gallen live on the field with a look ahead, and a special look at everyone's favorite mascot, the philly phanatic coming up in just a few minutes. >> one of the most popular events in philly is underway, it is restaurant week. >> that's right. in manayunk, chance to check out some of the great restaurant for a reduced price, the fun started yesterday with the annual spring street food festival. featuring 75-foot trucks on main street between now and friday, you can enjoy some great cuisin at manayunk restaurants, three course meals are 15, 25, and $35. >> katie, do you go to the restaurant week? >> i haven't -- down there yet, but when you said 75-foot trucks, oh,. >> add foon trucks are amazing. >> i feel like we need road trip, yes, let's do this. sounds like plan to me. off we go. fifteen minute from now we'll take sebastian, our team mascot apparently, step dog, guys, if you weren't with us before the break, a stuffed dog. real dog to jim, that's all that matter. let's take you out to the eyewitness weather watchers, generally speaking, so many pretty typical temperatures at this hour, temper

. >> it's the phillie phanatic.ay be looking at a new career in our weather department. >> he's actually really good. so we'll show you that video coming up. you don't want to miss it. >>> also rain in the forecast before the week is over. so you won't want to miss this. >>> temple university hospital and the gift of life donor program want to spread the word about life saving organ donations. nbc 10 in north philadelphia where they help tell the stories of people who have been saved through organ donations. it is all part of national donate life month. today's event ended with a flag raising ceremony to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. >>> the united network for organ sharing tells us one donor can save as many as eight lives. we did some research and found out right now there are 12,000 people in new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware waiting for an organ donation. if you want to register to donate your organs, there are two ways to do it. first, you can sign up at the dmv through your driver's lice

the phillie phanatic was on hand for this worthy cause. >>> chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast update. things are really nice. >> reporter: we have a ton of sunshine. let's look from our temple university camera. look at that shot. brut blue a beautiful finish to the weekend. 60 degrees in philadelphia. if you're not sitting at 60 at this hour you're close. 59 in reading and allentown and millville. wilmington, 59, dover 58, and the poconos 58 degrees. satellite and radar, the big story is, there isn't much of a story this afternoon. high pressure in control, everybody east of the mississippi river enjoying sunny conditions. the winds are shifting out of the west/southwest 5 to 10 miles per hour. there's an area of low pressure getting better organized coming off the front range. warm front slicing through the great lake states, underneath that the air a warm. memphis, 77 degrees, wichita, 72. dallas, 75. as the low marchs east, the 70s march east, as well. looks like we'll tap into that tomorrow and tuesday. as a matter of fact, quite possibly we could reach

we all know who this guy is, the philly phanatic. selling item here at the ballpark is anything with the phanatic. did you know that? he's major league baseball's number one mascot. this is news to you, huh? i did my home work. i just learned this today. >> you now have lipstick all over you. a first for everything, right? my first kiss from the phanatic. happy baseball season, everyone. back to you guys. >> that's terrific. >> should be like elvis on the "ed sullivan show" we shoot him from the waist down. >>> if you can't make it to the ballpark, turn on nbc 10. catch our pregame special at 2:00 followed by first pitch at 3:00, all right here on nbc 10. >>> governor wolf is saying he will not support a new abortion law that's up for vote in the house today. he calls the republican-backed bill unconstitutional. critics say the bill would give the state the most restrictive abortion regulations in the country. the bill would ban abortions after 20 weeks. the current law bans them after 24. supporters say it's a needed update to the c

off an initiative today to help fight hunger across the delaware valley, first base coach and philly phanatic joined philabundance in philadelphia, announcing the fans feeding fans initiative. they presented a $40,000 check, this is the sixth year for the food drive. the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for 8 million children... the presidency is the toughest job in the world and she's the one who'll make a real difference for you. i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. >>> looks like we are done with the rain for a while. here is cecily tynan and accuweather. >> on the cool side the next two nights but double scan live radar after working overtime tracking the showers, we got a .25 inch of rain it's all dry tonight and what a fantastic afternoon. i got this beautiful photo

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>> ahead of monday's game there was a peppily rally in the hospital lobby today and even the philly phanaticsaw joined in on all the fun. go get them, matt. >> um-hmm. >>> if you want to take a step back in time, you don't have to go very far. >> there's spot in montgomery county that serves up great food an hearty doze of nostalgia. in tonight's taste tori she introduceintro this real gem. ♪ >> reporter: welcome to the 50s. checkered floors, red leather booths, records on the wall a spot for johnny b. good and homemade american comfort food. like chipped beef the classic club, and cheeseburger soup. >> wash down my cheeseburger soup with milkshakes. okay. >> make this doo wop diner in east norriton is true gem. jenn restaurant has been a happening spot for more than 40 years. serving breakfast all day on its original counters in an original setting decorated by owner linda bellow in 1974. >> my sister and i had just done a dance at our church. somebody said you love doing that 50s dance why don't you make it like the 50's. >> a many familiar spot with something to talk about at every table

>> ahead of monday's game there was a peppily rally in the hospital lobby today and even the philly phanaticsaw joined in on all the fun. go get them, matt. >> um-hmm. >>> if you want to take a step back in time, you don't have to go very far. >> there's spot in montgomery county that serves up great food an hearty doze of nostalgia. in tonight's taste tori she introduceintro this real gem. ♪ >> reporter: welcome to the 50s. checkered floors, red leather booths, records on the wall a spot for johnny b. good and homemade american comfort food. like chipped beef the classic club, and cheeseburger soup. >> wash down my cheeseburger soup with milkshakes. okay. >> make this doo wop diner in east norriton is true gem. jenn restaurant has been a happening spot for more than 40 years. serving breakfast all day on its original counters in an original setting decorated by owner linda bellow in 1974. >> my sister and i had just done a dance at our church. somebody said you love doing that 50s dance why don't you make it like the 50's. >> a many familiar spot with something to talk about at every table

and of course, the philly phanatic joined in the festivities. >> it is not quite swimming with the sharksclose. >> how you can get a brand new view of sharks, at the adventure aquarium, plus: >> it is heart breaking, she is just a kid who want friends to play with. >> a boy is left high and dry by all his friends on his birthday. but he's feeling the love now. we'll show you the huge outpouring of support after his story went viral. katie mcginty for u.s. senate, calling her "a champion for working families." the 9th of 10 kids, her dad's union pension and social security made all the difference. in pennsylvania, mcginty helped implement obamacare and expand coverage. trump and toomey have attacked obamacare and social security. to fight back, president obama wants mcginty in the senate to protect women, families and seniors. vote in the democratic primary, april 26th. mcginty: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message. >> the federal railroad administration says the two workers that were killed may not have been told the track was being reopened to train traffic s they want amtrak to

look at this, the philly phanatic can't take it. the crowd goes crazy, and by >>> australia revealed a new design for its $5 bill, they may have to pay people to use it. this is the new $5 bit note. it is the first bill getting a resign and each bill will feature a different species of native plant or birds, but it's the bright design that has drawn mostly negative reactions on twitter. one user called it visual vomit. >> nice. >> another said it looked like monopoly money. >> the queen doesn't look happy. they've got a picture queen. >> because of the amoebas right by her face. >> all right, okay, it spins. >> yes, it does, we open. >>> that's going to do it for this edition of eyewitness news. >> make sure you are back afternoon for eyewitness news first at 4:00. enjoy the rest of the day. >> see you back at 4:00. he say's we should punish women who have abortions. there has to be some form of punishment. they're rapists. and that we should ban muslims from coming here at all. total and complete shut down. donald trump say's we ca

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very special birthday celebration down at the bank this weekend, because our beloved cookie, philly phanatic, has a huge birthday coming up. >> that's right. >> so, we don't really know the age of the fanatic, do we? >> he's very sensitive about his age. >> come on, how long have you been around? you know we have the same birthday. >> do you? >> he's just a lot older, that's all. >> you roo really slamming the phanatic. >> i don't mean like that, but just saying, come on, look at him, seriously. >> do you have understanded, egg is he his protector, so he gets very upset. >> i see. >> but very hungry today. hasn't had breakfast. >> i'm sure not that big after deal. >> who is further until. >> calvin, they're all friends, they came over to see the fan at glike the phanatic has friends, really? he's probably trying to hide from the fan at glike you can come back out, it's okay. >> just saying, this is all for his birthday? why does he get such a big celebration? >> what is wrong with you? >> just saying. >> just letting you know, iggy hasn't had breakfast this morning. >> no one cares about wha

dupont children's hospital lobby, of course, starring the philly phanatic >> judge so fantastic, so wonderfulner just days away, wouldn't you know of course we've got snow in the forecast. but it, does not look like it will be all that chilly for the home opener. that forecast for you in a second. first quick check with the eyewitness weather watcher network, a lot of observations in this hour. many of them right around the 40 degrees mark so cooler by comparison for sure. margo checks in, 41, sunny skies, for her, and it is definately feeling cool and crisp, as she said, nice clear start though across that area, taking it further inland, we go on out toward the downingtown area, where don reports also full sunshine, and she is definitely rooting on novanation, this afternoon. so, again, we are so proud of those guys. well done. let's take to you one more, 41 degrees, there you go, taking it full screen. phil report again full sunshine in north wales, that's what you are starting off with here, guys, we take you next, if we can get over, storm scan3, notice, what's happening just off to the n

tell you about actually in this weekend wendy because she's wearing a phillies jersey it's the philly phanatic'sark. so that will be celebrated the there. but before then or maybe even after you can enjoy skura sunday part of the cherry blossom festival going on for couple of weeks here in philadelphia. today it's going to be really special at the horticulture center at fairmount park from 9:30 to 5:00 with life music and dance performance, cultural demonstrations, martial arts even a little bit of karaoke a great time in the park today. what kind of day is it blossoming into, dave? >> it's great because i can go there and do karaoke one of my favorite past times, sue. this is the life -- picture with our frost advisory dully chun now. 8:02 it was up just a minute ago. stops 8:00 o'clock. because of that we are looking at temperatures which are into the 30s but climbing top of the hour numbers just coming in. they're warming up nicely. 40s right now. one twenty four places a 30 like woodbine, new jersey and cape may county. mace lanning cold but up to 33 now. so we are climbing. on our way up to

. ♪ >> phillies fever hit dupont hospital today. phanatic getting the kids fired up.ymented faces, waved the rally towels as the philles' home opener fast approaches. we'll have special coverage starting at 2:00 followed by the first pitch at 3:00. april 11th is the date. that's only on nbc 10. >>> so, when you are national champions you are treated like a rock star. >> villanova head coach jay wright got a phone call from president barack obama. >> your team showed grit and really high character team throughout the thing. it was a pleasure to watch and congratulate all of them and tell jenkins that he looked pretty cool out there. taking that shot. i'm looking forward to welcoming you guys to the white house. >> thanks for calling. very nice of you. >> congratulations, coach. bye-bye. >> thank you. take care. >> you know what, the president didn't do so well with his brackets. he picked villanova losing to kansas in the elite 8. >> his bracket destroyed. >> how about jenkins. what obama said. calling him cool. he's going to savor that. >> in the archives at home. >>

not a good night for the phillies either at the ballpark. a dummy which the phanatice mets and the mets had four solo homeruns two of them by david wright in the first inning phillies who don't hit and don't score lose five-two. nfl draft i don't know if that's going to get anything better gets closer for the eagles thursday, april 28. so many things can happen for the eagles. eagles the have the eighth pick in the first round but again they got to do a few things to move if you they want to get the quarterback. now la rams traded for the first pick obviously to take quarterback the eagles now have a tougher challenge if they do hope to move up and get that qb. they would have to trade lot to move up to number two. >> i think you got to weigh the reverse, too. you know, about being conservative and that's in life in everything do you there's risks walking down the stairs, howard. you almost fell down that ramp as we walked in. >> not a risk for me. i'm not going to pay 20 some million dollars for a quarterback if i trade up end doesn't make it. the flyers let's be hon

. >> we'll be giving away prizes all throughout the day and the phanatic will be there. >> the phillies may be taking on the reds in cincinnati for opening day and fans will have the opportunity to cheer on the team and xfinity live is hosting a free watch party and they're doing things big. >> baseball's back and it's opening day. >> at xfinity live you can watch the phillies play on a 32-foot screen and there will also be giveaways and you will get the chance to meet former players. >> gary matthews. >> if you can't make it down for the party you can still participate. >> we're encouraging fans to wear phillies hats no matter where they are throughout the day. so whether you're at work or watching a game on tv, listening to a game on the radio. >> reporter: so here's the deal, if you can't get down here today for that watch party all you have to do is wear your phillies hat, take a picture of yourself, upload it #capson and you still have an opportunity to get your hands on some of those prizes. reporting live at xfinity live i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> pamela, thank you. >>>

. >>> phillies fever hit dupont hospital for children today. the phanaticetting the kids fired up at a pep rally. they painted faces and waved the rally towels. as the home opener fast approaches, a look where anticipation is building ahead of monday's home opener against the padres. no tickets, no problem. nbc 10 is your home for your needs, monday, the pregame show at 2, followed by the first pitch at 3:00 here on nbc 10. >>> there will be a lot of fanfare for the phillies' home opener next week t same could not be said for the triple a affiliate. the iron pigs. the iron pigs were set to open up on the road against the syracuse chiefs. the bad weather is forcing them to open up a coca-cola park instead. the only problem, fans cannot attend due to the logistics of the switch. the opener you can watch is set for april 14. >> no fans. >> so strange. you need that energy to feed off of. >> sure do. >> up next, boy. counting calories. >> everything you need to know about food labels, that is soon going to be changing perhaps, a proposal that might make you wan

the phanatic is the number one selling player on the phillies team. fios is not cable.ed differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. now get super-fast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just $69.99 per month, online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. fodeveloping drugs to fight deadly diseases. as a scientist, i know there's more that washington can do to help families. i'm running for congress to protect planned parenthood funding so more women get cancer screenings and treatment... to pass a ban on fracking in the delaware river basin to preserve our clean water, and to always protect medicare and social security. i'm shaughnessy naughton and i approve this message. is it keeps the food out. for me before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. just a f

the phillies are also paying tribute to the wildcats. the team tweeted this photo of the phanaticvillanova emblem. >>> now nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley.ç >> 12 minutes before 6:00. it's a cold one this morning. clouds are moving through, actually blowing through the area. those are cold, gusty winds. it's 32 degrees in philadelphia. winds are gusting to 24 miles an hour. right now it's 11 degrees colder than yesterday. it's cold. it is going to be blowing through the area through the day today. most of the area seeing clouds, everybody's going to see that wind. we'll continue into the afternoon hours. 21 mile-an-hour wind gust in allentown, 28 miles an hour in wildwood. riding in on those winds, some very light snow showers. you might see a flurry or two. steadier in radnor, just approaching the villanova campus. during the day it will be out of here. we'll get sunshine. not much of a warmup. 40s this afternoon. with the wind blowing, those numbers will feel like they're in the 30s during the day today. colder tomorrow, the wind dies down tonight. wit

. >>> the phillies are also paying tribute to the wildcats. the team tweeted this photo of the phanaticissing the villanova "v." >>> matt delucia has been up all night with the players and fans in houston. matt. >> rosemary, i did not get any sleep, i can tell you that. a lot of people behind me in the team hotel will have a sleepless night as well. the celebration continues. we're going to hear from some fans, coming up. >> also, keith's perspective. it's no secret, nbc 10's keith jones has always been in villanova's corner. he's a villanova grad, manager for the basketball team when he was in school. ahead, we'll get hisç reactiono their championship victory. >>> 34 degrees. the wind is blowing. it feels like it's in the 20s this morning. winter is making a brief comeback. 4:38 the time. hour by hour forecast just ahead. ♪ i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms®. we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female annou

phillies jersey today. >> also got to wear one of those fanatic crazy hats the girls had the nick purr too, where you have the phanatica good look. >> oh, going little too far here. >> no way, it is a good look. >> no. you know what went a good look? listen, i am looking, absolutely not happening, kate. >> i okay, fine, but that's what your christmas present will be, whether you like it or not. all right, let's take a look outside, guys, we have little weather to traffic right now. and that wet weather is very likely going to be with us for the next couple of hours. now, what you notice at this wider storm on storm scan, is that you have goss things starting to quiet down little built, little bit of driver weather as go back to the virginias, even kentucky, eventually what's over our area. soap, for now, still dodging generally light showers, but, you know, it is enough to put damper on phillies game, right? don't worry. it does look right now like this will be clearing out in time for first pitch. there may still and spotty shower around, but it is not going to be anything like what we are currently finding or what l

phillies home opener he placed a pretty good throw to carlos ruiz his second pitch that was even better. he proposed to his girlfriend, you see the nod of the head there. enthusiastic yes and excited phanaticartnett was shot in an ambush back in january as he sat in his cruiser. he is now on the mend and it look like they'll have a wedding in their future. >> beautiful. nicely done. >> we'll be right back. eighty six million adults have a serious medical condition called prediabetes, but ninety percent don't know it. you may be one of them, and your risk of developing type 2 diabetes is higher. the good news is that you can prevent or delay diabetes. talk to your doctor about a simple blood test for prediabetes. sponsored by nacdd with support from the centers for disease control and prevention. visit cdc.gov/prediabetes a little child with big dreams. dwight evans. first a community activist. a legislator at 25. always looking out for us. he worked to create a thriving commercial district. and he's brought new grocery stores to underserved areas. dwight evans is committed to revitalizing neighborhoods in all of philadelphia. he'll be a block by block congressman for us. i'm dwight evans a

phillies home opener he placed a pretty good throw to carlos ruiz his second pitch that was even better. he proposed to his girlfriend, you see the nod of the head there. enthusiastic yes and excited phanaticartnett was shot in an ambush back in january as he sat in his cruiser. he is now on the mend and it look like they'll have a wedding in their future. >> beautiful. nicely done. >> we'll be right back. ifbut find it harder and hardert to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. >>> for don, justin and everyone here i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. we're always on at cbsphilly.c cbsphilly.com. the late snow with stephen colbert is next with steve martin. >> have a good night, family and sleep well. >> announcer: if you're looking to make more money and take control of your