flurries in the north, north of philadelphia a couple of flakes flying this afternoon. route 5 from millville to cape may. you may want to slow the speeds a little bit, visibilities is probably reduced at this point because of the falling snow. mays landings same thing. atlantic city reporting light snow even though we are seeing the rain/snow line pushing inland. you saw the live shot down here, mixing could takes place. here's the tail end right here. it is all very light to begin with. here's the tail end knocking on richmond's door that will pull east over the next several hours. philadelphia may be seeing flurries in the next few hours. 32 in dover. sea isle, 33. atlantic city at the airport, 33. allentown, 36. the poconos 28 degrees, but you factor in the winds it feels a little bit colder at this hour. philadelphia, 32 with the windchill. 25 in millville, dover, winds picking up down there. wildwood, 26. trenton, 29. atlantic city at the airport, 25. some of the colder numbers are south of the city this afternoon as opposed north of the city, which is what usuall

locations matt an tam. >>> breaking news, a child and pregnant woman were killed in a house fire in north philadelphia this morning. this fire broke out on the 2800 block of north 4th street at 4:00 a.m. two victims were found on the second floor of the home. i appears the woman was trying to save the child from the flames and they became trapped. he said they didn't find any smoke alarms inside, but did find five portable heaters. >>> if you're going to use space heaters space heaters need space. you have to make sure you practice that theory. when you put them close to anything that's combustible you can start a fire. >>> 6 people got out safely, 2 adults and four children were taken to the hospital to be checked out. one person attempted to a fight the fire before fire crews got on the scene. fire officials advice against that. the woman and child that died are the first two fire fatalities in philadelphia of a 2016. >>> we continue to update another news story, a gunman flagged down a police officer and came at him gun blazing for no apparent region. the officer is 33-year-old jesse hartnet. >>> o

reporting live in north philadelphia, nbc 10 news. >> philadelphia mayor release a statement calling the shooting a heartbreaking tragedy. he also said, implore philadelphiaens needed shelter services to continue to utilize them as we enter a code blue this evening. the city is squarely focused on your safety. if you know a homeless person in need of shelter, call our 24-hour hotline at 215-232-1984. >>> new at si6, an overturned ch causing a backup nooer the montgomery drive exit. you can see the massive line of traffic that stretched for a few miles. police confirmed at least one person was taken to the hospital. >>> philadelphia police hope you can help find this young lady. 12-year-old london babrabrun solomon was last seen with her friends last night around 6:30 near the chilton mall. her family has been look fog her ever since. solomon was last seen wearing a bambi sweatshirt. she walks with a lake brace. if you have any information about her whereabouts, contact philadelphia police. >>> in hawaii, the search continues for 12 missing marines after a helicopter collision. we've

reporting live from north philadelphia, walter perez, channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you will walter. >>> of course today is dr. martin luther king day and throughout the nation today was marked with service and reflection. here in philadelphia people from all walks of life gathered to pay tribute to dr. king and his legacy. "action news" reporter vernon odom was there. >> ♪ >> reporter: traditional gospel music kicks off the annual king day observance at the liberty bell. lots of dignitaries on land to pay tribute. the center piece the symbolic ringing of the bell at high noon. a now 31-year-old tradition. this was mayor kenny's first time here as the city's top elected official who like others looked back at american history. >> so this bell only had a meaning for liberty and freedom for a small select group of people but over time that bell became to mean freedom and liberty for more and more people. >> all of the horror that he and so many others will to live through to give us our freedom or to give us the full measure of freedom as a people. >> a

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this was the 2800 block of north fourth street in north philadelphia. fire attacked a home and a pregnant mother tried to save her two-year-old son. both were killed. "action news" reporter gray hall has the story. >> in a better place. she died like everyone say being a hero. >> reporter: family members of elizabeth perez and her two-year-old son nathaniel are heartbroken. >>> the mother and son died in an early morning house fire in the 2800 block of north fourth street. perez made it out but ran back insides to save her son. many in this north philadelphia neighborhood are calling the mom a hero. >> i have five boys, so, yeah, i would go back. i would do what a mother should do, go back. >> reporter: the fire started around 4 a.m. sadly the mother's heroic efforts failed and crews found their bodies in an upstairs beds room. >> she ran 'cause that's her. she would not leave her boy like she ran back in and, you know, she can't make it out so she's like well i'm staying with my son and that's what she would document firefighters don't believe the home

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live now in north philadelphia, monique braxton, "nbc 10 news." >> keep us posted. i want to check on your first alert forecast. >> let's check in with meteorologist bill henley. it's a balmy 38 degrees. >> compared to where we have been in the single digits earlier in the week, this morning clouds are helping to keep temperatures much warmer and like yesterday there is very little to no wind here at nbc 10 barely moving the flag. 38 degrees now northeast philadelphia, that's 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. and yesterday was warmer than wednesday. clouds are helping to keep things warmer. you see the clouds from the shore to the city. these are low clouds in the area, no rain with these clouds but this line of cloud cover is moving into the area and that will bring us rain. but not during the day. i think these first rain showers, a ways to go. supposed to be here late this evening. with clouds, the temperature is claiming. cloudy day for souderton, new hope, temperatures near 50 degrees for ventnor city and avalon and up to 50 for milford, 45 in philadelphia, clo

we are heading to north philadelphia and west philadelphia next. >> i'm glad you are doing that, going to west philadelphia and north philadelphia, because we are constantly getting tweet. >> sean little just facebook message me west and north philadelphia, there are problems areas too. >> for some reason the tv stations have a tendency to stay in south philadelphia. we will not do that to you, north and west philadelphia here we come. >> we have to take a break. winter is hard on your nose. from first sniffles to endless runny noses. puffs plus lotion is soft. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better so you can face winter happily. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. and try puffs softpack today. >>> oh , seriously the sledding is great out there right now. kid all over the philadelphia area delaware valley, outside sledding. >> if you go to any area with a hill. >> but here in 2016 you know what i heard yesterday. maybe kid should wear helmets to be sledding. wear a helmet when you sled. >> doctor mike, do you think it is necessary. >> i do. a third of injuries fro

the north philadelphia septa station not involved. around 6:00 a.m. ce began investigating a multiple shooting at the 2600 block of north broad street. you're looking at video we shot earlier today. one person was pronounced dead, a second victim was transported to the temple university hospital with a gunshot wound to the rear in stable condition. this is 2600 block of north broad street we'll keep you updated at 6abc and 6abc.com. >>> a house fire in juniata park left a family of five homeless. the fire displaced a man and woman and two young boys and a girl. red cross is finding temporary shelter for them. no reports of injuries and no word on a cause. >>> time, 7:33. this morning investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire to rip through an apartment building in delaware county. right now ten families are out of their homes. "action news" reporter, trish hartman with that story. >> reporter: neighbors embraced after a traumatic morning at the foxcroft terrace apartments in yeadon. >>> there was so much smoke i got the baby, i didn't g

philadelphia. so those winds are coming in from the north-northwest at 8 miles per hour in philadelphia. same there along the shoreline. what we can expect today, sun and clouds, chilly conditions. watching a system to our south right now. that could bring flurries and flakes to our region midday today and the latter part of the afternoon. i'll have more on that and the arctic blast when i come back. >> thanks, karen. police are investigating a double shooting at a men's homeless shelter in north philadelphia. nbc 10's drew smith is live at scene to tell us more about the victims and the suspect in this case. drew? >> rosemary, we know that police know who their suspect is. that's because the surviving victim id'd him as a man who used to live here at the station house shelter. he's accused of breaking the rules and was evicted two nights before this happened. right now he's a dangerous fugitive on the run. they say he ran down the tracks down there. there's still a lot of emotion out here. people are reacting to the death of one of the workers. also one of the other workers who was inju

a mother and son have been killed in the overnight the fire in north philadelphia. we will take you their life. >>> also, a philadelphia police officer, shot multiple times, his car just riddled with bullets. steve keeley is live at the hospital where he is recovering. >>> listen to this... . >> not knowing where it is coming or no, or kind of coming is stressful. >> i think we can change that this morning. she says the the bus never shows up on time for the sun. that is a problem. she's dealing witt. the amount of time she said her son's bus has been late and how she's trying to prove it on live television with us this morning on "good day philadelphia". we will take you to the bus stop live. >>> good day, everybody. it is friday. >> it is friday. friday january 8th, 2016. >> the first week of the new year. >> a week a ago were you covering from new years eve. >> i was a mess. >> you were quite pleasant on new years morning. >> yes, i can the not. >> yes, new years eve morning was a completely different story. >> yes. >> and new years day was lovely. >> so eight out

. >> also breaking from overnight, one man is now in the hospital after a shooting in north philadelphia. nbc 10's drew smith is following this this morning. he's live for us this morning in philadelphia. so, drew, police have found one victim and they're searching for more. what's the latest on that. >> reporter: well, lauren, it's because of the gunshots. police found the man in germantown around 12:30. he ran from the crime scene. he to he told investigators bullets began flying and he backed up and hit two cars and ran away. you see this car with bullet holes in the windshield and the hood. >> we only have one victim. due to the shots fired, we expected to find more. the fact that we found two vehicles struck by gunfire multiple times. >> reporter: police also tell us they found drugs in one of those cars. 're also looking for two guns based on the evidence they found on the scene there, but right now they have made no arrests. live at temple hospital, i'm drew smith live with nbc 10 news. >> thanks, drew. >>> authorities want people to stay way from this sinkhole in camden county. t

we get to the single digits north and west. 17 for a low in philadelphia staying in the middle to low teens but those coldest spots with temperatures dropping to around 8 degrees for allentown. bundle the kids up at the bus stop tomorrow morning. you want to make sure you have the gloves and hat and scarf. there is a warmup in the forecast with rain. i'll show you a look at that coming up. >>> no one should be in the street in dangerous temperatures like these. workers around the area are trying to bring homeless people in from the cold. >> nbc 10 continuing our team coverage live in north philadelphia. >> reporter: workers and volunteers went out streets to bring homeless to shelters like this one, the station house in north philadelphia. it is a home for many tonight a reluctant home for some. >> i want to get you out of this weather. >> reporter: dangerously frigid temperatures sent outreach workers looking for people who made a home on the streets. >> the goal is just to get out this weather. even just for a couple hours. >> reporter: no time is more urgent than overnight hours. e

valley, today marked a day of service. 5,000 people volunteered today at girard college in north philadelphiaey took part in 150 projects and activities, including bird houses, sorting books and writing letters to service members. this was the 21st annual greater philadelphia martin luther king day of service at girard college. ♪ >>> a gospel performance highlighted the martin luther king day of service at the liberty bell. several dignitaries on hand to pay tribute to the civil rights leader. the ceremony concluded with the symbolic reading, the tapping of the liberty bell. >>> president barack obama even spent the day serving others. the president and first lady, michelle obama, volunteered with the boys and girls club of greater washington. the obama's stuffed bags with books for needy children, and also helped to assemble a garden bed and planted vegetable seeds at a nearby elementary school. >>> and still to come tonight, following a developing story at this hour. the president of the academy of motion pictures, arts and sciences responds to the controversial over the lack of diversity a

. >>> also breaking overnight, a barrage of bullets in north philadelphia. cars, homes, and at least one person was shot. and this morning police think there could be more victims. >>> a quick stop in the city of brotherly love before heading to iowa. hillary clinton holds a fund-raiser in philadelphia. good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. i em tracy davidson that and i'm lauren mayk. first we'll get to weather. it's could out there. it's 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. a check with bill henley an oen what we can expect it's frimgd. temperature thes have come down overnight. we're talking much colder than yesterday. much colder in philadelphia compared to yesterday and look at the temperatures north and west. 11 right now in pottstown, 12 degrees in allentown. teens even in south jersey. spots in the lower 20s in dover. we will see sunshine and the temperatures will warm into the 40s this afternoon. back with the neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're trying to check out route 202. there we go

philadelphia. of course, it will feel colder north and west. 25 in philadelphia now, 21 in reading, pottstown, allentown in mount holly, and the wind has been gusting over 30 miles an hour for much of the day right now reading at 31 and wilmington 32 miles an hour. those are the windiest places at the moment. and it feels like it's in the single digits in many parts of the area, 5 in wilmington. we have a few snow flurries in the last hour or so up toward the poconos, but nothing significant. lake effect snow really hitting new york state because of the way the wind direction is. the storm that we're talking about is way out to the west. hasn't even reached this country yet, and so when the observations are taken out over the water, not as precise as when the storm would hit the west coast, so it's another reason that it's too soon to be talking about specific snow totals for specific neighborhoods. that will come. got a few days left before the storm hits. look at these wind chills as we go through the night tonight and into tomorrow morning, close to zero in philadelphia, minus 1 in downingtown and al

very act a i have scene in the 2800 block of north fourth street in north philadelphia live pictures right now, two story home, gutted by fire here and you can see the smoke billowing out of the second floor there. there are crews working on this right now. fire crews have been watching the the fire right the now and it looks like there may be some people working the back of this house as well. here's what we know, four juveniles were taken to st. christopher's hospital. we don't know their exact age other than they are under 18. two adults were taken to temple university hospital. now, it could be for observation, we don't know the the exact state of the injuries right now but six total hospitalizations right now. this fire has been going, is under control right now but call came in at 3:52 in the morning. still smoke coming out right now, fire crews and police are on the scene here, very hard to even access this whole area because of the emergency personnel here but again, what we know six people hospitalized, four juveniles, four minors at st. christopher's and also we understand

back with more details on the arctic blast. >>> we want to update that breaking news out of north philadelphia. here's what we know. a deadly shooting happened at a men's shelter on north broad street near lehigh avenue. that men's shelter is called the station house. we're told two people were shot and that one of them is dead. police are now looking for the gunman in the case, no word yet on a motive. as soon as we have more details, we'll pass them along to you. >>> now to new information on those 12 missing marines in hawaii. one of them is from the philadelphia area. officials have confirmed that captain brian t. kennedy was on board one of two marine helicopters that crashed off the island of oahu on thursday night. witnesses say they heard a loud boom and saw a fireball hurl into the ocean. rescue teams have expanded their search in the pacific but are battling rough seas to find the missing marines. >>> new from overnight, investigators are looking into the cause of a house fire in the tioga section of philadelphia. crews were called to north 19th street at about 2:00 this morning. fla

police are investigating a shooting in north philadelphia. it happened around 1:30 this morning. he victims are recovering at a hospital. he was shot while driving on north eighth. police found a minivan nearby with a bunch of bullet holes but no victims inside. instead police say they found drugs. >> might remember this. an 86-mile stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike slated to be closed today. it was and the reason, that right there, crews had to rescue a tractor-trailer that went over an embankment in bedford county. it happened during this weekend's blizzard. traffic diverted off of the turnpike at the breezewood interchange, the same stretch that was closed sunday. more than 500 cars, trucks and buses stuck in the snow, could be rescued. quite a mess and boy, what a difference a couple of days make. let's bring in glenn "hurricane" schwartz. a lot of that is melting. >> even in that part of the state. that's a nasty stretch on the pennsylvania turnpike. i had to travel it in snow myself. it is scary. well, this is not. this is a beautiful sunset over lake wallenpaupack in the

also an update on other breaking news out of north philadelphia. nbc 10 on the scene of what was a house fire at fourth and cambria streets. the fire is out. we're still working to find out information about if any one was hurt or how the fire started. >> today, septa police will begin wearing body cameras, septa began a pilot program about a year and a half ago. today the transit short rolling them out to all officers. it will create a checks and balances system between officers and the community. >> also today the demolition contractor convicted in the deadly market street building collapse will be sentenced. a jury convicted griffin campbell on involuntary manslaughter. his construction company was in charge of the demolition. during that project in june of 2013, a four-story brick wall fell onto the salvation army thrift store next to it. six people were killed and more than a dozen hurt. a subcontractor hired by campbell pleaded guilty involuntary manslaughter charges. sean benschop is awaiting sentencing. >> fire investigators are trying to f

we're live in north philadelphia, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >>>ing thank you so much. it's so nice because of the services they offer today extends bens beyond the day of -- benefits beyond the day of service. >> reporter: we have to get stuff done, but we have to dress appropriately. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we are dry across the region. as we look outside we have sunshine getting ready to come up over the horizon. overall we have a sun and clouds mix throughout the day. it will be cold and windy. current temperature, 23 degrees, the winds 21 miles per hour gusting to 30. that's giving us a windchill of 8 that's what it feels like as you step outside. we'll have windchills in the teens even at the best of times. there's the satellite picture with the cloud cover continuing to break up a little. it looks like a sunny start and sunny afternoon likely. cold all the way, though. 23 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 24. the high is 28 degrees around 3:00 p.m. not much different than right. the winds are strong this afternoon and the w

new from overnight a car slammed into a house in north philadelphia. it happened around 2:00 this morning at 25th and cumberland. the driver lost control and crashed, damaging the front porch and steps. no one was hurt. >> 5:31. a car hit a woman overnight in philadelphia's nice town neighborhood. she is in stable condition in the hospital. it happened at 19th and hunting park avenue around 3:00 this morning. police are investigating. >>> happening today, the mummers are hours away from taking over center city in a long time philadelphia tradition. nbc 10's matt delucia is live for us this morning with a preview of the parade. matt, you seem to be in the thick of it. any one joining you at this early hour? >> reporter: not really, katy. i'll tell you it's quiet out here along jfk, just a lot of floats out here lining the parkway where you can see just a few of these things that are out here now. we've got what looks like science experiment, look likes a brain here. then you have here what look likes a laboratory. some sort of back to the future thing.

philadelphia. mid-40s in the north. here comes the rain.dinner time on saturday night, in some cases after midnight but that's some heavy rain coming in along with very mild air. that's 5:00. look at that heavy rain going into new jersey by 9:00. so it's moving fast and that may prevent significant flooding because it's moving so quickly but the temperature is just going up quite a bit and this model takes us up to 64 degrees by 11:00 a.m. amazing when you consider the forecast for monday. cloudy and cool this afternoon, high temperature in the low to mid-40s. still above average. way above average tomorrow. the rain generally comes in after dinner time and gets heaviest early sunday morning, you shape late enough, you'll miss the heaviest of the rain and maybe by afternoon you'll see temperatures in the 60s. on monday the arctic blast. temperatures dropping through the 30s. windchills in the 20s and another blast on wednesday with snow showers. many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures

tonight, though, we'll stay dry, 22 for the low in philadelphia, 15 areas north and west.w we'll see a dry day to snow at night. 33-36 degrees through the afternoon and then we see snow moving in. again, a very close call for the evening commute as we go into delaware but for the rest of the area we'll see that snow really covering by midnight and 3:00 a.m. and the he i have snow falling into early saturday, heavy, wet snow along the shore, power outages possible with this, too. we're under a blizzard watch. it will be snowy and windy saturday, i would not recommend you be driving around and it will be clearing up sunday with a big chance of icing across the area, too. >>> local colleges are rescheduling basketball games because of this weekend's snowstorm. saturday's villanova/providence game has been moved to sunday at 1:00 at the wells fargo center. temple is moving its game against smu from saturday to sunday. no time has been announced. and saturday's game between lasalle and st. joe's will be played sunday at 5:00. we'll be right back. >>> developing tonight, a legal

. >>> flames engulfed two cars in north philadelphia, investigators say it's suspicious, details at 5:00 a.m. >>> next, there's new information this morning about the central pennsylvania police officer who was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of an unarmed man that story is next on "action news." ♪ lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for 399 a month only at your lincoln dealer. we did not know where to turn. the boys town national hotline was there. when i called the hotline angelo answered the phone. he gave me hope - he gave me guidance. if you are a parent struggling, tdd # 1-800-448-1433 i would urge you to call the boys town national hotline tdd # 1-800-448-1433 to help you. tdd # 1-800-448-1433 dauphin county has resigns. in november, the police officer was found not guilty in the death of 59-year-old david cassock. the shooting was captured by a camera attached to her stun gun. she will be paid as 120,000 in scerches as part of the agreement. >>> changes in the gang rape of the brooklyn park, the suspects have been released. the victim said she was drinking with her fathe

philadelphia. more like 31 in atlantic city. 32 in millville. 30 in dover, delaware. winds coming in out of the north. 8 miles per hour clocked right now in philadelphia. 6 miles per hour in atlantic city, 7 down the shore in wildwood. we can expect sun and clouds, chilly conditions to remain. watching a system to our south that will be pushing up from the carolinas, and it could bring flurries and scattered snow showers to parts of our region. more on that and the arctic air in a bit. >> back to the breaking news. the search is on for the man who shot two employees at a homeless shelter in north philadelphia killing one of them. drew smith has been live on the scene all morning long. >> since we last talked, the family of the victim who died has arrived here. they are very upset. they did not want to speak with us on camera, they say they don't know what happened. they haven't gotten all the details from the police, i should say. they said he was a 43-year-old man, he worked here for a couple years, he really enjoyed his job of helping the homeless. police say this started around 6:15 this morning.

police say someone opened fire in north philadelphia. >>> and as we look live in market city, watch out for icy spots on your way to work and school this morning. temperatures are in the teens this morning. it's 4:00 a.m. good morning. i'm nbc 10's tracy davidson. we have a handful of schools closed. you can see them on the bottom of your screen and on your nbc 10 app. first we check in with bill henley. good morning, bill. >> good morning. the winds have died down and much of the areas have dried out but those areas still damp during the melting yesterday have refrozen overnight. look at the temperatures this morning. teens for al lens town, pottstown, and reading, colder than yesterday. 10 degrees colder than philadelphia. it'll well below freezing for millville and 20s in delaware. the wind that was so strong yesterday, barely moving today. a light breeze. the temperatures will be climbing. 20 degrees to start with by 6:06:0 6:00. by lunchtime still freezing. i'll go through neighborhood by neighborhood. jesse gray has your traffic. good morning, jesse zbhood morning. there were slip

a few degrees warmer than was today and wind chills will remain in the 30s north and west of philadelphia but the city itself and points south 3:00 tomorrow afternoon our wind chill around 42. a little better than today. you can see to the north wind chills only in the 20s and in fact if we look at eastern parts of canada there's an arctic front right here knowledge of that front, temperatures are at zero or below in many locations around the hudson bay and only 20s and teens in southern kansas and this front is moving in directly from the north to south passed through first new england and mid-atlantic and also have the timing and what it means for us and how cold the temperatures will get that's the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you, adam. >> new information tonight about the controversy that surfaced during the mummers day parade. captain brigade responded after one member was caught on video making home owe phobic remark. michael amir senior sent us a statement he apologized and said his group "does not condone actions nor shower ppz noon no way expressed centsments of proud clu

, so at 7:00 tonight, you see a batch south of philadelphia, there is the arctic front arriving in lancaster and allentown with a grassy coating northand west of the philadelphia as that passes through, it moves through trenton, wilmington and philadelphia at 8:30 this evening and then off the coast by 9:00 and by 11:00, the sky clearing out and the winds will be whipping out of the northwest. we take a look at future tracker 6 winds from 11:00 tonight, 36 miles per hour and allentown 41 and 41 in millville and in excess of 43 in cape may and the poconos over 40 miles per hour winds as we get deeper into the early morning hours. you can clearly see how cold this air mass is. 11 in green bay and 6 below in international falls, that is air temperature, not including the windchill. for us back at home tomorrow morning, bitter winds bundle up the kids and keep them in the car until the bus arrives, 24 is the air temperature, it will feel 10 degrees early tomorrow morning and even in the afternoon tomorrow, air temperatures are below freezing area wide despite sunshine and in the teens tomorrow afternoon the coldest feeling day so far th

katherine scott is live in north philadelphia where the city kicks off it's signature event. it's an exciting day, katherine. >> reporter: every year at girard college there are so many people and so many projects, they work side by side on the floor, it's empty now, but it will not be for long. i see a booth for habitat for humanity. another table with boxings of clothing to sort. not only do they accomplish a lot, but there's a big educational component of all this. let's go to video and show you what to expect on this day of service. whether it's writing cards to veterans or a book drive, the important thing is getting involved and celebrating the birthday of martin luther king. back in 1965, dr. king stood outside the gates of this college calling for an end to the discriminatory admission process. 350 years later, 5,000 people will be here serving in 150 projects. there will be 140,000 volunteers throughout the region it is a record and the biggest king day event in the nation. there will be people of all different ages and backgrounds to serve others. >>> the diversity

day of service begins in north philadelphia. a few hours -- this is last year's event at girard college. 140,000 volunteers will participate in hundreds of projects throughout the region. volunteers at girard college today will get a free lunch. merchants at reading terminal market will pack and deliver 2,500 lunches for volunteers at the north philadelphia day of service event. >>> several day of service projects for children and adults were plan add the rutgers university camden and a marathon reading of martin luther king jr.'s letters from birmingham jail. >>> it's 5:06. now to decision 2016. voters are now considering what they heard from the final democratic presidential debate before the iowa caucuses. hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley took the stage in charleston, south carolina, last night. dates took questions on guns, taxes, iran and climate change. health care got the two leading candidates going, sanders questioning clinton's willingness to help the middle class hours after he released his plan for

no word on a cause, but two people dead in a house fire in north philadelphia. >>> it's 5:57. ollowing some breaking news, a philadelphia police officer has been injured in an ambush shooting. >>> "action news" has obtained the dramatic police car that the officer himself made the moment the realized he had been shot. live team news coverage continues next. wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. get out of the past. get fios. 6:00 a.m. friday, january 8. we're working on a breaking news story this morning. >>> ambushed and shot an armed man fires a dozen shots at a philadelphia police officer in his cruiser and the officer manages to fire back. the new police commissioner is stunned by the violence directed at a man in uniform. >>> this is absolut

the service was held at bright hope baptist church in north philadelphia.egistration booths were set up at the church in honor of dr. king's fight for equality and today's keynote speaker was jonathan jackson from rainbow push coalition. >> acadia university in glenside held a different kind of volunteer event in honor of mlk day today. the public was invited to drop off various items they no longer wanted but other organizations could certainly use from clothes to electronics to old books. even canned goods and toys. whatever's left would be discarded and recycled here. it was all part of acadia's university so-called shredding e wait and repurposing event. they've recycled 10,000 tons of electronics in the past. >>> in pen salk can ken new jersey thepennsauken new jerseye food bank of south jersey. volunteers sorted through boxes of donations. >> kids in delaware county hit the hardwood for mlk day. county council members took farther mlk junior day hoops from the heart youth basketball clinics. three clinics were held across the county including route he

live tonight in north philadelphia, gray hall, channel6 "action news.", just an awful tragedy gray. thanks very much. >>> there is now a reward being offered in what officials are calling a horrible act of animal abuse. officials have now put up $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot a cat with a nail gun. it happened on january 3rd in doylestown. the nails were discovered in the cat's head, cheek and hip and the cat which was still alive had been put in this box. now the animal did ultimately have to be euthanized. anyone with any information about this is asked to call the bucks county spca. >>> a telford man facing charges for allegedly trying to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. the pennsylvania attorney general's office says 42-year-old david chandler posted an online ad looking for a sexual relationship. agents posing as that young girl responded. they say chandler arranged to meet them in lehigh county. he was arrest heed and charged with several crimes including unlawful contact way minor. >> services w

light showers, 40 degrees for the low in philadelphia, 44 north and west. for tomorrow, it's a cloudy day again. milder, though, and much of the rain coming later at night, as you saw, temperatures getting into the low 50s, and then there are your crazy 60s on sunday with the morning rain, again, you saw how heavy some of it could be. there it's really warm, but then it's really cold the very next day. temperature down 30 degrees with wind that will feel 40 degrees colder. that's arctic blast number one. arkic blast number two comes wednesday with possible snow showers and highs only getting to 30. >>> pennsylvania state trooper wounded in a deadly ambush in the poconos will be a guest at next week's state of the union address. senator pat toomey invited trooper alex douglass to attend president obama's speech next tuesday. douglass was critically wounded, bryon dickson was killed in the attack back in 2014. the shooting was followed by a seven-week man hunt for the suspect, eric frein. frein is awaiting trial. trooper doug lass will sit in the gallery. >>>

for tonight scattered showers still around, chance of a mix late tonight, 31 for the low in philadelphia, 27 northnd west. as we go into early tomorrow, that chance could be south of philadelphia, mostly south jersey and delaware, we'll watch that closely for mixing going on, clouds moving over to increasing sunshine, highs in the low 40s tomorrow with melting, by thursday we'll have a little area of disturbed weather moving through so i think there is a chance we could see light snow showers or flurries but then we go through the weekend, nice and dry, temperatures warming, 47 sunday, 50 as we go into monday. >> thanks, sheena. lester holt with what's coming up. >> he is live in new york. good evening, lester. >> hi, keith and denise. six days tracking a reversal of fortune. recovering frustrations in parts of the east over the slow blizzard recovery and anxiety in the west over el nino leaving an apartment complex on the edge. we'll tell you why doctors may start screening pregnant patients for depression when we see you back here tonight for "nbc nightly news." we'll send it back to you now. >>

. >>> a tragedy in north philadelphia. how a mother's love for her son might have cost both of them their lives. >>> and a racist result? >>> and nearly a billion dollars at stake in tomorrow's jackpot. the simple trick that could help boost your odds of winning. sheena. >>> and coming up, i'll show you when to plan around the rain and which day the temperatures will be in the 60s. that story is ahead. >>> more now on our top story. a man is in custody accused of ambushing a philadelphia police officer sitting in a marked cruiser in west philadelphia last night. edward archer filed at least 11 shots at jesse hartnett and then pledged his allegiance to isis. this entire attack unfolded in a matter of seconds. keith jones takes a closer look. >> it's amazing how fast this happened and how quickly officer jesse hartnett responded. 15 seconds from the start to the end. at this time, more than a dozen shots were fired and the officer was shot three times. let's breakdown this video and go a little slower. here's the suspect app

philadelphia. dewpoint 20. winds out of the north at 8 miles per hour. windchills in the low to mid 30s. the poconos, feeling like 23 degrees. 29 in trenton, 21 for wilmington an philadelphia. we're seeing a 24 how are temperature change. that's because of the front that swept through last night while we were sound asleep. the second one is getting ready to push through cleveland. there's the leading edge of that line, the arctic front. this front is moving so quickly it is shoving this system out to sea, that's why this guy is not coming up. it is pushing out, this system is bumping it out, like a game of billiards it is not allowing the storm to come up the coastline or we would be talking about the snow today. we'll see snow showers or flurries this afternoon. 8:00 p.m. skies clear from west to east that's when the temperatures starting point to plunge as the arctic front pulls through. tomorrow morning, sunshine, clouds increase in the afternoon, the air aloft is so cold. this is a lake-effect snow streamer by 4:30 in the afternoon coming off lake erie, it will extend in the poconos

. >>> police are investigating two suspicious car fires in north philadelphia. >>> a high school student in the lehigh valley accused of assaulting a teacher is found guilty. >>> let's find out what to expect with weather and traffic, david murphy is outside and karen rogers is inside. >> reporter: you still need a coat. i'm glad i have gloves on, with winds calm in philadelphia it's not that bad if you're dressed appropriately. we have sunshine coming up over the horizon later on. clouds are thicker and we'll get the early sun and clouds will have a tendency to thicken up through the day. 31 degrees in philadelphia. a tad below freezing. 27 in reading, 30 in wilmington, 26 in trenton. 28 in millville. so bundle up a bit, but, again, the winds are light and that always helps. as we go through the afternoon, 8:00 a.m., 34, noon, 48. 3:00 p.m., more clouds, but a high of 52 degrees and dry through the afternoon, not a bad afternoon to get outside and get exercise in or get something else done. this evening, it will be dry to start out, but we have the arrival of rain, i'll show you that on

we will go north philadelphia we will go to west philadelphia the chris movie i is on the move ready to help dig you out. >> i love the look at the radar there, not much of anything, that is good news. >> hi everybody. it is january the the 25th, 2016. let get right to sue. >> hold on now. >> before we see that. if you need help digging yourself out or you know someone who needs help, let's put chris movie toy work. >> he has been working out. he is a strong man, strong healthy man. >> yes he is an athlete in college. >> former athlete. >> yes. so tweet us, use the hashtag fox 29 snow. >> yes, why not. >> thank you for your patient was me because i have been butt nothing all morning even when you haven't been going to me yet. >> hey sue, sue. >> yes, yes, sorry. >> i earned that. i just earned that. >> yes. >> sue, sue. >> know shovel. >> sue, apparently septa is starting a news conference and for some reason we will take it. >> i thought you you were interrupting me. >> no, we are interrupting. >> should we just take it. >> ready to go. >> yes, we're ready to go, thank you. >> good

. >>> police investigate two suspicious car fires in north philadelphia. >>> a student in the lehigh valley accused of assaulting a teacher is found guilty. >>> first up, let's find what's going on for the weekend with weather and traffic. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we're off to a somewhat cloudy start. clouds will get thicker to the west and they roll in as the day goes on. if you like the sun enjoy it early because it will fade hind the clouds. 42 degrees in philadelphia. winds are light, no need to talk of windchills. these numbers are up from yesterday. allentown, 25 degrees and mid 20s in trenton, as well. upper 20s in millville. heading out the door we'll be around the freezing mark between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. with light winds and partly cloudy skies not too bad, assuming you dress appropriately. in the afternoon, 48 degrees by noon, the high today 52 we'll hit that around 3:00 p.m. and see a falloff to 48 degrees by 6:00. clouds increase during the day, later tonight, rains arrives. i'll show you that on future tracker 6 coming up. we'll show you how quickly it

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

. > and things turned icy following a firefight in north philadelphia late this afternoon. the flames broke o just before 4:00long the 600 block of rmantown enue. it took ss than a half-ur with the below-freezing get the temperatures t water used to douse the flam quick fze o nearby cars, on everything. fortunately,obody was hu. >>> fire destroyed a historic tavern early ts morning. thelames consumes the hicrest tavern in brgeton. lontime customers and employees stopped by today to get a glimpse of the they say the loss is heart breakg. >> this is our "cheers" and we come here qui ofte i am going to miss a lot of friends. >> it is where everybody knew your name and everydy there was friendly. this are was "cheer. it's sad. is very sad. >> the popular landmark was built in 1782. >>> lsdowne police need help tracking downhree suspected car burglars. policeay ridents are making easy for the thiev by leaving valuables in uocked cars. invesgators say the pair door handles inhe ornight ng you arerged to call police if you recogze these three me andhe police remind residents -- ju

are searching for the man who shot and killed one man, and critically injured another, at a north philadelphia homeless shelter. police say the gunman had been evicted from the station house men's shelter on north broad street. suspect returned yesterday morning, and argued with staff before pulling out a gun and shooting two shelter employees. a 43 year old plan was killed, 26 year old man is in critical condition. that suspect got away on foot. >>> a community is devastated this noon, after an early morning fire tears through a historic tavern. our greg argos joins us now live in bridgeton, cumberland county with the details for us, greg, good afternoon. >> good afternoon to you, as well. right now you can see the hillcrest tavern right here complete lost after the early morning fire, this is historic building right now, we have fire crews and demolition crews, here, this tavern built more than 200 years ago. now, firefighters here in bridgeton tell us this blaze started around 5:00 this morning. in the fire quickly spread throughout this historic building. chief here for the bridgeton fire

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

seven street in north philadelphia are closed because of no heat in in theirents at alain locke elementary school will be dismissed at noon today because of heating issues there as well. stay ahead of the approaching winter storm. you can get weather alerts and warnings on your smart phone and tablet for free with the nbc 10 news app. >>> we're following more breaking news. police are investigating a series of threats at three delaware schools. state and local police tell us long neck elementary school in millsborou millsborough, wood bridge elementary school and silver laich high school received threat this is morning. students were evacuated around 9:30 and authorities are investigating. we'll keep you updated on new information that comes to us. >>> more breaking no uz out west. two people are dead after a greyhound bus flipped on to its side on a highway in san jose, california. the fire department says at least 20 people were on board the bus counting the driver. as we get more information, we'll bring it to you. checking out the nbc 10 headlines, a chest

>>> it happened in north philadelphia.ame out in force to show support for cities men and women in blue. "action news" reporter trish hartman has the story. >> reporter: demonstrators started at broad and girard, chanting as they marched through city hall on a frigid, blustery night. >> jesse. >> hartnett. >> they shouted the name of the philadelphia police officer shot at close range last week showing support for the cities law enforcement after a traumatic few days. >> my brother is an officer with the 35th district, you know, but it is deeper then that. i want to keep saying all lives matter. >> reporter: peace march, rally was organized after officer jesse hartnett was shot in the arm last week and his police cruiser in west philadelphia. thirty year-old edward archer was arrested and charged with attempted murder. archer has since confessed to the shooting saying he did it in the name of islam. the cops who escorted the marchers say the the show of support was heart warming. >> there is so much negativity with the gun

north philadelphia fifth street closed north and southbound right around hunting park avenue due to anaccident. that's right in this intersection over here. easy to navigate around, they are directing traffic around the scene, but easy to go around the block, you can take the boulevard, front street, you will be just fine heading through. not a lot of traffic in the area at least for right now. on route 202 still watching this scene northbound where we had an earlier accident involving a tractor-trailer that was partially blocking the off ramp to the schuylkill expressway eastbound. we have police activity on the north and southbound side of route 202 but traffic a moving by in either direction and even over the off ramp as well. definitely something that might cause problems a little bit later on in the morning but right now it's just something to watch out for. here is the schuylkill expressway right through the curve where an 11 minute drive times speeds are up there, too, in the 60s eastbound from the blue root to the vine street expressway, 11 minute trip into the center city. i w