ice, the major ice sheets,s, the continental ice sheets like the greenland ice sheet and the antarctic ice sheet. in both respects, both in terms of the shrinking amount of sea ice, for example, in the arctic at the end of a summer. the kind of trajectory that we're on leads to the conclusion that within a matter of a couple of decades, we may see ice free conditions in the arctic at the end of the summer. . this is somethining tt the climate models predict shouldn't happen for another 60 years, 'til the end of the 21st century, and indeed nature seems to be on a course that's faster, that's more dramatic than what the climate models predict. we are alreaeady observing and measuring a decrease in the amount of ice in the greenland ice sheet and the west antarctic ice sheet. now, the climate models have predicted that we shouldn't see that for many decades to come, and the key distinction here is if it's a land ice sheet, a land-based ice sheet, then when it melts, it actually contributes to global sea level rise. that's not the case for sea ice, but it is the case for the continental i

and ice. no heat. we were all having to bundle up and try to keep all the heat we can in the house. >> reporter: the potentially crippling ice storm is affecting the playoff game in kansas city. steelers and chiefs with the kickoff pushed back to 7:20 p.m. to give the storm time to pass. >> if you look at the weather, you look at the patterns and information we have been provided by the experts, this is the best window to not only play the game, but to commute to and from the game. >> reporter: out west where the storm began, more than 3 feet of of fresh snow piled up in lake tahoe. the truckee river is swelling. in utah, officials are sharing this video of the snow plow cut off and siding 300 feet down the hill. in portland, oregon, a train slid off the track friday. blowtorches used to melt the ice. with freezing rain coating the midwest, concern about how much ice these communities will get. a state of emergency had been declared for missouri yesterday which kept people home. schools and businesses

that's when liquid freezes and you might get black ice or icing on your car. here we are in storm 4. we've been driving and almost get this light slush or little bit of icing on the surfaces as you've driving here. at this car dealership here. just to illustrate that to you. see the cars here. water is still just hitting the cars, but it's starting to ice over a little bit. in some areas depending are you live, you might have to get that ice scraper out before you head out into your vehicle there. warm up the car a little bit. as you look on the the ground, not seeing too much in the way of icing. some areas might be a little bit cold r than others. might get slick surfaces. be careful as you're walking as well. we're going to keep driving. the new year, new start to the year and the day certainly a good day to take that day and stay inside. live, ma delucia nbc 10 news. >> some students are still home on holiday break. it is time to get nbc app. any time your school is delayed or cancelled: send an alert straight to your phone. >>> developing now, police in t

this is where we're seeing icing this morning. not widespread, but some neighbors just cold enough to produce the ice. the temperatures above freezing for delaware and philadelphia. rain is falling, but the temperatures will stay elevated. suburbs at 35 degrees and 33 degrees in the lehigh valley. find some neighborhoods just a little bit colder. look at collegeville. just below freezing. watch the roads closely this morning. >>> yes. watching the boulevard to start right around 17 street. camera there. clearly the road being wet is an issue for drivers this morning. no big problems to report yet. at least in terms of volume. we're not really seeing a huge morning rush so far. we're watching a few things out there. one is an accident. you might be detoured around the scene there. out in florence township in new jersey. vehicle went off the road on 295. headed northbound. around exit 52. northbound side of traffic moving away from the philadelphia area. less of a traveled area this time of morning. for right now, no major problems

remember what black ice is, black ice is transparent it almost looks wet. when you approach it you don't think much of it, but it could be slick, keep a safe distance between you and the car ahead of you for the next couple of hours. north appear -- and west, 26 in pottstown, quakertown, 32 in center city, chester, 31. a lot of low 30s south and east, villas, 34. woodbine, 32. interior sections of south jersey are well below freezing anywhere from 30 to 31 degrees, morning cloud cover, a nice looking day, sunny skies, accuweather will go with the high today of 44. if you think that's mild, wait until you see the seven-day forecast, i'll have that in just a bit. >>> folks, time 6:02. this morning a taxi driver is fighting for his life, he was shot 13 times after a confrontation with a customer. here's what we know about that, police found the cabby shot and lying on the sidewalk with the cab still running on the 800 block of brooklyn street in west philadelphia around 2:00 a.m. a half-hour earlier, the driver with the philadelphia taxi cab company refused a

good amounts of ice, up to an inch of ice.y takes a quarter inch of ice for a power lines to weigh pounds and bring it down. that's a look at the big picture. here's a look at your local weather. >>> temperatures are above freezing. great news. road temperatures above freezing as well. anything falling is just causing wet roads right now. it's mostly rain. reagan national now at 37 degrees. radar showing mostly rain in the metro area. these little pockets of pink and white north and west, a little wet snow and sleet. winchester, along 81 towards hagerstown, all of this moisture sliding off to the south and east coming in from the west. we're going to have a little more of this rain and sleet a little wet snow for the next few hours. >> haven't you been loving the temperatures. >> stay with that. did it feel like 60? i don't know what happened to this california girl. >>> still ahead, 300,000 pennies for your thought. this guy got the ultimate revenge. >> up next, jeff rossen with an important update. staying safe on the ice th

not looking for ice in this area overnight. asit further to the north, we head up 70 come interstate 95, that is where we run into problems with colder temperatures. through, sprinkles, otherwise drying out. morning, futurecast showing us as we head into sunday morning, already sing a lot more sunshine. it will be a much nicer day. we topped out in the mid to upper 40's thanks to the clear skies and relatively light breeze. as we get into monday, for the holiday, clouds phil back in. we will see a few showers popping up towards the shenandoah valley, right along the blue ridge. i don't see that as a problem around d.c. if you are heading downtown for the parade, we are looking to stay dry, just extra cloud cover. 40, 45ably top out degrees. 29 to 37 overnight, watching for slick spots early tomorrow north of town. at we get to 4 p.m. monday, 38 by the time the parade starts. topping at leader in the afternoon at 44. a stray shower really favors areas to the west. outlook, we have the warm up on the way, 47 and 44, backtracking

some icing going on. rain is going to take over and temperatures warming into the 40s by afternoon any icing will be long gone and temperatures above freezing so it's not going to be a really pleasant day. it's going to be a rainy one. that's going to see temperatures into the 40s this afternoon. so improving conditions after a bit of ice this morning. see the lee high valleyhigh val in new jersey pockets of freezing first thing this morning. doesn't last. at the shore, look at that, closer to 50 degrees in atlantic city. womenington, 44 degreesilmingto >>> happening today in new castle county. last day to take advantage of free holiday parking in newark. includes meters. by offering the freebie, the city hopes more people will shop and dine local to support businesses there. >>> quarter to five on this monday. head back to work for the first time in 2017. new rules and taxes in effect over the tri-state area. >>> pay more on the turnpike. up next, take a closer look at what is in for 2017 across pa, new

once you take away the ice from the ice shelf, the glaciers that fed the ice shelf will speed up and follow is probably likely to be driven by the climate. this project was set up to study what might happen with this ice shelf. we have ideas about how it works. as this ice shelf goes, this will be the smallest we have seen it in the record we have. our records only go back about 60 years, so it is still relatively recent. the computer simulations from swansea predict the ice shelf may become unstable and may break in the same way as previous ones. this iceberg, huge, not a climate event. what follows next will be worth watching, which is what the project is about. very interesting. the timescale of that project, can it go on ad infinitum? as things are happening, they have picked the right time to work on it and they have been following this crack developing. it is 100 kilometres long, this piece of ice, 350 metres thick. if you do the sums, it works out about 1000 billion tonnes of fresh water and it is hinged at the moment on 20 kilometres of ice, that are holding it. once that fra

preparing for more ice on the way. the full brunt of this storm is expected to hit here tonight in kansas. this as hundreds of national guard troops are already patrolling key streets and ready to help first responders, jose? >> thank you. dangerous ice situation is going to be a factor through the weekend and into the start of the workweek. >>> just take a look at radar right now. in the last three hours, really seeing ice storm now intensify. portions here in the panhandle of texas and oklahoma. really making its way through kansas. look at the totals we're expected to see by the time this is over with on monday. still have time here. could see an inch of ice. that's enough to take down power lines. three if not four times that amount. >> it's not just snow and ice, you talked about texas word that some southern states are in for wet weather as well. >> absolutely. now adding another element. talking about the stationary front and moisture from the north. now the low is expected to make its way through the east. see

preparing for more ice on the way. the full brunt of this storm is expected to hit here tonight in kansas. this as hundreds of national guard troops are already patrolling key streets and ready to help first responders, jose? >> thank you. dangerous ice situation is going to be a factor through the weekend and into the start of the workweek. >>> just take a look at radar right now. in the last three hours, really seeing ice storm now intensify. portions here in the panhandle of texas and oklahoma. really making its way through kansas. look at the totals we're expected to see by the time this is over with on monday. still have time here.

there was reports of black ice. i can only imagine this is going to get more dangerous we head into the weekend. there was a traffic collision reported about an hour ago affecting 101 northbound. we are still seeing backup near that area. if you can right now, take some extra time. we are seeing slowing on northbound 101 to 85. as far as your bridges, the metering lights are on. we are already seeing backup along that area. laura, sam. >> a lot of people up and out the door. 6:54 right now. top stories we're following on today in the bay. >> a tense situation still unfolding right now in san francisco. an officer-involved shooting. this is a live look at a very fluid situation. multiple crews on the scene. what we're learning about what's happening next. >>> but first happening now, as kari just mentioned, much more rain is headed our way. nbc bay area is putting our entire news team on stand by as we prepare for storms taking aim at northern california. for a look at our interactive radar. and when major roads are

but oh, that ice tonight, you guys. all right, so this morning, it looks okay, our evening commute plan ahead for that, most definitely. looking outside right now, this is 95 moving in the southbound direction, before girard. looking good. going to be bus any this area where yesterday we will see it again today, and already, just cracking into the 5:00 hour. you can see how many headlights are out there. clicking in the southbound direction, reminder, indication you want to give yourself couple of extra minute on 99a then look at the vine, closed overnight for the construction between the schuylkill and broad. all open now. westbound, eastbound, you're looking good. looking fairly quiet as well always nice to see into the 5:00 hour. >> this accident, essington avenue, now since cleared. looking okay there. then we have some construction pa turnpike still out there eastbound between street road, delaware river bridge. right lane block everybody we have more construction right around atlantic city, route nine closed at ti

this is where you're going to see icing. not widespread icing, but pockets of colder air. just cold enough to create ice this morning. to start with, temperature s climbing. these are the neighbors i'm concerned with now. just above freezing. lees port is borderline just a couple degrees above freezing in redding. some of the neighbors surrounding redding are going to be an issue. and into eastern burke county and lehigh valley. bethlehem, right at freezing mark. now 30 degrees. just below freezing for white hall. temperatures will climb into the 40s. the freezing rain will get out. steady normal plain old rain, that will stay with us this afternoon for philadelphia, the suburbs and lehigh valley. this afternoon, new jersey going to be a rainy day. rain falling right now. temperatures starting to creep up by this afternoon. atlantic city, 48 degrees. there are some dry days ahead. colder ones too. look at the ten day on ten when we come back in ten minutes. >> below freezing conditions and the rain moving in, could make it slick for anyone heading back to school or work to

the heavy ice knocking down thousands of trees branches cracking under the weight of the ice littering the streets, damaging homes and cars overnight. darkness blanketing neighborhoods. salt trucks out in heavy force this morning hoping to make travel much less treacherous. >> life can be a challenge for people, you know, it's always great to plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to get where you're going. >>> that was abc's adrien bankard. >>> going to space is riskier than thought. >>> and later ae finds himself stranded surrounded by ice. crews come to his rescue. >> welcome back on this sunday, 1219, 38 degrees, sky6 live hd looking at philadelphia international airport. nice blue skies and we're warming up at the endsful week. >>> a new study sheds light on how stress can lead to heart attack and stroke. heightened activity in the brain that points to stress may lead to heart attack and stroke. scientists found those with the higher activity in the brain associated with stress are more likely to have subsequent carried crow vascular disease. bone marrow produces extra white

look at future ice amounts maybe one hundredth of inch of ice it doesn't amount to much all it takesfine glaze. thin, thin glaze to create major headaches. back to philly it's just rain. i don't think we are to worry about icing locally we're talking only upwards quarter inch over the course of entire today. it's a nuisance rain for sure. wind light. temperatures mid 40s. that is still above average by 5 degrees and rain with us off and on in fashion most of the day once it gets underway anywhere and then from that point on we keep it mild. remember, meisha, normal highs 40. you do that. you're 10 above average every single day. >> loving that for wednesday. for now we have to get through today. any time katie says freezing rain the red dmraingdz go up. stay with us all morning long we'll let you know where and when it comes down especially rain that hits us and it affects us. right now looking outside at these parts blue route moving in southbound direction rinl pike these parts are looking okay and we'll let you know when that changes right now looking okay blue rite no problems an

this is pretty unusual for an ice storm because typically an ice storm is relatively small, but thiss affecting at least 15 states from texas to washington, d.c. but here in wichita, people like crystal are preparing. what are you doing to prepare? >> well, we've gotten everything we need for at home as far as food and stuff like that, ice melt. we're church aterpds at christian faith sent sore we want to make sure we're able to -- i'm gassing up my car so we can make it to church in the morning because we plan on going. >> reporter: that's kind of what we're hearing from people here. gassing up their cars, getting prepared, stockpiling food because they know this is just day two of day three of this storm. the kansas national guard is asking local soldiers here in kansas to come out and really help with this state of emergency relief effort. things are expected to get worse as wichita bears the brunt tonight and into tomorrow. >> what are you getting in terms of preparations from officials there? are officials preparing, going out and about and getting ready for a long night and day

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when the ice shelf loses this ice, it might start to collapse.laciers that feed the ice shelf could flow faster and contribute more to sea—level rise over the next few decades. the new icebergs will be one of the biggest recorded, around 50 times the size of manhattan island. but despite the concerns of global warming, researchers said they have no evidence that climate change is playing any significant role in the new iceberg's formation. four people have been charged with hate crimes in connection with the assault on a teenager with special needs, that was streamed live on facebook. the two men and two women are due to appear in court in chicago later today. helena lee has the latest. these are the faces of the suspects charged over the kidnap and torture of an 18—year—old man. over a 48—hour period, there was a prolonged attack on the victim, who has mental health challenges. and it was broadcast live on the social media site, facebook. the four suspects have been charged with aggravated kidnapping and taking part in a hate crime. we have the

in a statement, an ice spokesperson said, the ice officer spoke with an individual who directed thisem to the correct address, which was actually next door. armed with batons and wearing vests, they walked into the good samaritan family resource center. >> ice coming to a family resource center inquiring about individuals, it just seemed inappropriate. >> reporter: the agents quickly left and made no arrests. >> they struck fear in our community. and that's not good. >> reporter: ice's visit also led to a flurry of meetings at city hall. >> the city and county of san francisco was not aware that ice was taking this action. >> reporter: sources tell abc 7 san francisco police also didn't know about ice's plans. now the chief is trying to get to the bottom of it. >> we're trying to get clarification. i've bp in meetings for the last hour trying to get clarification what is going on. >> reporter: just today mayor ed lee in his state of the city address rye affirmed san francisco's status as a sanctuary city. meantime, advocacy groups gathered behind closed doors to reassure nervous comm

that's the threat for ice and freezing rain. then you have plane rain down across portions of delaware. could see some sleet in that pink as well. so, just a wintry mix depending on where you are and it's intensifying more now across the area than we've seen most of the day. so, especially if you're in new castle county delaware, along 95 watch for slippery sports i'm concerned about areas to the north and westchester county up into upper montgomery county where we're seeing a little bit of light snow possibly mixing with some rain and temperatures as i'll show in you a moment right now are below freezing. so, it's 31 in lancaster, it's 30 in reading, we're right at freezing in wilmington. 29 in allentown. so, any wet spots on the roads puddles anything like that especially untreated surfaces they could get slick tonight. please be safe out there and we're very close to freezing elsewhere. plenty rain that is falling could lead a couple hundredth's of an inch of ice. so, just be a defensive driver tonight if you're heading out.

in a statement, an ice spokesperson said, the ice officer spoke with an individual who directed thisem to the correct address, which was actually next door. armed with batons and wearing vests, they walked into the good samaritan family resource center. >> ice coming to a family resource center inquiring about individuals, it just seemed inappropriate. >> reporter: the agents quickly left and made no arrests. >> they struck fear in our community. and that's not good. >> reporter: ice's visit also led to a flurry of meetings at city hall. francisco was not aware that ice was taking this action. >> reporter: sources tell abc 7 san francisco police also didn't know about ice's plans. now the chief is trying to get to the bottom of it. >> we're trying to get clarification. i've bp in meetings for the last hour trying to get clarification what is going on. >> reporter: just today mayor ed lee in his state of the city address rye affirmed san francisco's status as a sanctuary city. meantime, advocacy groups gathered behind closed doors to reassure nervous community members. >> ice doesn't

we're going from ice to nice, black ice concerns out there, as we take a live picture of a bird out there near the airport. meteorologist chris sowers said that's a bird called junco. chris, your bird knowledge is impressive. >> reporter: you'll see when you come over to my super bowl party i have bird feeders everywhere. >> reporter: the roads are wet this morning, now that the numbers have dropped below freezing there could be slick spots developing take it easy, especially west of the city and secondary roads, bridges and overpasses. 20 degrees in allentown. millville, 31, dover, 32. wilmington,27 there's a breeze, when you factor that it feels like 19 in wilmington and 19 in trenton. it's a good idea to bundle up with gloves and hat. the numbers will rebound this afternoon, but the next couple of hours look chilly. high pressure in control, that means lots of sunshine. the high will kick all this cloud cover out to sea. it will bring us to another nice day today. that will be followed with another good one at 12. lots of sunshine, the entire way, 35 by 9:00 a.m. 11:38. somewhere betwe

not seeking major ice event or anything like that though. temperatures are on their way up.e's a look outside, one spot that is in that freezing rain advisory which goes in effect at 1:00ah is bethlehem, allentown, easton right up toward mount pocono, jim thorpe, spots like reading, kutztown you will see, just that treeing rain, threat as we go through overnight and early tomorrow morning. steady precipitation, starts right around the morning rush. evening rush is looking fine, in bethlehem tonight, and it could get slick tomorrow morning. checking in with our eyewitness weather watchers and they are enjoying decent conditions out there today. cloud rolled in and boy, feels so much different outside when it is a gray 40 degrees as opposed to sunny blue skies beautiful 40 degrees. morning felt nice, now feeling cold, 41 in levittown. check in at william's house he has got clouds, dew point is 27, so a lot of dry air in place as well as this system comes in. what you will see on the the radar may have a tough time reaching ground at first. lou ruh is at 39 degrees in delaware.

first, alexis has had many spinouts mainly because of black ice? >>> we haven't been able to confirm that with chp but they've had a lot of calls there into that area, altamont pass. tracy to dublin, 1 hour 23 minutes. tough drive out of tracy this morning. westbound 4 still okay out of antioch and southbound 101 if you're coming from san chilly. 17 minutes into san francisco. we have some b.a.r.t. delays this morning as well. >>> alexis, thank you. if you have an early start this morning, you may want to allow yourself some extra time before you get behind the wheel and this is why. take a look. abc7 news in san jose this morning and you can see this car covered in frost. pretty much the same story on zancor road, another vehicle covered in ice and the front and back. even the grass and plants had a blanket of crystal frost over them. >>> in the north bay, the incoming storm is worrying a lot of residents and business owners. many are taking advantage of dry weather to prepare. in san anselmo, employees told us they had to move merchandise outf of

. >> reporter: up to an inch of ice blanketing parts of oklahoma, trees cracking under the weight, power out for thousands as this three-day ice storm deposits a trail of frozen danger across several states. >>> in nebraska today, a fiery scene when two semitrucks crashed on i-80 near kearney. one jack knifed, the other erupted in flames. those in kansas showing an outof control ice. >> now state troopers are asking people to stay home as hundreds more remain without power. >> reporter: two kansas state troopers were hit while in their car on the side of a highway this morning. they escaped injury. power lines sparked in st. louis as a second wave of ice hit there. >> we had an entire truck coming in. >> reporter: across the region, hardware stores have seen a run

causing some freezing rain and iceness. panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley, all these counties including northern fauquier and montgomery county. >>> now to some breaking news. a stabbing near the westfield wheaton mall i

black ice out there.nquil on the water today and it's the coldest morning we're going to have for a long time. let's talk about our watches. up in the north bay and vict cruz mountains it starts at 4:00 in the afternoon and ends at 7:00 the next morning. 31 hours of possible streams and rivers overflowing and debris flows in the santa cruz mountains and if that's not enough, all these areas shaded in burnt orange, that you just saw run by us there, that is the wind advisory that starts tomorrow afternoon through the evening hours. i'll load up that graphic once again and i'll start the next weather with that and then we'll talk about those incredible rainfall amounts that are coming. >>> we have got some more reports of black ice coming in. couple more for the north bay. so, if you're going to be traveling on 101, just south of santa rosa here, it's been reported on the northbound side just before you get to santa rosa avenue. so, just use some extreme caution there, sounding like that onramp is pretty ic

storms bringing tornadoes and ice have turn deadly.e'll show you where this is all happening. >> katie. >> rahel, that is the very same system that we are on our guard from in the next few days. but as we look ahead to the weekend, this is actually going set in motion a pattern change which brings us above average temperatures this weekend should feel feature clouds and the chance for showers but we'll walk you through what promises to be a mild stretch ahead right after the break. so i'm calling to see if you can help me save on my energy bill. we can do that. great. i live in a post-war, pre-war, mid-century home and the heating system is a turbine, hvac, reverse hydrogen, boiler pipe unit. well sir, i can see that you live in a twin and based on the size, your usage has been spiking. ♪ that's exactly what i thought. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. with all the rush in the morning, i don't have time to hashtag my breakfast. light & fit nonfat yogu

once you take away the ice from the ice shelf, the casiers that fed the ice shelf will speed up.n by the climate. this was set up to study what might happen with this ice shelf. we have these ideas about how it work, as it goes, larsson c will be the smallest we have seen in the record that we have. our records only go want about 50, 60 years so it is still recent, but the computer simulation from swansea predict that theice simulation from swansea predict that the ice shelf may become unstable. so this particular iceberg, phenomenally huge, not a climate event, what follows next we going to be worth watching which is what the project is about. very interesting, so the timescale of that project. can it go on add infin tum. they picked the right time to be working on it. they have been following the crack developing, and now, it is 100 kilometre long this piece of ice. 3050 metres thick. it works out about 1,000 billion tonnes of freshwater. it is hinged on ice holding it. once it fractures it will drift away, the first thing lit do is slowly, it will turn to the north and start d

that thick ice snapping trees. crews racing to clear blocked roads. >> and adrienne joins us live from wichita, kansas. they're taking a new step? >> reporter: yes, the rain starting to come down where we are. we called the kansas department of transportation, they're adding organic beet juice to their brine solution, helps melt the ice and makes the salt stick on the roadway, something crucial on places like this overpass, where spinouts are more likely to happen. david? >> beet juice, we hadn't heard of that before. adrienne, thank you. >>> let's get to rob marciano live in colorado where snow was the story this week, but tonight it's the ice we're watching. hey, rob. >> reporter: this is a multiday event. take a look at the setup. deep area of low pressure across california. tapping gulf of mexico moisture. cold air in the midwest. ice storm warnings up from texas into illinois. freezing rain all the way to virginia. then, oklahoma, kansas, missouri, it will be the worst. by sunday, 7:00 a.m., still icy in kansa

and, and, the real threat for ice tonight. storm scan three shows us not much getting in here that is good news, for now, we want these temperatures to have time to rise, but ground, it the is cold, it has been cold for days upon days now, we do still after a fresh snow pack as well and that will lead to the threat for that to freeze on contact. here's rain here, western new york state, northwestern pennsylvania, as well as extending right down through ohio valley and portions of kentucky, big system here, a lot of warm air moving in as well. that will help us, avoid wintry weather across majority of the area tonight. we will see temperatures most sots are above freezing, cape may, new castle, philadelphia, pamona and these areas south of the winter weather advisory at the top of the show. areas that coulde threat for icing including allentown, reading, poconos and this is midnight, mess of the precipitation will hold off until close to midnight, join us tonight at 11:00 o'clock and we will track this moisture moving in but co

quickly at the 15 degrees it will ice back over again. the lets go live to my penndot camera which shows the scene here. there is septa bus. there is our news van on the scene shooting the picture for us and it looks like he just barreled right through that metal guardrail. this is a cement guardrail so just missed colliding with the concrete a but more importantly thank goodness there was a grass median here because if not he could have gone head on into on coming traffic and we would have a totally different scenario here this morning. all traffic forced off onto knights road, as we go to the maps this is right up by million a mills shopping mall. if you head eastbound, on woodhaven, you can use knights road or take academy road but expect delays coming out of northeast philadelphia, for the morning rush hour. another accident, on the atlantic city expressway, it is eastbound at hammington interchange, if you are going to be heading down to philly international there are tons of weekend cancellations, huge delays over the weekend. just

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everywhere and ice. and no heat. so, yeah, we're all having to bundle up and try to keep all the heat we can in the house. >> reporter: the potentially crippling ice storm is impacting sunday's nfl playoff game in kansas city. the chiefs set to take on the steelers. kickoff had been set for 12:05 p.m. it's been pushed back to a night game, 7:20 p.m. kickoff, to give the storm time to pass. >> if you look at the weather and t patterns we've been provided by the experts, this is the best window to not only play the game but to commute to and from the game. >> reporter: out west where the storm began more than three feet of fresh snow has piled up around lake tahoe. the truckee river is swelling. in utah, officials are sharing this terrifying video of a snowplow being cut off, sliding 300 feet down a hill. the driver is recovering. in portland, oregon, a commuter train slid off the tracks friday. blow torches had to be used to melt the ice. with more freezing rain now coating parts of the midwest, concern a

some icing, and there will be a little bit of icing. slippery roads, and that's a moderate to high impact, and by saturday morning, roads will deteriorate quickly. not looking at a lot of precipitation, does not look like much in terms of causing prob. you may not like snow, but i would root for snow in this particular case. the more snow we get, the less ice we get. generally less an inch. let's talk about ice, how much ice could occur? and generally a tenth of an inch. that's more of a nuisance type of situation with the heavier icing to winchester, and nuisance disrupted with a quarter of an inch. we are thinking a tenth of an inch. slick roads and sidewalks. the trickiest part may be saturday getting to your car. we have changed the forecast for sunday. >> that may be the only day i actually root for snow. >>> the dc mayor is pushing back against claims the district spent too much to dig out from last winter's brutal blizzard. >> how could you forget that storm? it dumped 20 inches, and an audit release showed cleaning up cost us, t

icing is called here and we'll take it back. >> pierre: mike babcock doesn't like that icing at well. matthews has been out there for a while. hyman's been out there for a while. connor brown been out there for a while. you see, he's not happy. oh, man, he wasn't happy at all. >> john: take a look at this alignment. matthews gets a little bit of time here. frans nielsen. playing well of late. face-off won by nielsen. vanek from the corner. he'll walk it. right out in front. paddle down for andersen. he sweeps it along. matthews pinned by vanek as they get to the corner. rolled up top. brendan smith. nielsen. blocked at the defense. cleared out of the zone that time by matt hunwick. frans nielsen. through the center zone. wandered down by andersen. vanek with a shot blocked again. as carrick got in the way. nielsen for vanek. thomas vanek. nobody home in the slot. he'll take it to the outside of carrick. and the leafs have control. nazem kadri handling that. leo komarov, taken down by brendan smith. no call. nyquist warming up on gardiner. throws on the brakes. shouldered hard. komarov

abby: a little ice, ice baby, a little synchronized skating?hing. pete: yeah. i might try. why not? abby: i think you should. clayton: that's why ed henry would usually join us on the couch, but he knew we were going to be doing the ice skating -- abby: so he flew away as far as possible. [laughter] why are you in l.a.? >> sorry, you've reached the l.a. bureau, our comment line is full right now. pete: what are you doing out there, man? >> i was at this great dinner last night for the professional baseball scouts association who find these great major league ball players, and they don't make the millions that the star athletes do. i got to meet randy johnson, bo jackson, tommy lasorda, because i wanted to talk up my book that's coming out at the beginning of the baseball season, and i got to meet one of jackie robinson's grandchildren. we celebrate martin luther king's birthday tomorrow, and now here we are again talking about civil rights, but in a political context instead of what we should be talking about. abby: and this is just days before

the deadly ice storm hitting right now. treacherous driving across several states. authorities warning families to stay off the roads. >>> also breaking, the president-elect, and his pick for national security adviser. tonight, word that retired general michael flynn was on the phone with the russians, the same day president obama sanctioned them for the hacking. tonight, the explanation for that call. john karl standing by. and breaking now, congressman john lewis, saying mr. trump is not a legitimate president. >>> found alive. the baby stolen 18 years ago. tonight, the young woman discovered. >>> the blistering federal report on the chicago police department tonight. the feds reporting excessive force and racial bias. >>> a hidden america. what it's really like for families in this country, simply trying to make ends meet. diane sawyer is back tonight. >>> and, "america strong." the famous sisters tonight, and their heartfelt letter. after all, they lived it. > >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the dangerous drive h

but -- minor icing. but not an ice storm. 32 to start. 34 at 1:00. these numbers might be a little high. but you get the sense that it's not going to be a huge deal. monday, more showers. could be a mix north and west, early on monday, not a huge deal. it's a holiday. no commuters, temperatures go in the low 40s. and by tuesday, we're in the 50s. 50s on wednesday. near 60 on thursday. slight chance of shower for inauguration. >> thanks, top. a new 24-caretta -- 24-karat gold coin. >> it has lady liberty on it. and fortunate first time, she is depicted as a black woman with braids. delia has more on this new series of gold coins. >> reporter: coins are more than just dimes and nickels to some. these are collectors items and this newest coin is bringing change. >> when i saw a like, oh, that's kind of surprising. >> this gold coin features lady liberty. but not the lady liberty we've seen before. >> i think it's a good surprise. and we need more iconic imagery like that. >> this time, lady liberty is black and even wearing braids. >> that's actually ex

but you will see all types of the precipitation. .10 to .20 of ice there. and will south of there, fredericksburg, that's where it's a mixture of sleet and rain and freezing rain. so what does this mean? well, the area highlighted in pink, this is where we will see the now the .10 which is what most people can expect, means slick roads and sidewalks. there will be areas on the higher end of the range where we are close to .25 which is when we get to the point where we could see tree limbs coming down from the sheer weight of the freezing rain which adds to a large tree about 500 pounds of extra weight leaning on it. power outages will be possible in those spots, especially west of 66 into the 81 corridor. tomorrow, day to stay weather aware. we will have more information, the future track on the wusa 9 app. yellow weather alert tomorrow. and roads will still be slick for saturday night. and then for monday, back into the low 40s for martin luther king, jr. day on monday. >> thank you. >>> again, we are continuing to follow breaking news out of prince george

the ice bear.t's basically a huge bathtub that freezes water solid overnight when energy is very cheap. so far what you've described is basically a big ice tray. how does that help anybody? >> the way it works is during the heat of is hice, you get to the heat of the day, this device is connected to that device, which is a common, conventional roof top air conditioner. that air conditioner doesn't have to create cooling. it's getting ice cold refridge rant from the melting ice, using only 5% of the electricity in total that would have been required if just running that electricity consuming device during the heat of the day. >> reporter: in other words, these ten batteries can replace the winery's air conditioners for six hours a day. as a result, the winery saves electricity and lowers greenhouse gases by 20 tons a year. that's an important step in fighting climate change. now, thawing ice isn't the only force of nature that can store grid energy. >> let's take a look. spin the wheel. and into the

you get that ice.t the surface, it's warm enough or just above the surface warm enough to support rain. otherwise below freezing in kansas and missouri and us nice and dry and high pressure moves over us. keeps storm systems from desk. we have loud that move in monday and here comes the next storm the one that brought the ice to the midwest and brings us rain starting tuesday linge lingering to early wednesday. temperatures today, look at that. we break into the 40s. maybe 40 for the high into the lehigh valley and probably mid 40s in warm spots. it gets chilly again tonight. widespread low 0s and even 20s in some suburbs early monday morning and nice rebound monday afternoon. clouds we should punch into the mid 40s for afternoon temperatures. forecast high today 44. not as cold vrkt mostly sunny skies. light breeze out of the north west at 10 miles an hour. tonight, it's chilly. few clouds around, low for city about 8 colder out in the suburbs and here's that extended forecast. each day a little warme

obviously you're getting ice quickly. they have the salt trucks on the scene, meantime, stick to manner avenue instead of kendall boulevard. oakland school is shut down. >>> sinkhole on boston and tulip that's out there. stick to york street instead. the platt bridge has been shut down for an hour with an accident westbound platt bridge is shut down. you have to watch for ice and snow on slick spot or two on residential streets. >>> let's get back to our breaking story, a septa bus crashed and overturned on a busy northeast highway. annie mccormick is live at the scene woodhaven and knights road. we have an update about the situation the driver was in, originally we were told he was thrown from the bus, we have learned he crawled through the windshield which was knocked out. still he escaped with minor injuries. one minor detail we wanted to change. behind you i want to show you the progress that septa has made so far. two septa trucks right there. they are at the end rear of the bus, you can see that two tow chains -- to

out to center ice. dekeyser coming back. is called here with 7:20 left. >> pierre: johnny, you just look at this. cream of the crop for nhl rookies. look at that. auston matthews. mitch marner. william nylander. i mean, and the hits keep coming. we don't even have connor brown on there. we don't even have zach hyman on there. >> john: right. >> pierre: i mean, it's just -- this team in toronto is poised to explode and they are going to make a very real serious push to be a playoff team in the eastern conference. >> john: that's why part of this line tonight is all about the past and you can't get any richer than the environment here. but it is so much about their future with toronto. the city is absolutely excited. three goals in 3:42. frans nielsen in control. detroit attempting to make a push now. kronwall. through center. nielsen, moving up by nylander. off the stick. gathered in by thomas vanek. down the wall he goes. weak side. there's brendan smith. hard time with it. a chance, andersen said no. nielsen in the dead slo