stick to mays landing road if you happen to be there in atlantic county.s in the suburbs, 43 in manners creek. 45 in pilots. 47 in chester anticipate center city and new jersey and delaware, looking at 45 in browns mills. 46 in hammonton and 48 in dover, delaware. no weather-related problems, channels of a spotty shower later on. >> a rescuer was able to pull 6 people out of the a burning boat in florida. the boaters ran into trouble yesterday. investigators are trying to figure out how the fire started. >>> outgoing governor tom corbett said joe paterno should have finished out the 2011 season instead of being fired and been suspended for the last game instead he was fired midweek hours after saying he planned to retire at the end of the year. corbett's statement comes after the release of ncaa e-mails blocked penn state and corbett pushed for paterno to be fired. all this began while he was attorney general. this angered some and had a punch a hole in the wall to get inside the jewelers and went for two safes in the back. they told gold and diamond rings

members of the atlantic county sheriff's department dropped off turkeys yesterday at st. john ame's zion church in mays landing, hamilton township. officials said about 60 families will receive turkeys, thanks to donations from the sheriff's department and other charities in atlantic county. >>> runners pounded the pavement in pittsburgh to help the families of two pennsylvania state troopers. bryon dickson and alex douglass were honored at the officers down 5k yesterday. dickson was shot and killed outside of the blooming grove police barracks in september. douglass was wounded in the shooting. thousands of t-shirts were sold yesterday with proceeds going directly to the troopers' families. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> get ready to leave the house, time to dig around and find the umbrella or your raincoat. it's a steady rain that we're starting out with this morning in philadelphia, and it will only be rain. but it will be intensifying around midday in the city. right now 38 degrees in reading, rain there. rain in philadelphi

. >> reporter: in what county leaders don't want, they say, is a repeat of troubles currently facing atlantic city. >> we're taking these actions today, so we certainly hope our actions really will have been effect and that the game board will reconsider these actions. >> reporter: leaders threaten that one way or another if gaming revenues drop too much, they may have to make up for it by hitting residents with higher taxes. nbc10 news. >>> time is running out for students at a philadelphia charter school. the wakisha charter school will close december 23rd. the students will have to find another school. they have been struggling with money problems for the last year and a half. board members claim declining enrollment. >>> not the only philadelphia school to abruptly close because of money problems. we told you about this charter school last month. it canceled school leaves nearly 300 students looking for a new place to go. >>> a former firefighter accused of blaerzing several south jersey homes turned himself into police today. they say terrance ward broke into several homes. he was laid o

, a turkey, thanks to some of atlantic county's finest. members of the atlantic county sheriff's department dropped off turkeys yesterday at st. john ame zion church in mays landing. church officials say about 50 families will get turkeys, thanks to donations here from the sheriff's department and other charity organizations. >>> and this weekend in camden county, a non-profit group celebrated what they call banksgiving. the group fantastic friends held a thanksgiving-style dinner in voorhees, but the focus was on money. the two teams who organized thanksgiving said their goal was to educate young adults with special needs on how to save and spend money successfully. quite the opposite of some thanksgiving dinners, where you plan how you're going to spend money the next day on black friday. tracy and vai? >> or that very day on thanksgiving with stores opening this year. >> and those two teenagers were on with me the other day. very impressive kids. thank you very much, chris. you're watching nbc 10 news. "nbc 10 news today" at 6:00 a.m. s

>>> right now at 11:00, we are following breaking news in atlantic county. two people are dead and another injured in a house fire. ted greenberg is live at the scene. what's happening there right now? >> reporter: we have a very active crime scene on the 200 block of washington avenue. they are telling me that fire may have been deliberately set. members of numerous fire departments and law enforcement agencies, including the atlantic county prosecutor's office are here. we have been seeing many distraught family members as well. this started shortly after 8:00 this morning when reports came in about a house fire on the block. a neighbor rescued one person from the home. prosecutors confirmed that two other people were found dead inside. sources say the person pulled from the home appeared to have suffered stab wounds and was taken to the hospital. we don't know that person's condition. a woman who says she knows the victims spoke with us a short time ago. >> one of my best friends. her son was one of my daughter's best friends. just very sad. >> reporter:

pockets of heavier rain in parts of burlington and atlantic ocean counties. right now temperatures in the 40s. 45 in allentown. 50 in wilmington. 45 in glassboro. into the 50s to the south and east. 49 in atlantic city. so it's a chilly day. a day to linger, maybe have breakfast indoors and stay inside. watch some movies. right now, gray skies. looking at the clouds staying with us throughout the day and clearing out later on tonight into sunday. we're going to see the sunshine returning on sunday. so rainy saturday. you can see where that rain is falling. kind of coming off the ocean. northeast flow. so rain all throughout the suburbs. philadelphia, down to the south and east. going closure to spots. you see darker colors. yellows and oranges that's indicating moderate rainfall. you can see ponding on the roads in some spots. seeing the yellow showing up as well as parts of ocean and atlantic county. galloway along route nine. take a little slow on the roads. temperatures into the 40s, the 50s. 45 in allentown. just 41 in mount pocono. 50 in millville. chilly

in parts of atlantic and cumberland and all of cape may county until 5:30 tonight. this is the cell really just over fortescue right now, you can see the bowing, when you get that bowing it indicates rushing winds and it's moving quickly towards the east at 50 miles per hour. so it's movie quickly, bell plain and goshen and woodbine, if you live in these communities and you hear the rumble of thunder, take shelter. wider view showing again this is the only area of severe weather, what is going on is low pressure is forming off the eastern seaboard and this will intensify and give us strong wind gusts tomorrow and i'll have more details on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >>> a discount food change is closing 66 stores in new jersey and pennsylvania. they sold their stores to aldi, now people are looking for another low cost option. >> it's terrible. >> why? >> the food prices are great, i live around the corner. john is heart broken to find out there is a local bottom dollar food store is closing soon. one of 66 stores in pennsylvania a

also parts of atlantic county. this isity sliding down the ace kprae making its way towards the shore. a little over a tenth of an inch an hour. continuing up through parts of glouster and camden counties. also parts of burlington cahn. woodland seeing 3/10 of an inch an hour. this will continue a while before it starts to taper off. should be the next 30 minutes to an hour. it's moving at a good pace mainly to the east. trend ton also getting light rain. also light rain along the i-95 corridor. even in philadelphia we could see more light rain, even a mix, especially parts lower and west. burkes county, mostly light snow. now, we are seeing it tapering off through parts of thely high valley. most of what we are seeing to the west and north of philadelphia, it's on the lighter side. there is one band around harrisburg, looks like it's starting to form a pretty consistent area of snowfall, but that could very well start to taper off, too. what we are seeing for the first snoefls is grassy accumulations. mostly what w

in atlantic county, did i ran in a rocco for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly also tonight a case ofdelaware county district attorney says he's never seen anything quite like it. these are four of the five adults facing charges in this case. police say that shakia jackson is the mother of four of the children who were abused. this is video of the one of the suspects william wade being arrested earlier this week. now police say these suspects physically and sexually abused five children in all at this home in darby. they alleged the children were kicked, punched and body slammed and they say the adults even shot bee bee guns at the children as a cruel form of discipline. >> almost seems surreal that you don't think it's really happening. like what world is this where this can can occur? >> those children are now staying with relatives. officials say that they are doing as well as can be expected. >>> well, tonight the accused kidnapper delvin barnes remains behind bars after waving his right to seek bail. he pled not guilty to federal kidnapping charges. during a pretrial hearing poli

same thing in atlantic county. atlantic city seeing light rain. most of the hiv rain is well offshore now. but through parts of kent county along dover, we have light rain. one area of heavier rain in maryland should be setting up to move into delaware very soon. there were a couple of lightning strikes in that area of rain earlier. but they seem to have been gone for the moment. cold air starts to move in, though, once all the rain leaves. so this will be setting up for tomorrow afternoon and especially as we go into the weekend. here's future weather. so the rain we see to our south right now does clear out overnight tonight. starting off tomorrow morning, we are dry. but in the afternoon, we still have a chance for a few showers. you notice possibly a few sprinkles moving in in the afternoon hours. this will be part of lake-effect snow. by the time it gets here, it will be too warm for snow. we'll still have the chance of passing showers. tomorrow evening, we dry up. this will be the trend as we go into the weekend. some of this fog is mainly in

. >> breaking news from atlantic county. two people were killed in a fire in egg harbor, investigators labeled the fire suspicious. it started at air home on the 200 block of washington avenue. firefighters found two people dead inside and their names have not yet been released. the prosecutors office has launched an investigation and chad pradelli is in the neighborhood and we'll bring us a live report at 12:30. >>> kidnapping suspect, delvin barnes, will be in court for charges of abducting 22-year-old carlesha freeland-gaither, one week after her rescue. david henry joins us live outside of the courthouse. >> it's a brief appearance here for delvin barnes, he'll be in front of a magistrate here where he will be formerly arraigned on a kidnapping charge and perhaps additional charges. 37-year-old delvin barnes arrived yesterday in this white van followed by an escort vehicle, he was picked up by fbi agents from a prison outside of richmond, virginia, barnes was held there since last thursday, he had allegedly taken carlesh

we have a flood advisory for northern and eastern portions of atlantic county and southern portions of ocean county. we've seen an inch and half to two inches of rain in in a short period of time. we're seeing low level flooding and poor drainage flooding. be mindful of that. the day planner, gray and cooler with temperatures in the upper 50s, we'll have more on when it gets out of here, eva. >> police are investigating a tragedy on the boulevard. a woman was hit and killed and the other woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. police have not said if they were in the car's path or if the driver is cooperating. >>> police say this car hit a woman overnight in front of temple university hospital. the driver pulled into the hospital pavilion. the woman was rushed into temple in critical condition. initially police were looking for evidence that a second car hit the woman and fled. they now say surveillance video shows only one car hit her. >>> septa and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement. the deal was announced late last night. it avoids a strike by bus, s

into our sweep here you can see heavier rain atlantic city on the cam why right down through cape may, it is starting to push out heavy rain over burlington countythe moment as well, western suburbs getting into a break here. fifty in reading, 53 at the the airport . fifty-seven in atlantic city and look at this big bubble of cold temperatures in the 40's through great lakes and that chill will be moving in through the day tomorrow. heavier rain pushes out to sea overnight and tomorrow we are dealing with the cold wind, lake effect stuff to the north and west, stray shower getting in here in the afternoon but otherwise dryer day, at day looks dry and comfortable and then that front will fist ale bit and we will see sunshine on sunday as well but it is late next week starting thursday that a blast of cold will be unleash across the entire eastern half of the nation and temperatures will be well below average, you'll see that on thursday in the seven day forecast. first overnight the scattered showers clearing late 44 degrees our overnight low. for your friday windy and cooler with the isolated shower, 54 will be the day time high and weekend is c

. >>> deadly and suspicious, authorities investigate a house fire in atlantic county, the bodies of a woman and a child found inside. the story is unfolding on the 200 block of washington avenue in egg harbor city. that is where "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live with the very latest, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, the police have not said yet whether they believe that the two victims here died before or during the fire. the block here on washington avenue just reopened but we see police are still here as part of the all day investigation. they have one version of what happened but they are not telling us if they are sold that is the truth. >> really, oh , my gosh. >> reporter: neighbors are saddened to learn what looked like a small fire in the egg harbor city house turnout to be much worse. police say woman and her son were found dead inside and they believe the fire was set intentionally. school officials confirmed that the little boy was in second grade. >> i didn't think it was little will boy that died. my gosh. >> reporter: police say there was a man in the

it is still out for parts of south jersey, cape may county starting to see heavier rain. cape may, atlantic, also cumberland counties until 5:30 this evening. this storm is very quickly moving toward the shore around 50 miles an hour. we could be seeing 60 mile an hour winds with this storm. some very heavy rain, but it is moving quickly. we don't expect it to stick around in one place for a long period of time. also we have seen a few strikes of lightning. not a lot of lightning. we are continuing to watch it move into parts of cape may county. it's moving to the east. so the warning is still up the storm is still pretty much egg harbor now. v vetner city, 5:43. cape may, 5:25. a little bit before that. atlantic city, 5:36. it will be hitting all the shore points from atlantic city down to cape may. mays landing seeing heavy rain across the ac expressway. this is moving into parts of cape may county now, dennis starting to see the heavy rain. egg harbor on the edge of some of that heavier rain. this is all continuing to slide toward the shore. and some of the heavier rain in parts of the d

it is starting to really exit the area and lighten up, even through parts of atlantic county, burlingtons that saw heavier rain earlier across the ac expressway, garden state parkway, ron galloway township. in parts delaware, a little more rain through kent and sussex county. a lot of the rain continues to clear out and we'll see drier conditions. colder air is up to our north and west. that will be here in the morning hours. for this evening, we'll be dropping down to the mid-40s. by tomorrow morning, waking up to temperatures in the upper 20s. the wind chill, the feels-like temperature will be in the upper teens tomorrow morning and we could be seeing slippery spots on the roadways, too. we'll talk more about that and a closer look at how long the cold will last, coming up. >> be sure to get the latest alerts and notices sent to your smartphone and tablet. go to the website, nbc10.com for the free weather app. >>> it's the announcement philadelphia was waiting for. pope francis will attend next year's world meeting of families. it's official. mayor michael nutter and other officials ma

poor drainage flooding, and that's going to be in sections of burlington county, atlantic county and ocean county, as well. so just watch for that. in fact, watch for any ponding on the roads anywhere you are, and the leaves that are down because they can really make a problem and they can clog any of the drains, and can make some ponding worse. forty-seven in philadelphia right now. we have 47 in wilmington, 44 in trenton, 50 in wildwood. the temperatures are pretty consistently in the 40's, we've got winds that are coming down out of the northeast, and they're 17 miles per hour through philadelphia about 8 miles an hour through allentown 14 miles an hour through wildwood. and then you look at the wind gusts, and they're gust to go 24 miles an hour, plus, over much of the area today. our temperatures this afternoon, right where they are right now right about 48, 49 50 degrees. our precipitation kind of like it is right now finding a loft it along the shore areas, and seeing it right through the noon hour, does start to pull away later this afternoon, by this evening we are watching f

atlantic county's jobless rate has surged more than 11%. september's unemployment rate for the county was up 1.3% for the month before. >>> let's look at wall street. stocks soared on the final day of trading for the month of october. futures are pointing to a higher open. >>> there's. >> jury selection will begin today in the civil case against a former university pennsylvania professor who beat his wife to death. the victim's wife is seeking compensatory and punitive damages from raphael robb, he is convicted of murdering his wife back in 2006 inside their king of prussia home. the daughter has -- the couple has a daughter who was 12 when his wife was killed. >>> the mega billion dollars is estimate the at $200 million. >>> the philadelphia school district resumes hearing on wednesday to shut down the walter d. palmer charter school after an inquiry shows that it underperformed over the last 6 years. the school kicked out 250 children last month because it's unable to pay its bills. >>> a long-running dispute over the washington redskins t

parts of burlington county to ocean county, atlantic county, along route 9. most of the heavy stuff is off the coast. temperatures right now looking at the 40s, 50s, 45 right now in allento allentown. 48 in lancaster. 48 in wilmington. 48 in atlantic city. 50 in wildwood. temperatures pretty uniform across the area. they're not going to rise far from here. we're going to op out around 50. a chilly, wet, and breezy day. by 8:00, 48. by 9:00, 48. by noon, 49 degrees. we'll talk more about today's lazy forecast and winds on sunday and sunshine for the workweek. >>> we have an update now on the we've been following now out of the north philadelphia. police tell nbc10 a woman is in extreme critical condition after she was struck by two cars in north philly. the driver of the first car stopped but the second one took off. this happened around 4:00 this morning at broad and venango streets. police are still searching for that hit and run driver. we will continue to follow this breaking news and continue to bring you updates. >>> strike, good news. septa and the tran

seeing steady rain, ban of some heavier showers breaking out across parts of burlington, camden, atlantic county, new jersey, and you can see eventually these showers will start to pull away to the north and east. we're dry from philadelphia on points north and west. but here's the estimate of doppler radar so far today from the storm system. couple of bull's eye areas, toward new castle county, cecil county, maryland, then parts of burlington county down atlantic city, two, maybe 3 inches every rain, from the storm system, so far. but the good news is we will start to dry out for the rest of the weekends. temperatures chilly, mid, upper 40's at this hour, factor in the winds, feels colder than that. these are sustained winds out of the north at about 20 miles per hour with higher gusts, we do have windchills values down to the 30's, of course tonight, want to is he the clock back one hour, daylight saving time ends at 2:00 a.m. sunday morning, sunset tomorrow coming in at 4:57 in the afternoon, so getting dark little bit earlier. temperatures wake up tomorrow morning are going to be chilly, man

this is for ocean, southern burlington, atlantic counties, cape may county sussex count any delaware. this is 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. sunday. so over night tonight for the next high tide. saw a lot of rain down there, atlantic city over 3 inches of rain today. any more will just exacerbate flooding they've already seen. with high tide coming in, it is still a concern. 52 degrees the high temperature today. that will was actually almost 24 hours ago, right after midnight, stayed suck in the 40's most of the afternoon. >> that's where we are right now, air temperature 48 in philadelphia, 44 pottstown, 42 wrightstown, 47 in millville, new jersey. the winds been increasing all day, current wind gusts over 25 to 30 miles an hour. the highest down in wilmington and and dover. not only does it make it pretty brisk, but factor in how chill at this feels. windchill values are in the upper 30's, and tomorrow morning, fox 29 weekend news at 8:00 a.m., we will be showing you the wind chills very colds tomorrow. could be feeling more like it is in the 20's, in a lot of spot, temperatures fall overn

we're talking about kent, cumberland, salem, cape may, atlantic counties. they see snow in those counties? >> they are going to see a chance of snow, although we are going to see temperatures staying warmer, so it's going to be harder for that rainfall to switch over to snowfall. if we take a closer look hour by hour, we'll show you what to expect as we head into parts of south jersey. so, by the late morning hours, it's mainly heavy rainfall. the other concern with that is going to be flooding. so, it's still going to be difficult when you're trying to travel and get where you need to go. but if i back this up, you can see by 6:00 p.m., as our temperatures continue to fall throughout the day, we are going to see a better chance of some of the rain switching over to snowfall even for kent county, new castle county, cumberland and cape may atlantic, that's mainly going to stay rainfall today. >> meteorologist brittney shipp, a detailed look at what every county in our viewing area can expect as the storm moves through. here's how you stay updated through our

atlantic county's oldest rivalry, vikings quarterback takes the snap and tries to sneak around the corpernd into the end zone, holy spirit one eight of the last nine in this series. that is sports a lot is of football on this wonderful thanksgiving day. >> participants in the annual turkey bowl in wilmington, they honor the tradition of playing football on turkey day. they donned the colors of the eagles and new england patriots. and a big trophy. >>> still to come a day to show your gratitude. robin roberts says thank you to some of the kindest people in the country making a real difference, we have a preview. sky 6 hd is looking live in atlantic city, melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with a surprise in december. i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on!

in atlantic county, i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> more sad news to report, child abuse so extreme, that delaware county district attorney says he has never seen anything like it. here are four of the five adults, facing charges. police sashay shekia jackson is the mother of four of these children. this is video of one of the suspects william wade ago rested earlier this week. police say suspect's physically and sexually a abuse $5 children at this home in darby. police alleged they were kicked, punched and body slammed. they say the adult shot bee bee guns at the children as a cruel form of children. >> it seems so surreal you do not think it is really happening like what world is this where this cab occur. >> the the children are now staying with relatives and officials say they are doing okay. >>> accused kidnapper delvin barnes remains in jail. barnes pleaded not guilty to federal kidnapping charges on friday. during that pretrial hearing prosecutors revealed he bound and stuffed 22-year old carlesha gate inner to the trunk of the car following her germantown abducti

in atlantic county, i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> some more sad news to report, child abuse, so extreme, that the delaware county district attorney says he a has never seen anything like it. here four are of the five adults being charged, police say shekia jackson is the mother of four children and thinks video of william wade being arrested earlier this week. police say the suspects physically and sexually abused five children at a home in upper darby. police alleged the children were kick, punched and body slam. they also say that the adults shot bee bee guns at the children as a cruel form of discipline. >> i mean it almost seems so surreal that you do not think it is really happening like what world is this where this can occur. >> the children are now staying with relatives and officials say that they are doinge kay. >>> accused kidnapper delvin barnes remains in jail after waving his right to seek bail. barnes pleaded not guilty to federal kidnapping charges on friday. during that pretrial hearing prosecutors revealed he allegedly bound and stuffed 22-year old ca

and the dense fog advisories are out for sussex county, delaware, cumberland, atlantic, cape may countiesn new jersey as well as ocean, mercer, part of burlington county. but it doesn't mean if you're not under the advisory that you're not going to see some fog. you probably will. so our visibility are reduced, look at philadelphia international right now, we have .8 of a mile visibility there, so that situation is getting worse, trenton still pretty bad, so, is the area around fort dix, dover, delaware, really socked in now, and the rest of south jersey, as well. so, again it, will probably get worse before it get better. it is 57 degrees, and you can see the fog here in our camera. this is the airport camera, 642 is the official sunrise time. not much after winds to blow that air around and get rid of the fog. but boy did we have a very nice veterans day, with 70 degrees as our high temperature yesterday. today, we're talking about 65 for high, sunny, breezy later on, cloudy and fog toy start. and then, tonight, down to 39 degrees in the city much chillier at night tonight and the breez

no significant accumulation in atlantic county of snowfall. new castle county, delaware, where it was coming down at a pretty good clip in this video recorded by our partners at del radio in wilmington. you can see the snow coating the cards there and wind chills. william township where a train spotter recorded 3.7 inches, but he also recorded no video for me to share with you. we'll have to take his word. tracy and vai? >> we always encourage people to safely take videos and pictures. >> we were invited by chris for a barbecue. >> wow, it's a friday. thanks, chris. >>> you're watching nbc 10 news. nbc 10 news at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> and the first snowfall of the season came and for many of you, is already gone. but we know there is a long winter ahead. this morning we're asking septa how it's preparing to keep you moving. >>> and a live look outside right now. as vai just said, snowy is gone and a cold, blustery day and pretty chilly. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. >> time to bundle up. the wind

south jersey because i know skies have been moonlit throughout the area especially cape may and atlantic countiesgreg is saying 46 degrees. beautiful moonlit skies in upper township tonight and here is that beautiful picture of the moon, thanks greg, for sending that in and we'll travel a little farther to the north and west of philadelphia, the temperature is 37 degrees and robert is saying in glen more it is very cold, not much wind, a clear crisp night with a beautiful full moon. if you would like to report the weather here on "eyewitness news," we would like you to join our team. become an eyewitness weather watcher, it's easy. all you have to do is go to cbsphilly.com/watchers. >>> outside we're looking at those beautiful clear skies in center city philadelphia but as the wind gets a little light, the temperatures will continue to plunge. skies are clear across the region. storm scan3 is showing us that. we did have a few snow showers through new york and even parts of northeastern pennsylvania that is dying out with the wind. philadelphia holding onto 42. elsewhere in the 30's but falling f

atlantic county prosecutor's office spent the day at the house piecing together the investigation in the two deaths. >> it is hard, you know when children are involved. >> reporter: neighbors say loss of a child is unspeakable and they want to know how it all happened. >> nothing ever happens around here, so it is very scary, and strange at the same time. >> reporter: the local school district says that they have done a call this afternoon to all of the parents in the district letting them know about the boy's death and also letting them know that there will be grief counselors on hand tomorrow, the autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow as well. we are live from egg harbor city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a woman suffered burns in a row house fire in philadelphia's hunting park neighborhood this afternoon. chopper three over the 3700 block of north franklin street as fire fighters poured the water on that home. investigators say would the man was rushed to temple university hospital with burns to her head, face, and neck. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> w

. >>> in atlantic county now, a faming boarding home in atlantic city is now a memory.t building sat next to the now closed trump plaza casino. the homeowner once refused to sell to donald trump for $1 billion. carl icahn bought the home in august and may soon take control of the casino next door depending on how things shake out next door. >>> this has nothing to do with county by county but news of a missing 10-year-old boy in the area. i'll run into the newsroom and grab that and have that information for you in just a couple minutes. tracy and vai. >> see you in a couple minutes. >>> you're watching nbc 10 news at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >> nbc 10 breaking news. >>> dozens of people got a rude awakening this morning. a sinkhole opened, up, a truck fell in and homes were evacuated. live on the scene with new information. >>> the sun will soon rise, but don't expect much of a warm up to come with it. a cold and windy day. but we've got you covered, no worries. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. i just walked into the newsroom and i

. >> the flames erupted this morning in atlantic county. investigate ares still there on the scene. nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg live in egg harbor city. you've been there all day. what's the latest? >> since we last saw you at 4:00, police have taken down most of the yellow tape from this street. you can see the house where the fire happened remains cordoned off as a crime scene after a day filled with grief. devastated loved ones converged on washington avenue in egg harbor city this morning, soon after learning a mother and her young son were dead inside this house after what police are calling a suspicious fire. >> they're suffering bad right now. >> reporter: sources tell nbc 10 the case is being handled as a homicide investigation and that the boy who died was just 7 years old. >> she was one of my best friends and her son was one of my daughter's best friends. she's very sad. >> the house was smoking and i seen them break in the windows. >> reporter: the fire broke out shortly after 8:00 a.m. police say a third person from the house, the woman's boyfriend

. >> happening right now, investigators swarm the scene every deadly fire atlantic county, flames broke out this morning, inside this home on washington avenue in egg harbor city. now, investigators say firefighter found a mother and her young son in the charred rubble. police say they're treating this fire as suspicious, and they have a lot of questions. fox 29's dawn timmeney live at the scene, dawn, what are police telling you? >> well, not a whole lot at this point, lucy, investigators have been here at the scene all day long, pouring over the evidence, trying to figure out if this fire was deliberately set, and who set it. the neighbors have shed an awful lot of tears on this street as the news spread. >> horrible, i was crying. >> residents on this quiet egg harbor city street are saddened tonight after learning that a mother and her young son are dead following a suspicious fire at their home. >> i saw always see the little boy playing. >> called to the house of 200 block washington avenue around 8:00 this morning, finds too long dead, thirds victim taken to the hospital with wha

one area we're still seeing good rainfall is parts of atlantic county, cape may county, about to cross the ac expressway. be careful if you're in south jersey. showers move through, same thing in sussex county. heavier rain just south of georgetown. we move into lewis in parts of sussex county very soon. as we go through the next few hours, this rain will keep moving through. a lot of it will keep making its way out of the area. coldest air north and west of our area. this will be moving in as we go overnight tonight. it will be cold tonight but even colder tomorrow night. we have very cold air in the forecast. that's why we have a first alert day set up for you. chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is standing by with a look at the temperatures. glenn? >> sheena, we issued the first alert last night because we wanted to alert you to the fact that some really extreme weather is going to be going on. today, okay, we have just a rainy day. this is antarctic blast. very unusual for this time of the year. in çfact, near record cold temperatures coming with this thing. and we're

. >> reporter: joseph palmer is now being held here at the atlantic county justice facility charged withurdering a mom and her young son. on the same night a community is remembering their lives gavin packs is the father struggle for words after he talks about his little boy. with hugs and tears the community mourns the death of seven year old gavin and his mom michelle. they were murdered at the hands of michelle's boyfriend. >> we wanted everybody come out today to celebrate life because if anybody new shell, she will loved life. >> hundreds lit candles to remember the young mother and her son found burned inside their washington street home wednesday after firefighters put out the flames. 38 year old joseph palmer lived with them and was found injured outside. originally telling investigators there was an intruder but police now say palmer stabbed michelle and gavin to death then set the fire. >> i can't believe this could happen in our little town and to people who were so kind and loving. >> reporter: many at the vigil left notes to michelle and gavin a second grader at spraying ele

. >> police in atlantic county insist the public is not in danger even after a second grader and hisother were found dead inside a burn home. investigators believe that fire was intentionally set in the 200 block of washington avenue in egg harbor city this morning. police say there was a man at the house who needed to go to the hospital for undisclosed injuries. they say that he claimed to know what happened here. >> he was telling them that somebody broke into the house. >> the arson dog is looking to see if there are any flammable liquids. we're considering it suspicious at this time. >> police won't comment on their thoughts on the man's story. they say they do not have any suspects. >>> concerned parents and staff members are demanding the philadelphia school district increase security at bartram high school. dozens rallied outside the school in kingsessing this morning. their call for action follows the attack on substitute teacher piwu johnson which happened recently in hallway there. a student allegedly attacked that man. three teachers in all have been assaulted at bartram i

. >> frolo was director of veteran services in atlantic county. >> it turns out, a lot of them were just dying before they get the claims settled. it's not fair. >> at the open forum tonight? >> how much more can we dream? >> i never received anything. >> concern after concern. the answer? file online to expe diet claims. and they say they've added more resources to cut down on the backlog and service the more than 300,000 expected claims this year. >> what do you say to these hard-working people? >> first and foremost, thank you for your service. and, from that standpoint, i would tell you that we've got a lot of employees here at the regional office of 40% who are actually veterans themsz. we come to work every day making sure we do the best that we can. >> now, i asked her why the backlog? the director said the downturn in the economy that took place between 2008 and 2009. she is hopeful that they're going to get to that average waiting time of 125 days. reporting live, keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> most offices in your city or town will probably be closed tomorrow for veter rans day,

state officials in new jersey say they plan to go ahead with a project to build dunes and mar got atlantic county. the department of environmental protection said they have taken control of enough of the beach now to allow for the construction of those dunes. a lot of residents they don't want to see this, though. they had voted in favor of a referendum on tuesday that would have taken that battle to court. they object to this project saying it is costly and ineffective. >>> sunoco logistics moving ahead with a big pipeline project that will stretch across pennsylvania. the company announced yesterday it plans to invest $2.5 billion in a pipeline that would move natural gas liquids like propane. it would provide four times the capacity to move that gas from the marcella drilling area in western pennsylvania to marcus hook facility in delaware county. sunoco hopes to have that pipeline up and running in two years. >>> if you're getting ready to head out the door on this friday. let's check the roads for you. >> nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. some slow downs in my delivery, but n

. >>> improving new jersey cities will be the focus of a mayor's meeting in atlantic county. senate president steve sweeney and mayors from across the state will meet at the atlantic city convention center this morning to talk about ways to reduce crime and improve infrastructures. >>> now to new castle county, delaware, where officers from the newark police department are getting a little scuffy for a good cause. the department is holding a best beard contest. here's one of them. the public can vote by placing a food item next to your favorite officer's name. even a picture of an officer's beard there, too. those items will go to the food bank of delaware. >> putting food on to the plates of hungry delawareans. it's going to impact the community we serve every day. that's one of the reasons we chose this charity specifically, we wanted to have a local impact. >> not only are they raising a lot of food, they get bragging rights. they're not usually allowed to have beards, so this is a rare opportunity for them to skip their morning shave. >>> we'll find out this morning if a

least moderate rain existing in interior south jersey, southern burlington county and areas of atlantic county and we are seeing yellow from mystic island inland from the pine barons and pemberton, mount holly and medford that is moving out in the next half an hour or so. temperatures cool to the north and west, we will have rain falling, philadelphia 53. fifty-five in millville, and visibility, reduced. zero visibility, in the poconos and reading down to 1.5 inches. now, i should say 1.5 miles. evening commute showing occasional rain and isolated storm possible, reduced visibility and ponding on roads for the next couple hours, chris, back over to you. >> thanks, a lot. >>> still ahead at 6:00 unthinkable accusation as begins a mother and her boyfriend. that woman's three-year old boy was found dead, we will tell what you police say happened inside their chester county trailer home. >>> plus a major grocery store chain is shutting its doors, impact, its closure will have on our region, beasley? >>> flyers making moves with the roster after a tough injury on the first line we will look ahead t

we're starting in atlantic county, where new jersey governor chris christie will help dedicate a new soccer field in ac later today. that field, which is part of the texas avenue playground along fair mount avenue, is the result of recovery efforts from superstorm sandy. it's being backed by officials from the united arab emirates embassy in washington, d.c. the dedication takes place in gary grant jr. and joe mccabe memorial park today. >>> and today, leaders will announce their vision for the economic future of new castle county. county executive thomas gordon and wilmington mayor dennis williams will unveil their plans this afternoon. those plans contain nine initiatives that those leaders say will spur new business and create good-paying, middle-class jobs. >>> d.a.r.t.'s 17th annual stuff the bus thanksgiving food drive begins today in kent county, delaware. that food will be distributed by the food bank of delaware to families in need. drop-off locations are set up today at walmart in milford and the acme in dover. you can go to nbc10.com for a look at this week's other drop-of

. >>> and in atlantic county, tourism officials are hoping a new festival will draw more visitors overoliday season. the do ac tree and light fest will begin november 24th. according to "the south jersey times," there will be 23 themed trees on the streets of the tanger outlets. some of them include food, fashion, miss america and philadelphia. the trees will be on displayed through january 2nd. back to you. >> food, fashion, miss america, yeah, they all go together. >> can't wait to see the trees. >> you're watching nbc 10 news. "nbc 10 news today" at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> i am so grateful and so grateful to the voters of pennsylvania for giving me this chance to serve as governor of pennsylvania. >> you can now call him governor-elect. tom wolf, the businessman pulled out a big win for his first campaign for political office. >>> caught on camera. a so-called person of interest in the abduction case of carlesha freeland-gaither is seen 73 miles away in maryland. >>> and no need for the heavy coats today. we're getting free relief from the cold temperatures. we'll have mild

>> i grew up in the city of camden, new jersey, i now live in atlantic county. and i have members that work for the covenant house. when i found out that their young people in our community that don't have a place to sleep, and they're good kids, potentially just need little guidance and motivation from people like myself, just my way of giving back. so bearing the elements to do this and raise a lot of monday. >> i give you so much credit, the statistics say 1 million teens are homeless, here in the united states, covenant house actually helping 71,000 of them, 2,000 of which are from new jersey. so, you're helping out a good cause. how much money did you raise to sleep out tonight? >> as of this morning, about 4:00 a.m., i'm at $3,000. >> 3,000, okay, 3,000 from mike, 114,000 altogether. so there is about 60 folks who decided to campout here overnight, raising lots of money, again, for really, really great cause. the covenant house, and homeless youth. we will be live out here all morning long, trying to keep the folks warm. we send it back to you in the studi

that south jersey has four of the five highest foreclosure rates in the state, and this county, atlantic county, has seen a year-to-year increase of 115%. the result has been people who once worked at casinos to a food bank that sits in the shadows of their former job sites. >> people can't afford to pay their mortgage, have two car payments, keep their child in a catholic school. it's a tough time right now in atlantic city. >> reporter: monsignor william hodge of st. nicholas of tolentine roman catholic church says those who are helping are now in need of help themselves. i checked in with another food bank here to see if this is an isolated ka ed case or a common occurrence. i'll have that story coming up in 30 minutes. live on the boardwalk in atlantic city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >> and you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com to follow any new developments on the expanding casino crisis in atlantic city. >>> at 5:37, we are on price patrol for you this morning as you get ready for black friday. we are watching out for the best deals. and still ahead on "nbc 10 news today," we'll tell you t

sliding across to jersey, parts of ocean, atlantic counties and we're going the see this over the nextes there are chilly in case you haven't stepped out yet. 45 in wilmington. 45 in atlantic city. 46 in lancaster. get out with the kids after the soccer game if they haven't been canceled, bundle up as you head out. winds are gusting near 23 miles per hour in pottstown. near 25 in wildwood. futurecast, we're going to continue to track this rain throughout the afternoon. by lunchtime, seeing that showing up. same story by 3:00. things begin to improve as we head towards the late afternoon into the evening hours. still seeing the clouds. still seeing the wind. still see that cold air. we're not going to see that rain. futu futurecast, we're going to see blustery conditions with winds gusting high. today, wet and windy, 48-51. winds out of the northeast at 10 to 21 miles per hour. anywhere from 25 to 30. and then tomorrow we're going to be in the 40s with the gusts. we'll talk about that later. but for today, 50. sunday, 50 degrees. windy, that's the big weather headline tomorrow. by monda

a coastal flood advisory is in effect for camden, cape may and atlantic counties this afternoon. winds will gust up to 30 miles per hour. we have a couple of batches of moisture on the heavier side one across the western portion of the south jersey, one on the shore, we'll go to the stuff in the western half of new jersey, first. you can see this little line that stretches west of philadelphia down into chester and west of gibbstown pushing toward the west. a little little batch of moisture is closer to the water, absecon, beach haven reporting moderate rain and atlantic city is getting wet and this extends north ward into surf city. this is tracking west as this area of low pressure intensifies or develops. it will sprawl out ward. we'll see cloud cover and the winds will pick up, we'll see periods of rain. damp and rainy that's the call from accuweather. 49 degrees, turning windy. as that storm gets cranking overnight tonight and tomorrow, but then it's up in new england. we won't see any moisture, but we'll see windchills in the 20s and 30s first thing tomorrow morning. looks

. >>> and a new report shows atlantic county has one of the highest unemployment rates for metropolitan areas in the nation. the jobless rate in that county was nearly 11% in december, the highest rate for metro areas east of the rocky mountains. four casinos in ac have closed this year, leaving about 10,000 people out of work. >>> well, if you take septa to work, you should have a normal commute this morning. the transit agency and the largest workers union hammered out an agreement late friday, avoiding a strike that was threatened for today. the new contract is expected to be officially ratified later this week. it includes a 5% raise for workers. >>> happening today in philadelphia, the lawyers for the two men charged in the deadly building collapse in center city will be in court to decide if they're ready to go to trial. griffin campbell and sean benschop are charged with murder. a tentative trial date has been set for december 2015. in june 2013, the wall under demolition at 22nd and market street collapsed on to a salvation army thrift store, killing six people, injuring many mo

now, a new report shows atlantic county has one of the highest unemployment rates for metropolitan areas in the entire nation. the jobless rate in the county was nearly 11% in september. that's the highest rate for metro areas east of the rocky mountains. four casinos in a.c. have closed this year, leaving about 10,000 people out of work. >>> if you take septa to work, you should have a normal commute this morning. the transit agency and its largest workers union hammered out an agreement late friday, avoiding a strike threatened for today. the new contract is expected to be officially ratified later this week. it includes a 5% raise for workers. >>> 5:06 right now. happening today in philadelphia, the lawyers for two men charged in that deadly building collapse in center city will be in court to decide if they're ready to go to trial. griffin campbell and sean benschop are charged with murder. a tentative trial date has been set for september 2015. in june of 2013, you'll remember, the wall of a building under demolition at 22nd and market streets collapsed on to the salvation army thri

and looking good in atlantic county, 40 westbound near avenue of the pines, we've got some milling worke right lane. that's going to be out there for about another hour so watch for that. let's hit that commuter traffic report which you get to be a part of when you download the free waze app. looking at 55. you can take from up from the shore up towards rowan and heading over maybe the ben franklin or walt whitman bridge. we see lots of construction icons but no problems out there. no accidents showing any issues. so that means you've got a good looking ride. how about the weather? well, no weather related problems are going to affect your commute today in the morning or in the afternoon. it's 53 degrees. 53 at this hour. that feels pretty good. in fact it's about 15 degrees warmer than it was at this point yesterday. we've been seeing a lot of these big swings and one of them is this morning, not too bad out there right now, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> a camden county man was killed by a tape measure. the bizarre accident happened at a jersey city construction site yesterday mo

hammonton in new jersey, atlantic county, 15. bear, delaware. 19. ity at the airport, 16 degrees. this is where you guys started out yesterday at this time. this is where we're sitting right now. allentown, 35 degrees, reading 38. hammonton 38. bear, delaware, 40. philadelphia right now sitting at 41. it's going to be much easier for the runners to handle this kind of weather rather than the january-like bitter cold we saw yesterday. satellite and radar we are expecting mainly cloudy day with sunny breaks, much milder. 55 degrees is the forecasted high with a mixture of clouds and sun. guys? >> all right, thank you. >>> training is over and now it's show time for 30,000 runner also competing in the philadelphia marathon and half marathon. heavy security is in place, roads are closed. septa routes are detoured a lot goes into making it happen. the action cam is live at the benjamin franklin parkway 22nd street. the starting time for the marathon at 7:00 a.m. the course winds around the schuylkill expressway and university city and the benjamin frankli