arrived on the scene. drew, what have you learned? >> reporter: we now know four people have been shot as part of this two are dead, two others z-wrurd. we want to show you the scene down here where scene have been placing down evidence markers. one of those victims was shot multiple times including twice to his head. there are a lot of police department leaders down here. this is an intense investigation. we saw them looking for some of that evidence as well as searching around this property which is a public housing property. the director of public safety for philadelphia public housing is also down here on the scene. so far there have been no arrests. they have not found the gun. motive is unclear but that is a large scene, a lot of attention down here as well because there are four people shot multiple times. i want to tell you about the surviving victims. one was taken to the hospital in critical condition and the other in stable but some of those victims were shot multiple times. their ages rank from upper 20s

to early 30s. there is possible a drug connection out here. they have marked one of the evidence markers over there with where drug bottle was found so we'll look into that and we'll bring you updates just as soon as we get them down here. >> we'll check back in with you there. now the first alert team tracking rain and thunderstorms that will move in as you sleep tonight and it's the same system that produced tornadoes across the south yesterday. >> just take a look at this cell phone video. this twister was caught on camera in louisiana. people huddled inside of stores. this is that same tornado that flipped a mobile home killing a woman and her 3-year-old daughter. two people were also killed in mississippi. we are not expected tornadoes here but you could hear some thunder overnight. >> we're tracking a wet morning commute. meteorologist tammie souzza is here with the forecast for your neighborhood. >> this is not going to be

severe weather for us so i'm glad you mentioned that. it could be soggy overnight. umbrellas and ugly shoes if you're out tonight. right now the beam is sweeping the sky. we don't see anything over the metro area but we have just a few hours out toward harrisburg and headed toward allentown. not a real big deal at this point but as the evening progresses we're going to see quite a bit more. the clouds have started to manufacture to the area so we'll be cloudy overnight. here's that storm system. you actually have the main body of the storm back coming out of parts of missouri and you have the head of it that are going to cross the philadelphia area. a lot of this activity is going to be overnight tonight and then a few storms tomorrow morning during your commute, a little bit of break and then more in the afternoon. here we are right now at 5:00. take a look. here's what comes in between midnight and 4:00. that's when we'll do all the rumbling. that's not something you want to

deal with. let's look at what's going to happen temperature wise. we were in the mid 60s and before dawn we're going to start to see temperatures back on the rise. so when i come back in a few minutes we'll time everything out for tomorrow and we'll take a look at an even bigger storm coming at us later in the week. >> thank you. delaware teenager's life was cut short after a group of girls attacked her in a high school bathroom. tonight the three classmates involved with her death face possible punishment. no jury, a judge will decide their fate. >> tim furlong has been covering this case since the death of amy frances last year. he joins us live from that courthouse in wilmington. >> reporter: yes. i spent a lot of times on the steps today. a judge inside just wrapped up day one of the trial. he's going to make all the decisions. today we had a lot of talk about social media evidence, how it led to the fight and how it was

investigated after amy frances esdeath. >> skyforce10 over howard high school nearly one year ago. in opening statements today prosecutors told the judge that after a dispute that played out over social media. one of the girls threw a punch and continual beat her in the head and body until she and her two codefendants left the bathroom laughing. it was captured on senate chat. after the building amy laid on the floor and told a witness the girls had jumped her then she went into cardiac arrest and died minutes later. in their opening statements, they argued amy had a rare heart condition and there was no way that punching amy would lead to her death. we heard from a howard high school employee and couple of amy's friends who knew about the fight and were there as she died after the fight in the bathroom. the defendants are charged at juveniles. we're expecting to hear from

card yolist and school psychologies. we're going to talk with a family spokesperson. the family's never gone on tv to talk about this or done any interviews. so a spokesperson is going to talk about what it's been like for them on day one of this trial. we're live in wilmington tonight. tim furlong, nbc10 news. >> a teenage girl remains hospitalized tonight. her attackers still on the run. the 13-year-old was coaxed and dragged into this abandoned home on west butler avenue at 5:00 on sunday. that's according to police. now investigators are looking for three attackers between 15 and 16 years old. residents say the home is a haven for squatters and doors and windows are not sealed. they want answers and for police to be vigilant in the area. >> so if it happened in plain day light, the doors is open, it was probably somebody that the little girl probably knew or something like that.

>> police commissioner ross called the crime ugly and nasty. anyone with information about the suspects asked to call police special victims unit. >> 11 people are dead, 20 are hurt after an explosion tore through a subway train in russia. jim rosenfield is live in the newsroom. >> russia's second largest city and it comes during president vladimir putin's visit to that city. the train was between two stations before that explosion went off. it blew out two doors and a lot of windows and second explosive device was found. that one did not detonate. russian investigators say they're exploring all possible causes including terrorism. officials say the subway system will be closed until they're giving the all clear, eyewitnesses said someone through a backpack into a train car before it left the platform but so far russian investigators have not confirmed that.

that's the latest, jim rosenfield, nbc10 news. back to you. >> thank you. back here in the united states. egypt's president spent the day at the white house. aids to president trump say he hopes to reboot the relationship with egypt's leader. they talked about collaborating against isis and bolt sterg egypt's failing economy. >> we are very much behind president el-sisi. he's done a fantastic job in a difficult situation. we are very much behind egypt and the people of egypt. >> some consider mr. trump's support for egypt controversial. egypt's president is known for abusing human rights. >> president trump son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is in iraq. he flew there with the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff. he's meeting with iraqi leaders, senior uz advisors and u.s. forces to get updates on the counterer isis campaign in iraq and syria. >> a supreme court showdown, a delaware senator pushed

democrats over-the-top to block president trump's supreme court pick. >> now republicans are considering a rule change that could have lasting consequences. lauren mayk joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: neil gorsuch's nomination is moving forward despite the no vote from delaware senator chris coons but senator coons got the spotlight today as democrats make one last push. >> i have decided that i will not support judge gorsuch's nomination in the judiciary committee today. >> delaware senator chris coons announcing decisions in washington that will effect what happens next for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he was the tipping point today. >> i don't think we are ready to stop the debate on the floor. >> reporter: his decision sets up a political fight on how to confirm gorsuch but republicans have enough political power to get it done eventually. >> what impact could he have on the court? >> he would make a very

significant shift to the right. >> reporter: temple law professor says gorsuch if confirmed could sit on the court immediately replacing the conservative scalia whose death left the court with just eight. we talked to him about questions that could face gorsuch and his potential colleagues. >> reproductive rights, voting rights, religious exceptions, these sorts of issues are very likely to come forward, a back log of controversial cases that the supreme court has not been deciding to hear. >> and there could be issues we can't even imagine yet. >> each justice in the modern era often sits for 20 or 30 or 40 years so every single nominee effects peoples' lives in ways that they won't realize for another ten or 20 years, even their kids could feel the effect. >> reporter: the rules, the rules they're talking about changing in the senate is technical but it could affect who is chosen for the supreme court in the future and just how

bold president's feel about their choices. we'll delve into that coming up at 6:00. >> thank you. coming up in seven minutes we will go live to the white house to get analysis on the supreme court showdown. now to the new jersey governor's race, the registration deadline passed about an hour ago for any republican or democrat who wants to be on the ballot for the primaries set for june 6th. fill murphy is leading the democrats and lieutenant governor kim guidano is at the top of the list for republicans. >> prosecutors will be allowed to use the video tape. this is video of frein today. his legal team says his rights were violated on the night of his arrest. the jury was picked from chester county last week. he was charged with opening fire in 2014 killing a state trooper and hurting another. that shooting set off a manhunt

that lasted 48 days in the poconos before u.s. marshals captured him. >> new details about a deadly stabbing we first reported as breaking news friday on nbc10 news at 5:00. a philadelphia man is now charged with killing his wife. police say their son found the couple suffering from stab wounds in their home on south 19th street in point breeze friday afternoon. robin potter died from her injuries. her husband anthony potter went to the hospital and was arrested. >> next at 5:00, before you start making that dinner there's a recall that could impact what is on the menu. >> plus you can relate to this. are you tired of waiting in those long lines to take off your shoes at the airport. one local airport goes high tech for its storage bins. >> and talk about a late fee. a new jersey library gets a real surprise when someone drops off an overdue book. >> spring sunshine and mild weather at the jersey shore, the perfect mix to get set for the

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>> announcer: this is nbc10 news. >> tonight a new form of high tech security at newark liberty international airport. >> the tsa unveiled the 19 lane,

17 of those lanes have automated screening, luggage bins also come back automatically so travellers aren't stuck waiting at the beginning of the line. we checked with philadelphia international airport where there are plans to get this same system sadly not in the immediate future. >> a trump golf course in virginia has been man dal yieszed over the weekend. they dug hole in the 13th fairway of the club, poured a chem chal on the grass and spray pranted part of the course. they wrote the word resist. the damage was reported the day before the president was supposed to play there. >> the white house released the first lady's first official portrait today. the photo was taken the day after the inauguration in melania trump's new residence at the white house. she is honored to serve in the role of first lady and looks

forward to working on behalf of the american people in the coming years. >> picture perfect. down the shore from our camera in cape may. from the shore, to a busy center city this is the view from our kimmel center camera. busy night on broad street. you may need those umbrellas later tonight. if you're about to leave the house, here's a glance at the schuylkill expressway at city avenue from our camera on top of the presidential. >> meteorologist tammie souzza is here and it could be the only day without rain for a while. >> i think we have a couple days this week and the rest of the time it's umbrella alert and ugly shoes. get ready to rumble tonight and maybe even tomorrow. from 10 to midnight we'll see the rain starting across the area and we'll have a few rumbles of thunder in there. we're not expecting severe weather. then overnight from midnight to 4:00 that's when we should see the heaviest rain come through with some thunderstorms imbedded in all of that. we could a storm early tomorrow

morning and another one mid-to late afternoon. then the whole thing clears out. umbrellas and ugly shoes. the benefit tomorrow is between the storms we'll get sunshine and not everybody is going to be looking at thunderstorms tomorrow. there is something to look forward to. right now the clouds have moved in to the area. this is our satellite imagery so we will be overcast for the remainder of the evening and overnight hours. if we put the beam into motion, you can see a few showers out from harrisburg to allentown but it looks like for the most part we're dry right now but this is what we're watching. we're tracking this batch of showers and storms. it's out ahead of the main body of the storm system which if you look at this thing, this storm system is way back here and it's going to stay parked back here for a couple of days. and then it's going to bring us more rain and heavy rain on thursday. we're in the 60s across the area. we have the cloud cover out there. we are going to be watching the clouds continue to thicken overnight tonight and then the

first of the rain comes in between about 10 and 11. then we'll see maybe a clap of thunder overnight into about 6:00 in the morning. this is your morning commute. the heaviest storms should be out of here. we get a little bit of break in the afternoon here and there and then little bit more is going to move through during the evening rush and then we clear out for what is a beautiful wednesday. that is our second beautiful day this week so enjoy it while it lasts because things aren't going to stay dry. this is your thursday. we're going to head right into showers and perhaps even some stronger severe storms on thursday and then a drizzly mess for the opening day of the phillies. how much rain? through tomorrow looks like we could get up an inch in some spots. when we take that all the way through thursday, we double that. this could be a two inch rain that we see two times this week. temperatures right now. we made it all the way up to 67. 64 right now.

look where we're going to be going tomorrow, though. we'll be in the low to mid-50s, we're going to make it into the 70s. we climb to the 60s by early morning, we'll be in the mid-70s across the area. we get extra breaks of sunshine i think we'll be even warmer than that especially south of the metro area. your neighborhood, we're going to be looking at the 70s for tomorrow with a shower or storm early and then again in the afternoon. look at west chester at 73, new town at 72. let's head into philly where we're going to be looking in 77. 73 in fairmount. haddonfield you're going to be looking at 76. 75 along the jersey shore, 80 in wilmington, delaware tomorrow. so you're going to dress comfortably but you still need to carry the umbrella and wear those ugly shoes. i'll have your ten day in a a

little bit. >> new size limits for recreational fishing in delaware. in an emergency move to prevent over fishing, the minimum size limit is now 17 inches, measured from snout to tail. delaware has a four fish limit for the year-round open season. >> stop what you're doing now. check your pantry. there's a recall of some hunts chili kits. they're could be sal mow nella in the raw material you use in seasoning packets. the recalled kits have best by dates of april 4th, april 5th and may 1st. there have been no reports of illnesses which is important. >> a cake, a party, a toys, that's what lots of kids ask for on their birthday. tonight we shine the spotlight on the girl who decided to give back for her birthday. >> new at 5:00. the april fools' prank played out on a mailman in pennsylvania.

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the bigger picture. >> i'm excited to give them too. >> i like helping people in need. >> her mom offered to throw her party after handing out lunches. tatum insisted that all birthday money be giving to people in need. >> what a great example. >> love it. >> better late than never. >> someone returned a book to a new jersey library, how old? half a century after it was checked out. this copy dropped from the clouds by jewels vernz was checked out january 5th 1967 more than 50 years ago. it was left in the drop box on thursday because who wants to hand that book back to a person. >> records actually don't go that far back to show who took it out. the library late fee is 10 cents a day. that person avoided a $1,825 late fee for that book which i'm sure is an amazing book.

>> somebody was cleaning out their garage and found that. >> the prison pel that counts. >> new at 5:30. president trump tweets a lot. the push to save every single character. >> could bill cosby's own words be used against him in court. today's developments inside the courtroom next. >> a major retailer with big plans to move to northern liberty. our first look at those plans and all new at 6:00, the philadelphia champion we are bringing you back to where it all started. i went to dawn stayly's north philadelphia high school, what the teachers told me about her on and off the court. >> plus, four people shot in north philly. we're gathering information on the ground in this breaking news. a live report is next.

>> we have new information about the deadly shooting in northeast philadelphia. we've been following this breaking news for the past 90 minutes. >> a total of four people have been shot. drew smith has been gathering information at the scene. what can you tell us now? >> reporter: since we joined you, you can see what the crime scene unit has done out here. there are at least 27 evidence markers out here. there was a lot of shots fired. there's also a piece of evidence marked which is a pill bottle down next to a pool of blood.

all of these evidence -- i want to update you on what we know about the victims. there are four of them, two have been pronounced dead, one we just checked in is extremely critical condition at the hospital. the other one is stable. there have not been any arrests in this shooting. i was speaking to the neighbors here and they told me they heard all of those shots ring out. they opened their door, they saw bodies on the ground. unclear of who was the gunman, where they may have gone. also spoke to some students at a high school across the street. they said it was just around the time that school was letting out. that's when they heard the gun shot. she was actually in the front office and they locked that school down and they've cancelled the after school activities over there. we are trying to get an update from department leaders. there are several chief inspectors over here as well as detectives who are looking into this crime. we hope to bring you some new developments coming up at 6:00. live in north philadelphia, drew

smith, nbc10 news. >> thank you, drew z-plnks right now at 5:30. several new developments today leading up to bill cosby's trial. the judge expects the trial to last only two weeks. we also got new information about the jury selection process. nbc10 news's deanna durante joins us live from the montgomery county courtroom in norristown. >> the judge tackled several issues today including jury selection. >> reporter: for now the judge says he wants to go with the standard pennsylvania jury selection process, which means the fight the defense requests that they wanted a more complicated questionnaire going out, the judge said he'd rather the potential jury pull not know what case they could be serving on. it's become pretty standard now as the defense works to keep evidence against bill cosby out of the case, a few fans gather outside the courthouse and cheer as he walks in. cosby says very little to them. inside court today he was chatty and heard loudly joking with courtroom staff. his lawyers are trying to keep

his 1991 book and media interview about the book out of the courtroom. he makes reference to an unsuccessfully attempt to slipping it in the drinks of girls. prosecutors say this shows that cosby has knowledge of a date rape drug and say it's crucial to the case. cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in his home in 2004. the woman sued cosby after prosecutors back then declined to file charges against him. details of the settlement were not made public and defense lawyers want to keep it that way, arguing a jury should not hear the terms of that agreement. the judge is yet to decide if that will come into the case or not as well as a tv interview where cosby is recorded as saying spanish fly is a drug all boys from 11 on up to death will want saying quote a single drop in a woman's drink and she's yours. cosby cannot quote cling to the cloak of comedy to avoid cul

paability, the judge is expecting this trial to last two weeks. he's hoping to get to allegheny county where that jury will come from sometime in may. it will be a jury of 12 with six alternates. reporting live in norristown, deanna durante, nbc10 news. >> two men are facing murder charges tonight in the killing of a 13-year-old boy in philadelphia's. presser was shot in the head at the goldfish restaurant on west park avenue march 10th. he died nine days later. officers arrested and charged 18-year-old christopher sutherland last wednesday. 19-year-old jons the suspected shooter was arrested yesterday. they were able to track down the men from this surveillance photo from the scene. they believe an argument started that shooting. >> don't let today's weather fool you. we are gearing up for more rain.

this is a view from our camera at the blue rock stadium in wilmington, the home opener is thursday. traffic moving smoothly right there. i believe that's 95. here's a look at the ben franklin bridge right now. nice picture, albeit a bit gray. >> it will be a slow commute over that bridge with rain falling overnight. we're tracking a pretty good size system. >> what's the timing of the rain? >> i think it's mainly overnight. that's the good news and we have 70s tomorrow. that's even better news, the bad news is we're going to get more rain late in the week and strong storms that approach the area by late weekend and the phillies home opener, it's on the bubble. let's take a look -- let's focus on the positive. we made it to 67 as an official high. we are living on some borrowed time there. 64 in philly right now, 63 in the suburbs 65 in new jersey, 65

in the lehigh valley and 64 in delaware. we have cloud cover out there. overcast skies will be with us through the evening. you can see it's already advanced and moved into the area. a few rain showers still well off to the west. they can't quite make it into the area. that's going to change because we have this huge batch of rain that's moving in from down here to the south of us and all of this is going to be moving up to the north across philly tonight. the good news is i think that the heaviest of the rain is going to be over before the morning commute and then we're going to be looking at perhaps isolated thunderstorms in the morning and again in the afternoon with highs tomorrow that are going to be reaching well into the 70s, maybe even a few 80s in delaware. wednesday is our transition day. it'll be a decent day but we'll talk about thursday when i come back because the main body of this storm system, that's going to be coming through the area and we're going to be looking at some strong storms while parts of the upper midwest will be

looking at very large snowstorm. back over to you. >> now here's a look at some of the stories making headlines, county by county across our region today. in burlington county a 14-year-old boy is dead after an atv he was riding flipped over. it happened saturday afternoon. police say the teen lost control and hit another atv. two others were hurt in that crash the police are still investigating. >> the search is on for the masked man caught on this surveillance camera robbing a philadelphia sandwich shop. police say the suspect barged into the sandwich shop on whit kerr avenue waving a gun around. he took off. >> vice president mike pence will be the commencement speaker. it's a small, private, christian liberal arts school north of pittsburgh. the school's president says they are still working out details of the visit. a new target is coming to

northern liberty. the retailer will fill a 47,000 square foot space on north 5th street. target is filling a spot that's been empty since 2014 when destination maternity moved its headquarters. that warehouse is now fully leased with two other businesses moving in this year. target set to open in july 2018. >> starting on saturday, amtrak is expanding its popular service. it's adding more options for weekend service going between washington, d.c. and boston. another sunday train and more saturday morning and sunday evening departures. >> a popular sports themed restaurant is ready to serve up drinks and food in montgomery county. the sports bar and grill open today in north wales. the owners plan to bring ten restaurants to the region. >> it is no secret president trump loves speaking his mind on

twitter but did you know every single one of the president's tweets are being saved for the record, even the ones he deletes or changes. the white house says it's doing so to comply with the federal law requiring all presidential kponss to be preserved for history. mr. trump is donating the first three months of his presidential salary to the national park service. today white house press secretary sean spicer presented an oversiesed check for more than $78,000 to the interior secretary. the trump administration has proposed cutting the interior's budget by $120 million. next at 5:00. how an eating competition on a college campus turned deadly. and for the second time in two weeks a train derailed at pena nieto station. what went wrong that a passenger carried away on a stretcher. >> plus there's a lot to celebrate how a local family will get to do a total renovation to their children's

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>> a play room makeover leads to a big change for a montgomery county family. >> they won an online contest that's a game changer for their two autistic sons. she took a snapshot of her cluttered play room and submitted to an online contest put on to a philadelphia professional organizers. playing in an overcrowded toy

space can be overwhelming for the boys. >> you don't want to get rid of stuff because they still play with it but it has more meaning for them because they were so in to it and they were experts on it for a period of time. >> we want to make sure that they know where to access everything. it's very easy for them and that they can read the labels that maybe have pictures on them. >> a group of six came in with several dozen bins and within a few hours, look at that, the play room was transformed into this. >> very cool. >> yeah. >> a 20-year-old college student from new jersey dies after choking during a pancake eating contest in connecticut. police say katelyn nelson passed away yesterday three days after the competition. nursing students tried to save the clark, new jersey native. nelson's father was killed in a september 11th attacks. >> new at 5:00, the nhl won't be sending its players to south korea for next year's

winter olympics. they don't want to break for 17 days in the middle of their season to allow players to participate. the international olympic committee this could also have an impact on nhl participation in the 2020 games in china. >> how a viewer at home cost a professional women's golfer a championship. >> also ahead at 5:00. a couple pulled one over on their mailman. the april fools' prank that is now gone viral. >> and are you ready to rumble because all of this storm activity is making its way to philly. it's going to be heading here and keeping us all wiek tonight. >> new at 6:00. cashing in the tax credit thousands of people living in philadelphia are getting this year. we'll tell you if you qualify.

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april fools' day was this past weekend. >> and a couple of central pennsylvania got their mailman good. bill kelly and his wife got a really long piece of paper, they folded it over to look like an envelope, they stuck one end through their mail slot and waited. moments later they laughed as their mailman began pulling on the never ending envelope only to see the words april fools' on the other end of it. the mail carrier was a good sport about it. >> i think it was even addressed to a.p. real fools. >> now the controversy tonight over a call made at an lpga. >> the mistake caught by the --

she was leading a viewer reported seeing thomasson mark her ball as you can see the video slows down here she didn't put it back in the same exact place that she once placed it. officials saw this, penalized thompson four strokes, knocking her from first to fifth. thanks to a viewer pointed that out. she called the ruling ridiculous. thompson ended up finishing second. >> keen eye, you're right, but it wasn't that far off. >> a rule's a rule. >> good for them. >> today's beautiful weather may have you thinking about a getaway to the jersey shore and for businesses at the beach it was a perfect day to prepare for the busy vacation season. >> some of the biggest attractions are opening in just days and ted greenberg has the story. >> reporter: we're not talking summer crowds on ocean city's boardwalk but steve brown has noticed a difference. >> much more people down here

today than a week or two ago. >> reporter: and on this bright and mild early april day no need to bundle up. >> lovely today. i'm going to unzip the jacket. >> reporter: the wraps are coming off rides at playlands cast away cove under sunny skies, the boardwalk amusement park opens for the season this weekend. >> this is about the best day you can get for putting things together. there's no breeze so working up in the air isn't an issue. >> reporter: taking advantage of today's weather is really important here especially when you consider that the park lost a day and a half of work because of last week's rain and more wet weather is possible later this week. >> we really need to be outside as long as we can all week to try to get things finished up for this weekend. >> reporter: nice weather also helping with the rush to ready homes at the shore. >> this is ideal right now. >> reporter: it's a busy time for these guys with the miami summer's company. today replacing and rearranging retractible awnings on this house in margate.

>> most individuals would like their houses prepped before they arrive. >> reporter: a race to get set for the crowds that will soon head to the coast. ted greenberg, nbc10 news. >> it's nice outside right now but we are bracing ourselves for strong thunderstorms that are heading our way. >> tammie souzza is in the nbc weather center. what time will those storms hit? >> it's going to be tonight, after 10:00 p.m. we'll see the rain start and the heaviest thunderstorms will be between about midnight and 4:00 a.m. let's take a look outside. the clouds have moved in. this is our beautiful skyline shot of philly. all of us are going to be overcast but still very mild. we officially made it to 68. we notched one extra degree this evening and we should be at 59 this time of year. we're not going to complain about anything and the rain is coming overnight with some thunder but not severe weather. let's take a look at the beam sweeping the sky. nothing in the philly area right now.

these showers have been trying to make their way toward allentown all evening long but still the atmosphere has to moisten up. we're not looking at that happening at this point. this is what we're watching as this line of showers and storms making its way toward philly. what we have back here is the center of the low pressure still coming out of the midwest. this upper level low and it's going to key pieces of energy in our direction. the whole thing ends up our way thursday. we're going to be watching what goes on out to the west of us for a couple of days out there. so here's how we're going to prak this whole thing down. hour by hour. we're going to be in the 60s through this evening, no rain yet but we hit about 12:30 just after midnight and we see some thunderstorms coming through the area. we drop into the low and mid-50s. temperatures start to climb toward dawn. at 8:00 your morning commute. you could be looking at a scattered shower or isolated storms. that will boost us well into the

70s. 77 is going to be our official high tomorrow in philly. tomorrow evening, we'll see maybe a shower or symptom for the mid-part of the evening commute and wednesday we wake up, we see sunshine, it's our transitional day. a beautiful day on wednesday, but look what happens. thursday, here comes that main body of that storm system bringing us what could be strong or severe storms all day on thursday through philadelphia. we're going to have to keep an eye on that and big snow for the upper midwest. severe weather threat for thursday at this point, it looks like it could be a medium threat for flooding and damaging wind. lightning we'll see that. we're going to be updating this and keeping an eye on it. here is your phillies versus the nationals for opening day. breezy and cool. rain with drizzle out there and we'll be lucky to make it into the upper 40s. let's go overnight tonight. rain and thunderstorms develop. we're going to be dropping into those 50s overnight tonight. a fewer 40s around the area.

but everybody is going to get awakened by the boom of thunder. then we're going to be looking at 70s for tomorrow, even 80s in delaware. could see an early morning or afternoon shower or storm. here's your ten day. we're going to be looking at the nastiest day of the ten day is the one day we don't want and that's on friday. the rest of the day warm up quite a bit next week. plenty more 70s and 80s. >> the philadelphia phillies open their season just about 90 minutes ago in cincinnati. the reds held an opening day parade. we'll have highlights from the game coming up at 6:00. >> the phillies home opener is this friday. watch our pregame schedule, welcome home phillies live starting at 2:00 p.m. erin and i are hosting. glenn and tammi live on the field, probably under an umbrella after our special airs, catch the phils first pitch. >> next at 5:00. trouble on the tracks again.

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coming up on "nbc nightly news." hi lester. >> hi, keith and erin. we're coming to you from the air base in south korea day after president trump said the u.s. is prepared to take unilateral action to stop north korea's nuclear program. we're going to show you how american forces here prepare every day for potential attacks from the north. we'll take a rare visit into the air operations center where they monter north korea missile launches and we're with the u 2 pilot as he prepares to embark on an intelligence gathering mission. all we see you tonight on "nbc nightly news" from south korea. for that we'll send it back to you in philly. >> so much to look forward to, thank you so much. 6:30. >> another black eye in the meantime for amtrak. there was a second derailment in a week and a half. >> it jolted riders and left a nightmare of delays.

>> it was more like bum, bum, bum as the wheels were coming off. >> people were screaming because we weren't quite sure what was happening. >> we thought the train was about to flip over. >> i was squeezing her as hard as i can. >> reporter: 1,400 passengers rattled and shaken. not the way they ever expected to start the work week. it was just a crazy experience. we're still shaking about it. >> take a look at this. it's a rotor part of the brake system that broke off. another passenger shares these photos of mta workers on the track surveying that damage. >> was it a track problem, a switching problem, a wheel problem. that's going to be investigated by amtrak. >> reporter: riders say getting off the train was tricky. 500 or so actually had to climb down on to the tracks, walk along them and climb back up into a car before getting to the platform.

five people were injured, our cameras captured this woman carried out on a stretcher, shaken up but otherwise okay. >> erica by-field reporting. >> we continue to follow breaking news in forth philadelphia. four people shot, two of them dead. drew smith joins us live with an update. >> plus it's the dawn of a new day. philadelphia's own dawn stalely is back in south carolina tonight as an ncaa championship. new at 6:00. we're taking you back to where it all started right here in philly. >> also supreme court showdown. how a senator from delaware is making a big difference in washington to the, glenn. >> it's doing to be a stormy week. the first round is headed our way and moving in tonight. that's next at 6:00.

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first arrived. they were in the area. they heard the shots. they were so close to this action. now we're told that there were two men who left possibly a van started heading east on styles street. that's when they opened fire on four men. we're told two of those were pronounced early on in this investigation. the two others were taken to the hospital where they are in critical condition. right now we spoke to some neighbors in this area who were alarmed, some of them were in the shower. they heard shots ring out. we just spoke to a neighbor that said she was bringing her kids home from school and she is alarmed by this. >> i think this is ridiculous. it's school time and kids are trying to get home from school and i think it is unsafe, really, for kids to be running around and then open fire come about and people are laid there dead and the kids have to walk past a dead body. it's crazy. >> reporter: we'