will the sun come out tomorrow? not to sound like annie. chief metrologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the weather in your neighborhood. >> the answer, nah. not friday, either. so we have prospects for the weekend. not coming in i thyime soon. live radar not showing much rain, sprinkles in delaware bay. but things were different a couple of hours ago and we saw this area of showers and thunderstorms moving straight up the coast. that means the same places we're getting hit over and over again. this business a two, three-hour period and this is the radar estimated rainfall. the worst of it was just inland from the coastline for most part. and that light blue, up to two inches of rain. one place right at the shore, guess where that was? right where you saw the video, margate, two inches of rain in a couple of hours and increasing

high tide adds up to flooding. coastal flood advisory for the entire shore areas. but probably again tomorrow. even more so on friday. high tide 6:00 to 7:00 local. local street flooding is going to be occurring. so, more on when the heaviest rain's coming when we get the break with the full forecast in a few minutes. >> now to a major development in decision 2016. in the past 45 minutes, it became official, donald trump will now only have one more hurdle to clear in his road to the white house and that's the democrat. remember this? less than a year ago, when the republican field was so crowded, there were 16 declared candidates. donald trump is the last candidate standing with governor john kasich bowing out a short time ago. >> and as i suspend my campaign today, i have renewed faith,

deeper faith, that the lord will show me the way forward and fulfill the purpose of my life. >> governor kasich's decision a few minutes ago comes hours after texas senator ted cruz ended his campaign last night. what is the strategy now for republicans? >> lauren mayk joining us live with that answer. >> reporter: talk a lot about hillary clinton. that is what they believe will bring republicans together. in some cases, this is already working. i spoke with several ted cruz supporters today who are already on board with trump. but it is not easy. i just got off the phone with john kasich support somewhere party official who tells me he is very disappointed and at this point has not given any thought to whether he will support donald trump. >> it's been some unbelievable day. >> reporter: the candidate, who inspired a never trump movement,

now doing something some never thought possible -- heading to claim the republican nomination. and that leaves the party with a new task -- >> we need to make that never trump movement the never hillary movement. >> reporter: it's an argument that worked ford ted cruz supporter and anti-abortion advocate, now that trump is the last one standing. you told me before you felt he was not trustworthy. now? >> now that we have to address the reality, that trump has said certain things which differentiate him from clinton as cruz's record differentiated him from trump's rhetoric. >> reporter: the rhetoric bothered this woman. she says trump is not getting her vote. >> he's managed to unite people in hate. >> reporter: she might vote libertarian. >> if the republican party wants to self-destruct, they can do it without me. >> reporter: healing may need a little help. >> i think ted cruz needs to come out and support donald trump. >> reporter: but some see

progress. >> the only state representative in pennsylvania to endorse him. i hear there's eight others coming out in the next two days. >> reporter: there's still time. >> we have june, convention in july, and a whole summer. when people realize their only option going to be hillary clinton, it's going to be easy to unite the party. >> beyond uniting the party, having donald trump as their nominee has some republicans considering the possibility of something else, and that is having a chance at winning pennsylvania in the general election. that has not happened since 1988. but some republicans believe that it could be possible with donald trump. live in mayfair, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> who will he choose to be his running mate. he will probably go with someone who can help with legislation and friends with senators and congressmen. trump says he plans to make that announcement in july, right

before the republican national convention in cleveland. and don't miss donald trump's live interview with lester holt. lester will broadcast nbc "nightly news" from the trump tower in new york city after the broadcast. for hillary clinton, she says she's not worried about fending off personal attacks that took out gop trump's gop river riverles. she's focusing on the country's future and not just to stop trump. >> i don't think we can take a risk on a loose cannon like donald trump running our country. >> just a few minutes ago, hillary clinton spoke to the asian pacific american institute for congressional studies network in washington, d.c. bernie sanders coming off his win last night, in indiana, is holding a rally in less than an hour. a future to believe in rally 7:00 in lexington, kentucky. count on nbc 10 news for your complete decision 2016 coverage. tap the nbc 10 app. >> new at 6:00, bill cosby

making a last-ditch effort to delay hearings in a criminal case against him. the comedian asked the state supreme court to review appeals court decision that allowed the criminal case to move forward. k cosby's charged with sexual assault. his preliminary hearing set for may 24th. the search for an inmate moved east to overcean county. police found a car they believed stolen by the fugitive. police warn neighbors to lock their doors. aur thr bu arthur buckle escaped yesterday in atlantic county. serving time for assault. as you see here, he has a goatee and a small tattoo under his left eye. horns honging so their message is heard.

large grade locks. hundreds of protesters gathered outside city hall in a fight over philadelphia's proposed task on sugary drinks. right now, protesters have moved outside to inside city hall for a public hearing. you're looking at a live picture now from inside city hall. the mayor says the tax will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars each year for local schools. nbc 10's rosemary connors reports on the soda tax debate. >> we believe that the period of pregnancy to age 5 is the most critical in a child's life. >> reporter: the importance of early education is what joanne fisher, of maternity care coalition, preaches. >> these are the hands. >> reporter: armed with signs supporting soda and sugary drink tax are making their voices heard at the meeting. the tax would fund universal pre-k in philadelphia. >> helping two generations here, children are going to get an

important start but also their families, who need to get back in the workforce, who need to invest in their own education. >> reporter: fisher knows the need for pre-k too well. her organization runs the largest head start program in pennsylvania. she admitted, though, the tax won't resolve everything. >> i agree, we need a bigger program, more long-term and sustainable funding. but this is an important first step. >> we understand why there is the move to make those taxes. did have great success in new york. it did help increase revenue. it's something that the city could benefit from. we also do realize a positive impact as well. >> reporter: but the general manager of revolution house tells me, he's been doing the numbers and costs will go up anywhere from 4% to 8%. >> we feel that we're going it have to lend it off to customers and stop offering free refills. >> reporter: against the proposal, he's optimistic if the three-cent per ounce tax passes

his restaurant patrons will understand. >> hoping that people will look at their collect and say, that's the city tax, we know what happened, and continue to come and make old city and philadelphia as viable as they have been and as great as they have been. >> reporter: rosemary conners. >> new information on a deadly police-involved shooting. police say richard feretti was casing the neighborhood, put several st. joe's students on alert. when officers got there, he wouldn't pull over, and tried to take off, putting an officer in danger. that's when police fired shots, killing him. and he crashed his van into several students' cars. police, internal affairs and homicide detectives are investigating. >> the crisis in atlantic city is not enting anytime soon. the senate president says a.c. will run out of money in the next ten days. >> i'm predicting now that it will go into bankruptcy, because they're out of time.

what do we explain in what do we tell people? the taxpayers? >> tomorrow, democratic assembly speaker will post his version of an aid bill in the assembly. but senator sweeney said today, even if the assembly passes it, he won't put it up for a vote in the senate. on monday, atlantic city barely avoided becoming the first city in new jersey to default on its debt. >> the bike share program in montgomery county a success last year, it's coming back again. the program will also be expanded to norristown, farm park tomorrow. bikes will be available in oaks, and head of the penny pack trail. cost $5 an hour, or $25 for the entire day. last year there were more than 700 active bike chair members. the growing popularity of ub somewhere lyft is forcing pennsylvania lawmakers to create state law regulations on ride sharing. creating a permanent legal

framework for these companies, including here in philadelphia. supporters of the measure say it fills gaps in transit services for consumers. and creates economic opportunity for drivers. the bill now moves to the full house for a vote. cracking down on illegal off-roading in the south jersey pinelands. more than 100 certifications. putting signs up to the entrances to the state forest. the american civil war museum in philadelphia turning over thousands of artifacts to the gettysburg national military park. the museum closed eight years ago. the collection of 3,000 items including pieces of i flag lincoln raised at independence hall a few weeks before his 1861 inauguration. next, setting the trap. those pesky mosquitoes could carry the zika virus.

what's being done right now in lehigh valley. >> chilly, dreary wednesday. but it's only going to get worse. we'll let you know when that's going to happen. plus any improvement for mother's day.

this just in, inmate who

escaped from a south jersey prison has been spotted at a cvs store in ocean county. look at these pictures. police posted these new surveillance pictures on their facebook page. schools were on lockdown after police found a car they believed arthur buckle used. he escaped yesterday morning from the psychiatric hospital at bay side state prison in hammondton. new apartment complex in philadelphia honors pope francis' trip to our area last september. the francis house of peace on arch street. 100 apartments for low-income men and women and former homeless people as well. new information tonight about a story we first told you yesterday. police say a man who claimed he was robbed at gun point made the whole thing up. here's what we know. first, he told police he was attacked about i a black robber and police made the sketch. but then, he said the suspect

was actually white. today, police arrested michael cohen for filing a false police report. state police said the moral of the story is, if you have an imagination, do write, don't report false crimes to police. mosquitoes and the threat of the zika virus become more of a problem with all of the rain we've been getting. >> several counties across pennsylvania trying to track the asian tiger mosquito. health experts say mosquitoes can transmit zika. new at 6:00, lehigh valley bureau reporter randy gyllenhaal spoke to experts in allentown. >> a different trap. >> reporter: to track and monitor tiny mosquitoes, louise bugbey gets an arsenal ready. >> attracts mosquitos to come in and lay their eggs. >> reporter: these will be placed in well-known breeding grounds across the valley. >> when they come to the trap and get sucked into the net. >> reporter: the capture bugs get analyzes and studied. you use different traps to catch

different species of mosquitos. >> reporter: this summer they'll focus more attention on the asian tiger mosquito, known to transmit the zika virus. it could spread farther north than originally thought. in some counties traps are on the ground, and the state says they'll wait and see if more testing is needed. >> we're looking to establish the extent of the population. >> reporter: but tracking does not stop the breeding. so experts are asking you at home to pitch in by scouring your backyard. >> look for any standing water and just dump the water. >> reporter: but a new survey shows that most americans aren't following those guidelines the pest control company asking how many people dump out standing water. 36% regularly dump out buckets, toys and bird baths that ask as mosquito hotels. >> the best thing people can do is clean up. that's what we need. >> reporter: randy gyllenhaal,

nbc 10 news. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> you had another cloudy, chilly day around here, 53 degrees and cloudy in philadelphia now. 48 in some of the pennsylvania suburbs. new jersey, cloudy. lehigh valley cloudy. delaware cloudy. and some of the coolest places, and the wettest places today at jersey shore, saw earlier pounded up to two inches of rain and the temperature, only 50 degrees. cape may courthouse, upper township, summers point, atlantic city, little lake harbor, only 49 degrees. again, couple hours of torrential rain. high temperatures in philadelphia. yesterday 59. today 54 for the high. average high 70. next two days, not getting out of the 50s either. what a stretch. and of course, one of the reasons cloud cover. can't get rid of that. that's why we're going to keep

those cool temperatures for a while. you can see that in your seven-day forecast. scrolling bottom of the screen, no matter what part of the area. cool for a couple of days. not much on radar. rain from today offshore. it was heavy. downpours coming for a couple of hours. fortunately it has moved away. we have several different areas. we have some in pennsylvania. west virginia, ohio. some of that moving to the east. eventually moist coming in from the ocean. so, yeah, cloudy, cool, damp. and more to come. so as we go into tomorrow morning, it's cloudy, maybe a couple little sprinkles or drizzle drops but watching to the south. it's going to be a little mini nor'easter, cloudy skies here as you can see. but as that nor'easter comes to our south, we're going to be seeing not only clouds but rain coming in from the ocean. and by friday morning, it's going to be soaking wet around here, we got waves of moisture coming in from the ocean.

not pretty sight. there's friday, noon time, getting downpours in parts of the area, and so friday is really, really miserable. and you can see, as we go through new jersey, for example, 55, hattenfield tomorrow. and jersey shore, yep, 54 in galloway. and there's the coastal flood advisory for tone. there's going to be one for tomorrow probably and friday will be the most serious flooding. and, the ten-day forecast least improvement by saturday. clouds, showers, sun's better up to 72. and next week. look at that. 80s, multiple days of 80s. nice to get out of this mess. >> i agree. do the phillies have the best young pitching staff in baseball? we'll analyze that. eagles close to bringing in a new man that will help pick players.

this is sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, x1 from exxfinity will change the way you experience tv. >> john clark. phillies going for two in a row tonight in st. louis. they have won seven of eight. rebuilding fills are the surprise team in baseball. five games over .500 and it's due to their pitching. they have the youngest staff in the majors. >> yeah, we've been on a pretty good roll. >> reporter: aaron knonola continued dominate, 28 scoreless innings. >> strike three call. >> reporter: the phillies have six shutouts.

that leads baseball. and it's the most the phils have had through 27 games in 103 years. they had seven shutouts all of last year. form. phils pitcher and analyst did not see this coming. >> i'm extremely surprised. when you look at pitching staff you didn't expect what you're getting out of the starting five, that's for sure. >> swing and a miss. >> reporter: phils pitcher have the most strikeouts in baseball and only the cubs' starters are allowing fewer base runners in majors. ricky bo is impressed by tyoung teres' poise. >> you want that poise. you want them to limit problems. >> reporter: with nola, va has kez, 25 or younger, the phils may be winning the next arms race in baseball. >> the future looks really bright. i don't think there's any question about that. i mean, but it's so strange right now because they're

playing so well. expectations are growing already. >> puts them in a position, moving forward, i believe they -- their rebuilding window is shorter than most people anticipated. >> it is fun to watch. eagles appear to be close to hiring new head of personnel and pick players. reports say joe douglas, he's the favorite. director of college scouting with the bears and spent 15 years with the ravens and helped draft joe flacco. eagles agreed to contracts with wendell smallwood and four other late-round picks.

narrator: the constitution says the president shall make nominations for the supreme court and the senate votes. no exception for election years why is pat toomey refusing to do the job pennsylvania elected him to do? toomey refuses to consider

anyone president obama nominates, even a former prosecutor with more experience than any other nominee with bipartisan support. but toomey is choosing his party's leaders and playing politics with the supreme court. call senator toomey and tell him to put the constitution before his politics. we're stuck in a blocking pattern in the atmosphere. days of cloudy days, highs in 50s, rain, that's going to continue at least through friday. breaks up a bit on saturday. and just in time for mother's day, back to a sort of normal pattern and next week, warmer than normal. there's peaks of sun in the forecast.

for all of us at nbc 10, i'm jim rosenfield. >> news continues with nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. tonight, from trump tower, the presumptive nominee. donald trump joins me live after a resounding win. kruds and kasich quit, as trump and clinton gear up for a general election for the ages. towering inferno. a massive wildfire explodes out of control. torching entire ighborhoods. even the emergency operation center staff forced to flee. exploding air bags blamed for a string of deaths. the largest recall in history. now even larger. 17 automakers, tens of millions of cars. is your car one of them. and prince bombshell. the music legend one day from getting emergency treatment for a reported addiction to painkillers. a tragic twist. the man who found him and called 1.