live in trenton, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >> thank you. many people are chiming in about the controversy on our facebook page. jim posted this picture about it. the left side he wrote this. we need more than a mop in this neighborhood. this is how deep the water was up from high tide on long beach island end quote. marian wrote maybe new jersey should get a mop and clean him out of office. you can join the conversation too. right now on our nbc 10p facebook page. >>> it's been three days since the blizzard of 2016 hit but we are still feeling its impact. nbc 10 in delaware county as some children waited at the bus stop between piles of snow. the schools were back in session after being closed yesterday. in havertown now, this plow tried to create more space on the streets pushing snow aside. you can see the road is in pretty good shape compared to others that have not seen plows. and sky force 10 capture add bird's-eye view of the roads in montgomery county. crews used front loaders to remove snow on eastbound 76 near 202 in king of prussi

nbc 10 cydney long. >> people there are a new way to get information about the storm? >> reporter: that's right. a brand-new app to alert residents. i downloaded it to my phone. swift 911, only operational here in camden since the start of the year. emergency managers, preparing the calcium chloride and salt, this system could be put to the test during the winter storm. they want residents to be in the know during snow. in addition to the stockpiles of salt, plow trucks, and crews, camden is ready in a brand-new way to aert wi ererlert residen include this weekend's snow. it's called swift 911, a free easy to use app. allows to see how important messages, old school, home phone, cell phone, e-mail, and social media. >> that was the difference between us using the system we had before and new system here. a lot of people don't always listen to phone or do things like that. but they're quick to see facebook or twitter or things like that. >> it will alert you, caution, please stay out of -- if you don't need to get outside, during these storms, please stay home for your

cydney long got the video you saw first on 10. live at evesham police. >> reporter: i can tell you, police believe the same older male driver in the same car approached two groups of boys in two separate towns on the very same afternoon both times using a cliched proposition. but when kids did not bite in oaklyn, he tried again here in evesham. this is a neighbor's home security video of a 10 and 11-year-old boy. minding their own business. >> they were scared. i mean they did a great thing picking the phone. >> reporter: police say, once kids went beyond the trees in evesham, a suspicious, dark volvo approached and backed up. you can see headlighted in the top right corner of your screen. >> which time the driver, the male, asked the children if they would like any candy. >> reporter: it was an immediate red flag for the kids. rebecca thompson is a friend. >> we know the boy. he ran home, said he was going to call 911. >> reporter: the driver had gray hair, in his 60s, teenager and with long, blond hair his passenger. the two spe

. >> cydney long has a look at the impact and the unique approach to getting the help it needs. >> reporter: built in the 1920s, the northern children's services used to be an orphanage. they serve dozens of women and young children sometimes overnight with warm meals and after school care. >> our hope we could survive the winter often the repairs. >> last week before the major snowstorm an aging boiler gave up for the last time. >> spewing water and so we had to turn it off immediately. turn the oil off immediately. and then evacuate everybody from the building. >> reporter: staff and underprivileged students had to be turned away for two days that left three of the main buildings like an ice cube. they can't run the kitchen or heat the gym. >> the children are really starting to be affected by it. you can't give good quality time with them when you have to shuffle them from one location to another. >> reporter: judith is among the staff bundled to do their jobs. >> for us a significant blow. with the staff really, needing to be able to do their jobs with adoption and foster care. >> repor

cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> students in delaware like this, one less test to take this year. starting this spring, the s.a.t. will replace the smarter assessment as the state test for high school juniors, many juniors also taking the s.a.t. for college entrance and the change comes as lawmakers look for ways to reduce the number of tests students have to take. delaware administering a free s.a.t. since 20011. childrens in 3 through 8 will take the smarter assessment test. >>> accused of practicing without a license, some of the horses she treated have died. filing league action against jacques smith, operating businesses called equine health and dentistry without a business license. allegedly giving prescription drugs to horses that only licensed vet are permitted to use. >>> next on nbc 10 news "nbc 10 6:0 6:00", uber versus uber. what the company is doing to ease the tension. >>> what dreams are made of, striking it rich. people dreaming of a jackpot. odds of winning $500 million. >>> winter blast is almost over. i am tracking warmer weather headed our way and rain for the

cydney long explains. >> reporter: for judy this diamond ring is the rock that her family was built on>> what does it mean to you? >> 33 years it was my engagement ring. i'm going to cry. >> she lost it while shopping inside the cherry hill mall. >> i was in a couple of stores returning thing it. when i was leaving it was probably around 4:00 in the afternoon and i realized that my ring was missing. >> reporter: they were frantic to find it. they went back to the mall to show shop owners a photo of the ring and her son posted it on facebook. >> it got shared 11,000 times. >> reporter: it was a young man who lives six blocks from judy here in port richmond that was shopping with his family the next day at the cherry hill mall. >> my fiance was chasing my son around and thought it was like costume jewelry. >> reporter: john says the fact his john john jr. is little their eyes are focused on his every move. looking down something sparkled. it was kaiser's mother who saw it on facebook. >> john said he found my mother's ring. it was my sister michelle's idea that i get down on my knee and

cydney long has been at the scene all day. have investigators figured out anything about how the fire may have started? >> reporter: jim, they have not. i'll tell you why, investigators tell me it is far too dangerous, the fire itself did too much structural damage for them to risk going inside. now the fence that sits around this home is a very stark and dark contrast to the lively homes that these families returned to last night. >> feels like a dream, surreal. >> reporter: from the moment william johnson woke up. >> hearing loud screams and yelling. >> reporter: neighbors were scrambling to get out, within minutes he was one of them. these images from sky force 10 and smoke pouring out of not one, but four row homes, including his own. johnson knew others would be sound asleep. >> i didn't know how severe the fire was, grabbed the fire extingui extinguisher, went to the back door, i could feel the flames ten feet away. >> my mom happened to fall asleep downstairs on the couch and was right by the door, thank god, and she ju

i'm cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >>> sheena, some kids and children have another day off to go sledding. >> there you go. still on the ground i promise you that snow is not going anywhere soon. but we will see a little more melting and one place a lot of people are going to be tomorrow with a day off is the poconos and a lot of the ski resorts, this is blue mountain, a lot of people out there now taking advantage of all of the snow they got. feels a lot better when you fall on this as opposed to ice. we have more melting that happened today because temperatures were around 40 degrees for much of the area. so with that being said and temperatures below freezing tonight we have ice forming tonight. right now we have ice forming in some areas and that's the case for the early part of the morning commute tomorrow. so be very careful. tomorrow afternoon right around the 40s again, but we have some showers in the forecast, these are going to be rain showers. 28 now in allentown, 32 in pottstown, bensalem, also trenton, a lot of numbers dloping at freezing at this point. 33 in wilmington, 29 i

nbc 10 south jersey bureau reporter cydney long live in bridgeton tonight. this is a huge loss for that community. >> reporter: jim, it really is. patrons stood beside us heart broken is an understatement if you talk to them. they stood beside us today in tears and shock. it's tough to believe that a restaurant that had its doors open for more than 234 years and was serving patrons at this time last night is now gone. we just got that brand new witness cell phone video of the fire at its hottest. intense flames ripped through the historic and popular hillcrest tavern and restaurant before dawn. >> this was cheers. it's sad, very sad. >> reporter: a place many considered the glue in this community because it brought so many people together for so long. >> this was a mainstay. this never -- i don't think anybody ever thought about this disappearing. >> reporter: it's where robert miller met his fiance. >> to look at it now and see it not there is still saurreal. >> reporter: and where denise made friends over 26 years behind the bar. >> there's no words right

cydney long asked that question to the governor. she's live in trenton. what did he have to say? >> governor christie says his comment about the mop was intended to be taken funny. so he didn't apologize for that. he says it was his way of comparing this storm to hurricane sandy. >> where i think i went overboard i apologized. >> governor christie on the defensive hours after his controversial comment. >> i don't know what you expect me to do. you want me to go down with a mop. >> what about the people who are hurting and did suffer damages and now are offended by your words on top of that? >> they shouldn't be offended by my words. my words were not directed toward them. i said all along there was damage there. >> the governor says he has thick skin and takes the heat quite often. >> no it's a joke you don't like the joke you don't like it that's all. >> he went on to explain all that's being done to include assessment for are federal disaster relief and members of state government helping businesses that were flooded. he says because everyone and he pointed to the media, was ex

nbc 10's south jersey bureau reporter cydney long is live tonight. >> reporter: jacqueline, that's right, and the code blue now stretching into its second night, also stretches well beyond camden city limits to include all municipalities in camden county. the goal to prevent the loss of life of people who simply do not have the means to keep warm. over the past two years, blanch last her job, her car, house, and having close contact with her children. >> i got hurt, injured going to work. >> reporter: one thing she hasn't lost is hope. >> as soon as it started getting cold, i had a roof over my head. >> reporter: homeless since september, she found shelter with camden's volunteers of america right before the dramatic cold came over the region. every layer she's wearing today, donated. >> yes, those were donated. >> reporter: coat, everything? >> hat, yeah, everything donated. >> to have a roof over your head and heat in the extreme cold, what's that mean to you? >> it's a blessing, it really is. >> reporter: another blessing, operation guardian. >> we're coming around making sure your he

nbc 10's cydney long has been following this story all day for us, joining us live from the scene now. that many heaters i imagine raises concerns. >> reporter: jim, it does, even one space heater placed improperly near a curtain or blanket, which it may have been here would be one too many, so the answer is, yes, the heaters, no working smoke detectors, and the fact this family, the family members tried to put out the fire themselves before dialing 911. loved ones are devastated. >> it's something that hurts. we're in shock right now and something that it's not real for us right now. >> reporter: she lost her cousin, elizabeth perez, when the 29-year-old pregnant mother went back inside her burning home. neighbors shot this cell phone video in horror. at 4:00 this morning, perez and her 2-year-old boy nathaniel died embracing one another near the door of an upstairs bedroom. >> the mother of the child had the child in her hands. >> she was a mom, you know, to her 2-year-old son, you know, her son, no father, no nothing. she took care of her son. >> reporter: fire officials are pointi

south jersey bureau reporter cydney long broke the news of the father's arrest yesterday, she was in the courtroom today, and she's joining us live from haddon township. investigators learned new details from creato's text messages to that girlfriend. >> reporter: in fact, investigators learned plenty from d.j. creato's cell phone to include some 9,400 text messages. he exchanged with his girlfriend, they say they learned about his jealousy and also about a selfie the two took at the very spot where brendan's body was found, but just two days beforehand. d.j. creato could spend the rest of his life in prison if prosecutors prove their circumstantial theory that in a jealous rage he killed his little boy, 3-year-old brendan. >> described his own state of mind that monday night as jealous and paranoid that he was going to lose his girlfriend. >> reporter: prosecutors called the official cause of death homicidal violence to include drowning, asphyxia, and strangulation. prosecutors called the spot where the body was found tough terrain for a boy to handle, let alone a toddler. >> it is

cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> good to know for wawa. a lot of times people think it's only the tiny convenience stores, there are all these myths out there, but wawa is huge, so there you go. thank you. in pennsylvania, one of the winning $1 million tickets was sold in chester county. the ticket was purchased at land hope farms. two more $1 million tickets were sold in lancaster and bethlehem. deanna durante joins us at 5:00 live with a look at who's benefiting from sales in our area. if you haven't seen them yet, here are the winning numbers, 4, 8, 19, 27, 34, the powerball is 10. >>> now to their eagles, taking a new turn today as we learned our own coach is back on his feet. today former giants coach tom coughlin pulled out of the running as chip kelly signed up for a job across the country. danny pommells, break it down for us, moving fast and furiously there for a while. >> the soap opera continues. plenty of news in the football world today coming quicker than a chip kelly three and out. we begin with the eagles, tom coughlin has

cydney long is live now in bridgeton city. any idea what caused the fire? >> reporter: jim, not at this point. that's because investigators were never able to get inside. and right here you can see why, but simply speaking, this town of bridgeton, the entire community, simply heartbroken. this is where senior citizens ate dinner several times a week, where attorneys dined, where workers from the local garage ordered lunch. everyone we spoke to has a memory here and whatever sparked the flames may be forever buried in this debris. fierce flames tore through the historic hillcrest tavern at 5:00 this morning and as soon as the images posted to social media, regulars bundled up to see the devastation up close. robert and wanda never imagined their dinner thursday night would be their last one here. >> this was our cheers, we come here quite often. going to miss a lot of friends and workers there. >> reporter: 75 firefighters battled extreme conditions as the building collapsed and ice formed underneath their feet and on their gear. >> they were literally comin

live in gloucester township, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> thanks. let's head out now for a live look at south philadelphia. this is interstate 95. everything looking pretty good right now. traffic moving along there. crews are out right now readying the roads for what will be a long weekend. nbc 10 was in south philadelphia today as crews were loading trucks with salt. salt supply no problem right now because it's been such a mild winter. again, snow emergency will be in effect in philadelphia starting at 9:00 tonight. that means all parked cars have to be moved off snow emergency routes or face towing. >> and i know it can get frustrating during these storms, but it all comes into perspective when you think about the workers working through these conditions and often putting themselves in harm's way so we can stay home warm with our families. >> because of the snow emergency you can park at philadelphia parking authority garages for just $5 starting at 5:00 this afternoon. peco crews working to prevent power outages and stay ahead of this storm bef

cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> new details elerjing from oregon where several members of an armed group oh pieing national wildlife refuge are in custody. another is dead. militant leader bundy, his brother, three others were arrested tuesday during a traffic stop that resulted in gunfire. bundy's group was driving to a community meeting 70 miles from the refuge. it seizes the refuge three weeks ago over a dispute over public lands. police released a mugshot of those in custody. no word on who is inside the refuge, but it's still being occupied by armed men. >>> killed during the traffic stop, rancher, he jumped from the vehicle with a gun. shot and killed. he had a frequent presence at the wildlife refuge, speaking for the group at news conferences. >>> a teenager who used an affluenza defense in a deadly drunk driving crash will head pack to the u.s. an attorney says couch decided to return to texas to face charges. couch and his mother arrested in mexico last month. couch being held at an immigration detention center in mexico. his already sent back to the u.s. ethan couch killed fou

cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> breaking news regarding bill cosby. in past ten minutes, nbc 10 learned the los angeles district attorney will not file criminal charges against him. the district attorney says it was looking into claims that sexual assault from 1965 and 2008 but the district attorney says both alleged incidents happened too long ago and he cannot file charges because of the statute of limitations. >>> also today we learned cosby's next appearance in an elkins courtroom has been postponed. he had been scheduled to appear in court for his preliminary hearing january 14th. cosby's attorneys requested the delay. no new date has been set. 78-year-old comedian charged last month in montgomery count tu with sexual assault. he is accused of drugging and segu segu sexually assaulting woman in elkins park. >>> legislation introduced to strip cosby of his presidential medal of freedom. the group, promoting awareness victim empowerment partnered with the representative to push the matter through congress. the medal of freedom is the nation's highe

i'm cydney long in cherry hill with powerball mania.he registers are just heating up with the dreams of any vacation hot spots and what you could do if you are $1.5 richer. next. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> arctic blast has people bundling up throughout the area. nbc 10 along german town avenue in chestnut hill. there is some shivering on the slopes as well. they expect that though. the poconos. first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. >> brutal night ahead? >> not as brutal as late last night and this morning when you had the cold and the wind making it feel like it. the pocono, 6 below zero. felt like 6 above zero here in philadelphia. we have wind out there. but it's not quite as strong as it was earlier today. and the wind is going to be diminishing as we go through the night tonight. the temperature now, 28 degrees. that's as warm as it's gotten all day. only in the mid-20s to the north and west. 15 degrees in the pocono. feels like temperature, 1 at mt. pocono. generally in the teens across the rest of t

nbc 10 south jersey bureau reporter cydney long got some answers from a local doctor. >> reporter: 'tis the season, winter is finally here and so is what seems to be long lasting, pesky, down for the count colds. >> most cases we are seeing right now is common cold, some allergies. >> reporter: this doctor has been treating a lot of respiratory illness. we asked why the symptoms so many are feeling are lasting so long and is it the flu or not? >> there is flu-like illnesses that we are seeing right now, mimic the flu, but not exactly be flu. >> reporter: he says it's not uncommon for runny nose, fever, cough, and congestion to be persistent for as long as two weeks. why are the first couple of days so important, especially if it is the flu? >> beyond three days the risks are, first of all, treatment is not that effective. >> reporter: with a mild start to winter, unlike snow last year that can blanket grass and mold producing allergens, he said it's possible the weather means lingering allergies. >> definitely could be a factor and play significant roles in what kind of illnesses we are

nbc 10's cydney long is live at the home in north philadelphia. firefighters are still investigating what happened here. they've also been going door to door checking on neighbors. >> reporter: keith, that's right. you can see the home behind me is boarded up, but the investigation far from complete, and we went door to door, accompanying firefighters this afternoon and a majority of the cases these home owners, some of them needed three detectors installed, one on each floor. this, take a look as this community is coming together, mourning the loss of this mother and son, two lives, they say, could have been saved. cell phone footage captured the early morning horror witnessed by dozens. she is heart broken over the death of her young neighbor, elizabeth perez, and her 2-year-old son nathaniel. >> sure, my grandson is 6 years old. something like this happened to my family, they destroy my life. >> reporter: she says if there is any shred of something positive to come from this terrible tragedy, it's happening now. philadelphia fire department spe

nbc 10's cydney long is live at our lady of guadalupe parish shrine. what happened here? >> reporter: well, keith, i can tell you the church does usually keep its sanctuary open all day for people to come in and out and pray, but it was before noon yesterday between 11:30 and noon, that someone went inside on a mission to desecrate much of the symbolism here, including stain glass windows that are nearly a century old. >> we're thankful nobody was in the church when whoever went in did this. >> reporter: shattered glass littered the altar and floor inside the parish wednesday when a vandal or vandals threw devotional candles, smashing stained glass windows. >> they are from europe and each window is a different statement of the creed of our catholic faith, so we use the windows to teach, and it was just so sad to see them destroyed. >> reporter: a papal flag was knocked down along with an easter candle on the altar. >> no money were taken, poor boxes weren't bothered, but the crucifixes were knocked over on the floor. >> reporter: a parishioner says walking on the glass t

we're live in galloway, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with this. still bogged down by the blizzard. much of the area is getting back to normal, parts of the lehigh valley are still struggling to recover from the monster snowfall. nbc 10's andria cline-thomas is live in reading where kids have been off and driving is difficult in a lot of areas. >> reporter: that's right. and one mom we talked to said her kids are getting stir crazy. take a look around me. this is the reason school has been closed for the entire week, there are sidewalks like this all across this city. the cleanup continues in reading, five days after being pounded with 30 inches of snow that's keeping students out of school for the entire week. >> i think it should be open. the streets are good now. i don't know why they closed the school schools. >> reporter: according to the district some streets haven't been plowed to allow buses. add to that the large mounds of snow on the corners and unshoveled sidewalks that could be dangerous for the 13,000 students who walk to school. >> i

live in haddon township, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> and shortly after brendan creato vanished last october, nbc 10 obtained the 911 call of his father talking to dispatchers about the disappearance. here's an edited portion of that call. >> 911, where's your emergency? >> hi, i just woke up and my 3-year-old is missing. >> you didn't hear anything or see anything, nothing like that? >> no, i just woke up and he wasn't in my apartment. i don't know if he wandered out or what happened. i don't know where he is. the door was locked. i guess he unlocked it and left. >> toward the end of that call a woman can be heard yelling "brendan" multiple times. this case shocked the entire neighborhood when brendan creato disappeared, and right now nbc 10's deanna durante is there asking people to react to today's arrest. we'll bring that to you as soon as we get it. stay with nbc 10 on air and on the news app as we work to uncover new details about this arrest. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> and the weather roller coaster continued today, even the dogs were sporting coats as temps n

cydney long followed along as officers checked on senior citizens. live now in camden. >> reporter: well, jacqueline, we've heard it before, it's one thing to ask neighbors to check on one another, but for this brand new program, these officers go above and beyond. they have come to learn where any elderly or disabled residents live in their patrol sector and today a face-to-face encounter to make certain they are not suffering inside. it's called operation guardian. >> not only do we have to implement the law, but also get to know our residents, keep them safe at all times. >> reporter: we rode with police today to help residents manage the extreme cold. they are going door to door to prevent the loss of life. checking on both elderly and disabled residents to make sure they have heat, proper working utilities to make it through another frigid night. >> heat is working perfect. got a new heater. >> that's good to hear. >> reporter: he invited us inside to feel the warmth. ruiz and many others appreciative of operation guardian's well checks. >> doin

nbc 10's south jersey reporter cydney long took your fears to top doctors and travel agencies in the region. >> scary. like that's what i have to say as far as a mother's nightmare. >> she's not pregnant and not traveling out of the country soon. so we checked in with travel agencies to ask what they are hearing about the zika virus. >> it's up to the individual traveler. are you afraid, are you concerned at all. >> we reached out to the american society of travel agents vice president of communications jennifer michaels, she says sclints don't seem panicked. >> we don't see massive cancellations. we see few travel agent hoogs are each called and asked questions by clients. >> agents are working with airlines and cruise lines who are allowing expectant moms to postpone trips or get refunds. aaa, liberty travel and great escapes all told us some clients are nervous and calling but they will advise clients of any health risk, encourage them to speak to their doctor. >> not all policies allow to you cancel your trip based on something you might get, that would be the situation now with

. >> cydney long crunches some of the numbers to add up your winter savings. >> reporter: she's been keeping a notebook of gas prices in her car for several years, and this new year she has something to celebrate. >> i love the prices, i love the prices. i really enjoy driving. >> reporter: as a pioneer today, $1.69 a gallon is well below the $2 national average. do you have january of last year on your notebook? >> i probably do. >> reporter: and the price today a solid 54 cents lower than last january, so her savings at the pump today, $8. she usually fills up at least five times a month. do you think you'll save $40, $50, $60 by the end of the month? >> definitely, absolutely, around $60 i should save. >> reporter: aaa estimates gas prices could drop ten to 15 cents this quarter. customers saved an average of $700 between january and december of 2015, but it's not just here at the pumps you'll be putting money into your tank and back into your wallet at the same time. heating oil delivery company royal oil of duckford says with temperatures dropping and twice as low, customers are

live in trenton, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >> thank you. what did you think of governor christie's comments? we want you to chime in. join the conversation on our facebook page or post a message to us on twitter. >>> more on the cleanup after the blizzard of 2016. let's check in with nbc 10's mitch blacher and news force 10 getting a look at conditions in camden county. mitch, where are you exactly? >> reporter: hey, keith, we are on u.s. 30 eastbound outside lawn side in camden county. the conditions here are really pretty good. this is obviously a major thoroughfare. it is completely clear. traffic pretty normal at this point. the crews out here, they have been going 72 hours of continuous plow. we're talking 1400 miles of road throughout camden county. more than 100 trucks. but they still used another resource here, they actually had county prisoners helping to clear some of the streets and also helping to clear some of the areas for the elderly who couldn't do it on their own. those are low level offenders according to camden county. fo

live in haddon township, i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. nbc 10 has team coverage from haddon township. deanna durante joins us now live at a memorial for the young boy. what have you seen there today, deanna? >> reporter: well, many people have been stopping by the neighborhood where the young boy's grandparents live. it's still decorated with blue ribbons, ribbons the neighbors tell us were put up when young brendan went missing, not far from the memorial maintained by people who live here, people have been leaving hinges for the last three months. we talked to people in the neighborhood of both creato's father and his grandparents, they said although they were waiting for news, this was news that they did not want to hear. some say they are not surprised by who has been arrested. >> seems the neighborhood was helping look for him. >> of course. i can't believe it was him either. everyone was searching and helping. >> i'm not surprised, that's just a feeling. >> people assumed it had to be a person because it didn't seem like a 3 year old

live in marlton, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> our coverage on the bitter cold and winter storm continues on 4:15 how small towns are preparing, then at 4:55, how to protect your car from the cold weather. at 5:00, the impact the threat of snow is having on local businesses. >>> meantime we have breaking news from sky force 10 right now. traffic trouble to start the afternoon rush hour, and this is the reason why. this tractor trailer filled with oranges flipped over on the northeast extension, causing a lot of headaches for drivers this afternoon. the southbound lanes near the lancedale exit are closed and will stay that way another hour. drivers heading south are being detoured. northbound lanes are not affected. the driver of this rig was taken to the hospital, state police telling us these lanes should remain closed until at least 5:00 this afternoon. >>> all right, the eagles introduced their new head coach today and doug pederson is starting out optimistically saying he thinks the birds can win the afc east and make a playoff run. tim furlong was there and talked to fans about the c

cydney long is live at one of those stores in burlington county.cydney. >> hey, and this store, in fact, had two lesser jackpot winners, but the $2 million winner, so farther lying low today. it is still top secret, but everyone who shops here for their coffee and convenience snacks besides that person are anxious to learn who it is. all this amongst important advice if not winning the lottery took the wind out of your sails. right there where we read the soups and specials of the day at r wawa store. sandra pitts played all right, but she forgot something last night. >> i haven't looked at my numbers yet. >> reporter: you haven't looked yet? >> no. >> reporter: there's a winner from this store. >> you're kidding! >> reporter: if it isn't sandra -- >> i hope it's a regular, that would be awesome to see. >> from now on i'm going to play my powerball tickets here in westhampton, new jersey. >> it's exciting, lines wrapp p around the lottery machine, it was fun, good time to be around, different environment than we're used to. >> reporter: she isn't s

nbc 10's cydney long is live in marlton burlington county.about those layers. >> absolutely about the layers, keith. in case you're hiding inside or forgot what it feels like, it's that kind of cold that makes your eyes water or takes your breath away. even on the short walk from your car to the warmth of the store, so for the last several days, cold weather gear has been the hot commodity. so you didn't remember mother nature could pack a punch this bitter? how cold is it walking from the car in here? >> cold. cold. yeah, not used to it. >> reporter: linda is looking for layers for herself and her grandchildren at l.l. bean. she's finding good deals. >> real good deals out here, uh-huh, sweaters, especially sweaters. >> reporter: and she's got competition, everyone on a mission to keep warm. >> this is all we have left of mittens and gloves. usually we have boxes and boxes in the back. >> hard to get kids to keep their coats buttoned, hats on, gloves on. i think she's going to love this, it will match her coat. >> reporter: if she likes the

. >> staying in the garden state, let's check in with cydney long in camden county. last time we checked in with you, the grocery store was packed. what's it like now? >> reporter: keith, i can tell you it's still bustling. a few minutes ago the self checkout lanes were four or five baskets deep and i wanted to get a grocery cart and use it as a prop, but there's not one cart left. take a look, all the shoppers are out and about in the store and the clerks are on almost every single register. these carts, i'm seeing a lot of breakfast items, eggs, sausage, pan kaikcake pancakes. so far people are beating the first snow. >> i hate snow. so i might just hibernate. >> reporter: still she plays the snow planning game well to feed a family of seven, her cart stocked full of everything she needs this weekend. >> deli meats for sandwiches, snacks for the football game. >> reporter: he told his boss he needed a day off to prepare and said it wasn't a problem he beat the late afternoon rush. >> right now the storms are not that bad. shelves are emptying out slowly, but around

live in washington township, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >>> a few hours ago you were doing that withids. >> i had to. we went on a tube, down to a local hill and had our fun. >> it's great out there. >> it was wonderful. and busy too. >> next on "nbc 10 news" at 5:00, apology to neighbors. why leaders in one town said their response to the storm was unacceptable. >> and with temperatures around 40 degrees today a lot of the snow has melted and now freezing. a concern tonight with ice forming, we'll talk more about that and a chance for showers tomorrow coming up next on "nbc 10 news" at 5:00. >>> a day of sledding instead of school for some. a day of building frustration for others. >> i can't get to my house. >> as the entire area continues to clean up from the one-two punch of snow and flooding. >> we're one storm away from a major disaster. >> residents want relief. >> they did absolutely nothing. >>> we got word that the schools in the philadelphia public school system will be closed tomorrow. that's public and parochial. good evening. i'm denise nakano. >> i'm jacqueline london.

nbc 10's south jersey bureau reporter cydney long is live object scene. do they know what caused the fire? >> reporter: we don't have a cause just yet, but investigators are pretty certain the fire sparked on one of the top floors of unit 311. that is the second row home in from where we're standing right now. they say it quickly spread to three adjacent homes in both directions, but due to the instability of these bricks right now, they say it is too risky to go inside to determine an exact cause. >> they found her and she survived the whole thing. >> reporter: stephanie miller considers it a small miracle her mother and three cats, including 6-year-old roxy, somehow survived as smoke and flames spread fast and furious to her mother's home at 5:30 this morning. sky force 10 was high above. officials believe the fire began in unit 311 and there was no stopping it. >> pattern up in the crawl space and attic, it's open and took off from there. >> reporter: miller credits a neighbor from the home where the fire started and police for reacting quickly. >> he

nbc 10's cydney long is live in north philadelphia this afternoon. you've learned space heaters may have sparked this fire. >> reporter: well, jim, fire investigators are definitely leaning in that direction. they tell us as many as five space heaters were being used by this family and some of them improperly. they also say a blanket perhaps on the first floor caught fire by one of the heaters and it spread upstairs and now two of eight people, a mother and her young son who were simply trying to keep warm while asleep, are dead. she's in shock. >> something that hurts, we're in shock right now. just something that it's not real for us right now. it's not. >> reporter: her cousin, elizabeth perez, was just 29, due to deliver a baby girl next month, she planned to name her yvette. perez died after going back inside to rescue her 2-year-old son nathaniel. fire official derek sawyer describes what he found once the flames were out. >> not a pretty sight, not a pretty sight, you can see her holding her child in her arms trying to get out. that's why it's

cydney long is here to tell us about these measures, cydney, what can you tell us? >> reporter: gloucester township police together with emergency managers here say there were two very important lessons they learned during the summer storm on june 23 that will help everyone. the general public stay safe during this weekend's major snowfall. number one that numerous intersections will lose power over the summer. but this weekend especially if we find that heavy wet snow bringing down power lines and weighing heavy on those lines people could not communicate via cell phone with the a loss of power so they are tackling both in an a unique way. the township has installed transfer switches at 250 busy intersections to get them operational right away. here's how. >> if there is an incident and the traffic light goes out, it allows public works to come to that intersection and to simply plug in a portable generator which will provide electricity for that traffic light. what does that do? >> well, it doesn't require us to man that intersection any long we are to two police

from gloucester township, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >>> the lehigh valley saw more than two feet of. you need four-wheel drive to get around many parts of allen town. at 14th and shoe we found snow and ice in the middle of the intersection. you can see vehicle after vehicle needing neighborly help to get through. allentown's mayor is asking everyone to have patience as crews continue to clear more than 400 miles of road. >>> it's been a frustrating day for septa riders. nbc 10 at jefferson station in center city, people who depend on septa, some waiting for trains to arrive. septa says unfortunately delays can be expected as it recovers from the blizzard. it's asking commuters to be patient. >> and this is the place to be on a snow day. out sledding or tubing. sky force 10 over woodbury gloucester county, these kids seem to have found the perfect hill. to ice skating finding ways to enjoy the day off from work or school. here is a live look from the blue cross river rink at penns landing. a check with sheena parveen. >> icy conditions a concern tomorrow and i know tonight. >> yes, d

cydney long is live in camden where prosecutors unveiled the case today and the stunning reason they say this all happened. >> reporter: jim, prosecutors say j.j. creato's teenaged girlfriend, in fact, gave him an ultimatum the weekend before little brendan died and that he admitted to police he was jealous and suspicious of her the hours before he picked up the phone to dial 911 and report his son missing. now 22-year-old d.j. creato could spend the rest of his life in prison if prosecutors prove their circumstantial theory that in a jealous rage over the girlfriend's ultimatum to break up that he killed 3-year-old brendan. prosecutors couldn't explain how he did it, but say the official cause from the medical examiner included signs of drowning, asphyxia, and strangulation. prosecutors called the spot where brendan's body was discovered tough terrain for an adult to handle, let alone a small toddler. the prosecutor telling the judge today it's muddy down there and brendan's socks were perfectly clean and creato lied about his bedtime the last night he spent with his son because his

nbc 10's cydney long explains. >> reporter: for judjudy, this diamond ring is the rock her family was built on. what does it mean to you? >> 33 years, it was my engagement ring. i'm going to cry. >> reporter: she lost it while shopping inside the cherry hill mall new year's day. >> i was in a couple stores returning things and when i was leaving it was probably around 4:00 in the afternoon and i realized that my ring was missing. >> reporter: the family was frantic to find it, they went back to the mall to show shop owners a photo of the ring and her son jason posted it on facebook. >> it got shared over 11,000 times. >> reporter: as it turns out, it was a young man who lives just six blocks from judy here in port richmond that was shopping with his family the very next day at the cherry hill mall. >> my fiance was chasing my son john around and happened to see it on the floor, picked it up, thought it was costume jewelry or something. >> reporter: he says the fact his son is little, their eyes are focused on his every move and while looking down, something sparkled. it was his mother

. >> cydney long joins us live from cherry hill with excitement there. people are buying tickets like crazy. >> left and right. good evening. since 3:00, we have seen about 75 to 50 customers coming in here all with those hot dreams of that vacation spot and getting their chance on forever financial freedom. you would think so. we found out from the new jersey lottery commission 7,057 a minute sold in the garden state. in one hour between 4:00 and 5:00, how much new jersey powerball players spent. 2.67 million in one hour between 4:00 and 5:00. officials don't know if they'll break last saturday's record. that's when they mate their record when no one won saturday evening if you don't know, if you had one dollar to $2 you can multiply your chances of winning powerball times ten. it called power play. i'd have a hard time balancing $1.5 billion jackpot let alone 15 billion. we'll stick with that. if you call your travel agent, your boss tell them you won't be at work, call your real estate agent, call us, too. we want to meet you. >> maybe calling yoursel

cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >>> come to philly and i like coming to philly anyway so i'm counting on you guys coming through. >> after our invitation to the white house president obama tells me personally he wants philadelphia to come through. nbc 10's invitation to the white nbc 10's invitation to { e white get 100,000 uninsured philadelphians to sign up for so called affordable health care coverage. >> the deadline is three days away, january 31. philadelphia is one of 20 cities targeted by the administration. >> the city with the most sign-ups wins a visit from the president. but we found it's not as simple or as affordable as the administration makes it sound. >> for self employed stylist starla smith it's more than six years since she's had health insurance. >> so you sign? >> i signed on the dotted line. >> this week that all changed. smith signed up for coverage under the affordable care act. >> i went over 29 plans before choosing which one i wanted. >> she opted for coverage that will run her almost $150 a month in premiums with a $1500 deduct able. during the white house vi

live in haddon township, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> all right, cydney. we remember as the community came together to search for brendan after he disappeared. >> neighbors demanded answers from police as they waited for an arrest. >> deanna durante continuing our live team coverage in haddon township tonight. deanna? >> reporter: the home where brendan creato was last seen and his grandparents only a few blocks away, many homes here still have blue ribbons on the outside, including that of his grandparents here. we stopped at neighbors homes, many of them did not want to talk to us and some said they still have a lot of questions, they want to know what happened to that 3-year-old little boy. neighborhood was helping look for him. >> of course. i can't believe it was him either, everyone was searching. and helping. >> i'm not surprised, but that's just a feeling. >> people assumed it had to be a person because it didn't seem like a 3-year-old would end up at cooper by themselves. that was unlikely. i don't really know what to think. >> reporter: many peop

that is the very latest, live in bellmawr, i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> all right. want to show you dangerous situation in atlantic county, power lines hanging in the snow and the water in atlantic city. tens of thousands of customers are without power in new jersey. most of them along the shore. in ocean county barnegat police officer jumped into action to help push this suv right here out of some deep, deep water. that's very dangerous. this blizzard will be over us through the night. we'll have team coverage tracking the storm and how much snow we're going to get. >> first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz, 32 in south allentown, 17 in philadelphia and we're not finished yet, glenn. >> that's right. you can see on the radar, it doesn't look like it's about to be over, does it? everything coming from the northeast. there's plenty of snow where that's coming from. it's not as heavy in allentown as it was. we are getting moderate snow coming into bucks and montgomery counties as you can see. also mercer county. some heavy snow from delaware county moved

nbc 10 cydney long takes a look at the impact and the charity's unique approach to get the help thatt needs. >> reporter: built in the 1920s the northern services of roxborough used to be an orphanage. today they serve dozens of poverty stricken women and young children around the clock, sometimes overnight with warm meals daily and after school care. >> our hope was that we could survive the winter on the repairs. >> reporter: but last week right before the major snowstorm an ageing boiler gave up for the last time. >> just spewing water. we had to turn it off immediately, turn the oil off immediately. and then evacuate everybody from the building. >> reporter: staff and underprivileged students had to be turned away for two days that left three of the main buildings on campus like an ice cube. they can't use the kitchen or heat the gym. >> the children are starting to be affected by it. you can't give good quality time with them when you have to shuffle them from one warm location to another. >> reporter: this is the administrative staff bundled in coats and scarves. >> for us a si

cydney long has been looking at that for us tonight. >> i haven't planned any travel. i don't know about motherhood but seems it's one thing or another to be afraid of. >> reporter: women are eager for more information about the zika virus even if parenthood isn't in their immediate future. >> it's a very serious brain birth defect. we just don't know the risk of having that happen if you get infected. >> the biggest question right now, will infected mosquitoes reach the continental u.s.? >> that's a great question. there are two schools of thought. one is that this mosquito will spread and the infection will spread to the continental united states as the warmer months come into play. open the other happened it's in the same family as dengue fever and that has not spread to the u.s. >> in the meantime, expectant moms are exercising caution. >> i had somebody call about a trip to cancun. my advice was if she could postpone it that would be the safest way. >> that patient did call off her trip, dr. shah says if you can't postpone travel, preventing mosquito exposure and

at 5:00, cydney long in camden with more on a new system to alert neighbors about weather threats. >>> breaking news from skyforce 10, the house fire, approaching the fire, lower moreland, montgomery county, smoke rising into the air above trees. one firefighter hurt. we don't know how bad thosees a. the fire ladder poking up out of trees as well. a house fire, lower moreland, montgomery county. we'll continue to gather information and bring you new information as soon as we get it a firefighter is hurt. >>> breaking news. man wanted for allegedly threatening to shoot police officers in philadelphia and new york now in custody. anonymous tip today put both departments on alert. nbc 10's lauren mayk with breaking details. >> reporter: i just spoke with police commissioner ross and confirmed they got this information today. it was anonymous, indicated that a man wanted to inflict harm on police officers in new york and possibly here in philadelphia. here's how he told me that this information came in. >> as i understand it, nypd relayed information to us because they thought it was some

. >> nbc 10 cydney long talking to hopeful ticket buyers in cherry hill. that store expecting bigger crowds as people get out of work, right? >> reporter: it's started because we had over the last hour as many as 30 to 50 people come right through these doors. take a look. registers heating up here at the spirit store in cherry hill. clerks made sure to have extra people working tonight just in case their registers get hot. tickets that your future could be printed on. i want to show you the store. usually gets a roll of six of these per box. this week, just because they've quadrupled sales over the last week since saturday's drawing they ordered two boxes so they won't run out of your chances to win. people are lining up. they are excited to have this opportunity. one woman we spoke to, erica, works for a popular salon here, lewis christian. she made sure her and her colleagues did not pick numbers by themselves. >> we came here and they did it. >> reporter: you did the quick picks? that's luckier? >> yeah. tomorrow we -- the door is closed tomorrow. don'

he just told our cydney long about the fact that they really want to help the owners of this restaurant rebuild. they also said they're just going to try to do everything they can to help them right now. obviously, a devastating morning. there were no reported injuries during this fire fight. now, live in bridgeton, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> drew, thank you. checking out our nbc 10 headlines this morning. crews are working to repair a water main break. chester county country club was the only one affected by the break. service is expected to be restored within the hour. >>> a driver of an suv lost control and crashed in the olney neighborhood of philadelphia. this accident happened just before 4:00 this morning. four men in the suv ran away from police into a wooded area after the crash. police are telling us the suv may have been stolen. zblfrp >>> and philadelphia's honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. with the annual day of service. volunteers will pay it forward today as a tribute to the slain civil rights leader. >>> and now to decision 2016. donald trump is speakin

live in galloway, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >> thank you. a sonic boom according to nasa is what you hear when an aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound. we'll continue to follow this story, in the meantime we put more information on the nbc 10 app and posted reaction to the sonic boom on social media. >>> back to the cleanup from the blitz of 2016. probably seen those massive piles of snow and parking lots across the area. here crews were trying to get some of the snow out by dumping it into trucks but in some areas the snow is way too high. schools in reading will remain closed tomorrow as snow removal continues there. according to the district some streets haven't been plowed to allow enough room for buses. add to that the piles of snow on the corners, unshoveled sidewalks, that you would cobe dangerous for 13,000 students who walk to school. >> i can't just look at one neighborhood or maybe five schools, i have to look at all 19 schools. and make sure that the conditions are safe for all kids. >> as a result of taking one week off