villanova university, still a chilly start to the day. students bundled up on the way to class, probably excited after a big win yesterday. >> they didn't notice the cold. >> not at all. >> we have another round but it warms up. >> a warm-up is on the way. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here now with his forecast and the details about that. >> yeah, tracy, it's going to take a couple days before we really feel the warm-up. the first thing is the wind diminishing. it's pretty windy. you can see the cameras shaking because it is so windy. of course that makes it feel even colder. we have snow flurries in central and western pennsylvania, they are likely to stay well west of the area. and the current temperature, 49 degrees in philadelphia, near 50 degrees, just to the south. several degrees below average, plus you add these wind gusts and it is kind of chilly for this time of the year. 38-mile-an-hour wind gusts at

lancaster, 36 in wilmington. out of the northwest and it continues to feed colder air in. so, we do have strong winds at 6:00, but notice how it goes down as we head toward midnight, the temperature goes down as well. some of the suburbs in the 20s by tomorrow morning. talk more about the warm-up with the rest of the seven-day. >> it has been an historic day in cuba. >> president obama said he and cuban president raul castro are making progress in tearing down barriers between the nations. the president is taking part in an event focused on entrepreneurship and opportunity for the cuban people. there is a live look at the event now in havana. during a history-making meeting earlier president obama declared it a new day in relations between the united states and cuba. but the two presidents tussled over differences on human rights and democracy during joint remarks this afternoon. >> i made cleert that the united states will continue to speak up on behalf of democracy,

including the right of the cuban people to decide their own future action we'll speak out on behalf of universal human rights including freedom of speech and assembly and religion. >> this is the third time the pair met for talks since the 2014. president obama is the first sitting u.s. president to visit cuba in 88 years. >> if you are one of the many looking to visit cuba here's what you need to know. americans no longer need to request specific licenses to go there. this as long as they are in one of 12 categories of allowed travel. including for educational and cultural exchanges. soon frontier airlines could begin offering direct flights from philadelphia to cuba. one woman said that would have saved her two days of travel and hundreds. >> we had to fly to miami, and then fly miami to cuba, last night back to miami and then this morning to philadelphia. >> earlier this month frontier applied for a direct route between philadelphia and

veradaro. they would take 3 1/2 hours. if approved could begin this fall. lester holt will anchor "nbc nightly news" live from cuba tonight right after "nbc 10 news" at 6. sky force 10 was above huvy smoke this afternoon near broad and erie. firefighters were able to get the fire under control quickly. no one was hurt. and traffic troubles on the schuylkill expressway near lower merion. sky force 10 above the crash involving a tractor-trailer and two cars. right now there is no word on injuries or who was responsible. the crisis in flint, michigan has officials re-evaluating our water. experts testified before the city council about the best ways to prevent lead exposure from aging pipes and infrastructure. the commissioner says there are things people can do to reduce the risk.

especially if you live in a house built before 1950 when lead pipes were common. advice, flush the pipes before you drink. >> five minutes should be more than sufficient. if you have gotten up, flushed the toilet, that's going to move some of the water closer from the main to your faucet. >> the hearing focused on the problem of lead in schools and our children's limited access to safe drinking water. >> new information about an off-duty north jersey police officer found shot to death in his car, his car was parked outside a closed movie theater complex off the garden state parkway in middle sex county. investigators say he suffered at least one gunshot wound and right now police have not said that they are searching for a killer. now to decision 2016. four of the remaining five candidates are addressing the american israel public affairs committee in washington today.

donald trump is set to deliver his speech in about an hour. some of his previous comments about israel have created anxiety among many who will attend. trump and his rival ted cruz have both promised to rip up the iran nuclear deal if elected. trump hasn't been clear how he would approach matters of concern to pro israel voters. democratic front-runner hillary clinton took aim at trump as she addressed the conference earlier today. clinton described trump as unqualified to handle heated international conflicts. she also used the address to highlight her decades of work in the mideast. and bernie sanders was the only candidate who skipped the event instead was in idaho rallying voters with help from actress susan ser ran den. he earned 9 of 13 delegates at stake in the democrats abroad global primary. and tomorrow there is a primary in arizona and a caucus in utah

for both parties, the democrats will also caucus in idaho. for complete decision 2016 coverage including the delegate counts and primaries and caucuses, tap the nbc 10 app. >> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a warning for atlantic city's police officers. their next paycheck friday could be their last for a while. if the city doesn't resolve its financial problems. ted greenberg is live in our jersey shore bureau. >> police officers are telling me they will stay on the job, the city has not officially notified employees that they might stop getting paid after friday. but officers were advised this weekend it could happen. >> we're looking at the worse case scenario. >> reporter: the police union president says he and the police operations supervisors warned officers that a weekend role call that the next paycheck could be their last for a while if the resort runs out of money.

>> if we have to go couple weeks or months without getting paid, that could be devastating to some of our members and their families. >> reporter: the city deep in debt is in danger of going broke next month. >> no secret that april is the magic month when the city is expected to run out of cash. we can't put a date on it. april 1, april 8, sometime in april. >> reporter: drawn out disagreements kept a bail-out package from being approved along with a state tike over of much of the city's government, a move local leaders oppose. >> how close is the city to having to declare bankruptcy? >> i mean that's always the last resort, but it's a serious option that's on the table. there is no other way to put it. >> the state would still have to approve a bankruptcy filing. >> the police department is still going to patrol the streets. if you call we'll be there. >> the union president insists

the potential stop in pay will not compromise public safety. >> we want to do whatever we can to help the city. if we have to come in and work, not know when the next paycheck is so be it. >> the mayor went to trenton to meet with state officials about the city's dire financial situation, a spokesman tells me they will issue a statement in the next half hour or so. i'm told city firefighters did not receive a similar warning over the weekend but the fire chief says his department is also committed to keeping the city safe every day. live in our jersey shore bureau in atlantic city, ted greenberg, "nbc 10 news." take a look at this. a woman hurt after she tried to stop a guy from stealing her car at a gas station. the woman left her car running outside of the fuel store in mayfair and you can see the man get behind the wheel, starts to drive off. the woman grabs the door. she was dragged but is expected to be okay.

police are searching for the thief. we got an update on plans to bring community schools to philadelphia. it's a story we've been following since last year. the schools would operate as community anchors that means in addition to teaching children, schools would offer resources like medical clinics or police substations. the mayor's director of community schools says she is confident that the program could be implemented this fall. >> i think there is a lot of popular support for supporting our rec centers,ks5fpsá:no carr0

. he's calling for five reforms that include instituting a gift ban for all public officials. and enacting strong campaign finance reform and requiring public employees to disclose compensation from outside employment. we need to restore trust and confidence in our institutions of government. >> governor wolf thinks these changes need to be made to fight the special interests. we're following this breaking news. septa police are looking for the people involved in this video that has been posted on social media today, it shows a man

punching another man at 30th street station and a few seconds later punches him again, knocks him out. no word on when the video was recorded. authorities say the prime suspect in the paris attacks told investigators he was plotting more violence. the news comes as we get new video of the raid that led to his arrest last week. it shows a man suddenly leaving a building and authorities firing at him. by the end of the operation, 26-year-old salah abdeslam was under arrest after four months on the run. another person was also taken into custody. >> it's that time again. time for apple to unveil its latest innovations, one of those new products is a recycling robot named liam. it takes apart devices and separate parts that can be recycled and repurposed. it's a inyou version of the iphone, a little smaller but the same features as the larger iphone 6. apple unveiled a new smaller ipad pro.

>> then this. 20 minutes of nonstop news, continuing with tournament time. >> the city is hosting the next two rounds of the ncaa tournament, this morning a giant banner dropped outside the wells fargo center. they will host two on friday and one on sunday with the winner moving to the final four. and -- a huge smile. the villanova wildcats keep dancing all the way to louisville, kentucky. tim furlong is live outside the wells fargo center. a lot of excitement for nova nation. >> reporter: pictured keith playing air guitar. yeah, villanova. how great if villanova would play here. i suspect even in louisville they are going to have fans. if you think the region is pumped go to campus. a quiet monday on villanova's campus, a short week because of the easter break, it will be a

busy week at the book store and for the people who run it. >> people are e-mailing me for tickets to louisville. i'm like i don't sell tickets but i can sell awe t-shirt. >> jack was the kid waiting for players as they came home last year. this year he says it's going to be different and his family plans to be in houston when the team cut down the net. >> we're going to the final four. when they make it. >> if i could i would. >> that's what most students tell me when i ask if they are going to louisville and floyp elite 8 games. the skol got 150 tickets but some have super cool dads who are going to get them there in time for the thursday tip-off. >> on wednesday with easter break, he is picking me up. 10 hours. it's fun to go with him. >> reporter: and there's the banner. interesting history about the teams playing here this weekend. we're going to tell you how much a team would cost you and by the way they had great sale prices.

if you need to get geared up, they had good clearance items. i was going to get stuff but last year i got a bunch for my kisd and then they lost right away so i don't want to be "the jin jinx". i'm not. >> you have to get on board. >> you can't bring that up right now. come on. seriously. >> i'm just saying. didn't go well last year. >> we need to buy him more stuff. >> i've got enough. tim furlong, live for us in south philly. thanks. coming up all new at 4:45 we'll hear from the wildcats about what they are doing to prepare for the sweet 16. >> congratulations to a group of national champions from our area. the cheerleaders returned after winning the cheer limited nationals this weekend in myrtle beach.

that's a look at some of their winning performance. the event was for recreational all-star college and school teams, this is upper perk's first national title. congrats to them. see a little snow last night. we're not the only ones experiencing the snowy start to spring.  captured this scene fm above in falmouth, massachusetts. south of boston, some parts of the state saw close to a half foot of snow. and that goes all the way toward the coastline. and in long island, and connecticut. a lot of places in the northeast had snow last night. we had the heaviest snow in new jersey yesterday. and some places got two, three

inches of snow out of that. for today it's cold and windy behind that storm yesterday. 49 degrees, the wind is 18 miles an hour, gusting to 32. 7 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. and it's not exactly balmy now. 49 degrees in philadelphia, 44 in westchester. 45 degrees in pottstown, 47 in reading. allentown and trenton. 35 degrees in mount pocono. that's a winter type temperature especially when you consider how windy it is. 50 in dover, millville, and atlantic city. at the moment. and like i said they did have the greatest amount of snow down toward atlantic city and cape may. these are the temperatures as we go through the night tonight. it's going to keep going down and down by 4:00 a.m. just about to the freezing point. and that's in philadelphia. many of the suburbs it's going to be in the 20s. we got up to 64 degrees on friday. but pretty chilly weekend.

never got to 50 degrees. barely to 50. 55 degrees tomorrow. and then it starts going up. this is what the radar looked like. a little after 4:00 a.m. that was the last of the snow moving out. you can see new england getting hit hard. and once it moved out, the sun came out and that was the end of any kinds of snow. now, most of the country is on the dry side, you saw those snow flurries in western pennsylvania. they are not going to make it in this porks of the state as we go through the night tonight temperatures down in the 30s. tomorrow morning it is dry, it is sunny. we go up in the mid-50s tomorrow and not as windy as what we saw today. then, wednesday morning, pretty mild. temperatures like what they are now. for first thing in the morning, so we're getting up close to 70

degrees. wednesday afternoon. maybe not at the shore, not in the poconos, but places that are going to get up near 70. so we do have the mild air that is coming in, middle of the week. cold air not that far away. so you don't necessarily have the ability to put away the coats for the rest of the season. there map be another cold shot next week. but later this week it's going to be pretty warm. mostly clear and cold tonight. 32 for a low, 26 north and west. and then during the day tomorrow, going to see a mix of sun and clouds. the temperature getting up into the mid-50s. not as windy. seven-day forecast, there's wednesday, up near 70. thursday, 73. then a cold front comes through, some showers thursday night and

into friday morning. but even after that cold front, easter weekend is coming up. let's see how that turns out. not bad. 60 degrees and sunshine on saturday. 67 on easter sunday. no problem for sunrise services most of the day we could get showers at night. >> thank you. we'll turn to breaking news in north philadelphia. these images, sky force 10 live over a fire. two firemen working at the roof of this row home. this is on north stillman street started in the past 15 minutes or so. we do know people are inside that building. looking for some signs of fire, here is a sign of smoke. you do see the narrow street, the ladder reaching to the rooftop and of course the firefighters below working on this thing. can't see many people out there. we'll keep you updated as soon as we get new information. not sure if you heard, a

dangerous pet may cost a philadelphia man his arm. >> what led to the dangerous rattlesnake bite and what animal control is saying about the attack. >> who or what is killing several bald eagles in the area? how the feds are getting involved now and the reward they are offering. >> an easter bunny brawl at a new jersey mall. why investigators say a father started the fight and how the bunny defended himself. >> a look at the closing bell on wall street. the dow, nasdaq and s and p finished up.

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the easter bunny. >> that's right. the easter bunny and the father of a little girl duke it out in the middle of a jersey city mall. mall officials tells us bunny bashing began after the 1-year-old fell from a chair getting her picture taken with the rabbit. her dad then attacked the 22-year-old in the bunny costume. right now police haven't charged anyone. usually it's the person having the birthday that gets all of the gifts. >> a south jersey company is celebrating by giving gifts. executives packed up kits for patients at the hospital for children. they included games and books and items to keep the kids entertained while they receive treatment. look forge a new career, job seekers gathered at the crown plaza west which hosted the career fair. more than 20 local employers were at the event looking to fill hundreds of positions.

sadly a drug epidemic is putting philadelphia on the map. >> people are coming to our cities searching for a fix. a neighborhood has been nicknamed the heroin capital of the east coast. >> plus, a pilot makes an emergency landing on a golf course what the teen credits for quick thinking that saved him and his girlfriend. >> pretty chilly start for the first week of spring, but a warm-up is on the way. what you can expect for easter weekend in my nbc 10 first alert forecast.

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strongest and cheapest heroin in the country. >> for police, trying to fight the issue is a vicious cycle. it's showing no signs of letting up. vince is part of a team of reporters who have been investigating this for nearly half a year. and vince joins us live now. >> tracy and keith, police call kensington the heroin capitol of the east coast. people come for drugs here. you can buy in little baggies the size of a dime on almost any block in the neighborhood. the streets here are filled with lost soul, alter nating between nodding out from a hit of dope and searching for the next fix. dealers peddle heroin on almost every corner, handing out free samples in the morning to get users started. it's on the streets that some of the nation's strongest and deadliest heroin is sold. >> right now the heroin epicenter, it's the market for philadelphia.

coming to buy dope. where we're standing here is a block from a major transportation hub, kensington, somerset, the el stop. a different neighborhood all the way around every other corner has different groups that are out working, selling heroin. and the buyers are coming from everywhere. >> he says that the drug market is so rampant in kensington that sometimes in hours of locking up the dealer the next sets up shop. we spent several weeks talking to police, neighbors and drug users in our investigation on the scourge of the heroin addiction. we'll explore addiction in the area and beyond in the exclusive generation addicted, premiers tonight at 7:00 p.m. here on nbc 10. i hope you can join us and after the show ends join me on facebook for a live conversation about the project. i'll be answering your questions. >> looking forward to it, vince.

now to this scary situation. >> imagine this. a man in the hospital after being bit by his pet rattlesnake. this is a picture here of the animal. right now we don't know the man's condition, it happened yesterday in the mayfair section. nbc 10 spoke with people who removed the snake from the home. why they say this was an unusual accident. that story is tonight on "nbc 10 news" at 6:00. from the overnight snow to a chilly start this morning and now we're seeing people in t-shirts and sunshine. this is what it looked like today at the italian market in south philadelphia. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here now with your forecast. >> glenn, a little chilly to start the week. a warm-up on the way. >> yeah, that guy is tougher than i am. i'm not going out there in a t-shirt in today's weather especially with the wind blowing the way it is. but in a couple of days, i'll be able to join the rest of you and

have t-shirts, you can even have shorts on this week because we're getting back up to 70 degrees. we have a mix of sun and clouds, the wind is still pretty strong out there and it's been gusting up over 30 miles an hour in parts of the area. with temperatures only in the 40s, that adds up to not exactly feeling like spring. 35 in mount pocono. 45 in pottstown right now. and the wind continues to howell out of the west-northwest, gusting 35 miles an hour in millville. 31 in allentown. 38 miles an hour in lancaster. that wind will be diminishing as we go through the evening but it's going to take a while. and it feels like we've got the wind chills back. 38 in pottstown, reading, 39 lancaster and in allentown. but the wind diminishing as we go through the night tonight is going to lead to less of a wind chill but a little bit of it by

the time we get up in the morning, and it's going to be a chilly start to the day. but it's going to warm up dramatically. we'll tell you how warm it's going to get and if that is going to hold through easter weekend. >> looking forward to that, glenn. we have new information in the meantime about a five-car crash on i-95 yesterday. police tell us one man died at the scene, four others needed emergency treatment. the accident happened in the northbound lanes near broad street. investigators don't have a cause. be prepared to wait. maybe even miss your plane if you are flying out of atlantic city international soon. you can blame it on a shortage of tsa staff. workers have seen hours cut back which has added to the delays. officials warn it's best to get to the airport two hours before domestic flights, three hours for international travel. from our delaware bureau,

state wildlife officials want to know what is mysteriously killing bald eagles in sussex county. four were found dead since saturday. you might recall last month 13 were found dead in a field near federalberg, maryland. this is from that incident in delaware the first bald eagle was found dead saturday morning, three others were found disoriented in a field a mile away and later died. officials say other bald eagles flew away from the area before they could check on them. they are asking the public to report any eagles that appear to be sick. take a look at this video to see if you can help southwest detectives find two suspected robbers. someone forcing a worker into little caesar's with a gun to his back. happened last week as the employee was locking up for the night. the worker was hit in the head before the gunman took off with $100 from the safe. >> a college student from massachusetts is dead after he

fell off the roof of a building in new castle county over the weekend. william golden was in newark visiting friends when the fall happened. police are calling the 20-year-old's death an accident. it happened just before 4 saturday afternoon at a home on west main street in newark. police say he was the only person on the third story roof at the time of the fall. online poker players have a new place to shuffle up and deal in new jersey. resorts casino and hotel opened its igaming lounge. the world series of poker main event champion chris moneymaker was on hand. they can use the devices to play online. poker stars the largest site in the world. a south jersey police department is making a 7-year-old boy's dream come true. >> congratulations. >> the special honor for the little boy battling a serious

illness. >> a growing risk of high blood pressure in young children and teens. what doctors say is to blame and the symptoms that parents should look for.

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do you feel stressed at work? no stress today f. you do feel stressed try medication. researchers at the cleveland clinic developed a stress management program at a corporate call center which included medication four times a week, and those who participated said they felt more energy and less stress after eight weeks many said they also slept better and lost weight. medical professionals say there's a rising trend of children and teens being diagnosed with high blood pressure. experts say about 2 to 5% of kids have hypertension. they say poor diet is mostly to blame for a spike. it can also be passed down. the signs of high blood pressure

include headache and fatigue but it can be vague. often dismissed in doctor visits because kids are nervous. how sweet it is. can i say it again. >> tell us. >> my alma mater villanova moves on in the ncaa tournament thursday. >> still dancing. danny pommells joins us with moir. >> i got a feeling keith has been unbearable at work today. yesterday was emotional day. we'll see how they are switching the focus to miami. >> and they were really impressive. more winter-like weather in the morning but the 70s returning this week. i'm tracking the warm-up plus what you can expect easter weekend.

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keep dancing in the ncaa tournament. nova nation is celebrating a trip to the sweet 16. fans are already making plans for the next game in louisville thursday. comcast sportsnet danny pommells joins us live. >> wildcats spoke in the last hour. how are they preparing? >> you can imagine they are elated, yesterday was emotional day. they failed to get out of the first weekend the last two seasons and the win sent them to the sweet 16 for the first time since 2009. you can see the relief in the fist pump from jay wright following the victory. villanova will play for a chance for the 8. >> we talked about it this morning, we bet what the schedule going to be like for the week. we acknowledged what they did

just now, and we won our first two-game tournament. now turn our attention to miami. today is like our rest day, we'll get rest in. >> more on preparation coming up. for now, keith, tracy, back to you. >> thank you so much. count on nbc 10 and comcast sportsnet for complete coverage, villanova moves on to the sweet 16. tim furlong and john clark live reports from louisville later this week. a teen pilot says he has no memory of landing the plane on a golf course after clipping trees. 17-year-old christian says he thinks his training instinctively sticked in when the engine conked out. he krouled out along with his girlfriend. >> always talk about what happen. your engine fails, we're going

to -- pick a spot and land there. >> which is just what he did. he ended up with an eye injury and broken nose. his girlfriend a concussion. both are otherwise okay. >> well, spectacular show, a sign of spring in our nation's capital. the famed cherry trees are nearly at peak bloom when 70% of the trees are in bloom and the park service predicts that will happen wednesday and thursday. right when we're going to experience the warm-up, right? >> that's right. in washington, d.c., probably going to get at least into mid-70s. might be a nice time of the week to go take a trip down there. short drive. we've got a chilly breeze to start the week, but it's not going to stay this way. we've got a warm-up coming by wednesday and into thursday, and the next rain chance, yeah, it's going to rain before the week is out. not in the next couple of days. flags still blowing pretty hard there, the winds continue to be

gusty. 49 degrees the wind 18 gusting to 32 miles an hour. and it's warmer than it was this time yesterday. look what happens over the next couple. 50 today, 55 tuesday, then 70 wednesday, 73 on thursday. the average high is 54, so tomorrow we're going to be close to average and then we go way up. washington township and trenton, chester springs 47. kennett square 45. one of the cooler places. quakertown, blue bell, pottstown also 45 degrees. it's 35 degrees at mount pocono right now. a lot of 50s from newark to dover to atlantic city airport to woodbine. and the sustained winds out of the northwest, 20 to 25 miles an hour. 26-mile-an-hour sustained wind add reading. 24 in wilmington.

so, that makes it feel colder and we're going to have enough wind during the night to keep those wind chills going by 11:00 in philadelphia, 37, feeling like 31. by 5:00 a.m., 33. feeling like 27 degrees. well, this was the last of the snow. right at the beginning of the rush. rush hour this morning. we had a couple of inches of snow, parts of cape may, atlantic county, monmouth county in new jersey. the rest of this mostly traces or small amounts of snow. even though it's snowed for several hours last night. and as you can see there is not much heavy precipitation anywhere in the country. and it's going to stay that way for a little while. mostly clear and cold with the wind diminishing. 26 north and west. during the day tomorrow, a visit to the mid-50s around average, the wind right around average, a

mix of clouds and sun. and then we go up. 70 degrees wednesday, 73 thursday. the showers come in thursday night and into friday morning but it does not get real cold after that. we have 60 degrees for the high on saturday, so that's a little above average. then easter sunday looks pretty mild. so it also looks dry in the morning. probably dry in the afternoon if we do get rain most likely it would be sunday night. >> snow's done? we love putting him on the spot. >> we are going to get more cold air coming in, perhaps even next week. so you know, we can get traces of snow into may. as far as anything substantial, chances are pretty low. okay. >> pretty low. a south jersey 7-year-old thinks being a police officer is the coolest job in the world. >> and today his dream of

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congratulations. >> a camden county 7-year-old is the newest member of the gloucester township police department. so sweet. he's battling an acute form of leukemia. >> his wish to do what he calls the coolest job in the world

came true. cydney long introduces us to officer liam lindsay. >> reporter: flashing lights and a giant row of officers standing in formation gave a welcome salute to 7-year-old liam as he arrived for work monday. >> because it is the coolest job in the world. >> reporter: the kindergartener was sworn in. >> i liam lindsay. do solemnly swear. >> as the department's youngest and honorary police officer, within an hour on the job he got to maneuver the robot used in bomb situations, inside the armored s.w.a.t. vehicle. what he loves about police. >> because they catch the villains and stuff. >> you like catching bad guys? >> so perhaps his favorite part

canine arrow followed his commands. he spent 2 1/2 years fighting a horrible villain. >> he is dealing with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. this is a dream come true. he has gone through a lot, treatment is difficult, makes him sick. lots of things that kids don't like. >> the resource officer and the school nurse, discussed, it blew up into this. >> you want to help people. that's why i do this job. whether 7 or 57. you take this job to help people and i think we did that. >> his second favorite part, the jail. >> because it's like a cool like place to go. >> for the bad guy? >> this is all i'm going to hear about for days. >> reporter: we can tell that you liam made a promise today to the chief to show courage,

honesty, respect anded as an honorary officer his mom says he shows her every day. doctors are hopeful to wrap up his treatment with a positive prognosis by the end of this year. cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >> we sure hope so. thank you so much. next on "nbc 10 news" at 5:00, historic moment for the united states and cuba. >> president obama stood side by side with president raul castro. a look at how this new relationship is creating new opportunities for students in our area. >> plus, a dog's amazing story of survival. how police say he survived a house of horrors and is now thriving next on nbc 10 news at 5.

more than half a century the sight of a u.s. president here in havana would have been unimaginable. >> right now at 5:00, the unimaginable has become reality. today president obama stood side by side with the president of cuba. this continues his historic visit. the first for a u.s. president in nearly 90 years. today's meeting was filled with diplomacy and disagreement. >> for the people it was shocking for another reason.

president castro took questions from reporters which is a rare occurrence in the communist country. the white husband saouse had to negotiate. his answers were often combative. he will continue to push cuba on a path to democracy and human rights. >> i made it clear the united states will continue to speak up on behalf of democracy including the right of the cuban people to decide their own future. we'll speak out on behalf of universal human rights including freedom of speech and assembly and religion. >> america's growing relationship with cuba is benefiting local students. >> they started taking trips to the country. the lessons could bnt their local communities. >> reporter: back from cuba 48 hours ago rutgers university student gary met us for cuban coffee. in a wo