no new taxes and more money for new projects. a look at the budget philadelphia mayor jim kenney is about to lay out any moment from now as protests continue over the mayor's controversial soda tax. sessions under fire. the new allegation about the attorney general's ties to russia. what jeff sessions said to nbc about the investigation this morning and who just said he wants sessions to resign. and profile in courage. the big honor former president obama just found out he's receiving. and right now, a cut in the city wage tax. job creation and new investments

in health and human services. those are some of the main points in philadelphia mayor jim kenney's plan. good morning, i'm vai sikahema. the mayor set to begin his budget address any moment as the controversy over his soda tax continues. let's give you a live look at council chambers in city hall. we are live outside city hall with details on what the mayor is proposing. matt, what can you tell us? >> reporter: there are a number of issues and topics expected to be addressed this morning. it is a $4.4 million budget with a five-year plan. there are voices of opposition. demonstrators there protesting the city's beverage tax. some angry about the loss of revenue they have seen in local

stores. mayor jim kenney is expected to talk about the beverage tax in his budget address, particularly how it has helped 4,000 students so far. he'll tackle drug abuse, housing, also the city's pension program, but the one getting the most attention is the soda tax. one gentleman, an accountant, says soda sales are more important than you might think. >> it brings people into stores, and then they buy what they really need. right now everything's down. it is just the very beginning. if we continue this for a few more months, the city will lose a tremendous amount of revenue. >> reporter: they spoke with a woman yesterday. there will be layoffs at plants. for now we await the mayor's budget address in front of city council. we're waiting for him to take

the podium. we are streaming all of this on nbc10.com and the nbc10 app. you can also see a breakdown of all the budget address topics and issues right there on the app and the website as well. be back again at 11:30. nbc10 news. hey, hold onto your hats. we're dealing with gusty winds today as we give you a live look at center city, philadelphia, where the wind is making it feel a little bit colder than it actually is outside. first alert meteorologist erika martin is here with the most accurate forecast in the region. >> the most accurate windy forecast in the area because that's really the big story for today and more importantly, vai, we're seeing northwesterly winds behind a cold front. this is why temperatures are so cold right now and those feels like temperatures even worse. 25 mile-per-hour wind speeds for

philadelphia. 28 for coatesville. really the big story for today is just how windy and how much colder it is behind that cold front. right now we're seeing averages in the 40s for the most part. new jersey, 44 degrees. we're definitely seeing plenty of sunshine as a high pressure is our weather maker. allentown, 30 degrees. get this going and pause this later this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. upper 30s for burlington, trenton, and voorhees. at 10:00 p.m. it will feel like it is 26 degrees in doylestown, 27 in allentown, wilmington a below freezing 30 degrees. coming up in just a minute, i have your most accurate forecast and of course your ten-day on 10. in delaware county, a tree fell on a house in clifton

heights leaving a man with minor head injury. it happened early this morning along mill street. peco says power is out to about 14 homes in the area and should be restored right about now. time for a look at the roads with francesca. looking at the 76. >> that's right. with these whipping winds, it's a key ingredient for why we've been seeing downed trees. over in center city, watching the schuylkill expressway at spring garden street. speeds have rebounded. norristown, we have an accident at main and barbados streets. a little bit of yellow, so it is affecting traffic in this area. it is passable. lower marion we have another

accident at philmont avenue. 95. southbound wood haven to the vine, 15 minutes. everything is back the normal. vai, back over to you. a man is in stable condition after he was stabbed outside a south philadelphia bar. this is video from earlier this morning along jackson street. so far there are no arrests. and we have new details about lewdness incidents near the university of delaware campus. delaware state police arrested donald maxwell yesterday. he exposed himself to women in two separate incidents earlier in the day. he is out of jail on bond. chester county police have arrested a 17-year-old for a home invasion in east brandywine township. the unidentified teen attacked the 72-year-old woman in her house tacki ing house, taking her car and her credit cards. happening today, religious

leaders, lawmakers, and citizens will gather on independence mall for a stand against hate rally. mayor kenney, governor wolf, area jewish community leaders and the archbishop plan to stand together and denounce acts of hate here and across the country. $69,000 are now up for grabs in the philadelphia jewish cemetery vandalism case. the fbi opened a civil rights investigation. new jersey governor chris christie will be in camden county today for the opening of a new drug abuse treatment facility there. it was founded by a.j. solomon who once worked for christie. christie highlighted a.j.'s recovery from heroin addiction. the shattered taj mahal casino in atlantic city is about

to be reborn. hard rock international has agreed to buy the taj. the company will reopen the boardwalk property into a hard rock casino. boardwalk visitors we talked to liked the idea, and the atlantic city mayor said it means a multimillion dollar renovation and the addition of 3,000 jobs. >> i think it will be another highly competitive property and a reason to come to atlantic city. >> that is something we can go and explore. >> we can casino hop now more. >> the taj mahal closed last fall after icon and union workers could not agree on the new contract. it was the fifth casino to close in a.c. since 2015. family, friends, and fellow police officers will come together tomorrow and saturday to remember two delaware officers who were killed in a crash last weekend. officials with the dover police

department announced the funeral and memorial services for rob defont and jimmy watts. the two men were off duty when the jeep they were riding in veered off the road and slammed into a pole. in delaware, hunters killed a record number of deer during the past hunting season. hunters harvested more than 14,700 deer breaking last year's record high. the most recent hunting season was the first that allowed hunting on sundays. calls to resign. the new push to get attorney general jeff sessions out of office following revelations about his relationship with russia during the presidential campaign. also, we know it was a warm february here, but we're not the only ones dealing with mild weather. the people in the city of chicago saw something happen there that hasn't in nearly 150 years. vai, a return to winter for us here because we have these strong northwesterly winds and

gusts. what does this mean for your afternoon? bundle up of course, but i have your most accurate forecast coming up in just a bit.

u.s. attorney general jeff sessions is under fire this morning after his spokesperson confirmed that sessions did meet with the russian ambassador, but failed to disclose that during his confirmation hearing. blaine alexander has more from washington. >> reporter: this morning attorney general jeff sessions on defense. >> well, i have not met with any

russians at any time to discuss any political campaign and those remarks are unbelievable to me and are false. >> reporter: sessions forced to defend his statements during his confirmation hearing, saying under oath as a top trump campaign surrogate he had no involvement with russia leading up to the election. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> reporter: during that hearing, senator al franken asked sessions repeatedly about russian involvement which sessions denied. >> these are contradictory statements. i think he should immediate recuse himself from any of this. >> reporter: today lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on sessions to step away from any investigation into russian tampering with the election. >> i think if you trust the american people, you recuse yourself in these situations, yes. >> i think he needs to clarify and recuse himself. >> whenever it is appropriate, i'll recuse myself.

there's no doubt about it. >> reporter: but some democrats are going a step further, calling on sessions to step down. >> he certainly should recuse himself. i think he should probably resign. >> reporter: still some republicans continue to back sessions. >> i think what we're seeing is a lot of political theater. >> reporter: and the white house is dismissing it as a partisan attack. the white house went on to say this is an attempt to draw attention away from what they call a successful speech by the president. blaine alexander, nbc news washington. patrick meehan said today sessions should recuse himself and chuck schumer is going further saying attorney general sessions should resign. senator schumer said this morning the revelations about sessions have him worried about the future of the country. he had previously called for sessions to recuse himself from any investigation into russian interference with the election.

>> it would be of "alice and wonderland" quality if this administration were to sanction him to investigate himself. >> schumer is calling for the acting deputy attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor. happening today, president trump will talk about military spending. he will do it aboard the brand new u.s.s. gerald ford. the president has said he wants to increase military spending by $44 billion. the ship costing nearly $13 billion is one of the most expensive ever built and could be commissioned sometime in april. president trump has gained one more member of his cabinet today. senators voted to confirm dr. ben carson as secretary of housing and urban development. the senate approved it by a vote of 58-41. today is the first full day on the job for interior

secretary zinke. he has defended expanding oil, gas, and coal production. happening now, investors are watching the dow this morning one day after it set a record closing above 21,000 for the first time. right now the dow is down 38 points. [ bells ] and the company that owns snapchat made its market debut today. owners of snap inc. rang the opening bell. the app is valued at 24 billion. the parent company of nbc universal is in business relationship with snapchat. well, chicago set a snow record last month by not seeing

any for the first time in the 146 years the weather service has been keeping records. chicago has not logged any snow on the ground in january or february. some snow flurries have fallen, but not enough to record. warm air and ground temperatures led in part to the lack of snow accumulation. i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin. weather headlines for today include a blustery blast to say the least with really strong northwesterly winds and strong northwesterly gusts. on friday it looks like we'll see an a.m. wintry mix and a chance of light snow. i'll time that out for you hour by hour. this weekend it will be dry, but colder. below average temperatures. we normally see mid 40s, upper 40s this time of year. philadelphia, the average high temperature 48 degrees. neighborhoods right now in philadelphia seeing lots of 40s. mid 40s for west mt. airy.

48 for port richmond. rittenhouse currently in the 40s for you. fox chase, 45. bustleton at 47 degrees. lehigh valley colder, of course. allentown, 40. nazareth currently at 40 degrees. so here is a look at your current wind gusts ranging between 36 miles per hour, 48 for toms river, and coatesville 40 mile-per-hour wind gusts for you. when we take a look at those wind speeds, a little calmer, but still strong. it feels like it's mainly in the low to mid 30s right now. when we get this done, we pause this by later this afternoon. it still is going to feel like colder temperatures. 36 in allentown. 38 in trenton. doylestown, 35. by later tonight, it's going to

feel a lot chillier than that. 27, allentown. burlington, 33. dover, it will feel like it is a chilly 36 degrees. we start to see the influence of some moisture kicking in. of course because we do have that colder air in place. by 1:00 p.m., it looks like we'll see the threat of some snow. a little bit of an a.m. mix tomorrow morning, especially likely for the lehigh valley. we get this moving later through the afternoon hours. we're seeing some light snow moving across the delaware valley. certainly not going to be a whiteout, but it will not be a completely dry day. your ten-day on 10 includes a gusty thursday. then we do have a windy friday and saturday. the winds will start to improve there. temperatures dive into the 30s on saturday, so 36 is the expected high temperature. then 43 on sunday. we rebound on monday with an upper 50 there and then 62 by tuesday, tracking some showers

here. 55 on wednesday. a mix of sun and clouds. it looks like we're going to stay pretty much in the 50s through next week. follow us on social media for more updates. back to you. still ahead, set up to fail? the mistake parents are making that could be giving kids a tougher time in the classroom.

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it was one of broadway's most unique and talked about shows, and now the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime is dazzling audiences right here in philadelphia. adam langden plays the 15-year-old math wiz in the show. he's here with tim wright, who is part of the original company of the show. tell us about the show. >> it is about a young man who comes out on stage and finds out his neighbor's dog has been murdered. he takes it upon himself to take

on the mystery of who killed this dog. >> the character is a little bit different than i think what typical teenagers we would see in shows. >> there's lots of sensory aspects in the show that he doesn't like or deal with. >> it's adapted from a novel. tell me how the stage is different from the book. >> it is actually very faithful to the book. we really put the audience in the mind of christopher. >> which is the biggest challenge of doing a stage version because the book does that so successfully. >> tim, you are the dance and flight captain for the show. pretty physical, would you say? >> absolutely. it's the most physical show i've ever been involved in. when we were inerer h rehearsal

did a boot camp every day. one of the great things about the show even though there's a lot of high-tech stuff is when christopher talks about wanting to be an astronaut, it's the company members that help him to fly. there's a lot of lifting and dynamic movement, stuff up on walls that is done with manpower and womanpower. it is very, very physical and a lot of fun for that. >> it sounds like a terrific show. i know it's getting great review. you can catch performances of "the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime" now through march 5th at broad and locust streets. we have more information on our website, nbc10.com. we're awaiting philadelphia mayor jim kenney to present his $4 million budget plan. the mayor putting down his water

bottle is about to speak. we'll take a closer look at what the mayor is proposing when we come back. why a pennsylvania gym is no longer allowing members to watch 24-hour news networks while they work out.

budget address as philadelphia mayor jim kenney speaks to city council right now about his spending plan, protests continue outside of city hall over the mayor's controversial soda tax. this is a live look right now this morning inside council chambers inside city hall. let's take a moment and just listen in. >> they're also available to students' families and the surrounding community. pre-k is providing quality early

childhood education to families who never before could have afforded it. it is just $34,000 a year. the program has enabled 88 pre-k providers, 75% of whom are minority or female owners, to take jobs. the program has specifically proven reduced poverty. >> we are just outside city hall. has a look at some of the specifics inside the mayor's budget proposal. >> reporter: the mayor took the podium just about five minutes ago. he is laying out that $4.4 billion budget and the five-year plan. among the big topics on the agenda this morning, battling opioid addiction. last year there were 900 deaths and thousands of hospital visits

related to the drug, so the mayor is proposing nearly $2 million to combat that problem. he's also proposing a realtime database to track treatment centers. the budget also tackles lead poisoning prevention and half a million dollars that would help the city's building inspection unit demolish homes. the one thing that is getting the most attention out here is that beverage tax that went into effect earlier this year. the mayor said that tax has helped 40,000 students so far. pepsi has announced layoffs at local distribution plants. >> it's just terrible. i worry every day about my job myself, so i'm not sure what's next to come or how they're going to see their families, let alone myself. >> reporter: the city on the

other hand argues the beverage tax has created more than 200 jobs in investing to universal pre-k. my colleague lauren mayk inside city hall. she'll have more this afternoon. we are streaming that budget address live on nbc10.com and the tnbc10 app. we have a breakdown of the issues and topics that will be focused on this morning. nbc10 news. >> thank you. here's another look inside city council chambers in city hall. this is philadelphia mayor jim kenney giving his budget address. right now he's speaking about fighting the opioid crisis. you can continue to watch the mayor's speech live on the nbc10 app. meanwhile strong winds are making it feel very blustery

outside today. our camera in cape may. it was windy enough to shake around our camera near city hall in center city this morning. the wind blowing into this dog, just trying to stay upright. erika martin here with our most accurate forecast. >> vai, i felt really bad for that dog. good thing he was on a leash. >> i know. >> here's the deal. we have a really gusty windy day around the delaware valley. a cold front just east of us. right now temperatures are mainly in the 40s. lots of sunshine. pa suburbs averaging right now in the 40s, but again it's all about those strong northwesterly winds and strong northwesterly gusts right now. 48 miles per hour for toms river. 30 for coatesville. 38 mile-per-hour wind gusts here. for the most part, we're seeing really strong winds and wind

gusts across the entire area. let's take a look at your neighborhood right now for the pa suburbs. it's only getting colder behind that cold front. we do have a chilly weekend in the forecast. gilbertsville, 42. bed minister, 41. what about those feels like temperatures? it feels like it's in the 30s right now. and we get this going and pause this later this afternoon into tonight at 5:30 p.m. it's going to feel like it is mainly in the 30s. at midnight, it is going to be a really cold night ahead. it will feel like 24 in allentown. 23 in doylestown. 27 in trenton. tomorrow it will feel the temperatures are in the teens. pottstown, 21 degrees. we'll talk about what to expect with this cold blast for the weekend. winter made a comeback, vai.

back to you. checking out our nbc10 headlines this morning. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions is under fire this morning. his spokesperson confirmed sessions met with the russian ambassador, but failed to disclose that during his confirmation hearing. senator minority leader chuck schumer is calling on sessions to resign and is asking for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate alleged russian interference in last year's election. right now, philadelphia police are searching for an attacker who stabbed a man outside a bar. this happened early this morning along jackson street in south philadelphia. the victim is listed in stable condition. and delaware state police arrested a man accused of exposing himself to women. donald maxwell was taken into custody in georgetown yesterday. authorities say that he stripped down and performed a lewd act in two separate incidents near the university of delaware earlier in the day. happening now, investors are

watching the dow this morning one day after it set a record closing above 21,000 for the first time. right now looks like it's down 51 points. well, a second-floor balcony collapsed in florida yesterday sending 11 senior citizens to the hospital. they range in age from the mid 80s to their 90s. none of the injuries are life threatening. we have new details this morning about presidential counselor kellyanne conway. the ethics office says conway acted inadvertently when she encouraged people to buy ivan ivanka's clothing line. barack obama is the latest recipient of the john k. kennedy profile and courage award. the award is named for jfk's

pulitzer prize winning book. one pennsylvania gym is taking steps to prevent political arguments between its members. the scranton ymca will no longer broadcast 24-hour news networks in their workout room. the ceo there says several political discussions there have become really heated and almost caused a locker room fight. it hopes it can help lower stress levels in the gym, but now the news ban itself is the subject of debate. >> i think it's probably an overreaction. >> in my opinion, i think it should remove it. it will stop all the problems, people fighting. >> as for right now, the ban is permanent. if things calm down, directors say they could possibly reconsider bringing back 24 hours news. could the queen of all media become the president of the united states? here's a hint. oprah 2020 is trending on

twitter right now. >> oh, gee. i don't have the experience. i don't know enough. now i'm thinking, oh. >> in this bloomberg interview oprah winfrey joked about running for the white house. she stated in the past she would never run because she thought she didn't have enough experience. she's not running, but she did have some fun with the idea during this interview. more fallout from that best picture blunder at the oscars. the accountants responsible for the mix up are under the protection of a security detail. someone posted pictures of their personal homes online. they handed warren beatty to wrong card. pricewaterhousecoopers says the accountants will stay with the company but never again work an

oscars show. the widow of beau biden has found love again with beau's brother. hallie biden is now dating hunter biden. in a statement, joe and jill biden say the two have their full support. hunter told the paper he and hallie are lucky to have found love. rachel dolezal has a new name, one with african origin that means what god has given. she says she wanted the new name because even though she is caucasian, she identifies as black. elvis is in the house. a new complex opened today at graceland highlighting the king of rock and roll's life and career. take a look.

>> three, two, one. >> his former wife cut the ribbon. the soundstage he used will be on display. it includes several restaurants and shopping for elvis memorabilia. get in shape without leaving your house. our week long workout series continues with ways you can get fit without setting foot in a gym. even though yesterday was the first day of spring, it looks like it is feeling more like winter conditions. i have your most accurate forecast and your ten-day on 10 coming up.

well, facebook is adding new tools to try to prevent live stream suicides. these steps come after several reports of children and adults broadcasting on facebook live as they took their own lives. facebook is also streamlining the process of reporting a live video from someone who may need help. here's a question for parents. how much tv do you let your young children watch and are they prepared to learn? researchers at nyu studied the connection between tv time and school readiness. the study shows kindergartners

who watch more than two hours of tv per day were less prepared for school, especially in subjects like math and critical thinking. get your summer body in shape without leaving the house. we met up with a fitness expert to test some at-home workouts. take a look. >> reporter: if you're determined to look your best on the beach but you can't swing the gym membership, apps might be what you're looking for. >> ten-minute trainer might be something you want to start with just to get going. >> reporter: bradley looked through a few of the gazillion apps out there. most are free or relatively cheap and are good if you're relatively in shape. the key is to know where you're starting fitness-wise and where you want to finish. >> you need to know your stuff, right? >> all these people look like they're in shape. >> reporter: when you see insanity and beast, those are

things you don't want to start with. >> push, push. >> all those are videos that you need to be six months to eight months in before you go there. >> reporter: same goes for the many on demand options and there are plenty. but what about all those fitness items you see on tv? we had a few. >> we have glute blaster, which could be functional, but we can figure out a bunch of other ways to do this same thing. so we really don't need that. >> reporter: carlos found uses for this simply board with challenging push-ups and challenging squats. >> two down the middle. >> i like that. >> one more time. good. and relax. >> we do do squats during commercial breaks. >> we could do it during commercial breaks. >> we wouldn't kill ourselves. >> bradley's advice, there's so many ways to get your body up

off the couch and get going, so do it. all you need is a chair, a broom, the floor. everything is right inside your home, so you don't need to leave the couch. you can stay home. the barnes foundation invites you to check out a brand-new exhibition. these amazing works of art extend far beyond the art gallery. we have the executive director and president of the barnes foundation. tell us about this new exhibition. >> people know the barnes has one of the great collections of french impressionist art. it was really the first movement in the west in which artists really left the studio and went out and wandered the streets of the newly modern city. >> now these artists cover some serious and very timely topics in their art like gender

politics, racism and homelessness. >> this show looks at the way in which artists all over the world have revived this practice of going out onto the street as a way to be freshly engaged with the social fabric. >> person of the crowd also hits the streets of philadelphia. tell us how that works. >> it would be foolish to do a show about artists in the street without having artists work on the streets in philadelphia. we'll have artists throughout philadelphia. we have billboard and poster projects and walking tours. all that stuff is detailed on our website. >> barnes is one of the great gems in the city of philadelphia. frankly in the entire country. it's such a great place. person of the crowd, the contemporary art. say that for me, tom.

>> flanerie. >> for more information, head over to our website at nbc10.com or check out the nbc10 app. tom collins, thank you. and come back. >> appreciate it. [ inaudible ]. >> blustery blasts. conditions for today certainly a lot colder than average, especially with those feels like temperatures all due to some strong northwesterly gusts and strong westerly winds. friday we are tracking some light snow. i'll get to that in the hour-by-hour forecast. on the weekend, dry but colder temperatures will be the average. let's look at this 24-hour temperature difference. it is 19 degrees colder in mt. holly at this same time than it was yesterday. 20 in coatesville. 19 degrees colder in wilmington.

folks, we have some colder air sliding into place and it's going to stay this way for the next couple of days. we can see those northwesterly winds right now. that's the influence as far as the wind is concerned. current temperatures really pretty much in the 40s. philadelphia, 46. mt. holly, 46. trenton, 44 degrees. the average high temperature for today is 48 degrees. our forecasted high is 49 and the record high 77 degrees. sunset for today 5:54 p.m. so again satellite and radar images showing that there's not much going on right now, but we do have that influence of that northwesterly air. you can see just to the northwest some light lake-effect influence now. for tomorrow, it looks like we'll see some light snow, but right now this wind is pretty much blowing and it is due to wind gusts. current winds ranging between 14 miles per hour, and wildwood,

northwesterly winds at 20 miles per hour. look at the bottom of your screen for your local most accurate forecast. temperatures at 11:30 a.m., mainly 30s. then in the 30s for the entire day. we're going to get a lot chillier by tonight. in fact, it looks like by midnight temperatures hovering around the 20s. these are those feels like temperatures. keep that in mind. early tomorrow morning 7:30 a.m. it will feel like it is 18 degrees in allentown, 19 in doylestown, philly 24, west chester 21. winds are going to get better, but it's still going to be pretty strong out there, so here is hour-by-hour forecast starting at 11:30 a.m. by tomorrow, midday we start to see some showers move in. snow showers. notice we're seeing some whites and some blues, and it is coming in from the northwest to the southeast. everything cleared by about

4:00, 5:00 p.m. we have some light snow moving across the delaware valley. we're going to keep it in the upper 40s for today. temperatures below average for tomorrow. 41 degrees. on saturday, we have 30s. it's going to be windy on saturday as well with a mix of sun and clouds, but it will be dry for this upcoming weekend. developing clouds on monday. upper 50s for you on tuesday. in the 60s with a chance of some showers in the forecast. 55 on wednesday. 50 on thursday. then we're pretty much going to keep it in the 50s from there on out. tracking some showers for saturday right here, but the deal is we do certainly have a chilly day in the forecast with those overnight lows. they'll be just right above the freezing mark. the feels like temperatures in the teens and 20s for tomorrow morning. we have more news coming up after the break. see you then. fios in the house!

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philadelphia mayor jim kenney just wrapped up delivering his annual budget address, and here's a live look right now inside council chambers in city hall where the mayor just finished outlining his $4 billion-plus spending plan for the city. the mayor said the city's new beverage tax will allow nearly

half a billion dollars to be spent over the next five years on programs to reduce prover ov. the budget also calls for programs to combat the opioid crisis. he'll hire new paramedics and firefighters for the city. coming up this afternoon starting at 3:00, president george w. bush pays a visit to the "ellen" show for the first time to talk vladimir putin and his poncho problem at the inauguration. nbc10 responds helps a man whose tv bill kept adding up. we'll have that at 4:00. now to first alert meteorologist erika martin. >> it's cold today. that was part of the choreography. it's so cold today. the high temperature was hit at

midnight, 62 degrees. since then it's been a nose dive down into the 40s. really gusty today. 49 is the forecasted high temperature tomorrow. not a whiteout, vai, so that's the good news there. saturday, 36 is the high. 43 on sunday. then we start to rebound. by monday, tuesday, wednesday, we see -- the average for this time of year, vai, is 45 degrees. today we're right around average. but tomorrow, saturday, and sunday not the case. >> phillies have spring training in florida. they can play games here. 56 degrees next week. thanks for watching "nbc10 news at 11:00." for all of us here at nbc10, have a great day and take a warm coat with you as you walk out the door. it's going to be cold.

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