rubio. right now at 11:00, nearly two dozen people in south jersey are forced out of their homes after a fire ripped through row homes. the fire forced a school to close and sent four people to the hospital. good morning, i'm vai sikahema. 20 people are without a home this morning after a fire ripped through four row homes in burlington county new jersey. four people were burned, including two children. nbc 10's drew smith is live in burlington city where the cleanup is still going on. drew, what can you tell us? >> vai, still a lot of fire departments here on this scene, but the fire mostly out. the red cross right now is working to find those people a place to stay. you can take a look at the home

right now. the roof is gone. much of the inside destroyed. firefighters spent hours to put this out and we learned the police department were the first people here, they were knocking on doors helping to get those people out. the fire began around 5:30. from skyforce 10, you can see flames shooting through the roof. neighbors who could do smell all that smoke ran outside and called 911. >> my heart was pounding. i was scared for my nameeighbor. it was very emotional and upsetting. >> reporter: before firefighters arrived one home was fully engulfed and it spread quickly. >> with the older homes and common walls it was -- it's difficult. >> reporter: burlington's mayor tells us 20 people got out but four people, including some children, went to the hospital with minor burns. they also managed to get some but not all of the pets to safety. >> we're still trying to rescue

other pets that are inside. and that will be a difficult challenge. >> reporter: the church across the street gave families a warm place to get inside. >> it's very difficult for them. most of the families had children so we're trying to give them comfort. >> reporter: the neighborhood also plans to help the family. >> something like this, we come together and help each other. >> you can see how close the church is to this scene. they stayed open. they just had a funeral. but there is a school on the other side of the building, that had to close for the day. firefighters are currently looking into the cause of the fire but right now they can't tell us what started it. live in burlington city, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> drew, thank you. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire at this construction site. skyforce 10 was in marpl

township earlier this morning nochltz one was hurt. two people are hurt after a car plowed into a home in newcastle county. this was the scene in the village of hershey run a few hours ago. police say the driver came from a home across the street. she is listed in stable condition. a woman in the home was who was eating break fast the kitchen at the time is critical but stable. nbc 10's tim furlong just took this picture and sent it to us showing the aftermath of the kitchen following the crash. he is looking into what happened and we have an update this afternoon on nbc 10 news at 4:00. and philadelphia police are investigating a hit-and-run in the hunting park section of the city. police were called to the intersection of fifth street and hunting park avenue 35r7bd o'clock this morning where they found a man lying in the road. police took him to the hospital we where he's in critical condition. the serge continues for the driver who struck him and then took off. we are following breaking

news right now. a search and rescue is under way after two marine helicopters collided after the island of oahu. this happened just before midnight. this is a video of oahu's north shore just into nbc 10. each aircraft had six people aboard. there's no word on what caused the collision or if any survivors have been found. a pretty decent way to end the work week. mild and die conditions out there for the middle of january as we look at boat house row in philadelphia. but changes are on the way. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the forecast and timing for those changes. glenn? >> vai, we won't be seeing any rain while the daytime hours are with us but tonight it will rain. we have high thin clouds across the sky now. that's way ahead of the storm

approaching. 46 in philadelphia already, well above the average high for this time of the year. 30s north and west. this is a questionable reading in atlantic city. 65. so i'm not paying attention to that. it's five to ten degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday. in mount pocono 25 degrees warmer. the closest rain hasn't even gotten into virginia yet but that's a substantial storm. you can see the center of it. this is the nor'easter racing in this direction. it will be bringing rain tonight. no doubt about that. but it won't be early tonight. even by 7:00 it should be cloudy. very mild day with temperatures getting into the 50s but we have some heavy rain coming tonight and also another arctic blast and the timing is coming with the seven-day in just a few

minutes. time to get a midday check on traffic. jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. what's it looking like, jessica? >> quiet for the most part but we have a few things going on in lower merion watch out for an accident scene at waverley road, probably close to clearing out. everything on 95 is moving along nicely, 12 minutes from woo woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. on the schuylkill expressway, we have a 30 minute drive time westbound into the king of prussia area. moving into new jersey, we're still watching cherry hill township on route 70 westbound. there's poles down and they're closed from repairs from an earlier accident. keeping in the new jersey, this is on route 42 freeway. you can see a five-minute drive time northbound from 55 to the walt whitman bridge. no problems over the bridges but

volume eastbound new jersey off of the bend. happening today, vice president joe biden will be in philadelphia to kick off his mission to cure cancer. his first stop is at penn medicine's abramson cancer center. we know the vice president lost his son beau to cancer last year. beau biden died from brain cancer back in may and that's when he entered a period of painful public mourning followed by his decision against getting into the presidential race. nbc 10's katy zachry has more on this emotional mission to cure cancer. >> reporter: there's a lot of excitement surrounding the vice president's visit to university city here today. it highlights philadelphia as a hub for cancer research and r n reinvigorate this is important fight. vice president biden will kick off the abramson cancer center. he's kicking off a national

initiative to fight and cure cancer. this disease claimed the life of his oldest son beau biden, a graduate of the university of pennsylvania and former eer dee attorney general. we've learned they're working on a cancer vaccine in clinical trials right now. those researchers and doctors say the vice president's timing could not be better. >> i would love to emphasize that he is exactly right. that this is our moment to accelerate and change things forever. >> the vice president will meet with researchers and heads of hospitals today at 3:00. we will have complete coverage throughout the day on nbc 10. reporting from university city, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. it's been a week since officer jesse hartnett was ambushed in philadelphia, and while hartnett continues his recovery, lawmakers held a meeting for people who live near the site of the ambush. they're worried for their safety more than ever after the fbi

said it's investigating the crime as an act of terrorism. a standing room only crowd filled the bryant school where residents expressed their fears. >> when we talk about terrorism we must be real and we must face the fact that we are living in terror. >> i'm still coast guard is about what happened. i got a grand daughter in my house. >> residents call for better police/community relations, more officers on patrol and trauma services for the community. the eagles have found their new head coach. he's kansas city chief offensive coordinator doug pederson who played and apprenticed under andy reid. this is what you'll see at newsstands this morning. the cover of the philadelphia daily news reads ""hail to the chief." the back cover has the headline "little red." the reference to pederson learning his trade from andy reid who had the nickname "big red." the birds are expected to make

the pederson pick official after the chiefs playoff run is over. he ran reid's offense in kansas city and now pederson is planning for the playoff game against the patriots on saturday. and of course you can count on nbc 10, your official eagles station, for in-depth coverage of the eagles next head coach. we'll send a push alert as soon as we know anything official. chip kelly has a new job. the 49ers hired him yesterday. eagles fired him two weeks ago. in a statement, he thanked the 9ers owner for the opportunity and said he's building the best coaching staff possible. the gloves are off. the highlights from the clash in carolina at last night's presidential debate and the candidate that just received a key endorsement this morning. and meet the robinsons, the people holding one of three winning powerball tickets make their big reveal this morning

and they do it on the "today" show. how they're feeling about the huge win and why they chose to make the announcement the way they did. enjoy the mild conditions while they last. i am tracking rain headed our way and colder weather, too. i'll let you know what you can expect and when just ahead.

in decision, 2016, republican presidential candidates are coming off their latest debate and hitting the

campaign trail. trump is about to hold a town hall meeting in iowa and dr. ben carson is stumping in south carolina. this is video from a meet-and-greet event this morning in charleston. carson's campaign finance chairman resigned. it's the latest in a series of in-fighting in the carson camp. meanwhile, senator marco rubio is in new hampshire this morning. this is video from a rally at the boys and girls club in derry. he also has two town hall meetings and a business tour scheduled today. the republicans are fresh off a fiery debate where the gloves came off between donald trump and ted cruz. here's national correspondent tracie potts. >> reporter: the seven candidates left on the main stage at the fox business debate tried to focus on president obama. >> this guy is a petulant child. >> reporter: and hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton would be a national security disaster. >> reporter: but at times they turned on each other. donald trump questioned ted cruz's birth to an american in canada. >> there's a big question mark

on your head. and you can't do that that to the party. >> reporter: marco rubio accused cruz of flip-flopping on immigration. >> that is not consistent conservatis conservatism, that is political calculation. >> at least half of the things marco said are flat out false. >> reporter: ben carson tried to be the umpire. >> in the 2012 election, you know, we -- and when i say "we" republican s -- tore themselves apart. >> reporter: not disclosing a half million dollar loan when he ran for senate. >> yes, i made a paperwork error. >> reporter: there were differences on iran, syria, banning muslims and whether to tax chinese imports. >> i think beswe should be for e trade but i think fair trade. >> reporter: there's one republican debate left before the iowa caucuses. the next debate january 28 in iowa a few days before the caucuses. the next democratic debate this sunday in south carolina on nbc. tracie potts, nbc news,

washington. this morning, republican presidential candidate jeb bush picked up an endorsement, south carolina senator lindsey graham announced he is backing bush just more than an houring. graham dropped out of the race last month. poll numbers show bush is struggling. a tennessee family has come forward with a powerball ticket that is potentially one of the three winners in wednesday night's historic $1.6 billion drawing. the robinson's appeared on the "today" show for an exclusive interview. they are from munford tennessee. john said he bought four tickets like he always does representing each member of his family and let the computer pick the winners. >> so i checked them four times and i said, well, i'll believe it when the news comes on in the morning and they say "hey, there's a winner been in munford." >> reporter: the family's attorney suggested they reveal them themselves on the "today" show.

tennessee lottery officials verified the ticket. the other two winners were sold in florida and california. each winning ticket carries the prize of $525 million. happening now, two astronauts are working to restore power to the international space station. the space walk began a few hours ago and is expected to last into the afternoon. one astronaut is from the u.s., the other is british. they're replacing an electrical box that failed two months ago. it was freezing cold a couple days ago but we've seen a warm up and now we've got 50s coming in this afternoon across a good bit of the area. we are tracking heavy rain that will be coming in tonight and then an arctic blast as we head into the early part of next week high clouds blocking at least some of the sunshine but the

sun's rays get through there and the temperature is going to continue to climb, especially with the wind out of the south. 46 degrees, 10 degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday. 37 in allentown, 38 in reading and pottstown so still on the chilly side there. 40 in trenton so we have a tremendous temperature contrast from north to south across the region. still kind of questioning that atlantic city reading but it's 50 in dover, 49 degrees in millville right now. and we're going to continue climbing. it was only 29 degrees on wednesday. 47 yesterday, 53 today, close to 50 tomorrow. the average high is 40 for this time of the year. well, here are those clouds coming up ahead of the storm that is down to the south. this is just six hour's worth of movement. it is racing up here, flying.

you don't see whetheather syste move this fast very often and a good thing because a lot of rain with it and if it was moving more slowly we would be getting some flood problems here. by 8:00 the rain is getting up into delaware and extreme south jersey. so through the afternoon rush no rain. 6:00, 7:00, no rain. once it starts it will be steady. heavier in delaware and south jersey but that will be happening in the middle of the night. it may change over to snow in the poconos but even there most is rain. at 7:00 a.m. it's pretty much gone so unless you're waking up early you won't be seeing any of this rain saturday. it's dry. let's see how much rain.

an inch of rain for philadelphia and closer to two down the shore. closer to a half inch toward the poconos. other models have less rain across the philadelphia area and maybe even more toward the shore. some places are expecting two inchings of rain so there could be localized flooding at the shore when you combine the rainfall with that on shore wind it is a nor'easter but because it's moving so rapidly you won't get multiple high tide issues down there. increasing clouds through the day today, temperatures in the low to mid-50s. seven-day forecast, we have the early rain ending tomorrow then a pretty decent day in the afternoon. then it gets colder on sunday. we have a chance of some snow flurries sunday night and then it gets cold again early next week. temperatures down into the teens by tuesday morning and we don't

warm up much next week. thank you, glenn. fresh the fallout over a massive e. coli outbreak chipotle announces it's closing its doors, but only for a day. we'll let you know when it's happening and why. meantime, the world's largest retailer just announced it's closing some of its stores for good. what's prompting the announcement if walmart's ceo.

chipotle is closing every single one of its stores -- but only for a day. on february 8, the stores will close for an all-employee meeting to discuss food safety. chipotle is starting marketing efforts next month to woo back customers in the wake of its nationwide e. coli outbreak. and walmart says it's closing 269 of its stores. more than half of them in the u.s. another chunk is in the brazilian market. the closures will affect about 10,000 workers here at home. the announcement comes a few months after walmart's ceo told investors the company would review its store fleet amid increasing competition. and the irs says taxpayers should enjoy a smoother tax season this year. according to the agency, people are expected to have shorter waiting times when asking question on the irs phone hotline. also fewer taxpayers are expected to face audit this is

year. the reason several tax compliance workers are retiring and the irs is not replacing them. another nerve-wracking day for investors. a live look at the new york stock exchange as the market continues its downward spiral. what's fuelling today's big selloff on wall street. you might be a princess for a day, but kate is going to be an editor for a day. details on the duchess of cambridge's new gig and why she's trying out the job.

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the scene. drew, have investigators found a cause yesterday? >> reporter: not just yet. we were just talking with the fire chief over here. they're supposed to be updating us shortly but right now no cause. there are still several crews cleaning up the street. the damage to those homes is quite severe. now families are trying to find a new place to stay. we're told this was difficult to fight because one of the homes was already filled with flames by the time firefighters arrived. it started around 5:30. police got here first and started rescuing people, noting on doors. all 20 people got out but four suffered minor burn injuries. an engineer will come in to look at the structural damage to the building to see if any of the homes can be saved. not all the pets made it out of the homes, either, so they're checking to see if the pets survived. witnesses talked to us after it happened and told us what say thaw. >> i came out of my house and i saw my neighbor and they were like "call 911, there's a fire." my heart was pounding. i was scared for my neighbors, it was very emotional upsetting

time. >> reporter: a lot of people are coming out to help these families including a church in the area. the red cross has told us they are helping 16 people from this. the red cross, we talked to them, told us it's very difficult for the families right now. live in burlington, drew smith, nbc 10 news. drew, thank you. we continue to follow breaking news. a search-and-rescue is under way after two marine helicopters collided off the hawaiian island of oahu. this happened just before midnight. there were six people aboard. no word on what caused the collision forany survivors have been found. and philadelphia police are looking for the hit-and-run driver that struck a pedestrian and took off. this happened in the hunting park section of the city overnight. officers found the man lying in the middle of the road. he is listed in critical condition. in newcastle county, two people

are hurt after a car plowed into a home in the village of hershey run this morning. the driver had a person inside that home -- hit a person inside the home and that person is in the hospital. today vice president joe biden will be in philadelphia on a new assignment to help cure cancer. biden will visit the abramson cancer sent at the university of pennsylvania. the disease claimed the life of his son, delaware attorney general beau biden who was a penn graduate. the start of the holiday weekend for many and the poconos will be a popular destination as we take a live look at camelback mountain resort. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the forecast. probably a good day to ski because it's warm you have no ski and cold enough for the snow. >> they've been able to make snow for much of the week and they'll be able to make a good bit next week as well. this is blue mountain, you can see a lot of skiers on the

slopes here, a long holiday weekend coming up. they'll get some rain in the poconos which is not great news for them but it's going to be less rain than the rest of our area will get. it's 47 degrees in mount pocono right now so it's starting to warm up. in the 30s in allentown, reading, pottstown, 46 in philadelphia and mount holly and in wilmington right now. we are five to 10 degrees warmer in most places than this time yesterday. a lot warmer at point pocono. here's the ourly trend as we go through the day and evening in full phil, going up into the 50s this afternoon and then only dropping slowly during the night. during this period we're getting rain and it's not even close to the freezing mark. but the rain is moving this way have rapidly from georgia, as you can see, some is on the heavy side and fortunately it is

moving fast or else we would have more of a flood threat than we do. more on the timing of this rain hour by hour, what areas will get hit hard and by how much with the seven-day in just a few minutes. >> glenn, thank you. happening right now, the dow is taking a nosedive. here's a live look at the big board on the new york stock exchange. you can see there on the right 366. it's down. there are steep declines in energy companies as the price of oil takes another tumble. the price sank below $30 a barrel and is trading at the lowest level since 2003. 359 and counting. this morning the, first potential powerball jackpot winners made an appearance right here on nbc 10. as nbc 10 national correspondent mark barger explains, members of the robinson family say they have one of the three winning tickets and they told everyone all about it on the "today" show. >> can you believe it, senator john kerry a world record

jackpot. >> reporter: the question of who won the record-setting $1.5 billion powerball jackpot may be partially answered. with winning tickets sold in california, florida, and tennessee, one couple has come forward saying they have one of those tickets purchased in munford, tennessee. >> it's not going very far. >> reporter: appearing on the "today" show, john and lisa robinson, who haven't yet turned their ticket into lottery officials, decided to go on television first. >> i think the american public wants to hear from them and even though they want to be private after this is over, they want to let the public know they're the winners. >> reporter: the robinson's live next door to the munford grocery store where the ticket was sold. >> looked again, looked again, the third time i ran down the hallway and said "john, john, check these numbers!" >> i checked them four times and i said "i'll believe it when the news comes on in the morning and they say hey, there's a winner been in munford."

>> reporter: what it's like to carry around a ticket worth $530? >> now i'll be nervous, because everybody knows. >> reporter: the next stop, turning in their ticket to lottery officials to make it official. mark barger, nbc news. police in jakarta, indonesia, have arrested three men suspected in yesterday's bombing of a starbucks and police post. suicide attackers killed two people and injured more than a dozen others. officers made the arrest at dawn this morning on the outskirts of the capital city. police say they recovered an isis flag from the home of one of those suspects, this was the scene yesterday as twin explosions hit that starbucks and police booth. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. police call it a paris-style attack targeting westerners. seven people died, five were militants, indonesian security services had been warning of a possible attack for weeks. people in jakarta held a vigil at the site of the

attacks. local residents and foreign ambassadors say they wanted to show solidarity following the tragedy. the governor of miami is asking president obama for an emergency disaster declaration and more federal aid to deal with the flint water crisis. despite those efforts, protesters marged to the state capital calling for governor rick snyder's resignation. tap water there flint became contaminated with too much lead after the city switched its water supply in 2014 from detroit's water source at lake huron to the flint river. rescue crews pulled a trapped man from a ten-foot sewer line. a trench collapsed on the worker, stranding him in waist-deep mud. it took first responders several hours to free him but he is expected to recover. kate middleton, also known as the duchess of cambridge, has a job. the wife of prince william will guest edit the huffington post news web site for one day in

february. she's doing it to raise awareness of children's mental health issues. according to the royal palace, kids' mental health is the main focus of her charity work. looking to spruce up your house? an event happening today and this weekend could give you plenty of ideas. the philly home and garden show begins today at the greater philadelphia expo center. nbc 10's matt delucia is there and has a preview. >> reporter: you might be familiar with the philly home show that's been going on for 35 years. now there's a new addition. for the first time in the suburbs and one of the big trends people are following this year is home aud mission like these automatic blinds. >> i think it's come from nothing to -- i don't know what they can do next. i'm sure they'll think of something but it just -- it seems like back in the day when you had to stand up and turn your channel and now you barely have to pick up your remote control because you can just talk to it and go through the entertainment system.

>> reporter: from lights to the tv to your thermostat, everything is smarter now days, xfinity, from nbc 10's parent company comcast, is here to show the newest tools to boost your home's brain power. then you can go inside a 1600 square foot house built just for the philly home and garden show where you can see a smart home in action and another big trend that's ecofriendly. >> really exciting that every year at our shows we're seeing the newest greatest and exciting products that are not only looking fantastic in your home but really helping the environment and helping people save money as well. >> reporter: then when you take care of the house you can lounge in the backyard and just relax. the philly home and garden show runs through sunday. i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> matt certainly looks relaxed there. putting concussions in the spotlight. a new film featuring will smith has even more of us talking about preventing head injuries in sports. next, i'll talk to a local man about what he calls ground breaking new technology to make

helmets safer. glenn? if you like this sort of thing, enjoy the mild-to-dry weather while it lasts. i am tracking the approach of rain and the return of much colder weather. i'll break down the timing of it all just ahead. i'm george spencer for nbc 10 @issue. sunday morning we'll discuss the late rock star david bowie's connection to philly. plus we'll meet the new mayor of chester. he has a bold plan to help the city move forward. >> i promise to reduce crime by 50%. coming up sunday morning at 11:30 following "meet the press" only on nbc 10.

research shows kidney stones are becoming more common, especially among kids and teens. in adults the rate of kidney stones rose 16% between 1997 and 2012. that risk doubled among children. the largest increase was in young females. researchers say the jump may be due to an increase of sodium in foods and not enough calcium or water. kidney stones are linked to a higher risk of kidney, bone and cardiovascular disease. sleep problems may affect blood vessels in the brains of older adults. researchers found i woulder people who slept poorly or

awakened frequently were 27% more likely to show harden arteries or oxygen-starved brain tissue. >> a found a disease that no one has ever seen. the new film "concussion" puts this real medical concern in the spotlight. philadelphia native will smith plays a nigerian-born forensic pathologists who discovered nfl players appear to be dying at an alarming rate related to a head trauma disease he later names chronic traumatic enlcephalopaty encephalopathy. and i had several close friends like andre waters and junior seau die from cte. as a former nfl player myself, i have special interest and so does our next guest. john roman spent four seasons as an offensive lineman for the new york jets. he grew up on the jersey shore. he also played for the

philadelphia bells, a team that was part of the world football league and spend a year with them. he's now ceo of a local company called defend your head with ground breaking news on helmet technology. john, thank you for being here. before we get to the technology i want to ask you about the simple observation you made about some of your former teammates that led to this technology. tell me about that. >> it's very, very depressing for a number of our colleagues that we know struggled with with any injury post our career but it was a call, a calling for me and our team that we have at defend your head. we're comprised of a number of people in have played at both the pro level, the college level, high school level and we feel a hell of a lot of passion to make a difference out there to make the game safer. >> i'll get back to those people because some will be recognized by our viewers. let's talk about the technology. you brought props along these

are helmets and this's your product right there. >> yes. >> and how does it work? you found that this helps alleviate some of the head trauma that are happening among kids who are playing high school sports or pop warner football? >> we do, vai. one of the concerns that we've had is the hard exterior shell of the helmet. we believe that there needs to be a better management system upon first impact so this may look straightforward but there's over 15 years of science and technology that's gone into developing this specially formulated polyurethane cover. as you can see it's just under a half inch thick. it's designed to form fit any helmet and -- >> it just snaps on top? >> snaps on top what it does is upon impact it whether dissipate the force wherever it occurs on

the helmet. this is a slipperier surface than the polycarb, you can tell by taking your hand and rubbing it along both surfaces. it makes blows much more glancing upon helmet-to-helmet collisions and the design of our attachment system is us is that it will guide force away wherever it occurs and return to its original position. >> you and i both played in the nfl so we understand this about the league. they're resistant about anything that comes, in i proposals that come their way. but we're not worried about them so much as we are right now about kids and families and parents who have young people playing high school football or younger. so what's the response been? i'd like to know the cost because that may be a deterrent to some people, amazingly enough. >> well, this is a great value proposition because we've had over 15 years of testing with our chief technology officer. it tracks back to dr. richard

nelson at penn state university. this product for less than $100 can and has proven to reduce trauma upon contact so we believe that a product like this will keep our youth a lot safer on the field and one of the things that's sort of interesting, vai, is the fact that in the mid-'90s there was an earlier version of this product, had the opportunity to meet with a number of the players that you're going note, because they're during your era. >> i remember it was a safety on the buffalo bills. i can't remember his name. >> mark kelso. >> mark kelso. and when we first saw it we thought that's the oddest looking thing. >> i know. >> but it started because they had concussion problems. >> that's what captured our interest, vai, because is when i first got involved one of the first things i did was meet with mark, had a conversation with steve and what they all said was that this product kept me safer

playing the game at a very high impact level, probably 90 g force plus and while it wasn't aesthetically very attractive, is you remember some of the names, we now have designed this so we're getting full helmet coverage and we have a cool look. >> this will sound strange to people out there but when we first saw this as players in the '90s, we all thought "nobody is going to wear that because that doesn't look cool." we're so vain when we're playing football. so the former'll go executive who is a part of your team and gene di filippo, former ad at st. joe's and boston college are all a part of your team in doing this? >> we do. and we have jackie sherl former coach. we have a number of former players ray lewis is a big

proponent. >> what's the web site? >> defendyourhead.com. we are about making this game safer with a product we think has a great value at less than $100. >> we hope parents watching who have kids are watching and they'll go to their web site. this is important. john, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. it doesn't necessarily look like rain yet but silt going to rain. we have temperatures climbing. you'll be getting into the 50s during the afternoon across much of the area. we are tracking heavy rain for tonight. the shore areas will probably get the most and arctic blast for mlk day and it's going to be pretty cold just about all of next week high clouds increasing across the area. 46 degrees, a light southerly wind, 10 degrees than this time

yesterday. and remember back on wednesday it was 29 degrees and with the wind it felt like it was about six in the morning. is now we're 47 yesterday, 53 today. near 50 tomorrow. the average high is 40. well, we are 47 in mount pocono, the upper levels have warmed up and that's why in the valleys it's cooler right now. 37 allentown, 38 in reading and pottstown and doylestown. as we go through the rest of the area, 47 in kennett square, 46 in wilmington and mount holly, 40 in trenton. again that suspicious number at the the airport at 65 degrees because it's 56 in woodbine. clouds coming up from the southwest, that's where our storm is and it's moving really

fast. this is just six hour's worth of motion that's about as fast as storms move in this part of the world. here's futurecast. we go through this afternoon. no issues with rain but then tonight different story. in delaware, southern delaware up to about 7:00 in the philadelphia area that's when the rain starts and in the trenton an area closer to 10:00. once it starts it's a steady rain, heavy at times, you can see bursts of heavy rain in new jersey generally in the middle of the night so it will fall while you're sleeping. there could be flooding towards shore and it could change other to wet snow in the poconos for a brief period of time at the end. tomorrow morning it's pretty much gone and we are left with try conditions how much rain? we showed you one computer model

a little while ago. this is another one showing, again, the same idea, more rain to the south and east than to the north and west. of course the poconos don't want much rain and it's good they're getting less. now this is another computer model showing this. it's very consistent that the shore areas will get more than an inch out of this. lesser amounts in philadelphia. this one has about a half inch and all the models have lower amounts toward the poconos. so so the general trend is agreed on. increasing clouds during the day today. high temperatures in the low to mid-50s. tonight is when it gets wet, some of it heavy. especially delaware and south jersey. temperatures stay well above the freezing mark during night tonight and then up near 50 tomorrow as we get clearing after that early, early rain sleep in a bit and you'll miss

it. on sunday it gets windy and colder, chance of snow flurries at night, monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday it's darn cold.

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