respon response to a question why he was there instead of assessing damage from the weekend nor'easter in new jersey. >> i think bring two mops. one to fix some place where the sun don't shine. >> reporter: the comment has struck a nerve in cape may couldn't along with another there was no reside you'll flood damage and comparisons to hurricane sandy. >> i heard one crazy mayor down south jersey say this is the worst thanned sandy. the one thing you want to know about that mayor his town didn't get hit by sandy. >> i think the governor was insensitive to the concerns of the residents and business owners here who experienced a lot of damage. >> patrick is that mayor, tells me he was personally disappointed and disagrees with the notion that sandy was a nonevent here. >> a lot of the same people who were flooded out this weekend had significant damage during hurricane sandy. >> reporter: he says the governor whom he supported for many years, called this morning to say he's sorry. >> it was a genuine apology.

i accepted that. i believe that he genuinely feels he misspoke and perhaps said things he wished he had not said. >> reporter: he also told christie he felt the governor showed a lack of respect to local first responders who spent long hours in waist deep frigid water rescuing people stranded in their homes. senator cory booker was here as well. i asked him about christie's comments. you'll hear what he had to say coming up at 5:00. ted greenberg, "nbc 10 news." >> our team coverage continues with cydney long live in trenton. >> you just asked the governor about the mop comment. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well, keith and denise, governor christie said after sleeping on the comment last night in new hampshire he woke up and did have some regret, he wanted to reach out and apologize to the mayor of north wildwood but not to the people, he also said that it was

a private apology between the two men but that the mayor made it public. i asked him if he regretted his words to the people. here's part of what he had to say. >> what i was objecting to both on sunday, monday and today, is any type of characterization of what happened in jonas here to be anywhere near what happened in sandy. it's not even close. it's not even in the same ball park. now, if your house is flooded, that doesn't matter to you. if your business is flooded that doesn't matter to you but i was not going to allow there to be a conversation which was mostly driven by the media that somehow this was like worse than sandy. >> reporter: now, governor christie initially called the press conference to talk about atlantic city financial dils array but this topic kept coming up and we hear him explain why he says this storm in his words did not reach sandy's devastation, will he visit the shore and what more he had to say you'll hear from the

governor right here coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. live in trenton, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >> thank you. many people are chiming in about the controversy on our facebook page. jim posted this picture about it. the left side he wrote this. we need more than a mop in this neighborhood. this is how deep the water was up from high tide on long beach island end quote. marian wrote maybe new jersey should get a mop and clean him out of office. you can join the conversation too. right now on our nbc 10p facebook page. it's been three days since the blizzard of 2016 hit but we are still feeling its impact. nbc 10 in delaware county as some children waited at the bus stop between piles of snow. the schools were back in session after being closed yesterday. in havertown now, this plow tried to create more space on

the streets pushing snow aside. you can see the road is in pretty good shape compared to others that have not seen plows. and sky force 10 capture add bird's-eye view of the roads in montgomery county. crews used front loaders to remove snow on eastbound 76 near 202 in king of prussia this afternoon. the goal, to clear all lanes of the highways to ease congestion there. >> now we're talking about rain on the way. could make for an even messier day outside. nbc 10 first alert radar showing the rain off to the west. that could pose an icy threat later on tonight when the sun goes down. >> sheena parveen is tracking that rain. >> you know, the rain around now is still rain, it is nothing of a wintry mix or anything like that. temperatures are well above freezing. it's north and west of philadelphia across the major interstates here so there you see it moving through lancaster and chester counties, near charles town across 76, that's where we have some light rain

falling. this extends into parts of montgomery county near plymouth meeting, norristown and the p.a. turnpike and parts of bucks couldn't around buckingham. so we'll continue watching this small area of rain, that should be moving through the philadelphia area soon. there you see more moisture down to our south and west. so we really just expect some lighter showers tonight. but there is a chance we could see a mix later with this rain continuing. temperatures dropping not really now, though. 49 is the temperature in philadelphia. 46 in chester springs and kenneth square so temperatures well above freezing. 49 northeast philly, more snow melt today with these temperatures, 41 in allentown, 42 in reading, 45 pottstown and quakertown so we're not looking at this freezing on the roadways. but any rain falling will be freezing vor as we go through tonight north and west. most of new jersey in the low 50s. 53 in woodbine, 52 degrees at the atlantic city airport. so for the rest of this evening, it will stay above freezing for the next several hours, and then we'll start to drop below

freezing, 6:00 p.m. a chance for showers and overnight we'll be watching for the wintry mix. more on the seven-day forecast and milder temperatures coming up. >> thank you. it's back to school tomorrow for students in philadelphia public schools. the district made the announcement a few hours ago. meanwhile, some side streets in the city still look like this. snow covered and untouched by plows. this is what it looked like in east mount airy today. crews are pushing to have all streets cleared by tomorrow night. so will they make it and how will they do it? nbc 10's rosemary connors put those questions to city leaders. do they have a formal battle plan? >> reporter: well, denise, we asked the city if they have a priority list to plow streets like this one, you can see that the snow is just way too deep for any car to safely pass through. the city says every neighborhood is a priority but for folks who had a lot of difficulty getting around the past few days, they tell me it feels like they are spinning their wheels literally.

going nowhere fast. that's how some residents describe their situation. days after the storm. tension is still running high, maybe just as high as the unplowed snow in the middle of these neighborhood blocks. >> this is redick you lurks like you can't even get down our block. the neighbors at the bottom of the block they shoveled out. >> i got a regular job so i had to come out, break my back outside to get out of the snow, then go to work and break my back. >> reporter: pashs has run out for sean elliott. >> if you call school for two days no excuse why the streets nor it done. the side streets and the big streets. >> reporter: the city of philadelphia is now reporting that 80% of residential streets are passable. but that there needs to be continual cooperation from the neighborhoods. shoveling snow back in the road is only part of the problem. >> abandoned vehicles, that's trouble for us and we're trying to do our best to work with ppa

and miss to get these vehicles moved so we can plow the streets properly. >> reporter: back in east mount airy shante got going down clive street. the city is reminding residents like her to call 311 to report snow covered roads. she says she and her neighbors have done that. >> to stay on hold? that's basically all that's happening. >> reporter: a moment ago you heard the commissioner of the streets department mention that the city is working with the philadelphia parking authority, the ppa, we got more information on the ppa's ticketing and towing policies while there is snow on the ground, still snow on the ground, we'll have more on that at 5:00. reporting live in east mount airy, mos mary coners, "nbc 10 news." >> agents at the philly 311 call center say they answered about 24,000 phone calls with your questions and requests since friday night. officials say that's eight times higher than the normal call volume. the call center is an extended hours since the blizzard moved

into the area and about 6,000 requests came through social media. the most popular question is how do i request snow plowing and salting for my street? 311 agents say the best way you can report snow plow or salting needs is through their philly 311 mobile app. you can also post on their facebook page or twitter @philly 311. we'll explain the rules for clearing sidewalks in the next half hour. to read all of the 311 top five questions and requests go to our nbc 10 app. new information on an icy stretch of i-78 in berks county that caused nearly a dozen crashes. most of the interstate is back open to traffic. but one eastbound lane is still closed at this hour. freezing rain triggered the chain reaction crash involving four tractor-trailers, amazingly no one was hurt. we'll have more on this icy mess coming up at 4:30. >> for a closer look at road condition this is afternoon we

go to nbc 10's mitch blacher out in news force 10 in camden county. what's it like there, mitch? >> reporter: hey, denise, we're just outside of cherry hill, we're driving around some of the side streets in cherry hill. this is about as bad as it gets on these side streets, a little bit of icing, a little bit of snow on the roads but for the most part the main road completely clear, looking at about 1400 miles of road that's needing to be plowed over the past 72 hours throughout camden county. they had more than 100 trucks to do that work. this is -- we're talking about 72 hours of continuous plowing here in camden county. as of now they say they are focusing just on clearing up the intersections and widening lanes, we've seen it day after day, yesterday in news force 10 we were in allentown where they were down to one lane where most of the time the streets were two lanes. here in cherry hill not a problem. most of the lanes are open, they are clear.

and they are not having too many problems here in camden. they had a varying amount of snow throughout the county, 14 inches to 20 inches is about the estimates that you'll hear from county officials. but all seems to be clear out here in camden county, especially in cherry hill. that's the latest from news force 10. >> thank you. from news force 10 now to sky force 10. nbc 10's on board with a live look over camden. how does it look? >> reporter: you saw mitch up close we're over the city. we're starting to see more of those main streets clearing, the side streets they are getting there. let me show you at the mouth of the delaware river here a lot of ice coming over, we've been seeing birds hanging out here. slowly pan over we look at the neighborhoods in the last couple days have been snowed in. we zoom in, you can see in the city of camden, the side streets are getting better.

this one here has a lot of ice sticking to it. you see some patches of pavement. that guy i think is on his roof. no, down on the ground. shoveling a bit of snow. and -- that's the problem we're seeing in the last day or so. icing over on the streets. you see water there. that will start to freeze over as we go into the night. this side street doesn't look so good. cars stuck there. b@rc ahead we're seeing main streets still looking good. side streets tough but we're going to keep checking the road conditions, it's looking better than it was over the last two days, we're starting to see clearing and more cars on the road, as a lot of people probably start heading back to work and school tomorrow. live over camden county, randy gyllenhaal, "nbc 10 news." >> thank you. that guy did look like he was on his roof. our coverage continues in the nbc 10 app. see galleries of the top viewer photos and read the stories of a man who carried his dog on his

shoulders to escape flood waters. >> the sky force 10 now over the scene after garbage truck explosion in mercer county. you can see the charred remains of the truck on fitsrandolph avenue. we're told it runs on natural gas. the battery caught fire, causing one of the gas tanks to blow up. the blast damaged two nearby homes and police evacuated homes as a precaution. no one was hurt. new jersey governor chris christie call forward a state takeover of atlantic city. the governor and senate president steve sweeney announced that a takeover bill already introduced in the state legislature will be amended. it will include elements after financial assistance package that governor christie had previously vetoed. the state takeover would last five years instead of 15 as originally planned. atlantic city mayor who initially opposed the takeover said he would accept the state's

help. >> we like being a cash cow, being an atm for the state, we want to continue to do that. we're not dead. we're just wounded. >> this all comes after the city announced it was considering filing for bankruptcy which would require state approval. we have new information about congressman chaka fattah's legal problems. attorneys for the congressman told the judge they want off the case, the reason, fattah stopped paying them. nbc 10's harry hairston was in the courtroom. the judge had a suggestion for congressman fattah. >> he did. the judge told the congressman to take this matter seriously and question fad ta's priorities. fattah's lawyers told the judge at first they were excited to take on a high profile case. but now they want off of it because the congressman is not paying his bill. the defense attorney said fattah failed to make a payment in full

last november. he says fattah promised to make good on the payment but never did. today fattah told the judge he supports his attorney's desire to withdraw because they cannot agree to the payment arrangements he wants which will require them to go without payment for an extended period of time. the congressman told nbc 10 last week he was focusing his fundraising efforts on his re-election campaign and would deal with his court case after the april election. the judge questioned that the motion to withdraw the law firm is attempt delay the may 2 trial. both the attorneys and fattah deny any such motive. >> the issue is i can't meet a payment arrangement that requires me to short change my re-election effort, right, in order to meet a burden to pay a law firm for a trial that may or may not actually take place on may 2. >> fattah says he's paid out $300,000 in legal fees so far.

110,000 of that he says to his current defense team. he says currently he's looking for a law firm that can work with his financial situation. the judge did not rule on whether the lawyers can quit the case and no date was set for the decision. for the investigators, harry hairston, "nbc 10 news." >> the congressman married to "nbc 10 news" anchor renee chenault-fattah, she is on leave. >> topping our decision 2016 coverage, pennsylvania's primary battle officially kicked off today. it's the first day that candidates can start gathering petition signatures to qualify for the april 26 primary ballot. the deadline to submit the petitions is february 16. pennsylvanians can expect contested primaries for president, as well as those seeking to replace embattled attorney general kathleen kane. speaking of presidential politics, donald trump continues to dominate the republican presidential field a. new cnn

national poll finds more than 4 in 10 gop voters support trump. his closest competitor is senator ted cruz who has 19% of the support. no other republican candidate is in the double-digits. senator marco rubio comes in with 8% followed by ben carson with 6%. >> he may not be a major factor in the national polls but ohio governor john kasich is picking up momentum. the concord monitor, a new hampshire newspaper, endorsed kasich today. this just one day after the boston globe's endorsement. the governor is polling well in new hampshire. he has heavily focused on new hampshire hoping to use it as a sling shot to the primaries that follow. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders continues his campaign blitz in iowa. today he met with a steelworkers union in des moines. the senator later told reporters it's probably unrealistic to match president obama's

extraordinary turn out in the 2008 iowa caucuses but if his is high enough including among nontraditional voters sanders says he can win. >> hollywood is mourning the death of actor abe vigoda fame outs for roles in barney miller and the god father. he was a popular guest on the "today" show. he died in his sleep at his new jersey home this morning. he had worked exclusively in theater and tv until he was cast as sal in the god father. it was his role as phil fish in barney miller that made him famous. he was 94 years old. well, more melting took place today. i'm sure you noticed that with temperatures well into the 40s, even in the 50s in some spots. now we're tracking showers, skiers and snowboarders loving it in the poconos.

the rain is not in the poconos, it's north and west of philadelphia. even as this rain clears, the ice threat continues with temperatures dropping below freezing for most of the area tonight. then we go into the weekend and we get milder so even more melting is going to be taking place. live look out at center city, snow of course still there, but it's slowly starting to melt. that's going to create problems again tonight in philadelphia 49 degrees is the temperature, we are well above freezing, warmer than we were yesterday, so with this we only expect the rain showers right now. so this is important to note. temperatures well above freezing north and west. with that rain moving in, so at this point we wouldn't be seeing the freezing on the roadways, allentown at 41 degrees, 42 in reading, 45 pottstown,flq 46 in west chester, even the poconos, near 50 for bensalem. 51 in millville, 52 atlantic city. what we are seeing again just rain showers across the area. so that's what we see mostly

north and west of philadelphia. and later on tonight with the showers kind of continuing, we're pushing south, we could see a bit of a wintry mix, that would have to be pretty late tonight. if some of these last north and west of philadelphia we could see a wintry mix there or maybe freezing rain. but currently in chester county we're seeing it across 76 the light rain, this continues into parts of montgomery breaking up your spotty sprinkles across 47 aches and parts of the p.a. turnpike. that will be moving into the philadelphia area, but you see moisture down to our south and west. there's not a lot of it moving in this direction, so really what we're going to see is just light showers moving through. so here's future weather over the next couple hours, still expect to see that through the philadelphia area. by 10:00 p.m. we could see another area moving into new jersey and delaware so kind of pushing to the south and east. temperatures could still be well above freezing in these areas. then we go overnight, temperatures will be dropping down, by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning we could still see some of this in south jersey and

delaware. if any of this were to continue north and west that's where we would see freezing rain developing but we'll be watching early tomorrow as we go through the morning to see the wintry mix, a chance it could be by 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon we're looking at temperatures around 40. then colder as we go into thursday morning temperatures in the 20s. so, then we'll see that refreezing. a little more i think. tonight scattered showers chance of mix very late, temperatures falling below freezing. tomorrow though, a chance of early mix farther south so we'll be watching that. temperatures around the low 40s, clouds moving to sunshine in the afternoon, then thursday there's a chance we could see light snow showers or flurries. we're staying mostly dry into the weekend. look at the warm-up by sunday. 47 degrees. >> thank you, sheen af. get this. a major highway through pennsylvania will be closing in 86 mile stretch tomorrow. >> next with traffic trouble ice and snow on the turnpike will cause for drivers tomorrow.

>> plus, the bridge that was taken down in explosive fashion today. >> later, bull fighting with a baby, the matador criticized for this photo when nbc 10 at 4:00 continues.

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just like that the houghton bridge is a memory. crews imploded the 107-year-old bridge. it took more than 500 explosives to take it down. the bridge crossed over the allegheny river connecting the pittsburgh suburbs of oak lawn and harmar. a replacement opened months ago. >> an important warning for drivers who take the pennsylvania turnpike. tomorrow morning an 86-mile stretch will close from breeze wood bedford count tee west more

land county. this will allow crews to retrieve a tractor-trailer. >> this is video of the turnpike from saturday's blizzard. the same stretch of the turnpike had to be closed this weekend so crews could remove hundreds of stranded cars and trucks. >> wet weather is ahead. >> sheena parveen is tracking that rain. >> that's right. we have rain showers around the area so coming up i'll show you where they are, where they are heading and what you can expect for the morning commute. >> plus, the highway rescue taking the internet by storm. when "nbc 10 news" at 4:00 continues.

right now at 4:30 we're looking ahead to a rainy tuesday night. the first alert radar is tracking a system to our west that will bring us showers, and the threat of overnight icing continues. >> first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is tracking this wet weather. when's it moving in? >> parts of the area are seeing it. it's light rain at this point. temperatures are well above freezing so chester, montgomery county, even parts of lancaster county you're already seeing this light rain falling approaching parts of northern delaware. across 76 here in chester county east near east whiteland, phoenixville seeing light rain, across these interstates we're seeing this falling. again, temperatures are still in the 40s in many spots, norristown seeing light rain near 476 and plymouth meeting. so these areas will continue to see light rain lingering before it finally pushes into new jersey and delaware later tonight. so, it's part of a cold front. you see the moisture streaming in from the south and the west. so for tonight we're still going to keep the chance of showers in the forecast and then we'll have

to watch it closely with the temperatures. so everyone is above freezing now. this is good news because it's not that freezing rain falling. 45 pottstown, 41 allentown, 49 in philadelphia. northeast philly, so we've seen a good amount of melting today too with these temperatures. 51 in millville, 54 in wildwood. so as we go through tonight temperatures will slowly be dropping off and we'll be watching that moisture too. there is a chance we could see a bit of a wintry mix in spots coming up we'll look at the timing of any of that and also a warmer forecast going into the weekend. >> we want to show you one of the hardest hit areas for the blizzard of 2016. now they hired additional private contracting crews to help. we're talking about the city of allentown. they have more than two front loaders now, two more, about 13 more trucks will hit the streets tonight. crews hope to clear most streets by wednesday to find out when they will come to your neighborhood, go to our nbc 10 app. >> montgomery county ice created

trouble for people driving on i-78 this morning. >> doug shimell is live with more on the traffic mess left behind. >> reporter: it seems like it wouldn't be a winter without some sort of bizarre multivehicle pileup that strands drivers for hours on the cattle chute known as i-78. no one apparently saw the ice left behind on i-78 in berks county from freezing rain and suddenly small accidents created big ones. >> in the backlog you have other crashes. i can't say for sure which crash was which because you know these guys have a lot of work to do here, documenting 11 crashes. >> reporter: by 7:45 this morning the tangle of cars and tractor-trailers stretched from tilden township to bethel and greenwich in berks county. on the closed access highway notorious for hours long backups, drivers were trapped. >> there is no place to go when things start crashing like on a back country road the cars can

end up in a field. here we have a jersey wall on one side, guardrail on the other. >> pennsylvania police say they would try to get stuck cars off of i-78 at an exit but that's assuming the troopers could even get there in the first place. >> we either have to sit in the backlog or if we have -- if we're confident to know that the whole road is blocked we can come down the wrong way. that could be dicey too. >> reporter: pennsylvania state police say given just the sheer number of cars and trucks involved in those 11 accidents they say somehow no one was hurt. live in montgomery county, doug shimell, "nbc 10 news." >> this is what it looks like in washington, d.c. digging out. giant snow blowers removing snow from the interstates. the metro system is up and running after two days shut down. it could take days for everything to get back to normal. the blizzard is blamed for at least 44 deaths on the east coast. some died in car accidents,

others from carbon monoxide poisoning and many others from heart attack shoveling snow. at least eight of those who died were in pennsylvania. three were in new jersey, and one in delaware. >> police in delaware looking for a thief they say targeting the elderly offering to shovel snow for them. investigators say these are surveillance pictures of the suspect using a stolen credit card at a convenience store. a 76-year-old victim said the suspect offered twice to shovel her snow. the suspect forced her way in and took credit cards and cash. >> from the south jersey bureau, police hope you can recognize a wanted burglar who had a run-in with a homeowner. they released this sketch. he entered a home on evergreen avenue last tuesday night and stole jewelry. during that time the homeowner returned and confronted the

suspect who then took off. police believe the burglar was between 18 and 25 years old. if you recognize the man in the sketch police want to hear from you. >> you've got to see this picture, a spanish bull fighter post add photo of himself training while holding his 5-month-old daughter. look at this picture. francisco rivera ordonez posted it. people are quick to criticize him calling him irresponsible and quote an idiot. rivera responded saying quote she is never going to be safer than she is in my arms. but now the child protective service agency is reportedly investigating. rivera has been taken a break from fights after being gored by a bull in august. and this is not your typical rescue. a group of transit officers saved a sloth. the animal got scared trying to cross the highway. he held onto -- he or she --

held onto a barrier and police say a vet examined the sloth before releasing it back into the wild. looked like some of the law enforcement officials having a bonding moment. >> he looks peaceful, he or she. >> they move slowly. >> we want to tell you about this. dangerous air bags have feared i ford issuing a recall. >> protecting your unborn baby from the zika virus. recommendations who travelled to certain spots. >> no card needed. the new atm that could let you withdraw cash from your telephone.

>> the centers for disease control have come up with temporary guidelines to how to treat women. the cdc advises to ask pregnant women about travel to countries where the virus is spreading f. they report two or more symptoms within two weeks of travel they

should be tested. the virus is transmitted through a mosquito bite and believed to cause brain damage in newborns. the virus prompted travel advisories around the world and for a full list plus questions and answers to the top concerns, check out the nbc 10 app. >> ford is recalling more than 390,000 dangerous pickups because the driver's air bag inflators can explode with too much force and cause injuries. the recall covers trucks from 2004-2006 in the u.s. and canada. it comes days after federal officials announced a south carolina man died when an inflate exploded. the government says automakers will recall another 5 million vehicles equipped with faulty inflators made by takata. getting money from your bank account could be as easy as touching an app. new e-atm's allow to you use a

smart phone app for deposits and withdrawals. the machines also triple the withdrawal limit of $3,000. the bank well roll them out later this year. >> i'll tell you from experience the blizzard created trouble and work for everyone in the region. but not everyone was complaining. >> check this out. many animals at the philadelphia zoo are feeling right at home. we'll look at how they are enjoying the snow. >> aside from that we have rain moving into the area. i'll show you where this is heading, what you can expect for your morning commute and we'll talk about the refraezing as we go through the rest of the week.

today we're getting our first look at the philadelphia 76ers new training complex under construction at the camden

waterfront. a team shared what it looked like now a day after nbc 10 told you that first trust bank is providing the sixers with a $44 million construction loan. the 125,000 square foot training facility will be the largest in the nba. here is a rendering what it will look like once complete. the facility will have two regulation basketball courts, a locker room, state of the art room. it's expected to open for player use by the end of this year. atlantic city more changes are coming to the resort that plans to replace its outdoor concert venue with a new swimming pool complex, this after the concert venue didn't meet expectations. it would include cabanas, a deck and deejay booth, one of the several projects over the next year. >> you can become an

archaeologist and uncover the ancient civilization of egypt with a franklin institute's newest exhibit. it's called lost egypt, ancient secrets, modern science. it features animal and human mummies and scans and for ren sick facial reconstruction. the exhibit takes you through several interactive challenges, authentic artifacts and intelligence from archaeologists. the exhibit opens to the public saturday. not everyone hates the snowy weather. nbc 10 and sky force 10 above the philadelphia zoo this morning to give you a look at the animals out in the snow. we also got a closer look from the ground. zoo officials tell us the polar bear, the red cubs and the tigers love snow the most. >> it's a great time to come, really experience the zoo in a very personal way and see animals in different elements like the animals that love the snow this time of year. >> as for the animals that don't

like being out in the snow, they get to stay inside where it's nice cozy and warm. >> like us. >> the philadelphia 311 call center has been taking tens of thousands of questions and requests since friday night. >> one of the top five, can you report a property owner for not clearing snow or ice from their sidewalk? it's a good one, here's what 311 agents are saying. property owners must clear a path at least three feet wide within six hours of a snow emergency. you can report a violation to 311 and the streets department will investigate within one business day. it may issue violations to owner who is have not cleared sidewalks as required by the code. >> coming up on "nbc 10 news" at 5:00, we'll talk about the schedule for trash pickup during a snow emergency. to read all of the 311 top questions and requests go to our nbc 10 app. well, temperatures have been

near 50 degrees in some areas today, so we have seen more melting taking place, but now we're tracking showers, rain showers, those temperatures are so much warmer than freezing. but people still enjoying the poconos right now with all of that fresh snow still. the ice threat does continue, really as we go through the rest of this week. we expect melting every day, refreezing at night with colder temperatures at night. milder as we go into the weekend so we'll be seeing our weather pattern changing a bit. i'll show you that in a second. right now we're at 44 degrees in the poconos, 41 in allentown, 45 in pottstown, westchester in the 40s now, 42 in reading, 49 philadelphia and bensalem, this is the area we're currently seeing light rain. so we don't expect it to freeze on contact. 47 wilmington, 48 glassboro, 51 millville, 52 in atlantic city. so here's a look at the radar, there you see the rain north and west of philadelphia, chester, montgomery, bucks counties and

this will continue for a little while. then i think we'll see it in new jersey and delaware later on this evening. so not a lot of moisture here to deal with but we're seeing some light rain showers, right across 76 near east whiteland township, near phoenixville, the major interstates in montgomery county like 476 and the p.a. turnpike, norristown, hatfield seeing the light rain, and that continues into upper bucks county. wider view showing the stream of moisture coming in from the southeast, this is part of a cold front. so for tonight we're going to keep the rain chance in the forecast. it's going to push into new jersey and delaware. we see it clearing up tomorrow. here is future weather. temperatures above freezing, and then later on tonight, 7:00 p.m. we're going to see a chance of showers but notice how most areas still above freezing. then we go into 10:00 tonight, areas of new jersey and delaware i think would have the best chance for rain at this point. maybe around philadelphia. but we'll have to watch this closely. i don't think temperatures will be dropping below freezing at this point for philadelphia or new jersey and delaware.

but north and west we could see these numbers dropping down so we'll have to watch that closely for moisture that make extend that way tomorrow morning. as it looks 5:00 tomorrow morning most of the rain or possibly a wintry mix in cases could be in extreme south jersey and delaware. we'll keep our eye on the moisture if it's going to be continuing to spread north and west. should be moving away. by afternoon will be around 40 degrees and drying, we go into thursday and that's where we'll see colder temperatures in the morning in the 20s, so refreezing. still a chilly pattern as we go into the weekend. but look at what's going to happen. we'll see a bit of a change, the jet stream starts to lift up farther to the north which means that we'll get the warm air to the south of it so early next week we're talking about temperatures nearing 50 degrees. tonight though scattered rain showers, a chance of a mix late tonight we'll be watching that moisture, for tomorrow an early chance, south philadelphia mostly with temperatures still in the 40s, we'll see sunshine later in the day, more melting, chance of flurries or light snow showers thursday, otherwise dry

and milder into the weekend. >> most of us brave the snow and ice. >> that's not the case for everyone. next, the challenge the blizzard aftermath poses to mail kaliers. what you can do to make their job easier.

>> got mail? the u.s. postal service want you you to get what's on the way. >> mail carriers have a favor to ask you. nbc 10's reporter cydney long explains from deptford gloucester county. >> reporter: letter carrier anthony the mounds of snow have proven bumpy, slippery and far

reaching to deliver your mail. >> it's been brutal. the snow is two or three feet deep. the steps you know, aren't all shoveled. >> reporter: he's talking about piles of snow that makes getting to the mail box almost impossible. >> we have chains on both rear tires. i wouldn't be out here five minutes i would be stuck. >> reporter: with 31 years he is up for the challenge. >> all one house. i do mostly driving but some walking and you can't see where you're walking. you can't see the step they are not shoveled. >> reporter: now his bosses are asking people to carve out a half moon shape not a square box around the mail box in the snow. the postal service has also posted their message to clear enough space leading up to the mail box and well beyond to the social media sites as well. his track record even in the

snow he says is 98%. >> paychecks are coming and w-2 forms and bills. >> reporter: thanks in part to serious snow boots, his personal letter of advice. >> i would say imagine you had to get up to your mail box and deliver the mail, think of the other person. >> reporter: he hopes you do the same. from deptford, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." digging out from all of this snow is no easy task. >> imagine getting a ticket because you didn't do it fast enough. we'll show you where that's happening. plus, if you thought driving was difficult after the blizzard, imagine giving birth. how this new mom had to deliver her own baby on the side of the road. >> and we are also watching some rain showers moving into part of the area and we're still talking about the ice threat as we go through the rest of this week. we'll look at where this rain is heading and what you can expect

for the morning commute coming up.

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>> one to mop up and one that picks up where the sun don't shine. >> 5:00, neighbors sound off against governor christie. tonight the governor still defending his response to the storm at the jersey shore. plus get ready for some rain on top of all of that snow. the nbc 10 first alert weather team tracking showers moving in tonight. "nbc 10 news" at 5:00 starts right now.

>> good evening. i'm keith jones. >> i'm denise nakano. we'll have those stories straight ahead. bittersweet news from families in philadelphia. students will be going back to school tomorrow and as of now the city says 80% of its roads are passable. they are focused on the smaller residential side streets, they plan to have all streets passable by the end of tomorrow. nbc 10's rosemary connors has been tracking cleanup crews as they make their way across the city. >> people who don't live in that 80% got to be frustrated. >> reporter: they are. we've been to fair mount, germantown, some neighborhoods have it bad, clearly others have it worse like east mount airy. not a car or a plow truck has managed to navigate down the road here. what we have seen in neighborhoods across the city is once that crew does come through to clear the streets the frustration seems to melt