house today when he discussed the recent anti-semitic attacks with the president and when talking about who might be responsible, shapiro said mr. trump said, quote, sometimes it's the reverse, to make people or others look bad. shapiro was part of a group of about two dozen attorneys general who met with the president today. president trump expected to address the topic of anti-semitism and the recent attacks against the jewish community during tonight's speech. about an hour ago skyforce 10 was over this rally near the katz jcc in cherry hill. the rally was meant to show support for the jewish community. the jcc said it did not organize the event. rather, it was a community effort to show support. and a $35,000 reward is now on the table to find and convict those behind the recent vandalism. police are hoping a fingerprint they found could lead to an arrest. and saturday night more than 100 headstones were knocked over at this cemetery. today hundreds of volunteers

showed up to clean up the aging cemetery. we'll be back with insight from local lawmakers about what they're expecting to hear from the president tonight. but first we're tracking rain back in philadelphia. it's already raining here in the nation's capital. sending it back to jackie london in our studios. >> we'll see you soon. a live look at the wilton skyline. the rain is hitting new castle county right now. you can see the rain moving into our region with this live look at our first alert radar. meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz tells us how long the rain will last in his most accurate first alert neighborhood forecast. >> this area of rain has nothing to do with the severe weather we're talking about for tomorrow. this is a separate area. you can see it's really knocked down the visible out there. some of this rain is on the heavy side, not just where jim is in washington. look at this. in parts of chester county, delaware county, south philly, center city getting some

moderate to heavy rain right now. now, this is not going to last all night, but as you can see it's moving straight west to east. and so the same areas are getting hit by the heaviest rain over and over again. so you're going to be getting a good bit of rain in philadelphia and much of delaware. in the lehigh valley, you're getting nothing. back to the west, you can see there's more rain coming in ohio. maybe the lehigh valley will get a little bit of that later on tonight. as we go through the night tonight, you can see the future weather computer showing the heaviest rain in central and southern delaware. extreme south jersey. but it also is moving out of here around midnight or shortly after midnight. and so we're not talking about anything lasting all night. temperatures are extremely mild for this time of the year. we tied some records during the day today. we'll break some records tomorrow along with the greater threat for severe storms. we'll get the timing on that in the neighborhoods coming up in just a few minutes.

♪ back here in washington, at 9:10 the president will start his primetime speech. he'll lay out his plan for his first year in the white house. and as we mentioned a minute ago, the president will address the spike in hate crimes -- or hate we should say against the jewish community, yet to be determined to be hate crimes. those attacks in our area and across the country. and now we're getting more insight into what else he may say tonight. lauren mayk joining me here in washington. you've been talking to our local lawmakers about what they want to hear. what are they telling you? >> reporter: jim, largely looking for two things. the first, details on some specific issues, democrats in particular telling me they want to hear about infrastructure and jobs, things that they may be able to get behind. and on the other one, well, those republicans and democrats are looking for tone this

evening. they're hoping the president says something that will bring people together. when he enters the house chamber, president trump will speak to a divided audience, at home and in the seats right in front of him. what do you want to hear? >> look, i want to hear him moderate and talk to all of america, not just a thin sort of sliver of folks. he's the president now. >> reporter: as president donald trump setting priorities for his first budget, something democratic senator cory booker is raising concerns about. >> i'm worried about the things we're hearing already. massive slashing to spending in all areas multiple billion dollar increase in military spending. >> reporter: cuts in other areas expected as the president looks to boost defense spending by $54 billion. would you like to find a way to be able to do both? >> i've gone all over the planet earth talking to our military leaders. clearly we need to do a lot of things. the wisdom i hear often from folks is that we're spending a lot more and we're getting a lot

less capabilities for what we're spending. >> reporter: republican congressman tom macarthur has a new jersey base in his district and supports the plan to increase that spending. >> i'm keenly aware of the 40,000 men and women that serve at that base. they can be sent overseas at any time. if they're not trained enough, if they don't have the best equipment, that's putting our young men and women in harm's way. to me that's unconshun ashl. >> reporter: today he says he's looking for the president to talk about bringing the country together. you know your colleagues. so what could he say that would resonate with both sides of the aisle? >> for me it's just as simple as acknowledging it takes all of us. >> reporter: listening for the words said tonight but also we are expecting some symbolism in the gaps that lawmakers are bringing and even in what they're wearing tonight. here's another one we learned about late this afternoon. i have been told that these buttons are being distributed to

some democratic lawmakers in the capital for those who want to symbolize unanswered questions for the white house. live in washington, d.c., i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. lauren mayk, thank you. we asked voters in rural berks county about what they expect to hear from the president tonight. >> what he needs to say is that what he's doing, everything he's doing is for the good of the country. >> i think that he has shown the type of person that he is and what he believes in. and at the end of the day if you don't agree with that, then to him you're wrong. >> one diner told us she's hoping to hear mr. trump speak from his heart tonight. nbc 10 is your home for the president's address tonight. we'll bring you the speech live at 9:00, then nbc 10 news will have analysis. then lauren and i will be back to break down the speech and get reaction in the capital. now back to other headlines back at home. and for that back to

philadelphia and jacqueline london. first we're turning to some local political news. a gathering at pat toomey's center city office and people taken away in police vans. police arrested nine people and cited them for disorderly conduct after they refused to leave. hundreds more chanted and cheered as officers led the protesters out one by one. the group said they weren't going to leave until toomey agreed to have a town hall meeting with his constituents. his office responded with this statement, senator toomey believes that civility is a necessary part of a productive conversation. he does not support the actions of the protesters today who disobeyed the lawful request from the philadelphia police department. to this now, new at 6:00, a montgomery county man is accused of filming the inside of a school locker room during a swim meet. john lyons jr. walked into a locker room at the high school and started recording video on

his cell phone. the school was hosting an invitational swim meet. because so many kids were involved the girls had to use the boy's locker room. he's charged with invasion of privacy. hit over the head and st stuffed in her own closet for four days. tonight the hunt is on for the home invader who did just that to a chester county woman. police if brandywine township said the attacker started beating her as she entered her home last wednesday. he took off with her laptop and her car. the woman's daughter-in-law found her tied up in the closet four days later. that victim is recovering at paoli hospital. two dozen people are charged in a violent drug trafficking ring inside a former philadelphia high rise. federal authorities say they found millions of dollars in crack cocaine inside the norman bloomberg apartment complex. the crimes happened between 2010 and 2015. the apartment complex has since been demolished. former vice president joe

biden got a standing ovation today as he walked on to a stage at the university of pennsylvania. he took part in a forum discussing the future of cancer research and treatment. he told the audience recent negative thinking about our country is holding back medical progress. >> this is an enormously, enormously talented country, and so we got to get back to the point where there's not a damn thing we can't do. >> during his time on stage, mr. biden also praised nurses, calling them angels from heaven. with only ten months left in office, new jersey governor chris christie delivered his final state budget address. >> we get in the room starting next week and you get this done with me, and we get it dporn the fami -- get it done for the families in this state. >> unveiling the budget this afternoon. the governor said he will work with lawmakers to come up with a new public school funding plan.

he also vowed to pay the highest payment yet into the state's broken pension fund. and he promised to start repairing roads, bridges and mass transit within the next 100 days. new jersey lawmakers are considering a bill to keep your money safer when you use an atm. that bill would require operators to inspect the machine every single day. sponsors say you might not be able to tell if an atm skimming device is installed but the inspector would spot them. philadelphia's mayor is launching a new program to get businesses from the suburbs into the city. mayor jim kenney announced gateway philly today. company was agree to set up satellite offices in the city for one year. they can earn up to $30,000 for doing it. the study gives pennsylvania an f in preventing lead in school's drinking water. the analysis released by penn environment research center calls this a chronic problem in p.a. a lot of cleaning up to do in

atlantic county after a car slammed right through the front of a house in galloway township. look at that. these pictures show the aftermath at the apache court development. up next immigration flip-flop. the idea president trump may now be open to when it comes to undocumented immigrants. i'm jim roenzfield live with that story. plus -- >> people are really telling, they must be more than black or white. >> they may be little, but their voices are big. why these kids are champions in a lost art. it's all new at 6:00 as part of our black history month celebration. we've got some showers, some of them on the heavy side right now and thunderstorms coming tomorrow. i'm tracking that rain tonight and then severe thunderstorms for tomorrow. details are next.

welcome back. i'm jim rosenfield live from our neighbors nation's capital where the president may call for a compromised immigration bill. a senior white house official telling nbc 10 that president trump is now open to granting legal status to some

undocumented immigrants but only those who have not committed serious crimes. those immigrants would not have to leave the country first. one of several big topics the president is expected to cover tonight along with healthcare, military spending and bringing jobs back to the u.s. of course, i'll be here live in washington. and at 11:00 tonight with everything you should know about the president's address and we'll bring the speech to you live right here on nbc 10 live at 9:00. now back to the studio. >> as we wrap up our month-long celebration of black history month tonight, we are highlighting a group of young people who are perfecting the lost art of oration. live in burlington county where they're the best in the state at public speaking. >> what does it do to a child to grow up and know that they can't simply be a child? >> and people are really colored, they must be more than

black or white. >> no man -- >> these young people have something to say. meet the new jersey orators. >> my category is dramatic interpretation of poetry. >> every week for an hour, second graders through high schoolers perfect the lost art of oration. they're memorizing speeches, poems, many of them quite long. and they're doing it on their own time. >> when i first came i sat in the corner without really talking, very nervous to stand up in public and speak. now i'm that kid in the front row wanting to speak. >> it help mees me with my read >> always keeping a watchful eye in the back of to room is joyce payne. she started this chapter. >> the need for youngsters to be able to stand in front of any type of audience and present themselves has always been something paramount in my mind. >> some december the group became state champions, a huge

win in and of itself, that payne says the real payoff is in the classroom. >> the children are not quite aware of what is happening, with you they know they're talking more in school and it's reflected in their work as well. >> a confidence that keeps these students coming back to speak from the heart and send a message. >> in burlington county, erin coleman, nbc 10 news. i have a feeling one day many of them will be on a much bigger stage, maybe even sitting right here. very good. tally me banana ♪ >> at universal creighton charter school children performed a musical titled "black lives matter." they sang and danced that highlights black americans and their role in history. turning to our weather now and a rainy night in our area. here's a live look at broad street from our campus camera.

you can see the rain is coming ahead of strong thunderstorms tomorrow. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking those storms today with the most accurate forecast. >> those are totally separate from what we're going to be getting tomorrow, but these are not trivial. this is some significant rain, as you can see moving west to east across the area, some of it is on the heavier side as we take a look close in philadelphia and delaware counties. the oranges indicate some fairly heavy rain and we're seeing much of delaware county, upper darby, chester, haverford all getting some moderate to heavy rain, even in the city of philadelphia itself we're starting to see some of that heavier rain near center city and south philly, just getting into the cross creek park way area and yeah, you got at least a couple hours of some pretty significant rain on the way because there's more

back there in ohio that has to move through as well. so we're not done with that. temperatures are in the 60s and 50s and much of the area. we're not done with the warm weather. we've got one more day of it and even record breaking temperatures. higher than what you see here. 61 at the airport. 65 in bustleton and in parkwood, it will cool off a little bit as the rain comes in. but tomorrow's rain, that's a different story. that comes with thunderstorms. damaging winds possible. hail and frequent lightning. the winds higher up in the atmosphere are very strong tomorrow and even stronger than what we saw on saturday. so it's got a lot of potential. as we go through the night tonight, there's that southern area moving through in the next few hours. then we start the day off tomorrow dry. we could see some showers first

thing. but this is the line of storms we're talking about later on during the afternoon coming straight through the area. just about everybody gets it. and it is going to be on the heavy side, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., reading, pottstown, allentown, holland, king of prussia, abington, philadelphia, aston, wilmington, newark, and 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. dover, milford, georgetown and toward the jersey shore. i'm john clark. the nfl showed us what the draft is going to look like in philly in april. we'll show you. the phillies are the most powerful team in baseball in the spring. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪

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>> phillies/orioles. hey, turn around. we've got big homers to show you today. check out the shot from tommy joseph into frenchies, the tiki bar. he joked afterward he helped out the happy hour there. can you smell what brock is cooking? brock stasi. three run shots and the phils have 11 homers this spring. that's the host in baseball so far. i'm john clark.

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address, talk of unification. we, of course, know you'll follow it for us. your nbc 10 investigators sent to harrisburg to ask why a law to protect the lgbt community was blocked and what might move that bill forward. one last check of our wet weather tonight. a live look at wilmington where rain is moving through, as you said it would, glenn. more rain tomorrow, but that will be stormy. >> it's not going to be as long lasting. it will all be concentrated over a short period of time. bursts of heavy rain, lightning, very strong gusty winds and that's the last of the really warm weather. we've got three straight windy days, but it gets colder and colder and colder. by saturday the low's 23, the high's 39. we warm up a little early next week, then we cool down again. much of the first half of march will be on the chillier side. >> 76 degrees but nobody will be outside long enough to enjoy it. they'll be running from building

to building. i'm jacqueline london, up next "nightly news." breaking news tonight. immigration compromise. a bomb shell from the white house. president trump may be open to legal status for undocumented immigrants who have not committed serious crimes. we have late details on tonight's address to congress. they lost ryan. the president's new eye opening comments about who is to blame for the death of a navy seal in that u.s. raid gone wrong in yemen. deadly plane disaster. in a heavily populated neighborhood. incredible rescues, sw survivors pulled from a home. a jewelry store giants. cancer striking younger. one of the most lethal rise. a dramatic rise among