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. >> reporter: andrea is director of horticulture at the ladybird johnson wild flower center in austins a woman ahead of her time who knew if people began to care about the flowers, they'd begin to care about the planet. >> she was very sensitive to the importance that nature plays and wanted to share that with people. and the joy of the wildflowers and the joy of nature. >> reporter: so lured by the lupines they come. a picture a must. but there's indian paint brush too, and so much more if you stop to look. >> it's magical, you know? just one little minute of spring. >> reporter: though texas is still in a drought, winter rains have brought a bumper crop of wildflowers this year. our gratitude to lady bird, who used to say where flowers bloom so does hope. harry smith, nbc news, austin. >>> that will do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. night. >> lights, camera, access. >>> they love to tweet. eat a burger. i eat burgers. >> as giuliana gets the too skinny once again, kelly clarkson gets shamed for the o

all was the electric co-lid scope showed within the one hundred and 50 foot glass doom of the horticulturerough a series of screens and glass projecting intervenes the doom of the inside making it appear like an iridectomy 15 story glittering optimal a virtual sunset from crimson to save fire remolded across the skies and comment and planets changing color and sdoefg into fluttering spots of light that e volkswagen revoked birds and busters next what the jewels at 43 stories at all in the center of the fair it illustrated the skylight like an enormous layer cake and crushing it with columns of statutes but that was resign that dusted that with one hundred and 2 thousand large austrian cut glass in candy colors like a sugarcoating of precious jewels they're a rare collectables and to midnight the towers ear hit with spotlights and it looked at a million fireflies had awe limited on that you may have noticed my apparel i came from my time machine where i 2k3w5r9d this from the tower of jewels. >> wow. >> no one's is going to miss one from the one hundred and two thousand; right? >> so lastly

spring is in bloom thanks to the horticultureal society, this is the west plaza of the comcast center. it features pansies and it will be on display here tomorrow and then the flowers will be used at beautification projects at two schools. it's located at the k-9 headquarters in northeast philadelphia, police say it's econventional for their four-legged officers to stay in shape and it replaces previous equipment that was old and out dated. >>> if you had one word to describe the flyers future it could be uncertain. >> craig berube has not been fired but also not given a vote of confidence by the front office. gm, hextall is still making up his mind. berube has a year left on his contract remains employed. the to men did not talk since sunday. hextall says it's time will come when he is good and ready and that is not now. >> i will be methodical and not make a quick decision or apiece people, i will do whatever i can to do the due diligence and then we'll let people know when we get there i won't make a hasty decision and look back and regret it. >> as a team as a whole he will not mo

like the congestions the significant wear and tear on the streets the city has not asserted that horticulture puc has taken over the city with their 5 to $6 cab rates when our cabs go to the airport they're outnumbered in the city the airport complains and wants to raise the airport fees if the puc has taken over 70 percent of the airport rides and three to four hours for a fair the domino effect is the reduced income to all the drivers forcing them to seek employment to other places and some color schemes in shops they've reorganized and the rest desperately seeking to keep their heads above water this is the elephant in the room when the medallions were - >> thank you, ma'am your time is up. >> i urge you. >> chin (clapping) (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, members of the board i'm going to try and speak to you with a balance of reason and emotion i think i'll go for the emotion first, i have a message for travis san francisco cab drivers don't need no stinging app to find the emergency room of any hospital and take people there we do it in the back of our minds is rea

at the horticultural center in fairmount park the sun was shipping on ceremonial drumers. the beginning of grand finale of subtrue cherry blossom festival, 1,000 people expected to attend the open air event that fosters better understanding of japanese customs. a sea of people, estimated 30 to 35,000 came to main street manayunk foods festival. consensus eating was great and warm, sunny day outstanding. >> it makes me literally feel the same way, bubbly and sunny. i'm normally bubbly but the weather has been like giving me a bit of function. this is definitely up lifting. >> it's a nice lift out of the seasonal depression. it makes everything better. >> it makes life better yeah absolutely. >> indeed it does. mix in music and some folks felt like dancing in the streets after a long, cold winter an a chilly early spring just being outside on a day like this was a helpful, much-needed tonic. >> i love it. it feels g i've been waiting for this since december 20 something the last nice day we had. >> sunshine was indeed liberating. a day to be outside. in manayunk, john rawlin

it kicks off with an opening ceremony and tree planting at 9:30 at the horticultural center in fairmont park. >>> the mummers are known for their music skills, but a number put on their dancing shoes to raise money for charity. it was dancing with the mummers in south philadelphia. 9 mummers apartment in -- partnered with local dance instructor with a sold out crowd. our proceeds go to our lady of hope regional catholic school. >> they are good. i love that song. 6:38 now, it is tax time, a taxing time for many people. next on "action news" sunday morning, we breakdown whose catching a break and who is getting hit hardest this year. plus what you need to know about your money before sending it in. >>> 6abc loves the arts is up next. sky6 live hd taking a live look at center city on our temple university camera there. it's a little great many out there this morning meteorologist chris sowers is up next with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i think sunshine is coming our way, we'll have to wait and see. we work weekends here. because it works for our patients. here, at cancer

that is the delaware horticultural center. they're renovating their backyard. lots of people want to raise the money, but the people supposed to pay it looks like they won't have to. but again a lot of people here want to hear oitsg. we'll have more from the valley later. >>> police in clegschester county are looking for victims of a sexual predator. daniel milowicki is charged with sexual assault. he worked as a deejay at weddings and children's parties. they say an aspiring model came forward after being lured to his home. police searched his home they say they found hundreds of child porn images and up skirt videos. he used his job to prey on victims. >>> very hard when you're a krupg young woman twriing to make a living not to take these gigs. >> call police if you have come in contact with the suspect. >>> an early morning tragedy at a parking lot. p p. >> a school bus driver hit and killed killed by her own car. randy gyllenhaal is live to explain what happened. >> reporter: this happened last night, she had just finished her final route of the evening. s

transformed into an urban oasis the first pop-up garden of the season, presented by the philadelphia horticultureal society. it's covered in nearly 13000 flowers they look pretty. the decorations will be around one more day tomorrow and all the flowers will be used to beautify two local elementary schools. >> it looks like my yard this afternoon, doing some shoveling and putting some shrubs in and that sunshine is in control north of detroit, suppressing and holding the showers into the virginias and carolinas for now. lets take a look at the temperatures, 70 for philadelphia as well as trenton 68 in wilmington and 67 in millville, however because the winds are light this afternoon a sea breeze has kicked in and see the change in direction of the wind here, the line that is only 5 miles inland that is the easterly wind taking over and bouncing against the shore it's only in the 50s. speaking of color i took this picture in the afternoon in my yard of the magnolia tree popping and bursting with color and the cherry trees and forsythias and dogwoods. i shared this on my facebook page, thank you for t

nbc 10 in center city where the philadelphia horticultural society created the first pop-up garden of the season. look what else popped up right there. >> fanatic. >> the philly phanatic. it's all to get ready for comcast cares day coming up april 25th. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> philadelphia district attorney seth williams donated more than 2,500 to raise awareness for a.l.s. also luke gehrig's disease. williams along with his cousin wayne presented a check to the a.l.s. foundation. he lost more than 50 pounds to help raise the money. the fight is personal for him as his cousin suffers from a.l.s. >>> a milestone today for correctional officer cadets with the prison system. nbc 10 at abraham lincoln high school in northeast philadelphia where the cadets graduated today. ceremony was held this morning. mayor michael nutter served as the keynote speaker. he congratulated the officers and presented them with certificates. >>> for months they've been debating what to do about an $80 million budget gap. now it appears new jersey transit will indeed be raising its fair. w

activities got underway at 9:30 this morning at the horticulture center in fairmount park. >>> nbc 10 news today continues in just a moment with another half hour of news. police arrest a mother for allegedly leaving her disabled son alone for days in the woods of philadelphia. she and her son are both in the hospital. nbc 10's jesse gary has more on that. jesse? >> reporter: yeah her son is trying to recover inside children's hospital behind me and the mom under arrest in the hospital. we'll have the details of why and what happens next coming up right after the break. >>> and i'm tracking plenty of sunshine on this sunday, plus warmer temperatures than what we saw yesterday. i'm also tracking showers. i'll let you know when they'll return. that's coming up in my seven-day forecast. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go

all was the electric co-lid scope showed within the one hundred and 50 foot glass doom of the horticulturerough a series of screens and glass projecting intervenes the doom of the inside making it appear like an iridectomy 15 story glittering optimal a virtual sunset from crimson to save fire remolded across the skies and comment and planets changing color and sdoefg into fluttering spots of light that e volkswagen revoked birds and busters next what the jewels at 43 stories at all in the center of the fair it illustrated the skylight like an enormous layer cake and crushing it with columns of statutes but that was resign that dusted that with one hundred and 2 thousand large austrian cut glass in candy colors like a