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 came through, and many areas

north and west saw at least some snow, but it was warm, temperatures above freezing. that's what we're watching now. the second band with the cold front itself and the colder air starting to come into berks county already, and just about to get toward the poconos. right outside of reading, near kutztown, not too far from allentown, that could give you a little burst of some snow, you see the darker blue there indicating a little bit heavier. so it gets to easton about 6:45, allentown about 6:30, warminister at 7:30 and philly close to 8:00 at the current speed. so there it is. what's left of it. at 7:00, 8:00 coming through the philadelphia area, again, you can get a little burst of snow, might just last for a few minutes, but then again we haven't seen any of that. then it's gone by 10:00, 11:00, it's offshore. temperatures still way above

freezing in most of the area, but has dropped below freezing in allentown, dark now, temperatures dropping, so some of this is going to start sticking, at least the side roads. talk more about the hour by hour and how much colder it's going to get with the seven day in just a few minutes. >> glenn, see you then. never one to shy away from covering the elements, doug shimell tracking the snow showers all afternoon. >> joins us from milford township tonight. doug? >> reporter: well, you know, penndot says they believe they have a solution that just debuted this week for people who have no choice but to drive in snow events or snowstorms. penndot has brined, salted or plowed was a guessing game unless you happened to get behind them. but this week penndot started its 511pa.com website and app that tells you where the plow and salt crews have been, where they haven't, and where they are going. >> maybe some snow on that road or ice that hasn't been treated,

so you go slower, or if it was just treated, they know i should go because i know the road has been treated. >> reporter: the rare sighting of snow triggered the reflex of what we should have been doing if this wasn't a warm winter. normally george would have bought the salt spreaders weeks ago. >> one day putting your boots on, next pushing asphalt around, next couple days later you're pushing snow around. >> reporter: the snow means albright's hardware has to stock everything now. >> sold mulch today and snow shovels. one of those mixed bag seasons where you don't know what people are going to come in and grab and go with. >> reporter: but penndot says do not forget what season it is. >> we do want to remind drivers we've been lulled into a false sense of security this winter. >> reporter: penndot says that

511pa.com website just debuted yesterday. live in bucks county, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> and they've been waiting for it, snow on the slopes in the poconos. you can track our arctic blast with the nbc 10 news app. now back to that breaking news out of wilmington. >> delaware bureau reporter tim furlong arrived on the scene about 30 minutes ago. tim, what can you tell us about this fire? >> reporter: still waiting to hear from the fire chief and the mayor, they are both here on scene trying to talk to family members, the people in the fire. we have confirmed it's a fatal fire, but officials are being careful about what they are saying because they want to make sure families are notified, so they are not being specific at this point, let's keep it at that. you can see through the tree right there, it's tough from where we have to be behind the tape, the fire was in a row home on a tightly packed street there. the back of the house we are told by neighbors is boarded up pretty tight, and they think

that might have had a reason the family might not have been able to go out that side of the house if they wanted to, but it was quite a dramatic scene here, witnesses told us they saw flames shooting out the front of the house, through the front windows. doesn't look like too much damage when you look at the house from a different angle, but it is significant and at this point we're waiting to get more information, again, the firefighters here live on the scene, they are pulling the hoses back, getting ready to pull out the fire marshals investigation under way and again the mayor of wilmington, the fire chief, they have been here throughout the last half hour or so, and again we're trying to get more information. as soon as we get that information, we'll bring it to you. live in wilmington, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. tonight, a 3-year-old boy's mysterious death is a mystery no more. prosecutors laid out their evidence against brendan creato's father. we now know how the boy died in haddon township in october. the official cause of death,

homicidal violence. and the alleged motive, prosecutors say d.j. creato's teenaged girlfriend didn't like his son and threatened to break up with d.j. because of it. south jersey bureau reporter cydney long broke the news of the father's arrest yesterday, she was in the courtroom today, and she's joining us live from haddon township. investigators learned new details from creato's text messages to that girlfriend. >> reporter: in fact, investigators learned plenty from d.j. creato's cell phone to include some 9,400 text messages. he exchanged with his girlfriend, they say they learned about his jealousy and also about a selfie the two took at the very spot where brendan's body was found, but just two days beforehand. d.j. creato could spend the rest of his life in prison if prosecutors prove their circumstantial theory that in a jealous rage he killed his little boy, 3-year-old brendan. >> described his own state of mind that monday night as

jealous and paranoid that he was going to lose his girlfriend. >> reporter: prosecutors called the official cause of death homicidal violence to include drowning, asphyxia, and strangulation. prosecutors called the spot where the body was found tough terrain for a boy to handle, let alone a toddler. >> it is muddy down there, damp down there, brendan's socks were perfectly clean. >> reporter: his phone records revealed texting. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> just woke up and my 3 year old is missing. >> reporter: also disproving that his son, who was, quote, afraid of the dark, could wander to the river alone. >> the defendant is also heard telling his mother that both the exterior door and the hall door in his apartment were locked the night before. >> reporter: the boy's mother said nothing as she left court. d.j.'s defense attorney agrees the case is circumstanceable, but not compelling. >> ms. shaw would have you

believe d.j. creato is smart enough to somehow smother or drown or strangle his son where they could only determine a cause of death by exclusion. in a word, your honor, weak, it's weak. >> reporter: and d.j. creato did not say a word in court today. he did not enter a plea one way or the other. the prosecution hoped to set bail at $1 million. the judge set it at $750,000. reporting live in camden, cydney long, nbc 10 news. police in the suburbs are taking extra precautions after last week's ambush of a philadelphia police officer. on sunday this report was made public. in it a tipster tells police the threat is not over and the suspected shooter could be working with a larger group. since the suspect is from delaware county and has family there, police are being told to stay vigilant and avoid being alone in isolated areas. meanwhile, nbc 10 has confirmed police in the region have been made aware of, quote, certain

individuals who have ties to the suspect. tonight support from the men and women in blue from the muslim and arab community, today dozens of people held a rally and march to the 24th and 25th police district headquarters. members of the mosque islamic center carried banners that read "students support philadelphia police." >> and we're here to say that we do not support those type of activities, nor does our religion support those type of activities. >> you condemn the actions of one individual, not an entire community, get that messaging across that@w philadelphia poli and the muslim communities are one, we are this community. >> police officers say they really appreciate today's event showing their support. new at 6:00, philadelphia police released a sketch today of a suspect they say shot and killed a man who was just walking his dogs in west philadelphia. here's the sketch. mark marshall died from multiple gunshop wounds back on december

16th. the suspect was last seen getting out of this late model dodge chrysler mini van the night of the shooting. new jersey governor chris christie delivered his state of the state address today with some tough talk for lawmakers who support a constitutional amendment to guarantee pension payments. >> who are you going to steal the money from in new jersey? now, please don't tell me millionaires. don't further insult the intelligence of new jerseyans, because i'm going to give it to them straight. >> reporter: the governor also said under his watch new jersey has come back from the economic brink. he highlighted the growth of private sector jobs and the lower unemployment rate during his time in office. outside, protesters gathered to criticize christie's policies and his schedule. his bid for the white house has had him outside new jersey a lot this past year. he spent 261 days outside the state. in less than three hours, president obama is set to deliver his final state of the

union address. he's expected to discuss his achievements in the white house, but he'll also talk about a number of issues, including the economy, the fight against terrorism, and gun violence. you can watch the president's address tonight at 9:00 right here on nbc 10. we'll also air it live on nbc10.com and the nbc 10 news app. prosecutors in the bill cosby case say they are not surprised the comedian's legal team filed an appeal and said it has no merit. kevin steele said his office will let its legal response speak for itself. yesterday cosby filed a motion to have all the criminal charges dropped. his team claims the charges violate cosby's agreement with the former d.a. back in 2005. that former d.a. told us there was no deal. new at 6:00, dna evidence left near a burlington county store helped police catch a suspected robber nearly five months later. an officer found a piece of clothing near the michael's store back in august.

they entered the dna into the database and it just came back with a match. evesham police arrested kevin piles a few days ago for holding up the store on route 73. the owner of philadelphia's biggest newspapers is turning them over to a newly formed nonprofit institute to help the paper survive the digital age. he made that announcement today at the national constitution center. the new group will own the philadelphia inquirer, daily news, and philly.com. he vowed the new institute $20 million. the papers will still sell ads and subscriptions, but donations will now add to the traditional sources of revenue. speaking of money, next at 6:00, jumping for joy. they thought they hit the lottery jackpot. tonight, advice before you put money into an office pool. well, tracking snow showers across the region. when you could see some snow in the philadelphia area tonight.

this is nbc 10 news. >> there's a new push this evening to have the state of new jersey take over atlantic city's finances. senate president steve sweeney introduced a bill today that would allow that to happen, but

a.c. officials say they are shocked, especially since the struggling resort town already has considerable oversight by the state. >> i was getting out of our financial hole is more of a long-term commitment than short-term fix. not going for instant gratification, going for the ultimate long-term satisfaction. >> sweeney says a.c. should declare bankruptcy if the legislature doesn't quickly approve his bill. so, do you have the golden ticket? >> a lot of people are hoping they do after the historic jackpot jumped higher today to $1.5 billion. with the jackpot that huge, many people are joining office pools to increase their odds of winning. we spoke to an expert who has some advice. first, make sure your company allows these kinds of pools. i don't know, does ours? i don't know. then spell everything out. it may sound like overkill, but a contract they say is a good idea. >> kind of make a rules of engagement, five or six rules, how much everybody's contributing, where you're going

to get the numbers from. >> he also says you should make sure everyone in the pool gets a copy of every ticket before the drawing. so here's a big oops, a group of restaurant workers in north jersey thought they had won the lottery saturday night. >> they matched all six numbers. one problem, the numbers they matched were from last week's drawing on wednesday. watch the celebration. [ cheering ] >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> yeah, not so fast. one worker actually quit on the spot. we're not sure their reaction when they learned they read off the numbers from the wrong day. can you imagine that? >> that's just cruel. >> and the worker who quit and had to say can i have my job back now? >> i didn't mean that. >> that hurts a lot. >> glenn? >> ouch! >> be careful with those numbers, glenn. >> that's right.

i've been telling people even if i win, i'm not quitting. >> really? >> yes, that's right. >> bow tie will be here. >> excellent. >> shorter day, but i'm not quitting. we have snow showers in the forecast, some places have already seen it. arctic blast after the snow showers, then it warms up enough so the weekend storm looks to be about all rain. we have cloudy skies in much of the area now, visibility is looking pretty good in philadelphia. 42 degrees, way above freezing, too. winds southwest at 10 miles an hour. that is not a condition for snow, might be in a bit. 42 philadelphia, 33 in lancaster, the cold air is moving in. even without snow it's getting colder this evening. even at the shore, 44 atlantic city, 40 in dover, 42 in millville. they are going to get cold, too. and the wind is going to help do it. the wind is going to be strong

enough. wind advisory, gusts up to 40-plus miles an hour as that line comes through and behind it. you can see it's moved into berks county, poconos, lehigh valley, continues to move through the east pretty quickly as you can see. and it's a solid area, the darker blue indicates a little burst of heavier snow, reduces the visibility. even report of thunder snow in hagerstown, maryland, with this line. and time, 6:21 allentown, 7:02 norristown, 7:28 merion, 7:42 in philadelphia. it's been fairly consistent between 7:30 and 8:00 in the philadelphia area, and there it is. 8:00 on the future cast. 40 degrees, but the temperatures about to drop. yeah, there it goes down to 34 in one hour. 29 in pottstown. yeah, the colder air is coming in right after the snow, and then it's going to stay cold.

and it's going to dry out. and by later tonight, it's cooling down, by tomorrow morning it's feeling like it's in the single digits again. winds gusting over 35 miles an hour. even in the middle of the afternoon feels like it's in the teens. that's the way it's going to go. and as we go through the night tonight, there's the temperature, there's the wind chill in philadelphia. there it is by 7:00 a.m., 21, feeling like 7. it's not going to warm up a lot during the day tomorrow either. snow showers, windy and colder, 22 for the low in philadelphia, 19 north and west. during the day tomorrow, windy, much colder, gusts to 35 miles an hour, wind chill in the teens. temperatures struggling to get to 30. another cold morning on thursday, and then we start to warm up. by friday we're 50, so when the storm comes in and it's rain, friday night, saturday, maybe could change over briefly north

and west, but that's about it. and then it gets really cold again sunday through tuesday. >> thanks, hurricane. i'm john clark. why if the eagles hired tom coughlin it would be a first in the nfl, and how good is joe el embiid looking and claude giroux takes a big hit in the face from his teammates. that's next. the republicans in harrisburg were fighting each other over the state budget. that's right. each other. the republican state senate passed a responsible budget that "begins" to fund education but the republican house of representatives has insisted on a

budget that fails to fund education and balloons the deficit. call your legislator, tell them to pass a budget that's right for pennsylvania.

this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >> hey, john clark from comcast sportsnet. the eagles do not have any more interviews scheduled for their coaching search. doesn't mean they aren't completely done yet. here is owner jeff lori today at the owners meetings, they've

interviewed six candidates for the job, all offensive coaches so far. chiefs offensive coordinator doug pederson is the man they want, they can't hire him until kansas city is done in the playoffs, and at the earliest that would be saturday. if the birds hire 69-year-old tom coughlin, he'd be the oldest coach hired by an nfl team. the 49ers are reportedly interviewing him today. nfl news, the st. louis rams proposal to move to los angeles with another team is leading in votes after the first round at the owners meetings. the owners are voting on which teams will move to l.a., the rams, chargers, or raiders. how about the sixers today, joel embiid working out again. he's been doing a lot of this lately and there is hope for joel. brett brown says he's heading in a really positive direction with his rehab. the sixers' record this season is 4-36, but it doesn't feel that way to coach brown. >> we have the spirit of a 36-4 team, you know, i don't know what you see or hear upstairs, i

know what i feel in this gym, this is no 4-36 team spiritwise. flyers, not ready to return tomorrow night, he is day to day with a lower body injury, here he is skating a the the flyers skate zone yesterday. the flyers will be facing the bruins tomorrow night. they are going to be facing their old teammate zac rinaldo for the first time since he laid out shaun four months ago. no penalty, no suspension, so any retaliation coming from the flyers? >> we're not going to try and let him get under our skin, you know, obviously, that's his game, that's what he wants to do. we're here to get the two points. we want to win hockey games. >> if it does, it does. we're not going out there for it. we're going out to get two points. >> watch the right of your screen carefully. they set up captain claude giroux, gets a pie in his face for his birthday. i'm john clark, we're right back.

that line of snow is moving right through reading now. >> jacqueline london. >> jim rosenfield, have a good evening. see you at 11:00. there is breaking news tonight. iran seizes americans. ten u.s. sailors on two navy boats taken into custody by iranian authorities. tonight the scramble to free them. one last time. president obama's final state of the union address. what he will tell the nation. why he is aiming for a more hopeful tone and what he told matt lauer about donald trump. and our interview from joe biden. the generous offer the president made in one of his darkest hours. tourists murdered. at a center with thousands of visitors flock every day. now isis is claiming responsibility. and massive pile-ups. slick roads and chain reaction crashes in several states and dozens of