years. good morning. nbc nbc news today. >> on early this morning following yesterday's storm. dozens of schools cancelled yesterday's classes of have a late start. philadelphia public schools will open on time. you can find the rest of the closings and delays run lg at

the bottom of your korean. anything on the nbc app. also watching the roads and slick spots. j jessica boyington will help you felt to work. it is freezing outside liter literally. clouds overhead. sno snow falling. you may see blowing snow and this is why. look at the wind gust. 28-mile-an-hour wind gusts in philadelphia. close to 30 for wilmington and p millville. topping 30. in fact, 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts in atlantic city. winds just getting started. they will be stronger this afternoon. already getting temperatures that feel like they're in the single digits. mount holly. 9 degrees. 8 in allentown. just ten degrees is what it feels like in philadelphia. actual temperature 236789 everything that's on the ground is frozen solid.

a lot of icy spots to be found this morning. if it melted a little bit during the day, it has refrozen this morning. 19 in the suburbs. 22 degrees with cloudy skies rights n right now in delaware. no sign of snow right now. chance this afternoon see scattered light snow showers. could see a dusting in some areas. philadelphia, suburbs, new jersey could see snow showers and see the temperatures for most locations stay below freezing. exception delaware up to freezing this afternoon. go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back to show you warmup and when snow showers are likely to pop up. that's when i'm back in ten minutes. first jessica boyington watching first alert traffic. starting off with a problem this morning. route 209 around anymore istown road. assuming we see a bit of this today. vehicle control or camera.

you can see it in the snowy area. single car appears in the camera here. route 309 around norris town road. disabled vehicle in limerick. check in with the schuylkill. really clear drive so far. not seeing or hearing any problems reported. roads are pretty dry. did a really good job clearing them yesterday. 13 minutes right now center city eastbound from the blue route headed to vine street expressway. 4:03. breaking overnight. flames hit an apartment building in philadelphia. forcing people out of homes and into the freezing cold. nbc 10 katy zachry live gathering information at the scene. >> reporter: i can tell you brutal conditions for firefighters to be fighting this fire as well as for people to be forced out of their memo. take a look behind me. 7500 block. this building right here.

apartment building that houses a number of apartments. there was a fire that started overnights. let's go to the picture firefighter took when he arrived to the scene. see fliems leaping from the building. a lot of the energy and focus was on the second floor. top right window. we have video of that. so that's where they attacked the fire. it seemed to be coming out of the top right window. eight families living in this building were forced out into the absolute bitter cold this morning as firefighters tried to put out the fire. fortunately most of them, seven of those families had people they could stay with because they cannot reenter their home. now one family had nowhere to go. the red cross was out here. they have helped set them up with accommodations tonight. is septa bus was brought to the scene. firefighters and people who will were evacuated could stay warm

in the bitter temperatures. i did talk to someone from red palm emergency. sent back here because there was a couple of pets that did not make it into owner's arms. he did find one. he found one hiding up on the second floor. back on the scene looking for a second one. back in another 30 minutes with update. i can tell you licensing and inspections inspectors are out here checking the structure of the scene. update for you as to cause of this fire. for now reporting live in mount air. u.s. postal service plans to resume normal service today, but they're asking for your help to keep the mail carrier safe. make sure that your mailbox is accessible and clear walkways and overhangs of snow and ice. airlines using philadelphia international airport say they plan to resume normal operations this morning. give you a live look at the airport. much different look than it was

yesterday. major carriers except delta cancelled flight yesterday because of the winter storm. still want to check with airline carrier before you head out to airport. see that, sparks flying in south jersey. ice and wind damaged these power lines in audubon yesterday. this morning thousands of people still without power. others cleaning up from the storm: nbc 10 pamela osborne live in. >> reporter: step out of the way and show you what's going on here. see in tree sfapd in half taking down power lineses with it. wasn't the only one other. yesterday the audubon fire department responded. wires came down on route 38 to police had to close that down temporarily until power crews

could make repairs. officials say the ice that fell here was more dangerous than two feet of snow. the ice event was widespread in south jersey. at one point the storm caused 7600 power outages here in camden county. at this point, a little more than -- around 1600 people maybe a little less than that are without power. appears most of this block is back on. minus the house that you see there. we're going to keep an eye on those numbers for you this morning. reporting live in audubon, pamela osborne. 4:07. it is cold out there this morning. you can see it. then the refreezing from yesterday's storm causing concern especially on the side roads. >> time, and, again, seeing this kind of problem. >> reporter: depends where you go. right here take a look at main street. sit clear. we took storm 4 10 out to show you conditions in our area.

take a look up this street, and see this driver here just clearly gave up because you see this is still snow covered and some snow still on some of the vehicles here, but you see just this street here. i mean, at least a few inches of snow and this is packed snow too. i just checked the thermometer on storm 4 10 we have one on the roof. 23 degrees here. all the stuff that had fallen yesterday and any of that sleet, any of that stuff that started to melt, well, it has since we frozen. so now it is a lot tougher than it was yesterday in the afternoon. so of course you have a p drivers like this one here, probably going to have a difficult time trying to make it down these side streets and especially you have some of the hilly areas and we have seen some ice as well. especially on some of the sidewalks where again you had little bit of that melting and all of that froze again overnight.

s. >> i'm looking at all that ice. thinking my house, left miff wife having to shovel it will driveway while i'm here at work. she did half of it, but i have to go home and do more of it. it's going to be rough. that's frozen solid this morning. might do a little better if you wait until afternoon. that's when temperatures will be warm. wind will be so strong. you'll have to wear 15 layers. it will feel cold. still frozen outside by a long shot. 23 in philadelphia. south jersey at 24. 24 in dover and teens now in pottstown. and a little bit colder in mount poconos. 11 degrees this morning. factor in the wind, which is going to be stronger this afternoon. we'll see 23-mile-an-hour wind

this afternoon in philadelphia. 26 in wilmington. 26 in dover. those are not the gusts. that's the steady wind. the gusts will top 40 miles an hour this afternoon. so standby for a cold one. the temperature will climb a little bit. we'll warm into the 20s. staying below freezing in philadelphia. here's that warmer afternoon i'm talking about. not by much. 28 degrees at 5:00. factor in the wind and look at the feels like temperatures. 7 degrees is what it will feel like at 11 clock. 10 degrees at 3:00 this afternoon. definitely have to bundle up. tracking flurries. most not reaching the ground right now in south jersey. moving through burlington county. camden county has seen snowflakesover head. see lake effect snow way off to northwest. that will not affect us. i think there's a chance we will see some scattered snow showers developing in south jersey this afternoon. more so than the rest of the area. 7:00 this morning just plain old

cold. 18 degrees in philadelphia. mostly cloudy day. might see some breaks of sunshine. not going to last all that long. noontime see showers off to north and west. little bit of activity. barely anything at noon. 24 degrees in philadelphia. now, keep an eye on new jersey. this afternoon snow showers popping up. 2:00 these are just going to be light snow showers on the move blowing through on the strong gusty winds. they'll be moving so you might see a quick dusting and by 4:00 in the afternoon, trending towards the shore. by early evening hour, 7:00 the temperatures are still frozen solid. the snow has moved out and the clouds will start to thin out. which means we have got sunshine to come. not so much today. over the next few days and it will bring us warmer weather to help with shoveling you may not have done. look at ten day on ten to show you how warm it's going to gog. >> he will be doing today for sure. >> honey, i would love to shovel. bill says wait until friday. talk about the refreezing on

the side roads. jessica, it's hard to navigate some of those more narrow roads. >> if you live in center city, parts of center city are a little difficult to drive. secondary roads. on and off ramp. prime example here. route 309 around norristown road. partially blocked right now with accident scene. one car involved. pretty much got to ramp and spun out. some of the major -- most of the majors at least are really seeing really clear conditions, but some of the ramps we're seeing some of that snow and ice over into the shoulders. that's where people hit those and lose control of their vehicle. now we have police activity here on the scene. got to get this guy under control. watch out for a lot of this today. also disabled vehicle so another disabled car out in lower merion on franklin avenue around west montgomery avenue. right near 295 near that point moving through cherry hill. no major problems. you can see definitely snow into the center median.

watch for icy spots getting on and off the ramp. that's the parts of the roads we're going to really watch today. as well as the secondary roads and more details on everything that goes on for the rest of the morning when i come back in about ten. >> thanks jess. these documents show president trump's tax return for 2005. >> we'll hear how msnbc got ahold of those forms and hear how the white house is responding this morning. also protection against price gouging. a warning from pennsylvania's attorney general about scammers looking to take advantage of people cleaning up from the storm.

mailed to a political website besides founder and president appeared to benefit from the tax law. he now wants to abolish.

>> we didn't have the alternative minimum tax. donald trump in writing wants to end the alternative minimum tax. he would have paid taxes at a lower rate than the bottom half of taxpayers. the poor in this country who make less than $33,000. >> david said without that law, the president would have paid around $5 million less than 3.5% of income for 2005. last night t wlous confirmed the president paid $38 million in federal income tax on more than 150 million in income in 2005. return shows he wrote off more than $100 million in business losses to reduce that tax that year. the return contained in itemization. the white house released a statement that red in part before being elected president, mr. trump was one of the most successful businessmen in the world. with a responsibility to his company, his family and employees to pay no more tax than legally required. the dishonest media can continue to make in this part of their

agenda while the president will focus on his, which includes tax reform that will benefit all americans. the president has resisted releasing taxes since running for office. >> today federal judges in yand and hawaii will hear challenges. the new ban is supposed to take effect tomorrow. temporarily bars refugees from coming to u.s. and bans travel from six muslim majority countries dropping iraq from the original list. sean spicer sayings president trump is confident the justice department will produce evidence to back his claim that president obama wiretapped trump tower during the election. house panel is given the justice department until march 20th to produce that evidence. that's when hearings open on possible russian interference in the election. we will find out today if the federal reserve will raise interest rates.

chair janet yellen will hold an afternoon announcement. by a quarter of a percentage point. which means if you have revolving debt. see monthly payment go up within 60s days and mortgage rates would also rise. now that yesterday's winter storm has passed. pa attorney general is warning you to be on guard against price gouging. state law prohibits companies and vendors from charging unfair prices. any price higher than the average for item or service during the seven days before disaster emergency. check this out. porch collapse in west philadelphia yesterday morning near the corner of 58 and arch street. police tell us everyone did get out. and they're all going to be okay. we were talking about that all day yesterday with the coverage. wet snow and then the ice and it

would just how heavy it was for the power lines and tree limbs. >> let's check in with bill henley and the most accurate forecast in the area. it's still on the limbs this morning. the snow is still on the ground. wherever it is, it's frozen solid. feels colder for us because the wind is blowing. the wind is going to be us right on through the day and tonight as well. you may even see blowing snow in the lehigh valley. wasn't as heavy as snow in the lehigh valley. more snow, but didn't weigh as much less of the rain that philadelphia, delaware, south jersey. many of the suburbs saw. 21 degrees right now in lehigh valley. 18 degrees in suburbs. 20 ff philadelphia south jersey and shore. delaware the teens with the suburbs. widespread this morning. look at westalen township. teens for yuk lynn township. 21 until chads forth. 20s very low 20s and still falling this morning. we can see teens this morning for bedminster, warrington, new

hope and even with a little bit of wind, seems like it's in the teens. more than a little wind this morning. wind will be increasing this afternoon. likely do what we're seeing right now. below scattered snow showers through the area. very light stuff. i think not even reaching the ground. you may see a few flurries briefly this morning right now moving through morristown and easton township. heading out of waterford and towards jamong. that's just this morning. this afternoon see light snow showers here blowing through this afternoon. temperature climb into the 20s close to 30 degrees, but cold enough that most of what stays on the ground will stay frozen. see clouds and those clouds will be mostly cloudy. might see a break of sunshine. going to be a mostly cloudy day. some sunshine will allow temperatures to get close to the -- will allow the snow to melt. if you can get sunshine you can get melting even below 30. not expecting that much sunshine

today. expect it to stay frozen this morning. chance of snow showers for trenton. atlantic city might see sunshine breaking through. might see snow showers at the shore. wilmington through 30 degrees. that's this afternoon. light snow showers this afternoon should be dry this morning. then we'll be dry and warmer tomorrow. 19 degrees in the morning. 34 in the afternoon. wampling trend that continues on friday. and saturday, but showers could come through. some rain showers come through on saturday and turns as little bit cooler. upper 40s come monday and tuesday. another chance of rain showers. more 40s until late next week when it will be heading into the 50s. we could see snowflakes in the morning and rain drops in the afternoon next friday. get through today with a strong gusty winds and thing will be improving as we head into the weekend. >> thank you, bill. 21 minutes past 4:00 a.m. on this wednesday. let's get another check and find out what's going on route 309. >> jessica boyington has an update on that. >> we're watching the bottom of

the northtown road. cars actually spun out of control right here over into the right hand shoulder. see a lot of snow spield up on the side as well. trying to get the guy towed out of the way. road flairs out. traffic, i haven't seen any cars get by for right now. it may be all it will way blocked for this off-ramp on on-ramp right in here so i'll keep my eye on that for you. right now really be careful. we seeing a lot of disabled vehicles as we did all yesterday. now all of that refrozen precipitation from yesterday is causing some problems for drivers. lansdale another disabled vehicle. lower merion, vehicle fire. just watching this area of cherry lane around glen road. end with good news on the vine street expressway. not dealing with instruction this morning. that would be a bad idea to do that after a day of storm.

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christopher dorman. shot seven times by alleged drug dealer. returned to duty little more than being wounded. philadelphia sergeant sylvia young will be honored tonight. shot eight times sitting in car. shooter killed a woman before he was killed by police. winter storm inconvenienced plenty of people. >> actually threatened the life of 23 month old boy in pennsylvania. took an effort to save him. e escorted 80 miles yesterday. here's a picture of pendot. pennsylvania state police and teams from the national guard in action. the boy's mom says his case is critical, but did not want to elaborate, but thanked the crews for efforts in extreme weather. governor wolf also added his support. >> just that's how these different agencies and organizations have worked together to keep pennsylvania's

safe throughout this ordeal. >> we have been in contact with the boy's family. keep you updated on his condition. take you to the scene of an apartment building fire in philadelphia that forced eight families from homes in bitter cold. >>. 23 degrees. snow is ended in the poconos, but that's what 23 inches looks like. that's a live view from camelback this morning. the snow is going nowhere this morning. the temperatures are still falling at this hour. get your first alert neighborhood forecast just ahead, but jessica boyington, she's watching some icy roads this morning. first alert traffic center. that's right. we're watching the clearing of this disabled vehicle at the bottom of the ramp. 309 at anymores are norristown road. updates for you when i come back.

deep freeze. bitter cold settled in. this morning refreezing roads could cause concern. power problems. thousands of people still in the dark after ice and heavy snow reeked havoc on power lines. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracey davidson. parts of the area still dealing with the of gentlemaftermath of yesterday's storm. 10,000 people without power in delaware. more than 400 schools opening late or closed in philadelphia. othering and delays running at the bottom of your korean. meantime, philadelphia international is expected to resume normal operations today. it's a frigid start this mornin