a look at the hour-by-hour future weather with the potential for severe weather later this afternoon when i'm back in ten minutes. now we'll go to traffic reporter christine maddela. good morning christine. good morning to you, bill. we are watching problems on the roadways. this is the schuylkill expressway near gladwyne. emergency crews are on the scene for an accident many the scene causing a bit of a slowdown. but because there's not a lot of volume out there, you can't expect a major delay. and kelly drive is closed at seggseg sedgley drive. and look at the radar here on the maps there could be slick spots to it there with limited visibility with the fog. chris? all right, 5:01 now. this morning a new round of fiery exchanges at a council meeting has led to new controversy in a delaware county town. our cameras were there to capture the shouting match that erupted at the council meeting. matt delucia is live in colwyn with fallout from that. the council president was fired, a new one installed. what is he saying this morning? >> reporter: he says they got rid of a faction on the council borough quote, causing trouble. here's a look at what happened right here last night. >> if you want the keys get a cop. >> reporter: after some fighting there, the council approved the firing of the borough code enforcer and then the president tried to adjourn the meeting. before there was a vote on that the remaining council members held their own meeting voting to fire the borough manager who has been vocal at accusing council members of misappropriating funds. well, after firing brown, the councilman fred lesher was voted in as president. here's what he told harry hairston after the meeting adjourned. >> i'm trying to move the borough forward. and you're not going to move the borough forward when you have somebody overriding everybody that everything is said. every little idea. >> reporter: the council president is calling this a coup. just the latest battle in the colwyn borough council. we have been following the last few months. and the colwyn mayor is speaking out saying there's nothing he can do. we'll hear from him coming up in 30 minutes. for now, live in colwyn matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." thank you. 5:03, another reminder why you want to be aware of your surroundings. a man was robbed at gunpoint. two men robbed him as he was leaving a parking garage at fifth and pine in center city. the man was not injured but the suspects got away with his iphone and wallet. also new from overnight, no reports of injuries after a dumpster caught fire at a high-rise apartment building. nbc 10 was at 39th and walnut in university city just a few minutes earlier this mo. fire investigators say the first floor dumpster caught fire and sent smoke up to the upper floors through a trash chute. investigators are looking for the cause of the fire. happening today, steve smith is convicted of raping and robbing a woman near a septa station in 2013. this attack happened on a subway platform near 15th and market in center city. smith pushed the woman to the ground, stole money and her cell phone and sexually assaulted her. also today a philadelphia judge will set the date for a priest's third trial on child sex charges. father andrew mccormick is not pictured here but he's accused of molesting an 11-year-old altar boy in 1997 at a church in bryceberg. the judge declared a mistrial when the jury couldn't reach a verdict. that was the second time the judge couldn't render a decision against mccormick. in the investigation of a deadly police shooting in south carolina vai sikahema is following the latest on this. tell us more on this video. >> reporter: the video is damnig and we'll see if it helps the police department. the start of the encounter between the white police officer and the african-american driver. now the officer is charged with murder. michael slager grew up in burlington county and pulled over walter scott on saturday for a faulty taillight. in the video you ask slager ask for license and registration. scott didn't have the paperwork because he was in the process of buying the car. when slager walked back to check the license, scott bolted and then slager ran after him. moments later the cell phone video picked up from there to catch slager firing eight shots killing scott. slager's mother expressed sorrow for the victim's family. >> from one mother to another mother i can understand it. so i just -- i just want them to know that i'm sorry that this happened. and that this has made a change in everybody's life. >> michael slager said he opened fire because scott had taken his taser and he feared for his life but the video doesn't show scott taking the taser. north charleston police fired him after the cell phone video surfaced. of course count on "nbc 10 news" for new information on the national story. with ties to our area as soon as we learn new details we'll pass them on to you on the air and on the news app. i'm vai sikahema. meantime, a sheriff ordered an internet investigation into this video. the police are arresting a suspected horse thief. officers tasered him and then several of them pup chd and kicked the man on the ground. the sheriff called the video disturbing. crews eventually took the man to the hospital. it's unclear how badly he's hurt. watch the entire video on our "nbc 10 news" app. 5:06 now. the relationship between new jersey governor chris christie and dallas cowboys owner jerry jones is under scrutiny once again. this time it has to do with the world trade center in new york. a company co-owned by jones operates the third-floor observation deck. now prosecutors have subpoenaed records about how that company got that contract. christie and new york's governor control the port authority that operates the world trade center. now governor christie and the port authority have been under scrutiny since the new jersey bridge scandal broke. the government will focus on associates of christie that could includes charges of fraud and using lane closures on the george washington bridge as political payback. 42 degrees now. to the race of philadelphia mayor, the six democrats laid out their visions for the city's future during a forum last night at the community college of spring garden. the forum focused on education, job development and affordable housing. two more forums occur today, one at the cast iron building on arch street and the other is tonight at fox chase elementary school on ron street. voters go to the polls on tuesday, may 19th for the primary in philadelphia. and then november 3rd voters choose the next mayor of philadelphia in the general election. there's only one republican candidate for mayor. so no primary for republicans. and here's something else to see on the primary ballot. the head of philadelphia's naacp is calling for a return to local government of philadelphia schools. here's what that means, yesterday the naacp along with councilwoman janey blackwell to call for the local board to oversee philadelphia schools. a non-binding referendum will appear on the november ballot. they want to see increased voter turnout to answer the question. in burlington county two people went to the hospital after a hazmat situation at an apartment complex. it happened last night at the edgewater manor apartments in edgewater park. the victims were exposed to some type of chemical. officials evacuated some of the apartments and we are working to find out the conditions of the victims. nine minutes after 5:00. tracking some showers and some thunderstorm activity in the area. here's the rainy view from here at the nbc 10 studios. rain is falling. also in the pocano money tins mountain temperatures are just above freezing. the rest of the area is above freezing, but you can see light rainfall falling at the ski area of big bear. snow and ice on the ground. at this time the steadier showers are moving through the pocano mountains. and heavier downpours are spreading through allentown. we have a few scattered light showers in the philadelphia area. and one area of thunderstorms that rolled through cumberland county. and now it's racing through mullica and near galloway in atlantic county. that's just the beginning of more showers and thunderstorm activity. this is the greatest concern. look at the line of storms from the ohio valley into the south. we have seen some very heavy rainfall and potentially damaging winds with a possible tornado in central kentucky this morning. it's spotted on the radar and stormy this morning. that's the line of storms that could be causing a slowdown this afternoon if not from severe weather later on. noontime we'll get a break from most of the steady rain but the line of storms will be making progress. at 3:00 in the afternoon, look at those heavy downpours moving through maryland. and that's the line that could cause trouble later today. at 5:00 this afternoon this is when we could see severe weather developing. the threat will be a bit greater in delaware and south jersey. can't rule out the heavy storms rolling through pennsylvania either. by 6:00 this evening, they are making progress heading into the east. but it looks like it will be a stormy late afternoon and early evening. showers and thunderstorms for us today. high temperatures will be much warmer into the 70s. we'll talk about the weekend when i'm back in ten. all right, bill. 5:10 right now. the roads are wet and we've already had a couple accidents very early this morning. >> including one on a major highway right now. nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter christine maddela has the latest on that. christine? >> on the schuylkill expressway the accident is still out there. you can see crews on the scene with flashlights. this is 76 westbound near gladwyne. it is slowing things down out there with wet conditions to deal with. overall, just because there's not a lot of volume we are not slowing too much. on kelly drive we have the overturned car on the westbound side. so kelly drive is shut down. if you are heading westbound at sedgley drive, stick with the schuylkill expressway. but we have the other accident out there to deal with. and on the radar, you can see the areas of wet weather. and we can see that in our cameras, not only here on the schuylkill expressway but interstate 95. the wet conditions those foggy conditions and limited visibility that comes along with it. tracy? with time running out, supporters of the historic church scheduled to be demolished are not giving up just yet. >> but we're going to fight until the bitter end. >> despite protest the archdiocese says the church has to go and now supporters are taking a new approach to try to save their church. and access to autism support services. we'll tell you what one local service is doing today to provide more testing and support for families in our area. just about 5:15 with a live look from cape may. we are getting a break from the rain but thunderstorms are offshore. take your umbrella no matter where you are today. we'll get timing and where everything is right now with bill coming up in a minute. supporters unveiled a new approach to save an old church slated for demolition in philadelphia's fishtown neighborhood. the archdiocese of philadelphia says the church's supporters have lost their appeal to the vatican and demolition of st. laurentis could begin in weeks as soon as leaders get the permit. but at a community meeting last night, supporters said they will take their fight to the city and state seeking to safe the building on historic preservation grounds. >> there are things they have to live up to. you can't just knock a building down from the 1800s without people looking at it. >> i'm catholic and would love to see the church remain in some sort of sacred way, but i'm also very open to the idea of it being used for secular purposes. it's a beautiful space. >> the average diocese leaders say the building is in eminent danger of collapse and the parish doesn't have money for repairs. supporters have raised a half million dollars to fix it. and today the national rifle association begins the annual meeting in nashville with the leadership forum. and big named speakers will be there to address the group including texas senator and 2016 presidential candidate ted cruz and former governor jeb bush also expected to run for president. from our south jersey bureau now, a new high-tech machine is helping to get criminals and illegal guns off the streets. camden police showed us this device to analyze shell casings found at crime scenes. it is 3-d and high definition the first of its kind in new jersey. when the machine analyzes the shell casing, it can match it with guns used at other crimes in other cities and other states. >> we test it and put it in and link them together. we'll find out who committed that crime. >> now in its fourth week of operation, the machine has helped to solve one crime. police made an arrest last week when they linked two separate cases. 5:17. happening today, officials in chester county will celebrate the grand opening of an expanded autism assessment center. the devereux center will provide families with autism supporting and guidance services. and families won't have to wait as long for diagnoses. this will benefit adults just as much as children. >> they need the diagnosis to help them understand what it is why they are having difficulties with social skills difficulties in their job and to help them get the right treatment also. >> the ribbon cutting ceremony for the expanded center is scheduled for later this morning. the owners of walgreens are cutting costs by closing about 200 stores. company officials say this move should save 1.5 billion over the next two years. no word yet which stores will close or when. and starting today, apple's smartwatch is available for in-store prevus and online preorders. apple store employees can help customers choose which model works best for them. it's apple's first new product category to be launched in the past five years. deliveries begin april 24th. it is18 minutes after 5:00 and we have an accident on the schuylkill expressway. that's not what you want to hear friday morning. >> we'll find out about that and get an update from christine maddela. it's been a busy morning out there with wet conditions not helping. this is 76 on the westbound side right near gladwyne. crews are on the scene with the right lane blocked for traffic. everyone is getting by on the left-hand side. it's causing a bit of a slowdown. good thing there's not too much volume out there to slow you down. there's another accident with an overturned car on kelly drive. also on the westbound side so it is closed at sedgley drive. stick to mlk or the schuylkill, but the schuylkill westbound is closed due to that accident. and the wet roads out there, be careful in addition to this accident. there are other wet spots and slippery conditions to contend with. showers and storms and chilly temperatures. that's what we're starting off with. you can see the wet weather in south philadelphia at the ballpark. 42 degrees and the rain is back on in south philadelphia. and much of the rest of the area is seeing some scattered showers. light rain falling at cape may with heavy storms that are offshore. and one area of thunderstorms just to the north moving through south jersey. look at these temperatures that's a chilly rain. the 30s and lower 40s to start with. we'll see a big warm up today that will likely fuel more of these, scattered showers and some thunderstorm activity. heavy downpours and a thunderstorm moving past willingboro to the north of mount holly in burlington county. and another storm to the north of galloway heading to beach haven and stafford. you'll see brief heavy downpour there is. this is the line of the greatest concern. this is the line of storms to give us severe weather later this afternoon. that's why we have issued a first alert weather day for today. showers and thunderstorms and late this afternoon early this evening a possibility of severe weather rolling through the area. but by tomorrow we're clearing out. the sunshine is showing us 66 degrees after a morning low of 44. and a nice warm up. less windy for sunday 67 degrees sunday afternoon. on monday, even warmer, a nice day with a high of 70 degrees. then a chance for wet weather late tuesday and wednesday with temperatures coming down into the 60s for thursday. we'll be right back. nbc 10's first alert weather is tracking severe weather off to the west. this system will bring us bumpy weather just after noon. we are in for possible thunderstorms, lightning and maybe some hail. meteorologist bill henley is back with a look at the timing and when to watch out for the really rough weather. well, officials in new jersey say thousands of people got bigger tax credits than they were supposed to and now the state wants their money back. the comptroller's office says more than 3700 people got full rebates under the homestead property tax credit. that's more than they were actually owed because their properties have more than one unit. the state expects to recover $1.6 million. no word on how they expect to recover that. if you are a parent and about to start paying fur your child's state education, the board that oversees pennsylvania's state-owned university is supporting a tuition freeze that governor tom wolf wants. but the board warns it could pull support if wolf doesn't deliver a $45 million increase in funding he promised to the state university for next year. and amazon once again has federal approval to test drones for deliveries. landon dowdy is here with that and the cnbc business news. good morning, landon. >> hey there, tracy. that's right amazon gets the green light again from the faa to test drones to deliver packages. the government approved amazon's prototype last month but the company says the process took so long that the device is already be obsolete. they want to deliver packages to fly autonomously to avoid colliding with other aircrafts. and the dow has now gone three straight days without a triple-digit move for the first time since late february. we get data on import prizes with the dow rising to 17958. and the nasdaq is up to 4974. have a great weekend. >> we'll see what happens. landon dowdy with cnbc. showers, thunderstorms and chilly temperatures right now. 42 degrees here at nbc 10. and a possibility of some severe weather later today. strong storms already tracking in from the west into the ohio valley. those storms later on we have issued a first alert weather day here at nbc 10. christine maddela is in the first alert traffic center. good morning christine. good morning bill. it's been a busy morning. this is the schuylkill expressway westbound right near gladwyne with an accident taking out the right-hand lane. there are wet conditions to deal with on the roadways. that's not the only accident. i'll fill you in when we come back. and the system bill mentioned that we are tracking is the same one to produce these impressive pictures. >> we know one person is dead and we'll continue to check on injuries and give you a look at the damage. i'm matt delucia live in colwyn borough with last night's coin council meeting ended with firing. we'll show you the latest coming up. and i'm katy reporting from cheltenham montgomery county. firefighters are here putting out this latest fire and we'll have details after the break, if if. tornadoes ripped through parts of illinois. and this morning one person is dead and the damage stretches for miles. and nbc 10 first alert weather radar shows you that same storm system headed our way now. we could see heavy rain strong winds and some hail later today. we're following breaking news in cheltenham montgomery county where a fire broke out. we are live on the scene. and chaos at a delaware county council meeting. this isn't the first time. only nbc 10 is there at the colwyn city council meeting spirals out of control. good morning welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. we are following an accident on the schuylkill expressway as well. but we'll start with bill henley and the first alert forecast. the threat of severe weather is for later today. ahead of it we get a big warm up with temperatures up 30 degrees over yesterday. right now wet

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