london. we have a first alert in effect from now through tomorrow morning's commute because of the dangerous cold blast. the brutal cold has the feels like temperatures around the single digits tonight. you're looking live at fwo of our cameras showing center city. it's even colder here is a live look at allentown where it's bone chilling for anyone outside. and right now septa is is trying to get back on track after the cold caused power problems for somes today. a live look at 30th street station. the power issues made some commutes longer than normal. we are bringing you live coverage of this dangerous cold tonight. rosemary connors is is live in east falls with how people are staying warm. let's begin with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> we have more of this coming. maybe a bit of a break over the next couple days. it will be quite as brutal. but it's going to come back with a vengeance starting sunday.

still bringing in cold air. it's plenty cold to our west. we have the first alert continuing. it's going to be at its worst. lehigh valley, poconos are the worst. they will be issuing another first alert for sunday and monday. and then less wind tonight. plus more clouds will make it a little bit more tolerable than it would be otherwise. it's 19 degrees in philadelphia now. 14 in reading. 4 in mount pocono. and the feels like in single digits. you notice lancaster at 15. the wind has died down there. that's a good sign.

it's going to feel like this all night. tomorrow morning, it will be almost this cold. so we don't have major relief for awhile. we do have snow that's going to being in for the part of the weekend. we'll tell you how cold it's going to get early next week coming up. >> the dangerous cold is make ing the mummers question whether the parade can go on. the mummers organization says they met today to discuss what to do because of the weather. but they say a final decision won't be made until saturday. the city says they will keep monitoring the forecast. as of now, they are planning to have the parade january 1st. the new year's fireworks will go on. a live look at the river rink. a perfect spot to watch two fireworks shows. let's continue our team coverage of the dangerous cold now with rosemary connors. she joins us live in east falls. thankfully inside with some ways people are choosing to stay

warm. >> reporter: a bright spot to say the least in the cold weather. playing tennis is one way to stay warm. all week long kids have been attending a winter camp here legacy youth tennis. earlier today we visited another indoor facility where keeping the blood flow iing was the nam of the game. bundling up may be easier said than done in this blast of winter weather. thot much will keep you warm unless you keep moving. or perhaps climbing. >> the weather is frightful. a little too cold for me and when it first gets cold, you're like it's winter and then you're like, oh, it's winter. >> reporter: inside go vertical, a rock gym, there's barely any bite from the bitter temperatures outside. >> it's a big building and a little chilly, but as soon as you start climbing, people start shedding clothes and you warm right up.

>> it's nice and cool, but not as cold as outside. >> reporter: a haven athletes both beginner and experienced trying to stay warm and avoid cabin fever. >> we like to be active, but there's a lot you can't do outdoors when it's this cold. rock climbing indoors is where it's at for us. >> climbing is engaging for them. >> reporter: indoor rock climbing, indoor nis, just a few ways people are staying warm and staying active during these bitter cold months. another way this place is staying warm in addition to the body heat, they have some heaters here. not on at the moment, but earlier today and first thing in the morning, they were cranking. back to you. >> good to have those heaters going and find any activities inside. thank you for that. the jersey shore is feeling the bone chilling cold as well.

this is a live look at cape may where it's been feeling like the single digits. the chill is forcing two more shore towns to cancel their polar plunges. ocean city announced they will not host the plunges on new year's day. yesterday veter in announced they were canceling their plunge as well. stay ahead of the bitter cold with a free nbc 10 app. you can get the personalized forecast for your neighborhood. plus the new year's day frigid forecast and the cold could be even worse than today. students at one local high school are mourning one of their own shot and killed outside a donut shop. the 15-year-old was involved in a drug deal that turned deadly in phoenixville. he spoke to a friend who was there when it happened. >> reporter: numb was the word that many of the teens walking through the doors today were using to describe how they were feeling. he was a freshman here at phoenixville high school, the district attorney says he died because of a little bit of weed

and a little bit of greed. >> it really struck me because of our past. it hurt. it really did. i don't know what to say. i'm numb. >> reporter: skyler smith and her sister stepped into phoenix high school thursday to join peers in grieving a close friend. >> he was there and now he's gone. i was just talking to him. i just went numb. i didn't want to believe it. i still don't. you have to accept it. >> reporter: she went to middle school with jason ortiz cameron. she shared this picture of the two of them. >> he used to play and rap songs and talk on the phone. >> reporter: she heard he was shot wednesday night on snapchat. >> i called his mom to let her know. >> reporter: a friend told us the shooting happened over a small drug deal. keeping his identity hidden to

keep him safe. >> i was there the night it happened. it was tragic. i didn't know how to react so i dialled 911 and started crying. >> reporter: he and an older friend were planning on robbing some guys. the district attorney told us the same thing. he said or four guys pulled up in this car after arguing with the teen, someone shot him and they drove off. >> i said i wanted in and i said no, i didn't have a great feeling about it. my feelings kept me here. >> reporter: the district attorney says multiple teams are work on this case looking for the shooter. he encouraging anyone in that car last night to come forward and that be treated like a witness. nbc 10 news. philadelphia police have identify identified the man who officers shot and killed after a traffic stop last night. 25-year-old dennis plow don died at the hospital this morning. police told us plain clothes officers stopped him as he drove this 2013 hunn dyundai u. the car and license plate matched the scene of a murder

last thursday. but as the plain clothes officers approached, he sped off hitting one of the officers and slamming into parked cars. after repeated commands by the plain clothes officer to show his hands, he makes an abrupt movement and an officer fires one shot. >> officials acknowledged today he was unarmed and not connected to the atlantic street murder. the car he was driving was registered in someone else's name. this is the second police officer-involved shooting within days in philadelphia. on tuesday police shot a man after he robbed a deli in west philadelphia. he led police on a chase before crashing. police say they opened fire after he refused to cooperate and reached for his waist band. a tax scramble has people lined up to pay up. people were wait ing ing to pre

their 2018 property taxes before the new tax law kicks in. they want to be able to deduct that money from their federal taxes now. next year they will be limited in just how much they can deduct. you never saw so many people eager to pay taxes in their life. >> it's hard to know how it's going to play out. >> some places are not accepting prepayment, but philadelphia is. you can pay online through the 31st. 1,000 supermarket workers are getting instant cash because of the new tax bill. the company that owns six shoprites is handing out 100 $50 bonuses. several is companies announced plans to give bonuses to share part of their tax win fal. how the dangerous freeze is forcing fireworks crews to change their plans to pull off the new year's eve show in philadelphia. aside from the bitter chill, we have some weekend chances. when you can see it in your

neighborhood and that freezing new year's eve forecast. plus needs improvements, nick foles tells us where he needs to get better to the birds can go far in the playoffs. and all new at 6:00, sorry for the e slowdown. how. apple hopes to win your forgiveness after it may have made your iphone slower.

a live look at the poconos where it is beyond freezing for anyone out skiing tonight. this is our camera showing camback mountain resort where it's feeling well below zero. skiers are enjoying manmade snow, but we're expecting real snow this weekend. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is timing out our chances in a few minutes. first new at 6:00, apple is apologizing to customers for slow iphones and says it is making changes. apple says it would never do anything to shorten the life of a plukt, but it goes on to say rechargeable batteries become less effective as they age. apple is lowering the price to $29. fireworks will had bring in the new year over the river front. live here on nbc 10, tonight crews are get. ing all the explosives ready for two fireworks shows for new

year's eve. >> i was told to find a warm spot if i'm going to be outside. here's the deal. with new year's day weather, last year it was in the 40s. the year before that it was 52. in 2014 the low was 25. we'll be lucky to make it up to that on sunday. >> when i get. off work at 7:30 at night, probably just hang around the house. >> reporter: although she hasn't made plans yet, philadelphia is expecting hundreds of thousands of people to enjoy the night in the city. cold weather and all.

>> i think people feel that they are just going to tough it out. people may linger. and they may decide to go from club to club to club. >> reporter: the mayor created a list of places hosting outdoor parties for new year's eve. this map shows places in center city and along the water front. the blue cross river rink is one location where people will ring in 2018 with two fireworks shows. he handles operations at the river rink, which includes maintenance of the 11 outdoor fire pits and the lodge, which uses heaters similar to what you'd see on a philadelphia eagles sideline. >> we do this with our heart and soul. we just don't do it just because. >> reporter: the river rink staff won't be the only ones working. the crews will be cranking out smore kits and hot chocolate. the cold weather this winter may help them surpass last year's sales. >> people have been wanting to get warm, go ice skating.

roast smores by the fires out here. our smore sales have been skyrocketing. >> reporter: as you can see, probably have one of the best seats in the house. we're surrounded by a lot of other fire pits and cabins here at the river rink. now come sunday the staff here expects all these seats to be filled. back to you. >> are you a smores kind of guy? you can roast marshmallows by the fire. >> reporter: i have been known to dabble with a smore or two. >> just stay warm. thank you for that. if you don't want to brave the cold on new year's eve, stay inside with nbc 10. the casino fireworks will air live on nbc 10 at 6:00 and at midnight. you can stream both shows on the nbc 10 app. everyone packed into times square will be freezing on new year's eve. here's a live look at the famous

square now three days out from the ball drop. and we are expecting brutally cold conditions for the eagles and cowboys game on new year's eve. this is a live look inside lincoln financial field. fans will be freezing this sunday as will the players out there on the field. we are expecting some snow at the beginning of the holiday weekend. let's go to meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. light snow on saturday. >> that's right. if we get any kind of snow cover after that that will help the temperatures go lower. we could e get some more snow by the middle of next week. we're not going to be through this until the following weekend. for today we barely got into the 20s as brandon was saying. 18 in potstown. 19 in reading. a high of 7 in the poconos where it's 4 now. it's 14 in reading. but at least the wind has died.

17 in wilmington and several places with 18 degrees. and in the city of philadelphia itself, we have the 19 at the airport. but it's 17 in parkside. 18 degrees in parkwood. at this. we have some clouds that will help level the temperature tonight. this area of snow is breaking up already. that area is with a clipper system that's going to race into the area. it will bring some snow. the same kind of temperatures but with less wind. then the clouds come in friday and into saturday. here comes the snow. these generally lighter blue colors, the lighter is the

lighter snow. darker blue would indicate heavier snow. we're not talking about a strong system, but look at these temperatures. that means it's fluffy snow. it blows around in the wind. and would stick on any kind of untreated surface. as we go through the afternoon, we may see several hours of that snow could accumulate a little bit, a coating to perhaps up to 2 inches. maybe a little more in ocean county as the system intensifies offshore. and then on sunday, the temperatures are not getting out of the low 20s again. so for new year's weekend, we have some snow on saturday with bitter cold comes sunday. and monday. those are high temperatures. at night it's going to feel like the middle of the afternoon it's feeling like 9 and 10 and 7 for the eagles game.

precipitation then. it feels like 1 below zero by the time the ball drops. we're looking down to the south to see if the system is bringing snow up that could be too far offshore. but that's the next thing that we'll be watching for. coming up, hear from nick foles and what he has to improve upon before the playoffs start and malcolm jenkins explains why fans aren't exactly what people think.

nick foles says he's preparing to start sunday and play the whole game. even though the eagles have the number one seed already locked up. judging by his performance monday night, he could use the work. just his second start in over a year. today foles talked about the things he needs to do to improve moving forward. >> the big thing is first and second down it's really important to get. completions, stay inside the chains. we went to a lot of second and long and third and long. that's what yao fwh tough position. whether it's to start the football, keeping the ball in

play u and giving opportunity to plays, that will help us a lot. >> eagles fans hope to celebrate three more times at home this season. once this weekend and two more times in the playoffs. that would mean a super bowl birth. the passion and dedication of fans have held them to 7-0 record at home. the eagles are 13-2 the last two years. nationally eagles fans have become known for their behavior, but in our exclusive conversation, malcolm jenkins says the home faithful can be zumed up in one word, misunderstood. >> they might boo their own team, but they have a natural disposition about themselves that i think is just because philly is a hard nosed city they only boo us because they love us. being an east coast guy myself, i can understand that. i have to explain that a lot to my teammates. >> that is exactly right. more sunday morning at 9:30 a.m.

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a live look from our campus camera. everyone out there bundled up and moving quickly. >> there's going to be a lot of quick movement outside for awhile. we have three brutal blasts here. we have the one we have right now. we have another one coming sunday into monday. then there's a third one in the forecast you see here the following friday and into saturday. in between we have some light snow saturday and a chance of something a little more significant next wednesday and into thursday.

we'll get into that more tonight. >> a high of 19. that's not even right. i'm jacqueline london. up next is "nbc nightly news." we'll see you back here at 11:00. test. test. tonight, the nation's biggest city is on high alert as it prepares for the world's biggest new year's event. what the police are doing to prevent a terrorist attack. the unprecedented security in new york and beyond. growing concern about a cold wave that has turned dangerous, deadly and continues to break records leaving much of the country under an icy siege that will last well into the new year. who killed four people in an apartment home in a brutal attack that's left a small city terrified and sad? two teenagers dramatically rescued. police drag them from a burning car. the officers being hailed as heroes. as recreational pot becomes legal in california, why some now worry the black market for marijuana will only