>> a real hero will help kick off the philly's home opener today. philadelphia police officer jesse hartnett will throw out one of the ceremonial fish pitches before the game. you probably remember he survived being shot several times after getting ambushed in his car in west philadelphia back in january. >> also, before the first pitch, head to cbs philly. com for everything you need to know to get ready for the phils home opener. see how they're putting the finishing touches on the ballpark and get katie's updated forecast for the game. it is all right on the home page of cbsphilly.com. >> well, property taxes are about to go up for some homeowners. >> who is paying moran what's behind the spike? >> plus former nfl player gunned down in what appears to be a case of road rage. the interesting connection between the superbowl champ and his suspected killer. >> and, a celebration ends in tragedy. when an explosion rips through a crowd temple. who is being blamed for this deadly blast when we come back. >>> ♪ >>> cyclists holding rally today at the uni

the country. >>> welcome home, phillies. the boys are back in south philly today for their 2016 home opener and we have you cover all morning long on what's new and what's happening today at the ballpark. >> tracking rain, it should be clear by first pitch but we are expecting showers across our area. during the morning commute, grab the umbrella. it's 5:30. good monday morning. welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's bring in meteorologist bill henley. bill, i know it's going to be rain. all i heard was clear on first pitch. >> if you do a vai sikahema run, you might be able to avoid the rain drops because they're light and scattered, light showers in philadelphia into the trenton area. steadier now in chester county. those are going to be clearing out for this afternoon's game. the temperature, that's going to be warming up. we're already warmer than it was over the weekend. no sign of anything but rain this morning. 40 degrees in doylestown, wilmington 44, 46 in millville and low 40s

another run scores to give the phillies a three-run lead. and in the ninth, the bull pen han an achilles heel, no the today, gomez strikes out walker swinging. phillies win and take the series 5-2. >>> the flyers clinched a playoff spot yesterday, will play their season finale tonight against the islanders, a game rescheduled due to january's blizzard. >>> carly lloyd and the women's team taking on colombia, coming on the heels of a complaint filed last week by five team members, looking for pay equity in the men's squad in the second half things pick up. check out the play, julie johnston makes a sick play in the box, chips it over the keeper, 79th minute johnson with the header. usa wins 3-0. >>> meanwhile the masters third-round leader and defending champ jordan spieth quadruple bogeyed to lose the lead. danny willett has a two-stroke lead. back to you. >>> time to check in with kate snow for a look at what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." >> well tonight we've got the latest on the shooting death of the new orleans former saints defensi

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 cu

that leads into fishes pitch at 3:05 for the phillies and padres. park, pat gallen, "eyewitness news", back to you guys. >> thanks a lot, pat. >> we'll be right back with three things you need to know before go. >> it is three to go next. acidity was in my diet...much that it was damaging the enamel. i wanted to fix it right away. my dentist recommended pronamel. he said pronamel can make my teeth stronger. pronamel is helping me lead the life that i want to live. >> before you head out the door three to go. >> three things you need to know today. >> autopsy could be performed today on cabrini college student found dead over the weekend in west conshohocken home. >> new pole released overnight find more americans trust democratic frontrunner hillary clinton, than they do gop frontrunner donald trump. >> it is opening day at the ballpark, phillies hope to continue their two game winning streak as they face the san diego padres, first pitch 30:00, a now less check on weather and traffic. >> yes, looks at though the wet weather should hold off in time f

the phillies tied up for two and the very next batter, freddy back on the phillies would win this one walk off fashion. 3-2 is your final score. >>> over on the ice, capitals with a 2-0 series lead as they head to philadelphia tomorrow night. the big reason for the dominance has to be the play of their goal tender braydon. he stopped 60 of 61 shots he's s incredible play. no fluke. he's first in play-off goals against average and save percentage among active goalies. a huge boost for this team and they can't help but marvel. >> making saves all over the place and sometimes you're just shocked when he gets the stuff. i mean, he's so good. he's such an unbelievable goalie for us and wins games every week and done it all year. >> he's so calm back there and makes these big saves and gives the guys energy advantage and we feed off that a lot and build off that, i think. that's what we did. >> game three, caps and flyers tomorrow night. you can watch that i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message. narrator: an attack ad from the campaign for donna edwards. so untrue. s

we have live team coverage of the phillies home opener today. first alert meteorologist bill henley will let us know and we begin with tim furlong who is hanging out with fans outside of the ballpark. >> it's bittersweet news with the death of ed snider. it's a little bit of a sad day, but you can see on a positive note, they're putting the barriers up because that is where at 2:30 today the players will parade into the stadium with the marching band and hopefully kick off a good home opener day. it has not been a perfect season and they won two against the mets and at this point maybe we'll have a three-day winning streak. >> and the fans will come out. >> we sort of, by chance, i think that flyers flag is flying at half-staff there. again, everybody here thinking about ed snider here. sean, you've been to how many home openers? >> our sixth in a row. >> what are we making here? >> loaded baked potato soup. >> we'll talk about that after the cameras are off. >> where are the kids? >> they're sitting in the van trying to warm up today. >> reporte

the phillies lost. caught up with fans as they left the ballpark. >> win or no win, i'm still with them. >> i've been with them since i was a little kid. yes, sometimes they're up. sometimes they're down. >> even with a loss, fans tried to be positive. after all it's just the beginning of the season. >> a lot of positive emotions and people seem to be excited about the season so i think it will be good season for us. >> reporter: and people ukee and jessica just kept talking about the weather after this weekend they really enjoyed kind of that spring like weather today for the home opener. the phils will be back at it tomorrow night at 7:00 o'clock here at citizens bank park. reporting live tonight, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you david. chances if you were at the ball yard you spent the middle of the seventh inning getting in stretch. but why is it done it's tonight's good question and nicole will have the answer in just a few minutes. more than 39,000 east coast verizon land line phon

. >> before we see the phillies, lots of green, katie tracking showers will make for wet commute. will the wet weather move in in time for the home opener? >> also, this morning, a car crashes into a bucks county home. what the driver does next shocks the home owner. >> more of results every brand new pole released overnight. today is monday, april 11, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. what a crazy weaken of weather we had. started with a check on weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> good morning, happen mine day you guys, back at it, roads are looking good, nice and dry, just construction, what we are dealing with, but looking light out there. >> certainly wet weather we are tracking, however, we have to deal with the wet weather for the morning drive t does look like this will be pushing out with time. does it get out in time for the phillies, though, that's obviously the big question. i think it could still be a little damp. but right now looks like it is the wet, actually, pretty light rain. not talking about soaking rain here. but it is enough it sl

if you're heading to the phillies home opener as i am welcome the padres into town and the phillies back with a win. the first pitch temperature 64. in the 9th inning we're holding on to 64. a nice opening day weather for you. into tonight and tomorrow morning, the 5:00 a.m. view another round of rain comes in with the cold front. you can see how the rain is with us tomorrow morning. so two straight wet rush hours. by 1:00 p.m., most of the rain is fading away closer to the shore and we return sunshine into play tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today's high, 65 degrees we have the morning showers, but afternoon sunshine returning and tuesday rain mainly early with sun in the afternoon and high of 58. wednesday, 58. thursday, 62. friday, more clouds, but a high of 60. could be late-day rain there. the coming weekend looking okay, clouds and sun on saturday, high of 61 back to 68 partly sunny and milder happens to be the next phillies game sunday. phillies fans most of the weather for the ballgames looks good. remember if we're not on the air we can check the latest o

the phillies lost. caught up with fans as they left the ballpark. >> win or no win, i'm still with them. >> i've been with them since i was a little kid. yes, sometimes they're up. sometimes they're down. >> even with a loss, fans tried to be positive. after all it's just the beginning of the season. >> a lot of positive emotions and people seem to be excited about the season so i think it will be good season for us. >> reporter: and people ukee and jessica just kept talking about the weather after this weekend they really enjoyed kind of that spring like weather today for the home opener. the phils will be back at it tomorrow night at 7:00 o'clock here at citizens bank park. reporting live tonight, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you david. chances if you were at the ball yard you spent the middle of the seventh inning getting in stretch. but why is it done it's tonight's good question and nicole will have the answer in just a few minutes. more than 39,000 east coast verizon land line phon

the girls ran off. >>> welcome home phillies. y's home opener a day filled with excitement and hope tcht players paraded into the stadium through center field. of course the phillies didn't win but fans we spoke with say better days are ahead. after a dreary morning the weather even cooperated and blanketed the stadium in sunshine. and a touching moment to begin the game. philadelphia police officer jesse hartnett threw out the game's ceremonial first pitch. he was wounded in the line of duty back in january. watch this. after the pitch hartnett down on one knee proposing to his fiancee. and she said yes. so we say congratulations to the happy couple. beautiful. >>> and we'll have more highlights from today's game coming up at 6:00. plus, a follow-up to an nbc 10 investigation. we exposed delays in hurricane sandy rebuilding program. now we're taking complaints from frustrated homeowners straight to the man in charge. and a programming note if you are looking for "nbc nightly news." the broadcast will air at 7:00 p.m. right after

good thing, the phillies are coming home. nice to play in tomorrow's weather as opposed to yesterday's weather. 42 degrees right now. the wind is calm. 5 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. the average high is up to 62, but we were only 43 yesterday. 50 today, but 66 on monday. 62 tuesday before the temperature actually goes down during the day once the front comes through. temperatures now in the low to mid-40s for the most part. 36 degrees, 38 in mount holly. the light southerly wind right now is going to become a stronger southerly wind tomorrow and that is going to be pushing those temperatures up. we've got clouds moving in from the west. we've got rain moving in from the west. not all that heavy in western pennsylvania. the second batch will be more significant so go through the morning, it's not going to cool off that much compared to the way it is right now and then once those morning showers move out, some sunshine breaks out in the afternoon. it's going to be nice for the phillies tomorrow afternoon and some sun c

gomez, line out to ends the game. philliest win of the season one-nothing, the final. >> check this out. today the red sox against the blue jays, boston's political owe at the plate, swings so hard he breaks the belt right off his pant. who needs it? tosses it. finishes at bat. he is 5-foot 11 and weighing 255 pounds. ment big guy. sixers final home game of the season tomorrow against the bucks, before the game, owner josh harris will hold a news conference, expected to name brian co-angelo as general manager of replace being sam hinkie who retired sunday. >> third round of the masters, defending champ jordan spieth cruising along, bogeyed 17, double bogey on 18, won, and had one shot lead going into tomorrow's final round, which is going to check outright here on cbs-3. >> all right, he's been leading the whole time. that's great. thanks so much, leslie. when we come right back with you, some kids get great day of basketball hoping their skills with the sixers. a look at all the fun when "eyewitness news" returns. stay with u

the phillies lost the game to the padres by one run today. and even though the team didn't win, fans tell us they believe better days are ahead. >> we're in the rebuilding stage so we're heading in the right direction. a couple of years we'll be where we need to be. >> 82-80. >> just over .500. you'll take it? >> yep. that i'll take. >> and the phillies took time to honor ed snider with a moment of silence before the game. >>> another touching scene at the start of the game today. philadelphia police officer jesse hartnett threw out the pitch. he got on one knee and proposed right on the field. and she said, yes. you recall the officer was ambushed and wounded in the line of duty back in january. >>> delays in the hurricane sandy rebuilding program years after the storm. the nbc 10 investigators go to the top to get answers for frustrated homeowners. >>> plus a growing threat. why the nation's health experts have a new warning about the zika virus tonight. >>> and, thieves often steal cigarettes but not every day they make off with this much

the epa. >>> welcome home phillies. the 2016 home opener is just hours away. if you plan to visit citizens bank park, there are new sights, eats and family fun along with the game. >>> light showers in the area right now as we take a look at citizens bank park. in the 40s. headed to game time, temperatures in the mid-60s. 4:30 right now. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast and talk about those showers this morning. bill? >> you'll need an umbrella this morning. the rain is coming down. light rain from south jersey to delaware and pennsylvania. any frozen precipitation stays to the north. we won't get the rain/snow mix light rain. it's already tapering off for now in chester and delaware counties, into upper montgomery county. rain will be on and off this morning into early this afternoon. 45 degrees in philadelphia. it's 44 in dover and trenton is 41 degrees. we'll see a big warmup. by game time, we'll be dry. 46 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00, still light rain in t

the sky right now, it comes through over the next couple of hours, does it get out in time for the phillies game? that's the questionment and i'll have much more on the first fitch forecast coming up. for now looking at wind speeds, out the south, but cool breeze, any time the wind picks up where i am standing it does feel cool. although it is coming from the south. generally from, say, five to ten even upward of 15 miles per hour depending on location, noticeable breeze, nothing strong or damaging for that matter. as the day progresses well there you have it, by 3:00 p.m., 62 degrees, skies trying to clear, it bodes welshing eventually the wet weather clears out of here but it will need some time to do that. in the meantime, it is not just a damp start to our monday. it is actually damp start to the week in general, because more rain on the way tomorrow. it looks like that will be the wettest day of the pack, although temperatures do start to ease up with time, we eventually can bank on the return of sunshine, not just for one, but for several days. so, the full forecast is coming up a bil

here's the phillies game tonight. cloudy skies, it's going to be chilly. 54 degrees for the first pitch. 52- in the 9th inning. people dress down at the ballpark similar to what you saw in washington. there were a lot of people in layers an jackets. there's chance of a shower bring along a poncho or rain gear just in case. rain and drizzle overnight tonight, as well. for the weekend it looks cloudy on saturday. future tracker 6 showing north an east there might be sunshine around at times. occasionally back on the west we might dig a little in. the chain in the forecast is partly sunny to mostly cloudy with sunny breaks. union game chilly in the 60s, 4:00 game fine, phillies game bundle up a little bit. 89 next change is sunday. the neck rainmaker wants to come in faster and faster now it's going to be hear at the time you get up on sunday morning. few you're returning the broad street run look for a steady rain. later in the afternoon and evening we'll have a chance to break up the clouds, the phillies are scheduled t

for the 2016 philadelphia phillies? well, some young players, that includes herrera, mikhail franco, today's starting push err, aaron nola, we got a taste of last season, even more of a taste this season as he is the de factor ace with this philadelphia phillies team. these players are hoping to make it an enjoyable one. i caught up with cam on rough, phillies starting catch here talked about that topic and more. >> we're excited, you know, we have got a lot of young players, come out every day, and you're going to get 100%. you know, a lot of energy, and we're having fun playing the game. you know, didn't start out the way we wanted to in cincinnati but we pulled it together in new york, hope to keep it going. >> cameron rupp talking about the start of the 2016 season for the phillies on the road, they dropped the first four games, but had a nice come back in the last two up at city field in new york against those mets, and we'll hope that they can bring some that far mojo here to citizens bank park today as they start

the coast by dinnertime. that bodes well for phillies fans who have tickets tomorrow night. mostly sunny, wednesday, cooler, 58. 62 on thursday, sunshine there. clouds increase on friday, 62 degrees, late in the day or at night there's a showers building. most of the models suggest the showers will be done on saturday morning. for now we'll call it clouds to sun. improving with the temperatures, 64 degrees. but the real payoff comes sunday and monday about a week ago i told you it looked like around the 16, 17th or a 18th of ape we would get a ridge of high pressure with mild air in it. there you see it. 6 degrees for the high and probably the low 70s for monday. >>> i like that. >> reporter: he is already getting a cold. >>>dy say that out loud? sorry. coming up on 6abc it's an all new "dancing with the stars" they will pay tribute to the some of the most memorable disney films. ginger zee will perform to beauty and the beast and spoonful of sugar that's a few of the lands performances. disney is the parent company of 6abc. >>> the duke and dumps of cambridge continue their

that bodes well for the phillies. i'll have more on the home opener call and another round of rain for tomorrow morning's commute that's ahead in the seven-day forecast. so much for precipitation, we're done with it. we're a little wet as you travel on the schuylkill expressway, looking live at montgomery eastbound traffic heading toward center city. we had an accident, single vehicle on the schuylkill expressway that spun out and hit the guardrail. this is the boulevard, southbound traffic light volume touch slow, but not bad at all. on the ben franklin bridge, a few more people up and about coming into the city. no major delays on the ben. they are doing emergency construction on 422 eastbound right now. this is in douglassville closed between monica creek road and old swedes road. stick to center road to get around the temporary closure while they do the emergency roadwork. >>> a fight left two people injured. one stabbing victim flagged down police. while officers were rushing him to the hospital. they received a 9

and hunter homered as well for the phillies but it was bruce's day he hit two of them. hree for four and after so much promise this spring, not the way the phillies want to start the season they were swept by the reds. and the bullpen has a 13.50 era through three games. >>> and three games left to go for the flyers but a loss to the worst team in hockey would be devastated. they looked tired last night in detroit. despite that they are still in the final playoff spot and if they win tonight and boston loses in regulations, one point saturday clinches a spot for the flyers. >> i condition believe we are talking about this but the eagles released their preseason schedule. weeks one and four against the bucks and jets and then the steelers and colts. get your calendars out. >> thank you jaime. >>> a group of tal ened youngsters from wilmington qualify for a chess tournament but are having trouble coming up with the money to go. they won first place in this tournament in 2014, they are ready to compete again but fell short of the fundraising goal. the tournament starts on t

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welcome home,ç phillies. thehils are back in citizens bank park for another baseball season in south philly. it's all about the festivities and the fanfare today. deanna durante is at the ballpark. deanna knows it's more than just a ball game, right? >> it absolutely is. the game has evolved throughout the years. if you're not from philly, you remember where the phillies played before, veterans stadium. citizens bank park has become an amazing family experience. we showed you in the last half hour, games kids can play, trivia you can play during the game. if you go into the majestic fan shop, some of the new things they're selling this year, baseball hats tailored to your philadelphia college. of course, villanova wildcats. take a look. you can get one for villanova, temple, drexel, penn, there are a number of other things we got to see from bobble heads to baseballs to onsies for the smallest fan. take a look at video we shot on friday. the stuff phillies will be giving away not just opening day but opening week

it's the home opener against the padres. philliesnue the tradition of walking in through the stands. aaron nola had some trouble but strikes out a career high nine batters aloud four runs through seven innings. phils down three-two, no one out darin ruf pinch hitting for ryan howard. a pop up, short stop is tracking it. that ball rolled into the outfield. not sure okay tube bell herrera saw the signal. game tied at three. pete mackanin not happy that. phillies lose four-three. >> i would have looked to have won for the fans that showed up and you know, you always want to win those games. we were in striking distance the whole game and came back and just fell short. >> 300 infield pop-up. >> umpire did not have a good game. >> apparently not. >>> an elementary school in bucks county celibated the excitement of the home opener today. students at saint joseph's saint school enjoyed a ballpark lunch, hot dogs, chips all while wearing their phillies gear. >> week ahead from accuweather maybe spring is actually making an appearance settlin

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 65 breezy and milder for the phillies home opener. morrow we have rain in the morning that could be steady at times. pushes off the coast early in the afternoon. 60 degrees. nice on wednesday, 58. thursday, looking good, 62. and 62 on friday, more clouds and perhaps rain late in the day or at night. coming weekend clouds to sun on saturday, hope the rain kicks off the coast in time for the beginning of the weekend. sunday looking good, 68 degrees. clouds and sun. monday we'll be back in the 70s. >>> better and better. >>> volunteers spent the morning sprucing up fairmont park. peco employees helped plant trees near the mann center for the performing arts and members was the philadelphia zoo lent a hand. it's part of zoo's mission to improve habitat for wildlife. >>> we have another half-hour to go, another quick break stay with us. >>> ello, again, here some of the stories we're following on "action news" at 12:30. a philadelphia sports legend has died. heed snyder the founder of the flyers has pass the away. hear from the flyers next.

his first home run of the year. phillies win five-two. home opener tonight will be 3:05 against the padres. that is sports in a minute i'm sean bell. >>> philadelphia finally has a playoff team. flyers picking up a big win saturday securing a spot taking off pressure of the make up game with the islanders. flyers got a chance to rest their beg name stars including steve mason, captain claude giroux, despite not playing with their guys they managed to beat insuring five-two. team off until thursday when they play washington capitols, in the first run of the playoffs. washington finish the year with the best record in the league but flyers and capitols split regular season series, each way, two games. >>> sean just said this phillies comes home on mini winning streak. they beat mets saturday and sunday after losing first four games of the the season. aaron nola on the mound today. they will play padres at 3:00 this afternoon, hopefully in front of the sold out crowd. >> 5:40. the first born are achievers, middle child always feels neglected

today, the phillies will welcome tens of thousands of fans in citizens bank park. we'll have an inside look of what's new there this season. >>> and we're tracking the threat of afternoon showers ahead of baseball. here's a look at citizens bank park. >>> this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast and talk about that rain moving in. bill? >> look at it behind me, the rain is falling, it is just light rain in our area this morning. temperatures are above freezing to the north. that's where you'll find frozen precipitation. 45 degrees in philadelphia. 48 in cape may. even above freezing in the pocono mountains. we have rain but it is only going to be rain. this morning, we'll see the rain coming down, 46 degrees. showers in the area at 9:00, 48 but by lunch time, the rain takes a break. we'll see cloudyç skies at noontime. there should be breaks of sunshine this afternoon. the other thing we'll have to deal with and the players, too, winds that will be picking up this afternoon. 55 degre

by the way, it is not just phillies taking batting practice, here's some more practice, the navy leap frog team yesterday in those high wind, were leaping out of the the plane from overhead and they had cameras on their helmet and i was watching the video and boy you were wondering how they were going to land inside the stadium. you can see eagles stadium, you can see whole city almost and these guys have have pinpoint accuracy and they landed right where the plan is to land to drop off, a ball for opening pitch and here is some of what they told us after they landed on the ground. >> jumping out, plane is going 140. it is chilly but definitely worth coming into philadelphia to jump in the stadium. >> it is awesome to see philadelphia, to be above downtown from the sky, it is very majestic, it is awesome. >> reporter: one of the guys joked they keep planning to do it the with the fanatic outfit. the here's jesse hartnett, you will remember the philadelphia officer shot three times in his left arm back in january. well, that armies getting stronger and his right armies strong too, and

it wasn't like the phillies parade. for small school of 8,000 people that was way more than 50,000 people. i'll tell you that much. >> reporter: for last minute parade no big problems reported. side streets after the parade saw less traffic than normal for a friday. >> it was perfect. because they had everything organize. the cops were all around. everybody was positive. >> what could make it any better? well maybe a repeat. >> do the same thing maybe against next year. >> of course. >> and the year after that. it was so much fun. >> keep it going. >> reporter: tell was can you imagine two in a row? they had a lot of extra trains coming in. everything went smoothly a lot of bus routes were detoured around city hall. as of 6:00 o'clock right about now those detours most of them should have been lifted. here it is now friday night on campus. it's probably, guys, i'm guessing the calm before the storm once again. >> i think you're right about that, brad. thank you. >>> while most remained happy and well behaved during today

i think the phillies get their ballgame in, though. rcraft on the big board, a lot of clouds in most spots, looks like orlando and atlanta are getting ready for sunshine. >> reporter: going on to "healthcheck," parents may help their child's early learning by paying attention why they played together. while a parent looked at the toy, the longer the child looked at the toy after the parent turned away. sustained attention is good for the learning skills and a boost for the parent baby bonds. >>> a used cash burst into a fireball after the owner bought it. nydia han has a preview of the special report. >> reporter: a car should not just explode, this one did. >>> i never saw a car burn so fast. >> reporter: police and fire officials responded. the "action news" troubleshooters rushed out there, too. people could have been killed, including us. >> reporter: this has car has bn sitting on the drive away overnight more than 12 hours with the ignition off. it erupted in a ball of flames and this is what is left. it's a special "action news"

papelbon one of the most hated former philly athletes of all time. is that fair. >> yes, because he was a jerk. when you grab your crouch at the fans you do not come back from that. >> he didn't do it on purpose. >> that is the other thing, and he admitted he did it on purpose and they accepted him. once do you thaw crossed the line. >> one of the greatest closers of all time, and best in the history. >> so many things. >> well, papelbon, since the trade to the nationals last july his era has been over 12. he won two straight in two games at citizens bank park. the both thanks to freddie galvis. listen to papelbon after the game today. >> unaudible. >> no, all of them -- all of them suck. your job is to go preserve win and when you don't get it done, you have to know how to turn the page. >> i missed him. i miss papelbon. he has an edge. it is not his fault, they were in the winning when he was there. >> all of them suck. >> you love pap. >> more hated then desean jackson who will return to the link with the washington redskins in december. what shoul

what's the weather going to be like for the phillies game? has the answer coming up in 152nd. >> ♪ >> bob kelly wore his jersey, me too, in fact, i have salt number as you, 29. well, we have hockey onment talking about baseball. the padres and the phillies once again, but this is an afternoon game at 1:05. look out. he shoots. he scores. i would advise for the baseball game, sunscreen and a sweater, especially in the shady part of the stadium. we'll have 55 degrees when we start the game. so, on the cool side, but a lovely, lovely day. really setting up over the next couple of days, all the way through the weekends and beyond with a summertime weather pattern. high pressure in control, bringing in the southwesterly winds, jet stream farther to the north. so, it bridges us lots of sunshine every day, very dry weather, as well. but we do have chilly start this morning, with this freeze warning in effect until 8:00. frost advisory as well. depending on where you live. it is cold. here are the numbers to prove it. 35 degrees, in allentown, 32 pott

here, you can watch the phillies play on a 32-foot screen. there will be giveaways and you may even get the chance to meet former players. >> tommy green, thompson, gary matthews and we'll be giving away prizes all throughout the day. >> 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 you are throughout the day. whether you're at work or watching a game on tv and listening to a game on the radio. >> here's where the hat comes in. all you have to do is make sure you're wearing your phillies hat and take a picture and upload it to social media and hash tag #c. reporting live at xfinity live, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> pamela, thank you. >> one week from today the phillies return to citizens bank park for their home opener and we'll have all of the bases covered. the pregame show on april lenth begins at 2:00 p.m. followed by first pitch at 3:00 and it's all right here on nbc 10. >>> well, it is a few minutes before 12:15 and forced to flee, not once, but

expect that during the afternoon and likely during the phillies game. breezy and cool if you have seats in the shade. it's a great day for baseball, more rain coming tomorrow morning, i'll have that on future tracker 6 coming up. >> reporter: we have a new problem coming in a disabled vehicle in a bad spot i-95 southbound at the ramp for bartram avenue. it's stuck in the gore point. people are going around it. watch for this disabled vehicle it doesn't have its blinkers on, it's giving people a hard time. watch for that. roads are damp we saw an accident on the schuylkill expressway, a vehicle spun out. you have to be careful out there. this is a live look at the boulevard. no problems southbound traffic pretty light volume as you head toward the schuylkill expressway. no delays, all the bridges are looking good at this point. this is a live look at the ben franklin bridge. just a few people up and about heading toward center city. i would pull the speeds down a notch. overall on the big picture, the blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95 all in good sh

cameron rup making the turn. phillies down three-two. the game is tied in the seventh, runners on corners, alexis arista with the sack bunt and four-three. padres take the lead. so last chance for phillies, fernando rodney, gets cameron rup to pop out and phillies lose the home opener, four-three your final score. recapping our top stories in the sports world where they are mourning loss of the hockey hall of famer ed snider. he was big on charity work and big on business opportunities. in fact he launched very first all sports radio network in the country. wip radio. >> ed snider has embodied for our city what we want, which is a play it, all out, every day, go for it, spend the money, do whatever it takes. >> he is the reason when you look at hockey in the united states, remember this was one of the expansion teams nobody knew if it would work, in the you had, snider took a chance. that is a shane gostisbehere coming from florida, so many americans are drafted, and ed snider is one of the crown jewels of owners in the the history of ame

and like the 1964 phillies who had a historical collapse, did you see jordan spieth today? id. it looked like a "tin cup" moment. it is painful to watch. >> it looks like you and i on the golf course. the final round of the masters a five-shot lead. but on 12, jordan spieth yikes, two shots into the water and loses the lead and finishes second. and danny willett comes back to win his first major, unbelievable finish. >> put that green jacket if you are jordan spieth, on the other guy. >> that's brutal. >>> for mike, i'm jeff, that's "action news" sports sunday, good night. ♪ this ii got to see my dad, die on national tv. they don't know what they took from us. people are dying. we need a president that's going to talk about it. i believe bernie sanders is a protestor. he's not scared to go up against the criminal justice system. he's not scared. that's why i'm for bernie. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. >> i'm karen rogers. >> and i'm melissa magee. saturday/tonight on fyi philly. >> you may never have to leave home again. >> from spa treatments to groceries a

we'll be back with more updates on a few accidentses ma making way around the area. >>> the phillies izing to the family of baseball legend jackie robinson. we'll tell you what the team is planning as a treb unite. ♪ 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 announcer) shady brook farms®. no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. >>> five minutes before 6:00 right now. we are following villanova's basketball team on their march to victory. >>> and while the team is in houston, final four fever has swept over campus. the book store was packed yesterday with fans looking for the latest wildcat gear. 600 new shirts arrived yesterday afternoon. students believe the momentum has helped to elevate the school status. in fact, after 2009, the year the men's basketball team first made a final four appearance, there was a jump in applications. >> there were more

because jared eikoff. 2-1 over the padres. phillies looking pretty good. tching and the bull pen, good to see. for years, i was a laboratory chemist, developing 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. >>> got to get through a cold morning. a lot of sun out there tomorrow, right? >> freeze warning for parts of the area. also a frost advisory. it will be chilly for some parts of the area. but a nice dry day. plenty of sunshine through the afternoon. highs around 60. look at the forecast, it looks fantastic. we'll be around the low 70s by sunday. nice and dry. the phillies game, they all look great. chilly mornings, but afternoons really mild out. especially by monday. that is the warm day, nea

if you have tickets to the phillies game tonight good for you because the weather will be great. some of you will be indoors at the flyers that will be fun. pollen forecast will be up there the next several days because we're not expecting any significant rain until around thursday night. and then we bring the pollen countdown a bit for friday. matt pellman i'll have the workweek calls, temperatures going down, details coming up. >> reporter: good morning to you, david good morning everybody, we're live along i-95. you can look forward to the drive, so far not too bad. as we had southbound construction on i-95 by the airport, the overnight crews have cleared away. now you're good to go. on the convene street expressway, no construction last night, but they are coming back tonight starting at 11:00 p.m., they will do most of the nights this week as they set the new beams in place. starting at 11:00 p.m. tonight the vine shut down. we had a crash at hill road at deep creek road that cleared out of the way. construction closing edge wood road in lower makefield is scheduled to reope

ryan arcidiacono skipped school to go to the phillies parade in 2008. did the same for a flyers parade in eighth grade and now this one was all their own. >> amazing doing this with my teammates, my coaches. special time for us in the city of philadelphia. go cats. we're number onely we're the champs. let's go. [cheers and applause] >> thank you philadelphia. thank you, nova nation. your support through the whole year ass been unbelievable. >> reporter: one final message for the fans isn't thanks for coming out today. thanks to philadelphia. we've been away for four weeks and to come back here we can feel the love from philadelphia and we appreciate it very much. >> reporter: so humble and so proud jay wright. as for his team they plan on to keep the celebration going. tomorrow they're going to go to the flyers game and hopefully rub some moisture joe off on the -- mojo. monday don't be surprised to see some villanova throwing out the first pitch. jaime apody channel6 "action news." >> good stuff jamie. >>> to basketball after being swept out of cincinn

a few more later this evening, i do think the phillies will get their game in. if you're heading out on the towning or the ballpark bring rain gear or layers, it will be cool and potentially damp at times. karen rogers we'll have changes in the weekend, not all good, details coming up. >> reporter: it's damp and dreary on your friday. we had an disabled vehicle stuck right there, penndot on the scene, traffic moving better on 309 northbound at church road. also a disabled vehicle on butler pike at 309 that one is off to the shoulder, too, i-95 at cottman, traffic moving okay, no big accidents southbound traffic heading toward center city. we can see light volume starting you off, overnight construction is clear and looking good. upper pottsgrove township widow an accident that cleared, but the accident brought down a pole. the down pole is still an issue of we have fire police on the scene directing traffic at farmington road and state street. in abdomin -- abington we have an accident at old fordy road. >>> two people are in custody in connection with the shooti

then we rebound back to the 60s in time for the phillies home opener. meisha? >> that sounds good. get through tomorrow, the 40's, good morning, and happy friday to you. woe made it to the weekend. what you are seeing behind me, little dark, but talcony palmyra bridge is open, just went open, we draw you big heart for this friday. so that's up. you will not be able to drive through, but happy it is friday, and also very happen that i you're up with us this morning, now i want to switch gears, talk about serious accident in south philly just waking up with us now, what we have right now is an investigation underway after fatal accident. this is columbus boulevard, at oregon avenue, now, keep in mind, the lanes opened for a moment, if you were with me when i said that, they were open for little while, now, they are closed, in the southbound direction on columbus boulevard, right now, because of that investigation, and the clean up. they are cleaning up all of the wreckage, so just know that columbus boulevard in the southbound direction at oregon is now back closed. you have to take b

more rain in the forecast but this should be out because that phillies game is at night. e are in the nice stretch of weather all the way through the weekend, including sunday's high of 70 degrees. so the at least alex ape lauren there is no snow, in this seven day forecast. >> i was looking outside my window like seriously, april. >> i know. >> why is this happening. >> no. >> 6:48. police are on the look out for a thief in washington d.c. but this guy is not stealing cash or anything valuable. he stole a burger when he cooked for himself after break nothing to a fast food restaurant. >> look at this surveillance video. he follows a deliver main into five guys restaurant that was closed. he said i'm hungry. he fired up the grill, cooked himself something to eat. he took a call while inside. helped himself to a soda and then decided better go on my way. >> police say they are still cash there and no items were stolen just food and they are offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest. he clearly looked comfortable and fine. >> he has done it before, o

and the phillies, the reds did most of it. this is a three run shot off martin and then suarez launched this grand slam, a 35 minute half inning left them down 8-2. ryan howard hit a two run home run in the fifth for the phillies, his first of the year and carlos ruiz and hunter homers as well. three for four and five rbis this spring, but not the way they wanted to start the season, they lose is 10-6. >>> the flyers are playing with such fire you wonder if they peaked a tad too soon. they have a do or die game at home against toronto the worst team in the league. and the flyers had no juice in a game in detroit. they lost 3-0. despite that they are still in the final playoff spot and control their destiny, if they win today and boston loses in regulation, one point saturday would clinch a spot. that say lot of if's. the eagles released their preseason schedule today we know the who, the bucks, steelers, colts and jets in that order. >> football. >> it will be here before you know it. >> just to reiterate tomorrow's big day. w

>> let's just hope the phillies get a win before monday. don't run into monday looking for the first win of the season. he has or went to the phillies championship parade and now he has his own. we'll hear from ryan arcidiacono plus allen iverson is happily in the building but what question made the answer cry? find out >>> the wildcats punctuated madness of march with a victory march down market street. estimated 60,000 fans lining the streets in center city. alumni, students, children, sports fans in general. mad love for the 2016 champions. after the parade i caught up with senior captain ryan arcidiacono. >> you were here in 2008 when the phillies did this thing. what's it feel like to have your own parade? >> surreal. it's unbelievable. and that had 2 million people. nowhere near close but for us i think we appreciate all the support we got. >> good stuff. moving on now, no doubt monday was a day to remember not only did nova within it all but allen iverson was septembered as an all time great. elected into the basketball hall of fame.

but it's also wet early this week and having more details on that, plus the phillies home opener tomorrowdetails in the full exclusive accuweather forecast. >>> and 6abc.com/weather for the latest on tomorrow's rain. and follow the members of the "action news" team on facebook and twitter for updates. >>> the excitement building ahead of the phillies home opener tomorrow. events are planned throughout the day, and fans are expected to honor a philadelphia police officer injured earlier this year. "action news" reporter jeff chirico joins us live from citizens bank park with the details. hi, jeff. >> hey, sarah. it feels more like football weather out here now, but the big letters behind me say it all. baseball back in south philadelphia, and some fans have high hopes. >> ryan howard all smiles as he and the rest of the phillies step off the bus in south philadelphia tonight, ahead of tomorrow's home opener. nearby the fans have not forgot the phills embarrassing last-place finish last year but not holding it against them. >> last year is last year. a new year and optimism it is going to b

the phillies that we will play well for them and compete hard. >> ryan howard looks happy to be home. >>> you can feel his pain through the tv and can only imagine how jordan spieth's family in bethlehem feels sue. and it sinks on one single hole. the lead in the back nine in the masters but on 12 a major collapse. he shot into the water. his next shot, you're not going to believe it, back into the water. spieth with a quadruple bogey. and the worst since last norman 20 years ago. and danny willett comes back to win and what a scene. >>> and carlie lloyd and the team playing a friendly, and julie johnson, one of her two goals. and her fiancee, the eagles tight end is a happy camper. u.s.a. wins 3-0. they are 11-0 this year and out scored teams in the standby 41 goals. >> that's unbelievable. >> ridiculous. >> all right. >>> thousands of runners bundled up in layers competing in this year's philadelphia love run. the half mare than ran through center city and fairmount park and back through mlk drive to finish in front of the art museum. some dressed for the weather, others clearly di

today, the phillies making their 2016 debut, in cincinnati. the skipper pete mackanin first full season leading squad second inning we will go phillies down one to nothing, it is freddie galvis, only had six home runs all of last season two. run shot. that thing looked like it would get caught at the wall. how about jeremy hellickson, surprised he got opening day start giving up six innings, punching out six. right now they are in the eighth inning with the phillies on top two -one. >>> switching gears, he was the good, the bad and ugly. he was the question and answer. but, he was also the greatest little big man to ever play the game. now allen iverson legacy will live on forever. today ai what's electric in the basketball hall of fame with had shaquille o'neal, yoa meng and others, he is 20 on one league mvp and four time scoring champion, averaged 26 points per game. ai said it took a whole lot of people for him to get in the hall. >> you need your teammate, coach toes put you in position physically, and, you know what i mean to set the scre