a south jersey dad accused of killing his son. the former patriots star found dead in his prison cell yesterday. and changes coming to some cvs stores. so if you have a sweet tooth it could be a big disappointment. right now at 11:00 some showers are lingering in parts of our area. we give you a live look at first alert radar. expect sunshine and temperatures to soar. erika martin is tracking it all. >> yeah. with are tracking a warm up.

already seeing a break in the clouds. yes. we are still seeing spotty showers. for the most part we are seeing a break in the clouds and we will get ready for a warm up. doppler radar right now picking up on light returns. everything mainly offshore. we do have more rain on the way. that is to the northwest of us. around philadelphia seeing lots of 60s. chestnut hill at 62. we also have 62 for fox chase. parkwood 1 degree cooler at 62 degrees. the le tps high valley also seeing really nice warm temperatures. easton 59 degrees. future temperatures. we want to add a couple of points. look how warm it starts to get as the sun breaks on through. we'll pause this at 6:00 p.m. we are already seeing low 70s.

we do have an on shore influence. we have chillier temperatures for the jersey shore and we go ahead and move into your friday afternoon and friday evening. we top out in the upper 70s to low 80s. this is what your temp trend looks like. it is 61 on saturday and sunday. i amtraking potential for rounds of thunderstorms. so coming up in just a bit i have more information on that. >> okay. thank you very much. attorneys are delivering their opening statements this morning in the trial of d.j.creato. testimony just got underway. the trial just got underway this morning. nbc 10's pamela osborne is standing by live. what's the latest? >> reporter: things are moving along pretty quickly this morning. they have been through opening statements and they were going over some of the witness testimony inside of the courtroom. there is a short break they are on right now.

so far what we have heard is system from the officer that first responded to creato's 911 call. they testified creato was cooperative. they have also taken a look at the apartment where he lived and where brenden spent weekends. during the opening statements this morning the prosecution set the tone of what they intend to do. they allege he killed his three-year-old son in october of 2015. he pleaded not guilty says his son simply wandered out of the apartment. the prosecution says evidence will show that is not the case. brenden is afraid of the dark. it is their evidence that he would not have walked off into the place where his body was found in the dark of night. brenden wasn't wearing any

shoes. when his body was discovered his socks were clean. and then there's the girlfriend. they say creato was in a relationship with a teen. she almost cancelled a visit because it was also brenden's weekend with him. he was going to take her back to new york and brenden was repo reported missing. here is a portion of the 911 call. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> i woke up and my three-year-old is missing. i woke up and he wasn't in my apartment. i don't know where he is. the door was locked. i guess he unlocked it and left. >> reporter: and the defense is arguing back that creato did not and would not harm his child for that relationship or for $100 that came up during testimony. $100 that he apparently owed the

mother of the child for school. they said he wouldn't have done it. that's the latest here for camden county. nbc 10 news. >> thank you. jurors in the eric frein case. frein faces the death penalty or life of prison. yesterday he was found guilty in a shooting that killed a state trooper and injured another. right now pennsylvania has a moratorium. the last execution was in 1999. police trying to figure out a crime in north philadelphia. one person was stabbed and another pistol whipped on broad street early this morning. they don't know what lead to the violence. police also took one of the victims into custody. we are working to find out why. we expect to learn more today about a police chase and deadly shooting in new castle county. they say they were following a suspect yesterday afternoon who refused to pull over his car. a chase began and is officers

were involved in several car crashes. eventually the man crashed and ran from his car. that's when there was a confrontation outside a church. officers fired and then killed the plan. >> we heard a couple. you know what i mean? bang bang and we got startled and we came out. >> police did not explain why they wanted the man to pull over in the first place. we are waiting for investigators on whether or not he was armed. police hope this surveillance video will help them find attackers who randomly beat a man. the victim just interviewed saturday afternoon when the three men beat him until he was unconscious. we showed the 25-year-old followed the surveillance video. he had seen it and he didn't want to show his face. >> it is dangerous.

i hope it doesn't happen to nobody. >> police say the three men stole the victim's wallet and kren foal. if you recognize these men detectives want to hear from you. an afternoon turns scary for one woman along the trail in philadelphia. a woman was roller blading on the trail and a group of at least seventeen aged boys surrounded her. one of the teens groped her before they rode off. the woman wasn't hurt but we talked with people about safety along the trail. >> it is terrible. >> there have been similar groping incident. emergency mile markers were also added to light poles along the trail.

we have learned the man convicted of raping and killing a university graduate died by suicide in a montgomery county prison. harris was sentenced to life in prison for the 2015 murder of jasmine wright. investigators are searching for whoever spray painted this cat purple and burned him. the cat named churchhill was found in a park. a witness said kids were abusing him. he was treated at an animal rescue center. this is the second cat found abused this month. the other cat is also recovering. time to check in with jessica boyington. >> we are watching the expressway. it is right around belmont avenue. that ramp is closed. a diesel fuel spill.

the good thing is it's just the ramp. we are not seeing any closures. it looks pretty normal in terms of delays. there is an overturned vehicle on the southbound side just before davi 28 minutes average speeds into the mid-30s there. in center city philadelphia watch far cooking oil spill. they have that street blocked off right now. getting around the block will be just fine for you. typical afternoon volume for you. a water main break on route 20. back to you. >> thank you. a it the jersey shore expected to tentively open. the property hopes to open the site which will feature 1,500 hotel room and a nightclub.

they say it is still waiting for required paperwork about a landscaping plan and traffic study around the property. new zoning changes are expected to make it easier to develop property across atlantic city. state officials relaxed the zoning rules that will allow vacant properties and shopping centers. new questions surrounding the death of aaron hernandez. new details we emerging from the d d discovery as people raise questions about what happened. and ladies, the secret to better looking skin could lie in the bottle. why there's another reason you should watch what your drink. we are tracking clearing skies and temperatures climbing well above average. hour by hour showing possibility of isolated thunderstorm for

lehigh valley late tonight. i'll have your forecast coming up in just a bit.

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they will discuss nationals meeting next month cht the president is reportedly considering breaking the 2015 iran nuclear deal struck during president obama's administration. they say the trump administration is conducting an inner agency review of the u.s.

policy on iran. the nuclear ambitions are a grave risk of peace and security. they said the review should also clarify whether economic sarn s sanctions are applying enough sanctions. mike pence joined the president to watch a group of women perform an indonesian dance at the state palance. pence along with his wife and daughters visited a mosque. defense secretary conducting diplomacy in egypt. he traveled to meet with egypt's president. the two countries have long-standing military relations. he heads to israel today as part of a mideast trip. and severe storms brought

hail and high winds to part of iowa. it happened a little over an hour northwest of des moines. this car dealership took quite a beating. no reports of any serious damage or injury. i'm erika martin. current temperatures are really warm. we are seeing a quick warm up as clouds start to break. current temperature 60 degrees. coatsville at 64. philadelphia 54 degrees and atlantic city also seeing a pair of sixes and notice we are seeing a westerly influence as far as the wind goes. we will start to see a chance in that soon enough. current winds are pretty light. calm in philadelphia. really nice right now as far as the winds go. your wind forecast starting this at 11:00 a.m. i will show you something here.

they will start to shift by later this afternoon into the evening hours. here we start to see a bit of an on shore influence. what does it mean? it means the jersey shore will see much cooler temperatures even though they will climb very quickly above average for today by later this evening. we'll see a dip in temperatures along the jersey shore. heads up on that. satellite and radar. earlier this morning we were seeing scattered showers. look at this break in those clouds. in those showers these returns you're seeing right now, the greens on the screen are not make it. what is behind that, it will be there soon enough. we do have the threat of isolated thunderstorms. really late tonight, in fact the latest models pushing the isolated thunderstorms to about 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. and certainly through the overnight hours. keep that in mind. if you're drooifg late tonight you may encounter one or two isolated thunderstorms late.

philadelphia, your outdoor forecast 75 degrees by 6:00 p.m. certainly a warm day. enjoy it. get outside and enjoy it. we are seeing a break in those clouds. not a washout for today. it is a pretty nice day all around. pa suburbs showing us the threat of thunderstorms by about 10:00 p.m. his why i am going to keep that in there as those models start to update i will keep you ip dated. you can follow us on philadelphia. you do not have that icon for thunderstorms. there is lenty of clouds in the mix. so hour by hour forecast will show us those showers moving in and that clearing. notice here by 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. we start to see oranges and reds here moving into the lehigh valley. for the rest of our viewing area we are not seeing much. i think we will see areas of patchy fog. keep that in mind.

it does happen any time we do see a cold front sweep on through. so here we start to see that rain picking up with the threat of isolated thunderstorms. by about 1:00 a.m. still seeing chances of thunderstorms but mainly north of our viewing area here. by early tomorrow morning we are seeing some scattered showers. keep in mind again, the threat of that fog. the average low is 45 degrees. tonight it will be nice and toesty as far as i'm concerned. trenton 57. wilmington and dover a warm 60. atlantic city at 55 degrees. a major decline in temperatures. we go from 80s on friday to 61 on sunday. i bumped this up 2 degrees.

i do think we'll make it just over 60. questi we do have rain from the second half of the weekend. from there on out we start to see 60s. by the following thursday we'll have more updates. back to you. >> thank you. a big event, improve your community. we need your help to make this comcast cares day a big success chltd a day. all of the details up next.

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when we work together with other nonprofits we build whunty. we build pride in those projects. the work that we do has a more lasting effect. >> and one of the reasons i started playing sports is because i love uniforms. what is great about it are these green shirts. everybody gets one. >> you'll get yours today. >> i still have one but maybe i need a little bigger one. tell us, forthose watching today they wonder how can i par it pate? >> the web site is wkocomcas comcastinthecommunity.com. i would like to shout out to field of dreams in south jeer s jersey. we'll get the fields ready for

special needs kids to enjoy our past time. it is fascinating. it is wonderful. everyone will enjoy themselves. if you want to spend a day at the beach tall way to cape may in the south. >> it is really easy to navigate. you get on and scroll through. there may be something you have. look where your community is and you sign up and show up. >> that's right. >> it is real easy and such a great experience for everybody involved. more details about comcast cares day and head to our web site. we have a link on nbc10.com. you can also check the nbc 10 a. >> thank you, guys. testimony underway far dad accused of killing his three-year-old son. charges that creato faces in the death of his son brenden.

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got scattered showers and clouds in parts of our area. this is a look in wilmington. we expect sunshine and warmer weather later today. the weekend is another story. erika martin has the most accurate forecast. >> that's right. we are going from 80s on friday to 60s by saturday. so major temperature drop. as you just mentioned, a live look outside. we are still seeing clouds but notice a break in the clouds. sunshine peeking on through. we do need that in order for temperatures for today to climb above average. so an unseasonably warm day on

tap today. satellite and radar, notice we are seeing a break in the clouds. here you're seeing the bright white clouds. they are pushing offshore. right behind that we are seeing a clearing. behind that we have showers and one twor isolated thunderstorms late tonight. neighborhoods right now for the suburbs looking really comfortable. it looks like west bradford township is in the low 60s. low 60s for warrenton and we are getting warmer as the day progresses. temperatures are climbing above average for jersey shore and also seeing lots of 60s and 70s. upper township 67 for you. atlantic city currently at 63 degrees. i will show you this a couple of times today. future temperatures are really impressive. starting this at 11:00 a.m.

we pause this by later this afternoon into the evening hours. 6:00 p.m. this evening we are seeing lots of upper 60s and low 70s. i do think it is a little conservative. we may see mid-70s as well. this is a north american model. this is where we are getting numbers from. notice temperatures will be unseasonably warm. by tomorrow we will climb into the upper 70s and low 80s. tomorrow 76 degrees. it is 79 to 80 in philadelphia. by this weekend, however, we do have much cooler temperatures. 60s on saturday and 50s and low 60s by monday. will have more on what to expect this weekend coming up. back to you. frein will return for the penalty phase of his trial.

he was found guilty in a shooting that killed a trooper and injured another. frein faces a death penalty or life in prison. we expect to learn more about a police chase in new castle county. officers chased a suspect. several car crashed officers they they shot the suspect then. philadelphia police hope sur vile answer will find the attackers that beat a man on a sidewalk. he had just interviewed far job and the three men beat him until he was unconscious. testimony underway in the trial of creato. pamela oz bsborne has been in t courtroom. she joins us with an update.

what's the late snst? >> reporter: his mom is on the stand right now. she is the prosecution's fourth witness so far today. we'll give you a live look as she testifies. she has brch very measured, very calm. she is going through her history with b.j.creato. they have been listening to the evidence and system being presented today. they also heard from the 911 call from the day that his son went migsz. >> they have seen pictures of the apartment building where he lived. >> the prosecution is asedging. he says he put brenden to put on the keep at ant 930 t. he told

them the door doors were locked and unlocked in the morning when he real ieed we was missing. let's listen to what mom had to say. >> how did he react to the dark? >> he didn't like it. [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: and right now brenden's mom testifying ton stand. she has said brenden did know how to unlock doors he had never left her home in the day or night. the pros dugs to hammer home. he would not have left because he was terrified of the dark. with reporting live now at the camden county courthouse, nbc 10

news. >> thank you. we are learning more about the apparent prison cell suicide of aaron hernandez. people raise questions whether the convicted murder really took his own life. >> aaron hernandez does discovered tied to a window inside his maximum security cell. this morning multiple news outlets say john 3:16 was scrolled on his head, a biblical reference that witnesses eternal life. this morning friends and members of hernandez's legal team are raising questions about that. >> it is very hard for me to accept the fact that he may have committed suicide. >> not guilty. >> six days ago was awaited of a

double must remember murder in the third degree in 2012. the victim's families did the same. stoic during the trial hernandez blew kisses to his daughter and fiance. his former agent says there is absolutely no chance he took his own life. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >>. th . >> reporter: they say they will conduct their own investigation into his death. >> they take no joy into what's happened to him and his family. >> on social media nfl players past and present share their condolences. on the day his body was discovered his former teammates were celebrating their most recent super bowl win at the

white house. just a few years ago aaron hernandez seemed to have it all, fame, money, incredible success. his life now coming to an end in a prison cell. >> thhernandez's attorney says they will ask his murder sentence be wiped clean since he was trying to appeal the ruling. the hometown eagles are gearing up. roseman talked about the team's plans a short time ago. will they look for a corner back, perhaps a running back or look to fill a different position? >> i think any position when you get a guy that can contribute will help the football team. all jew to you have to do is lo what it did. stick to the process. >> stick to the process.

nbc 10 is your official eagles station. we have the draft covered for you from start to finish. we are live next wednesday night for a draft preview. on thursday night we'll have our eagles draft day special and finally we wrap things up at 11:35 with eagles blueprint. south korea and united states held a joint training exercise today to serve as a deterrent. kelly reports from seoul. >> reporter: that message, promising a preemptive strike on the united states. it is likely a reaction to the statements by secretary of state rex tillerson. the u.s. was looking for new ways to put pressure over the nuclear program and a response to the military exercises happening right now.

long plans happened every year. today f-15s were put up in the air in this joint military exercise. the north typically views these as a provocation and responds with threats to destroy japan, south korea and the united states. we are getting a more scriptic mess j in north korea. it is the same test sight analysts said was briemed and ready last week. these latest satellite images taken show volleyball games. three volleyball games on the site. what do they sneen it could be a sign that the site is on standby mode waiting for a signal from north korea or it could be some some sort of deception. bottom line, we don't know.

back to you. bill o'reilly's time has come to an end. they announced they dropped o'reilly yesterday. the move comes after sexual harassment allegation. five women were paid total of 13 million dollars. o'reilly says it is tremendous disheartening we part ways due to completely unfounded claims. well, the end of an era for sea world. the last killer whale has been born in captivity. these are pictures of the baby or dc

orka born yesterday in san antonio. an empty barge broke free from a tug boat and ended up washing ashore next to a high-rise complex. it is not far from president trump's home. they are removing the barge from the public beach. on their way to the international space station. >> and american astronaut heading to the i.s.s. they blasted off earl tli morning. they are expected to dock with the space station around 9:30 tomorrow morning. the mascot albert the gator was in the right spot, sacrificed himself, savoring the kid there. you'll notice and look at the

boy. he will help out the mascot trying to revive albert there with cpr. good work. both you. >> that was nice. we are tracking a warm up and thunderstorms overnight tonight into the end of the workweek. what about a major cool down for the weekend? all details coming up in just a bit. we'll see you then.

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stress and then take corrective action. >> he says that action could be as simple adds a five minute walk or listening to music. we'll, cvs cutting back on candy. the drugstore chain plans to reduce shelf life for candy. they will make changes by the end of next year. it reinvents its image as a beacon of healthy living. come out this saturday for free fun the whole family can enjoy. it is community day. jack is here. >> unfortunately we have an epidemic of opiod abuse and

heroin. we are celebrating prevention and giving people hope that if someone is addicted there is hope for that person. we are seeing an alarming amount of overdoses as a result of heroin abuse. >> i read this morning, and you can confirm this or maybe it is not exactly right, but over 200 people died of dental overdose? >> yes. we are up to 65 laalready. the number that's staggering is our police departments have administered over 580 doses saving those lives. these are individuals that are addi addicted. police were able to save their lives. we need to get them to be recovered. >> delaware county launched a heroin task force. tell us about the success and how it is homing people that are

addicted. what we have been able to accomplish is drug drop boxes. we have been able to collect unused and expired prescription medication in excess of 211,000 pounds. we have been try to go teach kids how dangerous they are and how they lead to heroin addiction. we also were able to equip all of the police departments and we are continuing to fight the heroin and opiod accept depidem. >> what has been the reresponse from those who care about their sons and daughters who have this issue? >> it is horrible. i'm the defense attorney and i'm also a parent. it is devastating to have a child that's addicted. the worse thing you could hear is that your daughter was found deceased or son was found

deceased. it is devastating. >> our daughters went to school together. i know you're a good parent and how much you care about others children. this is very very important. the third annual community day is happening saturday, april 20th from 1:1:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for more go to nbc10.com or check out the nbc 10 app. thank you very much for coming by. >> thank you. >> good seeing you. i'm erika martin with your most accurate forecast. we are starting to see more cloud sunshine. look blaps as we start to see the clouds break temperatures start to climb. by noon we are seeing 68 with calm northwesterly winds. it is 74 by 4:00 p.m. we are seeing a break in those

clouds. unseasonably warm. we have a stationary boundary just to the north of us. we have a cold front keeping on through. the above average temperatures for today and for tomorrow, they will be long gone by saturday and sunday. take it all in for the next 48 hours. now, locally right now we are not seeing much going on. we are seeing a break in those clouds. showers pushing offshore. we are not done yet. we do have a little bit of the showers late tonight. you can see a break in the clouds. that means we are getting ready for nice daytime heating. winds coming out of the northwest right now. by later tonight we certainly will have a sea breeze. so the jersey shore, expect a

cooler night in the forecast even though temperatures will be above average. so certainly nothing left to complain about. robinsville at 63. medford at 67 degrees. all around pretty pleasant. delaware seeing upper 60s and low 70s. so notice these nice warm temperatures. lincoln at 66. milton 68. reading at 66 degrees. overall a very nice late morning and afternoon trend. we'll climb nicely by in 6:00 p.m. i will leave this icon here at 10:00 p.m. i have been talking about this all morning. it looks like we will see the threat of an isolated thunderstorm. it won't get here until the

overnight hours. through the pa hours low 70s and 65 degrees with the threat of that isolated thunderstorm. i'm also keeping the threat of an isolated thunderstorm here at the lehigh valley. i couldn't see if the pa suburbs get one they won't get one here. delaware also seeing that nice warm trend there. 63 by 10:00 p.m. the jersey shore 61 for you. always a little bit cooler there when we see the sea breeze. starting at 12:30 we'll pause it at 10:00 p.m. and we are seeing pockets of heavier downpours and also seeing threats of isolated thunderstorms. even for the most part in our viewing area we'll mainly see some clouds. notice the gray here. that's telling me we have the threat of areas of patchy fog. it looks like we'll see showers push on through. by early thunderstorm morning i

don't see an issue as far as that morning commute goes. here is your ten day on 10. we'll see you after the break.

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