flooding in some spots. let's take a live look from our campus camera. . we're loving the weather. but don't be deceived. the changes will start overnight. >> tammie souza has more on this system and the severe conditions it could bring. . >> the large tornadoes, we have a severe weather threat for tomorrow. that's why we have issue d a first alert. let's take a look at what you can expect. severe storms, periods of heavy rain and very possible flooding. localized flood iing ask widespread flooding because we could see 1 to 2 inches of rain and 3 inches of rain with these storms and possibly damaging winds. that's the biggest threat from this weather is damaging winds. and we're going to see this begin after midnight.

the key times are 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. right after midnight and 11:00 tomorrow morning until 4:00 in the afternoon. you're going to have to be alert during the day. we do have a flood watch and that encompasses the entire area. our radar right now nothing out there. but take a look. down to the south, we are looking at this batch of storms racing in our direction. and the main body of the storm is still off to the west of us. that's going to rotate through the area all day tomorrow. we'll break this down hour by hour and show you what's going to happen in your neighborhood when i come back in a few minutes. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with traffic trouble weeks ahead of the nfl draft in

philadelphia. you're going to have a tough time finding one. let's take a live look near the art museum. parking restrictions were put in place on the south side today. that's just the first closure to come. we are live at the museum of arts. >> this is one of the places where you have to make adju adjustments to get around. we're in front of the museum of art, but you can't see it because of all that construction. you can't just climb up the rocky steps. you have to go down this path over here and up those steps over there. it's bringing excitement and some inconvenience to tourists hoping to climb the covered steps.

>> we were going to climb and go see and do the rocky champion. >> reporter: residents whose neighborhood is the center of the action. >> it's just almost like we're held captive in our own community here. >> felicia is used to seeing the parkway transform for things like a a visit from the pope and made in america. but she wishes the big events were somewhere is else. >> there's so many places they can do this and places they can go, but it's such an inconvenience for the people that live here. this is year after year after year. >> reporter: this time it's the nfl draft taking over the steps and the parkway with a free festival that stretches for a half mile. preparations here are starting weeks before the april 27th kick off. this block of pennsylvania avenue, the first to prohibit parking shrinking the supply. >> we have been around the block three times now. >> they are here from new jersey to visit her mom. they will be back several times before the big event. >> how are you going to handle it. >> we're going to keep going around the block until we find

someone who is leaving. >> the road closures actually start next week. we asked the city why are things starting so early for this event. they tell me that the nfl needed a lot of time to build this project. it's the first time they are building the entire thing outside. they also needed to get their crews back and forth and in and out. police officials are meeting this afternoon about this event. we're going to work to get more information for you when we come back at 6:00. 20 minutes of nonstop news at 4:00 continues with brand new video of this billowing black smoke coming tr an international guard fighter jet. imagine e seeing this. it crashed during a routine mission. debris went flying into nearby neighborhoods. let's go back to keith jones. what happened to the pilot?

>> the pilot was able to safely eject. it happened near ann druz air force base. injuries aren't life threatening. he was the only person on board. one man says he was running to help when debris started raining down. >> as i was running towards the pil pilot, things are falling down all over the neighborhood. so i ducked behind the house. and i waited for all those things to stop. >> houses in that area have been e evacuated. there are no reports of any other injuries or damages to those homes. but an investigation into what caused the crash continues tonight. live in the breaking news center. >> rock and roll to help revive atlantic city. . new details about the makeover from the taj mahal and 3,000 new jobs coming with it. hard rock international bought

the casino last month. it will invest $375 million into the project. . plans include stripping the taj mahal of its theme, renovating the property and rebranding it as a hard rock cafe and casino. >> we are committed to do one thing and one thing only. do it right. >> e we can't wait for all of this to be developed, get more people back and people to work. >> cydney long has more on when we'll see the renovated ka e see know open its doors that's new at 5:00. president trump promised to protect the people of syria following the chemical weapons attack. >> trump spoke out it during a news conference at the white house with the king of jordan. the president blaming the obama administration for not doing more about syria during his time in office. and he called the chemical attack in syria an affront to humanity.

>> my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. >> the presidential offered no details about what his changed attitude means or how the u.s. will respond to syria. u.s. united nations ambassador promises a a strong response to the chemical attack. she spoke at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security counc council. the ambassador blamed russia for its support of bashar al assad. 100 people died in syria on tuesday from that chemical gas attack including women and dozens of children. witnesses say the chemicals were. drop ped by jets flown by the russian and syrian governments. today she said russia cannot escape responsibility. >> if russia had been fulfilling its responsibility, there would not even be any chemical weapons left for the syrian regime to

use. >> she called on russia to use its influence to put an end to the horrific acts. also in washington a shakeup in the white house. today president trump cut his chief strategist steve bab nonfrom the security council. bannon is no longer needed in that role. they said bannons was only on the counsel as a check against former adviser michael flynn. krutices believe it was inappropriate for bannon to be on the council in the first place. . the supreme court battle continued to rage on the senate floor. . democrats protested throughout the night over the nomination of neil gorsuch. the senator from oregon spoke for 15 hours. he lambasted republicans for refusing to vote on president obama's supreme court choice last year. >> today president trump said former national security adviser susasan rice may be guilty of committing a crime. the white house has accused rice of requesting the identities of trump associates mentioned in

u.s. surveillance. rice has denied doing anything improper. a superintendent is recommending to close two schools in order to balance the books in the district and a a lot of people are not happy about it. deanna durante is live to explain what's at stake with this proposal. >> reporter: the superintendent says the problem is not new to him. all schools statewide are struggle iing with skyrocketing pension costs. they are required by state law to put in every year. they have been neglecting buildings and lay off teachers and take other measures to save money. >> i'm upset. i moved here knowing that middle school was there. i was prepared for my daughter to go there. >> reporter: but plans may be changing. not just for lauren and her family, but all in the school district thanks to money issues.

>> we have a problem of $4.8 million. >> reporter: the problem isn't new but it keeps going groeing. pension costs tears apart the budget every year. the district can't keep up. schools have gone without repairs and teachers could be furloughed. administrators will not be replaced when they retire at year's end and two schools are targeted for closure. milford middle school is one of them. >> it doesn't help me. i did do my research in moving here. i researched the middle school. i researched the school district. there was a ten-year plan out there. milford getting closed wasn't part of the plan. >> the school will make the choice. waiting another year will only make the issue worse. >> if they wait until next year, we'll be cutting student programs. >> the superintendent is says right now student programs are not being cut if this plan goes

in lace. he says the plan calls for another school, an elementary school to be closed in two years. the public can comment on this plan tuesday night. reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. today in the eric frein murder trial, several pennsylvania state troopers testified about what they saw the night one of their colleagues was ambushed and killed. they heard gunfire before finding alex douglas had been shot. the men testified they tried to save dixon with cpr, but he died at the scene. the fight over philadelphia's so-called soda tax headed to court in pittsburgh today opinion an attorney for the beverage industry asked the court to strike down. they argue it violates a state law that prehaven'ts the city from taxing anything already taxed by the state. the position insists the tax

isn't on soda but on its distribution to retail outlets. an endorsement for one of the candidates for district attorney. >> gave the nod to joe khan during a news conference. he said he made the decision after meeting with several of the candidates. the election gives a chance to move in the new direction. there are eight candidates running for the office including seven democrats with one republican. they are looking to replace current district attorney steph williams. williams is facing bribery charges for trading his influence for gifts and cash. he's pleaded not guilty to all charges. british royals paid tribute to the victims of the recent london terror attack. william and kate and prince harry attended the service at westminster abbi.

hundreds of people including police, ambulance workers and firefighters who helped victims of the attack attended the memorial. also this attendance, the american injured in the attack. the utah woman arrived in a wheelchair. her husband curt was killed. it was two weeks ago when an suv plowed into people walking across the bridge in london. five people including a police officer and the assailant died. 50 others were injured. b. new details about a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday at 4:00. the closing of hundreds of payless stores. . we have now learned that 20 of those stores are in our region. 11 in pennsylvania and 9 in south jersey and the shore. the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday adding its name to a greeing list of chains struggling to compete with online retailers. a work of art. these displays are calling out

street harassment against women. we are live from the neighborhood. >> women said this cat calling is a growing problem and are hoping to put a stop to it. >> reporter: it's the comments, the stares, the honking of horns. women just want to get down the street in peace. they are finding that harder to do. >> i had it on my way over here. >> reporter: laura shrugged off a disturbing part of daily life. >> you're putting up this tape and you're being cat called. >> she's part of a feminist group behind an art display servicing throughout the city. what you see is no ordinary crime scene tape. but cat call crime scene tape calling out street harassment for what it is. every woman we asked told us they have experienced some form of street harassment. . >> hey hotty, hey beautiful. >> it's just invasive. it doesn't matter what she's

wearing. i'm sorry, it doesn't. i could be wearing a short skirt or jeans or whatever. >> they are taking a stand for women. advocates say the art display a reminder to treat women with respect. . >> they are making women feel uncomfortable that's a good thing to let people know about. >> if somebody goes by, that's uncalled for and unacceptable. >> organizers plan to put more cat call crime scene tape up in center city tonight and more. tape throughout the city over this week. back to our first alert weather, what a wednesday. plenty of sun out there. warmer temperatures, great day to head outside and play some tennis. i need to get back out there. maybe walk the dog here. but this is all about to change. right now, this is the best day

of 2017 so far. >> it's a good day to take the lunch outside. >> you still have time to get out there and enjoy. through the evening it will be quite pleasant. . changes come after midnight. tomorrow will be ugly and that extends through the end of the week. let's look at the radar sweeping the sky. nothing showing up out there. everything is quiet. it will stay quiet begun until after midnight. that's when things are going to fire. up. we have a giant storm system. we talked about it for several days. it's coming out of the midwest. it's dug in so deeply. ahead of it, we have a line of showers and storms already creating havoc in the southeast. look at the number of tornado watches and warnings going for tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings. we are going to be in the risk tomorrow. we're going to see the rain move in and hear the rumbles of thunder and we are at the risk of flooding and damaging winds. we'll have to have a heads up.

not as bad as they have in the southeast with the big tornado outbreak. nonetheless, you can see right here, this is sort of the risk and threat assessment. right where you see the orange for tomorrow, that's an enhanced risk where they could see the tornado. i'm going to break that down for you so you know what we can expect. this is our thunderstorm risk chart. at the bottom we have nonsevere thunderstorms. . at the top we never want to see this ever happen in philly. they are dealing with in the southeast. what we have for the slight risk area we're basically going to be looking at potentially some severe storms. maybe one or two tornadoes, but not tr us. this is going to be into maryland. but we're at the top end. we could see some 1 to 2-inch hail and maybe even a little wind damage tr microbursts.

horror comes the first rain. we're going to see that at 1:30. we get into 3:30 in the morning. we hear some claps of thunder. 6:00 in the morning, more thunderstorms move through. it will be active between 3:00 and 7:00 in the morning. then we just get some rain. thousand if we clear it all and the atmosphere can recharge, as this storm system approaches, we're going to start to e see these stronger storms pick up. especially across the south jersey and is move iing in frome south. look at this. . look at 2:30 across the area u. pottstown and even into doils town through philly through mid-afternoon tomorrow. this is going to be the key time that you really have to keep an eye to the sky. this is when we could see damaging winds and potentially 1 to 2 inches of rin. maybe even some pockets of 3 irvelgs of rain. i have to tell you as ugly as this is, it doesn't improve a whole lot on friday because

friday is basically going to be the day for the phil lies home opener and it's not that great. >> we go from the thunderstorm potential to the cool, chilly still damp potential right in time for the friday home opener. 11:30 a.m., we still have clouds and damp from all the rain we see on thursday. look at we go through the good news is i don't expect thunderstorms moving through friday. you don't have to wour about a damage. but what you have to worry about is pockets of light rain. so right around start time for the game. e we continue and it's very scattered, light and drizzly conditions as we go through 6:30. as we progress through the overnight still cloudy conditions. he's the actual forecast for the phillies home opener. only 49 for first pitch. stay about that through mid-game. even the 9th inning. winds about 15 to 20 with gusts up to 30. that makes it feel even colder than it is.

so you need to wear the jacket to the the game. even if you're hoping for spring like weather. there's where we get the spring like weather. 68 on sunday. and pretty comfortable across the area with a rot of sunshine for the weekend as well. we'll get to the 10-day forecast in the next half hour. wake up with nbc 10 news today. our morning team will get you drid for the heavy rain and storms. that's before you head out the door. to this now. a surprise for a young hospital patient who needed some good news to lift his spirits. . >> still ahead, how it will become the field of dreams for a a young fan this friday. also saved by a fitbit. how the device uncovered serious hlt complications that could have cost one woman her life. survival story, how a family of four escaped from this capsized kayak and endured being

stranded in the wilderness. first here's a look at the closing bell on wall street where it was a down day across the board. we'll be right back.

a florida police officer struggled with a burglar all caught on camera inside this jewelry store. the officer puts his gun in his holster ask thought the suspect was giving up. a struggle starts and they try to grab his gun. the officer finally breaks free and points his gun and orders the guy to the ground. the guy refused and then lunged at the officer. . the lieutenant then pistol whips him and now that suspect is facing a long list of charges. this next story could have turned out a lot differently. >> a colorado family strand when

their hiking strip went wrong is calling the rescuers angels. jay and julie and their two teenage daughters headed down a river friday but they kayaks capsized. the family tumbled through a a maize of bolders losing paddles and most of their clothes before washing up on river bank. they were stranded tr two days before help arrived. >> i believe that god was watching out for us. >> everyone including their dog survived that ordeal. >> missing hotel rewards center today nbc 10 responds.

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we are bracing for severe storms headed our way. take a look at what this system is doing in southern alabama. state police say a possible tornado touched down there destroying several homes. dozens of trees and power lines are down. fortunately right thousand, there are no reports of any injuries. let's take a live look from atlanta at all of the flooding there. you can see emergency crews there on the. they have wraps on the truck to try to get people to safety right now. we apologize for the camera. the same system is headed our way. as you can see on the radar, the strongest storms in our area right in the middle of the day tomorrow. our team has issued a first alert to get you prepared for what's to come. >> once the rain starts, it's going to last through most of the day. meteorologist tammie souza tracking the conditions we can expect in it your most accurate forecast. you're worried about not only the rain, but winds too. >> we could see some gusty winds, but the flooding

potential is really there for our area because of the heavy thunderstorms. so the thunderstorm threat is there for tomorrow. we have issued a first alert on it. let's take a look at what's going to go on. severe storms, periods of heavy rain, possible flooding. we're talking about 1 to 2 inches of rain. isolated pockets of 3 inches or more. possibly damage iing winds. microbursts are on the table for us. the big tornado threat will remain south of the area. we could see some damaging winds. this is for the entire viewing audience. especially the severe threat for all of you south of the metro area in delaware and over in south jersey. and this is going to hit after midnight. we'll see the rain start after midnight. this is going to last through thursday evening between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. again 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. that's the time period that we are most concerned about for the damaging winds and perhaps even the threat of severe weather. here's a look at everybody

that's included in the flood watch. it does not ib collude the jersey shore or delaware. this is until 11:00 tomorrow night. because again, we could see very heavy rain and a lot of ponding. let's look at our radar. the dop ler radar, it's quiet here. what we're concerned about is what is making its way up the eastern sea board. you can see the first batch of storms, but there's a lot more to comp. the main body of the system is off to the west. what you can expect in your neighborhood and we'll take a peek at opening day for the phillies. that's coming up. turning to nbc 10 responds right now. a loyal hotel customer can't get the promotional deal he was promised. >> e. >> he got the run around for

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nbc 10 for the celebration. s performed traditional rituals and sang songs in hebrew. passover begins monday at sunset. . first the obamas now the bidens. joe biden and husband wife have booked the flat iron books. it will release two books by joe biden and one by jill. joe biden's first book will focus on the year 2016. that's when his son beaued and decided against running for president. you may wear wub on your wrist, but did you ever think it could save your life. >> how a fitness tracker e detected one woman's health complications. plus this. >> you will know friday. he's throwing out the first pitch. talk about his throwing strategy and why he gets this honor coming up. also did your child wear one of these to school this morning.

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turned deadly very quickly. >> today was a great day to get the fitness trackers outside working. >> but we have been hearing about these big changes that are coming and they are coming overnight. we need to know more about that. it's going to be lit up like some sort of a stormy day. that's what we'll be facing. we'll have thunderstorms along with the potential for flooding rains. all of this is headed our way for tomorrow. your first alert forecast. plus repaying parents for their kids purchases. the agreement that could have amazon owing you money. that's next. then new at 5:00, a must-see mug shot and the story police say is behind it. sometimes words just speak for themselves. that story all new at 5:00. ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any

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ever wonder how popular your name or child's name is. >> three dozen set to become extin extinct. they include dean, dennis, jeffrey and hor ris. they have all fallen out of favor. on the girl's side, fewer girls named angela, carol, debra and maurine. the website says no new parents have chosen those names so far this year, but the year is not over yet. maybe that just means you're more unique. you're just not going to have an issue. >> i like horace. >> and maurine. >> to this now. spring in full bloom. a beautiful day. lots of sunshine. made for a great day to get out there. maybe do some gardening.

got the hat on. keep the sun off your face. meteorologist tammie souza is tracking big changes coming our way tomorrow. won't be any sun to see tomorrow. >> you won't be wearing your garden b bonnet. it's not going to happen. let's take a look. the beam is sweeping the sky from the radar. there's nothing out there to report. it's very quiet. that's going to change. the clouds listen increasing and we have a giant storm system. it's now making its way out of the midwest. it is still going to fight across our area. it has kicked off this line of strong storms. they actually have several tornadoes reported in the southeast. they are going to have a long night there. as all of this energy approaches us and this rain and thunderstorm activity, we are going to be facing the potential for maybe some flooding es herbally north and west of this metro area tomorrow and severe weather in the form of damaging winds and that is generally going to be south and east of

the metro area. we're talking about delaware and south jersey. it could reach into philadelphia. we are going to have to keep a a heads up for this entire event tomorrow because we're at the very northern most end of where they are kind of placing us at risk. for this evening, things will be quiet. enjoy your evening. it's mild. temperatures in the 60s. we'll drop off to 50 by midnight. the clouds will increase. winds will be coming in out of the east. the east winds may be the one thing that saves us from severe weather. it kind of tamps down the at fear. it does not allow the storms to come our way. as we watch the east winds, we'll be watching the time line. but you get to 2:00 in the morning, we're starting to see the thunderstorms. you'll hear the sound of rumbling thunder night. look what happens at 4:30 in the morning. a line of stronger storms back to the philadelphia toward redding, that comes through. then as 8:00 in the, we taper

off. we'll go ahead to 9:00 in the morning. the same thing. it will be kind of quiet. but we recharge the atmosphere. the atmosphere is ready in the afternoon to potentially bring a line of very strong storms through the area. this is when we might expect our best chance of damaging winds. once that is gone by about 4:00 in the afternoon, we'll be looking at shower activity and maybe an isolated storm and things quiet down through the evening hours. look at this. some snow and some snow/rain mix is possible off to the west in the central and western parts of the state. and this is very cold air that's going to be coming in for the phillies home opener. that's where crystal is going to pick up the story. we have a a two-part forecast. we're talking about cool air and spotty showers. we go from noon to 3:30. the game starts at 3:05.

isolated shower it makes it feel colder than it is. . we'll stay in the upper 40s through much of the game. it will feel closer to the low 40s as a result of those winds and cloudy for the home opener as well. things do get better as we track along into your weekend. so we see the sun return. temperatures are going to rebound as well. sunday i've already made plans to be outside. it's going to be that nice. we see the nice temperatures continue to boost 80s monday and tuesday. >> those the first 80s of the the year? >> i think that will be the first reading. >> we got close in february. >> those are the days to go to the game. if you have tickets for any other day than opening day, it looks fantastic. >> or just bundle up.

next at 4:00, picked for the first pitch. why this fan is getting the honor for friday's homeowner.

nbc 10 counting down until the phillies home opener. two more days until the team is back. and a young phillies fan rece e received a special honor of throwing out the first pitch for friday's game. >> every kid you see are at the hospital for children because they have a tough story. but on this day, they got to hang out and just be phillies

fans. >> got to see the phillies. it make mess happy. >> this kid his kidneys failed and spends three weeks on dialysis. >> when i got here, it was sad. i just started crying seeing little kids on machines and babies on machines. that was really sad. >> fred has a pretty good arm and he will throw out the first pitch. >> how much pressure is is it it going to be in front of 45,000 people? >> a lot of pressure. i'm nervous, but not really nervous. because even i don't throw the pitch, the crowd is going to love me. >> on this day, it's all about phillies baseball and big huge smiles. >> this makes opening day even more special if that's possible. we're trying to bring baseball to opening day here at the

hospital. >> tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> he's going to do just fine. you can watch the home opener here on nbc 10. our coverage begins friday at 2:00 p.m. we'll profile the new announcer. the batting coach is coming out of the broadcast booth is this friday starting at 2:00 on nbc 10. right now we're working on several stories for 5:00. >> keith jones and coleman are up to bat. >> all new, a $300 million dream. >> tonight the plan to reveal for the grabs. >> it's not only an umbrella alert, but an ugly shoe day for tomorrow ask you need the weather app prepare d because severe storms are going to be headed our way. we'll break it all down for you in a few minutes. it was once a golfer's paradise. now is it going over well? why some people are steam ed

about what this old golf course could become all new on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

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it's music to the ears of the people of atlantic city. . what's old is new again. first lock at what's coming to the casino that sat empty for six months. trump taj mahal closed stores. fast forward to today, the building's new owner unveiled plans for the hard rock hotel, casino and atlantic city. cydney long is live. >> we are talking about a lot of jobs and hopefully a big boost for a town that really needs it. >> they definitely need it. there's a definite excitement in the air here in atlantic city. so many people excited for the taj mahal to turn this ka can see know into state of the art rooms. a major rock and roll theater, restaurant and you guessed it big names beach