this morning we'll test your knowledge about philadelphia. for example, the did you know the liberty bell was originally called the state house bell? and that ray street used to be named sassafras. and that george washington rotated his slaves between philadelphia and mount vernon for a not very presidential reason? he's also a chief operating officer. dr. arnold, thank you very much for joining us. you are the go-to person for pennsylvania facts. >> i've been with the historical society for over 24 years. i'm also a tour guide within the city. it's always amazing that people, even locals, don't know a lot of the history of their own city. one of the first ones starts with the founding of philadelphia, founded by william penn and william penn was a quaker. part of that is street names. ray street used to be called sassafras. the east/west streets were named after trees and the north/south streets were named after numbers. philadelphia was the very first city built on a public grid and public square system in the united states and we're also t

4 in philadelphia. i think 5 looks good. 7.5 on the rpm that's probably a little high. in allentown the numbers are higher since it's been all snow up there. lehigh valley 6.2 inches before we are done. keep in mind this is heavy wet snow, if you do wind up with a lot on the sidewalk, it will be tougher to shovel. it could be hard on the heart they call this heart attack snow especially in the northern suburbs, it's hard on the heart and hard on the backs stretch before you start. melting today and refreeze tonight. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we have snow wrapping up this morning be careful on roads at 10, 11:00 a.m. the snow could pile up and take the plows a while to clear it out. it's a cold and windy day 31 degrees windchills in the teens. tomorrow windchills in the single digits at dawn. 32 is the high in the afternoon. it will be cold and uncomfortable. 47 degrees on saturday afternoon. we'll start to melt that snow and not a lot of itself on sunday if there's any left. 55 with

currently the windchill this philadelphia, 23 in philadelphia, 22 in allentown. 33 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon, chilly, 37. we're going for a high of 39 degrees at 3:00 p.m. it will feel like the 20s because of that strong, blustery wind. 36 degrees by 5:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m., 33 degrees and breezy. tomorrow better and better for the weekend, karen rogers i'll discuss that with you and everybody else coming up in just a few minutes. >> reporter: i will discuss the roads, looking live on the vine street expressway, the overnight construction has cleared. crews return at 11:00 p.m. and shut the vine down in both directions. a little bit of a problem on the schuylkill expressway. you can see how dark it is at montgomery drive. they have the overhead lights out. it's a dark ride in on the schuylkill expressway. no delays. on the big picture, no problems or accidents, but we have an accident in upper chichester, 322 eastbound approaching i-95 emergency crews are responding to the scene this accident coming in in delaware county. 42 in gloucester, all lanes back open and looking good. >> police ch

currently the windchill this philadelphia, 23 in philadelphia, 22 in allentown. 33 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon, chilly, 37.

philadelphia, 42. few rain showers end and clouds still with us at 9:00 and nn time expect to see some thinning of clouds. enough to warm us up tow 55 degrees. late this afternoon. temperatures will really warm up. near 60 degrees in the lehigh valley. 63 for philadelphia n. suburbs. little bit cooler though at the shore. those clouds will linger and temperatures held back by the cooler ocean water. 54 degrees. up to 60 degrees in delaware this afternoon. go through the forecast hour by hour so you know when to expect to see sunshine when i'm back in ten months. first, jessica boyington has update on first alert traffic center. >> thanks. starting off on schuylkill this morning. cameras right around city line avenue and we're watching that westbound delay. no surprise. really at a crawl. moving out from the boulevard and montgomery drive forward on the westbound side. starting to see delay. no problems getting off the ramp there. as for the bridges. scheduled opening. you can take the betsy ross bridge

of move toward the philadelphia area. where you see that red, where you see the orange, the yellow, that's going to be moderate to heavy rainfall, atlantic city, wildwood, by 7:00. the pink from dover to millville, little bit of sleet. but look at those temperatures dropping into the 20's, north and west, and also, right around philadelphia, and wilmington, looking at the snow right around 7:00 continuing toward the 8:00 time frame. by 10:00 a.m. this is tapering off as we move toward the west, part of south jersey still looking at some of the snowfall. by 11:00 most of the action, it is pulling away. the winds will be picking up. live look right now. outside of the studios talking about just wet conditions. so not dealing with any snowfall yet in the philadelphia area, and here's why. look at the temperatures, yes, not cold enough for snow. 44 degrees right now, winds out of the north-northeast at about 8 miles per hour, and the visibility at 6 miles 46 in wildwood, 46 in millville, mid four's, dover, currently in trento

funeral today in west philadelphia. meantime a $20,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest in this deadly shooting. >>> 5:36. this morning east commute should be smoother than last week. trains will run every 5-6 minutes. septa says it will have more cars in service. still not operating at full capacity. pulled dozens of trains from service when cracks were found on two rail cars. working to repair the problem. >>> speaking of septa, riders see new kiosk starting this morning. look for them at all stations. the reloadable cards will eventually replace tokens, strips and paper transfers. >>> northeast philadelphia restaurant is offering $2500 to whoever knows what happened to a stolen barbecue smoker. here it is. someone took it thursday night from fat jack's barbecue. the smoker, which weighs about 2,000 pounds, a couple of tons, is worth about $30,000. >>> in berks county, activists are calling for the county's residential center to be shutdown. the center houses dozens of undon mattingu undocumented immigr

they are spread out across the philadelphia region. if you do find yourself out on the road, penndot is reminding the drivers to proceed slowly and leave extra space between you and other vehicles. visibility is the issue we're hearing from other drivers. >> it's slippery, it's hard to see with the squalls, but it's pretty good. >> reporter: yeah, so, again, visibility an issue, we're starting to see slippery spots on the roads, use caution as you head out the door. live in collegeville, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> speaking of being on the roads, let's go over to mobile 6 making its way down the northeast extension near lansdale. they are coming toward the city. when they first went up toward quakertown we were seeing more rain than snow. you can see in the headlights they are dealing with snow. katherine talking about how slick it is on the roads, definitely an issue all around the region. let's go over to bob brooks from time to time we went on the air, bob had snow live in allentown tillman and cedar crest. it looks

philadelphia dipped to 41. we'll be crashing to the freezing mark before too much longer over the neck # 0 minutes or so -- next 90 minutes or so. the snow will pass through philadelphia probably around 6:00 a.m. him down the shore we'll change over to the frozen stuff. so-- 10:00 a.m. we'll be changing over to snow. by noon, we're likely dry in philadelphia. and by 2:00 p.m., the stuff is moving essentially out of the region. we are expecting 4 to 8 inches on the ground from philadelphia up to lansdale. i would say philadelphia probably on the lower amount say around 5, 2 to 4 farther south and 8 to 12 the bullet area from the lehigh valley to the east. the lehigh valley high is 28 degrees. at the shore, you'll be sitting on or about 36 a little bit later as the snow gets out of here, and temperatures bounce back a little bit. in philadelphia, you'll go for a high of 33. a snowy start, another thing to keep in mind, the winds pick up, 40-mile an hour gusts windchills falling in the teens this afternoon. 33 is

live at philadelphia international airport. where american airlines are experiencing a computer system outage. there is currently a ground stop for all american airline flights, depart to go philadelphia. we'll have the latest and we'll check the jam cams when we come right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it isn't just about vision, it's about care. nobody cares for eyes more than pearle. >> ground stop at philadelphia international airport. a mess right now if you're trying to flight out this morning. from the sky to the grounds, more chaos on the rails. federal investigators right now on the scene, in upper darby, investigating that crash. how that could still affect our morning commute. >> why some people could lose their jobs in our area. >> start treat dreaming. tonight's big powerball drawing. but there were two feel in our area who already are millionaires. >> really? so could you be next? that's the question, right? >> we started herring from our viewers, via twitter, what's going on in this tweet here, my 5:20, just

in philadelphia we're seeing sleet getting closer to philadelphia in the last half-hour. if you can get your traveling done in the i-95 corridor in the next half-hour, good if for you, because we'll get the heavy banged with -- banding with thew coming in. farther to the sought, we have thunder storm in atlantic county, and burlington county. we have rumbles of thunder, thunder here and snow there and changing to snow in philadelphia. crazy what we've got on the map this morning. >> the temperature 40 degrees at the last measurement in philadelphia. which was 16 minutes ago, i think we're closer to 39, 38 right now as the numbers are in the process of following. future tracker 6 shows you between now and 6:00 a.m. we very likely are seeing the transition to snow in philadelphia. if not it will be soon after that. through 9:00 a.m., the snow is heavy at times straight through the i-95 corridor. one change with the forecast, looks like the snow will knock off a little sooner than yesterday. as soon as 11:00 a.m. in philadelphia, we could be done, skies brightening out west

her funeral is today in west philadelphia. meantime a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the deadly shooting. >>> new this morning, a man in a wheelchair is in critical condition after being shot in the chest. nbc 10 was on the scene in north philadelphia. police say someone opened fire from outside the man's apartment. you can see where a bullet entered the home. investigator say an argument involving several people inside the apartment happened just been the shooting. victim is expected to survive. police made no arrests. coming up in the next half hour, hear from the victim's brother. >>> college basketball player wounded instead a drive by shooting is recovering. he led his team to beat drexel saturday night. homecoming game of sorts who played high school basketball here at newman. instead of going home with the team, he stayed in town for his son's baby dedication. that's when the gunman opened fire on south fourth street. a bullet gazed his knee. a 16-year-old was also shot. >> we were hang lg out an

"action news" reporter christie ileto is in south philadelphia. what is the city doing to get ready for this? >> jim, the city is bracing for several inches of snow that could impact tomorrow morning's commute. one thing they are doing, you see the cars on broad street? they'll have to move or they'll be towed by midnight because this is a snow emergency route. >> park your car a day early and leave it >> the city is under a snow emergency meaning amy's normal spot is off limits. >> when if snow emergency route is declared, you could park five to six blocks from where you reside. >> city crews have started loading up 50,000-tons of salt needed to treat the pavement from the storm. >> we hope the warmer temperatures will absorb enough heat to act as a buffer for us. >> the rail cars underground and are running the lines to keep them from icing. >> we had a tough one last year but came through with good marks and will come through this one too. be careful and use common sense. >> groups have stocked up supplies to help the elderly dig out tomorrow.

a system computer glitch on american airlines impacting philadelphia commuters here at philadelphia international airport. here is a live look at philadelphia international airport where the american airlines planes are in a ground stop. basically what that means is all flights beginning in other cities, destined for philadelphia, are not permit today take off while the ground stop in effect. camera at the airport, stacked and packed at the check in lines for american, this all started about an hour and a half ago. fols showing up at the airport start today sigh they couldn't check into the kiosk, then the computer glitch, and they were hand checking everybody. that of course led to where we are right now. if you are holding a ticket, and intend to fly on american airlines, lauren spoke to a pilot, few minute ago, and that pilot said as we go to the maps that the grounds stop looks will be in effect until at least 8:00 a.m. this morning. this is going to have a domino effect not only here in philadelphia but cities across the country for the rest of the day, none of this ever gets cleared up quic

steady at 26 miles an hour in philadelphia. stronger for philadelphia. 31 miles an hour. i likely top 50 miles an hour at times today. starting with temperatures at 20s in the mountains. 30s for the rest of the area. feels like temperatures are much colder. 22 in wilmington. 22 in allentown. 18 for coatesville. cold blustery morning. we will see sunshine. the winds will stay with us right on into the afternoon. the 28-mile-an-hour winds at 10:00. 29 at noontime. 26-mile-an-hour wind at 2:00. steady winds. gusts will go higher than that in philadelphia and in the suburbs. keeps the temperatures in the 30s all day long in the suburbs. 32 degrees right now and at 8:00 and in the upper 30s this afternoon. strong gusty winds in the lehigh valley will deliver a few clouds at times. clouds blowing through the area. 34 degrees at noontime and 36 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon and for new jersey. see sunshine, but you'll feel that strong wind and those damaging winds could lead to more downed trees and more downed power lines. traffic troubles this morning in nnk could happen agai

philadelphia is now understand a snow emergency, philadelphia public schools and all diocesan schools are closed. good morning, i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. here's a live look at philadelphia's mt. airy neighborhood. we're taking a look from the changeover to snow. now, let's go to the pocono mountains where the changeover has happened. snow started falling here overnight. >>> and snow moving into the lehigh valley. here's a live look at allentown. this morning, we have complete coverage of the storm. the "first alert" weather team has the most accurate in the neighborhood. bill henley and krystal klei, here with the storm. >> we're seeing the intense snow this morning. it is spreading to it's south. it's already snowing in allentown. and had to run the plows, but minimal accumulation. and a much lighter snow in allentown. but this storm is just getting started. we expect it to intensify. there's allentown, lehigh, maiden creek. to the south, richland is seeing that snow. but then farther to the south, we saw tim furlong driving in the rain. that is only rain so far. heavy

and girls in philadelphia are disproving that misconception. katherine scott has the story. >> they call themselves the soaring six. they are the all gears rocket team out of the calvary school in northeast philadelphia. >> girls have the same amount of power as the guys do and it's really inspiring. this is our prototype a it's longer. they are working side by side in their lab dedicated to building rockets. vying for the national title the mission for the seventh and eighth graders to build a rocket able to hit 700 to 800 feet for a flight duration of 45 seconds and the rocket must separate and computer design and construction -- trial and error. we keep running flight simulations to the flights over and over again. changing each maybe the size the tube length and definitely the weight. >> we have to make sure the fins are very good. which is why i'm in charge of making the fins . >> the students started building the rockets in the six grade and took first last year and are gearing up for nationals. and he sees this as a tremendous educationa

not a problem for philadelphia, northeast philadelphia or new jersey. 59 in philadelphia. 40s for the suburbs in new jersey. there you can see the fog and lehigh valley 37 degrees, but the fog will disappear. look at the warmup between now and 9:00 this morning. up to 47 degrees and into the 50s this afternoon. 59 degrees for philadelphia. sunshine and temperatures will take off into the low 50s for king of prussia by noontime and topping out in 60s by the afternoon. forecast calling for unusually warm temperatures today. record breaker for philadelphia. 55 in lehigh valley and for new jersey, inland, and the shore into the low 60s. i'll break down the forecast hour by hour and show you when you can expect to see the first snow falling in the area when i come back in ten minutes, but first, jessica boyington watching first alert traffic. >> thanks, watching the schuylkill expressway this morning. disabled vehicle on the westbound side. cameras around south street. this is the ramp. this is the westbound schuylkill here. all lanes moving by. you can see police activity there. little sl

it's starting to change over to snow in philadelphia. and looking here at a review of the nbc10 studios. that snow that is falling, that snow, once is changes over it's going to be all snow. the wind bringing in the colder air. and that's why we're seeing the changeover to start off. and it's sweeping through philadelphia and now into new jersey and delaware as well. the intense rain you see to the south, it's too warm just yet as the easterly winds are pushing the warm air in from the ocean, giving a few thunderstorms at the shore. inland, cold air that's sweeping now into chester county and northern new castle county. this is what we're going to see from delaware county. it's going to take some time to happen. one of the indicators of intense snowfall. the lower the visibility, the heavier the snow. quakertown and pottstown. coatesville even heavier snowfall. temperatures drop 35 degrees in philadelphia and we're now getting snow. cold enough for snow. not necessarily cold enough to stick. as it clears down, it's going to be sticking l

at 1:00, 37 in philadelphia. clouds increasing this afternoon along with winds for the suburbs. 30s through the day for the suburbs and lehigh valley. 29 degrees at 9:00 and low 30s this afternoon. for delaware, sunshine, clouds and gusty winds. strongest winds will be during the afternoon hours. that's true of new jersey as well. clouds rolling in. snow showers and rain drops, it will be dry and cold as we go into the evening hours. gusty winds at the shore will limit temperatures in the upper 30s. cold as it is today, windy as it is today, there's much warmer weather ahead. a spring preview for the weekend. we'll look at that in ten minutes. >>> 6:08 right now on this thursday morning. looks like an accident on 422 in upper chichester, i believe? >> jessica boyington has the update. >> a crash closing that between 95 and route 452. you can see that closure right here on the map system. so big delays around. also watch the lanes on the opposite side. the westbound side there as well, you want to avoid this entir

. ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. ♪ >>> tonight in philadelphia, locals pulling together after a hostile act at a jewish cemetery. people of all faiths coming to clean up in the wake of hate. good evening and thanks for joining us at 6:00. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. volunteers are sending message of their own tonight. fox 29's dave schratwieser is on this story. dave? >> reporter: lucy, some news right up front i'm told by a high-ranking police official tonight that the reward in this case has now gone up to $50,000 thanks to donations from the city, some anonymous donors, councilman alan dam and other that is reward now $50,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. fbi and philadelphia police continue to investigate. but today was all about the clean up. volunteers bite dozens returned to the mt. carmel cemetery tuesday to continue the clean up from last week's widespread vandalism. that left hundreds of tombstones overturned or damaged at the wissonoming cemetery. volunteer bell white is just 14. >> just to he

that's in philadelphia. the view of the fog, well, that's going to be with us this morning into the late morning hours. but the fog will be disappearing. the temperatures will be climbing. warm air surging into the area. and that fog is creating the fog for delaware, south jersey, the suburbs, 48 degrees and climbing in philadelphia. we're already seeing 50s at this hour. rittenhou rittenhouse, center city, philadelphia, all into the 50s and climbing. this is even before sunrise this morning. we're still waiting for fog in the lehigh valley and berks county. pottstown has been slow. zero visibility in coatesville. trenton, philadelphia international and mt. holly and it extends to the shores. louisville and atlantic city, dense fog this morning. and it takes a few hours for it to clear. but it will be clearing outside. you'll see lots of sunshine for philadelphia, doylestown and trenton this afternoon. a mostly cloudy morning. to the south, there are some showers. i don't expect to see any showers during the

i will tell you philadelphia does find her freedom. i was wondering if you could elaborate more on the free black community in philadelphia and the ways they might have been planning to assist her. >> that is a great question about the community of free blacks in philadelphia and how they came to her aid. i think one of the important things about this story, this cyst history, is it highlights. where ona judge lived, thousands of free blacks were moving in and around philadelphia. ona judge never knew their names for fear of revival. they were known for the creation of philadelphia and likely to help in her escape and assisting fugitives. a week before she left it was noted she was given new money for shoes. smart, right? you will need new issues if you are running away. richard allen was a chimney sweep and served the household of the president and it was some kind of connection between her and richard allen helped her but the only person she names is john bowels who is is a ship master. i was able to, because she named his name, she

and in philadelphia shooting all the way up to 64. now, if we hit that, that will break the old record high for this date of 63 set back in 1925. so, record warmth this afternoon, mostly cloudy skies with some sunny breaks. and a little bit on the breezy side. then overnight tonight, boy, do those numbers dip. by tomorrow morning, we'll be all the way down to 33 degrees, maybe even dipping a little bit below that as heavy snow bands come through. cloudy skies, snow arriving after midnight and those winds picking up so it will be a bit blustery. new model runs suggest that the snow won't be here until maybe about 2 o'clock or 3 o'clock in the morning in the western suburbs and by 4 o'clock or 5 o'clock in the morning it should be coming in close to philadelphia and in the northern and western suburbs. notice how it starts out as rain down south. that's going to help diminish your snowfall totals in the area you see the rain. as we move through the rush hour that snow band gets closer to the coast, continues to snow heavy at times acros

for now reporting in north philadelphia. katy zachry nbc 10 news. >>> philadelphia police looking for a car and driver after a car dragd an officer in germantown and sped away. officer approached a car. smelled what he thought was marijuana. reached in and tried to turn off the ignition. car sped off dragging the officer about 500 feet. dragged officer was taken to the hospital to be treated for can you have thes and bruises. listed in stable condition. looking for a silver pontiac grand pree with pennsylvania tags. ix with pennsylvania tags. >>> holding a protest against scott pruitt. expected to be confirmed by a narrow margin when the vote comes up this afternoon. democrats trying to delay the vote. judge ordered the release of e-mails of pruitt and fossil fuel companies. raise conflict of interest issues for the nominee. overnight, tweeted this from the senate floor. we must carefully review the new information before we cast a vote on scott pruitt's nomination. he used the hashtag, hold the floor. >>> president trump st

right now in philadelphia. wilmington northeast philadelphia holding in the low 40s, but look at the 30s for millville and dover. north and west pottstown at 39 degrees. allentown 32. just a little bit colder in poconos. that's without the wind. factor in the wind, windchill makes it feel like low 30s just above freezing for philadelphia. millville and allentown 25 degrees. the windchill right now. the wind will be getting stronger this afternoon. noontime, that's a ten mile an hour wind in philadelphia. 13 miles in pottstown and trenton. wind will be blowing in new jersey as well. go into the afternoon hours. 3:30 in the afternoon. close to 20 miles an hour in philadelphia. close to 30 miles an hour in pottstown. going to be a chilly breeze blowing. going to be a southwesterly wind. that will help boost the temperatures. mostly cloudy skies today. starting off with clouds in the area right now. no sign of any wet weather for us anyway. find it to west and snow showers to the north. we will stay dry for a chang

8:00-5:00 at philadelphia university. information on nbc10.com or our app. vai? >> dangerous winds grip our area, and they are not letting up soon. here's a live look from our eagle's nest camera where you can see the turbines spinning quickly. first alert meteorologist will let us know how long the gusty winds last, and adele's flub, the mistake she made in a tribute to george michael. >>> breaking news damaging winds hitting our area, check out this tree down in philadelphia's mt. airy neighborhood. you can see the effects of the windy conditions in center city. a live look from the kimmel campus camera. >>> ben frankly parkway in philadelphia. hold on to your hats and anything else not secured if you're headed outside any time soon. there's a threat of damaging winds and that is why we have issued a first alert today. >>> here's a live look at philadelphia international where there are some delays and cancellations reported today because of the wind. snow also in many north eastern citying impacting the flight schedule

dawkins spent 13 years playing here in philadelphia. hear what dawkins had to say tonight later in sports. >>> and now to first alert weather, and tonight, you definitely needed to bundle up with your winter coats. nbc 10 on south broad street tonight. and nbc 10 first alert meteorologist, erika martin looks ahead at what we can expect. >> you can expect a warm up with. tomorrow, your expected high temperature, 37 degrees. easton, 42 for you. the p.a. suburbs mainly in the low to mid-40s. a mix of sun and clouds. looks like buyberry will see a high of 46. hatten field, 44 is your expected high. trenton, 45. grassboro, 56 with overnight lows mainly in the 20s. so this is a nice warm trend. we're seeing here avalon, expected high of 46, and atlantic city, 1 degree warmer, 47 for you. we are trending warmer. delaware also seeing mid- to upper 40s, and coming up, we're going to talk about when we're going to see 60s. back to you. >> thanks, erika. >>> tonight, there are still no charges of the death of a 2-year-old in camden county. nbc 10

this is "good day philadelphia" . >> good morning, straight ahead on good day philadelphia, more scandal rocking the trump administration, the new allegations this morning that are tying white house officials to russia right before the election. >> and russian military moves. what was one of its spy ships doing right off the coast of delaware? this morning we take our questions to the coast guard for answers. >> and developing from overnight, shots fired outside after night club. now the search is on for the shooter. >> bye bye love. it is out with our love statue. but not for good. >> the love continues. you can take the statue away temporarily, but it goes on, great to have you with us this wednesday, we are halfway through the week, good morning, everyone. >> bye bye love. >> ebony brothers. >> i can name that tune in three seconds. >> oh, my years in oldies radio did pay off. >> morning, sue. >> morning, yes, we've got a day ahead. >> oh, no. that doesn't sounds good? >> it is fine, just fine, i don't know, it is do you have finds a word. so we will just gave you a number. it is a se

down to 35 in vineland. 42 in philadelphia. 34 in coatesville. so yeah, it's going to be kind of chilly this evening and overnight tonight. but not so much tomorrow. we hit 45 for the high today after 39 yesterday. going up into the mid 60s both saturday and sunday. it's more typical of april temperatures. as we go through the night tonight, it doesn't get all that cold in most parts of the area. certainly dry. there's very little wind. just the beginning of a spectacular weekend. we'll see how long that lasts into next week coming up. >> all right. glenn. >>> new at 6:00, an 8-year-old girl is in the hospital after she was stabbed in the face. we just got off the phone with the police chief in delaware county. a woman stabbed that girl in front of other children. right now that woman is in police custody. >>> now, to south philadelphia where one iconic sandwich shop is getting less business than normal for the start of the holiday weekend. >> burglars broke into john's roast pork forcing the place to close. >> they climbed in through the ceiling

it's 42 right now in philadelphia. even milder today with a high of 63, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> a u.s. army veteran is accused of trying to help isis plot a terror attack. 25-year-old robert hester made his first court appearance in missouri yesterday. the justice department says he thought he was working with isis operatives to pull off an attack on presidents' day targeting buses and a train station in kansas city. in reality he was actually talking with undercover agents. hester was enlisted in the army for less than a year receiving a general discharge from service in 2014. >> we have new developmenting in the suspected assassination of north korean leader kim jong un's half brother in malaysia. north korea's calling for malaysia to release the two female suspects currently in custody. however, police in malaysia say they are still looking for several more suspects and they say one of them works at the north korean embassy in the malaysian capitol of kuala lumpur. authorities say the two women attacked

they are expected to survive. >>> philadelphia police are still investigating a crash in northeast philadelphia that seriously injured a man and 2-year-old twin girls. their mother says their car got a flat tire on woodhaven road yesterday afternoon. she pulled over so her fiance could change it. that's when a car rear ended them injuring the twins and the fiance who was changing the tire. >>> we saw some showers around parts of our area this morning. look at the ben franklin bridge in center city. clouds still in the sky, but temperatures are starting to warm up. krystal, we're almost at 50 degrees. how high is it going to go today? >> even yesterday was still a warmer than average today. already it's nearly 50 in philadelphia right now. we're going to make it to the low 60s this afternoon. 47 is our temperature in town right now. lancaster, 51. wilmington, 48 degrees. atlantic city checking in at 52. these temperatures have already made it above average for the day, and they'll continue climbing as we go through the afternoon with a little more sunshine breaking through in the afternoon. rada

philadelphia redding less likely at the shore. dover you're less likely to see showers on sunday, but today will be dry. just mostly cloudy and breezy. tie temperature feel like lower 40s today. blustery tomorrow. stronger wind out of northwest. then here comes the cold. friday. saturday and into sunday. even a chance of very light snowfall on sunday. by monday it's gone and here comes warmup. 60 degrees by wednesday afternoon. should come with wet weather. chance later in the day on tuesday. turns cold er. >>> thanks. ten before seven. getting ready to head out the door. remind you of the major issue we've been watching all morning. >> looks like a backup there. fill us in. >> watching this all morning. wasn't any backup because it was so early. on the air at 4:30 this morning. tractor trailer already a problem. overturned on the off-ramp 95 southbound moving towards the blue route northbound. ramp is closed. 95 is still open. so is the blue route. no major closures there. is starting to become a major problem with major delays i

in philadelphia i -- degrees there, in philadelphia i expect to get a little bit higher on the thermometer before we are done. sustained winds running 13 miles per hour in philadelphia. they will easily back during the afternoon. in a lot of areas we have winds less than 13 today. the high today is 352, that's a full ten degrees above the average high of 42. if we get lucky we might pop up another degree or two above the 52. tonight, 39 in philadelphia that's above average. in fact the in effect several days will continue to be mild. as we look at future tracker 6 in the wee hours of tuesday morning into early tomorrow sprinkles and showers will develop. we have a concern with anything popping up close to the poconos or as far south as north hampton county, pennsylvania. in these areas there could be a freeze up up on the roads. overnight tonight, anytime after 1:00 a.m. all the way up until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, you do want to slow it down, even if it's just a sprinkle, because it could be freezing up on the road surface. if you're traveling north of the poconos it's a winter weath

in philadelphia. 27 over pennsylvania suburbs. 28 in new jersey. 25 in lehigh valley. delaware you're checking in at 29 trees. notice winds they are calm currently. we're going to see quite a few changes with the warm up and winds picking up as we get into this afternoon. look at these forecast highs. 65 in. 61 in the suburbs. 63 in new jersey. upper 50s to around 60 in the lehigh valley. and 65 for parts of delaware. you'll little warmer in southern delaware, a little cooler in northern delaware. mostly sunny across the board and we just get a little breezy as we get later into the day. as for your sky conditions radar and satellite, not often we can say not a cloud in site, not a drop in rain. no snowflakes to be had. we're entirely dry. by this afternoon temperatures are much too warm to support any type of frozen precip. actually take a look. the entire region that's clear. not a cloud in sight through pennsylvania tracking down through d.c. to norfolk we're looking at dry conditions. we'll look h

the temperature 29 at 7am in philadelphia. and then look at this the back edge at 9am it's going to be to move faster and the snow will move out quicker as well. its it will be out of philadelphia by noon and clearing the coast by 1:00. maybe some sunshine by the mid afternoon. so starting between one old and 4:00 rain in philadelphia changing over to snow. it tapers off quickly between 9:00 to the west and one to the east. eight to 12-inches possible as you head toward north jersey. four to eight in philadelphia if that transition is a little bit later you'll be on the lower end of the scale because you'll have more time for sleet and rain but right now we're still in that four to eight range in many region. one to four through hammonton and millville. with a lesser accumulation even dover right on that line between one and four and coating to two obviously the least snow expecting down toward the shore. so heavy snow clinging to those tree lines and tree limbs and power lines. poor visibility during the morning rush with it

mostly cloudy skies in philadelphia. still be up a couple degrees at 8:00. 11:00. 46 start to see breaks in the clouds. lehigh valley is just below freezing right now. 31 degrees to start with. still 31 at 8:00. clouds start to break later in the morning. temperatures will be climbing. even though clouds coming in. cool spot, well, won't be philadelphia or suburbs or lehigh valley. it's going to be the shore. inland areas of new jersey. 51 degrees. little bit chillier with on shore breeze for the shore. delaware up to 52. this is going to be the coolest day of the entire week. take a look at trend when i come back in ten minutes. first, jessica boyington, has your first alert traffic. >>> thanks, bill. watching an accident scene. have an overturned vehicle. might be an overturned tractor trailer. no reports of that yet. just reports it's an overturned vehicle. blue route northbound ramp to schuylkill expressway westbound. watching police activity there. as you can see in the right hand shoulder still getting by on the ra

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off, it was a merchant ship based in philadelphia. it sailed between philadelphia and liverpool and would make journeys to south carolina and the west indies. trade,the transatlantic the bull was made in liverpool, so it is made in liverpool and the ship's goals were commissioned to celebrate a voyage or commission of a new ship and would be given to owners were captains of these ships. , looking through colonial newspapers and of course, digitize asian has made this a lot easier. a couple of hours of searching, we were able to establish that the ship begins appearing in 1760,isements around 1763. there are notices of goods being sold in this neighborhood and the lists of all the goods, but the connection to my request is in december of 1765. it carried a protest against the by all theigned merchants in philadelphia and address not likely to parliament, but to the manufacturers and tradesmen in england, basically saying we and you to put pressure overturn the stamp act. we think about the by local movement as something of our era, but

that's in the philadelphia area. we'll go through your delaware neighborhoods and what a range we've got. likely starts to see a rain/snow mix. we're at 37, soon to be a changeover there. as you drop farther south, we're seeing just rain. 49 through areas like allendale and lincoln and delaware beaches. these are areas that we did not include in our first report because of that. aberks county, lehigh valley and right along the northern suburbs like bucks, montgomery county,  to 10 inches. the pink chester county i-95 corridor, philadelphia to trenton, 4 to 8 inches. and we're starting to see the changeover right now as expected. we'll time that out hour by hour entirely coming up in a few minutes. >> it's 5:43, we do want to update you on the school closing. we're up to 650 right now. on the bottom of your screen and the nbc10 dwraapp. we're taking a live look at camelback mountain. the area has gotten 3 inches and they estimate in camelback between 6 to 10 inches of snow before it's all over. >> our reporters in th

about the death of a teenager at a philadelphia school. the medical examiner has ruled he died from affixiation. that means the 17-year-old was deprived of oxygen. he died last october at wordsworth academy. in an earlier report, students said three staff members held and punched the team because he was acting aggressively. the school released a statement saying everyone at the school is saddened by the loss and that words worth board of directors and executive management have undertaken steps to advance our services to children. >>> cleanup underway at a chinese restaurant in gloucester county after a car punched a hole through it. sky force 10 was over the scene along mullica hill road around 2:30. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> in a surprise announcement, philadelphia district attorney seth williams says he is dropping his reelection bid. williams says questions about his conduct and scandals in his office have become too big of a distraction. many of those questions surround gifts he accepted and the ethics fine that followe

philadelphia, 41, millville, 44. atlantic city, 43, trenton checking in at 36 degrees at this 6:00 hour. satellite and radar showing a quick-moving storm just like thursday snow event this is a fast-moving storm, it's going to become a huge crippling blizzard tore new england. for us we're seeing temperatures a little bit too mild. this is all in the form of liquid in the delaware and the lehigh valleys. even though the middle is showing drizzle and rain in the lehigh valley midday or so, especially the poconos, it shouldn't get farther south than allentown. everybody's seeing periods of rain and drizzle and areas of fog. it will continue i in the afternoon hours. tomorrow, the winds will pick up on the backside of the storm. that will bring the snow to new england. it becomes a monster for those folks up there. high wind watch in effect overnight tonight. through the day on monday, 50 to 60-mile an hour gusts. it includes the poconos, lehigh valley and the suburbs and philadelphia. what we're expecting, downed power

it's nice and clear in philadelphia. if you're up in the lehigh valley we have some fog there and some fog in trenton. as we look live on the roosevelt boulevard extension that's your southbound traffic here headed towards the schuylkill. moving pretty nicely. our accident in willow grove has cleared and the construction on the turnpike has cleared. good news, good news. let's check 422. more good news. overall the construction is clear. all lanes opened. looking pretty good 422 at 23. we do have construction out here blocking the left lane until further notice. this is in mercer county, business route one between maplewood avenue and lake drive so watch for the crews out there right now, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> it is a great day to travel today but it's a good bet that tomorrow is going to be a very different story. several airlines are already reacting to the coming snowstorm easing restrictions on their change fees. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at philadelphia international airport where

philadelphia it will change to snow around 6:00 a.m. around the morning rush, the bigger issues will be up north with the snow is more intense. we watch the temperatures fall in the afternoon. dry by noontime, even peeks of sun, the high today 33, it will feel like the teens, we'll send it back over to you tam and see what's going on with the roads. >> let's go over to matt pellman. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it's not a bad time to be out and about around the five-county area. roads are wet in and around the city. you know how things go on wet roads. it's slippery, we had accidents on the schuylkill expressway, eastbound side between this point at south and university avenue. gone now, if you're heading eastbound toward passyunk you're getting by just fine. the vine street expressway, you're getting by fine here, no overnight construction, no overnight closures this week. at this point the vine is wet, not icy, not snow covered, just wet as rain continues to fall in center city. on the big picture, you see the rain moving

they were going to head south tool philadelphia. the president's house, for those familiar with philadelphia if you go to the liberty bell and constitution hall, the house is actually right there. i will tell you, this is sort of an aside, when i was watching all the pre-election coverage and there was a speech given by formal president barack obama and hillary clinton it was smack in the middle of this courtyard at independence hall and i am watching the visual with the crowds and what have you and off to the right is where the president house stood. and i'm like she will not let me go. she follows me. february, 1796 brought a palpable unease. her and her enslaved companions treaded lightly around george and martha washington. enslaved individuals moved with caution not knowing what events could sour or sweeten an owner's mood. for slaves who resided in the same walls with the owner life could be like walking in a land of embedded land mines. breaking a dish, badly timed weather, could alter the disposition of an owner. although th

right now, philadelphia is under an emergency. that means if you live in the city, you must move your car from emergency snow routes. they're towing cars getting people out from the streets. >> in new jersey, government offices in camden county, camden city hall. that means municipal court also closed. >>> and a live look at wilmington. which is the storms past. deldot has warned people to be careful during the storm. >> we have bill henley here on what to expect with the storm. bill. >> you mentioned camelback mountain. this is what we're going to get. welcome news in the pocono mountains for skier, but the rest of the area not exactly looking forward to a commute. so far, rain for much of the area. live picture from the nbc10 studios. not a lot of wind but the wind will be increasing. that wind is going to bring the cold from the mountains down into the west of the area. this rain will be changing over to snow. that's happening from the suburbs. we've seen a changeover from redding and allentown. getting over at this hour is no

right now 52 in philadelphia. northeast philadelphia in the 40s along with mount holly and 50 degrees in wildwood. look at redding. 59 degrees right now. there's the temperature in the poconos mountains. 52 degrees to start with. this wind will come out of the south again today. another warmup for us riding in on winds. temperatures that will be pushed to record levels this afternoon. record for philadelphia is 74 degrees and we may very well get there. 56 degrees at 8:00 this morning. lunchtime will be close to 70 and temperatures take off in the afternoon and possibly hitting 47 degrees before 4:00. 70 at 4:00. sunshine late in the day. suburbs 5 at 8:00. lunchtime 67 degrees. into the low 70s this afternoon. lehigh valley start off with some clouds, but those clouds thin out. see a nice sunny day. look at afternoon temperatures near 70 degrees. delaware few scattered clouds. yes. not seeing the fog we had yesterday morning. 56 degrees. warmer than yesterday morning too. near 70 at noontime. into the low 70s thi

>> and right here at our philadelphia museum of art! we now visit a local art gallery in new jersey where you'll find an eclectic mix of artwork and gifts. >> our own christie illeto reports. >> to me art is what you live. >> mame young is the owner of labelle art gallery, a premiere african american art gallery in haddonfield. >> when i decided to open in south jersey it was to fill a void. the community didn't have any place to go to find any african american art. you know african american art to me is american art. >> the walls are filled with pieces from local artists, african american artists across the country and artists from around the world including her home country of senegal. >> we try to make art accessible to everybody and enjoyable to everybody. >> also selling gift items, the store was designed to showcase the richness of african american life, history, and culture. >> its basically, the whole experience as african americans what we go through, um what we live. >> mame says she sees herself as a bridge between the commun

not that far outside of philadelphia and valley forge 4. these were the higher amounts and the lower amounts in berks county and did not get the heavier band and only got 3.2. and fire companies reporting 2.5. and thanks for the reports. and landsdowne 4 inches and westchester 2. and we'll end up with snowfall amounts in new jersey, more up north in mount laurel and mou t hospital holly and less in vineland. and strong winds across the region and we'll have more from accuweather in the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thanks david. >>> lets switch live to gray hall checking out the conditions in allentown lehigh county. hi gray. >> hi sara and rick, i can tell you it has stopped snowing in allentown and that is good news for folks and still windy and cold, and i want to give you an idea how much snow folks went through here this morning. and this is an unofficial total here where i am now, 6 inches of snow in accordance with what david murphy just told to you. this 6 inches that is enough and others say hey we want to see more. >> it fina