nbc 10 news starts now. and right now at 11:00, beyond arctic cold. the coldest air we've felt in a year is blowing in from siberia. and it will keep temperatures dangerously cold all weekend. the temperature plunge means it's a bad time for this to happen. a water main break in west philadelphia at 63rd and haverford. this has turned the street into a sheet of ice and could be days before it meltss. here's a live look from skyforce 10. the water department arrived on the scene around midnight. and it took hours for them to shut off that main. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. we'll have more on that water main break in just a moment, but first let's find out just how cold it will get and nbc 10

first alert meteorologist bill henley is here with our friday forecast. bill. >> vai, cold this morning, but the wicked cold will be here this weekend. we've issued a first alert for saturday into sunday. near record cold temperatures sunday morning. dangerous windchills will get started on saturday and there will be more snow showers in the next 24 hours and into the weekend. the winds during the day today will be light. at 11:00 this evening they're still light, but watch what happens overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. the wind really ramps up. and it changes direction. those northwesterly winds bringing in the cold. we got a cold start saturday morning. the winds so strong during the day that's 11:00 in the morning winds of 20 miles an hour with gusts as high as 40 miles an hour. that's going to keep the lid on the temperatures through the day and actually cause them to fall during the day. this is the hour by hour forecast, 5:00 saturday afternoon 13 degrees. look at temperatures plummet into sunday morning. 5 degrees in philadelphia with windchills well below zero.

we could see record cold sunday morning. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back later this half hour. >> all right. bill, thank you. nbc 10 skyforce 10 live over this icy mess in west philadelphia. crews had to shut off the water for about 80 homes after this water main break. it's been causing problems in this area since midnight. nbc 10's lauren mayk is live for us in west philadelphia. lauren, what can you tell us? >> reporter: vai, this was not a great day for something like this to happen because it's so cold that any water that came out here it just froze. take a look here at what happened to this street. the water that spilled from this water main break -- i'm being very careful here, but you can see this is ice. it just covered things here. we're lucky the sun is out, things are melting a little. they brought some salt in here to help it. let me tell you what's happening workers are on scene here. we're told what they believe happened was that the connection between a main and a hydrant down there that ruptured. and then it took them a while to

really figure it out because things kept freezing so they couldn't find where that break was. but that's where they think it happened. they are now working to replace that hydrant. but just take a look at what this caused. any water that came out here just froze. and that meant if that water ended up on your car, well, your car was trapped in ice. you can see there is one car still there. looks like nobody has worked on that one yet. and that is just a mess. that is the frustration that folks have been having this morning. take a listen to what we heard from them. >> i came in about 11:30, 12:00 last night. and it was an absolute river. had no idea what was going on. could kind of see it was a water main break. we had absolutely no water pressure. but nobody said anything. >> they better do something. they got to get this under control because they're making me lose out money.

and i don't have no other way to get to work. >> reporter: it took her a while, actually, to actually get all of that ice off of her car. but i can tell you it has moved now, so she was able to get to work eventually. now, vai, as you mentioned they have shut the water off for about 80 homes here while they're doing this work here today. we're told that should last about three or four hours until things can get flowing again. for now live in west philadelphia, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> lauren, thank you. west philadelphia not the only one having problems today. right now pico crews are working in the bitter cold to restore power to people in center city affected by this underground fire that happened yesterday. we just spoke with officials. they tell us 45 customers are still without service. it should be back some time this afternoon. about three dozen customers got their lelectricity back overnight. meanwhile investigators are still looking for the cause of the fire. and let's get a look now at

both how the underground explosion and the water main break are affecting traffic. nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is following both of those situations, jesjessie. >> yeah, vai. that water main break is out in west philadelphia, 63rd street between haverford and girard avenue. now, earlier septa bus route 10 and 15 were affected by this. now it's only 15. but your best bet for an alternate is take callow hill street to make sure you're a few blocks away to avoid slippery conditions. route 15 is disrupted, 15 is not running between 60th and 63rd street because of that. that will be for the next three to four hours. and that underground transformer we were speaking of, walnut still closed between 21st street and 22nd street for those repairs. take chestnut to get by. chestnut seems to back up a bit, you can also take spruce. as for the rest of our drive

times for our commute here, we're doing okay pretty much back in the green just a little slow eastbound on the schuylkill into center city. commuters in philadelphia got quite the surprise this morning when someone found a snake in a trash can at septa's university city station. the snake was dead and coiled up inside a brown bag. it's not yet clear just what kind of snake it is, but animal control is out there looking into it. and breaking news from arizona this morning. a shooting at a glendale high school has prompted a lockdown and a large emergency response. two people are shot. it's not yet known if the victims are students or what condition that they are in and whether the shooter or shooters are at large is also not known right now. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you any updates as we get them. and new video now of a warehouse fire in central new jersey. firefighters in hills borough

township have been working through the night to put out these flames. this is what it looked like at the height of the fire. cold weather and the wind are challenging firefighters. old style fire systems also made things tough. tankers had to shuttle in water to douse these flames. an army of fire crews and water tankers were putting out flames at the scene in somerset county. thick smoke kept neighbors in their homes and shut down parts of a nearby highway. here's how one witness described how the fire started. >> we heard a couple loud bangs, and then we looked outside. you could see all the big black smoke in the air. and it was just unbelievable. >> the warehouses are federally owned. they store items such as plastics and also clothing. and ursinus college will be closed through the weekend after a stomach illness spread across the campus. at least 185 students have gotten sick over the past few days. many students say they're going home for the weekend to get away from the germs. ursinus medical director thinks

it could be norovirus that's being spread person-to-person. >> when something occurs with the particular pattern that this one has, it's probably a virus. and the most leading cause of all these viruses that do this is a norovirus. >> a lot of people are getting sick and both of my roommates are sick currently, unfortunately. i think they're actually going home this weekend. >> the college reopened the dining hall for last night's dinner after the montgomery county health department completed its inspection and then gave its approval. according to the college's web page, regular classes will resume on monday. and a new jersey judge has rejected the appeal of a philadelphia man who was convicted of plotting to kill american soldiers. he is part of a group that became known as the fort dix five. he is serving more than three decades in prison after a judge convicted him of the plot of

killing soldiers. tatar claimed he received ineffective legal assistance in his case and also wanted a shorter sentence. tatar was filmed during an apparent training session in northeastern pennsylvania. decision 2016. a sixth debate between democratic presidential candidates bernie sanders and hillary clinton is now in the books. last night's one-on-one debate in milwaukee covered health care, foreign policy, immigration, also race relations. but the two candidates saved some of their best exchanges for the issue of how wall street influences campaign funding. clinton referred to president obama. >> he was the recipient of the largest number of wall street donations of anybody running on the democratic side ever. now, when it mattered, he stood up and took on wall street. >> wall street and major banks have paid $200 billion in fines

since the great crash. no wall street executive has been prosecuted. >> sanders is trying to broaden his national appeal after routing clinton in the new hampshire primary. politicians are known for shaking hands and kissing babies on the campaign trail, but donald trump is once again bucking the trend. while in louisiana yesterday the donald actually signed a toddler. there it is. the republican front-runner made his mark on the child's hand. people at the baton rouge event also say the kid was sucking on a trump-themed pacifier. a dramatic delivery for one new mother. >> the baby's being born right now. >> a highway entrance for one baby who just could not wait to come into the world. see who had to help deliver the child coming up. and love is in the air at one local theater this friday before valentine's day. we'll meet the couple in the middle of a backstage romance at the pennsylvania ballet.

bill. you may not love the valentine's day forecast wickedly cold weekend weather is on the way. today's not bad, but you'll need the extra layers for saturday and sunday. seven-day forecast just ahead.

an ohio couple welcomed a baby girl into the world on the side of the highway. take a look. >> the baby's being born right now. >> i've got police and paramedic on the way now.

>> i'm going to help you through it, okay? >> and that's just exactly what happened. dad pulled over and dispatchers talked him through the process of the delivery. police, medics and the fire department showed up a few minutes later. medics say the frigid weather became a concern, but things could not have gone any better. >> it's definitely a good way to start the shift. that's one of the ones that you want to see happen so that you can go home with your day on a positive note and they definitely have done that. >> and this morning the report is baby hannah, there she is, doing just fine. and so is mom. well, you can protect your house from this weekend's potentially dangerous temperatures by picking up some tips at the philadelphia home show. today the first day for the annual event at the pennsylvania convention center. check out everything from gardening and landscaping to interior design and architecture. but this weekend it's all about the frigid weather. and experts could answer your questions. >> biggest thing is to do preventive maintenance to head off any costly repairs while

you're in the most need equipment runs the hardest when it's very cold like this. so you can headoff repairs by making sure everything is running correctly. >> and the philly home show runs from today through sunday and again from next friday through next sunday. the home show is counting on you, bill. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> i'm sure they'll have the heat on in there. you'll need it too. there's bitter cold air on the way. it's going to start blowing into the area tonight making for dangerously cold conditions this weekend. temperatures plummet saturday near record cold temperatures on sunday morning. and there are some chances for snow. the first starts before the cold air moves in this evening. right now sunshine, 20 degrees in reading. that's a big warmup today. 22 in northeast philadelphia. that's much warmer than it was first thing this morning. and cape may is at 23 degrees. each of these locations was in the teens or lower in some of

the northern and western suburbs. you can see we're still seeing blue sky, but the high clouds they'll start moving in during the day today and then take over completely this afternoon. leading to a chance of some snow. but through the day today the winds will stay light. the wind is the key for the weather this weekend. just a 5-mile-an-hour wind in philadelphia. winds will be much stronger tomorrow. in fact, gusting to 45 miles an hour tomorrow afternoon. and riding in on the wind, that's the cold air. the wind will start late this evening and overnight tonight. it's dry right now. we're watching north and west for some snow showers to develop. not going to happen during the early afternoon hours, but late this afternoon and into this evening. once the clouds are here then we'll be watching for snow in the reading and allentown area. that's at 5:00 this afternoon. you can see the snow becomes more likely as we head into the evening hours. at 10:00 that line of snow really hasn't gone that far. the winds haven't kicked in yet. but they do overnight. that will break those snow

showers apart, but we will see occasional snow showers blow through saturday morning and into saturday afternoon. a minimal accumulation, but we could see some brief snow showers with some slippery spots. during the day today 25 degrees in allentown and reading. gusty winds will hold off until tomorrow. we'll see trenton and mount holly into the 20s this afternoon with temperatures getting really cold. the future wind cast shows first thing tomorrow morning it will feel like zero degrees in philadelphia. standby for a much colder weekend. today, clouds increase, a few scattered evening showers. temperatures stay below freezing during the day today. but come tomorrow this is when the real cold arrives during the day on saturday. and stays with us into sunday. record cold temperatures sunday. then monday we'll warm up and get a chance of light snow developing by monday evening heavy rain due in tuesday. >> thank you, bill. on this friday before

valentine's day we have a love story to share with you. it's about a pair of pennsylvania ballet dancers who have been cast as a romantic couple on stage. but it turns out it's a case of art imitating life. the two dancers actually just got engaged. and the couple, well, they're here to tell us all about it. we welcome you both. thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now, you two are both here in philadelphia now this is home, but you guys actually first met in florida, is that right? >> yes. >> so tell us how the meeting went. and is that where the romance started? >> yes. well, my uncle and i we went to orlando a lot because he was trying to find a school for me to get my training. and i went there and i met his mother. so she gave me his contact. >> oh, so the mom set this all up, right? >> yeah. >> now, you shared more than just an art form.

you're both from havana, cuba, right? >> yes. >> so tell me how that connection -- you both ballet dancers and you're both from havana, cuba. i think everybody's watching thinking that's an easy match right there, right? >> well, when i first talked to his mother, i was trying to find somebody that speaks spanish because at the time i didn't know anything and didn't know how to say english. so i talk to him and i say i'm so happy that you speak spanish because i feel like now i'm home. >> did your mother tell you, hey, you got to see this girl. i mean, she's gorgeous, she's a dancer, she's cuban, she speaks spanish. did she tell you all those things. >> oh, she did. yeah. >> so she encouraged the relationship? >> yes. my mother then gave me her character, -- contact her, at the time she wasn't dancing. soon after that we started

everything happened. i fell in love with her as soon as i met her. >> that's terrific. now, tell me what it's like to work with someone that you're romantically involved with. we're watching video of the two of you dancing. obviously beautiful dancers. but tell me what it's like does it create any problems at work? >> well, i don't think career is a problem. you feel more confident. and i think we have a great chemistry too. and we can -- even at home. >> even at home. real quickly you're both performing in a production tell me about that. >> as you said before basically about a barber he lives in this town in barcelona. and she plays a role of kitri and she's the inkeepers daughter. and basically they want to get married. they are in love, but gamasch is

a rich town person. he wants to marry her and he asks her father for the hand. and it's basically they try to run away together. >> it's a classic love story. the two of you are starring in it. by the way, speaking of weddings, when is the wedding? have you set a date yet? >> well, not yet. but we want to do it later because my family is in cuba. >> sure. >> so we want to do it there because his family can travel to cuba. >> we thank you so much. how wonderful for the two of you to meet up and that you're here in philadelphia. we appreciate it. the pennsylvania ballet's performance of don quixote runs march 3 to 13. information on nbc10.com and on the nbc 10 mobile app. well, there are new developments in the zika outbreak. we're learning about an infected pregnant woman who's far from central and south america.

plus, find out how long it may take researchers to develop a vaccine. plus, blame it on the cave men, why our ancient ancestors may be responsible for some of our medical -- modern medical problems.

homecoming? it's awesome. but with the citizens bank education refinance loan, it gets even better. you know those people who pay a little extra and get all the legroom in coach? that could be you, if you refinance your student loans. i can refinance, even with 4 loans from undergrad? yes, you could replace your student loans with one new loan at a lower rate and save money on interest. sounds easy! it is easy! just ask us how much you can save at 1-866-999-0218 or visit lightenyourloan.com our customers have saved an average of $147 a month- more than $1,700 a year! so treat yourself to something from that in-flight magazine! but why stop there? you can save up for a new car, a wedding, or a down payment on the home of your dreams. we got windchimes! what? you should tell them about the windchimes! find out how much you can save by refinancing your student loans.

we call it utopia out here. it's so peaceful! so peaceful! have a question about how much you can save? ask a citizen at 1-866-999-0218 or visit lightenyourloan.com the world health organization says it's going to be a year and a half before there's a possible vaccine for the zika virus. the virus is spreading rapidly through latin america and is linked to severe birth defects.

cases have been reported in all three states in our area. the cdc is urging pregnant women or those trying to become pregnant not to travel to zika affected areas. just minutes ago leaders from the world health organization and the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases spoke at a news conference on the zika virus. >> the question that we're keeping our eye on is the issue of locally transmitted zika. and at this point there are no cases of locally transmitted zika in the continental united states. >> a pregnant woman in australia has tested positive for the zika virus after traveling overseas. health officials declined to say which country she visited citing patient privacy. experts say the risk of zika spreading across australia is extremely low. and new research shows we could blame some health problems on our ancestors. more specifically, the long

extinct knee and-- significant influence on a dozen medical influences including depression and tobacco addiction. and we're continuing to follow a slippery situation in west philadelphia. one street is turned into a frozen river after water main ruptures there. we'll get an update on repair and cleanup efforts just ahead. and police say a man carries out a brutal attack at a midwestern restaurant. and they say he used an unusual weapon.

now your nbc 10 first alert weather. a siberian blast is bringing dangerously cold air to our region. and we'll be feeling the freeze for days. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley is here with the forecast even for among the hardiest of us is going to be

tough. >> yeah, it's really going to limit some outdoor activities this weekend. that will be the worst of it. we've issued a first alert for saturday and sunday. strong gusty winds will deliver the coldest air of the season. we're talking near record cold sunday morning with dangerous windchills. and there will be some scattered snow showers. as far as sunday morning, that's the worst of it. that's when temperatures in vineland will drop to 5 degrees, with the wind blowing it will feel like 17 degrees below zero. the record is 2 degrees in philadelphia. it looks like we'll hit that sunday morning. it will feel like 21 degrees below zero in downingtown. as far as prellymouth meeting o of the low temperature on sunday morning it will feel like 23 degrees below zero in doylestown. and for the pocono mountains windchills of 36 degrees below zero while the actual temperature drops below zero for allentown. that's sunday morning. then things change into next week. in fact, i'm tracking some snow and rain. the seven-day forecast when i

come back. all right, thank you, bill. skyforce 10 over this icy mess in west philadelphia. a water main break continues to cause problems for more than 11 hours after it all started. right now crews are working to get water flowing again for about 80 homes in the area. nbc 10's lauren mayk is live for us in west philadelphia. lauren, is the situation getting any better? >> reporter: well, vai, actually it is getting better here. let me show you. this is where the ice just covered the road. and you can see that they did put quite a bit of salt out here. the sun is also probably helping a bit. and the ice is starting to melt. you're starting to be able to kind of crunch through it. and you're seeing road, which is certainly a good thing. but you know what, if that water covered your car, well you really had a mess to deal with. you can actually take a look over there. this is a woman we have been watching for hours who has been trying to get all of that ice off of her car. she's using a hammer to do it. she said somebody else was doing that. seemed like a good idea.

she says she wouldn't be doing that if it was a bentley, but she's just trying to get the ice off her car. here's what she had to say earlier today. >> when i came out here at 8:00 -- no, as a matter of fact 7:30. now i'm trying to finish it off because i got too cold. >> reporter: do you have somewhere you have to be today? >> work. >> reporter: are you late? >> yes. yes, i am. very much so. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: she has made quite a bit of progress though as you can see. but you can look down there and two cars down, well, it looks like they haven't even started on that one there. now, here's what we have learned about what happened here. water officials tell us that they believe what happened is the main connecting to the hydrant at the end of this block, that ruptured. it may have been weather related. they are not sure at this point. but they do know that it was the weather that took them -- made it take so long for them to be able to fix it because things

kept freezing again. they needed to isolate that break and then be able to work on it. that is what they are doing now. they have, vai, as you mentioned shut off the water to about 80 homes here. that's expected to last about three or four hours. probably got about two or three hours left of that. the woman back here told me she's got a 95-year-old grandmother in there. she is worried about her without water. but it looks like they are definitely making some progress here. for now live in west philadelphia, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> lauren, thank you. meanwhile, the water main break in northeastern pennsylvania also causing icy mess there. this is what it looked like? scranton. it took crews hours to fix this break. water froze on homes, trees, power lines and anything else in its way. and an update now on our breaking news from arizona we shared with you just a few minutes ago. a shooting at a glendale high school has prompted a lockdown

and a large emergency response. two teens are shot. it's not yet known what condition those students are in. officials now say there's no active shooter and there's no threat to the rest of the campus. police aren't saying who fired these shots. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you updates as we get them. and here are the stories making headlines right now on nbc 10. 45 people, customers, are still without service after this underground fire in center city. peco says power should be restored to those customers some time this afternoon. meanwhile, investigators are still looking for the cause of that fire. ursinus college will be closed through the weekend after a stomach illness spread across the campus. at least 185 students have gotten sick over the past few days. doctors think it could be norovirus that is being spread person-to-person. regular classes will resume on monday. animal control is looking at how a snake got into a trash can in philadelphia.

it was found at septa's university city station. the snake was dead. it coiled up inside a brown bag. and details now on a brutal machete attack at a mediterranean restaurant in columbus, ohio. four people were hurt as nbc's pete williams reports. authorities are investigating the incident as a possible act of home grown extremism. >> reporter: frightening moments for diners at a columbus, ohio, restaurant thursday when a man wielding a machete began randomly attacking customers. >> they've got at least four injured. if you could send more medics. >> copy. >> reporter: police say the man walked into the nazareth restaurant around 5:30, had a conversation with an employee and left. but then came back to the restaurant about half an hour later. police say he approached a couple sitting at a booth just inside. >> this was a brutal attack. the man walked in to people

there just having dinner and starts attacking them. some of the patrons there started throwing chairs at him just trying to get him out of there. >> reporter: after the attack the man drove away in a white car, leading police on a chase. >> and are you behind him? >> that was the car following it. >> reporter: police officers forced him off the road a few miles away and tried to subdue him with tasers, but they say he managed to get out of his car with the machete and a knife. >> he lunged across the hood at the officers, another officer and cruiser fired a couple shots at him. and put him down. >> reporter: regulars of a popular restaurant in a quiet neighborhood were shaken. >> scared the crap out of me. i just got here. now i'm trying to find out what's going on because it's all my friends that work there. that was nbc's pete williams reporting. there was a big chill in the air between hillary clinton and bernie sanders during last night's democratic debate. it was their first since sanders' big win in new hampshire. here's nbc's andrea mitchell.

>> reporter: hammered repeatedly over president obama, clinton tried to put standards on the defenses. >> the kind of criticism that we've heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans, i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination to succeed president obama. >> that is -- madame secretary, that is a low blow. >> reporter: she's seething on what he said to nbc's casey hunt about obama's record dealing with congress. >> you don't think president obama has successfully closed that gap? >> no, i don't. >> reporter: it was clinton's first chance since new hampshire to try to regain the trust of women voters. >> i have spent my entire adult life working toward making sure that women are empowered to make their own choices, even if that choice is not to vote for me. >> reporter: but sanders also sees his candidacy as historic. >> somebody with my background, somebody with my views, i think a sanders victory would be of

some historical accomplishment as well. >> reporter: they hammered each other on immigration, the economy, health care. >> i have fought my entire life to make sure that health care is a right for all people, we're not going to dismantle anything. >> the numbers don't add up. i believe i can get the money that i need by taxing the wealthy, by closing loopholes, the things that we are way overdue for doing. and i think once i'm in the white house we will have enough political capital to be able to do that. >> secretary clinton, you're not in the white house yet. >> reporter: and on foreign policy. >> journalists have asked who you do listen to on foreign policy, and we have yet to know who that is. >> well it ain't henry kissinger, that's for sure. >> that's fine. >> reporter: when asked if race relations would be better under his presidency. >> absolutely. we are going to create millions of jobs for low income kids. >> reporter: with clinton earning the endorsement of the congressional black caucus pac and a slam against sanders from civil rights icon john lewis. >> i never saw him. i never met him.

involved in sit-ins, freedom ride, but i met hillary clinton. i met president clinton. >> reporter: and sanders releasing an emotional endorsement video from the young daughter of eric garner, who died after new york police put him in a choke hold. >> that's why i'm for bernie. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell. decision 2016 now moves to the south. a live look now from anderson, south carolina. and that's where republican presidential candidate jeb bush is campaigning right now. it's a sign spring isn't that far away. the phillies' equipment truck heading south today. we'll show you what they packed for the trip to clearwater. we'll have that coming up, bill. it's clearly going to be much colder this weekend though we got a cold start this morning. the temperatures are climbing. it's now 20 degrees here at nbc 10. that will feel a lot warmer than this weekend. we've got the seven-day when we come back.

this is nbc 10 news. it is a rite of passage around this time every day. and now the phillies are calling it truck day. and it happened once again at citizens bank park this morning. and of course with the assistance of the philly fanatic

a 53-foot moving truck is getting ready to make the trip to clearwater, florida, to begin phil lis spring training. the job began shortly after 8:00 this morning with lots of help from the furry green guy. 2,400 baseballs, 2,000 sets of short and long sleeve shirts, 1,200 bats, 150 pairs of batting gloves will make the trip. tons of sunflower seeds. dan o rork knows what this day means. >> this signifies spring training is right around the corner, baseball, warm weather and sunshine. anything baseball related, jackets, helmets, socks, shoes, golf clubs, bicycles, strollers, playpens, you know, between the players and the front office you basically pick your family up and move them to florida for seven weeks. so we accommodate as much as possible. >> and nbc 10 is your home for the phillies home opener. we've got you covered on monday

april 11th with our welcome home phillies special. game time set for 3:00 here on nbc 10. from thousands of baseballs to one unique hot dog gun, we have the entire phillies spring training packing list. just go to nbc10.com or the nbc 10 app to see what else they had on that packing list. at&t plans to start testing a faster wireless service this year even though the technology is not expected to power smartphones until the year 2020. the 5g technology translates into speeds 10 to 100 times faster than today's average networks. there's an intense battle among companies in countries to be the first to offer 5g. last fall verizon announced it would begin 5g field testing some time this year. well, today is the first day of the 2016 philly home show. the annual event may give you the motivation to get some of those home improvement projects you've been putting off, get it off the ground. xfinity experts will also be at

the event. you can check out xfinity home and the services it offers when it comes to your devices and your home security. xfinity is powered by comcast, which is the parent company of nbc 10. >> xfinity home is fantastic service. it gives you both home security and also home automation services. so you can simplify the things in your life, usually when you're away from home you don't have access to know what's going on in your home. with xfinity home and a simple app you can check on your home from anywhere. >> the philly home show runs from today through sunday and again from next friday through next sunday. music and fun next weekend will actually help save young lives. the celebratory evening will raise money for the childrens 7p philadelphia's emergency department. the event is called cheers for chop. joining us now to tell us more are e event co-chairs allison and jen. welcome to you both, ladies. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> this event features some musical numbers, one in particular that people here in

the area are going to know. so tell us the rest of the musical lineup and what people may expect will be coming for cheers for chop. >> sure. so we have deejay jazzy jeff is coming. and saved by the '90s and go go gadget. it's a really fun event. it's not your typical fundraiser. we were saying earlier it's kind of like a really fun wedding with all your friends dancing. >> everybody's up and out of their chairs on the dance floor having a great time. and we're so excited jazzy jeff will be there because obviously he's a hometown favorite. >> kind of a local icon. >> he is. he is. we're so excited and honored that he's coming to play for us. i think he's going to spin for a good hour or so. >> wow. >> so it should be really fun event. obviously it will be a good time. great music, great dancing. and wonderful food and drink. but most importantly it will be raising funds for the emergency department. >> tell us how much money you hope to -- you expect to raise and then tell us how that money

benefits chop. >> sure. >> well, over the last two years we've raised close to a million dollars -- yeah, close to a million dollars. and actually i think it's over a million dollars. and we raised it the first year for fetal diagnostics and the second year for child life. and this year for the emergency department. we're hoping to raise more. we want to continue to every year raise more money. >> we're looking at pictures here from -- i expect that's last year's event. chop their emergency department is one of the most active pediatric emergency centers in the nation. tell us why this fundraiser is so important to your institution? >> sure. well, you know, the chop emergency department was the first level one trauma unit in the area. and it actually continues to serve about 90,000 children per year come through the emergency department. and 65% of the children who are

treated at chop who are getting vital care there are initiated in their treatment coming through the emergency department. so it's a really important area to raise funds for. and we're just excited to be able to do it and do it in such a fun way. >> yeah. and of course chop their reputation precedes them. >> the best. >> in the world. >> in the world. and you can still get tickets at cheersforchop.org. so we would love everyone to buy tickets and come. if anyone wants to be a sponsor, that would be wonderful too. >> sponsorship as well. how many people typically come to the event? >> last year it was 700. >> wow. >> this year we have 550 people so far. and, you know, we hope -- >> another week to go. >> you can still buy tickets and come and have fun with us. >> it's next saturday at the valley forge casino resort saturday the 20th. doors open at 7:00 p.m. >> right on cue. there you go. see that, allison. king of prussia there.

we posted a link of all the information on our website and on the nbc 10 mobile app so people who are still looking to buy tickets, you want them to still go get tickets. >> absolutely. >> need more people to come. >> yes. >> and donate and help out such a great cause. >> yes. have a good time. thank you for having us. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> so nice to meet you. >> good luck. >> thank you. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> it is cold outside, but at least we have sunshine. sunshine for now. notice some high clouds starting to move into the city. that's going to continue into the afternoon. it will become cloudy. 22 degrees. that's warmer than it was first thing this morning. it is going to warm to near 30 this afternoon, but then much colder air for the weekend. in fact, we've got a preview in the pocono mountains this morning. got to be bundled up, layer up today and you'll really need extra layers this weekend. they're making snow at blue mountain. they'll be able to do that all weekend long as the temperatures

stay cold and below freezing. 22 in wilmington. 21 in trenton. in bucks county, that's where we saw some of the lowest temperatures this morning, now 21 right along the delaware river trail. furlong is 22 still in the teens for doylestown. and it dropped down to 5 in perkasie this morning. now 19 degrees. that's a pretty good turnaround. sunshine having it's effect. just a few scattered clouds in cape may. as you go to the west you can see more cloudiness. this is what's going to come in and take over during the afternoon. and that will lead to snow in some areas late this afternoon and this evening. hour by hour forecast shows at 6:00 dry in philadelphia. but you can see the snow developing to the west. that will move into lancaster, berks county. and into lehigh county this evening. and then late this evening at 10:00 that starts to move. that's the wind starting to push those snow showers into philadelphia. expect them around midnight or early tomorrow morning. they'll be lighter snow showers,

but it could lead to some slippery spots as it will be cold enough to stick. and then the winds blowing those snow showers through will deliver much colder air for saturday and sunday during the day and into saturday night. so today sunshine fades, clouds increase. evening showers, they'll be light, but it will cause some problems potentially north and west as it will be a little bit heavier in reading and allentown than it will be in philadelphia. 26 to 31, those are the high temperatures this afternoon. southwesterly winds at 10 miles an hour. we'd be fine if the wind continued out of the southwest, but that's not what's going to happen. it shifts. a strong northwesterly wind, a frigid wind blowing all day long on saturday. it's unusual. you don't normally see this temperatures warmer in the morning than in the afternoon. that's how strong the winds will be. there's a chance of some isolated scattered light snow showers on saturday blowing through the area. by sunday morning record low temperature of 2 degrees. but the wind will still be

blowing so it will feel like it's closer to 20 degrees below zero on sunday. light snow developing later on monday. monday night, but along with it will come warmer air. and so it changes over to rain. and the potential for heavy rain on tuesday. 52 tuesday and then clearing out for wednesday and thursday. we'll be right back.

coming up this afternoon starting at 3:00, ellen welcomes the commander in chief. hear what president obama said about going out in disguise. and then it's nbc 10 news at 4:00. this afternoon love is in the air, so are brutally cold temperatures. and what the weather could do to your valentine's day roses and what florists are doing to make sure that doesn't happen this afternoon on nbc 10 news at 4:00. now to an update on our top story, a water main break in west philadelphia leaves cars, homes and the street covered with ice. the main -- the water main break happened around midnight on 63rd street between haverford and girard. it took hours for crews to shut off the water. 45 of those customers are still without power. now meteorologist bill henley with a final check of your valentine's day weekend.

>> looks like -- it looked like a scene from buffalo, didn't it? ice covering all the cars. that ice is going to be staying put, unless we get a little sunshine on it or use the hammer as we saw earlier. the temperatures stay below freezing today. get much colder this weekend. we have issued a first alert for dangerous windchills on saturday and sunday morning. 2 degrees would be our record low, that would tie the record low set back in 1979. i don't know if you remember 1979 valentine's day, but that's what we're in for once again. sunshine will be bright on sunday and then we'll be watching for some wet weather on monday into tuesday. it looks like a little snow and a lot of rain to warm things up tuesday, high of 52 degrees. what a turnaround in the temperatures. happy valentine's day. >> our floor director shaking her head she doesn't remember '79 valentine's day, but you and i do. thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11:00, i'm vai sikahema, and for bill henley and all of us here at nbc 10 news have a good weekend.

>> doug: man, where did you get all these fabulous pictures? >> julie: people donated them for the anniversary celebration. some of them i'm putting in storage, and a lot of them i have to take back, but i wanted to see the whole collection just one more time. you know, it makes me very happy. it... it ges me hope for the future. >> doug: you always were a sucker for valentine's day. >> julie: oh, this from the grand master of romance. valentine's day makes people... understand the power of love. >> doug: yes, as long as everything is going great for them. >> julie: oh... even when it isn't.