You know if hes connected to those other thefts as well and in the digital Operators Center harry hairston. Thank you. Now to breaking news in new york city. Authorities say theyve thwarted a possible terror attack. Tonight two women are under arrest. Investigators say they were trying to make a bomb. Fbi agents arrested the suspects today in que terterrorism unit says the women were trying to build a homemade bomb out of propane tanks. The women looked at isis propaganda online but at this point there is no evidence to tie them directly to the terror organization. The women are expected to appear in Brooklyn Federal court. Some time today counterterrorism officials insist the public was never in any danger. Now to this from senior senator to the center of a federal indictment. Today new jersey senator bob menendez surrendered to face fraud charges. Menendez arrived at the federal courthouse in newark prepared to do battle with the Justice Department. His good friend eye dollar Salomon Melgen arrived about an hour earlier. Once inside the courtroom, menendez pled not guilty and moments later, melgen entered the same not guilty plea. These allegations are false and i am confident they will be proven false and i look forward to doing so in court. Reporter each faces more than a dozen counts conspiracy to commit bribery. Men mendes received rides in melgens private jet and a free weekend in paris in return menendez helped melgen with millions in medicare disputes and tried to secure the eye doctor a contract in the dominican republic. The lawyer saidgp but because this was a real friendship and not a corrupt relationship and because senator menendezs actions were proper this case too, will become another of those mistaken cases that should have never been brought. Melge mln lawyer said nothing as they left the courthouse. M million. Menendez was released on his own reconnaissance. He was able to keep his passport but had to surrender his personal one. The Justice Department had nothing to say. The trial date was set for july 17t 4 but it will likely be changed. In newark Brian Thompson nbc 10 news. We are learning more tonight about the murder of a levidnmq valley mother. Tonight prosecutors charged the womans 14yearold daughter in the crime. Jamie sylvanec is being charged with homicide in connection to the stabbing death of her mother cheryl. The girls boyfriend 20yearold caleb barnes was already charged with the case but prosecutors say she wasnt a pawn, but rather a coconspirator. Theres been an interview t named who told detectives that jamie sylvanec and caleb barnes talked about killing both of jamie sylvanecs parents. Detectives tell us that jamies mother wanted her toic bra break up with barnes. The couple buried her in a shallow grave which Police Quickly found. We are following a developing story out of africa. 147 victims died in a college attack targeting christians. Nbc 10s Jim Rosenfield is watching those developments from the digital operations center. Who is the latest on who isjze responsible for this attack . Jacqueline heres what we know know. The man believed to be the mastermind is part of a group from somalia with links to al qaeda. The 13hour siege is over now in kenya. Its about a hundred miles from the border with somalia. Four of the gunmen were killed and dozens of hostages were freed and the university has a student population of about 815, about 60 people on the teaching staff. Many of the studentscxun escaped the dawn attack that targeted christian students and some of them ran and hid in a nearby field. awp; some gunshots and the guys started jumping up and down running for their lives. Kenyas president authorized 10,000 new security recruits to help protect the public and more on the mastermind, the man believed to be the mastermind. Hes a former teacher at a Religious School in kenya and theres more. He claimed responsibility for the 2014 bus attack there that killed 28 people and thats the latest, live from the digital operations center, jim oez rosenfield, nbc 10 news. Back to you. Happening now, students at Stockton University are rallying outside the]uj showboat casino in Atlantic City. The College Students are upset over trump entertainments attempt to block the showboat overturning the campus for stockton. Trump entertainment says its worried that underaged collegecwc students will sneak in to gamble and drink exposing the casino to costly fines, but many students blame the man who ish cf1 o mes with their lives. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. A warm and windy afternoon across the area. We finally warmed into the mid60s today as we look live at the beach in cape may. Leaefore we know it the weekend trips to the shore to enjoy the sun and sand will be here. Hopefully theyll come sooner than later, thats what i keep saying. We go from the warm up today to the umbrella tomorrow. Sheena parveen is tracking rain moving our way. Sheena, what can we expect tonight . Tonight, keith and jacqueline, you can see clouds increasing and you can enjoy the rest of the evening in the meantime and the rain comes as we go into tomorrow. Temperatures Still Holding in the mid60s for most of thegs area and Atlantic City at 60 degrees and the Lehigh Valley coming in around the mid60s and very nice into the day today. Tomorrow will be warmer than today and then well have some rain moving in. Locally were nice and dry and a few showers or sprinkles trying to move into parts of Lancaster County and a lot of this will be holding off until very early tomorrow morning and here we see as we zoom out and a lot of moisture to the west and southwest. Sb c res and warmer than today and it will come with some rain. For the rest of the evening and still windy outside. 8 00 p. M. Tonight and more clouds around and dropping to 60 degrees and by 10 00 p. M. Still fairly mild and 67 degrees and coming up ill show you the timing on the rain and cooler changes for your weekend. Thats straight ahead. Pennsylvania spca is going mobile in order to get pets adopted and the center in north philadelphia had to close last weekend because of respiratory irl illnesses because of dogs in the kennel. Theyre now doing cat adoptions at the headquarters. They will continue the mobile adoptions through sunday from 1 00 to 6 00 p. M. A limited number of dogs are also looking for new homes. We have several new developments to tell you about in the deadly french alps plane crash. Recovery crews found the remains of all v ilot in the moments just before he brought the plane down. Friends of the pontiff. Well crunch those numbers for you. And an unexpected fortune. This man found a bag of crash after it literally dropped in front of him. What he decided to do with the money. Iran and six world lix powers say theyve. 9n agreed on a rough outline on how to limit Irans Nuclear ambitions after marathon negotiations in switzerland secretary of state john kerrie made Good Progress and plan to sy e goal is to put limits on Irans Nuclear program so it cant lead to atomic weapons. President obama spoke from the white house. Im convinced that if this framework leads to a final, comprehensive deal tell make our country, our allies and our world safer. Secretary of state kerry said the world powers should iron out the end of june. Meanwhile, with the controversy over a religious bill raging in indiana, theyre rushing to modify the legislation. Nbc 10 National Correspondent jay gray reports from indianapolis where the firestorm was first sparked. Reporter lawmakers in indiana are now rushing to fast track a revised religious freedom bill replacing the measure thats been at the center of criticism and controversy. I want to hear somebody say weve made a grave mistake and we caused the state tremendous embarrassment that will take months and possibly years to repair. Reporter corporate and social leaders across the country rallied against the original law concerned it would allow Business Owners to deny service to customers. The threats of b77z en pushed republican legislators to modify the bill adding antidiscrimination safeguards something they initially insisted they would not do. The ncaa based in indianapolis and preparing to tip off the mens final four this weekend applauded the move after criticizing the original measure. We hope they can resolve it quickly not just because of this event, but because its an important issue to get the law fast. Reporter but not everyone is happy with the changes. Angies list has stopped construction of a new facility in indianapolis and calls the fix, quote, insufficient urging the governor to do away with the law altogether while on the other side supporters of the original bill now say the changes go too far. The government should not be able to foes a hooshrce a hoosier business or individual to withhold their religious beliefs. Reporter beliefs that continue to be at the center of jay gray, nbc 10 news. Chris christie is talking about the controversy. Christie told the wall street journal, there shouldnt be a situation where people think theyll be denied service for discriminatory reasons. He strongly defends indiana governor mike pence saying pence has nothing, but love in his heart. For much more on indianas controversial reyh9uj freedom law, be sure to watch nbc nightly news right here on nbc 10. Today the prosecution rested its case against aaron hernandez. The former nfl player accused of murder. Hes pleading not guilty to the death of odin lloyd. He was killed less than a mile from hernandezs bostonarea home. Jurors have seen more than 100 witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence. Lawyers are expected to wrap up their case next week. Today three defense witnesses did not show up to court for a hearing for robert durst. He was arrested in march after fbi agents searched his new Orleans Hotel room they found a gun and drugs. The lapd charged him with murdering a friend back in b 2000. Agents conducted an illegal search and officers covered it up. This detroit mother pleaded not guilty to charges that she killed her two children. Investigators say Michelle Blair murdered her children and then put their bodies in a deep freezer. Officers found the bodies while serving an eviction notis in march. She remains behind bars ahead of her nextqypt hearing in june. Im not sure youpq this televangelist reverend Robert Schuller has died. Hes best known for delivering a message of faith from Crystal Cathedral in california. At its peak in the 1990s the program had 20 Million Viewers in 180 countries. Schuller was diagnosed with a tumor in 2013 that eventually spread to his lymph nodes and he leaves behind a son and four daughters. Anfyhuller was 88 years old. As our area franciss philadelphia visit, uusj americans have a positive view of the pontiff. 55 of americans say they like pope francis. 34 gave him a very positive rating mp among American Catholic 74 give him a positive rating. Pope francis Favorability Ratings are higher than his predecessor Pope Benedict and nbc 10 is preparing for pope francis visit to philadelphia this year. Count on us for full coverage during the world meeting of families in september. Remember, you can get updates any time by using the nbc 10 news app for your smartphone and tablet. Its distracted driving that took center stage in the capital today. T;; april is distracted driving awareness month. Research shows that more than 3,000 people were killed and more than 400,000 were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver. Researchers say 12 of all teen drivers involved in deadly crashes weremz distracted at the time of the crash. ]nwn if youre a driver, make lt and if youre a parent talk to your children about the dangers of distracted driving. Auto safety groups say states including pennsylvania must do more with laws which dont have tough restrictions against teen cell phone users. All right. I want you to think about this next one. What would you do if you sawjv bag of money fall out of an armored car on your way to work. It happened to a man from utah. He grabbed that bag and saw the money inside and tossed it in his returned that money. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. Well a Beautiful Day today, plenty of sunshine. Temperatures warmer, mid60s today and we are now tracking rain and so all of those good things come to an end temporarily. Well still be warm for tomorrow and still near 70 regardless of the showers around. It will be a warm end to your week and make sure you have your umbrella and it is going to be cooler for saturday and sundaz still a nice dry uq 5nweekend, but it will be windy, too, so keep that in mind. Heres a live look outside center city and we had clouds moving in now, so the clouds are increasing all ahead of the rain that will be moving in overnight and tomorrow. Still mid60s and winds are gusting near 30 miles an hour and its still windy. Today weve gotten to 66 and tomorrow near 70 and we drop down for saturday around the mid to upper 60s and by sunday well be around 60 degrees and it will be a nice end to the week and your Easter Sunday looks pretty good right around where we should be this time louds o . Increasing and we see the rain back out to the west and southwest and that will be moving in as we go through the day tomorrow. Clouds continue to move in and then overnight we could have a few showers moving through and early tomorrow morning, i dont think well see very widespread for the morning commute, but we could have showers around for your morning drive and through the middle of the day thats when the rain chance can really start to go up 2 00 p. M. Tomorrow and scattered shower and pretty quick moving it seems like, and by 5 00 p. M. We could have more showers building with the chance for some thunderstorms, too. Locally heavy rain by 8 00 p. M. Tomorrow evening and we could seebq scattered showers around the area and this will really last overnight and heres 2 00 in the Morning Saturday and were still looking at the rain around and the good news is with the timing of the rain it should be out of here when most of you wake up saturday morning and heres 7 00 a. M. And the rain is starting to move offshore and the rains will be increasing and a windy day even though it will be dry and winds gusting at 30 miles an hour and that will last through saturday afternoon and keep that in mind as we start the weekend and your Easter Sunday looks good and lets jump ahead to thef, really looks pretty good for the phillies as we go into monday afternoon highs will be around the mid60s. Looking pretty good all of the way through the weekend and starting off next week. Tonight though cloudy and mild showers after mainly 3 00 in the morning and a warm day with showers around and a chance of a thunderstorm and Easter Sunday looks really good and 60 degrees and a nice dry day for Easter Sunday and then we go into tuesday, wednesday and thursday and the rain chances come back. Speaking of sunshine philadelphias new Bike Share Program is ready to roll. The city announced plans for the program oday. It starts april 23rd. Some 700 bikes will be available the bikes will be6b available at 70 stayingeds all around the city. The public and visitors will be able to walk up to one, check out a bike go for a ride and when theyre done simply return it to any station in the network. Riders can buy a membership for the program or rent bikes by the hour. 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