Temperatures above freezing. So even the Lehigh Valley gets just rain. Everybody has it by 6 00 a. M. If youre going to get a lot more hours of it. How much rain is going to fall and if its going to get out of here by the weekend, well answer those questions in a few minutes. Download the nbc 10 app to plan ahead. Get Severe Weather alerts right on your smart phone. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a bucs county womans dog brutally killed and police say it was at the hands of her jealous boyfriend. Her boyfriend betrayed her trust. Reporter she says her 2yearold pug rarely got sick, but the time that he was she wanted her boyfriend to watch him, to give him his medicine. She didnt expect to come home and find him dead. He said i showed the dog more love than him. Reporter Jennifer Sherman gave us these pictureses of her now exboyfriend. The dog is her 2yearold pug sebastian. If anything happened to him, i would have been devastated. I told him that weekend before i left. Jennifer left her dog in davis care. When she was on the way back to see him, he called and he was like the dogs legs arent working. Hes on the floor and cant breathe. Sebastian was dead. A freak accident or mystery illness. Sherman wasnt sure. She did move to the salem apartment and brought home a new dog from a a local rescue. I was on my way home and he calls me and says something is wrong with leo. I said what do you mean . He basically told me his legs stopped work iing. The same story he told me with sebastian. Its the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. It was over jealousy. When sherman questioned davis, he denied having anything to do with the dogs death. Sherman told him she had a camera set up that caught the crime on tape. A lie, she says, that worked. Davis is being held on 10 of 500,000 bail charge d with animal cruelty. Sherman, she hasnt decided if shes getting another dog yet. Reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. New details on a a police. Shovelled shooting. Within the last hour, nbc 10 news learned the suspect who died was suspected for running down a Philadelphia Police officer with his car. Nbc 10 Bureau Reporter just got that new information connecting these cases. Hes live now in new kcastle. Last night we had two pieces of breaking news. It turns out we know they are connected. It started with a domestic dispute in philadelphia. A guy ditches his car and steals another car. He goes to an apartment complex next to the gas station and the whole story ended last night over here on this bank. You can see its covered up with evidencemarking paint. It started last night at 56th in southwest phil ly. Police called to a ghesic dispute. By that time shs the male joured the man and proceeded at a high rate of speed in reverse striking one of the officers and dragging the officer several feet. Reporter the officer was able to fire one shot that hit the suspect. A mechanic heard it all happening. As i was under the car, i hear a gunshot. Im not get iting up. Reporter the suspect got away and ditched his van at a philadelphia shopping center. After 8 00 in delaware, Philadelphia Police asked New Castle County police to check r for the suspect. An officer arrived, got into a struggle with the man and the officer shot the suspect but got into a car, hit a police cruiser. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Ed to a detective was back at the park investigating. Police in philadelphia and new castle now working together to lay out more details of how it all started and ended for this suspect. This is the photo of the suspect. This is an older picture. His family tells us hes a father of three. Tonight hes dead after being shot twice by two different Law Enforcement agencies with whom he fought. He had four young kids with him in the car when this all happened. As we come back live, the officer who fired the shot is on administrative leave, which is standard. Hes a second year officer. My colleague George Spencer got done talking to his u father. To washington now where law maukers are taking the next big step into the investigation into Russian Election hacking. The Senate Intelligence committee is holding its first public hearing. Lawmakers are promising the investigation will be both a comprehensive and bipartisan effort. During todays testimony, russian, perts told the panel the russian president has not stopped his alleged Disinformation Campaign in america. Its also i believe about Holding Russia accountable for this unprecedented attack on our democracy. And it is about arming ourselves so we can identify and stop it when it. Happens again and trust me it will happen again if we dont take action. On the other side, squalling continues between the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee and democrat you can members about how to move forward with their investigation. President trump is threatening the conservative group that opposed him on health care. This morning trump tweeted the Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire republican agenda if they dont get on the team and fast. We must fight them and dems in 2018. The tweet comes a wook after members of the Freedom Caucus blocked a house vote on the Republicans Health care plan. The conservatives said the proposal didnt eliminate enough obamacare regulations. House Speaker Paul Ryan said today he shares the president s frustration. Its very understandable that the president is frustrated that we havent got on to where we need to go. This is something we all said we would do. Ryan says hes pushing law maukers to keep talking to try to reach a consensus on a Health Care Bill that can pass. Several is senior programs are on the chopping block because of president trumps proposed budget. Thats where we sent lauren maik to find out the biggest nonprofits would feel the impact. Reporter at the Community Center is, theres a window you can go to for help. What are they telling you . They are struggling with their bills. Reporter she helps people sign up for a federally funded program that helps low income people to heat and power their homes. Under the budget, it would be eliminated. One of the cuts the director is. Watching closely here. That frees up money for other expenses that they have. Food, pharmaceuticals, rent, mortgage. Reporter the budget eliminates specifics like the Legal Services corporation, but its an 18 cut to health and Human Services thats also raising concern. I understand the proposal is to increase military spending. But it should not be at the expense of lowincome seniors and children and food programs. Shes been writing to lawmakers this is the list and plans a trip to washington next week. The budget does offer a boost in defense spending and 500 million to fight opioid addiction. Its stuff that could go away that causes worry. It helps people sign up for lowered bills last winter for 75,000 households in philadelphia. Like marilyn from frankfurt. The president s budget cuts could also eliminate funding from programs provided by the 21 Century Community learning center. In south jersey it provides hours of free after school le n learning and activities to about 300 students a at four locations. Organizers say the work they do is important. Its too important to throw away. Its 100 of our students go on to high school and graduate on time. We survey the students throughout the year. All of our students have a desire to attend college. They are lobbying to save the funding. They have secured a grant through next year. A suspected serial rapist is under arrest in Delaware County. Authorities say the 19yearold attacked nine women. They say the attacks took place over three years dating back to when lee was 16. All but one happened in chester. They found out how a chance meeting with one of the suspects led to his arrest. More on this story at 4 30. A controversial special election in north philadelphia is working allegations of fraud and voter intimidation. Republican leaders announced a lawsuit to void the election results. The writein candidate won last wokes election to fill a a state house seat. Thats after the partys first nominee was kicked off the ballot by a judge who ruled he didnt win in the district. They said they did so unfairly. Some of the stuff we saw is people going into the poll into the machines without signing assistance forms, election boards directly handing out stamps for the candidate they preferred. Election board workers saying they can vote on the machine. The gop has already asked the attorney general to investigate its claims. The citys Election Fraud task force is looking into the matter. Chester county students arriving at coatesville high school. The school tells us the graffiti has been cleaned up and police are reviewing surveillance video. The bathroom bill has been repealed and replaced. Lawmakers voted to repeal the bill after the ncaa gave an ultimatum. Their boycott of the state would continue three more years if action wasnt taken. It responds with their birth certificate and passing their own nondiscrimination ordinances until the end of 2020. Helping Community Schools in philadelphia succeed. Thats the goal of a plan released today by city loaders. It includes more job train iings well as more access to Healthy Foods and health service. There are nine Community Schools in philadelphia. They operate on the idea that they should be community anchors. In addition to teaching, they offer resources like medical clinics or Police Substations that help the neighborhood. The first state could be the first in our area to legalize Recreational Marijuana. They introduced a bill to allow residents to purchase up to an ounce of marijuana for stores authorized to sell the drug. The delaware governor addressed a joint session of the General Assembly for the first time today. They discussed budget challenges and his ideas for create iing j and growing the economy. Last week carney unveiled his plan to close a 385 million shortfall. A judge has rejected a a plea deal from a former Chester County pastor accused of raping and impregnating a a teenage girl. The deal would have dropped the rape charge and sent him to jail for two years. But the judge called the circumstances too serious to accept it. Prosecutors say riped the teen in 2014 while he was serving as pastor in downing town. Allentown residents with questions about new immigration policy is coming out of washington can lock to the website for help. An announcement today city officials tauds about the resources that are just a click away. You can find out about citizenship and naturalization and other legal and translation services. Theres no way i can change whats happening policy wise. Theres no way that the mayor of l. A. Could change whats happening on the federal level. But we can address whats happening on the local level. And once renovations are complete at the new cultural Community Center, residents can meet with the attorneys that specialize in immigration issue there is. Have a question for the governor . Log on to twitter and you might get an answer. Hes hosting a twitter chat today at 4 45. Today were learning a a bt a head on crash involving a church bus that killed 13 people in texas. Investigators say it appears the driver crossed the center line along a a curve in the road. The bus was filled with members of a Church Return trg a a retreat. 12 of them died along with the driver. Today penn state announced major changes to its grief system following the death of a Fraternity Pledge last month. The university is permanently banning one fraternity. The 19yearold fell down a set of stairs during an event. Authorities say no one called for help until the next day. He also later died at the hospital. The University Says an investigation found a persistent pattern of excessive drinking, hazing and drug it use and sales at the fraternity. We have had long standing concerns about outcomes in our greek system. And we have just gotten to the point where were saying enough is enough. Penn state is also banning beer kegs at Fraternity Events and lumting attendance a at any parties. The university is pushing back next years fraternity and sorority recruiting period from fall to spring. From blitzing quarterback to testifying before congress, Malcolm Jenkins wears a lot of hats. He was on capitol hill today. They spoke at a forum on Community Policing within minority communities. Were here to use our leverage, our voices to make sure that our families, our communities, our kids are a a priority to the people here on capitol hill, to this administration and the rest of this nation. Jenkins was also in washington back in november to discuss ways to improve relations between police and the communities they serve. Turning to our weather, its not impacting your drive home today as we take a live lock at the ben franklin bridge. But big changes will be coming our way tomorrow afternoon. Lets check in with glen for an update on that. Tomorrow is going to be quite a nasty day out there. We have a first alert for the heavy rain for the entire viewing area. During the day friday and into friday night. This is not just a few hours were talking about. Heavy rain, the heaviest of the rain and the most localized f t floding may occur during the afternoon rush making things even worse. Its 52 right now. Cloudy skies in philadelphia. We have pretty much clouded up after early sunshine. The clouds are ahead of the next storm thats coming in. We have a series of storms here every two or throw days, but the temperatures are not going to be going down a whole lot from where they are right now. Not really concerned in Lehigh Valley of freezing temperatures or snow or anything like that. So were way above freezing. Could be some freezing rain in the poconos tonight. Thats about the only area that would be in danger. We do have some light showers coming into Chester County now. Theres a a little bit of light snow up toward the new york state border. The main moyisture is way back o the west. A lot of thunderstorms there and Severe Weather. And quite a swirl as you can see on the radar and satellite. When you see that, thats a a strong storm. And it is moving right in our direction. Theres really nothing to stop this thing. And as we go through the morning rush, it looks like its going to be increasingly wet. Then even into the afternoon, even heavier rain coming through. So were going to have periods of some very heavy rain through the afternoon and into the evening. And into the very early hours ob saturday. How much rain will wub computer model we e showed you this yesterday. Around 2 inches for this one model. Now were talking 2 to 3 inches. So its kind of upped the totals as some other models have. Thats a lot of rain even spread over a period of time. Now for a look at how the weekend is going to be affected by this, lets go to tammie. This is a a lot of rain. This is going to be a case of location. If youre under one of those heavier storms, we could see some isolated thunder out there. This is where this area of low pressure is. Its over northeastern maryland. Its going to slide right across the philadelphia area. Watch it. Its pulling the winds in from the south and the east. By the time that we hit 4 00 in the morning on b saturday, were going to have widely scattered showers. Up toward mount pocono, it could get cold enough to mix in sleet or freezing rain. Then we advance this as we get to 10 00 on saturday morning. Pretty much the shower activity is gone. I dont think were going to be seeing any of this snow. Thats to the north of trenton. I dont even know they will get it. Youll notice the winds out of the north. So we head sbo saturday afternoon. Were mostly cloudy. Its overnight we start to clear out. And our sunday for the most part turns into a pretty pleasant day with plenty of sunshine out there. It looks right on through the day. So lets take a look at the numbers. Youre going to need the raincoats. Were looking at the upper 40s and low 50s on saturday. 52 in philadelphia. On sunday a different day. Almost everybody hits 60 and youll have to grab the sunglasses. Over to you. Thank you. Police say he terrorized tech vims for three years. It was a chance encounter that put an end to a serial rapist crime sproe. 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