chimney was cracked and leaning towards the house but the tree was still upright. >> reporter: her next call was to the fire department. within minutes they arrived. fire crews advised the family it was time to leave, fearing the tree might fall. >> i ran upstairs to grab stuff for the boys and that's when we heard this crazy loud like banging, almost like an accordion sound banging and the tree started to fall down. and it fell into our bedroom and we ran out of the house. >> she and her husband, fresh off knee surgery, got downstairs and outside in the nick of time. now the noise of chainsaws and a wood chipper replace the noise of last night's howling wind and crushing blow. she gets a warm embrace by a friend and neighbor thankful their property and belongings can be replaced. >> we're all alive and we have good friends and good insurance and we can survive. >> reporter: as you see this will be a long and arduous task. the family tells me they stayed with friends louisiana night and

an insurance adjuster who told them he'd be here in february has since gotten back and said he'll be back tomorrow. as you can imagine, the family has not been back inside to be to tell what, if anything, may be salvageable on the second floor. cydney long, nbc 10 news. flooded streets are still causing problems all around the jersey shore. some roads are still closed as crews work to assess the damage from the nor'easter. the cleanup was not limited to the shore. grounds crews were hard at work at villanova. the hoods were up as students made their way to class this morning. gray skies high atop center city. you can see the flags atop the aramark building blows in the wind. >> sunny sky, warmer weather is on the way. >> we need to dry out first. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the accurate forecast. >> we do still have rain on the radar especially in new jersey.

this one area rotating around through trenton and that will come through lower bucks county and into burlington county over the next couple of hours. looks like it's going to stay just east of philadelphia. we have a couple little showers in some of the western suburbs. the main area of rain is still coming down through toms river and parts of long beach island as the big storm continues to circulate right off shore. so it's gradually moving away. and emphasize the word "gradually." because we still have wind gusts of 20 to 30 miles per hour. 31 at dover air force base. these winds are going to be diminishing during the night. the temperature, 43 degrees, 39 in coatesville. 42 in allentown. so it's pretty cold. but then it's january, it's supposed to be cold. it's not going to cool down that much overnight tonight because there will be a lot of clouds around. the wind will still be a little bit up and so we're not going to see temperatures in the 20s for

the morning hours. it's going to be relatively mild start to the day. we have a few more showers in parts of nuew jersey and the jersey shore. then mild weather followed by the winter chill. the details on that coming up. we're following developments in donald trump's first 100 days. today he focused on his supreme court nominee, also two controversial pipelines. >> ken jones is following all the news from our breaking news center. >> president trump used his second weekday to push through a pair of pipeline projects that have been the subject of much debate. he signed executive actions for the keystone xl project. the pipeline threatens native american cultural sites. that's the dakota pipeline. he plans to name his pick to fill the vacant supreme court

seats. >> some time next week i'll be making my decision. this week we'll be announcing. next week we have outstanding candidates and we will pick a truly great supreme court justice. but i'll be announcing it some time next week. >> the supreme court has only had eight justices since justice antonin scalia passed away last year. president trump met with auto executives today. the ceos of ford, gm, and fiat/chrysler met with him. he has criticized cars for importing foreign cars into the u.s. he said the u.s. will be a friendly place to do business under his administration. house speaker paul ryan said he's invited president trump to join a joint session of congress on february 28th. ryan sent this invitation this morning. it would be mr. trump's first speech to congress. paul ryan will speak tomorrow in

philadelphia. as congressional republicans gather to begin in center city. capital police are stepping up security for the retreat at the hotel. mike pence is scheduled to speak here along with donald trump. trump won't be the only world leader here. british prime minister theresa may is also slated to speak at the retreat thursday afternoon. live in the breaking news center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. a lot of security there, i'm sure. today protesters hit the streets of philadelphia. they were rallying against some of president trump's cabinet picks. >> stop trump's cabinet. >> they rallied here outside bob casey's philadelphia office. they're trying to stop the senate from confirming a number of the president's cabinet nominees. and this group rallied outside the camden office of new jersey senator cory booker. they want their voices to be

heard. >> need to be active. we need to be vigilant. some of the nominees that trump has put forward are not the right people for the job. groups gathered at the offices of their members of congress as part of today's efforts. a writer for "saturday night live" is facing tough criticism for what she said was a joke about the president's youngest son barron, but many people did not find it funny. still ahead at 4:00, how snl is taking action for the so-called mean tweet. our 20 minutes of nonstop news continues now with the road to recovery for a philadelphia sheriff's lieutenant. >> for the first time paul owens is speaking out about the elevator accident that nearly cost him his life in august. it comes on the same day his attorney filed a lawsuit against the company that operates the criminal justice center. nbc 10's erin coleman is here now. >> it's 22 pages long and claims

the company u.s. facilities that operates the cjc failed to maintain, repair and inspect the elevator that paralyzed lieutenant owens. owens had been in the mcgee rehab center for six months, until today. >> feel a lot better than i did when i first got here. >> reporter: surrounded by his family and colleagues sheriff's lieutenant paul owens said thank you for all the support. >> just trying to get back to regular life. it's hard but part of the process. a long way to go, but i got this far. happy to be going home today, that's all. >> nbc 10 was there august 4th at the criminal justice center in philadelphia after the elevator lieutenant owens was riding in catapulted up through cement barriers. owens suffered critical injuries. he was paralyzed from the waist down. >> we're very cautious even in any elevator since what happened to paul.

>> reporter: sheriff jewell williams says even now the elevators that malfunctioned are still not in service. and for the people who work there -- it is on their minds? >> oh, without a doubt. every day people talk about those elevators. there has been problems in the past with those elevator, but we don't get reports when they have problems. we only get reports when the elevators are down. >> reporter: nbc 10 has been digging into what went wrong for months. so far we've heard the city hired a new inspector since the incident but the actual inspection reports are being withheld until the state labor department concludes its investigation first. for owens, his focus is simple -- moving forward. >> i'm just happy to go home today. i just want to spend time with my family. >> reporter: now, lieutenant owens will continue his intensive rehab every day. the sheriff says if and when he's ready to return to work in whatever capacity, there will be a job for him to do. jacqueline. >> all right, erin. new jersey's governor is praising the efforts of cooper hospital. chris christie was in camden

today about a year after cooper hospital took over ems services in the city. new figures show about 90% of emergency calls in camden are answered within the national guideline of eight minutes. that's up from 70% a year ago. you could soon pay an extra $2 a night to stay in a hotel in atlantic city, that's if assembly speaker vincent prieto has his way. he would add a $2 surcharge to each hotel room in ac. the money would be used to fund police and fire fighting operations in the struggling resort. the civil trial involving this deadly collapse along philadelphia's market street. six people died, 13 others hurt when a building being demolished fell on to a salvation army store in 2013. relatives and survivors filed a lawsuit. among those they're suing, the building's owner, the demolition crew and the salvation army. former pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah is set

to start a prison term tomorrow. he's required to surrender at a prison in western pennsylvania wednesday. he spent 20 years in congress before his conviction last june. the jury found he took an illegal million dollar campaign loan then used government and nonprofit money to repay it. people are getting the chance to sound off about a controversial plan to run a natural gas pipeline through the new jersey pinelands. a public hearing on the plan was held today in pemberton. it would run to cape may county where it would supply a power plant, but it's being fought by environmental groups who fear it would harm the federally protected pinelands. we should know in a couple of days how long the delaware river bridge should be closed. we just got off the phone with the pennsylvania turnpike commission. they plan to unveil a timeline for how long it will take to make repairs. one of the steel supports split in half. the bridge connects the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes.

new details tonight on the delair bridge. it's no longer stuck in the air. they got it down today and now they're running tests. it had been stuck since thursday. patco is accepting new jersey transit rail tickets. the pennsylvania state lawmaker wants to raise the state's minimum wage by nearly $3 an hour. today state representative patty kiem introduced the bill. in a year it would go up to $9 and then in a year just over $10. former philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey is taking on a new wolf. tom wolfe today named ramsey the chair of the state's commission on crime and delinquency. he retired from the philadelphia police department last year after serving eight years as commissioner. three years ago president obama chose ramsey to serve as co-chair of his task force on 21st century police force.

charles ramsey began his career as an 18-year-old cadet in the chicago police department back in 1968. bucks county community college is partnering up with bloomsberg university. under the agreement, high school students can earn up to 29 college credits towards a bucks associate degree. it includes admission to blo bloomsburg to complete a bachelor's degree. six schools are included in that project. two hotels are coming to upper darby. one will be here next to the drexelbrook country club. and and on garrett road. those hotels expected to bring about 70 full time and 27 part-time jobs to the township. this just in. video of a massive grass fire burning in oklahoma. you can see several buildings are on fire as well. crews have been battling these flames north of oklahoma city since monday. the winds and dry conditions are making it harder for them to

contain the fire. we'll continue to keep an eye on this situation. erin andrews now says she's cancer free. >> today she revealed she was diagnosed with cervical cancer less than a year ago. she told "sports illustrated" she was diagnosed after a routine checkup. she returned to the nfl sidelines just a few days after her october surgery. last year andrews was awarded a $5 million award in an invasion of privacy settlement. new details on the health of former president george h.w. bush. doctors in houston now say he's sitting up, talking with visitors and doing physical therapy. the 92-year-old is recovering from pneumonia. former first lady barbara bush was released from the same hospital yesterday after being treated for bronchitis. she is back today as a visitor by her husband's side. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with questions over a concert venue in wilmington. >> business owners along market street in downtown wilmington say they need the queen theater

to bring in big money but the venue's future is in question right now with a new developer taking over. nbc 10's delaware bureau reporter tim furlong explains. >> reporter: ben harper has played here. >> here in wilmington the other day. >> reporter: hillary clinton held a campaign rally here. it helped boost wilmington's market street renaissance but now cafe live decided it isn't making enough money so they're pulling out. this guy works nearby and he said that it has slowed down. >> there were definitely times because there were more weddings over there than anything else really going on. >> reporter: a local development company owns the building and says the queen, a former vaudeville theater in boston that later sat empty for 15 years will remain as a music venue. even if they bring in huge national name acts, local musicians tell me they hope there's still a place for them here as well. ♪ show me your love >> reporter: jonathan has played the queen as an artist and hopes

to get up on the stage here again. >> i'm very sad to see it go. >> reporter: gail is a local music promoter who specializes in all-ages shows. she's brought lots of fans to the theaters to see up and coming original stars. she's a little nervous about the future here but says she hopes she can work with the new bosses. >> we started our business 5 1/2 years ago showcasing local original music. i'm not about to let that dream go. >> reporter: tim furlong, nbc 10 news. the search continues today for tornado victims after a series of twisters hits the south. you can see the video right there to see how damaging this was. officials say at least 20 people have been found dead in georgia, florida and mississippi. emergency crews are looking for possible survivors of the ef-2 tornado that hit southwest alabama. downed trees, power lines and debris have many areas still too dangerous to return home. the effects of the nor'easter that rolled through the region are evident at the shore this afternoon. look at this wall of sand.

that's what remains in part of ventnor. the erosion here the result of a relentless storm surge. ted greenberg is looking into the recovery eithers today. he'll have that story all new at 5:00. and a free workshop tonight in atlantic city for anyone interested in learning more about flood insurance. that's timely. an estimated 8,000 property owners in ac owned federal flood insurance. the workshop runs from 6:00 to 8:00 at atlantic city hall. taking a live look at cape may this time yesterday. remember that nor'easter was slamming the shore with heavy rain. much better today. >> yeah, a lot calmer and some warmer temperatures coming, right, glenn? >> yep. and we're going to be seeing is much warmer temperatures as early as tomorrow. right now even with cloudy skies and all that wind, it's above average. 43 degrees in philadelphia. we got a 16 mile-an-hour sustained wind. we're in the low 40s across the

entire area. we're pretty cloudy across the entire area as well. now, the headlines, of course, first thing with the wind, it was so rough yesterday and it was pretty windy today. but it's finally dying down tonight. we have warm temperatures over the next couple of days and then winter returns. and the dry pattern also except for perhaps some thursday morning showers out there. and you can see the swirl around this big storm. so new york still getting a lot of rain. we're just getting a few showers in parts of the area this afternoon. but look at toms river and out through the northern half of long beach island. still getting pounded with rain. ocean county had some of the heaviest rain, close to 3 inches in parts. it does look like it's going to stay mostly in new jersey. it looks like parts of bucks county, lower bucks getting into it and otherwise central and

north jersey. the good news is that the wind direction is that way now, offshore, and so that causes the ocean to calm down. it also causes relatively uniform temperatures. so it's 43 at dennis township, avalon, ocean city, when you have the sea breeze, that's when you see the big difference. some parts of the area are now actually below 20 miles an hour. so it's on its way down. after sunset you'll really notice this. and it's feeling like it's in the 30s, mid-30s in philadelphia, for example. and that again is not bad for this time of the year. the temperatures jumping up into the 50s during the day tomorrow and then as we head toward the end of the week, that's when

it's really going to change. tomorrow we have a beautiful day. dry weather. thursday a front comes through. there could be some showers in the morning especially toward the shore. another round toward the lehigh valley. but by midday we're starting to clear out and that's a mild day, too. then the colder air comes in. look at these numbers for tomorrow afternoon. 55 in fairmount, 52 in shanksville and langhorne. 48 in easton. these are way above arcverage f this time of the year. no rain, sunshine out there, 5 vorhees township, egg harbor township 53, dover at 54, new york, delaware up to 58 degrees. we're seeing a tremendous chamg here. now, as we go through the weekend, things change. it's getting cold again. it will feel like january.

45 in philadelphia friday, 42 saturday, 41 sunday. those are the high temperatures. we'll be in the 20s at night. it's not going to be that windy. these are fairly average temperatures for late january. just been kind of mild for much of this month. 38 degrees for the high in the lehigh valley on saturday and sunday. so after we get through these next couple of mild days, it will be feeling kind of chilly again. >> okay, glenn. we know that preserving history takes time, money and also interest. >> local war vets say they're lacking all of it in their fight to keep local vfws up and running. still ahead on nbc 10 news at 4:00, the effort to keep the historic clubs open despite growing concerns of closing. dialing up a solution. the costly phone bill problem that harry hairston and the nbc response team were able to fix and the lesson we can all learn from this story. plus this --

>> a health scare that caused minnesota's governor to collapse at the state capitol. the diagnosis he's revealing today. first here's a look at the closing bell on wall street.

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went right there. and there's a few centimeters higher. >> wow, that's a close call. the three took that american flag they found on the ground and they hung it near their dorm. >> an update tonight on governor mark dayton. he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer. that was dayton last night. he collapsed while delivering his state of the state speech. the 69-year-old says he doesn't think his diagnosis is related to his fainting spell. dayton has a history of health problems. a writer for "saturday night live" is apologizing for an offensive tweet she made about the president's youngest son. >> snl has suspended that writer indefinitely. >> katie rich was widely criticized for posting the tweet about 10-year-old barron trump on friday. she later deleted it. in her latest tweet rich says she wants to sincerely apologize for the insensitive tweet and deeply regrets her actions. rich has been with snl since

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back to our first alert weather. nbc 10 tracking what's left of that powerful nor'easter that slammed the jersey shore yesterday. taking a live look right now

down the shore in cape may. still some clouds out there as the sun is setting. maybe a light drizzle around, but a lot calmer. what a difference a day makes. now nbc 10 near 38th and spruce as people made their way around university city. no umbrellas out there to be seen today. what's left of that major storm is moving out of here. >> nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the most accurate weather forecast. >> some people will be needing some umbrellas at least for a while. that's especially true in parts of central new jersey, mercer county near trenton, that's going down into lower bucks county and also burlington county. we've got showers in chester county going through delaware county into gloucester county, new jersey, and in between, in philadelphia, we're dry at the moment. you're still getting pounded around toms river and parts of long beach island as that storm just keeps spinning and spinning and spinning off shore there. you can see it's taking its good

old time to move away. and that means it's taking a long time for the clouds to move out and for the wind to die down. we're gusting to 31 miles an hour right now in philadelphia and also in wildwood, 29 in wilmington and dover. so yeah, it's a windy day out there and with the clouds it feels even colder than this 43 degrees. but at least the wind direction is that way and so that will not cause any more coastal flooding despite high tide coming here. so what's going to happen as we go through the night, we have those few showers around especially in parts of new jersey and lower bucks county. but the temperature not dropping a whole lot as we go through the night and the feels like temperature not dropping a whole lot. going to be a couple of mild days before we return to winter. more on that coming up. now to nbc 10 responds. a couple's phone bill went up by

hundreds of dollars. >> the company said they did not owe the money but the company would not budge. they contacted harry hairston and the nbc 10 responds team. >> nothing more frustrating when you know you're right but no one will listen and it's costing you a ton of cash. t-mobile charged the couple for an item they never purchased. sharon and bill say they're homebodies, mostly because bill has ms and needs assistance getting around. when it comes to shopping sharon and bill rely on their computer. >> we love online shopping. everything comes to us. we don't go there. >> but they say t-mobile insisted bill and sharon walked into its king of prussia mall store last september and put down money towards an ipad. the couple says no way. they don't even own an ipad. >> we were at home. you know, we weren't anywhere near the mall. >> he says for three months he tried to get off the payment plan for the ipad she didn't have. >> i'm like, oh, my god, this

can't be happening. >> so they contacted nbc 10 responds. >> i'm so shocked and happy to meet you. this is wonderful. >> we reached out to the company. it wouldn't tell us what caused the problem, but she says that t-mobile did call her. >> we got a call from nbc 10 and they basically wanted to apologize for everything that had happened and for the fact that it went that far. >> the company removed the $699 charge for the ipad. and as a gesture of goodwill, it paid her $187 january cell phone bill. >> thank you, harry, thank you so much. if it wasn't for you guys, we would be stuck in this problem forever and it wouldn't go away. can i have a hug? >> definitely. definitely. now, listen, a good takeaway here, folks. always check your bill. go through it line by line. and check each charge. if there is a problem, file a report with the company right away. get on it, make sure you get a supervisor to dig right into it. >> sometimes you got to get to you to get it fixed.

>> make that call, right, jacqueline? >> you have to. hey, let's check our money now. going to the recovery counter. boy, we've gotle $86 back for this couple. $271,432. >> if you have a consumer complaint for nbc 10 responds, give us a call or fill out the complaint form online and we'll respond back to you. >> >> coming up tomorrow, a woman's been taking care of animals for years but she said she couldn't take care of her insurance bill. she said she didn't know after a year of dispul puting it. capitol police stepping up security ahead of president trump's visit to philadelphia thursday. mr. trump is scheduled to speak at a retreat for congressional

a rude awakening for a family after a tree fell on their home. today crews undertook the delicate task as they tried to remove the tree. no one was hurt. the management company is taking over the queen theater in wilmington. the contract with world cafe live ends in may. the new company plans to continue to use the queen as a music venue. a local museum is giving new meaning to the term viral in its latest exhibition. the philadelphia medical history museum announced plans on a multiyear project about the deadly philadelphia flu pandemic of 1918 and '19. officials at the nutter museum announced plans on the new exhibit on facebook live today. they're hoping to use social media to take people behind the scenes of what it takes to open an exhibit. delaware county's newman university is getting a new dorm. commissioners in ashton township have given it the go ahead. the dorm will house about six students.

no word on whether it's expected to be complete -- or when it's expected to be completed. the cooper river is back open for the upcoming regatta season. the river had been shut down for rowing events since the fall of 2015. part of a multimillion dollar environmental cleanup project. the first race is set for the end of march. well who could forget patti labelle's biggest fan singing her praises for her sweet potato pies? ♪ sweet potato patti labelle ♪ the patti edition ♪ this is on my own >> and has a good voice. het me tell you her peach cobbler is really good, too. i'm just say. patti's baked goods are back. plus the app developed here in philadelphia that's helping doctors study concussions and putting money in people's pockets. we'll explain next at 4:00. plus we told you about erin andrews revelation today that

she underwent surgery for cervical cancer. nbc 10 talked to a local doctor about the risk for a disease. with experts say it could be more deadly than what we first thought.

okay. so here's one reason why your teens and tweens may not be gting enough sleep. a new study finds a lot of kids check out social media overnight, mom and dad. and when they do, they're three times more likely to feel tired at school. and in a surprise to no parent anywhere, doctors say that lack of sleep makes them moody. >> are we guilty of that, too, in bed? they want women to change the way they wash their face. skin care products containing rinse-off plastic micro beads are dangerous to sea life when they find their way into the water system. micro beads were banned back in

2015 but companies can put them in products until july with the total ban beginning next year. the aesthetician recommends exfoliating your face with natural products. knowing if a head injury is actually a concussion could be tough to figure out. no doctors at philadelphia's moss rehabs concussion institute are working to develop an app designed to measure symptoms and offer realtime diagnosis. and the hospital is looking for people in our area between 15 to 35 to take part in the research. participants will be paid $65. log on to nbc10.com for details. well, we got mother nature giving us a bit of a break after getting through yesterday's damaging nor'easter. i'm tracking those warmer temperatures you can expect in your most accurate weather forecast. ♪ city of stars ♪ are you shining just for me >> plus hollywood goes gaga over

"la la land." we'll take a closer look at this year's oscar nominations including one for a montgomery county native. showing you the trouble spots and how to get around them. nbc 10 news today. fios in the house!

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fios has fallen behind. don't fall with it. xfinity x1 will change the way you experience tv. the academy award nomination are out. and "la la land" is leading the pack. the modern musical landing a record tying 14 nominations including best picture. the others up for best picture along with "la la land" are "arrival," "fences," hacksaw ridge, hell or high water, "hidden figures," lion, manchester by the sea and moonlight. >> i asked you a question, what law is there say i got to like you? >> denzel walk getting a best actor nod for his role in "fences." casey affleck in "manchester by the sea," andrew garfield in "hacksaw ridge," ryan gosling

for his role in "la la land" and viggo mortensen in "captain fantastic." what about best actress? >> i will walk to the cathedral with the casket. >> natalie portman gets a many noenation for her role in "jackie." the others up for best actress are ruth negga in "loving," isabel hup either in "elle" emma stone and meryl streep. a local guy is also up for an oscar. ♪ city of stars >> that "city of stars" as heard in "la la land" is nominated for best song and a man frommed ormore co-wrote it. the academy awards will be handed out february 26th. >> i've only seen two of those movies, so i have some work to do before february 26th. patti labelle is back and she's not just selling pies or her incredibly good peach

cobbler. i couldn't quit eating it at thanksgiving. she's selling banana pudding at walmart. it started with a family recipe. this comes after the frenzy over her sweet potato pie. >> sweet potato patti labelle. this is the patti edition, baby. abo this is the -- ♪ on my own ♪ why it "d" did it end this wa♪ >> this went viral, no surprise. those pies ended up flying off store shelves at walmart. i'm hungry now. let's take a live look at the ben franklin bridge, take our mind off the food, okay? weather shouldn't be giving you any problems for your drive home tonight in philadelphia and you probably won't have any problems with glenn's forecast for tomorrow. >> no, we need some comfort food and comfort in our weather, glenn. >> yeah, i think a lot of people could use a break from the wind, a break from the clouds and a break from the rain. and you're going to get all three during the day tomorrow.

43 degrees in philadelphia now. we got a couple of bright spots, but it's still pretty cloudy out there. a little bit of rain in parts of new jersey. we have delaware, cloudy skies. as we look into our neighborhoods in delaware it's 42 in claymont, marshalton, newark, middletown is 42. wind direction, that's a land breeze, so the water gets calmed down at the beaches. and coastal flooding in delaware along with the jersey shore. now, you can see on the radar here we do still have some issues and these issues are mostly in new jersey. we have a little bit of bucks county, too. you got this band here that isn't really moving very much. so some places just keep getting this rain hour after hour. especially around tom's river and parts of lbi. this area already had the

gretest amount of rain in any part of our region. and now they're getting more. there is the trenton mercy county rains spilling into lower bucks county and also into burlington county. that's a steady rain that is continuing. these are not steady rains but these are showers coming through parts of delaware county and into parts of gloucester and camden counties right now just as we have the afternoon rush. of course, nothing like yesterday. we're gusting to 32 miles per hour now in millville. 31 in philadelphia. so still pretty windy out there. of course, not as windy as it was yesterday when we had gusts over 60 miles per hour. tomorrow's a beautiful day. thursday things change a little bit. still going to be unseasonably warm. a few showers may develop in the morning especially toward the shore. and then another few later on

during the morning. you can see, that's not all that impressive. we're talking about temperatures into the mid-50s. that is pretty impressive. that's way above average. average is 40. so here we are tomorrow, 48 in bethlehem. 50 degrees in reading. what a change from yesterday. phoenixville with 52, newtown at 52 degrees. no rain in any of these places tomorrow. farther to the south a little bit warmer, haddonfield getting rain this afternoon. 55 tomorrow. no rain. trenton with the 51. they're getting pounded today with the rain. atlantic city at 50 degrees and in delaware, mid to upper 50s. so a couple of really mild days ahead. >> all right, glenn, sounds good. they're more than just social clubs. they're pieces of history. >> self-local vfw posts are in danger of closing in montgomery county. how local vets who have already

served our country are now stepping up to keep the organization alive. that's next.

if you're a history buff, you know preserving it takes time, money and interest. local war vets say they're lacking all of it. >> over the last several years local vfw locations have had to close or merge posts. more on the efforts to keep the organization alive in montgomery county. >> you never went to valley forge vfw. it closed. >> he enlisted in the army in 1974. >> i don't like talking about it. >> donald collins was drafted. he served in vietnam. >> they know what we've been through.

you don't know what we've been through. >> he does find comfort in talking with his fellow veterans. this vfw post in rally forge was built by collins and his father-in-law. over the years membership declined, but recently more and more veterans and members have gone away. >> it could happen at any vfw. the reasons could be declining interest, older members dying off and younger vet just not joining. >> we have clothing drives. we raise goods to send over to the military overseas. >> it's not just military support the club provides. they provide support to all organizations in the area. hanging on the wall here, pictures of little league teams that have been supported in the past. this year, however, there's just not enough money. and while the group wants to attract younger veterans, its jaups not happening. it is working to raise money, attract members and even use social media to promote upcoming fund-ra fund-raisers. >> i'm bound and determined to keep this club open. >> deanna durante, nbc 10 news.

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how the jersey shore beaches took a beating during this week's nor'easter. >> road to recovery after a terrifying elevator accident left him paralyzed, the victim is sepeaking for the first time and going to court. >> not over yet. some rain and wind are sticking around, but a big turnaround is just hours away. nbc 10 news starts now. >> good evening. i'm keith jones. >> i'm erin coleman. right now at 5:00, the big cleanup. we're getting a better look at the damage that nor'easter left behind. >> ted greenberg is live in ventnor, atlantic county tonight. what did you find?

>> reporter: well, keith and erin, you can see the ocean just tore into this beach path. we have a sudden drop-off right here. that fencing is mangled and on the ground. and other beaches here at the shore also took a pounding. the waves in north wildwood now calmer and revealing damage done to the resort's beaches. >> it's amazing, but it seems to happen every year. >> reporter: this drone video shows a seriously eroded stretch where the nor'easter's wind driven waves washed away protected sand leaving tune e i with dangerous drop-offs. >> this area right behind me took a pretty good beating from this storm. >> reporter: the city now getting set to make emergency repairs before another storm threatens the shore. >> we have to put that protection back in place and quickly. >> reporter: the damage not limited to the beach. throughout north wildwood signs is blown down, a huge awning on