three students are charged. tim furlong is live in wilmington. >> what messages is the family trying to get out? >> reporter: ever since she died, after that fate at howard technical high school last month, social media has taken a real big role in the story and not necessarily in a good way. take a look. here today at the church a few blocks from howard high school, community leaders gathered to talk with kids about social media and keep tabs on what they're doing and how they're communicating. a lot of the talk involving amy before and after that fight had been rumors and certainly after the feet there were videos and then fake videos and other places. social media hasn't helped calm the situation. and the leaders here today say it's time to use social media to heal and not provoke any retaliation. >> amy was about peace. she was about love. she was about unity. and to call for retaliation in

her name, that is not respectful to the families. >> reporter: the city council member also a friend of amy's family and i asked her if the family is ready to speak, if they would share some of their feeling. and she said they're still not ready to speak. absolutely just living through a nightmare that isn't going to he said anytime soon. i'm tim furlong, nbc 10 news. right now at 5:00, struggling to sink sanders. hillary clinton is in camden county today. her stop comes hours after being bested by bernie sanders in the battle for west virginia. >> delegate count shows hillary clinton can't be caught, but she can't yet turn her attention completely to donald trump. lauren mayk is live in black wood where clinton campaigned this afternoon. >> and the garden state still means something in this race. >> reporter: it does. this is not the case where this

rally is just the campaign making one stop and then moving on. bill clinton and chelsea clinton will also be in new jersey this week. bernie sanders has already been here. 142 delegates up for stake in new jersey. and this is a state voting the same day as california, but at least this week not getting overshadowed. in camden county, hillary clinton rallied a crowd that included students, union members and a lot of new jersey residents voting next month. >> if we do what we need to do in the next few weeks, we will have a big victory on june 7 that will take us all the way to the white house. >> reporter: her aim was on donald trump today saying the choice is clear. >> but i believe with all my heart that we are better than the campaign that the presumptive nominee for the republican party is running.

>> reporter: clinton took him on at home and abroad. on his tax plan. >> donald trump's tax plan was written by a billionaire for billi wi billionaires. >> reporter: even getting help from the audience. >> tax return. good we'll get you that. and i think advocating torture, that is a loose cannon. saying we should pull out of nato, that is it a loose cannon. saying we'll bar every muslim from coming into our country. >> reporter: but before she would take on trump, clinton has to get 2383 delegates. p she isn't there yet. new jersey could play a role. >> we never matter here in new jersey, so this is the one that will put her over the edge and take bernie out. >> reporter: and this this man says he came more for his 6-year-old taught. daughter. >> did she convince you today? >> no, this is more rounding the

masses and set up for the new jersey primary. so i need to hear more. >> reporter: well, there is still time for that, but you heard in that piece someone yelling out during hillary clinton's speech talking about donald trump's tax returns. well, trump has said that he apt released them because he's being audited, but just within the past our, former republican nominee hmitt romney posted a harshly worded statement about those tax returns calling for donald trump to release them saying that it is disqualifying for a presidential candidate not to do so and that the only examination for not doing so would be that there is a bombshell in them. live in black wood, i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. bernie sanders campaign carries on after a win last night in west virginia. but he still trails the democratic frontrunner in delegates. the vermont senator rallied this

this afternoon in missoula, montana. sanders is behind by 283 delegates. decision 2016 coverage continues at 5:45. there are new calls for chris christie to quit as new jersey's governor. days after taking a new role on donald trump's campaign. that story is ahead at 5:45. and for complete decision 2016 coverage including the latest delegate counts and upcoming premie area and caucuses, tap the nbc 10 app. let's talk about the weather thousand. most of area is seeing some showers on and off throughout the day. this is a live shot boathouse row as we zoom out and the schuylkill river. let's turn on sheena parveen. >> and if you are mainly south of philadelphia, you're dealing with the rain. if you are are through the lehigh valley, there is a very likely chance that you won't see much in the way of rain. but what we are watching is an

area of low pressure spinning right around baltimore. so this is what is really giving us the rain through much of south jersey and delaware. some of this is locally heavy. but most of this is still continuing just to move in and move through these sections of the area like delaware up into south jersey. so this is something that we will be watching as we go through this evening. so where you see the yellow in south jersey and delaware, that shows you the heavier rainfall, the green lighter rain. but it's fatherly consistent. cape may county moving in to atlantic county, that lighter rain, may's landing has heavier spots approaching. also near vineland lighter rain. it could edge into the philadelphia area. so maybe a few showers later on this evening, but overall quite a difference in the temperatures because of rain. take a look at vineland, 67. 67 in allentown because it's been much cryer there. 68 degrees right now in trenton. coming up, we'll take a closer look at your neighborhood

forecast, the rain for this evening and also thunderstorms before the week is over. that's straight ahead. in the meantime he's been called a miracle. a dog survived being shot in the head and left to die in cumberland county. the young pit bull was found may 2 lying on a road in rural commercial township. but only yesterday x-rays revealed bullets still lodged in his body. tlc animal rescue learned of the injuries after bringing the dog to the local clinic. >> i was devastated. i could not believe somebody would do this. he's so sweet. just wants love. >> the bullet in the dog's leg shattered bones, so a local vet hopes an orthopedist can find a way to avoid am pew at a timing that leg. right now at 5:00, bear trouble in the lehigh valley. officers began drill liz this 150 pounder over the weekend.

the bear is back in the wild now, but the people of bethlehem won't be surprised if they see another one sometime soon. the city has seen several bears wandering the streets in the past year. randy gyllenhaal talked to the guy who captured the most recent visitor. >> there was a bear sighting -- >> reporter: neighbors spotted the young black bear wandering the backyards. digging through the trash, headed toward an elementary school. >> a bunch of people saw it, but when they said a bear, i shut my door. >> reporter: the 150-pound cub got spooked and ran up a tree. wildlife conservation officer arrived with a tranquilizer gun and released the cub far from any neighborhood. >> we have bears coming in from new jersey with their mother and the other is starting to boot them loose. >> reporter: it's springtime wildlife is blooming and more and more black bear sightings

are common in bethlehem over the past year or so, three have been captured, including this 300-pound beast that crashed a party at lehigh university. >> i equate them a lot of times to teenagers. they don't have a whole lot of life experience and they get into some trouble. >> reporter: the explosion in development across the valley is butting residential homes against wildlife habitat. >> remove the food sources as much as possible. >> reporter: keep your garbage in check and if you see a bear, just call the game commission, the bears are probably more scared of you. >> they start cutting their habitats town, where are they supposed to go. >> reporter: in bethlehem, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10. p. philadelphia city council holding a hearing on the proposed soda tax. mayor kenney oig's administration wants to add a three cents per ounce tax on sugary tripgs. it could generate $400 million to fund universal pre-k and make

improvements to parks apz wrecks. the finance director testified that the mayor's administration looked at other ways to generate the funding but determined that the soda tax was the best option. >> the property tax has been thked fothk thked four times in the last five years, so we can't want to increase the burden on households and businesses. >> rosemary connors spoke to a few members today and we'll have that story coming up. 124 years old and it's time for the william penn stat dhu s get a make skroefr. he's faced pretty much everything from lightning strikes to hurricane force winds. the process will take about three to four weeks and are begin in late august. patrick meehan is among a group of representatives sent to introduce a bill aimed at

helping young athletes deal with painkiller addiction. he says this type of legislation is vital to keep kids from turning to heroin abuse. >> athletes are more inclined to take them without a doctor's supervision. they will self medicate because they want to fight through the season about so you begin to see i'm who are abusing the opioids thinking they're young and strong and before they know it, they have an addiction and when they're not available, they turn to heroin. >> the bill is particularly personal to me and it's named the john thomas decker act. decker died earlier this year after a long battle with opioid and heroin addiction. it is set to hit the house floor later tonight. coming up on nbc 10 at 5:00, we take a live look at the commute in center city. and we'll talk about the fun commute and by fun i mean not so fun commute. we'll tell but new analysis that shows fridays in august are one time you may want to stay off

the roads. plus royal controversy. listen as queen elizabeth is caught saying something that is the subject of headlines tonight. and brainwashed. why your ipad could be changing the way you think. those stories and more ahead on nbc 10 news at 5:00. pat toomey started his career as an investment banker. then, a wall street wheeler-dealer overseeing stock trades in new york, london and tokyo. next, toomey moved to hong kong to work with wealthy chinese investors. in the senate, it's no surprise toomey's been siding with wall street. voting to allow banks to continue making the risky investments that wrecked our economy. afscme people is responsible for the content of this ad.

several counties in middle tennessee are dealing with floodwaters as severe storms continue to move through the region. rescue crews were called out to help people trapped by high water. so far there have been no reported injuries. it's been another rough 24 hours across america's heart land. >> severe weather including tornados ravaging communities in the south and midwest. more storms could be on the way. jay gray has the latest. >> look at that house, it's gone. >> reporter: this twister in southwest kentucky swallowed everything in its path spitting out the debris for miles. >> i couldn't believe it. words complaian't describe it. >> the damage is extensive. we're so lucky that we didn't lose any lives. >> reporter: ten people were injured as the storms swept through mayfield, homes and businesses erased by the violent

wins, damage left behind overwhelming for survivors. >> when i walked up on this place, i started crying. it's pretty heartbreaking. >> reporter: these images a graphic reminder for 25 million or more across seven states now in the potential strike zone. forecasters warn more severe weather could batter the midwest through the mississippi valley. before the system pushes to the east, where some areas are already under water, with the chance of even more rain damaging hail and tornadoes over the next few days. jay gray, nbc 10 news. well, we are still dealing with the cloud cover today and some areas actually seeing rain. here is a live look at center city. rain to the south of philadelphia and farther to the north especially the lehigh valley. we're looking at milder

temperatures because we have quite a dividing line with this rain and the rain is affecting the area temperature. so here is a look at the radar. the heaviest down around parts of suffolk county and also into parts of cape may county, but if we zoom in, you notice a lot of the heavier stuff is offshore. we do haven a area of low pressure spinning around baltimore. you can see the circulation. the low will move across the area, but a lot of models are weakening it as it does so. so most of the rain may just be confined to south jersey and delaware through this evening. so for much of delaware, we're mostly seeing the light rain just to the south of philadelphia and even just to the south of will mipg to be although some part as of wilmington could start to see light rain moving up soon. now in parts of south jersey, laurel lake, these areas in yellow, that's where we're seeing some of the heaviest rain. cape may seeing some of the heavier rain, too. and this is all going to slowly try to slide to atlantic county.

so right across the expressway starting to see light rain moving in. ocean city maybe some light rain approaching now. so areas along the shore you can expect rain as we go into this evening. not so much though as we go into tomorrow. but big difference with our temperatures. take a look at the lehigh valley. mid to upper 60s. then south jersey and delaware where the rain is falling, temperatures are in the 50s in these areas. so your neighborhood look at the temperatures through the lehigh valley, 64 in reading, 63 cliff up to, 65 allentown. look at whitehall township, 69 degrees right now. we do have a 70 on the map here too. p that is in easton. so we will be watching of course the rain to our south at the same time the milder temperatures up to our north. so here's what we expect for tonight. this model in particular really trying to weaken a lot of this rain as we go through the next several hours here. now we're looking at tomorrow, your thursday, it will be much

drier day if you're in south jersey in delaware, but you will still be dealing with the clouds. mostly cloudy for the rest of the area. still more sunshine as we go throughor thursday. friday, thunderstorms in the draft. here is a look friday, 8:00 in the morning, showers already starting to move in. it will be a warm day. but then take a look at the afternoon. 1:30 in the afternoon, some showers and even some pop-up thunderstorms expected. that will go through the evening commute. 5:00 p.m. now, take a look at the shore and along the delaware beaches, we could be dealing with heavy rain and still the possibility of thunderstorms. we get a break friday night and early saturday. but then another area of rain starts to approach for later in the day saturday. so part of your weekend we will have rain in the forecast. for tomorrow, though, we're look the a mostly cloudy skies. bethlehem 77, easton 76, a little bit more in the way of sthip. wednesday chester 76 as well as phoenixville. mostly cloudy through the philadelphia area. 75 mt. airy. if you're in new jersey,

haddonfield 72. cooler farther south. atlantic city, 62 tomorrow. delaware coming in about the mid-60s with cloudy skies. we'll take a closer look at what you can expect for the weekend coming up. trouble at the home of taylor swift. details ahead. plus this -- drinks on are on this guy if you can make your way to japan. what one swing earned him sure to make any beer lover envious.

last night the 28-year-old who spent parts of the three seasonses in bigs crushed a huge home run for the japanese team. the shot the off the sign and you know what that means, tune what that means? >> free beer. >> right. he won himself 10 grand and year's supply of the japanese beer. he says he plans to share some suds with his teammates. switching gears completely right now, touched by an angel. that's the experience vai sikahema had when meeting this year's wednesday's child. >> we'd like to spro tuesdintroo

an gel. >> reporter: what you notice is the obvious, he's confined to a wheelchair. but if you only focus on the cheel wheelchair p and the challenges, you will miss how warm asweet and loving this 13-year-old boy is. we spent part of the afternoon together. a he receives wonderful care at his home. angel is blind, so his sense of hearing and touch are incredibly acute. >> he has significant developmental delay, but he's just like anybody else, it takes a little while to warm up, but once he does, his smile melts your heart and you can see what a smile does to everybody else in the room. and that's how he communicates with people. >> reporter: and what angel communicates is crystal clear. pure joy. just look at that smile.

angel is so gentle and so perfectly named. what this young man dreams of is what any child longs for, a forever family. >> you work in the field, you truly believe that there is a family out there for every one of these kid. so there a family that will be called to be angel's mom and dad or mom or just dad. the ideal family doesn't have a specific makeup. it will just be someone that has the calling in their heart to care for a kid with special needs. just being around him, he communicates with you obviously in november verbal ways. but you can see genuine joy coming from him and he interacts with you and makes connections with you. >> reporter: angel is this week's wednesday's child. >> a true angel. if you would like to open your mind and your heart to any wednesday's child, go to nbc10.com and search wednesday's child and you can call the

national adoption center. up next, we are live with new developments in a road rage shooting along the blue route. plus prince's final days. they're coming into focus tonight. what a new search warrant has revealed. that's next. and security scare. what authorities discovered outside the home of taylor swift.

at longhorn, if you want steak... lucky you. if you don't want steak... lucky you. its longhorn favorites. the outlaw ribeye. the longhorn salmon. and the parmesan crusted chicken. only at longhorn steakhouse.

you can't fake steak. new information on a road rage shooting that brought traffic to a standstill on the blue route. police say is this the man who opened fire during a dispute on 476 last week. knmonique braxton is live. how did police track him down? >> reporter: the suspect anthony richardson declined comment here outside state police bear rakab but police told us he was arrested without incident this morning at his home in overbrook. >> that's not the type of guy that i know. >> reporter: those who know anthony richard so that say he's not the type of guy that would be rofed in the road rage

sdipts, but police say he matches the composite sketch and his lincoln town car matches the victim's description. and inside richardson's home, a licensed happened gndgun was re. >> suspect fired one shot into the passenger door much vehicof victim's vehicle p. information was learn that had the suspect fled towards exit 16. >> reporter: the male victim told investigators that he was run off the road, then the driver fired a shot into his car. it happened last week on the usually busy blue route just before the afternoon rush hour. the shooter kept driving. >> the bullet penetrated the lower corner of the front passenger door. >> reporter: state police also say they're looking into another report of road rage involving richards richardson. >> he does have prior road rage habits. and he displayed a firearm at that time.

we believe it occurred somewhere in the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: we knocked on richardson's door in the 1300 block of pin pennington road, but no with that answered. his neighbor says the man he knows is often seen outside assisting young people. >> he helped my daughter. >> reporter: now, we asked state police how they found the suspect. and they told us that a confidential tipster led them to richardson's home. live outside state police barracks, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. here are some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 5:00. the push for new jersey brought the democratic front runner to our area today. that is hillary clinton of course. she campaigned at camden county college following a tough loss to bust ernie sanders in the we virginia primary. a dog survival is being called a miracle. this young pit bull shot this

the head and leg and left to cu. animal rescue is working to get him treatment. proposed soda tax the subject of a hearing. today they heard testimony from the finance director. mayor kenny waoig wants to add three cent tax to the drinks. >> and lehere is a live look. heavy rain will be moving on through. sheena parveen joining us. >> and what can we expect tonig tonight? >> really depends where you live. not everyone will expect the rain tonight. and by the way with our new neighborhood weather "7-day forecast" always scrolling at the bottom of the screen for you, no matter where you live,

we update that every day. so you will never miss it. here is a look at the radar. we have most of the rain just south of philadelphia. lehigh valley, pretty mild temperatures. even trenton. but the areas that we are watching that are cooler and rainy, south juniersey and delaware. now just lighter rainfall through the beaches in delaware. this is up through parts of new castle county. that is the lighter rain. but the yellow shaded areas in parts of cape may moving in to atlantic county, that is more moderate rain. but cape may looking at light rain. also cumberland county. the yellow areas is more moderate rainfall sliding up through atlantic county right across the expressway. so for tonight we still have the rain in the forecast. but only for the southern half of the area where temperatures are in the fifth. take 50s. lehigh valley, 67. new jersey seeing different

range of temperatures here. 61 in clayton, 61 washington township, but get to near 70 for pemberton, hamilton at 70 right now. prince ton, 68. coming up, i'll show you when you can expect thunderstorms. that's straight ahead. new video into nbc 10, two persons of interest in a vandalism spree. the two people here seen in this home surveillance video selling magazines are wanted for questioning after someone keyed at least five vehicles. anyone who recognizes either person is asked to call voorhees police. get this, a student is suspended after eahe's found wi a gun and it belonged to school employ e. the employee left his legally registered weapon in his car.

he arched for students to work on the car. the man who went on a deadly stabbing spree they say was mentally disturbed. he had been released from the hospital hours just the stabbings. his father and sister say he had battled depression for years and claims the devil was trying to make him do things. police are trying to find out if he had any connection to the victims. prince's final days are coming into focus after a search warrant revealed the music icon had been seeing a doctor before his death. a family care physician treated prince twice in april including the day before he died at his minnesota estate. the doctor prescribed the medications, although the search warrant doesn't say what drugs or whether prince actually took them. investigators are waiting on the

toxicology results to determine cause of death. meanwhile taylor swift is safe after a man was seen lurking outside her new york home. the man was allegedly spots sitting outside and ringing the door bell of swift's rye beck came apartment. the same man has been caught in the past hanging around the singer's road island home. he was not arrested. instead police took him to a hospital for a psych evaluation. some of the most innovative technology being introduced to rec centers. >> and it's all because of a donation from comcast. the company announced $105,000 donation to put 3d printer this is to rec centers. the money will also be spent on software for computer labs. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. imagine being out of work for more than six months and trying to find a job. well, today philadelphia works

launched a new job training program for folks who have been out of work at least 27 weeks. it's called the platform to employment. the program combines a five week job training course, personal and family support services, and financial counseling. and guess what, it is all free. up next, why your ipad could be changing the way you think. and diet soda and pregnancy. what new research reveals it could be a recipe for. and a live look at traffic in center city. coming up, why it may be best to stay off the roads on fridays in august no matter where you are.

research looked at more than 3,000 women and their babies and one-year-old children were twice as likely to be be overweight it their mothers damage diet soda every day while pregnant.

researchers say this is the first evidence showing the risks of using artificial sweeteners during pregnancy. the tablet you use so often may be affecting your health. a study out of dartmouth college showed reading on a digital screen changes the way people think. instead of focusing on the big picture, folks were getting caught up in tnin the the detai. doctors say we may neglect ourselves becoming necessary less likely to eat healthy. one time of year traffic is worse than most. a new study pinpoints the angriest time to be driving. fridays in august at 6:00 p.m. this is a live look vine street expressway. researchers turned to social media to understand drivers' frustrations by analyzing more than 65,000 instragram posts

#roadway. the most common word mentioned, traffic of course. turning to this. new calls for governor chris christie to step down. the people of new jersey weigh in next. plus, royal words you weren't supposed to hear. the comment that is causing some controversy for the queen tonight. those stories and more ahead. . and showers for part of the area, not everybody. i'll show you what you can expect for the rest of the week and some rain for part of your weekend. and social media helps police catch a suspected bank robber. find out who recognized him from facebook.

decision 2016 coverage, house speaker paul ryan says the republican party needs to come together in order to beat hillary clinton in november. ryan spoke today ahead 6 his meeting with donald trump tomorrow. the house speaker has been vocal about his hesitation to support trump as the party's presumptive thom kn nominee and he admitted there are differences, but he says he needs to get to know trump better. >> there is plenty of room for different policy disputes in this party. we come from different wings. the goal is to unify the various

wings of the party around common pren he wi principles. >> ben carson called ryan last night to discuss trump's proposed policies. meanwhile chris christie's new role with the trump campaign is prompting new calls for the new jersey governor to quit. just two days ago, trump named christie the chairman of the his transition team. sydncydney long joins us with ak at the backlash that has followed. >> reporter: governor christie said today that organizing donald trump's cabinet in his first 200 days in office wouldn't necessarily take him out of the garden state. . maybe to d.c. once in a while. he says his first priority obviously is serving as governor and now he has something to do in his off time. >> first off i'm honored to be asked. i think it's an extraordinarily

important task. >> reporter: first a run for president, then a trump endorsement. today chris christie is answering with the latest hat that he will wear as the transition team chairman and how he plans to balance that as governor p. >> in the beginning there will be decent time for me to put a good team together. but as some of you may know about presidential transitions, the chairman's running the show and i will do that and i will make the major decisions that need to be made. in the end, a lot of the work will be done by men and women who will volunteer their time. >> reporter: residents fear new jersey's issues will fall to the wayside. >> it's either all in for engineer city or all in for trump. >> i think he can finish out his term, but i don't know that he's the right person for the transition team. >> reporter: some say new calls for christie to resign are premature considering trump doesn't officially have the job. >> i can't say i have an opinion on it. he'd have to start the interview process obviously soon.

>> either one or the other. jersey needs just as much help as the rest of the country. >> if trump is president, it's a big honor. >> reporter: and a he credits christie for being good to cam d camden. >> people in atlantic city are suffering. i think that is more important than asking the governor to resign. that's just my opinion. >> reporter: and on atlantic city's financial crisis and the governor's job at happennd, he d lawmakers to get serious about saving atlantic city. he referred to the speaker as irresponsible, and he is urging him to present a bill and pass it. live in trenton, cydney long, nbc 10 news. the clouds are still with us, but for some of you watching, the rain is still with you. really depends where you are. here is a look at the radar.

the rain is in south jersey and delaware right now and it is slowly continuing to move to the north. the heaviest though is already offshore. so if we zoom in here, you can see some of the lighter rain shown by the green, some of the heavier rain by the yellow. and that's what we will be watching this evening. so it's mostly in south jersey and delaware. we'll be watching this area of rain over the next several hours. south of philadelphia mainly, temperatures are cooler because of it. and also don't for get your seven day forecast always sch l scrolling at the bottom of the screen. you see the yellow earlier today, a lot of that has already moved offshore. but we will watch all this move up through the area as we go through the rest of tonight. the group showing yeen showing comple lighter rain, and the yellow the heavier rain. we'll watch all this. it is keeping temperatures down.

temperatures are a lot cooler because of this rain. if you're farther to the north like trenton or the lehigh valley, you're looking at milder temperatures because you're not zoo s seeing this type of rain. this is mostly south of philadelphia. so we'll keep it in the forecast. and then we go into tomorrow, we'll see a lot more in the way of sunshine aside from the rain that we have around right now. tomorrow temperatures a little warmer, but this area of rain for cape hey county, even cumberland county across 55 here, that is heavier rain. so we will be watching all of this kind of moving up to the north. so as we go through the rest of the evening, the rain mostly stays south of philadelphia. tomorrow though it will be a a drier day, but then we go into friday and that's when we'll see thunderstorms start to move. and mostly later in the afternoon friday. so we will watch that closely, too. and if you look at your seven day, first half of the weekend

has rain in it, but second half we'll see a lot more in the way of sunshine. and temperatures staying in the 60s. so not the entire weekend will we see rain. it's really just going to be the first half, the rain that we're watching right now mostly defined to south jersey and delaware p but for the rest of this evening, the rain will be on the lighter side. it will start to tape are off. and then we'll enjoy a little bit more in the way of sunshine as we go into tomorrow. so at least tomorrow looks a little better, but before the week is over, make sure you have the umbrella with you. nd of the weekend, probably the best day to get outside. a closer look at your neighborhood forecast coming up at 6:00. heard about this one? queen elizabeth was on camera making a rare up guarded comment about the chinese government. >> it happened yesterday while she was talking to a police commander at a garden party. take a listen.

>> the queen told the commander it was quote bad luck to be the signor commander during the chinese state visit last october. the queen is rarely heard speaking so bluntly in public. a local trooper finds himself in the national spotlight tonight. >> sydney long has that story next. >> reporter: this state trooper works well i don't understand when he's in uniform to stop bullying. today he received a national recognition and what he means to young people next. at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of "bread." [ laughter ]

thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. my giant. 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.

congratulations to the 11:00 p.m. producer andrea barry. that is her in the green dress. she was recognized at the philadelphia tribune's women's achieving lunch on today. it's a celebration of african-american women and their achievements. keisha boyd was also honored, she's executive director of comcast multicultural consume are services. and the keynote address came from comcast vice president of community invesinvestment. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >> well deserved. he doesn't do it for the accolades or follows.

a south jersey state trooper and camden manative was honored by that goesly recognized anti-bullying organization. and cydney long introduces us to trooper eric chuck richardson. >> reporter: new jersey state trooper camden nature difference and camden high 2004 graduate eric chuck richardson is back in his high school library today accepting a national recognition from teach anti-bullying incorporated. >> granted to new jersey state trooper eric chuck richardson for supporting the fight against bullying and school violence. >> reporter: he's the first trooper from camden in ten years and new dad, in freshman lost his father. from he might grab a kid and says you got to acts right. he's just a good guy. >> reporter: trooper richardson gives up his team as a volunteer

and assistant basketball coach. >> at times i say chuck can you take over and chuck takes over. and they know when he takes over, it's something special. >> reporter: trooper richardson went on to say today's young people are crying out for help, but they seem to be looking for it in all the wrong places. richardson himself choked back tears. he was filled with emotion and the room fell silent as he spoke about the recent death of 16-year-old amy joyner francis killed inside her wilmington high school bathroom. he tells parents to follow them on instragram and takes book and read test messages but he says the key is listen. >> telling them they're useless. they will end up dead or in jail. >> what do you tell them, how do you get through to them? >> you have to be the set of ears that they need so they can feel comfortable if they build that rapport with you and if i

have them words of encourage mts. >> reporter: his goal, to offer hope and steer young people clear of jail or the local funeral home. >> sometimes you have to give them a reality check. if you fall off track, you're either dead or in jail. we want you to go to college and be successful. p. >> it felt good. it touched my heart. he deserves it. >> reporter: from camden, sydney long, nbc 10 news. coming up next -- the push for new jersey voters. hillary clinton looking beyond bernie sanders too much? that's next. in some parts of the area, get ready for more rain tonight. others won't get it. but we will get a break from the clouds. your forecast for your neighborhood next. plus the next big thing coming to philly. what will be built behind will 30th street station? next on nbc 10 news at 6:00.

right now at 6:00, the clays for the democratic vote. hillary clinton is in south jersey while bernie sanders says he's the stronger candidate. but is his decision to stay in the race hurting clinton's chance against trump? >> new jersey took center stage

today. hillary clinton spoke to a packed houts at camden county college and then made a surprise stop at cancer center in camden. today her attention focused more on donald trump than bernie sanders. >> he has released what he calls his tax plan. and it very clearly is his plan because donald trump's tax plan was written by a billionaire for billionaires. we will have a big victory on june 7 that will take us all the way to the white house. >> so what is the sanders camp saying? >> now more on the democratic race for president. andrea. >> reporter: behind these gates is the philadelphia investment firm. it may be hard for some sanders supporters to watch this video of hillary clinton walking into the firm earlier this year for