Just a few sprinkles now in burlington county. Trenton had seen a few raindrops. Mercer county and eastern mercer county. Most of the areas are dry and warmer because of the clouds. Northeast philadelphia is 47 degrees and were headed for the 60s on this st. Patricks day. Got some green on boathouse row. 43 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00, 50. 60 degrees at lunchtime. Well go hour by hour with future weather. First well check in with katy. Good morning. Love that green on boathouse row. Isnt that lovely . Free and clear. If youre headed on the northeast extension this morning, just be aware of the overnight construction but that should be lifting in the next hour or so. 476 drive times this morning between 95 and 47 f, 14 15 minutes in both directions. No issues to address there. Between Bridge Street and cottman just be aware of possibly some lane constrictions because of the increase in overnight construction weve been seeing for a while. Tracy . New from overnight, police have charge add man in the murder of a Lehigh Valley mother other the weekend. Police say 20yearold caleb barnes stabbed her in her driveway. She was killed hours after she tried to end the relationship that barnes had with her 14yearold daughter. They say barnes drove her car in south white hall township where he buried her body attempted to hide her vehicle in the pond off applewood road and then went back to the womans home and the 14yearold daughter was with him. Barnes is also charged with statutory Sexual Assault involving the teen. Two Temple UniversityFootball Players are free on bond after they were arraigned on change overcharges overnight. Temple University Says it is aware of the situation and are cooperating with police. Dockness and redick have been suspended from the team pending further investigation. Jury selection begins today in the case of six former philadelphia narcotics officers accused of robbing suspected drug dealers. They all have plead not guilty. Five of them are under house arrest. Openings are scheduled for march 30th. A man accused in a drunk driving crash that killed a brother and sister on valentines day is charged with dui and homicide by vehicle. Witnesses told police that he was speeding and driving erratically when he slammed into a middle a minivan. Teenage teenagers shar were killed. Other family members survived. Bringing a Philadelphia Community together to stop the violence after two shootings including that of a Philadelphia Police officer. Jesse gary has more to tell us thb plan. Jesse . Reporter tracy, part of it involves bringing guns and street violence into the courthouse to tell their stories. A coalition of groups believes letting victims hear directly may play a role in how cases are adjudicated and hopefully lead to fewer guns on the streets. The slaying of philadelphia cop Robert Wilson iii during a robbery has put a spotlight on the problem. Advocate says the everyday fear of violence harms communities too. For a long time there was a misconception that gun cases were a victimless crime because guns were not discharged. However, there are victims, people who feel like hostages in their own home. Jeffrey dempsey of ceasefire p. A. Say there are so many cases in the court system it doesnt take very long to have someone come in and give a victim impact statement. Coming up a local politician has a plan for addressing this problem. Well hear from her in 30 minutes. Happening today the philadelphia wildcats are heading to pittsburgh ahead of their ncaa basketball tournament. Plenty of excitement for nova nation all across our area to capture the top seed in the east region and they will take on the number 16 seed the lafayette leopards of eastern p. A. Their coach is han lynn. Tip offis set off for thursday night. As if chip kelly didnt drive us all crazy last week he brought in former Denver Broncos and jets quarterback tim tebow. Tebow hasnt played in two years. He left philly without a deal and its reported the birds will not be signing him at this time. I tweeted that out and theyre like what . Fascinating. Whats old could some day be new again and make the morning commute a little easier for a lot of people. Next the hefty price tag of getting patcos dorman Franklin Square station back in business. And later this morning a penn state professor who disrupted a flight. The point she was trying to make that ended with her in handcuffs. Weve got clouds in the area but not too many showers. Beach avenue boathouse row is lit up on st. Patricks day and well see the temperatures heed up as we head into the afternoon. Were talking 60s. Forecast just ahead. The improving economy may be why your next flight is crowd. It projects the number of people flying to grow by 2 per year. That would be equal to about a billion passengers in 2029. 1. 14 1. 14 billion passengers by 2035. U. S. Airlines said they had 76 million passengers last year. Police are writing more tickets for safety violations. Heres a look at the breakdown. Police issued nearly 100,000 tickets for poorly maintained lights tickets for chipd or broken windshields rose 40 and vehicles with worn tires. 18 million. Thats how much it would cost to reopen philadelphias ghost station. It was abandoned in 1979. The station would serve 1,300 Passengers Daily but the report finds most already use another station. Cloudy start is helping temperatures stay a bit warmer this morning. Were seeing readings that are in the 40s and 30s for the pocono mountains. 38 degrees. Trenton and dover both in the middle 40s right now. Boathouse rojas some green and so does the radar. A few scattered showers in the area. Not everybody is seeing them. In fact, here at the nbc 10 studios, it is completely dry. Clouds overhead. Not much wind just yet. That change this afternoon. There go the last few showers moving through ocean county. Just a few sprinkles. Most of the areas will stay dry and see a quick warmup. 62 by noontime but watch what happens this afternoon. Winds kick in and the numbers come down. 40s and 50s by 5 00 this afternoon and they go even lower this evening. Early tomorrow morning well see the numbers drop below freezing and that sets the stage for some snow and some rain just as winter comes to an end. Sevenday forecast with the timing when im back in 10. 4 41 at this hour. Typically the issue is road construction. Starting to clear. Katy zachry is watching the roads for us this morning. Katy . Yes. Starting to clear is the operative phrase tracy. This is near the ben franklin bridge. All the bridges look good. The ben, the betsy, the walt. Nothing to talk about this hour. We were talking about construction nchl the last ten minutes we have watched construction clear at cottman. A touching moment for Philadelphia Police officer Robert Wilson. The obstruction that was no match for the parade to honor the fallen hero. Yoplait. With a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. Dont miss yoplaits exciting new flavors creamy caramel and cookies n cream. This morning a penn state professor arrested on a flight. One passenger pulled out her cell phone and started recording her outbursts on an American Airline plane after it landed in miami. She said she was protesting u. S. Imperialism and did not mean any harm but she was arrested and questioned by the fbi. She said this may not be the last time she protests. We want to show you tauching moment from the day that Philadelphia Police officer Robert Wilson was laid to rest. Theyre lifting a car that was blocking the funeral procession for officer wilson. They were able to carry it to the side of the road. The moment has already been shared by thousands of people on a facebook page. Really incredible story. Three philadelphia teenagers will learn the price they will pay on a series of attacks on a mentally challenged man. The video went viral last summer. Prosecutors say the video shows them kicking and punching the man. Yesterday the judge sentenced the teens to spend the summer in juvenile state facility. The boys will remain under house arrest until the end of the year. Three homes have one Fire Department taking new precautions. Investigators believe all three blasts were caused by gas leaks. The most recent was saturday in seaside heights. They say any time theyre called an ambulance crew will also be sent alone. He was told if ems wasnt at one of the other explosions the victim could have been much worse off. Crews are still cleaning up an oil spill at wilmington more than a week after it happened. The spill happened last monday. Our partners at news works reports that the u. S. Coast guard and delawares didnt of Natural Resources is in charge of cleaning up the 1,500 feet of shoreline. New information for drivingers in the garden state. The next team a Police Officer asks for a license you might be able to say ive got an app for that. The new Jersey State Senate approve add billfirg whether the state should allow lek tropic drivers license and another to show proof of insurance on their smartphones. Delaware lawmakers are considering a similar bill. Also in new jersey theres a new push to offer drivers licenses to undockumented immigrants. It would grant driving privileges to undocumented immigrants. They say it would make the roads safer because they would learn the laws. It would have economic benefits. Insurance and car broker would see increased business. They will feel like theyre contributed to our state in a way and feel like its an opportunity to have to feelline like they have something legal in their hands that they can present wherever they go. 11 states in the District Of Columbia offer licensed to undocumented residents. None of those states are in our immediate area. New jersey lottery lovers are a step closer to seeing doorstep delivery become a reality under a new bill. Courier services could register with the Lottery Commission and deliver tickets. A new Jersey Assembly commit kmit tee voted in favor of it. They want to broaden the Customer Base and make it easier for the home bound to play. It is 4 48. A local labor leader is challenging the candidacy of milton street. Yesterday lawyers filed a challenge against streets campaign. They claim he is not a registered democrat and does not live in philadelphia. Hes the brother of the former mayor john street. We reached out to milton street for comment but weve not heard bad but he told the Philadelphia Inquirer it was sad and frivolous. The Teachers Union announced it lwill support him. Kenny and street are among six candidates for philadelphia mayer. May mayor mayor. Now, before you vote in the primary, which is may 19th nbc 10 will get the answers you need from the candidates. Were farther nevering with the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of commerce for the first maieral debate. Jim rosenfeld will moderate the event. You can watch it live right here. If you have questions for the candidates, let us know. You can submit them right now on nbc10. Com or our nbc 10 app. My alma mater got in but yours did not. Temple. I put nova. Against byu . Of course thiefrmt in the playoff game today. Hopefully you filled out your brackets. Officer workers are certainly busy putting the finishing touches on their bracket. Not too much work getting done. But betting on the games is Risky Business at best. Math me tishematicians say the odds of having a perfect are 1 in 9 quintillion. I dont know what that is. Its a lot of zeros. A lot of oddsmakers say the point spread might help you a little bit but novices have just as good a chance as well. Bottom line bracketology wins winsing boils down to a whole lot of luck. We pick ours by mascot and school colors. It could work. It could work. So about a thousand times more likely to hit the powerball then. So thats good news. Ill take that as good news. Let me show you whats happening this morning. Clouds overhead. No wind yet but thats going to change this afternoon. Its going be a cold wind blowing. Before it gets here were going to see the temperatures climb from the 40s into the 60s early this afternoon. Pocono mountains, things are drying out this morning. A few scattered line rain showers. Most of those are already moving out. 45 in trenton. Wilmington 42. Blue belle is 45. Down to 41 in College Ville and the temperatures may come down a little bit more but not much. As far as that rain thats coming down the last few showers are now moving through eastern new jersey. You can see them pass trenton right now into ocean county that. Ire about done this morning. But the wind thats going to get started the afternoon. 8 00 this morning, the winds fairly light. Most of the area below 10 miles an hour. Watch as we go into the early afternoon hours. 20mileanhour winds and stronger in the area with gusts that could go as high as 40 miles an hour this afternoon. Thats going to be a cold wind blowing. So we will peak in the 50s. Upper 50s low 60s. Then the wind takes of. Later this afternoon thats when the cold air comes in and youll feel it tomorrow morning. 28 degrees to start with and 42 degrees tomorrow afternoon. 20 degrees colder than today. And the chill sticks around for thursday. And unfortunately friday. In the final hours of winter we have a wintry mix moving in. Snow and rain on friday with a high of 44 degree. It will all be out of here for the weekend, however. Saturday, not bad. 53 degrees. High temperature with partly sunny skies. Then another cold wind kicks in for sunday and monday. All right. Thank you, bill. I think. Traffic alert in Montgomery County. The bridge is out indefinitely. Penndot says its structurally damaged. Detour signs are being posted. Lets find out what else you need to know about the roads as you head out this morning. Heres katy. Movieing from Montgomery County to Chester County things are looking good. Along route 100 im getting word its closed. Speaking of new jersey a live look right at route 70. Nothing to account for considerable volume. You might encounter work at springdale thats counting for construction. Vai. Tickets will go on sale to see meghan trainer. She will perform at the fair july 7th. New kids on the block will also take the stage which is in its 96th year. On st. Patricks day, nbc 10 finds how irish the county is. Brimming with green and orange pride. Prime pieces of real estate. When we come back. The time is four minutes before 5 00. The upcoming visit of pope francis to philadelphia will be accompanied by someone who happens to be a candidate for philadelphia mayor. Religious leaders announce they have produced history making productions. The documentaries are both related to the world meeting of families and papal visit. The world meeting of families will be held the last full week of september. Pope francis will visit philadelphia at the end of the week weekend of september 25th which is just over more than six months away. So its coming and theres a lot of preparations. Nbc 10 will be there to brick it all to you. Atlantic city officials unveil plans to revamp gardners basin. These spots are prime real estate in atlantic city. Nbc 10 got a first look at the reports conceptual plans. They include the addition of a new retail village, waterfront restaurant new entrance drive and parking lot and an expansion of the existing therein city aquarium. The mostly empty former airport spread out over 140 acres. City planners believe the improvement should come in phases starting with the installation of baseball and soccer fields to bring some life into bader. Probably one of the most valuable on all of the east coast because its surrounded by water. The city is currently soliciting proposals for bader field. Expects to begin that process for guarders in basin in the next month or two. President obama is caring on a white house tradition this st. Patricks day. Hell welcome the irish Prime Minister to washington. The two will participate in the shamrock smaen, a tradition that began with harry truman. So how irish is your town . According to real estate website truvia bostons ancestry is irish, more than 26 and cabot comes in at number 7, believe it or not, with 14. 8. Philadelphia is right behind it 14. 2 and wilmington is tenth claiming irish descent. This is based on the u. S. Census data. Among counties in tristate area, Cape May County has the most irish, 21. 8 . Delaware county is a close second. 21. 1. I know a lot of good irish friends in Delaware County and gloucester and bucks ties for third. On st. Patricks day, everybody is irish. Millimeter. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news starts right now. This man is under arrested accused of killing his girlfriends mother. What police say the victim did that set him off. And crime concerns. Tonight the community will come together to serve for solutions to end gun violence. How the kre cent murder of a Philadelphia Police officer is helping to spark todays action. Right now rain is moving out of the area but we may be kicking off spring with showers of a different kind. Cold air is coming and that could mean snow before the week is out. How about that. I said it. Snow. Possibly. Goodn eq morning. Welcome to n b krnbc 10 news today. Its st. Pay tricks day, for goodness sakes. Im tracy davidson. Lets begin with the first alert weather forecast. Talk about the snow later. We will talk about snow later. On st. Patricks day, well have none of it. The luck of the irish is working in our behalf and were see the temperature this morning and early this afternoon climb peak peeking in the low 60s. Right now clouds over center city. It is dry as far as the wet weather is concerned. Its mainly to the north. Pocono mountains seeing scattered rain showers. Theyre streaming to the east so most of those are going be missing our area. The temperatures thanks to the clouds are running warmer than yesterday. We were in the low 0s yesterday morning. Right now its ha degrees in philadelphia. Allentown is at 39 degrees and 40s for wilmington and trenton. Wind is blowing this afternoon. It will be stronger at the surface. Right now its above building level seeing that gusty wind. By lunchtime well be up to 60 degrees. Not much warmer than that especially once the winds kick in. Hour by hour forecast once were back in ten. Lets check in