cape cod is a location containing ecosystems unique to the new england region. with beautiful sandy beaches and a rich variety of natural habitats, including grasslands wetlands and woodlands, cape cod is one of the most attractive recreational areas in the nation for both tourists and permanent residents. eichner: i think, in general the cape community is very aware that we live in a sensitive area. people come here because of its natural beauty and because of what it has to offer. and we need to take care of this environment. narrator: in recent years, cape cod has witnessed a large increase in its population. stone: from 1950 to current, the population has gone from about 50,000, 45,000 across cape cod to about 230,000 today. so it's been one of the fastest growing areas in massachusetts. this is census data here showing the increase in population. more recently, the red colors are the areas that are growing fastest. narrator: brian dudley is an environmental engineer. his fieldwork contributes to the understanding of water quality degradation across the cape

in cape canaveral, florida, this afternoon. >> cool to watch live right now. awesome. still ahead the reserve deputy charged with shooting a suspect already on the ground turns himself in. >> and he has not entered the race for the white house but chris christie is making national plans the changes he proposed to medicare and medicaid and social security. >> we look back on the life of the legendary percy sledge. >>> a volunteer sheriff deputy has turned himself in after shooting a suspect that was already on the ground today is he charged with manslaughter. marcy gonzales has more on the investigation. >> reporter: turning himself into police today. >> we'll defend this in the court of law volunteer reserve deputy joseph bates is charged with second degree manslaughter for this. the shooting death of unarmed suspect eric harris in what bates claims was an accident. harris was running after trying to sell drugs and a gun to an undercover officer. bates says after chasing harris down he shot what he thought was his taser and it was in fact his gun. >> he knew he errs an

so more moderate rain right around cape may. but for the rest of the evening, we do expect the rain to stay mostly south of philadelphia. there you see more moisture moving in from the washington area. but later on tonight, this will eventually clear out. low 60s north and west mid to low 50s where the rain is in south jersey. 52 degrees in dover right now. so the rain as we go through the next several hours slowly starts to move away. 11:00 p.m. tonight, we should start to see more clearing. overnight into tomorrow the clouds start to break. more sunshine builds in making for a nice day tomorrow. i'll show you that forecast. and we have another chance of rain for the weekend. i'll show you that and the timing, too, coming up. >> sheena thanks. see you in a few. a fight over funding. parents and students saying they're really angry with what they call unfair funding among schools. they want answers from local leaders. so they're hitting the streets this evening. drew smith is live in northeast philadelphia. drew why are they so

showing you cape may, new jersey, it's a dreary afternoon at the jersey shore and parts of our area are getting drenched at this hour, and david murphy is on the way with more on that. as you showed us the picture down the shore we see a rain drop drizzling down the lens and the rain is on the other side of the river and dry here on the terrace after a very wet morning. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan, most of the rain south of philadelphia and fairly light at medford lakes and wilmington and open space in smyrna and parts of cape may county and we'll be fairly damp in south jersey and delaware for the rest of afternoon with this rain line shifting towards the coast and getting off the coast at 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. this is what it looked like before dawn, we had rain north and west of the philadelphia and now of course it has patched through and you can see more to the west of us in baltimore and more that needs to get through, and temperatures on the cool side, 57 in philadelphia and waiting for the winds to turn around in a bit for the northeast and we are struggling to ge

we have some heavy rain to talk about really focused through parts of the cumberland county, cape may county and central and southern delaware. you will see pockets of yellow and orange heavy downpours and they are come to an end this evening. heavy amounts throughout the day in places like georgetown and dover, cape may over a half inch, millville .4 and you can see in wilmington only a tenth of an inch of rain. additional rain a few spritzes in philadelphia that is just about it. less than .2 in south jersey but extreme south jersey and delaware we are talking about up to a quarter inch of rain additional throughout the evening period. the sun will come back tomorrow. temperatures will be up and down, we will address that in the seven day. weekend showers possibility we will talk about that coming up later in the broadcast when i join you inside. >> kathy, thanks very much. >>> $30,000 could be in your pocket if you could help solve two separate hit and runs that took place last night. first was in southwest philadelphia, that one claim the life of the four year-old boy. then anothe

harbor and cape may.y drizzle. otherwise we're seeing the skies brighten up. it should be a nice afternoon. 9:00 a.m., 54. lunchtime, 60 degrees, an increase in sunshine. during the afternoon hours with a gentle breeze and sunshine it should feel good with temperatures holding steady in the low to mid 60s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, couple of days, actually three days we'll be in the 70s now. 69 for tuesday breezy and warmer wednesday combination of sun and clouds, 70. watching a storm system for thursday, right now it doesn't look too terribly impressive, showers and 64. 70 for friday and 73 saturday. >> it's 7:55 we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> reporter: hi, eva and nydia good morning philadelphia, coming up on "g.m.a." the staggering death toll is rising after the massive 7.8 magazine magazine -- magnitude quake struck nepal. another powerful aftershock is rocking the area overnight. we'll bring you the latest updates as we learn m

you can see them over cape may. that's a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. 51 degrees at 5:26. jessica boyington at the "first alert" traffic center. how's it looking? >> it's looking okay. we're looking at route 202, you can see no problems northbound or southbound. we do have road work out on 95. i'm going to tell you if that's affecting your morning drive. >>> that's ridiculous we're out here troubling. >> a community stunned after a woman supposed to be helping them allegedly helped herself. still ahead, the nonprofit leader accused of stealing thousands. there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'

. >>> and this morning, a live look at cape may. another nice start. 56 degrees in philadelphia right now. we could see some afternoon showers. we're tracking that possibility for you. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today" on this thursday. i'm chris cato. and let's begin with meteorologist bill henley and his "first alert" forecast. another nice morning as we step out the door. >> good morning. skies are clear for now. but there will be clouds around. that's a nice view of the comcast center. 53 in philadelphia trenton, allentown and read having dropped down to upper 40s along with millville. but we will get sunshine. and the temperatures will be climbing. 65 degrees at noon time today. neighborhood by neighborhood to show what you to expect in your area when i'm back in ten minutes. right now, let's find out what's happening trafficwise. "first alert" traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> good morning. on the ben franklin parkway, what we're dealing with is eastbound construction. part of that left-hand lane with crew on the

in fact, thunderstorms are just offshore of cape may. it's a first alert weather day for the possibility of severe storms developing later this afternoon and this evening, bringing damaging wind small hail and heavy rain to the area. right now the thunderstorms are just offshore. cape may and atlantic city is where the heaviest rainfall is. then inland farther north and west of allentown and reading, you can see the storms that are passing just to the south of hazelton at this hour. so keep an eye on the sky and plan for some wet weather. 45 degrees and scattered showers at 6:00. 9:00 we'll be looking at cloudy skies. by lunchtime, near 60 degrees and climbing. it's going to be much warmer today. that will help to fuel thunderstorms. we'll go through it hour by hour when i'm back in ten to show you when the storms will likely move your way. but out the door christine maddela is watching traffic on a friday morning. >>> good morning and happy friday. the wet weather, we are seeing that in the traffic cameras. taking a look at interstate 9

route nine in cape may county. good evening i'm dawn timmeney in tonight for lucy noland i'm iain page. when when all this rain stop. chief meteorologist scott williams has the answer. >> good evening iain and dawn. we still have a couple of more hours of that rainfall south and east of philadelphia. that's where it's been the instead yesterday and the heaviest throughout the afternoon as we look at ultimate doppler right now, you can see in philadelphia especially south philly still a few sprinkles and then as you move down toward wilmington new castle county it's still raining but we'll zoom in where the heavy rain continues at this hour. cape may wildwood, avalon moving toward dover also lewes delaware rehoboth beach that's where we're finding some of that heavy rainfall right now. so just keep that in mind if you are stepping outdoors. you are still going to need the umbrella. places like millville over to atlantic city. avalon into dover and georgetown all because of this frontal boundary a cold front that's m

if you're down in cape may county southern cumberland county southern atlantic county you got a little shower popping through. dover about to pick up another one. this one might try to glide up more north toward northern cumberland county and perhaps catching salem county and there's a couple of much lighter sprinkles up by 95. generally speaking most of our rain is to the south this morning. after the rush hour we'll get this cluster of precipitation coming through for about 90 minutes. the rest of the afternoon is gray and maybe a little spite. it is on the cool side. 44 degrees in philadelphia right now, 44 in wilmington, 44 in allentown. about 15 degrees cooler than it was this time yesterday so we are definitely in the pocket of that cool air that accuweather promised. 44 degrees right now on the way to school or the office. then 43 degrees by 8 o'clock. by noon, 45 and notice how the numbers really don't go very far today. just kind of hanging in the 40's with a high of 47 right there around 3 o'clock. not a washout today but just about any time, karen, we could get some spotty d

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dover and millville topping out at 66 cape may 59. i never thought in a million years i would be saying this, the phillies are going for a sweep for the nationals, 1:35 start time, first pitch temperature, 64. by the 9th inning, 68 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 68 today breezy and warm monday, 72 degrees. maybe a morning shower for tuesday, otherwise clouds giving way to sunshine. 68. wednesday looks good, 65. thursday is quiet another 65. friday and saturday that's when the pattern changes again we have to bring in clouds and showers late in the day for friday. periods of rain as the low pressure system runs up the eastern seaboard for saturday. 60 degrees, right now next weekend does not look pretty. that's a long ways away. >>> there's no word on what sparked the fire at penns grove salem county it started at the home 63 delaware avenue and jumped to the home next-door. it took firefighters two hours to get the fire under control. no report of injuries, but both homes have significant damage. >>> a double h

sea isle, cape may avalon, bright sunshine, cooler, you've hit 58.eratures are pulling back as the winds shift in an easterly direction the ocean flow kicks in. sunny mild, 68 degrees, light breeze out of the southwest at 5 to 10. overnight tonight cloudy and cool seasonable, outlying suburbs, 45 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, breezy and warmer monday, 72. for now we'll post morning showers clearing by afternoon 68 on tuesday wednesday and thursday 65 degrees, friday and saturday look wet and cloudy, 66 and 60. nydia? >> chris thank up. >>> now to london and the latest on the royal baby watch. prince william and kate welcome baby number two any day now. all eyes are on buckingham palace. >> reporter: with her due date getting closer, princess kate and prince well -- william making the final preparations to welcome the newest royal baby to the world. the new gender will be a surprise to everyone including the duke and duchess meanwhile kate's maternity wardrobe in the headline with one newspaper saying she spent $40,000

we're still seeing showers moving through parts of cape may county. the feels-like temperature is 38 degrees. it's going to feel cold when we step outside. winds out of the east/northeast at 12 miles an hour gusting up to 21 miles an hour. across the region, 43 degrees in trenton. 42 in mount holly. 44 in reading. 41 in glassboro ch. temperatures in atlantic city 43 degrees. 44 in dover. feels like 38 in pottstown. 39 in northeast philly. 38 degrees in philadelphia. and it feels like it's just 34 degrees in millville. a closer look at the satellite radar shot showing cold and wet conditions. heading throughout today, on and off showers moving through atlantic city and cape may county. and they are moving through parts of the central and northern parts of delaware. so that's going to be the trend today. keep the umbrella handy. it will be light rainfall for the most part but as we head into thursday we'll see more of a moderate rainfall picking up. and definitely by friday you will notice some of the showers and downpours are going to be more organized

as we get through dover, rehoboth beach through kent county, sussex county and bottom half of the cape may county we could see a quarter inch of additional rain before it all comes to an even. during the day tomorrow we will see some improving weather, system moves away temperatures around 7o thursday cooler, high pressure to the north, we will see northeasterly wind so on shore flow keeping it cool and then temperatures will be warming up for friday but we run risk of shower. we will keep an eye on who how that will impact the weather in to the weekend. overnight we have showers, south, cloudy and chilly, low of 47. during the the day tomorrow a nice day sun comes back temperatures above average the high around 70 degrees. as we look ahead on the three day forecast cooler thursday with the on shore flow, friday a shower otherwise temperatures in the upper 60's what about the weekend in kate has more next half an hour we will be back wi >>> reserve deputy in oklahoma who was captured on camera fatally shooting a man in custody turned himself into bay. thirty-seven year-old robert bates

everybody except cape may county. north of philadelphia bucks, montgomery chester county lehigh valley freezing temperatures expected overnight. currently 38 allen town 33 poconos. 34 millville, 47 in philadelphia. here's what it will look like going into tomorrow morning starting your saturday 6:00 a.m. we'll see areas at or below freezing. philadelphia expected to be around 34 deedsgrees. cold start to your saturday. we're watching rain for part of your weekend. i'll show you that coming up. >>> more than 12 hours after an accident in chester county a part of 202 remains closed to traffic. a truck crashed this morning, bent utility poles. crews are working to fix the poles. one lane in each direction is getting by. some customers are without power because of the accident. >>> now to the jersey jam scandal. federal criminal charges are expected to be filed soon in connection to the politically motivated traffic jam on the george washington bridge. sources tell our sister station, former members of chris christie's ad

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rehoboth beach in delaware came in number 9. >> cape may is amazing. >> way to go to cape may. 5:26. a violent scene plays out in new jersey home. police were forced to pull their weapons when they found a man attacking his own parents. >>> robert menendez comes out swinging after federal prosecutors indicted him on federal corruption charges. those stories and more when "action news" continues. at book club they were asking me what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to softball! i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. where's your wife, todd? vacation. discounts like homeowners' multi-policy -- i got a discount on this ham. i've got the meat sweats. this is good ham, diane. paperless discounts -- give it a rest, flo. all: yeah, flo, give it a rest. >> breaking right now gunmen go on a deadly rampage on a college campus overseas. troops are there right now try

a couple hundred people along the lines of what i will put the cape on macs.n't reply to any of them. i didn't apply to any of the because you know if you reply to anybody in the eyes of the hurricane, anything you say is more evidence for the prosecution. so i stayed completely silent. somebody said why isn't jon ronson replied to any of us. they said because jon ronson only replies to men. [laughter] i am like you macs and game of thrones. [laughter] >> i was wondering company said she was in pr. [inaudible] [inaudible] i mean, if she is a pr person she knows what twitter and media too. >> i totally understand what you're saying. she is a pr person. she should've known better. she should have known that power of twitter. i totally get that. she only had 172 followers. when "the new york times" phone her up they said when no is that nobody ever revise. i think justine story is a moment when a lot of things that collide all at once. the image i have in my head is the image of the baby crawling towards the gun. we do not know the power of the weapon. i totally

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he is due to speak later in cape town. how likely is it that he will repeat those comments despite the uptick in violence? >> he is expected to make a speech, an announcement in parliament in about 40 minutes. he spoke to one of the local television stations earlier and he did say that it is a gross exaggeration to say that south africa is a xenophobia country and society. he did say that he has deployed three cabinet ministers to deal with this issue. he says that if south africans have problems with foreign nationals, there are other means to deal with these problems and attacking them in the manner in which they have done is totally unacceptable. we are expecting president jacob zuma to make a concrete announcement later in parliament. now, it is also not helping that some of the political leaders and especially from the ruling party are making ambiguous statements about xenophobia in south africa. we had the zulu king a couple days ago say that foreigners who are in south africa legally must be removed. genie: thanks f

(audience reacts) >> larry: i feel like i have to give you a cape!ur secret identity! >> i'm admiral beardo. i can build really dlaightful furniture with my mind. i can also fly. my one weakness, halle berry. >> isn't that everybody's? >> larry: hmm... we have something in common. my henchwoman halle berry has kidnapped some of your greatest influences, patton oswalt and anyone who ever wrote for the simpsons, and trapped them in her basement filled with mementos from the set of "catwoman." and also mentos, the freshmaker. who do you save and how do you save them? and did i mention -- bwawawawawawawaha! >> i believe that i could save everyone except i would not save halle berry. what i would do is make her watch her performance in storm and i would hurt her -- >> larry: any negative comments about halle berry will always be met with that! yes! (cheers and applause) jean grae, what is your superhero name? >> oh, boy... oh! my superhero name is jean grae. didn't see that coming. my powers are telepathy and telekinesis and i can speak to animals. my one

cape may looks nice, as well.b very tranquil winds officially calm in cape may. the temperature reading on the water, 41 degrees that's a little bit warmer than inland. millville, not quite in the pine barrens, western portions of atlantic in the 30s. reading and allentown 35. a lot of that has to do with what's called radiational cooling. when you have high pressure over top you the winds go calm and the skies clear. the temperatures plummet. we're ten to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. no clouds in the sky the high pressure is sitting right over top of the 76. that will continue to race east and race out to sea. that will allow the cloud cover to get in here by monday other than that it's quiet over the next couple of days. big storms out west, some of the severe weather may occur there this afternoon. this is the tornado alley of our county. wichita, kansas and omaha. there could heavy hitters hail and strong gusty winds and northern familiar the panhandle there can thunderstorms there as well. f

. >>> the rain continues in south jersey and delaware and the steadiest across cape may county. i'll have more in the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> a ship that ran aground was freed this morning, the nordic explorer got stuck in riverside new jersey as the tide went up tugboats were able to free the ship and it was not carrying cargo and nobody was hurt. >>> it's called a kidney transplant chain and the longest one ever in this country is now complete, it involved 34 kidneys and 26 different hospitals, several don'ters and recipients are in our area. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us with more on this story. >> it's remarkable and mind boggling as well. some surge ands call this a chain of love, a huge collaboration that took months and 34 lives were saved including one woman in newark delaware. >> consider myself blessed. >> 61-year-old rosalie corbett is feeling good and back to her daily exercise less than three months after receiving a kidney in the nation's large of the kidney swap, it starte

it will extend into cape may and delaware. the clouds will thin out this afternoon and plenty of sunshine for a quick warmup. look at this. by 4:00 in the 70s today. that's 5, 6 degrees warmer than it was yesterday afternoon. then the clear skies will be chill bring by 8:00. 50s for pottstown and millville. low 60s for philadelphia. by tomorrow morning clouds are here. 5:00 tomorrow morning, 24 hours from now we could see the first showers of the day in the area. sunny and breedsy this afternoon. the winds will help to warm us up today into the 70ed. the weekend starts with 70s on saturday and cooler weather ahead for sub. full seven day forecast with a look at the rest of your work week later. >>> time to get a check on traffic to see how things are shaping up there. >> "nbc 10's" first alert traffic reporter katy zachry has an update. >> issue for new jersey drivers on route 130 both north and southbound. right at high street is closed because of an accident that happened earlier. you can take broad street around that. it's

the marina in cape may county reported the boat stolen today.t has a center console with a dark blue hull. it's valued at nearly $140,000. the boat was last seen at the marina april 1st. >>> from our jersey shore bureau the cold weather blast we've seen over the past few days has local farmers worried about the crop. at sunny slope farms in hopewell township, it's been close to a decade since the peach trees have had to deal with cool weather in late april. while the crops at the farm in the borough are about two weeks behind schedule. agriculture experts say at this point, these farming challenges should not impact how much we pay for produce at the grocery store. >>> glenn, we are not going to get a break from those chilly temperatures. at least not tonight. >> yeah that's right. and certainly hope the peaches survive. love peaches. one of the few fruits i can actually eat. we've got a freeze warning in effect for much of the area overnight tonight. that means the actual temperature going to 32 or below. less wind. not only tonight but for the

for now it's in effect mainly for cape may and kent and sussex county. we'll still be under the threat of some of these more severe thunderstorms popping up until 6 p.m. by 10 p.m. we're dealing with scattered showers near the poconos and our temperatures will to 30 degrees in the poconos. we could see a few snow flurries heading into our overnight hours tonight. you want to be careful, especially driving with these wind gusts close to 30, 40 miles per hour as we head into the rest of the night, evening for your evening commute. this is going to continue into the overnight hours and windy as we head into thursday and friday. we'll continue monitoring these wind speeds. our main concern is the severe thunderstorm warning in effect for cape may, kent county and sussex county. our forecast shows we'll see cooler temperatures as we head into tomorrow and also into friday. >>> a warning from doctors. the drug putting dozens of people in the hospital from our area just this week alone. >>> the push to take over pennsylvania's worst performing schools if they d

you can see the streets of cape may are damp this morning.inue through the morning. there's the wind jesse gary was mentioning. live viewt( here from the "nbc 10"Ñi studios. first thing thisÑi morning. here come the more steady w3 showers, moderate showers moving through northeasterne1 maryland and central delaware. light rain in philadelphia and for allentown into the trenton ok area, there's more wet weather to come. thunderstorms for tç south. first round of thunderstorms i think are going to miss us and then look at the back edge of this. there's a sharp end to thise1 first line ofi] showers so it's going to be a rainy morning. this line of shorms could move through the evening hours. right now it's affecting centralfá 7 átááqq nd into kentucky. severe thunderstorm warning in central tennessee. v; l be watching that one closely for later today. this morning this is why you're umbrellañ1"q$eh brella. it will come in handy. heavy downpours through south xm tart to see a break by late morning and in the afternoon as we get readyxúqju sunsh

water temperature around 47 degrees in cape may. so if you're going to go in you better have a wet suit on. temperatures are a little chilly though this morning, north and west. 34 in allentown. 33 in pottstown. it's 43 right now in philadelphia. 39 wilmington. much of south jersey right now in the low 40s. so before you head out, you might want to grab a jacket. you probably won't want it all day today, though. because the sunshine will warm us up into the 60s. nice-looking dry radar. so that is good news. we don't really want to see the rain on this easter sunday. future weather, though trying to throw a few showers in areas north. as we go through the day, by 10:00 a.m. temperatures should be around 53 degrees, mostly sunny. by noon closer to 57 degrees for your easter sunday. then we could see a few showers areas north, not lang-lasting though, at all, if we even see that. but then we go into tomorrow warmer temperatures, near 68 degrees to start off your monday and this looks good for the phillie home opener. and then the cloud

the unmanned rocket blasted off a short time ago from cape canaveral, florida.ds 4,000 poubds of food equipment. the delivery should arrive friday. >>> groups in south jersey are voicing their concerns over recent cuts to the food stamp program. the food bank of south jersey says it's becoming tougher to end hunger. it estimates about 160,000 new jersey residents lost about $90 at month in food stamp assistance within the past year. and the state is proposing more cuts to the food stamp program. so the food bank is teaming up with the state's antihunger coalition. they're calling on politicians to do more to keep food on the table. >> i think that everybody can agree that they feel like there's a recovery perhaps going on but on the real front lines, you don't see that happening as clearly as you do in other areas of society. >> today, the food bank and the antihunger coalition held the first in a series of press conferences. the groups hope to bring attention to what they call the state's hunger crisis. >>> volunteers at philadelphia's ronald mcdonald house enj

chilly start all around and a dry but a cloudy start at cape may. there's a chance of a late day shower at cape may but the areas that will see them are to the north. they'll blow into the philadelphia area this afternoon. just spotty. light showers. most of the day you're looking at clouds and some breaks of sunshine. just 51 degrees in the pocono mountains. low 60s for allentown, reading, quaker town. clouds and a few breaks of sunshine. a few showers in doylestown and trenton during the afternoon, spotty, light showers. sunshine will break through at times at the shore. 62 degrees for rehoboth cape may and atlantic city. move inland. not much warmer. chillier day by a little bit compared to yesterday. we saw 64 fwht afternoon. the wind will be blowing so that will make it feel cooler. by the time we get to the weekend, warmer temperatures. 68 degrees on saturday. little bit breezy. the winds will die down on sunday. up to 74 degrees after morning temperatures in the 50s and we will likely see 70s before we get to the weekend. the seven day foreca

here's a live look down the shore at cape may, new jersey. we'll tell when you our spring will return in the first alert forecast. >>> today you may hear some booms, some loud noises coming from joint base m mcguire-dix-lakehurt. they'll be doing some operations there. >> six k-9s received bullet-proof vests yesterday. the vests will keep the dogs safe from any injury. now to check in with this week's wednesday's child, she's a little girl who can truly light up a room. she's hoping to brighten up the lives of a forever family. here's sophia. >> reporter: she has a smile that just lights up a room and a love for arts and crafts. we went to the please touch museum in philadelphia to get our hands on some fun. >> i can make a lollipop. >> reporter: she had a great time working the putty. and driving the bus. sophia's developmentally delayed. sri does well at school and enjoys going to math class. >> the family would definitely need to understand that sophia needs direction and she loves routine. when she knows when she gets up notice morning sh

the exception is down the southern coast where there's fog by cape may.ll be burning off before too much longer. 48 in quakertown. 53 in chester and center city. across river in delaware a lot of low 50s glassboro 49. the state of delaware low to mid 50s. if you're out running errands or doing anything else across the region on this saturday. get the sunscreen on enjoy yourself. 62 by 9:00 a.m. 72 by noon and 78 by # p.m. >>> flyers are looking for a new coach and the phillies got crushed again. here's jamie apody. >> reporter: ten coaches in 20 years, that would be the flyers fate now that gm ron hextall fired the coach. he took over where peter left off last year. hextall made the decision on thursday night. now what are we going to look for in the next head coach. >> the right coach gets the best out of everybody. we have young players coming. you've got to get the veterans, as well. hiring a coach is a tough call. we'll do a lot of research and come up with the right guy. >>> doesn't matter if ryan howard hits 4 or 7th, they are not scoring runs. four

satellite 6 and action radar showing a line of thunderstorms that clipped cape may. fortunately well i guess it was not fortunate if you were hoping for sunny, nice, warm weather today but the fact it was cool that really kept any thunderstorms from moving into our region. this is the same system that caused deadly tornado in illinois last night. tomorrow, nothing but sunshine. maybe a few clouds early in the day. 8:00 50. by 11:00, 56, 2:00, 59 and by 5:00 61. temperatures about where they should be this time of year and 6 degrees lot of sunshine. it will be on the breezy side. and winds out of northwest 12 to 25 miles an hour. remember last saturday show, wind giingts up to 45 miles an hour. won't be quite as windy as last weekend. high pressure building rights over us on sunday. the pick of the weekend baby blue sky. loads of sunshine. warmer and less wind with high up to 6le. we deserve this weekend. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast saturday great weather during the day phillies at night. sunny and breezy during the day 62. surprised pick of weekend 68. l

we've seen some light rain in new jersey, cape may. most of that rainfall steadily pushing off shore. you see spotty showers now for delaware county and into philadelphia. steadier rain to the east and to the south has moved back into northern and central delaware. farther north and west the lines of showers will be with us this afternoon and the rain showers this morning, expected this afternoon. that's when we'll see temperatures climb into the 70s. clouds will hang in there today. look at the clearing in the midwest. that's our weekend. that will allow temperatures to really warm up for saturday. for today, not bad. clouds and occasional showers. afternoon temperatures in the lower 70s. the winds will be kicking in. that will help with the warmup. southwesterly winds. seven day forecast look at that. summer like on saturday. near 80 degrees saturday afternoon! sunshine will be peaking through some clouds on sunday. cooler, high of 65. then the clouds take over for monday with rain and possibly some thunderstorms later in the day on

sunshine at cape may. live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. it's going to be into the 70s at the shore today. right now there are some 40s around reading, pottstown chilly in doylestown. all in the 40s to start with while wilmington and philadelphia international are at 51 degrees. right on the shore, cape may harbor 55. 52 degrees in north wild wood. woodbine is down to 40 degrees while it's 50 degrees in sea isle city. atlantic city is 52 degrees. look at the tuckaho reading, 42. range of temperatures to start with. everybody is seeing clear skies and we'll get sunshine today. see these clouds in the south? they don't look impressive until you go farther south. that's rain that's falling in south carolina and georgia. some heavier downpours, too. this is the system that could give us some showers before we get to the weekend. but not today. you'll need your sunglasses. leave the umbrellas at home. 70s with less wind than yesterday. tomorrow less sunshine more clouds and a chance of light showers on thursday. 68 degrees the high temperature.

sky 6 hd taking a live look at cape may, new jersey not much of a beach day quite foggy there, prepare for temperatures to soar to 70 degrees and the chance of skies opening up today especially in south jersey. melissa magee is here with a preview. >> we are tracking the potential of strong to potential storms that roll through noolt afternoon and evening hours as you can see on stormtracker 6 live double scan things are dry and quiet there is low level moisture and are you dealing with mist and drizzle and cloudy conditions outside.

county, also known as cape may. 52 degrees is our current temperature. it is windy. we have 18 miles april hour win. eighty-six per event relative humidity. 6:16 is our sunrise time and 72 is our high temperature with the heavier rain in the morning and thunderstorms in the afternoon. we have a warm front and then a cold front. we may even get warmer than 72 if we get sunshine this afternoon f that happens with that day time heating we could be rocking and rolling with evening thunderstorms. we will break it all down in the the fox future cast coming up but let's say happy monday, really to bob kelly. >> it is a happy monday what are we go to go do we might as well be happy we're here. good morning everybody. road are wet. it will be ayuky morning midday evening rush hours. hopefully maybe you can alter your travel plans a little and move that meeting to tomorrow but if you are heading out the the front door in problems yet the on the schuylkill expressway. if you have that spray kicking up off the cars and trucks in front of you here as you head into do

and parts of cape may starting to see heavier rain moving in.s where you see the yellows and the oranges. this is right along the beaches in sussex county and delaware lewis, delaware dealing with heavy rain. this will be sliding offshore and, again, possibly affecting more of cape may county. but later on tonight, that's where we'll finally see clearing. the clearing's going to be slow. right now, the rain in south jersey and delaware. not until about 11:00 p.m. tonight, close to midnight. we'll finally see most of that rain moving away. clouds are locked in but they clear out by tomorrow morning. so tomorrow, we'll see more sunshine warmer day, passing clouds, through the later evening hours, and thursday we still stay dry for the most part. thursday, still going to be a nice day, and then more clouds late thursday overnight into friday morning, that's when the rain chances go back up again. so rain comes back into the area friday and this could even linger to start your weekend for saturday. for tonight, though cloudy for the entire area rain

look at the sunny view from the marquis de lafayette hotel in cape may. sunday has moved out and a few showers overnight. cool start but that's typical for this time of year. normally we'd be cool into the 40s in philadelphia but it's 52 degrees. a little bit above average. 45 in pottstown, 48 in trenton and 50 in wilmington. those temperatures will be climbing as the day goes on. we could see 70 degrees this afternoon. so the forecast is calling for more and more sunshine and the temperatures that will be climbing into the upper 60s and a little bit of a breeze blowing out of the northwest. that will be topping out at 20 miles an hour possibly some higher gusts, too. go through it neighborhood by neighborhood. right now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. sun glare an issue out there, jesse? >> that's exactly where i was going next, bill. you knew it. on the schuylkill expressway around spring garden street you can see not a lot of volume but you can start to see sun glare. moving a tad slow. eastbound from the blue route

we have a little string of it extending from baltimore through dover and parts of southern cape may countykind of gray and darn feeling to things up north but most of our rain to the south. satellite shows you how cloud cover is going to be an issue pretty much all day long. at times we'll see some of these sprinkles and showers pop through and some might come up into philadelphia in some of the northern suburbs although most of the rain today is probably down in the south and east. we see the wind coming down out of the northeast. no more do we have that mild flow from the south and temperatures have reacted. we're down to 44 degrees in philadelphia, 42 in millville 44 in trenton and honestly these numbers aren't going very far today. as we roll through the day, 44 now. down to 43 by 8 o'clock and by noon 45 and that's about all we'll see for a high. that 47-degree reading that you see right there at 3 o'clock, by 6 o'clock 44. it's in the a total washout but it will be gray and damp and at times periods of rain and drizzle. karen this is probably going to impact roads a little bit. >> su

here's a live look at cape may and it's a beautiful day at the shore.r temperature around 50 degrees. as we go through the afternoon, plenty of sunshine. we'll be warming into the low 60s. right now, we're in the mid-40s south and west. low 50s south jersey and delaware. but things will be improving today, just a little breezy. we'll take a closer look at your easter sunday afternoon forecast coming up. >>> today, new schedules begin for some trains on septa's regional rail line. some of the changes include weekend train number 232. that's going to operate ten minutes later on the manayunk/norristown line. and on the chestnut hill west line, many weekday trains will have different arrival and departure times because of a bridge improvement project. you can get a full list of all of these changes by going to our website, nbc10.com, or checking them out on the nbc 10 app. >>> a landmark down the shore is facing some money trouble this morning. we're talking about lucy the elephant in margate. the press of atlantic city is reporting that a fund-raiser that

in cape may, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> all right. nbc 10 news at 5:00 is next. >> here are jacqueline london and keith jones. >> next at 5:00. why dozens of workers are sickened inside a south jersey business. >>> plus all new at 5:00 it's called the black wall of silence. a novel about church sex abuse. the author is the local priest. why he wants pope francis to read it. >>> and today, gorgeous outside warm temperatures but by the end of the week a little cooler air mass starts to move in. i'll show you how cool and how it'll impact the weekend. >> all right. >>> and septa has an important message it wants everyone to hear. why you need to respect the trains. next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> right now at 5:00 we have new developments on a chemical leak at a south jersey business. sky force 10 was over the scene in hammonton as crews treated dozens of victims this afternoon. you know many of those victims, too, reported feeling nauseous. >> a few complained of a burning sensation in their chest. live at that scene and joining us now

there's the lovely scene in cape may. not beach weather yet.perature getting close to 50 degrees, the air temperature, excuse me, 42. winds are light out of the of the west, northwest at 4 miles per hour. there's the cold spot, millville. lancaster, 33. wilmington, 36 you factor in the breeze it feels like the low 30s for most of the area. feels like 30 in millville and wilmington, 20 in the poconos. 35 in allentown. feels like the freezing mark of 32 in trenton. 35 degrees that's the windchill right here in the city of brotherly love. there's the satellite and radar snow is flying across western pennsylvania this morning, how would you like to be out in state college or johnstown pittsburgh where you have a light coating on grassy surfaces. rain showers across the virginias and the carolinas. more rain to the west. you can see the counter clockwise swirl an upper level feature south of omaha. that will swing through monday afternoon. neither of these will bring too much moisture to the area and it will stay south of the city. if you live in so

cape may 55. dover, 58 degrees. the way it plays out hour by hour for the penn relays, 10:00 a.m., 48 high, thin clouds. 1:00 p.m., sunny breezy, winds out of the northwest 10 to 20. that 55 will feel closer to 50. increasing high clouds and temperatures closing in on 60 degrees. maybe a warning shower tomorrow, clouds and sun monday breezy, sun and clouds and maybe showers during during the afternoon 60 degrees, tuesday not too bad. sunny and winders, 65. wednesday, partly sunny warmer, 69. thursday drizzle and 66. friday, 63 degrees, the only day we're above normal, i think it is wednesday the 69 day. otherwise it's chilly. >> really chilly in the morning. >> reporter: morning hours still cold. >> at least two tornados touched down in kansas. no deaths or serious injuries were reported. they caused property damage and power outages. discover brookside and discover an exciting combination of tastes. rich, dark chocolate covering soft centers. flavored with exotic fruit juices. it's chocolate and fruit flavors like

long neck should be seeing this soon, and heavier rain right around cape may. and that will continue to move offshore. even near atlantic city some showers. and moving in to chester county near lower oxford we're seeing some isolated heavier rain. and also around the philadelphia area, we're starting to see some showers building up for your friday evening. this is continuing to give us dreary conditions tonight. here is a live look at citizens bank park. we still have low clouds out there. and we're going keep the periods of rain in the forecast for the rest of this evening, and also we'll be watching this area of some thunderstorms. that will be getting closer tonight. some of us could see some thunderstorms later on this evening. so before you head out, if you are heading out this evening, just take the umbrella. even by 8:00 p.m. temperatures still mild outside. it's not going to get cold. staying in the 60s by 8:00. the rain still in the forecast. and a chance for a thunderstorm. but nice changes as we go into the weekend. i'll show you that forecast coming

it will move across the virginia capes and the carolinas. we'll be brushed by this. there could showers after midnight tonight around the mason dixon line, delaware, extreme southern portions of cape may and cumberland counties. tomorrow morning brief showers early, otherwise it's clouds breaking for sunshine. clear conditions, early, high thin clouds roll in later on this afternoon. overnight tonight we cloud up. everybody going mostly cloudy. there could showers in this part of the viewing area very late tonight into tomorrow morning. these clouds give way to sunshine during the course of the day. sunny is to tart increasing high clouds in the afternoon. philadelphia 60 degrees, millville, 58, trenton 60 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, clouds and sun for sunday, 63. breezy monday, chilly, 60. the normal high 67. there could showers around during the afternoon. we dry out nicely for tuesday sunny and windy 65. partly sunny wednesday, 69. thursday, not too bad 66 degrees, but lots of clouds, rain and drizzle friday, mostly sunny skies and high