I am from the island. In here is f i would spank a child, i am from barbados. In the caribbean, this is how we were brought up. In some way it is. Many of our parents have spanked for discipline but it has been accepted in many culture but that does not mean it is the best thing to do. The pediatrician who runs the Child Protection program at Saint Christophers Hospital x showing that hitting for discipline can negatively impact brain development. No everyone is convinced it should be off the table. It is a good form of discipline if it is your child and so long you are doing it not the child. Officials at thist fu schoo district would not comment on the specifics. Corporal punishment is only allowed to be used for parental consent. When she try to take her son home, School Officials called police and the mother thought that meant she would have to go back to jail so she could send it to one hit, one time. Reporting live, i am rosemary conner, nbc 10 news, jim, back to you. We know this is a heated debate among viewers. We would like to know what you think. Should school add straigmini be allowed to use School Punishment in school. Still to come. Psychologists will weigh in on this form of punishment and its impact on children. Now, to breaking news in los angeles. A Mountain Lion is on the loose near a high school there. This is a live picture. The lion is in the yard where those officers are standing. Animal control has hit it with a tranquilizer. Again, this is happening right now near the high school. It is not here, it is in los angeles, california. The school there is on lockdown as animal control is dealing with this situation. Well check back on this for you. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. What a great day to be outside. Nbc 10 here, we are looking and feeling a lot more like spring. Yeah, what a difference a week makes. Remember this, last saturday, we were caught up on a day long flash back to winter, heavy flakes falling in Delaware County and much of the area. If you had enough of u6cethat, will love this weekend. Sheena parveen is here with her first alert neighborhood weather. Sheena forecasts that we can all look forward to. Yes, no matter where you live an improved forecast. 6n the sevenday forecast is always scrolling at the bottom of your screen no matter if you are in delaware or Lehigh Valley or pennsylvania. We have your forecast. Well be able to show you no matter where you are heading, the temperature differences and the weather differences. Here is a look right now outside. 54 in philadelphia and 57 degrees in new jersey, at the shore it is 54 degrees. 64 right now in Lehigh Valley and 62 degrees in delaware. Live look at the blue rock stadium there with sunny skies. Nice weather this evening. Temperatures dropping currently, we have 60s in much of northern newcastle county. This is some of the warmest spots. 65 harmony hill and odessa and delawa delaware. Temperatures closer to the beaches like lewis delaware is coming in at 64 degrees. Coming up well take a look at this evenings forecast and a warmer weekend, straight ahead. And 20 minutes of non stop news continues now with police rushing to help after a deadly cra crash. Four cars collided on route 70 west near sam pitts road. Nbc 10 reports. He joins live here that scene, Ted Greenberg. Reporter jackie, route 70 is back opened again after five hours. It killed a Burlington County man and thrust the officer. These Ocean County PoliceAcademy Recruits sprang into action. I went over the aid. Robert and vincent were among the recruits in about ten cars lined up to go in the firing range on route 70 around this morning. One of their cars was rearended. That touched off a Chain Reaction crash involving four vehicles. A man who caused the initial collision was thrown from his car. The recruits found him on the ground unconscious. We began to give chest compression and i took over. I was there to help. My first reaction was there to help him and that was my main goal. Several additional recruits rushed to check on people in the other cars involved. They suffered minor injuries. Manchester officers and ems crews arrived. Efforts to arrive the live less man, the 21 years old were not successful. It is something that you have to be prepared to see. I feel that i am fairly prepared to be exposed to that. This is as real as it is going to get for what theyre going to facee . . n everyday in streets. After graduating next month, many of the recruits will start to work in Police Officers in Jersey Shore Community this summer. What they have learned so far immediately kicked in today. At the;ht academy, they teac you to be attentive to details and thats the most you can do. Everyday is different and you got to be ready for anything. Reporter police say the man who died was not wearing a seat belt and that appears strong sun glare was a factor in the crash. Live in manchester, i am ted greenbe greenberg, nbc 10 news. We have new information ld÷a hitandrun crash that killed a man riding a scooter. The suspect is named ramon morales. Officers arrested morales at his home yesterday. Crashed on wednesday night on lehigh avenue killed the 60 years old thomas dunbar. The pontiac pit and dragged dunbar and kept ongoing. Police found description matching morales. Authority charged the 62 years old with murder and other related charges. Atlantic city made a partial payment to Public School systems from closing. The mayor tells us the city pays half of nearly 8. 5 million that they owed to school. Atlantic city is on the urge of running out money. Decision of 2016. The primary is drawing closer. The keystone state is coming to focus. Hillary clinton will make a stop next wednesday here in philadelphia. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders, is at the vatican, hes attending a conference on social and economic environmental issues. The trip comes four days. Sanders left for the vatican hours after the heated debate. C lets do it. If we both screaming at each other, the viewers wont be able to hear either of you. Things got testy there. Clinton is scheduled to attend an event tonight in san francisco. To the republican side i tn now some billboards popping up in new jersey. The billboards are calling on governor Chris Christie to denounce his endorsementmrud of donald trump. It is coming up in hunt son county. A group called bridges over politics is responsible for them. The text asks christie to quote, stand up to racism and bigotry. Governor Christies Office has not commented. Trump attended the rally in new york this afternoon. Hes schedule to appear at an event in connecticut tonight. Ted cruz will be with the tonights show tonight. Cruz talked about how grueling the last few months have been. Running for president seems grueling to me. How are you standing right now and talk, do you know where you are . Everyday you are doing 100 interviews. It is,it is exhausting. I am having more fun than i have in my life. Cruz appeared on a skit that was played by jimmy fallon. John kasich appeared on late night with seth myers last night. He admits running third is a tough position to be in. Now, it is sort of coke and pepsi and kasich and i think people have to make up their minds if they want to put me in their cart. Kasich believes the race for the y nomination will be subtle on the Convention Floor in cleveland in july. Pennsylvania and delaware holding their elections on april 26th. Jer a jersey voters going to the polls on the 27th. For complete coverages the polls, have your nbc 10 app. Pennsylvanias senator and joe peters are buying for their Party Nominations on april 26th. I sat down with both men for an indepth discussion for their plans to lead the state. Find out how they feel about the possibilities of donald trump at the top of the ticket. Thats sunday morning at 11 30. The three democratic debates debated right here on nbc 10 last week. A federal court heard arguments today in the bill cosby sex assault case. She wants the drug to wipe out the pack. Cosbys Attorney Says cobb stands violated the pack to reopen her Police Complaint last year. Her mother and her lawyers. Her lawyer says cosby is trying to use the court to intimidate witnesses. 4 people in boston are mg an anniversary today. It is three years since the bombing of the jw boston marath this morning. This years Boston Marathon will be run on monday. That explosion rocked the finish line. Three people were killed and more than 260 hurt and sentence his brother tarmerlan tsarnaev was killed by the police. Mayor jim kenny announced the firstejr international fnx cup. It will make of 32 teams and each representing a different nation. Theyll compete in a warm cup style tournament played across the city in september and october. The championship games will be played at Citizen Bank Park in november point. Mayor kenny says soccer is the perfect sport to bring immigrant communities together since it is an international game. Thats the best way and one of the best ways to bring our communities together and having good competitions and having good team work and brotherhood and sister hood. The tournament is opened to men and women at least 18 years old. Teams will be limited to 25 players each. Turning the table on the grownups at the university of pennsylvania this morning. Students from the corner stone christian academy, spent the morning judging a science fair. Kids getting a chance to take part in hands on science activity. This is designed to get m Elementary Students interested in science. The recall involved Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck from 2014 and 2015. Seat belts can come loose but there is not been any reports of crashes or injuries. New concerns of the zika virus this afternoon as we learn more how the virus is transm transmitted and whats being done. Keith jones is live in our Digital Operation Center with new information. The cdc announced there is no longer any doubt that zika can cause birth defects. Now, we are learning more. Gay men can transmit the virus to one another. The couple had been monogamous more than ten years. Both men developed rashes on their bodies and eye infection. Today the Pennsylvania Department of health issue recommendations for avoiding, anyone traveling to affected areas can prevent by using repellents and wearing covered clothing to cover the body as much as possible. Travelers returning from zika affected areas should continue to avoid mosquito bites for a week after they return home in order to limit the risk. Live in the operation center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. Cyclists and jokggers, this the start of the 12th season kicks off today. Vvxo t hahp now, your nbc 10 alert weather with sheena parveen. Good afternoon, we started this yesterday if you did not get a chance to catch it. Today, you will be able to see it. We have all the neighborhood forecast no matter where you live. A lot more specifics than we were before than just philadelphias seven days. At the bottom of your screen, we have seven days for the entire area. No matter where you live, you will see your forecast scrolling at the bottom of your screen. We have al nice warm up heading our way and this compares to last week, very different. Philadelphia and Atlantic City wilmington and redding, all temperatures will be warmer. Last week we had snow and rain and this week, well have plenty of sunshine and see how much warmer each weekend day is than last weekend. Atlantic city, mid60s by sunday and you compare that to near 50 degrees last sunday. Wilmington at 71, you compare that to near 50 degrees last sunday. The warmup is a big , tstory. Well be close to 80 degrees. Today is warmer than yesterday. Temperatures across the area is mid60s. Philadelphia is 67 degrees. Wilmington at 58. Dover at 61. Across the board currently, mid to low 60s. It is looking really nice across the area and even nice and dry. Here is a look at the radar, we have no rain headed our way and we dont expect any rain until the end of next week believe it or not. If we really take a closer look at the area, you see really no rain anywhere, any time soon and it is all because of a big area of high pressure. That high is going to continue to keep us nice and dry as we go through the weekend and into re. The forecast, will help warm temperatures, too. e heading out for this fridnm10 in the philadelphia around 10 00 p. M. It is 61rh7 degree. Tomorrow morning is a little chilly m4[o still right around degrees. Will ber5yl chilly tonight b 10 00 p. M. 49 degrees. We could seenihaaat patchy fog areas north and west c] of philadelphia especially9nk thr the lehighun eks valley. By 6 00 a. M. , temperatures in mc 30s. Then we go into the rest of the area like delaware and south jersey and the jersey shore, temperatures mostly to thervcl and upper 40s by 10 00 p. M. Tomorrow morning, only around 40 degrees along the shore and the delaware beaches so still a chilly start to your saturday. Temperatures will be rebounding nicely. A nice weekend warm up in the forecast. Well keep all the sunshine in the forecast. 65 degrees and 72 for sunday and we have some nice conditions for for t phillies home stand. Tonight, looking really good looking around 60si tlgws degr. A÷ 61 degrees for the phillies game isqe 0i uxw. Lehig÷f;e valley will be in then 70s. Monday around 80i÷n degrees forz . v delphia area. Upper 60s along the shore. Coming up, well take a closer look at your weeks forecast and much warmer temperatures as we go into next week. Bcu engahp 67 ben franklin bridge. We have plenty of sunshine here the bottom of; your screen, thats your sevewp nitjut pau no matter where you live, a . ÷ forecast across the area soscs your neighborhood to areas that maybe you did not see a forecast for before, well, you will see it now so it is nice. No complaints about this weekend coming up. No complaints especially we get into monday close to 80 degrees for some area. Sheena, thanks. What about complaints for Customer Service . Retailers are used to take these types of calls from shoppers. One manager was not expected a call after the man robbed the store after he had a shoplifting. A combination that could cripple your smart phone on the beach. A father and son from new jersey say their New Invention is the answer. I am Ted Greenberg with the device that protects your phone and keeps it charged as well. I am only going to do it once unless you wiggle around, okay . One time. Into our top story, should schools administrators be allowed to use corporal punishment. First, here is a look on wall this ii got to see my dad, die on national tv. They dont know what they took from us. People are dying. We need a president thats going to talk about it. I believe Bernie Sanders is a protestor. Hes not scared to go up against the criminal justice system. Hes not scared. Thats why im for bernie. Im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Meet the newest member of this baby porcupine. The zoos only male porcupine. Both new arrivals are males and now the zoo is holding a contest for names. Look for suggestions on our website on www. Nbcphilidelphia. Com. If you are going to rob the store right, avoid to call the store later to complain. This is crazy. They robbed the target store in fresno and the only Reason Police knew who they were is they use add cell phone to complain about how security treated them. Surveillance video shows the two scuffled with security. The guy flashes a gone and thats when security lets them go only the find out the suspect were not pleased with what went do down. We dont get cases where the person who robs the store calls back and ask to speak to Stores Security where they complained about the fact they were stopped. The two thieves took 700 in print cartridges. Now, the police will track them down which i am sure they would. In just two days, medical marijuana will be legal in pennsylvania. The common symptoms the drug helps relief. Next, the local psychologist will join us to weigh in on t and if it should be allowed in school. I have your neighborhood forecast for the weekend. A beautiful end to the week with sunny skies looking at the boardwalk. Coming up, i will show you the forecast and the warmest day you can expect, straight ahead. This is nbc 10 news. Right now for 19 states say spanking is okay in schools. Pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware are not included. But, new video of a georgia principal paddling a boy had us school. The little boys mom video taped this incident of her son gettinc punished. The child had violated the schools code of conduct by spitting. Doctor frank farley also teaches at temple university, thank you for joining us. The video of that iszockp gener a lot of controversies on parents and medical experts as well as yourself. What is your take and do you agree with it . Absolutely not. I was horrified by it. The schools person who was administering this punishment should be fired and should be arrested for child abuse. My gosh. This is just a little kid. Violated the schools conduct of code, how about violating the human conduct code. You dont do this to kids. What kind of impact can this punishment have on children . It could have a lot of impact and years of researched on this. Corporal punishment should not be allowed in any schools in this country or homes. It could lead to aggression as the kid gets older. For so4f p it could lead to depression and it is been associated with Mental Illness. So, you know, it is cohearse of child a lesson to use violent to get something. Theyre going to use violence against the child to get the child conform to school. n learning this concept of violent. We dont want kids doing that. We got t