unanswered questions. tonight, we learned the suspect is cherie amoore. nbc 10 was outside the courtroom as she arrived to face kidnapping charges, now sitting in jail on a $500,000 bond. amoore told police she lost a baby earlier this year and when she saw the victim's child she only wanted to hold her son again. police still trying to confirm if that story is true. for the mother of the kidnapped child this all started as what seemed to be a routine encounter with another mother. >> before she knew it her baby was gone. she described the terrifying moments to aundrea cline-thomas. she joins us with more. >> reporter: today malika hunter tells me she is grateful for the support because she knows this could have turned out much worse. >> i'm so glad he is in my arms. i didn't know what the outcome of that situation was going to be. >> reporter: today the 7 week

old has no idea of all that he's been through. >> i prayed. i prayed and prayer works. >> reporter: the infant was abducted from the king of prussia mall last night. police shared this video of the suspect leaving the mall with a baby in her arms. it's a woman the mother said she met earlier in the day at a jewelry store. >> she was so polite, nice and calm and energetic. she was like the normal every person. >> hunter says the woman asked about the baby and they bonded over being new mothers. >> she was just -- just had a new baby and the father is in the military so that puts all the work on her. it was relatable. she ain't been out in a while. >> she said the conversation continued in the food court while hunter was helping her 2-year-old son, the other woman took the baby. >> when i realized it was really happening, it was like my heart

would bust open at any moment. i could hit that floor. it was the worst feeling ever felt in my life. >> reporter: the family tells me they actually believe that the suspect bathed the baby and gave him new pajamas. they believe that the suspect showed off the baby to her family members. so why did this happen? that's the question police are still trying to answer. >> cherie amoore is in jail. deanna durante has been following the investigation. she was in the courtroom as amoore faced kidnapping charges. did she have anything to say? >> reporter: not when she walked into court, no. according to police and these court documents she told them a lot as she was interviewed after her arrest. things like i was crazy, i didn't go to the mall to steal a baby, and i'm sorry. >> no apology?

>> reporter: amoore shakes her head no. inside district court her sobs could be heard through a closed door. when she saw her family she immediately said i'm sorry. the woman is now in jail on a $500,000 bail. >> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steal a baby. she also told investigators that she gave birkt to a baby boy on february 11 which died a few hours later. we have not been able to confirm any of that story. >> reporter: police say they will look into the records and claims of pregnancy. we found two baby registries on line with items appearing to be for a baby boy. >> she had on line a baby registry for december. she tells it was february. was she ever pregnant? the kidnapping happened last night as a family shopped. amoore befriended the family and tagged along, joining them in the food court and offering to hold the baby. at first the request was

refused. p then amoore offered to help the mother while she tended to her son. that's when she snatched the baby. the video shows the woman leaving the mall and she changed his clothe and they found his orange onesy. we went back to the scene of the arrest, there was no sign of any one associated with amoore including her boyfriend. >> again on the baby registries amoore lists a man as being part of that baby registry. we have not tracked him down of it she was unable to post her cash bail today but was represent bid a public defender. no word if she is going to hire a private attorney. the suspect was in tears as she appeared in court. the suspect's mother was also there. >> she is renee amoore, a well known figure in pennsylvania politics and brandon hudson continues our team coverage now with that part of the story. >> reporter: jim and rosemary,

emotional scene in court. we saw another side of the suspect's mom as she was crying inside the courtroom. last hour we told you cherie amoore's mom is well kekconnect the state chair of the republican party. >> renee amoore and the pastor wouldn't answer questions leaving the district court, except to say they are praying for cherie and the kidnapped baby's family. it's an emotional 24 hours for the family too. it started when police say cherie kidnapped a baby at the king of prussia mall. just before officers brought her to court, we asked renee for a comment. >> as per pastor to keep her in prayer and keep the other family in prayer as well. >> reporter: a question that is yet to be answered, why a young woman from a well-known family would be charged in stealing a baby. we know renee is the deputy chair of pennsylvania's republican party. i asked if renee amoore's

political status had any influence on cherie. her attorney said it did not. live in king of prussia, brandon hudson, "nbc 10 news." >> surveillance video from the king of prussia mall helped police track down the suspect. coming up we watch that surveillance video with a security expert. we'll get his take on what happened and his thoughts on security at the mall, plus, he has an important lesson -- message for parents, what your children should always be wearing to keep them safe. >> nbc 10 was the first to alert you about this kidnapping, if you want to get breaking news as it happens download the nbc 10 app. right now nbc 10 is tracking rain and possible storms. right there on the first alert radar. >> nbc 10 meteorologist sheena parveen is joining us again wp the latest on these approaching showers. >> you know, one of the storms became severe in lancaster county but everyone is seeing or

almost everyone still seeing clear skies, now we're seeing increasing clouds. if you're in lancaster county you're seeing heavy rain, severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00 p.m. this storm is moving quickly so i think it will be out of lancaster county pretty soon. heavy rain moving into chester county soon. but the most severe part of this thunderstorm is moving to the northeast. so, in areas like exiter, 525, approaching pottstown 5:31. limerick, knife:37. parts into berks county, with this 60-mile-an-hour winds, lightning, heavy rain and the potential for small hail. it also to the south this whole thing is moving to the northeast the line itself is moving from west to east, the storms within this line moving to the northeast so if we track the line itself, coatesville you can expect by 5:27, phoenixville 5:45 and westchester closer to 5:50. so these storms will be moving toward the i-95 corridor and

eventually into the philadelphia area. a little bit farther down to the south to the west of baltimore we still have more showers and storms trying to develop. there, we'll be watching that as we go through the rest of the evening. right near heller town in the lehigh valley across 78, we're seeing the heavy rain richland, upper bucks couldn't and we also have heavy showers here but the most severe with the strongest winds that's in lancaster county soon into chester and parts of berks county. that's what we have now. we expect these to continue to hold on to their strength as we go through the rest of this evening. so we'll be watching those moving through the major interstates here soon from wilmington to trenton. look at thech things, 80 in philadelphia. 78 in wilmington. this is going to help these storms stay alive as they move through. again we have storm tins forecast for this evening. clearing later on but more rain moves in for part of the weekend. then really windy and gets much colder, by sunday we'll take a look at the rest of the forecast

coming up. let's head south now to houston, texas. we're over 24 hours from villanova's march to victory and the final four. >> keith jones is live in houston where more villanova fans have started to arrive. keith. >> reporter: that's right. this is a watch party here, i want to look behind me right now, yeah, there it is, the villanova alumni association sign. about two hours or so they are all going to start pouring in here, thousands made the trip from philadelphia, new jersey, delaware, and we've got a lot to look forward to live here in houston. coming up at 6:00 i'll bring you a story about one of the oldest villanova fans who made the trip and also at 7:00 you can watch our one-hour special, villanova, march to victory, comcast sports john clark is going to join me here as this party is taking place to bring you behind the scenes here. for now, keith jones. >> have you run into your classmates? >> reporter: of course. you know, some former student

managers of mine about five or six of them are actually down here now to watch the game, coming up on saturday. i'm going to touch base with them. when we get off the clock. we're republicaning and gunning like crazy. >> sure. find some time to reunite like old times. >> of course. barbecue and tex-mex. >> there you go. good food there. >> the presidential campaign trail is heating up in pennsylvania. >> both ted cruz and john kasich came to the key stone state. their message for voters and each other. >> before pennsylvania voters go to the polls in wisconsin, why the political pundits say it could be a turning point for the trump campaign.

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now to our decision 2016 coverage. republican presidential hopeful john kasich and ted cruz are trying to drum up support in pennsylvania with less than four weeks until p.a.'s primary. kasich spoke at the leadership conference in harrisburg this afternoon. the event is pennsylvania's largest gathering of conservatives. earlier he held a town hall at the antique automobile museum in hershey. there kasich ramped up his criticism of the other candidates, especially cruz. >> problem with senator cruz he has no record. his record is shutting down the government and making everybody he works with upset. maybe he ought to talk about what he's for going forward,

because what he has been for in the past hasn't worked. >> kasich was born in the pittsburgh area, he campaigned in villanova the day after winning the ohio primary. today cruz also spoke at the same council, this was his first campaign appearance in pennsylvania. the state's primary is april 26. next week democratic candidate hillary clinton will campaign in pennsylvania, planning events in philly and pittsburgh on wednesday but no further details yet. the former secretary of state rallied this afternoon in syracuse, new york. pennsylvania and delaware both have their primaries on april 26, voter registration has closed in pennsylvania but folks in delaware have until tomorrow to register for the primary. the latest survey of voters in wisconsin finds ted cruz surging past donald trump as brian mooar tells us the state's primary on tuesday could give cruz the life line his campaign needs to stay alive. >> reporter: a few days ago

donald trump seemed to see a clear path to the gop nomination. >> i'm going to be in wisconsin. the whole week. because if we win wisconsin, it's like going to be over, pretty much orver. >> reporter: it's not over. trump was nowhere to be seen in the badger state today after a week filled with high profile stumbles. the latest polls are right ted cruz is headed for a key victory tuesday and anti-trump republicans will be one step closer to their goal, an open convention in july. >> what we cannot do is turn off wide swaths of the electorate, women, hispanic, african-americans and that's what donald trump will do. >> reporter: cruz and john kasich are sharpening attacks on each other. >> if ted cruz's mouth is moving he's lying. >> and while kasich denounced this super pac ad attacking cruz he offered his most pointed critique yet. >> the problem with senator cruz is he has no record, his record

is shutting down the government and making everybody he works with up set. >> reporter: upset is something that hillary clinton cannot afford in new york where she is far ahead in the polls. but bernie sanders holds the lead in wisconsin, a state that's giving new hope to underdogs from both parties. brian mooar, n"nbc 10 news." chris christie is returning to late night television, a guest on "the tonight show" tonight. he appeared on the show last summer you recall not long after he announced a run for president. christie suspended his campaign in february but has since thrown his support behind donald trump. you can catch the tonight show with jimmy fallon at 11:30 right after "nbc 10 news" at 11. a predicted tumble in temperatures next week could harm new jersey's fruit and vegetable crops so the department of agriculture is allowing farmers to protect their fields with controlled burns.

farmers may use special torch through april 5. if you are near wilmington this weekend think pink. the cherry blossoms at brandywine park could peak on saturday or sunday. even if it you were thes cold park officials say the blossoms will be at the height of beauty. in philadelphia's fairmount park, that's several weeks earlier than usual. it's also before the annual cherry blossom festival on april 11. officials say their trees will have blooms until mid april. >> if you check out the cherry blossoms or other weekend plans you want to know about the weather. >> changes on the way. let's check in with sheena parveen. >> rain and thunderstorms and this weekend if you are going to go out keep in mind it is going to get very windy across the area. i'll talk about that in a second. we have showers and storms moving through, we still have the one severe thunderstorm mostly now confined to eastern parts of lancaster county. it is quickly moving into

chester county and berks county until 6 p.m. we've seen the area of the severe storm getting trimmed but it is approaching parts of chester county now. coatesville on the edge of that heavy rain. it's mostly moving to the northeast, around about 60 miles an hour. this is a fast-moving thunderstorm. so pottstown you can expect by 5:33, limerick 5:42. and norristown closer to 6:00. so a lot of heavy rain in this thunderstorm, but again, it's a quick mover. winds could gust near 60 miles an hour. those are damaging wind speeds, also some lightning possible, heavy rain and the potential for small hail. we'll watch this one as it continues moving mostly from west to east. and it has a little bit of a northeast motion too so i think some of that will move into upper montgomery county here soon too. also more showers and storms trying to develop to the west of baltimore, and this whole area is going to come together and move into the philadelphia area soon too. now we're looking at parts of

upper bucks county, heavy rain here, richland seeing rachblt we have heavy downpours and it's pretty gusty outside. winds are gusting near 30 miles an hour through parts of the area. along with these storms moving through and the warm temperatures near 80 degrees, it's going to help these storms hold together into the philadelphia area a little after 6:00 this evening. so, in the next hour or so, we should see storms in the philadelphia area. this is future weather, these storms are going to continue to move up the i-95 corridor by about 6:00 p.m. even areas around wilmington could see showers or storms by then. 7:00 p.m., most of the rain should be confined into new jersey, maybe even delaware at that point. but later on tonight a lot of this will be clearing out. now we go into your weekend and some rain starts to move back in. this is saturday morning we're looking at now. some showers moving into new jersey and delaware, some of that could certainly move into the philadelphia area. so we'll be watching that closely to start your weekend. even by the middle of the day

saturday, models have been pretty consistent with bringing rain back in from offshore. we're going to see developing storm system so that's going to increase our winds as we go later in the day saturday and early monday. we have a high wind watch out for saturday into early sunday, mostly later in the day saturday, winds could be gusting from 50 to 60 miles an hour. those are damaging wind gusts, these are the types of wind that we do see in severe thunderstorms that end up causing damage. so, it is going to get windy right over the middle part of your week so keep that in mind. don't be surprised. it's going to be very gusty. then we'll get colder on top of that into sunday. tonight early showers each thunderstorms around temperatures staying in about the mid to low 50s. tomorrow to start the weekend showers, mostly new jersey and delaware but again the philadelphia area i think seeing some rain too. high winds start to develop later in the day tomorrow, high temperatures only about the mid to low 60s. so tomorrow you'll notice it will get cooler. by sunday morning lows in the

30s, afternoon highs only in the upper 40s, it's going to be colder the second half of the weekend and we start the work week next week with morning lows in the 30s, we'll have a sorm system moving in later monday that will be mostly rain, then overnight into early tuesday we could see some of that turn into a wintry mix, maybe with snow showers. >> don't say that. all right, thanks, sheena. you text, you drive, you pay. that's the warning tonight from law enforcement where police will be cracking down coming up.

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see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. we have new information now on the deadly shooting of a state trooper at the richmond, virginia greyhound bus station yesterday. police say the gunman james brown iii had more than 140 rounds of ammunition with him yesterday. police say surveillance video showed him encounter trooper chad dermeyer. and then brown pulled out handgun and killed dermeyer. after two troopers shot and killed brown. the troopers were there for a training exercise. a police strike is keeping brussels airport closed. the airport shut down last week because of the deadly terror attacks there, police walked out calling security after the bombings inadequate. the airport made repairs and

planned to partly reopen tonight. suicide bombers targeted the airport and a subway station killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens more. family members said final good bye to the two dutch siblings killed in the attacks. the funerals for alexander and sasha were held tip netherlands. the brother and sister lived in new york and headed back to the u.s. when the bombers hit the airport. demolition began today at the site of an historic center city apartment building that was seriously damaged by fire earlier this year. you can see sky force 10 was over 2122 locust street. not everything at the site will be torn down. the exterior walls will remain in place while the interior is removed. dozens of fire trucks with more than 100 firefighters responded to the four-alarm blaze in january. investigators say the fire was not intentionally set. no one was hurt. so how does a kidnapper get

close enough to take a baby from a mall? >> that's the question after a woman walked off with an infant from the king of prussia mall. we watch the surveillance video from the mall with a security expert. we'll get his take on what happened. plus, he has an important message for parents. why did it take hours for a amber alert to be issued? we asked police that question next on "nbc 10 news" at 5:00.

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>> >> want to go to sky force 10. what you're looking at is the aftermath of a pedestrian hit by a police car. this is in spring garden in the 600 block of north broad street. we're told this pedestrian suffered some head injuries and that a medic is on the way as we look down at the scene, all we see are police cars there. don't see evidence of an ambulance or that pedestrian right now. again, northbound broad street we should also tell you is shut down because of this incident involving a police car that hit a pedestrian in the 600 block of north broad in center city. in spring garden. also tonight, nbc 10 with new developments on the woman accused of kidnapping a newborn from the king of prussia mall. police say cherie amoore confessed to taking the child and told investigators it was an out of body experience. police say amoore told them that she had a baby in february but

that her son died hours later. police are not sure if she was pregnant. they are trying to confurm that. right now she is being held on $500,000 cash bail at the montgomery county prison. the question many people have been asking is how could this happen? today nbc 10's aundrea cline-thomas spoke with the mother. >> she says she has never been to the mall before and she thought it would be a way to get fresh air with her newborn and toddler. >> she was saying she was depressed and wanted to get out and something i could relate to. my other child was beside me but he was cranky and crying because he was ready to go. he'd beenen the mall all day. he was sleepy. i was trying to comfort that one while he was -- and when i turned my back for a second i didn't even have a chance to wipe the food off his face and my son was gone. >> the search lasted five hours,

and the baby was safely returned to her mom -- to his mom. when they found the baby he had been given a bath and new pajamas. >> it could have happened to almost any mother. >> lauren mayk is joining us with a closer look how this all unfolded and what can be done to keep the public safe. >> this was all out in the open, a very busy mall. you probably have been there. let me show you this is the plaza side here. let me walk you through what police tell us happened. they were over here when the mother tells police that she and her family met with suspect who struck up a conversation. they were here in front of the pandora, then walked over this way. the family starts to walk away. the mom says that the woman followed them and eventually end up here over at the food court that you saw. and that's when police say the woman picked up the baby and went upstairs, that's not very far away from the food court here but went up the stairs here

and then what happened next is what you have seen here on this surveillance video. this is an outside camera that catches this as the suspect walks out with this baby. so, this is such an important image and we went to take a closer look at why we have it. >> inside the cameras are all around, we noticed them today at king of prussia mall. it's one outside that caught a key image that helped bring a little boy home. >> this camera is up top covering the exit. >> michael hall is owner of engage security and a former police officer. >> probably would be surprised at how many cameras there are in a mall, and the banks of cameras and the people who are looking at them. >> we watched the surveillance video released by sles ples. >> when a security professional looks it's never good enough for us. we're like my god i want that to be clear but it was good enough. got the job done. >> good video is key. and he tells me this image can

be helpful both in identifying a suspect and in building a case. >> she clearly has it in her possession. you can see what she has on, you can see what the baby or the image of the baby has. >> for parents that's why he says it's important to have an updated photo of your child and fingerprints or footprints. parents, malls and police hope they never have to encounter this, but hall was impressed. >> this is definitely a success. and so they did a lot of things right. >> that security expert has one more tip for parents. the one thing your child should always be wearing -- shoes. he said an abductor will probably change the child's clothes but maybe not the shoes. it is one more thing that can help police. lauren mayk, "nbc 10 news." >> never have thought of that. a lot of people say they didn't receive an amber alert about the baby's abduction until hours

after the infant went missing. police responded around 5:43 but the amber alert wasn't sent until around 9:30, nearly four hours difference. an executive producer here recorded this video when he got the alert on his cell phone. the time on the phone shows 9:38. last night. today the police chief was asked what took so long. >> i know that the amber alert went out through the police department went out to all surrounding jurisdictions in montgomery county went out in the first few minutes. >> the chief said authorities are looking into why it took so long for some people to receive that alert. and nbc 10 was the first to alert you about this kidnapping. if you want to get breaking news as it happens, you should download the nbc 10 app. >> right now at 5:00, nbc 10 is tracking rain and possible storms. right here on the first alert radar. they seem to be getting closer. >> some of that is moving into

our area? >> yes, you can see our skyline has changed outside. if you saw the sun shine a little bit ago in the philadelphia area you're not seeing it now. we have storms quickly approaching. these are the ones we were trauking earlier in lancaster county. they were severe thunderstorms but either way at this point not technically severe but still strong over pottstown heavy rain, moving into upper montgomery county, also near coatesville and across 76 here in parts of chester county. this is heavy rain shown by the red and precip rates are a little over five inches an hour possibly. that's radar indicated precip rates. they are not sitting in one spot for an hour. they are moving pretty quickly so i don't expect that we could see any type of flooding from this. certainly heavy rain in a short period of time could cause some localized flooding. this line is mostly moving to the east and northeast. very quickly around about 50 to 60 miles an hour. it's a quick mover. norristown expect by 5:49,

wilmington near 6:00. philadelphia, a little after 6:00 p.m. and trenton closer to 6:20. that line is going to be moving again into the major interstates, just around the time of the evening commute. so we do have a lot of heavy rain in this direction. we're also watching more showers right around baltimore and those are still moving in our direction. temperatures, though, are warm enough to be supporting the rain. upper bucks county now where we're looking a lot of the rain has moved out but still moderate to heavy showers around bedminster. we go through the rest of the evening here is future weather. we continue watching the rain move through, and as we go into 6:00 p.m. still scattered showers, even thunderstorms possible, some of these could be strong and we're still looking at potentially heavy rainfall and gusty winds. we'll take a closer look at the rest of the forecast with the storms for this evening. and also more rain as we go into your weekend. >> right now 5:00, a shooting in a wilmington bar early this morning killed a man and injured another. happened inside the shades of blue bar and grill on governor

prince boulevard. police say they arrived to find a crowd outside the bar just after it happened but the suspect had run off. anyone with information should call police. right now at 5, manufacturing plant in berks county will be moving out of the area, and taking more than 300 jobs with it. the teleflex plant plans to suspend operations by the end of 2018. the company is based in wayne and makes medical products, more than 100 jobs will be moved to mexico and the czech republics, other jobs to north carolina, some to wayne. >> word of a detour starting tonight. penndot is closing a bridge for the next five months. the walnut lane bridge in blue bell park closes to traffic at 7:00 tonight, crews will be replacing the concrete deck and side blocks it's expected to reopen in early september. and while it's closed traffic will be over wissahickon and henry avenue.

septa route 65 will begin its detour at 6:00 tonight. wilmington's new $155 million budget includes good news nor taxpayers. wilmington mayor dennis williams says it will not include a tax hike. to do that he is proposing eliminating five vacant positions and will transfer funds to cover a more than $5 million increase in employee health care costs. >> the plan for a large wawa and rite aid is on track. yesterday the town's planning commission approved the deal which includes tearing down seven businesses to make room. construction could start early next winter. nbc 10 is following villanova's march to victory. john clark is live in houston for the final four. hey, john. >> reporter: yeah, hey, temple can help out villanova in the tournament in the final four. coming up the story of a former temple owl coached up his son for villanova and he is here reliving every step of the way

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>> the fight against the zika virus took center stage in atlanta, hundreds of scientists and doctors came together for a zika summit. it's a coordinated effort to get prevention plans in place as mosquito season approaches. experts are most concerned about women who are pregnant. zika has been linked to severe birth defects. >> a new case of ebola has surfaced in liberia. occasional flare-ups of the disease should be expected. they insist that ebola is no longer an international health emergency but ebola killed more than 11,000 people. mostly in sierra leone and guinea. >> we have storms across the area right now, coming up i'll show you where these are heading, some more rain as we go into your weekend and high winds and cold temperatures heading

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hundreds will hit the streets in philadelphia to help people blood cancers. it kicks off at the navy yard tomorrow. here is a live look at the navy yard. walkers raise money for research and for those who need life saving bone marrow transplants. new volunteers will be invited to join the registry with a simple swab of their cheek. >> race is on for 2016 marathon bibs, registration for the full november race opened this morning. if you hurry you can save 20 buckings. the fires 500 pay $85 a bib. after that it goes up over time topping out at $125. and speaking of racing we're

a month away from another big race in the city, the 10-mile run and on may 1 you can watch it live here on nbc 10. more than 100 villanova students set off from the school today to join the men's basketball team on their march to victory. they boarded buses dressed in their nova blue. first stop a chartered flight at philadelphia international, then on to houston to cheer on the wildcats in the final four. >> and john clark is live in houston for us. plenty of company there for you, john. >> reporter: yeah, we're at the site of an alumni association party for villanova. i'm sure it's going to get going in a bit. how about this, former temple owl rick brunson would have liked nothing better than get his son to go to temple but jalen, his goal was to pick a school where he had a best chance of getting to the final

four. he chose villanova and i would say it paid off. >> i don't think it's hit me yet. i've been so like stone cold and serious about it but it hasn't hit me that i'm in the final four. >> being a father watching his son play and making it this far, i never dreamed this. >> rick made it to the elite eight playing for temple in the 90s. his son jalen made the final four in his freshman year, and rick is here watching every step of the way. >> i really don't enjoy it. i am so nervous. >> rick was a dad and a coach to jalen growing up. there was a lot of tough love. he got on jalen like his old coach john cheney rode him. >> probably be tougher than i was, you know. >> really. >> oh, yeah. coach broke me. jalen, he got that inside. >> he's very tough on me.

as of lately understanding how hard. i think it prepared me. >> rick was cut by nba teams a half dozen times, twice by the sixers. he did not want jalen to have to go through that. but jalen wants to walk in his dad's foot steps. >> i seen how hard it is. i mean it's something i love, i don't want to just give up. something he didn't give up. so trying to follow a path of my dad went down. >> reporter: and rick brunson continues to send texts to his son and showed us some of those. one of them said, turn off your phone, only answer calls from me and your mom, and go win a national championship. good parenting advice. turn off your phone. john clark in houston, we'll see you in a half hour with more. >> yes, john. but is he listening, that's the question. >> reporter: yeah. he is. don't worry. >> probably from his dad he is.

john, see you in a bit. much more on villanova's march to victory. john and keith jones will host a one-more special live from houston at 7:00 tonight only on nbc 10. >> we got a severe thunderstorm warning for upper bucks county. here is a look at the line of storms moving through from chester county through bucks county now and they are quickly organizing so we have one strong thunderstorm upper bucks county, severe thunderstorm warning until 6:15. there you see the heavy rain lightning this storm really organizing and growing quickly on the doorstep of richland, buckingham as well. this is heavy rain so with the severe thunderstorm winds near 60-mile-an-hour, or possible, that's also damaging wind. lightning very heavy rain and hail. that's what we have in this storm now. so here is moving right across 476, moving into bucks county

here. precip rates over 5 inches an hour. the good thing is it's not going to sit in this area for one hour but this shows you how heavy the rainfall is. we're seeing more and more lightning strikes in this storm. again, it's moving mostly to the northeast so into upper bucks county but moving quickly near about 50, 60 miles an hour. it is crossing over the major interstate with heavy rain. visibility most likely very low in these areas right now so not good traveling across 476 through upper bucks and upper montgomery county. it's moving to the northeast. bedminster, 5:59 and buckingham by 6:04. and we're talking about the worst part of this storm in those areas by that time. here is a look at the hail inside the storm. this is going to be moving over 476. pretty much is right now. but we could be seeing hail in this storm over an inch an hour. so this is a very strong thunderstorm moving through upper montgomery county, into parts of upper bucks county. heavy rain, lightning and hail

with this storm. aside from that we have other storms we're watching in chester county. this is pretty heavy rain with the red and orange and yellow around phoenixville, pottstown, this crosses over 76 here in chester county. so very heavy rainfall in chester county with this area of storms too. and this line is really moving mostly to the east and northeast. so norristown you can expect it close to 6:00 p.m. philadelphia right around 6:20. so the timing on this has been fairly consistent moving into the philadelphia area. closer to 6:20. and trenton closer to 6:30. all of these thunderstorms we'll be watching through the next couple hours. aside from that more to the north of baltimore so we're not going to be done yet. all these will be moving into the i-95 corridor very soon here. and we'll be tracking them as we go through the rest of the evening. closer look again, upper bucks county there you see it the severe thunderstorm warning, very heavy rain, lightning, gusty winds near 60 miles an hour, small hail and bedminster right on the doorstep of that.

we're going to continue to see this move into these areas. here is a look at future weather. we're going to continue with the storms in the forecast over the next few hours. this is 7:00 p.m. showers and storms still around the philadelphia area at that point and also points north and west like montgomery, bucks county, mercer county. and by 8:00 p.m. we could see lingering showers or storms but for the most part a lot of this will start to die down. then we go through tonight and early tomorrow. look at all of the rain moving up as we go into your saturday morning. so, just keep in mind more rain in the forecast starting off your week. as we go into saturday night and sunday, high wind watches out for the area, so we have gusty winds potentially damaging winds late saturday into early sunday. could be gusting near 60 miles an hour. tonight, though, we still have showers and storms, clearing late, tomorrow early rain and then the high winds start to develop later in the day tomorrow. high temperatures cooler tomorrow around 63 degrees, and

we're colder on sunday, 48 but again, those winds could be damaging late saturday into early sunday. next week, a lot of stuff in this forecast. we could see a wintry mix early tuesday. >> lester holt joining us from the studios in new york. >> what's coming up on nightly news? >> tonight we're going to talk about chicago seeing its most violent start of the year in decades, a man appears to have captured his own shooting on his cell phone. we're going to look at what's happening in that city. arsenic in baby rice cereal, it's tiny amounts, we'll tell you why the fda worries it could be too much. a look at what could be driving late night shopping binges on line when we see you coming up for "nbc nightly news." >> we'll see you then. it is something that you may do behind the wheel every day. >> but if you get caught this month, police will be looking to 3wu69 you. we'll have details on a new crackdown next at 5.

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it's illegal in new jersey to text and drive and police say there is a solution to the problem. >> you got to cans your phone, pull over. answer your phone. when you're done, pull back out. safely. that's the safest and best way to do it. >> fines for texting and driving in new jersey run from 200 to $500. the campaign lasts through april 21. so what's considered distracted driving? using a cell phone, eating and drirnging, using a navigation system, or each adjusting the radio. pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware all have laws that ban texting while driving. but it's a different story when it comes to other cell phone use. pennsylvania does not ban drivers from making phone calls while driving, new jersey and delaware do. "nbc 10 news" at 6:00 is next. here is jim. >> coming up next, reunited with her baby after he was kidnapped at the king of prussia mall.

>> i felt like my heart just stopped. >> nbc 10 speaks with the mother about how the ordeal played out plus what she and the suspect bonded over moments before the baby was swiped. mall security one thing you probably never noticed. live team coverage next. a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of upper bucks, upper montgomery county. we'll track this for you, i'll show you where it's heading and what you can expect for the rest of tonight next on "nbc 10 news" at 6:00.

"nbc 10 news" at 6 begins with developing weather story right now. we're tracking storms tonight, you see them on first alert radar. and some of them may be severe. let's get to nbc 10 meteorologist sheena parveen to bring us up to speed. yes, jim, we are watching -- i'm here, trust me. there you go. there is the radar. we're watching storms as we go through tonight. look at the radar now. let's look at max 1 radar. we take a closer look at the storms moving into the upper bucks, upper montgomery county area so here's a closer look. severe thunderstorm warning upper bucks county until 6:15. you see the red there, that is heavy rain. bedminster seeing heavy rain, we're looking at lightning as well. so again, severe thunderstorm warning up you are bucks, upper montgomery county, now it's just upper bucks county in these areas so the heavy rain shown

precip rates about 5 inches an hour. so with a severe thunderstorm warning we're looking at winds gusting near 60 miles an hour, lightning, heavy rain and hail. and we are seeing hail in this storm. right now look at the precip rates, east rock hill, bedminster, hill town seeing heavy rain. some of the highest amounts are over five inches an hour. the good news here, this is not going to sit in this area for an hour. but we're seeing heavy rain so there is a chance you could see localized flooding maybe in your front or back yard on streets, but here is a look upper bucks county again with the strongest part of the storm mostly tracking to the northeast. so, it will continue moving in that direction, and areas like knock a mixen around 6:05. the strongest part about to move out of bucks county dealing with it for the timing, otherwise this is a severe storm. here is the hail i was talking about.