tavares is being processed right now. we're told tavares is the father of three small children. he works for a day care. he has no criminal history. >>> a judge has entered an order authorizing the sale of the former revel casino to florida developer glen straub. of course we've been here before. the deal is expected to become final come tomorrow. straub is getting the property for $82 million, which is about four cents on the dollar. the judge's order does not resolve one sticking point the rights of former business tenants to continue their once straub reopens the property in atlantic city. >> ♪♪ >> sun was bathing down today a soldout citizens bank park. we got that right with the warmest temperatures of the spring so far. welcome to opening day for the phillies. live at the stadium tonight is "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist. hello, sarah. >> reporter: hi, there jim it's been a perfect afternoon here at citizens bank park except for the score. boston hitting a grand slam just a few moments ago in the top of the ninth making it eight-nothing red sox. phillies not even

>> jim, southwest detectives say that maurice tavares was wreckless when he fired the shot in the recr. his attorney says he was an outsider defending against an angry mob. 26 year old maurice tavares walked into southwest detectives with his girlfriend and attorney saying his back was up against the wall firing in a rec center. >> anything regrets or anything you want to say to the kids? >> no. >> on the rec center teenagers on the court in the middle ever a basketball game. he got into it with spectators and another coach and he pulled his gun firing once. no one hit. >> 15 to 20 people were approaching him. some had hands inside of their hoodies gesturing as if they had a firearm. others calling his name and cursing at him telling him this would be it. >> unfortunately he doesn't abide by the rules recusing cop flikts and create it. >> and they are not buying self-defense saying he would have called 911 or got help from the fire directs, anything but fire the coach. >> and directly firing the coach with the person he is about arguing with and that is wrong behavior and wrong displa

tavares pulled his gun firing once.was hit. >> 15 to 20 people were approaching him, some of them had their hands inside their hoodies, gesturing as if they had a firearm. others were calling his name cursing at him telling him that this is going to be it. >> unfortunately he doesn't abide by the rules he should as a coach in reducing conflict and creates a conflict. >> reporter: the detectives aren't buying self-defense. they say tavares could have called 911 or gotten help from the police district. >> what agitated him to that point is clearly wrong behavior an wrong display in front of the kids. >> reporter: he didn't stick around saturday. the chester delaware county man says he had a permit to carry and he had his gun because he had been shot in the leg while coaching a game in philadelphia about two years ago. >> he's upset. he's scared. but by all accounts from the people we've interviewed, what he did that day was completely within the bounds of the law. >> reporter: tavares' attorney says this father of three s

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can't clear it out and tavares takes advantage. islanders win a crazy game, 2-1 in overtime and take a 2-1 series lead. coming up in sports our carol maloney with the caps talks to them about why they think they could come back tuesday and win game four. send it back to you. >> look forward to that thanks di. >>> up next at six, it looks like a full-scale emergency, dozens of first responders called to the green belt metro station and put to the test. what they have learned today to keep all riders safe. >>> and the seven-hour rescue operation to save a puppy. we are >>> families and officials held a moment of silence in oklahoma city to honor the 168 people who were killed 20 years ago today. thor is mope took place in the space where the federal building cons stood. former president bill clinton addressed the crowd. mr. clinton thanked the entire state for showing such tremendous camp position after the bombing, a reaction that became nope as the oklahoma standard. >> you had to choose farsighted love over blind hatred. you had t

the suspect maurice tavares turned himself in this afternoon. police are disputing claims that he fired that gun in self defense. doug shimell is joining us tonight with that part of the story. doug? >> reporter: 15 to 20 people were approaching him, threatening to pummel him. >> he says the crowd was threatening him at the christyrec center. >> he got mad and he shot the gun in the air and that's when i was scared. >> we just heard shots fire. >> police say when the home team coach came over to break up the verbal fight, maurice tavares fired one round, he says to defend himself. >> the gun was not pointed at anybody, it was not fired at anybody. >> detectives say the only hole they found was not in the ceiling, but near a window above the bleachers. >> there was an argument he pulled out the gun and fires a shot. >> his client got a gun and permit after being shot in the leg coaching another game. now the father of three with no prior record. >> you should avoid the confrontation and get back to the game and let the kids play. >> we tried gett

investigators say tavares fired his gun once directing the shot at a coach he was arguing with.one was hit. >> 15 to 20 people were approaching him, some of them had their hands inside their hoodies gesturing as if they had a firearm. others were calling his name, cursing at him. >> unfortunately he doesn't abide by the rules and creates a chronic. >> tavares has been charged with aggravated assault and other offenses. >> turning to accuweather. almost to 60 degrees but that's not the whole story for this morning. >> a little bit damp and cloudier today than yesterday. storm tracker six live double scan shows that you in some parts of the region and we hard have some rain. the big area is down by wilmington and salem and some of this pushing up into chester county although that stuff looks pretty broken and light. the heavier cell is that yellow you see creeping into areas of southern new castle county delaware, and salem new jersey probably picking up a little bit of that before too much longer. that darker shade of green around wilmington is a little steadier. elsewhere it's r

ly a election ovechkin and john tavares leading their respective teams. a soft goal give did you know here. but the caps respond late in the 1st period. brooks laich applies the pressure. game tied at one after one. all islanders after that, though. john tavares with a clean win. midway through the second period islanders add to the lead. josh bailey scores on the second effort. three unanswered goals to win 4- 1. dave owens has more from the verizon center. >> reporter: kristin, this series was billed as one between two teams very evenly matched. however, it didn't appear that way on the ice tonight, the islanders taking game one thanks to two things. better execution and better effort. >> our effort wasn't as high it is a needs to be. >> it's going to be game by game. >> lack of execution. i think we need to think quicker and move our feet. >> reporter: the caps were also thwarted by someone they know very well in a former teammate. >> i don't think we had enough shots. consequently, not enough rebounds and scrambles. i think he saw everything for the m

investigators say tavares fired his gun once directing the shot at a coach who he was arguing with.ople were approaching him. some of them had their hands inside their hoodies gesturing as if they had a firearm. others were calling his name, cursing at him telling him that this is going to be it. >> unfortunately he doesn't abide by the rules he should as a coach in reducing conflict and he creates a conflict. >> tavares has been charged with aggravated assault and other offenses. >> turning now to accuweather seems like more and more folks are seeing rain right now. >> yeah, little bit wider spread on that. storm tracker six live double scan shows you there's a pretty big area of green across philadelphia and especially areas to the south. you can see how this is just clipping philadelphia, delaware county and parts of southern bucks and montgomery countiy montgomery county. trenton also picking up a bit of this but the bulk of it is over south jersey and delaware right now. wilmington catching a little bit of a break. some heavier cells highlighted in darker shades of green and ye

jonathan tavares scoring to give them the 2-1 lead. tavares is the first to score in 21 years. meanwhile, the chicago black hawks lead their series with the nashville predators chicago leading there one 4-2. game 4 of the best of 7 series takes place on tuesday. finally, the all black star king of rugby looks as if they are going to have to do it without star fly off aaron crudon. a cruciate ligament injury. final at the last world cup his replacement stephen donald kicked the winning penalty. as david will recall. >> thank you lee wellings, thank you, for this newshour, you've got felicity barr in a couple. >> more desperate survivors more deaths at sea. as the eu promises to do more for those risking their lives to cross the mediterranean. ♪ >> hello there i'm felicity barr and you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up: dozens reported debt after the saudi led coalition attacks a missile base in the yemeni capital. >>> tension between the u.s. and iran as the washington post journalist is reportedly charged with espionage. >>> and grief in ethiopia.

in the third tavares comes charging ovie checks them into the boards, admiring his handiwork. that opens things up, he scores, 2-1 islanders. the caps trying to tie the game. jay beagle looks like you put in the rebound, but it hits the crossbar instead. no goal. caps lose 3-1. then as time expires, pushing and shoving. here comes the fireworks kellye. cannot wait for game seven. >> there were flashes of it tonight. we have to tighten up defensively. we had our chances. we will have to make sure that we learn. robert: nats in miami, strasburg looking for his second win. he looked good early on. hechavaria, he has no shot of hitting this curveball. don't you love how they freeze like that? bottom of the fourth, the marlins get on the board. giancarlo stanton, down the left-field line. martinp prado scores, 1-0 marlins. in the dugout, stras has some words for the pitching coach. after the game come he said it was a little frustration, leave it at that. nats get shut out, 8-0. o's-red sox, extra innings. david lough smacks one. walkoff come a solo shot. that is all she wrote. o's

his name is maurice tavares, also gosz by robinson. a youth basketball coach, fired a shot at a youth center saturday. got into an argument with fans outside christy recreation center. when other coaches intervened tavares pulled out a gun and fired a shot at him. there were about 70 people in the gym at the time. luckily no one hit. >>> police in dover found the father of a little boy found wandering by himself this morning. the child was found near colony drive and dover by a neighbor. at first police didn't know who he was or who his parents or guardians were. again, police have learned who the child's father is. count on nbc 10 for new information in this developing story. >>> philadelphia detectives are investigating an apparent murder in the city's king sessing neighborhood. a woman found inside a row home on willows avenue. police are not telling us how the 36-year-old died. detectives say there were no signs of a struggle attachment a look at the damage to the store in philadelphia's frankford section. skyforce 10 over the scen

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in the third tavares comes charging ovie admires his check into the boards, but he is busy admiring his handiwork, and it's 2-1 islanders. less than six minutes to go, the caps trying to tie it. jay beagle look like he put in the rebound, but it hit the crossbar, no goal. the caps would lose game six 3-1. hoops, the wizards have a commanding 3-0 lead over the raptors, the first time a bullet/wizards team has ever started a series 3-0. otto porter gave the wizards a comfortable lead in the last five minutes with huge threes, and he has been producing this entire series. in the second game, he finished with 15 points, nine boards. last night we caught up with otoo and asked, what is going on. ottwhat's been going on with you lately, are you eating your wheaties? otto: it's playoff basketball. i'm just trying to help the team. coach: when he goes out and applies himself on both ends of the floor and plays aggressive good things happen. he solid. -- he's solid. robert: nats in miami, strasburg looking for his second win. this game still in progress. strasburg looking good early. hechevaria

surrounding this series like how the caps handled new york speed led by 24-year-old sense ace john tavares. these two teams are very similar, which makes this matchup very interesting. >> they have the leading scorer in the league right now. we have third and fourthis. their defense is lard to you and -- i think it's going to come down to who executes. >> we're excited about the challenge, at the beginning of the playoff run. we know there's a couple teams we have to go through and, you know the islanders will be the first team we have to go through now. >> let's look at how the schedule shapes up. the first round of playoffs, game 1 and 2 wednesday and friday 7:00 start with those games. you can watch them on comcast sportsnet. we'll have more later tonight on "sports final." >>> a few more scores wizards and hawks in action right now, the wizards are up 29-14 in the first quarter. also a final round of masters taking place. jordan spieth just 21 years old, at minus 19. no golfers in the history of the masters has finished a tournament at 19 under. phil mickelson is tied for second at 14

tavares scores the game-winner, the islanders win 2-1. the islanders now lead the series 2-1. coach: i think you can feed off your crowd. i felt we fed off of ours and they fed off of theirs. they were playing pretty good hockey. we have to pull the momentum away from them. robert: the wiz have the upper hand in their series against the toronto raptors, winning in game one. bad shooting from john wall and bradley beal, but paul pierce up the slack. game two on tuesday, the outcome may not be the same. last year, the wiz stole the first two in chicago and eliminated the bulls in five games. bradley beal says that game two was always a challenge. bradley: it's the hardest one, but that's the beauty of this whole process is the challenges each step of the way and excepting and embracing it and stepping up to the challenges. his staff only not going to be easy. but we have to view it like it is 0-0 again. robert: nats with a chance to clinch their series against the phillies today, and the chances are pretty good with stephen strasburg on the mound. he went 7.1 innings, giving up

tavares putse1 it home. game over. 15 seconds into the extra frame.the you. >> thank you, danny. >>> time to check in with carlc quintanilla for "nbc nightly c news." carl? >> the desperate search forxdok survivors after açó shipful of refugees capsizes. hundreds aret( missing. >>> latest onçó the tulsa shooting that left an unmannedt( man dead. an interview with the victim's loved one. >>> a drug that's showing promise forlprcancercçó patients. >>> a fixture at the ballpark when we see you for "nbc nightly news." back to you. >> looking forward to it. >>> we'll be right back.zv ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out... ...and take it. and the ones who do... ...these are the kings and queens of america. ♪ >>> it is the most delicious day on delaware's calendar and it is all for a greatxdxd cause. chefs turn sslpxd served up the tastiest dishes for thet(Ñixd celebrity chef brunch helping mielest( on wheels raise money for hot meals out to thousands

let's go down to the rink and joe's with john tavares. >> joe: after that one, john do you have anything left? >> of course. this crowd has been tremendous and, you know we've got an opportunity and coming into today, that's all we wanted. we want to come back and play here again. certainly it's going to be a heck of a game. >> joe: what turned out to be the difference in this game? >> you know it's pretty tight. i thought we just stuck with it. we had a great start. you know it was tight through the second we had a lot of chances. puck didn't want to go in. we finally broke through and were able to hold onto the lead. >> joe: a lot of people talked about the inability to score goals in the last three games. what changed in this one? >> still a pretty tight game. without the empty netter, we got the extra goal. we were harder to play against. we made it harder on holtby and we have to continue that. >> joe: the atmosphere here all the talk about this building do you expect to come back? >> of course. we're going there to win. we want to keep moving on and playing here. >> thanks for your

let's go down to the rink and joe's with john tavares. >> joe: after that one, john do you have anything left? >> of course. this crowd has been tremendous and, you know we've got an opportunity and coming into today, that's all we wanted. we want to come back and play here again. certainly it's going to be a heck of a game. >> joe: what turned out to be the difference in this game? >> you know it's pretty tight. i thought we just stuck with it. we had a great start. you know it was tight through the second we had a lot of chances. puck didn't want to go in. we finally broke through and were able to hold onto the lead. >> joe: a lot of people talked about the inability to score goals in the last three games. what changed in this one? >> still a pretty tight game. without the empty netter, we got the extra goal. we were harder to play against. we made it harder on holtby and we have to continue that. >> joe: the atmosphere here all the talk about this building do you expect to come back? >> of course. we're going there to win. we want to keep moving on and playing here. >> thanks for your

john tavares giving the isle -- check this out. i've got the highlights wrong. that's backstrom's goal. this is what you get for reading the scripts. tell you what. coming up on game on overtime i'm going to tell you what's going to happen there. how ouabt that? >>> at the park guess who came to ball today. let's see if i can get this one right, stephen strasburg, 7 1/3 innings and struck out seven, earned his first victory this season and the offense getting him just enough run support, coming up matt williams with strong words about strasburg. we've got a great show coming up, so matt williams talking about his guy. >>> orioles and red sox dueling in beantown. adam jones decided to make the baseball his own personal little pinata, 5 r.b.i., red sox rallied. we'll tell you how it all ends up on game on overtime, a lot of good stuff coming up. >>> we've got serious weather tomorrow? >> yes. heavy rain just can't seem to escape... another sneeze attack... you may be muddling through allergies. don't get caught off guard. try zyrtec® dissolve tabs. powerful allerg

john tavares for the put back. and, can't clear out. a little mix up there. they take advantage, new york does. islanders won a wild one. 2-1 in overtime. taking a 2-1 series lead. >> we did good things for sure. we can improve on. some other things. yeah. just new the to game. going out there battling. executing. obviously you try to capitalize. you take it. this is all about having a short memory. want to make sure we are better. >> head to baseball now. nationals hosting the phillies. making his season debut after recovering from surgery. he went 1 for 5 today. bottom of the fifth. rbi double from ian desmond. jason worth brings him home. desmond coming around second. scores easily. and heads to second on the throw. the nats jump to a 2-0 lead. steven strasbourg on the hill. had it going. seventh inning. gets ryan howard to go down swinging. seven strikeouts. just one run allowed for steven strasbourg. gets his first win of the season. the nats take it 4-1. winning 3 of 4 in the series. what's coming up on sports final. carol maloney in new york. >> all is

the islanders big star tavares won a face-off. that led to the goal right there. that means the caps lose home ice advantage with the islanders. game 2 is tomorrow night at 7:00 at verizon center. got to come back. go caps. >> playoff hockey is unpredictable. as long as you get in the tournament you can win it. >>> coming up this morning we're hearing from the teen who admits to vandalizing a local synagogue. he said he's not sorry he got caught, but for his actions. >>> a high speed chase turns into a deadly shooting. why police had no choice but to open fire. >>> loo >>> a deadly end to a high speed chase on the streets of houston, texas, is all caught on video. it started yesterday afternoon when the driver of a blue chrysler sped off from a traffic stop. that driver crashed into other cars, forcing him to surrender. he then got out of the car and appeared to reach back inside and that's when an officer shot him. the driver was killed. >>> well we are waking up to a little bit of a cool temperature. it says 52 degrees. but i think the sun is going to come out l

it was tavares with the game's big play-off the face-off. he had found ryan strom. quick strike score and puts the islanders up 2-1. and that's all they would need. caps unable to get much going on offense, and they would drop game one of the series 4-1. the best part about play-off hockey though you get to move on and you get to do it in a hurry. the caps are going to have to regroup when they come back here on friday for game two. we'll have the reaction coming up a little later on in sports. go on the list jim, about everything that went wrong. >> all right. thanks carol. >> thanks carol. >>> still ahead, it's a new crime fighting tool and d.c. police could soon take to the skies with them. only on news4, the drones that could soon preserve crime scenes in the district. >>> plus, a virginia mother's outrage after she learned a teacher's aide hit her autistic son. >>> and listen up terps. why you could soon buy beer at bird stadium. we're just getting started. >>> four yirs 4 traffic. 94 south right lane shu >>> d.c. police are considering using drones to preserve

his name is maurice tavares. he also goes by maurice robinson.afternoon. police say tavares got into an argument with fans inside the recreation center and when the other team's coach intervened they say tavares pulled out a gun and fired a shot at him. there were about 70 people snield the inside the gym at the time. i'm chris cato. we'll have another update in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest on the nbc 10 news app. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello everybody. hoda hasn't slept in three days but we're going to get the party started. it's funday monday, april 6th. we've got a jack packed show. >> giuliana rancic is here from "fashion police." she's going to talk about a lot of things, the fashion police group, talk about joan and herself and her health and how she's doing and some of her personal and professional struggles. >> she has a new book out. we're going to dish about all of the celebrity headlines from the weekend including how beoncy an

the islanders' best player john tavares picks it up and puts it in and the islanders win in overtime. take a 2-1 series lead over alex ovechkin and the capitals. >>> marathon monday in boston. the weather looks iffy. good luck to all the runners. and you have a great monday. >> thank you guys. >>> how about more highlights. we got another one for the highlight reel up next. new trend at wrigley field, catching foul balls with your beer. >> and what channing tatum has lost but now found. perhaps his clothing? tatum has lost but now found. perhaps his clothing? [touch tone] introducing freeze it, from discover. it allows you to prevent new purchases on your account in seconds if your card is misplaced. not here... ♪ and once you find your card, you can switch it right on again. hey...you're back! [touch tone] freeze it, only from discover. get it at discover.com. ufferers. one tried the newest allergy spray which could take several days to feel the full effect of relief. the other took claritin-d which starts to work on allergies with nasal congestion in 30 minutes. the moral? nothing w

. >> tavares said only had the weapc center because he was thet( victim of a shooting at a basketballtheq exact date. within the past couple years. >> now i did ask himfá if that game was in philadelphia. he said yes. i also asked his[m if he had any video evidence or photographsok pointing to the fact that his client said his life was in r danger. he said he spoke withc st detectives nbcw3fá 10fá news. >> today fans s)1f welcome home to our phillies. opener didn't turn out the way we hoped, the season is still w3 young, of course. john clark joins us live from citizens bank park. hey, john. >> they always say there is anouner 161 games+to go after > i meanÑi it's going to be emotional for me. i talked with cole a little bit. you know i asked him not to embarrass me at my firstÑi at b

maurice tavares was arraigned before a judge today. his bail was lowered from $500,000 to $150,000. police say he got into an argument with spectators and another coach at christie recreation center in west philadelphia. they say he then pulled a gun and fired a shot. no one was hurt. >>> the man accused of holding firefighters hostage at montgomery county fire house has now been officially charged. investigators say paul jordan was upset over being fired from the lamott volunteer fire company that he took four firefighters hostage before eventually turning himself in to police. paul jordan faces a number of charges including kidnapping and making terroristic threats. jordan is being held on $1.5 million bail. >>> supporters of abu jamal are protesting the medical treatment given to the convicted cop killer. they show these pictures show mistreatment. he suffered eczema which left his body covered in blisters and causing him to go into diabetic shock last week. >> united we'll never be defeated! >> some of abu jamal supporters gathered outside the philadelphia district attorney's of

the islanders' big star tavares led to the goal there. the caps lose home ice advantage for the rest of the series with the islanders. game 2 tomorrow night at 7:00 at the verizon center. hopefully the caps can turn it around. >> a great time of the year. you have hockey basketball. baseball starting up. weather is turning nice. but playoff hockey is intense. >> really is. >> like every single moment. it's intense. >> yes. >>> the new information we are learning about the man who flew the gyrocopter on to the capital. what he told the secret service a few years ago. >>> a clear and cool start to the morning. when you'll be able to ditch your coat today with the weather and traffic on the a new form of innovation is taking shape, bringing media and technology together for more people. together is more wi-fi access in more places. it's a home you control with the touch of a finger. it's reimaging tv to give more people more choices. it's bringing technology and people together in ways you never thought possible. comcast and time warner cabl