randy gyllenhaal is in jim thorpe. >> here in some of the valleys and small towns you have enough to make a snowball, maybe even a snowman. three inches on the ground. further up in the elevations, in the mountains, especially near some ski resorts, they got 6, close to 12 inches of snow. a bad day for drivers, a good day if you own a ski resort. >> when snow starts falling, the quaint main streets, quickly turn into old winter wonderlands. >> look at the town. it's the spirit of the dickens christmas. >> here in jim thorpe, the snow in the air will bring tourists. as long as they don't get stuck driving the many backroads into town. the heavy wet snow sent a lot of cars into ditches today, and made it almost impossible to keep sidewalks clear. >> it's like we got about five or six inches of fresh snow. >> on the top of blue mountain, whiteout conditions. the dumping of fresh powder just in time for opening day. 11 ski trails will be running here on black friday. they're hoping for a foot of snow by the time this storm ramps up. >> we need cold weather, this is a bonus, this gets eve

this is jim thorpe pennsylvania. snow has been falling for most of the day. heavy wet snow, not the fluffy variety. >> moving south to wet rush hour, flakes mixed with rain. take it slow if you have to hit the roadways. now, we've been really happy to report, many of you sending in pictures of the snow and rain. >> you always like to take pictures of the first snowfall. vince lattanzio joins us now to look at some of those. >> we have great pictures coming across the area. nick said he had to get out there and do a little skin boarding on some of the snowy slush that was coming down. he can't feel his feet any more, but it was definitely worth it. let's keep going, this is in the suburbs of pennsylvania, alex got a pretty good little snowman there. he got a nice little face and scarf going on. this is what it looks like in exton. a lot of snow on the trees. you can see some of the branches leaning down a little bit there. thank you for sending us that. this is what it looks like in the lehigh valley. kevin sent us this picture to sheena and glenn and to nbc10

. >> randy gyllenhaal live in jim thorpe. tell us about the conditions where you are. >> this has not stopped snowing for about 12 hours, it continues to snow now, the wind is starting to pick up as it gets colder. this is that really wet gross kind of snow that makes your gloves and boots all wet. depending on what kind of elevation you were at, you may have gotten three inches, four inches like we have here or close to a foot on some of the ski resorts. >> on the top of blue mountain ski resort, you couldn't see more than 20 feet in front of you. heavy wet snow piling on to every surface. >> looks like we got about 5 or 6 inches of fresh snow since 7:00 this morning. >> nobody here is complaining because 11 ski trails are set to open black friday, in the mountains of the poconos. ski season is well underway. >> the weather's been good to us, we just need cold weather, this is a bonus, it gets everybody remembering, hey, you can go out and have fun in the snow. >> it's much less fun in your tiny mini-cooper gets stuck in a d

sally jenkins recount this carlisle indian industrial school and its football team which included jim thorpe. also on the list is pulitzer prize finalist gwen's empire of the summer moon and james wilson's the earth shall weep, which explore the struggle between nailtive americans and european settlers. next, congressman coll recommends the biography of the tribe leader, tecumseh, and an account of the battle of little big or, and wrapping up, the recounting of the forced removal of the cherokees from their land in "driven west." to see what other titles recommended visit cole.house.gov. >> the basic idea of clean glass of drinking water, which i central to ghost map as a book that we live in a world for the most part here in the developed world where you go to the faucet and get a glass of drinking party and drink it and don't ever think about dying of cholera 48 hours later. and that is an incredible achievement. that you can live in a city of a million people or ten million people and have that kind of security. that took a whole history of invention and ingenuity and scientific breakthro

this is jim thorpe in the pocono mountains. we have a lot of blue in the sky. the visibility has improved just about everywhere, even up to ten mile visibility at philadelphia international, places in new jersey which had zero visibility a couple hours ago. wildwood and atlantic city the last places to improve. even those areas are better. we are seeing sunshine starting to move in across the area. central pennsylvania, a lot sunnier there. 65 in philadelphia, 68 in wilmington, even 55 in mount pocono. the temperatures are going to be nowhere near this as we head for the next week plus. for this afternoon, yeah it's kind of warm as the fog tips to lift. some places into the upper 60s. then it starts to go down by 6:00. and then way down later tonight. more on that in the seven-day in a few minutes. let's head over to brittney shipp with more on what the rest of the country is getting. >> we will take you over to denver with record cold temperatures expected. only eight degrees as a high today. look at what we found here in our social discovery app. you can see

we have some fog, jim thorpe in the pocono mountains already. live shot, an indication of things to come. in the poconos, 54 degrees. 57 in reading. 60s everywhere else. a couple spots close to 70. look at this, this is the wind chill. cincinnati doesn't have any but chicago is down 28. they were in the 60s yesterday. they were as warm as we are. then 12 in minneapolis, 2 in bismarck, below 0 up in canada. that area of real, real cold, the arctic cold continues to expand. the mild air, that's headed out of here by thursday. the arctic air expands. the cold air is covering much of the country. and just in time for the eagles to go to green bay, temperatures going down to the 20s, perhaps into the teens, plus wind, a good bit of wind, making the wind chill perhaps below zero. and a forecast for a chance of a little bit of snow. not like what they've had recently. they've had two fe1w of snow, marquette michigan with this particular storm. look at this cold air. this is next thursday, covering practically the entire country. and so there's not much

sally jenkins recounts the carlisle indian ancestral school and its football team which included jim thorpe are also on the list is to surprise finalist s. c. gwynne, "empire of the summer moon" and james wilson's "the earth shall weep" which both ask for the struggle between native americans and european settlers. next congress and coal represents john sugden's biography of the shawnee tribe leader tecumseh followed by kind one, by james donovan. wrapping up the list, the forced removal of the cherokee from their land in "driven west." to see what other books he recommends a visit his website. >> next, naomi klein argues climate change will never be addressed properly into the u.s. gets ri rid of its premarket capital system which she says created and continues to drive the problem today. after her remarks on the book, she discusses th the issue witha panel of them are middle and labor activist. she's introduced by author and environmental list bill mckibben. >> well, thank you much. this is a really important and interesting night and is so good to have a leg it is going in the right spir