right now on nbc 10, first snow of the season. how long it will stick around and if it's headed to your neighborhood. nbc 10 news at 5:00 starts right now. we are keeping an eye on our live cameras all across the region so you can see where it's snowing right now. let's peek in here, this is the poconos. the area will see the most snow and it turns out it's finally white there, but for other parts of the region it may not be cold enough for those snowflakes to fall. our first alert weather team is

tracking the snow and drop of temperatures, as well, let's start with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. glenn, what are we up against? >> well, there are two bands of snow, one has already moved through, some places got that, others didn't. got a chance for the second one if you didn't get it the first time. these folks got it the first time. skytop lodge in the pocono mountains. that was at 2:00 this afternoon. it was green grass all over the place. green grass in the middle of the wintertime in the poconos, so there we go. an hour and a half, totally covered in white. and now the snow has stopped, they are waiting for the second round. there's the first round going towards new york city, here comes the second band. it's better organized, that's with the cold front itself, so that has greater potential. plus, it will be nightfall and colder. dry right now, but this thing is still there, and it's curved a little bit, indicating strong winds pushing it, and so let's time it out here.

going to allentown area between 6:20, 6:30. philadelphia between 7:30 and 8:00. and you get the burst of snow, the visibility can go down for a brief period of time, get a quick gusting just like you saw on the time lapse. here comes that band, future cast showing it getting past philadelphia, right around 8:00, and then it's out of here. it's just a quick burst of snow. and the temperature, that will be going down, but it's certainly not down now at 43 degrees. let's see how far it's going to go down. meteorologist sheena parveen has that part. >> yeah, glenn, and we're waiting for the arctic air to move in once the snow moves through, the cold front is going to swing through, increasing the winds. so we have the wind advisory out for the area tonight, that's the cold air moving in and the winds will be making it feel even colder. here's where the arctic air is right now, right on our doorstep up to our north and west, where

temperatures here are in the single digits in some spots. this is the actual temperature. look at minneapolis. right now it is 2 degrees in minneapolis, philadelphia it's 43 degrees. buffalo we're at 20, cincinnati at 20 degrees, chicago now at 9 degrees, and this air is moving in this direction and we will be very cold as we start the day tomorrow morning. so take a look at our temperature trend for the rest of this evening. we'll be dropping down actual temperature into the mid 20s by 7:00 a.m. the feels like temperature when you factor in all the wind we'll have around tonight and tomorrow, our wind chill that feels like temperature dropping into the teens by 11:00 p.m., then early tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., we should be feeling around 9 degrees through the philadelphia area. through the rest of the area by 8:00 in the morning, the poconos could feel below zero, maybe minus two, minus three, doylestown 6 degrees, even pottstown, that's what it will feel like with the wind, 10 degrees in millville, even cape

may could be feeling like 12 degrees tomorrow morning. make sure you bundle the kids up at the bus stop, it's going to be a very cold day. aside from that, rain in store for part of your weekend. coming up, next band of snow that's about to move in. >> sheena, thank you. let's head to bucks county now, doug shimell is live. doug, the snow looked like it was coming down fast, but nothing really stuck. >> reporter: yeah, it really was, and we had just enough snow for a dusting here in milford township, bucks county, and it was just enough snow to finally trigger the winter reflex among drivers and just about everybody else. they are finally selling what they are supposed to be selling during winter at albright's hardware in south whitehall township. >> i have my errands, two state snow blower ready to rock, ready to go, fuelled up. >> reporter: it took a while to get here, but the snow reminded penndot crews and drivers that the warm winter will end when

you least expect it. >> we had ice in areas where the winter rain goes up on the roads, because the ground is getting colder, especially at night, so we want people to get in the winter mindset. >> reporter: they were thinking the very same thing at albright's hardware. >> weber grill stuff is out for planting, you know, staying on top of things and getting ready for spring, but still looking at winter, as well. >> reporter: well, just this week penndot unveiled a new website that is designed to help drivers plan their travels during snowstorms. more on that coming up in just a little bit. live in bucks county, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, doug. a picturesque scene in montgomery county, where the snow is falling by the trees in hanover township. nbc 10 wants to see your photos and videos. send them to us from your

smartphone by using the nbc 10 news app. you can also use the app for instant weather updates, use the interactive radar to see what's hd headed for your neighborhood. also sign up for weather alerts for your specific area. we turn to breaking news, sky force 10 live in wilmington. crews are on the scene of a house fire there, it's happening along north monroe street. no word of any injuries. it appears the fire might be at least controlled. we're going to continue to monitor this situation. nbc 10's tim furlong is on his way to the scene. as soon as he gets there, we'll get more information on this. also tonight, nbc 10 has new information of the ambush and shooting of a philadelphia police officer. police now got a tip that the gunman was caught on this surveillance video here may have been working with a larger group. sources tell nbc 10 one of the men is known in the chester area and now the concern about another attack has departments all around delaware county taking extra precautions.

nbc 10's deanna durante is live in haverford township. what have you learned? >> reporter: although there is no direct threat here, the police tells me here as well as in townships across the county, they are urging officers to be extra vigilant, not to be in isolated areas alone, and if you need to take breaks, perhaps do that here at the police station. >> why do i think it has more tentacles out there? because anymore you just don't know, you know, nothing's clear cut, so could it have more tentacles and more issues out there? yes, i do think so. >> reporter: chief of haverford police says it was friday night when the calls started coming in. departments across the county began chatting, reminding each other officers should always have backup when responding to calls. >> where it happened in philadelphia, stone's throw from us, really is very close. >> reporter: sources in other parts of the county say a

tipster told police officers should be careful, alleged gunman edward archer has ties to delaware county, he lives here, his family lives here, and nbc news confirmed federal agents have identified some of his group and local officials tell me they've been made aware of people to be mindful of. while sources say the investigation is federal and they've been made aware of the concern. archer was last in court days before the shooting. departments are urging officers to have backup at all times when responding to calls. and we can tell you the sources tell us federal investigators have interviewed archer's family, as well as other people here in the delaware county area. again, police tonight being cautioned to be vigilant and to not respond to calls alone. reporting live, nbc 10 news. happening right now at 5:00, gunfire just feet away from a

philadelphia daycare. now police are on the hunt for that shooter. police say someone opened fire near east ontario and h streets in west kensington. at least one bullet hit a parked suv in front of the early childhood center. thankfully, no one was hurt here. officers tell us they saw a guy speed away on a moped. parents rushing to pick up their children say they are relieved no one was hurt. >> i'm shaking now. it's ridiculous. but i'm glad, you know, i can take her home with me and i know she's safe, yeah. >> police say the shooter had on a hoodie and mask to cover his face. it's not clear yet who or what the intended target was. here are some of the other stories making headlines at 5:00. camden county prosecutors are laying out their case now against this man charged with killing his 3-year-old son. d.j. creato made his first appearance in court today.

according to prosecutors, creato killed his son because the boy got in the way of his relationship with his teenaged girlfriend. authorities arrested creato yesterday. the body of his son brendan was found in the woods near his home last october. prosecutors also revealed today that brendan died because his brain was deprived of oxygen. to this, new jersey governor chris christie delivering his state of the state address this afternoon, where he lashed out at the president and congress as being full of hot air. this comes as christie has drawn criticism for spending too much time on the presidential campaign trail. christie also highlighted private sector job growth during his time in office and talked about how he worked with democrats to get things done. and news we are all aware about, the world record powerball jackpot just got bigger. today it jumped from $1.4 to $1.5 billion.

billion, that means there's another $100 million in the pot thanks to ticket sales and the jackpot is likely to rise again before tomorrow night's drawing. hit with a paintball and this was no game. victim says he could end up losing his eye and the ability to work. now he needs your help to find his attacker. atlantic city leaders gearing up for a fight as lawmakers gear up for a plan that could lead to casinos in north jersey. i'm ted greenberg with the story coming up. plus, caught on camera, a thief steals a woman's purse right inside a philadelphia school. you won't believe why the victim left it behind in the first place. that's coming up on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

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casino concerns are growing in atlantic city tonight. the state is pushing forward with a plan to add new casinos in north jersey and leaders in a.c. are looking for ways to fight back. ted greenberg is live in our jersey shore bureau. ted, what's the next step in all this? >> well, keith, that new north jersey casino plan is set to be formally introduced in the state senate this afternoon after a major compromise, it is now moving quickly, much to the dismay of some here in south jersey.

>> it's going to crash us. it's going to hurt us so bad. >> reporter: the state's latest step towards expanding gambling beyond atlantic city didn't sit well with some on the resort's boardwalk today. >> i think it's silly, because we look forward to coming out to atlantic city. >> we have an agreement on how to move forward. >> reporter: the bipartisan deal announced monday helps clear the way for a statewide referendum in november, asking voters if two new casinos should be allowed in north jersey, while supporters tout the economic benefits statewide, atlantic city council president marty small is gearing up for a battle. >> for those of us who are against it, we have to come out in numbers and get the vote out. >> reporter: the new agreement would give atlantic city's current casino operators first crack at opposing gaming halls in north jersey. >> i'm sure it's top of mind for any operator that they'd be able to get a piece of that. >> reporter: jeff is an executive with be our guest hospitality and previously ran the atlantic city convention and

visitors authority. he also thinks another requirement of the plan that developers invest a minimum of $1 billion in each casino is not a major hurdle. >> certainly, it has to be a significant property to be worth, you know, to be worth its time and effort. revel was built for $2.5 billion. >> reporter: even if voters gave their blessing, small believes none would actually open until 2020 at the earliest. >> it all comes down to the ballot box, and i'm sure our good friends from pennsylvania, new york, will be very active in the campaign against it. >> reporter: now, i checked with several of atlantic city's casino operators to see if they had any comment on the latest developments. all declined. live at our jersey shore bureau, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> ted, thank you. we move now to breaking news. the pentagon says ten american sailors are being held by iran. what we know is that the pentagon briefly lost contact with two small navy craft in the

persian gulf. the boats are being held by iran, the pentagon has received assurances, though, from that country that the crew and vessels will be returned safely and promptly. the boats were moving between kuwait and bahrain when the u.s. lost contact with them. back here at home, a montgomery county high school class will honor a student and member of the military who died while serving overseas. tonight, air force staff sergeant peter taub will be recognized by the cheltenham high school class of 2004. the ceremony takes place at 7:45 at the board of school directors meeting. taub died in december while serving in afghanistan. the event is open to the public. we are less than four hours away from president barack obama's final state of the union address. take a live look right now at the capitol building in washington, where the president will deliver his speech to a joint session of congress. optimism is expected to be the theme of tonight's address.

let's go live to nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman. he has a preview of tonight's speech. good evening, steve. >> good evening. already the intense competition the 2016 presidential campaign and how it's ratcheting up the already poisonous level of partisanship around the country and here in washington is cutting into the president's speech. what happened in the persian gulf could have an effect. if the iranians, and remember it's president obama said we can trust them at least enough to do a nuclear weapons deal. if they keep in custody these nine u.s. sailors, one female sailor and the two american boats, that's going to cut into president obama's credibility as he comes before congress here tonight. keeping loose before his speech that president obama says will actually sum up the state of the nation, it's pointless, he told staffers, to push any new initiatives. mr. obama admitted to matt lauer congress and the nation are too

divided near the end of his presidency. >> you wanted to unite people, and they are not united. is it a failure? >> it's a regret. i could not be prouder of what we've accomplished. >> reporter: by his first state of the union in 2010, partisanship had already struck. still, mr. obama will say tonight his moves for economic recovery and obamacare are helping the whole nation. >> part of what i want to do in this last address is to remind people, you know what, we got a lot of good things going for us. >> reporter: but after the isis inspired attack in san bernardino, on the cop in philadelphia, after paris, americans are afraid, say republicans. >> the world is on fire, that foreign policy is getting away from us, that we are less safe. >> reporter: michelle obama tonight will have an empty chair next to her, a symbol for children killed by gun violence. >> i'd like to see an empty chair for the 250,000 syrians that have been slaughtered.

>> reporter: because, john mccain says mr. obama will not intervene, but in this political year with republican candidates charging america is in crisis, president obama is readying a speech with the opposite message. speaking for the gop and their response tonight, south carolina's governor nikki haley will argue the best way to fix whatever is wrong with washington and america is to elect a republican president. live from capitol hill, steve handelsman reporting. back to you. >> thank you very much. you can watch president obama's final state of the union right here on nbc 10. coverage starts at 9:00. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, some snow showers today, and we still have some tonight. the poconos are loving it. this is a live look up in the poconos. the ski lifts very busy this evening, but we still have more snow showers to talk about approaching the area, so we'll see this moving in, especially

north and west, in just about 20 to 30 minutes here. we have another arctic blast as we go into tomorrow, so temperatures will be feeling very cold, single digits in the morning for most of the area. then we have some rain for the weekend, so we're going to be warming up for the weekend again, and that's going to bring us rain. here is skytop lodge up in the poconos. this is time lapse video, so this started around 2:00 this afternoon. now as we advance the time here, the snow showers started moving in, there you see the grass starting to get a nice coating, then even more and you can see it sticking to the pavement there. so up in the poconos, temperatures were below freezing today, able to support the snowfall, and look at it as we've gone through the afternoon. the snow has come to an end for the poconos right now, but we have another round moving in and temperatures are still in the mid 20s there. 33 in allentown, 38 now pottstown, 43 philadelphia, 42 glassboro, 44 millville. really the only spot we'd see any snow sticking right now

would be possibly through parts of the lehigh valley and, of course, the poconos. again, as that next band moves in. here is the next band, it's just off the lehigh valley there moving into harrisburg at the moment. the rest of the area fairly dry, but there you see the area of snow approaching parts of lancaster and berks county and it could be limiting visibility for a time as it moves in. this is a pretty good line of snow. again, areas north and west with temperatures close to freezing once the snow moves in, temperatures could be dropping to freezing so we could see some of that sticking with low visibility. as we track it, right now it's moving east around 40 miles an hour, so pretty quick mover, not going to last too long once it moves in. allentown can expect it around 6:30, haverford by 7:15. if that line holds together, which we expect it to, it's looking good right now, all part of a cold front, cold and windy behind the cold front, so once the snow clears up, it's going to be very windy.

wind advisory for the entire area until 5:00 tomorrow morning, so winds could be gusting up to 50 miles an hour. that is going to make temperatures feel a lot colder. so here's a look at future weather, there you see the line of snow moving north and west by about 7:00 p.m., moving through the philadelphia area 7:00 to 8:00, some snow showers through new jersey, clearing by about 10:00 p.m. and look at the feels like temperature by 7:00 tomorrow morning. it's going to be windy, poconos could feel like minus 3 degrees, philadelphia feeling like 8 degrees, single digits elsewhere and by tomorrow afternoon, only feeling like the middle teens. it is going to be cold tomorrow. for tonight, though, evening snow showers, it's going to start to get even windier through the overnight hours. tomorrow still a windy day, much colder. actual temperatures will only be topping out below freezing, but feeling like the teens. then you see the warmup in time for the weekend, rain into friday, may be a bit of a mix on saturday. >> sheena, thank you. next on nbc 10 news at 5:00,

how a man tried to use his twin brother's identity to avoid police in montgomery county. plus, a wanted man didn't like the picture that police were using to track him down, so guess what he did next. we'll have that for you coming up on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

a montgomery county man wanted by police pretended to be his twin brother to avoid arrest. here's what happened, on sunday night a 16-year-old boy told police lance greenwood stabbed him in lance dale. greenwood showed his identical twin brother leonard's driver's license. last night, leonard turned his brother in to police. all right, now picture this, a man on the lam sends a selfie to police because he didn't like his mug shot. 45-year-old is wanted in lima, ohio, didn't show up for court, when police posted his mugshot, he snapped his own selfie and sent it into police, this one right here. a message attached at the top says, here's a better photo, that one is terrible. police say his selfie could be the key to finding him now. back home to our area, the snow is finally arriving, we saw the first round move through

this afternoon and more could hit your neighborhood tonight. we're tracking the latest on radar next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. plus, one paintball did a whole lot of damage to this man in philadelphia. now he needs your help to find the person responsible. winter is hard on your nose.

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>> this is what the poconos are supposed to look like in winter. thanks to a round of snow that moved through this afternoon, the pocono mountains are finally covered in white. take a look at the flakes falling in allentown earlier this afternoon. it is our first snowfall of the season, and the wind as you can tell from the flags there helping out to whip that snow around. let's get an update on the latest conditions around the region from first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. sheena, what should we expect tonight? >> well, keith, through the next 30 minutes to an hour this evening we expect another round of snow showers moving in, so here is what the satellite and radar picture looks like. we have snow just off to the west approaching the area, so for the rest of this evening, more snow showers moving through, starting with our western counties. here you see it just outside of berks and lancaster counties, but it is getting closer, should be near the allentown area by about 6:30 and through the philadelphia area by about 7:30. and this band of snow could be lowering visibility for a while, too, as it moves through.

aside from that as we go through the rest of tonight and early tomorrow morning, we have a wind advisory. winds gusting near 50 miles an hour expected, this will start overnight tonight and that's going to bring down really cold air for tomorrow. temperatures right now in allentown 33 degrees. once that band of snow moves in i showed you, should be dropping the temperature in allentown below freezing, so some of the snow could be sticking, definitely going to stick in the poconos, where trcemperatures a 24 degrees. reading should be dropping, 36 there, but the philadelphia area and northeast philly, down to wilmington, right now still in the mid to low 40s. don't expect it to stick in new jersey and delaware if the line holds together, temperatures there still the mid 40s. here is the area we have to look forward to as we go into tomorrow. we have single digit temperatures in chicago, now we're not going to be in the single digits, but it will feel like the single digits by the time you walk outside tomorrow morning. a cold and windy day. coming up, we'll track the line of snow showers moving in and

take a look how cold it will be for your wednesday. >> looking forward to that, sheena. right now at 5:00, new surveillance video of an suv wanted in a paintball attack on a taxi driver in center city. we've highlighted the black suv police are looking for. nfrgs say on december 19th the cab driver was stopped at a red light on market street, that's when the suv pulled up next to him and someone inside fired a paintball into the cab, hitting the victim in the eye. paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital. we spoke to the victim today, he tells us he needs several surgeries and may lose vision in his right eye altogether. >> i lost my eye, i don't know, and i lost my job and everything, my house. everything, i feel, very bad. i'm in pain and suffering a lot. >> philadelphia police hope someone will recognize this suv and give them a call.

all right, now to new jersey, where governor chris christie gave his state of the state address this afternoon. the governor spent a lot of time outside of the state as the campaign continues for his presidency, and a lot of people didn't exactly welcome him back with open arms. nbc 10's lauren mayk is live in trenton with more from the state capitol. what was it like out there, lauren? >> reporter: good evening, keith. this was actually pretty organized. this was not just one group protesting, it was multiple groups all together, all tomming with different complaints about the christie administration. one common one, though, that he isn't here enough. >> good to be home. >> reporter: governor chris christie back home in new jersey, with a nod acknowledging he's been away in his bid for the white house. back at home he took a swipe at the man he wants to replace. >> state of the union will not be a call to action tonight, it will be fancy wish lists. >> reporter: and laid out his case for results. >> the state of new jersey is

strong, and it is growing stronger every day. >> how are you feeling about the state of the state? >> oh, boy, it's really expensive. it's been too expensive to live here anymore. >> reporter: outside the state house, there is doubt. >> are we going to take it? >> no! >> reporter: protesters gathered to criticize christie's policies and a schedule that's had him outside the state 261 days last year, if you count new york and pennsylvania. >> in what other place could you fail to show up to your job 261 days out of the year and still keep that job? a regular new jerseyan would have been fired a long time ago. >> reporter: inside the hall, christie took his tough talk to lawmakers who voted for a constitutional amendment that would guarantee pension payments. >> who are you going to steal the money from in new jersey? >> reporter: and warned them new jersey is watching. and the governor made several proposals today during his state of the state address, including

eliminating new jersey's estate tax and using the old mid state prison for a drug treatment program. live in trenton, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> lauren, thank you. a short time ago the new jersey assembly democratic leadership responded to the governor's speech. lou greenwald labeled the speech as an example of, quote, chris christie running for president. >> his audience was not the people of new jersey. the people of new jersey have seen through this over the last six years. this is a national audience, people that are not familiar with our crisis, they are not familiar with the problems that we face. >> democrats did praise the governor for what he had to say about drug prevention and reform. okay, i want you to look at this surveillance video. security camera from margate, atlantic county. shows two men stealing a jeep cherokee in front of the owner's home. at least nine cars stolen in the

past two months, all feature a push button starter, but in some cases owners even left their keys inside. police are looking for the two men you saw in that surveillance video. elsewhere, sky force 10 was over an historic mansion as it burned in chadds ford earlier this morning. the building caught fire around 1:00 a.m. the home was built in the 1800s. online records show it was up for sale. no one was hurt. not clear how the fire started. a school counselor stops to help a student with a medical emergency and then this guy here shows up. what police say he did to the good samaritan coming up next at 5:00. plus, bringing new life to an old shopping center. what leaders in burlington county plan to do with this now empty space.

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>> we continue to follow that breaking news out of wilmington, new castle county, firefighters object scene of a house fire there. nbc 10's tim furlong is there, joins us on the phone with the latest. i understand a couple people had to be rescued here. >> reporter: yes. i'm just learning now we're hearing it's a fatal fire, but still waiting on specifics from the fire department in wilmington. the mayor just arrived here on the scene with his chief of staff, they are walking through the area, talking to firefighters right now. they promised to give us a briefing and tell us exactly what happened and it's very unclear at this point, i want to show you the angle you see on my camera here, you can see it's a very narrow street, a little wider on the cross street here on monroe, but it's a row home, it's tightly packed, little hard to see it there. i'm going to try to zoom in a little bit, if i can, little tough because you can see firefighters right above that fire truck in the middle of your screen there, there is a

firefighter up there coming out of the ladder there trying to take a look what's going on inside and look what caused the fire. the fire marshal in delaware has been alerted to the situation and is on his way for an investigation. we're going to keep you posted, stay on the scene and get more information, again, mayor williams of wilmington is here, his fire cheer is here, they say they are going to be over here to tell us more about what happened and as soon as we get more information, we'll be sure to bring it to you. live in wilmington, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> thank you very much. in the meantime, new life is coming to an old shopping center in burlington county. demolition began today at the tritown plaza on route 70 and evesham. the $25 million redevelopment project will begin, eventually home to shops, restaurants, and more than 300 apartments. >> this project here is the

centerpiece to what our beliefs are can happen with redevelopment. >> the project is expected to create 350 construction jobs and more than 100 permanent positions. to a controversial plan to replace the montgomery county country club with a sports complex. it could take another step toward becoming a reality in just a few hours. west norton commissioners are expected to vote on a plan in about two hours. developers hope to turn the westover country club into a massive private sports complex, but some residents are concerned about noise and there's concern about traffic, as well. i'm tracking another area of snow about to move in that could lower visibility for a time. some areas could see the snow sticking. coming up, we'll track the line for you and show you how cold it will be when you step outside tomorrow morning. that's straight ahead.

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this is nbc 10 news. >> got to see this, right now at 5:00, a philadelphia school counselor rushing to the aid of a student falls victim to a thief. it's all caught on tape. take a look at this guy on the stairwell of the charter school in kensington. a school counselor was helping perform cpr on a student. she left her purse in a stairwell, but when she went back to get it, it was gone. police don't know if this guy is a student or someone off the street. if you recognize him, call police. the high school coach accused of head butting a referee is heading back to the classroom. the video appears to show the coach bumping a referee last week. he was ejected from the game and placed on leave from his teaching job, but today the district confirmed he will return to teaching immediately.

he remains suspended, though, from coaching. to decision 2016, bernie sanders has a 14-point lead in hillary clinton in new hampshire. that's according to the latest monmouth university poll. sanders holds a 53 to 39% lead over clinton among granite state voters. also leading in independent voters, support from the young and old, and men and women voters likely to take part in the primary. for months hillary clinton reserved her sharpest attacks for the republican presidential candida candidates, but as the polls continue to shift, so has her ability and focus today. today bernie sanders is feeling the heat in iowa, as well. brian mooar reports from washington. >> reporter: less than three weeks before the iowa caucuses, hillary clinton is amping up her attacks on bernie sanders and his social agenda. >> he's proposing plans that would cost between $18 and $20

trillion, 40% increase in the federal budget. >> reporter: with the latest poll showing sanders virtually tying clinton in iowa and beating her in new hampshire, sanders says he knows why he's suddenly in clinton's crosshairs. >> when you have a clinton campaign that is now in trouble and now understands that they can lose. >> hillary clinton. >> reporter: clinton still enjoys a comfortable national lead, 52% to 37% over sanders in the latest nbc news survey monkey poll. same poll shows donald trump leading all republicans nationally at 38%. >> he knows there's a out of touch certain cords with a segment of our american citizenry that inspires a lot of emotion in him. >> there is an awakening that is sweeping this country. >> reporter: ted cruz is 18 points behind at 20%. meanwhile, ben carson is stirring up controversy before tonight's state of the union,

calling for an investigation of two members of a muslim group, the council on american-islamic relations who are invited to the president's speech at the capitol. brian mooar, nbc 10 news. i want you to check out the snow on the ground in medford, burlington county. guess what, it's all fake. perhaps some wishful thinking of the people at the extreme board and ski shop where they made that snow for the customers today. they wish, sheena. >> you know, might be a little bit confusing there if you see it on the ground in burlington county, because we've really seen it on the ground in mostly the poconos at this point and in allentown we had snow earlier north and west of philadelphia, but we are watching another line moving in. the poconos will be seeing some of that. right now we have snow showers approaching lancaster and berks counties and those will continue to move to the east. another arctic blast, though, into tomorrow. it's going to be really cold tomorrow morning, feeling like single digits when you walk

outside. then some rain for the weekend, so temperatures will start to warm up again. here's time lapse video, skytop lodge in the poconos, starting at 2:00 p.m. today, then we had the snow showers move in. these were fairly light snow showers, but lasted long enough to give a good coating and more to the grass there. you see it sticking to the pavement on the roadway, so that's what we saw in the poconos today, and now we have another line moving in, which could be sticking to some areas north and west dropping below freezing. for the rest of tonight, take a look at the temperature line, that's the blue line as we go through the late night hours, dropping down to the mid to low 20s and by tomorrow morning. the wind is going to increase, going to get very windy and make it feel like the lower teens by 10:00 p.m. and take a look at early tomorrow morning when you walk outside, feeling like single digits. this is for philadelphia, by 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow morning. so you definitely want to bundle up, bundle the kids up tomorrow morning, and the west of the area still feeling like single

digits, so i'll show you that in just a second. right now most of the area is dry, but we have a band of snow moving into berks and lancaster counties at the moment. we are seeing low visibility over by harrisburg, so we'll keep watching this line as it moves in, but right now mostly moving east around 40 miles an hour, so areas around allentown you can expect it by 6:23. reading you can expect it in just a little while here, but norristown closer to 7:00, philadelphia between 7:15 to maybe 7:45, and in the trenton area closer to about 7:30. now once that snow moves in, we could see low visibilities areas north and west, especially the lehigh valley, you have a better chance of some of that snow trying to stick, but we don't expect much to accumulate. a wind advisory in effect, too, increasing until tomorrow morning, so winds will be gusting near 50 miles an hour at times. that is going to make it feel a lot colder than what we had today, of course, and especially yesterday. here's future weather, so that line of snow starts to move in north and west and we could see

spotty ones down in delaware. that's by 7:00 p.m., 8:00 moving across the area, not much again, going to move quickly, then we dry up overnight. take a look at what it's going to feel like tomorrow morning. 7:00 in the morning, the poconos could feel like a minus 3. if you're in doylestown, you could feel close to 4 degrees by 7:00 a.m., allentown 3 degrees, philadelphia 7 degrees, millville 9 degrees, dover, close to the shore, we could feel around 10 degrees early in the morning. take a look through the afternoon, we stay dry, but it stays windy. and temperatures aren't really going to be feeling close to 20 degrees. but our actual highs will be in the upper 20s. it's going to be a cold and windy day tomorrow, keep that in mind before you step outside, you're going to need a thick jacket all day long. tonight, though, evening snow showers in the forecast, windy, colder, 22 for the low in philadelphia, 19 north and west, but remember it's going to feel colder with the wind tomorrow, windy and cold, temperatures feeling like the teens as we go

through the afternoon. then we go into thursday, we'll jump up about ten degrees, we keep warming into friday. rain moving in for friday night with warmer temperatures and over the weekend we do start to see the rain come to an end saturday, but we could have a mix on the back end of that. then we go into sunday, windy and cold and cold again into next week. >> it's official, winter is here. sheena, thank you. lester holt joins us now live from washington, d.c., with a look what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." good to see you, lester. >> hi, keith, good to see you. closely following developments regarding the ten u.s. navy sailors and two american boats taken into iranian custody today in the persian gulf. the latest on that. we're in washington, where president obama plans his final state of the union speech. we'll tell you why it could be much different than what you might expect. also, el chapo in his own words, the full interview with the notorious drug kingpin has been released. we'll hear what he says about death and freedom on nightly news.

for now, back to you. >> a lot to look forward to, thank you, lester, see you at 6:30. we have been following her brave fight against cancer, now leah still has reached a milestone in her recovery. we'll have her happy update next on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

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country's heart while battling cancer. leah still was discharged from children's hospital in philadelphia today after finishing her cancer treatment. leah's father devon posted this message on social media with the exciting news, it reads, "leah strong, 41 days of chemotherapy, 40 days of antibody therapy, 19 days of radiation, and seven-hour surgery equals one win." devon also thanked his twitter followers for their continued support, "every time we received bad news or felt it was coming to a point we couldn't fight anymore, i'd go to the comments you all wrote cheering us on and it would make us fight so much harder." and devon posted this picture to instagram. it's of leah receiving her last treatment friday. check out that grin, she is so cute. devon first announced in december that doctors had declared his 5-year-old daughter cancer free. leah was first diagnosed with

stage 4 neuroblastoma in 2015. doctors gave her a 50/50 chance to survive. devon had this message to his followers going forward, "i ask since leah's fight is at the end that you follow other families' journeys and cheer them on just like you did us." next on nbc 10 news, 6:00 it's next, here are jim rosenfield and jacqueline london. >> all right, keith. coming up next at 6:00, we're following breaking news. >> we're learning new details about this house fire in delaware after firefighters pulled people to safety. well, tracking a first snow of the year for some. it's not much, it's not over yet. my first alert forecast is next.

this is nbc 10 breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news out of wilmington, delaware. at least one person is dead after this house fire right here. nbc 10's tim furlong is gathering information at the scene right now. he will have a live report coming up in just a few minutes. also tienonight at 6:00, th first flakes of the year. it's not much, but in mid january people across the delaware valley haven't dealt with even a few flakes in quite some time. good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. the snow started to fall first in the allentown area of lehigh county around 2:00 this afternoon. you can see the flags really whipping around. it's going to be a shot you're

going to see coming up. snow didn't bother this one riding in the stroller. >> quick glimpse. the snow started to stick a little bit on the roads in bucks county. this was the scene along the northeast extension. and here in philadelphia, the snow hasn't arrived yet. we could see a few flakes tonight. >> nbc 10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. >> glenn, our first snowflakes now in the second week of january. >> yeah, already a record. we've gone farther into the season without any flakes than ever before, at least recorded before. we have seen some in the poconos before and got more today. this was skytop lodge at 2:00 in the afternoon, and in just a matter of an hour, hour and a half, it was just enough snow to totally cover the ground, and it's all white. and in some parts of the area that's going to happen in the next couple of hours, as you'll see in a minute. there's the first batch that me