we had an earlier scheduled opening on the tacony palmyra for 5:05.ing to get back in business there. the betsy ross is the alternate. we have a scheduled opening for the burlington bristol. that's schedule for 6:10 this morning. here's 95 around woodhaven road. you can see no problems in either direction. we have a great drive time

i wanted to show you route 73 approaching the tacony palmyra bridge.l plaza up in this direction, no backups because of the opening. not a lot of traffic out there right now. we have a bridge closer on the falls bridge, closed for rehabilitation work until april. your alternate right now is the city avenue bridge. checking in with the boulevard as well. here is route 1 around broad street, no problems. either direction north or southbound. i'm come back in the next ten to see if there are delays on the bridges. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 19 minutes after 5:00. it is dry in philadelphia but parts of the area roadways already seeing the first rainfall of the day. that rain will quickly move through the city to start with, then we'll probably get a break. 44 degrees. we're certainly getting a break from normal temperatures in february. we're at 44 right now. that's warmer than the normal high temperatures this time of year. at this hour, we should be in the middle 20s. we're doing quite well in that departme

the tacony palmyra is back to normal.frproblems or the betsy ross the walt or the ben. >> 44 degrees in most of the delaware valley. olympic athlete from essex county, new jersey will be breaking bar years when she competes in the summer games. we'll tell you how she'll be making history by just playing in rio. >>> plus this -- ♪ >> the lineup at the roots picnic is finally out. find out who will be headlining the festival this year. >>> this nbc 10 first alert winter weather update is brought to you by buckmans, your cold weather experts. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we are watching route 55 out in millville, new jersey around route 49. you can see no problems in the area. roadways are dry and not a lot of traffic traveling through. what we do have, some scheduled openings for area bridges. we'll take a look at the burlington bristol. that is scheduled for an opening at 5:50. we're in the process of that right now. no problems right now for the betsy ross, the tacony palmyr

ç the rest of the area bridges, we have a schedule opening for the tacony palmyra, scheduled for 5:10 in the next ten minutes or so, expect backup there in new jersey. betsy ross and burlington bristol are still clear. >> nbc 10's katy zachry is live in warrenton township, bucks county where the snow piles are still around from the blizzard of 2016. that could cause issues today nc nchz. >> definitely, tracy. there are businesses throughout our area after the storm we had that have massive snow piles.

burlington bristol bridge finished its bridge opening here, expect the tacony-palmyra to open in 15 minutes. >>> people in the tri-state area are bracing for the record cold to hit this weekend. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live at the frankford transportation center not a fun morning to with a lot for the bus or the subway, good morning. >> reporter: it's a cold one, this morning, tam, the temperature are plunging, but it's the wind that really makes the difference this morning here at the frankford twption center you can see people are waiting for the bus.

if you're about to led to the tacony palmyra bridge, don't. it's about to go up so head to the betsy ross bridge instead. scheduled for a 5:05 opening n mount laurel burlington county we have a serious accident here. we're hearing that someone trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle. of this accident and they've shut down the ramp from the james fenimore cooper service area to the turnpike northbound. the ramp is shut down. we've got fire police crews on the scene trying to help the victim. one more issue is a downed pole from an earlier accident still out here on 168 southbound near nicholson road. matt and tam. >> thank you karen. >>> we are learning more about a shootout that put an allentown police officer in the hospital. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at lehigh valley hospital where the officer is recovering to fill us in. katherine. >> reporter: matt, this all remains under investigation this morning but the officer was taken here to lehigh valley hospital last night after being shot while they were serving a warrant. the

burlington bristol bridge finished its bridge opening here, expect the tacony-palmyra to open in 15 minutes. >>> people in the tri-state area are bracing for the record cold to hit this weekend. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live at the frankford transportation center not a fun morning to with a lot for the bus or the subway, good morning. >> reporter: it's a cold one, this morning, tam, the temperature are plunging, but it's the wind that really makes the difference this morning here at the frankford twption center you can see people are waiting for the bus. they are hoping that their wait is not a long one. commuters feel the arctic blast and emptied their closet before they left for work. a trip to the frankford transportation center making the wait feel longer today, a deep freeze is settling in the area. commuters came prepared wrapped in layers of warm gear. >>> i have on two pairs of pants, two pairs of socks. >> reporter: in rittenhouse square the hoods were up the parka zipped tight. people clutched their coffee for warmth. what might warm your heart today is the day t

tacony-palmyra bridge they delayed the opening at 5:50 southbound ship you want to watch for that. on the boulevard adams avenue in the outer drive we have a disabled vehicle causing an issue. in center city walnut street is blocked between 19th and 22nd street. if it remains closed during the morning commute it's going to be a problem. the water main break is an issue, as well, obviously with temperatures like these not a good thing, 63rd between girard and master street and girard avenue is closed between 62 and 64th. >>> arctic air is coming to the area where the delaware valley is bracing for the cold. katherine scott is at the frankford transportation center wear that knit hat that's looking good. >> reporter: the temperatures are dropping, the winds picking up, in rittenhouse square people piled on the layers zipped up there heavy coats, tried to buffer themselves in the deep cold descending on the area. grab ago hot drink might guard from the chill, but it's not enough. near city hall, business was booming as vendors sold hats, calves and gloves -- gloves and scarves, commut

let's do start it off with just a view, not the best one, we've ever showed you, but outside the palmyrae exactly name that camera, shall you? palmyra cove nature park, very low-lying cloud cover here, moisture saturated and moisture rich air mass, that we are working with here, that's allowed low-lying cloud cover to set until across our area, of course dealing with scattered pork et cetera of rain throughout the course of the day already. let's look at the storm itself. this is rough stuff. take a look, very classic set one this. you have the comma shape to it, few little streaks here, of what are some very impressive squawl lines setting up there. is your snow obviously way far removed, heck, across the canadian border, but some of these squawl lines are nasty looking, such a clash in the atmosphere, on the back side of this very potent cold front. that's part of the problem. and that's getting strung out to the north here. so, brunt of severe weather definitely taking place to the mid-atlantic, how much, we've actually now seen another upgrade to ourself ear weather threat. portions

we went over the delaware memorial, the falls bridge, the ben, the walt, the tacony palmyra are okay.also checked to see if there are scheduled openings for the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol but you're good to go this morning. more on this as the morning progresses. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> getting a dry start this morning. right now it is justç eight minutes before 5:00. the temperatures in the 40s. we're doing okay on the 29th of february. clouds will be moving in, the temperature moving up to near 60 this afternoon. 47 degrees right now in philadelphia. a little bit of a breeze blowing. it's a bit stronger at the shore. that's a live breezy view of cape may from the marquis de lafayette hotel. the winds at 22 miles an hour in dover, 12 mile-an-hour breeze in wildwood. much lighter inland to no wind. that will change. so will this. the satellite shows clouds starting to move in from the west. clear skies turn cloudy this morning and with these clouds will come some rainfall. looks impressive in western pennsylvania. by t

we had an earlier scheduled opening on the tacony palmyra for 5:05.starting to get back in business there. the betsy ross is the alternate. we have a scheduled opening for the burlington bristol. that's schedule for 6:10 this morning. here's 95 around woodhaven road. you can see no problems in either direction. we have a great drive time here. hasn't budged yet. speeds still in the 60s there. we'll head on over into new jersey where we have an accident scene in mount laurel township near the james fin core cooper service air -- area. the alternate is 295. i'll be back in ten. >>> we're following breaking news out of the lehigh valley. one person is in custody this morning after allegedly shooting a police officer. this was along godfrey street. that's where investigators say the suspect was involved in a standoff with police. nbc 10's katy zachry is live for us outside lehigh valley hospital this morning. that's where the officer and the suspect are recovering. katy, do we have an idea of either of these men? >> hi, vai. we're efforting new informatio

comparison in the poconos, allentown, but again, it is drying out across the region here, 39 degrees in palmyra as well as mt. holly where the national service regional headquarters is located. out to the day planner, skies clear out, looking atmore and more sunshine through the course of the day, not bad, as we hit 3:00 p.m. mostly sunny skies, ooh degrees, keep in mind guys again mid 40's is typical for this time of year. so even though it is not as warm as the weekends, still going to over achieve on the thermometer today, again, nice bright sunny day the problem is this does not last forever, new storm system waits in the wings, we'll track that for you coming up as the show guess on, meisha? >> oh, no, couldn't we just leave it at the sunshine, katy? all right, we will take it, good morning, everyone, happy monday to you, well yes, this weekend was slutly stunning. and 50 degrees, not bad for february today. right now, in terms of the roadways, looking actually pretty good, dry, 59 south at girard, looking nice and quiet as we would expect at 3:30 in the morning, we would of course on a mo

tacony palmyra bridge scheduled to open up at 5:10. forty-two northbound past 681 left lane block until 5:00 a a.m. another point of construction route one northbound, the left lane will be blocked there until 5:00 a.m. dart route 17 is detoured until friday make note for those taking mass transit, erika, back over to you. >>> we should know later today whether a judge will throw out sexual assault charges against bill cosbyment his lawyers questioned a former montgomery county d.a. about an unwritten promise of immunity from prosecution. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at the the county courthouse in norristown where we are watching what a judge has to say accounts good morning. >>> within hours we should know if the criminal case begins bill cosby will move ahead or if it will be thrown out. important yesterday, we did learn this all centers around a verbal deal made between prosecutors and cosby's defense team. now that deal is at issue. the lets go to video from yesterday, flanged by security at his side, cosby's c

karen. >> tacony palmyra bridge coming back down after a bridge opening its a northbound ship.expect the burlington bristol to be affected in about 30 minutes. details on that one and we'll take a live look in bucks county, see what's going on there coming up. >> a goat farmer is making 150 wrong cole sweater150bronco swe. that's later in the morning buzz. >> ♪ i do everything on the internet but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (husband) we're out of 2%! i wonder what else could be better around here. (husband) i heard that. switching to better internet is now easier than ever. only fios has the fastest internet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and download speeds, plus tv and phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. switch to better. switch to fios. >> ♪ >> 5:15. taking a live look at philadelphia international airport. some rain is coming. it's going to wash off all that salt caked on the roads and get r

as for the area bridges, checking in with the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol for scheduled. clear on the tacony palmyra, betsy and theç burlington bristol. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 4:49 and mild this morning. the temperatures are in the 40s. it's a waiting game right now for the rain that will start falling this morning. but really intensify this afternoon. 43 degrees in philadelphia. all night long. snow in the entire region has been melting. but there's still snow on the ground. there are the clouds. they're already here. that's helping to keep things warmer but rain on the way and snow on the ground, we could see heavy downpours this afternoon will lead to a possibility of flooding during the late afternoon and evening hours for areas that are seeing poor drainage. philadelphia, wilmington, trenton, just cloudy right now. the rain is to the west, behind these clouds that extend down into the deep south. there is a potential for heavy rainfall this afternoon. for now, that is way to our southwest. the rain in western penn

showed you starts to move n another look at the the city, temperature as we cross over delaware from palmyra cove nature park at 39 . the up in this remote area it is still to warm for anything to freeze back over, that had a chance to melt from yesterday and at this point we are starting to see a good bit of the snow pack go away. the so, along with the snow melt comes the heavy rain. we have flood issues as a result of that later today and we will talk about that as the the show goes on, meisha, back over to you. >> it is not going to freeze. just don't let it turn into black icement good morning. happy hump day, it is wednesday. we are plowing through this weekment things are looking darn good on the roadways in the 4:00 he clock hour. nice and quiet. this is a i look the at the schuylkill taillights moving in the eastbound direction. a area that does heat up in the 6:00 o'clock hour. right now things quiet. forty-two freeway north bound at creek road plenty of headlights. it looks like this in the 4:00 h in the 5:00 o'clock hour. boulevard headlights moving in the the southbound directio

headlights, brake light, across the talcony palmyra bridge. quick opening this morning, back to normal here. but copycat burlington bristol now set for an opening at 6:10 this morning. so if you are getting ready to head out the front door, that's the time to beat, the burlington, will have that opening, so use the talcony, the connector bridge or the betsy ross, otherwise, accident northbound on the new jersey turnpike, it is just north of exit four, which is route 73, that service plaza, all centered around that interchange there. so anyone getting on in mt. laurel, and headed north this morning, just be ready to hit the brakes until you pass the accident scene. hello ft. washington, live look, at route 309, near the turnpike, no problems or delays at all. hopefully everything is called dried out. any of the precipitation, water, melted snow, didn't make it into the drain or dry out, could still be a little wet there this morning, but what a difference a day can make, no reports of any black ice, looking good up and over the ben franklin bri

tacony palmyra all set for an opening here at the 5:15. that freighter coming south and it impacted the burlington bristol. grabbing your coffee and keys and heading out the front door the time to beat is 5:50 on that tacony palmyra. dart over weekend on sunday they will kick in service change and fare increase so make sure you have a new timetable so you are ready to go for monday morning. >> loud blast and then people saw smoke and flames underneath walnut street. pretty frightening scene, this morning dozens forced from their homes and businesses out in center city. steve keeley is live on the scene where crews have been working to try to get things back to normal, hi there steve >> reporter: still reeling out here lauren because two hearst after this happened the sound of the jackhammer is echoing here through buildings in center city. everybody is taking this corn their bob talk about at 21st and walnut like a hair pin corner like 24 hour at le man's, a grand prix race by the way and ice on the streets on top of. that hopefully people

no problems on the tacony palmyra or the betsy ross.ll keep you updated, of course. >>> if you take mass transit, 14-point delays on doylestown train 514 but the rest of new jersey transit, amtrak, patco, d.a.r.t., running with no delays this morning. on 4 2 around 23, no problems whether you're headed eastbound or westbound. we'll have more check on your drive times. a check on the bridges again when i come back in the next ten. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 17 minutes after 6:00. skies are starting to clear in parts of the area. we're already clear of the rain. that has swept through yesterday. now it's dry this morning. the temperatures colderlç down y 19 degrees at this hour compared to yesterday morning at this time. 36 degrees in philadelphia, with the wind blowing it feels like 30. it's not much of a breeze. just a 7 mile-an-hour wind. nice and dry in center city. that's 8th and market. we'll see sunshine to send the temperatures up but at this hour, just dropped to 33 degrees in trent

burlington bristol, tacony-palmyra, commodor barry bridge, betsy ross bridge in the clear, just a little construction on the commodore. >>> cold out there this morning in the northern and western suburbs, we have testiments in the 20s and teens -- we have temperatures in the 20s and teens. 20 degrees in west chester this morning. in south jersey, close to 20. 25 down the shore, and teens in vineland and bridgeton. upper teens low 20s from hockessin to dover, delaware. below freezing by 9:00. 2:00 p.m., 39. we'll get a high of 41 degrees around 3:00 p.m. clouds increase as the day goes on, a tad milder than yesterday. tam tomorrow, big time milder air returning zooming up to 60. >>> it will feel like spring. you can find the forecast and double scan radar at 6abc.com/weather. >>> new this morning, you could say an italian businessman is feeling the perks of his life even after his death. he ran the mocca express pee exor -- companies for years after >>> meadeville woman has a playful personality. she drops down on the ground and joins in with mom. >>> philadelphia police have a message fo

forty-four in palmyra, new jersey. the getting up early this morning for morning bike ride, jog or walking the dog outside it is not bad for the second half of february. storm scan three it is quiet. you can see last of the cloud moving over eastern half of the region a warm front that came through last night producing clouds and behind this front wind shifted out of the southwest bringing in milder air. so this weekend here's the reason for the warmth, jet stream flattened out, you can see a west to east flow some that brings in pacific air. we have no arctic air to deal w our high temperature today, tomorrow, ten, 15, close to 20 . for today up to 61 degrees for afternoon high typical will for april. sunday highs still in the bad in the mid 50's but there is going to be some rain, i'll time out when you can see best chance for that and some changes for the storm next week. that complete forecast in a few minutes. rahel, back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> it is final count down for voters in two states, republican

one problem was a opening here at the tacony palmyra bridge but as you can see the bridge just came backn. southbound ship went through and the traffic is just starting to roll again but we have congestion on both sides of the tacony palmyra this afternoon. 95 northbound side this is the off ramp to cottman avenue right in the middle of the work zone. there was a crash in the main lanes. they got it pushed off onto the off-ramp. you can see police still on the scene but that's giving us extra slow going coming north on 95 out of the city. 31 minutes ideally should be 14. asked on 422 in the westbound direction near pottstown at 724. speeds aren't too bad. upper providence a bad crash along black rock road at trap road. fire police helping you through that intersection and watch out for a crash in whitemarsh, along ridge mike at crescent avenue. a vehicle fire in delaware northbound lanes of highway one at odessa. speeds in the 20's. let's do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. if you're in evesham township burlington county pothole in the road along 70 eastbound after you get p

gross warmer, unreal, visibility are reduced, all, you know, of course all evidence here outside palmyra cove nature park. barely see what's off in the distance also getting skewed by the tell tell signs of the raindrops here on the camera lens. that said, once we get rid of the rain, we are in for just some quieter weather here later tonight. still breezy, and then, beyond that point, it is to stays much that way. mid four's tomorrow, bright, sunny, chilly on thursday, then rebounds back to the 50's again, by the upcoming weekend. >>> that's "eyewitness news" at noon, i'm erika von tiehl. thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we're always on line for you at cbs philly. com. the young and the restless is coming up next. hope you have your umbrella i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends said i should get fios because it's the fastest... but i thought it would be too expensive... who's that, jenny? no kate...turns out they have a deal that cost me even less than my slow service. and it's 100 megs ...i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 secon

i checked in with the burlington bristol and the tacony-palmyra, i'll have an update for you in the next ten. >>> 18 minutes after 5:00. the temperatures have really come down overnight and the wind is blowing to make it feel've colder. you'll need to layer up this morning as the first round of cold is coming our way over the next several days. already 24 degrees as expected. look at the wind, 14 miles an hour gusting to 24 miles an hour. it's cold outside. that's alive view from center city. you see the flags blowing. the temperatures have come down. now it's 18 degrees in doylestown. wilmington is at 21. and they're all in the low 20s. eagleville, 19 degrees along with the airport. bundle up. you will see sunshine but there will be clouds blowing through. you seen that already this morning. flurries are possible but other than that we're not expecting any wet weather but do expect we'll have to bundle up all day long. despite temperatures climbing a bit, wheel be in the middle to upper 20s this afternoon. the cold blowing winds will be gusting to 30 miles an hour. a little less windy t

already up to 40 degrees, palmyra, new jersey near 40 in mount holly.m, 10 miles an hour but both directions here that is important in the forecast that is out of the southwest, so that brings in the milder a air and in time of the year if you got sunshine and nice southerly wind flow we have good shot of getting warm temperatures in here. storm scan three is showing a few fair weather cloud around from time to time this afternoon but all and all it is a warmer day. mostly clear, 30's and 40's for temperatures this afternoon, breaking in the the 50's, up around 60 degrees, and a lot of the inland locations. so farther you are from the delaware bay, atlantic ocean better chance you will reach 60 degrees. anywhere you are today it will be nice. sunshine at the shore, mid 50's, even up in the poconos breaking in the lower 50's, with some sunshine, and these april-like temperatures continue into the workweek. we will talk about how long they will last and break down our next storm system in a few minutes, rahel, back to you. >> thanks, justin. >>> new this

in fact the bridge overview, together the tacony-palmyra, burlington bristol and betsy ross bridge all in the clear. >> reporter: we're starting out chilly across the region, if you're getting exercise in bundle up. 21 degrees at 10:00 a.m. winds are light, but clouds increase, 6:00 p.m. dry on the roads and running past 36 degrees by 6:00 p.m. as we take a quick look at the airport. we're hoping for all green aircraft and no major delays, that's what we've got. no sign of precipitation in our most commonly traveled destinations. >>> new in "healthcheck," the islands of aruba is on the sika travel list. the virus transmitted by mosquitoes is expected to cause a rare birth defect. >>> one in three americans not getting enough sleep. 35% of adults in the u.s. are getting less than 7 hours a sleep enough. they found the percentage of people getting enough shut eye vary from state to state. 62% of adults reported getting 7 hours, skipping on sleep can cause obesity and heart disease and high blood pressure. >>> a serial stow away was busted again. >>> a train fighter stops a would-be robbe

just checked in with the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol.ed openings, the ben, the walt, the commodore barry, everything good. >>> a delayed winter means pothole season has been pushed back. now the annual problems on the roads are starting to pop up. experts say the recent weather is a perfect recipe for potholes and expect more in the weeks ahe ahead. >> especially on older pavements where you have cracks where water can penetrate. it's the freezing and thawing that creates the gaps underneath the pavement. >> if a pothole jolts your car, get it checked out before it causes any major problems. >>> moment of terror for a mother and father from atlantic county. >> an infant that isn't breathing, turned blue. >> their 2-month-old was lifeless. next, hear who came to the rescue just in time. >>> pick pockets caught in the act inside a montgomery county grocery store. hear why they took more than a wallet from one victim. >>> don't just watch, be part of the conversation. we're always talking with our viewers via twitter. our dwitwitter address

he was sent to palmyra to fight the islamic state organization. he said, we're all going to die, this is suicide. but he was too scared to desert. he took refuge in a house of a family that he knew after the battle. after eight days, he decided enough is enough and he cannot endanger the family anymore here at he borrowed some loosefitting robes and tried to get out. witnesses take up the story at this stage. they say he was stopped in a mosque by i.s. fighters and told to come outside. they asked who he was, and he said he was just going to pray. right in the street, they beheaded him with a sword. theredy apparently laid for several days but what is moving about the article is it is clearly written by people who came to love and respect this man. it shows the human side of the tragedy. we think about the numbers and political groups, but we have to remember that behind all the statistics, there is normally a man or woman like this. >> that is an incredibly moving story. what makes it even harder is one newspaper cover the fight of ordinary syria

lets look at is what going on weather-wise, we will take you out to the palmyra cove nature park where your cannot see city sky line. 55 degrees at the moment. storm scan three shows the problem, this system coming through, bringing a lot of warm air in with it as it pushes across the the area and you can see a lot of rain, right now a around the baltimore area. this shading, this yellow and orange shows you where heavier rain is, traveling up i-95. we are seeing heavy rain over chester county an area that is under a flood advisory and will remain in that as we go through overnight hour, possibly as flooding continues to occur. zooming in on key spots. the you can see a few heavier patches on have rain here along the shore points from eagleville, atlantic city, cape may point and into portions of sussex county, delaware. wide zoom shows this front really extending from portions of maine right down the eastern seaboard. what we have to watch heading into tomorrow and friday, once this front moves off shore a new wave of low pressure will develop along it and it could start to back close

raindrops out on the camera lens, 06 degrees, very, very mild, and wind that's sort of flowing outside palmyrare park. up in the mountains the fog, normally in this shot, you see the mountain in the distance, clearly you can't make it out. so that said, finding some fog issues and poor visibility depending on location. current wind speeds, they're not terrible, but they're definitely getting up there. along i95, generally in the teens, stronger like we just showed you shore towns here, and straight up southerly flow to it. however, this storm system is huge, we heard, in the story earlier in the broadcast, the blizzard conditions that came along with the storm. the severe wet their broke out in the deep south with this storm. we are really being delta glancing blow with this, because it is really just a rain producer as we zero in on localized radar, take a look at the three hour loop here. heaviest still off to the west. it is on the way. so, we're drawing in the moisture in advance of the front, then until the whole thing crosses through you have to be dealing with rain through the rest of t

that's where you'll go to get to the tacony palmyra bridge. no problems there.l be back in the 6:00 hour with another check on your morning drive, vai. >> ten minutes of 6:00. next on "nbc 10 news today," honoring paterno. two statues of legendary coach joe paterno are being sculpted. we'll tellç you why you won't e them at beaver stadium, though. >>> hey, everyone, it's jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we are watching montgomery township right now, right around 309 and stump road. no problems there through the intersection, no backups. more updates in the 6:00 hour. >>> seven minutes before 6:00 right now. hundreds of hopeful singer came together in center city this weekend for a shot at stardom. ♪ >> nbc's hit reality show "the voice" held two days of auditions at the pennsylvania convention center. contestants warmed up their voices to adele before they had to go on solo in front of the producers. we spoke with one singer who made the cut and is moving into the next round. >> feels like the world. i've been told no so many times so far that i

full screen, from palmyra cove nature parker year this morning, couple of flurries had rolled through. watch things go into motion then. sunshine, boom. clouds roll in, snow blind sided the view over the delaware river, now back to sunshine again. as quickly as it came it went on out. what happens? basically more than anything folks it came courtesy not of organized system rather just lake enhanced snowflakes, rolling on through, and they manage to just come in, intensely right over specially montgomery county portions of philadelphia county right around say between eight and ten this morning. all of the highways around this indicated by red lines led to such problem. so lake enhancement where the moisture came, from winds driven too, so zipping through, anywhere from 30 to 35 miles per hour but highly localized that's why you had sunshine, in most spots localized snow squawls in others, also, accumulating very quickly, now it all sips through very quickly, as well. but, it left behind slick travel, and the thing is here today, guys, coy still see lingering murphy not snow shower at s

, in there somewhere, but do have some clouds certainly skewing the skyline out looking over from palmyra cove nature park overlooking the delaware, center city skyline, there you go, little brighter for you at the shore points, specifically here in cape may courthouse, couple of white puffy clouds, chilly, too, especially factor in the relatively modest northwest breeze, little high nerve spots, i am going to show now second. meanwhile, we had the little batch of morning snow, the last to gasp if you will of the storm that brought in yesterday snow. but that is finally, finally, retreating, and as you see, one system depart, high pressure take its place, winds start to kick in. it is predominantly out of the west or northwest, which means it, will feel little colder, any time that wind blows, and it is a decent winds. not damaging winds necessarily, but it is something that you notice. that will be the theme everywhere for the rest of the day. you might even see a residual flurry specially up near the mountain range, but we do expect to see temperatures generally hold somewhat steady whe

bridges as it pulls up slowly, everything is clear, the ben, the betty, the walt, tacony palmyra, nosues. tracy? >> thanks for that. >>> the world health information will meet to make an announcement on zika virus. >>> plus, educating the çpubli. a local muslim group is coming together in the wake of what they are calling rising islamophobia. find out what they're hoping to teach the community. >>> follow us on twitter, we're constantly tweeting and talking to our viewers. our addresses are right on your screen. >>> 5:11. 4 it 42 degrees outside. >>> yesterday nbc 10 was at the silver side church in wilmington where a panel talked about the rise of islamophobia. the group, movement for a culture of peace and the delaware council of global and muslim affairs co-hosted the event. >>> this week, president obama is scheduled to make his first visit to a u.s. mosque during his time in office. the administration says the president will go to the islamic society of baltimore on wednesday. the president is expected to deliver remarks and hold a forum with community members there. >>> the la

no scheduled openings for the tacony palmyra or the burlington bristol and no problems heading into philadelphiathe ben and the walt. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> ten minutes before 5:00. a dreary morning. temperatures are in the 40s right now and we've got rain. on and off light rain showers this morning. 42 currently in philadelphia. and in the mountains, you'll find some freezing rain because the temperatures are just below freezing and rain is coming out of the sky. you may also run into areas of light fog. not too bad in the mountains. the fog has thickened up in portions of delaware and dover, three-quart irmile visibility, under a mile there. light fog at philadelphia international at two miles visibility. you'll need your umbrella. showers, scattered light showers to start with. through philadelphia, trenton getting a few rain drops right now. here's another line of steadier but still light rainfall into chester county and moving towards new castle county, through cecil county in northeastern maryland. heavier rain, there it is to the south.

tacony palmyra, the betsy, the ben, the burlington bristol.s have not gone up to allow for any ships to pass through. i'll let you know if that happens. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> coming up on 19 minutes after 5:00. it's a colder start in the suburbs than in the city. this is a live view from center city looking past the art museum this morning. 38 degrees at philadelphia international. but that being said, there are cold spots out there and it didn't completely dry out from yesterday's rainfall. you may see some areas of ice. it's more likely north and west. the pocono mountains, still snow on the ground, lots of it. it will be a great day for skiing. what a beautiful spring skiing conditions with sunshine today. in fact, we're all going to engine sunshine today. the clouds from yesterday, they are way offshore. but there's another system on the way. this storm is producing snow and rain right into nebraska. they're getting the brunt of it right now. it's pushing into iowa as well. this is going

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that traffic headed maybe towards the tacony palmyra bridge and having no scheduled openings there.ss transit, 22 minute delays on elwyn train 326 on septa. more updates when i come back in the 6:00 hour. >>> family and friends remember cara mccollum. she was laid to rest in arkansas. a memorial service will be held on saturday, march 12th april the ocean city tabernacle. cara died last monday following a car crash in bad weather. she was a news anchor at çsny today based in millville, cumberland county and was the girlfriend of nbc 10's keith jones. >>> from our delaware bureau, there's a pull outbreak at the howard r. young correctional institution in dover. health officials confirm 18 cases so far. they're evaluating six more potential cases. the prison canceled all visits and programs until further notice to prevent further spread of the virus. >>> happening today, officials swear in dozens of people as u.s. citizens. 33 people from more than 20 countries will take the citizenship oath in mt. laurel, burlington county. congressman tom macarthur will be there. >>> president obam

if you're taking area bridges, no scheduled opens for burlington bristol and tacony palmyra. >>> 11 minutesst 5:00 right now. no smoking. we'll tell you about a new push in philadelphia to help teens quit smoking. >>> and where the city's youth smoking rate ranks across the country. >>> and new video of this man, hours before the shooting rampage in michigan. we'll tell you what he was doing. >>> let's take a look at the nbc 10 first alert weather radar. we're tracking heavy rain. that's why we issued a first alert weather alert so you are ready. >>> upper darby police say they released a video of a man overdosing on heroin on a crowded bus to show the power of narcan. this video was posted on the police department's facebook page. saved his life. yesterday, police arrested the man in the video for possession. >>> two weeks ago, nbc 10 showed you narcan saving this woman from a heroin overdose in south jersey. the woman was lying in the street an a west deptford police officer helped revive her. >>> new video from michigan shows the kalamazoo shooting rampage suspect in a gun store hours be

if you take the area bridges we're nice and clear on the ben, the walt and the tacony palmyra has noscheduled openings at least at this time. >>> a nice wade debate over a single iphone. rallies are planned at apple stores across the country and in our area .fbi wants april toll hack into a phone but many people worry that doing so could erode everyone's privacy rights. actually they're allowing the fbi to hack into the phone. nbc 10's matt delucia is in center city. you spoke with an organizer of one of the ralless. tell us about this. >> people are planning to protest at more than 40 apple stores across the country, including this one right here in center city. they're not protesting april, rather they are on apple's side on this issue. the company has been in a fight with the courts and the fbi over an effort to get a so-called back door entries to iphones, in particular, the fbi says it wants to get into the cell phone of one of the san bernardino shooters. a lot of apple users says that would just be the beginning, that it poses a privacy risk to everyone. one of the organizers

did check with the rest of the area bridges for scheduled opens on the burlington bristol or tacony palmyra we're okay there. we already looked heading towards the walt whitman bridge. we're fine heading into philadelphia. >>> protesters are planning to hit the streets today all across the country to voice their support for apple in their legal battle with the fbi. this all stems in the san bernardino terror investigation. futurecast's matt delucia is live outside the appleç store? center city philadelphia. matt, this is an issue for us in this era of terrorism. security versus privacy. >> apple users and privacy advocates, vai, are planning to protest at more than 40 apple stores throughout the country, including this one here on walnut street in center city. those rallies are planned for later this evening. they are not protesting apple, rather they're on apple's side on this issue. the company has been in a fight with the courts and the fbi over an effort to get a so-called back door entry into iphones. in particular, the fbi says it wants to get into the cell phone of one of the san be

lets look at one view from live neighborhood network camera at palmyra cove nature park looking live over river toward city sky line and last bit of that sunset in the sky. what a beautiful sunset it was tonight and we are on our way, setting stage for gorgeous, sunny weekend but doesn't feel so great right now so just hang on we have much better stuff coming in the forecast. storm scan clear for our region. some light lake effect snow showers, south of the buffalo area and portions of ohio as well. lake effect machine should start to shut off overnight tonight and tomorrow and those wind die down and then eastern half of the country doesn't have much else to worry about heading through weekend. great news there. just full of good news today. we have changes. we will get to that with the seven day forecast. we have temperatures, 38 degrees in philadelphia 33 in reading. twenty-three in mount pocono. as we know with the wind temperatures only half story. it feels 10 degrees colder. feels like 28 in philadelphia 24 in reading. twenty-two in lancaster. late tonight if you are out and ab

meanwhile, outside we go to palmyra cove nature park, nothing is really happening quote, calm and quiet beginning of the morning, will change as time as things start to go downhill. taking you through the hour by hour forecast, specking mid 40's, height of the afternoon so it is chillier by comparison, but, it is still too warm for anything but rain. and once the rain is here, it doesn't really let up. now not talking buckets of dousing rain. but it is a light to moderate rainfall. that will last basically any time today. and that said, i would take your umbrella portions of the lehigh valley, wednesday, though, bridges with it the heaviest round every rain, also probably strongest winds, as we wait the arrival and passage of what is going to be the more pot effort two systems, and in total, by the time we get rid of this on thursday, we are talking maybe upward of 2 inches, now, coming up, little later in the show, what i'm going to do is break down the details of the flood situation, where you might end up with the worse conditions, where you might end up with the highest totals every

window across most of the board here, across some of the northern counties where you sit, as well, palmyra checks in at the freezing mark, so cold enough to support that snow. but it will be very light snow. how much you decide to put it, bottom line not at all what we call major storm, but certainly is enough to have a big impact, especially for commuters, meisha. >> absolutely, seeing some black ice out there, we know like you said it is coal enough to support that. so, it is going to be a slower commute than usual, just because we do have slick roadways. live look outside, vine at 95, birds eye view, beautiful shot by the way of early rides ers just starting to hit the roadways now, still looking good. still looking pretty quiet. which is he can actually what we want to see, as we push further into the 5:00 this will start to change just little bit. boulevard headlights moving in the southbound direction toward the schuylkill, looking good, looking nice and quiet. when i look at the schuylkill headlights, eastbound direction, past spring garden street, you can see, this is one area wher

here up to the walt whitman bridge, a 5-minute tripç no problems on the bet ski ross, the tacony palmyraburlington bristol. crews begin rehabilitation work on the falls bridge. the project is expected to be done by april 1st. tracy? >>> thousands of car enthusiasts packed the pennsylvania convention center this weekend for the start of the philadelphia auto show, whether you're looking to buy or play with the controls, lots to see there. there were more than 700 cars, trucks and motorcycles, everything from futuristic concept cars to perfectly restored classics. >> i came out alone. i spend too much time here so my wife won't come with me anymore. i'm a little bit of a car nut. >> kind of that living the dream type car, maybe a porsche. >> philadelphia auto show runs through next sunday. >>> 4:22 and 44 degrees in philadelphia. the future is bright, according to an ace from the past. former philly star cole hamels spent the week in our area. he's talking about his team's push back to major league greatness. >>> see how the internet is playing a big role in keeping these two former office

no scheduled openings for the tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol. tracy? >>> happening today, bill cosby's wife is scheduled to answer questions in a defamation suit against her husband. her lawyers desperately tried over the weekend to delay that deposition. matt delucia is live in the digital operations center with details on what happened this weekend and what's happening today. fill us in, matt. >> camille cosby is scheduled to give her deposition at a hotel in massachusetts later this morning. her legal team has concerns about security and subjecting camille cosby to what it calls unnecessary media circus. a judge ruled her request for a delay has no merit. camille cosby's lawyers are claiming she is not involved with the facts or allegations in the case. more about that case, a group of alleged victims are suing bill cosby for defamation and their lawyer wants to hear from camille because she worked for her husband as his business manager for many years. private conversations between a married couple are protected by law but businessç conversation a

the destruction at palmyra must worse than previously thought including monuments at the valley of the tombs, part of an ancient roman city. this video was splugalled out of syria and obtained by swedish tv. >> a cease-fire is set to go into effect in that country saturday although isis and other groups are now covered by the agreement. there are growing calls to establish a so-called safe zone nep northern syria to protect syrians fleeing their homes. if the cease fire fails. secretary of state john kerry told top lawmakers would to maintain. >> in colorado, three sheriff's deputies shot while serving an eviction notice. last night a vigil was held in his honor south of denver. nate kerrigan was killed when the homeowner opened fire on the buttons. he homeowner also died in the shoot-out. the oovictions has been considered high risk. a mystery at a federal office in the san francisco bay area. the customsen and border protection office in almeda was evacuated after an employee opened an informing containing white powder. thee people complained of feeling a sick but a search turned up

the part of the week, nice and quiet to kick it off here, we overlook the delaware river here from palmyra cove nature park, you can see there is still some cloud cover, still being reflected up toward the sky there. but we are seeing these clouds break thin, and thin out, as the day progresses. you can see also in the beginning of this loop here from the last three hours, the wet weather just clearing on out of here. once the sun does come up it will shine brightly, will look like beautiful day out there. at the moment temperatures aren't terrible. in the low 30's, granted, through reading, allentown, mount pocono, basically far to the north and west of the city even in the mid 30's, upper 30's, up and down portions of i95ment philly still checking in at 40, pair of four's, millville, not bad out there. we look forward in the forecast any clouds do break for more and more sun as the day goes on, looks like beautiful afternoon, chill by comparison in the poconos, cooler by comparison it the beautiful weekend weather we did enjoy. you'll have sunshine to go along with over achieving 50 degr

as we start off with a look outside in the live neighborhood network we saw palmyra cove nature park here taking the shot, center city off in the distance looking across the delaware river there. granted a few clouds but we are seeing skies clearing out. over last couple hours we noticed those cloud thinning with time over the north east in general. this is a very quiet outlook for our area for next couple days, even though we are going to see disturbance move in by the weekend it doesn't bring too much. we will see too much in the seven day. i want to give you a heads up for next week, if you have travel plans coming up, for business or lucky enough for pleasure. keep in mind we will potentially be looking at a new storm system and that is tuesday into wednesday, depending on what model you believe and right now you cannot bank on either of them, the gfs or eiro, one is warmer, one is colders. you may have a better shot for rain or snow depending on whether it is warmer or colder. at this point do i think we are going to be facing a storm system it is just what does it the write? at

i checked in with the burlington bristol and the tacony palmyra, no scheduled openings this morning.blems on the ben heading into philadelphia. more updates when i come back in the next ten. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 18 minutes after 5:00. another frigid morning. at least for now, dry in philadelphia. here at nbc 10, barely any wind. that's the good news. it's cold even without wind blowing. 18 degrees. the temperature has started to climb a little bit. still cold enough for snow and cape may has already seen a dusting of snow from the system that's going to take hours to really get going. it is light snow in virginia, into maryland and delaware. it's been trying to push to the north but it's pushing in the drier air. we're just seeing isolated, very light snow showers. minimal accumulation in delaware. looking at an inch or two of snow possible during the day today. most of the morning it's just going to be cloudy. by lunch time, here comes the light snow. 32 degrees in philadelphia. that's a big warmup. and then look to the south. ev