snow. >> we're safe through the afternoon rush tomorrow. that is a sure bet. but eventually we'll be seeing some snow. that's why we have the first alert. jersey shore, delaware, philadelphia, pa suburbs, much of our area except for the lehigh valley. from 9:00 p.m. tomorrow to thursday at noon, snow and blowing snow. we're concerned about the thursday morning commute. and the dangerous cold after the storm. not expecting to get the worst of the thing but it doesn't take a whole lot and we didn't even have a rush hour. and the roads were a mess. . they were cold. look at this. by tomorrow afternoon, it's snowy in georgia. it's just developing. it's tracking far enough shore.

we're not going to get the worst of this. generally a track this far out we wouldn't get any. the moisture does come back far enough to get at least some snow. closer to the storm, the more snow you get. up to 10 inches in parts of ocean and mammoth counties. down into parts of sussex county. and then as we go to the west, nearly nothing. that's why we have neighborhood weather. more on what to suspect the rest of the week. >> that snow is heading straight toward an already frozen jersey shore. just gt video showing the beach in lower cape may county. cydney long is joining us live in ocean city. people there are preparing to get hit with snow.

>> they definitely are. the system still very much brewing out at sea. they can handle the snow, but what they are concerned about is the high winds. and this take a lock at this super moon. that's what has people here most concerned. >> it's cold. it's cold. >> in sheer awe of mother nature and the rock solid frozen shoreline at sunset beach, she and her husband don't plan to stick around for what could be a dangerous snowstorm. >> it was terrible. we want to go home where it's safe. >> reporter: wednesday night a system could dump 3 to 6 inches of snow at the shore and do so packing 50-mile-per-hour gusts.

>> it's more windy here than philadelphia. >> we saw decorations getting take b down. >> for the next two or three days. >> we're going to be concentrating on rock salts, fluorides, heaters. >> storm and winter essentials front and center. salt will no doubt go quickly. firewood, flashlights also a hot commodity to survive the cold. and the salt plows are ready to roll too. some worry about high winds with a nor'easter it's like a winter hurricane. there's tidal flooding. a lot of areas flood out. >> reporter: others, frozen pipes. >> that was our fear. we'd come back and find a flood in the house or the yard and it would be an ice rink. >> just be prepared for whatever is going to come your way. you never know. >> and another look at the super

moon over the boardwalk here at ocean city. it's too dark to show you the surf, but it definitely feels colder with the winds coming in off the ocean. ocean city officials tell me they have a full stockpile of salt at the ready as well as their it plow crews ready to handle whatever mother nature has in store. we're live in ocean city, cydney long, nbc 10 news. several schools around our area struggled with the cold today as students headed back to school from the holiday break. the cold caused several pipes to burst. students left early and in delaware the middle school students were let out early because of heating problems. this cold snap is also raeking havoc for homeowners. they tell nbc 10 they helped about 90 families get money. most people who qualify for food stamps or income assistance qualify for energy assistance. benefits range from 200 to $1,000.

our coverage of the snow and cold continues on the free nbc 10 app. you can use our live radar to see the snow as it moves into your neighborhood. make sure you're signed up for our free alerts so you know when that it weather threat heads your way. right now at 6:00, a new face of justice. larry kraster in was sworn in as the district attorney. but he promises to be a da unlike any you have seen before. >> reporter: after embracing his wife and son, larry krasner promised to get to work. >> today we start the long road towards trading jails and trading death row with schools. >> reporter: the legal reformer takes over one of the busiest prosecutor's office in the country. he's made a career representing civil rights viss and suing

police departments for wrong doing. enters office as philadelphia faces its highest number of murders in five years. >> one of the biggest problems we have is that we have some pretty terrible gun laws in this commonwealth that need to change. >> reporter: he's committed to working with police but we also asked him about a string of shootings and how it's shaken confidence in what justice looks like. >> we'll be looking at any cases in our jurisdiction. >> reporter: we asked him specifically about the latest philadelphia police shooting from december 2th. it started with a traffic stop and then a crash and then a shots fired from a plain clothes police officer's gun. philly police say 25-year-old dennis plow don did not follow commands after crashing his car and made an abrupt movement. >> you go whether it's good politics or bad and you have to pursue the truth and justice. that's what we're going to do. >> after being sworn in, krasner

delivered an emotional speech where he promised to look out for those who couldn't afford to look out for themselves. protecting witnesses no matter their immigration status and ending massive cars nations. >> today we trade fear for sanctuary. >> the black lives matter movement called on larry krasner to deliver a statement on the december 27th police shooting when he was directly asked if he had any reason to believe police officers committed crimes, he said he would be a pretty lousy da if he answered that question before reviewing the evidence. back to you. a grand jury says pennsylvania state police should stop investigating shootings by its own troopers and turn them over to outside law enforcement instead. the report suggests a change would ensure the investigations are transparent and free from potential bias or conflict of interest. a state police spokesman says the agency remains confident in its procedures, but will review

the report. a man b with ties to our area akuszed in a shooting in maryland is now indicted. they handed down charges this afternoon. police say prince shot and killed three workers at advanced granite solutions in maryland. this was back in october. two others were hurt. police captured him in delaware after a manhunt as he remains locked up. we're learning more about the deadly shooting of four people at the hands of a 15-year-old. that boy is facing murder charges after police say he gunned down his parents, sister and the family friend. today the prosecutor announced that each of the victims was shot multiple times at close range. the weapon used in the killings was a registered semiautomatic rifle. new video tonight of a double shooting ingermantown. two people were shot while walking early this morning. the gunfire is coming from that right there. a man and a woman are in the

hospital. police are looking for the car. it looks like this one. new at 6:00, a complex of homes planned near the con rail tracks has worked to clean. up. they will review a proposal for a complex in kensington. this is a rendering. the complex would be near the former heroin hot bed that the city cleaned out last summer. since then the city has been working to fix the drug problem that shifted to a new area na n that spot after the clean up. lottery players will have a chance at one of two jackpots. >> it's $361 million or about $250 million if you opt for cash. people feeling lucky couldn't resist buying tickets in new jersey today. tomorrow's powerball has climbed to $440 million. we'll show you the numbers tonight at 11:00. up next, chip on the

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the regular season is in the rear view mirror. carson wentz won't be leading the way, but that doesn't mean he's not at the forfront of everyone's thoughts. he tweeted out a picture wishing a happy birthday. on the right is the puppy. on the left is the reason shot from a hunting trip. an avid u hunter, he didn't think of anything of posting anything of his hunting haul. but some people took issue with the picture of the dead geese. he responded with this tweet. appreciate that, but offensive and controversial. two of the main things i tweet about are jesus and hunting. that's what i'm passionate about. that won't ever change. when you love something, you

talk about it. stay convicted about it anden don't worry what others think. >> the eagles are hoping inform can take them deep into the post season. coming up in sports, how the team is digging into the past to find success in the playoff future. but first at 6:00, time is running out for millions of children who depend on childhood health insurance. pennsylvania could lose its funding for the program as soon as this month and leave 180,000 children in the state without access to health care. deanna durante shows us the consequences some of the most vulnerable children could face. >> it's very frustrating. >> this advocate is speaking out because she works with survivors and doesn't want her full name used. >> usually it's the mother that has the children. heaven forbid you have a child that needs care to come into the home. >> once a family escapes the situation, most comforts of home

are left behind and them on the insurance policy that's also abandoned. >> washington would be nice enough to think about the basics of a child. that with no insurance, i'm just one person. >> one person who helped escapet the last month do their work at the women's center. getting funding for escaped plans is is tough enough but could be nearly impossible if chip funding is not brought up d temporary funding but researchers say it's not enough and states are already running out of cash. the foundation predicts they will run out by month's end. it may be able to provide ndinorebary or march. . . the department of health and human services says 180,000 kids rely on chip in pennsylvania and is urging congress to pass the funding. >> washington would be nice if you forget about numbers and politics and things and worry

about the safety of the child and the well being of the child. >> deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> nationally about 9 million children and 370,000 pregnant women are covered. long time republican senator orrin hatch helped write the legislation he pledge d to take up the issue at the start of the 2018 session. today the 83-year-old announced he will retire at the end of his term. turning now to your first alert weather. nbc 10 where everyone is bundled up as they headed back to work. another chilly night for skaters at the river rink on penns landing. lock at the souls out there. a little less frigid than the past few days. still need to bundle up. the skiers are probably enjoy ing the manmade snow there. there's a live look showing the resort. but real snow is headed our way. >> we have issue a first alert

tomorrow night as it heads up the coast towards our area. let's bring in meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. everyone wants to know about the timing for our snow. how does it look? >> it's well after the rush tomorrow afternoon. don't worry about travel then. this is one of the places to get hit the hardest in cape may. we're going to be seeing some of that snow pile up there among other places south jersey, delaware, philly, all in the first alert for the snow. now not so much for the amounts of snow, but remember what happened on saturday. it doesn't take a lot of snow to mess up the roads when the roads are cold. even the well-traveled roads we had some problems. wednesday at 9:00 p.m. to thursday noon, that means the rush there's going to be a problem. and dangerous cold comes after that. and winds, we have wind gus of

50 miles per hour after that. this monster storm, a huge storm. and if you don't like snow, you are happy that it's tracking pretty far offshore because if it came straight up the coast, look at this snow in north carolina. even north georgia is is going to get snow from this thing. it's going to be on the western edge because of that offshore track. it's going to throw enough moisture back. but how much snow is the big question. it intensifies and goes up into cana canada. lesser amounts of snow. if you're in western chester county or poconos, you call that a storm. but then along the jersey shore, that's pretty nasty. several inches of snow, plus all that wind. most of it is going to be offshore winds. now parts of southern delaware may have a bay effect with the

wind coming in off the bay adding to the snowfall there. down to 17 in the suburbs. it's really cold out there. and ins county, not getting a lot of snow but you're getting a lot of cold. that's plenty cold. but we still have feels like temperatures in the single digits in much of the area. that's now. now look at the feels like temperature on friday at 5:00 a.m. that is worse than anything we have seen so far. saturday is going to be bad too. tomorrow not an issue. we may get above freezing in parts of the area. 28 in allentown. 33 in wildwood. 34 in dover. we had some decent weather for one day.

and then the snow starts. i'm john clark. coming up, how the eagles coach is looking into chip kelly's offense to help nick foles. could joel elm paid miss more games, that's next.

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i'm john clark from nbc sports philadelphia. doug pederson said nick foles is his quarterback for the playoffs. the backup quarterback will get no rest in practice. doug is going in to nick's past to get him right. doug said this morning he watched video of his playoff start against the saints four years ago. nick played well. doug is also watched his two

years with chip kelly. he played well. doug wants to incorporate some of the quick throws and tempo to help him have success. he's going into nick's successful past. >> i'm going back and watched a lot of his tape here, st. louis, he was here before when i was here. and just wanted to go back and see the types of plays and as you mentioned the quick throws there. a little play action pass shs the shotgun stuff. those are all things that it are in our system. we might just have to dust a few more off. >> dust it off. doug says his players want to have more practices in pads to get ready for the playoffs. doug is going to do that after trying to back off them the last few weeks. torrey smith welcomes more practices the next 11 days. >> if i'm going to play in terms

of we have an extra two weeks of playing together before we step back out on the field. we have our fans here to have our backs. we'll be ready. we'll be working for the extra time with nick. >> six issers joel im bead may not play tonight. the trapers are working on his hand. he's questionable to play tomorrow night against the spurs. he fell on his hand sunday night in phoenix. it is a concern. >> questionable i guess is the word we used. it was a legitimate scare and fall if you saw the palm of his hand you'd see the bruising. and if it was his nonshooting hand, you might feel more confident, but we'll all learn more tomorrow. >> this is the sixers number one overall pick. today on the court, good news he's getting closer. the sixers say he advanced o to

the final stage of the plan to get him back on the court. he took shots today and they will be working him into practice. we're only two days into the new year, but i can safely say he's going to play some time this year. >> going out on a limb. >> lay it on the line. >> also tonight at 11:00, free rides for those who need it the most. >> above and beyond during the cold stretch.

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>> it's going to feel like the bahamas. >> we'll be ready for it. thank you for watching. tonight the death toll rising from extreme cold gripping the nation. snow and ice whiting out roads. dozens of vehicles in a massive pileup. over 200 million blasted with below freezing temps. tonight the new storm threat brewing. al roker is tracking it. violence exploding in iran. at least 20 killed. iran's supreme leader blaming outside enemies as president trump cheers on protesters. family of one of the ten americans killed in plane crash in costa rica speaking out. >> so proud. i love you to death. >> u.s. investigators on the ground to determine what went