breaking news, a flight of philadelphia diverted to boston because of an unruly passenger on the plane. nbc sister station says the american airlines flight heading to dublin, ireland, before a

detour to boston. this is boston logan airport. sources say the passenger restrained and unclear why. we'll bring you more details when we get them on the nbc 10 app. meantime, atlantic city shut down. the city says the money crisis is so extreme it can't keep the government open. i'm keith jones. atlantic city with more than a share of bad news. closing the doors on april 8th and until may. randy gyllenhaal takes a look at the impact. >> reporter: on the brink of bankruptcy, atlantic city announcing it might have to shut down city government. this means no paychecks for employees and city services could be halted. the countdown under way in ac 18 days until city hall closes its doors unable to provide services with no money to pay employees. >> i think three weeks we can take it but after that, i think

it's really bad. >> reporter: she volunteers saying paid employees are afraid of missing a paycheck. >> i'm worried about people with mortgages, people pay rent and have children. >> reporter: the city's mayor says essential services like police and fire will continue but they'll be working for free. all employees will be given back pay once new tax revenue comes in. >> no matter what happens, atlantic city police department is patrolling the streets. calling 911 we will be there. >> reporter: residents have questions about trash pickup, street cleaning and public parks. the city hasn't given details but there is a solution. lawmakers in trenton offered a financial bailout if the city agrees to a state takeover of government. that plan is strongly opposed by local leaders and many residents. >> it is not right, especially when we had the state in here since 2010 and did over 90% of the things they asked. >> i think everybody has to just

draw the belt in and go with the mayor for three weeks. >> reporter: both sides refused to budge and forcing a show down. in atlantic city, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. it was a historic day of firsts. president obama met face to face with president castro on cuban soil today. he became the first sitting u.s. president to visit cuba in 88 years. the president said there's still very serious differences and pledged to move forward with normal idesing relations. >> for more than half a century the sight of the u.s. president here in havana would have been unimaginable. but this is a new day. [ speaking foreign language ] between our new countries. >> tomorrow president obama will address the cuban people during

a speech on state-run television. decision 2016. people wondering will the presidential front-runners stay on top of an upset? dozens of delegates up for grabs tomorrow in the race for the white house. the map to see shows which states will have their say. there's a primary in arizona, and a caucus in cue that for both parties, democrats will also caucus in idaho. presidential front runners donald trump and hillary clinton made their case at the american israel public affairs conference committee meeting today. trump drew the biggest applause when he talked about president obama in office. >> he may be the worst thing to ever happen to israel. believe me. believe me. you know it. and you know it better than anybody. >> 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's negotiable. >> clinton said trump can't be trusted to ensure israel's security. this year's election pennsylvania voters crossing party lines, thousands are switching parties but they're not all doing it for the same reasons. nbc 10's lauren mayk is here with that story. lauren? >> reporter: independent not registered with any party affiliation, you can't vote in the primary in pennsylvania and some of those voters are switching but some people are actually crossing over party lines. because they like or they don't like donald trump. behind the twitter handle philly for trump is a 68-year-old retiree, a south philly guy. a democrat. did you vote for bill clinton? >> yes. >> reporter: obama? >> yes. >> reporter: twice? >> twice. >> reporter: now, though, joe is backing a new candidate. donald trump. >> i like his brashness. i like that he's a successful businessman.

i think he'll do great for this country. >> reporter: to vote in pennsylvania's closed primary, he'll give up being a lifelong democrat. >> i said, nah. i'm going to vote republican. i'm going to vote him in. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, thousands are switching parties, take a look. more than 60,000 democrats switching to republican this year. double the number of those going the other way and joe is only one story. take westchester resident sarah grubber. >> really, really scares me. >> reporter: she said she became a republican to vote against donald trump. >> i believe in the democrat party and been a liberal voter the entire life and he became more terrifying to methane whatever they were nominating on the democratic side. >> reporter: the voter registration now says republican. back in south philly, joe has a week left to make it official. what would make you stay a democrat and not switch to

supporter? >> i don't think i would. >> reporter: you don't think there's anything to convince you? >> no, no. >> reporter: now, if you want to change parties or you have not registered yet, you have one more week. the deadline to do so and vote in the april 26 primary is next monday at midnight. and just in case you're wondering, sarah who you met there, she plans to vote for john kasich just for the primary. i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. it's a must see. nbc 10 at the heritage center as the union league of philadelphia with a grand opening of the newest exhibit today called sweep the country political conventions in philadelphia. and it covers the 11 political conventions held in the city between 1848 and 2000. this comes as philadelphia's set to host the democratic national convention this summer. new at 11:00, rut gerls university student tested

positive for bacterial meningitis. he was hospitalized friday. rutgers health officials say they're notifying anyone with close contact with the student so they can get started on antibiotics. they urge any students or staff who feel symptoms like a stiff neck, rash or vomiting to see a doctor right away. you may recall a philadelphia high school student died of bacterial meningitis last week. 15-year-old jonathan briggs was a freshman at george washington carver high school of engineering and science. it's the city's first meningitis death this year. we have major developments now in the legal battle of apple and the u.s. government. a court hearing over the fbi's demand that apple help unlock an iphone used by one of the san bernardino attackers has been postponed. in a court filing, federal prosecutors revealed an outside party's come forward to show them a possible method to unlock the phone used by farook. if it works, the government

would no longer need apple's help. apple is fighting a court order from the government. we have video in showing a man wanted for robbing a rite-aid in east jermantown and a toddler with him the whole time. police say the man stole two diapop boxers of diapers and threatened to shoot a security guard f. you recognize him, police want to hear from you. investigators want to know who's responsible for a case of animal cruelty that left a puppy badly hurt. del bare county spca officers found this puppy with what they call a severely lacerated neck. someone used a wire cable to tie her to a bannister in a vacant home. she was left there for about four weeks until she finally chewed her way out causing the injuries you see. the puppy nicknamed clover already had one surgery but

she'll need more. >> hoping to raise enough money to do some follow-up surgery that is will help to kind of close the wound. she'll probably always have a pretty deep scar for the rest of her life. >> when she fully recovers, clover will be put up for adoption. sky force 10 above a fire, happened around 8:30 tonight on a pier near an aircraft carrier. no one was hurt. firefighters are still trying to figure out how the flames started. pennsylvania's governor facing budget pressure from his own party. they're urging governor wolfe not to veto the spending plan. they're working on last year's budget and now lawmakers are tired of the fighting. democrats say the governor should use a partial veto to approve money to keep schools from closing and wolf says the republican plan is out of

balance and doesn't address next year's $2 billion deficit. swiching gears, take a look at this. fans welcome to philadelphia. that's the message from a giant banner outside the wells fargo center. philly's hosting two rounds of the tournament. two games on friday and then another game sunday with the winner moving to the final four. for the first time in nearly a decade, my alma mater is headed to the sweet 16 and the campus is buzzing. the campus bookstore bracing for a big week as fans make runs on gear. the school only got about 150 student tickets from the ncaa and many say they're going anyway. a student told us she is taking advantage of the easter break and heading down with her dad. >> wednesday of easter break and picking me up and road tripping it to louisville, ten hours.

he is really into march madness. >> villanova plays miami thursday night at 7:10 in louisville. here's a question for you. are you allowed to record police on the street? why some people are so upset about a new court ruling. oh [ bleep ]. the easter bunny. throwing hands. >> you heard that right. an easter bunny brawl. what had the rabbit delivering punches instead of baskets in a new jersey mall? i really like police officers. >> so today the dream came true. the story of a little boy who became an officer for a day. i'm tracking a big warm up. when it will arrive and how high the temperatures get and the easter weekend forecast coming up.

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that's the easter bunny in an all-out brawl with an angry father at a north jersey mall last night. the bunny bashing began when the man's 1-year-old daughter fell from a chair. she was getting the picture taken at the time. her dad started swinging at the man in the bunny costume. right now, police haven't charged anyone. from our delaware bureau, state wild live officials trying to determine when's for the death of several bald eagles this weekend. this is after 13 bald eagles were found in maryland last month. back in delaware, the first found dead saturday morning. three others disoriented in a field about a mile away. they later died. people who live in the area are alarmed. >> that many bald eagles were just dead. and there weren't any other animals dead. just the bald eagles.

>> officials are asking the public to report any eagles that appear to be sick. do you have the right to freely videotape police activity? that's the question at the center of an appeal filed by the aclu in philadelphia today challenging a ruling saying you are not always protected by the first amendment to record police activity. it all started with a pair of incidents in which police allegedly harassed and arrested people taking pictures of officers in public and one case, a woman says she was pushed against the pillar outside the pennsylvania convention center. we talked to the aclu tonight about the importance of this case. >> videotaping police and photographing police is absolutely essential to being able to ensure the accountability and prevent police misconduct. >> federal judge in pennsylvania ruled last month that civilians have no constitutional trigt record police unless they make it clear they're doing so for

the purpose of criticizing police. they say it's a school district in crisis. a crowd at the new life in christ fellowship church calling for the resignations of the superintendent and assistant superintendent of coatsville area school district. the group says the district seen an increase in violence, failing grades and a mass exodus of teachers. >> our sole purpose is to bring out why we feel like we feel and then do what we can to convince the school board that she is not the proper fit for this community. >> the district's board of directors tells nbc 10 they firmly stand behind the superintendent and her team. my favorite story of the day. he says it's the coolest job in the world. tonight, a camden county 7-year-old is a newest member of the gloucester township police department. flashing lights and a giant row of salute of officers for liam

lindsey on his first day on the road and worked and learning how to use the robot and spent time working with canine arrow. see him do that right here. liam talked to us about why he loves the police. >> because they catch villains and stuff. >> catch the villains? >> you like catching bad guys? >> and i would keep them. >> 7 years old or 57 years old, you take this job to help people and i think we did that today. >> he spent two and a half years fighting lue cheeukemileukemia. looks like he's cool in the baseball hat, too. spring weather almost here, right, glenn? >> a couple of days. not felt like spring on the first full day of spring but it's coming. we had a chilly breeze in the day today. we've got a big warm-up coming by wednesday.

and then the next rain chances before the week is out. the flag's not blowing as much as it was earlier. the windy minnished. it's still not trivial but not gusting to 30 miles per hour like it was earlier today. it's 35 in reading. 36 in pottstown. it's cold already. with or without any wind. 43 in philadelphia. 36 in wilmington. 39 in glassboro. warm spot 43 in philadelphia. we'll get down into the 30s, down toward the freezing mark in philly. 7:00 a.m. a lot of suburbs will be down into the 20s. and then we jump up to 44 degrees by 11:00 a.m. we got to 64 on friday. it was chilly over the weekend. sunday, of course, 43. and then the snow in the evening. 51 today.

55 tomorrow. and then we get warmer. the wind now, less than 10 miles per hour. many parts of the area. that's a sign of things to come for tomorrow. not nearly as windy. it's a fairly dry country, too. we have little bit of rain and snow up in north dakota. that's not exactly too close to us, is it? going through the day tomorrow, a lot of sunshine. 50s. about average for this time of year and with less wind feels more comfortable. tomorrow night it is not very cold at all and we really warm up on wednesday. there we are 70 degrees by 4:00. philadelphia and then trenton and close to it and lancaster and wilmington and dover and just not going to be 70 at the jersey shore wind coming off the ocean. don't expect that. mostly clear skies. the wind diminishes. mix of sun and clouds in the day

tomorrow. not as cold or windy. into the mid-50s. seven-day forecast, there we are. near 70 degrees on wednesday. 73 thursday. and then some showers thursday night into friday morning. so the cold front and it doesn't get that cold behind it. so the weekend is not bad. saturday with sunshine, 60. easter sunday, 67 which is pretty warm. it is dry, definitely in the morning. probably in the afternoon. some showers possible sunday night. hey, i'm danny. we're with villanova playing on in the tournament and st. joe's disappointed. steve mason stood on his head tonight. flyers in a huge game. highlights on the way.

hey, once again, villanova traveling to louisville tomorrow to prepare for the game against miami thursday night. no formal practice for the wildcats. rest and recovery. they don't want the sweet 16 to be the end of the road. >> we're glad to be back and work and we know it's not just about getting out in the birs weekend. >> we're maintaining a business approach. next game and treating things all year. this is the next game. miami is an extremely experienced team, well coached and will be a battle. >> big crowd of supporters greeted st. joe on campus this evening. the hawks lost to oregon 69-64

last night. bill mahrtelli proud of the squad. >> hopefully tomorrow the sting will be a little bit less and feel and remember they're champions. to the ice now. the flyers playoff push continues against the islanders tonight. islanders on the power play. second steve mason up to the task. a save on boychuk. slides across the goal line to rob nelson. play goes the other way. mcdonald finds manning. straight out of the penalty box. beats his man and the goalie. top shelf. first nhl goal. the puck around the linesman, under the referee's skate and manning couldn't have planned it better. flyers win 4-1. a point behind the red wings for the final playoff spot in the east. columbus tomorrow night, the coverage begins with flyers pregame live at 6:30. sixers, visiting the pacers, third quarter, grant. on the business end of the alley-oop. but too much from paul george,

the nba's tenth leading scorer getting up and throwing down himself. sixers fall 91-75. nfl coaches got together to pose for an annual group picture today and, yeah, this is an awkward work moment. chip kelly and doug pederson almost right next to each other in the picture. what can you do? we'll be right back. (avo) after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble and stop itself to avoid it. when the insurance institute for highway safety tested front crash prevention nobody beat subaru models with eyesight. not toyota. not ford or any other brand. subaru eyesight. an extra set of eyes, every time you drive.

it was a night for heavy coats, and apparently shorts. nbc 10 found people bundled up and others didn't even bother wearing long pants. glenn, i guess they missed your forecast. what happened? >> i don't know they cared. >> i don't think so either. >> what are they doing on wednesday and thursday when it's 70 degrees? wearing t-shirts with the shorts. all right. you see tomorrow's only 55. today was only 51 but

wednesday's 70. thursday 73 degrees and it's not going to stay that warm. next week we might cool down again. >> all right. that's nbc 10 news at 11:00. thank you for watching. what if one piece of kale

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