friday is off to a frigid start. these flags are showing us why we feel below zero across the area this morning. and more dangerous cold is on the way for the weekend. good morning this is "nbc 10 news today" on this friday. we put the first alert in effect today because of the bitter cold and dangerous temperatures. and we also need to mention there are two school closings so far this morning. we'll continue to monitor that. and you can also find the list of school closings through the "nbc 10 news" app. we'll begin with meteorologist bill henley. you told us the extreme temperatures were coming and temperatures really dropped overnight. the temperatures have plummeted and the wind gusts are

killer this morning, gusts near 43-mile-an-hour this morning and still going. a strong northwesterly wind bringing in the cold air. the pocano mountains, that's the view from camelback this morning where the numbers right now are below zero. the actual temperature is 3 below zero. currently 12 in allentown. factor in the wind it is colder feeling. trenton, feels like 12 below zero. 9 below in wilmington. and 6 below in philadelphia. cold all around. there you can see the wind blowing the flags outside the nbc 10 studios. if you find shelter from the wind, it will help. but it will still be cold at 7:00 10 degrees. 13 at 9:00. the temperatures will be climbing a bit with winds coming down at noontime but it will feel like the single digits for much of the late morning and early afternoon. we'll go through it hour by hour, neighborhood by neighborhood, with our future weather when i'm back to show

you exactly what to expect today. but first, we'll go to first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. happy friday to you. so far no accidents on the highways. a pretty quiet start this friday. a live look at the woodhaven road near the boulevard, no problems to report on 76 and 95. waking up in new jersey 42 northbound from route 55 to the walt whitman bridge will take you five minutes. 13 minutes if your drive on 295 southbound from route 38 to 168. chris? 4:02. we are following breaking news that we'll get to in a moment after a delaware county fire at a home. but as you heard bill mention, the dangerous cold air is in full effect this morning with windchills below zero as you saw on the screen. negative 6 right now in the philadelphia region. katy zachry is live for us from 59th street transportation in upper darby. all right, katy does it feel as cold as the temperatures

advertise out there? >> reporter: yeah it feels even worse, chris. we know temperatures are so low. and with the windchill you were talking about, that is in the negative degree. i should have a scarf covering my mouth because everything not covered is going to get frostbitten. anyone getting off the bus is huddling close, moving as quickly as they can to get where they are going. it is that cold out here. the overnight workers, the early morning workers going throughout the city right now, going to their destination. and they are all bundled up in layers. it is cold. there are a lot of code blues in effect throughout the area. we'll dig into that and gather that information. more on that coming up in a half hour. reporting live in upper darby at 69th street station, katy zachry "nbc 10 news." katy cover your face and get somewhere warm.

we'll check in with you in a moment. a reminder to track the plunging temperatures through the new nbc10 app. get the latest forecast and alerts to your tablet in a free download from the app store. overnight, the extreme cold made it tough on firefighters to try to get the upper hand on this fire in bethlehem. 50 firefighters responded to an alarm manufacturing company on public road as they finally got the fire knocked down. >> we had several hoses freeze the trucks freeze up the guys were frozen and the cold had a lot to impact us. >> it was definitely tough on them out there. the cause of the fire is still under investigation and the good news is no one was hurt. 4:04. happening today a judge will sentence a philadelphia man for beating his brother to death with a baseball pet. paulo pidero was found guilty of killing his brother art in 2013.

the victim's body was found wrapped in plastic on the basement of a home on cranston avenue. in bucks county a driver accused of killing a teenager girl at a bus stop will stand trial. the judge made the ruling yesterday at michael shelley's hearing. police say he killed minete zeka. she was trying to get on her bus in ben salem township in december. witnesses say the boy's windshield was covered up. and gregorio orrostieta is accused of beating his girlfriend, karli hall at her apartment on upmonday night. and six years ago officer

pilosky was shot and his killer is now serving a life sentence. and we want to show you how a toddler was hit and killed by a trolley in west philadelphia yesterday. here's a picture we have from surveillance video. the child's mother on the left-hand side of the circle was pushing the stroller. she was crossing lancaster avenue. the 2-year-old is behind that gray car there with another woman and steps into the street right in front of the passenger truck. >> i had to look fast. you could hear the scream and howl. by the time we got there, the kid was under the trolley. there was nothing you could do about that. >> the witnesses tried to lift the trolley off the boy but they couldn't save him. and listen to this a man who they say faked his death in a boat crash turned himself in yesterday after several months on the run. he has until this afternoon to

post bond. andrew vittle crashed a boat that he was supposed to be repairing. his attorney says he turned himself in last night wanting to do the right thing. the couple who owned the boat said they knew the law would eventually catch up to vi strks t vittle. >> i just want to walk away and not deal with this guy again. >> everyone wondered where he went during the last eight months. he's facing multiple counts of deception and fraud. the judge wants him to post a bail today or he will go to jail. and pennsylvania has the second lowest measles vaccination in the country among

kindergartners because some are exempt due to philosophical reasons and religious beliefs. some officers believe these should be removed from aggressive public safety. and many parents agree. >> you should. for you it's not a question. no it's not. you should take your kids. >> the concern is parents have to be left in some way at an off job. paid 6 week will soon be the log. we told you this was coming yesterday. mayor bill says he wants to provide sick pay for every hour worked. >> the smaller mom and pop businesses, it could be tricky for them. at the end of the day it is a business and you want to ensure

your business is going to survive and thrive. so you have to do the things you want to do to ensure it. >> i think if you treat the employees better and give them good benefits they will resipry cat toreciprocate. and it's cold outside with temperatures still dropping. potentially this will be the coldest day we have seen this winter. the wind is blowing, certainly to make it feel like the coldest. right now temperatures are at 7 in reading. 12 degrees in philadelphia. earlier in february we touched down to their lowest temperatures. 37 degrees in trenton.

41 in wilmington, that's the wind gusts. below zero in pottstown, quakerstown, 12 below. 22 below in the pocano mountains. northeast philadelphia philadelphia international to the jersey shore, everybody is feeling like they are below zero this morning but may still win. >> right now in wild wing. and all i remember hearing is the northwesterly winds to keep us cold in the pocano mountains. at 7:00 zero. even with the winds blowing, the upper teens are at noontime today. and then this is the lower 20s

this afternoon. that's colder than the normal low temperature of the year. temperatures will top out in the teens and low 20s this afternoon. there is some warmer weather ahead, at least for the first part of the weekend. but it comes with something that you may need to do with shoveling. that's the weekend forecast with bill. >> i am going to represent that you are not going there. 11 minutes after 4:00 time to check on the traffic on this early cold morning. jillian mele is watching that for us. >> reporter: good morning to you. majors in and out of center city philadelphia look good. this is westbound as nothing too be aware of as far as any turnpikes to the vine, 22 minutes. 12 minutes 95 southbound from the woodhaven to the vine. and northbound from 95 to 76

that will take you 17 minutes. chris? our first alert coverage of the dangerous cold continues next with a concern making homeowner homeowners nervous. and while you sleep, thousands of people are hard at work across the area. next the third shift culture feel of philadelphia.

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windchill near minus 6, it's colder north and west. and we are not going to get relief any time soon. meteorologist bill henley is back in a moment with a look at how the rest of the forecast is shaping up. you saw it there and are waking up with the coldest air this winter. we know there's subfreezing temperatures leading to broken water mains and plumbing problems. nbc 10 was with the department yesterday fixing a broken pipe in philadelphia. the crews are also checking for leaks in underground pipes to try to fix those before they get out of hand. one worker described how they do the inspections. there's a couple different pipes with septa and the main and there's a rod system to put on the line. >> now here you see workers using that system to tap into what is happening with the water pipe underground there. two ways to prevent your home pipes from freezing. keep your kitchen or cabinet

doors open to allow warmer air in. and let the cold water drip from your faucet overnight. exactly how cold is it going to get? this morning and later this weekend meteorologist bill henley have have the forecast coming up in about five minutes. and then there are those who work in this cold. a community in south philadelphia is very much awake. this is what it looks like inside the city's wholesale produce market. a place where hundreds of workers clock in for the grave shift. overnight they unload trucks of produce, fill orders and meet with customers. much of our produce comes from here. some don't mind the hours and others say it is a challenge. >> it is conditioning your body to go to sleep when you're supposed to go to sleep. you can't watch football games at night and can't watch the 11:00 news you have to be in bed. >> does this help you wake up? >> this is my second one already. and my third one is coming yet.

>> when they figure out how to manage that sleep issue, let me know. coming up we'll talk about the dangers of not getting enough sleep and what it does to your body. our team has to learn how to be up during the overnight hours. first up tracy, vai and bill will be anchoring the late evening newscast sunday night after the big "snl" special to air sunday night. the show starts at 11:30 and then they are staying here overnight, not going home to their comfortable bed, to be back with you here in the morning on monday morning. tracy will be posting to social media throughout the night from behind the scenes here at nbc 10 to show you what happens here overnight as we prepare the morning newscast and before the lights go on in the studio. sunday night's newscast airs after "saturday night live's" 40th anniversary special. the 3 1/2 hour special begins at 8:00 p.m. cast members from four decades

will reunite on that show. it will be a good one. 4:18 now. this morning philadelphia is feeling the love after being picked to host the 2016 democratic national convention. the city of brotherly love will serve as the backdrop when democrats nominate their pick to succeed president obama. the dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz said they chose pennsylvania because of the role it plays in history. but they said a little namedropping didn't hurt their chances either. >> when you have folks like jay-z and pope francis pick your city to do stuff, you know it's like -- what else are you going to do, right? >> i just want to say one thing, folks do work they do work. i called debbie wasserman schultz for the last half a year. >> organizers plan to hold this event at the wells fargo center with events also at the pennsylvania convention center.

watch the facebook video how democrats made their announcement, it's pretty creative. that's on your nbc news app. we'll get you to breaking news we are following out of delaware k. firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in sharon hill. a live picture from the scene. the fire started a half hour ago and everyone made it out of the home safely. firefighters are just getting the fire under control here to make sure the family inside can return return. and we have new information in the murder in chapel hill north carolina. the fbi is now investigating to see if federal laws were brought out in this case. there was a dispute over parking spaces, but the victim's family says this is clearly a hate crime because the victims are muslim. this man is charged with social

security murder. it's a outspoken kid who felt condemned by religion. now the murders are the three students close to a home but students at temple university held a vigil last night to show support for the victims and their families. and in southern california, more than 20 marines are recovering from injuries after a training exercise went wrong. this happened at the marine base known as 29 palms. extinguishers went off accidentally and the marines are treated for breathing problems. they are all in stable condition. a frigid start this morning with temperatures coming way down and still falling at this hour. a bitter cold morning with temperatures hovering right around the single digits to start with but the windchills thanks to the gusty winds that are already with us will make it feel like 6 below to 7 degrees.

it is going to be 12 degrees in philadelphia this morning, but the winds are gusting to 23 miles an hour. it will feel like it is 6 below zero right now. with clear skies, we are in for a lot of sunshine. but the wind is going to be steady even into this afternoon. probably not as strong as it is right now, but certainly strong enough to make it feel cold. 12 in philadelphia. but look at the single digits. kenneth square chester springs, down to 8 degrees. 5 in doylestown. but the airport ins showing strong winds as will. 28-mile-an-hour winds make it feel like 9 below zero in wilmington. 12 below zero in trenton. a very cold start, but it is there. we'll see lots of sunshine today. tomorrow, we'll get some light

snow from the north. we'll pick up an inch or two on saturday. then behind this cold air, another blast of cold that will bring our temperatures down lower come monday morning. so standby for some very cold temperatures. your hour-by-hour windchill starts at 9:00 this morning and will still feel like it is below zero in philadelphia. in fact just about everywhere we'll see lots of sunshine and winds. teens and low 20s together. the seven-day forecast in the next half hour will show you how long that lasts. all right, bill hopefully not much longer. time for a check on traffic and jillian mele is watching the roadways prop up. nothing too big with the majors looking good. this is a live look at the blue

route at the mid hf-look of 22. and the area bridges are also looking good. chris? governor chris christie's approval rating has reached a new low. next, a look at the numbers and why voters say the opinion of him is dropping. and the new offer made to military veterans to transition them from active duty to civilian life.

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new jersey governor chris christie seeks a new low as his approval rating has dropped to the lowest point. when asked why the governor is losing favor, residents mentioned attitude behavior and personality. 15% referred to the george washington bridge scandal. and 10% blamed his lack of attention to new jersey as he talks of making a potential run to the white house. president obama is going to tackle cyber security and protection today at stanford university. and he'll focus on security for american business and consumers. several ceos from visa bank of america, paypal and apple will also be there. helping to curb suicide. president obama signed a bipartisan bill yesterday. this new law is named for a marine who committed suicide in 2011 after serving in iraq and

afghanistan. the law provides added support for veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and other illness. frigid temperatures. they feel colder with that gusty wind. look at the flags on top of the aramark building in center city. the winds in the area have been gusting to 41 miles an hour. right now it's 11 degrees at 4:27. jillian mele is in the first-alert weather center and traffic center. good morning. this is a live look at 95 near girard avenue. our camera just froze, but 95 is looking good in philadelphia. coming up i'll take you to 95 in delaware. plus new at 4:30 a local bar brawl turns into a much bigger crime. what police say happened after this caught on camera fight.

put an extra layer on or two. friday is off to a frigid start with the gusty winds making it feel below zero in much of the area. what's ahead for the weekend will only be colder. then snow as well. just add snow into the equation. >> why not. >> good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. we have a first alert in effect because the cold outside is dangerous with windchills below zero across the area. but meteorologist bill henley is here with a look at the forecast. it is difficult to avoid the strong gusty wind gusting to 41 miles an hour in the area. and the wind is going to continue to bring in cold air. so at this