strike on syria. this morning reaction is pouring in. what will send neil gorsuch to the highest court despite turmoil. we are counting down to the first pitch for the home opener this afternoon at citizens bank park. the breaking news strike. it shows the u.s. launch of missiles aimed at a area

airfield. president trump's most dramatic military order since becoming president. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. at least seven killed abdomnd n hurt in the attack. this is what appears to be smoke rising from the airfield. they say it was an appropriate response to this week's chemical attack against syrians. >> reporter: first flight reveals the aftermath of a u.s. strike overnight. at least 59 tomahawk missiles launched from warships, targeting the air base where u.s. intelligence assad killing 100 civilians earlier this week.

>> there is no disbutte syria violated obligations under the chemical weapons convention. >> reporter: president trump approved the mission after discussing options from his resort. >> it is a signal that the president of the united states is listening carefully to the best national security team i have seen. >> reporter: it also signals a major shift in the region. administration questioning and challenging syrian leadership. >> this morning bashir waal-ass have a different analysis. >> an ally of syria, russia, where they have condemned it calling it ineffective and unnecessary. president trump will hear from chinese president as the leaders continue their bilateral summit

here today. palm beach, florida. the civil war is in a new exhibit at the cultural heritage center. >> we are live where he got reaction to the u.s. strike. what are you hearing, matt? >> reporter: i spoke with a woman born in syria. she said what she has seen is all the more reason for people to learn what is going on in that country. coincidentally there is a new exhibit here at the museum. it officially opens tomorrow. we got a look inside. it's called cultures in a cross fire. it focuses on the war torn region. what's at stake, why this issue matters to all of us. the events of this week with a chemical attack, it is all proving to be a little heavy this morning. >> it is very distressing. it is this endless to my people

and my country and we hope it will end. we are trying to, you know, help people who are still in syria basically cope with the war, do something about the perception, something they feel strongly about. >> reporter: she and others are hoping to bring an end to the blood blood shed. that is a big question and a controversial one. matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> stay with us for continuing coverage. you can find reaction from lawmakers and the latest updates on nbc10.com. happening now in washington the senate is preparing to vote on judge neil gorsuch. here is a live look. lawmakers are expected to confirm around 11:45. yesterday republicans changed the senate's voting rules bay

simple majority. the gop used a nuclear option to block the gorsuch nomination. mcconnell is speaking right now. in the last few minutes he has been talking about the air strike against sere you and hyr is a proud day he calls it. a live look right now from the bank. a few hours away from first pitch. whether you're going to the game or staying home to watch it. we have your game day forecast. let's start who has been hanging out. one of my favorite things is lots of --

>> reporter: yeah. i want everybody to make sure they wear under armour. i have these. do a little shake. this guy here, his name is will. show us what you got. yeah. once that smoke clears look at the ribs and the chicken. it is opening day. there is a buzz around this place. as we walk over this way you can see that's buzz around this place. everything is getting up and running. it takes a lot to get citizens bank park up and running. today there will be a special kid here. his name is fred. he went into the hospital in december with kidney failure. today he is doing okay. he goes to dialysis three days a week. here is the thing, this guys he is going to throw out the first pitch in front of about 45,000 people.

she he is a little bit nervous. this place will be packed here soon. this is my dream lawn right here. i was sitting right there. i always remember the night over there by the pole when i watched the phillies win the world series in 2008 which was one of the best nights in philly kid memory. so when we come back we'll talk more about what you expect here at the ballpark today. even if you don't have tickets you can come do a lot of cool stuff and maybe somebody will be nice and fgive you a ticket. i don't know if we should endorse it. but you can probably find a way if you want. it will be a great day. it will be a chilly day. bring the under armour. go phils. back to you guys.

>> i remember that like yesterday. >> he is part of the reason you can't miss today's 2:00 start. that's only here on nbc 10. coverage begins at 2:00. welcome home phillies special. first pitch at 305. >> if you aren't going out let's get you updated on the forecast. it is going to be chilly out there. i like to be out there too. looking outside right now we are seeing really big clouds. you notice there was no rain. we did see sprinkles earlier. it is chilly outside. winds are starting to pick up. a live look shows how thick and juicy clouds are right now. at least they are not producing any rain showers. current wind at 18 miles per hour for philadelphia. look at this, west

northwesterly. duo have that northerly influence. feels like temperatures a little bit chillier than we actually are. wilmington 17 for you. coatsville 17 miles per hour wind speeds. this is as the high pressure system develops. the wind gusts topping out at 28 miles per hour. i did tell you i thought it would top out between 40, 45 miles per hour. already seeing 28 miles per hour wind gusts. here is your forecast for phillys hope opener. today at 3:05 we are only topping out in the upper 40s. with west northwesterly winds will be coming out from left field. keep that in mind. it will feel colder than the actual temperatures. it will be chillier. coming up in just a bit i is your hour by hour feels like temperatures. back to do you. a child kidnapped in new castle county is now safe.

>> police continue to search for her abductor. they saw the four-year-old girl in the neighborhood around 7:00 last night. she was found unarmed two hours later. nbc 10 on the scene where the girl was kidnapped. they say a man literally scooped the girl off the street and drove away. a passer by discovered her in a park about 20 miles away. happening now in pike county the trial continues for eri erieric eric frein. he arrived in court after he had to be treated at a hospital while hitting his head while brushing his teeth in his jail cell. he killed one officer and injured another. closed today after bacteria

found in the water system. officials said they are working with county health department and environmental firm. they say there's no confirmed cases of the disease. several people have been killed, an update on breaking developments just ahead. stuck in the subway, the video that's getting so much attention because of what did happen. i'm tracking increasing winds and showers. right now not making it to the ground. coming up in just a bit i have the phillies home opener foreca forecast. that's coming up next.

we have breaking news in sweden. a deadly truck crash is a terror atta attack. it slammed into a department store and killed at least two people. there are reports shots were fired at the scene. police made no arrests. we'll bring you updates on the air and on nbc 10 app. the u.s. air strike on syria, the u.s. fired nearly 60 missiles at an airfield that is believed to be involved in this week's chemical attack. officials say at least seven people were killed, nine hurt.

united nations expected to meet far briefing on the strike. we'll keep you updated on that. one after the other local lawmakers responding to the president's surprise order. >> not everyone agrees on the method. republican senator says the civilized world has to respond. united nations does not take appropriate action then the united states must. he is encouraged president trump is taking on syria but says i'm gravely concerned without a well thought out comprehensive plan. frankly, the president's actions today generate more questions than answers. congressman represents philadelphia and montgomery county. he is calling on house speaker paul ryan into an emergency session. >> we spoke with him this morning. he confirmed president trump let

congress know of his plans to launch the strike. >> i remember the foreign affairs committee. i knew yesterday in washington from various reports both repeated and also things we were made aware of that this was strongly under consideration and swroeld a more immediate timetable than was originally expected. >> he said he feels the u.s. needs to be cautious about its involvement in syria. >> it is obvious we want to act but we want to do so in a strategic way so we don't leave with a larger conflict, especially with russia. >> count on nbc 10 for syrian air strikes. we'll bring you the latest on the air and on the nbc 10 app. i'm erika martin. a live look outside. it does look dry but clouds are

pretty stubborn. neighborhoods around philadelphia. parkwood seeing mid-40s right now. so temperatures for today will be below average, unseasonably cold. be sure you bundle up because we have a northerly influence. it will be chillier than the actual temperature. current winds right now, notice we're seeing a shift in the winds earlier. we are seeing west northwesterlies. we're pulling down some of the colder air into the area. this is your sustained wind speed, 18 miles per hour. 17 for wilmington. 24 for coatsville. this is 20 for dover. we have to talk about our wind gusts as well. notice wind gusts 28 miles per

hour wilmington. millville 26 miles per hour. we have to talk about the fact that even though temperatures are pretty much in the 40s it will feel colder than that. phillies home opener in your forecast. we have westerlies throughout the entire day and increasing wind speeds and wind gusts. we are seeing winds out there. i will not add showers. we'll see passing sprinkles very quickly. a lot of times we had colder higher clouds. they tend to sweet out sprinkles. i'm keeping clouds out there but be sure you bundle up. feels like temperatures, i will start this at 3:00 p.m. and start for just one hour through 4:00 p.m. notice it's going to feel like it's only in the upper 30s. that's because we do have the influence of those west northwesterly winds that will start to increase as the day

continues. what about rain? hour by hour forecast right here picking up on the thick clouds through the higher levels of the atmosphere. we are seeing a little bit of a break all of that rain to the north and east. looks like rain showers and everything will start to improve. a high pressure system to the southwest. we are going to see a clearing and certainly a great we could in the forecast. the ten day on ten looks like upper 40s for today, upper 50s on saturday and mid-to upper 60s on sunday. trackeni tracking 80s monday into tuesday. this is unseasonably warm, possibly sprinkles on wednesday. it is cloudy and in the 60s from there on out. >> all right. have a great weekend. drive to save lives. a campaign designed to keep everyone on the roads safer and which areas police will be targeting.

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they being recognized at sunday's hero brunch and award ceremony. he is part of the tourism and hospitality. you have been here dozens of times probably. remind our viewers about the work your organization does. >> yes. it is the community foundation here in the region. we give grants out to nonprofits doing the work that benefit the lgbt community here in the area. >> tell me what it means to you to receive the award and why it is so important. >> we are thrilled and thanks so

much for giving us this honor. it helps to under score philadelphia is a welcoming city. we realize we in philadelphia have a lot to offer and the division that we operate helps to ek cute that. we clab ralt with organizations to help that happen. >> we were just talking about this probably a dozen years ago. >> yes. >> and wonderful thing you guys do, another group you're honoring the mens cohore choru. they work in schools with lgbt youth getting them involved and empowering them. >> and the legacy brunch and

award ceremony this sunday, april 9th from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in old city philadelphia. for more information check out the nbc 10 app. good too see you both. >> thank you so much. >> always a pleasure. >> thank you. >> thanks, vai. taking action in syria, that's the breaking news we are following for you after the u.s. carried out air strikes in syria. a look at world reaction just ahead. a republican tour of the senate voting rules to get into the high court. vanessa: i got hurt and was given painkillers.

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breaking news, reaction to u.s. air strikes on syria. it was in response to a kem kl attack earlier this week. allies are supporting it and russia is condemning it. >> expected to be meeting for a briefing on the air strike. at least seven people were killed and nine were hurt. nbc has more on russia cea's response to the attack from moscow. >> reporter: russia taking a couple of swipes at the u.s., defense ministry claiming 23 did not hit their targets at that air base. russia's defense saying the was very low. from the kremlin, strong but predictable condemnation. putin himself didn't speak but they say it was an act of aggression against the sovereign country that violated

international law. more surprisingly russia cease defenda defendant, the agreement with the u.s. on decon fliks to help prevent u.s. and rurch shan air drft. they are said that russia was warned and also significantly and more proof of the rather muted russian response. he said i don't think any of this will lead. limited condemn nay. president putin discussing what the u.s. might do next. a no flyson or a more aggressive pursuit. what will not change for now is

russia's support for year ya's president. back to you. >> stay with nbc 10 for continuing dove raj. you can find reaction from lawmakers and the latest updates on nbc10.com. the news happening right now, the senate preparing to hold a final vote on president trump's nominee. >> a live look from the senate floor in washington. the senators are expected to confirm gorsuch after republicans changed the voting rules. jep f jennifer johnson will be following the vote for us this morning, hi jennifer. >> reporter: hi. that is expected around 11:45 this morning. we are not sure exactly of the time. there is still very heated debate because of the controversial rule change that has never before been used on a supreme court nominee.

>> i think it was a sad day for the senate and each party has a deeply feelt sense of grieve answ grievence. >> yesterday was a dark day in the history of the united states senate. the result will be when the republicans are in charge you'll see more conservative supreme court justices. when the democrats are involved you'll see more liberal. >> reporter: democrats were angry never got a hearing. they moved until they eliminated filibusters from supreme court nominees. >> no one should sleep well tonight. no one should under estimate the magnitude of what happened here.

>> gorsuch is expected to get to work right away. they will hear that the state is stepping on religious freedom. other cases the high court may take up, involve gun rights and the refusal. continue ver say cases -- controversial cases come gorsuch's way. welcome home to the phillies. the boys of summer are back. the phils and their fans will return to citizens bank park. this is a look in south philadelphia where we are hours away from the first pitch. whether you're going to the game or staying home we have got you covered. erika has your forecast.

let's get to tim who is -- >> fun. >> reporter: couch sounds pretty good right now. it's pretty cold. hey, kid, come here. i ran into a buddy of mine. here is what i want you to do. we will play corn hole right here. whoever gets it in, the other one has the finish the live shot. >> perfect. >>. >> you ready? >> hit it. >> okay. here we go. >> ready? >> oh. nobody god it. they are paying me to do it. we'll see him at 2:00. it will be a good day at the ballpark. take a look down here. you might be able to see little rain drops falling now. it's not a good thing for baseball. we think it won't be too bad. it's cold though.

it will be a good day at the ballpark. i look at when you come out here for the first time in the season you can see how beautiful the field is. if you don't have tickets to the game there is still plenty to do here on the outside. there is a ferris wheel out there. there will be concerts outside. you can feel part of opening day. we'll have our pregame show and we'll have the game itself. if you want to be part of opening day make sure you say hi to all of us here. erika martin will be here. dress for it and it will be okay. it is still spring, guys. still plenty to do here. good smells. >> yeah. >> kim is live on nbc 10. it is as much of a tradition as

soft pretzels, beer and everything else. it's only on nbc 10. our coverage begins at 3:00 with our pregame welcome home special. first pitch is at 305. a few rain drops that he was mentioning. >> i'm sure everybody was watching at 4:30, k5:00 and 6:0 a.m. if it squeezes out a few sprinkles that's what we are seeing right now. we talked about it all day. clouds will stick around and winds will start to increase. these are expected temperatures. we'll see mid-to upper 70s with winds to the west northwest. it will make all of the difference. we do have the feels like temperatures feeling colder than the actual temperature. i want to show you the wind forecast. notice we are seeing a northwest

forecast. that will be the story for this afternoon and it will make it feel colder than those actual temperatures. some of you will be heading home. of course you'll want to bundle up. we are seeing a direct northwesterly influence there. so home opener winds. winds will be -- make sure you pund l up. feels like it will be colder especially behind home plate. stay warm, layer up and have fun. current winds coming out of the west, northwest at 12 miles per hour. wilmington 17. millville 21 and dover 20 miles per hour wind speeds. what about the feels lieke temperatures? we look ahead to 3:30 p.m. it will feel like it's only in the upper 30s. he is pretty cold. be sure you bundle up. a lot of you are not as tough as tim. back to you. >> all right. thank you.

take a look at what a strong storm did yesterday. basically the roof was ripped off. it was smashed down on cars in the parking lot. it appears straight lined winds caused the damage. today crews working to remove this tree. the tree landed on wires near moore avenue this morning. they say barriers were set up to close the road but cars were scooting around it and going under the tree. that's dangerous. it be spring but it looks like winter in other parts of the country. these areas could get a little more snow today. the it also brought high winds. new this morning a tourist hurt in the london terror attack has died. the woman fell into the towns river when an attacker drove

into the crowd last mobt. the at the time toll now stands at five including a police officer. others shot and killed this attacker. ordering a company to clean up its property because it endangers public health and property. he says this contributes to the heroin epidemic. in a statement it hopes to work to find a solution. it shows a passenger walking bay woman who had her head stuck between the subway doors. no one even stops. >> no one even addresses her or try to help her. >> we saw four people there walk by this woman a worker freed the woman.

they say the doors were open when the train was never in danger of moving. that's scary. passengers didn't think twice about helping a visually impaired man who fell onto the tracks. >> hey, do yyou. >> others helped lift the man from above. passengers alerted police officers who urged them to stop the oncoming train. he had a leg injury but other than that he has but okay. rickles died at the age of 90. >> politically correct he was not. don rickles and his insults for years. comic known as mr. warm in fact

rickles appeared more than 100 times. word of his death came yesterday. people placed flowers on the walk of fame. one fan called him the last of the best. rickles died at his home in los angeles. the state will send warning letters to drivers caught using their phones without a hands free device. you're urged to call with any kis tracted driver you see. they will crack down along drivers. it will and the goal is to reduce deadly crashes. the most perfect lie is the one you tell yourself, something to think about as we welcome back one of our favorite guests.

i'll talk all about the tweets and turns of the latest novel. that's next. >> and i showed you the wind speeds and now the bind gusts. it is up top 30 miles per hour in philadelphia. if dwrour heads out i do have your home opener forecast coming up after the break.

happening now in washington the senate is voting on neil r

gorsuch. he presides. yesterday gorsuch is expected to beconfirmed. we'll have a special report when voting wraps up. we'll brink it g it to you live it happens. she has captivated millions of readers with novels you can't put down, seriously. lisa scottoline tells us about her book one perfect lie. i am so psyched you're here. i can't wait to consume this book. how interesting that it's philly's home opener and you got the idea from the book throwing out the first pitch. >> i did. mine was first pitch for ladies

night. i don't know how to pitch. i was like i'll go to my local high school and i just hung out at the games and the coach helped me and the kids helped me and i threw out the first pitch. i was thinking what if this coach -- and we won't give anything away, but what if this coach were whatever so tried to enter some menice -- like baseball moms trying -- >> and one perfect lie, the most perfect lie is the one you tell yourself. >> i wrote that. i wrote my tag line. i tell myself so many really good lies. all of the characters have some sort of -- >> everybody to a certain extent. it is so hard to raise a teenager when they are all on facebook and you're on facebook and you make this life that

looks so great but it ain't. >> you'll be signing a lot of books in the coming weeks i'm sure. >> right. >> but you have to hold yourself up in your house with your cute little dog, which i can't stand they are so cute. >> right. >> you're such a people person. is that really hard? >> it is. >> when i come out and tour it's like i'm watching you. people are like are you on drugs? no. i'm out of my crate. the book comes out tuesday. when i get back i'm only touring far week all over the country. i have one coming out in july. i need a life guard everywhere but the pool, which is the story of our lives. >> it's great. >> it's our tenth anniversary. we are very very honored. >> awesome.

>> thanks for being here. i can't wait to read this. don't give away any secrets. i want to tell our viewers where you'll be. it is called one perfect lie. you can meet lisa this coming monday. she'll have a reading and a book signing monday april 10th at noon in center city. she'll appear monday at barnes and noble. more book signings over the next few weeks and months. you can get all of the information on our web site, nbc10.com or check out the nbc 10 app. congratto yo congrats to you. >> thank you so much. i'm erika martin with a live look outside. we are seeing light sprinkles moving through. the big story for the home opener is increasing winds. satellite and radar right now, we have been seeing clouds all

morning long. it is not going to change much until an area of high pressure from the southwest starts to develop. we are seeing a couple of patchy showers. that's just about it. current temperatures 46 degrees. philadelphia currently at 45 degrees. more importantly we are seeing a shift in the winds. now, philly home opener, this is what you can expect. temperatures in the mid-to upper 40s. the winds will be pretty steady at that time between 15 and 30 miles per hour gusting up to 40 to 45 miles per hour at times. we are seeing lots of clouds and temperatures in the mid-to upper 40s. so let's talk about home opener win. west northwesterly means it is blowing in from behind left field. so keep that in mind. they are going to increase through this afternoon. so feels like temperatures chillier than actual temperatures especially if you're sitting behind home

plate. layer up, have a great time and stay warm. we are looking forward to a warm up by the weekend and following workweek. sustained wind 17 miles per hour. coatsville 21 for you. dover 20 miles per hour susta sustained wind speeds. feels like temperatures. we are considering actual sustained wind speeds. it teals like pist38 degrees. we are going to stay there through the afternoon hours. only in the upper 30s. those are the feels like temperatures. more important than the actual temperatures because we are considering the fact that we are getting that influence out of the north by 8:30 p.m. it will feel like 36 in philly and 36 in vorheese and west chechester. we have a lot of clouds, 48 degrees. clouds sticking around at 6:00

p.m. upper 40s there for philadelphia. the clouds are going to be stubborn. i could explain this in detail. squeeze this out, the extra sprinkles. for the lehigh valley we have clouds pretty thick due today and high pressure develops to the southwest. it will be our weather maker for this upcoming weekend. look at the sunshine on saturday and sunday. mid-to upper 60s on sunday. low 80s on monday and tuesday. upper 60s, possibly a sprinkle here on wednesday. keep that in mind. 66 on thursday. a mix of sun and clouds on friday. i am eyeing this upcoming workweek. we'll see temperatures climbing really above average into the 80s. so monday 80 and tuesday 80. we may even hit 81 to 82. more nbc 10 news coming up after

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they do have the vote to we'll bring it to you when voting wraps up. firefighters just put out a fire at rowan university. they tell us it is an on campus apartment building. if you have a resident evacuate the building immediately due to fire department activity. they believe everyone is out of the building now. no one was hurt. we'll have updates on air and on our nbc 10 app. and just a few hours until first pitch as the phillies take on the home opener we got a sneak peek as final preparations are underway. the fanatic already pumped up. you can watch the today's home opener only here nbc 10.

first pitch at 3:05. >> we have you covered. you with watch it at home or watch on word wornbc 10. >> if you're going to the ballpark bundle up. >> a lot of times when it's that cold the atmosphere can't hold that liquid. it lets it out. that's the too technical. the wind will be the big issue. it will feel like it's in the upper 30s at game time. >> layer up. >> the wind is a good thing in base billioball baseball. >> what happens if it's hitting you in the face? >> i'm opener, i'm psyched no matter what. thanks for watching. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. for erika martin and all of us

here at nbc 10 have a great day. >> and go phillies. yo, check it.

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[soft music] >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. here's lester holt. >> good day from new york. coming on the air with breaking news out of washington, where the u.s. senate has just voted to confirm judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court in eye 54-45 vote. after a fierce battle that saw republicans trigger the so-called nuclear option, essentially changing senate rules to prevent democrats from using the filibuster to block gorsuch's confirmation. this comes in the middle of a busy news day. also monoring breaking news out of stockholm, sweden, a large truck crashed into a department store, killing at least two people. the prime minister labeling it as an act of terror. we're also keeping an eye on the latest developme