safe and sound. this is video taken a short time ago showing a 6-year-old boy carried by police. that child was asleep in a car that was stolen from a frankfurt 7-11. for 30 minutes police were searching across the city. kafty zachary is live at the 7-11 where this began and came to a peaceful end about an hour ago. i know you got an update. what happened? katy just got to the scene. we're just hearing you. go ahead. >> reporter: great. in the last few minutes, philadelphia police basically briefed us on what went on. it was the first time we talked

to them since finding out about this potential amber alert situation that was called around 2:00 this morning. take a look behind me. we're at the 7-11 store at the intersection of bridge and oxford streets in philadelphia. bridge and oxford in philadelphia. around 2:00 a.m. police say a man went inside, he left his car running to go inside and just buy something inside the store. at the time he left his 6-year-old step-son in the back of the car. unfortunately, the car was stolen by someone, police at this time do not know if that person who stole the car knew there was a child sleeping in the back of the running car. fortunately, about a half hour later police who were on alert in this area looking for the car, it was a 2004 silver honda civic, they found the car running at the intersection of

church and leaper streets, and fortunately, inside they found that 6-year-old boy unharmed, still sleeping. sky force 10 is right now over the car that was found. police are holding it so they can search it for dna, fingerprints, for evidence. we were also here at the 7-11 when shortly after that vehicle was found and shortly after police looked inside and found that 6-year-old boy sleeping unharmed, he was brought here to the 7-11 to be reunited with his parents. it was a really touching moment. police talked to us about all of this. they were inside when the reunion happened between the boy and his parents. they talked to us and also talked about how worried they were for this boy considering how cold it is, he also suffers from asthma so that was just another layer of concern added to this situation. so coming up in the next 25 minutes we're going to turn some of that police sound for you. it's eye opening to hear what

took place when the boy was reunited with his parents, then how this all came to a positive end so quickly. they go into detail about that too. reporting live, katy zachry, "nbc 10 news." >> we'll continue to follow this news. check back in the next half hour. in the meantime, make sure you have our free "nbc 10 news" app so you can get breaking news alerts on your smart phone or tablet. now to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. it's frigid. >> temperatures are plummeting, the coldest since the beginning of march last year. the pocono mountains making snow, very cold and still a bit windy too. 13 degrees right now in philadelphia. on march 7 last year it was 11 degrees. so we're getting similar conditions. 1 below in the pocono mountains, factor in the wind feels like 20 degrees below zero there. philadelphia now feels like 4 degrees below zero. it's a bundle up kind of day. the winds still blowing, not as

strong as yesterday. doesn't take much. 14 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00, bright sunshine and 19 degrees. and then in the middle 20s and still climbing at lunch time. looks like we'll top out around freezing this afternoon. i'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in 10 minutes. >> before venturing out make sure you are prepared with the nbc news app. you'll find the forecast, weather advisories and a list of resources to make sure everyone has a warm place to stay. at 4:04 let's get you updated on the roads. jessica. >> tracy, we're back in business on the vine street expressway with the ongoing construction, a few days of a break but now we're closed again westbound and eastbound. you can see our cameras around 24th street. flashing lights, that's police activity blocking the off ramp. you can see for now for the next hour or so we'll have that closure in place. on the p.a. turnpike a slow

maintenance vehicle on the northeast extension southbound between lansdale and mid county toll plaza. no problems westbound or eastbound to valley forge. it's a 23-minute trip so no increase there. mass transit great, so a great alternate. all running on time with no delays. back in 10 minutes with another check on your morning drive. >> thanks. this morning we're following a developing story. crews are on the scene of a fire at the cobbs creek golf course. flames engulfed the building. the clubhouse burned and they were worried that the fire could spread. >> what we were concerned was in the back of this clubhouse where the fire was, it took control of the entire clubhouse and there's two buildings up against. that was our concern. >> no one was hurt. investigators are looking for a cause. in montgomery county, a home is destroyed after a fire there. sky force 10 shows the flames ripping through the house in lanes dale. everyone made it out safely, no

one was hurt. this morning investigators are looking for a cause of that fire. >> it's 4:06. 11 degrees outside. today philadelphia will get a new police commissioner. deputy commissioner richard ross will be sworn in as the city's top cop, he will succeed retiring charles ramsey. ross will take the oath at his alma mater. >> philadelphia's new mayor jim kenney made a casual connection with the supporters at the inaugural block party that he had last night. nbc 10 was at the pennsylvania convention center. money raised from this will go to public schools and the top educator said that move sends the right signal. >> talking about public schools and our students and our teachers and staff members so hasn't been like that since i've been here. this is exciting. >> kenney's block party raised $650,000 for philadelphia public

schools. mayor kenney wasted no time after his inauguration yesterday taking his first actions including making philadelphia a sanctuary city. the designation limits cooperation between philadelphia police and federal law enforcement in holding undocumented immigrants. kenney's action reversed the policy of former mayor michael nutter and followed a series of federal raids across the country targeting undocumented immigrants. we spoke to an wolf the mexican consulate in philadelphia. >> that the targets are people or families that hold any kind of final removal orders and that they didn't comply with it so we need to keep in mind that it's not like they are trying to deport everybody. >> the mexican consulate has a 24/7 hot line available for anyone seeking legal advice. >> funeral services will be later this week for a boy with autism. a celebration of the boy's life will be held friday at 2:00 at

cal st calvary temple. his body was found in a canal saturday. he had been missing since thursday when he ran away from a party. police believe his death was a tragic accident. police are investigating the death of a man in bensalem. police found the victim's body at the entrance to readner's supermark supermarket. first they thought he was hit by a car but video showed that the man fell on the road. investigators say the cause of his death is unclear. it's 4:08. happening today members of the delaware air national guard will return home after a tour overseas. about 20 are expected to arrive at their base. they complete add 60-day mission in southwest asia. they are from the 166th

operations and medical squadron. >> nine minutes after 4:00. temperatures have plummeted overnight. bitter cold readings this morning, made colder by the gusty winds that are still with us this morning. they will die down some during the day and we'll get sunshine. in fact, a lot of sunshine. tomorrow we'll start a warming trend. a slow warming trend. it's not a big warm-up the next 24 hours. 1 degree below zero right now in the pocono mountains, 12 degrees in northeast philadelphia, atlantic city also at 12 degrees this morning. not only looks cold, it's plenty cold to make snow making equipment operable all day long. temperatures, 13 at philadelphia, wilmington is 14 degrees, and montgomery county, lafayette hill is down to 10 along with glenside. it's 10 in collegeville and eagleville, a little farther northwest pottstown at 12 and

the airport is 10. so it's plenty cold. you'll have to bundle up. satellite shows the clouds offshore, that's where you'll find snowflakes. not going to see no in our area but have to deal with the cold. not a big warm-up today though we'll see sunshine, 26 this afternoon for mount pocono. 31 in allentown and at the freezing mark for redding. less wind, plenty of sunshine but 20s for doylestown, very low 30s for trenton and mount holly. at the shore topping out at freezing for cape may and atlantic city. same at dover. bright sunny skies for wilmington, drexel hill, swedesboro, philadelphia all staying cold. as i mentioned temperatures are going to get warmer the next 24 hours. get your look at the extended forecast hour by hour when i come back in ten minutes. >> see you then. it's 10 minutes past 4:00 now. about the time you head out the door. let's get you updated on the roads before you head out. check 295. jessica has that. >> 295 out in west deptford

around 130 you can see not a lot of cars on the roadway. you can see everybody moving along, we have the southbound drive time, headed to the delaware memorial bridge no problem. 23 minutes from the 42 freeway, average speeds there clocked in about 64 miles per hour so everyone is moving with no restrictions in place. there is a slow-moving maintenance vehicle on the garden state parkway between route 9 and greenbush road. the right lane is closed so watch out for that. it's not tying things up. the rest of our philadelphia majors no delays, all in the green, the schuylkill expressway, 95 and to center city we haven't budged, the schuylkill to 95 only 15 minutes. we continue to follow the breaking news a 6-year-old child sleeping in the back of a stolen car is safe and sound. the car was stolen from a 7-11 in frankford. police found the car 30 minutes later. the child was unharms, in fact

still sleeping. check the nbc 10 news app as we learn new details. a live report coming up. a camden county elementary school is facing controversy for what's happening in the classroom. at issue, the phrase the students recited following the pledge of allegiance. >> it was my engagement ring. >> the story of lost and found. hear how the internet and the kindness of strangers reunited this woman with a beloved jewel.

president obama will use his executive powers to strengthen

gun control laws. among the changes, all gun sellers will have to register as dealers even those that sell at gun shows and on line. sellers will have to run background checks an prospective buyers. president obama is defending his decision to bypass congress. he says the actions fall within his legal authority. >> this is not going to solve every violent crime in this country, it's not going to prevent every mass shooting, it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal. it will essentially save lives in this country. >> gun rights groups are expected to challenge the president's actions in court. ♪ >> yesterday thousands of mourners attended a memorial service for the victims of the san bernardino terror attacks. it happened on the same day hundreds of employees returned to work at that center. the site of the shooting that killed 14 people.

speakers at the service included former new york mayor rudy giuliani who led that city through the 9/11 attacks. >> you can't break our spirit. we know who we are. we know who we are. we are a free people. >> giuliani urged san bernardino to set an example to the world of how strong people can be when they love and care about each other. >> the french satirical paper "charlie hebdo" will mark the anniversary of the attack on its offices with a special edition. the front page features bloody god predicting more try lens to come. the surviving writers and cartoonist declared that "charlie hebdo" is still alive but the murderer still at large. 17 died two days later. they were among the first

victims after string of attacks by islamic fundamentalists in france last year. nearly 150 people died and hundreds more were hurt. >> this morning parts of a los angeles freeway remain closed hours after police shot a murder suspect trying to make his get away. the chase ended on the golden state freeway after the driver struck a car with a woman and child inside while driving the wrong way. that's when he got out of the vehicle and tried to run. police shot and wounded him. he is wanted for murder, carjacking, and robbery. >> the justice department and the environmental protection agency are suing volkswagen over emissions cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the u.s. the suit exposes the automaker to billions in penalties for violating the clean air act. it alleges that the company illegally installed software designed to make its clean diesel engines pass emission standards while undergoing lab testing. the dummy software resulted in

the release of harmful green house gases up to 40 times what is allowed by law. >> south jersey and a case of lost and found. a woman thought her diamond ring was gone forever. then the power of social media and the kindness of strangers brought it back. cydney long explains. >> reporter: for judy this diamond ring is the rock that her family was built on. >> what does it mean to you? >> 33 years it was my engagement ring. i'm going to cry. >> she lost it while shopping inside the cherry hill mall. >> i was in a couple of stores returning thing it. when i was leaving it was probably around 4:00 in the afternoon and i realized that my ring was missing. >> reporter: they were frantic to find it. they went back to the mall to show shop owners a photo of the ring and her son posted it on facebook. >> it got shared 11,000 times.

>> reporter: it was a young man who lives six blocks from judy here in port richmond that was shopping with his family the next day at the cherry hill mall. >> my fiance was chasing my son around and thought it was like costume jewelry. >> reporter: john says the fact his john john jr. is little their eyes are focused on his every move. looking down something sparkled. it was kaiser's mother who saw it on facebook. >> john said he found my mother's ring. it was my sister michelle's idea that i get down on my knee and say would you be my mother. >> my god. i honestly can't believe it. >> so thrilled for friends in the kaisers he gave them $1,000. >> i was happy. they accepted it. >> it's great. kind of unbelievable. small world. >> i'm so happy to have it back. i never thought i would see it

again. >> reporter: cydney long, nbc 10 news. it is 20 minutes after 4:00 and it is bitterly cold this morning. look at the wind blowing. gusty winds of 24 miles an hour in philadelphia. we're 21 degrees colder than yesterday with temperatures approaching what we saw in early march last year. hasn't been this cold since then. cold view from the blue cross river rink at penns landing, you'll see plenty of sunshine on the rink and temperatures will come back up this afternoon. but this morning got to deal with this. look at the gusts to 29 in dover. that's wind chills below zero for everyone even at wildwood. 1 below zero, 4 below in philadelphia, mount holly and look at the pocono mountains at 20 degrees below zero. snow is offshore. not expecting to see snow. certainly cold enough but we'll see sunshine turn these temperatures around during the

day. the hour by hour forecast shows the warmer weather will wait until tomorrow after a cold start tomorrow morning, we'll see the temperatures climb into the low 30s by noon time, and top out in the 40s this afternoon. something we will not get close to today. in spite of sunny skies, that cold breeze will be blowing. 20s and low 30s this afternoon. with northwest winds to 18 miles an hour. and by the weekend, this will be a distant memory. 50s for saturday and sunday. clouds will be increasing on saturday. we'll likely see showers in the area saturday with steadier rainfall sunday. sunday will be warmer, a high of 54. got the full seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. >> all right, bill. burr. 4:21 now. let's check your ride to work if it includes 95, jessica boyington has this update. >> right, tracy.÷y we're actually really good to go right now on 95. this is around cottman avenue, all cars moving nicely, these on

the southbound side. northbound this way. so we're good there. 14 minutes southbound from woodhaven to the vine street expressway. we're dealing with construction which results in ramp closures around girard avenue and 95 southbound at aramingo avenue. there is a fire on state road between west chester pike and victory avenue. westchester pike westbound reduced to one lane. watch out for that. route 202, we're good to go here. you can see we're in the green, drive times 11 minutes northbound or southbound from route 30 to the schuylkill expressway. >> thanks. officials in delaware are investigating a 6-car crash involving a state trooper. sky force 10 was over the scene. this happened at noon yesterday at south college avenue and old baltimore pike. investigators say for some reason the driver of a volkswagen sideswiped two vehicles, stopped at a red light including a state patrol car and continued on hitting two more cars before it overturned and

struck another vehicle. five people were treated and released. >> we're about to show you some video of a violent attack in camden. hear why the woman taking the beating could be the one facing charges. and, birds aftermath. who the next coach could be and about the future of the man at quarterback.

4:25. the defunct atlantic club casino is back on the market. the group could not secure enough money to redevelop the property. endeavor planned to turn the appropriate into an entertainment complex with a water park, restaurant, shops

and other attractions. >> the eagles coaching search is in high gear. they interviewed pat shurmur yesterday. reports say the birds have interviewed with these candidates. all of them nfl assistant coaches, also philadelphia daily news reports the eagles are interested in saints head coach sean payton. players cleaned out the lockers yesterday. the birds wrapped up a 7-9 season on sunday. sam bradford said he wants to return, his teammates say they want him back. >> he was out of football for two years so i think people are just seeing how great he can really be. i can't say enough good things about him. >> we want sam bradford back here in the eagle green. at the same time, the powers that be have to do what they do. >> bradford heads into the off season as one of the nfl's top free agent quarterbacks. we continue to follow this breaking news. a 6-year-old child sleeping in the back of a stolen car is safe

and sound. the car was stolen from a 7-11. police found the car a half hour later and the child was unharmed and still asleep in the back. next we'll take you back live to the scene. a frigid start this morning. live view from sky force 10. the temperatures have plummeted. 11 degrees here at nbc 10 at 4:27, the wind chill is below zero. jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. >> that's right. we're watching a disabled vehicle or a guy getting pulled over. right around the vine street expressway. that's headed west. you can see the flashing lights. no problems getting by but we have construction nearby.

breaking news, a missing child is safe and sound after a half hour search of philadelphia. the 6-year-old was asleep in the car that was stolen from a philadelphia 7-11 parking lot. >> first it appeared that the woman at the center of this fight was pregnant. now instead of being a victim she may be in trouble with police. our area is in the grasp of dangerous cold. wind chills are below zero and we won't warm above freezing today. it's 4:30. it's cold. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast, find out about these frigid temperatures. >> like we hit the rewind button to last winter. the temperatures are still falling. it's a dry view