Right now at 11 00, he lived a remarkable life and was renowned for his beautiful mind. Princeton Professor John nash and his wife are being remembered after a crash on the new jersey turnpike took their lives. Police in admitmiddlesex county are sorting out how the accident happened. The couple was in a taxi in Monroe Township when the driver lost control veering from the left lane to the right. He hit a guardrail and another car. Nbc 10 talked to friends and neighbors in princeton about the legacy nash leaves behind. John nashs colleagues say his flight into newark arrived so early on saturday that instead of waiting for his limo he took a cab. Police guarded the unassuming house that belonged to the unassuming man who won the nobel prize in math. He was just very sweet and quiet. Youd never know that he was someone of such importance. He didnt talk to many people. Reporter john nashs game theory, the use of advanced math maltics to figure out whether things will succeed or fail was called one of the great ideas of the 20th century. Find a Truly Original idea. Its the only way i will ever distinguish myself. Reporter Russell Crowe portrayed nash and his struggles with schizophrenia in a beautiful mind. It was a shock when his colleagues heard about the accident saturday night. I couldnt believe it. Reporter dr. Louis nuremberg had just flown back to the United States with nash after the two received an award in norway. We were sitting together chatting over an hour in newark at the airport. Then decided to take a cap. Reporter police say that cab lost control on the new jersey turnpike killing the 86yearold nash and his wife alicia. There were flowers and tributes laid in front of princeton universitys math building. His young colleagues wishing theyd gotten to know that quiet man they passed in the hall. Oh i was extremely shocked. I always wanted to do lunch with him at least once. I feel i missed an opportunity. I should have talked to him more. Reporter prince son University Says they should be releasing details of a formal tribute for john nash in the coming days. A march at sunset to honor the men and women who died serving our country. The sunset parade was held in cape may at the coast guard training center. More than 250 recruits took part. Its been a beautiful weekend at the jersey shore. Chilly but plenty of sun. The wind was whipping along the beach in cape may. Not many people were braving the cold ocean waters. First alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is tracking a warmup for the end of the Holiday Weekend. Its going to get warmer tomorrow . Thats right. We start the warming trend today, yesterday we were am average. Into tomorrow our temperatures will warm up even more. So we warm to 82 degrees today. That was an 11degree warmup from warmup reserve into memorial day temperatures at 88, close to 90 degrees. Thats mainly for the city and our suburb locations. Its still going to be cooler at the shore. 67 in philadelphia. 65 in pottstown. 60 in mt. Pocono. Along the shore you can see that wind direction blowing off the cold waters. Our temperatures only at 61 degrees in Atlantic City. 61 in wild wood. Low 60s this evening in millville. Into memorial day by 9 00 a. M. 67 degrees. By noon 79. By 6 00 p. M. , 84 degrees. Tomorrows high again is at 88. Coming up ill go over exactly what you can expect if you plan on heading down the shore and into the poke knows. The south and midwest are reeling from another round of Severe Weather. At least two people are dead several others are missing. Floodwaters have swept through towns in texas and oklahoma. Nbc 10 National Reporter brian mooar has the latest. Reporter caught in a north texas flash flood, wade carson lost his suv but not his friend. Very very traumatic. We were fighting the current. We thought we were tough but we were no match for that. Reporter intense flooding threatening lives from Central Texas to oklahoma. Where a tulsaarea firefighter captain jason farley drowned during a water rescue. One step and he was gone. Reporter another death reported in san marcos, texas, south of austin. One of many communities suddenly overwhelmed and under water. If you are forced to go to the roof of your home take Something White you can flag let us know youre there. Reporter ironically this region had been suffering through drought until the storms hit, bringing rain and howling winds that peeled the roof off this houston apartment building. The tiny town of wemberley nearly wiped off the map when the blanco river rose. Wichita falls officials were bracing for a new storm that didnt hit. Weve dodged a bullet quite frankly. Reporter many other communities havent been and wont be as fortunate as the rain falls and the waters rise. In addition to flooding large areas of texas and oklahoma are also facing the threat of tornados. Brian mooar, nbc news washington. Rutgers football coach says hes waiting for more information before taking action after the arrest of one of his players. Quarterback darian daily is charged with using a gun to rob a bicyclist in florida. Another man is also charged in the stint that happened around 2 00 a. M. This morning in sarasota. The rutgers coach says once all the facts are gathered appropriate action will be taken. Camden police say theyre interviewing an abduction victim. Officers got a call about a man being forced into the trunk of a car at third and kaighns street around 10 30 this morning. Police released a surveillance picture of the silver acura with new jersey plates. About an hour ago they did give us an update. They found the victim and hes being interviewed about what happened. A Carbon Monoxide detector helped save lives in montgomery county. 14 people were sick from the odorless gas in a number of homes along west aries street in north norristown caused by gaspowered generators in the basement of a home where the power had been turned off. A neighboring house had a detector that alerted residents to the danger. A proud day for the garden state. We all know the uss new jersey thats docked in camden now a new submarine will bear that name. The secretary of the navy made the announcement today in jersey city. The first modern submarine was actually designed and built in new jersey in the 1890s. Ary bob menendez of new jersey had been pushing for a sub to be named after the state. I suggested to him that it would be great to finally, once again, particularly in the submarine class, recognize new jersey and its long history. The new uss new jersey will be completed and commissioned in about six years. Those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country were honored with a memorial day parade and service in philadelphia today. The traditional Decoration Day service was held at laurel hill ceremony in Fairmount Park this afternoon. This year enough money was raised to honor a civil war hero with a militarystyle headstone. The cemetery is where the first memorial day observance was held in philadelphia back in 1868. Joy and excitement can be overwhelming for families fortunate enough to have their loved ones return home from overseas. Take a look. Brothers john and justin potenski were deployed almost a year in qatar. After returning home they decided to surprise their sister brielle at oak Crest High School in Atlantic County this week. You can also share your videos as well by uploading them to nbc10 news app. Testing the limits. Up next the call to fight standardized testing of our students from an unlikely source. Plus this. Theres not a day that doesnt go by that i dont think of this battle. He lived through one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of world war ii. Now the local veteran fighting again. His struggle to bring a piece of history permanently to philadelphia. Tracking warmer weather into memorial day and next week. Im tracking the possibility of a heat wave. All the details in my full forecast. Road rage turned violent in delaware. Police say there was some sort of incident on route 13 Year Wilmington early yesterday morning. One driver started following the other until they reached i95. When the drivers got off the highway, they stopped to confront each other, one of them ran the over. Police are looking for the suspect. He was driving a dark dodge dart with a maryland license place. A superintendent in Chester County is speaking out against what he calls the massive burden of state testing in schools. Jim scanlon wrote a letter to families in west chesterarea School Districts criticizing the amount of testing required in pennsylvania schools. He says its having a negative impact on students education. Scanlon writes in part, learning should be challenging but also enjoyable and exciting. Teaching should be dynamic and creative. Were missing so much of that because of these tests. If youd like to read his entire letter you can look for it right now on nbc10. Com. On this eve of memorial day, one veteran wants to make sure theres a permanent reminder of the sacrifice his fellow soldiers made in world war ii. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal has his story. Reporter he wants to build a memorial here along philadelphias historic mile honoring the 19,000 american soldier s soldiers who died in the battle of the bulge. In a city known for its love of history youll find War Memorials honoring the dead across philadelphia. But there is one battle. A surprise attack. Reporter the biggest and bloodiest for allies in world war ii. This was hitlers last hurrah. Reporter whose memory is kept alive not by granite and stone put by those who made it home. Theres not a day that doesnt go by that i dont think of this battle. Reporter Army Corporal stan watuzik was injured and captured during the battle of the bulge. I just turned 18. We were picking those germans off left and right. Reporter now, 70 years later, hes leading the effort to erect a permanent monument in philadelphia. This will be the monument reporter a structure in Washington Square park but theyve gotten pushback since this section of the city is devoted to the revolutionary war and they need approval from the feds plus at least 100,000. They should remember the sacrifices that these guys put up. Their ban tism of fire of going into battle. Reporter but stanley says the real battle here is against the clock. Many veterans are passing on. Time is running out. Reporter hoping to leave a Lasting Legacy of their cold winter fight that turned the tide against hitler. Philadelphia is the only major city without one of these memorials. The group of veterans is hoping to meet with state and federal leaders. I did hear back from congressman bob bradys office who tells me that he wants to learn more about this proposal and is excited to hear it. Now your nbc first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Im tracking a warm memorial day for you. Temperatures continue to increase. By the time we end the weekend well be almost 20 degrees warmer than how we started. First 90degree day in the sevenday forecast. I am tracking the possibility of storms. Thats all in the sevenday forecast. A look outside right now from philadelphia. 67 degrees. Humidity still up at 63. Winds light out of the south at 5 miles per hour. Across the rest of the region, 60 in the poconos. 66 in trenton. Close to 70 milder than yesterday. 61 in Atlantic City. 61 in stone harbor. 66 in dover. Were dealing with cooler temperatures along the shore. Technically its a warmer night tonight than it was yesterday. Atlantic city up 7 degrees, up 9 degrees in mt. Holly, 15 warmer in allentown this evening 18 degrees warmer in the poconos, up 7 degrees in philadelphia. Well continue to warm into tomorrow. We are going to see that warmer southwesterly flow moving into our region. Thats when we see warm and humid conditions. Summerlike conditions on tap for us tomorrow heading into the rest of next week. Even the possibility of a heat wave. As far as our conditions are concerned for tonight well see a few more clouds increasing and a mix of sun and clouds tomorrow. Its still going to be warmer than today. Were also checking out Severe Weather, especially near chicago, with a tornado watch box in effect. Were still seeing flooding. Most of its moved out of texas and is affecting parts of louisiana and stretching into memphis. We are going to stay nice and dry as we head into the end of your Holiday Weekend. For the poconos by 8 00 a. M. Temperatures are 60 sunny and school. Noon, 77 degrees, nice. By 8 00 p. M. , low 70s 72 degrees. We are going to see a nice day in the poconos. Shores and beaches, if youre heading out to ra hoe both temperatures 80. Atlantic city 74. Cape may at 79 and warm. You cant beat these beach forecasts. Its going to be very nice. Water temperature close to 61 degrees. As we head into the rest of the night, temperatures will stay mild. 61 degrees for philadelphia. 55 for our suburbs to the north and west. Mostly sunny heading into tomorrow. Our temperatures will range between 84 and 88 degrees. Todays high only at 82. Its going to feel even warmer tomorrow. Sevenday forecast shows that chance of a heat wave starting on tuesday with temperatures at near 90 wednesday and thursday. We track a chance of storms wednesday night continuing on and off into next weekend. Coming up memorial day weekend means the indianapolis 500 where a record was set for longest gap between victories. Phillies struggles on the road continued in the nations capital. Highlights from the Series Finale with the nationals next. This is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. Your home for the most live sports. Im ron burke from comcast sportsnet. Phillies and nationals wrapping up their series in washington. Aaron harang on the mound for the phillies. In the fourth inning Jeff Francoeur pulling one through the short. The bobble out in left field and the score, phillies strike first against washington, 10. Bottom half of the inning, harangues no earned run streak over at 17. Gives up an rbi single. The game is even 11. The nationals hold a 21 lead in the seventh. Deek man pitching harper drops one into shallow left field, spann comes in from second nationals 31. Ryan zimmerman looking to go to work, he will do that. Driving one to the wall in right. That scores harper all the way from first. Phillies drop this one 41. They have not won a road series all season. Phillies begin a set with the mets tomorrow. Mets in pittsburgh today. In the fifth inning 11 game andrew mccutcheon, tworun home run, his seventh. Star lying marte goes long threerun shot. Pirates 91 to sweep the series. Mets struck out 36 times in the three games. Its a memorial day weekend tradition. The indianapolis 500. Scott dixon on the pole for this the 99th running. Dixon won the race in 2008 finished fourth today. Racing not only dangerous to drivers, James Davison hits crew members in the pit in front of him. One was taken to the hospital with ankle injury. 24 laps to go threecar accident brings out the caution, sets up a sprint to the finish. With four laps to go Juan Pablo Montoya passes will powers and holds off all chargers winning his second indy 500. The other came 15 years ago. Owner roger penske has won 16 indy 500s. His first though since 2009. The ncaa lacrosse final four has taken over philadelphia this Holiday Weekend with championship games at lincoln financial field and ppl park. The womens title game at the home of the union tonight. North carolina facing maryland. Final seconds, first half. Sydney holan comes in to score to give unc the 63 lead. Maryland scored eight straight in the second half. Megan whittle here. Maryland hangs on for a 98 win. Its second straight title. In the early game Sunni Courtland defeated trinity for the division iii title. Maryland men go for the sweep tomorrow in the mens championship game against denver. First National Championship since 1975 led by Catholic League mvp met rambo who has six goals and six assists over three tournament games. Ever since i was little ive always been in the stands in the final four in philadelphia. Every time it came here i was always in the stans. But its finally a dream come true to come back here in the final four philly and the championship game you know. All our team worked so hard since august every day, almost, day in and out, blood, sweat and tears. So its just amazing a dream come true to make it a championship game. Big opportunity for the Mens Division ii championship against limestone. Fourth quarter limestones moist messinger scores the go ahead goal. Limestone wins 96. Toughs defeated lynchburg to win the 3d championship. Union at red bulls. Silvestre in goal. 57th minute wanger trying to cut inside loses the ball it goes to christian, his shot deflected, 10 union lead. Five minutes later the unions fabianio plays give and go, passes to c. J. Sapong for the tapin. Union win their second straight get their first ever win at red bull arena, 20 the final. Roger federer got an unwelcome surprise at the french open. A young fan ran on the court and tried to take a selfie with the 17time grand slam champion. Federer not happy about it. Citing multiple Security Breach breaches hes experienced at Roland Garros including yesterday and saying something needs to happen quickly, basically yesterday. Coming up later in sports one on one with Phillies First base man Michael Franco as well as highlights from nba and nhl playoff action. gong blend kikkoman into your burger patties