right now at 11:00, bracing for a bitter blast. temperatures are getting dangerously cold tonight, so those winter coats were a must for everyone here in center city, even some four-legged friends. >> and the wind makes it feel so much worse. you can see how it's blowing. the flags atwat wateront canyon park. >> and it's cold enough to make snow on the mountain. what's being done to keep people safe in this dangerous cold? >> right now we're looking at

basically skies out there that are partly cloudy and barely cold. we have a first alert for the entire area. this is tonight through tomorrow night. it may even linger into thursday. we'll have a good three days of cold air out there, but the worst is today into tomorrow. it will feel like 0 to 10 degrees when you wake up in the morning. that will be the wind chill that factors in. the wind and the air temperature on bare skanin. and we'll see wind gusts of 40 miles an hour. let's look at some of those numbers across the area, because already very cold. they're making snow notices. 15 degrees with a feels-like of minus 4. that's in poconos right now. winds are to the

west-northwest at 25 miles an hour. when you wake up tomorrow, you'll be waking up again between 0 and 10 degrees. by noon it will only feel like 13 in philadelphia. i'll let you know how long this is going to last and how much snow we can expect tomorrow night when i come back. jacqueline, jim? >> when the temperatures get this low, it is important to protect those who are most vulnerable. >> brandon hudson is live in campbell where people were doing just that. camden? >> reporter: i want you to see how those winds are carrying those leaves. even the slightest wind gust will move our news truck. imagine having to sleep in these conditions. for some homeless people, it's a reality. tonight they're at serious risk for hypothermia. with nothing but their bags and the clothes on their back, a line of homeless people waited for shelter at joseph's house in camden. how many layers do you have on? >> well, i got three pairs of w abraham ramos,

a homeless man tryin temperatur. >> any colder and the layers probably won't do it. >> reporter: at the time ramos didn't know if camden county opened its winter shelters. he said it was too cold for his old stand-by. >> i found a porch of an abandoned house and i stay there, but i got blankets. >> reporter: after we spoke to ramos, we introduced him to corman rodriguez, who told him where he could spend the night. >> it's critical that we don't put these individuals at risk. >> reporter: county shelters are the only places for relief. the shelters on manhattan avenue opened their doors to 25 people and 10 families. >> people tell me they feel safe. some people tell me they didn't get a good night's rest until

they came here. >> reporter: the church at camden county shelter will be open tonight from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. i'm brandon hudson, nbc 10 news. >> have weather alerts sent right to your phone. breaking news out of alabama tonight. an upset in the senate election that captured the nation's attention. nbc news says doug jones is the apparent winner of the senate race. can doug jones beat roy moore in such a controversial election? >> it's been a fight day to day to day. jones has taken to the stage. he's behind the mike right there and he's speaking to his voters after that upset win. doug jones' campaign got a boost

after allegations of sexual misconduct on republican roy moore. they are allegations he's repeatedly denied. the republican senate presidentt week but even that wasn't enough. keith jones, nbc 10 news. happening right now, 60 people are without power, and pico shut down a block in south philadelphia after power lines caught fire and started sparking. neighbors shot this video, and you can see the flames and hear the sparks shooting from those wires. this all happened just after 8:30 near 28th and tasker streets. power crews shut down the block from 28th to 29th street while they fix this and figure out what happened. also tonight, pay up or die. a woman in delaware county received that death threat and

now police are warning neighbors not to panic. nbc 10's denise nocano tells us about this scam. >> it was one message she got in her in box. >> not only are they threatening to kill you, which is a death threat, but it's also an extortion. >> reporter: the anonymous sender claimed to be a hit man who had been watching the victim's every move, hired by someone she knows to kill her unless she pay on line in bitcoin currency. >> several calls from men acting as if they were our grandson. >> reporter: are shocked by this use of extortion. >> i was surprised by that. i've never had my life threatened. >> reporter: police said the e-mail most likely originated from overseas, sending it to hundreds of thousands of people

hoping at least one person bites. in this case the victim did the right thing and brought it to the police. >> it doesn't change the fact that it's very upsetting to get this type of e-mail when it threatens not only you but your family. >> reporter: the best thing you can do when you get one of these e-mails is to preserve it. don't respond and certainly don't send money and send it to the fbi. >> there are death threats, anything to get you to respond. look for red flags, including an e-mail so generic that other than your name and e-mail address, the sender appears to know nothing about you. >> i think i know what to look for, especially if they can't spell, which is frequently the case. >> reporter: in radner, denise nacono, nbc 10 news. tonight a bill that would limit when abortions can happen in pennsylvania will head to the governor's desk.

it would limit abortions to the first 20 weeks. gregory lewis and vaughn felix were accused of killing 25-year-old michael davis last year. prosecutors said the two men robbed davis at the verizon store where he worked. they believe he was killed when he refused to let the payer go back a second time. the suspect who punched his wife in the face. ryan o'neill is offering up a $1,000 reward. last week his wife and kids were driving into the providence town center when she was attacked. she said she accidentally cut the suspect off prior to the incident. his wife is reportedly dealing with a concussion and cannot work. today a hard-hitting message on the dangers of drunk driving. they teamed up with aaa for this moving dui memorial.

this truck appeared today. it listed the names of 47,000 people who died because of drunk driving. special recognition tonight for eagle safety malcolm s beyog shelter. they brought with them hundreds of gifts to be opened on christmas. the ce p temporary housing for women and children in need. the season of giving is truly being felt by hundreds of people in one south jersey community. >> a secret santa shelled out nearly 50 grand to pay off layaway balances at a local walmart in cumberland county. tonight we spoke to a few customers who don't have to pay anything for their items. >> i'm grateful. they helped a lot of people. >> if you have the kind of money

to help someone who needs something like that in this economy these days, it is just a blessing. >> cumberland county is the poorest county in new jersey. 3, 2, 1! >> tonight the mayor of wilmington flipped the switch on the city's christmas tree. hundreds turned out for the annual event in rodney square. the children's choir along with the combined choirs of st. andrews and matthew provided the musical backdrop for tonight's celebration. hanukkah has gun tonight. people of the jewish faith marking the eight-day celebration with events around the region. nbc 10 was the station for the lighting of the menorah. it included singing, games and food, too. coming up, going backstage. a former beauty queen has accused donald trump of sexual misconduct. now fellow contestant jessica

boyington tells us what she saw. going inside the emergency room. the doctors who treat carson wentz shows us what the eagles qb will face during knee surgery. and what a sight. why these beautiful birds are showing up more and more in our area and where you can see them.

from calls to resign to allegations of sexism, the battle between president trump and new york senator gillibrand is heating up tonight. the battle began when gillibrand said president trump should resign amid the complaints of sexual misconduct. president trump heated the flames when he said gillibrand would do anything for campaign nominations. >> it was an attempt to silence my voice. i will not be silenced on this issue, nor will the women who stood up to the president. >> he's obviously talking about political partisan games that people often play. >> massachusetts senator

elizabeth warren also accused the president of, quote, slut-shaming gillibrand. more than a dozen women have come forward to say president trump had harassed them or worse, including a former north carolina miss usa. but tonight some of her fellow pageant contestants are telling a different story, including traffic reporter jessica boyington. she shared her experience. >> reporter: samantha holby remembers the first time she met donald trump, during the 2006 miss usa beauty pageant. >> he was just looking me over like i was a piece of meat. i was not a human being, i didn't have a brain, i didn't have a personality. >> reporter: holby says at one point donald trump walked backstage, just before the broadcast started while some contestants were only wearing roeb

robes. he comes in li . >> he comes in like he owns the place, like he owns you. and just looking you up and down. >> reporter: nbc 10 traffic reporter jessica boyington was miss new jersey 2006. >> i was miss new jersey, she was miss north carolina, so we remember the incidents vividly. we were all dressed in our clothes because we were given plenty of time and warning that he was coming in. while he was there, he gave us a ouple of minutes, maybe, long talk about good luck, you guys are going to do great. >> reporter: miss florida 2006 shares a similar memory. >> it was just a nice exchange of hellos and well wishes, and then they left. and there was plenty of advance warning. >> reporter: and they're not alone. more than 60 former miss usa and miss teen titleholders and contestants from 1996 through

2015 signed this letter. it states in part, quote, 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 harrassment or assault. if they feel that something happened to them, i think we should listen, i think it's something that should be taken seriously, but i also know that in this particular accusation of sexual misconduct, i was there. i was standing right there. and it didn't happen. >> despite different recollections from contestants, holby stands by her story. president trump has denied all allegations of harassment and sexual misconduct. carson wentz is set to go under the knife the next few days after injuring his knee sunday against the rams. his season is lost to a torn acl. what's next for wentz? doctors at surgical care center

in limb riericlimerick. they said he will likely have a new ligament made from a tendon inside his own body. >> i'm friendly with one of his coaches, and one thing that he told me about carson wentz is his dedication, his work ethic are second to none. >> still awaiting confirmation is wentz' surgery, it's typically one month for the recovery process. snowy owls are popping up all along the shore. officials at the wildlife national refuge say over the past few weeks, there have been several snowy owl sightings. typically found in the arctic, there has been a population spike after a successful breeding season to our north. so we got the snowy owl and we've got some snow to look forward to, too.

>> we do but first we have to get througdt. let's gethe souza. >> this will be the coldest night of the season, maybe more so than last winter, because last winter was pretty mild. let's start in allentown. it looks really pretty out there but feels not so pretty. 23 is the actual air temperature, and it feels like 10 degrees with winds out of the west and northwest at 15 miles an hour. in wilmington, 24 degrees and a west-northwest wind at 16 miles an hour. across the area we'll go into a few more neighborhoods. lehigh valley 23 degrees, philadelphia 26, jersey shore 29 right now. new hope, you're at 25, elway at 23 degrees. blue bell at 23 degrees. oxford 22 degrees.

let's drop into philadelphia and see what's going on here. at the airport 26, parkside 24. mantioch, you're at 25. we're going to continue to drop another five degrees. thursday morning, it will be bitterly cold also. keep your pets indoors. they're not used to this. they need fresh water and they need to be kept warm. avoid the outdoors yourself, and if you have to go out, wear everything. cover that skin. we don't want you getting frostbite. check those water pipes in case any of them are exposed and can snap or break or leak. space heaters, use caution with those. don't put them near drapes. prep your car. you want to make sure it's warmed up but you also want to make sure the battery is warmed up or the thing will die on you. i've had that happen too many times. doppler coming from a system that is now coming through the great lakes. we have the winds developing,

some lake effect snows there. let's go hour by hour. it looks like tomorrow morning you'll wake up, upper tens, low 20s across the area. pocon poconos, you'll be low 20s there. allentown, right around 26 degrees. by tomorrow evening, here comes some snow showers. this could meenan an inch or so across the area. lehigh valley and also off to the north. by the time we get into thursday morning, the snow is gone. temperatures are still quite chilly. we only make it to 31 on thursday. look at friday morning. we're into the teens. that may be the coldest morning yet. here's how things will feel for you in the morning. feels like 3 in pottstown, 6 in swedesboro. it won't look much better as we head through the day tomorrow. we do have a couple little warm

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will have donated over one hundred fifteen million dollars to those in need. a night at the movies. a special screening of "pitch perfect 3" in center city. it also included local a capella groups. >> popcorn looked good, too. we would love a pitch perfect end to the eagles season, amy. >> yes, we would. we're moving on from carson wentz, but for his replacement, we'll find out why the eagles won't be change their offense for nick foles. and how we got the job done,

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hi, i'm amy fadool from nbc sports philadelphia. carson wentz officially put on reserve today with a torn acl. nick foles front and center. john clark has more from the novacare complex. >> a teammate, somebody cares a lot about him. you hurt but you're there to support him. >> going over the offense with nick foles. nick says he is ready for this opportunity. the birds say the offense won't change much at all. >> i don't expect it to look different at all. >> why not? >> because it's our offense. it's the eagles offense, the one that's the dna of this team. >> reporter: nick is more experienced now. he has grown. he's comfortable in himself and confident. >> i've always been like a gun

slinger, just let 'er rip. just lead this team. there's no other place i would rather be. that's why i came back here. >> reporter: a lot of things that nick foles ran with chip kelly's offense is the same concept. nick foles was 15-4 as a starter. with other coaches he was only 6-12. at the novacare complex, john clark, nbc sports philadelphia. the flyers are back after winning three on the road. travis goes off his stick, off a body and in. a little luck helped the flyers with 2. top right corner for the goal. take another look. no look between the legs. it's the first four-game r hifo

streak of 10-2. you can see the conclusion of that game on nbc sports philadelphia. we're right back after this.

going to wake up to serious cold in the morning. >> it's going to be serious cold in the morning. you'll need extra blankets tonight and all the gear tomorrow. you'll wake up to about 21 degrees in philadelphia. colder in the outlying areas. it feels like it's going to be between 0 and 10. the high tomorrow, if we're lucky, 32 degrees. we'll see some snow showers late

tomorrow night and into thursday morning. 34 there and 32 on friday. those are the coldest days. then we start to recover for the weekend ahead and finally winter arrives, but it doesn't feel too winterlike, by next thursday. you can follow us on nbc10.com. it will be the coldest we've had. >> make sure those kids are bundled up. >> thank you for watching tonight. "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon" is next. stay warm out there. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- annette bening, judd apatow, musical guest sza,