"hurricane" schwartz tracking the big drop in temperatures. >> and it is coming fast. plunging temperatures and the increasing winds going to be something you whether really notice if you are staying outside tonight. that is why we've issued a first alert for the entire area for tonight and all day tomorrow. feels like dropping as low as single digits. gusts to over 40 mifrles per ho. if this was the middle of january, our bodies would be more used to this, but this is early in the season for this, so it will be a shock to the system. and it is 44 in philadelphia now, not all that cold. 40 in pottstown. but the temperature is sure going to be dropping as we go through the night. look at this, 7:00, 38, feels like 29. by 11:00, it is feeling like 15. and by tomorrow morning, feeling like 8.

the temperature severitself 22. and during the day, at best it will be feeling like it is in the teens. and we have some snow in the forecast before the weekend, some of it could stick in parts of the area. i'll tell you more about that coming up. >> and people are preparing for the bitter blast to come. >> still in the mid 40s, taking a live look in center city, you will need all the layers tomorrow. heavy coat, hat, gloves and maybe the boots too. lauren mayk is joining us with how people are getting ready. >> reporter: i can tell you if you were out at lunchtime, you will notice a difference when you step outside tonight. we can already feel that wind as you can see it blowing and the temperature dropping. today we found people getting ready and thinking about others.

today you could get by without the gloves, some pushed it without shorts. >> i didn't know it was this warm. >> reporter: but the temperatures are about to drop in that south philadelphia, the t tap room is ready to warm you up with whiskey inside. >> it can be gloves, mecoat, happens. >> reporter: and this was scheduled to start later in the week, but moved up with the chilly forecast. >> we figured the sooner we can get the coats, the sooner we can get them to the ooeld peoppeopld them. >> reporter: and this is front and center where customers are also coming in for window insulation kits and tools to keep the heat inside. >> do it now is a very good idea. >> reporter: how today, diana was preparing with a shopping

trip. >> i get whatever i need, go to the pharmacy, whatever i need. toiletries and i get them all together. >> reporter: so she won't have to go on out tomorrow. and the city is also working today to let people know just how cold it will be and to give those who are homeless a place to go. we saw a team out today letting people know what their options are for shelter as the temperatures drop tonight. wla wla lauren mayk nbc 10. and downloaded app to help you plan ahead. voters in alabama have less than four hours to vote in an election that attracted national attention. republican roy moore hoping to pull off a victory despite allegations of sexual misconduct with teen achblg giage girls. moore arrived on horse back to

cast his balancing lolot. today's outcome has major consequences. moore faces democrat doug jones. latest polls are mixed with moore trailing by ten in one poll, but leading in others. no democrat has won since 1992. now to the escalahe is kca g escalating tussle who wants pd to step down. and the president is firing back. erin coleman is joining us live with today's development. gillibrand is among a group of more than 50 democratic launches calling on an investigation into president trump over past allegations of sexual misconduct. she has called them credible and numerous. and president trump called gillibrand a quote lightweight

and there for chuck schumer. and also claimed that she would beg for campaign contributions not so long ago before he was a politician suggesting that she, quote, would do anything for them. gill grand responded wiibrand r you cannot silence me or the millions of women who have gotten off the sidelines to speak out about the unfitness and shame you have brought to the oval office. she later echoed the sentiments at a news conference. >> it was attempting to see you lens my voice and i will not be silenced, neither will the women who stood up to the president yesterday and neither will the millions marching since the women's march to stand up against policies they don't agree with. >> a number of colleagues have since come to her side calling the president's tweet disgusting and vile. records show president trump and miss daughter ivanka donated nearly $8,000 to senator gillibrand's congressional

campaigns since 2007. erin coleman, nbc 10 news. and some women say one specific story is not how they remember it. former miss carolina says donald trump acted inappropriately during the 2006 miss usa pad pageant. more than 60 women who took part wrote a letter saying that their experiences with trump have been nothing but positive. and our own jessica boin tonight boyington is sharing her story. >> and while he was there, he gave us a quick couple of minutes maybe long talk about good luck, you guys will do great. >> hear more of her account still ahead on nbc 10 news at 4 k 30. police are issuing a warning

this morning about an e-mail scam that they call the most disturbing they have ever seen, the writer threatens people with their life if they don't send catch. someone got an e-mail claiming to be from a contract killer hired to murder. the sender says he will spash your life if you send money. most people we'll liz is thisre scam, but not everyone. >> we have people who have even j seniors, someone like apply mom, who may get this and even though you know it is a scam, it is very disturbing when you read it. >> the fbi is working to figure out the source. new video of an armed robbery at a liquor store in new capacity sell county. police want you to take a good look. surveillance video showing them walking in, one has a gun in his hand and he points it at the cashier. this happened back on november 7. the man accused in monday's subway attack in new york city is now facing federal fricterro.

akayed ullah is accused of secretary up the pipe bomb during the morning rush. three people suffered might be or injuries. ullah was seriously burned. ullah came to the u.s. from bangladesh on a vvisa. and he wrote on facebook monday trump you failed to protect your nation. the bombing is adding new fuel to president trump's push to limit immigration based on family ties. and the passage way where the bombing happened reopened today. bomb sniffing docs are part of the police presence as commuters resumg their daem activities. here at home, trains are moving again on some of septa's busiest regional rail lines after a crash this morning. a train hit a car on the tracks at a crossing between the glenn side and jenkintown stations. no one on the train was hurt. but septa halted service on three regional rail lines.

and it is not clear how that car ended up on the tracks. today a south jersey pastor accused of sexually assaulting four children more than a decade ago appeared before a judge. nbc so was the only station there as harry thomas used a walker to go in to court. he had served as the leader of med ford's come alive church. thomas' public defender entered a not guilty plea on numerous counts. the judge granted a one week delay for detention hearing to allow attorneys to review length shall i fi democratic y files. some high school students are in trouble with police after a social media post. some students got into a fight at southern lehigh high school and another posted about it on snapchat. this is what police are calling offensive and incensensitive comments. a parent showed police the snap. that student is facing charges ever disorderly conduct. a judge overseeing the case of inmates in a fatal prison

riot in delaware, one to stand trial in group s four. they are charged with first degree murder. steven employed was killed in tin -- steven floyd was killed. and one of two is expected to change his plea in court today. james hickey pleaded not guilty in july. court records show he had a change of plea hearing in court this afternoon. he's charged in an alleged pay to play scheme with allentown mayor who is accused of accepting more than $150,000 in campaign contributions in exchace exchachk fe exchange for city business. today parent, student tsz and educators met to talk about the future of the school board. mayor will appoint nine people to the board in march after a nomination process. the committee is demanding that the board represent everyone in the district.

one of the speakers juan was an undocumentsed immigrant. >> i want people to hear my vote. >> the school board is taking over for the reform commission this last month voted to give up its power. if everything goes as planned, the new board should begin govern management summer of 2018. and a new park hopes to bring neighbors back to the delaware river. this is phoenix park. they hope that it will bring more and more neighbor back near the river which was cut off from the community because of industrial buildings. it will also ease flooding in the area with a new system that will catch runoff. man inhanukkah begins tonig. and they mark it with a menorah lighting. and here is a live look at the festivities at center square in he's to easton. this is the rededication of the

second temple in jerusalem. and in a few hour, there will be a celebration, tonight first of eight houses will have the lights turned on and by the last night the houses will gift appearance of a menorah. the mayor and jewish community leaders host it. it begins at 5:00 house lighting set for 6:00. celebrations will continue at 3 30th street station. you are invited to join amtrak workers on the main concourse for tonight's lighting. nbc 10 is your official station of the philadelphia eeg hims. >> and bird fans are now putting their faith in nick foles. john clark is joining us live with more on what nick foles had to say as he takes over. >> yeah, nick foles says he is ready. they have to get over the injury

on carson wentz. they have to rep for the gooir e giants without him. there are three games left in the regular season and they have already secured a home playoff game by winning the division. and if the birds can beat the giants on sunday, they clinch a first round bye. nick says he wanted to come back to the eeg hims th eeg hims thi because he and xar scarson are constantly communicating. >> he will be a huge help. right now, as a teammate, someone who care as lot about him, you're there to support him. pray for him. and we've had -- he was around today just having conversations with him and just out grateful we are that we have had so much time to develop that relationship.

and he will be an instrumental part every week here on out still with this team. >> the eagles say natheir offen won't change much. we'll hear more at 5:45, why is he so comfort only with this team and this offense. john clark, we'll see you then. >> he was very confident in that news conference. so fingers crossed. >> i can't remember scarson can can work together to make it work as best as they can. nbc 10 is your official station for the eagles. we're getting you ready for the game against the giants. 9:30 a.m., game day kickoff with game plan at 10:00 and then join us after the late news for game day final for highlights and analysis. get women wishes fell wishe wentz are pouring in, check out one this one from a second

grade. he says carson is the best player on the field and he predicts that coach petersen is very sad about the injury. jack wanted to get his letter to carson, so let's hope carson is watching. logon to nbc10.com to send your get well wishes to carson wentz or from your little children. and do you think the eeg hagles get to the super bowl? so far fans overwhelmingly still have faith in their team go all the way. weigh in, let us know what you think on our nbc 10 philadelphia facebook page and the nbc 10 app. in south jersey, spread being holiday cheer through toys and the lobby of sacht. john. look at all the toys dropped off for the students at the special needs school. this is thanks to a local group that does it every year. back to the first alert weather now and wildcats all

bundled up. a chilly day at villanova. and right now we're bracing for a dangerous cold that could soon hit our area. >> for people who have to spend a lot of time outside, it will be really tough starting tomorrow, glenn? >>le it will be starting in a matter of hours. so if you are headed out tonight, don't just go outside now and say it is not that cold because in a few hour, it will be. first al leert is for the entir area, it starts tonight, goes through the day tomorrow and things will change very quickly this evening. feels like temperature dropping to near single digits by tomorrow morning with wind gusts of over 40 miles per hour possible. right now it is not all that cold, it is 44 degree, but the wind is picking up and shifting into the northwest. that is the first sign of the temperature about to go down. we have northwest winds across much of the area.

clouds but no precipitation reaching the ground. as we take a look at the shore, we're starting to see a west wind, it was southwest. thousand west a now west and then it will become northwest. wi 44 in stone harbor. and of course much komder this time tomorrow. we have a few showers on the radar. some of it reaching the ground. some not. but we have the cold affair behind it, some of the snow -- lake-effect snow showers in the western portion of the state. you can see the flow yearly as the bitter cold air comes over the warm worries of the great lakes. let's see what will happen here as we go through tomorrow, it is a dry day. fair amount of sunshine. and then we have a very quick moving weak disturbance coming through, but this is tomorrow night.

now, after all that cold tonight, and tomorrow, and tomorrow evening, that snow would stick to untreated surfaces. doesn't have to be all that heavy. but it is late at night into the early morning hour, so a chance for the road crews to take care it. especially to the north and west. and then we dry out pretty quickly. so again this is a very brief thing. so here we are in just a matter of a few hours, feels like temperatures dropping in to the teens. and later tonight, it is dropping to the single digits. by midnight, feel williing like pottstown, 4 in allentown and 8 toward the shore. that is cold. right now it's 44 mch and it will be feel like this. even by 11:00 a.m., still

feeling like single digit in the parts of the area like allentown, pottstown, westchester. and best we can do tomorrow, feeling like mid teens. what about the snow? some of the computer models showing some snow accumulation perhaps up to an inch or so. montgomery, northern chester, berks county, lehigh valley maybe a couple inch there is the poconos. so we are expecting some of that snoef snow to be sticking. fridgid air will be exiting, so it won't be long lasting. it is just going to say pretty cold overall for quite a while as we'll go in to next week. the 10 day coming up. secret santa surprise for hundreds of shoppers in south jersey. still ahead, the act of

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as we've been telling you, we're tracking dangerous cold for pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. you can expect strong wind gusts and a blast of arctic air creating these conditions. this afternoon picking out the perfect tree ahead of the big cold, a busy day here. people grabbing their trees before the dangerous cold hits our area. and downs shore, a windy day. a live look at the flags blowing. and the wind will make the arctic blast coming in feel even colder. krystal klei is keeping an eye on the changes. >> not too cold out there right now if people want to take a spend around the rink. >> reporter: yeah, and a few hours ago it would be even better because it is starting to get colder. i can feel the change over. the winds are picking up. and it will only get worse. as understand, as we go through

the night and especially into our wednesday. so let's talk about the current conditions outside right now. and look at some of the numbers that we have on the board. this isn't that bad. 44 degrees, the kurntsz temperature in philadelphia. and in wilmington, 41 in red willing and 46 in atlantic city. by tomorrow, we'll be lucky to neighboring through to the 30s. so it will be a big difference. so first alert for birth cold tonig bitter komd, tonight the winds crank up and the temperatures will plummet. tomorrow morning, we'll have feels like temperatures in the single digits. and tomorrow afternoon, windy and very cold. at best teens to around 20. right now we feel like 30s in some spots. but by 8:30, already you don't want to walk the dog, but you have to do it quick about that 17 degrees in philadelphia, 18

in voorhees. and through tomorrow morning, as we roll the numbers through, there is the problem zone. feels like temperatures ins single digits across the entire map. so this is why we put a first alert in effect and it stays bitterly cold throughout wednesday. coming up, glenn will run you through those numbers. right now they are about to clear off the ice to that the zamboni can go through and smooth it out. i'll try to get on it at 5:00. krystal klei, nbc 10. >> do you have a license for that? >> i'll try to sit on it. beyond if i can actually operate heavy machinery. >> find your glove, too. you're making me glove. >> i have to go find them in the car. and get the nbc 10 app for free. that is where you can get an hour by hour forecast to your neighborhood to help you plan

ahead. to this now as more people call for president trump's resignation over sexual misconduct accusations. some women say one account is not fair and didn't happen. >> people who took part in his usa say their experience with trump has been nothing about positive. harry hairston has that story. and these are not new accusat n accusatio accusations. >> that's right. these surfaced prior to the 2016 presidential election. and the president has repeatedly denied these and others. but they have resurfaced as attention nationwide focuses on issues of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct. former miss north carolina remembers the first time she met donald trump during the 2006 miss usa beauty pageant. >> it was hi, just looking me over like i was just a piece of meat. like i was not a human being, i didn't have a brain or

personality. >>. >> reporter: she says donald trump walked back stanchblg stae while some were only wearing the reasons. >> and he comes in like he owns you and is just eyeing us up and down. >> reporter: other women involved in the passenger engea different memories including our own jessica boynton who was miss new jersey 2006. >> i was new jersey, she was north carolina. so very close together quite frequently. >> reporter: she remembers encounters with trump differently. that a former miss north carolina you including trump being back stage. >> we were all dressed in our clothes because we were given plenty of time and warning that he was coming in. and while he was there, he gave us a quick couple of minutes maybe long talk about good luck, you guys will do great. >> reporter: miss florida 2006 shares a similar memory. >> just a nice exchange of hellos and well wishes.

and then they left. and there was plenty of advanced warning. >> reporter: and they are not alone. more than 60 former miss usa and miss teen usa title holders and con december tant cembe contestants signed a letter that states our personal experiences with mr. trump have been nothing but positive. >> i was there. so i don't want to discredit anybody that has a serious issue or problem with a case with sexual harassment or assault. if they feel that something happened to them, i think we should listen. it's something that should be taken seriously. but i also know that in this particular being a xu saying of sexual misconduct, i was there, i was standing right there and it didn't happen. >> despite different rec elections, some stand by their

story. president trump has denied all of thetheir story. president trump has denied all of the allegations. let's take a look at some of the other stories we're following. sdoe dozens of properties hit the auction block for bidders throughout atlantic city. the properties are recent foreclose sures. and a university.com just ranked roman college the number one college for computer graphics in the state. today faculty students and staff marked the occasion with a small celebration. and the universities.com is and online resource that helps students find a college that fits their needs and career goa goals. and more homes are coming to cherry hill. more apartment yunlt units will built. unclear when construction will

begin. ♪ in montgomery county, sounds of the holidays ringing through this senior living community center. stunlts students spread the cheer for seniors in ambler. and to no laughing matter. >> jimmy kimmel returned to tv to call out congress. >> parents of children with cancer, diabetes and heart problems, are about to get letters saying that coverage could be cut off. merry christmas, right? >> still ahead, how kimle is drawing attention to an important issue with the help of his infant son. and accused of sexual harassment, donovan mcnabb is named in a new lawsuit. the colleague who says he crossed the line at 5:00.

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canadian scientists wanted to see if men are wimps. or if illness really hits men harder than women. the results, there is some evidence that men have weak immune systems than women. men are also more likely to be hospitalized for the flu and other respiratory illnesses. >> what about man cold? >> i know, you are recovering. we were both sick last week. >> i'm doing fine. but my wife had the same thing and she said you didn't notice when i had it and it is like you're on your death bed while you have it. full disclosure. i was a little miserable. moving on. next at 4:00, elf emergency. >> how surgeons performed a christmas miracle surgery to make one little girl's holiday bright. and arctic air and chilly winds will make it feel like it is in the single digits for our area. i'm tracking the cold that you can expect and return of snow for some. and spotted on the jersey

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emotional night for jimmy kimmel. >> he returned to the show with his a little boy in his arms. >> i was out last week because this guy had a heart surgery. will you look, he is fine, everybody. >> he is cute as a button. that is his 7 month old son billy. he had his second heart surgery last week. the first took place when billy was just three days old. he thanked the actors who filled in for him while he was gone and he seemed to get caught up in the moment. take a look. >> a full day of their very busy days to give me time off and i'm grateful to them for on doing that. and -- cries but billy

doesn't. >> he is expected to undergo one more surgery. and now the story of a holiday miracle in oerlrlando. >> and emof lf on the shelf nam sam came through the door in that after the family dog tore off his arm. a little girl's holiday was shattered. so luckily for sam, mom is a nurse in the e.r. and a team of specialists used special gloves and glitter to put sam back together and headed home with mom and 7-year-old aubrey. and this afternoon sam is resting comfortably right up

there at a safe spot that is not far away from the family dog -- or is far away from the family dog, but looking well. >> nothing that a little gauze couldn't fix. really helpful when your spthpa is a doctor. >> and can neighboring his wmak stretcher. it's a cold night in the poconos and temperatures just going to continue to drop. glenn. >> yeah, absolutely. and in the poconos, we'll get some snow flurries or snow showers with this arctic blast that is coming in and of course they will get it harder than anybody. first alert covers the entire area during the night tonight and into the day tomorrow. we're going to be seeing these temperatures not going anywhere as we head through the night and into the day tomorrow. the temperatures across the area

are now in to the 40s and we'll be seeing the cloudy skies break up as the cold air comes in and that will be continuing through the night tonight and into tomorrow. the windchill, the feels like temperature, is going to continue to go straight down as we go through the afternoon and into the evening. radar showing a few rain showers along the jersey shower. but in the cold air, things are pretty quiet right now. and where there is a lot of lake-effect snow, you can see the flow across the great lakes. bitter cold air coming over those warm lakes. take a look at the hour by hour temperatures. and there we go, in through the 20s. it is dry for a while and then look what happens, this is wednesday night and into early

thursday morning. middle of the night. with a little bit of light snow as temperatures are in the 20s. so any of that snow on untreated surfaces will stick. not a lot of snow falling being but it didn't take a lot of snow to create some slick spots. and then on thursday, we're barely into the 30s. thursday nirt ght is cold. friday is cold. a pretty chilly stretch here. and then we'll see the windy minu windy minutish. tonight and into tomorrow morning going down in to the single digits. tearily close to zero in some north and west suburbs. but by tomorrow afternoon, back in to the teens. and still pretty cold, but not as bitter as tomorrow morning. and we'll be seeing wind gusts over 40 miles an hour tomorrow afternoon as well. and a little bit of snow e7 in

the poconos. maybe a couple inches there. and an kinch or inch or so in l valley, burkes county, upper bucks. again, that is late wednesday night early thursday morning. and as we head through the rest of the week, fridge he had agid continues through friday. a bit of a break as we head into the weekend. next rain comes in late sunday and into monday, warm enough for rain then. and a secret is an today ta makes the holidays brighter for shoppers in new jersey. acts of kindness next. and also a world without smoo social media, the mental toll all that screen time maying taking.

the season of giving is being felt. poorest in new jersey, secret santa shelled out nearly $50,000 to pay off layaway balances at a local walmart. >> and ted greenberg spoke with a woman on the receiving end. >> ifr was like this don't happ to us. >> reporter: but it did happen to kimberly green and hundreds of others stunned to discover an anonymous good samaritan paid off their items at this walmart. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: walmart says the generous gifts over the weekend covered a whooping $49,000 worth of merchandise at the store. and that includes more than 700 bucks in holiday presents for

this vine land woman's nine grand kids. >> whoever it is, i'm grateful. >> reporter: the retail giant saying when customers quietly pay off others' layaway items, question are reminded how good people can be. the joy that comes from these transactions extends well i don't understand the dollars and cents. the good deed warming hearts here in new jersey's poorest county. >> it is awesome. if you have that kind of money to give to somebody who really needs something like that, and in this economy these days, it is just a blessing. >> reporter: walmart is honored to be a small part of these abilities of kind nsz. and turns out this is among the largest this year at walmarts nationwide. >> and i want to say thank you so much. we are so humbled that somebody cared enough to do that for other people. and they don't even know. >> reporter: the holidays made

bra brighter so many thanks to the giving spirit of a mystery donor wishing to stay out of the 13 spotlight. >> a heartwarming story there. meanwhile bundle up, a first alert is in effect for the extreme cold. >> and tammy sue sie souza is t how frigid it will get. >> and feels like will be inle single digits. we'll break it down. >> reporter: and here in delaware and wherever you are, you can feel it, it is getting a lot colder. coming up, what you need to keep you and your wheels rolling. and ready to win. eagles new quarterback nick foles explains why we can expect a star performance out of him on the field. that is all new at 5:00.

frigid temperatures setting in as an arctic blast takes hold of the region. we'll tell you how cold it will get and how long it will last. and why nick foles says he is playing a different game on and off the field. from his last stop in philly. and the sexual harassment allegations against donovan mcnabb. right now at 5:00, a first alert is in effect for the dangerous cold. a live look at allentown where temperatures are about to dip

into the 30s. and heading over on to our nbc 10 camera at the camelback mountain ski resort, looks like a little something is coming down. where tonight's blast will bring windy conditions on top of all the cold. >> and you need to prepare for the cold that is coming. we saw these guys bundled up working at a car wash at 6th and girard. got to be cold for that. come tomorrow morning, it will almost feel unbearable to be outside. we have team coverage of the extreme cold. tim furlong is showing us how to prepare your vehicle for this winter blast. >> but we begin with tammie souza. >> it will be pretty chilly tonight. in fact this is the cold ets air of the season so far. and in a normal season, we would consider this to be numbing perhaps frigid. and let's take a look at the first alert for the entire area. now, this is tonight through tomorrow night. and that is because it will be so dangerously cold out there. and it looks