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WCAU NBC10 News At 5pm February 22, 2017

Individual stall where regardless of that childs sexual orientation, they can go in there and do what they need to do. Reporter Trump Administration Officials Say the change is in an effort to give power back to the states and remove federal influence. Governor wolf says Pennsylvania Needs to remain a place where everyone feels welcome. We need to make sure that we continue to present ourselves as the open, inclusive place that we are. Reporter you may be wondering how this impacts students in philadelphias public schools. We look more into that coming up at 6 00. For now reporting live from spring garden, andrea clinethomas, nbc10 news. Thank you. This isnt the only change that has voters concerned and asking questions. Tonight, we have new information on how thousands of patients could be affected by repealing and replacing obamacare. Nbc10 will have that coming up at 5 30. Now to breaking news. Sky force 10 is live in allentown where a woman has been stabbed. Were told it happened while she was driving. You see the car on the tow truck right now. Police say she was stopped at a traffic light on hamilton street when she was stabbed repeatedly by a man who was in the passenger seat. Two merritt medics who were also paramedics who were also at the light luckily rushed in. They stopped the attack. The victim is in serious condition. The suspect is in custody. As soon as we learn more about this developing situation, well get it back to you. Now to new video of the two men wanted for a Home Invasion in juniata. This is video from friday night inside the victims garage on neilson street. Police say the men followed the victim inside his home through this garage. The man was found several days later bound, beaten, and gagged. It is not clear if the suspects took anything. The victim was hospitalized for a broken nose, cuts, and bruises. First alert weather, the perfect day to ditch the jacket and head out for a walk. Nbc 10n wilmington. These nbc10 in wilmington. These people got a walk on the riverfront. Beautiful out there. If you thought today was nice, you wont believe the rest of the week. Its getting better. We have all the details. Reporter last week we said, can you believe it, 70s in the forecast . Tomorrow, we start that over. Look at where we are right now. Already it was a warm day today. The average in philadelphia, 46 today. Were at 57. Thats not even the highest temperature. 54 in mt. Pocono too. Short of tying a record. 61 in reading. 59 in mt. Holly. 57 the current reading in millville. Weve got a lot of upper 50s, spotty areas made it into the 60s today. Tomorrow, well see spotty areas making it to the 70s for high temperatures. Heres a look at the radar satellite view. This is the radar view. You see theres no rain to track out there. We still have some clouds, but even those as expected starting to thin which allowed for temperatures to boost up as we went through the afternoon. Tomorrow, theres the temperatures im talking about. Mild start to the morning. 7 00 a. M. , 49 degrees. Look by 4 00, 68 the forecast temperature. And a mix of sun and clouds. Well talk about the 70s coming up neighborhood by neighborhood. Thank you. New video from the scene of that train crash and derailment at 69th street terminal in upper darby. Crews are working to remove several of the damaged cars. We called septa a few minutes ago. A spokesperson told us they are making Good Progress and hope to have the cars cleared today. But it may take a little longer than that. Sky force 10 was overhead yesterday morning after a subway train on the market frankford line crashed into two other trains. It happened along the loop at the terminal. All together, seven cars were quarterback to e aarp knocked seven cars were knocked off the tracks. Supermarkets and beverage distributors say slow soda sales could lead to layoffs. They say its because of philadelphias socalled soda tax. Andrew pinkiss owns carbonator rental. His warehouse is stocked with boxes of soda syrup. Pinkiss says that the tax has his customers paying nearly double. Some of my customers are yelling at the drivers as if my drivers had something to do with the tax. The tax charges distributors 1. 5 cents per ounce on sugary drink drinks. It went into effect last month and funds universal prek. The city expects businesses to rebound once customers realize the tax is here to stay. In burlingtown county, the School District is rethinking its decision to close evan elementary on route 73 tomorrow. At a board of education meeting the fate of the school will again be on the table. Last march, the board voted to close the school, but some Board Members argue there are other alternatives to save money and space. Only 1 of students who apply to get into a summerton Charter School have a shot. The Mass Community Charter School received nearly 9,200 applications for just 96 openings. The k through 12 school is known for its math and science programs. A lottery will decide who gets in. A bethlehem father is suing to overturn a ban keeping him from attending his sons High School Wrestling tournaments at a rival school. Earlier this month, Liberty High School sent the letter to the father barring him from its gym for what it called offensive behavior. His son is a wrestler at North Hampton area high school. Both sides are due in court tomorrow. I want you to look at this now. Surveillance video posted on facebook showing a man walking on main street in strasburg last saturday. Watch as he knocks down an ice sculpture. You saw it the first time. And there is the second time. A business along the street paid about 260 each for 30 sculptures on display along the sidewalks. Several Police Officers were recognized today in south philadelphia nbc10 at the 17th annual district blue ribbon awards ceremony. These officers were nominated by their supervisors as the officer of the month. A big congratulations to all of them. Protecting pennsylvanias seniors. Thats what Governor Tom Wolf says his Budget Proposal is all about. Speaking from harrisburg, the governor said he wants to streamline Government Programs to protect the states most vulnerable citizens from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. He also announced new grants designed to increase participation and programs at more than 500 Senior Centers across the state. Have you bought your ticket yet . My goodness, the Powerball Jackpots climbed to 400 million. Ive got to get my, too. According to one south jersey dad, you shouldnt bother playing. Luck is on his side, he says. Nbc10s sidney long joins us. And you found a smalltown store thats been quite the hot spot today. Reporter thats right. All to get your hands on one of these. Or maybe five or ten of these powerball bad boys. The store has been a magnet today. When people get out of their car, theyre raising their eyebrows, giving us a smile, maybe doing a little dance. We met a gentleman who told us that he has the Powerball Jackpot locked up. Okay, so its rolled over 19 times. Very high jackpot. Reporter and its the 10th largest Powerball Jackpot in history. 27, 10 reporter attracting dreamers in 44 states. I would take care of my friends, family, probably buy a beachhouse. Might be ill bury half and leave a treasure map. Put my kids in college. Reporter for everyone in and out of pittmans Convenience Store on the fork at main and broadway, youll be trying your luck against this guy. I used to play my kids birthdays. Reporter tom headenburg is convinced he is meant to win. On the verge, he called it, because hes had too many close calls. Is exciting and exhilarating when i was looking for the last number and realized i missed by one digit. Reporter he missed a 100,000 prices on a cash game and last summer he was a smidge away from being 280 million richer. I missed the mega million for 280 million. I was off by one number and got the second prize. Reporter the storeowner says headenburgs positivity is contagious. Katy stone who never plays is among millions giving headenburg a run for his money. I buy scratchoffs. Never the powerball or anything like that. Im feeling lucky, so i bought one. It only takes one time. Reporter all right. Dozens if not hundreds or thousands are being sold by the second here in new jersey and across the u. S. I promise you this parking lot was a traffic jam a few minutes ago. I have a feeling as soon as we turn the camera off its going to be that way again. And headenburg promised that he would meet us tomorrow same time, same spot to show us those winning numbers. Live in pittman, nbc10 news. Come close so many times. He would be the one. Sidney, you better buy some tickets for us, too well pay you. Bring us some back. Thanks. Also tonight, we follow up on the story of a dog who got a second chance. She was nearly killed in another country. Now shes on the mend in south jersey. Well take you inside the surgery to fix her face, thats coming up. Plus, soup standin. Voters find a way to talk to their senator even when hes not there. More voters are trying to put pressure on pennsylvania senator pat toomey. Look what voters did in allentown. They used this empty suit to represent the senator and then held a town hall meeting. Organizers invited toomey to attend. He declined due to a scheduling conflict. This is not the first time toomey has been accused of dodging his constituents. Supporters of planned parenthood gathered outside his center city office today. They claim the senator refuses to meet with them face to face. Toomeys office says hes met with protesters multiple times including those from planned parenthood. In fact, the senators twitter account posted this picture today and wrote, had a productive meeting yesterday with members from tuesdays with toomey at my harrisburg office. Looking forward to similar meetings in the future. There have been protests outside the senators Philadelphia Office every week. Voters have told us they cant get through to the Senators Office when they try to call him. Nbc10 tried to call today, and the mail box was, in fact, full. The message asked voters to be patient or send a message through the senators website instead. President trump is taking issue with the angry crowds who lash out at republicans saying that in most cases the events are planned by liberal activists. All of this while the president held meetings today to discuss the federal budget. Policing tax dollars, thats President Trumps focus. Meeting with his budget team today. Unfortunately, the budget that were essentially inheriting is a mess. Reporter hes promising to make washington leaner, more accountable. We wont let your money be wasted anymore. Were going to run government smoothly, efficiently. Reporter Congress Approves the budget with republicans under attack from angry taxpayers at town Hall Meetings. Raucous, thats all right. Were learning how to be raucous in the midwest. Reporter theyre worried about health care and tax reforms. You hear the anxietys real. People want real solutions. We have to Pay Attention to that. Reporter and Pay Attention to a president who says he wants to do more with less. President trump is expected to speak at the conservative Political Action conference in washington, d. C. , this friday. The conference got underway today. There is video plaintiff trump at last video of mr. Trump at last years event when he was a president ial candidate. Vice president pence will speak thursday. A group of doctors appealed to the food allow an Abortion Pill to be available by prescription. According to the journal, 19 deaths have been reported abelong the three million cases among the three million cases since 2000. Currently patients can only have access through a clinic, hospital, or doctors office. Now to san jose, california. Entire neighborhoods are under water. Floodwaters have forced the evacuation of some 14,000 people from their homes. Authorities went door to door ordering people to seek Higher Ground as creeks and reservoirs overflowed their banks. And an n o in our region, much better forecast. Cape may, new jersey, fog hanging over the shore. Otherwise, clouds. Temperatures boosting up into the upper 50s. Well object sunset watch in a bit. Heres the neighborhood temperatures throughout philadelphia. 58 society hill and graduate hospital. 57 now at the airport. Thats the official reporting location. 58 in Chestnut Hill. 57 for andora. 58 parkwood. Upper 50s, a few spots in the 60s as expected earlier today. Now theyre on the decline. Not going to drop a lot overnight. This is going to be a mild overnight no matter where you are. Here are the radar and satellite view with just the clouds that are hanging over us early this morning. We had a few scattered showers that passed by. Nothing impressive. It left wet spots on the roadways. Otherwise, that has moved off. The clouds are hanging over us, and what were going to see as we go overnight into tomorrow, about the same as what we saw today. A mix of partly cloudy, mostly cloudy conditions. Some fog in the morning is possible. Heres your neighborhood forecast for tomorrow. Winds are just five to ten miles per hour. Look at that fairmount up to 70. 68 Chestnut Hill and shanksville. 67, fog i was mentioning for the morning hours. In the lehigh valley, burkes county, cloudy to partly cloudy conditions. 70 for reading and mid 60s possible around allentown to easton at 62 degrees. New jersey, 68 for robinsville, voorheis at 67. Egg harbor township up to 70. Inland, warmer temperatures. Against the shore, lower, 58 for longport. Delaware in the 70s. Low 70s for dover at 71 degrees. The forecast high. You might notice those lows were in the 40s. Its a mild overnight. And then we stay in the 70s friday, saturday, for philly, dover, the low 70s. You see saturday we see a change. Thats when the showers and thunderstorms move through. As a result, big drop in temperatures, upper 40s for highs on sunday. And allentown, it will be low 40s to 50 for allentown to wildwood. Before that, that stretch of very mild and warmer than average temperatures making for gorgeous conditions as we wrap up february. Take a look. We saw this yesterday. Now weve done number crunching. We added in our forecast highs and lows throughout the rest of the month. With that, were finding that we believe the average that we will have for the month of february will be the warmest on record ever for philadelphia. Breaking the Current Record in 1925 at 42. 2 degrees. That is kind of breaking it. Were smashing it two degrees warmer on average with our forecast high temperatures. Heres the hourbyhour forecast through today. Weve got clouds and some clearing. Then the clouds trying to build in as we go into your thursday. Theres 7 00 a. M. Mostly cloudy, thinning in the afternoon. Into the overnight, may see spotty showers roll by overnight. Nothing too impressive. Again, we stay mostly dry, your friday, 6 30 a. M. , just some clouds in place. Its saturday that we have a chance of steadier rain and thunderstorms. Well we will take a closer look and talk about the big drop in temperatures for your weekend coming up in the next half hour. Looking forward to that. Thank you. Tickets, meanwhile, on sale for the new museum of the american resolution. For two hours this morning, people who showed up at the museum on south 3rd street could buy tickets and get a peek at whats inside. Now ticket are available on line. The museum opens april 19th. Coming up at 5 00, how rescuers think a toxic chemical killed this bald eagle. Plus, whens the last time you had this much fun at work . How engineers used tape to show off their skills. That has more ski mountains to choose from than any other in the country. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all, only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your winter getaway at iloveny. Com hes a young man who gets good grades, loves cars, and enjoys playing sports. Lease still searching for hes still searching for his forever family. Vai sikahema introduces us to keadre. Reporter one of the greatest car collections in the world is in south philly at the automotive museum. A car lovers dream. Thats exactly why we brought 15yearold keandre. He loves cars. Anything having to do with cars. Keandre loves it. On the ride back, hes going to talk about this place. Tomorrow hes going to talk about this place. The day after hes going to talk about this place and all the cars. Reporter he does have developmental challenges and attends a special school where he actually excels. Hes a good student, gets good grades, has no behavioral issues. Heaval join he even joined th softball team. The ideal family is a family that is patient, a family that makes him feel secure. Once hes comfortable, the flower starts to open and you see a young man that really is excited about life and knows what it is that he wants. Reporter keandre loves people especially the ones who are there for him. He loves the connectedness and the people who support him. It took a little time for me to develop a rapport and a relationship with him. Howev however, through developing trust, he has opened up quite nicely. Reporter keandre is this weeks wednesdays child. If youd like to make keandres dream come true or the dream of any wednesdays child, go to nbc10. Com and search wednesdays child. Or call 1866doadopt. The goal is to engage, educate, and accelerate local startups. Small Business Owners heard from delaware senator tom carper today at the one million cups meeting. The meeting was held at the Delaware Technical Community college in georgetown. The group learned about tax laws that can help them. In burlington county, Lockhe

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