state police got emotional describing the events. he ran after the. trooper still firing hitting him multiple toims, even as his body was on the ground. >> he got away ending up as his home. he confessed on the phone to a family member who then called 911. the violence continued. >> the suspect began firing multiple rounds at the officers. >> then at 4:00 this morning, more gunshots came from inside the house. >> we know he was definitely armed and equipped. >> you can see how police tried to gain entry from trying to blow out the windows. he emerged with. weapons and police fired. >> investigators would not go into. detail about his criminal history, but we know because we have his mug shot that he was arrested a few years back in florida on drug and weapons charges. live at delaware state police troop 2, nbc 10 news. we want to give you a closer look at the house where he hid from police. this is tr sky force 10 shortly after the standoff ended. you can see broken windows, siding ripped off the house exposing the insulation and the front door gone. the standoff was going on, neighbors close and blocks away were either forced to stay in their houses or kept away from the neighborhood. we'll hear her story on nbc 10 news at 5:00. the death of corporal bol lard has the law enforcement community in mourning. his vehicle sat out in front of troop 2 on the hood sits his police hat. the head of the state police had to stop several times as you heard there during his news conference today getting check choked up talking about what ballard meant to delaware and the citizens he serve issed. it hatim furlong spoke with his co-workers. he's working on that part of the story all new on nbc 10 news at 5:00. and at 4:30, investigators dig deeper into the criminal history and the charges e he faced in another state. breaking news updait on this is can. other news just download the nbc 10 app. we're less than four hours from the start of the nfl draft. the first pick will walk out on to the museum of art. the browns get to make that call. sky force 10 over the ben franklin parkway. the family fun is already underway. >>. >> the nfl draft experience opened up to fans on the parkway earlier this afternoon giving people a chance to get in ob all the action without having a ticket. >> jim rosenfield and jacqueline london are there for all the action right now. >> they join us live from our draft headquarters on the parkway. >> we are live along the ben fra franklin parkway. >> the main event will determine these athlete's futures is is less than four hours away. it you don't have a ticket, you can come down to the parkway for the nfl experience. kick a field goal, run the 40-yard dash and new this year, ride up 100 yards zip line. i'd do it. >> i'll do it if you do it. >> team effort. >> deanna durante was there as the first of the fans got to experience the fun. she joins us live with more about the party on the parkway. >> if any indication, there's probably a lot of empty seats in schools around the tri-state area today. many parents probably pending some interesting notes. today was a family affair. for the young estefans, it's hard to tell who is more excited. them or the parents. >> i came to see to have a great experience. >> for this 9-year-old, he's hoping the eagles will listen to his experience and pick his first round draft choice. he habit contacted the eagles directly, but he's not aleb in his preference. on a summer-like day in april, most are hitting the books and not pint sized football field. >> it's take your son to workday. >> is this where you work? >> they are bringing us to their work. >> this is your work here. >> we're personal contractors. we work where we want to work. >> no shortage of team. >> hoping to see a lot of young players get on to the teams and then we'll be out here enjoying the experience. >> i want to see people get drafted. it may be a school day, but this dad says, this is a once in a lifetime thing. >> which is why so many families decided to take advantage of the nice weather, the event being right here in it philadelphia and come on down. you can see the gates behind me. this is one at the entrance point. pretty free flowing. it you're thinking about coming out tonight, shouldn't have much trouble getting in. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. when you look at how gorgeous it is out there today compared to what it's been like earlier in the week, what a difference. the weather really smiling. >> it really is t-shirt and shorts weather. before the sun goes down and the temperatures getting warmer as the week goes on. only going up from here for the draft. your most accurate forecast, we're loving this. >> it's going to be perhaps uncomfortably warm by the time we get to saturday. but right now near 80 degrees. it's kind of humid. we have clouds moving in, but this radar and satellite there's no rain with that band of cloud cover. we do have some showers near pittsburgh. those are moving in our direction. they could be affecting us. but way after the draft is over tonight. a few showers coming across the area. and this is the latest model that's just in and keeps slowing this down and leaving the remna remnants of the showers around by 5:00 in the morning. most models do continue to move it past us, so by 6:00 a.m. we're already starting to dry out. it's a warm night, as you can see across the entire area. 70s at 6:00. the low not very low at all. the jersey shore, some leftover thunderstorms at 6:00 a.m. we talk about near record warmth and then a huge fast cooldown that's coming up in a few minutes. >> coming up, john clark spoke with the eagles head coach about the first prospects for the first round. then at 4:55, nbc 10's lauren mayk spoke with some of the first fans inside when the gates opened. and coming up on nbc 10 news at 5:00, fst been one year since carson wentz drafted to philadelphia. what he's saying about the big event in his new hometown. >> join us at 7:00 tonight for our eagles draft day special and we'll wrap up the highlights on sunday night with eagles blueprint. for now back to keith and erin in the studios. >> can't wait to see you guys zip line. >> that will be nice. >> it's going to be out there. thank you so much. former trump national security adviser michael flynn back in the spotlight. >> the defense department is investigating whether flynn had permission to receive money tr a foreign government. he accepted $34,000 to speak at a gala for a russian tv network in 2015. he was also paid over half a million dollars to lobby for the turkish government. it now appears president trump has softened his stance on the north american free trade agreement. he tweeted, i received calls from the president of mexico and prime minister of canada asking to renegotiate nafta rather than terminate. i agreed. a second tweet read subject to the a fact that if e we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then terminate nafta. relations are good-deal very possible. a group of conservative house republicans say it is in favor of changes in the health care bill, which includes dropping premiums 36%. house members say a vote on the bill could be days away. oth others suggest a chance happening by saturday. the 100-day mark would be a a tight dead line. when it comes to taxes, trump's plan doubled the deductions for individuals and couples. that means more money in your pocket. today the head of the treasury department was out selling the idea. the secretary appeared on the "today" show where e he talked about the benefits of the plan. >> this is about having sweeping tax cuts in history. the largest tax reform program in history to create can american jobs. this is all about jobs, jobs, jobs. >> the administration is working with congress to turn the rinse pls into a bill and get it passed and signed this year. the president welcomed the president from argentina to the white house. this is the first face to face meeting between the two. they talked about a wide range of topics including regional issues, trade and the relationship between the two countries. eric frein was formerly given a death sentence. a jury decided the cop killer should go to death row. jury members returned to watch the formal sentencing. the jury collectively declined to speak with reporters. frein was led to court today in shackles. e he listened as those whose lives were touched by the murder spoke. then the judge imposed the death sentence. the judge told the packed courtroom, quote, the story of eric frein ends today. his death sentence will be automatly appealed to the state supreme court. there's also a moratorium on the death penalty in pennsylvania. it was imposed by governor wolf who would need to sign the death warrant before execution. in south jersey, the ride home won't be as pad as the morning commute on i-295. the north ramp at route 42 is back open after a tractor-trailer overturned causing a mess. the crash sent orange juice and fuel spilling all over the road. the driver is doing okay. in a few hours, the candidates running for district attorney will face-off in a live debate. the event will air live from 7:00 until 8:00. it will reair sunday, may 7th at 3:30. the city's primary is tuesday, may 16th. new details about the large group of kids that took over part of i-66 in center city on sunday. police charged one of the kids organized the event. around 2:00 in the afternoon, hundreds of kids were seen riding their bikes on the vine street expressway near a street. no word of if of the others will be charged. just when you thought it couldn't be get any worse, people are in for more delays. derailments caused major delays in the last few months. 600,000 people passed through penn station every single day. a second philadelphia school principal fired over a cheating scandal could get her job back. a court ruling might lead to the about face. the court sided with an arbitrary. they decided there was no evidence that marla was part of a widespread cheating scandal. the school district says it hasn't decided if it will appeal. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a judge seen firsthand the site where a a 3-year-old boy's body was found. >> the father is accused of killing him and dumping his body in those woods. rosemary connors was there when jurors surveyed that site. she joins us now live. >> the prosecution says the key question this this case is whether 3-year-old brendon who was afraid of the dark and never left home alone would take this trail into the woods here and down an e embankment in the middle of the night. while law enforcement kept the site secured, jurors walked this trail to the park where police discovered the body in october 2015. earlier today the jury listened to the testimony of the detective who took photos of the toddler at the scene. >> the pants were reallied down where his buttocks was exposed. >> why would that capture your attention? >> it seems as if he was placed there and that was used as a grip. >> the district attorney's accuses his father to kill the boy to appease a girlfriend. the defense claims the boy may have wandered tr the apartment in the middle of the night and ended up here a quarter mile away. >> can they hold that up. >> reporter: the detective also testified that brendon's socks were clean when police found him, which did not match an experiment investigators later conducted with a 3-year-old girl. she walked the same trail. her socks were muddy and stayed dirty in the creek. in the meantime, the lead investigator the defense highlighted how cooperative he was with police the day of the disappearance offering up his dna and cell phone. >> you asked him three times and e he said no. >> reporter: the detective who took photos at the scene testified that the boy had a bruise on his back and also a scrape to his left elbow. we have yet to hear any medical examiners in the case, but during opening arguments the prosecution said that evidence shows that the boy may have been cho choked or may have been drown. rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. philadelphia archbishop is is working to make the catholic church's first quadriplegic priest a saint. father atkinson died in 2006. for 30 years he taught in drexel hill. if he is canonized, he will become the second native-born saint. turning to the weather, a big warm-up today. a pretty terrific thursday. a great day to exercise outside. >> what's the verdict? are we going to experience this weather a lot more often now? >> obviously, as we go into may, it's going to be in the 80s a lot more days. we have one exception to this warm weather stretch coming for part of the weekend. soed pay attention because you might want to change your plans. a big difference for saturday and sunday. 9. we got up to 80 an hour ago. it is 80 in allen town. and 70s elsewhere. it is fair lly sun thi. it is not warm everywhere. there's the wind off the ocean. it's only 56 in holegate. 74 in egg harbor township. how far is that? it makes a huge difference with the wind direction and the wind speed. here we go. we have some clouds moving in. but showers are still back west in pittsburgh and down into west virginia. as we go through the evening, it's very mild. and then some of the showers start approaching. but they don't get in until way after midnight. and then the question is do they move out before the morning rush. we show ed you one model that hd the showers over the philadelphia area at 5:00 a.m. earlier. this one has it farther to the south and moving out more qui quickly. and we tend to believe this more likely. and that means we dry out pretty quickly tomorrow. the temperature goes up into the 80s again. lots of sunshine. perhaps a little bit lower humidity. then tomorrow night, things are nice and dry. look at that temperature going up. this computer model shows 90. that would be tying a record. but not exactly 90 at the shore. wind west. that means some soft the shore areas won't be. as cool as today. 81 in allen town. we could see that shower or thunderstorm and long porter. you can see the temperature going up. now the temperatures, the records for saturday, 90 in philadelphia. we're going to be very close. we're dpoing to be very close in atlantic city airport, but not at the beaches. and then sunday subtract 20 degrees on that. public relations nightmare. >> the new policy changes united airlines says it's making to deal with overbooked flights. but brand new information about the settlement for the passenger dragged off his flight. the nfl draft drawing fans to the parkway. we'll doo you to the early birds who may have the best view in the place. plus say hello to bob. robert diabnero takes it for a test run. that's next at 4:00. >> we'll be right become. to protect our families and our civil rights. he's represented black lives matter, occupy wall street, and parents protesting the closing of schools. larry krasner will reform the criminal justice system, ending a war on drugs and the era of mass incarceration that targets poor and minority communities. because justice makes us safer. not just talking the talk, walking the walk. larry krasner, democrat for district attorney. we're talking to you, bob. that's robert dinero trying out snapchat for the first time at the film festival in new york. the 73-year-old acting legend took some lessons from alex berry. and they experimented with various filters including the puppy, the voice changers and even the flower crown filter. we are chuckling because we have our own snapchat. we'll also post it to our instagram and twitter. we did all of those. you like to swop in. athletes from all over the world are competing. there's even a hometown hero running. i cheered her on in brazil. she's such a great person and an incredible runner. coming up next at 4:00, you'll hear from some of the first fans who waited in. line for hours just to get inside the gates. >> they couldn't complain about the weather waiting in that line either. the forecast looks pretty good. >> we certainly have been much warmer for the first day in the draft. it's going to feel more like summertime by saturday. i'm tracking the big wrm yaup and the next chance for rain in the most accurate weather forecast. plus criminal history. the nbc 10 investigators are digging deeper into the record before he allegedly shot and killed a delaware state trooper. announcer: washington politicians are at it again with another disastrous health care repeal bill that raises costs and cuts coverage for millions. and their latest plan is worse than ever.. affordable coverage for maternity care, cancer treatment, substance abuse treatment, and preexisting conditions would no longer be gauranteed. the plan threatens care for seniors and the disabled... and imposes a massive age tax for people over 50. tell congressman costello - don't repeal our health care. the delaware state trooper shot and killed in a wawa. >> police released details about the trooper and the suspect. police shot and killed the 26-year-old this morning investigators say they fired several rounds at lis during a standoff that lasted through the night. windows and doors were blown out. it happened after police say he shot and killed steven ballard in the parking lot of a wawa yesterday. >> now to what we know about his criminal past. >> investigators found gun and drug charges against him in florida. >> started in an early similar way to help the incident. >> they started in a very similar way, but obviously, the oust comes were entirely different. they detail an officer approach a man he suspects of spoking marijuana. a man who had a black and silver handgun tucked into his waistband. police say that man ended up being him. he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a small amount of marijuana. he was sentenced to 12 months of probation. had to pay $223 in it court costs. now it turns out he did notten end up serving all 12 months of that probation. he was granted early termination after serving about half that total amount of time. >> coming up, delaware bureau reporter tells us more about the murdered. trooper ask his family. for breaking news alerts, download the free nbc 10 app. >> we're come canning to you live from the nfl draft. we're less than four hours away from the first pick. >> no doubt the guy is waiting to hear their names called are counting down the minutes until the draft begins. >> big moments. that didn't stop him from playing ball and letting off some steam. they let a group of 100 local kids in a football clinic along the parkway and help with passing, receiving and tackling. the nfl commissioner was there as well checking out the talent. who knows. maybe one of the kids will be in the nfl some day. >> that would be great. the prospects weren't the only ones busy today either. former eagles cheerleaders visited patients at the childrens hospital. they showed off their artistic skills, coloring and painting with the kids. they also played games with the young patients as well as their families. >> e we could not ask for better weather. it's really warmed up out here. everybody is enjoying these temperatures. chief meteorologist glenn schwartz, you promised there was going to be this big warm-up and continues for a couple days. >> remember a couple days ago. we're in the 50s. and some are wondering did we really get into the 80s. . we already have been there. we got a couple more days of it. today and continuing for awhile. 79 degrees in philadelphia. the southeast wind thot strong enough to bring the ocean air that far inland. but right at the beaches, it's in the 50s. atlantic city international at 66 degrees. we have some clouds moving in after a good bit of sun. we have some showers in western pennsylvania and west virginia. some of those could be move iinn as we go towards the late tonight. we're talking way after midnight and closer to the morning rush. that's mainly the case for southern delaware. as we go through the night, it is warm, it is humid, and tomorrow another day of 80 plus. then it gets warmer than that. >> if you're coming down the parkway for all the action, share your pictures with us on social media. use #nbc10drafthq. you're going to share those snaps we did. woor going to post those shortl shortly. the energy is infectious. you'll find items you won't be able to bring and find information on the best to get around all the detours. back to you in the studios. we're just talking about the sipline. we were trying to look for it. e we can't see it from our vantage point. it's so much fun. >> i'll be a new bee. we're down for it. we're going to go flying over the parkway. >> perfect. the weather is cooperating. >> here's a look at the other stories we're following county by county. businesses must be booming there. people packed into the pavilion applying tr jobs today. more than b 100 companies have openings. that job fair wrapped up this afternoon. spirit airlines is back in atlantic city. the airline resumed seasonal service from boston and atlanta today. spirit is adding an additional round trip between atlantic city and orlando. the seasonal service will run through the summer and into the fall for atlanta. >> new at 4:00, a quick settlement just announced between united airlines and the man who is dragged off a plane earlier this month. the amount is being kept secret. it comes the same day the airline is making changes. they will offer $10,000 to passengers that give up the seats on an overbooked flight. they are being trained to deal with difficult passengers. if they misplace your luggage, they will pay $1500, no questions asked. the early bird gets the worm or this this case the best view of the nfl draft. >> still ahead, we're going inside the nfl draft experience with the first fans to witness all the fun. meet some 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with high failure rates or didn't use birth control at all. a little help getting dressed in the morning. amazon's new echo does that and keeps track of the outfithouse wear so you don't repeat. it's called the echo look. for $200 you can get this device that take yours picture and sends it to your app. some people get concerned about the device having a camera and the possibility of being able to hack it. break out the shorts and flip-flops. i love the fact i get to say that. over the next couple days it's going to feel like summer. >> that's correct. e we hit 80 today. temperatures are only going up from here. i'm tracking how long the warmer weather is going to last and the next chance for rain. >> it is hot here on the parkway. i'm john clark at the nfl draft. wait until you see when carson wentz made an appearance. he was mobbed by eagles fans and we'll show you what he did to a cowboys fan. that's coming up. that's comfortable long time. i don't want to buy new furniture every couple of years. it's custom made so you know it's good quality. i'm just speechless because it's perfect. it's custom made so you know it's good quality. to protect our families and our civil rights. he's represented black lives matter, occupy wall street, and parents protesting the closing of schools. larry krasner will reform the criminal justice system, ending a war on drugs and the era of mass incarceration that targets poor and minority communities. because justice makes us safer. not just talking the talk, walking the walk. larry krasner, democrat for district attorney. back here live at our draft headquarters. the newest eagle should be walking down the rocky steps in just a couple hours. >> doug peterson and the big bosses are meeting to try to figure out who that pick might be. john clark met with coach peterson earlier today. any hints about what that might be. >> can you give us a hint is it offense or defense. they said there's seven or eight guys they like at number 14 in the first round. as i take a look over my shoulder, there's a lot of eagles fans out there. i see a lot of eagles fans wearing carr sob wentz jerseys. the eagles hopefully future franchise quarterback who they got last year tomorrow at the draft take a look when he made an appearance on the parkway. we were there and they had to give them an escort through a sea of green. a sea of eagles fans hundreds of fans got to take a picture with carson wentz at an event. wait until you see what he did when a cowboys fan want ed ed t take a picture with him. >> we expect big things. >> to all these fans out here in philadelphia, what do you want to say? carson wentz there knows how to play to the mass there is. took that hat off the cowboys fan and said to the eagles fans they are crazy, but i love them. you should have seen the mob scene. hundreds of eagles fans. it may be hard to get to them. i'm john clark wp we'll have a lot more at 5:00 including the one-on-one interview with doug peter sob from this afternoon. >> i know you tweeted it was as if the pope was out there when wentz with all those people. did he kiss any babies? >> i think he did. >> popular guy today. thanks so much. >> a pair of eagles fan favorites are going to play a role in the nfl draft. john dorn bous are going to announce the third round picks. and when the eagles make their first pick, players from martin luther king high school will join commissioner roger goodell for that big announce pmt. >> so much excitement. here's another live look at the parkway. as we get ready for the much anticipated draft, it will be nice and warm if you're headed out here tonight. >> let's go to meteorologist glenn schwartz to check the conditions for tonight's draft. >> you're not going to need any kind of coats. no matter how late you stay out tonight. tomorrow or saturday, it's going to feel like summer. 79 degrees. we got up to 80 degrees today. it's 80 in the lehigh valley. we got a lot of clouds after a lot of hours of sunshine to allow the temperatures to go up. let's take a look at delaware. we have 80 in marshalton. 73 in middletown. and 84 in allendale. 82 in georgetown. 83 in lincoln. but here we go again. look at the beaches. 62 in bethany beach. it's going to be much warmer to delaware beaches tomorrow. more of a southwest wind. we have the clouds moving in, but no rain. there are the showers in western pennsylvania. part of west virginia. we have southwest winds across the area. that's bringing in the warm air. up to 88 degrees by saturday at 6:00. you see the west wind. watch what happens. the wind shifts. here comes the northeast wind. and now by 6:00 a.m. it's 66. how does it warm up during the day? there's sunday at 5:00 p.m. 65 degrees. remember 5:00 p.m. saturday it's 88. 52 ins river in the afternoon. 59 in mount holly. that's going to be a shock to the system. meanwhile tomorrow we have temperatures in the 80s all over the place. 80 at easton. 81 in chestnut hill. and for the draft, we have some great weather tomorrow 82 degrees. saturday, 89 with a chance of record warmth. and then a chance of late day thunderstorms. so here's the drop from 89 saturday in philadelphia to 70 for the high on sunday. lock at the jersey shore. 81 to 61. near record warmth and the inland areas in new jersey like the atlantic city international airport. delaware goes from 87 to 70. we'll be right back. grit. some have it, some don't. when the odds are stacked against you, you either hide or stand up. at strayer university we've seen it in our students for 125 years. and if you ever think of quitting, our success coaches will be there to pick you up and work with you every day to put you on the right path. it's time. strayer university. let's get it, america. welcome back. we're here at the draft headquarters on the ben franklin parkway. the draft gets underway about three hours from now. >> some of football fans biggest fans lined up to experience the excitement firsthand. lauren mayk is joining us live overlooking the parkway with more on their story. >> reporter: we have a pretty good view here of the city that is hosting the. but some folks they wanted to be right up close to the action. they didn't have a ticket to get inside the theater, but we found they got the next best thing. a sea of football fans heading to the parkway. the nfl draft is here. bird fans we're going to miss it. >> we're going to wait here until 8:00. >> cody got here early enough for a front row view of the stage. pressed right up against the fence. if it you don't have a ticket to get in the theater, this is about as good as it gets. the art institute of philadelphia student has been waiting for this day since they announced plans to come to philly. he ran when he first came to town and not planning to leave his prime spot. >> do you have a strategy? >> we have a couple people floating. >> but for some like these friends, most of the saks what it's all about. >> it could be well worth it. >> cody is looking forward to seeing the players in person. he's thinking beyond the draft too. >> nothing less than a super bowl for this city. how big would it be to have a draft and then a super bowl. >> reporter: imagine that one. there are also no lawn chairs or anything allowed in that area. if you do want one of those really good spots like those friends got, you have to have that standing stamina. they said until 8:00, but they are going to be waiting a little longer to see the eagles. lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> they will have to have some patience. stay all evening as we get you ready for the. join for our eagles draft day special. then we'll wrap up all the highlights for you on sunday night at 11:35 with the eagles blueprint. >> thank you so much. in the meantime, we have news you haven't seen yet just minutes away. >> we know more about the trooper killed as a man who shot him. plus the neighbors who lived in lockdown during a lock standoff. and weather in the 80s, we have it across the area. it's going to get even warmer. we could break some records, more when i come back with your full forecast. what moms and dads need to know before they need to bring the kids. a party on the parkway. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. i stand before you with an aching heart. >> an entire state mourning. a trooper killed. >> my heart is heavy. i'm grieving. >> police gun down the accused killer at this house. now an investigation to find out how this happened. >> on behalf of all our troopers, we ask you keep the ballard family in your thoughts and prayers. >> after a 20-hour standoff with police, this frightening ordeal came to an end when officers shot him. police say sealy came out of the house with a weapon. that's when they opened fire. he's accused of