we are following breaking news from new york where another train derailment is impacting travel. we'll have a look at the effect on mass transit here in our area. back in court, entertainer bill cosby returns to montgomery county courtroom in the latest showdown with the evidence in his sex assault case. a fresh start and the day so many phillys fans have been waiting for. the phils are back in action on opening day and the phillys manager is letting you know what to expect this season. >> nbc 10 news starts now. right now at 11:00, a terrifying incident involving a 13-year-old girl and now philadelphia police want to track down the three teens who they say grabbed a girl off of a street and dragged her into an abandoned house and attacked

her. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. police are asking for the public's health lp in finding t teenagers. three boys grabbed her around 5:00 last night and investigators still haven't found them. nbc 10's matt delucia, what can you tell us? >> they are very busy here at the special victims unit. this morning they do have some new information, but not a whole lot. >> i hope she okay. >> reporter: neighbors on the 1300 block of west butler street are still in shock and anger over what happened in this abandoned home yesterday afternoon. around 5:00 p.m. philly police say three teenage boys approacheded a 13-year-old girl who was walking down the street. they dragged her inside the home and assaulted her. >> that's ridiculous. for little kids to be raping little kids. what are we coming to?

>> the home was boarded up, but neighbors say that hasn't been enough to stop pretrespassers. this morning we went back to that house to find nothing has changed. >> just so devastated. it's horrible. >> police believe they were 15 or 16 years old. she was able to tell detectives what happened. so far, no arrests. >> we only have nicknames on one or two of them right now, but we need the public's help. it's a very nasty and ugly crime. >> reporter: and that's about all police have to go on right now. they're hoping to get more and the neighbors on that block are hoping to get those three teens off the street as quickly as possible. >> live in special victims unit, i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. we're following breaking news out of new york city for the second time in less than two weeks a train derailed at penn station. a passenger onboard the train sent these photos to nbc 10. a transit spokesperson said there was a slow-speed

derailment as the train pulled into the nation. n.j. transit service in and out of penn station was shut down at 9:30 a.m. as authorities investigated. the fdny confirmed four people suffered minor injuries. let's check the impact on first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> now, unfortunately, vai, we have service suspended in and out of penn station for new jersey because of this and that's affecting the northeast corridor and the north jersey coast and montclair, midtown direct is redirected into hoboken, but they're trying to help out with the situation. they're honoring new jersey transit bus and waterway ferry, as well. the lesson here is to check before you go to see what's affected for you because of the derailed train that might be there with the accident investigation under way, as well. >> these are the cameras around 17th street and this is the southbound side.

there is slow moving maintenance vehicles up ahead. that's why we're seeing the southbound slowdown near the schuylkill express way and we'll see the lane restrictions. construction on hamilton on the route 61, and this is from an earlier accident that happened yesterday and now they have cleanup there and we'll end up on the bridges, the lanes closed there until 3:00 p.m. and that's a little mistake there, but either way, lanes closed over the palmyra bridge and construction eastbound where the right lane is closed over the wall. vai, back to you. happening now, comedian bill cosby is back in court in norristown for a pre-trial hearing in his sex assault case and cosby arrived shortly before 9:00 a.m. and today lawyers are asking that potential jurors fill out a question air aboaire

what they've heard about the case. cosby is accused of assaulting a woman in his home and has pled not guilty. accused cop killer eric frein is charged with shooting two straight troopers in the poconos in 2014, killing one of them. frein's lawyers want his videotaped confession thrown out, but police said he agreed to cooperate. opening statements in his trial are set for tomorrow. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> and a mild monday throughout our area, but the clouds are hanging around as we take a live look at boat house row in philadelphia. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist krystal cli kryst krystal klie, and starting to see those clouds increase around the neighborhoods and 58 in philadelphia and 59 in the pennsylvania suburbs. same deal, 58 in new jersey and just now into the 60s in areas

like the lehigh valley and delaware up to 61. overall, today is looking like a pretty good day. you see winds right now about 5, 10 miles an hour and those may pick up a tad into breezier conditions especially into the later day and overnight. take a look at the satellite. we have some clouds to our north, but we will see more clouds building in through the day and if we pull this out wider, we've got some change coming our direction. storm center is still well to our west and you tee area of moisture associated with the storm is headed in our direction. this will attract from west to east as we go through today so by tonight some of this moisture will make its way into place meaning we start to return to the rainy pattern we've been on again off again seeing for quite some time. for the next 36 hours, increasing clouds and mid-60s by later today and by tonight the rain returns and rumbles of thunder possible with some thunderstorms starting to develop into tomorrow.

those scattered thunderstorms and even warmer conditions are expected. we'll run through your forecast the rest of today and your workweek coming up in a few minutes. all right. we'll send it to you, crystal. philadelphia police are looking for a driver that crashed into an suv in the front of a fitness center. this happened on main street near ridge avenue and the driver slammed into the front sense of the building around 3:00 this morning. police tell us the driver and passenger who were inside the suv took off. there are no arrests and no reports of anyone being hurt. police are looking for the person who firebombed a woman's west philadelphia home. someone threw a molotov cocktail on reno street before 5:00. the device blew out the windows of the house and set the first floor on fire. a woman inside was trapped in the second floor. firefighters rescued her and a neighbor tells us she heard a loud bang and went outside to check on her kids. >> the neighbor brought it to my

attention, they just firebombed the house. so that was that noise? you know, it's, like, it's crazy. >> the police questioned the woman after the fire and she was not hurt. >> police continue to search for the armed driver who shot and killed another driver. the deadly shooting happened in summer dale yesterday morning. a driver pulled up alongside the victim's car in a spotlight and that's when the gunmen opened fire and the man lost control of his car and eventually swerving across multiple lanes of traffic and crashing into a fence. in decision 2017, today is the deadline for major party candidates in the race for new jersey governor that filed their petitions and the primary is june 6th and independent candidates also have until their day to get their petitions in. on the democratic side, former ambassador bill murphy is funding his campaign himself and he's running against jim

johnson. assemblyman john wisnewski. kim voidano is leading in the polls and assemblyman and steve rogers. >> today it's time to play ball for the phillys. the team opens up the 2017 season against the reds in cincinnati. coverage starts on csn and starts at 3:00 this afternoon with the first pitch at 4:10 and just like last year, jeremy henrikson will get the opening-day start for the phils. so what can philly fans expect this season from the team? ? manager pete mccannon says his goal would be to win half the games and that would be 81 and he's basing that on the conditions of howie kendrick in left field and michael sounders in right and bringing a much-needed stability to the everyday lineup. >> there's a lot that goes into it, but it seems to work that way right now. i'm looking forward to seeing that lineup from the start. >> i'm happy with the additions we have in the clubhouse.

not only with their ability on the field, but with what they bring to the clubhouse. csn is hosting a watch party at xfinity live and they get a free cheesestake and a drink. you can watch the home opener against the washington nationals at 3:05 right here on nbc 10 and remember, catch our pre-game show on friday starting at 2:00 p.m. philadelphia native dawn staly is the national champion this morning. the coach led her south carolina victory in the ncaa finals and all she had to do was beat the mississippi state team that snapped the winning stream. her gamecocks had beaten the bulldogs twice this season. last night they beat them again when they counted most, winning the championship, beating them 67-55. miss staly coached at temple and

the university tweeted, quote, the family sends congrats to coach staly. we'll always love you, coach. >> the men's national championship game featured a pair of one seeds and gonzaga taking on north carolina and they'll cap off their first-ever trip to the final four with the title. the tar heelses are returning to the championship game after coming up short last year, of course, against villanova. tip-off tonight in glendale, arizona is at 9:20 and we are following two breaking news stories this morning. the first, a deadly subway blast. at least nine people are killed after a bomb explodes in a russian subway train and officials reveal they found another bomb station. and back in the u.s. we're following breaking news involving a deadly boiler explosion in st. louis. and here is a look live outside cape may, new jersey and big changes overnight into your tuesday. the next round of rain is

rolling through. we'll track that hour by hour coming up after the break.

y26vgy y5yy we have breaking news out of russia. at least nine people are dead after an explosion on a subway train in st. petersburg. a russian senator looks like the work terrorists. a second device that did not detonate was found at another station. security is being tight owned all transit locations in the russian capital.

russian president vladimir putin is visiting the city to hold talks with the belarusian president. he expressed his condolences to the families of the dead and injured. >> also breaking in st. louis, missouri, three people are dead after a boiler explosion in an industrial area there. three buildings were damaged and four other people are hurt. two have critical injuries and fire officials say a boiler exploded at a box company and debris flew into the other buildings. judge neil gorsuch is about to be one step closer to the supreme court. here is another look at the senate judiciary committee that is meeting right now and he's expected to send his nomination this morning. this is senator lindsay graham you're looking at a short time ago during the hearing and another senator dianne feinstein said she will oppose gorsuch and support a filibuster of his

nomination. tracie potts is following the development from d.c. >> reporter: a senior u.s. official tells nbc that jared kushner made an unannounced trip to iraq with the joint chiefs chair. it comes as the white house responds overnight to kushner's vast real estate holdings. his attorney says, they're, quote, unlikely to pose the kinds of conflicts that would trigger the need to divest, this as president trump welcomes egypt's controversial leader today and china's president later this week with this message. >> they need to put pressure on north korea. the only country that can stop north korea is china. >> the russia investigation continues this week. the senate is reportedly not ready to give former national security adviser mike flinn immunity. >> it's not uncommon, but i think it's premature. >> that's the senate's investigation. of course, the house investigation has been embroiled in the controversy about classified documents and who got them and who didn't and what they say. democrats say that's distracting from the key question they're

trying to answer, were there trump officials involveded in helping russia influence the election? tracie potts. the father came home yesterday to find his family in the debris of their flipped-over mobile home. in alexandria, louisiana, shoppers at a mall caught this tornado on their cell phone cameras. you see a funnel cloud here slowly descending from the sky and a dark cloud as thunder boomed from the parking lot. and the severe weather was spotted in central louisiana. a large tornado there moved across interstate 49 hitting the small community of lena. the storm packed strong winds and rain and lightning and the wide path of damage toppling trees and destroying buildings. no reports there of deaths or injuries. meanwhile, in mississippi the problem is rain, way too

much of it. heavy rain overnight caused this flooding outside of jackson and vehicles were under water in an apartment complex and there are also reports of down trees and power lines in that area. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. the same system could bring more severe weather farther south and that will track through today. that moisture will head in our direction for the same storm system and we're not worried about severe weather. and here is the satellite view with the nice shot that we've got. we started out with sunshine and we will start to see a mixing of clouds building through and this is the thin clouds that still look nice outside and the cloud coverage will start to pull in from the west and southwest as we progress through today and into tonight. temperatures are already climbing outside. we're at 58 at the airport and the official reading and 60, 64 and graduate hospital and sitting at 62 degrees and we're at 63 in touristdale and a pair

of them from summerton to fox. really nice temperatures outside and some spots are warmer than yesterday, and hopefully you got out for a little yesterday. it was really gorgeous sunday. today is a good day. we stayed dry and like i mentioned temperatures boost up. so the official highs today should be right in the mid 60s and in the suburbs, mostly mid-60s as well and lansdale, the same any even through the lehigh valley and burks county like allentown and 64 degrees and notice the cones here and we're increasing clouds through the day and still sun peeking through. in new jersey, trenton, 67 degrees along the shore and upper 60s and we have the effect from the ocean air and nice conditions still, and sunshine lingering around the shore through the later part of today. delaware, wilmington at 66 degrees and smyrna, you'll be at 68 for the forecast high this afternoon.

temperatu temperatures will continue to climb into tomorrow and the problem is when you get that kind of warmth that combines the energy or strength for stronger storms to develop. here is the hour-by-hour forecast. right now, thin clouds out there. we continue through the rest of the day those clouds may thicken up a bit and notice we still don't see any rain and you still don't need the rain, and as we go overnight here about 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. and we'll start with spotty rain and then it begins more steady around 11:00 to midnight and the yellow and oranges those could be spots for thunderstorms to develop overnight and you may hear rumbles of thunder as you try sleep this evening into the early hours. scattered activity is what we're talking about here that could be heavier and louder, as well. that will start to move out by around the morning commute, 8:00 a.m. and still lingering showers outside and possibly a stray pocket of heavier rain and roadways are already wet for your morning commute for your

tuesday. a bit of a break in the afternoon because we'll be heating up some, possibly some peeks of sunshine by 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. and we'll begin to clear out. that is not the only round of rain in our extended forecast. we will get to that coming up in the next half hour. >> we'll see you in a little bit, krystal. calling all lego fans and kids of all ages. a brand-new place where you can let your imagination run wild. a peek at the discovery center in our area just ahead.

well, they're opponents on the court, but this saturday night all of the philly six basketball coaches will team up to beat cancer for the 15th annual american cancer society. coaches versus cancer basketball gala. the st. joe's university hawks and a good friend and the national chair of the american

cancer society coaches versus cancer program diana cocetti is the senior development. tell us about the program and why this is so important to you. >> it's really important because there's not a person watching, there's not a person driving up and down the streets of philadelphia that hasn't been impacted and kaens are doesn't fight fair. cancer is the bully in every school yard and it's been the bully forever and if you don't crush it you're not going to beat it. so to me, it's very personal and when we see people like dick smith who we're honoring saturday night and his fight, but it's not just his fight. it's his family's fight, his friend's fight and his business associate's fight. i have to be in. i'm all in, and i speak for all of the coaches in philadelphia, we don't want to beat cancer anymore. we want to crush it.

>> i want to ask you about the other coaches that you mentioned because on the court you guys are rivals. you guys go after each other, but off the court and in something like this, this brings you together and tell us about the relationship with some of the coaches. this brings us much closer together. fran dunphy and i have been doing this together the longest in the city of philadelphia. it was a smart remark, really, by me in passing when i said to him -- we haven't raised any money let's get together and start the events all year long with a breakfast and a golf outing and a gala. it, wos aworks and jay wright i right in there and jack spiker, these guys are fabulous, but the coach's program focuses too much

on the coaches. it's the people that go into their pocket and write us the check. they're the heros and they're the reasons that we will not give up until we crush it. >> let me ask diana a question about the money raised saturday night. tell us how the money is used. >> of course. our goal is to reach a half million dollars for the basketball gala. the money stays in philadelphia and we have $20 million in research grants being done yearly. also, money also goes to our hope lodge, the philadelphia hope lodge is a home away from home for cancer patients and their caregiver right here in philadelphia. it also goes to other patient services and programs like rides to and from treatment centers, and just help 24/7. >> it is a great event. black tie and all. the 14th annual basketball gala is happening this saturday april 8th at the hyatt at the bellevue and starts at 6:30 p.m. and for more information go to our website at nbc.com. thank you for coming by. how's the team this year, good?

>> we'll be all right as soon as we get healthy. more rain is heading our way and here is a live look at center city, philadelphia. crystal klie is tracking the system and we'll have your neighborhood forecast just ahead. plus, we know organ donors save lives, but agreeing to be one could save you money, as well. we'll explain just ahead. don't let dust and allergens get between you

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for us in hunting park with the latest on the investigation. matt, tell us how this all unfold would. >> reporter: vai, police, they are still trying to find those three teenage boys and they have a little bit more information to go on today. take a look at some video. this is the abandoned house on the 1300 block of west butler street. we went back there this morning. not much has changed. police say around 5:00 yesterday afternoon in broad daylight a 13-year-old girl was walking down the street when three teenage boys dragged her inside the home and assaulted her. police believe those boys are roughly 15 or 16 years old. the victim was taken to st. christopher's hospital where she was able to tell detectives what happened. meantime, neighbors tell us they still cannot believe what happened. >> that's ridiculous. for little kids to be raping little kids. what are we coming to? >> we only have nicknames on one or two of them right now. but we need the public's help. it's a very nasty and ugly crime? you heard the commissioner there

asking for the public's help, although the commissioners think the boys might be known in the neighborhood and police asking for anyone to come forward and so far there have not been any arrests. matt delucia, nbc 10 news. right now, delaware, a trial is starting for the three high school girls following a fight that left one of their classmates dead. tim furlong is watching the case and joins us live from wilmington. tim. >> reporter: three teenagers are behind me answers to charges that their actions led to a death. nobody disputes a fight in the bathroom at howard high school last april 21st ultimately led to the death of amy joyner-francis. the three were in a social media dispute and they tracked her down and led her into the school bathroom. one of the defendants threw the

first pufnch and the defendants then walked back to class laughing, but other students found amy who told them she'd been jumped, had trouble breathing and then she died. they could never have known amy had a rare heart issue. the heart issue is what caused her death and ultimately they could not have known that, a fight which is a pretty regular occurrence at howard high could have led to amy's death. we did tell you the attorney general sat on opening statements and we understand this trial could take up to two weeks and the witness list is long. there are child psychologists and cardiologists on there, and psychotherapists and a lot of people set to testify over the next couple of weeks and we are live outside from the county courthouse and i'm tim furlong, nbc 10 news. this just in. philadelphia police have arrested a husband for the stabbing death of his wife, 67-year-old anthony potter and his 63-year-old wife robin were both found stabbed inside the point brees home friday

afternoon. mrs. potter was pronounced dead at the scene and mr. poter was rushed to the hospital. police charged anthony potter with his wife's murder. and watch as the bike-riding robber goes after an 80-year-old woman in philadelphia's huntington park neighborhood. he snatched her purse right out of her hand as she walked home near hunting park avenue. this happened last week. the woman suffered minor injuries and if you happen to recognize this man on the bicycle, philadelphia police would like to hear from you. police also hope that this new video will help catch a robber in fentonville. the man burst into a sandwich shock on whitaker avenue awaiting the handgun. he went behind the counter and pointed the gun at a 21-year-old woman working the register. she gave them cash and he then took off. now your nbc 10 first-alert weather. it is opening day for the phillys and we are just four days away from the home opener as we take a look at citizens

bank park. nbc 10 is your home for the philadelphia phillys and watch the home opener at 3:05 on nbc 10 and nbc 10 first alert meteorologist krystal klie is here. >> we'll get to the home opener forecast in just a little bit and right now your current conditions, if you're wanting to get out for your lunch break, you certainly can do so. we are warmer than yesterday at this time and seven degrees warmer in philadelphia right now than yesterday at the exact same hour. 8 degrees warmer, and 9 degrees qua warmer in vineland and temperatures in the 60s and they will be continuing to climb for the next several hours and we're at 58 in philly and some of our philadelphia neighborhoods are at 61 and we're at 61 and those current readings on the board. your current wind speeds are not terribly strong and breeziness through today is expecteded and

12 mile per hour winds at wilmington and 6 millville and atlantic city and allentown, only three miles per hour and notice where the winds are coming in from, and we have the south flow and it will shift to the southwest pull as we get into tomorrow and that's where we will push in wammer air and moisture that will bring us the potential for rain throughout your tuesday. radar and satellite now though, it's a clear one. we have high-level clouds that are showing up well because we're thin on the satellite view and no rain for us right now. there will be rain, though, here is the storm center way to our west. look at the associated storms and we're talking some severe weather farther south. that moisture will start heading our direction by tonight. we will pick up that rain and we'll continue into your tuesday. so coming up in a few minutes we'll track that out a little more closely and we'll talk about the extended forecast through the rest of your workweek. >> we'll see you in a little bit, krystal.

new details now on a gang rape that was broadcast on facebook live. chicago police have charged several teenagers in the case and at least 40 people viewed the rape while it was airing live and none of them told police. afterwards, the victim was harassed on social media. police suspect five to six boys and one adult were involved. more arrests are expected. and a northern california man is facing kidnapping and assault charges after his young victim escaped by tricking him. police say timothy sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl after kidnapping her and she escaped by jumping from his moving truck and pretending to be dead. marvel called police to say his friend had jumped from his vehicle. when officers arrived the girl jumped up and he was arrested. police in new york city say a 13-year-old girl died after being hit from a subway train was trying to retrieve her cell phone that had fallen on to the tracks. the accident happened yesterday afternoon in queens.

a rider in the front of the train that passengers heard a bump and then started screaming. according to a subway worker, the operator tried to slow down and couldn't do it in time. medics rushed the teen to the hospital where she later died and transit officials issued a statement reminding riders about platform safety. >> they're reevaluating goalie michael norberg today as he continues to recover following his collapse saturday night. it happened midway through the first period and he was alone when he suddenly collapsed. medics took him off the ice in the stretcher and he spent the night at pennsylvania hospital for observation and tests. the team says he checked out okay. it's believed he was suffering the aftereffects of a severe upper respiratory infection and they faced the devils tomorrow in north jersey. >> a new jersey lawmaker wants to use a financial incentive to get people to become organ donors and his proposed bill

would offer a $1,000 tax credit to organ donors and a $100 credit to blood, plasma or platelet donors. 19 states already offer donor tax credits. up next, the art of organizing. a montgomery county family wins a contest that transforms their play room and in the process, their children. what we can all learn about clutter and stress. krystal. >> we're tracking the next round of rain moving through and another one after that. the question is does it affect the home opener for the phillys? we'll talk about all those rain chances coming up after the break.

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>> if you've ever debated whether to get yflu shot, well, this story ma convince you. most children who die from the flu are not vaccinated. researchers with the centers for disease control looked at 291 pediatric flu deaths between 2010 and 2014. three-quarters of the children who died had not been vaccinated before they got sick and only one-third of children with high-risk medical conditions who died got a flu shot. the play room makeover leads to a big change for a montgomery county family. nline contest, but it's proving to be a game changer for their two autistic children. katy zachary shows us how reorganizing can make aof uig wa roomg or an area of a home, but for this family of five they needed to for the sakechilen. >> ready? good. >> it's not every day laura

kelaher welcomesenf strangers into her home first thing in the morning. >> we are so excited. it's overwhelming. >> we want to do legos on a face shallow. >> she took a picture of herut the philadelphia chapter of napo, the professional organizations. >> we want to rid themselves of clutter. the story was a winner. >> their two sons are autistic and playing in an overcrowded toy space with their baby sister is often overwhelming. >> we want to make sure they know how to access everything and it's easy for them and they can read the labels that maybe have pictures on them. >> dawn george, the project's lead organizer says most people crave organization. >> a cluttered home or area

leads to a cluttered mind. >> reporter: they just don't know how to get there. >> people don't have the time and don't know where to start. they get overwhelmed with the clutter. >> you get rid of stuff because they still play with it, but it has more meaning because they were experts in a period of time. >> so with the help of a dozen hands and several dozen bins and a few hours later the play room was transformed. new shelving to house the toys and see-through bins to help the boys locate things and a new perspective for everyone. >> there are a lot of toys they have that they've forgotten about or that they justt's almo be like christmas over again. >> professional organizers tell me they often hear from their client house much better or lighter they feel when a room is decluttered. here's how you can do it. it's all in the word space, s is for sort, purge, and a sign a home for things and containerize and put things in a good place

and equalize, when new things come in send some old stuff out. katy zachary, nbc >> a brand new attraction guarantees to bring out the kid in all of us. the legoland discovery center is getting set for its grand opening this thuy mall in montgomery county and here to tell us all about it brick by brick is michael taylor, the general manager of the legoland discovery center and he's here with master model builder michael nieves, that's a great title. >> thank you. >> thanks to you both for coming here. >> thank you. >> we got a sneak peek on friday at the new center and it's pretty amazing especially with what you've done with some of the landmarks in philadelphia. >> yeah. we're an indoor -- we're the ultimate indoor lego playground and we have 20,000 feet and a whole area dedicated to mini land. your favorite landmarks and iconic buildings and you can see it all there and it's interactive and great for kids

and the families. >> citizens bank park, we're looking at that time right there and a couple of bridges and just phenomenal. legos has been around for such a long time and seems to be soaring in popularity. >> it's been a brand that's been around since the 50s and it has creative learning. the movies has come out which has helped boost the brand itself and the legoland theme parks and legoland discovery centers and our site opens april 6th and it will be great. >> michael nieves, let me ask you about your job as a master model builder. what do you do besides build legos? >> that's pretty much what i do is build legos. i also teach kids how to build lego and any lego that breaks on the site, of course, that's my job is to spot the break and fix it. that's everything i do. >> were you involved in some of

the status that we saw in philadelphia? >> i was integral in installing and assembling all of those modelses. >> you michael on the floor as can see him on the floor helping different builds and the stuff mike can create is just amazing. >> he built this key here that we'll be using for the opening ceremony on thursday, and it's just different models and different months. >> i just see blocks of legos, but i'm guessing michael, you know, probably sees all kinds of things from it that he can probably create which he's doing right now. this is pretty amazing. the grand opening of the legoland discovery center in philadelphia is this thursday, april 6th at 10:00 a.m. inside the mall. for more information head on our website at nbc.com. michael taylor, michael nieves, what do you have there? a little box? >> this one of the build shows every month.

what are you building, mike? >> i'm building the spring chicken that we have. it's a chicken hatching out of an egg or as i like to call it a duck taking a bubble bath. would you like to hold it? >> that's pretty impressive. i'm not good at these things. >> he put that together in two seconds. >> michael, thank you very much. i'll take this with me. keep that. >> good luck on thursday. >> michael, thank you. >> thanks for coming and thanks for the gift. now your nbc 10 first-alert weather. >> all right. they're having more fun over in the other studio. we have to talk rain over here because while today looks very good things change pretty quickly overnight into tomorrow. here's a look at your radar and satellite view and we are clear for the most part aside from the high-level clouds and we'll see the clouds thicken up, and overnight. why? because we're ahead of a storm system heading in our direction.

here's the time line, in philadelphia, 65 and mid-60s and notice we'll go from partly cloudy to most low cloudy conditions as we end the daytime hours and that's when the showers should start to build in, by around midnight we could see some isolated thunderstorms popping up which means maybe a few rumbles of thunder as you're trying to sleep tonight. in the suburbs, same deal about the low to mid-60s are possible and there you go with showers, and 55 degrees with the cooldown as well by 7:00 p.m. and mid-50s and low 60s this afternoon and 65. 1:00 p.m. for delaware and same for new jersey along the jersey shore, and those increasing clouds and we start to see rain through delaware and new jersey, and it will be just a little later on that will move into parts of the jersey shore and all of us are getting the potential for rain as we go tonight into tomorrow and here we are timing out what i just showed you.

the clouds increasing by 11:00 any that's a period of a heavier rain or also isolated thunderstorm potential and showing it start through part of the western zones and extending across the map by 2:00 a.m. through parts of mercer county and starting to get close to burlington county. this isn't going to be a constant or completely widespread event when it comes to the thunderstorms and it won't be as heavy as the rains we saw last friday, but we are looking at the potential for periods of heavier rain. flood h in place for parts of mercer county and areas farther to the north and east. the thunderstorms start to weaken right around the time we see your morning rush, 8:00 a.m. and still showers passing through and wet roadways out there and just a great gray, dark day and in the afternoon more warming and we're talking a flow from the southwest which really boosts temperatures and

some of us making it to the 70s and scattered thunderstorms will be possible as we get through tuesday afternoon and everything does start to clear out as we get into the evening on tuesday. part of the problem tomorrow, now, too, with the strength, wind speeds the west-southwest, millville to dover and gusts up to 35 miles per hour, and overall tonight is not looking at the most beautiful of days and the temperatures continue to slow down here thursday and the next round of thunderstorms pass through at 61. there's friday, 53 degrees for the home opener and you see temperatures will start climb and look pretty good for the weekend and let's talk more closely about your phillys and nationals game for the home opener. 53 for first pitch and the icons, i don't want it is a this, but looking like we may be breezy with spotty showers. not heavy rain, but spotty

showers possible and those temperatures staying in the low to mid-50s and rain at 51 degrees. we'll be right back. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪

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special romantic rule of five-second rule in honor of the new show "first dates." the complete guide to grooming a little girl's hair. moms, this tutorial not exactly for you. >> i could do this every night. >> maybe not every night. >> the class designed for dads that's giving them a little hairdo help for their daughters. that's today at 4:00. >> krystal klie now for a final look at weather this afternoon. >> this afternoon the little girl's hair will be fine. it's tomorrow you have to worry about. we have the rain returning tomorrow, today things are nice out there. we're at 55 for the forecast high and that comes with rounds of thunderstorms and early a.m. hours and then again in the afternoon and better forecast wednesday and right back to it and more thunderstorms for your thursday and lingering showers friday for opening day with the phillys and low 50s for the forecast temperatures. >> everybody's eyes went right to friday and we'll have tickets on friday of the game. >> thanks for watching nbc 10

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