid tribute to the greatest of all times. the bell rang 10 times for muhammad ali. boxers lowered their heads to remember the legend. not a fighter on earth who didn't look up to him. >> ali stood for more than b boxing, for community. >> admiring ali's courage to put everything on the line to stand up for the vietnam war. >> toe ma me, it surpasses anyt he did in the ring. >> that's ali and myself when he signed a contract in our office in center city. he was my friend and i'm proud to say he was my friend. >> remembering the fierce rivalry between ali and his rival, joe frazier. ali had love of his fans. >> he would sit on the sidewalk and talk to anybody who would listen to him. >> those are from the training camp from kenny gamble. >> he loved to play around and have fun and laugh. >> reporter: gamble says when he converted to islam he made some of the biggest impacts on the african-american communities. >> his life in my view was to shed light in a dark world and to give a people who didn't have any hope, give them hope. >> reporter: we got a chance to chat with some of those young kids about who is he athlete they still look up to. even though they weren't alive to see him fight, nay say it is still muhammad ali. nbc10 news. as we mentioned, muhammad ali lived with parkinson's disease for three decades and became the face of the debilitating disease along with michael j. fox. sitting down with fox in philadelphia today, andrea. >> reporter: we were able to catch up with michael j. fox here at the pennsylvania convention center where he is attending comic-con. fox was diagnosed with parkinson's disease, a diagnosis muhammad ali fought until the end. and like all his fights he brought awareness and attention to the disease around the world. ali was diagnosed with parkinson's disease in the early '80s, a degenerative neurological condition that ultimately made ali unable to speak and altered his mobility. that didn't stop him from testifying in congress. in 1997, one of the most comprehensive park sinson's centers in the world was establi established. michael j. fox first talk to him decades ago when fox was first diagnosed and he recounts that conversation. >> he was quiet for a while and then said, i'm glad you're in this fight with me. one of the most formative moments in my life. >> reporter: fox says it was at that moment he realized he was part of something bigger. tonight at 11:00, you will hear more on our one-on-one interview for michael j. fox. nbc10 news. you can read more about ali's life and his legacy on nbc10.com and the nbc10 app. there, you'll find pictures and videos and some of ali's most famous quotes. >> now, your nbc10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> the weekend got off to a nice start weather-wise. we saw sunshine and temperatures in the '80s again. right now, a live look at the blue cross river rink at pen's landing where people are out there skating this evening. the fist alert radar is tracking big changes for the rest of the weekend. wet weather, you can see, is moving in and it could bring damaging wind and even hail. nbc10 has declared tomorrow a first alert day, to get you prepared for what's coming. meteorologist, here with your first alert weather. >> that's right, george, definitely looking stormy he heading to the first part of the weekend. we have the alert for all areas aside from the "jersey shore" although i'm thinking we may get locally strong storms there as well and tomorrow afternoon and evening we might get the strongest storms that can be severe and contain not only damaging winds and very heavy rainfall and we have potential for hail later in the day and into the evening. right now, a live look at philadelphia, mostly cloud cover across the area, at least into the city. we do have rain moving into our western areas, just showers across parts of lancaster and berks county and moving through the lancaster area, generally light in nature and we have potential for showers over our western areas, over the course of the next couple of hours. i am thinking these will not be severe and for the most part, staying west of philadelphia. you can see we have big time storms to the south and west moving into our area as we head to tomorrow the next couple of hours in the city looking to the cloudy side. as the early morning hours start to arrive we can see storms move in but late day they are strong to severe. coming up we take a closer look at the timing and we see how long these severe storms will stick around. >> thanks. three teenagers are in stable condition after being shot at a house party in north philadelphia. nbc10 was on the scene at west nevada street. the gunfire broke out around 11:30 last night. two boys, just 16 and 17 years old and an 18-year-old man are all in the hospital. police have made no arrests. in the meantime, we have learned one of the victims of a double shooting in philadelphia's west oak section and a 24-year-old man was shot and a second victim is still in the hospital. from the nbc10 jersey shore bureau, the widewood fire department officially has -- wildwood fire department officially has its first female firefighter. cristina sacco was sworn in this week. her dad pinned her badge on her uniform. she is a life-long resident of wildwood. it is a big day for one group of philadelphia youngst youngsters. they are off to kindergarten. ♪ >> i think they're happy. the city held the ceremony this morning at the museum to honor more than 1004 and 5 year-olds. the kids just completed pre-k programs and will head to kindergarten in the fall. universal pre-k was one of the mayor's platforms. >> you see all these children accomplishing something by graduating to pre-k in kindergarten to first grade. you have to acknowledge that fact and understand we have to support this city-wide. >> if mayor kenny is successful in getting his controversial soda tax passed he plans to use the income to help fund universal pre-k. hundreds of dogs in need of a home. tonight, we have new information about an extreme hoarding situation in new jersey. dozens of teens hit the water today 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teacher. we're ed and miriam, and we're proud to be new jersey educators. we have new information tonight on what authorities call the worst animal hoarding case in monmouth county history. police now say 276 dogs were rescued from one home in howell on friday. that's 100 more dogs than first reported. new litters of puppies were actually being born as crews were making the rescues. the couple that lives at that home will face charges. the dogs are now safe at shel r shelters, but will not be ready for adoption for some time. it was a tip of the cap today for one deserving group in camden county. ♪ ♪ nbc10 there for service appreciation day setting this side aside to honor police and fire departments along with veterans and military personnel. it's an afternoon of food, fun and fund-raising to recognize those who put their lives on the line everyday. a little humid for us today but we're tracking severe storms for your sunday afternoon and evening. coming up, we'll take a closer look at your timing, all that straight ahead in your neighborhood weather. in decision 2016, tonight, the democrats are campaigning hard on this last week, before new jersey and five other states hold their primaries on tuesday. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are both in california today. clinton spoke at an immigration forum, where she criticized donald trump's deportation proposals and she also repeated her promise to introduce comprehensive immigration reform within her first 100 days in office if he elected. bernie sanders is in los angeles today. he is vowing to stay in the presidential race until the drink nati democratic national convention in july in philadelphia. he does not think clinton will earn enough delegates to clench the nomination tuesday night, yet it is mathematically possible new jersey voters could give clinton enough delegates to women the presumptive nominee before the polls even close in california coming up on tuesday. and they're off! pad lers from near and far gathered in philadelphia today for the independence dragon boat regatta. more than 70 teams competed. our own randy gyllenhaal raced with the comcast team of nbc10 and for military veterans that worked for the country. >> bringing different employees together from different business units, different parts of the company, nbc, comcast, to get out on a day and work with each other in a different capacity. it's definitely team building. >> nbc10 keith jones raced on behalf of the turning points for children nonprofit. you may know, he's sort of the techie type so keith strapped this gopro camera to his chest to give us that best view from the water. now your nbc10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> it was humid for us this afternoon. overall, pretty quiet conditions. we have had scattered showers move through our western area and that will be the case as we head through tonight as well. our other weather head line issued for sunday due to severe storms in the forecast mostly in the afternoon and evening, cl d clouding up right now toward the city. let's look at what else we have going on here. temperatures for the most part this afternoon in the low 80s. philadelphia, 82, 83 towards the lehigh valley. as we've seen the last several days, cooler towards the southwest wind and 71 in summer's point. 69 degrees towards atlantic city but 78 degrees further inland towards may's landing. we have showers and thunderstorms we are now tra tracking. as you head to tomorrow you will see it toward the gulfcoast. it will take a little bit as we get into this less humid air in the high plains and won't be until this cold front moved tomorrow and with that will come the thunderstorms. in lancaster and berks county, tomorrow conditions are looking more and more favorable for development of strong to severe stock market, damaging winds, hail and heavy rain as well and can't even rule out an isolated tornado although that's the lowest risk. highest risk is damaging winds through the passage of that front. through tonight, scattered showers and through 11:00, a heavier shower in parts of carbon and monroe counties. generally scattered maybe loc locally heavy but it's later in the day we see things ramp up. here's 6:00, that line of storms right along the i 95 corridor, moving through with strong widse an heavy rain and could be an instance at 2:00, things are looking pretty good but two hours later things can change quickly. things are pushing offshore and this will be a quick mover in a quite a bit of time. a big rain mover and i'm thi thinking any flooding is probably going to be localized, something you want to keep an eye out for as you head to your sunday. stormy into the weekend, temperatures on the warm side, 82 in philadelphia. on the humid side, it's not going to be until later in the overnight hours we get that front to finally move through and with that we improve conditions big time moving to monday. 84 degrees the high, sunshine and less humid and chance of showers tuesday and through the week again definitely make sure you're tuned to the weather as conditions will be changing very quickly as we head to your sunday afternoon and evening. from comcastsports net, the life of the one known simply as "the greatest" continues to be celebrated across sports. plus, the pete mccann non's everyday twist on the other side. pizza is perfect. pizza with bacon cheeseburger on it... way, way more perfect. papa's bacon cheeseburger pizza is back. and try our new mushroom swiss burger pizza. just ten dollars each for a large. papa john's dot com it is time now to check in with jose for a look on what is coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news". jose. >> george, good to see you. coming up tonight remembering muhammad ali and his death's reaction on the country and beyond. and hillary clinton keeps up attacks on donald trump. and the bodies of four soldiers swept away in texas are recovered. and muhammad ali's own words, some of his most memorable moments and lines when i see you in a few minutes or "nightly news." >> thanks, jose. we'll see you in a few minutes. hello. aimar shall harris from comcastsports. the world continues to mourn the loss of humid amuhammad ali, wh at the age of 74, perhaps the most recognized athlete in history. talking about ali's legacy. >> when i look at all this that ali have done and what he have stood up for in and out of the ring, he was his own salesman, he was his own pitchman, he was his own promoter, he was his own everything. ali, to me, you can't just really restrict his legacy and what he's done to boxing. >> ali's funeral will be friday in louisville, billy crystal, bryant gumbel and former president bill clinton are all scheduled to speak. phillies and brewers this afternoon. up 1-0, until tommy joseph comes up with the equalizer tying it at one apiece. still not done. in the second. the power and beyond. gives the filless a 3-1 lead. and santana breaks something off hector. bottom of the ninth now, brewers with a 6-3 lead. serena williams was one win away from her 22nd grand slam title. only spain's mgarbine mug rgaru stopped it. a beautiful lob shot and serena watches it land right on the line and that was match point and she wins her first grand slam title. 7-5, 6-4. ing ing eagles were hoping f cox and others would have shown their face this season. they don't have to. that changes this season with a mandatory draft pick. carson wenz was there and done a lot to impress his head coach but he doesn't know everything just yet. >> with carson, it's about the mental aspect of the game, understanding our philosophy offensively and the offense in general. he's so smart and sharp he pi picked it up well. still makes a couple blunder calls in the huddle from time-to-time and fixes it and kind of knows it once he says it and can fix it. college rugby championships are going on at the union's home talent energy stadium and games k.t. of two seven minute halves, five points for a try and two points for a conversion, think the equivalent of a touchdown followed by an extra point. one of the teams taking part in the seven, temple down 12-0 to clemson at the half and scored 19 second half points capped by this burst. owls take the lead in this final minute, they win it 19-12. st. joseph working on a second half comeback against arizona. wildcats had other ideas. ben joseph splits the defense and gone, hawks fall, 14-5. drexel facing virginia tech, final minute of the first half. hoagies up 12-7, virginia tech padding its lead with a try and dragons lose it 24-7. that will do it for sports. i'm marshall harris. george? look up on a sunny day like today and you are likely to see skyforce 10 zooming through the air but nbc10's aerial news gathering team was on the ground today making a landing at marlton on display at the sports unity family fun day and kids got a chance to climb on board and sit at the controls of our high-tech helicopter, provides the best bird's-eye view in all of the philadelphia region. fun to be in there. big changes coming up by tomorrow, definitely watching. >> yes. for tonight, i'm thinking maybe we will get showers north and west. it will be really tomorrow before they ramp up. i'd say let's say, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. they can intensify quickly, talking about potential for damaging wind and very heavy rain and even hail. you need to make sure you're checking with our nbc10 app for all the changes. >> we will update it tonight at 11:00, even closer with timing. very good. that is msnbc 10 news for that is nbc10 news for now. we will see you back later at 11:00. for nbc news any time head to nbcnews.com. on this saturday night, the greatest, the world pays tribute to a legend. tonight new details about muhammad ali's final moments from his family and a look back at his achievements. a towering figure in sports and far beyond. war of words. three days before the last big primary hillary clinton attacks on donald trump and the republican gets new criticism for racially tinged comments about a judge and undocumented immigrants. and the new flood threat not over in texas as researchers recover the last of nine u.s. soldiers whose vehicle was swept away. and talking the talk. muhammad ali was almost as famous for what he said. tonight, memorable

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