county startled neighbors so much they woke up last night as flames spread to a.çgí warehousd a dozen cars this is the opportunity of calwin where the future of the fire department is in question. it's a story the nbc 10 investigators have been following. harry hairston live with more on the community. >> reporter: it was a big one, flames shooting high into the sky. explosions could be heard for blocks around. right now there is still no word on what caused that blaze. but i can tell you why

firefighters are upset they would not respond to a fire blocks away from the fire company. the colwyn fire company president says this is the biggest fire he's seen in more than 20 years. maurice clark is the president of company 92. he believes politics kept his firefighters from responding to last night's warehouse fire. >> my concern is that council and the state is not doing what they were told 92 they were going to do, which is ensure the trucks, give us workmen's comp and ensure the building, which the bore borough has been doing for years. >> reporter: the firefighters do not have workmen's compensation. >> we're not putting men out there without workmen's comp. >> reporter: nearby darby borough has to cover. the first company to respond with several others. last week the investigators told you about darby sending colwyn a

30-day notice. the council member expressed his concerns today. >> sure, it's a safety concern. without a fire company, it's a safety concern. last night an example? >> last night, it was an example. >> reporter: the borough's under a state emergency act to get finances back on track. officials recommended they shut down the department and say the firefighters are not qualified to do the job. question again, you could have used extra man power from here? >> the more the merrier. and any extra man power would have been appreciated, yes. >> reporter: well, as we said the fire company believes politics knocked them out of the job. they're hoping politics work in their favor tomorrow. they've been handing out these flyers to residents in the area wanting them to show up at tomorrow's council meeting to urge council to vote the firefighters insurance for worker's compensation and get them back on the job. for the investigators, harry

hairston, nbc 10. one of six people killed during a violent stretch in philadelphia the brother of an nbc 10 player. tuesday's murders scattered across west philadelphia, grays ferry, east falls. a victim, dion waitewaiter's yo brother. police haven't said which scene involved his brother. the oklahoma thunder released a statement saying we were saddened to hear the news of the passing of dion's brother he has our full support. dion and his family are in our thought and prayers during this difficult time. philadelphia police identified the suspect they believe shot a teenage employee at a church's chicken. investigators are looking for this man, ronald graham. it shows the moment before police say graham shot a 19-year-old employee inside the tioga fast-food restaurant sunday. graham got into an argument with

the employee's brother who also works there. graham then left the restaurant, came back, and allegedly shot the wrong brother. the victim is in stable condition, at temple university hospital. police are analyzing this video to help them learn more what led to a deadly high speed crash in north philadelphia. police say the driver lost control near second and cecil b. more, hitting three light poles, a tree, and different buildings before the car burst into flames the driver badly burned. investigators are not been able to identify him. the crash left debris scattered aen lo the road including gift cards and up. s in packaging. a witness told nbc 10 what he saw. >> tried to get to the car but i couldn't, it was too hot. he was already dead, i think he was already dead when he hit the wall, because it ignited, boom! it blew up. >> investigators are looking into whether the car may have

been stolen. >> decision 2016. coverage and former republican presidential hopeful carly fiorina is throwing support behind ted cruz's campaign. fiorina spoke at a rally. she voted for him in her home state of virginia last week. >> it is time now to unite behind the one man who can beat donald trump, who can beat hillary clinton, who can beat the d.c. cartel. it is time to unite behind ted cruz. >> fiorina ended her own campaign last month after failing to earn enough votes in the early voting state sn state. >> donald trump won 3 of the 4 states that voted yesterday. here's a look at last night's result. trump picked up wins in the michigan and mississippi primaries as well as hawaii gop caucus. cruz won idaho's primary. next week's winner take all contest in florida could make or

break marco rubio's campaign. he's been heavily campaigning in his home state after a rough night. he did not pick up any delegates from yesterday's contest and finished fourth behind john kasich in michigan and mississippi. trump is calling on the republican party to unite around him as his campaign maintains its lead. he'll hold a rally in fayetteville, north carolina. trump won the majority of states, yesterday his delegate lead over cruz grew by 15. two democratic candidates will debate in miami fresh off of bernie sanders' big upset over hillary clinton in michigan. some say momentum has shifted after tuesday's win but he's more than 600 delegates behind clinton. the vermont senator won a narrow victory in a state where polls had showed him far behind clinton. the former secretary of state grabbed a commanding win in mississippi's primary which boosted her delegate lead. everything you need to know about decision 2016, go to nbc 10 app.

crews are sifting through rubble in seattle after a massive gas explosion here injured nine firefighters. the explosion levelled three businesses, a coffee house, restaurant, and a bike shop and it blew out windows as far as two blocks away. the blast happened as firefighters were on the scene investigating a leak. all their injuries are minor. investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong. the clock is ticking. now three days and seven hours away from a possible new jersey transit rail strike. negotiators% back at the bargaining table. both sides saying they've been making progress. new jersey transit says there's a dispute with the union over how service would be stopped in the event of the strike. trains would gradually be taken out of service. more than 4,000 workers authorized a strike for sunday. some 100,000 riders affected.

that includes tens of thousands who would have to find a new way around. live look at philadelphia's 30th street station. new jersey transit, atlantic city line runs between here and a.c. a strike would impact the station's at trenton, hamilton, princeton which people use to get to new york. pennsylvania's ongoing budget battle has lawmakers accusing governor tom wolf of holding education funds hostage. the house members held a news conference calling on wolf to release the money to school districts and back off his demands for increases in the state income tax. wolf vetoed $3 billion in education funding in december as leverage for additional taxes to pay for increased state spending. >> it's not something that the people that i represent can afford. and the message that i get from my constituents is loud and clear, and that message is that you need to stand your ground and need to be certain that you don't allow this guy to just go

crazy in terms of taxes. >> governor wolf's press secretary tells nbc 10 golf wolf is working to balance a budget that makes historic investments in education at all levels and looks forward to continuing to work with republicans in the legislature to accomplish this. >> people in new jersey divide over whether the state should intervene. a bare majority, just 51% think the city should handle financial troubles on their own. 44% say new jersey should step in and take greater control. state's split on whether to allow gambling outside ac. 44% favor moving casinos but 49% say stay in ac. people looking to put down root and buy a home in philadelphia could get help making that down payment. wells fargo teaming up with local community organizations to

launch $5 million program called neighborhood lift. the program provides matching down payment grants up to $7,500 for eligible home buyers. one woman says the program made her dream of owning a home a reality. >> i thought i was going to be a perpetual renter and i was okay until realizing having something you can take pride in feels good and it's a big deal. >> apply at sheraton hotel. the hotel will provide home buyer education sessions and littings of homes for sale. we're so excited about the warm weather, even has us ready to do spring cleaning. mayor kenney, city council president clark and streets department kicking off countdown to ninth annual philly spring cleanup. register to volunteer. everything from picking up playgrounds to painting vacant

houses. >> good people skill left in the community and work with the youth to get them pride in their neighborhoods. >> philly spring cleanup is a month from today, april 9th. find the link to sign up for a project on nbc 10 app. look at the sun, shining brightly out there. doug is back. i was in washington square. people are packed. having their lunch on the grasp. >> doug, i hope you're able to enjoy it before you came to work. >> we were on different squares. >> you had it covered. >> everybody enjoying the outdoors. fact at 80, april 9th the cleanup day, we may not be this warm in a month from now. it's very hard to get to this temperature during this time of the year. right now, tannersville, camel back mountain looking good. skiing still going on. enough snow. it's going to be tough. if you're thinking about skiing, springlike skiing.

they will be dealing with cloud cover as we make our way in towards the weekend. outside, nothing but sunshine across the region. we're going to continue to see sunshine. high temperature today, 82 degrees. remember, average high is 50. and right now sitting at 80 degrees. winds out of the south-southwest, 14 miles an hour. south wind pushing numbers up. take a look at record highs, it's not just philly. it is everyone. old record 73. we hit 82. coatesville, 77. wilmington 81. allentown, old record 70. we have beaten that by 10 degrees. that is unheard of. you do not break records this big. this is what's going to continue to happen tomorrow, too. still going highs tomorrow around 82 degrees. out there now, 78 in allentown. 76 wilmington. 73 millville. cooler but along the boardwalk, 72 down there towards atlantic city. hit the shore town, it is pretty

nice. across the mid-atlantic, new york city 71. winchester, virginia. 81. d.c. 76. norfolk 80. warmth is there. it's everywhere. all of this sunshine, too. we're clear. new york, williams port, d.c., all sunshine across the region. look what's happening to the south. this is a major storm and a dangerous situation for places like texas, louisiana, arkansas. upwards to 5 to 10 inches. they'll see massive flooding. more pictures. more coming up at 5:00. take a look at the rain. normally a system down to the south would move along the skret stream towards our region. we're seeing warmer air but rain is not going to get in here. we are going to see a chance for showers but it's going to stay on the warm side. rain chances decreasing. that storm system to the south rains itself out and peters out down to the south. a couple of chances for rain but

not talking about as much as they're getting down there. clear, a great night. 53 in philly. up to 48 degrees to the north and west. sunrise around 6:20. through the afternoon, more sunshine. another record high. 78 to 83. this is like a june forecast. winds out of the southwest, 5 to 10. even up to 10 to 20. 82 thursday. cold front friday with more clouds but at 68. 64 saturday. lessened cloud cover saturday. not a bad saturday with a high of 64. sunday high temperature again at 64. few chances for showers on sunday after we spring forward one hour. again, sunset sunday night, 7:14. >> doug must feel like he landed in miami instead of philly. >> is this philly? >> or heaven. >> carbs may do more than expand your waistline. >> worse than cigarettes.

this cancer connection coming up. plus -- candy you don't want to find in your child's bookbag. more about the drug-laced treat found in one pennsylvania school. bird battle brewing in bucks county. giant bird taking over one community. what the town is trying to do to get them to take off. >> straight ahead, seventh grader who says his science project proves tom brady's innocence in the deflategate controversy. closing numbers from wall street. up day.

gabby douglas is going to let the world watch as she attempts to make history in rio. the rein ig olympic all-around champion and her family doing a

reality show titled douglas family gold. the show centers on douglas training in h. ohio where she lives. it debuts on the oxygen network may 25th, the oxygen net work is owned by nbc universal. the games august 4th. we are 148 days away from the action. nbc 10 is the only place to see it all. i can't wait to hear that olympic music. >> cue it. >> count on complete coverage leading up to the rio games in august. >> doug's over there. >> tom brady has received some deflategate vindication from an unlikely source. >> how about a seventh grader from massachusetts. ben goodell set out to move the nfl wrong. it was roger and the nfl that found tom brady and the patriots intentionally deflated footballs. he subjected balls to different

conditions and climates and found the air pressure in the balls could fluctuate substantially depending on the weather. the findings earned ben a top prize in the science fair. >> it's not about the scientific evidence anymore. it's just about the nfl enforcing rules. >> it should be noted ben's school is about an hour away from gillette stadium where the patriots play. we don't know whether he's a fan. >> i have a feeling he probably is. not only will he get the top prize for the science fair but a ticket from tom brady to attend one of the games. that could be coming down the road. >> sounds like something brady would do. a substitute teacher trading a classroom for a jail cell. >> problem other teachers noticed. the dangerous ingredient in the gummi bears found inside a pennsylvania school. coming up at 5:00, police saved this man's life after he overdosed on heroin. that left officers asking, now

what? a new plan to help those dealing with addiction. how it could help someone you love on "nbc 10 news at 5:00."

a lot of people around new jersey and beyond have heavy hearts today. state police announced funeral arrangements for trooper shawn cullen. >> cullen died after a passing driver hit him monday night. a celebration of life will be held sunday. cullen will be laid to rest monday. cydney long live where law enforcement is preparing themselves for another funeral. >> reporter: jacqueline, excruciating, that's how one new jersey state police trooper described how the law enforcement family is feeling.

especially with cullen's death. it is one of three trooper deaths in the last ten months. all of three young men in law enforcement under 31 years old. may 30th, 2015, trooper anthony raspa killed when a cruiser struck a deer. eli macarson killed when his car hit a slick spot and went off the road. now shawn cullen struck as he responded to a crash monday. all of them just starting their careers in law enforcement, all killed in or near their cars. >> new jersey state police has suffered three line of duty deaths in the last ten months. it is really been a bad year. >> reporter: state police and local departments where cullen served all working with heavy hearts. on thursday, mt. holly police with westhampton planned a candlelight vigil at academy road fallen officer memorial.

>> we'll be helping the family through funeral arrangements. we don't bury a trooper and move on. the family of a trooper is always a member of the state police family. >> reporter: police tell me they reach out to previously fallen trooper families for one parents and widow of eli whose funeral shy of three months ago, two days before christmas. >> the problem with being a police officer, it's an inherently dainherent ly dangerous job. >> reporter: 70 new jersey line of duty deaths, 52, vast majority, involved a vehicle, motorcycle pursuit or vehicular assault. state police don't know yet if a move over law violation may have factored into the death monday. some local police departments tell me they will campaign to remind motorists of the law that was acted in 2009, enacted to save lives of emergency

responders. it's punishable up to $500 in fines. more coming up at 6:00. sid n. long, nbc 10 news. >> new information on a house fire that injured three people in montgomery county. the flames broke out in a second floor bedroom. one of the victims is at the burn center. the others recovering. an investigator trying to figure out what started the fire. police are hoping you help track down a man killing two women two years ago. they released this mugshot of ronald dorsey, he should be considered armed and dangerous. wanted for murdering two women. both shot to death inside their home on vista street august 2014. police arrested james meares after those killings. their investigation helped them identify ronald dorsey as a

second suspect. a florida substitute teacher is in trouble, accused of teaching while drunk. police arrested her yesterday, she faces a number of charges including child neglect. staff members told police she appeared visibly drunk while on duty. high school students in trouble in western pennsylvania charged after police say they brought marijuana candy to school. known as kushy punch, similar to gummi bears but contains thc, active ingredient in marijuana. investigators say students brought the laced candy to west mifflin high school and shared it with other students. one student went to the hospital to be checked out but okay. students could face drug possession charges. local nurses are pitching in to help fill a need that is forgot enwhen it comes to helping the homeless. nurses from all five main line health hospitals gathered to

sort and pack 12,000 pairs of new socks collected. now the socks on their way to facilities for the homeless around the region. >> people donate a lot of things to homeless but one thing forgotten is socks. keeping feet warm in cold winters, that's something we wanted to contribute to. >> the drive part of national effort that's collected 172,000 socks for the homeless in the past five years. >> a proud moment today for our own vai. 74th anniversary achievement award. each year the association honors one member and it chose vai for the work he does on wednesday's child to help children in foster care find permanent homes. just a small part of vai's giving spirit and huge heart. >> children on wednesday. child, love to see them going to loving, caring homes. >> congrates. >> thousands studented in our

area could have more access in health care. >> proposed changes in schools. popular items in your pantry could be worse for your health than cigarettes. new connection between care care and cancer. >> auctioneers hoping someone will pay big bucks for this infamous book. why don't we head outside for a live look at south philly, 78. citizens bank park, early march, feels like baseball weather.

delaware high school students could have easier access to health care inside their schools. state lawmakers discussing a bill that would require public

high schools to have health cares. conscious about the carbs. researchers found the unhealthy diet can increase your risk of lung cancer, too, even if you don't smoke. doctors asked 2,000 people diagnosed with lung cancer about eating habits. a link between the disease and patients who ate more foods with high guy seemic index. women in early stages of breast cancer may be able to avoid larger dose of radiation. most women who have a lumppx4cey undergo radiation to the entire breast. doctors in the uk studied 2,000 patients and found the rate returning was low among women who had standard radiation and smaller, targeted doses. eagles are wheeling and dealing today. >> still going. >> we know now who will back up

starting qb sam bradford next. theñiñi invasion that broug spring training game to a halt one day to the date that the same thing happened last year. that's an interesting story. out there today, other interesting thing, 30 degrees above average. record high temperatures. another record tomorrow. then looking at a chance for rain. forecast, seven day coming up.

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>> no. i wouldn't be near that. eagles making big moves going to shake up the roster, give them a boost draft day. >> birds have a new backup at quarterback. john clark joins us live with the latest. sam bradford has to be thrilled with two-year contract. got to have a backup always. >> waiting for the bees segue. that's what i was waiting for you. >> too predictable. >> eagles' vice president howie roseman continues to undo the chip wreck. the birds officially announced they have dealt cornerback byron maxwell to the dolphins. what do the eagles get? move up five spots in the first round of the draft, go from number 13 to number 8. so they are in the top ten. eagles reportedly trading demarco murray to the titans for reportedly the second pick in the fourth round that tennessee has instead of their own 13th

pick in the fourth round. those are three players that chip kelly brought in. today eagles have reportedly signed chiefs' backup quarterback chase daniel to 3-year $21 million deal, 12 çó guaranteed. numbers according to espn good deal for a backup. doug pederson had chase. he believes he can be a starter if given a chance. a longer deal than sam bradford. eagles signed new safety. agreed to terms with rodney macleod, 5 years, $37 million. he will play alongside malcolm jenkins. eagles agreed with a new guard for the offensive line, brandon brooks, big guy from the texans. expect more moves to. come. hope in i a few more at 5:45. i'm john clark. now, your nbc 10 news first alert weather. >> what a day it's been across our area. take a look.

people enjoying it. remember in college, guys? day like today. >> barely. >> that's what i did every day in college. >> people on the campus of temple in north philadelphia, just a beautiful, beautiful afternoon. again, record high temperatures today. but not just by a little bit. shattering records. record high 73. right now sitting at 80 and we've seen 82 at the airport. winds out of the south-southwest 14 miles per hour. 37 millville. 76 dover and wilmington. temperatures starting to cool a bit. it is going to be phenomenal evening to get out and about. you have time. next two days. we haven't been this warm. check out the stat, guys. we have not been this warm ever. this is earliest we have ever exceeded 80 degrees in philadelphia. than in itself is another record. and it's just going to continue tomorrow with 82 degree temperature forecast tomorrow. not much in the way of cloud

cover. those are nice fair weather clouds. not any significant weather until try. really it's thursday into friday. tomorrow into friday chance for shower activity. you won't even see it as most of us sleeping. hour by hour. 8:00 a.m. 60. as we move through the day tomorrow. temperatures rise quickly. by around 10:00, close to 70. noon, getting outside for lunch, 76 by the noon hour tomorrow. and then during afternoon, 80 degree temperature by aroundñi 3:00. we expect to see temperatures around 82 tomorrow. very warm day. 81 dover. everywhere the asterisk, official observation stations. we think we'll break records all of them. collingswood 82. pennington, 81. philly at 82. towards the north, 80 degrees. redding also break a record tomorrow around 81. it just continues. you know it can't last long. we have cooler weather moving in

but not talking about all of that upk as a matter of fact, friday, down nearly 15 degrees. but that's almost 20 degrees above average with high of 68. cloud cover. again showers thursday into friday morning. by friday, time getting out to work, you'll be okay. you don't need the umbrella. cooler saturday, high of 64. maybe a chance of shower sunday. we're not expecting a lot. high of 64 there. the coolest in the forecast 59. close to ten degrees above average. off and on rain monday. best chance early monday. don't forget to set clocks forward when you head to bed saturday night. >> maybe the heat will help with this problem. a bird battle has a bucks town finding a way to get rid of the new neighbors. a problem that enticed the birds to come in the first place, and the plan to get them away. we've watched the battle and beat cancer.

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this is nbc 10 news. >> looks like the wild west. this is outside miami. drivers surprised to see this group of ponies running free alongside the highway. police say they got loose from a nearby home, took an hour for rangers to wrangle them up. all are okay and back at home. i'm confused. live in a home? i'm thinking outside. >> too literal. >> that's me. different kind of animal troubles here at home.

>> bird battle in bucks county. this is our home, in a way. >> yes. >> bird battle until bucks county. leaders torn between doing the right thing for neighbors but not overspending. >> a flock of turkey vultures taking over in new britain township. deanna durante live. take it away. >> reporter: well, the birds apparently moved in a couple of years ago after superstorm sandy. a grocery store threw out spoiled meat. there's playgrounds where they began to nest. birds, of course, camera shy now, they were flying above us a little bit ago. you can see some right there in the sky. and they are creating quite a mess for kids who play here and residents who live around here. >> we don't want them to poop on the playground, we know that. >> reporter: the issue is simple. >> they fly around all the time. >> reporter: some say that's what birds do.

>> uh-huh. >> reporter: you don't like these birds. >> i know that. i like other birds but not these ones. >> reporter: buzzards, turkey buzzards and nest behind courtney's day care and elementary school. and they fly all over the township. >> what i worry about is them getting potentially sick from feces because they end up playing on the playground and going to the bathroom on the playground and ply husband has to scrub the equipment with bleach and water. >> reporter: the buzz ards found a food source three years ago and they moved in for good. >> territorial and hard to get rid of. this not a lot we can do other than try to get rid of them in a safe way. >> reporter: since birds are protected, keeping them safe is priority. so are making sure the residents don't foot the bill for a few targeted. >> visual deterrents, consist sift of streamers or balloons. >> reporter: then a fake bird placed in the nest to appear dead. that will make birds move out of

the current nesting areas. for trying to scare phlegm away, courtney and her pal max are already working on it. >> clap our hands together. >> reporter: show me what you do. does that work? >> yeah. like we do it louder, though. >> reporter: and that's one of the problems here, if they tried to use noise or some other means to get rid of the birds they could move someplace else, perhaps some other part of the township or a neighboring township and becoming someone else's problem. again, they're protected. usda says if quieter plmethods don't work they have permission to trip and move away. >> i think they'll be okay with courtney on the case. "nbc 10 news at 5:00" is next. >> next, we have new video just in to nbc 10. >> police officers just steps away from this suv when bullets started flying.

right now, they're still looking for the shooter. live on the scene with breaking details.

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the search. only nbc 10 was there as that victim was rushed to the hospital. >> nbc 10's rosemary connors is following the search for the shooter. you recently got new video of the scene? >> that's right. we were able to get closer down the block here on coral street. this is where place say the shooter kuf eer dumped the geta suv. the white tahoe left abandoned at coral and valetta. right now it appears, this is preliminary, there may be blood in the backseat and the shooter who got out of the car and fled on foot may have had two other accomplices with them. that's what they're trying to sort out, whether by himself or whether there were other people inside that white suv. after police located the suv, they began searching train tracks. you can see looking for the shooter and anybody else who may be with him. there wer s