it's not very heavy. most of it is happening in the middle of the day. so here we are, by 6:00, when it's getting dark and cold enough to stick again, it's already over with. right now, it's plenty mild, 44. at least for snow. 46 in allentown, but the colder air is coming in. more on the timing and what neighborhoods are most likely to see the snow coming in a few minutes. crews have been getting the roads ready for the snow tomorrow. workers were out today brining the roads, the bridges and the ramps. al make sure you track that snow and any winter storm that heads our way with the nbc 10 app. use yo tonight, social media outrage over homework given out at one bucks county school. this math assignment asks students to solve an equation

involving sexual abuse. randy gyllenhaal is live outside pen ridge high school. what have you been able to figure out about the assignment that caused such outrage? >> reporter: well, at first glance the questions do seem salacious. i'll show you what was posted online that parents got wind of. questions about sexual abuse as well as some about prostitution. it's important to add context. the questions were referring to the autobiography of maya angelou, a civil rights poet and a activists. some students say her story should not be censored. this young woman was assigned that work sheet, a math assignment based around the life of maya angelou. >> other questions were born she was born in this place, this many years old. >> reporter: two questions on the work sheet causing anger from some parents, one asks about angelou suffering from

sexual abuse. another asking about her time working as a prostitute to support her young child. >> we have a lot of sad stuff in our curriculum. it's not a big deal to me. because we've read so much about it. it's realistic that way. >> reporter: a few students we spoke with say angelou's story is important. her autobiography is part of the curriculum here. other schools have tried to ban that book. >> there is worse things said in school. kids deserve to know what's happening. >> reporter: on social media, outrage from some parents, so much the district issued an apology saying more context should have been given to students. those test questions are not part of the official curriculum. the school says a teacher downloaded the worksheet from an online porter where teachers share materials. the same work sheet caused similar controversy at a school in florida. >> people get too politically correct. that's what i think. kids have to know what's going

on out there today. >> reporter: as for why those questions were on a math test. it's part of cross curriculum teaching to get students thinking. live in bucks county. >> definitely got people talking. a car crash, a police pursuit and an escape by a suspect who was already in handcuffed. this all unfolded this morning on roosevelt boulevard. this is a suspect right here after he was arrested a second time. tonight we're learning more about who he is. nbc 10's aundrea cline-thomas joining us live outside the 15th district. what did the suspect tell police? >> reporter: well, while handcuffed and being put inside the police car, that suspect allegedly told them that he could not go back to jail. that's exactly where he finds himself tonight. police say this 26-year-old was driving a black cadillac, police initially tried to stop for

erratic driving on roosevelt boulevard before 5:00 this morning. but instead of stopping, he allegedly hit the police cruiser and kept going. eventually stopping after hitting two other cars. including an off duty state trooper's personal vehicle. >> i saw what appeared to be a male running across the street with a white shirt. >> the off duty trooper helped officers arrest the 26-year-old. he was placed inside the cruiser. he managed to break the door and escape. >> that's amazing he was able to kick himself out of a police car and take off on them like that. that's a little wild. >> reporter: hours later officersthr officers tracked down the man where he was arrested again. tonight he remains in custody. former police officer jose figueroa lives along roosevelt boulevard and watched the chaos unfold. he says the escape is not uncommon. >> for our safety and theirs,

and put them in the back of the car. handcuff them there. that's the proper way. i mean, the officer did it by the book. >> reporter: there were two other people in the car with that suspect, though. at this point though it doesn't appear they'll be facing charges. reporting live aundrea cline-thomas nbc 10 news. the philadelphia police department is going to focus on its relationship with the community. the department of justice released a new report today. it's a follow up to an initial assessment from march 2015. that assessment gave the department recommendations focused on deadly force, specifically training, policy and practices. the department has put into place 90% of the changes that were recommended. a search for a missing boater continues this evening at the jersey shore. nbc 10 was first on the scene this morning. as crews combed the waters of tuckerton bay. the missing man, identified by family members as chris hugg called a relative about 7:30

last night saying his boat ran aground and that he did not help. the boat was found this morning with no sign of hugg. >> i helped him load up and watched him cruise out of the creek. that's the last thing i heard. hard to believe. i hope they find him alive. >> friends tell us hugg went out on the bay to go clamming, taking advantage of yesterday's mild weather. the highest ranking catholic church official convicted in the sexual abuse scandal returned to court today to get his charges thrown out. today lawyers for monsignor william lynn accused prosecutors of hiding information about the victim in the case. prosecutors say they turned over all documents. lynn was convicted of endangerment charges in 2012. the judge will make a decision in march whether to clear the charges or set a new trial. lynn already served 33 months in prison. a data breach in delaware has jeopardized the personal information of 19,000 people.

the breach involved two subcontractors of highmark blue cross blue shield of delaware. many of those impacted work for wilmington university, wsfs bank. newcastle county and other organizations from 2004 to 2008. check with your payroll office to see if your company is affected. a south jersey financial avisor is accused of stealing from a client. he was arrested today. prosecutors say murphy was supposed to invest the clients' money but instead he's accused offend stealing it to pay expenses. new details in the investigation into the deaths of a prominent new jersey couple this evening. the medical examer has changed the death certificate of john sheridan to list his manner of death as undetermined. it had been listed as suicide. prosecutors originally said the ceo killed himself and his wife. they were found after a fire

inside their somerset county home in 2014. the sheridan family petitioned to have the suicide ruling changed. lehigh valley, whilehall township will pay money to a real estate developer to settle a discrimination accusations. federal officials announced the dpree agreement today. the count down is seven days until the presidential inauguration. toed the president elect said he's not concerned some of his cabinet picks have contradicted him during their confirmation hearings. al. >> we want them to be themselves and i told them be yourself and say what you want to say. don't worry about me. >> the president elect also says efforts to repeal and replace obamacare are going great. congress will now begin hearings

to write new healthcare laws so the new president can sign them in the first 100 days of his administration. our live inauguration coverage begins wednesday at 4:00 p.m. from washington, d.c. jacqueline and i will be joined in the nation's capital by lauren make and in the morning we'll be live in nbc 10 news today. back to the affordable care act, the house has approved a measure that will make it easier to dismantle president obama's healthcare law. ist it will allow congressional republicans to repeal the law with a simple majority. a teacher's organization in philadelphia is planning a week de dedicated to the black lives matter movement. it is urging teachers to wear bla black lives matter shirts. it's unknown how many teachers will take part. students had a lesson in

cooking and giving back. in northeast philadelphia students were out of the classroom and preparing meals for shelters and soup kitchens. this was the school's active service in honor of martin luther king day which falls on monday, of course. glenn's watching the weather for us. i'm tracking snow for some parts of the area on saturday. i'll tell you when you can see it and where you live. how much you're going to get in my first alert neighborhood forecast. made from scratch. a trenton bistro and bakery on the verge of opening a store all thanks to donations from the community. how it plans to give back, next. plus, no sitting in written house square. how philadelphia officials plan to keep people off the walls. plus reaction to the new rule tonight. the door of bassett quality was there.

the quality of what we do is phenomenal. it's perfect. it's beautiful. there's nothing we would change about it. question here, how do you move a 25 ton whale? that's what officials are trying to figure out on long beach island. the whopper of a humpback has washed up on a sand bar there. there's no boat big enough to tow him back to sea. for now that whale will just have to stay right there. a no sitting rule in ritten

house square is in place but not everyone is following the rules. parks and rec put up no sitting signs because of an increase of vandalism. we found people still sitting on the walls this afternoon. some told us that wall is what makes the area so great. >> this is one of the most diversely used spaces in philadelphia. and i don't know why they'd want to hinder that. >> i feel like i know why they went up. i don't know if it's the most productive thing. >> some in the community say the signs, along with several new no smoking signs will help curb drug use. maybe you want and see a movie. a new theater could be coming to center city on market street. a spokesperson for the department of licenses and inspections says it's a preliminary plan. no specific applications or

permits have been applied for right now. new at 6:00, made from scratch. a brand-new trenton bakery and bistro gets its start thanks to crowd funding from the community. >> tomorrow marks the grand opening of studio b. nbc 10 south jersey reporter sydney long shows how the place will have a bigger impact than just on people's appetites. >> reporter: it's the day before the big day at studio b in trenton. >> strawberry and mint cupcakes. >> reporter: the owner and chef says practice makes perfect. >> this is the kitchen. come on in. >> reporter: employees a week into their soft opening are revved up. ready for the register and the clouds. not without shoutouts on social media and a launch party for crowd funding, with trenton's newest sweetry becoming delig s delights. >> the more we kept building and doing, people said, hey, look, we really have been waiting for you to come. please hurry up. let's go, open the doors.

>> reporter: $6,000 in crowd funding, donations helped them secure the lease and get stocked up. >> it's so different. it's something so refreshing. >> reporter: it isn't just in it for the sweet creations. they want trenton and the neighborhoods close by to rise with them. just block away, trash litters the roadway and abandoned homes are boarded up. >> we need more things like this to keep kids off the street. >> reporter: studio b employs trenton residents. it will offer culinary internship programs for teenergies. >> when they become old enough to get a full time job they have transferrable skills. >> reporter: a native of new orleans. >> we have our version of muffaletta which is a new orleans sandwich. >> reporter: and private chef to celebrities. he's determined the bond between the bistro and the city will be

a winning recipe. >> i like to share my passion to other people. >> reporter: the main ingredient community. nbc 10 news. turning to our weather now, a live look at camel back mountain in the poconos. this mlk holiday weekend is popular time for people to hit the slopes. more like skating here on penn landing. winter is coming back. and glenn i know you're tracking weekend snow. >> the cold air comes in first and that's what's happening. you can see with the flag it was blowing this way yesterday. for the record warmth, now it's blowing this way and the cold air is coming back. it's not that cold yet, about 30s in the lehigh valley. but in philadelphia itself we're still in the 40s. 44 at the airport and rittenhouse, 41 in west mount airy and dora. some of the cold spots parkwood at 42. look how much colder it is than this time yesterday.

the degre 24 degrees colder in mount holly. 21 degrees colder in philadelphia. as we go through the night tonight it will feel like it's in the 20s. the official high today, 61 degrees. of course that occurred around 1:00 in the morning. tomorrow it will feel mostly like the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. and we're going to be seeing those temperatures continue to go down. we've got a few returns on the radar down in maryland now. that's not reaching the ground. this stuff back to the west is. you can see it's not a big organized storm here. and there are other reasons for limited problems being expected tomorrow. the roads are warm from the 60s yesterday and 50s and 40s today. that will help. the timing, the snow falling during the daytime hours, especially during the midday and afternoon. that helps it melt.

and the temperatures near about 32 degrees, that helps melting as well. take a look at this, hour by hour as we go through the morning and into the midday hours. temperatures right near the freezing point. and where the smonow may be the heaviest, the temperature is actually the highest. it has the best chance of melting on the roads. could create a coating on grassy surfaces, sure. later in the afternoon, the thing is already starting to break apart. by tomorrow night, it's gone. here's one computer model showing an inch or so, west chester, wilmington down to dover. heavier snow back toward maryland. washington, d.c. is going to get more snow than we will. so high temperature 37 fair mount perhaps before the snow starts that will help it melt. a little bit of light no, lehigh valley, berks county i'm not even putting it down. nothing more than a few flurries

possible. new jersey a little bit of light snow. jersey shore and in delaware, we've got a bit of a mixture with rain and snow and perhaps a little bit of sleet involved, too. hey i'm john clark, why one nba player to a swipe at joe joe. the flyers waive a player to make room for a returning player. it's all next.

afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me.

i'm john clark from csn. sixers going for their fifth win

tonight against the bobcats. they have won 5-6. joelle will play. he says his ankle is fine. he's having a lot of fun trying to make the all-star game. getting a lot of attention of twitter getting retweeted. miami center whiteside says this is a gimmick. i look at guys and they do stuff to win the fans over, make jokes on twitter to get people to vote for them. it ain't got nothing to do with talent. well, joelle retweeted that with a vote for him. joelle says he feels he represents twitter in the nba. he knows he has to be careful what he puts out there. >> in the back of my head i think this is going to backfire at some point. so before that day comes i'm going to keep on going. when that day comes, when that day comes, i'm going to stop. >> he is all about fun.

here is your daily ben simmons update. the number one overall pick was shooting three's at practice. joel believes he'll be playing soon. got a great weekend of nfl playoffs. the steelers chiefs game has been moved from sunday at 1:00 to 8:20 p.m. because of an ice storm. flyers coming off the win last night and they're getting mark strike back. he hasn't played in over a month because of a shoulder injuries. flyers are waving boyd gordon to make room for him. mason has had some up and downs this season. he struggled last night and it looked like noiberg may start tomorrow in boston. >> you know, mason's done a great job for us over the last, 20, 25 games whatever it is. so you know, we got a tough night last night. it happens. we went in, we got two good

goalies, goes in and picks him up. that's good news. >> always talking about flyers goalies. i'm john clark. be right back.

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♪ legendary guitarist carlos santana will kick off the lehigh valley's music fest this summer august 4th-13. toby keith is also set to perform. nice to think about summer right about now. >> nice thought weather changing as we head into the weekend? >> tomorrow will be a little snow. especially from philly south and most of it melting, sunday sunny as you can see everywhere. a sneak ahead to inaugural week, near 60 degrees for inauguration in washington. of course that also means we're going to get into that warm air. we've got your 60 on wednesday. lots of days in the 50s next week. >> thanks.

>> all right. that's our news at 6:00, thanks for watching. >> up next, nbc nightly news with lester holt and we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. tonight, shock waves in chicago -- plagued by violence, now the feds reveal patterns of shocking behavior by police. racial bias, excessive force, reckless shootings. secrets and lies exposed. america on ice. a massive life-threatening storm moving in, stretching 1,000 miles from texas to ohio. stunning statements by civil rights icon, congressman john lewis. what he just told nbc news about president-elect trump. the reality of hope, one-on-one with president obama. looking back from where it all began. kidnapping mystery bombshell, snatched from the hospital as a baby, found alive 18 years later. the woman who raised her as her daughter, under arrest. and sea of blue, an emotional farewell for a hero