lauren: hi, i'm lauren thompson and this is heart of a champion. today we're flying high with 15 year-old phenom judd henkes who's got olympic gold medals on the mind. judd: my goals are probably...i'd like to make the olympics either in 2018 or 2022. benjamin: what makes judd different to the other kids his age? i would say how much he studies his sport. he's had a lot of time on snow which has helped him build confidence from a young age. lauren: then, though he was born with spina bifida, ty wiberg was also born to compete. ty: it helps my self-esteem knowing that i'm competing at the same level as everybody else. i practice wheelchair basketball, track and

thompson streets. >>> now lets check the forecast with lauren casey.e a wet day out there. >> pack a along that umbrella we have had a round of showers working through, mainry dry conditions say for areas of drizzles but off to the south and west there is a blossoming area of thunderstorm activity across virginia that will continue to move northe as we head in to late morning and afternoon. showers and thunderstorms in store for the day-to-day some could be on the stronger side even isolated severe, high of 61. for tonight meisha lingering showers otherwise quiet and breeze which a low of 45. >> all right, lauren, thanks very much. wet roadways. they have been posing a problem all morning long and they will keep you commute slow. we had an accident westbound vine before the schuylkill that has been cleared but still slow, plus we have an accident 295 north bound pennsylvania, mount holly pulled off to the shoulder but still less than posted speed traveling by. then we have a water main break from carney's point township new jersey, harding highway clos

thompson's 46%. watch nationwide for sensitive back -- against republicans for president trump down the white house. republicans have held the seat since 1994. laureng in a shed. the winner would be the hang seng in hong kong up about 1%. the cost being south korea tacking on a quarter 1%. between japan and 1%. shanghai composite down half of 1%. lea: in europe stocks have been edging slightly higher. cac quarante higher by 23, dx and germany hired by 63. uren: a potential delay to the tax-cut timeline at the market down this morning and decide. dow futures gaining 25, s&p up to. lea: oil and gold both on the rise. higher by 29 cents and $53.69 a barrel. gold higher by 60 cents or 12.70 for a troy ounce. we will find out how busy shoppers were on friday. retail sales for march expected to fall one 10th of 1% after rising one 10th of a percent in january. the spending get a boost get a piece from independence. joining us to discuss that in the state of the overall economy is greg mcbride, chief financial analyst at big great.com. nice to have you back. thanks for having me. tranter first-quarter earnings growing by 12%. do you agree with that? do ex

lauren thank you. new for newspaper headlines across the region. >> a lawrenceville man admits to minor to stream conduct on line. three two-year old curtis thompsonuilty to one count of child pornography, he admitted using facebook messenger and face time to communicate with the victim. >>> dole air county much better to be a buddy then a bully. that is message of the chichester school district is introducing as they roll out buddy benches designed to encourage inclusive necessary. every school in the advertise trick will design its own buddy bench f a child is nervous, lebly, sits on the bench another classmate will say hello good idea. >> reading eagle this is one for ages, thousands attended victory parade for reading high school basketball team. red knights paraded down 13th street to celebrate the team's first state championship win on march between the section sixth, congratulations. >> that is a look at newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. >>> well, controversial pepsi ad featuring reality star kendall jenner is now history. >> ♪ >> pepsi pulled commercial i have air after 24 hours after it day booed, millions, slammed the ad on