>> right now at 6:00, an nbc 10 collusive. a south jersey woman shaken after she nearly died in a crash after a fit of road rage. i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. police are looking for the man they believe caused all that damage. take a look at this. the man followed her eight miles from mount laurel to medford. >> cydney long joins us live from medford. only you spoke with the victim tonight and what she went through right before she crashed. >> reporter: she was simply terrified. she says remembers feeling threatened when this man got out of his car coming toward her with a baseball bat and then he chased her in his car to the point hers ended up in pieces. this is the face of terror. >> by the looks of her mangled car, it's hard to believe she

survived what police consider a terrifying crash caused by road rage. >> it started out a back and forth that escalated terribly. >> reporter: a woman was on her way to work at wawa when this man in this sedan kept braking hard. >> i beeped my horn at him. it triggered me. >> rereturned the hand gesture. >> e we drove her route to work along the road. terrified she lost control and hit this tree. her r car split in happen. the back landing across the street. the front e end came to rest here some 50 yards from impact. her tire tracks still visibly. >> i saw him look at me and kept

ongoing. >> she considers first responders angels and remembers the medical chopper ride to cooper hospital. >> your foot didn't get broke b. >> no. >> reporter: she suffered a concussion, broken heel and cuts to her head and face. >> i wouldn't be able to drive. it's going to take awhile. >> she doesn't want revengs. just justice. >> you're going to get yours. you doing what you did was wrong. i had angels. watching over me. i can say that. >> reporter: police tonight tell me this suspect is approximately 50 to 60 years old. he stands about 5'9" with salt and pepper hair. police were not able to get his tag number, but they do say his silver sedan has a large gash above the rear right tire. anyone with information should contact police. we're live in medford, cydney long, nbc 10 news. tonight in camden county,

taking a stand. hundreds of students make their voices heard by walking out of class in solidarity with their teacher. >> that teacher was suspended for his comments on school security at cherry hill high school. in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in south florida. miguel martinez-valle is live in cherry hill with what students have to say and how the principal responding to the the walkout. sdplr from that mass student walkout this morning to an assembly that happened inside the school after the walkout, students say not going to stop protesting and they are photo going to stop having this conversation with school officials and with school district officials until there's a change. >> i don't want to see class pates get shot. my teachers, i don't want to see that. >> reporter: in order to enshooer sure their safety in high school, hundreds of students chose to march out. >> they don't want to be worried about bullet proof backpacks.

>> school security is on everyone's minds. it got their history teach er suspended when he brought up concerns. >> it's not going to be the same. we're going to keep fighting until we get him back. >> reporter: following the protests, students were taken into the auditorium where the principal tried to answer some questions. this is video from inside that meet i meeting. they didn't get the answers they were looking for, but they won't stop until they do. >> we sat for an hour and learned fog about our safety, our education, about what he's going to do to help us. >> it's not going to stop until we get school security. >> reporter: a lot of students were worry ied or kept tr graduation, but the school did tweet out a statement by the principal saying there would be no punishment for the students that protested today and saying he wants to engage in a dialogue and work with them to make a change. a lot of those students and

parents said they are going to a school board meeting tonight. i'm miguel martinez-valle, nbc 10 news. turning to your first alert forecast, sun and then storms. pretty nice tuesday for your evening commute here in south philadelphia. but the storms are on the horizon for the start of march. >> meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is joining us live to time out the storms. it is coming in like a lion. >> as soon as we start march on thursday, we have another storm headed this way. no sign of one right now. we have nothing but blue skies out there. puch of the area that was in easton. the flag, e though, that's the result of a southwest wind. it's warming us up ahead of this next storm. and it's still quite a ways away. but the area u of rain issing. the intensity is growing. and it's moving in this direction. and there's nothing to stop it.

52 degrees right now in philadelphia. we're starting to fall into the 40s in some areas. but that's still kind of mild for this time of the year. as we go through the night tonight, not all that cold. the average low is 30 in philadelphia. so we're way above average. that's going to continue tomorrow. we'll time out that storm and tell you what's ahead for the weekend, coming up. this is after a day of shopping today. their car windows smashed and personal belongings stolen. police say there have been similar break ins in other parts of the county recent ly. if you have a mountain of unpaid parking tickets in philadelphia, now is the time to pay up. the city is is offering an amnesty deal. here's how it works. you pay for any tickets you received between 2013 through 2017. and any tickets or fees from before that vanish.

this there's ka catch. >> before 2013 we'll wipe all those out. but you have to sign up for the program. >> in order to seal the dole, you have to register for the program before april 30th. set up the payment plan. pennsylvania congressional candidates began working today to get on the ballot for the 2018 election. >> he's looking for signatures to been of the ballot. he's running against the incumbent in the democratic primary. >> this is an opportunity for us to come back and let people know. we have helped you before. now we need your help as we run for the third congressional district in pennsylvania. >> although candidates collecting signatures, republicans are still challenging the new map. >> deliberations could begin in the corruption trial of allentown's mayor.

both sides presented their closing arguments. they are accused in a pay to play scheme. more than 50 witnesses were called to testify during the nearly six-week trial. pennsylvania congressman among a group of lawmakers championing a new gun violence reform bill in washington. >> representative brian fitzpatrick took part in a news conference. he and other lawmakers are urging for the passage of the gun violence restraining order act. the bill help hads keep americans safe while keeping second amendment rights intact. >> keeping our community safe are not mutually exclusive concepts. >> it would make sure to reference all gun databases. >> one of three people charged with kidnapping and killing a

woman over an $800 debt will spend the rest of her life behind bars. she was sentenced to life without parole. this is in connection to the murder. prosecutors say in the summer of 2016 smith and two others kidnapped, handcuffed and shot her. the body was found in fair mount park. one of the worst flu seasons in recent history is still going strong. pennsylvania is planning to hold more free flu shot clinics across the state. in our area, clinics will be held in lehigh counties through april. pennsylvania has seen 150 flu death this is season alone. response from the king. today lebron james reacted to a recent billboard campaign calling for the nba star to come to philadelphia. take a look. these billboards line a street close to the cleveland arena where lebron plays home games. tilly wants lebron.

the star says efforts to court him are a compliment. >> not a distraction. it's actually very flattering. i'm sitting here at 33 in my 15th year. people in their cities want me to play for them. i, that's cool. that's dope. >> the sixers play the cavaliers this thursday night in cleveland. up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, e erasing medical debt. nbc 10 is helping people across our area erase $2 million in past due bill. s. tonight we'll e show you how you can help yourself and negotiate your way down to a smaller price tag. what a terrific tuesday. and we have a dry weekend ahead. but it's a different story in between now and then. i'm tracking this storm that's going to be affecting us, next in my first alert forecast. - [narrator] look around.

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erasing medical debt. we're digging into the collections process that keeps patients stuck in a cycle of overdue bills. nbc 10 is working on its biggest initiative yet.

>> nbc 10 is locking at the journey of a medical bill from your doctors office to the collection calls at your own home. >> it's just an indication of how unaffordable costs can get. we found that unpaid medical bills may provide an opening to negotiate for patients who simply can't afford the original amount. >> for tammie, a cup of mourning tea offers stability in a time of turbulence. her husband died of liver cancer in 2015. then she was diagnosed with breast cancer early last year. >> here i go again. but this time it's me. that's what i was saying to myself. >> reporter: after eight rounds of chemo, she considers herself a survivor. but she can't can focus on her recovery because of this growing pile of medical bills.

the current total at least $4,000. >> bills keep piling up. 40 for this. a thousand for co-pay and a thousand to come back in. >> reporter: 1.1 million people have medical debt that's been sent to collection. a product of shrinking health coverage and more complicated benefits. >> there's more responsibility for out of pocket payment than there ever was before. >> reporter: he founded held advocates to help employees navigate. health benefits. the company says to start with an in network doctor if you have insurance and have a candid conversation about what you can afford. but then she says try to work with the hospital or office's billing did the. >> they are more sfophisticated in working out payment plans, recognizing the value of quick pays. >> reporter: when patients can't pay at all, their bills usually move into collections.

large port knoll owes of medical debt are sold and resold from one collector to the next. each one usually buying it for just a fraction of the previous cost. meanwhile the amount you kwhowe stays the same or even grows. but by the time collectors are calling you at home, you might have more leverage over the amount of your bill than you'd think. >> they probably bought it for some discount on the dollar. so you have a better chance of negotiating with them because they are trying to settle an account. >> reporter: they recommend telling the collectors what you can actually afford to pay each month and seeing how much they will budge. >> it's been a tough year. >> reporter: her bills aren't in collections yet. they are still too new, but right now, she doesn't know how she'll ever catch up. >> i didn't ask to be sick. this changed my whole life. i had to stop working. . i can't even pay a bill because i can't right now to athis money back. >> want to remind everyone you cannot sign up to receive a

portion of nbc's medical debt payoff. we partnered with the nonprofit rip medical that buys these bills out of collections and then forgives them. but it's a ran and anonymous process and only you know if your debt has been forgiven. if you get a yellow envelope with the logo in your mailbox. >> that being said there might be people watching fou who want the to help. anyone can donate to rip medical debt to pay off the bills of other people in our area. >> the donations really have a multiplied impact. you give $10. that would pay off $1,000 in original debt. so the impact is really multiplied even with a relatively small amount. if you visit websinbc10.com and click on this story, you'll find a link to donate. we just started this effort yesterday. already by this afternoon our viewers donated $1,000, which pays off $100,000 in that

original medical debt. we would love to hear from you if. you get an ve lope. nbc 10 responds erasing medical debt continues tomorrow morning. we'll hear from a doctor who is struggling to pay her own medical bills after she had emergency surgery. now to our first alert weather. sun and then the storms. here's a live look at boat house row. it's quiet right now. it was a sunny and clear tuesday. it's going to be a different story the rest of this week. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking those storms for us. >> it's going to take a couple days before it gets here. but it's certainly going to get here. we have warmer weather coming in tomorrow. it will be the warmest day of the week. thursday, friday period is when that storm is going to hit. it's going to set us up for a dry weekend. we're dry right now. clear skies all day. you can see temperatures near the 50 degree mark and in philadelphia itself it's 52 at

the airport. it's 55 in fairmont. 54 in society hill. penns port, port richmond, pretty uniform temperatures right now. partly because of the wind increase. we have had nothing but sunshine today. but we don't have to go too far to find that moisture. we're dry just to the west, but that's not going to last long because the area of moisture is increasing. it comes from the tropical pacific and that's been this way for a good bit of the winter. storm after storm after storm coming in that way. but that also brings in warmer air so that's why we have had so much rain and so little snow. by tomorrow, more southwest winds start off with sunshine. then the clouds increase. the rain comes in on thursday afternoon as the wind comes in from the ocean. the combination of that easterly

wind, a full moon and the rain because some coastal flooding. some of the rain on the heavier side. on the cold side is the storm intensifies offshore. we have to change to snow certainly in the poconos and possibly in the higher elevations north and west of philadelphia. even could be even farther than that. but the temperatures will be well above freezing when that would happen. that storm is going to be a monster and that's going to cause a lot of wind around here friday and into saturday. the wind gusts not much as we head through thursday nieght. but by friday afternoon, we're gusting 40 to perhaps over 50 miles an hour in part of the area and the wind direction is going to be critical as to how much coastal flooding we get. by saturday morning, we're still gusting into around 30 but then it will diminish later on during the weekend.

i'm john clark. coming up, the phillies will honor roy holliday in a special way. and we have an eagles super bowl winner retiring. that's next.

i'm john clark. the phillies got down 8-0 today to the tigers. the second starting pitcher gave up 3 runs, 2 of them earned. here are the phillys in a shift. martinez with a hit. crawford is behind second and the throw, a little wild.

tigers would go up 8-0. but the phillies fight back. how about reese hopkins. first homer of the spring. fastest ever to one homer in spring training. just kidding. phillies lose, 11-6. roy holliday will be going into the phil lies wall of fame this year. saturday august 4th, he's going in without a fan vote. the phillies will raise a flag for the entire season with number 34. the gm will be going into the wall. eagles punterer donny jones is riding off into the sunset or kicking off into the sunset. he leaves the nfl as a super bowl champ. donny is retiring after 14 years. he has a lot of eagles records for punting yardage. donny says i will always be an eagle and will have a special place in my heart for the city of philadelphia. it's a great honor to be a part of the first super bowl championship team in eagles history. there's no better way to finish my career. the philly teams have been

flying high since they won the super bowl. fliers are the hottest team in hock keir. they are in first place in the metro division. they host the hurricanes on thursday. take a look last night. they won for the tenth time in their last 11 games. they haven't lost in regulation since the eagles won the super bowl. the win in montreal is the flyers seventh straight road win. the best streak in 32 years. they have their sights set on a top seed. >> we deserve some of this. at the same time, we can't be satisfied. there's a lot of games left. we have to keep rolling. >> sixers in miami tonight. the sixers are in the 7th playoff spot now. the heat are two games behind them. it's a good game. remember the phillies special. >> we feed a name for it. >> has that been. used yet? >> just a little bit.

taking over the link with some phillies special trick shots. we're right back after this.

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