against this weekend. tough loss to the sooners in december. hoping with everything on the line they will be able to make it all the way. quite a few fans headed to the game in houston. >> excellent team, no doubt about it. but we bring defense. once you bring defense, we'll be in the game. >> i was raised in oklahoma. we're excited to cheer on wildcats and hopefully they'll take it all. we'll be in houston monday hopefully. >> the minute the game ended, i was on line, bought six tickets, booked the flight. we have the plans. >> reporter: they're taking buses from dallas to houston but this history in the making and they have to be there. i did get information from school representatives about a send-off for students going to the game. more from students and fans at

5:00. and let keith know i have a small gift because he was upset he couldn't be here today. i wanted to make sure that we brought something back to send his wildcats off in style. >> something blue? >> it may be blue. but and white. we'll show you at 5:00. >> don't want to give it away another live look from skyforce 10, follows the team bus on its way to the airport as wildcats prepare to take to the skies. a live look from philadelphia international airport in south philadelphia. team expected to leave in an hour. destination, houston, texas. nbc 10 sending our team of reporters, all headed deep in the heart of texas. live reports begin at 6:00.

friday, tune in to our 30-minute special, villanova march to victory, live from houston. we'll have keys to the game, players to watch and get the flavor 0 of houston. villanova march to victory, 30-minute special, airs this friday 7:00 p.m. on nbc 10 news. ? news just in. political world is reacting to comments on abortion made by donald trump. during an exclusive interview with msnbc's chris matthews. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no? >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. >> for the woman? >> yeah. >> ten years? >> i don't know. >> you take positions on everything else. >> i do take positions on everything else. it's a complicated position. >> comments came during a week where trump is fighting to defend himself on women's issues on multiple fronts ahead of a key primary coming up wisconsin.

among those reacting is hillary clinton, tweeting, just when you thought it couldn't get worse, horrific and telling. donald trump just released this statement about his comment. this issue is unclear and should be put back into the states for determination like ronald reagan i'm pro-life with exceptions but i have outlined numerous times. day after his campaign manager was charged with assaulting a reporter, trump is accusing the reporter of provoking the incident. trump telling supporters in wisconsin that the are the reporter was at fault. police charged his campaign manager after reviewing the video from earlier this month. the reporter's in the yellow, she says campaign manager forcibly pulled her arm while she tried to ask trump a question. trump blamed the reporter for having a pen in her hand while asking him the question. >> listen to this, this young

woman reporter, who shouldn't have been where she was, and she grabbed me twice, she said, i was jolted backwards. she wasn't, right? >> trump's campaign manager was charged yesterday with misdemeanor battery. camden county, hearing a teenager's secret 911 call where she tells police her aunt hit a pedestrian and drove away. >> hit someone like a person? >> yes. >> or a vehicle? >> a person. >> the teen spoke in a whisper as she revealed she was riding in the car that ran down a student late monday, killing the 16-year-old boy. nbc 10 south jersey bureau reporter cydney long live with more on what we can hear on those 911 tapes. >> well, good afternoon. we can hear fear in the woman's voice, she sounds scared and

distraught. also from pennsylvania. so she had no idea where she was but managed to hang on the line and give an operator here critical information zblu 911. what is your emergency? >> i was a passenger in an dent and hit-and-run. >> you were in a pang in an accident in a hit-and-run, where? >> reporter: susan highland's niece hid in a bathroom inside this camden home to dial 911, describing to an operator what she witnessed from the passenger seat of her own car. >> i'm the owner of the car, i wasn't driving, but the person that was driving she hit someone. and -- >> oh okay. they hit someone like a person? >> yes. >> or a vehicle? >> a person. >> okay. was that in pennsauken by any chance? >> yes, yes.

>> reporter: the operator new where the accident happened because police were on scene trying to save the 16-year-old. he died in the accident and according to the 911 caller the driver planned to hide the evidence. >> do you know what the driver's name was. >> susan. >> is she in the other room you can't talk about it now? >> yeah. >> reporter: the call lasts over five minutes. >> you don't know where you are right now? >> i have to go. >> okay. >> within ninths of the teen hanging up the phone with operator here, police pulled up to make the arrest. that's because central communications was able to zero in basically on a needle in a haystack using cell phone towers and gps technology and we'll hear more from a supervisor here on how they pulled it altogether coming up at 6:00. live, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> courageous call. a local teenager is fighting for his life after shot in west

philadelphia. police found a 14-year-old boy shot in the back on north simpson street around 9:00. he's in critical condition at the hospital. police say they're looking for surveillance video to help figure out what happened. no arrests have been made. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> something missing out there today. it's the wind. nbc 10 in mt. laurel where walkers were enjoying the calmer conditions after two straight days of strong wind gusts. and it's noticeably cooler. this view from our presidential city apartment cam. beautiful sunshine. after today, looking to dramatic changes in the temperature plus rain. >> first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz joins us. i felt like it warmed up since this morning. >> cold this morning. it was down into the mid-20s in many of the suburbs. not exactly baseball weather yet. but things are going to change

dramatically. up to 60 degrees in allentown and any other place getting close to the 60-degree mark except atlantic city with the wind off the cool ocean. dry conditions. a lot of sunshine today. showers are on the way but not in the next 24 hours. wind starting to pick up a bit northern, western places gusting over 20 miles an hour. as we go through the night tonight, temperature does not drop anywhere near as cold as it did last night. wind's coming up, warmer air is coming in. how warm, when that rain is coming in a few minutes. >> decision 2016 the race to replace kathleen kane is getting presidential attention. the president endorsed josh shapiro for pennsylvania attorney general. nbc 10 keith jones live with

more. >> huge pickup. the commissioner's locked in a close three-way battle for the democratic nomination for attorney general. according to the statement from shapiro's team, president obama says that shapiro represents a new generation of progressive leadership. the president touted his strong record. the relationship with the president dates back more than a decade. spoke how much the endorsement means to him. >> it's more rare for him to engage in a state race, not a federal race, so early on in a primary and that's not lost on me and it's something that i am deeply gratified by, humbled by, proud of. >> seeking to replace kathleen kane, who is not seeking re-election in november. good news, well, isn't all good for shapiro. the north hampton county d.a. is

launching an ethics probe. he plans to make his formal announcement. the claims on two occasions he claims, shapiro failed to disclose awarding montgomery county contracts to clients at his law firm. pittsburgh district attorney steve zappala, primary election held april 26th. the same day voters will choose the republican candidate. candidates are state senator john raferty and attorney and ex-police officer joe peters. nbc 10 and telemundo will host a debate april 7, tracy davidson will moderate the debates right here on nbc 10 or nbc 10 news app. keith jones, nbc 10 news. today also brought a wlouts endorsement in pennsylvania's u.s. senate race. president obama and vice president biden adding their

backing to former p.a. environmental secretary katie mcginty, competing for the democratic nomination in a race that could help determine control of the senate. she faces joe sestak on next month's primary ballot. the winner will challenge incumbent republican senator pat toomey in november's election. burkes county man under arrest, accused of beating his 8-year-old daughter. rodriguez was take noon custody this morning. police say his daughter told school officials that her father struck her with his fist and open hand earlier this month. officials say the girl had visible wounds and bruising on left side of her face. rodriguez is facing assault and other charges. a delaware county man accused of stabbing a man to death faced ayou judge told. the philadelphia police say the native stabbed colin to death.

two got into an argument over the new jersey devils cap this month. arraignment set for april 20th. that incident along with other violent crimes in and around rittenhouse square prompted a town hall meeting to address public safety. it's set for 7:00 p.m. tonight at the tenth presbyterian church. burns out shells all that remain of several mobile homes in the newark delaware trailer park. flames were the work of an arsonist and there's a big clue that tipped them off. tim furlong explains what they found that seemed amiss. >> all you saw was a bunch of black smoke. >> reporter: you saw it tuesday, today on the ground you sow what's left in the second of the trailer park after a nasty fire ripped through old, vacant trailers. >> all of a sudden the wind started picking up and continued

to pass on to the trailer to the right of it and then to the left, then to the trailer behind and the shed. >> reporter: officials say for the fifth time in the last year, somebody intentionally set fires here in the piece of the park that is vacant and ready for redevelopment and this time the fire marshall's office said the arsonist made very sure the hydrants department work. >> there was no water for them to put fires out. >> reporter: this is frustrating neighborhood for the local fire department. one way in and out. empty trailers, firefighters have to assume there might be somebody inside. they send firefighters in which puts them in unnecessary danger. >> we don't want injuries, we don't want civilian or emergency personnel injurieies. best thing to happen is for these not to happen. >> reporter: fighting the compl complex. the complex will be ordered to board up vacant trailers.

neighbors who take nice care of their homes want to know why the complex bulldoze the trailers. >> tear it down, get rid of. what are they waiting for? >> reporter: i tried to ask that question. employees referred me to a lawyer. if you have information, call police. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. with the clock ticking, atlantic city leaders want residents to rally against the proposed takeover by the state of new jersey. they urged the people of atlantic city to call lawmakers and voice their opposition. the state wanted to take over the finances of the struggling town. leaders admit help is needed but not if it means the state would strip ac of its sovereignty and allow assets like the water utility to be private sized. leaders want residents to have their voices heard. >> nothing like hearing from the voices and mouths of the people affected the most.

>> our independence to govern locally is the state. >> reporter: atlantic city will run out of money next friday without help from the state. government chris christie will only agree to a loan if it comes with a state takeover. governor is making it easier for homeless families to find a place to live in new jersey. governor christie met with several families and announced plans to issue 500 rental assistance vouchers to chronically homeless families in the state, 100 vouches are will help homeless veterans. programs are essential to helping families get back on their feet. >> i think it's allowed us make incredible progress in reducing homelessness in the state and giving people the hand up they need to break the cycle that housing instability gets them into. >> data shows the homeless population is trending down. . 2015, new jersey hat over 10,000 homeless people compared to nearly 12,000 the year before.

>> now to the latest on the investigation into last week's deadly terror attacks in belgium. officials say a laptop linked to the suicide bombers contained internet searches of the belgium prime minister's residence and office. however, officials say there are no specific indications that the prime minister was a direct target. according to reports, belgium authorities sent the fbi copies of the laptop hard drive to help with the investigation. this morning, a court in cyprus ordered an egyptian man should be held in custody for eight days pending an investigation into yesterday's plane hijacking. the 59-year-old man was arrested yesterday. officials described him as psychologically unstable. authorities say he admitted to hijacking an egypt air flight and forcing it to land in cyprus. >> the washington monument is back open for visits today. an elevator malfunction caused

the park service to shut it down yesterday. this is the eighth time since last may the monument's been forced closed because of elevator issue. no word on what led to the latest service disruption. >> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> yeah, big changeses here in the last 24 hours. a whole lot less wind. but it's colder. that's not going to last either because the 70s are coming back and the wind is coming back as well. maybe not as strong as the last couple of days but tomorrow's a windy day. and friday, too, also thunderstorms on friday. and then a cold blast coming later on during the weekend. next week's going to be colder than this week. blue in that sky now. flag, what a difference 24 hours makes. not blowing nearly as strong. the wind is south ten miles an hour now. 57 degrees in philadelphia, despite all of the sunshine.

60 in allentown, warm spot. look at this, 53 mt. pocono and 54 in west chester. not much of a difference there. 59 in bensalem, trenton, mt. holly. cool spot, atlantaic city, 50 degrees with the wind off of the cooler ocean. and as we go through the night tonight with the southerly wind temperature's not dropping very much. when it does drop, this evening it stops dropping and stays steady the rest of the night. nothing like the 37 in philadelphia this morning and 25 in some of the suburbs. that's because of the winds coming right out of the south. they're increasing somewhat. 10, 15 miles an hour in some areas, 18 mile an hour wind in wilmington. wind blowing pollen around as we go through the rest of the next 24 hours. it's high. until we get the rain. that knocks it down and over the weekend it's going to be jumping

back up. so it doesn't take much to get high this time of the year. we have a lot of sunshine today, high thin clouds. late this afternoon the closest rain getting into indiana. it's getting closer. it was in chicago earlier today. so it is approaching. tomorrow afternoon clouds approaching. but no showers. i expect it to stay dry until tomorrow night. then we get showers that could affect the friday morning rush, maybe even a thunderstorm then. but i expect breaks in the clouds on friday. a lot of temperatures shoot up through the 70s. maybe even 80 degrees in some spots. but then you get another round of showers later on during the day. pretty interesting day there. clear, not as cold. 45 for a low in philadelphia. 39 north and west. about 15 degrees warmer than it was last night. windy, much warmer tomorrow. highs in low 70s. 15 to 25-mile-an-hour-winds out

of the southwest. and look at that temperature for friday. 78 degrees. wound be surprised some place hit 80. but we've got thunderstorms coming. and the whole system may stall on saturday given a chance of rain especially delaware and south jersey. look at temperature drop for sunday and strong winds and it's pretty chilly next week. >> all right. all of this week, nbc 10 investigators are revealing what they have found about lead in our area. >> living with lead can be a serious problem for families with young children. today, our team follows the money trail. 4:30, how cash is being spent to get rid of lead and fix the problem before lead poisoning makes a child six. >> does your vision make you veer? the potential problem with your car. a first grade murder plot. alleged plan to poison a classmate that has several elementary students in trouble.

plus this -- grinches of easter caught on camera. how these thieves almost ruined one little boy's surprise from the easter bunny while the child was at church. first, a look at closing bell on wall street. positive day of gains across the board.

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>> this is nbc 10 news. >> florida family got an unexpected porch guest recently. this picture of a full-grown panther taken by a man in eat ft. myers. the big cat stayed about 20 minutes, laid down, before kind of saying, i'm out of here, and walked off. now the three shock stories around the country involving

children. we begin in alaska where a school suspend three first graders that were plotting to poison and kill a classmate. school officials say the three girls planned to do it using gel packets. the packets are not toxic but the school says students believed they were and discovered in the girls' lunchboxes. >> nebraska, the search is on for whoever left a possible bomb on a school play ground. the school called the bomb squad. it was made using a gas canister. it looked like someone tried lighting it but never went off. take a look at these thieves in california. swiping easter eggs from a 2-year-old boy with down syndrome. the parents planned an easter egg hunt on their lawn after church. a security camera captured two thieves. people throughout the community joined together to drop off a

bun. of easter goodies just for him. good that the community stepped up. nbc 10 investigators dedicated a month no researching lead in our area and how it impacts families. >> we meet another family dealing with the pain of lead poisoning and see how the state of new jersey is spending millions of dollars to keep kids safe. but what they found might make you mad. you don't have to go to paris to symbolize your love the tourist way. next, bridge in our area where people are leaving their love locks for everyone to see. bad news for your summer vacation. airports are warning passengers to expect much longer lines. we'll show you what's behind a backup new on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

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this is nbc 10 news. >> much of money meant to prevent lead poisoning has been raided in new jersey. nbc 10 investigators are spent last month investigating lead and discovered money was spent on pensions and salaries. lead poisoning can cripple a child's social skis and ability to learn. >> new jersey tried to be proactive and set aside tens of millions. why the state didn't stick to the plan, as he continues the investigation, "living with lead." >> reporter: she looks like any other 3-year-old. you'd nerve know audrey has lead poisoning. >> the hardest thing is i don't know what the symptom is. everything that happens i think ace symptom. >> reporter: she was exposed to lead before her first birthday.

testing traced the lead to their old rental home, pictures show paint chipping on the walls and stairway. no one told her there could be lead in the house. >> if i knew that that house had the lead paint i wouldn't have moved there at wall. >> reporter: kids like audrey across the state and cities from camden to atlantic city to trenton. new jersey has a nearly two-decade history of investigating lead poisoning. county boards of health remediated thousands of homes since late '90s and the number of lead poisoned children plummeted. but advocates say it's not good enough. >> we wait for a child to be poisoned and go in and fix the house. it like the canary in the coal mine, using children as lead detectors. >> reporter: in 2004, trying to get proactive, introducing a lead fund. going into a account to remove lead paint from homes but the nbc 10 investigators found

$420,000 in that account today. according to the office of legislative services $59.7 million meant to move lead has been moved to the general fund to pay for salaries and pengss. >> those funds are raided. >> reporter: the senate senator is trying to get money back. he helped build bipartisan support to put $10 billion back into the fund. government christie vetoed it. >> we're not going to do supplemental spending. >> reporter: when we asked the governor if he was concerned about the lead poisoned children in his state, his answer was blunt. >> first of all, if this is -- this has been an overdramatized issue. and the fact is that new jersey has a fund that helps to pay for this. >> this is about people dying, it's about brain damage. think is stuff that is irreparable. how can it be overblown? i don't care if it's 1 or 100.

>> reporter: no new jersey community more affect than senator ron rice's home of newark. together with senator drew, again trying to put millions into the lead hazard control fund. why do you think it's going to be different this time? >> this is a game of persistence. >> reporter: it's too late for kids like audrey. she'll live with lead for the rest of her life. >> it didn't have to happen. >> reporter: her mom hopes others don't have to. >> i don't think any child deserves for this to happen. >> new jersey didn't raid all of that lead remediation money. the state did spend $25 million actually getting lead out of 260 homes. >> we heard in your piece the mom did not know what to look for. does the symptom of lead poisoning show up like other illnesses. >> it's something you won't notice right away. a kid's body is avid for nutrients, they very much see lead as a nutrient. it gets in your bones, nevous system and there's no way to

know how they're going to react. tomorrow a closer look at the health impacts as we head up to lehigh valley where there's a lead cluster. a quarter of all kids tested have detectable levels of lead in their blood in lehigh county. >> if you're concerned, really important to talk to your doctor about this and get blood work? >> doctors say testing is the key. get your kids tested, know what you're dealing with so you can remove them from a situation if they are being lead poisoned. head up to skyforce 10 right now. the villanova wildcats boarding their plane. they are almost airborne for houston. of course wildcats heading there for the final four the team just gotten on this plane as we understand it, is that correct? yeah. they just made it from the bus on to that xtra airways

jetliner. await the take-off on the march to victory, villanova heading to houston. skyforce 10 providing us live pictures. we'll update you on their journey. philadelphia landmark ready for a face-lift. tacony library closingite doors so a major project can get under way, slated to reopen this summer. tacony library originally opened 1110 years ago. an i-295 overpass. already more than 100 gold and silver locks on the fence. instagram users posted photos. some have names, others have dates. many hand written and others are engraved. the idea is to symbolize ever lasting love and it's a closer option if you can't travel to paris. now the bridge in paris is famous for the same thing. last summer the weight of the

locks were blamed for a big collapse in fencing. june, city workers had to remove 45 tons of the locks. new jersey is honoring a group of veterans with the state's highest military medal. it presented 15 vets with the new jersey distinguished service medal today. the veterans are from atlantic, gloucester counties. some serve recent tours, others are veterans. what do you want to be when you grow up? a chance to think about what they want to be later on. career day, mayor jim kenney and president jerry jordan greeted guest speakers. the two spoke to a couple of second grade classes. little boy's beloved dog getting a special award helping his owner.

>> how this pooch is proving that he really is man's best friend. moving meal time from the cafeteria to the classroom. what impact that has on what children eat while at school. >> villanova has done it! >> they were underdogs who became national champions. coming up at 5:00, catch up with one of the players from that 1985 team what happen he remembers about that moment and how he's still involved in villanova athletics today.

♪ ♪ light & fit, 15 delicious flavors, each 80 calories. try to beat that! this is nbc 10 news. >> new study says middle aged black women could be at greater risk for heart disease. researchers at university of pittsburgh studied nearly 400 women in early 50s and found black women with elevated levels of c-reactive protein were more

likely to have calcified arteries. black women menopausal women may benefit from routine testing to determine the heart disease risk. more kids take advantage of free school breakfasts when the meals are offered in classroom as opposed to cafeteria. new york public schools decided to give that option of classroom breakfast to remove the stig na of going to the cafeteria. participation went from 25% to 80%. a pooch from pennsylvania receiving some national attention. going to meet chopstick. made milk bones list of dogs who changed the world. the four-legged partner of a fifth grader, colin has muscular dystrophy but chopstick is his best buddy. chopstick helps with physical needs like retrieving items he may drop, alerting his family when colin has trouble getting

up. look at them together. great partnership. >> we're all big dog people. ever find yourself squinting behind the wheel at night like you can't see as well as you would like to? >> a new study shows it may not be you. next, results that reveal why your car may be to blame. glenn? >> plus, tracking dramatic changes ahead out side. talking about a big warm-up and storms next.

how well are your headlights working? >> many aren't working as well as they should. new study by the insurance statute for highway safety looked at 30 vehicles and found one, toyota prius 5 that had headlights that could illuminate

30 feet ahead. the study points out, nearly half of all traffic deaths happen when it's dark out. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it got dark last night, the temperature plunged. tonight when it gets dark it's not going to drop much. that's setting us up for temperatures in the 70s coming back tomorrow. friday thunderstorms, as a cold front comes in and then that's going to set us up for a cold blast that's going come in sunday, not saturday, sunday. we've had a lot of sunshine today. high, thin clouds coming in now. but wind much, much less, south of ten miles an hour. 57 degrees right now in philadelphia. right around average for this time of the year. 70 on monday. 59 yesterday. so far around 58 today.

72 tomorrow. and then 78 on friday. could be one or two spots to get up to the 80-degree mark. look what happens tonight. we drop down into the upper 40s and stay there for the rest of the night. it's not go up a little bit. that's a sign of the atmosphere warming up when you have clear skies. why is it warming up? wind's coming from the southwest. look at these temperatures. 71 in cincinnati. 76 degrees in nashville. it doesn't take much of a wind to bring 70 gruyere this way. high, thin clouds here. fairly sunny day out. clouds thicken up in ohio and here comes rain in indiana. whole system is strengthening now, moisture from the gulf of mexico getting into the act. you can see clouds increase during the day tomorrow but staying dry. not until tomorrow night do we

see showers, maybe thunderstorms come through during morning rush on friday as a possibility. when that goes through, it's warm, already in the 60s. get a little sunshine. the temperature shoots up through the 70s. maybe near 80. and another round of showers maybe thunderstorms comes toward the afternoon rush. st then we dry out but perhaps that may be temporary. here's another model that's coming in. could be a wintry mix in a couple of spots tuesday. this is the rain on saturday lingering in southern portions of the area. that's what we're going to have to watch for a part of the weekend. clear, not as cold tonight. 45 for the low in philadelphia. 39 north and west. nowhere near as cold. remember, 25 in many areas this morning. windy, much warmer during the

day tomorrow. high temperatures in the low 70s. getting gusty in the afternoon. gusty and thunderstorms on friday. maybe a couple of rounds of that. chance of rain, southern sections. delaware, south jersey, lower temperatures. and then it really gets cold and windy sunday. setting us upper to chilly weather. nova nation now. freshman phenom, big part of the driving force behind the villanova success. >> a send-off before the big send-off. the player who had strong local ru roots and a massive cheering section. live look at plane that will take nova's star studded team to houston for the final four. the players boarded 4:30. that plane scheduled to lift-off any minute. another update coming up.

houston, here we come. villanova's march to victory already ready to head south. we are looking live from philadelphia international airport where the men's basketball team has already boarded this plane. ready to leave in just a few minutes. it's off to texas to take on oklahoma in the final four saturday night. villanova has played oklahoma already this season, losing badly. but the cats are a much different team at this point of the year. >> one of the reasons is the development of a freshman, young man whose connections to our area is strong. nbc 10's lauren mayk has the story. >> reporter: excitement is overflowing at great valley high

school. >> let's go, nova. >> reporter: all of it surrounds emergence of one of their own, mikal bridges. >> always a popular student here, homecoming king senior year. >> what makes mikal special is his character. >> reporter: bridges is the redshirt freshman who's come off the bench to give the cats a huge lift but it isn't surprising anyone who watched him at great valley high school, they knew bridges was a special player and person. >> he was incredibly humble. he was the kind of kid that when he would pass you in the hallway always say hi ja the biggest part his support from his family. his parents will be in houston and his mother's heart will be overflowing with emotion. >> how amazing is it that your son and his team, his brothers, going to play in a stage as big as this one? it's like no other. i'm so excited. >> bridges to the basket. he'll jam it down.

>> reporter: bridges remains close with many folks. he texted his old a.d. and coach after every game. >> i said it before, i will say again, i'm so proud of you. congrats. we'll take later in the week. oh, you made the foul shot? lol, of course, had to make that. ready? nice. >> reporter: it's that connection that has everyone hoping bridges and the cats cut down the net as national champion. >> when the stars are starting to align, i truly believe the team that they put together are local here na shamty, they're special kids. i think something special will happen. >> awesome. bridges and villanova they are marching to victory, final four and nbc 10 will be with them every step of the way. sending our reporters to

houston. john clark's already there. his live reports begin tonight at 6:00. >> in men tiantime -- >> guess what? talking villanova right now. waiting for the team to take off for houston. >> the airport where the wildcats have already boarded their plane. show you the wild send-off on campus next at 5:00. >> and we're going to see a nice warm-up in the forecast as we go into tomorrow. even friday. also talking about some thunderstorms. i'll show you how warm and the timing on the rain coming up. new controversy surrounding donald trump. his comments on abortion and. >> reporter: pro-life groups are calling it completely out of touch next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. for years, i was a laboratory chemist,

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a live picture of the team's plane in philadelphia international airport. we'll keep an eye on the picture. and show you when they take off. right now, though, let's go to my alma mater's campus. >> rosemary connors was there for the big send-off. we mean big. >> very big. we couldn't have asked for a better afternoon in terms of the weather. it's sunny, windy, but i checked with philly international, operations are normal to the flight shouldn't have problems getting off. this afternoob, was a sea of excited fans, incredible show of support and school spirit. there were alumni here who graduated in years past, current students and wanted to make sure the teams knew how much and how important and special this is for the school. >> reporter: as if they were in the stands at saturday's big game, the fans gave the