those police officers will soon be protecting the city without pay. >> we want to make sure that our members aren't taken off guard. >> reporter: be prepared, the unofficial warning atlantic city's police union president and the supervisor delivered to officers at a weekend roll call, if they stop getting paid. >> we do 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, late this afternoon the mayor announced city hall will close starting april 8 at 4:30 p.m. and remain closed until at least may 2 unless other solutions are found. during the closure period, no city employees will be paid. >> it's sad that we can't come to some sort of compromise. >> reporter: drawn out disagreements in trenton kept a

bail-out package from being approved along with a state takeover of much of the city's government, a move local leaders oppose. >> it's not right especially when we have the state in here since 2010 and we've done over 90% of the things they asked of us. >> reporter: the mayor says the city is working to have essential services including the police and fire department continue their operations. >> no matter what happens atlantic city police department is still going to be patrolling the streets, you call 911 we'll be there. >> why is the shutdown expected to remain until at least may 2? that is the day the city expects an infusion of cash from its next payment of quarterly taxes. live in our jersey shore bureau, ted greenberg, "nbc 10 news." >> thank you. marijuana, beer, liquor and tonight upper darby police arrested parents following a wild high school house party. about 300 teenagers went to a

house party saturday night. neighbors complained about the noise and kids being outside. officers arrested the father on sunday. his wife went to bail out her husband this morning and officers arrested her too. the officers say teens were smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol. have you seen this? septa police want to find anyone involved in this fight at 30th street station. two men argue, one punched the other guy not once in the face but look at this. twice. it's about to happen there. the guy was knocked out cold. the video posted online. it's not known exactly when the fight happened. a scare at a community center. a car plowed into the wayne bryant center this afternoon. amazingly no one was seriously hurt. sky force 10 captured the scene. >> president obama said no topic

was left off the table with talks with raul castro. he pressed the cuban leader on human rights issues and castro called on him to lift more restrictions from cuba. president obama's first full day began with a wreath laying at one of the most important monuments. following that he walked to the revolutionary palace where he was officially welcomed by president raul cass stroxt following a brief review of the troops the leaders moved behind closed doors for talks described as productive by president obama. >> our growing engagement with cuba is guided by one goal, advancing the mutual interests of our two countries including improving the lives of our people, both cubans. >> tomorrow president obama will address the cuban people during a speech on state-run television. >> we tracked down a student who

just returned. rutgers senior says he'll share what he learned to promote farming as part of his project next month. >> amazing because of all of the neat people that were there and all of the people, the resilience those people had. >> if trade sanctions are lifted it will bring jobs and opportunities to the port, also restore communication with cuban-americans here with loved ones there. >> "nbc nightly news" will be live from havana and have extensive coverage of the president's historic visit. talking about the weather. it's not going to start feeling like spring for a few days but the 70s are around the corner. glenn "hurricane" schwartz joins us with his first alert forecast. first, we'll live through another freezing night, right.

>> pretty chilly for this time of the year. we've had wind on top of that during the day today. had sunshine at times but not enough to put the temperature even above 51 degrees. that was our high for the day. we're in the 40s across much of the area. 34 degrees in mount pocono. and we still have some gusty winds, still gusting to 30 miles an hour in philadelphia but 38 in mount pocono. 35 in reading and pottstown. 36-mile-an-hour wind gusts in wilmington. it's going to take a while for the wind to die down. the wind chill. it's back. in the 30s. they 7 in reading and 35 is the way it feels. we go through the night and the temperature dropping.

but it's going to feel like its in the 20s. there will be at least a little bit of wind. i'll let you know when it's going to be a lot different than this in the 70s. >> we were all looking forward to that. tonight court records reveal a possible motive behind the murders of two pennsylvania turnpike workers at a robbery at the booth. a retired trooper filed last year. he hads more than $300,000 in debt. he robbed an armored car at a toll plaza west of harrisburg, then killed two workers before he was shot and killed himself. >> a 6-month-old shepherd pit bull mix was found with a severely cut neck. the spca is calling her clover, she was left tied to the bannister by a cable wire for nearly a month before she chewed herself free.

she underwent emergency surgery. more surgeries are needed. but she's doing fine. the investigation who left the dog is ongoing. so far no charges. speaking of animals, animal control officers got a call even surprised them. a venomous rattlesnake bit a man in mayfair. pamela talked to the officers about the dangerous encounter. >> reporter: each year the animal team comes to the aid of thousands of cats and dogsment sunday it was philadelphia police calling them for help after a man was bitten by his pet rattlesnake. >> it was a little concerning that somebody own add venomous snake. >> reporter: when they got to the home on the 3500 block of wellington avenue they found the make in its enclosure. >> it was in a tank, it had clamps on it.

there was no way to escape. >> a neighbor describe what had she saw from her window. >> cops here and like going through the back, walking all around. we were scared. until i found out it was a rattlesnake. >> knowing what caused the scene. >> it was a young snake. >> reporter: rattlesnakes are illegal in the city and the director of field services for animal care and control says any one who has or handles one needs a special listen. >> we've seen them. the own esh was rushed to a hospital for treatment. while transfer better able to care for it. this case serving as a reminder why people shouldn't make venomous snakes a personal pet. >> they are not a game. sometimes you can't come back from things like this.

rebuilding relations with republicans. donald trump met privately with republican insiders near the u.s. capitol. none of the current gop attended. earlier today he had this to say about the so-called movement. >> people want to be smart they should embrace this movement. if they don't want to be smart, they should do what they are doing now and the republicans are going to go down to a massive loss. >> any minute now trump plans to reveal his plans for a peace are deal in the middle east. ted cruz picked up an endorsement. utah governor gary herber is throwing his support behind the senator. cruz is expected to be the front run tear beat donald trump. in the last hour ohio governor john kasich spoke at the american conference.

he told the crowd that his extensive political resume gives him the upper hand when it comes to foreign relations and he fully reports the jewish state and partnership with the u.s. donald trump cannot be trusted, clinton targeted his claims he would be a neutral bargainer between israel and palestinian authorities. >> yes, we need steady hands, not a president who says he's neutral on monday, pro israel on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday because everything is negotiable. >> clinton also said that trump is unqualified to handle heated international conflicts as commander in chief. the primaries tomorrow instead of a speech, this is a live picture, bernie sanders just took the podium there. in front of all of those signs.

that is one of three states where voters hit the poles tomorrow. to get instant results, tomorrow night, make sure you have the nbc 10 app. next at 6, tips stolen from restaurants. social media helped police track down the suspected thieves. >> >> nova nation is fired up. team coverage is coming up straight ahead. >> if i could only dress. >> yeah. we have snow this morning then to 70 degrees. how soon it's going to start feeling like spring in my first alert forecast.

tip jars stolen from two restaurants. you can imagine employees in the store owner are not pleased. franco's restaurant posted this video last night. the video show as woman taking the tip jar and walking off. workers at another restaurant in medford said someone stole theirs as well. a few hours ago police

identified the couple and told nbc 10 they plan to charge them soon. can't say it enough. how sweet it is for my alma mater. the sweet 16 for the first time in almost a decade. the campus is buzzing. nova nation hits the road in the morning. nbc 10's tim furlong joins us live from the wells fargo center with the sweet 16 excitement. let's go nova. >> let's go nova is right. i didn't go to villanova but to basketball camp there and a kid plays on the team though he is hurt now. either way i'm all in on villanova. after 2008 the phillies won the world series it's been a while. we need to win bad. why is jack getting nova geared up? >> we're going all the way this year. >> reporter: the kid has faith in his wildcats. last year he was there to greet the players they came back in defeat. this year he and everyone on

nova's campus feels it's different. this includes the guy who runs the book store. >> people are e-mailing for tickets to louisville. i don't sell tickets but i can sell you a t-shirt. >> even the tour guides are talking basketball. >> villanova's first basketball was played in a gym in the corner of that building. >> reporter: students. they are checking stub hub to see what too pay if they were to decide to make the 10 or 11-hour road trip. one has a cool dad, he's warping up the car. >> on wednesday we have break so he's picking me up and road tripping to louisville. 10 hours. i'm excited. >> reporter: we're all pretty excited. cool we get basketball here but if you go to louisville i can tell you i found seats around 70 bucks but going up and getting there is tricky. i spoke to flights, there are no nonstop flights from philly to louisville. either go to lexington or cincinnati and drive about two

hours to louisville. either way you run into these nova fans it's going to be a good time i'm pretty sure. tim furlong, "nbc 10 news." >> thank you. we'll travel with villanova. tim just mentioned it. he is going to join john clark as villanova looks to advance. a right-hand turn now. families in crisis. what about addiction. every single day that sellmar used heroin his mother and sister right by his side. they tried everything to get him off of the dangerous drur ouous. it killed him. experts say that addiction is a family disease each when just one family member is hooked like in sal's family's case. it leaves collateral damage and trau trauma. >> my life will never be normal

again or how it was. just a different person. so different. because i now base everything on sal's death. either before he died or after he died. >> you can hear more from patty and a dozen other people battling the war on addiction. in the nbc 10 special presentation generation addicted. vince lattanzio, morgan and denise spent five months investigating this issue. generation addicted airs in less than an hour at 7:00 p.m. right here on nbc 10. we're now officially into spring. doesn't exactly feel like it. we've had a chilly breeze all day, it's still going on right now. we've got a warm-up coming by the middle of the week and rain before the week is out. as we go through the night tonight, well, the flag still

blowing out there, the wind still gusting to 30 miles an hour. it's 49 degrees right now, the winds sustained at 21 miles an hour. we're in the mid-40s, to near 50. only 34 in mount pocono. you can see everyone where else in the 40s across the area except for dover which is at 50 degrees. not going to be that cold as we go through tomorrow. tonight, the temperature going down. here is the freezing mark in philadelphia and into the upper 20s in some of the suburbs, a little bit of wind making you feel colder. it was 64 on friday, but pretty cold over the weekend, today barely up to 51. tomorrow 55. then it starts to go back up. the sustained wind 20s to 30, still in a lot of the area, so it's taking its time for the wind to die down now that the sun sets later, the wind will die down later. not much in the way of precipitation on radar.

so we're dry for the first half of the week. as we go through the night tonight, don't see any clouds around to speak of. tomorrow, the temperatures getting into the mid-50s as you see and then tomorrow night it doesn't cool down very much. and watch what happens during the day wednesday. 70 there in philadelphia, you see 70s in reading and it's not going to be 70 at the shore. but it will be close to 70 in a lot of other places. mostly clear and cold with the wind diminishing. 26 north and west. then during the day tomorrow a mix of sun and clouds, not as cold, not as windy. temperatures into the mid-50s. which is pretty close to average for this time of the year. then wednesday we're way above it. 70 degrees for the high with sunshine. 73 on thursday. thursday night into friday morning we get the showers,

setting us up a pretty nice weekend. saturday, 60 and easter sunday 67. the showers may hold off until nighttime. you have cancer,

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>> i'm actually excited that we play on thursday because it's less of this, you know, you got to get back to work. i think that will be good for us. the challenge is you get to the next step, to handle the media and all of the responsibilities that come with this. and then be able to get to practice and get to work. and be gametime focused like we were the last two games. >> the st. joe hawks arrived following a tough 69-64 loss to oregon. we'll hear from the hawks tonight at 11. to the gridiron, eagles vice president howie roseman spoke at the owners meeting in florida. a busy off season for the birds, the eagles dealt byron maxwell and traded this gentleman, demarco murray and signed agents. roseman addressed a report that ryan mathews could be on the trade block. >> we'll listen to anything,

that's our job. when we looked at our position going into the off season, we said that if we had a chance to get value for one of those guys because we felt like we had three kind of front line guys, then some young players we wanted to develop we did that with dimarco and so as we sit here he is an important part of the team. >> maybe you can relate to an awkward moment. the coaches got together to pose today and right there chip kelly and doug pederson almost right next to each other. in terms of the changes pederson said it has never been about chip kelly's guys it's the eagles and how to better the roster. the flyers playoff push continues. that's your look at sports. we'll be right back.

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day for him and his family. for all of us i'm keith jones. have a great night. breaking news tonight. history in cuba. the american and cube anne president side by side. an angry raul castro challenged over human rights raising president obama's arm in an awkward embrace. trump's secret meeting with top republicans as hillary clinton and elizabeth warren go on the atta against him. airport bust. 60 pounds of cocaine found hidden in carry-ones after a woman ran from screeners. you won't believe who investigators are looking for. hitting back. serena williams leading the charge against a powerful tennis executive who said women players should get on their knees and thank the men. and getting money. even with bad credit or debt piling up, how people are getting the loans they need at rates they can