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WCAU NBC10 News At 11pm February 24, 2018

The local athletes competing tonight. Thats in just two minutes. First, brace yourself for a soaking wet weekend. Rain is set to crash your plans. Now it is misty, drizzly and chilly. From philadelphia to the Lehigh Valley and down to the jersey shore. You are looking at center city, allentown, ocean city and south philadelphia. Tonight is just the beginning. The heaviest rain will move in saturday night and into sunday. Lets bring in tami souza. Its an umbrella alert. Make indoor plans. There are few breaks in the clouds and in the rain. We will cover a little bit of that coming up. We dont have rain, a misty, drizzly night out there. You can see clouds in place and scattered showers moving through central pennsylvania. I will walk you through hour by hour. Temperatures in the 40s. The winds have turned to the south. Thats key to us warming up. If we are going to be soggy, we might as well be mild. By the time you wake up tomorrow, we will be in mid 40s. We could see showers at 7 00. The rain does look like its going to move in in the early afternoon. Temperatures well into the 50s. We will see low to mid 50s tomorrow. By tomorrow night, we will look at 40s and then heavy rain is going to be moving in all night tomorrow night and into early on sunday. The question is, will we get a break in time for that mummers parade and what about sunday afternoon and what about next week . We will talk about that when i come back in a few minutes. Thanks. No matter where you are headed this weekend, take the nbc 10 app with you. Use our first alert radar and also sign up for free alerts so you know exactly when a Weather Threat is about to hit your exact location. With time running out for the 2018 winter games, team usa is making a last minute push for more medals. That includes some of our local athletes. Lets go live to our olympic expert, keith jones at olympic park. A lot of action there tonight. Snowboarding big air is a crazy, brandnew event to the winter olympics. Look at the video. It involves a snowboarding going down a 160foot ramp, getting big air and pulling off tricks. We have three athletes in the finds including red girard. It was kyle mack who jumped to a silver. A. J. Almost died four months ago. He was in a coma after a complication from shoulder surgery. He had to relearn reading and writing. Now he is competing in the olympics. Another new jersey native competing in the fourman bobsled event. The other two american sleds are now in tenth place. We have been Walking Around this olympic park, which is busy, just two days out of the closing ceremony. We found interesting people. We talked with many of them. None compares to the one man we will show new 20 minutes and his knight rider action figure. Now, we are live here in south korea, keith jones. I have seen your Facebook Page on this. Cant wait to see the story. Remember, nbc 10 is your home for the olympics and for this final stretch of the winter games. Dont miss the closing ceremony at 8 00 sunday night right here on nbc 10. Now lets get to some of the other headlines were following. New at 11 00, in bucks county, a sexual predator groped a teenage girl inside a target store. Investigators say a mother and 13yearold were shopping at the target. A man crept up behind the young girl and grabbed her inappropriately. Customers told us they plan to be more aware of their surroundings. Now im really hesitant to tell her to go to the store, especially if it happened at this target. I come here all the time with my mom, with you, my younger sister. Thats what scares me. Its scary. Police tonight have not released the suspects name. Tonight were learning new details about a warning to the fbi concerning the Florida School shooting suspect a month before the massacre. New tonight, a transcript of a womans call to the fbi. She said she was worried that he might be, quote, getting into a school and just shooting up the place. She also told the fbi he had an arsenal of weapons and ammunition and that he was, quote, going to explode. The fbi has admitted it failed to investigate the womans tip. Cruz is charged with killing 17 people inside a high school in parkland last week. Today, floridas governor proposed prohibiting anyone under 21 or any mentally ill person from owning a gun in that state. Delawares governor called for a ban on assault weapons in the first state. Nbc 10 shows us why some predict a rush to buy these guns if this idea becomes law. Reporter delawares governor says he continues to work with School Districts to update their safety plans. Says more has to be done. Thats why in the next few weeks he will work with lawmakers to craft legislation to ban the sale of assaultstyle rifles. This man is no stranger to the gun debate. He has been selling and fixing guns out of his gun stock shop for 35 years. Out of them in a week and a half. We have seen this happen before. Reporter he is talking about the rush that would happen if the governors idea of banning the sale of all assaultstyle rifles ever became law. He refers to them as tactical weapons. Sit down and relax and talk it out and see if theres any other kind of recourse. Reporter dont ban the sale of these guns . I dont think a ban will do anything at all. Reporter in a statement the governor says military style weapons can be used to carry out catastrophic acts of violence. They have no place on the streets of our neighborhoods. Jessica, who is with a third grader tonight, agrees with the governor. She tells nbc 10, ar15style guns like the one used in floridas School Shooting should not be street legal. Guns are everywhere. You are not going to stop every gun. To ban some is better than none. Reporter a controversial idea with no shortage of opinions. Aaron baskerville, nbc 10 news. A guilty plea from a former Trump Campaign associate. Rick gates pleaded guilty. Gates lied about meeting with former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort as well as a lobbyist and a member of congress. Gates is the third trump associate to make a deal to cooperate in the russia investigation. Today manafort was hit with more charges. He was first indicted with gates back in october. Dozens of buses in one Lehigh Valley School District are destroyed tonight after they went up in flames overnight. Look at all the danimage. Thats where nearly 30 buses were burned in a fire. About a fifth of the fleet. That forced officials to Cancel School today. The district has insurance and for now it will rely on buses from nearby districts. No word on what started that fire. New tonight from delaware, police in New Castle County near your help as they look for a man accused of exposing himself to two girls. It happened twice this month. Both times were in wilmington. The man exposed himself to the two girls after pulling up to them in a green older model sedan and asking for directions. A High School Student is charged after this brawl broke out during a basketball game in delaware. This was the scene during a game. The game was held on a neutral court. One of the fans wouldnt move his foot off a players seat. Thats when tensions just boiled over. Our coaches, we want to get our guys on the bench, get our guys into lthe huddle. To me, that setup was just dynamite waiting to explode. Because of the brawl, the game was called off with four minutes to go. Changes are coming for a High School Basketball player forced to sit out of a game because of her religion. A referee benched her because she was wearing a hijab. They say she didnt fill out a waiver as required. Today state snores aenator and d advocacy groups announced measures to throw out that rule. High honors for the men and women who protect their communities. They held a valor awards dinner. Police, firefighters and ems technicians were recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty. Up next, new at 11 00, never forget where you came from. How eagles running back Corey Clement is proving he will never outgrow his south jersey roots. A help from the star kq. How carson wentz will spread the super bowl spirit. All the events from the city to down the shore, thats next. This winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. So whether youre a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. Pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny. Com new york state. Its all here. Its only here. Stepping into the unknown. It can be difficult to find the way. But with the compassion and security of independence blue cross, obstacles become openings. As we have for nearly 80 years, well continue to light the way, with the card accepted in all 50 states. Giving you the power to shine forward to whatever awaits tomorrow. Independence blue cross. Live fearless. Inde eshow me the olympic winter games like ive never seen before. Xfinity x1, yeah, i always know the scor. Triple corks in 4k. Lookin so sick. Stream live on every screen, every win, every trick. 2000 hours of coverage, get your mind blown. 50 olympic channels, yup, youre in the zone. And if theres something that you want to see, pick up that voice remote and just say show me. Experience nbcuniversals coverage of the olympic winter games like never before with xfinity. Proud partner of team usa. The Hometown Hero goes back to where it all began. Its smiles for super bowl champ clement who was signing autographs today. It has been 19 days since they won the super bowl. The hype still hasnt died down. We talked with corey about what it means to never forget where you came from. Its important to realize the roots you came from. Every time im out here i try to be connected with something. Even if its something small or something large, i want the opportunity to let them know i havent outgrown anybody. Great attitude. He wasnt drafted out of college. It means extra to be signed by his hometown eagles and to win a ring with them. Get ready to hear more eagles chants at the next sixers game. Carson wentz is lending a helping hand at the Wells Fargo Center tomorrow night, ringing the pregame bell. Tip off is at 5 00. Now to your first alert forecast. A chilly and damp night. Live at the blue cross river rink. Were in another for soggy weekend. Thats bad news for the mummers. They are planning to march sunday. Drew smith is joining us live on main street there. Whats the word tonight . Reporter they are telling us the parade is a go. They have the barricades out. They have some backup plans in case there are very heavy downpours. Because of a special guest expected to be out here, we want to make sure it goes off on time. A dreary night with hoods up and umbrellas at the ready. You could find entertainment. Dan the opera man is a fan of the mummers mardi gras. There was people everywhere on both sides of the street. Reporter jane shows us all the beads. Theyre hoping there will be cash in the buckets instead of ra raindrops. Star power certainly is on their side. Eagles fans have been thinking about it since they saw jason suited up. My god, what would it be like if he showed up here in that same outfit . Reporter he plans to join the string band. I think he is a man of the people. Lovie ins being with the people. The people love seeing this side of him. Reporter an event he attended in the past is happening saturday down the shore. At least it wont be below freezing for the polar bear plunge. If you arent ready for the beach, there are only nine days left of winterfest at the blue cross river rink. We are getting in the olympic spirit. Reporter the fog and mist made it feel unsfrtabeasonable. If its going to rain and the winter has to be snow. Reporter back to that parade here. If theres heavy rain, they are open to delaying it a little bit. They are hoping to get it off on time. There will be clubhouses along the route so people can enjoy the music even if there are downpours. Continue our weather coverage. The heaviest rain starts tomorrow night . Yes, it does start tomorrow night. It does go into the first half of sunday. You know what . I think we will work magic. We will get to that in a moment. A foggy night in some places. It has been drifting around the area. Look at cape may. You can barely see the street. The winds are out of the southwest. Thats good, southwest winds are warmer airflow. We will see temperatures on the rise tomorrow. 44 right now in philadelphia. It feels like, windchill of 38. Its 44 in wilmington right now. Lets make one last stop. Allentown, 41. Everybody is comfortable. We should be colder than this. The clouds are helping to hold in some of the warmth. Those winds that have that component, they are helping. I will call this umbrellas, ugly shoes and bad hair for the weekend. Its not a total washout. But you will need the umbrella and dont wear the fancy shoes. Dont spend a lot of time on your hair. Its going to be dry and mild to start off next week. The first three days of next week are magnificent. Then march comes in like a lion on thursday. Here is a footnote. 25 days from now guess what starts. Spring. You knew it. Radar, we are looking at nothing coming down in the form of rain. Theres drizzle and mist in the sky. We have seen a few showers in the central portion of the state. We are watching this large storm system thats lifting out of the southern plains. Look at it. Its arcing into our area. Another area of low pressure. That will fill in tomorrow afternoon, especially tomorrow night and into the first half of sunday. Here we go. Were in the 40s. Winds out of the south. Here comes scattered showers early tomorrow morning, perhaps early afternoon we start to see one batch of rain. We make it into the 50s tomorrow. The mid 50s. Then we go into sunday. Look at this. 8 30 in the morning, no, the parade. Watch what happens. It sags through. So far, every model run has brought this through very close to 1 00. As drew said, maybe a tiny delay or no delay. Carry the rain slicker. You may not need them. By the time we get into the afternoon, the southerly winds kick us into the 60s in some places. Then just in time for the weekend to be over, there it is, clears out and we have 50s out there monday. For tonight, 42 in philadelphia. 38 in the Lehigh Valley. Jersey shore, you are going to see 45. We could see a sprinkle or shower early tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, we will look at cloudy skies, 53 in philadelphia. 52 in the suburbs. 52 in Lehigh Valley. 58 for south jersey. The rain picks up later in the day. Its heavy tomorrow night and into early on sunday. We will see near 60 on sunday. That will be late in the day. 59 on monday. 58 on tuesday. 62 on wednesday. All night days. Dry days. Then the rain moves back in on thursday and friday. Look at friday. Winter just does not want to be done with us. March does start there. Were hopeful. Well be back right after this. [narrator] look around. If our world isnt stuck in the past, why is Higher Education . We say if theres a better path, you should take it. And when there isnt, well, you know where im going with that. Dont do things by the book if the book cant keep up. Take your page from one that hasnt been written. We took two renowned universities, including a premier medical school, and created a Single University that defies convention. 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The olympic flame is burning tonight but the games are soon coming to a close. The closing ceremony is sunday. Keith jones is joining us tonight. You really run into a lot of athletes during your time there. More olympic fans. So much fun. No question about it. This olympic park is unbelievable. Its parked with people 24 7. Pride for team usa. Some are unique, others more so than the rest. From flags of blue hair to the awesome jumpsuits, we found team usa love everywhere. Then we found this guy. Its Michael Knight action figure. Yes, that Michael Knight played by david hasselhoff. Go, baby, usa. Justin caplicki. It all started at a flea market. Walking along. I see a Michael Knight action figure. I collect Action Figures. I grab one. Pick it up. Walk an aisle over. Theres two on top of the pile. I walk out with eight. Kept on growing. I have 88 Michael Knights. Which he takes everywhere. At meals, inside the hockey arena. Celebrating the gold medal victory for team usa womens hockey. Bobsledding the other night. I got a picture with al michaels in rio. Im sure he will remember that the rest of his life. Its more interesting to take pictures of him than me when i go these places. Im not married nfor some reaso. This isnt an infatuation with david hasselhoff. He has no bay watch Action Figures or music. He says its all about knight rider. One man can make a difference. Michael knight in particular. Life at the olympics isnt complete without him. You never know. I will always collect Michael Knights until i die. Back live. We say that justin gets around. We werent kidding. Look at these pictures. He was able to give us. Adam rippon from northeast pennsylvania. What an epic picture. A picture with Dale Earnhardt junior. He is here for the games. What about the members of the gold medal winning womens hockey team . He cau

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