snow and ice, a winter blast is about to hit our area. we have your first alert coverage of the dangerous conditions. juror under fire. what one man who was tossed from the jury promised to do and what it means for an appeal. tribute to iverson, the special honor tonight for the 76ers legend. zbla nbc 10 news starts now. first, tonight, winter blast a one-two punch of snow and ice is moving in, the impacts will be felt all over our area from philadelphia to new jersey. go good evening. >> the dangerous mix will be impacting us overnight and many of you will be waking up to the cold blast. we have team coverage of the

frigid weather and drew smith has more on what's being done. but we begin with first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. >> the snow is getting closer to us. anything on the radar right now, locally, is not really hitting the ground but we expect it to really ramp up in the next hour or two. there's a look at the current radar. snow, ice and rain off to our west. first alert for the snow ice for philadelphia, new jersey and northern delaware. briefly with the icing. for pennsylvania, berks county, that ice is going to last a little bit longer. treacherous conditions tomorrow morning. it's going to start now until saturday morning. first alert starts for the early-morning hours of saturday for accumulating snow and an icy mix and that will cause slippery roads. very dangerous driving conditions. we don't want you to be on the road until this whole thing

comes to an end. here's what it looks like, this is 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, snow will be falling across part of a good portion tomorrow morning. northern delaware, chester county through the philadelphia area even our superior neighborhoods in new jersey that will be ice. very dangerous on the roads. that ice will move into the pennsylvania such uburbs, berks county included. that ice will continue moving farther to the north. rain down to the south. snowing in the poconos. either way, dangerous travel. coming up a closer look at the timing throughout the rest of the day. tonight, road crews have a game plan to deal with the conditions as they change under the area. they spent much of the day filling trucks with salt and

getting everything ready for the snowfall. drew smith is joining us from winfield heights. drew? >> reporter: jim the threat is coming and coming soon. is this why this plow truck has pulled in alongside on i-76. scattered across our region ready for whatever falls during the overnight hours. the first significant winter weather always seems to sneak up on people. >> reminded me i have to pick up some new tires this weekend. they're low pressure right now as it is. >> reporter: but there's nothing last minute happening at places like this. >> we go through it ahead of time. >> reporter: road crews began anti-icing efforts yesterday until anticipation of tonight. >> lot of people are out celebrating. >> reporter: one the flakes begin to fall the salt trucks

will move out and penndot has plenty of salt. if the snow accumulates quickly you'll see plows move off the street as the concern turns to icing. it's about as ideal as it gets the timing. incoming rain and no major commute tomorrow still you're asked to go slow and give these trucks space and penndot is asking for your cooperation throughout these overnight hours. we're live along i-76. i'm drew smith. nbc 10 news. tonight, officials in philadelphia international airport said they're prepared to deal with anything mother nature brings. clear snow from runways and

taxiways. before heading out tomorrow morning turn on nbc 10 today. rose mair connors and meteorologist crystal lee will have the latest. two pedestrians are being treated for serious injuries after they were hit by a car in cumberland county. it happened around 8:30. the driver stayed on the scene. new tonight, a dismissed juror controversy. newly unsealed court documents reveal one man was set on deadlocking the trial of this former philadelphia congressman. just days after he was sentenced to ten days to prison. how his defense team could end up using this. >> one was accuse of making up

his mind before considering all of his evidence. but they questioned whether the juror's dismissal could have influenced the outcome of the case. on june 15th. his former congressman was handed to a jury to deliberate. shouting between jurors began immediately behind closed doors. directed from or coming towards juror 12. they signed and delivered a note to court saying juror number 12 is argumentative. >> one particular jurors that's been obstructive. >> reporter: few hours into deliberations juror number 12 told the courtroom's deputy he would cause a hang jury. the issue according to the court

wasn't his stance but his inability early if process to deliberate. >> has not been involved with you the last day or so for deliberations it will necessary for you to begin your deliberations from scratch. >> reporter: that's the judge's instructions to the jury. fatah was ultimately convicted. they plan to bring it up in the appeal. the likely argument? >> but for the removal of this juror fatah may not have been found guilty. >> our calls to the juror weren't returned. new tonight, attorneys are asking a judge to dismiss the case against him. lawyers filed a motion citing

prosecut prosecutorly he granted a retrial. the first roman catholic priest in the u.s. put on trial for helping to shield child molesters. cops responded to her home after a some type of disturbance, they found her with several stab wounds. president-elect donald trump told a crowd in florida said he wants to build up the country's armed forces but use them sparingly as commander in chief. his stop in orlando was part of a thank you tour to celebrate his election day victory before a thousancrowd of thousands, he to beat isis. >> so let me just state this as

clearly as i can. i am going to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. >> tomorrow, mr. trump will make the final stop on his tour at a football stadium in mobile, alabama, revisiting the site of the largest rally of his campaign. the rally comes just hours after the fbi backed the cia's conclusion that russia interfered in the presidential election partly to help elect donald trump. the intelligence agencies say they're in agreement about the intensity of the russia cyber attack. nbc news report this week said russian president vladimir putin personally directed the hacking operation that exposed democratic e-mails. today president obama spoke out about the election hacking. he blamed the highest level of the russian government for the

hack and said it contributed to the devicive atmosphere of the election. the president went on to defend the way his administration handled the initial response said he didn't want to appear to be influencing the election and now he said the u.s. will retaliate. >> what continues to send a clear message to russia or others not to do this to us because we can do stuff to you. >> the president went on to say that he was confident that the actual elections in the u.s. were not tampered with. new at 11, the city of wilmington has settled with a family of man who was shot and killed by police while in a wheelchair. we have learned that the city will pay the family $1.5 million. this was back in september of 2015. they received a 911 call about a man with a gun.

the settlement is not an admission of wrong doing by the city or its police officers. pennsylvania governor tom wolfe plans to eliminate unfilled jobs with the state. in a mental low, they told cabinet agencies they're limiting the size of the state work forces to the number of jobs already filled. christmas came early for residents in this area. at the 35th district. families posed for pictures with santa and there were toys for all the kids there. up next, the second chance, a singer denied from performing at a sixers game because of her jersey rirns returns to the court, what he was wearing this time around. popping the question, why holiday proposal was extra special for one couple and the

local landmark where it took place. triggering a scare, the dangerous package dropped off at the wrong home. sheena. and get ready for snow and ice in the morning. coming up i'll show you the time that you don't want to be driving and when it all comes to an end. that's next. nbc 10 responds is our promise to you. confusion over her cable bill led to no service. worst she was charged hundreds for the termination. how nbc 10 was able to get her results.

tonight in south philadelphia, a national anthem do-over. >> the sixers made a good on a promise to make things right with a singer denied the chance to perform earlier this year. ♪ what proudly we hailed >> r&b singer performed the anthem before tonight's sixers/lakers game. wearing a "we matter." jersey. she posted this video explaining what happened and it went viral. the organization apologized to

street eer two days later. also tonight, the answer was back in the sixers' spotlight right there. during halftime. the team honored allen iverson for his induction into the hall of fame back in september. iverson spoke to the crowd and took a shot at some of today's nba players. hear what he had to say, that's coming up in sports. a holiday proposal, one local woman will never forget. take a look. >> all right. >> that's private nicholas little and his new fiancee, he popped the question tonight in front of the steps of the philadelphia museum of art. he's stationed in texas. now he's getting ready for deployment. the weather may put a damper on your weekend plans tomorrow.

a live look at camelback mountain where the winter blast is kicking in. temperatures mrun zmrj yeah, snow and ice. big problem for many overnight and nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen joining us for your full forecast. >> here's where the temperatures feel like, finally a it will bit of a break from the single digits. feeling like the teens and the 20s, actual temperatures are below freezing. so, anything that falls tonight will be snow and tomorrow morning we'll see a transition to ice. that's why we have a first alert. snow and ice for philadelphia, new jersey, northern delaware, also the pennsylvania suburbs and lehigh valley and really in the pennsylvania area that's where we expect the most icy especially through the lehigh valley. acouple lating snow to start. icy mix. that will create some dangerous

roads, slippery knts. we all know how dangerous is and it may be lasting for quite a few hours. here's a look at the radar, snow to our west. pink just below the snow that is ice, farther south that is rain and what the combination will look like across our area when it comes together. snow, ice and rain. some snow on the radar. none of this is really falling yet. within the next few hours that this will really start to organize. before sun set tomorrow we already have accumulating snow. 1:30 in the morning, showing a line of snow moving across the area. everybody's below freezing for the most part. 6:30 in the morning, snow widespread through pennsylvania, some of our new jersey neighborhoods. 7:30 the ice spreads for chester county, through philadelphia.

suburbs of pennsylvania, berks county. lehigh valley, still the pennsylvania suburbs to the south we have rain with temperatures starting to warm. closer to 9:30, lehigh valley still seeing ice. that's where we expect the most ice, upper bucks county, the big issue, too, parts of chester county temperatures, there, temperatures around freezing. rest of the area should be seeing a transition from ice to rain by 9:30. watch this, by 11:00, it quickly comes to an end, still raining in new jersey and delaware. a pretty long dry stretch through the afternoon, tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. sunday morning the rain comes back, look at the temperatures, though, near 60 degrees a very mixed bag of weather across the entire weekend. an inch or less for south new jersey and philadelphia.

in the lehigh valley, 3 to 6. poconos your entire weekend forecast it will look different every day. sunday, rain in the morning. possibly through the afternoon. in the 60s. by monday we're cooling down into the 30s. >> all right, sheena, get the latest information of the winter blast with the nbc 10 app and nbc10.com. to this now, a dangerous delivery. >> what showed up at one man's door and what he mistook for it. that's next on nbc 10 news at 11. he gets a lot of compliments.

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sniper rifle. a picture shows what arrived at his home. he thought it was a toy plane that he bought for a friend's son. instead he found a rifle. u.p.s. calls the mistake highly unusual and they are investigating. time for a look at what's next in sports. the eagles will be without their spark plug on offense on special teams on sunday. tonight in south philly it was all about the incomparable answer. we got the details on both those, next, in sports.

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allen iverson looks almost the same physically when he played. honored tonight for his induction into the hall of fame. he came out for the halftime ceremony and the escort for hall of fame jacket was none other than dr. j. the answer did take a shot at the players today. >> i'm not taking anything away from the new era and the way things go now. but, i could never, ever, ever sit out a game if something wasn't broke because i thought about y'all and y'all wanted to see me.

>> joel embiid questionable coming into the game tonight with the injury but he did start. he gets his left hand stepped on right there. but he's all right. he hit the jumper to show he's a-okay. 15 points, though, julius randle meanwhile was on his game. gets the steal and the stick. he got 15. to the gridiron, eagles got concussion protocol after taking this issue against washington. more issues. allen barbre questionable with the injury. >> i'm a big believer we finish this thing out the right way and we play our guys that have been there all season long and he's

been a big part of that and i don't want to necessarily do that right now with him. >> philly center fielder he was all smiles today in the press conference to discuss his new contract. scored. one of the reasons for the new deal. >> i think for a young team like ours and the culture we're trying to build, the style of play that this young man produces on the field that's something very important to this franchise. >> that's it fir sports. we'll be right back. once i heard i was going to

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last look at the forecast as the snow's starting to move into parts of the area? >> yeah, the snow is approaching right now pl falling overnight early in the morning before sun rise. transition over to ice. icy conditions tomorrow morning, wait until it changes over to rain to head out. we'll be tracking the temperatures throughout the morning tomorrow because the temperatures are going to be very critical as to what type of road conditions are out there. tune out throughout the morning tomorrow. then we warm up, second half of tomorrow will be dry and warmer. sunday, 62 degrees and rain. colder next week. look at the end of the ten-day forecast, there's santa waving. 52, that's a warmer christmas and actually that's the warmest day aside from sunday in the ten-day forecast. >> i think santa is waving good-bye to somebody. a member our family is moving

on. >> tonight's show is bittersweet. sheensashgs heading within the nbc family. you're heading to d.c. >> my last night. it's bittersweet. i'm already missing you guys. we have had so much working together. ing everybody here is great with. i'm excited to go to d.c. but our viewers are fantastic and our viewers make us want to come to work and make it enjoyable. >> five years has flown by, right. >> it has flown by. >> sheena we'll miss you. >> miss you already. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- reese witherspoon. andrew rannells. musical guest, warpaint.