♪ >>> in university city, warshipers gathered at the philadelphia episcopal cathedral for a good fridayervice this afternoon pap universal day for fast, about sta -- abstinence and prayer and confession marking the day with stations of the cross. hosting a unique version of the tradition. this afternoon artists presented different creations representing the stations referring to the events of the day when christians believe jesus was crucified. >>> easter bread and hot-cross buns. hmm. the easter traditions are whipped up right now across our area. bakery baking treats all day long. the rush started days ago and they've been working 24 hours a day to make sure everyone gets what they need for the holiday

if you get to the penn relays jump on the market frankford line and into university city. that is best bet by far, even if you are not going to the penn relays i would park there and use the train to get in and out of the center city. today inner drive closed on the parkway that full close another coming tonight at 7:00 of course, with it comes the septa detours, buses are all listed on septa's web site at septa.org. otherwise roadways, i-95, schuylkill, pennsylvania turnpike kind of quiet at the moment, monday rain on the way , sueby has the forecast in 15 seconds >>> well, showers are on the way today, may in the see them this morning, but by the end of the afternoon just about all of us will have seen a little bit of rain so get watering for your flowers, thaw planted yesterday, although still early to plant outside. most gardeners i hear mothers day is the safe bet for not a frosty night but that is not our issue. our issue is rain over next couple days. we do see some green scattered throughout the area, lancaster county, down through delaware, but not all of this is m

she was well known in the community serving as the executive director of university city green, an urban gardening nonprofit. >>> a south jersey police officer accused of exposing himself to children is no longer facing charges after an investigation. a salem prosecutor said there was no crime. two weeks ago, a penns grove police officer, an anthony mi mingez, was in a bathroom stall when a 13 and 9-year-old opened a stall door. the kids told police the officer who was off duty exposed himself. the prosecutor said mingez was just going to the bathroom. >>> in bethlehem, a bridge will be up just in time for music fest. the wooden pedestrian bridge has been shut down since last summer. in its place will be a new metal bridge. music fest runs august 3rd to the 14th and brings thousands to bethlehem. city officials say work on the new bridge should be completed sometime in june. money to replace the bridge comes from a grant funding. >>> the return of football may still be months away, but the eagles already know who they will face during the preseason. their schedule has now been released.

on the schuylkill expressway and the ben franklin bridge on all the roads near university city. watch for that. tookany creek parkway was shut down, but it just reopened with traffic moving better there. let's head over to matt with more on the draft. >> philadelphia eagles select daric barnett. >> the eagles say they got their man. there were twists and turns on the first night of the nfl draft, but none of them had to do with the birds, in fact many people are saying the team kind of played it safe. daric barnett a defensive end for tennessee set a record for sacks at the school, the last volunteer to hold it was eagles great reggie white. if barnett could come as close as white did in the pros, he will make the city proud. howie rosen said he has been raving about barnett since december. >> he stands for what we want. everyone in the city will see what kind of person he is and player he is, unbelievable high character and worker an tremendously talented and productive. >> the fans are passionate i'm going to an organization with a lot of the great players, i can't wait, i'm r

this is a look at people on the penn campus in university city.g those jackets at home. >> taking a live look at temple university. we saw rain this morning but tonight it's clearing up. tomorrow should be a comfortable spring day. we have sunshine on tap. >> tammie souzza joining us with your most accurate forecast. >> you summed it up perfectly there. absolutely beautiful evening is what we're looking at out there. 72, the daytime high it's right now. let's take a look outside. you can actually see some shattos especially on the water. it's a hazy sunshine out there but nonetheless a very pretty evening. 72 right now in philly. winds are out of the northwest to 10 miles per hour. so some sun and heat still on tap for us this week. plenty of rain too. these are some of the things you're going to need to know to plan. you'll need your sunglasses for tomorrow. sunshine returns. it'll be seasonal with temperatures in the low and mid-70s. however, you'll need your umbrellas for thursday and friday, it'll also be an ugly shoe and bad hair day, both of

from university city that spring garden street bridge will be closed at 31st. spring garden coming out of the neighborhood you won't have access to the parkway. the ramps from the vine street expressway to the parkway are closed and in cross traffic, so just put a big square around that entire area, art museum, parkway and all of the numbered streets and that is a no go zone beginning today all the way through the weekend. we mentioned the penn relays. there are two small amounts that happened today decatlon today and tomorrow and huge event happen thursday through saturday. but we will start to see the folks arriving, out of towners coming in setting up shop here in our fair city. if you are flying in or flying out, maybe heading down to pick somebody up, check for the weather delays. check with your airline ahead. as sue mentioned we have weather problems on the way for later on today, there is free parking, keep in mind if you are planning to come down here for the events, draft or penn relays there is free parking at stadium complex. septa has broad street

great financial centre, its cultural centre, as i say, it's a modern, thriving, diverse city, university citynts so much of what is good in our country today. i am here this evening to celebrate that. but also to make a simple pledge. that if you vote for me, to strengthen my hand at the negotiating table in brussels, i will do everything i can to represent the interests of every person in this great city and every person in this great city and every person in this great city and every person in this great country. applause and i know that this is a city, a place where people perhaps might call a traditional labour area. but here and in constituencies across the country, although it may say labour on the ballot, it will be jeremy corbyn who gets the vote. and there are only two people who it is possible to beat prime minister on june nine, only two people who can possibly represent britain in europe. and the choice is between five years of strong and stable leadership with me as prime minister oi’ leadership with me as prime minister ora leadership with me as prime minister or a coalition of

they are getting ready to clear it out of here, in the meantime stick to university city ramp instead. we have a vantage point sky6 live hd on the scene him they have to get rid of the broken glass try to kick it off to the side. if somebody runs over it there might be issues. i'm not sure kicking will do it. that's the ramp to the schuylkill expressway westbound. benjamin franklin parkway both drives are closed. mlk drive that started yesterday, that closure it is completely closed even in the morning commute. kelly drive, spring garden, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th. you add that to the penn relays, the first event begins at 9:00 a.m. we'll sault st. -- see heavier n the schuylkill expressway, the ben franklin bridge. matt o'donnell you're at the draft, inyou're loving it. >> reporter: daric barnett a defense issue end from tennessee to philadelphia. i said he is ready to fly eagles fly. the eagles will formally introduce barnett at 4:15 p.m. today. some fans and this always happens, they are a bit perplexed about the first round choice, katherine scott is live on the parkway with that par

nbc 10 here today's noon service at the cathedral in university city. >>> benefits for big business, not only tax incentives but city council might name a street after you. . that's what happened in the philadelphia 76ers this week. two roads behind the practice facility were renamed. >>> bringing learning outdoors. faculty and parents and students started digging, planting and paving to transform a plot of land in east oak lane into an outdoor campus. the kids are already learning important lessons. >> do something. >> the plot will soon be bordered by a nature trail complete with benches and a chalk boaboard. the administration hopes to share this it space with other partnered schools and organizations. >>> taking a a live look down broad street from our campus camera. a beautiful day out there. the 80s are gone, but it's in the 70s. the sun is shining. >> we are seeing 80s again in the ten-day forecast. not in the next few days. this is close enough. i thought yesterday was a little too warm. if you did, today was just about perfect. 76 degrees. close to 15 degrees above average w

and all of the streets into university city.hutdown mode with the draft underway here in philly. >> karen, thomas, back over to you. >> bob, thank you so. let's get right back to this breaking news, because we're waiting for the official update. and word, but it appears, steve keeley out there, that the stand-off may be over. after more than 20 hours, at about that mark, we know that there was the state trooper who tragically was gun down, at wawa, right afternoon yesterday. while confronting two suspect, that trooper, there he is, 32 years old, recently married, his name is stephen ballard. he had been on the force for eight years. >> this has been ongoing for about 19 hours, now. steve keeley is on the scene, what are you hearing out there, steve? >> reporter: it is over, the quote of the day from a state troop is her, quote, it has been taken care every. we just watched two armored vehicles escort an ambulance, past the closest roadblock which has been moved up, way closer than where we were. so it is right beyond this. right

nbc 10 along university avenue in university city today as the rain came down steadily. a live look down the jersey shore right now. a mixed day down there. not too bad right now. looking over cape may. a little gray out there, but the sun is peeking through. checking out first alert radar, tracking more wet weather on the waynbc 10 first alert meteorologist erika martin is with us now. >> i just took a look behind me. very gray. will it improve this weekend? >> a little gloomy now, guys, but better by the second half of the weekend. at least sunshine for your sunday but a soggy saturday in store. a live look outside. we are seeing winds pick up just a little. 10 miles per hour coming out of the east and, yes, the cloud stick around for now. we'll see a little bit of a break, but for the most part soggy. at least for the rest of today into tomorrow. but breaking by sunday. doppler radar picking up on some showers. just approaching parts of the pa suburbs and the lee high valley. 2340e69 just to the south and west of us we are seeing damage reports here including hail, do

and that will get you over into university city. for the weekend, off-ramps from the vine expressway, to the parkway, are closed, and again, all roads in and around the art museum and the parkway also shutdown for the nfl draft. what's the forecast like for everybody that's going to be outside today? sue has the forecast in 15 seconds. >>> it is time for the nfl draft cast, same forecast for all of us for the weekend. 80 degrees today. after some fog this morning, few place that is have fog going on, now, there could be early shower tomorrow. but we recover nicely for the afternoon, high of 82, and then, 88 degrees, feeling like summer, chance of pop up thunderstorms late in the day saturday. but what about down the shore? it looks like a beautiful weekend if you want to just get out of dodge, not deal with any of it. the thing about the ocean water, though, you my not want to take a dip. only at 52 degrees, but looks like we will even be in the 80s all three days of the weekend, at the jersey shore. so have a good time if that's wh

university camera. that's supposed to be the center city skyline. it's hard to make out the skyscrapers. we have low level clouds and showers pushing through. the temperatures are raw and chilly. we've had a few days of the 60s and 70s. today we'll manage 59. wilmington, 56. millville, 54. allentown, 54. same number for cape may. satellite and radar, clouds across the entire mid atlantic and the northeast. there's showers lifting northward out of the virginias and the carolinas. you can see activity in salem, gloucester and cumberland in south jersey. the coverage will increase and the intensity. doesn't look like a pretty morning around the delaware and lehigh valleys. expect rain this morning lots of clouds by afternoon and leftover showers otherwise it's a chilly day with highs in the 50s. tomorrow is better, more rain arrives monday and tuesday, i'll have the details in the seven day come up in just a bit. >> look forward to the update this morning. there is a long list of charges against a teacher's aid accused of sexually assaulting a student. the student is from conostoga high sch

but thursday, friday, saturday bam, we will kick it in full speed here down here at university city, parking at the stadium complex. if you are coming in for this stuff your best bet park in the stadium complex, septa says take subway to city hall giving you a walk up to the parkway and take market frankford line over to the penn relays. >>> president trump is less than a week away from marking his first 100 days in office but still has yet to land major legislative achievement. the president would like to revive the health care bill, can he do tonight five days? it is being put on the back burner for now. congress must approve a spending bill by end of the week to avoid a potential governmental shut down. it all depend on whether president trump will insist a bill include a down payment on that big border wall. president trump will mark his first 100 days of office on saturday, at a rally in wait for it, harrisburg parks. >> he will be here in pennsylvania. >> yes, that is object his schedule. we will see fit comes to fruition. >> okay. >> we will make sure we will have cameras ther

lancaster location opened last summer and new spot 39th and chestnut is bringing the experience to university city. >> college kids love it. >> reporter: you can't beat that that's all you need to start your day. >> they have over 50 flavors from traditional glaze to the elvis delight. >> peanut, banana and bacon. >> reporter: the fruity pebbles are the kids favorite and the salted camera -- carmel. >> tune in at 7:00 p.m. on saturday to see karen make the donuts and a whole lot more on "fyi philly." >>> bullets fly in a shooting outside a home nearly miss ago man who was sleeping inside. we'll have a live report from the scene at 6:00 a.m. >>> another reason to be careful with any electronics that use a lithium battery affirm drone suddenly exploded while being charged at a home in massachusetts. surveillance video shows a bright flash as the battery explodes. the smoke alarm went off waking up the family. they called 911, but used a fire extinguisher to get the fire out before the firefighter got there. >>> a 39-year-old soccer coach in philadelphia is charged with father a child with one of his

westbound side of the schuylkill's extra busy through university city. also an earlier vehicle fire near penn's landing. that is mostly cleared out of the way now. as is a crash on the 30 bypass in downingtown. but it is parking lot coming away from 202. we've got accidents both ways here along route 1 in bucks county. there's still one southbound blocking the right lane. use 95 instead. but 95 southbound in delaware is a mess because of an accident there. we'll check it again, monica, coming up in the next half-hour. >> thank you, sir. sounds good. and much more still ahead on "action news at 5." a local marine found dead in hawaii has been returned to his hometown. >>> and new developments in the south jersey murder trial of david creato jr. find out why the jury took a trip outside the courthouse today. cecily? >>> it's warm and humid on this thursday. take your child to work day. i'm tracking warmer air and some storms. i'll have all the details in the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns. >> good. fios is not cable. we're wired differentl

we will see extra volume heading in the stadium complex there in university city, exiting the schuylkill south and 30th street today would be a good day to try something new. broad street subway and regional rails, the best option coming in for the draft or penn relay, back to you. >> of course this morning, so excited over the first round pick forbidder. >> also we have another guy we are talking about this morning which is our hometown favorite haason reddick. he went at number 13. >> with the 14th pick defensive end derek barnett of tennessee now a eagle. >> good choice. what do you think? let us know. steve keeley will give us facts, figures behind this pick right there, steve, good morning. >> reporter: no secret that the fans wanted owe even if. they want help for carson wentz. when they didn't ghetto even if you could hear the boos, listen. >> with the first pick of the 2017 nfl draft philadelphia eagles select derek barnett, defensive end, tennessee. >> eagles may have went owe even if but problem was three great wide receivers went before they pick at 14 with three quarterbacks

the penn relay we expect extra volume on the schuylkill expressway, the ben and the roads in university city. 295 northbound approaching 42 this accident happened around 11:30 it's still a major problem, an overturned tractor-trailer. police say there's orange use all over the road it was carrying orange juice. i asked if it spilled all over, it spilled all over mixing with the diesel fuel. this will be out there for a little while. rougher morning on the roads, matt and tam. >> indeed, thank you, karen. we're following developing news in delaware, a state trooper was killed, fellow force have come under fire as they try to arrest the suspected shooter who they say is barricaded inside his home. in the past few hours there's been activity on the scene. reports of explosion, but no word on an arrest. this started at a wawa parking lot in bear at noon yesterday. police approached a suspicious van one man got out of the vehicle and started shooting. corporal stephen ballard was shot three times and pronounced dead at the hospital. the suspect shooter has been keeping police at bay for 15 hours.

university city is getting a new acme grocery store.ving into the building at 40th and walnut. the fresh grocer occupies that space right now. its lease is up. the university of pennsylvania owns the building. when acme moves in, it will have a sushi and noodle bar, a guacamole station, a starbucks, as well as a beer and wine shop. >>> happening today, arts and crafts retailer a.c. moore will make history as it opens its new center city store. we got a peek inside the 27,000 square-foot store. this is the company's first location in a major city. >>> good morning, everyone. francesca ruscio here watching travel conditions over in center city on the vine street expressway. westbound for 95, seeing more traffic. bumper to bumper on the schuylkill expressway. doing okay. our camera around 6:11. we'll have more on the majors coming up. first we'll check on the lovely forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >>> we're inching closer to sunrise. look at the clear skies over center city. 56 degrees. it's a warmer start this morning. i think we

the nfl draft we'll see delays on the ben franklin bridge, all the local roads in and around university city. expect big problems with the nfl draft and penn relays beginning today. we'll see volume on the roads. in addition to that we have a problem with an overturned tractor-trailer and fuel spill blocking 295 approaching 42. all lanes are blocked right there. you have to get off at exit 26 where traffic is being diverted this has been out of a little while, but a still a problem. >> this morning delaware state police are grieving the loss of one of their own, steven ballard was shot and killed yesterday. one of the suspects is barricaded florida home in middletown. investigators say ballard went to approach a suspicious vanna wawa parking lot in bear. one suspect got out and shot the corporal hitting him three times. the other suspect took off. that suspect is in the five hundred block of saint michael's farm in the brick mill development. jeanette reyes is live at the scene where the standoff has been going on for 15 hours, good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam. this bar

the university of virginia today has gone from academical village -- city with study 20,000 students. compared to many universities, that is still relatively medium-sized university. but it's quite big and sprawling what weross much of would consider the west end of charlottesville. >> so we see monticello, you've driven through the downtown. now we are hearing university grounds. thinking back on the city, you have lived here for 40 -- 30 years. what would you like to see for the future, what is your ideal dream for charlottesville? --my ideal dream charlottesville will continue to experience this tremendous growth which we are experiencing right now. those --ade all of best place to retire. on and off -- we have been number one on all of those lists, which is great. for to be a victim of its own success, but the problems we have are the problems we want. you want people to want to live in your community, to want to visit and experience -- all the things you love about your hometown. charlottesville would be, as it grows and as we write this new century in brick and stone and mortar,

tomorrow on "action news" morning, athletes across the country are in university city for the start oflay. >> i help you through the closures of the nfl draft. wake up to what's happening tomorrow morning on "action news." >> ducis rogers back with you from akin's oval, site of tomorrow's nfl draft. now to the phillies, their game with the marlins was rained out last night. they enter on a four game win streak. third inning, in a hole, not anymore. franco with a grand! second of the season, three for four on the night. to the eighth inning, michael saunders. a two run monster blast. phillies win 7-4, five victories in a row. jeremy hellickson on the mound. >> nfl draft day one tomorrow night. jim, back to you. >> thank you, ducis. finally tonight, philadelphia magazine kicked off its celebration of the the draft. >> they held a meeting and greeting. "jimmy kimmel live" next followed by "nightline." news at 4:30. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ guardian ♪ guardian ♪ guardian of the galaxy volum♪ >> dicky: from hollywo

. >>> a summer like feeling in university city tonight. these guys were taking advantage of the evening to get in a little beach volleyball. >> out there in shorts tonight. hopefully you spent time out there today. tomorrow is a washout. >> your neighborhood could see severe weather too. tammy souza is here with the forecast. >> we start with a flood watch for the entire area with the exception of the jersey shore because we could see 1 to 2 inches of rain on top of the saturated ground. if you are under a thunderstorm you could see up to 3 inches of rain. be aware of that. the low lying areas that typically flood are the ones to watch out for. no storms, no rain in our area yet but it is knocking on the door. about 300 miles away and should be here around 2:00. this morning we have a leading line right here with strong storms but they are beginning to diminish a little bit and weaken. but the main body is moving towards cincinnati. it is going to be a long day tomorrow. and it doesn't clear the area until friday night. it will be a soggy

needed umbrellas in university city and not an ideal weekend to hit the beach as we look like at capeay, you may be dodging showers for part of the weekend anyway. bringing in first alert meteorologist erika martin to time it out for us. >> right, jim. do not get rid of the umbrellas yet. need them through tomorrow tleefrt and the sunshine sneaks through by sunday. a live look outside still seeing stubborn clouds not moving far. all due to the easterly winds. talking about that all day long. current temperature is 62 degrees and the winds are easterly at 9 miles per hour. satellite and radar image picking up on one or two showers. just approaching chester county, birch county as well. delaware, seeing showers moving into your area. perhaps one or two isolated thunderstorms and we do have a cold front sweeping through. temperatures for today, unseasonably chilly. 62 was our high today. this in philadelphia. getting chillier by sunday due to a cold front moving through. colder air heading in our direction. unfortunately, a chilly weekend and soggy for saturday. neighborhoods for tomorro

live in university city, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10. >>> nbc news legend tom brokaw addressed issues in syria, among other topics. brokaw offered his thoughts at drexel university today. he spoke about his storied career in journalism, focusing on his 22 years on the anchor desk at "nightly news." we were able to sit down with brokaw one-on-one and ask him about the challenge in reporting the news today. >> what the president has to do is not to be so sensitive, as they go around whining in their beer a lot. we have to do our job and make sure that what we do every day is factual and contextual. and that's tougher these days, because everybody wants to be a commentator. i wish we could dial down the commentary and dial up the factual presentation of the news a lot more. >> joining brokaw on stage today was producer karen curry. >>> new at 6:00, a delaware man is charged with human trafficking after police say he forced a woman to have sex with men. 55-year-old jorge arcinieja of georgetown was arrested. investigators are trying to identify anyone else who may have been involved in the o

, it's where the historic entrance to the university grounds meets the main road down to charlottesville, forming a corner. today the corner refers to five city blocks, but this is the heart of the university community, where you have a lot of bars and restaurants and shops that cater to the university community. this long walk up to the rotunda here will take you up to the academical village and the rotunda in the long, university of virginia got the state charter in january of 1819, and classes open monday morning march 7, 1825. and jefferson lived just long enough to see the first year of classes. that it been a dream of his for over 40 years to create a new kind of university for what he truly believed was a new kind of country. >> y was that important to? >> so public education specifically was important to jefferson because it actually fulfilled the dreams of 1776. you can have a revolution, but as long as the wealthy elites run everything, you're going to find yourself back in the same problems you were in before you had the revolution. so the key was creating a new kind of school that would teach the principles of the democratic enlig

. ♪ >>> a community near university city felt bullied by developers who wanted to bulldoze over long-timedmark but as he always does, bill anderson didn't have to look too far to find some light. the community stood their ground and they won quite a victory for the little guys for goodness sake. >> reporter: trust me i'm glad some of the things have changed in the neighborhood but there's some stuff that we can't sacrifice in the interest of development. ♪ >> reporter: what's more important in the development of a community is real estate and investment or is it community green space? for 30 years that battle has been taking place here at the wiota community garden and so far the answer is whatever the community wants. >> we started in 1984. >> reporter: for deck kay the community garden on wiota street in powelton served the neighborhood and john lindsay has been there for all of those years. >> i got woman that does the lettuce. guy across the street mows the grass. several schools come and work. >> reporter: john's frustrated because the city redevelopment authority almost sold the gar

rehema ellis, nbc news, university city, missouri. >>> that's going to do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. battles for ber win the war for berkeley runs=06 ==jess/take vo== right now at 6: free speech exercised -- without any violence. a day full of protests -- that continue into the night. ==jess/2-shot== the news at 6 starts now. thanks for joining us. i )m jessica aguirre. ==raj/2-shot== and i )m raj mathai. this is usually when the trouble begins...and that )s why the police presence -- remains in full force. raj/live our sky ranger has been overhead throhgout the day. this is right above civic center park -- across the street from berkeley high school. so far -- peaceful protests. conservatives -- and liberals -- separated by police officers -- in riot gear. the question now...will this turn violent? and will these protestors -- march toward the cal campus jess/boxes we have multiple reports for you tonight. let )s begin with nbc bay area s thom jensen -- live at civic

spring garden street bridge from university city will be closed.ing garden street itself also closed on the fairmount side. and then the vine expressway ramp to the parkway will be closed tonight at midnight through the remainder of the week. oh, by the way, the penn relays kick off tomorrow. they have the decathlon both tomorrow and wednesday the big races occur thursday, friday and saturday. pack your patience. pack some snacks the it's going to be a rough couple of days. we'll check ♪ >>> sean bell is always doing something. this time he's taking on big-time nfl draft prospects who fail drug test. his commentary in 15 seconds. ♪ >>> stewed did the that's what it takes for nfl prospect to fail drug test before the draft. all you have to do is stay clean for a few months and you're good. but of course there's always a couple of guys who screw it up. peppers is the latest guy to do it nfl notified teams he testified positive for diluted sample at the combine. he's projected to be first round draft pick. last week it was foster out of alabama who te

reporting live in university city. aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >>> still ahead on the news at 6:00, the vice president lands in south korea less than a day after north korea tried flexing its nuclear muscles. what the white house is saying. and all new at 6:00. smoked out. we'll tell you how many homes were impacted by a fire right around dinnertime tonight. >>> >>> vice president mike pence is in seoul, south korea tonight. it is the start of a ten-day trip to asia that comes amid turmoil along the korean peninsula. north korea is threatening to advance its nuclear and defense capabilities. vice president pence will meet with the leaders of south korea and japan to talk about how to protect those countries from the north. >>> all new at 6:00, a smoking fiery in morristown bucks county spread to three homes before fire crews to cut it out. crews were called around 3:30 this afternoon and had the fire out about two hours later. no one was hurt and we're still waiting to hear how that fire started. >>> here's a lo

will debate in university city. the forum is set for drexel university's klein school of law. seven democrats and one republican are looking to succeed district attorney seth williams who is not running for re-election. williams is currently facing federal corruption charges. >>> happening today, city officials, business, and education leaders and nutritionists will discuss the philadelphia sugary drink tax at a day-long conference. the community college of philadelphia is host human being the forum on the tax's impact on the city. psychology students from the college will present the results from a citywide is survey on the beverage tax. more than half the money raised from the tax goes to universal pre-k. >>> in montgomery county, a new parking garage at the septa station in lansdale will open today. that means 300 more parking spaces for the station. septa will offer free parking at the garage through june 18th. the facility will be open seven days a week. >>> and in keeping with septa, beginning today there's a new payment option for septa's airport regional rail line. you

this was the scene along south 40th street in university city. a lot of people enjoyed these warmer temperatures out there. >> and those warm temperatures they're sticking around for the easter weekend. tammie souzza is here with our neighborhood forecast. >> you bet they're sticking around. it's going to be spectacular as far as temperatures go. little dicey when it comes to the rain. look at tonight. what a night. 68 right now in philly, it's 61 in coatesville, mt. pocono chilly at 47. we go to atlantic city, 59, dover 58, wilmington 58. a very pleasant night out there. this is where we're going to be headed throughout the overnight hours. we'll drop from 68 to 65. it looks like 61 by 5:00 in the morning and the winds, they're generally going to be out of the north some where between 5 and 10 miles an hour. still very pleasant. and the doppler radar sweeping the sky nothing is out there. it's all quiet here. it'll remain quiet for about another 48 hours. we have a storm system that passed by to the north threatening to bring us some showers tod

the relays usually attract close to some 100,000 people to university city mid week through saturday.avoid sitting in traffic organizers recommend that you use public transportation. >> and we also have some breaking news to share with you. just into our news room. chopper 3 live over a house fire in mill creek, delaware. that home is at 21 belmont drive. we do know that one person was rushed to christiana hospital. the case of the fire is under investigation. >>> the site of a controversial pot party has been shut down. they found numerous fire code violations at a warehouse. more than 200 people went to the party organized by the philly smoke session on saturday night. police arrested 22 people and seized 50 pounds of marijuana along with 100 pounds of food laced with pot. >>> as many as 20 nuns are being forced to relocate from a convent in delaware county. religious sisters from four different congregations have called the campus home for decades. the sisters will soon bid farewell to four convents there which will now be converted into housing for international high school while

the celebration on the university city campus including games, and give aways, as well as display, showingoff green and landscaping, outdoor yoga, and sculpture contest, earth day by the way isn't until saturday april 22. today's afternoon clouds didn't stop some young ones from having some fun. the sons of ben held it fourth annual spring fun day at the stem academy in show walter. the free event featured soccer tournament for kids in kindergarten through eighth grade, that are part of the soccer for success program. that program offers free soccer based after school programs. >>> fox 29 weather authority, it was a great day for that, iaian, tell you watch live look at reading on yet another really picture perfect april day. you agree? a warm up actually on the way too. meteorologist, scott williams, has the bounty of good news, a little wrench in the plans in 15 seconds. >> the high temperature if philadelphia 63 degrees, but felt colder, because we have the cloud cover, and also those winds coming in off of the ocean, as we look at the satellite and radar now, it is mostly cloudy and lo

maybe penn relays but very busy out there lets check with "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh in university city carnival is currently underway, anita? >> reporter: ukee, a lot of those penn relays and with those three major sporting events happening on the same day getting around this city has practically been a sport of its own. now nfl draft has been talk of the town, of course but here at franklin field 123rd annual penn relays ongoing as we speak and caused traffic headaches in the area. chopper three is over the draft near art museum right now where detours, parking restrictions have been in place for several weeks. we spoke to drivers who say it is a hassle especially today as nfl draft is in town, penn relays and phillies game earlier today as well. we spoke to one driver maro who says for weeks he had to find alternate routes around art museum where draft is held , which tacked on time to his daily drive. he is glad draft is bringing business to the city but believes it should have been held at sports stadium. others say traffic has not been that bad if you are taking back road. now pen

let's take to you university city. dozens every kids got a free dental checkup.the annual give kids a smile day. of course while kids are out on spring break penn dental is opening up their school to give the free checkups. dentists say they do all kinds of work whatever the child needs such as extracting teeth, ouch. >> every child needs to visit the dentist at least once a year and we want to make sure that we the parents have a dentist that they know they can go to. >> penn dental is one of more than two dozen dental practices taking part in this day. >> ship made the perfect storm is about to sink on purpose. the coast guard ship will sing below the waves april 18th barring any serious weather. this was supposed to happen last year on the 25th anniversary of the famous storm. but environmental testing held it up. officials want to make sure it had no dangerous chemicals on board. in 1991, the coast guard crew rescue the crews of a sailboat and downed helicopter in massachusetts during that big storm. it will become an artificial reef. >> fox 29 weather author

penn relays begins wednesday, and usually attracts close to 100,000 people to university city. inform penn relay athlete ren old dough, says it attracts athletes from all over the world. >> spirited battle between us and other nations, jamaica, primarily, germany, russia, you name it, they come here to compete against u.s. and world , best track and field teams. we just hope that we can have your support. >> to avoid sitting in traffic organizers are recommending attendees use public transportation, and free parking will be also available at the sports complex. >> you see him intact. >>> in other news, suspect accused of calling in hundreds of bomb threats to jewish community sent's cross the you had, including some in our area is facing charges. michael qatar a dual american israeli citizen arrested last month in israel, tried to extort delaware state senator lopez. the teen threatened to order drugs over the internet and send them to lopez's house, if lopez did not pay him, in the digital currency bitcoin. state senator lopez released a statement following, following these ch

they spent the entire day at palestra on penn's campus on in university city for second annual april madness tournament. today student athletes got the chance to show off their basketball skills in front of the friend and family while raising money for their organizations. >>> pretty cool stuff. >>> jeff skversky has been here with a look at sports and talking flyers. >> they are playing much better but it is still too little too late as far as playoffs are concerned. flyers season may be officially coming to an end tomorrow mason, this is likely it n fact today against columbus game as a flyer, period. former vice-president, joe biden cheering on the flyers today, and thumbs up is right. first period against columbus, edward bellmawr beats the bob, former flyers george i bobrovsky, 902nd later michael del zotto gets one through. two to nothing flyers. and then in the second, on the power play jake voracek his first power play goal since the end of february. flyers go on to win four-two. they have won six straight at home and goalie steve mason the soon to be free agent, may have pla

the cultures in the crossfire exhibit opened to the public at the penn museum in university city today. we gave i was sneak peek earlier this week and terror groups have launched a campaign to destroy cultural sites in syria. this exhibit shows what might be lot of culture in the crossfire also features arts from iraq as well. >>> and students show off their dance moves it's all for great cause in springfield, delaware county. cardinal o'hara high school host add dance marathon on campus. students danced for 12 hours all to raids money for the fight against childhood cancer marathon hold in memory of danny hammonds he lost his 12 year cancer fight at the age of 21 back in 2014. music finally stopped at 1:00 o'clock this morning, the school had already raised nearly $106,000. very nice. >>> stay with us everyone. still ahead a little boy an easter tradition many of us take for granted. >> it's good for us because we got to sit down and practice on some of the things we needed to practice. basic electronics and circuitry. >> how these eggs created by a local bomb squad are changing the h

until midnight, the exhibit runs through september, and in university city, john mcdevitt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" and kyw news radio. >>> pretty cool. >> yes. >>> kate bilo joining us now and you are saying, kate, it may be nice now. >> um-hmm. >> but there is a surprise on the way for us tomorrow. >> yes, tomorrow will be pretty much the opposite of what today was. >> yes. >> today sun was shining, bird were chirping. >> beautiful. >> yes, tomorrow will be just pour all day and we have to be alert for strong thunderstorms but today, lets recap it for a moment. drone watch three was out, taking advantage of the booth full day. gorgeous shot of the ben franklin bridge. calm delaware river below as patco train cruises high above the water. take this all in, let's breathe for a moment. beautiful day. things have changed a little bit now that we have cloud, moving in, as that system starts to approach from the south, and that same storm that is going to bring us the threat for some strong storms, and heavy rain heading into tomorrow. cloud have begun to proliferate a bit across the ar

there is the city, the county of albro morrow and then you have the university of virginia, that really is the window through which you can understand local issues, local politics, history there which one -- : charlottesville we took a driving tour of the city. >> i know charlottesville because it's on the back of the nickel. monticello right? >> that's correct. as we speak were driving towards monticello. it is that rise right there, the little mountain and thomas jefferson was born here on apri. his father had moved out here to the west to get land and his father peter jefferson was a surveyor. he actually co-authored, in 175d what was the official new map of virginia. at that time it was nothing like it was the best map of virginia. so, little tommy was raised on stories by this man who would go out and explore and make maps and discover. if you think about it peter jefferson was using scientific experiments to make the unknown, known. to create maps of what was to them, wilderness. and to carve out of this unknown backcountry of beautiful image of a map. it is very poetic. it's a me

will debate tonight in university city. the forum is set for drexler university's klein school of law. secretary of democrats and one republican are looking to succeed district attorney seth williams who is not running for re-election. williams is currently facing federal corruption charges. >>> in bucks county later this morning, if you see police swarming near schools in the pencebury area, just a drill. they will be conducting active shooter drills beginning at 8:30. >>> today crews will begin cleaning up after a destructive fire swept through a bucks county neighborhood. >> that's right. we'll show you the damage done after flames literally jumped from house to house. >>> plus, lasting lesee. how people in pittsburgh -- legacy. how people in pittsburgh will honor dan rooney today. >>> and bunny beat-down. how a mascot race at the game ended with a bang for teddy roosevelt. >>> 66 degrees, 4:36. dry now. a gentle breeze is blowing. wet weather on the way before we see sunshine. the neighborhood forecast coming up. vaness

rehema ellis, nbc news, university city, missouri. >>> that's going to do it for us on a thursday nightf us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. parkway high above the site of the 2017 nfl draft. the second biggest day on the nfl calendar has come to philadelphia. it all starts in just under an hour. this is eagles draft day. >> the fill dpphiladelphia eagl select carson wentz. >> a year ago, the remaking of the eagles began. it continues in earnest tonight. >> we're not going to let carson down. we're going to build this team around carson. >> we've got exclusive interviews with the men tasked with reshaping the franchise. plus -- it's the day that changed carson wentz's life forever. we'll relive the biggest day in the young life of the eagles qb. and -- >> there's no doubt things are -- >> he's the penn state standout who might be the best player ever from the state of delaware. we'll introduce you to a wideout who could be on the eagles radar. the draft has arrived in philadelphia. this is eagles draft day. eagles draft day presented by --

the relays usually attract close to some 100,000 people to university city mid week through saturday.avoid sitting in traffic organizers recommend that you use public transportation. >> and we also have some breaking news to share with you. just into our news room. chopper 3 live over a house fire in mill creek, delaware. that home is at 21 belmont drive. we do know that one person was rushed to christiana hospital. the case of the fire is under investigation. >>> the site of a controversial pot party has been shut down. they found numerous fire code violations at a warehouse. more than 200 people went to the party organized by the philly smoke session on saturday night. police arrested 22 people and seized 50 pounds of marijuana along with 100 pounds of food laced with pot. >>> as many as 20 nuns are being forced to relocate from a convent in delaware county. religious sisters from four different congregations have called the campus home for decades. the sisters will soon bid farewell to four convents there which will now be converted into housing for international high school while

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. >>> eight candidates vying to be the next district attorney will square off university city tomorrow. a forum will be held at drexel university school of law. and republic >>> tax day this year is april 18th. not the traditional april 15th because it fell on a weekend. you have until tuesday to file your returns, but what if the extra few days are not enough time. here are some advice for those procrastinators out there. >> don't panic. get your documents organized. if you are running out of time and don't think you can put together a proper return. know filing extension only extends the filing due date and not the payment due date. >> and if you aren't sure if your tax return is in order, just contact a professional and they will help. >>> now let's talk temperatures outside. we are looking at your neighborhood temperatures starting in the philly area. 61 degrees at the airport. 62 in rittenhouse. and we have a lot of 60s on the board. it's a nice start to the morning. fox chase at 63. just to put things in perspective, the average high for this time of year in philly is 64, and we'

university grounds. thinking back on the city as a whole, you click here for 30 years. what would you like to see for the future? what is your dream for charlottesville. >> i know that charlottesville will continue to experience this tremendous growth which we are experiencing right now. a lot of new construction and development. great listsll those that you could make, best place to raise children, best place to retire, and on and on. we've been number one on all of those lists, which is great. but i would hate for it to be a victim of its own success, and the problems we have are really the problems you want as a community. you want people to want to live in your community. you want people to want to visit and experience all the things that you love about your hometown. so my dream for charlottesville would either that as it grows, and as we write this new century --brick and stone and martyr and mortar, as we write our story on the landscape, i would wouldhat people experience -- i would hope people would have the experience that i had a falling in love with the plac