nbc 10 breaking news. >> right now at 11:00, new video shows the air strikes launched by the united states on syria. it is by far the biggest decision that president trump has made in the white house to

date. >> and it comes in response to the chemical attack that killed dozens earlier this week. >> here's perspective for you. syria is in western asia, bord thrg mediterranean sea. there's a long-lasting civil war. the president authorized the firing of 59 cruise missiles from the mediterranean sea to the alsherrod air field. that's where it initiated the chemical attack that killed dozens of people. there have been no reports of any casualties, nor were any people or assets targeted. the pentagon was in contact prior to the attack. rex tillerson said there's no role for assad to govern the

syrian people. and president trump said this was a quote vital national security interest. here's what the president had to say from palm beach, california. >> previous attempts at changing assad's behavior have all faild and failed very dramatically. as a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize, threatening the united states and its allies. >> pennsylvania congressman boil a democrat, a member of the house foreign affairs committee is deeply concerned because the president didn't receive approval from congress. "as our country initiates military action against a foreign country, it is clear that speaker ryan must immediately recall members of

the house -- and pat toomey said the assad regime's latest weapons attack on men, women and children is appalling. he added that the civilian world has to respond. jim. >> good way to put that in perspective on air strikes launched by the united states on syria. police in new castle county investigating a child kidnapping. in the pike creek neighborhood. that girl has been found and is safe. >> live in that neighborhood. what are they telling you? >> reporter: new castle county police just issued a news release. she was found by a passer by about 20 minutes from here in banning park in wilmington. atives are still on scene in the

girls pike creek neighborhood investigating. police say it appears the 4-year-old was playing outside on this block when a man approached her in a car, grabbed her, and drove away. one of those children told me the suspect literally scooped the girl off of the street. they're now searching for a suspect, a dark male with dark hair and a dark colored sedan. she was located in a nearby park about two hours after the reported abduction. police continue to search for that suspect. they are asking for people near banning park in wilmington and in pike creek to look out for any surveillance video that may show this suspect in the  kidnapping. wilmington and delaware has seen a rash of kidnapping in the past couple weeks. we'll keep digging for more detames but that 4-year-old

found safe in a nearby park. live in delaware, nbc 10 news. our other big story tonight, the damage from this afternoon storms. heavy wind and strong rain -- this one fell right on a car. two people were injured but told they should be okay. this time because of flooding. cars got stuck in the mud. >> montgomery county. this company lost its roof but employees were able to get out safely, before it came crashing down. >> drew, big clean up there. >> reporter: that's right and they're still being cautious here tonight. the tape is up blocking people from the building. that's because parts of the roof are still dangling from the edge. they had to find a different way to get home because their cars

are under the big pile of debris. there is roofing material scattered all over the place at the top of union hill road. >> it was like a wind tunnel. >> she was looking out the window during the storm when she noticed something was haptpenin near the roof. >> we ran in the back. >> all 22 employees here at the technology building safely evacuated. they took in the scene from the parking lot. then later helped clean up some of the mess. >> scattered across the parking lot. >> reporter: rescue crews made sure nobody was in any cars. >> the debris is basically going in one direction here. >> a volunteer who plans to call in reports to the national weather serviceicize thestrated line wind blew threw. later a bright rainbow appeared

in the sky in what the mayor calls a lucky day. >> with all the nails, they had the whole roof. i'm sure we had fatalities here today. >> reporter: there are a lot of security cameras on the building. we should have a better idea of what kind of strong weather was able to rip a roof that was a year 1/2 old into the air and the parking lot. >> amazing. no one was hurt. the storms have moved out. is the clean up's far from over. >> the closer look at the impact from the storms. >> over 100 reports of strong winds or wind damage across the midatlantic states from virginia to new england and we have quite a few even in our area. and especially in new castle county. we had large frees down in gloucester county, salem county,

numerous tree limbs down. townsend and new castkas castle power lines down. a lot of places you can see and the strongest wind gust was 64 miles per hour during the afternoon np storms are gone. we have a few showers moving west to southeast but look at that mess. there's snow to the north and rain to the south and by the time the weather gets in here, this is how it's going to feel. it's going to feel close to freezing when you add the clouds and the wind and the low temperatures. also some rain. not great news for the phillys. get more detail on that and great weather behind that coming up. well, syria isn't the only international order of business for president trump tonight. he's hosting the chinese president in florida. the two leaders meeting for a

three-day summit. president trump is expected to lean on china against north korea ambitions. a monumental rule change on capitol hill is paving the way for president trump's supreme court nominee. senate republicans invoked the nuclear option. meaning gorsuch only needs 51 votes. a full senate vote is scheduled for around 11:30 this morning. he will fill the seat vacated by the late antonin scalia. this is the first time the nuclear option has been used for a supreme court nominee. >> new jersey transit will be back up tomorrow just days after a train derailed there. as new jersey chris christie

pushes for more oversight. he's asking to push for hearings to quote hold amtrak accountability and asking nnl nj transit to with hold funds. the northeast corridor is safe. today a couple entered pleas on child endangerment. that man allegedly fathered two children with one of the underaged girls. she pleaded guilty. her husband david entered a no contest plea. the couple and their nine daughters were found living with lee capline in his home last year. authorities believe he sexually assaulted six of the girls. his trial is set for next month. police in trenton are investigating reports that a 5-year-old special needs student was assaulted on her school bus last week on the girl's way home

from the p.j. hill school. others saw what happened and told administrators right away. the school district is also investigating. new details tonight about aen maa -- attempt to grab a child from the stroller at a dunkin' donuts. they say they have talked both the baby's parents and the man in the video. the d.a.'s office will decide whether to file charges. wilmington will soon need a new top cop after 32 years of service. his retirement is effective next sunday. wilmington city counsel voted to approve a $33,000 salary bump for that position. >> about 100 people came out to learn more about becoming a teacher in philadelphia. the district held an information

session. it's part of the district's new recruiting campaign to hire up to a thousand new teachers for the school year. >> a local town -- a traffic stop takes a dramatic turn. hear the moment this new jersey state trooper helps deliver a bapy. >> and students getting paid just to drive their cars.

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they had to pull off the side of route 78 when it was clear the woman was about to give birth np trooper and summit police officer arrived just in time to deliver the 6 pound 14 ounce baby girl. the north vill fire company canceled its annual easter festivities. they posted statement saying it hopes to hold another egg hunt in the future. a warning for distracted drivers in the future. literally the state will send warning letters to anyone using a hand free device while driving. >> some delaware high schoolers will get paid to drive their own cars. they team up with a delaware company that links drivers and sponsors. in this case triple-a is paying

drivers to drive their cars wrapped with driving messages. the students will get up to $300 a month. don rickles died today. he was 90 years old. >> you're catholic and i'm a jew and stanley, you're black. i'm sorry. >> long before the phrase politically correct was popular, he turned insults into a art form. he also livened up late night talk shows. appearing on "the tonight show" with johnny carson more than 100 times. turning to our first alert weather. heavy rain and winds have our region drying out. >> as the phillys get ready for their home opener. and let's begin with chief meteorologist glen. >> and maybe some winter-like

clothing tomorrow. but the rest of the home sdnd is look figure good and look at this frar frar the gigantic storm system and it's cold, it's snowing in the northernel of of ohio and what are we getting out of this, perhaps a snow mix in the poconos. still possible. and in the afternoon get some showerdize vepping, future re radar tends to over estimate the rain in these situations. it's going to be wetter than computers are showing. the wind's going to be blowing in from left field. so you're going to get extra cold with a 15 to 20 mile-per-hour wind. temperatures in the 40s.

feeling like 40 or maybe even upper 30s. not exactly baseball weather but not enough to get rained out. and these are the high temperatures tomorrow. only 47 at fair mont. talking about generally light rain but rilit's the wind sdh c that's a big deal. long port up to 50. 50 degrees. over the weekend we've got tremendous change. we got sunshine returning saturday. temperatures about 10 degrees warmer. nice day, right? and then sunday sunshine 10 degrees warmer than that. back into the 60s above normal temperatures. so we get a delightful weekend once we get past tomorrow.

the meteorologist has move away. if i could throw a 90-degree day in there. this is the temperature trend for next week. a pair of 80s to start the week off. and then back the 60s. the average high is apv average once we hit monday. how rare is it to get 80s in april? the last 80-degree day was in 2016. so it's been a while. average first 80 is june 4. the record for the high in april is 95. nowhere near that. they all time high, 106. we're going to enjoy them and take them to the bank.

basketball or math. which one would you compete in? >> we found a group of students who can do both at the same time. how a local group made her broadway dreams come true. next at laesk.

a wish come true tonight for a township girl who's been in and out of the hospital. >> she went to broadway, not to perform, but to see the hottest show in town, "hamilton." it's been a tough year for maddy banks and her battle with cystric fib roesz. she missed a class trip to see the musical on broadway. when the nonprofit found out, they gave her tickets to see the show. >> it will be amazing and help my spirits and keep moving

forward. >> last week she went to the doctor and could have been admitted and he's like she's got to go to new york. do your best to get better and enjoy it. >> maddy saw the show tonight and we're pretty sure she had a great time. >> how can you not? the sixers are helping kids boost their brain power. it's the wells fargo center tonight. students from more than a dozen middle schools faced off in a fast paced basketball board game. a little bit of everything right there. and a fast paced night of basketball. these featured future stars of the game. the most popular program wrapped up and it did not disappoint. the best of the best competed for city wide glory. >> and speaking of, dawn staley just won as coach of the

basketball team. they announced the recipient of the award named in her honor. it goes to kelsey plum from the university of washington. and earlier today staley received a hero's welcome at her alma mater in north philly. they honored staley as well as help from the mayor and a few philadelphia coaching greats. >> that is a net list, not a necklace. very cool. phillys come home with their bats going cold. ryan howard has a new team and it's tim tebow time again. another injury for the sixers tonight? hopefully not. that's next. ♪

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>> i'm john clark from csn. they lost in cincinnati. the bats went cold. 1 for 17 with runners in scoring position. they struck out 32 times. former 33rd round draft pick getting his first major league start. daniel nava, homers in both. first philly to do that in 13 years. 4-4 in the sixth. that is pitcher michael laurenson pinch hitting home run off alec morgan. that's the first time a pitcher had a pinch hit home run in eight years. home sweet home tomorrow. >> i'm glad to be going back home to philly to see if we can stir it up over there. at least we manage to salvage one win. we're going to go home and start over. >> the home opener against the nationals. our live pregame show starts at

2:00. ryan howard has a new job. the braves have signed him to a one year minor league deal. he goes to 750,000. tim tebow trying to baseball thing. first with the columbia fire flifly s. two-run homer the opposite way. that's just what he does. he's t boeing again. and just mentally and physically fatigued. nice drive and dunk by justin anderson. two short of his career high. jimmy butler too much. triple double for butler. third quarter t.j. mcconnell turns his left ankle but says i will not abandoned my teammates no matter how many games are left. we're right back.

well, chilly, damp, windy and look at saturday morning. 36. >> let's think about the 80s. >> have a great night. >> see you tomorrow. ♪ >> steve: from universal orlando resort in the heart of sunny florida, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jay leno, kate upton, musical guests jason derulo