sky 6 hd from our temple university camera looking at the center city skyline, a lot of folks out and about on broad street as we look at city hall, a nice bright blue sky on this friday. we were off to a chilly start this morning. temperatures are starting to recover with ample sunshine overhead. hello december as we take you through the month. normal high we start at 50 degrees and by the end of this month the typical high 41. and something to look forward to sunset starting at 4:36 but as we close out 4:46 and we add daylight. we average 3.4 inches of snowfall. 46 in slatington and same in need wood and 50 in center city and 49 in chester and saint davids 49 and 47 in new holland. and 49 in cinnaminson for ewing and browns mills. the boardwalk 51 degrees and dover 50 and 47 in hockessin. here is satellite 6 along with action radar pretty quiet conditions in our region off to the north and west in interior portions of the northeast a weak frontal boundary moving on through, not a lot of precipitation associated with this. this moves through dry across much of the delaware and lehigh

good morning, center city. no problems here along center city. we have that water main break still going to cause delays today. now, columbus boulevard, southbound, one lane is open now. but at 99:00 they're going to close columbus boulevard, from 95 to washington avenue. then also close the off-ramps again today to make those final repairs. the vine expressway still closed until about 5:00 this morning. between the schuylkill and broad street. trying to wrap up all of these project, before we get into the holiday weekends, the benny looking good, coming up and over into downtown, we had some construction on the walt whitman bridge overnight. that's gone. blue route looking good. oh, this is looking good, too, look at this, we have candy canes, got the reindeer, even the old blue lights on the top of the roof there. come on, that is very kelly christmas. we are taking all of your pictures that you're sending them and putting them on tv. also putting them up on the website. i have all of the pictures up on my facebook page, bob kelly, fox 29, and

we have a lot of commuters even at 5:30 heading into center city philadelphia. your drive time between wood haven and the vine street expressway, a 16 to 17-minute drive. u montgomery county, we have a stalled vehicle. also a minor vehicle car crash in lameric township. and then a check of the area bridges. everything is looking clear. the ben, the betsy, no reports there. when i see you in a bit with we'll look at delaware drive times. >>> new this morning, this rain boot is part of t

nbc10's drew smith live in center city. drew, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, jim, we are actually on south street right now, and we came from our station up at city avenue. we could tell as we were driving down 76th toward this location that the smell started to get stronger. we do know that right now crews are responding to 3,100 passyunk avenue where they have a facility, philadelphia gas works facility. but we do have information to tell you from philadelphia gas works. they don't believe this is a gas leak, though we can tell you it is an acrid, pungent smell that almost everybody is smelling in the city right now. they're calling the fire department. they're calling pgw, and they're calling our newsroom to tell us about this right now. right now we do know that the pgw does not believe it's a gas leak because they've been testing the air. they don't find elevated levels of natural gas. right now the hunt is on to figure out where this is happening. in fact, the fire department had stopped dispatching their crews because they're getting s

two of christie's aides were convicted of conspiracy. >>> the newest and largest wawa in center city will officially open its doors at 19th and market streets. mayor jim kenney will participate in the ribbon-cutting at the store later this morning. here it is. the city's police and fire departments will take each other on in the charitable hoagie building competition. here's a perk for customers. the store will offer free coffee all day, any size. >> hot coffee will be good today. much cooler than the last couple of days, bill. >> you need something warm today. coffee, that might do the trick, and a heavy coat, too. it's cold enough that the rink at penn's landing has refrozen after the rain yesterday led to a huge puddle. look at the festive colors this morning. the christmas tree lighting will happening tonight at 7:00. it will be chilly for that. in fact, we're getting a cold start this morning. in between now and then we'll see a lot of sunshine. at this hour, no sunshine just yet so the temperatures are still falling. 37 degrees in the suburbs. 38 in delaware. while it's 40 degre

same in center city. we switch from philadelphia to some of our delaware neighborhoods and we're also looking at mostly low 40s. harmony hills at 43. middletown, 42. the temperature will climb slowly but surely in the afternoon. ellendale at 39. looking at radar and satellite, just some clouds out there. no rain or snow just yet. today will be a dry day. let's take this very slowly because there's a lot to talk about here. notice all the rain and snow that sits to our west. that's going to start heading our way. as we move along here, that moisture is going to start to move into pennsylvania. we just moved through all of your seasoned. now we have thicker cloud cover 8:00 tonight. by pittsburgh we're starting to see a little rain/snow mix. now we're at 1:00 a.m. this is why we're under a first alert, especially for that morning commute monday. 1:00 a.m. we see the rain/snow mix passing near harrisburg, allentown. it's still mostly rain and mostly west of us. but it's creeping into delaware as well with ra

nbc 10 was in center city yesterday as fattah left court. in june, a jury convicted him of stealing hundreds of thousands in federal, charitable and campaign funds. the judge calls fattah's crimes "astonishing," ordering him to report to prison by january 25th. at the sentencing, fattah said he was grateful for the support of several people. >> i want to thank my legal team and i want to thank the support of my family and staff and friends through this very tough time. thank you very much. >> fattah's lawyers said they will appeal the conviction. fattah served in congress for more than two decades. >>> the opening of a new $400 million prison in montgomery county is being delayed again. the state prison was scheduled to open next month, but a spokesperson tells "the philadelphia inquirer" that that's not going to happen. the skippack township prison was supposed to open in november of 2015 and october 2016. state officials say that they've asked the office of inspector general to investigate the contract for these delays. there is no timetab

but just in the last 15 minutes, those flakes have now turned to ever sleet here in center city. st talked to one man, whose name -- he just drove into the city, talking about the driving conditions. >> it was a little slick on the ride down 611 today from up in the suburbs, not too bad. i seen two cars spun out though. so you got to be careful driving. >> we got a live look here at 15th and market, you can see, all of the snow sitting on the roadways here, in center city, still very slick, we did see person making a right-hand turn here onto 15th street, spinning out, just little bit. so, make sure you're careful out there. give little extra time going where ever you need to go. take it very slow on the turn, you do not want to go out of control this morning. again, the snow has nay -- now given twi some sort of sleet or mix. we will see what happens. things are changing. reporting live here in center city, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> beautiful, cleve, but can be dangerous, good advice there, thank you. remember, you can always track the wintery weather right at yo

center city? >> looks like timing still on point with the storm system, probably mid-morning, we get it change over to plane rain from the city on south and east, until then, frozen precipitation, warmer air starting to move in off the ground, about four, 5,000 feet in the air. but at the surface, still below freezing, so the potential for some freezing rain, rain, freezing on contact, there you go, center city, mixture every light snow, maybe sleet mixed in. visibility pretty good right now. you can see, some snow covered street there, few wet bear spots, but still travel not recommended for the next few hour, 29 at the airport, climb degree over the past hour, east wind at six. you can see the radar still indicating snow mainly from the city on northward. and that pink showing up indicating sleet, freezing rain, part of south jersey and delaware, looks like immediate coastline is changed over to plane rain, good news there. winter weather advisory remains in effect until 9:00 this morning. for th

travel speeds, folks in the 60s, heading into center city. taking a look at the rest of the majors doing okay, 95, the schuylkill, the vine, everything looks pretty good, good to go towards center city. for the most part, over new jersey. coming up, we'll take a look at those majors in nuew jersey and what it can mean for you. >> a south jersey native who has been making headlines for months is coming home for christmas. >> not everyone is happy about the holiday homecoming. kellyanne conway is the grand marshal for the parade. she is the campaign manager for president-elect trump. she grew up in nearby atco and went to st. john's high school. she is being given be a key to the city. police are posting on social media about planned protests. everyone we spoke with told us they are proud and excited. >> donald trump, he wasn't invited. it is about a girl who went to st. joe high school, graham march schograhamar school, the first woman who got a president-elected to the united states of america. >> the fire lieutenant says the parade has nothi

nice, dry picture of center city. temperature, 44 degrees right now.not gusting like they were earlier. sustained right around 14 miles an hour, but it's still breezy outside. in the lehigh valley, 30s right now. 35 in allentown. 44 degrees wilmington. 43, mount holly. as we go overnight tonight, temperatures will continue to drop. tomorrow at 8:30, most of the area will be in the mid-to-upper 30s. it's going to be colder, clearer, and still breezy tomorrow morning. then we go into the afternoon. about the mid-to-upper 40s, so make sure you have the jacket with you. it's going to be colder as we go through the weekend too. i'll show you that forecast coming up. >>> from the nbc10 delaware bureau, tonight, the wilmington fire department is in mourning for one of its own. the fire commissioner announced the death of senior firefighter ardy hope. she's now one of three firefighters who died battling a row home fire in september. hope had been in intensive care and was listed in critical but stable condition this earlier week. christopher leach and jerry f

southbound traffic for center city. you don't see any reported problems or delays and typically academy road is where we start to see a major pileup for the heart of rush hour. out by norris town we are seeing a road closure due to an earlier accident i marked with the graphic on route 202 northbound between west main street and west spruce street. this is going to be in play and just avoid that stretch of route 202. a look at the majors over in new jersey. 295 the new jersey turnpike as well as the 4 freeway. problem free you're go ahead to go over -- good to go over there. travel speeds in the 60s. happy friday. >>> happy last friday that is, francesca of 2016. i'm going to let you know this a couple more times. today we have temperatures topping out in the 40s if you look a the bottom of your screen your local neighborhood forecast. here is the deal. your weekend forecast, your new year's eve forecast really important. temperatures in the upper 30s for the lehigh valley. mainly looking like it's in the low to mid 40s

on the mass transit front, a couple of notes center city trolley tunnel closing all day sunday.aoli thorndale line delays on one of those trains. not a good morning to be standing outside in that train. >> reporter: i'm happy, because in about nine minutes i go outside and do my weather report. we wind blowing out of the of the northwest in the teens, it feels like ten degrees colder than the numbers. look for the feel of upper teens and low 20s as you step outside. 30 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 36 by noon. 3:00 p.m., we're going for a high of 39 degrees. there may be afternoon clouds popping up. 34 degrees by 5:00 p.m. if you're heading out to the movies. the freezing mark is 7:00, the winds blustery today and gusting into the 30s, we'll windchills in the 20s, even at the best of times, tam. >> a trip to target took a terrifying turn for a woman in southern california. take a look at this newly released surveillance video. it shows a man in a clown mask chasing a woman in the parking garage. he was armed with a small folding knife when he steals her book bag. he goes back and steals

check out the view from center city and their sky 6 hd camera a picturesque scene. karen rogers has more now from the "action news" big board. >> hey after all that rain beautiful sunshine and as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar we see a change starting. some of the clouds starting to move in and more clouds than not in the north and west and approaching philadelphia, beautiful sunshine we had some of the clouds starting to move in and the wind really picking up. look at the wind gusts, 24 miles per hour gusts in trenton and millville and 21 in cape may. a gusty breeze and nicer than the days we had, two days full of rain. 49 degrees in martins creek and 46 in quakertown. and 50 in coatesville and 50 in oxford and 52 in chester and 53 right now in center city. temperatures are holding into the 50s all morning, the overnight low is 52 and 56 in hammonton and 56 in vineland and 63 south of that and 55 degrees in dover, delaware and 57 in smyrna, delaware where you have bright sunshine. you'll see more cloud cover move in through your evening commute but

. >> this morning, foam covered an entire block of center city. we have details on what triggered this unusual sight. pleasant good morning to you, 6:00 a.m., december 4 sunday morning. sky6 live hd overlooking the center city skyline from the temple university camera. so glad you're waking up with us. >> nydia is off, alicia is here. >> good morning. >> reporter: temperatures in the 40s, we lost the gusty breeze. let's get you outside, we've lost the blustery windchills as we look live on sky6 live hd from our center city camera. you can see the christmas tree all lit up, again, people kind of will be enjoying a fairly seasonable morning around the delaware and the lehigh valleys. temperatures in the 40s, similar to the same time yesterday, but, again, the big story we lost the gusty breeze so we're not dealing with the hard -- hash windchills. 40 in trenton. 44 in cape may. reading, 41. as we flip it over to storm tracker 6 live double scan one thing we noticed during the overnight computer run there's more moisture with the system than previous

moving towards center city and cottman avenue. that's where we're seeing the slow downhere. 28 minutes woodhaven road. to the vine street expressway. not even in the 30s right now. no accidents reported there, though. whitemarsh there is an accident there. west hill pike and abington, old york road and woodland road, the scene there. checking in 422, around route 23, we did have a disabled vehicle, no problems with that. eastbound, we're seeing delays from 29 to the schuylkill. average speeds not even into the 30s. we're right up there in the high 20s. we'll have one update when i come back. >>> this week, nfl players will be allowed to wear custom cleats to raise awareness for their charity. even quarterback carson wentz is getting in on the fun. take a look at the cleats he wore to practice thursday. they include a bible versus, romans 5:8. and ao1. he considers his audience to be just for the lord. >>> "thursday night football" is on nbc10 tonight. the cowboys are in minnesota for a matchup against the vikings. coverage starts

. >> tonight a huge clue in a center city explosion investigation. this new video philadelphia police say it shows a person who left a package on somebody's doorstep. >>> police say that package exploded when the person it was addressed to opened it up. fox 29's chris o'connell is live at police headquarters tonight. chris? >> reporter: iain, lucy, philadelphia police and atf have been working around the clock for the past week on this case, and tonight a possible break. they released video of a person of tryst in this case at the same time announcing $10,000 reward for a conviction. >> this was a specified target. >> reporter: new video of a person of interest police say placed an improvised explosive on the doorstep of 60-year-old jim alden on the 1800 block of pine street. the package exploded in his fa face. he suffered shrapnel damage to his chest, arms and ears. even bomb experts say the device is like nothing they've ever seen before. >> we haven't really scene this particular type of device anywhere in this entire region on the east coast. >>

and you can see one lane getting by toward center city and that's slow. so, very slow through there. they had pretty much ysh pushed over to the shoulder. westbound, two lanes are now opened. watch, the shoulder's blocked there as well. either way, it's a slow go. and since earlier they did have both directions blocked off in both -- all lanes blocked off in both directions, there was a big backup. so, now some residual delays because of that as well. so, expect problems on the schuylkill expressway this morning. lastly, we'll check in with 95. construction should be clearing any minute now, southbound between academy road and cottman avenue where there is one lane getting by, but you can see the southbound drive time with no problems from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway, just a 12-minute trip. back to you. >>> a new nbc 10 exclusive. one car causes a whole lot of damage along a philadelphia street. >> the driver of a stolen car hit a wall, hit some trash cans and a house, and then a tree. nbc 10's katy zachry is live in west oak lane to expl

traffic moving towards center city you can see.efinitely a slowdown. 23 minutes from woodhaven road to the vine haven expressway. adding already ten minutes to your morning commute. down into the 30s as well. slowdowns there checking november with mass transit. two cars short for elwin train 9340. you might see overcrowding. if trains become overcrowded they'll start bypassing different platforms and expressing trains to their final destination. keep you updated there. right now 11 minutes away from the northbound train 216. nothing too major there. we'll end with the blue route drive times here. basically the same, 16 minutes. maybe a minute or two increase for north or southbound from 95 to the schuylkill. into the high 50s. tracy? >> jessica, thanks. >>> the eagles and fans are mulling over another last-minute loss that was hard to watch. >> make that last second as a two-point conversion gamble for victory in baltimore failed to pay off. >> win or lose right here. wentz in the gun. fires. and it is incomplete! >> eagles lost to

nbc 10 was in center city yesterday as fatah left court. in june, you'll remember a jury convicted him of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal, charitable and campaign funds. the judge calls fattah's crimes "astonishing," ordering him to report to prison by january 25th. at the sentencing, fattah said he was grateful for support of several people. >> i want to thank my legal team and i want to thank the support of my family and my staff and friends through this very tough time. thank you very much. >> fattah's lawyers said they will appeal his conviction. fattah served in congress for more than two decades. >>> the opening of a new $400 million prison in montgomery county is being delayed again. the state prison was scheduled to open next month, but a spokesperson tells "the philadelphia inquirer" that's not going to happen. the skippack township prison was supposed to open in november of 2015 and october of 2016. state officials say they've asked the office of inspector general to investigate the contract for the delays. th

fox 29's brad sattin is live in center city with the story. brad. >> reporter: you're right. 're by city hall. there are already some parking restrictions as a result of these big trailers on both sides of the street. there are going to be lane restrictions if you're driving around here starting tomorrow. really your best bet is to take step if you're coming to the parade. let's tack about the show now. the performers had chance to get their last practices in tonight. ♪ >> reporter: 34 hours until the mummers strut their stuff and practice struts were in full swing tonight under the i-95 bridge in south philly. >> after last year's parade march beside a few home foe phobic and race seive acts mummers hope to refocus on the good. they do so much for the community. the mummers are a good group of who are working people and that's just one day they're having fun. sometimes some people it's fine line what they consider funny and what's not funny. >> reporter: meanwhile inside the pennsylvania convention center where the 12 fancy brigades will perform a practice run tonight. >> get

. >> reporter: by mid evening the peco outage map showed all power has been restored in center city and officials say that the foam is nontoxic. in center city, i'm cleve bryan, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> well, they are partying like crazy at temple university tonight the owls won the aac championship and are likely to play in a major bowl game. lesley van arsdale joins us now with more about how they were able to do this. this is awesome. >> it was amazing and it's been a minute. the last time temple won app conference championship was in 1967. dam the owls took care of business. matt rhule's squad had won six great strait going into the game against navy. no score if the first temple handoff to jahad thomas easily goes into the end zone for the 15-yard touchdown. they never gave up. and bryant makes the defender miss the score. temple shut down navy's rushing attack won 34 to 10. pat gallen with more on the big win. >> in a game that matched the third ranked defense in the country against the second best rushing attack in the nation it was the temple owls ball hawking defense that pro

good to go headed through center city. reports of hazardous road conditions in norristown and west washington street. might have a little bit of slow go by there. lastly on 422 looking great from drive times. eight minute trip, average speeds into the 60s as well. katy? >> jessica, thanks for that. arson investigation is focused on a house fire where a person was injured last night. the fire broke out at a home on cross keys road. medics took the victim to the hospital. we are working to find out more details including the person's condition at this hour. >>> 4:31. today the historic presidential election season will come to a close. >> across the country electoral college voters will cast their ballots for their state's choice but many of them are being encouraged to go in another direction. "nbc 10's" matt delucia is live in the digital operations center. walk us through this. >> reporter: there's been a i big push by some to get the electors to not vote for donald trump. the scenario is very unlikely to happen. there's

steady rain falling here in center city. chilly rain, 39 degrees officially at the airport, that number will go up in the morning, southwest breeze, 8 miles per hour, it will bring us up to around 50 degrees this afternoon. that will feel pretty good. notice, still, little pink showing up, allentown on northward, into the poconos, that's the freezing rain, couple of

live in center city, gray hall channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> y-staying safe is the key and adam did issue that cuddle alert a bit earlier in the week. all right, gray, thanks. >>> the cold temperatures are welcome news for ski resorts in the poconos. sky6 hd giving us a live look here at spring mountain where they started making snow this morning. we're keeping watch as the slopes are expected to be completely covered over the next few days. right now they are shooting to open sometime the week of december 19th. >>> and be sure to keep track of the wintry conditions this weekend with 6abc.com/weather. check the chilly temperatures with the hourly forecasts and keep an eye on storm tracker6 radar to see if any flakes will fall where you live. >> other news this afternoon a peeping incidents near temple university has police in north philadelphia on alert today. police say this man took pictures of a 20-year-old woman through her window while she was getting dressed. it happened about 10:30 monday night on the 1500 block of north 15th

good to go on i-95 heading toward center city. problems in allentown, lehigh county fire department activity blocking off fulton street. that's southbound street stay on 15th to get around. work on the southbound new jersey turnpike has cleared. there's work in riverton 73 southbound. cherry hill by the wegmans, roving crews out until 6. >>> princess cruise line will pay a penalty for sea ways. the cruise line pleaded guilty to 7 charges in an illegal ocean pollution case. they used a magic pipe to divert oily waste into the waters. it is the largest penalty ever of its kind. >>> black friday deals were enough to boost the slumping sales in the auto industry. toyota saw a 4% rise in sales making it the best november on record. the average vehicle last month was $4,000. ceo of tar bucks will -- starbucks will step down next year. he will not leave the company, some have asked him to run for president. the company's stock went down 3% on the news. >>> major stock indices were mixed, the dow gained 68. this morning futures pointed to

nation's heroes. >> fox 29's joanne pileggi was there as the children received the special presents in center cityeporter: the spirit of holidays lives on right here at the kimmel center. it was the night of tribute, thanks and gift giving. a salute to the military and first responders. it was an early christmas with a really nice surprise for nearly 200 children tonight in center city. >> made me cry. excited. i'm excited for him. their dad is gone right now. so things like this make the holidays easier. ♪ >> reporter: each year the philly pops puts on a special holiday concert to honor those in the military and first responders but this year it was more than that. ♪ > >> report this is our third year doing it. what makes it so special this year the partnership with amazon and the bike give away. >> reporter: philly pops collaborated with amazon.com to give away 185 bikes to children of u.s. servicemen and women. >> this is amazon's way of saying thanks for the service of our soldiers, airmen and marines and their families the sacrifice they make for us we appreciate report roar over the past two

center city, 40. graduate hospital, kensington. most of us around 40 degrees.ov or two through the morning, overall not seeing numbers dip below freezing. radar and satellite, the l ius, potential. temperatures shift over. i think the radar is going too graciously with the snow in berks and lehigh county. temperatures are warmer at the surface. closer look south.nto parts of south jersey, tracking a steady rain, deeper green and yellow extends through the area. then we go farther north, focus on philadelphia. it is lighter than gloucester county than evesham. going farther to the west, parts of chester county, seeing more wet and steady conditions. some of the pockets of yellow through coatesville and into berks county, those areas see steady to heavy rain as it continues to move through. through the morning you see showers in and out. seeing a lot to the west heading our direction. here's the hour by hour forecast. 6:00 a.m., we may see northern in berks county, lehigh valley and into the poconos, a little rain snow mix or icy pat

in and out of center city. that will change in the next two hours.ound on the blue ridge to vine street travel, 14 minutes. westbound 12 minutes. take a look at the vine street expressway. we'll send it back to you. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >>> starting out with a look outside philadelphia. gorgeous look at the boathouse row. first off, the dry shot. no rain falling this morning and we are not worried about high winds today. this is going to be a nice start. we have to kind of ease back into going to work this morning. maybe you get today off. you can enjoy one more day of holiday. what we're looking at, most of us are going to stay dry. this is ahead of a system that's in the central part of the country. the closer look at our area shows increasing clouds starting to move through. what we are going to track is isolated chances of rain or even freezing rain just along that northern edge of berks county, lehigh valley and the poconos. spotty rain showers along the shore points as it goes into later today. tonight into tomorrow as we

this is on the eastbound side for center city. our camera at girouard avenue. do expect five to ten-minute delays eastbound on the schuylkill expressway. be mindful of those trickling residual delays. route 73 over nunew jersey. headed northbound for the betsy ross bridge. it is still a little dark to be checking up on 422 with our cameras. a look at your travel speeds. eastbound from route 29, travel speed are still in the green. it will take you eight minutes. we are going to keep watching the accident on the schuylkill expressway. i'll let you know when it has cleared. i'll send it back to you guys. >> 5:20 right now. hard to believe. we still have another week and a half of fall left. >> i know. although, as we were hearing from erika martin yesterday, and glen got in on this conversation, to meteorologists, it doesn't matter winter doesn't come until a little later on in the month. it is here. >> i love that you remember that. meteorological winter. a cold start due to the arctic blast sliding into place. we are seeing a kickup in the wind speeds, westerly

not that we need helping jamming and moving towards center city. around 5:45 or so before we see the major morning rush begin. maybe this will clear out of the way and hopefully it will clear out of the way in time. i'll check in with the drive times, here, when i come back. the turnpike northbound just around 195 and the exit ramp near the woodrow wilson is blocked until further notice. 76 eastbound just around 130 and the left shoulder closed there with an accident scene. vai and rosemary, back to you. >> a million didary mistake an here how an ocean county couple could the a whole lot rich after getting a lottery ticket they didn't even want. >>> see how a little boy enlisted santa to make the holidays a little bit better for complete strangers. >>> a quarter of 6:00 this morning. new jersey lawmakers plan to hold two more hearings on rail safety in the wake of the deadly train crash in hoboken. a joint legislative committee heard from amtrak and nj transit officials at a hearing yesterday at the statehouse in trenton and talked about the proble

so that's traffic that's moving towards center city. looking at drive times, we have big delays even on to the boulevard, so traffic on the boulevard headed southbound towards the schuylkill, big backups there because all that traffic is really at a halt. eastbound right now is at a 46-minute drive time from the blue route to the vine street expressway. so don't take the schuylkill right now until this gets out of the way, especially moving into rush hour. we'll see bigger delays take mlk drive or kelly drive as an alternate into the city. back to you. >>> 6:02. new this morning, a police chase that wound its way through several communities ends in a crash, but not before causing damage along the way, and now two men are under arrest. nbc 10's katy zachry is live in west oak lane. katy, tell us more. >> reporter: well, tracy, i'll to how it began in just a second, but first i want to jump to how this whole thing ended. that stolen car crashed into this brick wall, causing all of this damage you see. and it turns out, a young girl had ju

maim or crew into a exploding package this center city.erson who left a homemade would many on the doorstep. big reward money for information leading to an arrest. >>> flames ape smoke filled the night skies in allentown, several row homes burn, and hoist stepping this to help right now. >>> disaster averted inside a high school. >> it is that much more real. if there was a gun in my kids school. >> reporter: student brings a gun to school and fires a shot, the two people who acted on a hunch, stepping into save the day before anyone else got hurt. >>> and plus, donald trump spills a major secret. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defence. but we're not announcing it until monday so don't tell anybody. >> and, secretary of defense, penn state is raring for their battle.

that's a beautiful shot live from our live center city camera, christmas tree all a glow. it's breezy, but not too bad. temperatures are cold, but the windchills could be worse. with that said the windchills are blustery this morning, it only feels like 13 degrees at this hour, in lancaster, 18 in reading always we flip it over to the numbers, please. 28 degrees in philadelphia. feels like 19 in millville. and it feels like 21, there we go, 21 degrees in trenton. only feeling like 11 in the poconos. 21 in cape may. feels like 19 in millville. satellite and radar along with action radar, so we have mainly clear conditions over the delaware and the lehigh valleys this morning, lakes getting hammered with lake-effect snow and cloud cover to the west. today will be similar to yesterday, in that we see a good mixture of sun and clouds brisk and cold, 38 degrees that's the forecasted high. when i come back in just a few minutes we'll talk about the rain snow chances sunday into monday and the brutally cold air coming in the seven-day forecast. guys. >> it is coming, thank you so

operating on a saturday schedule revelers can take advantage of the special late night service from center citytations. patco is offering free rides to make it to safe new year's celebration in philadelphia. the free rides in and out of the city are being offered to help avoid drinking and driving. the promotion starts at 8:00 p.m. tonight it runs all the way through 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> we hope everybody will come out and take advantage of the free ride and we hope they will enjoy some activity in philadelphia for tomorrow and in new jersey. >> this is the first time in its 50 year history, the port authority has offered this kind of promotion. patco estimates it will cost $20,000. >>> to see the ball drop and the celebration in time square, tune into dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest. countdown begins at 8:00 p.m. you can enjoy it from your couch on 6abc. share your count down on social media, facebook, instagram and twitter. use the #6abc action. >>> of course last minute preparations are underway for the mummers parade, the music, the dancing, the feathery cos

otherwise it's cloudy. 32 degrees north and west, 39 for center city. all right, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, are you ready for this, take a look at the bottom of the screen here. today looks okay, monday, clouds, sun, 49. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, look a little unsettled, clouds and rain. here comes friday and saturday, arctic front plows through, 36 for friday's high. windchills in the mid 20s. alicia. mid 20s! >> bust out the hats and scarves. >>> record setting rainfall has left southern texas under water. the area received ten inches of rain causing extensive street flooding. texas city has not seen this much rainfall in more than 20 years. look at the cars there. it's not over yet, more rain is expected through tomorrow night. so i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. he explained that humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults taking humira were clear or almost clear, and many saw 75% and e

coming up, we'll have the latest into the investigation of what started the trouble in center city this weekend. >> there's wired and beams and metal and wood. >>> deadly inferno. a dance party inside a california warehouse ends in tragedy. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> good morning. welcome back to nbc 10 news today. we have issued a first alert because there's a wintery mix moving in our direction over the next 24 hours. >> you don't need to be too worried if you have plans for shopping this weekend. our sunday looks okay. it's tonight into monday that first alert is in place for. that's when we see the big changes. temperatures aren't bad. we're at 42 in philadelphia, 42 in wilmington. mt. holly, 39. allentown right now sits at 40 degrees. these are your actual temperatures. looking at your radar and satellite, the wide view again. for us it's just scattered clouds. thicker clouds move in later in the day. then it's the rain and snow potential. a lot of activity to our west and southwest. some of this moisture is going to pull up our direction. we're going to tap into that chance f

today the mummers will give fan as sneak peek at this year's parade in center city. the fancy brigades began final practices last night. you may remember that the mummer's parade came under fire fir two separate understaincide. organizers went through sensitivity training and are hoping for a smoother year. >>> movie fans and hollywood are mourning another loss. we'll look ba back at the luf and carrie fisher. >>> in new jersey 8-year-old got kicked out of the scouts after just a month. >>> good morning. jessica boyington with a check on the roads. we're watching the vine street expressway through center city. we wer open for most of the week. but now this early wednesday morning we're closed in both directions around 24th street. the westbound side and the eastbound side closed between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. we have construction on the bridge in new jersey, the right lane is closed until 6:00 in the morning. and we'll end on 202. no major problems or delays right now. everything looks good. most of the speeds in the 60s. we'll have more updates

today, though, here's your forecast conditions. 47 in center city. 46 for landsdale. in new jersey, trenton, 45, ocean city, 48. and simmer thit all changes ove. in philadelphia, we see those low. i thi 40s. we'll see rain as we move through the early a.m. hours. by 8 th:00 a.m. this will start move out. we may see some rain/snow mixture there. we're calling for that in the suburbs. in the lehigh valley we should see snow moving through mixing with some rain as well through about 8:00 a.m. for the poconos about a half an inch to an inch of accumulation is possible. this will be from about 2:00 that we'll start seeing the rain move in and it will move out by 8:00 a.m. what we're looking at here is not just chances of rain early on your monday and rain/snow for north of philly. we're actually looking at rain repeating on wednesday. thursday, rain returns. there's that big change in temperatures. a high of just 38 on your friday. >>> still ahead, first responders in delaware county proved they will stop at nothing to take care of people in need. >> when they broke that do

the action cam in center city looking at city hall, the streets are dry.be completely different this time tomorrow night. it's a good slug of moisture heading our way. tonight, partly cloudy and seasonally cool. fleet woo, 35. kenneth square 35. center city, a bit of urban heat island effect, 41. delaware, 37 and. satellite 6 along with action radar showing dry for now, clouds beginning to stream in from the south ahead of a system bringing heavy weather across the deep south. tornado watches for parts of the panhandle in florida. this moisture is heading our way arriving second half of the day. the problem with the rain. it's not like last week, temperatures in the 6 0s. it's going to be raw. it's going to be cool. temperatures only in the mid 40s. that rain will be arriving right around lunchtime from the south. good news, it won't be here for the morning commute. the morning commute will be dry, clouds and peaks of sunshine in philadelphia and areas to the north. 1:00, showers break out in delaware, extreme south jersey over spreading the region quickly

a live look here at center city philadelphia.ou can see just how thick the fog is because you can barely see anything else at all. >>> good evening, i'm natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us. a dense fog advisory is in that effect until tomorrow morning. let's get you right over to meteorologist lauren casey for more on the current conditions and what we can expect as we go throughout the night. lauren. >> thanks, natasha. yeah, very foggy conditions across the delaware valley. visibilities as we just saw on our sky cam down to about .3 of a mile in philadelphia, same case in trenton, half a mile visibility in wilmington. a tough go on the roads overnight tonight. visibilities reduced at nearly all of our reporting sites because we have this warmer air mass building in and we have all that moisture on the ground from our snow ice and rain that is creating these foggy conditions a dense fog advisory is in effect for the entire area through 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, visibilities possible to a quarter of a mile or less a

as we get a live look at center city philadelphia.s the calm before the snow and temperatures are 26 degrees. we're well below freezing. we'll be gradually warming up through the overnight and well warming into tomorrow afternoon. winds out of the south, pumping in a little bit of moisture, that six miles per hour breeze making it feel like 19 at this hour, brutal this morning, bottomed out at 16 in philadelphia. two in mount pocono. 12 in allentown and our windchill temperature got to 0 in center city. neighborhood networks showing us we did have breezy conditions but not those awful winds gusting to 50 miles an hour that we had yesterday gusting up into the 20 miles per hour range. temperatures 24 in the loyal and teens in poconos. we do have the warmer air mass to our south it's going to gradual work its way into our neck of the would decide winter weather. for now flakes breaks off to the west, much more moisture up wind we're going to go see a warm front. it's going to start to break out from south to north supposed to west from

as we get a live look at center city philadelphia.s the calm before the snow and temperatures are 26 degrees. we're well below freezing. we'll be gradually warming up through the overnight and well warming into tomorrow afternoon. winds out of the south, pumping in a little bit of moisture, that six miles per hour breeze making it feel like 19 at this hour, brutal this morning, bottomed out at 16 in philadelphia. two in mount pocono. 12 in allentown and our windchill temperature got to 0 in center city. neighborhood networks showing us we did have breezy conditions but not those awful winds gusting to 50 miles an hour that we had yesterday gusting up into the 20 miles per hour range. temperatures 24 in the loyal and teens in poconos. we do have the warmer air mass to our south it's going to gradual work its way into our neck of the would decide winter weather. for now flakes breaks off to the west, much more moisture up wind we're going to go see a warm front. it's going to start to break out from south to north supposed to west from

so still hit the three lanes into center city. good news, celebrate there in northeast philly. south on the northeast extension, just south of the lehigh valley tunnel. got tractor-trailer so far so good on the paoli line, still hot mess in south philly. will close columbus boulevard at 9:00, between 95 and washington, going to shut down the off ram frost columbus boulevard, as well, 422 eastbound, an accident right near arm and hammer boulevard. for the gang in norristown, watch for fire location along marshall street. mike and alex back over to you. >> finally free, after spending decade in prison, for a crime he didn't commit. this morning, dante rollins is waking up at home with his family. >> we have spent jenny -- sent jenny joyce freon this story in center city. here's jenny. >> dante walt ends out with chris o'connell, told chris most liking forward to hot bath, home cooked meal and reconnecting with his mother after nearly ten years behind bars. so cameras were there, they got first glimpse of rollins as he was exiting the correctional facility, walked out of prison wi

live look at center city philadelphia. this will look obviously very different come sunday morning as thousands flock around city hall and line broad street for the mum% day parade. the big question is, will mother nature cooperate with your holiday weekend. >> fox 29's meteorologist scott williams here to tills. hey, scott if hi, chris and dawn. weather by new year's day looking great for the mum% day parade. take look at the hour by hour forecast. we're talking temperatures by 9:00 o'clock at 40 degrees. by 11am44. and by 1:00 o'clock look at the numbers. above average forty seven degrees. so parade weather looking great on new year's day for the mummers. as far as what's happening on ultimate doppler, we're pretty dry and quiet now. but earlier in the afternoon, we saw some flurries kind of moving through parts of the lehigh valley and moving into the delaware valley as well. but much of that has diminish. might be one or two early flakes out there but temperatures are certainly turning colder. 33 right now millville. 33

coming into center city via the car. here's a live look the a the vine street expressway, three cheers to the the bus drivers coming in, maybe for a class trip, friday is a big class trip day especially in olde city with the mint, liberty bell across the street here, the new jersey turnpike, 295, checking out okay. and if you are looking for something to do with the kids tonight phoenixville is having a big holiday parade. that kicks off tonight at 7:00 e street. alex and thomas, back over to you. >>> how do you feel about dating, at 94. >> go for it. >> betty white says she's willing to get the back in the game, but she says it is just not that easy, reason why she has trouble finding a date. sure, you could sit around all night iting for a pizza to be livered. but wouldn't making it yourself be a lot more fun? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. it's baking season. warm up wit

. >> foam flood in center city. investigators are working to figure out what caused a big boom and this bubble today. >>> abandoning the recount. why the green party is dropping its push for the recount in pennsylvania. >>> and it's just cold for people outside but sleet and maybe a snowy mix may be heading towards our region. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> right now at 11:00, a wintery systemal moving right into our air. sleet, or a wintery mix should arrive in just over 24 hours from now. good evening everyone. i'm denise, we have issued a first alert for tomorrow night into monday morning as we track this blast of winter weather. meteorologist erica martinez mapping it out on the first alert neighborhood forecast. >> you know that wide radar was a really great perspective of where the precip is coming from. you will see your local neighborhood forecast. note this is winds are dying down. not as wild as we did see earlier. so winds ranging from 5 to 12 miles per hour. however, that will not be the case by sunday i

live look at center city looking at dilworth park there.hing for deals, the cold cannot keep the shoppers from red, hot deals. him chris sowers keeping an eye on the up and down of the forecast, like a rollercoaster chris, can't get it together here. what's going on buddy? >> reporter: mother nature is very confused, lots of ups and downs, you may think you're in raleigh, north carolina, but by evening it will feel like buffalo again. get ready for big, big changes. winds are picking up out of the south pumping in the milder air. 24 miles per hour in wilmington. 24 in trenton. dover, 25 miles per hour. remember yesterday at this time we were in the mid to upper 20s. now we're seeing 50s. some locations are close to 60 already. the warm front looks something like this, you get the idea. most of south jersey and the i-95 corridor are in the warm sector, we'll get temperature cranking this morning. in the lehigh valley and the poconos they are seeing colder air. the front will continue to lift north during the morning and everybody should get