>> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. hit and killed on the job. we are live on the scene where a construction worker died in a crash overnight. nbc10 has learned new information this morning about the criminal history of a man accused of posing as a soldier. wait till you hear what he pleaded guilty to. and we're waking up to a colder morning than yesterday but sunshine is in store for later today. then we're tracking weekend rain. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's find out about all the weather with our "first alert" meteorologist brittney shipp. brittney. >> that's right. through the afternoon, we'll see more sunshine. a nice change to what we saw

yesterday. very gray and nice and calm throughout the day. right now, temperatures throughout the philadelphia area, 35 degrees. and just a few clouds, wind speeds out of the south-southwest at 9 miles per hour. you will notice more sunshine. you'll see the temperatures raining between 44 and 47 degrees. pretty close to average. just a little bit below that average. i'm also tracking rain that's going to affect your weekend. i'll let you know what to expect on the seven-day "first alert" forecast. fir first. and 422 has been a big problem for hours, in the overnight hours, 422 westbound has been slowed between 100 and stowe because of an accident there. it should be cleared soon but take high street or right 24.

tracy. new from overnight, a deadly crash along 422 in north coventry chester county. what jillian was just showing you. a car struck and killed a construction worker on the job. we have a crew working on the story and we'll check and get a live story in just a few minutes. we have new information about the army uniform controversy that we first told you about this week. you might remember an army veteran accused this man of what's called stolen valor. ryan burke said he noticed something was wrong with shawn yetman's military uniform. he confronted him while recording the whole thing. we want to be clear that yetman has not been charged with a crime in this case. jesse, what have we learned? >> reporter: tracy, we learned that yetman was charged a decade

ago with impersonating a dead philadelphia police officer. that officer was philly cop robert hayes who died in the line of duty several years before that. yetman was fined $100 for that chime. yetman has not been charged with stolen valor. but one congressional representative wants a federal investigation because the army has no record of yetman serving. this is not an uncommon or isolated crime. i'll explain in 30 minutes. jesse gary, "nbc10 news." 4:03. happening today, another sentence of a former judge in a ticket fixing scandal that helped shut down philadelphia traffic cord system. a jury convicted thomasine tynes. federal prosecutors said he wept after the judge seeking friends and politicalallies.

the prosecutor said each judge deserves three to four years in prison. a judge sentenced him to 18 months in prison. the other judges were charged of more serious corruption charges. happening today, the co-owner of a pizza place is making his way despite facing federal tax charges. charles and his wife own the manco and manco store. an indictment alleges that manco and his wife failed to report income. people took to the streets to protest a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in a choke hold death of an unarmed black man. the black man was on video.

that's eric garner saying i can't breathe. officer pantaleo responded by putting garner an apparent choke hold which is banned under nypd policy. last night garner's wife and mother spoke out against the grand jury decision. >> a cop did wrong. somebody that gets paid to do right did wrong and he's not held accountable for it. >> how could we put our trust in the justice system when they fail us like this? they didn't only fail me, they failed many of us. >> the justice department says it will now proceed with a civil rights investigation. all lives must be valued. all lives. mr. garner's death is one of several recent incidents across our great country that has tested the sense of trust that

must exist between law enforcement and the communities they are charged to serve and to protect. >> president obama said the grand jury decision in the garner case underscores the need to strengthen the trust and accountability between communities and law enforcement. here at home, the garner grand jury ruling reignited the supports in ferguson. those protests impacted the city's animal christmas tree lighting celebration. a crowd of several hundred chanted before the demonstration. before that they protested during rush hour. protesters said the protests felt more important than the holiday. >> we from to take a moment to honor the injustices that has

happened. >> the protests took place just after the tree lighting ended. this morning, the american red cross is helping victims of an apparent fire in philadelphia. nbc10 obtained this cell phone video last night. the fire ripped through the building in 53rd and montgomery. a woman who lives in one of the apartments spoke with us while her family huddled under red cross blanket. >> it's hard to relax knowing that the fire is going to destroyer my house. knowing that my kids got to be out here and be cold. >> we're working to find out how many people have been displaced and what investigators have learned about the cause of the fire. happen hadding today, there will be another public hearing on how to reduce violence in the state of new jersey. a commission has been holding the hearings throughout the fall. and tonight's meeting will be held at the second baptist

church and its goal is how to get public impact on how to stop violent crime. airport employees and home care professionalers will join the protests as workers are fighting for a $15 an hour wage. the protesters will gather for a strikeout and a speakout is what they're calling it. demonstrations are planned in more than 160 cities across the country. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. good morning. here's a live look at the po poconos as they're making snow today. the temperatures will be cooler than yesterday. at least the sun will come out for the afternoon. drying out from yesterday's rain, more sunshine today. as we head through the weekend i'm tracking more rain. the concern is friday night. a live look at city hall.

we're seeing most of the clouds here, 35 degrees for philadelphia. a closer look throughout the region, 34 in reading. 34 degrees in atlantic city. our trend will continue through the afternoon. we're down 11 degrees in mt. holly. down 11 in northeast philly. down 4 degrees in the poconos. you'll notice the difference mainly along the shore. 30 degrees in the poconos. 34 degrees in allentown. temperatures in blue bell at 34. 33 in mt. holly. and 39 degrees in avalon. and woodbine and a chilly 28 degrees in millville. the clouds have moved in from the west and the southwest, as we head through rest of today, we're going to see a mix of sun and clouds. the temperatures will range from the 40s and even the 50s but will mainly stay in the mid-50s with a mix of sun and clouds.

4:09 right now. we know about the serious accident on 4:22, that problem, let's find out what else is happening around the roads. jillian mele has that. >> good morning. that closure on 4:22 is just starting to open. the westbound side has been blocked off at route 100. this is a live look at 95 near cottman avenue. you can see we have this long-term construction set up out here. it's not impacting traffic, no slowdowns, no delays, no accidents to report there. boulevard at welsh road we have lights malfunctioning as always when you come across that problem make sure you treat it as ace four-way stop for drivers in delaware, no accidents to report there. we're just getting details about an accident on the northbound side of the turnpike. exit 2, leave yourself extra time if you're heading out that way. >> all right, jillian, thanks. on the move, the next big business that could set up shop in camden.

plus, 'tis the season to have your mail stolen right off your porch. the steps you can take to protect your purchases. and the makeover drivers may soon notice on the commodore barry bridge.

it is 4:13. we could learn new information this morning in the jersey bridge scandal. later today, lawmakers will receive a new report about the information of a traffic jam at the george washington bridge in september last year. democrats are behind the investigation. governor chris christie calls the probe politically motivated. the report is supposed to be made public next week. meantime, governor christie heads to canada to talk business. in calgary, ottawa and toronto.

he'll focus on strengthening energy production in the united states and canada. if christie decides to run for president in 2016, they believe production will be at the center of this campaign. more trouble for bill cosby, two new accusers have come forward claiming the comedian sexually assaulted them 30 years ago. attorney gloria allred now represents the women. she called on cosby to waive the statue of limitations so the accusers can take him to civil cases. >> i want mr. cosby to face justice for what he has done to me and so many other women. >> this comes on the heels of a new lawsuit filed tuesday. that accuser said cosby molested her at the playboy mansion when she was just 15 years old. new video shows a suspect

wanted on an attack on a 15-year-old in hunting park. police hope you will recognize the man. police say he jumped him in west luzerne street. another attack on a teenager. this one happened november 16th. watch the center of your screen, you can see the entire thing. police said the victim had just left a friend's house on north fourth street in kensington. police say the suspects boot the man repeatedly breaking his jaw. >> police are looking for a thief who stole a package from the home of a south philadelphia home. a delivery man dropped the package off at the home. four minutes later, the thief grabbed it and walks off. the package was a sit and spin bought for a 1-year-old. >> he kind of walks back and

forth in front of the house. it's clear he's looking to see if anybody is out and about. >> amazon.com came through with a full refund on the sit and spin. we asked fedex what to do to report your purchases. they tell us send the package directly to work, home or neighbor. request a signature. leave the driver a note like leave the package in the shed or garage. you can sign up for a text message alerts. and you can sign for it. in trenton, the new york state assembly will focus on the gaming crisis. four of the cities four of the city's 12 casinos have gone out of business. meanwhile, a hearing on whether the trump casino should be

reorganized. that's the day before the trump taj mahal is scheduled to close. meantime, talks continue between trump and the museum and the would-be purchaser carl icahn and the gaming officials. new this morning, there are signs that a big company may be moving to camden. for a while now, subaru has been scouting its sites to move out of the cherry hill to a larger space. the speculation is that that could move to camden. and it gets ready to announce $1 million in funding. now from our delaware bureau. a major summer music festival proved to be a big boost for delaware's economy. fans packed the arena national speedway for the four day fire fly music festival in june. the alfred learner college of

business at the university of delaware studied the economic impact on the region. here's what the business college found, the festival brought in $68 million to the local economy. which means the average spent $850. 80,000 attended. it's the equivalent of 579 jobs. firefly is scheduled in june next summer. morning, everyone, for the rest of today, we'll see a little bit of sunshine, also dry from the rain we saw yesterday but we're tracking the return of the rain as we head into the weekend, even starting on friday night. a live look at city hall where we're seeing a few clouds. 35 degrees. cold start, wind speed west-northwest at 9 miles an hour. atlantic city much cooler than what we saw yesterday. 10 to 15 degrees cooler.

30 in the poconos. 34 degrees in allentown this morning. kennett square, 32. 34 in wilmington. 30s in northeast philly. 33 degrees in mount holly. temperatures in avalon at 38 degrees. take a look at atlantic city 12 degrees cooler. 12 degrees cooler in millville and parts of burlington county. we are going to see a mix of sun and clouds heading into the rest of today. future cast shows us as we push into friday, clouds are going to increase by 9:00 p.m. we're dealing with rainfall. keep that in mind. even as we approach into saturday, we'll see another round of showers and another chance on sunday. so if you plan on going to the eagles game there say chance of rainfall and windy conditions. today, our temperatures will range between 44 and 47 degrees. a cold day on tap for us. our seven-day forecast shows we are going to see some sun today.

heading into tomorrow. night rain say possibility. 42 degrees. we drop down in temperatures on saturday. temperatures recover, but rain and chilly, what we expect to see both on saturday and sunday. 43 degrees on your sunday, heading into next week. our temperatures drop even more on monday. down to 39 degrees with more rain expected. >> brittney, thanks. a cold morning but a dry morning gives the winter wipers a look. just what you need to know as you're heading out the door. >> good morning, 76 is clear. both directions very quiet. you'll notice we still have the ramp. the on ramp, 276 remains closed of a long-term construction project there. speaking of construction, we have eastbound at pennsylvania turnpike near norristown. two lanes blocked. on the west side, we're dealing with construction in downingtown. heading to the boulevard at welsh road we have traffic lights that aren't working. make sure you treat that as a

four-way stop. this is 495, very quiet in both directions at philadelphia pike. tracy. crews will soon be sprucing up the commodore barry bridge. the delaware port authority committee has approved the first of three phases of sandblasting and painting for the bridge. the full board will vote on it next week. the project will take five years work will start january and continue through 2014. a big grand opening for a familiar name in south philadelphia. magnio's sausage company converted part of it to an italian food shop. it's been a part of philadelphia since 1947. new this morning, a flu season shift. the chain that mean your flu shot may not be working as it should. chocolate change. the recipe switch that could be coming to candy bars.

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a sweet idea from hershey, they're looking at replacing high fructose in its candy. the company hopes to appeal to those who avoid high fructose sweetener. it has a bad reputation for fuelling weight gain and diabetes though neither has been proven. the chain settled its whistle-blower charges that it improperly used gift cards to lure new businesses from medicare and medicaid customers. the justice department acknowledged the deal saying rite aid did not do anything wrong. we told you yesterday it was going to happen. here it is, a ridley high school senior recognized for saving a philadelphia police officer's life. >> joe chambers saved the

actions of an officer's life. a bright inspiration to all. >> delaware city count recognized joe chambers for his heroic efforts. chambers is a junior member of the fire department. chambers and his neighbor rescued the officer from his burning car. the car burst into flames after colliding with a truck. chambers and his friend jumped into action pulling out kimsey through the hard window. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather. >> good morning, you're taking a live look at the poconos. it's a cold start. most of the temperatures in the 30s and 40s. and the seven-day forecast in about ten minute. >> good morning. heading into jersey, the walt whitman bridge, no accidents to

deal with there. new information in the search for a missing college student. shane montgomery's parents plan to give his disappearance national attention.

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the sun will return later today. good morning, i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. i had a little frost on my window this morning. let's get to brittney shipp and the "first alert" forecast. good morning. >> good morning. as we head through the afternoon, temperatures will stay in the mitt 40s. at least we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. more sunshine today than yesterday. here's a live look. 28 in coatesville. 30 degrees in mt. pocono. 32 in quakertown. 34 in allentown. 35 in philadelphia. and 28 in millville. heading into the rest of today, expect temperatures throughout your morning hours to stay in the high 30s. take a look at noon. 43 degrees. that's a cold lunch hour for you. by 6:00 p.m., 40 degrees and cold. i am tracking the rain and yes, it will affect your detail. i'll have that in my seven-day forecast in about eight minutes but first we check