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Significant damage as well. The state police are goungs to have a news kmpb. T the ntsb and faa will keep us posted. A dramatic story here. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Well get more information as the News Conference begins. Investigators say the weather conditions at the time of the crash were a big factor. Lets go to chief meteorologist Glenn Schwartz with more on how weather played that important role. It was the intention to fly into bad weather so theres no surprise that there was bad weather at the time. Now just how bad was it . Theres not much on the radar. Just a few sprinkles missed. The clouds are pretty low to the ground. Reported about 500 feet above the ground. So you had that much room to play with. Visibility was two and a half miles in that period between 10 and 1 001 00 in the morning. Tvs even lower earlier in the morning. The reported visibilities at 11 00 a. M. The airport at 4 miles. Philadelphia had 8 mile visibility. So these are conditions that helicopters have managed to fly in in the past. Its not exactly ideal weather. But the intention was to fly in bad weather. And thats what they got. The weather was worse. And lets say at 8 00 in the morning than it was at 10 00. It was gradually improving. The visibility was going up a little bit each hour. The cloud deck was not going any kig zig cantly different amounts as we went through 10 00 in the morning. Regarding that deadly Helicopter Crash, this News Conference is beginning with state police ask the ntsb. Lets lin in. This morning a 2006 air bus ec135 helicopter, which is being piloted by a 37yearold franklin, new jersey, man crashed into a Drainage Ditch located in the rear of the post Office Facility located in the 200 block of quigley boulevard. The helicopter, which is owned by penn star, an association with the university of pennsylvania hospitals, then became engulfed in flims. Responding fire personnel and neighboring Fire Companies arrived at the scene and were able to extinguish the blim fla flames. The sole pilot was declared dead at the scene. We are withholding the name pending the notification of his next of kin. There were no other injuries as a result of the crash. Minor structural damage to a shed is was sustained by flying debris and flames. Upon speaking with aviation officials, it was learned that the pilot, who was employed by metro aviation, have flown from the Atlantic City airport. S in currently an ongoing and active investigation which is being conducted by the Delaware State Police, the National Transportation safety board and federal aviation administration. Further information on the investigation will be released at a later time as the investigation dictates. Anybody have any questions at this point . Was the weather a factor . That is still part of the ongoing investigation. We are waiting for a couple of our sister agencies to arrive and we will sit down and discuss all of the possible factors. Youre listening live to Delaware State Police News Conference. A 37yearold pilot, the only person on board during the training exercise, over New Castle County airport came from Atlantic City airport. This hospital rer was owned by penn star. It was in training because of inclement weather. Were looking into whether or not that was truly a factor there. But again, 37yearold from franklinville, new jersey, the sole occupant in that helicop r helicopter. It went up in flames upon crash i crashing. It had originated from the Atlantic City airport and the investigation continues. Well keep you updated a as you look at video from that crash. Our coverage of this deadly trash will continue over the next two and a half hours. R ob crashes in our three sta states. Then new at 5 00, we are taking a closer look at this type of Emergency Training and why it is so necessary. Hundreds of people have evacuated because of a major propane leak threatening their neighborhood. What have you learned . We just got new information from officials here on scene just in the past 45 minutes. We have learned that this leak is contained. They have been working on this all day. Ill step away so you can see behind me the crews still working out here and the fire crews on scene. This started with a leak from a a rail car. The danger is that when it hits the air t can be flammable, butt difficulty is were about to show you it makes it hard to see. At this Industrial Park, the white vapor filled the air. Fire crews from the substance leaking from a rail car. Here at a spot where material is transferred from rails to trucks. What happened was the valve failed and once that hits temperature, it becomes a vapor. Reporter the potential for a fire or explosion is why emergency crews evacuated a half mile around this park. No homes, but a daycare is among those told to leave. It was just a matter of going from one business to the next and let iting them know they ne to leave and the direction they needed to take. With the area evacuated, crews dealt with a leak that persisted for hours. Finally, though, good news as crews got access to that valve. Anything leaking at this point . Right now the leak is secured. The work here not done yet. Were going to go building to building and going to do air monitoring to make sure the buildings are secure and safe. Evacuations here are still in place. It could take hours before businesses can get back in here to this Industrial Park and for commuters, heres what you need to know. The road e closures also remain in place in particular on 295. The on and off ramp is exit 10. They are still closed down. So youll need to take an alternate route. An Emergency Management crew is at the site of that propane leak say they are concerned a about the threat of lightning later on tonight. You can see from first alert radar that storms are heading our way in just a few hours. Lets go back to Glenn Schwartz with more on the storm threat. A lot of lightning strikes back here in the richmond area. This is coming in toward the philadelphia area itself. And it will be getting into new jersey. The timing and the highest resolution models that we have been showing and telling the eoc about, the first showers developing perhaps around 6 00, these are just isolated. The main area coming in after 7 00 and closer to 8 00. Heres sweedsboro. So the heaviest thunderstorms are in the vicinity. We can expect some more problems. Ill be on the phone with them giving them hour by hour upstates on how close that lightning is. For the rest of us, yooer boing to be seeing the storms too as they come up during the evening hours. More on that coming up. Have the nbc 10 app with you to track the storms in our yaur area. Get Severe Weather alerts sent to your smart phone. More questions for jurors today as they work to reach a verdict in a murder trial. Cydney long is live at the courthouse in camden with more. For a second day in a row, the jurors are focused on the wods of d. J. Its no sket. A roller coaster of emotions for the second day in a row. Jurors asked to see the reaction of d. J. As the moment detectives informed him they found his son dead half submerged in the river. In this, Police Interrogation video, his 911 call to police and a secretly recorded conversation with the boys mom may help this jury reach a verdict on two counts, murder and child endangerment. Theres no traditional smoking gun. Theres no signs of a struggle. We asked rock co, who is not tied to the case torks weigh in on how difficult a a case like this is for the jury. He pointed out both the prosecutions strengths. He was home alone with the child. Theres no evidence of a break in. No evidence that anybody else had a motive to harm this child. So therefore, it has to be the dad. As well as their weakness in the process of lielimination of who did it may not rise to beyond a reasonable doubt. Theres enough to convict him with the circumstantial evidence. But i wont be surprised it hes acquitted of it either. The jurors have only had five solid hours of deliberations. Even over three days we just found out they were dismissed for today. They wont return until after the Holiday Weekend to continue deliberating on tuesday. Those images show the bomber at a Shopping Center right next to the concert arena. Take a look. Hes wearing a blue backpack. It appears to be the same backpack that three days later would hold a bomb. The New York Times obtained this images of whats left of the bomb. Its battery ask trigger. British officials are said to be furious about the photos being leaked to the media. I will be making that intelligence shared must remain secure. Two more people were arrested in the attack that killed 22 outside a concert. Eight men have been detained, including the. Suspected bombers brother and father. Todays Britains Queen elizabeth visited children injured in the blast. She also shook hands and thanked hospital staff. 12 children were taken to the hospital following mondays attack. We are continuing to follow the latist developments in the manchester suicide bombing. Well bring you any updates as they come in. Erin coleman, nbc 10 news. President trump told nato leaders to pay their fair share on defense during the summit. The president had been urging leaders to give up to a 2011 decision. It was to increase spending on defense of 2 of the gross domestic product. But not everyone has done that. They are not paying what they should be paying ask what they are supposed to be paying for their defense. This is not fair to the people ask taxpayers of the united states. Germany would have to double its military budget spending more money on defense than russia. Want i want you to look at this. An audiocassetwkward moment as d a nato leader out of the way. Ask move him aside. New details on the plane crash last week. The ntsb issued a preliminary report this morning. It says the pilots turned too late upon approach which caused the plane to go down. The report says the plane was late making its final turn for approach. They have the voice recorder and are tribing it. Philadelphia patients, Health Experts met today to talk about the impact of repealing the Affordable Care act. Philadelphia mayor jim kenny and planned parenthood hosted the event at the center in center city. As it stands right now, the bill strips millions of women tr health care and blocks low Income Patients from going to planned parenthood for preventive care. Right now the senate is drafting its own version of the bill. Soldiers placed thousands of american flags at Arlington National cemetery today. The annual tradition is known as flags in. It marks the beginning of memorial day weekend activities at the cemetery. For more than 60 years the mission has been carried out by the third u. S. Infantry regimen nicknamed the old guard. The unit plants small flags in front of the more than 230,000 grave markers. In south jersey, members of the military and state police held their annual parade of cretes ceremony. Participants laid wreaths at the tribute to those who gave their lives in service to our koun b try. We continue to follow two breaking news stories. A deadly Helicopter Crash in wilmington. State police announced the pilots who died was a 37yearold from franklinville. It was on a Training Mission at the time. The investigators are locking into ntsb records tr crashes in our area. Well have much more on the story at 4 30. Fire crews were called to this Industrial Park after the white smoke you see there filling the air. Gas leaked into the air from a rail car. In the past hour crews managed to contain that leak. They are making sure surrounding buildings are safe. The wet weather is not stopping an annual tradition in chester county. The stands are covered and the wind was blowing rain into the stands. Organizers say the wet weather did not impact the days events. Competitionen went on and the course was a little muddy. I think we needed more plastic clothing than we brought. We were hoping the stands would be drier. But were not as wet as the riders. The horse show runs through june 4th. Here in philadelphia its a rush to get out of the city for some to start the hong Holiday Weekend. This is a live look at the expressway near city avenue. Its not too bad on this turz. Our team of meteorologists is helping prepare for the weekend. Before we can make it through friday, we have to get through another round of storms. This is probably going to be the worst weather were going to see in quite awhile. We were talking about the Helicopter Crash. Its an idea of how low the clouds were in wilmington. A whole lot better than conditions have improved there. 66 degrees with a northeast wind in philadelphia. Its close to 70 in northern delaware. A lot of clouds across the area. But delaware its a different story depending on where they are in that state. The northern part of the state its 65 in talliville. It is up to 70 in wilmington. 72 in middletown. And as we were telling you earlier in the day, up to 80 degrees in parts of the area. Lincoln, 80. That was the difference. We had the east wind up in pennsylvania and so thats why it was so much colder up there. Down in the warm, humid air, we have some big storms headed in the direction of washington. Count up the lightning strikes. Its a 266 of them in this area. So theres not a lot of lightning with that. Theres n this line here, theres more activity to the west that could be affect iing over the weekend. The main threat comes in the next few hours. There are some of the storms coming right into the area. By 10 00, its starting to move out. By late tonight and into tomorrow morning. So tomorrow is going to be a better day than today. Its not necessarily going to be a real sunny day or a real warm day, but, hey, thats better than it has been. A little bit of sunshine is better than none at all. Lets check out the rest of the week. We are going to get some over the weekend. Not as much as wed like. Im going to show you what you can expect for the weekend. We wake up on saturday. Were going to have a little bit of sunshine out there 37 were going to be looking at winds that are coming off the lands. We have more of a west wind and thats going to warm us up nicely. Thats a good thing. The clouds are going it move in by the evening hours and several of the forecast models have spotty showers past the area. This particular model has them down to the south. Then we get into sunday and we have that on shore breeze. We have cloud cover. Its going to be cooler along the beaches. Only in the 60s. Here come some showers. Youre going to start your monday with some showers, especially along the beaches. And then youll start to clear out in the evening. Youre going to have to time it out to dodge all of the showers and storms. Here is your weekend weather. On saturday, 78 in philadelphia. We are going to be facing some showers out there. And i want to let you know storm ranger 10 will be out to keep you ahead of the storms. This is the first of its kind weather radar on wheels that gets us closer to the storms. Up to the minute information that wiit will be providing us. Keep an eye out. It may be in your neighborhood. A bounce house collapses at a Birthday Party. It was no accident. Still ahead, who pulled the plug on a Princess Party for a 1yearold girl. The governors goals to fight the opioid crisis. Hanging on for dear life. A woman goes to drastic measures to keep thooefs from stealing her car. The video you have to see next at four. Heres a look at the closing bell on wall street. The dow jones and nasdaq all finishing up. Well be right back. An ordinary trip to the gas station turns into the nightmare for a woman in wisconsin. You wont believe what e she did to stop her car from being stolen. Heres how it all unfolded. You can see a black cadillac pull in front of the womans car. Someone jumped out and hopped into the drivers seat. So she jumped on the thood prevent them from leaving. The bad guy slammed on the breaks twice to try to shake her off the vehicle. He got into the street, but eventually gave up and took off. So scary. A lot of people are focused on that long Holiday Weekend. Some are getting a jump start on it too. Heres a live look at i95. Were going to try to get you that picture as soon as we can. Anyone hitting the road could see some storms. They have to be wary of that. The storms are fierce already near washington and moving this way. We could see a lot of lightning and downpours just a few hours from now. Im tracking the timing and who is likely in that path and the most accurate weather forecast. And we continue to follow breaking news on a deadly Helicopter Crash. What the nbc 10 investigators have uncovered through records, thats next at 4 00. And new on our news at 5 00, warnings about the water. The new signs alerting swimmers at the shore. The way some people say they are not enough. Luis waited his whole life to celebrate his team being crowned champions. So our Wellness Coaches developed a plan, to keep him fit and healthy. And when his moment finally arrived, his knees were up to the job. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. We are tracking breaking news. A Helicopter Crashed this morning near the New Castle County airport. It crashed behind the post office ask burst into flames. The pilot was killed. He was 37 years old from frank lynnville, new jersey. We found this photo of the actual helicopter that went down. It took off from News Conference<\/a> begins. Investigators say the weather conditions at the time of the crash were a big factor. Lets go to chief meteorologist Glenn Schwartz<\/a> with more on how weather played that important role. It was the intention to fly into bad weather so theres no surprise that there was bad weather at the time. Now just how bad was it . Theres not much on the radar. Just a few sprinkles missed. The clouds are pretty low to the ground. Reported about 500 feet above the ground. So you had that much room to play with. Visibility was two and a half miles in that period between 10 and 1 001 00 in the morning. Tvs even lower earlier in the morning. The reported visibilities at 11 00 a. M. The airport at 4 miles. Philadelphia had 8 mile visibility. So these are conditions that helicopters have managed to fly in in the past. Its not exactly ideal weather. But the intention was to fly in bad weather. And thats what they got. The weather was worse. And lets say at 8 00 in the morning than it was at 10 00. It was gradually improving. The visibility was going up a little bit each hour. The cloud deck was not going any kig zig cantly different amounts as we went through 10 00 in the morning. Regarding that deadly Helicopter Crash<\/a>, this News Conference<\/a> is beginning with state police ask the ntsb. Lets lin in. This morning a 2006 air bus ec135 helicopter, which is being piloted by a 37yearold franklin, new jersey, man crashed into a Drainage Ditch<\/a> located in the rear of the post Office Facility<\/a> located in the 200 block of quigley boulevard. The helicopter, which is owned by penn star, an association with the university of pennsylvania hospitals, then became engulfed in flims. Responding fire personnel and neighboring Fire Companies<\/a> arrived at the scene and were able to extinguish the blim fla flames. The sole pilot was declared dead at the scene. We are withholding the name pending the notification of his next of kin. There were no other injuries as a result of the crash. Minor structural damage to a shed is was sustained by flying debris and flames. Upon speaking with aviation officials, it was learned that the pilot, who was employed by metro aviation, have flown from the Atlantic City<\/a> airport. S in currently an ongoing and active investigation which is being conducted by the Delaware State Police<\/a>, the National Transportation<\/a> safety board and federal aviation administration. Further information on the investigation will be released at a later time as the investigation dictates. Anybody have any questions at this point . Was the weather a factor . That is still part of the ongoing investigation. We are waiting for a couple of our sister agencies to arrive and we will sit down and discuss all of the possible factors. Youre listening live to Delaware State Police<\/a> News Conference<\/a>. A 37yearold pilot, the only person on board during the training exercise, over New Castle County<\/a> airport came from Atlantic City<\/a> airport. This hospital rer was owned by penn star. It was in training because of inclement weather. Were looking into whether or not that was truly a factor there. But again, 37yearold from franklinville, new jersey, the sole occupant in that helicop r helicopter. It went up in flames upon crash i crashing. It had originated from the Atlantic City<\/a> airport and the investigation continues. Well keep you updated a as you look at video from that crash. Our coverage of this deadly trash will continue over the next two and a half hours. R ob crashes in our three sta states. Then new at 5 00, we are taking a closer look at this type of Emergency Training<\/a> and why it is so necessary. Hundreds of people have evacuated because of a major propane leak threatening their neighborhood. What have you learned . We just got new information from officials here on scene just in the past 45 minutes. We have learned that this leak is contained. They have been working on this all day. Ill step away so you can see behind me the crews still working out here and the fire crews on scene. This started with a leak from a a rail car. The danger is that when it hits the air t can be flammable, butt difficulty is were about to show you it makes it hard to see. At this Industrial Park<\/a>, the white vapor filled the air. Fire crews from the substance leaking from a rail car. Here at a spot where material is transferred from rails to trucks. What happened was the valve failed and once that hits temperature, it becomes a vapor. Reporter the potential for a fire or explosion is why emergency crews evacuated a half mile around this park. No homes, but a daycare is among those told to leave. It was just a matter of going from one business to the next and let iting them know they ne to leave and the direction they needed to take. With the area evacuated, crews dealt with a leak that persisted for hours. Finally, though, good news as crews got access to that valve. Anything leaking at this point . Right now the leak is secured. The work here not done yet. Were going to go building to building and going to do air monitoring to make sure the buildings are secure and safe. Evacuations here are still in place. It could take hours before businesses can get back in here to this Industrial Park<\/a> and for commuters, heres what you need to know. The road e closures also remain in place in particular on 295. The on and off ramp is exit 10. They are still closed down. So youll need to take an alternate route. An Emergency Management<\/a> crew is at the site of that propane leak say they are concerned a about the threat of lightning later on tonight. You can see from first alert radar that storms are heading our way in just a few hours. Lets go back to Glenn Schwartz<\/a> with more on the storm threat. A lot of lightning strikes back here in the richmond area. This is coming in toward the philadelphia area itself. And it will be getting into new jersey. The timing and the highest resolution models that we have been showing and telling the eoc about, the first showers developing perhaps around 6 00, these are just isolated. The main area coming in after 7 00 and closer to 8 00. Heres sweedsboro. So the heaviest thunderstorms are in the vicinity. We can expect some more problems. Ill be on the phone with them giving them hour by hour upstates on how close that lightning is. For the rest of us, yooer boing to be seeing the storms too as they come up during the evening hours. More on that coming up. Have the nbc 10 app with you to track the storms in our yaur area. Get Severe Weather<\/a> alerts sent to your smart phone. More questions for jurors today as they work to reach a verdict in a murder trial. Cydney long is live at the courthouse in camden with more. For a second day in a row, the jurors are focused on the wods of d. J. Its no sket. A roller coaster of emotions for the second day in a row. Jurors asked to see the reaction of d. J. As the moment detectives informed him they found his son dead half submerged in the river. In this, Police Interrogation<\/a> video, his 911 call to police and a secretly recorded conversation with the boys mom may help this jury reach a verdict on two counts, murder and child endangerment. Theres no traditional smoking gun. Theres no signs of a struggle. We asked rock co, who is not tied to the case torks weigh in on how difficult a a case like this is for the jury. He pointed out both the prosecutions strengths. He was home alone with the child. Theres no evidence of a break in. No evidence that anybody else had a motive to harm this child. So therefore, it has to be the dad. As well as their weakness in the process of lielimination of who did it may not rise to beyond a reasonable doubt. Theres enough to convict him with the circumstantial evidence. But i wont be surprised it hes acquitted of it either. The jurors have only had five solid hours of deliberations. Even over three days we just found out they were dismissed for today. They wont return until after the Holiday Weekend<\/a> to continue deliberating on tuesday. Those images show the bomber at a Shopping Center<\/a> right next to the concert arena. Take a look. Hes wearing a blue backpack. It appears to be the same backpack that three days later would hold a bomb. The New York Times<\/a> obtained this images of whats left of the bomb. Its battery ask trigger. British officials are said to be furious about the photos being leaked to the media. I will be making that intelligence shared must remain secure. Two more people were arrested in the attack that killed 22 outside a concert. Eight men have been detained, including the. Suspected bombers brother and father. Todays Britains Queen<\/a> elizabeth visited children injured in the blast. She also shook hands and thanked hospital staff. 12 children were taken to the hospital following mondays attack. We are continuing to follow the latist developments in the manchester suicide bombing. Well bring you any updates as they come in. Erin coleman, nbc 10 news. President trump told nato leaders to pay their fair share on defense during the summit. The president had been urging leaders to give up to a 2011 decision. It was to increase spending on defense of 2 of the gross domestic product. But not everyone has done that. They are not paying what they should be paying ask what they are supposed to be paying for their defense. This is not fair to the people ask taxpayers of the united states. Germany would have to double its military budget spending more money on defense than russia. Want i want you to look at this. An audiocassetwkward moment as d a nato leader out of the way. Ask move him aside. New details on the plane crash last week. The ntsb issued a preliminary report this morning. It says the pilots turned too late upon approach which caused the plane to go down. The report says the plane was late making its final turn for approach. They have the voice recorder and are tribing it. Philadelphia patients, Health Experts<\/a> met today to talk about the impact of repealing the Affordable Care<\/a> act. Philadelphia mayor jim kenny and planned parenthood hosted the event at the center in center city. As it stands right now, the bill strips millions of women tr health care and blocks low Income Patients<\/a> from going to planned parenthood for preventive care. Right now the senate is drafting its own version of the bill. Soldiers placed thousands of american flags at Arlington National<\/a> cemetery today. The annual tradition is known as flags in. It marks the beginning of memorial day weekend activities at the cemetery. For more than 60 years the mission has been carried out by the third u. S. Infantry regimen nicknamed the old guard. The unit plants small flags in front of the more than 230,000 grave markers. In south jersey, members of the military and state police held their annual parade of cretes ceremony. Participants laid wreaths at the tribute to those who gave their lives in service to our koun b try. We continue to follow two breaking news stories. A deadly Helicopter Crash<\/a> in wilmington. State police announced the pilots who died was a 37yearold from franklinville. It was on a Training Mission<\/a> at the time. The investigators are locking into ntsb records tr crashes in our area. Well have much more on the story at 4 30. Fire crews were called to this Industrial Park<\/a> after the white smoke you see there filling the air. Gas leaked into the air from a rail car. In the past hour crews managed to contain that leak. They are making sure surrounding buildings are safe. The wet weather is not stopping an annual tradition in chester county. The stands are covered and the wind was blowing rain into the stands. Organizers say the wet weather did not impact the days events. Competitionen went on and the course was a little muddy. I think we needed more plastic clothing than we brought. We were hoping the stands would be drier. But were not as wet as the riders. The horse show runs through june 4th. Here in philadelphia its a rush to get out of the city for some to start the hong Holiday Weekend<\/a>. This is a live look at the expressway near city avenue. Its not too bad on this turz. Our team of meteorologists is helping prepare for the weekend. Before we can make it through friday, we have to get through another round of storms. This is probably going to be the worst weather were going to see in quite awhile. We were talking about the Helicopter Crash<\/a>. Its an idea of how low the clouds were in wilmington. A whole lot better than conditions have improved there. 66 degrees with a northeast wind in philadelphia. Its close to 70 in northern delaware. A lot of clouds across the area. But delaware its a different story depending on where they are in that state. The northern part of the state its 65 in talliville. It is up to 70 in wilmington. 72 in middletown. And as we were telling you earlier in the day, up to 80 degrees in parts of the area. Lincoln, 80. That was the difference. We had the east wind up in pennsylvania and so thats why it was so much colder up there. Down in the warm, humid air, we have some big storms headed in the direction of washington. Count up the lightning strikes. Its a 266 of them in this area. So theres not a lot of lightning with that. Theres n this line here, theres more activity to the west that could be affect iing over the weekend. The main threat comes in the next few hours. There are some of the storms coming right into the area. By 10 00, its starting to move out. By late tonight and into tomorrow morning. So tomorrow is going to be a better day than today. Its not necessarily going to be a real sunny day or a real warm day, but, hey, thats better than it has been. A little bit of sunshine is better than none at all. Lets check out the rest of the week. We are going to get some over the weekend. Not as much as wed like. Im going to show you what you can expect for the weekend. We wake up on saturday. Were going to have a little bit of sunshine out there 37 were going to be looking at winds that are coming off the lands. We have more of a west wind and thats going to warm us up nicely. Thats a good thing. The clouds are going it move in by the evening hours and several of the forecast models have spotty showers past the area. This particular model has them down to the south. Then we get into sunday and we have that on shore breeze. We have cloud cover. Its going to be cooler along the beaches. Only in the 60s. Here come some showers. Youre going to start your monday with some showers, especially along the beaches. And then youll start to clear out in the evening. Youre going to have to time it out to dodge all of the showers and storms. Here is your weekend weather. On saturday, 78 in philadelphia. We are going to be facing some showers out there. And i want to let you know storm ranger 10 will be out to keep you ahead of the storms. This is the first of its kind weather radar on wheels that gets us closer to the storms. Up to the minute information that wiit will be providing us. Keep an eye out. It may be in your neighborhood. A bounce house collapses at a Birthday Party<\/a>. It was no accident. Still ahead, who pulled the plug on a Princess Party<\/a> for a 1yearold girl. The governors goals to fight the opioid crisis. Hanging on for dear life. A woman goes to drastic measures to keep thooefs from stealing her car. The video you have to see next at four. Heres a look at the closing bell on wall street. The dow jones and nasdaq all finishing up. Well be right back. An ordinary trip to the gas station turns into the nightmare for a woman in wisconsin. You wont believe what e she did to stop her car from being stolen. Heres how it all unfolded. You can see a black cadillac pull in front of the womans car. Someone jumped out and hopped into the drivers seat. So she jumped on the thood prevent them from leaving. The bad guy slammed on the breaks twice to try to shake her off the vehicle. He got into the street, but eventually gave up and took off. So scary. A lot of people are focused on that long Holiday Weekend<\/a>. Some are getting a jump start on it too. Heres a live look at i95. Were going to try to get you that picture as soon as we can. Anyone hitting the road could see some storms. They have to be wary of that. The storms are fierce already near washington and moving this way. We could see a lot of lightning and downpours just a few hours from now. Im tracking the timing and who is likely in that path and the most accurate weather forecast. And we continue to follow breaking news on a deadly Helicopter Crash<\/a>. What the nbc 10 investigators have uncovered through records, thats next at 4 00. And new on our news at 5 00, warnings about the water. The new signs alerting swimmers at the shore. The way some people say they are not enough. Luis waited his whole life to celebrate his team being crowned champions. So our Wellness Coaches<\/a> developed a plan, to keep him fit and healthy. And when his moment finally arrived, his knees were up to the job. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. We are tracking breaking news. A Helicopter Crash<\/a>ed this morning near the New Castle County<\/a> airport. It crashed behind the post office ask burst into flames. The pilot was killed. He was 37 years old from frank lynnville, new jersey. We found this photo of the actual helicopter that went down. It took off from Atlantic City<\/a> and crashed just before noon. Mitch went through the ntsb records. What were you able to uncover . So in the tristate in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware, we see five helicopter accidents a year. Thats according to ntsb records that we reviewed. This is video from one of those fatal crashes back in 2012 in bucks county. Here in pennsylvania in the last ten years, we have seen 31 accidents. In new jersey, we have seen 13 helicopters crash in that same period of time in the last decade. Those records show delaware has seen four helicopter accidents not including the one today. Now in those 47 crashes in the last decade, 11 people have died in those 47 crashes. We also look ed at how often th same type of helicopter involved in todays accident was involved in any previous crash. The euro continuer model showed up seven times in the past decade in new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware. An update on breaking news out of logan township. A leak has been contained. It leaked into the air. They are going building to building to make sure that area is safe. An nbc first alert weather is tracking the threat for storms in our area tonight. You can see damaging winds and heavy downpours in just a few hours. Chief meteorologist Glenn Schwartz<\/a> has more of the timing and what to expect in your most accurate weather forecast. We have a couple hours to watch this. Its not happening during the afternoon rush. Look how fast some of this is moving right up the coastline. Then the other is moving to the northeast. And very warm air thats filled up there, very humid and its created some pretty big storms. You see the purple in there. Theres probably hail in that cell along with a lot of lightning and there are warnings around washington, d. C. Area for that storm. Behind this line, things quiet down a bit. Theres still some moisture. So there are some threats as we head toward the weekend. Nothing like what were going to see tonight. By 6 00, some of these isolated storms into new jersey. The main area from washington starts to come up after 7 00. Look how red this area is is. This is pretty nasty weather. Its going to delay things. You might have ponding on the roads. Youre going to have lightning and this is going to hang around for the evening. You can see the swirl when you see that sometimes. 62 in trenton. East winds up here. South winds down here. Well talk about the changes come iing as we head toward the weekend in a few minutes. Get the interactive radar and Severe Weather<\/a> alerts sent right to your smart phone. Heres a look at the stories were following county by county at 4 00. In new castle, Law Enforcement<\/a> officers and other county employees are barred from asking about a workers immigration status. Under the executive order, county employees may not stop question, search or arrest a person because of immigration status. In montgomery county, a group of local residents are united against hate tonight. Members of the Faith Community<\/a> will hold a vigil at the brethren. They are gathering to protest kkk fliers that have been popping up around town. 6 million in support of the restoration project. Its part of the positive train control its expected to be completed by 2020. Chris christie is shedding light on the Opioid Commission<\/a> hes heading up. He delivered marks in center city. He says he plans to send an interim report to the president by the end of the month. The governor also said he wants to use Massachusetts Program<\/a> as a model for how the National Program<\/a> should operate. Quite simply, let there be love. Red nose day is on a mission to make you laugh. And do good for children in need. Its a special youll see only on nbc 10. Plus the reunion fans of this film have been waiting years for. Philadelphia falls, it looks like its finally. Happened. And someone managed to swipe it from our city. The story at 5 00. My girlfriend loves artists. To be unique. And i need a conservative pair, cuz her parents hate artists get up to 40 off a second pair of glasses. Schedule your eye exam at pearlevision. Com. Youbusted tail. Rd. And impressed the boss. Maybe, its time to be your own. Transform your career with strayer universitys mba program today. Lets get it, america. Daddys little girl is more than just a song title. A new study from Emery University<\/a> reveals fathers tend to be more attentive and responsive to young daughters compared to sons. 52 fathers of toddlers, dads with girls were more likely to sing and speak openly about f l feelings for their daughters. Fathers and sons were likely to play rough ask use achievement words like proud and win. It you need an excuse to have a a glass of wine after work today, here you go. Today is National Wine<\/a> day. Its the unofficial holiday that celebrates wine. Some wineries, wine bars and shops, offer discounts on wine to celebrate. Pulling the plug on a a princess Birthday Party<\/a>. Sgl why police say this bounce house collapse was no accident. We have a big round of storms coming before we get to the weekend. Im tracking the timing, plus the weather you can expect for the holiday in your most accurate weather forecast. New at 5 30, the girl snatched by a sea lion getting treatment for a rare infection. 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The homeowner identified the suspect as one of her neighbors. Take a look at this. Youre looking at one of the newest attractions at Universal Studios<\/a> theme park in orlando. Volcano bay water park officially opens tomorrow. It makes us jealous because theres gray skies in our area. Its a place for thrills and relaxations. Theme parks are owned by comc t comcast. We have to get there to check it out. One other big thing thats fun is red nose day. The comedy telethon raises money to help children in poverty around the world. This years event will include a highly anticipated reunion sequel. Ive got a sneaky feeling youll find that love actually is all around. The cast of love actually reunited for a mini sequel that will air during the broadcast. The director of the movie is one of the founders of red nose day. Organizers hope the follow up sparks red nose day donations. More than 60 million have been raised in the u. S. Over the first two years. Nbc has a full night of programming to celebrate. Starting at 8 00 with celebrity Ninja Warrior<\/a> followed by running wild and the red nose day special at 10 00. Have you ever seen the romantic comedy . I think i have, but i dont remember it, which sounds terrible because youre a huge fan. Every girl remembers every scene of that movie. Red nose day is so great. Youll see our special media pages. Talking about this weather. Wet and windy, umbrellas are up. Wipers are get iting a workout today too. A dreary day across the region. We could see storms in some spots tonight. Lets go to Glenn Schwartz<\/a> for a look at our day. Cloudy day. But cloudy day at the beach is better than getting stuck in traffic here. This is i95 in wilmington. Visibility has improved in delaware. And temperatures are going up. 78 in dover. 70 in wilmington. Its barely 60 in potstown. Well see temperatures much cooler with the wind coming in off the ocean. 6 5 in cape may. Much warmer inland. Whats happening here. We have the storm center right around washington. As that comes up this way, its going to go into the east winds wp when they converge, the air is forced to rise. That helps make those storms even stronger. Thats why im expecting them to hold together. Counting up the amount of lightning strikes and its pretty close to what we counted a half hour ago. Theres not a a real increase or decrease. This is 150 miles from philadelphia. Moving at 30 miles an hour. It would be getting here in about five hours. It will come faster than that. Theres the cluster. Theres more moisture back to the west. So thats not the only threat for rain this weekend. Watch this as we go through 8 00 to 9 00 hour. Look at those heavy strorm storms coming through. Then things quiet down later tonight. So we have the evening thunderstorms across the area. Look at this. You can see it just about anywhere. And then as we go into tomorrow, its dry. Its partly to mostly cloudy. Its still a great improvement over today. Tammie souza will see if it that improvement continues through the rest of the weekend. Its going to continue through the rest of the weekend. Youre having a big barbecue. Im waiting for my invitation. Maybe thats on saturday. Its going to be the best of the days. More clouds than sun. We get to saturday. Its still the best day. Some of the forecast models want to bring a a shower in late in the day or in the evening. But nonetheless, its going to be close to 80 across the area. We will see some sunshine. Sunday well start with clouds. We could see some Late Afternoon<\/a> rain and storms that continue overnight and into monday. We have now made it scattered rain and storms on monday. That will be hit and miss. Plan accordingly. At this point still, saturday may be your best day unless youre the one unluky person under that one isolated shower. The same for saturday. Both pretty decent days. Saturday is the nicer of the days. Well see rain and some storms late in the day. On monday we are going to be looking at showers and storms moving into the area on and off. And we start to clear out and next week doesnt look half bad. It looks very seasonal and mild and much nicer than this week has looked. I like that 70s and 80s. Its a saturday. You can grill out. Barbecue everything and sunday just eat it indoors. Were all waiting for the invitation. Even most of sunday is okay. I caught something on facebook. You have to see this. Stood out. This is against fhurricane. You like the little bow tie . Does that get your seal of approval . Its the appropriate size for a cat of that size. You have to make sure its proportional. Its purrfect. It is the unofficial start to summer. Next were checking to see if the shelves ared with the essentials to celebrate the holiday. Baby boom, how these officers helped in special delivery. Its here. The first night your teenage daughter stays out way too late. But after three years of specialist cancer care, to guide her into remission, you couldnt be happier about it. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. We are countrying dourn to the unofficial start of summer. The burgers on the grill, flags decorating the flower beds, fishing lines in the water. The big question do you have everything you need to celebrate the holiday in true american fashion. Rosemary connors stopped by some local hot spots to find out if the shelter is stocked. What did you find . Reporter here at nbc, we got the grove ready to go for memorial day. The question is folks at home, are you all set . Even though the weather right now doesnt scream the unofficial start of summer, the stores are expect iing once it improves, people will be out shopping and preparing for the Holiday Weekend<\/a>. When the sun is out, its hop in here. People come running in. Reporter on this thursday, families true value is stocked and ready for the weekend rush. Tis the grilling season, and no matter what youre flipg, how you do it is what counts. Works and minnows. Thats of then the menu this Holiday Weekend<\/a> at bobs bait and tackle in east falls. Between the rounds, theres no shortage of equipment for folk who is fish. Now its up to Mother Nature<\/a> to cooperate. If the weather stays nice and gets sunny, they are out having picnics. If we get rain, its going to be slow. Its retlekting on the true meaning of the holiday. Symbols of memorial day line the aisles. Also in high demand, a sign of the season. Ripe for hang iing or planting. May is our busy time of the year. We kind of depend on the flowers and things. Speaking of flowers, one nice thing is the flowers look great outside. If youre planning to pick up shrubs and flowers, you cant forget the mulch. Reporting live, rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. Thank you. Good reminder there too at the end. Were work iing on several stories for nbc 10 news at 5 00. Heres ek. A warning for swimmers at the shore with the Holiday Weekend<\/a> on the who ray ryeson. The reason the signs are up and for concern and its not enough. And rain on the way for tonight. Get ready to rumble. Plus ill let you know which day of the Holiday Weekend<\/a> is going to be the nicest for your outdoor activities. And new, the city slips, the city has fallen this the rankings and how people of phoenix got the better of us. Those stories and more, new at 5 00. Out with a bang, after a soggy start to the day, we can finish with some fiberworks a attracting storms tonight. Water warning, the new signs up. At part of the jersey shore and why some people say they are not enough. After the attack, the little girl in this viral video and the new troubles shes facing tonight. Tonight at 5 00, flames and smoke after a medical helicopter goes down with deadly results in delaware. It was unbelievable. Now the aftermath, the investigation and eyewitness accounts. The flames were atrocious. 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