nbc 10's vai sikahema is here with more. vai? >> good morning, tracy. in fact, tens of thousands of voters are switching parties before monday's deadline to register for the primary. let's take a look. we checked the state elections figures. here's what they show. more than 06,000 people switch from democrat to republicans since the beginning of the year. that's about twice the number who have gone the other way. we found donald trump is sometimes a motivator. two local voters with trump in mind are turning republican for different reasons. >> i like his brashness. i like that he's a successful businessman. i think he'll do great for this country. >> i've been a liberal voter my entire life. he just suddenly became more terrifying to me than whoever they were nominating on the democratic side. >> independents are also switching to a party affiliation so they can vote in the

vai sikahema is live. an elderly couple was inside that home when it came down. >> it's pretty amazing. the video we're about to show you. pretty unbelievable they got out of there without getting hurt. the couple was about to go to bed when they heard several booms. it with us around 1:00. these two buildings fell to the ground. they were trying to make it outside. >> i caught the ceiling. >> he caught the ceiling and i was holding it up. he was like, come on, let's get out. thank god we out of there. >> yes, indeed. according to the couple just yesterday a friend told them told them the outside of their home was buckling and might collapse soon and a few hours the rest of the home will be demolished a little later this we'll have a live report from monique braxton of the house collapse. i'll come join you at the top of the hour. i'm vai sikahema, "nbc 10 news." >>> we're following breaking news in allegheny county in western pennsylvania where a mass shooting has left five people dead and three others wo

live from the digital center, vai sikahema with "nbc 10 news." katy, i'll join you at the top of the hour. >> thank you. >>> an expanding earth to find lost crabs is increasing danger. they're working with stockton university and other groups in a federally funded earth to treesh the so called ghost pots. it began in 2012 and recently expanded eed to cover back ari. stockers map out the traps and then trappers zero in on it. >> we don't want boaters hitting the pots and getting upset with that. >> so far the crabbers have uncovered 1,500 ghost pots. >> weeks after he went missing a german shepherd puppy from san diego is back in his owner's arm. she fell off a fishing boat five weeks ago. her owners spent two weeks looking for her and couldnd find her. then the navy found her on a nearby island. who says cats are the only ones with nine lives there. good story there. >>> all right. good story. 4:49. we're inching our way up there. jessica boynton joins us with a look of the roadway. hi, jess. >> hi, katy. good morning, everyone. if you're heading

nbc 10's vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center. did our teams get decent draws in the bracket. >> they did, tracy. it's college basketball. every team feels like they enthusiasm get higher seedings than they do. nova was looking for a top seed but after losing in the big east tournament final it settled to are a number two seed in the south region. all three local teams played opening games this friday. nova faces unc asheville in brooklyn. temple and iowa tip off at 3:10, st. joe's meet cincinnati in spokane, washington, friday night at 10:00. villanova players had a mute the reaction to their selection last night. wildcats did not make it through the first weekend of the tournament the last two years. the seniors are hoping this year's ride is sweeter. >> we want to get the elephant out of the room. everyone knows what that is. >> myself and arch, we are the seniors in this position. the guys have to see from us that the intensity has risen. >> nova held the number one ranking in the nation earlier in the season. temple were the

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm lauren mayk. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert weather center this morning. bill, we can be seeing these record-setting temperatures this week. we're pretty excited about it. >> we are in for a real treat. it is chilly outside. you'll have to bundle up, even at the shore the temperatures have dropped overnight, into the 30s. that's a live view from the marquis de lafayette. cape may at 29 degrees, atlantic city 24. there are cold spots where the wind has died down this morning. you'll need the winter jacket or coat this morning. but bright sunshine and a pretty good warmup today with even warmer weather to come. at 7:00 this morning, 35 degrees. look at the temperatures leap into the upper 40s at 10:00 this morning. just as the wind starts kicking

live in the digital operations center, i'm vai sikahema. i'll join you at the top of the hour, katy. >> see you then. thank you. >>> members of congress head to flint, michigan today. house minority leader nancy pelosi is among those traveling to flint. in all, 12 house members and one senator are making the trip. estimates say between 6,000 and 12,000 children have been affected. instead of uses treated water from detroit, they used water from the flint river that's higher in salt content which corroded pipes. >>> a group of community activists is using private donations to pay contractors to start digging those corroded pipes out of the ground. the city says at least 15,000 homes need pipes replaced. organizers say it's time for people to step up and take action. >> the people coming together. it's a human right issue. we have to take it upon yourselves to do something and take action. and to empower ourselves and save our own lives they're not here to do that for us. >> while people wait for their pipes to be replaced, one local health c

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. it's 5:00 a.m. warmer temperatures and according to meteorologist sheena parveen, maybe the sun later today, right? >> we'll finally see more sun today. yesterday we saw it late in the day. today we'll see more in the way of sunshine. once the fog clears, some of us are dealing with dense fog, quarter-mile visibility in pottstown and reading. that's where we have the

i'm vai sikahema. it's just before 8:30. let's get our forecast from nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. cloudy and overcast. >> yeah, low clouds around this morning, vai. we had misty conditions, but we're seeing that improve. here's a live look at cape may and it's just a blanket of clouds. we have a few very light showers in parts of southern delaware, kent county now too. we could see some of that move up through the area today, otherwise temperatures are in the mid-40s, mainly it is a chilly start to your tuesday. but as we go through the afternoon the clouds are going to hold on for a little bit, could see some breaks later today. highs around 60 degrees, so warmer than yesterday. and we keep warming into tomorrow. >> thank you, sheena. jessica boyington has your check of traffic. >> we're still watching this accident scene causing delays on the atlantic city expressway on the westbound side at berlin cross keys road. there is some delay behind that scene for now. here's the 42 freeway in deptford. around

in the digital operations center, i'm vai sikahema. nbc 10 news. katy? >>> vai, thank you for that. all the world's a stage and for some local students it gave them an important lesson in bullying. >> i hate my life. >> hang in there, kiddo. you're only 13. >> peco and the walnut street theater brought the musical "only 13" to norristown. it's about a girl that thinks about suicide after being bullied in school and online. it's designed to make people think about others and how they treat each other. >>> 23 whales in three parks will be the last generation of orcas that sea world will display in captivity. those animals would not survive in the wild. they will live out their years in larger tanks in the company's park habitats. the company says the time is right for this change. >> society is changing. and if you look at people's general comfort level with orcas under human care, i've seen a real shift in society. >> this change follows criticism of sea world's practices after the release of the documentary black fish and the death of a trainer. sea world faced protests and declines

nbc 10's vai sikahema is here with more. vai? >> good morning, tracy. in fact, tens of thousands of voters are switching parties before monday's deadline to register for the primary. let's take a look. we checked the state elections figures. here's what they show. more than 06,000 people switch from democrat to republicans since the beginning of the year. that's about twice the number who have gone the other way. we found donald trump is sometimes a motivator. two local voters with trump in mind are turning republican for different reasons. >> i like his brashness. i like that he's a successful businessman. i think he'll do great for this country. >> i've been a liberal voter my entire life. he just suddenly became more terrifying to me than whoever they were nominating on the democratic side. >> independents are also switching to a party affiliation so they can vote in the primaries. a reminder, pennsylvania and delaware hold presidential primaries on april 26th. new jersey holds theirs on june 7th. we have until monday to register to vote in the penns

vai sikahema is live in the digital operations center. let's talk about this. it's kind of like last year's offseason, just in reverse. >> the eagles are now getting a new staff, new coaching staff, new front office and new players. they seem to be scrubbing away the grime of the chip kelly years by shipping out some of the players that kelly thought would lead the club to victory. who could forget demarco murray's first touchdown in philadelphia a year ago this week. there it is. cameras greeted the leader. murray then sign a five-year, $40 million dollar. chip kelly envisioned murray as the star of his no-huddle offense. it didn't work out that way. murray's rushing yards dwindled and he was unhappy with his playing time to boot. csn philadelphia confirmed byron maxwell and kiko alonso will be shipped to the miami dolphins. we caught up with fans on the changes, especially demarco murray's exit. >> how do i feel about that? >> yes. >> not too good at all. i think that's the best playing we got. >> i was looking forward to seeing what he could do under new lea

. >>> good morning, i'm vai sikahema. just before 7:30. let's get our forecast on this gorgeous winter day from nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. sheena? >> vai, technically it is still winter outside. you wouldn't know it, especially this afternoon. here's a live look at cape may, beautiful with the sun up now. no clouds in this picture. we'll be seeing the sun as we go through the afternoon. 50 degrees in dover, 43 in philadelphia, 38 degrees mount holly. we are quickly warming up. 57 degrees in wildwood. today, record high temperatures, sunny and warm, near 80 degrees in some spots. >> thank you, vina. jessica boyington is taking a look at the roads. what are you looking at, jersey turnpike? >> yes, we have a problem there approaching 195 westbound right now. our cameras are trying to zoom in on the scene. approaching 195 westbound we have a tractor-trailer accident. so you can see there from far away, of course, there is police activity. you can see a few police officers there and a tractor-trailer up ahead. watch out fo

vai sikahema has more. vai? >> let's start with the democrats. hillary clinton says they must strengthen their alieps in order to defeat isis. >> slogans are a strategy. loose cannons tend to misfire. what merges need is a strong steady leadership to wage and win this struggle. >> clinton singled out ted cruz and donald trump saying demon e demonized them won't help. they called for patrols to be in the neighborhoods. >> we need to be using proactive law enforcement and intelligence and national security resources to prevent radicalization and to monitor and intercept and step radical islamic terrorists before they carry out acts of terror. >> president obama called cruz's idea of surveillance in muslim communities wrong and un-american. meanwhile personal attacks between cruz and donald trump have reached a new level. now their wives in the middle of the rivalry. meet the next first lady or you could support ted cruz. cruze called it inappropriate but trump threatened to spill the beans about cruz's wife heidi. still not sure what he's talking a

vai sikahema is live in the digital operations center with more. vai? >> good morning, tracy. broadcast news and social media are relating the story of officer ashley guindon in the performance of her duties. she was sworn in last friday in washington, d.c. she lost her life the next day, officer guindon was just 28 years old. yesterday in court -- last night, police officers stood at attention as the hurst drove past the station to where she was assign. her career was cut short before it really began. >> i can't imagine this being her first day on the job. her first phone call and to lose her life like this. my heart goes out toç her. >> some community members said they plan to attend the officer's funeral later today. police officers across the country are paying tribute by posting their first day on the job on social media. you're looking at just a few of the images tweeted out by philadelphia police officers. the officer's funeral is schedule for noon in dale city, virginia. live in the digital operations center, vai sikahema, nbc 10 news. tracy? >> vai, thanks. 4:17. cl

nbc 10's vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center. vai, this restart of relations between the two countries began in 2014. walk us through this. >> reporter: yes, it did. good morning, tracy. some would say it's too soon for the president to visit but the obama administration says the president wants to push aside decades of bad feelings and forge new ties between the u.s. and cuba. air force one touching down on a rainy afternoon in havana. top officials greeted president obama on the tarmac but not president raul castro who will do so today. then the first family toured havana on footholding umbrellas. the obamas had dinner at a privately owned restaurant in a working-class neighborhood. >> translator: it's been 50 years without relations with the northern american government. it looks like within the past year more things will change than in the last 50 years. >> today, president obama gets down to business by meeting cuban business leaders and tomorrow he plans to deliver a speech to the cuban people and take in a baseball game. n

nbc 10's vai sikahema is live in the digital operations center. vai, what do we know about this investigation? >> good morning, tracy. first of all, police are looking for two suspects in connection with a baseball bat attack and for threatening to burn down a homeless shelter. this is video from sunday in fishtown. two men get out of a vehicle and approach two other men standing in front of the philadelphia brotherhood rescue mission. you can see a man with a bat chasing the victim and striking the man in the leg. our lauren mayk talked with one of the victims who lived at the mission. >> now that i see the video, i relive that moment a couple times. i didn't want to make the guys any more madder than they were. i've been in violent situations before a long time ago in my life. it's never good to answer with anger. >> police say one of the attackers hit the other victim with his own cane and when they left, one of the men allegedly said he was coming back to burn the place down. the pastor at the mission believes this was all a case of mistaken i

the driver has not been charged. >>> i am vai sikahema. you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. have a great day. see you in a half hour. >>> this morning on "today's take," tina fey is here, and on the front lines of a dark comedy called "whiskey tango foxtrot." >>> then the bomb shell confessions by tennis star maria sharapova that shocked the tennis world. >>> and padma lakshmi dishes on life, loss and love, coming up next. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today". it's tuesday morning, march 8th, 2016. i've got to say, it's spring like outside. beautiful. getting into the 60s today in new york city. >> 70s tomorrow. >> 73 according to my thing here. 73 the next day, yeah. this thing right here. natalie is on assignment. tamron, i like the jam. going back. >> willie told me to wakeup, which i'm not sleeping. we've been up for hours now, but this will get you going. >> any r

. >>> good morning, i'm vai sikahema. just before 7:30. let's get our rainy forecast from nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen on this monday morning. >> it is a rainy monday morning. it's chilly and hopefully you remembered to spring your clock forward one hour. so we are in the 7:00 hour right now, not 6:00 a.m. we have rain around on radar. take a look at this. mostly in new jersey and around the philadelphia area. the major interstates heading up to trenton. there you see it, heavy to moderate rainfall. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. it is chilly to start off your morning with the rain through the day, periods of rain and temperatures only stay around 50 degrees. >> thank you, sheena. let's get a check on the morning commute with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we're watching the schuylkill expressway for big delays, around waverly road where we still have a disabled vehicle over here from an earlier accident. over into the right-hand shoulder at least. lanes getting through, 38 minutes for t

nbc 10's vai sikahema is here with details. vai? >> good morning, tracy. people vote for candidates in primaries and caucuses. it's the parties that make the rules involving delegates to their conventions. it appears donald trump is now battling more than just ted cruz and john kasich for the republican nomination. gop leaders will organize a 100-day campaign to stop trump. the anti-trump group is planning to aggressively lobby voters and delegates. chuck todd asked the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell about it on nbc's "meet the press." >> are you comfortable with donald trump as your party's standard bearer? >> i'm going to support the nominee. i have an obligation to my colleagues and party to support the nominee and i fully intend to do that. >> leading conservatives say if trump wins the nomination, they're prepared to back a third party candidate in the general election. ♪ ♪ donald donald stand by me >> and take a look at this serenade. a singer got donald trump and ben carson moving to his rendition of "stand by me." for complete decision

live in the digital operations center, vai sikahema, nbc 10 news. >>> today michigan's governor will face questions from congress about the water crisis in flint. governor rick snider is scheduled to testify at a house committee hearing. the penalty is investigating what went wrong and what's being done to help the people there and fix the problem. flint switched its water source in 2014 to save money. officials say the water was not treated properly. >>> a north jersey man known as the nazi dad is in jail this morning. police in bucks county arrested heath campbell last week. this is video of campbell from a court appearance last year. he's facing aggravated assault charges following a domestic incident last october. he made headlines in 2009 when he asked a supermark tote make a cake for his son with the title happy leather day hitler. >>> the custodian accused of stealing a pilot's gun at philadelphia international airport is charged with theft and is being named. police have identified the kus tonian as victor sheard. when he realized the mistake, he told police and air marshals

. >> i'm vai sikahema. you know what's as informative to me as the weather radar is that sheena parveen is wearing boots. calf high rubber boots. that's very telling of what we can expect today, right, sheena? >> yes. i'm wearing rain boots. you kind of need them this morning. the rain boots, umbrella, the raincoat. later today it will get windy. the winds will increase along with the rain. it's chilly outside, too. if you're about to leave anytime soon, here's the radar. we've been seeing rain on the majorer major interstates. take your time, go slower, be careful driving. 76, even 476 down through chester, this is showing us the heavier rain with the yellows and oranges here. that even extends up 476 through montgomery county, the p.a. turnpike, bucks county seeing quite a bit of moderate to heavy rainfall. in new castle county, a new batch of heavy rain moves in. that moves into the wilmington ç area, slide across the i-95 corridor and eventually move up into the philadelphia area, smyrna seeing that he

nbc 10's vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center. vai, who is that that drew the wrath of trump this time? >> good morning, tracy. none other than the speaker of the house, paul ryan, who broke his silence on trump yesterday. he opened up to reporters, ripped donald trump for hesitating to reject support from former ku klux klan leader david duke during a recent interview. trump did distance himself from duke before and after the interview. ryan said anyone who wants to be the republican gop must reject a group that's built on bigotry. >> trump fired back. >> i'm going to get along great with congress. paul ryan, i don't know him well but i'm sure i'll get along great with him. if i don't, he'll have to pay a big price. >> ryan criticized trump's plan to deport 12 million undocumented immigrants and ban muslims from entering the u.s. >>> check this out, the cover headline of this morning's "new york daily news" reads "make america migrate." with a satirical suggestion that his opponents should get ready to leave the country. >>> live

i'm vai sikahema, nbc 10 news. >> 4:19. turkey says it's prime minister will postpone his trip to jordan after a deadly car bomb explosion in the turkish capital. you're looking at the aftermath of a suicide blast yesterday. at least 34 people are dead with dozens more injured. the explosion at the transportation center sent burning debris raining down over the area. nobody claimed responsibility. turkish police expect kurdish militants carried out that attack. >>> a second body has been pulled from the hudson river after a tugboat accident. they think a third body is trapped in an unreachable section of the wreckage. the tugboat slammed into a barge and sank. >>> millions are still under the threat of flooding across the south. the death toll is now at six. from these record-breaking storms. the rain and flooding also destroyed thousands of homes across multiple states. some neighbors had to escape their houses using boats. to make matters even worse, officials say the floodwaters could be toxic. >> you can lookç at the

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. we have to deal with rain the last couple of days. >> yes. >> let's bring in sheena parveen and the first alert forecast. >> no umbrellas needed this morning but this afternoon, yes, you might want to have your umbrella with you. showers move in. this morning, the low beams you'll want those. we have quite a bit of patchy

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i'm vai sikahema. it's just before 10:30. let's get our forecast from nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley. shaping up to be a nice day, bill. >> yeah, beautiful day. after a cold start this morning we're on our way to near 60 degrees this afternoon with much less wind than we've seen recently. a little bit of a breeze blowing the flags on boathouse row. and look at that sunshine. nice bright sunshine and temperatures already into the upper 40s in philadelphia, heading for the 50s by noontime. 53 degrees and upper 50s at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> thank you, bill. let's get a late morning check on traffic with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. hi, jessica. >> hi, vai. we're watching the ben franklin bridge right now that's because we have a humongous backup headed westbound from the new jersey side it's pretty much jammed up from the toll plaza headed westbound toward the vine street expressway. runs the entire length of the vine street expressway once you get there headed westbound to the schuylkil

i'm vai sikahema. just before 10:30 a.m., let's get our forecast from nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. sheena, are we going to see the sun at all today? >> maybe, vai. but the clouds are going to be a little hard to leave, so we're going to have clouds around for most of the day. maybe later we'll see breaks in the cloud cover. here's a live look at cape may. kind of hazy in the distance. we have some low clouds out there. overcast skies and even a little bit of light rain trying to move in to cape may. so that's the case for much of delaware and south jersey, just some very light rain showers or sprinkles trying to make their way in. temperatures in those areas are in the mid-40s. 49 philadelphia and northeast philly. 47 in allentown right now. this afternoon we'll be right around 60 degrees. the clouds will be hanging around. and tomorrow we're going to be even warmer than today rjts thank you, sheena. let's get a check on the roads with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boy

vai sikahema is live in our digital operations center. vai, authorities just completed their investigation. tell us what happened. >> good morning, tracy. that's right. sheriff's officials in north carolina concluded that words from the republican presidential front-runner did not lead to a sucker punch. take a look at this. a trump supporter bashed a protesters in face at a rally in fayetteville, north carolina last week. the 78-year-old man faces assault and battery, disorderly conduct and other charges. authorities who reviewed video of of the incident said it did not rise to the level of incitement. trump addressed the issue of removing protesters from his rallies. >> the press is now calling this thing, oh, but there's such violence. violence. you know how many people have been hurt at our rallies? i think basically none other than, i guess, maybe somebody got hit once or something. there's no violence. >> trump's rival, meanwhile, ted cruz is also dealing with protesters. here's how cruz handled one at a rally yesterday. >> from the

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm lauren mayk. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert weather center this morning. bill, we can be seeing these record-setting temperatures this week. we're pretty excited about it. >> we are in for a real treat. it is chilly outside. you'll have to bundle up, even at the shore the temperatures have dropped overnight, into the 30s. that's a live view from the marquis de lafayette. cape may at 29 degrees, atlantic city 24. there are cold spots where the wind has died down this morning. you'll need the winter jacket or coat this morning. but bright sunshine and a pretty good warmup today with even warmer weather to come. at 7:00 this morning, 35 degrees. look at the temperatures leap into the upper 40s at 10:00 this morning. just as the wind starts kicking in and that is related. it gets stronger at 1:00 this afternoon, we'll be at 56 degrees. southwesterly winds. that's a warming direction for us. at the beginning of a warming trend that will be impacting our weather for the en

. >> i'm vai sikahema. we have to deal with rain the last couple of days. >> yes. >> let's bring in sheena parveen and the first alert forecast. >> no umbrellas needed this morning but this afternoon, yes, you might want to have your umbrella with you. showers move in. this morning, the low beams you'll want those. we have quite a bit of patchy fog, patchy, dense fog. look at the visibilityç in millville, reading, lancaster, pottstown. this is dense. three-quarter-mile visibility in mount holly. as we go through the morning hours, this will be the case, patchy, dense fog. as you're driving you'll be surprised if you start to run into areas if the fog is thicker than others. that can be a problem on the roads this morning. 39 in reading. 37 in millville. there are colder spots. 44 philadelphia, 43 degrees in wilmington. so as we go through the morning, we'll mostly be in the 40s, mid-40s by 8:30 this morning. then through the afternoon. more sunshine than we had yesterday by 3:30, we should still be dry, t

vai sikahema, nbc 10. katy? >> thank you. >>> turning to the democratic race for president. bernie sanders is showing no signs of quitting, despite hearing hints from the party's leading voice. yesterday the white house downplayed a report that president obama privately poll ed democratic players. sanders could have asked for a recount in missouri but said he wanted to save taxpayers money hillary clinton has 1579 delegates, 2383 delegates are needed to clinch the democratic nomination. now on to the republican side, donald trump leads with 685. ted cruz has 427 and john kasich has 143. 1,237 delegates are lead needed to win the gop nomination. >>> the next contests are set for tuesday. both parties will look to pick up delegates in the arizona primary and utah caucuses. the democrats will also caucus in idaho and the republicans convene in american samoa to pick their delegates. 4:18 now. for complete coverage of 2016 including the latest delegate counts and upcoming primaries and caucuses, tap the nbc 10 app. >>> for the first time in decades, there's direct mail service f

i'm vai sikahema. we'll have another update coming up in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. now back to the "today" show. have a great day. see you in a half hour. >>> this morning on "today's take," "allegiant" star theo james is here with a sneak peek at the new film. >>> he's back. harrison ford returns to the big screen for indiana jones 5. >>> we're busting the health myths you've seen online. >>> all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a beautiful wednesday morning here in new york city. it's march the 16th, 2016. another big crowd out on the plaza. spring break weeks roll through town. inside studio 1a, i'm willie along with natalie, al and tamron. this song was on when i got the e-mail from the morning jam from our producer, amanda. "electric feel," mgmt. >> great song. >> everybody is talking about what happened last night in a

i'm vai sikahema, nbc 10 news. katy? >>> two heavyweights fought for the future of the republican party. the 2012 republican nominee, mitt romney and donald trump. romney said if trump wins the gop nomination, it would guarantee a victory for hillary clinton. rmny also said trump's policies would make the world less safe. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as the degree from trump university. he's playing the members of the american public forç suckers. he gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hat. >> trump fought back, pointing out when romney was the republican nominee four years ago and lost, well, trump did endorse romney at that time. >> this is a failed candidate. he failed. i backed him. you can see how loyal he is. he was begging for my endorsement. i could have said, mitt, drop to your knees, he would have dropped to his knees. >> this political battle could take another turn this morning on the "today" show. mitt romney will visit for an exclusive interv

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's bring in meteorologist sheena parveen here with the first alert forecast. seems like the mist is mostly going to be annoying for most of the day. >> especially for girls, vai, not you. >> i have bad hair days. >> sometimes. i've seen it. just kidding. the umbrella is not going to help with the mist. it's one of those things you need a jacket and a hood. you're probably going to be

it is 5:30 on your friday. >> i'm vai sikahema. light snow through most of the delaware valley although that's going to taper off. let's bring in bill henley and the first alert forecast and tell us when all that will happen. >> this one really is about the timing. it's not a lot of snow anywhere. but it is the timing, during the

i'm vai sikahema. we are just a few minutes before 10:30. let's get our forecast from nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley. bill. >> vai, beautiful sunshine outside. you can see it at the shore. the live view from the marina at cape may looks beautiful, but it is still cold. temperatures just above freezing now in cape may. you see a few high clouds in that view too. those are beyond the increase. 32 cape may, 31 philadelphia, heading for low 40s this afternoon. we'll be dry during the day today. some light snow showers overnight tonight. >>> thank you, bill. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is keeping an eye on the roads for us. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, vai. good morning everyone heading out the door on 295 in the next couple minutes might want to think of an alternate. 295 on the northbound side is backed up, an accident scene around route 1 headed northbound tractor-trailer jackknifed with a fuel spill as well. these are cameras in hamilton township at sloan avenue. also disabled bus on city avenue sou

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's start with meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. i like the way march is welcoming us into the month. >> if only we could make it stay for the rest of the month. today you're in for a beautiful one. skies are clear already, which is part of why it's getting chilly so quickly this morning the temperatures are falling. we'll see that until after sunrise. not a lot of wind. it's calm in pottstown and wilmington, trenton is calm. a 12 mile-an-hour breeze in the pocono mountains where flags have been blowing. 29 degrees in the mountains, low 40s this time of year in philadelphia, that's great. millville has dropped below freezing, very calm conditions there and very dry air allows the temperatures to

i'm vai sikahema, nbc 10 news. tracy? >>> chris christie on a radio show last night, the new jersey governor was asked about his decision to support his former rival. >> donald trump has won three of the first four primaries. i've known him for 14 years. he will probably win at least seven or eight of the 11 primaries if not more tomorrow night. he's going to be the republican nominee for president. i want to make sure hillary clinton doesn't win. >> christie also said he doesn't foresee running again but he couldn't say for certain that he would never seek the presidency again. >>> ahead in our next half hour, we'll have a special preview from some of the states taking part in super tuesday, including key states like texas, virginia and minnesota. during prime time hours tonight we'll be providing you with live updates from the super tuesday states between 7:00 and 10:00. >>> a win for apple in its battle with the federal government over hacking phones involved in criminal cases. a judgeç rules yesterday that e justice

i'm vai sikahema. >> meteorologist bill henley has been talking windchill. it doesn't feel like 48 when you walk out. >> no, the winds have been study, some gusts, too. look at the flags atop the air amark building in center city. windchills are in the 20s and 30s this morning. 20s in the pocono mountains. 30s for allentown and reading and 40s more foes of the rest of the area. those gusty winds will continue this afternoon. i have your neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast. jessica boyington with the traffic. >> we're in the process of a scheduled opening for the burlington bristol scheduled for 5:20 this morning. we're in the process of that. so problems on the walt or the ben. and not any word yet on if there's a scheduled open for the tacony-palmy tacony-palmyra. south eighth street is closed. vine street speedway, no problems in either direction. this is a big road because it connects the schuylkill expressway and 95. we're seeing more cars head westbound toward the schuylkill expressway. but no big delays. if you have t

i'm lauren mayk. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's bring in meteorologist sheena parveen. before you start your forecast, lauren and i want to hear you say 78. >> 78. >> there we go. >> ah! >> how does near 80 degrees tomorrow sound? that's in the forecast, too. we have record warmth moving in. it's all because of wind direction. we have this warm air mass moving in from the south. this will stay the case as we go from today into tomorrow. record highs expected today. record highs expected tomorrow. it's beginning to feel a lot more like spring, maybe even summer to some of you through tomorrow afternoon, just because we're not used to these type of temperatures. we're mostly in the 40s, 48 in philadelphia, 44 northeast philly, 37 in allentown. these numbers are going to quickly be rising once the sun comes up, 43 wilmington, 52 in dover. as we go through the day, we expect record-breaking temperatures. take a look as with go through the later morning hours. 66 degrees by 10:00. by noon for lunch, 71 degrees already. perfect day

i'm vai sikahema just before 10:30. it is already in the mid-40s. let's get our first alert forecast with bill henley. >> we can do better than the mid-40s and the sunshine and wind combining to warm things up. it was in the 40s yesterday and we're headed into the 50s and we'll warm into the 60s. that's a live view and sunshine into center city and right now the temperatures are 47 degrees and 46 in cape may and even the pocono mountains at 41 degrees and mild weather all around and sunshine, 60 degrees by 3:00 this afternoon. >>> thank you, bill. philadelphia police hope surveillance video will lead them to the fast food customer who shot a teenage employee. the wanted man was eating at a church's chicken in tioga. and he pulled a gun and shot the 18-year-old worker and ran away. the victim is in stable condition and the customer might have gotten mad about the worker cleaning tables near his food. >>> new this morning a collision sends a parked car into the front porch of this house in gray's ferry. another vehicle hit the car and then drove off.

i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. let's talk about the cold and the snow and the big warmup to come. bill henley has that. bill? >> we're starting off cold this morning. the temperatures have come down overnight. here we getting sunrise. a few pink clouds. we'll see a nice warmup during the day today. you'll need your winter coat this morning. it's down by 27 degrees in millville, off by 25 degrees in northeast philadelphia. everybody is colder which means we're starting off at 21. wilmington is 25. roxborough, 44 degrees. sunshine. into the 40s this afternoon and it will be completely dry today. but as the day goes on, we'll see more and more of those high clouds and the clouds will take over tonight. 30 degrees at 8:00. by 11:00. 36 degrees. a little bit of a breeze out of the west-southwest at 5 miles an hour 406789 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. zero snow during the day today. tonight, it's a different story. i've got your forecast. right now, the commute. jessica boyington watching your first alert traffic. >> h

i'm vai sikahema. it is just before 10:30. let's get our start with our forecast with our nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley. >> a chilly morning, but we've got sunshine. and the temperatures on the rise. we're headed for the 50s to near 60 this afternoon. not a cloud in the sky over center city. that won't be changing today. a little bit of a breeze will develop. it will be out of the southeast to 15 miles an hour. tomorrow start with rain and then wind through the day, a chilly one on wednesday. colder thursday, a chance of light snow on friday and moderating temperatures this weekend. >>> let's get a check on your tuesday morning commute with nbc 10 traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> hi, vai, we are on the schuylkill expressway where we have an accident scene around city avenue approaching the boulevard on the eastbound side. so you can see we have vehicles over into the left hand shoulder and some split off into the right hand shoulder. surprisingly not a huge backup behind that scene. still watching the acci

. >> i'm vai sikahema and we which in with bill hebly on the weather. >> somebody might tell you to go fly a kite. it's because of the wind. we're seeing winds this morning. winds are picking up in reading and wildwood. it's spotty right now, but we'll see why. gusty winds will help warm temperatures. pottstown moved up to 41 degrees. now 55 in northeast philadelphia. look at the 50s for roxborough in philadelphia. sun's not up and temperatures are starting to rise. that's the power of the winds loochlk at the winds increasing as the day goes on. gusted could go as high as 40. that really helps to boost our temperatures. what a beautiful spring day it's going to be. there are some changes on the way as vai has alluded to. i'll take you through them when i come back in ten minutes. jessica boyington, meantime, has your first alert action. jessica? >> on bryn mawr, that's closed right now. pretty serious scene eastbound and westbound. we're not sure of the injuries right now, but an investigation may be under way. it may be there for quite some time. they're diverting traffic around the

i'm vai sikahema. it is just before 10:30. let's get our forecast from meteorologist sheena parveen. >> a wet start for your monday and it has cleared. here's a look out at center city, but the low clouds will hang around for quite a while and we do have a chance of light showers later in the day. here's the radar. most of the rain in burlington county and along the shore and through mercer county and it will continue to move through the northeast. temperaturewise, mid to upper 40s right now and hold on to the umbrella and we could still see light rain showers around and temperatures hanging around 50 degrees and it's going to be windy. >>> thank you, sheena. let's get a check on the roads with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> hi, vai. we're watching the schuylkill expre expressway and wet roads and 20 minutes eastbound from the vine street expressway and we're starting to see delays at the philadelphia international airport and 56 minutes due to low ceilings. check for arriving flights before you go. >>> new

. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's bring in nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley who's been away for a couple of weeks. he's back with warm weather for the next couple of days, bill. >> a nice warmup. it's started. we're warming this morning. oneç of the reasons we do have clouds to start with. you don't have to carry the umbrella. you'll need your sunglasses today. the clouds clear out. this is a 24-hour temperature change. look how much warmer it is compared to yesterday. millville is up 26 degrees, 17 degrees warmer in philadelphia. still cool, a little bit of chill in the air, north and west where we did see clearing overnight. the clouds have filled in temporarily. they'll be moving out as the day goes on. a few clouds, 51 degrees at 8:00. 61 at 11:00. look at those winds, steady into this afternoon. we'll see more and more sunshine. those winds will help with the warmup, 68 degrees by early this afternoon and into the 70s later today. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when

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i'm vai sikahema. a few minutes before 8:00 a.m. let's get our forecast from nbc 10 meteorologist sheena parveen. cooler but less windy today it seems. >> that's right, vai. this morning we're cold outside. 20s and 30s as you're about to step outside. you'll probably want the heavy coat this morning. by the afternoon, it won't be as cold as it was yesterday or windy as it was yesterday. a live look out at the art museum. sun is shining, 35 degrees in philadelphia, 30 in allentown, reading, 24 in pottstown, 32 in wilmington and dover. cold start to your tuesday. the temperatures updated, 32 mount holly, 37 in philadelphia. as we go throughout the day, not as cold as yesterday. 53 to 56 degrees. a little breezy but the winds are not going to be gusty. like they were yesterday. tomorrow and thursday, though, we start to warm up to the 70s. a nice warmup in your forecast. today will be nice, too. >> sheena, thank you. let's get a check on traffic with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we're watching sun glare and

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good morning, i'm vai sikahema. it is just shy of 10:30. we'll get our forecast from meteorologist sheena parveen. sheena? >>> good morning, vai. we are seeing better visibility out there. so the fog is really lifting through most of the area. still looking hazy at the ben franklin bridge, but we are seeing big improvements this morning. 54 degrees now in philadelphia and wilmington. 55 in dover. 50 in allentown. 56 in millville. so things are starting to warm up. it's 57 degrees in northeast philly. today we'll see more breaks with sunshine. 66 to 69 for the high temperature. and we have afternoon showers in the forecast, make sure you have your umbrella handy today. >>> we'll get a check on the roads with jessica boyington. >> hi, vai. we are watching hazy conditions near the platt bridge. it is difficult to see, but we have rolling work crews here taking out a lane headed westbound and eastbound we saw one of the crew members actually drive through. so it's a little bit of a slow-go on the platt. and we are seeing construction, so simila

i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. we get a check of the weather. >> now the wind is at 9 miles an hour in philadelphia. it will be more of an easerly wind. that's going to sleed lead to a slower warm joup. we'll make it into the 70s. 46 in pottstown, 44 in wilmington. there's that 44 that had been hovering. quite a drop in the last hour and a half. there are some chilly spots often, but as the skies start to brighten ahead of sunshine which is now less than a half hour away, we will see the temperatures cool down a little more at 8:00. 48 degrees and it's 57 degrees at 11:00 and near 70 at 2:00 this afternoon. we'll show you the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood of which areas will make it into the neighborhood. that's when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington. >> down in new jersey right here on the garden state parkway headed northbound. this is right around exit 40 at the white horse pike we have an accident scene blocking the left lane. huge delays approaching that scene right now. definitely something t