since december 1st. new jersey has been busy fixing pothole problems as well. the state startedite annual campaign to begin filling and patching roads. transportation officials tell us they need to fix a quarter million potholes. thousands of them. drivers may notice road or lane closures as crews make repairs. we have more information about new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware on the nbc 10 app. take a look, it may feel like spring but snow in denver bringing the city to a standstill. the blowing snow affected travel on the roads. take a look at whiteout conditions. strong winds, wet snow forced the denver airport to close. after a series of power outages. gosh, what a mess. nothing like that here. that's for sure. >> no, aren't we happy about that? we are not talking about snow in the forecast. talking about very comfortable and warm spring temperatures, although it's about 20 degrees above normal.

so the 70s returning in the forecast today. we have them around right now. and as we go into tomorrow, for friday, though, we have rain on the way. so it's going to get here before the weekend and the good news is it will be clearing out in time for your weekend. so the easter forecast i have in a second. 70 allentown, 70 pottstown. 73 currently in philadelphia. nice and warm. 71 in wilmington. 71 millville. 73 dover. average high for this time of the year 55 degrees. take a look where we'll be over the next couple of days. tomorrow mid-70s. friday around 70. warm with the rain moving in. then into your weekend. we're dropping into around 60. but that's above normal for this time of the year. easter sunday looks good, too. right now, satellite and radar, nice and dry. we have no rain coming until friday. beautiful conditions across the area. here's a live look at cape may now, nice conditions to even be out at the beach along the shore

whatever you want to do because tomorrow will be another warm day. we have that warm air moving from the south, this will stay in place tomorrow, too. that's ahead of the rain for friday. once rain moves in, that will be cooling us down and as we go into the weekend. future weather overnight, we're going to stay mild with temperatures. this is 9:00. we should already be in 50s. close to 60 degrees in some areas. by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, we will be back into the mid-70s. so nice looking day for your thursday. here's friday. friday morning 8:00 a.m., there you see rain starting to move in. so we'll see rain early in the morning friday. so for the morning commute, lingering into your lunchtime early afternoon, too, 2:00 p.m., rain around still. quickly clear out as we go into friday evening. at least it clears out in time for friday night plans. timing is good. it's going to clear out before easter weekend. it looks dry for easter he

hunts. clear and mild. 51 philadelphia. 55 areas north and west. tomorrow nice day. 7 2 to 75. sunny, unseasonably warm with south wind. then into friday, showers moving in starting with morning through lunchtime into the afternoon but really ending as we go into friday. saturday looking good. sunny, nice, 60. and there you see it, easter sunday, in the morning we're nice and dry for any easter egg hunts or whatever you're doing sunday. by afternoon, 67. then rain next week. >> thank you. 26 hours from now, it's about 25:50. >> you're not counting. >> villanova will take the court in louisville, k. kentucky. ncaa tournament. >> some villanova fans have made the trip. not this one. tim furlong is there to fill us in on what's happening.

tim? >> reporter: guys, it's cool, i never could have pulled that off. louisville's tuf to get here. a hear glenn say muhammad ali's from here. the building however, kfc yum center where nova fans focused. tomorrow villanova facing a pro-villanova crowd. welcome to kentucky! >> reporter: i'm digging nice louisville folks, hospitable downtown, up second street at kfc yum center as well. >> reporter: villanova got court time, open practice of fans allowed in. many fans are from louisville. you're from louisville but supporting villanova why? >> our cousin, henry low, is on the team. >> reporter: henry is a senior. he doesn't play much but has supportive cheering section. >> we're from villanova.

>> villanova. >> craigslist. craigslist, favorite ticket site. >> reporter: he grew up in northeast philly, went to villanova but lives in kentucky. jealous of the philly family that gets to see the cats when they want. but to them he says -- >> i got you this time. >> didn't think they'd get put here. >> reporter: if they had to play somewhere else, why not here where he can see his squad live and in person. >> wanted them to go to philly, home court would be nice, but for me personally, to be able to come to a game, i do have tickets, excited. >> reporter: a lot of fans starting to get here. villanova itself didn't get many tickets from the ncaa, most fans hit the web. trying to catch up with miami assistant coach who happens to be from bucks county. he has a couple of interesting ties to villanova. stay with us. we are working to dig up cool, interesting, villanova related stories in louisville. tim furlong, nbc 10. >> you do a great job.

we're jealous. >> a little bit. >> count on nbc 10 for coverage of villanova in the sweet 16. tim furlong, john clark, live in louisville. john jones us with more from players as they get geared up for tomorrow's game. as if the race for president couldn't get more personal, donald trump goes after ted cruz's wife but heidi cruz isn't staying quiet. her response to trump's threat, after the break.

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trump in the middle of the feud between their husbands. a new ad featuring a nude photo of trump's wife made by an anti-trump super pac called make america awesome. trump took to twitter to warn cruz about possible payback. trump tweeted, be careful, lyin' ted, or i will spill the beans on your wife. cruz responded, pic of your wife not from us. if you try to attack heidi you're more of a coward than i thought, #classless. heidi cruz is not playing attention to the social media campaign. >> you know i know that people always know the truth and we will not stoop to the level of donald trump. >> heidi cruz said that her focus now is to get her husband elected. just one day after the attacks in brussels, isis says it's training hundreds of fighters to keep targeting

europe. our expert joins us with a look of growing concerns about another attack. we're about to see a big problem with pollen. we'll tell you when it's time to grab the tissues next on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

springs here. especially with a day like today, it's over 70. good news for most of ups but nor those what allergies it means the season of sniffling and sneezing. allergy sufferers notice a big change tomorrow. >> we have it worse than other parts of the country. new report of the most challenging places to live with allergies. fy fufl ra philadelphia ranged 21st. >> sheena parveen joins us now. we'll see real pollen problems tomorrow. >> it's one of our highest, dry conditions. we expect our warmest temperatures, so these kind of conditions pretty good for pollen levels to rise. our weather being very nice this time of year puts pollen levels up more. today we're at medium to high 8.6, high close to 10 tomorrow. if you have allergies, you're

starting to see things bloom, spring flowers come up. you might be noticing tomorrow more with your allergies getting in the way. friday with the rain coming, it's going ing ting to go down. when we have rain, pollen levels go down, sunny dry weather they go up. over the weekend they go up. saturday, sunny. up over nine. even as we go into sunday, nice day, easter sunday, too, pollen levels creep up. you might be noticing it as we go into tomorrow afternoon. temperatures right now, though, nice, comfortable, 73 in philadelphia. 70s for lehigh valley around 70 degrees south jersey and delaware coming in mostly the low 70s. another warm day on top tomorrow. rain and easter forecast. i'll show you the timing of the rain and what your easter looks like, coming up. >> keep track of the pollen conditions we post updates daily

on nbc10.com and nbc 10 app. nbc 10 with new developments on the terror in brussels. within the last 15 minutes, nbc news learned the american couple who went missing for more than 24 hours after the attacks has been found, family member of justin and stephanie schultz tweeted news but they don't know how badly the couple was injured. brand new video of police raiding a brussels apartment as they search for a suspect. the cab driver who took the three bombers to the airport led police to that building. and people in brussels feared more attacks as the country begins three days of morning. two philadelphia-based crews for american airlines in brussels at the time of the attacks returned safely to philly international today. american plans to resume flights to brussels on friday. armed soldiers flooded street office beautiful, as there are concerns of another imminent attack. >> isis set its sights on

europe, vowing more carnage at the hands of terrorists. joining us, john boyle, assistant professor, specializes in terrorism and political violence. >> first, has law enforcement underestimated reach of isis in europe? >> i don't think they've underestimated the reach of isis in europe. the problem is security services are overwhelmed. they've known several month there's are up to a hundred operatives planning attacks but you're monitoring large numbers of people, it's difficult to arrest prior to an attack. belgium has been on a high alert for a long time. capabilities are strained in dealing with it. >> we saw the sophisticated planning of isis militants during the paris attacks. would you describe this the same way? what can we learn from this attack how isis operates? >> well, it's clear that isis is improving trade craft. it has advanced from the paris attacks. aside from hitting soft ctarget

it working with advance the explosive detonators, different chemical compounds used for explosives and using burner cell phones frequently. they are learning and adapting in ways to improve their trade craft for attacks from what we saw in paris. >> after 9/11, the u.s. fought al qaeda abroad in afghanistan but european leaders are fighting isis within their borders. does that present a more difficult challenge. >> it does. one of the biggest problem is with terrorism in europe you have states bound by legal restrictions what to do with citizens and civil liberties protections. even if a european government knows someone might be involved if a terrorist network you have to have evidence that will stand up in court to arrest them. european governments are aware there are threats but with their laws they have to fight with one hand behind their back. >> michael boyle, thank you. >> follow the latest, sign up to

get alerts sent right to your phone. police now telling us, it was human bones they found while on routine patrol last night. bike patrol officers came across the bones in north philly partially covered on 17th street. the medical examiner did confirm remains are human bones but could not say when the person died. the incident is still under investigation. a local gang intervention program giving back to those in need. participates from operation guardian delivered blankers to cooper medical center. it's run by the camden county police department with the help of clergy and social services providers. the goal to provide a way out for kids heading down the path of gang life. >> on the street, they have to act tough. they come in rough, when they leave project guardian at the end of the day, you can see their fake exterior, game face

i'll call it, mem melts away. >> 25 kids took part. all able to deliver more than 60 blankets today. at cresena school district is making its third pitch for more money. a referendum would raise more than $16 million for the general operating budget. the district hoping to replace some 78 teachers and 14 aides laid off when the last referendum failed to pass. polls are open until 8:00 this evening. south jersey mom takes her mission of fighting drug addiction to the streets of camden. coming up, her efforts to make sure everyone knows about a new law that encourages people to work with police if they witness an overdose.

>> a man climbed an 80-foot tree in seattle yesterday. >> today, he finally agrees to come down, after more than 24 hours up there. hundreds of people stopped to catch a glance of the man over the last day. the man threw apples at police and pedestrians. later he threw branches he ripped off the tree. #manintree trending overnight. why did he do it? no word why he got up in the tree in the first place. today, community leaders celebrated 121st birthday of the philadelphia flag, which was the nation's first adopted civic flag. city representative sheila hess led a local ceremony and formal raising of the philadelphia flag. those attended were given their own flags to wave and sang happy birthday. the official birthday is sunday. special day for nbc 10, we partnered with widener university to recognize

outstanding high school students with leadership awards. tracy davidson emceed the event. 159 students from pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware received the awards. battle over birth control goes to the supreme court. next, why a group of local nuns is getting involved in the case. if you liked today, you'll love tomorrow. warmer with our temperatures. then we have rain heading our way before the weekend. i'll show you the timing and how your easter sunday's shaping up straight ahead. i've always taken on the status quo. in harrisburg, they didn't like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. as head of pennsylvania's third-largest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by tom wolf, ed rendell

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breaking news. skyforce 10 live over a shooting investigation in cobbs creek park in philadelphia near 63rd and arch. police think the shooter ran through the park and threw gun there somewhere. we will continue to follow this. we'll bring you new information as soon as we get it. the lord god is my help, therefore, i am not disgraced. >> the battle over birth control in the supreme court spotlight today and here in our area, groups gathered showing support for the catholic church and its teachings. meanwhile in washington, a tense division over the constitutionality of a law that requires employers to provide birth control coverage.

brian mooar has that from washington. >> reporter: the sixth anniversary of obamacare marked by its fourth challenge at u.s. supreme court. the deep divisions of opinion on display outside -- ♪ >> reporter: -- reflected by the justices inside in a showdown. at the center, the unassuming group of nuns. >> where the government is requiring us to make changes in our health -- religious health care plan to include services that really violate our deepest-held religious belief yo. >> reporter: little sisters of the poor are challenging obamacare's with control mandate. the government and obamacare propo proponents say there's an opt-out. >> the petitioners relieved of providing, paying for, or even appearing to approve of the services that they find

objectionable. but they aren't taking yes for an answer. >> reporter: but the religious groups say that would turn them from conscientious objectors to collaborators. with the death of scalia, all eyes were on the courting swing vote, justice anthony kennedy who seemed to side with the little sisters. >> even justice kennedy referred to the word "hijacking," he said is this not hijacking the plan of those who object to these services? >> reporter: that foreshadows possibility of a 4-4 tie, letting previous lower court rulings stand. effectively, another win for obamacare. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. take a look at the line to get in to hear oral arguments in front of the supreme court. all of the people hoping to get a seat inside the court chamber for proceedings. some carried signs and banners wanting to get their message across and to be heard.

>> senator pat toomey agreed to meet with merrick garland. toomey agreed to sit down with president obama's choice. however, toomey says not too look into his decision to sit down with judge garland. he plans to tell garland that the senate has no plans to fill the late justice scalia's vacant seats. switching gears now. nova nation getting fired up. wildcats take on miami in the sweet 16. >> john clark live in louisville as part of our team coverage. >> reporter: i'll tell you what, villanova is one of the most dangerous teams in the tournament now. look at it, they won their first two games by a combined 49 points. they're shooting over 58%. that's the best in the tournament. they've made the most three-pointers. they are hot right now facing miami. take a look at the cats practicing today at kfc yum!

center and the cats love being in the sweet 16 but want to taste more. they want to make the elite eight for the third time under jay wright. jay wright today says this team is really hungry and they're facing a very good miami team. so i was asking some of the cats, do they think at this point with the way they're playing, can they win it all. >> oh, yeah, i definitely do. but it starts with preparation, our defense, rebounding, and that right there will fuel everything else and that gives us the best chance to get to the final four and the national championship and things like that. >> when you get to point in the tournament where you lose focus on being a villanova player and kind of get excited about where you are, that's when it ends. you're just a human being. it doesn't make you bad guy. when that gets to you and you

lose your focus a tiny bit, that's where your season ends. >> this is the hard part. we have to keep pushing, we have to keep moving forward. we come in every day in practice, every game with a clear mind saying i'm going to win, play villanova basketball. if we do that we can make a good run. >> reporter: i liked that, you like to hear them say you cannot complacent. some of the cats think they're playing the best basketball of the year but some don't. we'll tell you why. john clark, live outside kfc yum! center in louisville, kentucky. >> hungry and humble yum! center. >> yummy. >> a mouthful. philadelphia mayor jim kenney says he's bummed villanova won't be playing sweet 16 in philly but excited other teams will be here for the ncaa

tonightment. today mayor kenney renamed broad street the road to the championship. the wells fargo center will host the east regional starting with two sweet 16 games friday. hotels in the city are more than 90% full for friday and saturday nights because of the games. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, beautiful day today. if you really liked it, we're going to have more of it tomorrow so you can enjoy it. 70 degree temperatures today. still right now in the 70s, same thing tomorrow. maybe warmer than we go into the end of the week for friday. we have rain moving in, so grab the umbrella before the weekend gets here. that's going to lead us into easter weekend. we have that forecast coming up in a second. for any easter egg hunts or morning activities. 70 in allentown. 70 pottstown. 73 in philadelphia. 69 degrees glassboro.

73 dover. 71 millville and atlantic city. temperatures will lead us into a warm night tonight. by 11:00, dropping only into the mid-50s. some areas could still be near 60 degrees by 11:00 tonight. then most of us in the 50s and 40s by tomorrow morning. no freezing temperatures in tomorrow morning. force cast. nice and dry on satellite and radar. we're going to stay that way through thursday with the warm air moving in. it's from the south here. that's going to keep pulling up that warm air mass. you see the snow and rain to the west and northwest. that will be moving in as rain only. no snow and that will be here as we go into the end of the week. warming trend, thursday, record-high temperatures for parts of the area. a few degrees away of record spots. you see showers moving in, start early friday and continue through friday afternoon. so make sure you have the

umbrella with you. good news the timing looks like they'll be clearing out for friday night. if you have friday night planned looks good. easter weekend we dry out and temperatures start to get mild again as we go into easter sunday. looks good for easter sunday. here's easter morning forecast through the area. early in the morning, temperatures will be around low 40s, 7:00 a.m., partly cloudy skies through the afternoon. closer to 9:00 around 50 degrees. by noon we will be in the low 60s. really nice looking easter sunday forecast. just how we like to see, dry. for tonight, clear, mild, 51 for the low in philadelphia. 45 areas north and west. tomorrow, sunnying unseasonably warm. 72 to 75. that's close to 20 degrees above normal for this time of the year. friday, showers around but we'll see nice clearing into the weekend, 60 for saturday. and sunny and you see it, easter sunday looks good, showers return monday. we check in with lester holt

live from brussels. >> nbc "nightly news" following the latest on the terror attacks. what's coming up tonight? >> keith and rosemary, first, behind me, this is the crowd at a public memorial here, a square here in central brussels. we'll have more from here. richard engel on the brothers who blew themselves up in the attack and urgent hunt for terrorist who escaped. moo conversation with the arizona couple in the airport terminal when the first bomb went off. is the supreme court head on a tie for religious freedom and birth control? see you at 6:30 for nbc "nightly news." >> thank you, lester. today, police and families worked together to send an important message about drug addiction. >> preventing overdoses has become her personal mission. >> it's important to make sure other parents aren't enduring the same we're enduring.

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to fight for the lives of other sons and daughters battling the drug in the area. she and officers in camden hand out informational cards about a new good samaritan law that does not penalize people who witness an overdose and call @ea911. >> i find that coming out on the streets where the kids are is the most effective way to do. i've had words, sent things to newspapers but they're not reading newspapers. they're on the streets. >> part of our nbc 10 exclusive generation addicted investigating the tragic world of heroin addiction in the philadelphia area. we have more about patty's efforts in camden today as part of our in-depth online experience. we also look at how heroin addiction leave's long lasting mental impact on family members of users find it at nbc10.com or nbc 10 app. "nbc 10 news at 6:00" is next. next on "nbc 10 news at

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in brussels is now tied to the paris attacks. tonight, we're learning new information about the bombers and nose those injured. i'm jacqueline london. first, the budget battle is over in just days, money will start flowing through the state of pennsylvania. nearly nine months without a budget. today, governor tom wolf said, enough is enough. this afternoon he announced he will let it pass without his signature. lauren mayk joins us live. the math does not add up but he let the budget pass anyway. >> reporter: well, one of the big pressures for the governor, this right behind me. school districts like philadelphia that said they just didn't have enough money to make it through the school year. so this could potentially be a big relief for them. but the superintendent saying they are reviewing the governor's actions. they were hoping for that big boost in education funding that

the governor had been pushing for. >> reporter: governor wolf still doesn't like the $6.6 billion budget lawmakers passed. he's not going to sign it. >> i cannot in good conscience attach my name to a budget that doesn't add up. >> reporter: but he isn't going to fight it letting it go into effect and letting the state end months of a stalemate that put schools and services in a financial bind. pre-k programs among those that struggled with funding. new budget doesn't have as much pre-k money as the governor