there is one phone, one at the career link in norris town and the line to use it is long. problem is, it's the only direct connection to a representative helping initiate or restore unemployment benefits. half of call center employees have been laid off. it's all because the senate did not vote on a bill that would restore funding to the department of labor. >> life altering. you know, people are here waiting for money. this is survival money. it's not like a check is coming from somewhere else. >> the average wait time in norris town is four to five hours. career link centers across the state are facing the same problem. >>> delaware's out going governor has a proposal he says will balance the state's budget. he wants to implement $212 million in tax increases. he also suggests cutting state agency programs by $56 million. under the plan, smokers would pay another dollar per pack in taxes. incoming governor, john corny will likely revise the proposal. >>> the wilmington woman who launched a beloved sandwich shop has passed away. she opened the first store in 1976. the nam

nbc 10's aundrea cline-thomas is live at one of the offices in norris town. people are blaming these wait times on state lawmakers? >> reporter: that's correct. get this, four or five hours. that was the average wait time here today. and some people couldn't even get their questions answered. and we're seeing this at career links across the state. unemployment recipients have no choice but to wait at the clear links center in norris town. >> it's a pain. i mean, we've been sitting, me and this lady have been sitting here for almost four hours. >> this is our dedicated line here. >> reporter: they're all waiting to use the one phone, a direct line to a representative who can help restore or initiate their unemployment benefits. >> you can't call from home. because the phone is just going to get a busy signal. they're not going to answer. so you have to come here. >> reporter: that's because half of the call center employees with the state who would be answering the state have been laid off. the senate did not vote on legislation that would restore funding to t

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we are watching a crash on east butler pike and norris town road. checking in with the philadelphia national airport. 49 minute delays for flights arriving to the philadelphia international airport. check before you go there and we'll check in with mass transit. now the trolley is being diverted. that service is being diverted to 40th right now. check before you go there for any of those delays. back to you. >> thanks. >>> today in washington the wheels of change officially begin to move. >> yeah. it will be sworn in with six new or reelected members from the tri-state area. pat tomey will be returning. mcarthur will return to the house. she will be the first woman and african american to represent in congress. this is where the new congress will meet for the first time. members of the house will be sworn in at noon. around the same time vice president joe biden will swear in newly elected members of the senate. we have more on the new members of congress and the transition to president-elect donald trump. >> congress counting down and already court

one to three inches in gloucester and down near one inch at ben salem and philadelphia, abington, norris town just getting a little bit. chester on the edge of one to three. so it's obviously going to be worse at the shore. jersey shore delaware beaches on our impact scale, it's pretty high for them. remember, it's snowing much of the day, six inches plus. the heaviest 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. we'll talk more about the rest of the area and those brutal temperatures a little bit later. >>> and count on nbc 10 to get you ready for the snow. tomorrow morning join our team of reporters at 5:00 a.m. >>> right here right now we continue to follow breaking news out of florida. >> several people are dead in a mass shooting at hollywood ft. lauderdale airport. passengers take shelter while police investigate. live coverage from florida ahead at 4:30. >>> here's a look at the closing bell on wall street. the dow jones nasdaq and s&p finishing the week up today. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the l

mauricetown, probably if you didn't know this you would called it maurice town but it is maurice town port norris on delsea drive where the snow is still falling but the flakes are smaller. normally we point out how you can do everything at wawa, gas up, do your christmas shopping but beg to differ living here in torches ter because across the street is this cisco where you can fill up like you can across the street. but we have the ocean food mart to do your shopping. the as a bonus, poppa lou we go i's no finer italian meal in all of torches ter right here and despite all that already if that is not enough, mike, alex, you can have dinner while waiting for your laundry to get done next door all this one business, laundry , italian restaurant, gas station, and grocery store all in one and just -- >> they out did wawa across the street. >> you can get gas at everyone of those places. >> but at poppa luigi's you can go get your laundry ton. >> get it taken care of in one spot. >> thanks very much for that. >>> white house is defending president trump's immigration restrictions calling it a massive

norris, 10 inches. cape may, 7 1/2. gloucester county, 7 inches. williams town picked up 6 inches of fresh powder. the temperatures are cold, this is the story from this point on all the snow on the ground a lot of icy patches with numbers like this the snow is not going anywhere soon. center city, 16, equally as cold in south jersey and delaware 15 in smyrna. 13 in gandys beach. 15 in hammonton. 14 degrees in glassboro. windchills mighty cold, minus one in philadelphia. minus 12 in the poconos, 1 for millville and trenton. the bottom line you have to bundle up. you have to layer, you'll need the gloves, hat, you'll need a scarf as the winds will remain blustery out of the northwest all day long. the good news as the storm pulls away up into the canadian maritimes we'll see high pressure slide on in. that will keep the skies mainly bright today outside of a couple flurries. the bad news is this right here, because of the strong gusty winds, the windchills are not climbing too much higher than what they are now. 1:00 p.m., even though air temperatures may be in the low to mid 20s this is what it wi