and we have dangerous, record-setting cold that we have not felt in decades. with the area in a deep freeze this morning, the wind is making the low temperatures feel all the more numbing outside. and here is the result of that. amazing. temperatures that feel like it's below 20 below 30 in mount pocano. good morning this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm chris cato. delaware public schools are closed along with dozens of schools across the area. the list of closings and delays are scrolling along the bottom of the screen and on the nbc 10 weather app. it is an nbc 10 weather alert day. we are helping you stay safe if you have to be out during this

weather. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley and the first-alert forecast. good morning chris. we are looking at some cold temperatures. record cold temperatures already with the wind making it to feel that much colder this morning. the wind is blowing across center city where right now it is 4 degrees. lancaster, reading, pottstown allentown, on the computer all showing zero degrees right now. 2 degrees in trenton. and it's 3 degrees in wilmington. factor in the wind and as you mentioned, it is well below zero. 14 degrees below zero is the windchill in philadelphia. feels like 17 degrees below zero in pottstown. a very cold blustery day. bitter winds blowing at 7:00. 2 degrees. 5 degrees at 9:00. and the wind will still be blowing at lunchtime, 13 degrees will feel like it is below zero. we'll go through the day hour by hour with the future weather to show you exactly how the temperatures are going to move as the day goes on. right now not much is moving out there, jillian. not much moving out there.

it is pretty quiet, but in delaware county we are dealing with an accident. this is a live look at route 202 right as it intersects with route 1. we are clearly not dealing with too much traffic out here. it is quiet on 202. but on 202 southbound of route 1 we are dealing with an accident just a mile or two down the road. that has that portion of 202 blocked off. take route 302 to get around it. we can't see the accident in the cameras, but traveling through chadsford, this area looks okay with no big don'ts or accidents or delays. 4:02 now. this sounds like common sense, but in this kind of weather it's really a good idea to check on senior citizens and your pets. in fact, it could mean the

difference between life and death. katy zachry is live out there at an adult senior center. why is this so important? >> reporter: well, places behind me like this older adult center here in the ronhurst section of the city. they offer safe warm places for adults to go if their homes are not warm. staying warm in temperatures like this is crucial for seniors more at risk for hypothermia than a younger person. in fact an older man died recently because of hypothermia. and yesterday there was another cold-related death in the lehigh valley. older adults are more at risk because of the natural aging process and because of their loss of body fat. >> body fat sources are insulation. so if the body fat is not there, it puts the older person at

risk. >> reporter: if you know an older adult or live next to a senior citizen, how warm should it be in their home? we asked medical experts that and coming up next half hour we'll tell you how warm it should be. you may be surprised what temperature they suggest. katy zachry, "nbc 10 news." and valuable information on this cold morning. the philadelphia school district is also taking extra precautions in this brutal weather. this morning bus crews will come to work an hour early to make sure the buses actually start and are ready to hit the road. other workers will arrive early at all the school buildings to make sure they are warm for kids. a district spokesperson has this advice for parents. >> prepare the children to have all the gear that they need for extreme cold weather. >> and on the city streets, many were checking on the city's homeless. this weather can cause frostbite in 30 minutes. and speaking of schools, we

already have 100 school closings and delays because of the frigid weather. many will make the decision in the next two hours. watch the bottom of the screen as closings scroll across. and sign up for school closing alerts at nbc10.com. 4:05 now. new this morning, new information in the murder of a limo driver last night. the man is 44 years old and the fatal shot hit him in the leg. tracy davidson has been following the developments joining us live from the digital operations center. >> reporter: police are looking for two men who carried out this deadly shooting. this was at masher and taber. someone firped four shots into the limo. the limo jumped the curb crashed into a utility pole and one of the bullets hit the driver in the leg. he died at the scene. nearby surveillance video is hoping to provide some leads. >> there are septa surveillance

cameras. also across the street there's an automotive repair business that has numerous exterior surveillance cameras. >> while we know his age, police have not identified the victim yet or said which limo company he worked for. we'll keep you updated on this case. live in the digital operations center tracy davidson "nbc 10 news." and philadelphia police are investigating another case of a man who was shot to death inside a car. this was happening around 12:30 this morning at 26th and lehigh in north philadelphia. the victim was shot several times. investigators believe this was a drive-by shooting. no word yet on a motive. and in bucks county investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire in warrenton. a lot of heavy smoke there. you can see crews fought the flames for a half hour before getting things under control. two firefighters also rescued a cat. look at the video there. nine lives, no doubt. and no one was injured.

exactly one year after her body was found, authorities are still investigating the death of a young delaware county woman. authorities ruled the cause of nadia malik's death a homicide. her boyfriend was found in ohio when her body was found. detectives are working the case and have not charged him with a crime in malik's death. and turning to the new jersey shore, nbc 10 was the only station there when a neurologist turned himself into police. he refused to answer questions from ted greenberg yesterday. joffrey was first arrested back in december at his office.

his wife is also a doctor. after three female patients said he inappropriated touched them after that detectives say 22 more women have come forward with similar stories. >> these women don't know each other. a lot of people think they are just in it for the money, and i would venture to say that's not exactly true. >> on top of a number of criminal counts of sexual contact, one woman's claim resulted in a more serious charge of sexual assault. eight minutes after 4:00 now, investigators now tell us a deadly stabbing at a meat processing plant in montgomery county was actually spark eded by a 32-year-old man who is allegedly charged for killing his co-worker. on tuesday vazquez tried to pull a chair out from the man as a joke. the next day the two men got into a fight and vasquez was

stabbed. there was also a handwritten note where he was found that said, see you in hell. and the parcc test that students have to take in a few weeks, next month students in third grade and up will have to take the test. but many parents want their kids to be able to opt out. >> we don't even know what it measures. it seems like it is being thrown at us and kind of you know here's what it's going to be and everybody has to scramble to get ready for it. >> well, supporters say the test will provide better information about students strengths and weaknesses. the department of education says parents wouldn't be breaking the law by having their children skip out on the test. public schools in atlantic

city are in financial trouble along with the rest of the city. new jersey governor chris christie hired a state monitor to oversee the schools. gary mccartney will assess the situation and prepare a balanced budget by july. a blast of cold air, we've got record temperatures this morning. to make matters worse, the wind is blowing. look at the flag blowing in the cold air at the nbc 10 studios. everybody is seeing wind and some spots are seeing records. trenton, 2 degrees is a new record. wilmington 3 degrees. mount pocano 9 degrees below zero and still falling. there's the cold scene from the pocano mountains. that's camelback. feels like it is more than 30 degrees below zero because of the winds gusting to 26 miles an hour in the pocano mountains. 24-mile-an-hour wind gusts in philadelphia. look at dover and wildwood,

wildwood, 41-mile-an-hour wind gusts. so the temperature is 20 degrees below zero in quakertown. northeast philadelphia 16 degrees. 13 in philadelphia international. and wildwood is 15 degrees below zero. the windchill in dover, it is well below zero and will be throughout the morning. in spite of bright sunshine once the sun is up temperatures will start to climb a little bit, but not much of a warm up today. the warm up comes tomorrow as clouds move in. there's snow falling in our future. that's tomorrow afternoon. for today, just cold. the hour-by-hour forecast is showing one degree at 6:00 this morning in philadelphia. that will tie the record for the day. look at the below zero temperatures north and west. we'll see temperatures climb with bright sunshine. by 10 k go:00, up to 8 degrees in

philadelphia. by lunchtime, we'll be into the teens by 2:00 this. a. but that's about as warm as lit get today. so a bitterly cold day today with lots of sunshine. windy, high temperatures will range from 15 to 18 degrees. a look at the snow that's coming our way with the future weather when i'm back in ten. snow for the weekend, winter just keeps on giving. 12 minutes after 4:00 time to get a check on the roads now with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. tell us about your chilly drive to work jillian. no big problems on the majors in and out of philadelphia. 95 is clear the vine street expressway looks good. same situation on 76. heading out to delaware county we have and accident on route 202. the southbound side just past route 1. so this is where route 1 and route 202 intersect. it is just beyond that. so watch out for lane restrictions in the area. elsewhere, this is a live look at 76 right at the vine. we are just dealing with a few drivers out there. chris? our first alert coverage

continues next with the steps septa is taking to make sure the extreme cold doesn't interrupt your commute. >> reporter: i'm matt delucia live with more snow expected this weekend. you might be thinking about going up on the roof to clear it off. i'm asking the experts what they think that you should do to avoid getting hurt. their advice is coming up next.

4:15. we are following the scene of a pretty bad accident here. that looks like a cab on the left-side of the screen there just ripped apart. this is at 53rd and chestnut. our photo journalist is bringing

us these live pictures. one man was trapped in the car we are told. he was rescued and taken out to the hospital. we don't know his condition. don't know about who was in the other car or how this accident occurred, but it looked like a lot of activity at 53rd and chestnut. we'll continue to update this story throughout the morning and let you know what the impact is on traffic. jillian mele will have more for you. back to the bitter raging cold. look at this as we take a live look at the ben salem parking lot. septa is taking extra precautions because of the weather. the transit system subway and cars are trying to keep warm. workers will start their buses earlier to make sure the buses start and are warm for passengers on board. septa is also announcing speed restrictions on regional rail and trolleys to help the tension on the overhead wires. and due to ice in the cape

canaveral base the first round trip scheduled for today is canceled along with the 7:30 and 9:15 departures. if you take those, you need to take additional plans. additional departures will be announced over the weekend. and danger when it comes to ice and snow on the roof. it is something that should be removed, so should you do it yourself or get someone else to do the job for you? matt delucia is live in con shohocken, what a big job to get up there to clean off your roof. >> reporter: some of the roofing technicians i talked to said they don't like to go up there when it is this cold and icy, but you can see in conshohocken that we have a good amount of snow in our area. why is this a problem? this back and forth of

temperatures will melt the snow and ice. then they will refreeze causing an ice dam. then you get all the icicles forming which can be very dangerous. the problem is though going up to clean it off yourself could be just as dangerous as people often fall and can be killed. the experts do offer advice and the homeowner here tells us this is a recurrent issue every winter. >> there are certain situation where is you have a very, very low roof where somebody can reach from you know, a chair or a little tiny step school. they can go up there and try to dump hot water in there and chip away like we did. but never on your own on a second story, especially if it is windy and icy. also bring someone who knows what they are doing. >> reporter: this is a common problem year after year? >> yes every year. we always get the icicles that hang down especially here in

the front and they hang down. i'm afraid they will fall off. >> reporter: coming up i'll tell you why the pros say they don't like to do this work themselves. matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." with the mercury dropping to levels we have not seen in years or decades, a weekend snowstorm is on the way. check in with the "nbc 10 news" app for important information throughout the weekend and direct updates to the first alert weather team. 4:19 now. happening today, a judge will sentence the virginia's former governor. bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen were found guilty last month. the governor is sentenceded to two months in prison and mrs. mcdonnell will get a lesser sentence. and the defense rested in the american sniper trial as

it's come to be noun. eddie ray routh is accused of killing chris kyle and his friend. kyle was the navy s.e.a.l. incorporated in the movie "american sniper." routh's lawyer put on the insanity defense. yesterday a psychiatrist told the jury that routh showed system times of mental illness before the shootings in 2013. it's 4:20 and at this hour the temperatures are still falling. and the wind is going to be blowing all day long. a blustery day. look at the flag here in the nbc 10 studios. it's going bto be a workout. right now in philadelphia 24-mile-an-hour wind gusts. 4 degrees feels like 14 degrees below zero right now. and the pocano mountains will see sunshine but it's never going to feel warm today. the temperatures will warm into

the single digits. about 9 degrees above zero for a high for the pocano mountains with temperatures making it feel much colder thanks to the wind. 3 in wilmington. 2 in washington township. look at this, zero for chester springs. 1 below in doylestown. vineland is at 1 degree and falling. factor in the wind it feels like a day that you need to bundle up. similar to where we were on monday morning, very cold air, but the temperatures may actually get a bit colder for much of the area. and another blast of cold but it is clear. no sign of any wet weather today, but tomorrow that's a different story. keeping an eye on this system. as the moisture coming in out of the gulf and it's heading into the cold air, look at the snow developing for the ohio valley. in fact, we'll start with sunshine in the city but the clouds roll in and by 2:00 in

the afternoon we'll see some light snow falling for the northern and western suburbs. allentown, reading and lancaster seeing snow. it will move into the philadelphia area by late afternoon. that's 5:00 with accumulating snow in delaware and south jersey to start with. but warm air will arrive during the evening. so what starts itself will be changed to rain. it's a steady rain at 10:00 this evening. the snow in the pocano mountains, we'll see improving conditions late saturday. for today, not much improvement here. bitter cold wind. temperatures in the teens during the day today. winds gusting to 30 miles an hour. so even this afternoon it's going to feel like it is 4 degrees for the low thanks to that wind. the snow arrives during the day on saturday. temperatures in the low 30s during the day on saturday. that's a warm up come saturday evening changing to rain. and sunday afternoon, a steady rain with a high of 46. with the seven-day forecast

i'll have a that coming up in the next few minutes. and we'll see how the roads are looking now. hopefully your car is actually warm jillian. >> hopefully. it's a cold start out there this morning. a live look at 495 at philadelphia pike. 495 is clear. 95 is looking good through wilmington. route 1, no problems to report there with an accident in delaware county. 202, the southbound side just past route 1, we do have lane restrictions in that area. you can take 322 if you want a different way to get around it. finally on this map in the lehigh valley, so route 22 78 and 476, everything is looking good. half a million people are about to get a raise. next, the often criticized company who boosts their raises and why. and this high-speed accident involving another car here, we

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4:26 and we are following breaking news from 53rd and chestnut in philadelphia. you can see a taxicab there. our photo journalist is zooming in on the taxicab that is just torn apart. we know first responders had to cut somebody out of one of these cars, it looks like they cut away a portion of the taxicab. no word if the taxicab was carrying passengers. and we don't know more about the other vehicle there badly manage

managelemanage mangled. we'll bring you more when we have the information. and walmart says a half million workers are getting raises. in fact all walmart employees will be making at least $9 an hour. that's $2 more than the federal minimum wage. walmart's ceo said the move will help the retailer hang on to workers and improve customer service. it's a frigid start this morning. the make it worse, the wind is blowing at 14 miles an hour to make it feel like it is 14 degrees below zero. bundle up heading out. jillian mele is in the first alert traffic center with more. good morning to you, bill. for drivers in new jersey things are quiet on route 73 at 95. 73 is clear, 295 looks good but i'm still following an accident in delaware county. i'll tell you where in a few minutes.

plus hanging on by a thread. a frozen thread at that. the unstable support keeping the west philly ice palace standing and why it's now a race against the clock to bring it down.

dangerous record-setting cold that we haven't seen in decades has the area in a deep freeze this morning as we take a life look at the flags whipping on the warway. the wind is left making the cold temperatures feel more bitter. and the temperatures