>> we are about to hear from rex tillerson. i got into a topic is that i shouldn't have and i screwed up. you know, i hope people understand that we all make mistakes. >> another apology, but is it enough to save his job? his latest remarks. he misspoke in a statement about the holocaust. >> right now this 88-year-old

man tells us he is grateful he survived an attack. two men made off with cash, jewelry, a gun and even his late wife's car. he says it was no random act. i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. he -- pam, how is he doing? >> reporter: she a little bit shaken up after everything that happened. he is 88 years old. he lives here alone. i talked to him this morning. he believes he was set up by the very people he relies onto runn errands for him. >> they could have killed me last night when they broke in. >> reporter: a korean war veteran found himself looking down the barrel of a gun when he answered the door at 2:30 this

morning. he had no way of stopping the two armed suspects that forced him into his home. >> i had a handgun i thought i could use but they were smarter than me. >> they taped him to a kitchen chair and ransacked his home stealing his safe with cash and expensive jewelry inside. >> they have been watching this place for not just one day. >> reporter: they say the phone wires to the home were cut. after he managed to break free he went up to a neighbor's home for help. they had taken off in his classic cadillac. it is baby blue in color with dark blue top and spoked hub caps. bli pete has his own ideas about who

is responsible. >> i was set up by some young people that i sent to the store. >> reporter: the people that you rely on. >> they knew where the safe was, car rid carried it out in my car. >> reporter: and when i spoke with police they did confirm in addition to looking for the two armed suspects they are also looking to speak to a woman in her early 20s who befriended the victims. if you have seen that car give philly police a call. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. three temple university students. three men got into the victim's house through an unlocked door around 2:00 in the morning. the students were forced to the ground and robbed at gunpoint. the men got away with cell phones, debit cards and cash.

showers moved through parts of our area this morning. suspect some sun. nbc 10 erika martin is here. hi, erik ancha. >> clearing skies by tonight. a live look outside. we are seeing building clouds. mid-to upper level clouds and couple lou70 in port richmond. parkwood at 69. chestnut hill at 68 degree. lehigh valley mild temperatures. redding 65 degrees for you. walnut port you're current temperature at 62 degrees. these are the light showers

moving through. unorganized at best. an area of low pressure to the north of us. here is your frontal bound rhode island you can see the lines of showers. it is very unorganized. i don't expect it to hang around too much longer. certainly not much to worry about for today. the good news is we are seeing clearing skies for tonight as an area of high pressure develops. it looks dry at least until easter. coming up i do have your easter forecast. back to you. >> all right. we'll look forward to that. jurors are learning more about the man charged with shooting two pennsylvania state troopers. yesterday prosecutors played a taped interview that frein gave to police the night he was captured. he said i did this, no one else did. all i can say is i'm sore rhode island he also said he is 31,

still living with my parents, no prospect for any sort of future. frein is accused of killing a trooper and injuring another. he faces the death penalty. a father accused of murdering his own son. he killed his three-year-old son and reported him missing. police found the boy's body in a park in october of 2015. a judge says he will rule tomorrow on whether three teenaged girls should be held responsible for the death of a classmate. amy joyner francis had a preexisting heart condition. the judge heard the nonjury trial. federal judge wants seth williams trial to start as early

as next month. it speck concern about damage that the federal case could have on the city's court system. williams denies all allegations. rex tillerson but he is optimistic it will help them come closer together. >> andrea mitchell has more from moscow. >> a tense meeting today. their chief disagreement, the chemical attack that left dozens dead and u.s. missile strike. saying apart from words we saw troubling actions regarding the attack on syria. he said he hopes it doesn't happen again even pointing out the russians have no one to talk to because the new administration is so far behind on appointing people.

promising talks to narrow their darc differences. >> so that we can better understand why these differences exist. >> president trump justifying by the horror of the chemical attacks. m putinpz s saying where is the proof? there is none. when tillerson was doing big oil deals. tillerson heoping for a chance o bring up issues. it would be surprising if the russia president does not meet the secretary of state. today you'll have to use cash or credit card to pay for

parking at kiosks in phil philadelph philadelphia. it offer add quick way to avoid a parking ticket. the company that ran it pulled the plug because of financial problems. now the city is looking for a new company to run the app. also in philadelphia crews hope to complete repaving work so the city can reopen by noon today. a chunk of asphalt caved in. they fixed a leaky service line. time now for a check on the roads. >> we check in with jessica boyibo -- jessica boyington. >> we are seeing traffic at a standstill. we have construction up ahead with two lanes closed. traffic approaching the delaware area and causing gridlock. heading towards dell care going

to be problems there for you. also watching 295, no problems to actually on 295. the northbound ramp to westbound 676, that ramp is closed for construction and it will be closed for at least another 45 minutes until about noon. >> all right. thank you. wilmington is getting a new police chief today. mayor will introduce the head of the city's police department. city council recently voted to increase salary to $160,000 a year in order to attract quality applicants. the current wilmington police chief retiring after 32 years of service. work continues to transform ben franklin parkway. >> the that work will mean a new look along the parkway. they say the iconic

international flags will be replaced with banners representing 32 nfl teams. after the draft is over flags will go back up in their original spots. >> more apologies from sean spicer. he talked again about statements he made about the holocaust. questions swirl about whether spicer will be fire department. and later, the drive to save lives, new numbers about what people are doing behind the wheel while they are driving. we are seeing scattered showers. it will remain dry. coming up i do have your easter weekend forecast. see you in just a bit.

happening right now in washington here is a live look at a special presentation by the museum focused on the first amendment and new administration's first 100 days. kellyanne conway is speaking now. sean spicer took the mic earlier. he apologized for his controversial comments about hi hitler and syria. >> i got into a topic i shouldn't have and i screwed up. >> he went onto say he is sore ri. he feels like he let mr. trump down.

spicer has not heard anything from president trump since the controversy started. we have the latest can dal from t-- scandal from the white house. >> i'm sorry during a week like this to make a comparison that has -- that is inappropriate and inexcusab inexcusable. >> reporter: spicer's misfire during tuesday's white house briefing comparing syrian president to hitler. >> we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. >> it sparked a course of criticism with many noting millions were killed in gas chambers during the holocaust. shies >> he was not using the gas on his own people the same way thats a athat

assad is doing. he brought them into the holocaust center. i'm saying where he went into town and dropped them into the middle of towns, it was brought -- so i appreciate the clarification. that was not the intent. >> referring to -- he wrote in no way was i trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the holocaust. later -- >> to make any kind of comparison is a mistake. >> you recognize hitler -- >> yes. i'm well aware of what we he did. it was a distinction that didn't need to be made. >> the backlash was immediate on air and online!

the top democrat in the house non nancy pelosi to be fired. is your job safe? >> i made a mistake. i'm owning up to it. obviously i would hope everyone understands we all make mistacks and ask for forgiveness. >> that was peter alexander reporting. i'm e rrk ika martin. you you can see a juiceys a mos fear. we are tracking showers moving through. notice to the north there is that low pressure system. this cold front will bring scattered showers moving through. we are looking forward to high pressure building and moving into our direction. duo ha-- we do have clearing skies.

picking up on scattered showers. they are not very organized right now. we do have a couple times out for you. lancaster expect passing showers. chester at 12:20 p.m. hour by hour forecast, picking up on how scattered showers are at best starting this at 11:00 a.m. we pause this at 1:00 p.m. you can start to see the line of showers moving across the area and clearing by 4:00 p.m. trenton 68. atlantic city nice and warm, 76 degrees. notice right now we are seeing northwesterly winds right now. we are seeing stronger winds for

wilmington and allentown seeing a shift in the winds, 6 miles per hour for you. so really just light calm winds for you farther north and west. out the door for the next couple of hours we are seeing temperatures climbing into the 70s. we are seeing clearing skies. 64 degrees by 10:00 p.m. tonight. that is around philadelphia and also seeing really comfortable conditions certainly above average. the average in philadelphia is 62 degrees. we'll see warmer temperatures than that. 6:00 p.m. 69 degrees for you. 10:00 p.m. upper 60s. the lehigh valley seeing really mild conditions. it is 57 by 10:00 p.m. so this out the door forecast certainly does look favorable. delaware 2:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. clear skies for

tonight across the valley. jersey shore seeing 61 degrees. let's take a look at easter sunday. conditions will remain dry after showers pass within the next couple of hours. beyond that we'll have that area of high pressure as our weather maker. easter sunday it looks like we could see showers and rounds of thunderstorms. we'll keep you updated and if you follow us you'll get more information on that. so the next ten days look like this. we'll top out at 77 degrees. lots of sunshine. a few clouds start to develop on saturday. 71 is your expected high. there is a little give and take there. showers and isolated thunderstorms. sunshine on monday, 72 degrees and then 60 for tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday. back to you! we like the bunny.

>> yes. we do. a dog finds his way out of an animal hospital. >> it is so cute. we step into a new attraction in philadelphia. we take you inside the museum of industrial revolution.

the grand open of the museum of american revolution is a week away. i visited dr. scott stevenson. so nice to see you. you gave me a little tour yesterday. it is terrific. it opens next week. significance of that date? >> 1775 was the battles of lexington and concord that started to revolutionary war. >> there's ban lot of planning

that's gone into this museum. you have been working on this for ten years. what can people expect? >> we have got such a layered experience. everything he used from sleeping and office quarters. you can experience the battle of brandy wine where the smoke fills the room and floor shakes. stand under the liberty tree and look at more than 500 objects that are witnesses of the founding of the nation. >> and really look at them because the technology is cool because you see them and you can look close up with them too. >> yes. >> you can literally pick objects. you can turn them ornd, look at all of the desitails.

>> how will it stand out? >> we feel what it is bringing to the region and east coast is there's all of these tremendous siting that tell parts of the story. it is like a table covered with jewels. we are kind of like the visitor center. come here first, get the grand narrative. learn about the stories familiar and unfamiliar and explore out from there. >> you feel like you're learning new things, new experiences by seeing it through the eyes of the people who walk through it. >> yes. >> it is terrific. once again it is at third and chestnut next wednesday, april 19th. my colleague will be mcing the grand opening. good luck next week. >> thanks. >> vai. >> thank you. nbc 10 is a proud partner of the

american revolution. don't miss our special road to the revolution next tuesday night at 7:00 right here on nbc 10. a korean war veteran speaks to us about a frightening ordeal as police search for a trio they believe is behind the crime. and damage control, united is trying to move forward after this video showing a man being pulled off a plane, what you need to know before you board the next flight.

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nbc 10 is live. this had to be really tough for that elderly victim. >> reporter: yeah. it was very scary for him this

morning. he tells me when he answered the door he actually had his own gun on him. the suspects had their guns drawn. they forced him inside of his home where they tied him up and robbed him. >> i am 88. >> reporter: he has lived here for the past 40 years. in the early hours of this morning his sense of security was shattered. >> they had a plan. they were watching this place for not just one day. >> reporter: at 2:30 two armed men with guns forced their way inside. they tied pete up to the chair while they ransacked his home and according to pete they knew exactly what they were looking for. >> they knew where the safe was, carried it out in my car. >> reporter: according to police is safe contained any where from 25 to $30,000 in cash and

jewelry. the car the thieves took off in, pete's 1985 baby blue classic cadillac. it had spoke hub caps and license gyl-3356. police need your help tracking down that stolen vehicle. while they try to identify those suspects pete tells me he has an idea of who they may be. he feels like he was set up by people he uses to help runn errands for him. they are hoping to speak with a woman who befriended the victim. if you have any information give philly police a call. three temple university students were robbed in their house early this morning. police say three men got into the house around 2:00 this morning. students were forced to the

ground. gunman got away with cell phones, debit cards and cash. we found out tillerson is meeting with putin. this is indeed a historic meeting. they are expected to talk about teng tensions in syria and tensions between the u.s. and russia. you'll meet with staffers. white house press secretary offering more apologies for comparing syria to the holoca t holocaust. spicer says he is sorry. well, parts of our area saw a few showers move through this morning. cloudy but another warm day. take a live look at center city philadelphia. erika martin is here. >> scattered showers will be few and far between because this cold front is moisture

efficient. wilmington 12:14 p.m. you can expect a scattered shower. neighborhoods right now for delaware seeing lots of 70s and upper 60s. marshalton 70 degrees. nice and warm down there. notice a shift in the wind. we are seeing northwesterlies and then we head to south delaware and seeing a more westerly influence. we have a high pressure developing from west to east. as we take a look also seeing nice temperatures. mays landing currently 78 degrees. your current temperature 71 degrees. your three day outlook, we'll top out in the upper 70s. temperatures above average for time of the year. 67 on thursday. lots of sunshine. that is the big story to end

this workweek. it is all due to high pressure system that's building. it will be our dominant weather maker at slooleast through the second half of the weekend. 64 is your expected temperature on thursday. very nice seasonable conditions all around. we do have a change on the way. it looks like showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms for easter sunday. so coming up we'll talk more about that. back to you. >> all right. we'll see you then. the united nations security council will vote on a resolution they cooperate with investigation of the nerve gas attack. >> here is a live look inside the security council. the resolution seeks to determine who is responsible for the chemical attacks that killed dozens of syrian civilians. it comes as rex tillerson is in

russia. he is discussing the support of the syrian government. police suspect islamic extremists to blame. the bus was hit by three explosions from devices planted in the bushes near the road close to the teen's hotel. one player suffered an injure ji to his hand. the search continues for a second man. a tow truck worker trying to clear this. a truck flipped during the morning rush. we showed it to you this morning. crews worked all morning to clear the semi from the road. it caused huge back-ups on the highway. more protests planned on how united forcibly removed a passenger from an overbooked flight. it shows the moments before the passenger was taken tauf plane. >> i am not going. >> passengers say they

voluntarily gave up their seats for airlines crews but changed his mind after he realized he had to be at work. the situation which followed has gone viral. he is hospitalized and says everything hurts. they say no one should ever be mistreated this way. he pledged to conduct a wide range review in the company's policy. chris christie responded to the situation saying this conduct is abusive and outrageous. the ridiculous statements displays their callousness towards the traveling public. so what are your right as a passenger? could this same thing happen to you? >> we explore what you can do if you're on an overbooked flight.

>> reporter: we we all know when you fly there are rules. >> my, god. what are you doing? >> reporter: the horrifying scene of this man being dragged off a united flight is causing a national conversation about airline rules, passenger rules. airlines have the ultimate say over who gets to fly on their plane. it is called a contract of carrying. >> the fine print says maybe we don't have the rights i assume we did. >> reporter: most assume a dikt guarantees them a seat. it does not. while the fine print varies from airline to airline it is all similar laying out a list of airlines flights. a pregnant woman can be kicked off if her due date is seven

days or less. anyone so overweight they can't buckle their seat belt can be booted. >> airlines have more latitude to take you off of a flight than you might think. >> airlines say they these rules. without overbooking there would be a lot of nearly empty planes because of no shows. >> i think they think they own us, we don't own them. >> reporter: they are reviewing their random system. nbc news, atlanta. the first lady accepted an apology and damaging from the dai daily newspaper. they hinted she providedmodelli. they also printed an apology saying allegations are not true. a new video shows an unusual elevator rescue. housing and urban development

ben carson was stuck in an elevator this morning. they were trapped for about 15 minutes until they pried open tell vat the elevator doors. we see drivers on their phones, calling, texting. >> they a taking part in danger rus behavior behind the wheel. 50% say they talk while driving, 35% text. 26% reading e-mails and 21% taking time to respond. ban on transfats may be working. the oils are linked to heart

disease. federal health officials want a restriction on transfatty acids. she is a great girl who loves children and animals and has a lot of love to give. >> she wants to find a forever family. i would like you to meet unique. >> the philadelphia zoo is the perfect place to bring a teenager so special her name is unique. >> that is really you fleek. >> understandably she is a little skittish about feeding the animals. can you tell me why it is important to have family? >> to have someone that cares for you and loves you and don't give up on you.

you need somebody to care for you so you can be better. >> unique is all about self-improvement. she refuses to give up on herself. >> unique has a really bigheartbig heart. she loves being around children. i think she would be a great big sister. she loves caring for the other children in her foster home. she also enjoys caring for their pets. a family with pets and other children would be great. >> unique is this week's wednesday's child. >> what a cute girl she is. if you would like to make her dream come true or the dream of my wednesday's child go and search wednesday's child. you can also call the national adoption center at 1-866-do-adopt. you'll want to hop on over to the philadelphia zoo the saturday.

bunny ears will be everywhere. this is for a very serious cause. i was at the zoo on sunday. i had so much fun. here is the deal. tomorrow and friday will be perfect for the zoo because we have plenty of sunshine. duo have clouds developing by late saturday into sunday. of course tracking your easter weekend forecast. we'll see you after the break.

never under estimate the determination of a dog. this is video you have to see. a dog staying at an animal

hospital proved to be quite the escape artest. watch as he found his way through several doors. he push open the first door and pulled open the handle of the second door. they caught up with him. he was resting comfortably in a neighbor's yard. high honors for six women at the top. an award ceremony gave kudos to some of the top latino women in the business world. the businesswomen are all leaders in their field and they believe being role models for other women is one of their top responsibilities. >> all right. thank you. the easter bunny is making an early stop for the fourth annual rabbit run. it supports an organization helping improve the lives of people living with parkinson's

disease. thank you both for being here. you started with symptoms about ten years ago? >> yes. i was noticiing my handwriting was getting very small and i was not able to type any longer. putting an enlope was hard. i was mistreated until 2011 someone said athii think you ha parkinson's. they said if it works you have it. the drug can be worse than the disease itself. >> that decision was interesting

because you opted to do something else. tell us what you did instead of taking the drug. >> well, we researched information that my daughter had in it. so my husband and i went out to cleveland and met with dr. alberts and met on protocol. i did spin class three times a week. after about six weeks i noticed my handwriting coming back, t e typing better. my walk was getting better. i thought we are onto something here. >> tell me how it impacted your life. are you still practicing as an attorney? >> no. i was unable to do that. pa parkinson's freezes the movement in my body. without exercise i lose my

mobility. if i don't move it i lose it kind of. what we do is fund research for exercise and programs for therapies for patients. >> and april is parkinson's awareness month. what are some of the misconceptions out there about the disease? >> probably the biggest misconception is it is a disease only of old people. easily 15% of people have onset as early as late 20s like michael fox or certainly at jody's age in her late 40s. there are a lot of people who have parkinson's disease and don't realize it. >> you devoted almost 40 years of your life -- >> i'm not that old. >> tell me the improvements you have seen over the years. >> there is no question we

refined some of what we do. it is not necessarily miraculous. last year was the 50th anniversary. we have spent a lot of time and a lot of energy improving the quality of how that works. the other big thing that has happened is brain surgeries and pacemakers which work for some people. we need something to change the course of the decidisease. this is where dedication is a wonderful thing. >> it is pretty phenomenal. >> philly rabbit run and walk is happening this saturday at the philadelphia zoo. registration begins at 7:00 a.m. the race starts at 8:00 followed by the walk. for more details head to

nbc10.com or check out the nbc 10 app. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having us. i'm meteorologist erika martin. a live look outside. big clouds over the ben franklin bridge. we are tracking some scattered showers moving through the area. satellite and radar image picking up on a lot of clouds right now, mid-and upper level. you can see unorganized showers. let's time out a couple of showers for you. philadelphia, you will see a scattered shower moving through. and here is why. we do have this cold front sweeping on through. there is your area of low pressure. an area of high pressure from west to east. this will be the weather laker and certainly until saturday.

a nice skrech of weather but we do have to get through scattered showers. hour by hour, notice again, very unorganized. everything clears offshore by about 3:00 p.m. current temperatures in the upper 60s. certainly we will be above average for today. mount holly 69 degrees. atlantic city current temperatures 76 degrees. notice the northwesterly influence. let's take a look at these conditions right now. winds 12 miles per hour from philadelphia, 15 miles per hour from millville. stronger for parts of delaware and south jersey. a little bit of a shift there. a west southwesterly wind. the average is 43 degree. for tonight 47.

allentown 43 for you. a pretty mild night for you. your expected overnight low 45 degrees. the extended ten day on 10:00 expected high 77 degrees and 67 on thursday. lots of sunshine talking about the area of high pressure building. this will be our weather maker. sunny skies and clouds start to develop into easter sunday. it does look hiv i have but we may see showers and isolated thunderstorms from there on out. you can see clouds start to clear. lot of sunshine. we are seeing mid-60s on friday. more news coming up after the break. we'll see you then. vanessa: i got hurt and was given painkillers.

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