cydney long, nbc10 news. >>> turning back to our weather now. some dramatic changes coming our way. these guys swinging some clubs today. tomorrow, they might have to pick up a shovel. center city, it's drive out there right now. but snow will be hitting here tomorrow morning. you can see that snow storm right there on radar. let's go back to nbc10 first alert meteorologist glen hurricane schwartz. if people pay attention to you, they will not be caught off guard tomorrow. >> wedant want you to get caught off guard. look out the window and it'sing or snow is melting as it hits. you say, oh, they're wrong. just wait. things will be changing rapidly. that rain changing to snow. the snow getting heavier. the temperature going down. and it starts sticking. so all these things are likely to happen. the heaviest snow from 5:00 to 9:00 a.m., right during the morning rush. of course, the peak snowfall rates, 2 to 3 inches per hour some places. plows can't keep up with that. thundersnow possible. low visibility and snow covered roads. not just the roads but also the trees and power lines. it

let's go to cydney long live in camden county. i saw you this morning when the snow was coming down. it looks like crews have done a nice job cleaning it all up. >> reporter: they have done a really good job. the county road crews have been out throughout the day today. i want to show you something. glenn mentioned this, it's the ability for everything to refreeze. these are our footprints from 4:00. this is completely frozen here. the road crews will be hugging the road shoulders where the slush can accumulate and turn into ice and become a danger for drivers. >> my car is in four wheel drive. so it's kind of hard to drive on the roads sometimes. >> reporter: frankie fisher didn't have to be out in the heart of the snowfall this morning. still, she's aware that the combination of sun, blowing snow, and any melting is a recipe for black ice. even untreated surfaces, slick spots can pop up. >> i have had friends that have slid under trucks. >> reporter: new jersey state police responded to hundreds of accidents state wide thursday.

south jersey reporter cydney long joining us live in burlington with their story. first of all, how is that girl doing tonight? >> reporter: jim, physically she's doing just fine, but i'm told the little girl is still very scared. in fact, she and her mother both continue having nightmares about what happened to them right here on the river line tracks two weeks ago. they're also grateful to police who jumped into action. >> we pull up, with see a train coming. >> reporter: officers cameron long and david edwardson got the radio call to look for a woman acting erratically on the river line platform, then right before their eyes. >> i see a female throw a little girl on to the tracks. >> reporter: in disbelief by what they saw. >> just stopped right there in the road, threw my lights on and ran right out of my car. >> reporter: the inbound river line train would have run the child over if police hadn't gotten the engineer's attention. >> there was not even a doubt this my mind that i was going directly on to those tracks in front of that train. >> when that adrenali

. >> nbc 10 south jersey reporter cydney long is live for us. now it looks like it has stopped. >> reporter: that's right. we talked last time about whoo a difference a day makes from our spring fever yesterday to the winter woes this morning. what a difference an hour makes. the winds have picked up right now. the snow has all but stopped falling. it left about an inch. maybe a little bit better, an inch and a half, on the grassy surfaces here and on the sidewalk. route 70 and 73, the roads are passable. the traffic is moving. much less volume because school was cancelled today. they're happy to see us. other than a little bit of slush on the side of the road on the shoulder here, guys. it's definitely a big change from an hour ago when it was uncomfortable and blustery to stand outside. the visibility was also limited. for plow crews and gas attendants clearing the sidewalks. county offices are open and their department of public works crews, who spent the overnight hours salting, they will now move into a plowing operation, but they'll move b

they spoke exclusively to nbc10's cydney long, joining us from camden with more. >> reporter: good evening. susan highland initially faced 20 years behind bars but instead of going to jail, the judge ruled today that as soon as a drug treatment bed is located, that she will have the handcuffs taken off her at the camden county jail and she will be transferred to a drug rehab inpatient facility. it could go down as early as tomorrow. >> she took my brother -- >> reporter: one by one -- >> keep her in there for the rest of her life. >> reporter: -- loved ones stood up to susan highland, the woman behind the wheel the night she was killed. >> she left my 16-year-old son on the side of the road with his head almost off his shoulders. >> reporter: she spoke up, begging and pleading with judge edward mcbride for justice. >> if she's allowed into drug court, she's going to kill somebody else's kid. she might even kill somebody close to you. >> reporter: on march 28th last year, highland struck turner on route 130. she never stopped. she hid in a camden home, conspireing with others to burn the ca

i'm cydney long.> thank you so much. >> here are jim rosenfield and jacqueline london. >> an abductor attacks again. >> police are looking for a kidnapper who abducted two women less than a week apart. plus the security slip-up by the tsa. new at six we're getting a look at who authorities want to find after a nearly dozen passengers skip airport security today. >> temperatures are dipping slightly with that northerly winlds. next in the most accurate first alert neighborhood forecast. >> kidnappers strikes again. what investigators know about the man who grabbed two women from two apartment complexes in less than a week. >> airport security breech, passengers skip the screening and board flights at jfk during the president's day travel rush. >> crashed on the fairway why the plane is still sitting on this golf course more than 24 hours later. >>> right now at six. a repeat kidnapper on the run in delaware today. >> i'll be looking over my shoulder. >> two women abducted at random from two different a

that is the latest live in west deptford tonight i'm cydney long nbc10 news. >> good advice. let's check in with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz who's tracking these winds in your most accurate weather forecast. >> the winds starting to die down. >> it's not quite as windy as it was even a couple hours ago. it will continue to go down a bit. it is from the northwest direction. it continues to bring cold air in and the latest wind gusts are generally now below 40 miles an hour. we got a 41 in coatesville. as you'll see later we've seen winds over 50 miles an hour during the day today and even some last night. so this is an improvement. just in the last hour, 39 miles an hour toms river, 32 in philadelphia, just two hours ago we were gusting to 47 miles an hour. so this is quite a change. it's still, of course, makes it feel even colder than it really is. 11 degrees the way it feels like in the poconos. 28 in philadelphia, 23 in coatesville. so it's feeling like birnt out there, that's for sure. and as we go through the evening, for example, in philadelphia, watc

cydney long, nbc10 news. >> watch "this is us" tonight at 9:00.o fire" at 10:00. >>> well, this weekend a philadelphia landmark will be transformed into a party hot spot. the reading terminal market is hosting the seventh annual party for the market this saturday night. gupta is the general manager of the market and an old friend. appreciate you coming to the show. >> thank you having for me. >> tell us what's in store for saturday night. >> the party for the market is our annual fundraiser. we're a nonprofit corporation. it helps us raise half of our capital budget and it totally transforms the market for the night. our guests come there. up to 30 or 40 of our merchants are handing out sample size portions of their menu highlights. we have three different dance bands and a casino gambling area. we have a wonderful silent auction. >> tell us where the money goes. does it help improve the market? what does it do? >> our building is nearly 125 years old now. as you can imagine, a building that old presents any number of capital challenges from maint

. >> cydney long is live in berlin. i've seen you all morning long. how are the roads where you are right now? >> reporter: the combination of the sun and melting today with the wind has created slushy spots. but the roads right now are good. it certainly hasn't been the case all day. i want to show you what a picture perfect intersection looks like according to camden county. you can see right here at franklin avenue, the white horse pike, the roads are dry and clean, there are no signs of any patchy ice. >> the roads are actually pretty good right now. >> reporter: drivers like steve waters aren't naive to the fact that just like wednesday's warm sunshine quickly turned to a shower of snow this morning, so too can plowed roads refreeze. the combination of sun, melting, or blowing snow and slush on the road shoulders is a recipe for black ice when the temperatures tumble. >> you got to be careful, especially at night with the black ice. you got to be careful. >> reporter: which is why camden county salt crews didn't go on break when the snow stopped

cydney long joins us live from the cemetery. >> reporter: i can tell you this afternoon as one visitor put it earlier today to lift hundreds of these gravestones at hundreds of pounds each, that is a ton of hatred as you're seeing out here but for whoever is responsible for this crime, it is sparking an enormity of love and solidarity. with each delicate flower. >> i'm trying to bring this spirit to the broken grave. >> reporter: hopes to bring peace, quiet and love to fellow jewish families. she and her husband lee read the names. >> there's so many people, young. the one i just did was for a daughter. >> reporter: and they placed white flowers on as much broken headstone as they could reach in their olden years and on uneven earth. this time in history feels especially shaky in light of this anti-semitic hatred. >> obviously it's very upsetting and i feel sick to my stomach. >> reporter: she was thankful her family's headstones were not targeted or pushed over. >> i'm glad i can report back to my cousins in israel and chicago and new york theirs okay. >> reporter: she still can't fat

cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> all right. back now to today's marathon news conference with president trump. >> it was billed as the rollout of the president's choice to head the labor department. then it became an hour long defense of his first four weeks in the white house. nbc 10's erin coleman is in our breaking news center with a closer look at that sparring between the president and the media. >> as we showed you earlier, the president began his first solo news conference with a long opening statement, defending his leadership and criticizing the media. then came the questions. topic one, the departure of national security advisor mike flynn. for the first time, president trump today confirmed he fired flynn. flynn left after evidence surfaced he talked to russia's ambassador to the u.s. to discuss sanctions before president trump ever took office. today, nbc's kristin welker asked the president if he told flynn to make those calls. >> did you direct mike flynn to discuss sanctions with the russia -- >> no, i didn't. no

live in west deptford tonight, i'm cydney long. >> the wind was strong enough to pick up this tram poe lean, sent us this picture. the wind blew the tram poe lean and it had to clear a six foot fence to get there. >> wow. >> that wind caused a lot of problems today. >> let's get an update on your most accurate weather forecast. >> we're warning of these winds for several days ahead of time saying they're going to be strong and monday was going to be a bumpy one. here are the current wind gusts. they're a lot better than they were a few hours ago. we had gusts at some spots about 50 miles an hour. now at 32-mile-per-hour wind gust in wilmington and philadelphia at 37. millville now below 30-mile-per-hour gusts and the same for wildwood and coatesville at 28. areas like atlantic city, allentown, no longer reporting gusts. that shows that the winds are starting to weaken and they're going to continue to do so pretty rapidly as we go through the night. we're in the upper 30s currently in mt. holly, 37 in philadelphia. those are the actual temperatures. look at what it feels like outside be

from edgewater park, cydney long, nbc10 news. >> we wish her the best, obviously. >>> next new at 5:00 -- how an atlantic city police officer ended up on the wrong side of the law. >>> plus, a day care teacher arrested. how police say he victimized one of the children in his care. >>> a day care teacher behind bars. they say he sexually assaulted a 3-year-old girl while others were sleeping. >> deanna durante joins us live in norristown with new details. >> reporter: police say that that sexual assault happened here inside this early learning center in norristown. we've learned that the teacher who's been arrested has worked in day cares in the area since 2005. >> oh, wow. i didn't hear about that. >> reporter: parents of st. francis catholic school students say they were notified about the arrest of the day care teacher next door. st. francis early learning center is part of the church property and rund by the archdiocese of philadelphia. the archdiocese says michael barbee wasn't a teacher but he had been work with toddlers since 2015. police say he sexually assaulted a 3-year-old gi

. >> south jersey bureau reporter cydney long joins us in mt.rel. >> reporter: local places of worship have stepped up their own security measures. they're also working externally with local authorities and police as well as internally to stay calm as part of their prayerful vigilance. >> you look over here, you can see his mother's lipstick. >> reporter: helen hirschbaum teaches and educates about the holocaust. >> to see it still happening is frightening. >> reporter: the words "anti-semitism" are part of her everyday vernacular. she's sickened by a recent rise of the prejudice against jews. >> the feeling in my heart is hurtful to see so much hate being spread. >> reporter: dozens of bomb threats to jccs nationwide interrupting daily life and the des ek rags of jewish graves monday in st. louis. >> we're trying to work with our community that if you see something, you say something. >> reporter: together with the jewish federation of south jersey, the mantra is one of stepped-up security and prayerful vigilance. >> we're preparing everyone, o

cydney long talked with taxpayers from trenton. >> 100 days to get this done. forces. >> reporter: it was the issue that got the single-most applause during the hour-long budget address. his pledge to rip up new jersey's failed school funding reform act of 2008. he says everything is on the table. christie called it urgent for both parties to redesign a better way to fund schools. >> it will be fixed before i leave this town. >> the urban areas need more money for education, i'm all for that. >> the only thing i want to hear him say is good-bye. >> reporter: for retired camden school teacher erin simpson, it is too late. >> i don't have faith in mim at all. since he upped the taxes on the gas. >> reporter: new jersey's gas tax hike of 23 cents a gallon in the late fall will also be quickly spent. >> the results will be smoother roads and safer bridges and a more technologically sound mass transit system. all great things for new jersey's commuters. >> reporter: jim weissinger will believe it when he sees it. >> it keeps me from getting to certain places at cert

cydney long is in court. she killed 15-year-old when she hit him and drove away last summer in pennsauken. highland's niece was in the car with her and she's the one who called police. highland is facing up to ten years in prison. we'll have more from nbc10's cydney long as soon as highland is sentenced. >>> what is it really like to work inside delaware prisons? that's the focus of a public hearing today. it's an opportunity for current and former corrections employees to share the work atmosphere for prison workers and how it can be improved. officials tell nbc10 the state senate panel hearing was planned before the inmate uprising this month. steven floyd was killed in that uprising. >> that is the sound of an off-duty officer firing off a shot at a group of teenagers in his own front yard. that video caused these protests in anaheim, california, last night. people were jumping on cars, they were spray painting homes in that neighborhood. in all, 24 people arrested. protesters say the off-duty los angeles

cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> nbc 10 is committed to clearing the shelters.e than 53,000 pets were adopted through last year's campaign. watch nbc 10 every saturday morning at 9:00 to see another pet that needs a loving home. >>> a 4:33 this afternoon we have breaking news for you. pictures from sky force 10. this is a shooting investigation taking place in bridgeton cumberland county. one person was shot in the 200 block of south avenue. we know that a medical helicopter was called to the scene right there you see investigators on that same scene. we are going to try to get answers for you on the individual who was shot and they're injuries. we'll have more as we get it. >>> turning now to our weather, it takes real dedication to brave the cold and wind and run outside. we saw one runner this afternoon, just one lone runner out there. very bundled up, which is good. college students at west chester university didn't have a choice. they had to walk outside to get to the friday classes. >> take a live look at the blue cross river rink. bundle up if you're head

i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> all right, back to washington now. newly confirmed epa chief scott pruitt discussed his employees for the first time. the u.s. will find a way to be pro energy and jobs and pro environment. pruitt was confirmed by the senate earlier this week after senate democrats held that all-night session protesting his selection. pruitt has been criticized for his past battles with the epa including suing the agency multiple times to block regulations. >>> turning to our weather now. how about an afternoon stroll in the park? not a bad day for that. at brandywine park in wilmington where even the geese were on the move today. a live look down broad street in center city. a decent day outside. still very mild, but this is the chilliest day i guess we'll have for the entire week. nbc 10 first alert glenn "hurricane" schwartz has your most accurate forecast. >> a big climb up the thermometer the next couple of days. we won't even need coats, will we? >> probably not. at least not during the daylight hours. you do need them today. esp

today south jersey reporter cydney long was there as she delivered them to some very grateful recipients charlotte olson is pouring her heart and soul into giving back to her community. >> i wals wanted to do something like this. and help others. when i was little i dreamt of being on the news and collecting for people. >> reporter: that dream turned reality today as she delivered 1300 children's books to cooper university health system. >> my goal was a thousand, but i didn't expect to get over that. >> reporter: pediatrician dr. mohammed jawad hussein calls it a big deal. >> tell me again about the night i was born. >> reporter: patients will receive the gifts of these books during sick and well visits. this is one of the first lucky recipients. >> 1,130 books. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: charlotte's donation comes just two days before world literacy day and cooper university health system is one of 92 programs and hospitals statewide to volunteer for the reach out to read program and handbooks out to young patients. >> the more words kids hear before the age of 3, the better their langua

i'm cydney long. thank you. >> a lot of smiles, tears and hugs there. stay with nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the travel ban as it moves through the court system. >>> this morning one person is hurt in this single car crash. sky 10 over the scene of the crash around 9:30 this morning. crews tell us that the victim was thrown from the car. right now we're working to find out what caused this crash. rj >>> a teenager is in critical condition after he was shot multiple times just before 12:30 this morning on maywood street. police tell us the shooting victim lives in the neighborhood and hoping surveillance cameras can help them find the gunman. >>> a former secret service agent who worked at the white house is on trial for trying to lure underage girls for sex in delaware and florida. lee robert moore is accused of texting lewd photos of himself as well add child porn. police arrested him in 2015 after they say he messaged an undercover delaware detective posing as one of the teens. >>> friends and family want to know who killed a popular community or

. >> tonight those officers spoke exclusively to cydney long. scary situation, no doubt.ow did they know this girl was in danger? >> reporter: erin and keith, it was a friday night at 8:30 and a new jersey transit bus driver alerted police in this area to hurry up. they said a woman was acting strangely right here on the new jersey transit river line platform. before they could even put the car in park, they couldn't believe their eyes. >> i immediately told them to stop the car. >> reporter: cameron long and david edwardson hit the brakes on their cruiser and made a run for the platform. new jersey transit's river line train was about to arrive. >> adrenaline shot from 1 to 100. there was nothing else. >> reporter: that's when police say they witnessed 20-year-old autumn grab a 5-year-old girl who was standing beside her mother. >> as we get to about the middle of the tracks i see a female throw a little girl on to the tracks. >> reporter: you saw it? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: both officers jumped a small barrier in front of the oncoming trains. >> both hands up in the

cydney long in the out pouring of emotion and sidney we know we heard in george's piece just one person talking about heart broken in dealing with this and other people are just reeling from this. >> reporter: dozens if not hundreds of people have been here to mt. car mel throughout the day today. they have brought with them their tissues, and flowers. they have come to pray and check on the status of their own loved ones. just as much as these headstones tombstone here are shattered, so two are their hearts but not their faith. >> i think the reason they did it is because we kind of now have permission to let all of our hatred show. >> reporter: don't have loved ones buried here. but today they visit. they came prepared to share coffee, give hugs or pick up debris in the midst of massive december kraigs. >> it's terrifying to me. >> this is a moment when i feel connected to jews because this is an anti-see me tic act. >> reporter: because it's a crime scene it's too soon to be the graves back together. dozens of others feel sheer heart break. >> this is by far the worst i have seen. >>

. >> the south jersey reporter cydney long talked to many taxpayers who say they're fed up with broken promises. she'll have that story at 5:00. >>> the atlantic city firefighters union is back in court fighting to save jobs. the union wants the judge to stop the state from cutting 100 jobs this fall as part of its takeover of the city's finances. firefighters insist the layoffs could put the public in danger. but state officials say atlantic city is half a billion dollars in debt. >>> school jobs are on the line this afternoon as voters head to the polls in delaware. the colonial school district in new castle is asking home owners to approve nearly $11 million in spending and about 4.5 million for security upgrades. the superintendent says if the referendum does not pass, the district could lose staff members. polls are open until 8:00 tonight. >>> families in delaware are about to have someone new looking out for them. governor john carney today signed an executive order to establish the family services cabinet council. the council will coordinator services that include housing, ment

. >> cydney long explains pet owners and animal shelters are still concerned about a dangerous virus.> reporter: concealed by carriers and isolated in quarantine it's puppies like these who are fighting the parvo virus. >> animals develop very significant diarrhea and vomiting, oftentimes they stop eating and drinking. >> reporter: dr. christopher turry with the animal shelter has a team of workers caring for the sick and dehydrated dogs. it comes as the spca and county health department cited the long time land mark the puppy barn for parvo virus and other unsanitary conditions. the owners voluntarily closed their doors for good. a note reads sorry for the inconvenience. >> it takes one city from one sick litter to infect the whole store. >> reporter: customers are sounding off on facebook about the anguish, hard break and money last after buying sick dogs from the store. burlington county has regulations that prevent whole sale of puppy mill animals, so he asked if there's any further discipline. >> because they're closing their facility. there will be no charges. >> reporter: it ma

i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> thank goodness those officers were there. thank you for that. also tonight new details on that snow that's headed our way. >>> that's right. don't let your guard down. some areas are in the 60s right now, but all that's going to change really quick. >> the first alert weather team has your most accurate neighborhood forecast. let's start with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. you've issued a first alert for that snow that's moving in. >> absolutely. this has happened before. it can get in the 60s one day and snow the next and it's gonna happen. it's only a matter of the details. we've issued a first alert for thursday snow for the entire area except for the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. 4:00 a.m. to noon. not an all-day thing. that will help limit the snow totals because it's going to be a quick mover. accumulating snow, heavy at times. especially during the morning rush. creating slick roads, poor visibility as we go through the morning. now, tomorrow night there's nothing going on during the evening you got to worry about. it will be extrem

i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> folks trying to soak it in. thank you. >>> as the weather changes over the next 12 hours, we have got you covered. the nbc 10 morning team will be on early at 4:00 a.m. to help you plan the beginning of your day. they'll have the latest weather and traffic conditions and any school closings or delays. >> you can also get that information any time on the nbc 10 app. there's also an interactive radar and the latest forecast for your neighborhood. >>> now to a developing story out of philadelphia. the victims of that deadly building collapse on market street have reached a settlement. the 19 plaintiffs will receive $227 million. >> lauren mayk shows us how the victims will use that money to move forward from this tragedy. >> the collapse at the corner of 22nd and market killed seven people. including rose alean. >> this has left a very big void in our family and it's something we're learning every day to cope with. >> today, the family gathering at the end of a 3 1/2-year journey as a $227 million settlement for th