denise nakano. this morning we'll test your knowledge about philadelphia. did you know the liberty bell was originally called the statehouse bell? and that race street used to be named sas fras and george washington rotated his slaves between philadelphia and mt. vernon for a not very presidential reason. with us now is lee around ornol senior director of the library and collections and chief operating officer. thanks so much for joining us. >> it's a pleasure to be here. >> you're the historical person forgo to facts. >> i'm happy to be here. i've been with the historical society for 24 years and tour guide within the city. it's always amazing that people even locals don't know a lot of the history of their own city and area. one of the first ones starts with the founding of philadelphia and that it was first founded by william penn, a quaker. you already mentioned early that race street used to be called sasa frasthe east/west trees were named for trees and north/south after numbers and philadelphia was the very first city built on a public grid and public quar system in the unit

moderate to steady rain that is falling now in philadelphia. the yellow orange is to our west. it will be heading our way. pockets of heavier rain and more scattered showers through delaware as well as new jersey. that's not going to be the case the whole morning. p at periods, i expect it will be more steady to heavy rain there. we'll track those conditions throughout the rest of your morning. now, let's talk traffic with jessica. >>> thanks, krystal. we are starting over on the admiral wilson boulevard moving through camden. that's the ben franklin bridge toll plaza right there. no problems. the bridges are wet and slippery. accident on upper merion, one reported on north gulph and kirk avenue. the boulevard looks great around 17th street. no big problems. you can see the roads are wet. when the cars move through, water sprays out from underneath. that might be a problem. in terms of visibility, you want to keep distance in between cars just in case that water doesn't hit your windshield and create a bit of a problem for you on your drive. 422, rain coming down. nine minutes eastboun

learned that crews found a body inside a house that was on fire in west philadelphia. we have a live report. >>> shots fired, three teens are under arrest this morning, philadelphia police say they took a shot at officers who were chasing after them following a robbery. >>> good morning. this is nbc 10 news today, i'm rows mary connors. >> and i'm katy zachry. it is just 6:00 a.m. and frigid outside. this morning we have once again issued a first alert because of that brutal cold. let's get right to meteorologis bill henley he has the neighborhood forecast. >> good morning, katy. temperatures in the teens this morning and the wind is blowing in the city. not as strong as yesterday but it doesn't take much when it's this cold outside. a 12 mile an hour wind in philadelphia, it's down to 7 in millville and 9 miles an hour in allentown. the wind speeds will be lower all day long but unfortunately the temperatures are colder so it feels like 4 degrees right now in philadelphia. wilmington windchill is zero and the feels like temperature for the mt. pocono where it is colder and the wind

>> breaking right now on "action news," a teen is shot to death on a rainy wet philadelphia street corner overnight, his family nearby we're live with the latest. >> a former u.s. congressman convicted of crimes including racketeering and fraud is set to learn his fate today. >>> get ready for a wet commute as a wintry mix sweeps across the region. accuweather is tracking bitterly cold tempts coming our way later in the week. good morning 5:30 a.m., december 12. i'm tamala edwards along with nydia han, matt o'donnell and karen rogers are off. let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman to look at traffic, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, it's been a rainy start and icy start in the lehigh valley. we'll talk about that in a moment. in the i-95 corridor there's a shot of heavy rain moving up out of maryland and southern chester county. northern new castle county will get hit by that. philadelphia will get hit by that. lots of ponding and puddling in through here. south jersey and delaware a bit of a break, although this band of rain will be pushing back in your

>>> right now on nbc 10 news today, firefighters are battling a house fire in west philadelphia, one person is hurt and water used to fight the flames is now freezing on the streets. a live report from the scene is just ahead. >>> also right now on nbc 10 news today bone chilling cold. we are waking up to another morning of biting winds and freezing air and snow is in the forecast. >>> if in the line of fire, philadelphia police arrest three teenagers after someone fired shots at the officers early this morning in feltonville. >>> dressed for winter, a nationwide mystery is now happening in pennsylvania. somebody is decorating poles and trees with scarves and other items needed to brave the elements. we will have the details on this story coming up. >>> good morning, this is nbc 10 news today, i'm rosemary connors. >> and i'm katy zachry. it is just after 5:30 on your frigid friday and we remain under a first alert because it is another day of dangerously cold temperatures. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley. he has the details with our first alert neighborhood weather

. is 5:00 a.m., friday, december 16 we're following breaking news. >>> philadelphia police come under fire while chasing robbery suspects. we'll have a live report from the scene. >>> rescue crews pull a driver from a fiery crash on a major highway in delaware overnight. >> bundle up, accuweather is tracking snow for the weekend. >> i got a temperature reading of 17 in my car, did anybody beat me on the way to work? >> reporter: i saw 17. >> reporter: my car doesn't through, you have to dial it in on the dashboard. it's cold out there, we have a winter weather advisory that's kicking in at 10:00 p.m. this is a big issue we're expecting after 10:00 p.m. and midnight in most neighborhoods for the snow to arrive and overnight into tomorrow morning we'll see warm air come up from the south. this begins at 10:00 it will expire during the day tomorrow, down in south jersey and delaware, as soon as 9:00 a.m., probably expires around 10:00 in philadelphia. later in the afternoon and allentown and later in the day up in the poconos him warming tomorrow, but on the way you've got snow changing

after bullets started flying in west philadelphia. now, police are looking for the shooter. >>> 6:00 a.m. this monday morning. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i am tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. a wintry mix is changing to rain. it is making for a messy morning commute. let's get right to meteorologist, krystal klei, the first alert neighborhood forecast. you have some pictures of some ice. >> our own pamela osborn has been all over with storm 4 checking out road conditions up through allentown. she was able to tweet some pictures out saying they had those icy conditions because of freezing rain reports. it is hard to tell. there was ice on power lines, which, during a heavy icing event can become a big issue as well as roadways. you can see that pretty easily here. black ice conditions very dangerous for the early morning commuters. good news is, things are starting to turn over to rain. that rain should help to melting that ice. none theles nonetheless, we will leave it under an icy alert because of some ice potential. some showers may linger. the bull believe will

, it is here. first alert for snow and ice. that's what we're getting now for philadelphia, new jersey, and northern delaware. the suburbs in the lehigh valley. it is happening this morning. by this afternoon, vast improvement. getting around this morning is going to be treacherous as we are seeing some accumulating snow in the lehigh valley and suburbs. but we're already seeing many neighborhoods change over to icy mix. that's as the atmosphere tries to warm up, but the ground is frozen. that's going to lead to slippery roads. wilmington has already seen that changeover. we went on the air at 5:00. it was snowing in wilmington. now they are reporting ice pellets, sleet and rain. that's going to make for slippery conditions. that's the area colored pink on the radar. this is snow to the north. all snow in the pocono mountains. most of the morning looking at snow for lehigh valley, with a late changeover before it comes to an end later on. to the south, this is warm air trying to take over for the area and will eventually. that's rain falling in cape may and atlantic city. the problem z

us will see the white stuff. >> reporter: north of the philadelphia area will see that, here, rain, cold rain at that. looking live outside at the center city skyline, it's quiet, but cold, temperatures are in the mid 20s across the surrounding suburbs and 29 in philadelphia. winter weather advisory goes into effect for all areas shaded in the purplish lavender color. western portions of the lehigh valley and the poconos. we're expecting a period of light snow to develop let's say 2 or 3:00 p.m. this afternoon with a warm front that's right here, the warm front punches through, the air is very, very dry. after 2 or 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, aerials north of philadelphia there could a couple of snow showers that start developing that's part of the reason why the winter weather advisory is in effect. numbers are cold enough to support snow. 29 in philadelphia. 16 in the pings -- poconos, mill, 25 degrees. the immediate area, cloudy skies from start to finish. temperatures will struggle because of the clouds. 36 degrees. in the lehigh valley, 33, 34. there could snowshowers north of p

. the snow will be staying at least a couple hours, depending on your neighborhood. philadelphia, new jersey, northern delaware, suburbs, lehigh valley and berks getting snow. it will change during the day, we will see the change this morning. slippery conditions to start the day. accumulating snow. we have already seen a little bit, there will be more as the morning goes on. then icy mix on top before things change over to rain when it ends. definitely will have slip and sliding, if you have to hit the road, be careful. most of the area, this is a live view of center city. saw a dusting overnight, in the last hour steady light snow started. just about everyone from northern delaware to new jersey to lehigh valley, that's all snow. some areas are coming down steadier, more moderate snow expected as the morning progresses. it will intensify a bit. for now, it is light snow falling in montgomery, bucks county and north to the lehigh valley. look what's going on here. that's rain in cape may. there's warm air slowly surging into the area, with a rain and snow mix. we're seeing some icing

safe way, come on folks, message from philadelphia police about how to stay safe, tomorrow night. happy new year. >> well, almost. >> look at how matchy matchy we are all silvery. >> we're in holiday mode. >> how was your vacation. >> it was great, i just got back from mexico, fantastic, slept a lot. >>> so last night i get an e-mail, sue serio, karen hepp, it says on your desk you will fine party favors if you want to pretend like it is new years eve. >> this is it. >> i have the good stuff. >> see, this is all i got on my test being. >> a black lay, that is it. it goes with my outfit today. so good day, everybody, it is december 30th. >> can you believe we are finishing up this week, this day this month, this year. >> 2016. >> yep. >> so what is it going to be like this weekend. >> new years eve, our concern is not the a bad one at all. we will get through to take, and then it will be new years eve. it is eve of new years eve, five out of ten, colder then yesterday, rain rolled through yesterday with the cold front. buddy is here, all bundled up with the mittens on because temp

overnight, a masked gunman guns down a teenage boy who was standing on a philadelphia street corner. police say the victim was targeted. >> a final farewell to a new jersey state trooper who was killed while on duty. >> let's go outside to david murphy whole tell us about the rain and matt pellman has the commute. >> reporter: let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, it's been a wet overnight. the northern suburbs that was blue is changing over to grown. i would be careful in allentown and reading, it's getting warmer where icing ising dissipating. the darker shade of green in the i-95 corridor is steady. south jersey and delaware, better. as expected the winter weather advisory in effect in allentown and quakertown and reading has been lifted at 6:00 a.m. the other counties, north hampton county and the city of easton is up to 9:00 a.m. where you have snow from the overnight creating slushy conditions and freezing rain. be careful in the northern areas. satellite and radar is showing how things are thinning out precipitation wise to the west. we think the band of rain will b

in her home's basement. >>> new this morning bullets fly inside of a southwest philadelphia bar, what investigators say the victim was doing with his attacker before the gun fire. >>> and for the the second night the in a row a wild scene inside a philadelphia mall, we will tell you why police were anticipating, the chaos. well, today is wednesday december 28th, good morning i'm's jim donovan. >>> aim rahel solomon. let's get started with weather and traffic with katie and pat >> roads are looking, so far, so good, nice and dry out there. >> yeah, it looks like a very nice day. the it is a lot colder though, then yesterday. the classic trade off, right. it is either wet and warm or cold and dry. it is cold, dry but we can bank on full sunshine today. looking at storm scan, a couple left over cloud, no harm, no foul, looking good, generally speaking. we are expect to go brighten up nicely throughout the day but a dose of reality and that is just because we have that cold front that crossed through yesterday. your temperatures are, generally speaking, about 20 degrees colder, give or ta

falling throughout the night. >> in philadelphia and points south, the cold rain is falling. in university city, overnight, people drove and walked through a wet start to the workweek. >>> good morning. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. >> we are on extra early because of the wintry weather and how it could impact your rise to work and school. we have live team coverage all weekend long. from reporters. we are tracking conditions in the first alert traffic and weather center. let's get right to meteorologist, krystal klei, with her first neighborhood forecast. a close look at communities across delaware and pennsylvania. >> we are tracking that mix of wintry weather out there. this is pretty much timing out exactly how we have been calling for it all weekend long. a lot of us are seeing rain from delaware, new jersey, philadelphia. the rain/snow line has been tracking to the north. earlier, around midnight to 2:00 a.m., we saw the line pretty close to the suburbs and nearing philadelphia. since then, that has started to stretch farther north. the pinks you see are the zon

biggest party nights of the year and security will be tight, the safety measures philadelphia police are putting in place this new years eve. >>> and the doors are opened, at south philadelphia bakery where workers have been very busy all night getting ready for this new year rush. looks good. it is saturday last day of 2016, happy new years eve i'm jan carabao. lets get straight over to justin drabick with eyewitness weather. good saturday morning, justin. a lot of people waking up hoping their outdoor plans and fire works won't be spoiled. >> we will deal with some clouds, that is about it. >> don't clouds help with keep things warmer. >> that is right they hold in the the heat that we will get to day and temperatures not that cold by midnight. still talking about 40. colder with the wind but hey, we will take that for this time of the career. >> tire works lance, definitely a good. travel plans across the region today and tomorrow looks great mummers parade good conditions here across the delaware valley this new years weekend. we will go outside this morning, chilly, compared to

pictures. >>> also today philadelphia will release the results of this election recount while the effort to recount votes across all of pennsylvania turns into a federal case. lawyers for the green party candidate jill steen are expected to file their case in u.s. district court today. supporters petitioned for a statewide recount. yesterday philadelphia wrapped up a recount of provisional an absentee ballots. >> my goal and i think most of us has the same goal is to make sure the vote is being recorded and counted today. >> machine recount in the city last week showed no change in the original tally. recount efforts are underway in two other battleground states. michigan will start its process today. wisconsin began its recount on thursday. president-elect donald trump and his supporters are fighting to stop those efforts, katy. >>> six people are dead and philadelphia police say a bad batch of heroin is to blame. police believe all the overdose deaths are related because they all happened around kensington avenue and cambria street. >>> happening today, the second phase of new jersey's

make it feel cold to start with. a 12 mile an hour wind in philadelphia, 13 miles an hour in wilmington. so the feels like temperatures have dropped into the single digits. we will get some improvement during the day today as it will warm into the 20s and a little bit warmer this afternoon than what we saw yesterday. 15 degrees right now in the suburbs with a 6 mile an hour wind, 16 at philadelphia international, the lehigh valley is at 14 degrees and 15 degrees in delaware. enough sunshine to warm us into the upper 20s for delaware, 26 degrees in the lehigh valley and 27 for new jersey. we have stayed below freezing all day today in the suburbs and philadelphia but that changes tomorrow, just as some wet weather moves in. we are talking snow and sleet but mainly rain for your saturday. a look at the timing of that and i will take you through today hour by hour when i'm back in ten minutes. but first pamela osborne has your first alert traffic. >> good morning. i think that's going to be the most difficult part of your drive this morning is actually those few minutes when you

resulted in death. so, obviously, we're taking this very seriously. >> philadelphia police are offering a $10,000 reward in this case. they say the victim was targeted but they still don't know why. >>> high schools in ocean county have a new tool to prevent drug overdose. nurses are armed with narcan nasal spray kits. they got training, which can reverse overdoses from heroine and other opioids. school nurses say it's something they never imagined they would need. >> frightening. i've been a school nurse for 20 years and i've never seen anything like this. >> some schools in pennsylvania and delaware already carry narcan. >>> happening today, hundreds of middle school students in camden county will get a taste of high school theater 101. eighth graders interested in singing or theater will take a field trip to see "the miracle worker" on stage. it's to mentor rising freshmen just getting interested in on or off stage careers. the director says it's an exciting way for students to experience live theater. >> high school theater program is all about building confidence. they'll ask very po

through philadelphia. moving from west to east. and that's going to continue in to the later part of today. right now temperaturewise, check it out. 58 degrees in philadelphia. millville, atlantic city at 59. and we've made it to the 60s. dover at 62 degrees. allentown, 40s. and 45 the temperature in reading. so really seeing numbers that are way warmer than what is typical for this time of year. and warmer than you're going to see for afternoon highs. thing is, these are going to be the highs for today. then as we move along to the afternoon we start to cool down, because a cool front starting from the west is moving our way. we'll track that cold front and more on these temperatures later this afternoon. >> thanks for that crystal. we're not the only ones contending with weather problems. ice and snow battered a large portion of the country yesterday from new mexico to new england. at least five people died on the roads and hundreds of accidents were reported. icy weather played a role in a deadly tanker truck crash in baltimore. take a look as the truck burst into flames just mome

. fortunately nobody was hurt. firefighters used water to wash away the known toxic foam. >>> philadelphia police are telling "action news" that there were nine sudden deaths over the weekends and they think all are related to overdoses of narcotics. six happened overnight saturday into sunday and of those five took place in kensington. and tonight authorities say all nine deaths could be linked to a single deadly batch of heroin. "action news" reporter wendy saltzman is live at police headquarters tonight. wendy, what have you learned about this? >> reporter: jim, the victims ranged in age from 24 to in their 40's and police are saying this is one of the deadliest nights on kensington streets. on a single weekend nine people dead here in the kensington section of philadelphia. >> i call it dope city. they've been known for dope city since i was a kid. >> reporter: the streets lined with needles and drug addicts. >> this is the worst place in the world for anybody to live in. this is the walking dead. you see people, they're all zombied out. >> reporter: on sunday night alone there were si

conditions. 37 in philadelphia and 31 the temperature in atlantic city. we're seeing mostly clear conditions especially in the southern portions of our viewing area. north of philadelphia some clouds have been build in. these aren't the clouds that bring the rain. we're dry today. but that does not last too terribly long. we're gung to be tracking the potential for some rain and snow as we move into tomorrow. good news for the mummers day parade, sunny and dry. temps in the 30s for the morning and won't be too much wind to track. we'll talk more about new year's eve and new year's day forecast in just a bit. >>> starting off on the schuylkill expressway, moving through center city no problem right now. eastbound drive time from the blue route on the vine, 30 minutes treat. speeds in the 60s. blue route doing okay. 15 minutes northbound from 95 to the schuylkill. speeds in the 60s. mass transit, we're dealing with changes this week in between the christmas and other holiday plus new year's. septa buses and trolleys modified weekday wedschedule an all other service is running on a weekday sche

>>> chase and crash. a police pursuit ends with a deadly wreck in west philadelphia that lands two people under arrest. only nbc10 has video of the aftermath. >>> getting justice. police say they have the man responsible for a deadly hit and run that killed an 8-year-old girl in overbrook. >>> graffiti. the philadelphia gop wants a city attorney fired after he's accused of spray painting an obscene anti-trump message. >> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. >>> it is 6:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. it's thursday, december 1st. it sure doesn't feel like december right now. let's get to "first alert" meteorologist bill henley. >> hey, bill. >> that is true. you heard the storms, the rain is gone. completely out of here. we're drying out now. we will be dry for the rest of the day but it's also going to be windy for the rest of the day. that's bringing the temperatures down. it's just dropped to 49 degrees in the lehigh valley. we will see clear skies. lots of sunshine. 53 degrees at 9:00, 55 degrees at noon time. not a

>>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >>> a violent afternoon in one philadelphia neighborhood causes an elementary school to go on lock down. more than 10 shots were fired in franklinville. good evening, i'm dawn timmeney. i'm chris o'connell. at least one person was shot as well as several vehicles. let's get right tout fox 29's dave kinchen live at the 24th police district in hunting park for us tonight. dave? >> reporter: it was a quiet, beautiful friday until gunshots rang out in the franklinville second of north philadelphia. we'll show you video now and we can tell i was 31-year-old man was wounded after being shot. not once, not twice, but three times. shot at sixth and butler streets. once in the cheek shot in the left -- in the neck and also in the left shoulder. he was taken to temple university hospital. meantime investigators say mcclure elementary school was placed on lock down for five minutes. this was just before school was about to get out there. around the same time neighbors at nearby dare yen and luzerne reported hearing severa

incident was an accident or an attack, "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brownies live at philadelphia's christmas village with live at what police are doing in the wake of the tragedy and more, natasha. >> reporter: police are telling us there has always been a strong police presence here at surrounding the christmas village in philadelphia here at city hall , but the light up today's tragic incident in berlin, security is even more visible tonight. the ripple effects from an attack at a christmas market this berlin, germany is felt here in philadelphia with the city police stepping up security details around the christmas village at city hall >> we have increased our patrol over there. it is in terms of the you know , this type of incident happening, you have for mindful of it. you cannot be naive but in the same sense we don't want to create panic, unnecessary panic but same sense we do have increased presence over in that area. >> reporter: at least nine people were killed, dozens injured when truck plowed through a crowd at a popular christmas market in berlin on monday. >> at chris

from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10. >>> please help us. help us find whoever did this. >>> a south philadelphia community in shock on this christmas eve after an 81-year-old grocery store owner is shot dead behind the counter. family members of the victim tell fox 29 she has been operating the neighborhood spot for the last 44 years. thanks for joining this evening even i'm jennifer joyce. police are searching for the person who pulled the trigger multiple times. fox 29's joanne pileggi has the very latest from south philadelphia. >> reporter: the christmas lights are on but the mood in this south philly neighborhood is somber more like you can feel the heart ache. be loved grocer marie buck was murdered her family and this community are just so sad. on a cold and rainy christmas eve morning, something so vile and twisted happened at this neighborhood grocery store in the heart of south philly. >> i don't know why anybody would do anything like this the entire neighborhood loved her. nobody knows why anybody would do anything crazy like that to her. >> reporte

♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. >>> we begin with breaking news that we're following for you at 11. something stinks in philadelphia. many people are calling and complaining about a nasty odor sweeping across the city tonig tonight. we're told the pungent smell is pgw issue. the utility says however the odor is not being caused by natural gas. pgw is working to figure out the source of the smell. no injuries have been reported we'll of course have update as soon as we learn more information about this smelly situation. >>> it has been busy day at the philadelphia international airport thousands and thousands of travelers took off for holiday destinations. if you haven't left yet f you're staying around home for the holidays, approaching storm could make for a kind of sloppy christmas eve. that could be bad news for anyone who still putting off finishing their shopping. good evening, and thanks for joining us i'm dawn timmeney. if you or someone who put off your holiday shopping until the very last minute this year, well, you weren't alone. st

. some neighborhoods may see a frosty coating. light snow was falling in philadelphia this morning. here's a live look in at camelback mountain in the poconos. temperature is cold enough to make snow as the resort gets ready for ski season. real snow could be falling come tomorrow. meteorologist krystal klei is watching the system that moves in later this weekend and is tracking frigid weather for saturday. >> that's right. starting yesterday, saw a cold blast effecting temperatures. on top of that, we are tracking first alert for the rain, snow potential. where will we see snow? lehigh valley, berks county and the suburbs, even mixing into parts of philadelphia. first alert from sunday afternoon into the evening, we will see snow falling, lasting through monday morning. in those areas, looking at accumulating snowfall possible. for some, just a coating, for some a couple inches is possible. we change from snow to wintry mix to rain tracking into monday. the problem with that is with temperatures so cold, we are looking at potential for icing mostly on northern roadways north of ph

measure philadelphia police are putting into place this new years eve. >>> and the end of the year rush is on to snatch up party supplies in south philadelphia we are live where bakers have been working throughout the night preparing for new years eve customers. >>> today is sat the day, december 31st, happy new years eve everyone and good morning i'm jan carabao. lets get over to meteorologist justin drabick with eyewitness weather, justin, a lot of parties, fire works, how are outdoor activities. >> weather good. not a bad finish to the year. temperatures will go above average. the breezy today but we will keep it dry. >> we have luck out recently. >> it looks like cold air will hold off until late next week. we have mild days ahead to start off the new year but new years eve weekend, new years day in problems, we will see sunshine with a few cloud around breeze kicks up not quite as windy as yesterday but temperatures will return above average. we will be in the mid 40's over hose locations. the pretty quiet across the city sitting at freezing at the airport southwest breeze at

30s. philadelphia feels like 34 degrees. feels like below freezing in allentown. 1 degree above freezing for wilmington this morning. it's a cold start but we'll see clear skies all day long. sunshine will warm these temperatures up. 37 in the suburbs. 38 degrees in delaware. lehigh valley at 35 degrees. warm-up about 10 degrees in the lehigh valley with sunshine. 50s for delaware. low 50s for philadelphia. near 50 degrees in the suburbs. at the shore, while inland hit 52, a degree warmer this afternoon. sunny skies and a nice warm-up. i'll go through the forecast hour by hour in ten minutes. first, jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. >> good morning, everyone. around route 29, no problems or delays. drive times, seven minutes northbound from 29 to the schuylkill. speeds into the 60s. we're not seeing any big delays. 42 freeway in new jersey looks great. northbound and southbound. we typically look at northbound side for any delays, at least for the morning because that's what traffic is moving toward philadelphia. we'll end in northeast philadelphia where there's a

. back to you guys. >>> now to breaking news we're following for you this morning. two philadelphia firefighters are hurt battling a house fire. >> matt delucia is live in fishtown to tell us more. >> reporter: two firefighters injured. right here at the scene the fire is out. we're here in fishtown along frankford avenue. frankford after is closed at the moment. the house in question, it was a bedroom fire on the third floor of one of these units. two firefighters taken to the hospital with minor injuries. but a 55-year-old man inside the unit, he was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest. we're understanding that cpr was in progress. we're trying to get updates on that man's condition. again this was in a third story bedroom. the fire is out. now the firefighters are making sewer this thing is completely out. the fire marshal beginning the investigation. for now, i'm live in fishtown, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> new this morning, a 41-year-old man is in critical condition after he was stabbed during a fight inside of a philadelphia bar. police say it started just before 1:00

what's happening in philadelphia today and break down what's happening in michigan and wisconsin. >>> and a live look at the blue cross river rink this morning. it's going to look even brighter tonight. everything you need to know about tonight's tree lighting and we'll be there. that's coming up. >>> it's 5:30. good morning. welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema and bill henley in the weather center. feels like december. >> feels like december 2nd, in fact. the temperatures are dropped into the 30s now in delaware. now just 39 degrees. you will see bright sunshine. the sun coming up just a minute or two after 7:00 this morning. 37 degrees. then 45 at 10:00. a nice warm-up but the winds will be increasing. the wind at 5 miles an hour in the suburbs, 10 miles an hour in philadelphia. we will see enough sunshine to warm temperatures to near 50 degrees for philadelphia and the suburbs. 52 in new jersey. at the shore, sunny skies and 53 degrees. stuck in the 40s for lehigh valley. up to 5 degrees for delaware. there will be hour-by-hour changes and i

night at 11:00. two people are dead after a car slammed into a school bus in northeast philadelphia. police tell us that the car crashed into the bus that was stopped at a red light at roosevelt boulevard and woodward street last night. the car went under the bus before bursting into flames. an unidentified man and women in the car were killed. it was filled with more than two dozen teenagers minutes earlier. >> just dropped them off at a nearby church. she said three minutes prior to the accident. so we're reallilike why yy liki. >> police say speed was a factor in the crash. the bus driver was not hurt. live report coming up at 5:00. >>> 4:34 and 30 degrees outside and it is the monday before christmas. traditionally the busiest shipping day of the year. today is also expected to be the busiest mailing day of the year. the postal service expects this year to be even busier than last. "nbc 10" stopped by this post office in north philadelphia where people were trying to get a jump on the crowds expected today. >> i think it gets worse as it gets closer to the 25th. we've experience

with the u.s. election. >>> torture or death. a philadelphia mother tells us that's what her husband is facing tonight. we'll tell you why in an nbc 10 exclusi exclusive. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> right now at 11:00, we are tracking overnight snow. the nbc 10 first alert radar shows a system moving into parts of delaware and south jersey tonight. >> now the snow hasn't arrived here yet in this live look at cape may, but people may wake up to snow-covered windshields there ahead of bitter cold moving into our region. i'm jim rosenfield. >> i'm jacqueline london. bitterly cold winds move in tomorrow and will make it feel like the single digits by the time we wake up. >> we are tracking the overnight snow and arctic chill with live team coverage tonight. we begin with meteorologist sheena parveen, and sheena, at least it won't be snowing for the morning commute. right? >> yeah, that's right. what we have right now on radar is going to move through pretty quickly but we are already getting some reports of snowflakes falling through some of our pennsylvania suburbs including ardmore. i

nights of the year and security will be tight. the safety measures philadelphia police are putting in place this new years eve. >>> and summer isn't the only time to hit the shore. the south jersey town where people are flocking to ring in the new year. plus this. >> i like my uniform. >> one little boy's mission to help a local officer turns into the surprise of his life. how an entire police department came together to say thank you. >> well we begin tonight with height ends security this holiday weekends. good evening, everyone, i'm jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington tonight. philadelphia police are stepping up patrols to make sure new years festivities are safe. of course this is in after mast of several terrorist act overseas. >> alexandria hoff is live at penn's landing. >> police are geared up for one busy 24 hour period starting tomorrow. while they were not able to disclose their exact strategy, they'll be out in full force. >> as eyes are fixed on new years eve fireworks, in the new years day mummers parade, law enforcement will have their eyes on m

>>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >>> a live look this morning from berlin where daybreak reveals destruction after a truck rams into a crowded christmas market. at least 12 people are dead. dozens more are hurt. why police say this was no accident. new jersey lawmakers say no deal, why he has to leave office until he write a book. >> busy morning here at cbs-3, it is our "joy of sharing" toyfest drop-off day. the trucks ready. we're ready. finds out how you can help us fill this truck with toys. today is tuesday, december 20th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. let's get the day start wad check on weather and traffic with meisha. >> good morning, you guys, happy tuesday, day two, nice roadways, hoping we're going have good day on the roadways, jim, good to have you back, good day. >> so nice having you here. justin, is it going to stay dry? >> yes, today and really the next several days, not much happening for the end of december, pretty nights. cold. we're in the low 20's right now, but a

through the day right now down to 21 in philadelphia and 18 in reading and millville 20 and trenton 20 and atlantic city airport 20 degrees and it's wind is a big factor and winds are howling reported 45 miles per hour in philadelphia up to 52 in the poconos, you factor in the strong winds and this is the way it feels right now, it feels like 5 in philadelphia and 1 in reading and 1 below in lancaster and 4 in wilmington and 7 degrees below zero in the poconos. and tonight prepare for the coldest december temperature in 8 years, the low plummeting all the way down to 15 degrees and then the winds will be diminish and we still have a bit of a breeze and the windchills tomorrow morning when you step outside tougher than today. windchills in the single digits. philadelphia up across the northwest suburbs, windchills 0 owe 5 below and then the lehigh valley valley. 5 below to 15 below zero. in the poconos they issued a windchill advisory for tonight and tomorrow morning. have you to cover up you can get frostbite and hypothermia. the next system i'm tracking the weekend storm is getting

saying bye. and we have leftover rain around philadelphia, south jersey. but getting accumulating snow in the poconos. mount pocono recording a whopping 5 inches. and we had a little bit of accumulating sleet in northern north hampton and northern montgomery county. temperature-wise, philadelphia, 43 degrees, well above freezing. allentown, 36. and mount pocono, 31 degrees. and the winter weather arisery for them until 6:00 tomorrow. and the possibility of freezing drizzle. and the national weather service extended the winter weather advisory for north hampton until 1:00 in the morning for the chance of freezing drizzle. tomorrow philadelphia will have drizzle, not freezing. at 6:00, 38 degrees. by 8:00, 41. i'm tracking that arctic boundary that will bring the coldest air since last winter. i'll talk about when that arrives in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you, cecily. and we ask that you wake up with the action news morning team. they will help you navigate the morning commute with the latest on how the wet roads are affecting traffic. and that happens beginning at 4:30 rig

. and that is also the case here in philadelphia where security measures have been added around the christmas village around city hall. philadelphia mayor, jim kenney, says it was made out of an abundance of caution and not a threat to the city. we have larger vehicles now parked at the entrances to the areas of our own christmasville able around city hall. and police vehicles and trash trucks and we don't have an imminent threat but obviously you will want to take precautions when something like this happens. "action news" and abc news is following developments out of germany. fine this on air and online at 6abc.com. >>> we are following developing news out of south jersey. right now police are swarming a wooded area in cedarville, cumberland county. chopper 6 hd overhead as police investigated a truck found in the area, less than 15 minutes ago police confirmed that truck belonged to a murder suspect. police believe that jeremiah moanle killed his wife. and the couple was estranged and she survived years after abuse. >>> philadelphia police are trying to figure out how a woman end

this one, 6 people died of a heroin overdose in philadelphia last night. >> breaking international news, a massive fire sweeps through a four star hotel in pakistan leaving a dozen people dead. we have the details. >>> happening now we're tracking traffic troubles as rain and snow move through the delaware valley. >> let's look at that, david murphy is outside, and karen rogers is looking at the morning commute. >> reporter: there's a light misty rainfall on the terrace. umbrella you might need it, but you could get away without if you're not out that long. up in allentown we had snow that's moving toward the east. it's very light. you might find a coating on lawns north hampton, lehigh county and berks. there's the precipitation behind it. we'll transition to partly sunny skies later. 43 degrees in philadelphia. 34 in allentown. nonetheless there can be slushiness in the upper elevations. 44 by 10:00 a.m. 49 by noon, later this morning and midday you'll see sun coming back partly sunny skies in all likelihood by 3:00 p.m. high of 53 before we zip back down to 545 by 6:00 p.m. kare

after a shot was fired at philadelphia police officers. it happened in an alley just off roosevelt boulevard in feltonville. the suspects were wanted in a robbery, police chased them into the alley after investigators say the teens abandoned their car. investigators tell us the officers did not return fire after the shot came their way. nobody was hurt here, police did recover a gun at the scene. >>> in south philly a bumper and other car parts were left on broad street after a police cruiser crashed into another vehicle. you can see the front end of the cruiser smashed in. the impact was so hard the air bag inside the cruiser deployed. two officers went to the hospital but they are expected to be okay. the person in the other car was not hurt. >>> okay. now, back to our weather as bill henley mentioned we are waking up to dangerously cold temperatures. >> it is frigid outside and layers are a must. about a dozen construction workers are braving the cold overnight to shore up the overpasses for the improvements along the vine street expressway 676. temperatures in center city have

hospital. what a philadelphia woman did tho make sure she was not the victim and for some, a formality. for other, a desperate last chance. electorals will formally elect donald trump for president as anti trump forces try to deny him the white house. >>> first, the praeking news we are following. >> we're following two big issues for drivers and those on the rails. first, a truck fire blocks lanes and hampers traffic near downingtown. this is along the pennsylvania turnpike. >> in montgomery county, major delays because of a wires down situation on the track near the jenkins town station. the wires caused a power problem that crews are trying to fix. let's get the latest with jessica. >> thanks, guys. this is video we were watching earli earlier over top of the scene. the fire on the eastbound side of the pa turnpike creating delays because of the road was closeded off and traffic was being diverted off. you can see the crawling behind it. good news as we go to the map, it's cleared out of the way. they just removed the tractor trailer from this area, but those delays remain

news" at 12:30. a mother in philadelphia is facing charges after her 12-year-old son was killed. we have the latest on that. and the former new york jets running back was killed during an apparent road rage incident and a witness describes the moments before the shooting and surveillance cameras capture the moment before a school bus crashes into a house in florida. now the details, a wilmington firefighter is being remembered for her bravery. hope died last night months after the arson left her severely burned. vernon odom talked to the fire chief in wilmington and he is there now with more on the sad story. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's a sad day here in the city of wilmington and the surrounding area. the city was praying for hope that some how she would pull through but new the odds were long. the wilmington fire chief was emotional during his media briefing this morning. fire chief anthony good speaks this morning. the third firefighter, hope died vault of a late support arson. 68 days ago that fire left burns over 70% of her body. >> weeks ago on a thursday we were called

. >>> and fire and ice. one man is dead after fire tears through this home in philadelphia. we'll tell you why firefighters had to fight more than flames this morning. >>> good morning. welcome to nbc 10 at 11:00 a.m. i'm katy zachry. the dangerous cold is sweeping across our area. take a look at the cold commuters we were at the transportation center. people were getting bundled up as they were getting ready. this won't be the only place seeing snow this weekend. we are live team coverage for you this morning to track the dangerous conditions, the cold and the ice and the snow we are expecting tomorrow. let's check with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. hi, glenn. >> hi. things are progressing pretty much the way we have seen them the last couple of days. for the lehigh valley and pa suburbs and philadelphia at least far brief period of time. 11:00 p.m. friday into saturday morning is a limited time period of problems with accumulating snow, a brief icy mix and slippery roads. here is the timing. it's started morning we are focusing on. that's where the difficulties will be. snow to icy mix to

philadelphia, the northern suburbs will change over to rain, eventually. in allentown and northern berks it will be longer, you may be looking at the snow through 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. before a changeover. up in time poconos it stays as snow, perhaps a little sleet. there's a winter weather advisory in jim thorpe and mount pocono and pottstown, those are the areas where roads could be extra slippery in the morning hours and in the afternoon. temperatures have bumped up above freezing in philadelphia. 28 in allentown, though, 32 in reading. these the spots where it will take longer to see the changeover. 31 in millville that number is on its way up. noon, 45 degrees, raining, the rain tapering off by 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. you're drying out, still cloudy, and we're looking at a high of 46 degrees at 3:00 p.m. before we slide to 43 by 5:00 p.m., and 40 by 7:00 p.m. i'll have the arrival and departure of the rain/snow event on future tracker 6. >> reporter: speaking of brakes we're on them this morning. because of an accident in maple shade burlington county. action cam is on the scene,

-mile-per-hour winds in philadelphia, dover up to 22 miles per hour. gusts are a little higher. and as the front passes we'll see some changes with clearing conditions in the afternoon. we'll track your entire day out in a few minutes. but right now to jessica boyington >>> we're going to start on the vine street expressway. around 20th street we're open in both directions. we're not dealing with the construction project. no big problems or delays but there's an accident in upper bub lynn out in dreschertown. and we're dealing with a water main break that happened about a week ago oar so. still seeing some restrictions there. drive times for you and check in with the majors when i come back in ten minutes. back to you guys. >>> new this morning, families are out of their homes after this smokey fire in north philadelphia. it began around 2:00 this morning on west huntington street. you can see that the firefighters had to deal with heavy smoke when they put out the flames. fortunate lly no one was hurt. >>> a search is on for a grandmother and her great grandmother. >> the pair was hea

nation is causing big delays at philadelphia international airport. >>> and the eagles trooped their fifth in a row, after a controversial call in the final seconds. >>> but we begin difficult day in the weather department. we woke up to rain and mild temperatures hi is how it stayed for most of the the day but cold is making a come back with the beginning of winter just days away. meteorologist melissa magee has our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa >> walter, we have more changes ahead as we go throughout the rest of tonight and start of our workweek on monday. a cold front is moving through , storm tracker six live double scan radar showing we have light showers to the south, of vineland and atlantic city and cape hey and to the south of dover. it is all part of the wider system you can see on storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d. this cold front that is moving on through where earlier to take really during overnight hours we had a couple of thunderstorm that popped up. this moisture will continue to sag off to the south and east as we go throughout the res

convicted. >> reporter: today philadelphia district attorney seth williams says the charges against the 29-year-old are being withdrawn. >> i'm very glad that this miscarriage of justice has been corrected today. >> reporter: outside the criminal justice center today, williams cited new evidence including witnesses, store receipts and cell phone records, they reportedly back up the claim that rawlins was somewhere especially that night. >> it's impossible for him to go from where he was shopping with his friends on video to strawberry mansion, change his clothes, be part of the shooting, change his clothes and get back downtown. >> reporter: the shooting that night in 2006, left 6-year-old jamar wright in a wheelchair. his mother has fought against rawlins release, saying she's sure he's guilty. >> i knew he was innocent from the beginning. the wheels of justice finally turned. >> reporter: now we talked to daunte r arkrawlins about what ten years have been like, he spent almost all of his 20s in prison. we talked to him about that today and about his emotions. we'll have more comin

entirety of with who he is, helping to educate people, to bring progress to philadelphia. now, for more than an hour, i listened to close to a dozen witness, some constituent, some former employees. some benefactors of college scholarships. most spoke of his assistance in educating college students. two spoke about his love for israel. one witness said she was aware of his ins and he must be held accountable, so just moments ago my colleague did let us know that the form congressman has received ten years behind bars. he's supposed to surrender in january. he had come here today facing up to two decades in prison. live for now, nbc 0 news. >> thank you. >>> we're following breaking news out of the oxford section of philadelphia. where u.s. marshals were serving a warrant and shots were fired. this took place about 30 minutes ago. one person was taken into custody. no word if anyone is hurt. we'll continue to follow the story and wring you updates as they come in. >>> and now, to our weather. a live picture here from the philadelphia international airport where you can see it's pretty cl

sunshine getting temperatures on the cool side, 46 degrees in philadelphia. allentown which started a couple of degrees mark is up to 42. 45 down the the pike in wilmington, are 45 in trenton. winds speeds are not that bad, it's jacket, there's a little bit of a breeze, but the wind is not asu. we expect to get up to 53, that's above the average high of 48. the fact that the sun is breaking out it is going to help that. it will be cold in philadelphia animal some of the suburbs below freezing tonight. we have some precipitation coming tomorrow afternoon, rick, we'll talk about that in future tracker 6 when i step inside and big time cold snap toward the end of the week. >> turning to a developing story out of montgomery county. a reported threat on social media shut down an entire school district. "action news" reporter, john rawlins is live at upper perkiomen high school with the very latest on that, john. >> reporter: well, rick, at this point, officials are not saying specifically are what were the words in the posting that gave them pause. it was something to do with a video that