senior trip if they follow through with this walkout this morning. miguel martinez-valle joins us live with more on the motivation behind this student protest. >> that's right. i spoke to one of the student leaders who organized this protest. he was tell iing me essentially they want a few things. they want answers as to why their teacher was suspended. they want security measures at their school to keep them safe and they want to know what's going to happen to the students that took place in the walkout this morning. >> i don't want to see my cla classmates get shot. >> in order to ensure their safety in high school, today hundreds of cherry hill east students chose to march out. >> they just want to come home at the end of the day. they don't want to be wearing about bullet proof backpacks. >> the shooting has school security ob everyone's minds. a topic that got their history teacher suspended when he brought up concerns. >> it's not going to be the

same. we're we're going to keep fighting until e we get him back. >> reporter: following the protest, students were taken into the auditorium where the principal tried to answer some questions. this is video from inside that meeting. students tell me they didn't get the answers they were looking for, but they won't stop until they do. >> we sat there had for a b hour and learned nothing about our safety, about our education, about what he's going to do to help us. >> we're not to stop until we get school security. >> reporter: after the walkout, there was an assembly inside the school where students were able to talk to the principal but they told me a lot of the questions about what happened to their teacher, those were not answered. i tried to reach out to the principal. he did not return my phone call or e-mail. i did get a hold of someone from the school district and say they sent me a link to a statement they had saying while they support the right for students to speak out and express concerns, they would rather they do so inside the school. we'll have more on the story coming up at 6:00.

back to you. >> they made quite the statement today. we learned new information about the florida high school massacre suspect. nicholas cruz refused to let the school district provide him with mental health services. that e refusal is allowed by federal law. also today prosecutors planned to ask a judge for permission to get hair and dna samples during a court hearing, but that hearing was cancelled. and today the officer who arrested cruz was honored with a day of thanks. broward county leaders and members of the community applauded the officer and thanked him for his service. today was proclaimed leonard appreciation day. students returned to the high school coming up tomorrow. >> the gun debate in washington heats up. erin coleman is is joining us live with what lawmakers said today. >> a lot of talk, but not a lot of progress on the senate floor today. one lawmaker after another stood

up and blamed loopholes in gun laws that need to be fixed. the senators said those looph e loopholes allowed cruz to buy a semi automatic rifle. >> it's outrageous that so many guns are sold with no background checks whatsoever. whether you're a felon, mentally ill, spousal abuser, outrageous. we should close those loopholes and close them now. >> on the other side of the aisle, republicans said cruz could have been stopped had armed school resource officers gone into the school. congressman scalise, who was shot himself, talked about the importance of officers at that school. >> i think what angered my the most is there was sheriffs deputy, trained and armed at the school assigned to protect a school and then he hid out instead of protecting the students. i wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for law enforcement confronting the shooter in my

case. it's really disappointing that somebody didn't go into the school that was there and armed to protect the kids. >> they were outside washington last summer. president trump met with republican lawmakers to talk about the gun issue. a bipartisan bill calling for stronger background checks is gaining momentum. but there's still a lot of disagreement among lawmakers when it comes to banning assault weapons. gun control activists are voicing anger at florida lawmakers for not making enough changes in the wake of the massacre. the freshman building where the shooting took place remains closed. the rest of the school is still with grief counsellors, comfort dogs and posters with sympathy from high schools across the country. erin coleman, nbc 10 news. >> now to your first alert weather, if you have been out there today, the sun is back. >> we have been looking forward to the day when we yowould need

sunglasses again. a live look at boat house row, nothing but those clear skies today. first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is track ing the conditions in your neighborhood in your most accurate weather forecast. we missed the sun. >> and also the blue in the sky. combine that with temperatures in the 50s. it's just probably the nicest day u of the week for most of us. wilmington, we have blue skies too. after several days of clouds. we have a few high clouds starting to come in to western pennsylvania, but the main area of moisture building from texas all the way up through oklahoma and missouri. yet another storm coming up from that direction. it's 56 degrees in philadelphia. the average high is only 47.

we're well above that through the area. a little cooler at the beaches because of the wind coming off the cooler ocean. it's even 57 in allentown. as we go through the evening, it's clear, but the temperature does not drop very much. this is not very cold. 36 at 7:00 a.m. that's not cold. and tomorrow is going to be even warmerer than today despite the increase in clouds. and then we have yet another storm on the way for later in the week. rain, coastal flooding, strong gusty winds. more about this and the timing, coming up. >> today prosecutors tried to convince a jury to convict the mayor of selling his office to campaign donors. closing arguments are underway in ed pawlowski cease corruption trial. steven fisher is life outside the courthouse with more on the final word from both the prosecution and defense.

>> reporter: so many many people packed into the courtroom this morning that the court had had to open up an overflow room where people could go and listen. keep in mind, this is a trial that's been going on for more than a month, but starting tomorrow, it will be the hands of the jury. after nearly six weeks of trial and dozens of witnesses called to the stand, both sides presenting their closing argument s s to the jury. the trial vounds an alleged pay to play case against current mayor ed pawlowski. the prosecution read transcripts from reported phone calls with pawlowski to hammer home evidence of his use of burner phones and the assistant u.s. attorney told the jury, quote, the apple rots from the core, end quote. he was the core of the city and he inspected the employees. finally she asked the jury to return a guilty verdict for pawlowski. as far as where we stand right now, pau law ski's attorney is still upstairs with his closing

argument. we expect to wrap that up soon. once that's over, the prosecution gets a chance for a rebuttal if they wish. but again, starting tomorrow morning, it will be in the hands of the jury. they will have to come up with a verdict. reporting live, steven fisher, nbc 10 news. one person was found dead in north philadelphia. firefighters attacked the flames from the roof of this home. two people were able to escape through a window. they are now in stable condition and right now officials are looking for a cause. new details now in a triple shooting in. north philadelphia. one of the victims died. surveillance video shows the moment a gunman walked up to two men yesterday morning and fired. a third victim was a woman who was a bistander in that area. both victims who survived are in stable condition. now to an update on the story we told you about yesterday as breaking news. police are having a tough time

today as they investigate the death of one of their own. two people including a police officer were found dead in a home in port richmond yesterday. police responded to the home on mercer street after the officer did the not show up tr her shift. >> it's always difficult when you investigate any death, but particularly those of your colleagues. it's a very tough situation because you know the individual. so it makes it more difficult to deal with. >> the commissioner said there were no signs of force d entry into the home and no obvious signs of how the couple died. president trump is prepare ing for a second term in office. today he announced that a digital margt marketing expert will manage his reelection campaign. he was called an amazing talent. the president's national security adviser says the president has not ordered him to stop russian interference in future elections. director mike rogers testified on capitol hill today.

he said more needs to be done. >>. everything both as a director of nsa and what i see on the cyber command side if we don't change the dynamic, this is going to continue. 2016 won't be viewed as something isolated. >> rogers stressed there are diplomat diplomatic and cyber tools available for stop iping the russians. pennsylvania governor tom wolf released his first reelection campaign ad today. >> the spot touts the governor as a different kind of leader. >> as a businessman, tom wolf shared profits with his employees. >> the ad reminds viewers of the governor's accomplishments in office and also shows him driving his iconic jeep. it's an image borrowed from his first run that resinated strongly with voters. today pennsylvania congressional candidates started working to get on the ballot for the 2018 election in the newly drawn district. volunteers for incumbent dwight

ev evans are getting signatures for the congressman. one voter told us she's back in evans to e see change in washington. >> it had to be a blue. wave in november. es e person personally with the gun laws, they have to change. the only way they are going to change is if we do a complete turn around. >> republicans are hoping that a court challenge will stop the new congressional district map from taking effect. if the court rules in the favor, the old map will be ren re instated. the chester mayor will announce he's running for congress. he's running in the new fifth district, which includes most of delaware county. before becoming mayor, he was a stative for more than 20 years. new details in the investigation into what caused a fire that destroyed dozens of buss from the school district fleet. there are no signs the fire was suspicious. 16 buss were e destroyed, 14 more were damaged. philadelphia police are searching for some new officers.

today pennsylvania state representative held a recru recruitment session. they were on hand to provide information on the process of becoming an officer. we wanted to know what it's like for the officer when is they see somebody on the job they helped recruit. >> i get o it joke with them. get to ask them how their experiences have been. and feel good inside. >> you can contact philadelphia police for more recruitment opportunities. just a few hours, councilman johnson will hold a town hall on philadelphia's new bail policy. last week we told you that the philadelphia da's office will no longer seek cash bail for people accused of misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies. the public session will be at the recreation center from 6:00 to 8:00.

a chemical odor forced the evacuation of dozens of employees at a printing company outside of scranton. the odor was so strong, 11 workers felt sick enough to go to the hospital to be checked out. emergency officials responded to the paper company in pennsylvania this morning. they say some equipment inside the building released a hazardous material, which caused skin irritation. we're told the 11 workers will be okay. the fight against opioids brought people together. jeff sessions, josh sue pea row, and others announced a new task force to fight the epidemic. it's important considering over 100,000 americans have already died from overdoses. >> we will use criminal penalties, civil penalties, whatever laws and tools we have to hold people accountable if

they break our laws. >> sessions also announced that federal prosecutor mary daily will serve as director of the doj's opioid enforcement and prevention efforts. john carney spent some time with elementary school students in wilmington today. students at mount pleasant began their day a little differently than most. they did breathing exercises and listened to soothing muse toik get in the right mind set for learning. it's part of an opportunity grant program introduced. and the government wants to introduce funding to allow more school cans to do that. today former president bill clinton paid his respects to the late reverend billy graham. clinton arrived at the library where he's lying in repose. what he admired most is he was the same person in public that he was in private. so far more than 6,000 people have across the country have come to pay their respects. today lebron james responded to that recent billboard campaign calling for the star to

bring his talents here to philadelphia. >> hearing from the king. we told you yesterday at 4:00 about the billboards bought by a company in chester. the billboards line a street close to the arena in cleveland where lebron plays his home games. one of them says philly wants lebron. he's taking it all in stride. >> it's very flattering. it's not a distraction. i'm people want me to play for them. that's cool. that's dope. >> by the way, sixers play lebron's cavaliers this thursday night in cleveland. so you're not going to be at that game. >> dope is good, right? >> dope is really good.

>> if you want to get to the nba finals, he has to stay in the eastern conference. the west has too many good teams. they are instantly at the top if they get lebron here. >> you're dope, glen. that's a compliment. >> the wh outside today, it's the best day of the week. that's for sure. and we're going to be seeing things change. it will be warmer on wednesday. we have a storm coming in thursday and into friday. and we're finally going to get a dry weekend. although it should be pretty windy during the day on saturday. 56 with sunshine. the winds out of the southwest. that's what's warming us up. and you can see we have sunshine all across the area. the only places the temperatures are down a bit, right at the

beaches is the sea breeze has come in. so it's 46 at cape may point where it was about 56 a few hours ago. the wind makes all the difference. 46 in avalon. it was 60. just a half hour ago. we're high and dry in the east. and plenty of dry air in the midwest and great lakes too. but there's also plenty of moisture down to the southwest of us. way down to the the southwest. if you keep going, you can trace those clouds back to the tropical pacific. this is the strong jet stream that's been with us for much of the winter. it's helped fuelled the storms that we have had. it's also helped with the pattern to keep us with warmer than normal temperatures. as we go through the day tomorrow, we're going to be starting off with sunshine. but as the moisture approaches, the clouds increase. and no rain tomorrow. none tomorrow night. but on thursday.

, and especially in the afternoon, that's when the rain is is coming in. the wind is shifting in from the east. starting to pile up the water at the beaches. we have a full moon. that piles it up even more. we're going to see some coastal flooding along with some periods of heavier rain. here we go. into friday morning. and look at the north side of this storm. we still have the strong wind colliding with the strong west wind. then as the storm intensifies offshore, it could pull down enough cold air to bring the snow line down. then it's still out there in the ocean. and the north winds are howling in here on saturday as well.

but at least it's dry. as far as the winds are concerned, friday morning, thursday, thursday night, friday morning. it's not all that strong. but as that storm intensifies offshore, watch these gusts go up through the 20s and into the 30s and even into the 40s. and the amount of rain according to many of the computer models lest to the south, more to the north, we're talking ab inch to perhaps 2 inches in some localized spots. but the thing is that it's been very wet lately. and it could be some localized flooding out of that as well. it's another system even nx week we'll get into that too coming up. sky force 10 over breaking news. fire crews are battling a house fire along owen avenue. you can see the heavy smoke coming through the roof.

so far no one is hurt. we will continue to stay on top of this story and bring you any updates that come along. nbc 10 responds is helping e erase some of the medical debt that's building against more than 1 million people in our area. nbc universal television stations are donating $150,000 to a nonprofit that buys and forgives unpaid medical debt. that includes $2 million of debt in our area. since we aired the first stories in our series yesterday, nbc 10 viewers have donated more than $1,000 to this initiative. it's easy to give and every dollar counts. a $10 donation can abolish $1,000 of debt. head to nbc10.com or tap the free nbc 10 app to learn more. a lot of eagles fans are sporting new super bowl championship tattoos. >> chances are you planned out the process.

but some people don't always think before they ink. still ahead, the new technology that can erase the art that was once forever. also lucky to be alive. a road rage victim tells only nbc 10 why she's still living in fear days after this crash that almost took her life. plus the eagles hanging up cleats and retiring after the birds super bowl victory. that's next. first here's a look at the closing bell on wall street where all three indexes finished the day in the red.

you heard of catching a thief red handed, but probably

never quite like this before. someone stole a pot of meatballs from a man in hazel township. police say the victim called officers is ask. said he saw a. suspect is in front of his house with red sauce on his face and clothes. officers charged the suspect with burglar and other crimes. after five seasons in philadelphia, eagles punter donny jones is calling it a career. today jones announced he's retiring to spend more time with his family. jones goes out a champion. the 41-yarder was the final pubt of his 14-year career. it's a great honor to have helped brick the city of philadelphia its first ever super bowl title. nice to go out on top. >> absolutely. a bit of road rage that nearly cost a south jersey woman her life. >> she's speaking only to nbc 10 about this terrifying encounter. >> it was on the road still walking around to this day. >> next at 4:30, the new clues

police hope will help them track down the driver. could get in the 60s again in the month, but i'm also tracking a wet and windy end to the the week. the changes you can expect in your most accurate weather forecast. and all new at 5:00, pairing up tickets to promise to forget piles of unpaid parking tickets, but only if it you do something in return.

right now at 4:30, an nbc 10 exclusive. a woman says she's grateful to be alive after she survived a dangerous chase cause d by a fi of road rage. she's still living in fear days after this crash. >> i don't cry like this every

day. i don't hurt like this every day. i'm always an upbeat person. i didn't deserve it. >> today police released a new sketch of this suspect. hoping it will lead to an arrest and some closure for that victim. now the woman was on her way to work when she says the other driver started threat k her and coming after her with a baseball bat. >> can you imagine the terrifying encounter happened on ark road in mount laurel. the driver forced her off the road in method tord. cydney long is joining us with this exclusive story. >> this woman says she is does not want revenge. >> reporter: that's right. remarkably she's not angry. she's still terrified, but she simply wants justice. she remembers listening to her music, driving to work that

morning and then the next minute she was involved in a crash that could have cost her her life. >> police want you to take a close look. even if nobody was there, e he could have just stopped, pulled over and did anything with that bat. i'm thankful i'm here. >> she was headed to work on friday morning. >> he was in front of meso i beat my horn at him. he got out of his car. >> he was like going like this. we drove the b windy route. she dialled 911. >> i was scared. this man was definitely chasing

me. >> reporter: so frightened she lost control of her red impala and hit this tree. she doesn't recall how fast she was driving but her car was split in half on opposite side of the roadway. >> he looked at me and kept ongoing. >> reporter: the suspect is sped off. police later captured this photograph of the man's sedan. she was air lifted to the medical center where she spent two days for a concussion and cuts to her head and face. >> i don't cry like this every day. i don't hurt like this every day. i'm always an upbeat person. i didn't deserve this. >> reporter: and she's undergoing physical therapy. she's still recovering, but fearful to get behind the wheel any time soon. in the meantime, police were not able to get a license plate on the suspect's car. it has a noticeable

softball-sized dent above the rear right tire. anyone with information on this man and the sketch is asked to contact police. we're live, i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> when you see the car, remarkable she's here to tell that story. hopefully they will be able to catch that suspect. cydney long with that exclusive. to your first alert weather now. time to get the sunglasses back out. you really needed them today. nbc 10 in red sox bo ro where we found some families making the l most of this nice day. push my higher now. this is the day you promised us and we're liking it. >> this is certain ly the nices day of the week. certainly the sunniest day of the week. but not necessarily the warmest. but we've got sunshine all across the area and late in the day it's shining off the river there. the wind is picking up a little

bit. but that's out of the southwest. so that's the warm wind and we're going to see the results of that tomorrow. especially starting off with sunshine because the thicker clouds are still way back to the west. and this system is building. it's another one coming up from texas. moisture coming into it. and it is mainly rain just like all the other storms. we're in the 60s. atlantic city marina at 47. aum the other inland areas are in the 50s. and it's not really going to cool off much as we head toward morning. we're talking about temperatures close to 40, which is way above average for this time of the year. we'll see the timing on that next storm and talk about the areas that could see a change to snow, that's coming up in it a few minutes.

hooersz a look at the stories. a former commissioner will remain in jail until the trial on child pornography charges. a judge issued that order yesterday. the defense claimed he's accepting responsibility for his actions. in atlantic county, the new jersey casino is helping get veterans back to work. officials announced they will be hosting a job fair on april 19th. the control commission the american legion and the state parole board are hosting the hiring fair. thousands of jobs are up for grabs. reps from the hard rock, tropicana and ocean resort will be on hand. teens trying to decide on a career path got some help today. students at liberty high school met with local professionals to get some insight.

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look at that rowdy crowd greeting members of the the curling team as they arife in minnesota. the men's team returning home as olympic champions. a lot of athletes awe arriving home. among those that came back to the u.s. through san francisco. he spoke with reporters about the secret to his success at this year's winter games. >> so i hope when i went to this olympics i felt like i was totally myself. and i think that's the reason

why i made the team and was so successful at these games. i just kind of got out of my own way. >> in their first interview, the u.s. women's hockey team stopped by ellen today. >> they did. the entire team sat down with ellen to talk about their historic win in south korea. they beat khan ta da to nab the first gold medal in two decades. they also had a surprise for ellen nay presented her with a hockey stick autographed by all the players. they are happy to finally be home again. >> i don't know if social security really sank in yet. i think it's been a whirlwind journey. it was an exciting olympics for us. we're just so excited to get home and share this experience with everyone that has supported us along the way. >> ellen honored the team's win by hanging up the olympic team jersey inside her studio permanently. a nice touch. to see the exciting moments from the 2018 winter olympic games, be sure to tap the nbc 10 app

and go to the winter olympics section. >> dolly parton says it was books that brought her to the library u of congress today. she was there to dedicate the 100 millionth book from her imagination library. it provides books to children around the world and teaches them to read. she was inspire d to begin the imagination library by her father who never learned to read or write. >> he took such pride in the fact that the little kids called me the book lady. he was prouder of that than anything. it started from a place in my heart and it's done so much good for so many people through the years. >> before leaving the library, parton read to the children from the book she wrote. taking a live look at camback mountain, your first alert weather. a lot of sun on the mountains. it's nice if you can have snow and sun and have some fun.

>> it just makes the day better in so many ways. e with like it. >> they are going to lake it too. the forecast by the end of the week. that storm looks like it's going to end up with snow in the poconos. maybe some accumulation up there as well. 56 at philadelphia. hard to think it's snow with temperature like that. a southwest wind, but it is quite a storm that's coming in later in the week with sunshine all across the area. and in delaware one of the places that had a few spots to just about 60 degrees, it's 57 inmarshalltown. and look what happens further south in delaware. 58 in reading. but look to the east. the wind coming off the cooler ocean. it's 46 at rehoboth. 45 degrees at duey beach. that's what's going to happen

when the wind starts turning into the east as we go into friday. dry air across the east now. and into the great lakes. but back toward oklahoma and texas, it's goes back to the tropical pacific. we have a jet stream coming up there that's getting that moisture and racing it in your direction. so there's really nothing to stop it. here we are tomorrow. we have sunshine in the morning. the clouds increase in the afternoon. we are not expecting any rain wednesday night most of thursday morning looks dry for much of the area. perhaps southern degette. s a little bit before noon. but the wind starts coming in from the ocean as we go into thursday afternoon. thursday night it's coming in pretty strong combined with the full moon that could add to coastal flooding. the heavier rain could add to the issue there. some localized flooding and here

we are watching that wind. and some computer mods els havet shifting to the west. others have it to the east. that's going to be critical as to how much flooding exists. and as the storm intensifies offshore, it brings colder air down and that's a change the rain over to snow or to a wintery mix. at least for part of the area. especially areas that have higher elevations. and we're also going to get some pretty strong wind gusts as you can see on friday afternoon. look at that. gusts up over 40 miles an hour in parts of the area. >> wow, serious wind. >> getting pretty rough. another interesting spring-like storm. >> but good to have today. the sunshine back after so many dreary days. it's been up there. >> thank you.

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for those sporting new super bowl champion tattoos, it may be something you thought long and hard about after the eagles historic win. but some people don't always think before they ink. >> cydney long spent some time learning about the new

technology that can erase the regret. >> reporter: you leave a bar late night and hit an ink shop with friends. a spur of the moment tattoo until one day you wake up thinking, uh-oh, what have i done. for sage, it was a grate dead tattoo, a turtle within a skull atop a rose pedestal. >> i thought it was a good idea. >> reporter: that was three years ago. now at 20 she's undergoing a laser procedure called e enlighten. >> we talk fractions of a second. >> reporter: you don't need to know how the bursts of light work, but you need to know one thing. >> it's the worst pain i have ever felt in my whole life. >> reporter: that's the pigment shattering. >> it feels like a cheese grater grating your skin. >> reporter: she takes deep breaths, a stress ball does what it can with our camera attached

to the laser you can see the colors vanishing before your eyes. >> the lasers reach into the ink, break it apart there. they it in small enough pieces and the immune system says there's some loose pigment there. let me nibble on that. >> reporter: sage spent seven hours and $2500 getting huerta too to remove it this way. it happens over a course of many months and the cost depends on the size and color of your ink. so a sma tattoo begins at $75. larger ones could set you back over $1,000. >> there's some spots you can see my skin again. >> reporter: erasing the regret, changing the correspondent nay t ty of a tattoo back to a blank canvas. cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> maybe a t-shirt would be good. celebrate the win. less painful. we're working on several stories at 5:00. breaking news just into nbc

10. the principal responds to a walk out at his high school. we are live with the new information. and forgiveness is on wait. tons of unpaid tickets are about to be torn up. everything u yo need to know about how to make it happen, next in a live report. and suddenly we're going to see rain on the way. and then we'll talk about your weekend forecast too. and suddenly shut down, all new a popular restaurant closes its doors without warning and now nbc 10 news is asking why. that and more next at 5:00.

you're forgiven, if you have piles of parking tickets you can get rid of your debt, but you have to follow the rules. here's a live look at camelback mountain. heavy rain headed our way. what you can expect and when. >> and beer for a bird. the brew paying tribute to an historic moment in philadelphia sports. e we begin with breaking news. in the past half hour, the principal of cherry hill high school sponlded to the walkout that happened at his school today. hundreds of kids left the classroom in protest of a teach suspended for speaking out about safety at the school. miguel martinez-valle is live. the principal had a lot to say. >> reporter: that's right. we have been trying to get in touch with the principal all day trying to find out what would

happen to the students who took part in today's protest. just like you said in the last half hour, the school tweeted out a statement by the principal in which hi he says he retracts the statement that he made saying that students who protested would be kept from senior trip, prom and graduation. saying instead that he welcomes an opportunity to work with the students to make change. now here is a look inside the that happened had at the school earlier today. so this is at the assembly inside the school following the protest where students and the principal tried to talk about concerns over safety. i talked to one of the student organizers who says the morning's march was to demand added security or other changes in the school as well as to protest the suspension of their history teacher, who students say was suspended tr bringing up concerns over safety at the school.