dangerous discoveries, what is causing kids items to be pulled from the shelves. >> right right now dangerous cold is gripping the entire area. we have issued a first alert for today f. you have to spendfully time outdoors don't forget your ha hat, gloves and scarves. here is a look.

it is feeling well below zero. good morning. i'm dray clark. we have declared a first alert for our area because of the painfpai painfpai painfpai painful wind and coald chlcold. >> it is downright painful. we want you to prepare to go outside. it can be a dangerous experience. we have the entire area urpd this first alert. the poconos will last through friday at 8:00 a.m. expect a stinging biting

sensation. the wind chills not rebounding much after the 11:00 a.m. hour. 1 was the temperature in p poconos. 14 at if you wiphiladelphia international. we showed you the poconos earlier. you can see it is wind di. wind with these kindsov of temperatures are painful. it feels like 34id to upper teens at jersey shore. it will feel like 0 to 10 degrees. next in line the potential for

snow. we have that coming up for parts of saturday. i'll walk you through that coming up in just a bit. >> many people have the weeks off from school. pamela is live with a look at how people are coping with the frigid temperatures there. >> reporter: it is all about the indoor activities today. of course a lot of layers. everyone has the same idea. they are all trying to stay as warm as polk. we talked to a father and daughter m th daughter. they said it is too cold to do things outside.

jameson said she wanted to see the new star wars movie. would you be playing outside in this cold? >> no. >> why not? >> it is freezing. >> it is christmas break. i want to spend quality time with her. i told her we would go to the movies and she could pick it out. >> all right. that was pamela osborne there. we'll get back to her in the next half hour. >> organizers of the popular polar bear plunge say it is too cold. they cancelled the tradition over safety concerns. you can monitor the cold using the nbc 10 app. you alerts sent directly

to your phone. service was sus pepded but it was sints resumed. people were left outside waiting on their planes. loets g let's get an update with jessica boyington. what are you seeing out there today. >> we are still dealing with regional rail suspensions it did you want matter the cause but you could be stuck outside. 40 minutes up to at least that on all regional rails. watch for the bridge. it was stuck a little bit

earlier. here is the bridge right in here. the ac rail service was sus pepdpep suspended earlier. back to you. >> all right. thank you. on extra challenge for firefighters in an abandoned church ov chur church overnight. one firefighter suffered an injury. it had become a gathering place for the homeless. >> we learned a woman died in an

apartment fire. it forced people into the bitter cold around 9:00 last night. the red cross is working with nearly three dozen other residents that were displaced. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. officers were called out to arbor place town homes. they found one person shot to death. anyone with information is asked to call the new castle police department. an officer shot and killed those believed to be along the border. ip vest gators say they were trying to pull the suspect over. police fired at the man and hit him in the head. the officer involved is expected to be okay. philadelphia police will update

us in about 30 mip zplchlt student and after the after the should know better. belie administrators did not know the details of what happened but their thoughts and prayers are with the student, his family and classmate. police are still searching for the shooter. . in delaware county at least one person was hurt. the crash happened in new thoun scare. no one else on board that bus was hurt. >> philadelphia police believe they have a car involved in a deadly hit and run. this is an update to breaking

news we brought you yesterday. anthony rogers was killed around 10:00 tuesday night. police found that red abandoned car about 5 miles away. they believe it is the car that hit the 18-year-old. now, surveillance video shows rogers getting off of the septa bus and starting to cross the street. you can see a car come speeding towards him. you can see car come towards him and go racing off. >> we know when you can get your handles on the cover nakocovena tickets. you can only buy them online from ticket master. prices from $80 to $185.

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not giving up without a fight, the actions roy moore is taking in an effort to block doug jones victory. plus bone chilling temperatures across mr. chairuc country and the west is dwroet come. . i'll walk you you through where we had phone shl snow. more on that when we come back. i'm a concrete mason.

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>> after trump returns from fl florida they will gather with the president on the first weekend of the of the new year to plan tte ifr agenda for 2018. new jersey is making it easier for people to pay on on their property taxes. many people are trying to prepare right now because of the new tax law which says you can only deduct up to $10,000.

also is the future of obamacare. president trump said that the tax law repeals obamacare over time. it simply ends the individual mandate. that's what makes everyone sign up for insurance or pay a fine. it is a blow to obamacare but not necessarily a death sentence. the ball is in the insurance countries court now. >> most important that's coming up for the affordable care agent is what insurance companies do. i think a lot of them may decide they don't want to do this anymore. susan collins demanded it in exchange for her support of the

tax plan. >> late last night jones republican roy moore filed a lawsuit to drop the certificati certification. moore faced accusations of sexual misconduct with under dpts a aged girls. >> a group of former pageant winners will pick new leaders and a new leadership structure. keyboard members resigned after detailing conversation about pa she want members looks and their sex lives. they are digging out from

more than 5 feet of snow. ron has more on the massive snowfall. >> reporter: they are hoping to finally take a break. the snow emergency has been lif lifted. now the clean up and digging out begins. they are also facing bitter cold bone chilling temperatures here. much of the country has frozen over. >> this is what fell, all of this. rfrmg >> reporter: a big chill just in time for the new year. temperatures plungining to minu 97 degrees. >> it seeps every dms every daya

new record. >> i know. we have broken record after record. >> the national guard digging out thi nursing home. bra entrances and exits blocked by snow. driving by it looks like winter wonder land. inside crucial decisions are being made. on the tarmac manes finally able to take off. inside this come is finally on her way home. she told her christmas meal was reese's peanut butter cups. >> did she get that salad? >> no.

my sister made spaghetti and meat balls. >> reporter: she was one of the lucky ones. there is still a long backlog of passengers. there is now a winter storm watch in place. back to you. i'm steve sosna. winter going strong here in philadelphia and across the country. the winter express is right over us. that train track of cold care will continue. if you don't know it was cold outside it is a beautiful shot. it really is a breeze factor that makes it so dangerous. it is 15 above during the day

la light hours today. you know it's bad when we describe things as less awful. tomorrow less wind so it couldn't feel quite as bad. wear at least three layers of loose-fitting clothing. it's important that stay dry and taking breaks, giving yourself food and water is very important for your body to functionally. if you start to feel a lit tle off it's time to go inside and possibly see a doctor.

those are warning signs. neighborhoods are in the teens. take a look. lehigh county looking at temperatures in the middle teens. 16 in white hall and don't be concerned so much about the numbers you see on the map here. when you factor in the winds and the wind blows the heat away from your body this is what it feels like to the skin. it feels like 1 below in coats vil. the object of the game is not having any. here is the cold i'm watching. each little shot of cold air is brought there by flurries and snow showers. we'll have that tomorrow north and west. it's not warming up in canada as

you can see shlgs 20 to 30 degrees below zero. until we start swifrpitching th up we won't switch it up around here. it will feel warmer without the wind. let's take a look at your forecast. of 27 tomorrow. 28 with light snow on saturday and then on sunday 20 degrees. the snow not substantial. it will be inconvenient. lehigh, bitter cold for you as well. so nowhere where will you escape this cold. coming up in the next half hour i'll talk about that.

we have another round that could be worse. your answer is rel vaevant to w we are going through right now. >> you generate heat. you're an engine if you will. you take the temperature outside and throw in the wind and it blows that away. i call it bank robber weather. it looks like bank robbers. pulls more than a dozen items after they found rather startling results. we are back there a moment.

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kit. she was worried about the makeup. she also had 17 other makeup products tested and each came back positive for the cancer causing chemical. >> her response was am i going to die? there is no right answer to that because i don't want to answer her. >> makeup officials pulled all of the products off of the shelves. they plan to conduct its own investigation. we are dealing with bone chilling temperatures across the region. we have more where the bitter cold won't keep away thousands of people. we have a first alert there effect for today.

steve will let us know if there's any relief in sight. a live look at time square where they are counting down to one of the biggest new year's eve investigation. we'll tell you more when we come right back.

we are dealing with dangerous cold weather this morning. we issued a figs alert through tomorrow morning. you can see the flags flying. certainly the wind not making conditions any better. it is going to be gripping us today and for the next couple of days. steve has more on how serious these temperatures really are.

not good. >> yes. especially it's just after christmas. we are only one week into wi winter. this is lunchtime. you do not see too many people on the street. so that's an unusual thing. usually you see people out and about. nobody wants to partake in this. i did you want feel pleasant at all. it is 17 in south jersey and 20 in northern delaware. let's take you into some of the neighborhoods in the suburbs right now. it is 17 in unionville right now. it is 18 in lapdsdeal. temperatures range from mild to

3 above zero, the temperature in the poconos. this is the dangerous element of this cold. it feels like 1 below in coatsville. it is 2 above in philadelphia. we haven't improved conditions much right now. we are tracking another system from the west. it may bring snow for parts of the weekend. i'll break it down coming up in skrus just a bit. >> okay. thank you. >> you can keep track of the cold by downloading the nbc 10 app. it will send weather alerts directly to your phone. the count down is onto new year's over. this year parties will have to endure dangerous cold if they are heading outside. prep raiarations are there full

swing. the actual temperature expected to be around 11 degrees. not good. we have more on how the big apple is getting ready. >> reporter: as crowds gather fighting winds and an arctic chill will grip tlohose lookingo ring there the new year. >> it has been on my bucket list. the cold would n't stop me. >> reporter: some aren't willing to stuffer frigid conditions. >> no. i would not. >> reporter: it isn't making it easy for those preparing for the ball drop. it is loaded with over 2,000 crystal pieces. they are installing many of them

without gloves as the mercury drops. >> we have to do what we have to do, layers of clothing. rfrmgts it is expected to draw more than 1 million people into the heart of knock city. today the nypd is expected to detail their placns and the amount of security will be unprecedented. out west las vegas celebrates with a massive fireworks display. following the worst mass shooting at a music festival security is on everyone's mind. they r they are putting more

offers above and on the streets. >> this year they will be accompanied by snipers. >> reporter: here as americans gather law enforcement will be working to ensure everyone has a safe and happy new year. >> and we will be airing live. the fireworks shows can be streamed on temperature wrd word p. >> the flames started in oakla d oakland. crews put down salt to deal with the ice that foormed from the water being sprayed on the water. . >> they hope an autopsy will

reveal why an 11-year-old girl went to a sleep over and didn't come out alive. police say the parents were home and they called 911 after the little girl did not wake up. >> it is heartbreaking this time of year. we are taking all of the steps to get to the bottom of what happened. >> the flame of tname of the vi not been released. we have told they have been friends for years. >> a brutal attack in afghanistan's capital today. the attack killed at least 41 and injured 81 others. we are live from london. >> today carnage among afghanistan. he bombed and stormd a cultural

september. >> i saw many dead in the area he said m i looked for my cousin but i couldn't find him. the group has made false claims in the past but it recently turned its sight. part of the risiining wave of violence. president donald trump trimmed the bombing on taliban fighters and narcotics production. mike pence here on a surprise christmas visit pledged a gloves off approach. >> the freedom and pleks blt you need to win. >> end there sight. idea atax.

if many were worrying it could open up a dangerous fnew front. back to you. new police body cam video from wisconsin slows officers rescuing go people from inside a burning car. the car flipped over on the night afterchristmas. an officer drove one person from the wreck a third crash victim was located there as well. there was in word on his conditions. >> police found a a he owned on christmas eve. police found marijuana and hollow point bull ledeclined to

cooperate but later gave the name of the alleged driver. >> will is now si t-- police di arrest the woman. someone who saw the news coverage and reported the sighting. tub tub will have a new whoem a pair of nooif yeerls as she sieb doing. >> temperature streets depth tree recycling program runs through january 13th. there are several tree drop-off

location. here we grow again. no one hit the jackpot in the power ball drawing. the total balloons to at least $384 million for saturday's drawing. just because you didn't hit the jackpot doesn't mean you didn't win. check your for these numbers, 3, 9, 16, 56 and 60 and that power ball number is 3. ticketholders won more than $12 million in nonjackpot money last night. that could be you. you have a crack tot the meg gpt ark millions dollars. >> we may be biassed but no one does it better than philadelphia. we'll take a look at the best spots to do your fireworks and all of the excitement sur roupdiroup

rounding our city in the new year. >> round two, the second one may be more impress ifr. i'll is your forecast coming up.

we are counting down and philadelphia has become a new year's destination.

she is here toe ta talk about t excitement for new year's over and year round. thanks for being here merle. tell us where families can go to get the best view of the fireworks. >> there are two fireworks shows. there is a 6:00 one which was designed for feamilies. they found regular coupled wanted to go and then go onto new year's. and then at midnight you will have the second show, which is set to a really good assortment of of classical music that people will recognize. you can escape winter fest.

you can see the city below you. you can do it at sky gar donden. battleship new jersey has some of the best views. you know how good the dining scene is and how good the beer scene is and everything else. you don't have to stay in one place. you can go place to place to place and be in the right spot for the mummers day parade new year's day. >> you have heard us talk about the temperatures and how cold it will be. do you do anything for trying to provide some sense of heat for people who will be going outside to watch the new year's eve fireworks? >> i think people should layer on a all of their eagles gear and get out.

some of the best places are to stay in your hotel and cozy up until you want to rup out to ca -- run out to camptch a little bitover cobit of cold air to get you through the night. >> let's talking at the great things going on right now. >> people have discovered philly is fup an and that it's only a e hour drive. it has really been important to attracting a record 42 million visitors last year alone, which is wonderful. people have found that philly and fun belong in the same sentence, that history can be fun. dining is defer ning is definit. we have special events in town and in the surrounding country

side that provide a good reason for a visit right now and that it's so affordable and acceptable that you can come back again and again. in fact about 40% of our visitors are repeat visitors. >> all right. thank you so much. >> you can enjoy the new year's over fire works right here. we'll be airing them live. you can see the early show at 6:00 or the final dpe at midnig. it will also be streamed on our nbc 10 app. >> i'm steve sosna. i'll have your new year's ef forecast coming up. the first alert for the entire area-s through 8:00 tomorrowing.

the reason why it is that stinging breeze, be ready for it. by the time we get to tomorrow the winds will subside a little bit. we won't have the numbing sensation. this is a live look from the comcast sceptcenter. there is no reason you can't go outside. we want you to be prepared to go outside. be ready for it. a live look in delaware. we are the neighborhood weather station. you're a touch warmer. still with the wind involved it feels like 5 degrees. the air temperature being warmer than what it actually feels like. a lot of you traveling this time of year. we have a few snow systems on the way. we also have a lot of cold. what do you need to do to get ready there case you run into a

situation? in a car safety kit you should have kitty litter and snacks. if your car gets strapped and you can't get any traction some times the kitty litter will help you get out of where ever you are stuck. check your tire pressure and check your fluids, wiper fluids, gas and oil. all of it is very important. 20 in harmony hills. it is down by the beaches in delaware. temperatures around 20 and the feels like temperature is in the single digits. it means it's an area blocked by

the wind. it will continue to be fluming all the way through tonight. tomorrow there is less wind involved. i talked about the snow systems that come on in here. the first one is on saturday. we'll see the snow arriving. i'll be with you to walk you through the light snow. saturday evening it is a fel non-affair. there is a secondary shot of cold that may be more impressive. more on that to come once we get rid of this first round. >> get prepared in one ways than one. >> there is so much going orchlt glenn will be back tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> thank you. we are back there a moment. when we see a woman who comes to cancer treatment

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>> philadelphia police say the man shot to death by an officer was not the person they were looking for there connection to a homicide case. plain clothed officers tried to pull the man over. the vehicle matched the deskrichd

deskrichd description of a car. the driver tried to get away and struck an officer with his car. the first deputy police kpli commissioners says officers made repeated commands. the driver made an abrupt movement and an officer fired one shot hitting the man in the head and killing hip. no weapon we understand was recovered. >> we take it very seriously. the jewel of deadly force, we want her to me it is conducted properly and thoroughly. the case is under review. >> we are gathering more information and we'll have more on nbc 10 news starting later this afternoon at 4:00. we are following the forecast and temperatures out there today. >> yes.

we take a look at the forecast for new year's eve that's the secondary shot. look at those highs on new year's eve. barely to 20 degrees in a lot of spot. once gun again we are looking at dangerous conditions which is the start of 2018 no resolution. a potential form through the end of next week. the main point on that is that there is potential out there down the road. we are watching this pattern. it is bitter cold through the weekend. eagles game on sunday. i have written a whole blog on that on nbc10.com and we'll walk you through what to dpexpect fo that. >> thank you for all of us here

at nbc 10. have a great day. stay warm.

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