breaking news. a quick run into a west philadelphia market turneded into a terrifying ord eel for a local dad when he stepped outside his minivan was gone with his 4-month-old baby inside. the baby was later found left on the side of a road. this started at 49th and walnut streets and ended a short time later at penn and green streets in germantown. nbc 10's monique braxton is live at the store whehq&et baby was taken in west philadelphia with the latest.umñ monique? stole the"+í it happenedv.óbalol2no carrier

clinton has sizeable leads in florida and ohio and an edge over bernie sanders. donald trump is in north carolina and is about to hold a primary in hickory. there were scuffles all weekend at his events. today former candidate ben carson is now backing trump, spoke about the problems on the "today" show. >> the problem is that there are those who are being taught that if someone disagrees with you you have the right to interfere with their first amendment rights and their ability to express themselveses and their freedom of speech. >> trump blames the problems on taunting from bernie sanders' fans and that's a claim that bernie sanders calls a outright lie. >> john kasich is getting some help on the campaign trail from former presidential candidate mitt romney.

nbc news has announced that romney will appear with kasich at two stops in ohio and this is video of kasich's stop in youngstown. within the last hour, romney was not there yet. florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina and ohio all hold primaries tomorrow. florida, illinois and ohio are winner-take-all states and florida is the big prize with 99 delegates at stake. and marco rubio is campaigning hard in his home state. this is video at a meet and greet in jacksonville. rubio says he must win his home state of florida to keep the conservative movement from getting hijacked by front-runner donald trump. ted cruz is on the campaign trail in illinois this morning and he's the second delegate in the delegate count to trump at this point and needs every win that he can get to stay competitive. former president bill clinton is also on the campaign trail this morning and he's also rallying voters for his wife's

cause in greenville, north carolina. that state will also head to the polls tomorrow and remember, you can stay on top of the latest decision 2016 developments by downloading the nbc 10 app and use it to find the latest delegate counts and information about the upcoming primaries and caucuses. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with sheena parveen. good monday afternoon, we will see some damp, chilly conditions as we go through the day today and not the heavy rain, and take a look at center city and we have overcast skies and low clouds here and as we go through the afternoon we will stay like this and we can't rule out some light showers. still damp and chilly as we go through the rest of the day and a warm-up on wednesday and then we have more rain chances before the week is over. here is a live look at the earmark, and look at the flags blowing here. it's also windy right now and it will stay windy through the afternoon.

winds gusting near 25 miles an hour right now and 48 degrees in philadelphia and when you factor in the light rain or drizzle around and the wind it is a damp and chilly start through the week and 47 wilmington and 49 in millville and we're not going to warm up much from what you see on the map here as we go through the afternoon. highs will be only topping out at 50 degrees and we'll pretty much stay in the mid to upper 40s and a lot of heavy rain has moved through and the only thing we're seeing now is along the shore some light rain and atlantic city and up top sea isle city and that continues as we go into parts of burlington county up near trenton and also some very light rain and sprinkles around the philadelphia area and parts of bucks county and just because the rain left does not mean we'll clear out today and a lot of the clouds will stay locked in and we'll still have a chance for isolated, lighter showers tonight and it will carry into tomorrow morning and this is future weather and now we're look at 5:00 and the evening

commute still damp, still chilly and windy as we go through the overnight hours and clouds hang around and early tomorrow morning and into the noon hour and we still have a chance for showers to be moving in. by the afternoon we should start to dry up more and we'll see sunshine as we go into your wednesday. for today, a chance of light showers throughout the afternoon and low clouds hanging around and testimony stay chilly and windy and most of the area will stay in the mid to upper 40s. for tomorrow, the early shower chance and we could see some fog in the morning, too, and through the afternoon we'll start to dry out more. for wednesday, around 70 degrees and st. patrick's day on thursday and we've had some afternoon showers and we go into the weekend. more sunshine, but temperatures cooldown again. >> thank you, sheena. a wild police chase plays out in southern california and this one with deadly consequences. details as police were in hot pursuit of a stolen car through miles of traffic and busy highways.

spring is almost here and so is baseball season and little leaguers across our area are getting set for the first pitch and many organizations are in desperate need of equipment for future baseball stars who just want to play ball. philadelphia's classic rock 102.9 wmgk is teaming up with two former philly stars and the areas of mercedes robertson stephens dealers to get kids and leagues the bats, the ball and

the clubs they need to succeed along with former phillies pitcher who is on the broadcast team, the postgame broadcast. let me start with you, john. tell us what this collection is all about and why you're involved. >> it started a couple of weeks ago when baseball season started and i'm driving in and here is the first phillies game and spring training and i thought about being a kid and being in that situation where you have kids and you lose the ball and the game's over. >> exactly. the problem is it's still going on today and there were so many kids who want to play sports and they get down there and they're still sharing equipment and every kid wants his own glove. what's better than a broken-in glove? how many people have stuff just laying around the house? my son's 31. he's not coming back for that glove, you know? so why not find somebody that it could work for and a listener suggested this group pitch in for baseball that collects as they've been doing for nine

years now and they've collected over 500,000 pieces of equipment over the years and tons of teams, not only here in pennsylvania, across the nation, every state in the country. tommy, let me ask you. how do you see this campaign helping kids? >> personally, from where i come from, having somebody that's providing gloves and equipment and i know there are some kids and stuff in the leagues that i play with didn't have that type of thing and we were sharing like he was saying and when they approached me, what a better way to get the word out and say let's try to help these kids and turn them on to the game more. >> how do the listeners help? >> you have all of the equipment around and the mercedes robertson stephens dealers and drop off the equipment right there and if you are a league because a lot of leagues at the end of the season and they dispose their equipment and they just hand it out to anyone and

if you're a league and you can drop off the equipment and the league that drops off the most will get tommy or darren dalton to be there at their home opener. >> dutch. >> bubba. >> glad he's getting healthier. >> tony dancea here. i remember you back in 1999 and this guy will run in off camera and tony -- >> i remember you throwing a no-hitter back in 1991. was that the first year in the phillies? >> no. i was with him in '90 and that's right. got the opportunity to stick my foot in the door and got a chance to start and didn't let it close and the youth leagues and stuff. you have fun and don't let it close and the great 93 season and it would be the best year. >> we're still recovering from that year. we're still here in philadelphia.

how do you see the phillies and we're excited because they're off to a great start. >> i'm excited with the youth, and they needed to make the move and they have a lot of talent in that organization now. now you're seeing the competition in spring training and some of the guys especially in the starting rotation and some of the guys starting to vie for the spot to be on the team and the competition brings out the good in people and i'm excited for them a little bit and i like the clang in his voice when they do the broadcast. you can bring your gently used balls, bats, gloves now through saturday march, 26th and we'll have the information on our website at nbc 10.com. >> and he's making a huge cash donation. >> that's why he's here. >> and we're going to buy it now. >> thank you, guys. >> stick around.

>> all right. we'll move on here. we continue to follow breaking news this morning in philadelphia where it was quite a morning for a dad who left his baby in a minivan while he ran into a local store and we'll tell you more about that and we'll have new details on the search for a driver who stole the minivan and dumped the baby on the side of the road. plus ready to dance? tony danza is. several teams in the ncaa tournament is about to get under way and how the fans knew where they were playing before it was officially announced. >> sponsored by morgan and morgan for the people. just don't say hearing loss. see what i mean? that's george. he's got

. and we continue to follow breaking news from west philadelphia where a local dad ran into a market and left his baby inside a minivan only to return to find both disappeared. the baby was later discovered on the side of a road.

this all started on 49th and walnut streets and ended a short time later at penn and green streets in germantown. nbc 10's monique braxton is live at the store where the baby was taken in west philadelphia with the latest. this could have ended badly and now the search is on. >> reporter: that's right, vai. we have good news for you, though. the baby has been declared okay and checked out by doctors at st. christopher's hospital and let me show you where the dad parked. according to the employees here at the store, the dad pulled up there by that fire hydrant. detectives are hoping surveillance cameras on the corner of the store you see just above captured the entire incident. that's what the hope is. investigators say the dad walked into this 49 stop food market at 49th and walnut, but he left his child strapped into a car seat inside the car and his keys were in the ignition. investigators say someone jumped into the driver's seat and sped off. that unknown thief, according to

investigators then let the child out miles away at 66 west penn in germantown, a neighborhood. police also say somehow the dad received a call letting him know where his child was dropped off. investigators are hoping the thief and missing vehicle were captured by surveillance cameras here outside the store. in the meantime, the missing car is described as a white town and country minivan. right now the thief remains on the loose, and as i mentioned, we just learned the child has left the hospital with his parents and it's en route to headquarters with detectives. they're on their way to southwest detectives for a full interview. we will stay on top of this investigation and let you know the very latest. live for now in west philadelphia, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. hundreds are gathering right now to say good-bye to the new jersey state trooper killed in the line of duty. a funeral mass will begin in 30

minute for trooper sean cullen. nbc 10 south jersey bureau reporter cydney long is in burlington county. cydney, people have been arriving all morning long. set the scene for us. >> reporter: vai, indeed they have. as you might imagine, family, friends and mourners just people in communities that trooper cullen served. as you remember, he worked for several local police departments before becoming a state trooper. you can see here the motorcycle and there was a procession, a motorcade earlier today and off to the right you can see state police out here as well as local law enforcement and then thousands of law enforcement from across the country. already we've seen pennsylvania, delaware, indiana and california and today's dreary weather very much matching the somber mood and heavy hearts for the third line of duty death for new jersey -- for this new jersey police family in ten months. trooper sean cullen was a beloved son, a fiance and father

to 9-month-old seamus, and his soon to be wife-were expecting their second child and his brother had followed in his foot steps to become a state trooper and sunday afternoon for his public viewing. today an entire brother and sisterhood of law enforcement from across the country coming to comfort his family and honor his memory. it was one week ago monday night cullen was rushed to cooper medical center by helicopter after being struck by a passing motorist as he responded to a two-car crash and a fire on 295 in west stepford. the driver who struck him did pull over and has want been charged. now lieutenant governor will also be here in attendance and you can see the blue ribbons here outside the church. this as lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to name new jersey's move over law after cullen and lieutenant governor guidano just texted me a few minutes ago. she's running a couple of

minutes' late right now and she says, cydney, this is a reminder of the dangers that all law enforcement face and obviously, very heartfelt, very somber mood, vai, outside the church here today. we are live, i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> soggy monday outside as we take a live look at boathouse row in philadelphia. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is here with the forecast and cydney's live shot is still rainy out there in some parts. >> yes, vai. we still have very light showers and areas of drizzle and that's kind of going to be the case as we go through the rest of the day today. >> a lot of the rain from this morning is pretty much gone, but if you're in atlantic city and ocean county and burlington county and you're seeing light, spotty showers and some very light shower activity or again, just the drizzle that we'll see later on today, too and look at the cloud cover and even though

the heavier area of rain has moved through and still the chance of light showers today and even as we go through the start of tomorrow. so damp and chilly today. even the temperatures even by 1:30 this afternoon and only in the 40s and we do still have the chance for sprinkles or light showers by the evening commute today so by about 5:00 p.m. and temperatures still in the mid to upper 40s and we'll keep that wind around, too. damp and chilly today and tomorrow will be a little bit warmer and a better warm-up by the middle of the week and more rain chances also before the weekend gets here and i'll show you all of that with the seven-day forecast coming up. we'll see you then, sheena. parts of the south are seeing historic flooding and homes are under water. at least six deaths are being blamed on the storms hitting the south and nbc's miguel almaguer has more on the damage. >> reporter: this morning arkansas residents are assessing the latest damage. a series of tornadoes sweeping through the state sunday.

this mobile home lifted off its foundation, the family inside including a baby barely making it to safety. >> i grabbed the baby mattress and held it over us and that was kind of it. >> overnight, hail and lightning, in missouri, serious flooding. the start of a new week and there's new misery through parts of the south. >> we are out of the situation, and i hope it doesn't get a lot worse and there may be any promises. >> fast-moving historic storms dropped torrential downpours on this rain-ravaged region for days and in louisiana almost 5,000 homes are damaged and roads and bridges washed away, cars in neighborhood swans and near the pearl river hundreds of homes are still threatened. >> those river levels are really high and there's nowhere for all of that water to go. >> the water is now receding, but only after the louisiana national guard rescued 3300 people from flooded

neighborhoods and even animals were ferried to safety. the most widespread non-hurricane flooding ever seen here and this morning the sabean river is surging. >> we've never seen the river go up this high and i've been here for 26 years and it's the highest i've ever seen. >> the town of deweyville completely cut off. 1200 residents ordered to evacuate. it could be days before they get back home. across much of this region, the rain has finally stopped, but the threat isn't over yet. >> that was nbc's miguel almaguer reporting and the pile-up in north carolina and 20 people were hurt after more than 100 cars were involved in this pile-up in burlington. a part of the highway was shut down for hours and investigators still aren't sure what started the crashes, but they believe the wet roads may have played a part. a stolen police car leads to a high-speed chase and ends in gun

fire in southern california. the chase went in los angeles county at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour and it ended when another police cruiser ran a stolen car in an alley. moments later shots were fired and the suspect was killed and it's not clear how the suspect was able to steal the cruiser in the first place. in las vegas, motorcycles are becoming a big problem in that city. take a look at this scene yesterday. at least 11 riders were detained by police after doing wheelies in the middle of the road and they were running red lights and some raced away from officers when they tried to stop the motorcycles and police say packs of bikers have been forming over the last few weekends to take over the streets. turkey is striking back after a deadly suicide bombing in the capital. you're looking at the aftermath of the suicide blast. dozens more injured. turkish police believe militants

carried out the attack. they arrested two dozen suspects in raids this morning and turkey's air force is carrying out air strikes against kurdish targets in northern iraq. survivors of the first attack by islamic extremists are describing scenes of confusion and fear. the terrorists gunned down defenseless beach goers at a resort town. the attack left 16 dead including the six gunmen. witnesses say they were told to say the name of allah or they were shot. officials have been bracing for violence like this after similar assaults by al qaeda in neighboring countries. college basketball fans in our area have a triple delight this friday. villanova, tempel and st. joe's. at 12:40 and that is followed by temple and iowa. they tip-off at 3:10. in spokane, washington, friday night at 10:00.

villanova's players had a muted reaction to the number two seeded selection. first weekend of the tournament the last two years and nova held the number one ranking in the country of course, earlier this season. as for temple, they were the last team left out of the big dance a year ago and they got out as the tenth seed this time around and if temple and nova both win they'll face each other in brooklyn on sunday and don't forget. the big dance is coming to philly. the wells fargo center is hosting the sweet 16 and the elite eight rounds of the east regional from march 25th to the 27th. meantime, someone leaked the marke ncaa tournament bracket before the selections were announced and the ncaa officials say they were investigating that leak that turned up on twitter while the selection show was airing. the ncaa regrets what happened and is taking the matter seriously. '80s tv fans, this is going to be for you.

tony danza is live in our studio to talk about his return to prime time tv and the event that keeps bringing him back to philadelphia every year. and it's going to stay damp and chilly today and windy. so coming up, i'll show you when we'll finally dry out, plus a mid-week warm up. that's next.

we have new information about an amtrak derailment this morning in kansas. officials now say an engineer

noticed a dent in the rail and hit the emergency brakes just before the derailment. five train cars turned on their sides after they derailed. this train runs daily between los angeles and chicago. there were 128 passengers and 15 crew members onboard. and blueberries are considered a super food and now they may also help fight alzheimer's. two new studies from the university of cincinnati found blueberries can actually improve memory and cognitive function in older adults. patients with mild cognitive problems who took blueberry powder for four months which is equal to a couple of berries a day show improvement in brain function and scientists say the food is loaded with healthy antioxidants. st. patrick's day is thursday and how much green do you put out in order to celebrate the green. a new hub finds people will spend $4.4 billion on st. paddy's day and that averages to

$35 a partier. 13 million pints of guinness will be consumed worldwide and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is worth about $1.2 million. ♪ ♪ >> if you're a fan of the '80s hit com show. tony danza made us laugh on "who's the boss" and before that on the acclaimed tv series "taxi." >> i did originally think about being a teacher when i was in college. when i got out i didn't do it. >> actor tony danza is proudest of his real-life role as a teacher and his experience teaching at the high school turned into a reality series called "teach" and while the show may be off the air, danza can't seem to stay away from northeast high school and tony is back in our area this week

for the school's talent show and i'm thrilled to have him. you just can't not stay away. >> i owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to this school. it really did change my life. if everybody spent a year inside an inner city high school everybody's mentality would be different. the conventional wisdom is there's nothing good going on and there are thousands and thousands of miracles every day that happen between teachers and kids and kids and kids and counselors and janitors. i mean, it's an amazing ecosystem that i value, and i want to help. you know, this talent show now, this is the fifth annual, i'm proud to say. we keep all of the programs alive with the money we raise, you know? the after-school programs and the space and robotics and the debate team and the marching band and those are the things that keep kids in school and it's important to show the kids that they're important. >> you brought the features from

northeast philly. >> they don't have mikes on. >> this is joe connolly and soon to be a professor in lasalle and alex santiago, one of my former students and a former winner of the talent contest. he is a spoken word artist and he will repraise his -- at the auditorium at northeast high. >> tony, so when you come back, you reconnect with teachers and students like alex here. and you stay in touch with them? >> i still stay in touch with a lot of them and especially now they've all started to graduate college and he's working at an old folks home, so i try to keep in touch with him and joe's a pal and i root for him because it's a tough job being a teacher. >> of course. >> it's clear how you're impacting their lives, but how

are they impacting your life? >> i'll tell you, vai, that year gave me an insight of myself, not only the school, but an insight to myself and what i'm willing to do and how much i'm willing to give and you know what else, too? it shows s you how much tougher the kids have it today and i grew up in one of the toughest neighborhoods in brooklyn, and yet, i had a stress-free life and you can't say that for a lot of the kids today. i think public education is really important and i want to the support it any way we can, and i've been lucky and ron pearlman, revlon, he gives every year and leslie who produced that show gave and the philadelphia pops are helping us this year. >> so it's a labor of love. >> you do such good work in philadelphia and i have to ask you. you're coming back to television and tell us about it because this show is on nbc. >> i have an nbc pilot and i

don't know if i'm supposed to talk about it. >> sure you can, we're all family. it's an nbc station. >> with sebastian metacalsko and we'll have an italian family show and la miseria! >> and there's another school here in town that i'm a big supporter of and fox chase elementary and rob caracelli is over at fox chase now and i get to read with the kids every year and with lieutenant stack and it's the first elementary agriculture school and the program for kids to understand the science of agriculture. >> can you find three more schools to do things with? >> i'm trying, vai. i'm trying. please come and see the show. it will be a great show. >> the fifth annual teacher versus student talent show is happening tomorrow night at

6:00. >> and i'm performing. >> there you go. >> there is a preview right there. >> more information go to nbc 10.com. >> we're even, john. >> tony dancea, thank you so much and we thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> guys, keep it down. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> we always love seeing tony danza. for the rest of the day today keep the umbrella handy. we'll see off and on sprinkles and that will carry over into tomorrow and here is a look out center city and we have the low clouds and we still have drizzle in philadelphia and it's going to stay like this for a lot of the day today. so damp and chilly and it's windy outside, too. by the middle of the week we'll start to see a bit of a warm-up. we're not talking about record highs like we had last week, but relatively speaking to how this week will go and it will be the warmest day of the week and we'll go to the end of the week

and we have more rain chances before your saturday. live current conditions in allentown and atlantic city and everyone here reporting rain. that's chilly when you factor in the fact that it's damp outside and it's windy. this is say live look at the airmark building in philadelphia and the drops still falling in philadelphia. 48 degrees and feels more like 42 and the winds are gusting near 24 miles an hour. so it's windy. it's damp. it's kind of rain ney some spots and not making for the best monday when you factor in that we lost an hour of sleep and it will get better as we go through mid to upper 40s and visibility is low and not horrible. . we're not seeing thick fog around and we have lower than two-mile visibility and tonight we can even see fog around, too. most of the rain this morning has moved away and we're seeing

spotty, light showers and north of atlantic city and parts of burlington county up near trenton and very light showers around and this will be the case through the afternoon today and clouds will be locked in and spotty showers still in the forecast and nothing heavy today and we will see areas of drizzle throughout the afternoon. this is future weather and the clouds stay locked in through the evening commute and we still have very light showers and drizzle around and temperatures staying in the 40s and even late tonight and it will stay damp and chilly for the rest of today and start off tomorrow and for the rest of today still light showers and low clouds and temperatures only around 50 degrees and that's right around normal for this tomorrow and we'll put up light showers and scattered and isolated in some spots and around 60 for tomorrow and there is the mid-week warm up around 70 degrees and don't be surprised if we see a late-night shower wednesday and

that will lead us into st. patrick's day thursday where we have the chance for afternoon showers and going into the weekend and we clear out and we're quite a bit cooler and by the way, spring officially starts on sunday. stay tuned. we'll be right back.

coming up this afternoon starting at 3:00, it's "ellen" with kirsten dunst and "big bang

theory" melissa rausch and a new concern at the shore ahead of the summer start of the season. nbc 10 is talking to business owners who are concerneded about a proposed minimum wage tax. we're asking if visitors could see any changes, and all of this on nbc 10 news at 4:00. now to an update on our top story. breaking news and we have this video of the family just in who had their baby stolen. the child was inside the minivan that was stolen from outside a west philadelphia store this morning. someone jumped into the driver's seat and sped off when the dad left the keys in the ignition and went inside the store. the baby was later found on the side of the road. the minivan is still missing and the suspect is on the loose. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. this is the final week of winter, right? >> it is, technically spring starts on sunday. yes, the final week of winter. >> hard to believe. >> it is hard to believe. kind of gloomy, chilly and wind

t y to start the week, but it will get better. >> thanks for watching. we'll see you tomorrow.

>> joey: i mean, all the stuff you guys found at ava's... that's enough to prove what a whack job she was, right? that she was after us, that she wanted to kill mom. i mean, what else do we need? she had a shrine to you. she had a picture of mom that said "gone forever" on it. >> kayla: please don't remind us. >> joey: but it's enough for dad to plead self-defense. he's not gonna do time for protecting his family. don't you think? >> steve: yes, absolutely. >> joey: then let me tell the truth. i'm the one who killed her. >> steve: joe, shh... >> joey: let me stand trial. >> steve: shh. >> joey: a kid protecting his mom. >> steve: stop it right now. you have got to let me and your mom handle it. do you understand me? [soft music] ♪ >> kayla: joey, why don't you, uh--why don't you clear the table and then see, uh, if your grandma needs some help in the kitchen.