punching, he was charged by police but they won't say whether he was suspended or expelled. >> he doesn't want to go back to school. >> reporter: rose says her son is upset over the beaten he took in the high school cafeteria. he said he'd be arguing about a girl, it all seemed to be over and then this happened. >> my son said he felt a punch to the back of his head. >> reporter: josh was suspended for two days in the language he used. the school district won't say what happened to the boy throwing the punches. he was charged with offensive touching. >> it's more than offensive touching. it was assault. >> reporter: the school put out a statement about this today pointing out that despite rumors to the contrary, this had nothing to do with the controversy earlier this week. josh has special needs and his parents work with a parent advocate. that advocate believes the school only decided to take any

action once they heard this video existed. >> they're just sitting back and hoping that the truth never came out. >> reporter: yeah, come back live, josh doesn't want to go back to school. mom said she'd worry about sending him at all. except for the first day this happened with the assistant principal nobody from the school board has reached out to her. i did e-mail state police to ask them why this could was charged with offensive touching. i asked if they even saw the video we just showed you'd before they decided on the charges, still waiting to hear back from state police. we're live in camden, delaware. several new discoveries tonight. >> police are trying to nail down whether anyone else was with stephen paddock.

garage records show when his car left the garage, someone used his key card. a chicago hotel manager says paddock became forceful and demanded a room with a view of the lalapalooza festival last august. the windows from which stephen paddock opened fire on thousands of concert goers are being repaired. today workers replaced the shattered gold glass of two windows on the 32nd floor. the room paddock booked was a large suite with uninterrupted views of the vegas strip. 58 white crosses line the road below the city's iconic welcome sign. a man from chicago brought them to las vegas to honor the victims who died. he did the same thing after mass murders in new town, connecticut, and orlando. australian police are helping in the investigation into paddock's girlfriend. she became an australian citizen

decades ago after moving to that country and getting married. she lived there for ten years until the 1980s. as an australian citizen, danly is entitled to assistance from the consulate there. the las vegas massacre has reignited the gun control debate. >> specifically over the device the shooter used. they're called bump stocks, they allow a semi automatic weapon to become a fully automatic weapon. calls are growing louder to ban them. >> one of the largest gun shows on the east coast getting underway this weekend at the greater philadelphia expo center. nbc 10's deanna durante joins us live. >> reporter: they're talking about their second amendment rights. some are saying that they do support a ban on those bump stocks. as people lined up to enter the oaks expo center, we were kept

outside. organizers with eagle arms limited how much of the show we could see and won't say if bump stocks are being sold inside. >> i would support restrictions on these bump stocks. i see no reason for anyone to have those. that's a war weapon. >> reporter: christine says she and her husband planned to come today before the shooting in las vegas. >> we have a license to carry. i usually carry. and i don't want to give up that right. i think they're totally different issue. >> reporter: people say it wasn't until sunday they had heard of the bump stocks. >> it's going to be people who get them illegally. they're regulated. the problem is making more regulations, the problem is enforcing the ones that exist. >> get rid of that thing. you don't need to shoot that

many bullets. >> reporter: we were allowed access to one vendor. we are only to allowed to show what he's selling. he does sell semi automatic weapons like ar-15s. >> there is no legislation that could be passed right now that would stop a heinous person from committing a yicrime. >> reporter: organizers say this event had been planned for more than a year and that there was not talk of canceling it in the wake of the shootings. they are expecting 8,000 people or more to come out here this weekend. reporting live in oaks, deanna durant durante. to your first alert weather, what day to relax by the wake and wait for the fixing rods event. this morning, these two guys enjoyed a warmer than normal friday. it was warm enough to head

to the shore and catch some rays. this is a live look at our camera in cape may county. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is with us. >> it's 80. it doesn't feel like fall. >> no, it doesn't. and it's not going to feel like fall through the weekend and maybe even into early next week. and that's despite the cloud cover that we have out here. it would be, obviously, warmer if we didn't have the clouds. 76 for the high wednesday, 82 yesterday. around 82 for the high today. 83 tomorrow and 81 on sunday. the average high is only 70. it's 80 in philly right now. 82 in northeast philly. 83 in dover. even the cool spots, 76 degrees in potstown? a little cooler at the beaches, 72 at the atlantic city arena.

nothing threatening back to the west. i expect dry weather during the night. the temperature will not be dropping a whole lot. it's humid for this time of the year as well. and you see by morning, temperatures are well up into the 60s. that's a warm start to the day. and we're going to end up with a warm finish, too. we're continuing to watch nate down in the western caribbean. that's the yucatan peninsula. it may be strengthening and we'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. it is going to be affecting our weather, too. thank you. within the past 20 minutes, vice president mike pence took a helicopter tour of the virgin islands. >> he described the damage as overwhelming from hurricane maria. during the tour, pence saw splintered boats along the coast, blue tarps on damaged homes and uprooted tree and power lines. the vice president attended a briefing on recovery efforts at an army national guard hangar,

he told reporters that america will be with the virgin islands until they're completely restored. areas cut off from food and water in puerto rico are finally receiving supplies. police hand delivered the items to towns detectivastated by mar. it's 50 miles from san juan and was designated as one of the areas in dire need of help. 93% of the island still has no electricity. water service has been restored to about half of customers. one of the streets of san juan, hundreds of police officers there have been deployed to direct drivers around. the power outages have introduced new levels of congestion as a steady stream of commuters return to the island to help with relief efforts. the government hopes to have the power back on within a month and within the entire territory by march. despite many donation drives, there's been a problem

getting items to residents on the island. today, a high school collected donation and offered a guarantee. one of the women who works at the school has family on the island who can help. >> i have family members that own trucks and they could go in and out of the port. >> she told us because supplies are so limited, her family is trying to get by with only six bottles of water a day. to a controversial decision from the white house on birth control, today the trump administration is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons. the new regulations take effect immediately. this reverses an obamacare administration policy which required most companies to provide birth control as preventative care for women. the department of health and human services says today's charges only affect .1% of women in the u.s. nbc 10's aundrea cline-thomas is

looking into what this means. she'll have more ahead at 4:30. and the country is waiting to find out what the president meant last night when he said it might be the quote, calm before the storm. the president delivered that vague message to reporters during a photo op with senior military leaders. >> you guys know what this represents, maybe it's the calm before the storm. >> what's the storm? >> it could be, the calm before the storm. >> in a closed door meet ing with military leaders the president talked about challenges with north korea and iran. president trump remains confident in secretary of state rex tillerson. sarah huckabee sanders said those comments were made moments ago. it follows an nbc news report which claimed the president was furious after tillerson reportedly called him a quote, moron in july. on wednesday, tillerson said he never considered resigning.

>> god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> today's hispanic heritage month took center stage at the white house. president trump said quote, no matter who we are or where we come from we're all americans. the president also talked about the devastation in puerto rico and what he saw there earlier this week. in south jersey, hispanic members of new jersey's legal community were honored today. the camden county judge who organized the event says it's important to celebrate diversity in the court. in montgomery county a police investigation is underway at a daycare. officials say a classroom aide at the catholic early childhood center was placed on administrative leave last week. a letter went home to parents stating action was taken following an alleged incident at the school, which is located at st. matthew's catholic church.

officials noted in the later the aide obtained appropriate background checks. at this point no charges have been filed. an early morning fire in point breeze caused damage to a building that used to house a church. that vacant building on reed street once housed the mercy street tabernacle baptist church. investigators don't have a cause and no one was hurt. two south jersey schools were closed again today because of air quality concerns. there's a construction project going on at pinelands high school. it involves the removal of asbestos. the schools have been closed all week. environmental testing is underway. do you remember that lawsuit filed against several tgi fridays for price gouging? the state supreme court has ruled the lawsuit can't proceed as a class action. a woman in mount laurel sued

after she claims she was charged a higher price at the table. a lower court granted class action status to anyone who ordered drinks from 2004 to 2014. despite the reversal, individual complaints can proceed. nfl start cam newton is apologizing for a remark he made to a female reporter during a news conference earlier this week. she asked about the play of one of his teammates and here's how he responded. >> it's funny to hear a female talk about routes. like. funny. >> last night, the carolina panthers' quarterback took to social media to apologize. he posted a nearly two minute videos urging others to learn from his mistake. >> i've learned a valuable lesson from this. and to the young people who see

this, i hope that you learn something from this as well. don't be like me. be better than me. >> the mistake has cost him. yesterday dannen dropped him as a spokesman. a biopharmaceutical research company open its new headquarters today in wilmington. it includes a rooftop area with a pickle ball court and putting green. there will be walking trail and a community garden. state officials say the new headquarters will change delaware. >> folks of all age and backgrounds from nations around the world of different disciplines and strengths and skills brought together to create. not just to pound out some commodity but to actually discover. >> the company hopes to expand to a thousand employees by 2020. the philadelphia sheriff's department made history today. >> it became the first office of

its kind in the state to implement a new policy for the treatment of prisoners who are transgender. >> who know there is finally a bill in place that adds a layer of protection for us that states out the sheriff's department has to respect us and our names. it's absolutely amazing for our community. >> the policy insures transgender individuals are treated with dignity. the directive covers interaction between the sheriff's department and men and women who are transgendered during an arrest when they're in custody and when they're housed in jail. it also covers transporting preand post operative transgender people. a world famous musician left a lasting impression on students. pianist lang lang visited thomas home elementary school. two other schools are getting a classroom like this. through lang lang's foundation

the schools will enjoy a state of the art piano lab, music related field trips and piano lessons. it will be amazing. next week is the beginning of fire prevention week. mayor jim kenny was at the museum in south philadelphia. a one million dollars grant from fema will allow the fire department to purchase and install smoke alarms in the community and the mine will be used to buy adaptive alarms for residents who are deaf, hard of hearing or blind. the city of bethlehem is called the christmas city. the search is underway for the perfect tree. one has to be 40 to 50 feet tall, the other about 18 to 25 feet tall. the city will send out a scout to check out any prospects. and a spotlight will shine on both trees during the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony in november. people living along alabama's gulf coast are preparing for tropical storm nate.

the storm is expected to pack powerful winds and rain as it hits the state shore line early sunday. residents in the path of the storm have spent the last couple of days tying down everything from patio furniture to boats in preparation for the storm's strong winds. we could feel those effects of nate nexwet week. >> what happened to fall? >> it's been delayed a little bit. you'll find it later next week. it's not going to be 80 by the end of next week, that's for sure. 80 in philadelphia right now. despite a lot of clouds and close to 80 across much of the rest of the area. you can see the clouds out there. but we don't have any rain across the region let's check out some of the temperatures in the suburbs, the chester, bucks, montgomery counties, coatesville at 77. west bradford township at 87. chester springs, chad's ford 78.

wearington 78. 80 in new hope. one of the warm spots. and here we are, the average high, 70. and nowhere near that four days in a row. we've had quite a streak of dry weather, too. we need some rain. and we're going to get more than our share of it by early next week. certainly not getting it in the next few hours. nothing on radar close by, despite the clouds. a couple little sprinkles in western pennsylvania. that's not very impressive either. as we go through the futurecast, go through tonight and tomorrow, we see clouds from time to time. no rainfall at all. saturday looks like the nicest day of the weekend. and, again, with temperatures in the 80s, it's going to feel and look like summer. but as we go into sunday, we've got moisture moving in. not necessarily the tropical moisture from nate, but there could be enough to produce some showers, some in the morning and

maybe some later in the day. now, the later we go in the day, and into sunday night, that's when some of that nate moisture will influence us. this model is showing us, suggesting thunderstorms by sunday night. and then the steadier heavier rain coming in on monday. so we're likely to get at least an inch of rain in most of the area by the time this is over with. and a lot of it is soaking rain, the kind of rain that you really need at this time of the year. no rain tomorrow, look at these temperatures. chestnut hill, langhorn, 83. 83 in reading. 82 in allentown. and easton. again, we're not seeing any of those raindrops. cooler right at the beaches because of the sea breeze. 78 in avalon. 66 in longport. 83 in dover. for the eagles, there is a

chance shoufwers. it's going to be pretty warm, getting up near 80 degrees. the wind not too much of a factor. this is going to be factor in our weather. this is nate. it is over water now. it looks like it's starting to intensify. it is likely to do that. the computer models agree, taking it close to new orleans, the trend, perhaps, a little bit east of new orleans. and then right up in our direction, and that is why we're pretty confident we're going to get a good bit of rain out of it. 50 mile an hour winds now, going up to 70 miles per hour by tomorrow morning. and then as a hurricane, hitting the area between new orleans and let's say pensacola, florida, by sunday morning. more on that coming up. thanks glenn. so much has been lost during this unforgettable hurricane season. amid the tragedy there's been an unlikely find. a remarkable lost and found

story, it's taken five years to tell. next. plus, going down, but not for long. one king's royalally awkward moment straight ahead. also ahead. >> i was given 100% but now i'm going to give 110%. >> a local woman ready to give back more after dozens of strangers gave her home a much needed makeover. the heart warming story and much more ahead on nbc 10 news at 4:00. just as soon as i unravel my tongue. here is a look at the closing bell on wall street where the s&p 500 snapped an eight day winning streak. we'll be right back.

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saudi's king salman got off his plane in moscow on an escalator when it stopped. the king went step by step and reached the ground. irma was the best hurricane ever. those words tonight from one man in ft. myers. pea lost his yellow lab five years ago on the beach. when hurricane irma blew threw he got a call. he had lost a lot of weight. we're happy to report he is better. very, very nice. coming up, bitter pill. >> today's announcement regarding birth control and what it means for women all over the country. straight ahead in a live report. infection outbreak. the puppy problem sending people to the hospital in 12 states, including one in our area. back to the 80s. the weekend is off to a warm start. it could include some showers.

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right now at 4:00 a move that could cause millions of women all over the country to lose their birth control coverage. the white house today issued a new rule that allows employers to opt out of including birth control in their health insurance plans for moral or religious reasons. nbc 10's aundrea cline-thomas is on the story and joins us live from logan's square. >> this change means employers can now refuse to pay for birth

control. >> reporter: it's a move that religious groups like the catholic church, they are applauding. in fact, the u.s. conference of bishops are calling it quote, a return to commonsense. but some women say it gives their employers too much power. >> i kind of want to cry. then no one else knows what i have to go through ever month. >> reporter: she is like a vast majority of american women who rely on birth control. for her, it's not only a form of contraception, it's a medical necessity. >> i have to take the birth control or i end up every month in the hospital. >> reporter: today the trump administration rolled back an obama era policy that required employers to provide birth control. many women were getting the contraceptives for free. starting today, health insurance companies can refuse coverage. >> i think that healthcare is a right, not a privilege. so i think it's wrong to limit

it. limit its access. >> reporter: that's the biggest concern, especially for women who want and need contraception but will no longer be able to afford it. the obama era policy faced legal challenges. the rollback is expected to see the same thing. we talk today a doctor who said her patients have been preparing for this moment. that's coming up at 5:30. reporting live, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. it is a picture perfect fall afternoon. nbc 10 in franklin square. this is actually looking down at 8th and market i believe. these women, what we'll show you coming up, look like they're ribbon dancing. you see the traffic building, of course, on what has turned into a pretty bright, sunny friday. and where are we going next, guys? all right. there we go. let's send it over to glenn

"hurricane" schwartz. >> because the calendar says it's fall but it doesn't feel that way. >> exactly. not even close. it feels like summer out there. we even have clouds that have come across the area. no shower threats, but that hasn't stopped the temperature from going up. and the average high, 70 for this time of year. yesterday 82, today we'll be 82 for the high. tomorrow, maybe even a degree or two higher. and then sunday, it's just a question of the shower timing. but right now, we're already 80 degrees across a good bit of the area, mount holly and trenton all at 80. dover at 83 degrees. even wildwood at 79. so it is kind of mild everywhere, poconos, 72 degrees. that's way above average. we don't have anything on radar close by, so don't worry about those clouds threatening anything. a couple of sprinkles in western

pennsylvania. they shouldn't be bothering us at all. we're expecting cloudy skies overnight tonight. maybe some patchy fog in the morning. it's humid out there. and dew points are high. the temperatures getting down into the 60s by morning. another day into the 80s. just no doubt about that. now, we're also watching tropical storm nate. it's getting closer to the gulf of mexico. it's fortunately moving rapidly, so it has less time to intensify before hitting the gulf coast. and some of that moisture from nate is coming here. and i'll have the timing on that coming up with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. here's a look at some of the other stories we're following county by county. bucks county, children flock to a brand-new playground. they raised money to build a new play area. swing sets, slides, you name it. the playground has it.

montgomery county, a ground breaking ceremony for the newest ymca for our area. the new facility will serve the abington area, it's expected to open in two years. new scary attractions are coming to camelback resort in the poconos. the mountain coaster and eight story lights out zip line is ready for tonight's debut of the monster mountain. that's the resort's month long halloween experience. i think i'd like that. yeah, getting scared right now. it's news netflix customers do not want to hear. what the streaming giant just announced and how it will affect you. also ahead. some of my friends asked me what i do here. i told them i hold babies. sometimes i get peed, it's great. >> he's had the impact on the smallest of patients. those stories and more ahead on nbc 10 news at 4:00. and later, leaving their

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a live look at lincoln financial feed. the eagles take on the cardinals here sunday. >> the birds trying to avoid having history repeat itself. they're hopeful they can. we'll explain straight ahead. plus, weekend warmth. it's going to be warm for that game. we're tracking some showers. also, what tropical storm nate could send our way next on my exclusive first alert forecast. she wrote me a message and said i can't do your wedding tomorrow. >> wedding dropout. the nbc 10 responds team with a warning you should hear if you or someone you know is getting married soon.

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let's take a live look at the eagles' nest camera. we remember what happened the last time they played here.

elliott kicked a 61 yard field goal. >> they go into sunday with a 3-1 record. it's where they stood last year before things took a turn for the worse. jamie pommels joins us from nbc sports philadelphia. >> how will they keep the past from repeating itself? >> well, i have an analogy for you. remember, the movie groundhog day where bill murray relives the same day over and over, trying to take advantage of a second chance? the eagles actually get that chance, last year the eagles last eight of their last ten goals after starting 3-1. including five straight during the stretch. today doug pearson was asked why he believes the results will be different this year. >> the guys are playing a little more confident, they're learning how to finish. the execution is better. obviously, from the quarterback's position, he's understanding, you know, not only the concepts but game plan and situational football.

and utpiputting our team in goo situations and the ability to run the ball. we're more consistent there, especially the last couple of weeks. a little more confident standing here, but at the same time a lot of football left. >> groundhog day ahead, this weekend, two rookies from our area will be playing on opposite sides. we'll hear from both of those gentlemen coming up at 5:45. until i'm danny pommels. back to you. looking forward to that, thanks. remember, nbc 10 is your official eagles' station. we've got your free pass for exclusive coverage of the eagles matchup against the cardinals on game day. kickoff is at 9:30 sunday morning. make sure to watch game day final after nbc 10 news. what a gorgeous day out there. feels so much summer than fall. >> no question. glenn "hurricane" schwartz joins us. i can take this, 80 is fine.

>> if you like these kind of temperatures, you're going to love the weekend. and maybe even into monday. temperatures will be close to 80 and that's about ten degrees above average for this time of year. despite the clouds that we see in philadelphia and else where, we don't see any kind of rain right now or this afternoon or this evening. let's see how warm it is in delaware. marshallton, 81. harmony hills, 80. further to the south, look at these numbers. allendale 82. greenwood is 83. lincoln, milton, lewis at 82. even at the beach, rehobeth beach at 81. dewy beach at 80. we have those clouds that have moved over, but that's radar and satellite, nothing on radar until you hit to western pennsylvania. that's pretty pitiful. that's not going to be threatening us. as we look to the future, we have that warm southwest wind

going into tomorrow. continues out of the south. we get clouds from time to time. and we don't get the showers coming in until sunday. now, these are not directly related to nate, so i don't expect downpours. i don't expect hour after hour of rain. but we just have to have the showers in the forecast. especially for sunday morning and then to the midday hours. and look at this, sunday night we still have the southwest winds. monday morning, straight out of the south. so it can't really cool off. this particular model does not bring the rain from nate in until later on monday and monday night. but we're going to get the rain. we need the rain. it's been more than two weeks since we've seen any measurable rain. we're not getting it tomorrow. 85. elwin 82. reading 83. good bit of sunshine.

mixed in with some clouds. 81 at rehobeth tomorrow. newark, delaware, at 82. now, for the eagles, we've got the threat of some showers. first quarter, 77. second quarter, 77. these are mild temperatures for this time of year. not exactly football weather. it's not going to be raining the whole game i don't think, but we do have the threat of showers. toward the end of the game and into sunday evening, we have a chance of even some thunderstorms developing. then there's nate. you see it's getting a little better organized. you can actually find it on the satellite map, unlike yesterday. yucatan peninsula looks like it's going east, between that and cuba. it won't have a chance to weaken but at least it's moving rapidly. it doesn't have has much time to intensify. all the models are taking it right toward the gulf coast,

close to new orleans, perhaps east to new orleans, compared to the track yesterday. it goes right in our direction. that means that moisture is coming right at us. and there's just no real doubt for that. 50 mile an hour winds now, new advisory coming up in just minutes. and we'll see if any of this changes, expected to hit the gulf coast has a hurricane by tomorrow night, by sunday morning it's already into the united states. and as far as the weekend is concerned, saturday is the nicest day. we've got temperatures well into the 80s. sunday, the chance of showers and then monday we get the heavy rain from nate. she knows all about caring for others. today, the tables, though, were turned. >> and more than 100 strangers showed up at her home to make it all happen. the heart-warming straight ahead. coming up all new at 5:00, zombie rule changes.

the prop that's been banned from a popular new jersey festival this weekend and why.

some breaking news from the big apple. federal authorities have uncovered a plot to attack large public gatherings in new york city. they arrested a canadian man over the summer who spoke about wanting to strike times square, concert venues and crowded subways during rush hour. investigators say the goal of the isis inspired plot was to injury as many people as possible, but the suspect was, again, arrested before obtaining any weapons. switching gears, nbc 10 in new jersey today. a sea of strangers gave back to

a woman who has given so much to her community. that group showed up to jacqueline dixon's home this morning for a major makeover. >> and as you're about to see, jacqueline is more than deserving. >> reporter: on a warm fall day, an army of volunteers set out on a mission. >> replacing doors, cleaning up the yard. making it comfortable for her. >> reporter: to transform jacqueline dixon's home. >> complete makeover. there are a lot of weeds and leaves all around. they are taking care of all that. >> reporter: the gold star mom knows about taking care of others. she runs a facility in berlin which helps local veterans transition to civilian life. it's named after her son anthony, a soldier who joined the army after 9/11. >> he wanted to do something to help our country so that the war wouldn't come over here. >> reporter: but anthony never came home. he was killed in iraq in 2004. >> i give to the veterans because i know that if my son

had come back he would have needed some help. so i give to them in honor of my son. >> reporter: and today, home depot honored jacqueline. dozens of employees spent their day off working here. >> it's kind of overwhelming because i didn't expect them to do all that they're doing. but it makes me feel real special. >> reporter: the finishing touch, a special tribute to her son's sacrifice. a brick memorial dedicated to her son, anthony. >> that makes me want to give more. i was giving 100% but now i think i'm going to give 110%. >> paying it forward. >> amazing work by everyone. up next, help from new jersey to the disaster zone of puerto rico. >> the mission of state troopers leaving their families behind to help calm the chaos on the hurricane ravaged island. and i'm tracking nate. how the tropical storm is going to impact your neighborhood. plus showers for part of your weekend. it's all in my most accurate

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someone in his suite, two discoveries that have police thinking someone else may have been in the las vegas shooter's room. new jersey state troopers heading into puerto rico tonight to help bring order to the

hurricane destruction. student beatdown. what sparked this violence inside a school cafeteria. right now at 5:00, the crisis in puerto rico. vice president mike pence touched down on the island late this afternoon, assessing the destruction and thanking first responders. many people there are still in the dark weeks after hurricane maria ripped through. good evening, i'm keith jones. >> many who live outside the capital of san juan still have no power, water and cell service. >> some have criticized president trump for only visiting an upscale portion of puerto rico. >> new jersey state troopers are willing to go wherever on the island they're needed. nbc 10's reporter cydney long was with those 48 troopers.

>> reporter: in hamilton, 50 troopers from all over the state get their marching orders. >> i want you to be safe. >> reporter: they have their bags packed and will depart jfk bound for san juan. it's the first major deployment for this officer. >> we don't go what we're walking into. >> reporter: the mission is twofold, to provide help with broken roads and powerless traffic signals. >> serving on traffic posts as well as security for both gasoline stations and food and water distribution points. >> reporter: they will assist state and local police and work with fema to provide security. some in this deployment are missing birthdays and other special occasions without a blink. >> i told them daddy is going down there to help and provide what we can to make people's lives better. >> reporter: this lieutenant's father-in-law lives in puerto rico.