>> we do not imprison the poor in the united states for the so-called crime of poverty. >> reporter: it costs taxpayers about $130 a day for each inmate. >> two days in there feel like ten years. >> reporter: the time spent that could also cost the accused their job and benefits even though they have not been found guilty. >> i think we create a constitution that is supposed to basically give people a chance to prove their innocence, but i think that people should be punished before convicted. >> reporter: just because prosecutors may not recommend a cash bail for those specific offenses doesn't mean that the judges have to comply. larry krasner says this is the first phase of many more reforms to come. reporting live in center city, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. a week after last week's high school massacre in florida, survivors are at the white house to call for change. president trump hosted students, parents and teachers from parkland, florida. he was faced with grieving families looking for answers and sharing tales of lost lives and stolen safety. >> how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? how do we not stop this after columbi columbine, after sandy hook. i'm sitting with a mother that lost her son. it's still happening. we need to do something, and that's why we're here. so let's be strong for the fallen who don't have a voice to speak anymore, and let's never let this happen again. >> among the people taking part in today's session at the white house were six students from the florida school where last week's attack occurred. there were also people affected by the shootings at columbine and sandy hook. in florida and in our nation's capital, thousands of students turned their anger into action. they walked out of schools and rallied in front of the white house to protest gun violence. some carried signs and chanted slogans like, enough is enough and our blood, your hands. some delaware students are among those rising up against gun violence. they walked out of class at wilmington friends school at noon today. they also planned the walkout to honor the lives lost in last week's shooting in florida. organizers say there needs to be a change in gun laws. >> the fact that he bought these legally and went out and did it, i think that's terrible and it needs to be stopped. and there needs to be a change. >> after walking out, students met in front of the school and stood in silence for 17 minutes. one minute for each person killed in last week's school massacre. pennsylvania senator pat toomey may reintroduce legislation to expand the background checks for all gun purchases. toomey says today he will have a better sense next week of how many senators would support the idea. toomey introduced a similar bill in 2012 after the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary in connecticut. back then, the bill did not get the votes it needed to pass. tonight on "nightly news" with lester holt, more in-depth coverage of the growing student movement for tougher gun laws, one week after the florida high school massacre. that's tonight at 6:30. turning to your first alert weather now. nothing but sunshine. a gorgeous day to hit the links in february. plus -- >> people started knocking on the doors, knocking on windows and said come on. give us an ice. it's spring already. couldn't resist. >> pop's water ice in south philadelphia opened for business today. the earliest season opener ever for the store. >> water ice could make a killing today. say good-bye to the warm weather, though. we'll see a big temperature drop tomorrow. look at that ice is just watered over. grab those scarves, the gloves, coats. we're in for a soggy and cold stretch. nbc te10 first alert meteorologt glenn "hurricane" schwartz joining us. a 40-degree drop in some neighborhoods? >> yep, and i'll prove it to you. see how incredibly warm it was today. 77 in philadelphia. breaks the record by 5. that's nothing. allentown breaks the record by 14 degrees. records all over the area. you never break records by that much. so in philly, we've had two straight days of record warmth. by tomorrow afternoon, 40 degrees. that's a 37-degree drop. if you think that's impressive, the 81 in allentown for the record. by late tomorrow, 35 degrees. that's a 46-degree drop. and as we go through the day tomorrow, the temperatures do drop during the day. we've got cloudy skies. we've got periods of rain. just a nasty day, especially compared to what we've seen. we'll see how long this kind of weather lasts and we have more rain in the ten-day forecast coming up. >> now to the fight against the opioid epidemic in camden. this time it comes with a new legal twist. >> all new at 6:00 -- big pharmaceutical companies are feeling the heat in a ground-breaking lawsuit. cydney long is joining us live in vorhees with more on the suit. >> reporter: i can tell you this litigation is unique because camden county isn't just suing the drugmakers, those companies. they are naming names and suing the founders of purdue pharma. they didn't stop there. the defendants trickle down to some of the largest pharmacy chains in the country. patty says her son's fatal heroin overdose is directly related to big pharmaceutical greed. >> $14 billion. that's greed. >> reporter: now camden county says it's time to pay in ground-breaking litigation. they are suing 18 defendants starting with drug companies including family ownered purdue pharma, the makers of oxycontin. >> the members of the sackler family are the lowest form of humans you can imagine. they allege it was a calculated scheme to get patients addicted and pharmacies should have known better than to fill so many prescriptions. >> in our minds are no different than members of a drug cartel that distribute drugs illegally. >> reporter: justin says a high school sports injury led him from painkillers to heroin. >> 17 years old. a full-blown heroin addiction coming to camden city every day. >> reporter: he's in long-term recovery. >> this lawsuit means hope. this means that the stigma of addiction is finally slowly being broken down. >> reporter: fighting opioid addiction from ems to the courts, prisons, hospitals and police. >> this kit is now far more important to a police officer than their guns. >> reporter: the goal to stop the distribution of addictive painkillers, provide funds for awareness, provide education for doctors and med students and provide funding for treatment. >> they need to know the devastation they've caused. they knew those pills were addictive. >> if they affected one life, this lawsuit was worth it in my eyes. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc 10 from purdue pharma this afternoon, they tell me they account for only 2% of opioid prescriptions and, quote, vigorously deny these allegations. looking forward to their day in court. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. just last week, oxycontin maker purdue pharma said it would stop promoting opioids to doctors. at least 14 states have sued the company accusing it of pushing addictive painkillers through deseptsive marketing. the mayor of allentown took the stand during his federal corruption trial. the mayor ligrigged bids that supported his unsuccessful runs for governor and u.s. senate. he said he didn't promise city contracts in exchange for campaign donations. the most serious charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. a 65-year-old delaware county man did not make it out of his home alive after a massive fire broke out early this morning. in this cell phone video taken by neighbors you can see all three floors of the home engulfed in flames. investigators say there's no way to know how long the house is burning before neighbors heard loud booms and called 911. by then, the home on pittman road was already gone. and the fire was spreading to the house next door. >> i just saw a lot of orange. and i opened the front door. you could feel the heat. my car was in front of his house. had to get my hand -- couldn't touch the door knob it was that hot. >> the body of michael was found inside the home. family members told police they don't believe the home had working smoke detectors. a part of a five-story building caught fire today around 11:30. the fire started inside a mattress store there. no one was hurt. and no word yet how that fire started. in south jersey, we have new information about a shooting and attempted robbery inside a gloucester county parking garage. officers arrested these four people, three men and a woman. detectives say the group targeted someone they knew and tried to rob him late last night. the victim was hit in the head with a gun. then one of the suspects accidentally shot himself in the hand. still ahead, the life and legacy of reverend billy graham. we talk to two men who helped organize the pastor's crusade in philadelphia. how they're remembering him tonight. well, we've got some wet weather on the way. time to trade in your short-sleeved shirts for heavier coats and definitely umbrellas. details next in my first alert forecast. nbc 10's competition to watch is brought to you locally by the jeep presidents' day sales event. taking a live look at olympic park in south korea. don't miss the action tonight in the freestyle skiing and hockey competition. watch it here, your home for the olympic winter games. >> keith jones is in south korea following our local athletes and getting a taste of the culture there. >> we're here at the nbc workspace at the wint are olympic games. we work these long hours so we need a lot of coffee. usually we get it from machines just like this one wherever we can. earlier this week, we got to spoil ourselves just a bit. this is coffee street. it's about ten minutes from the olympic park, and there are dozens of coffee shops. tonight at 11:00, how many of these cups i was able to drink and also see how much care each of these coffee shops put into their craft. keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> that 14-hour time difference, i bet he's downing a lot of coffee. don't miss that tonight at 11:00. also catch his live reports tomorrow morning between 4:00 and 7:00 a.m. now remembering a pastor who preached to millions in stadiums and counseled a dozen u.s. presidents. reverend billy graham died this morning. he took his crusades around the world, including philadelphia. this was video from his visit in 1992. lauren mayk looks at his connections to philadelphia and why his visits here were so significant. >> reporter: billy is the reverend billy graham. the man who packed veterans stadium in 1992 for a multiday crusade in philadelphia. two of the men who helped make it happen walked next to him onto the field and are still close today. the former judge nelson diaz -- >> probably the best two years of my life in terms of my christian experience. >> reporter: -- and reverend william moore. >> even though he's gone, you still feel his presence. >> reporter: moore recalls one of the challenges, convincing african-american pastors who were skeptical of graham. >> there was always in the black community and particularly among black pastors a great divide between mr. graham and his lack of forciveness to speak on social issues as we did. >> reporter: the success in bringing them on board for the event made philadelphia's billy graham crusade significant and a model for future ones. the philadelphia visit also marked when the world learned the pastor to presidents had parkinson's disease. >> he says bless your heart. >> reporter: diaz still carries the gracious letter he says graham wrote him after he apologized for telling a reporter, not realizing the news wasn't public. >> now that it's public knowledge, i feel a great relief. >> reporter: diaz was struck by the forgiveness and humilities of a man with such a large presence to the world. >> him and my father became two main heros in my life. >> reporter: matthew is a former philadelphia police officer who says graham's simple teachings helped him over the years and still today. >> billy graham himself said one time, you will one day read or hear about billy graham dying. don't believe a word of it. i've just changed addresses. >> reporter: i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> larger than life presence. time for your first alert weather. we look at center city and it's time to bring back those coats and umbrellas. first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. >> we knew this warm burst wouldn't last long. it's february after all. but a nice tease for spring. >> this is actually more like may weather that we had today than late february. it's still 72 in philadelphia. we do have clouds moving in and some showers. but it's still warm all across the area with the exception of right at the jersey shore. look at these numbers. 75 in allentown and reading. 70s across much of the area. mt. pocono set a record today as well. right at the beach, the jersey shore, no such warmth. 53 atlantic city. 52 sea isle city. 50 cape may point. 70 in mays landy and 70 in woodbine. just inland, it's all about that wind direction. and that wind direction is going to change tomorrow. we do have the leading edge of some showers moving in. some of themmor the heavier side right now going into berks county toward chester county. just past reading and headed right toward coatesville. they'll move through quickly. no thunder with them yet. tremendous amount of moisture to the west and much colder air on the other side of that. take a look at what we expect as we go through the evening. that line of showers moves through. and as we go into the morning hours, look at the -- look at the rain and the colder weather. maybe even some sleet or freezing rain up toward the poconos. even some sleet possible in allentown tomorrow. 81 degrees today. 41. that's in the afternoon tomorrow in philly. and then we're dropping to 36 by dinnertime. and then here comes some more rain and maybe some more sleet or freezing rain. this is a little bit on the cold side for february. so quite a change. and by friday, we've got more waves of rain coming in and even into saturday, and the heaviest rain of all looks like it's going to come on sunday. so we have just a tremendous change over the next several days. so tomorrow, these temperatures, the high occurs early in the morning. and they fall during the day back into the 30s at night. lehigh valley only into the low 40s. and that's -- and friday night. friday afternoon they'll be in the 30s. 81 there today. and then look at this rain. we don't see the sun again until next monday. all right, glenn. we want to go to skyforce 10 over this breaking news in hatfield, montgomery county where a s.w.a.t. team has a home surrounded here. near columbia avenue and broad street. those police lights flashing there, down on the ground. police have shut down nearby streets as well. also asking people to stay in their homes right now. we don't know what the suspect here is wanted for but again, some sort of standoff in hatfield tonight. we'll keep an eye on this. so far, no injuries that we know of. now to sports with danny. >> thank you. one of the eagles super bowl heroes had surgery today. plus, john clark reports from clearwater on the phillies new shortstop. that and much more up next. nbc 10's olympic medal count is brought to you locally by royal caribbean. ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any at webuyanycar.com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car is hassle-free with just three easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying centre. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. so don't wait. get your free online valuation now. ♪ find out how much your car's worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. >> danny pommells from nbc sports philadelphia with you once again. one of the eagles biggest stars had surgery today for an injury he played with all season. this is alshon jeffrey today following surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. he posted this picture on his instagram account. he suffered the injury during training camp but still managed to lead the eagles with nine touchdown catches in the regular season. he added three more in the playoffs, including a 34-yarder in the super bowl. the 28-year-old hopes to fully recovery by the start of his season. to the boys of summer now. the phillies continued spring training workouts today. they played their first exhibition game tomorrow against the university of tampa. for more on the phillies new shortstop we check in with john clark in clearwater. >> j.p. crawford was once a number one overall prospect for the phillies. thought to be the long-term replacement for jimmy rollins. take a look at j.p. this is his time with freddy galvez gone. he has the chance to cement himself as the shortstop for the future. now he came up in september last year. only played 23 games. his average was down, but you know what? he has a good on-base percentage. he is working on getting even better. >> just have to go out there. work just as hard or harder than anybody else. got to go out there and handle my business and have fun doing it. >> you still play with that chip on your shoulder like you have to win your job every day? >> of course. i don't think anyone else thinks the same way. you have to go out there. got to prove to everyone that's your spot. you have to keep it. >> and j.p. credits freddy galvez for getting him ready for this moment. john clark, nbc sports philadelphia. >> john, thank you. that's your look at sports. i'm danny pommells. stay with us. nbc 10 news is coming right back. how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- 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weather comes on friday. and then next week looks a little better. >> that's a long stretch of rain. that's our news at 6:00. i'm jim rosenfield. >> i'm jacqueline london. "nightly news" is next. tonight, demanding actions. students, parents and teachers taking an emotional message straight to the president. >> my daughter has no voice. she was murdered last week. and she was taken from us. >> while all across the country, thousands of students walking out of schools to rally for tougher gun laws. >> survivors of the florida school shooting leading a charge for change. remembering america's pastor, tributes pouring in for reverend billy graham. the evangelical leader of enormous influence who prayed beside 12 presidents, gone at 99. under siege in syria, children pleading for help. >> children of

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