Hardest in delaware and south jersey. In philadelphia it is cold. It is overcast. It is windy. Taking a live look at philadelphias boathouse row. This morning, we have Live Team Coverage of this mornings snow from our jersey shore and delaware bureaus, but we begin with nbc 10s chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Glenn . As you mentioned, parts of southern delaware seeing the most. This is Fenwick IslandTraffic Camera in extreme southern delaware where we had close to five inches of snow. Here is another shot from louis, delaware a couple of inches. And now on the radar, were starting to see the end of this precipitation, the storm continues to move to the east. A good bit of delaware and new jersey starting to dry out for the first time in hours, no precipitation in northern delaware or around the millville area. We still have it in southern delaware. We still have it in cape may. Saw with the live cameras. Another area of some light snow well up to the north and west with another weaker disturbance. Visibility knocked down a bit, less than two miles, so it is a significant snow it is not a heavy snow and nos veriability problems across the i95 area in philadelphia because were kind of in between those snow areas, pretty low visibility in georgetown, delaware, and coming up a little bit in Atlantic City and wildwood an indication of the storm winding down and weakening. So at noon the snow is going to be ending. It is going to be pretty cold during the rest of the day. Any kind of slush is going to refreeze tonight. More bitter cold air and, yes, more snow in the sevenday coming up in a few minutes. Thanks glenn. Here is video of the snow in ocean city Cape May County earlier this morning. You see it coming down there. The ocean is the backdrop and the snow covering the boardwalk as well. This is at ninth street. Jersey shore was one of first places in our area to see snow this morning. Nbc 10 Jersey Shore Bureau reporter Ted Greenberg is live now in Atlantic City with an update on the conditions there right now. How is it ted . Reporter well renee, snow is still coming down here in Atlantic City. It has been snowing in this area since about 5 30 this morning. The yardstick in the snow you can see we have about four inches where im standing. Some schools in Cape May County are closed today, but here in Atlantic County, some parents and grandparents told us they cant understand why schools opened as usual. The snow was coming down hard when earl wagner brought his granddaughter to school in ventnor this morning. Visibility is bad. Roads are bad. I dont know why they dont close. It is heavy. Reporter but ventnor and other Public Schools in Atlantic County did not close or even delay their openings today. When it was time for classes to start, streets were already snow covered. I think they should have closed it. Definitely without a doubt. Should have been a delay, a twohour delay for everybody to get here safely. Reporter carrie is a teacher in ventnor. Her kids to go to school in Atlantic City. Im 15 minutes late. Reporter the superintendent tells me she collaborated with her county counterparts between 4 30 and 5 00 a. M. And says the decision was made at that time because it wasnt yet snowing. She said they didnt expect this much snow and thought the streets would be plowed. They had enough time early this morning to let everybody know. And it is just little kids, school buses, everything. Reporter now, by midmorning the Atlantic CitySchool District announced that schools will have an early dismissal. 12 15 for Atlantic City high school. 12 45 for the elementary schools. Some of your comments on social media about this decision coming up at 11 30. Live in Atlantic CityTed Greenberg, nbc 10 news. Never good. As soon as you get the kids there with early dismissal, you struggle to get them back. Lets continue our Team Coverage of the snow with nbc 10s Bureau Reporter tim furlong. Youre along route 1 in lewis. What is it like right there right now . Reporter i left New Castle County wasnt snowing at all. Southern New Castle County it started and got bad. Sussex, the roads, the main roads, like route 1, are impassable. Were at surf bagel which is a landmark. You see the parking lot here there is a caked on layer. If you come over here i want to show you this is how deep the snow is. It came down fast and you can see it is light, fluffy snow but made for a real pain on the highways. Take a look here. This is delaware, route 1. Delaware says theyre doing their best to keep up with it buts it coming down real fast. Police tell me theyre dealing with about 11 weather related crashes, about 20 county and in southern New Castle County having a few too. You can see, it is slushy. There is one lane that is really clear and then if you go beyond that, you see all the turning lanes and the uturn lanes, they are horrible. I had a tough time, i missed the turn to surf bagel and came back around. It was tough to get back here. Let me show you video we shot earlier on route 1 near milford. I was on the road. This is my passive restraint dash cam youll look at there. You can see it was bad. One lane getting by. The snow blowing horizontally. Thats never a good thing. It was bad. Dell dot was out there salting but it is coming down fast and hard and it is tough to keep up with. As we come back live well try to go in the next few hours, well go down through rehoboth. They got more snow in fenwick. Well check out all the areas for you and be back at 11 30 with an update from lewis. You can see, i dont know what it is doing, where you guys are, but here in southern delaware were getting hit pretty hard pretty hard. Were live in lewis, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Well check back with you, tim. The snow is impacting some flights at Philadelphia International airport even. It is best to check your flight status with your airline or you can always call 1 800phlgate. You can get the latest forecasts, alerts and advisories on Winter Weather, download our new app from the app store. It is free. We have been tracking breaking news following involving septa. A train became stomachuck on the tracks when wires came down. Hundreds of passengers were trapped for more than an hour. The passengers well they arrived in center city and thats where doug shimell is standing by to tell us more. Doug . Reporter this is exactly why septa says they slowed down the speeds on the Regional Rail lines in this bitter cold weather because those overhead electric lines actually become brittle brittle. Apparently this train heading south to the city had just stopped at the train station at roslyn and had just left the station, not even up to full speed at about 40 or 45 miles an hour when passengers tell us they heard a big bang and the train sort of leisureurched and rolled to a stop. Septa knew at that point the what they called the little scissor jack on the top of the train that touches the electrical line had been pulled off the top of the train and in order to get the 500 passengers on to a backup train that they brought up there, they had to make certain those electric lines were deenergized, and that the train itself was properly grounded. Here is septa with more. Lost power to the train, you know the passengers safety was our priority because now they have no heat on the train. So we initiated several different prongs of attack to rescue the passengers once we were able to determine the vehicle was safe to let the passengers off. Reporter those passengers say they werent really concerned, more concerned perhaps with being maybe an hour and a half two hours late to work. They were able to put them on another train, came into suburban station, and here at jefferson station, septa says they got to determine what caused that damage was it a train ahead of this one that maybe damaged the lines, and then this train ran into that damage or was it in fact this train . All passengers septa says have gotten to their destinations. Live in center city doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Thank you, doug. Police are investigating several deadly shootings overnight in philadelphia. Two men died after gunfire in grays ferry. Nbc 10 was at 27th and latona street. The victims were shot around 2 30. Investigators found at least nine casings at the scene fired from a 9 millimeter weapon. So far, police made no arrests. Police looking for clues in another deadly shooting in north philadelphia. Investigators say someone fired 11 shots at a 34yearold woman driving a Lincoln Town Car. This was on west westmoreland street. She was hit, she passed out and crashed into three parked cars. The woman later died at temple hospital. Police do not have a motive or suspect in the shooting. They are checking surveillance cameras in that neighborhood. There have been 40 homicides in the city so far in 2015. There have been 44 homicides at this point last year. Lives lost and by february is tragic. I mean thats a lot of people to die. And even though it is less than last year, it is not acceptable. Commissioner ramsey also noted the vast majority of this years homicide victims are africanamerican. He said thats a fact that deserves public outrage. An allentown woman faces serious charges after police say she left her 1yearold daughter alone in a cold car. Mirella rodriguez closed the door when nbc 10s George Spencer tried to talk to her last night. Police say rodriguez told them she left her daughter sleeping in the car while she took her son to get a haircut at the other end of the block. Police say the baby was alone for up to 45 minutes in 20 degree weather. Rodriguezs father defended her, but admitted she made a mistake. You acknowledge it was stupid . Yeah. She should be charged for stupidity. Rodriguez is charged with child endangerment. The baby is okay the grandfather has custody of the children for the time being. Happening today, a judge will hear arguments over the future of an Atlantic City mall. It is the latest in a legal battle over the pier shops at caesars. This afternoon attorneys for philadelphia developer bart blatsteen and caesars Atlantic City will hold a teleconference with the judge. Blatsteen wants to redevelop the pier shops. But caesars says it owns the pier where the mall sits. The company says blatsteen is trespassing and has no right to move forward with his development plan. Get ready for more traffic headaches on i495 in delaware. Another round of lane closures is scheduled for next week. Dell dot contractors will close two northbound lanes and one southbound lane near the christina river. It is set for monday. The closures will happen between 9 00 a. M. And 3 00 p. M. Monday. Crews will be working to fix the bridge that was found last year to be dangerously unstable. Two additional days will be needed to finish the repair work. Those days have not yet been scheduled. The top danger facing the United States right now may not be what you think. What Intelligence Experts tell lawmakers this morning about the real threats we should be fearing. And what the u. S. Needs to do to prepare. Later, this pop queen has been known for doing some shocking things but madonna took quite the tumble last night. Found out what shes saying about her spill on stage. The snow to our south is still going to be winding down. But more wintry weather is in the forecast for our area. What you can expect and when just ahead. Lets take a look here. This is along lewes in Sussex County delaware. We heard from tim furlong the snow is still coming down there, making it difficult on the roads. Dont see a lot of people out on the roads, which is probably a good thing if you can avoid it. Well stay on top of the story down there in southern delaware this morning. In other news the mass executioner and isis propaganda video has been identified. The u. S. Intelligence source confirmed to nbc news the man is from england. The militant known as jihadi john has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi born in kuwait but grew up in west london. Reports say he got a degree in Computer Programming before he travelled to syria in 2012 and joined isis. He has appeared in videos showing the execution of american hostages james foley and Steven Sotloff among others. Fbi agents arrested one man at Kennedy Airport saying he was headed overseas to join isis fighters. Yesterday, a judge in new york ordered him and a second man arrested in brooklyn and held without bail. Theyre holding a third suspect in florida saying he has kiosks and malls in philadelphia and other cities. Right now, in washington the Senate Armed Services committee is holding a hearing on worldwide threats and intelligence Officials Say cyberattacks are among the top dangers facing our country at this time. They say computer attacks are chipping away at u. S. Wealth and security. Russia china, iran and north korea are the top nation state cyberthreats. Wb partially shut down unless congressional action is taken by midnight friday. If the senate votes today, the funding bill will go back to the house, House Republicans say they will only Fund Homeland Security if president obama drops his bid to allow 5 million undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation. Homeland securitys budget is set to expire tomorrow at midnight it if congress doesnt act. That means were a day and a half away from a potential partial shutdown of the agency. If washington lawmakers cant make a deal then about 200,000 tsa workers, Border Patrol agents and others deemed essential could be forced to work without pay. The government could furlough around 30,000 employees, most of them office workers. A shutdown would also slow down cleanup efforts for Superstorm Sandy and hurricane katrina. Happening now, the Senate VeteransAffairs Committee is considering the 2016 budget for veterans program, taking a live look at the hearing in washington. Va secretary robert mcdonnell, you see him here testifying recently he had to apologize for misrepresenting his military record on tv by saying he was part of an elite special Operations Unit which he wasnt. Recreational marijuana now legal in washington, d. C. Adults 21 and over can now use the drug for up to two ounces and grow a certain number of plants in their homes for personal use. Selling marijuana remains illegal, but theyre considering a bill that would regulate and tax marijuana sales similar to the laws in colorado and washington state. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Well, as youve seen at the top of the news, some parts of our area have been hit pretty hard by this snowstorm. Snowy in the south. Delaware and extreme south jersey, but well expect a dry afternoon rush even in those areas. But a frigid end to february one of the coldest februarys ever recorded in philadelphia. We have cloudy skies, nothing more than some flurries in and around philadelphia itself. Across the river, new jersey half inch of snow. 29 degrees now. The wind is 18 miles an hour. So it is pretty cold out there. And it is going to get colder. This is the live view from cape may, traffic is moving okay. But there is still some snow and slush on the road there. This from the Marquis Delafayette hotel. And there is snow on the beach as well. Only 20 degrees in allentown. 19 in reading. Around 30 in wilmington. Now, the temperature will creep up a little bit during the afternoon. But not a whole lot. Fenwick island 4 1 2 inches. And extreme southern delaware sell beeville 3. 6. Lewes, 1. 9. Northern delaware New Castle County airport, half an inch. In new jersey, two in sea isle city. One in vineland. Those are not necessarily the final reports. Well update those later on today. You can see the back edge of this snow starting to move out very quickly. This is the last six hours for a loop. And now this is one hour and around dover, already just about over Sussex County over probably within the hour. Cape may county it is already winding down, still going in Atlantic City but much lighter. Little bit of light snow still up in northern and Western Areas. Lehigh valley berks county visibility below two miles, but nothing really heavy out there, just enough to cause some slick spots, though. No problems with the visibility in and around philadelphia and central new jersey. And down to the south, visibility improved tremendously in dover, just in the last 15 minutes. Wildwood georgetown millville, all of those places showing improved visibility which means lighter snow. So the thing is winding down. Nothing around by late this afternoon. We could see some snow flurries tomorrow or snow showers. There we are in the afternoon. Fairly brief with those gusty winds. For the rest of the day, that snow is ending, very cold with high temperatures only in the upper 20s to near 30. The average high is 47. Snow flurries showers during the day on friday. Bitter cold even into saturday morning. Dry on saturday and very cold sunday. The clouds increase snow and rain, generally sunday night and perhaps into very early monday and then another perhaps bigger system tuesday into wednesday, could start as snow or ice and change to rain. All right thanks glenn. Most of us admit we dont get enough sleep. I dont. But is there really too much of a good thing . There may be when it comes to sleep. A new finding that shows too much shut eye could be putting your life at risk. They say mother knows best. Now researchers say listening to mom even before birth could be giving babies a brain boost. Another live picture for you from cape may. The visibility is really improved. The snow diminishing and within a couple of hours it will be over with and then we look ahead to the next snow threat. Thats in the sevenday coming up. Well we all heard how getting too little sleep can negatively impact your health. Now a new Study Suggests getting too much sleep can also be bad for you. Researchers found an older people getting more than eight hours of sleep a night which is linked to an increased risk for stroke. They say the need for more sleep could reflect changes in blood flow in the brain. When the person starts sleeping for extended periods of time it can be an extremely Early Warning sign of a stroke. The sound of moms voice could boost her babys brain. While still in the womb is what were talking about here. A new study finds the auditory center in the brain grew faster when babies heard their moms voices. It is not clear if this works with just the mothers voice or if any voice would have the same effect. I think not. I think it is about being a mom. Well the snow is really coming down in parts of our area this morning. Taking a live look at the snow falling in lewes, Sussex CountyLive Team Coverage of the snowfall in south jersey and southern delaware continues just ahead. If building a sand castle sounds better than building a snowman, this one is for you. The extreme cold has many of us longing for summer at the shore. Next, the impact this weather is having on rentals for the warmer months. Homecoming . Its awesome. But with the Citizens Bank education refinance loan it gets even better. You know those people who pay a little extra and get all the legroom in coach . That could be you, if you refinance your Student Loans. I can refinance . Yes, you could replace your current Student Loans with one new loan and save money on interest. Sounds easy it is easy so, treat yourself to something from that inflight magazine. Or save up for a new car, a wedding or a down payment on the home of your dreams. Call Citizens Bank at 18669990218 or visit lightenyourloan. Com. Nbc 10 first alert weather breaking news. The snow continues to fall at the delaware beaches and across southern delaware this morning. Taking a live look now from lewes. Some places in delaware had at least four inches of snow on the ground already. It is still coming down. Snow falling at the jersey shore as well. Taking a live look now at Atlantic City. There is about four inches of the snow on the ground there. And it was a snowy start to the school day for these kids in Atlantic County. Cars and driveways there covered with the layer of snow by 8 00 this morning. Heavy snow as well along the coast. Now, this is along ocean avenue and ocean city Cape May County. This was taken just before 7 30 this morning. And the snow falling in margate earlier this morning as well. The streets snow covered with the grass and the sidewalks. Good coating of snow there. Taking a live look at radar, showing that the area is getting hit hardest in both delaware and south jersey. Well, back here in the philadelphia area, cold and windy day for philadelphia. But not really any snow. Taking a live look at center city. And no snow no sign of the sun either. We have Live Team Coverage of this mornings snow from our jersey shore in delaware bureaus, but we begin with nbc 10s first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. And, glenn, you told us all along, this wasnt going to be a snow event in our area. It happened where you said it was going to. This is one of those southern storms, what we call backward storm sometimes, where normally places like cape may here a live picture, with snow covering the street didnt generally get the least amount of snow. In many cases no snow while philadelphia and the northern Western Areas get more significant snow. But this is a different story. And it is still coming down but it is much much lighter. And you can see how it really is tapering off and just about to end completely in delaware and much of south jersey. It is just about over. Just one small area of lewes, delaware, right there, it looked pretty snowy in the live shot. Nothing around the philadelphia area. But upper the northwest, Lehigh Valley parts of berks county still getting light snow. Not accumulating much, but just enough perhaps to cause some slippery spots. Visibility lowest around quakertown. Even there thats not too bad. Readings visibility allentowns visibility has gone up. An indication the snow is getting lighter. No restrictions across the central portion of our area. And the visibility in dover, almost unlimited now. So it is over in dover, still coming down a little bit in southern delaware and in Atlantic City. But were getting into the last stages of this the snow ending across the area around midday. Temperatures not really going up very much. So only a little bit of melting this afternoon and then refreezing tonight. Just how cold it is going to get and when were going to have more snow with the sevenday in a few minutes. Thank you, glenn. The jersey shore was one of the first places in our area to see snow this morning. Nbc 10s Jersey Shore Bureau reporter Ted Greenberg is live in Atlantic City. He has an update on conditions there. Looks like it is still coming down ted. Reporter yeah renee, it is still coming down. Though we are seeing a little bit of sunshine here in Atlantic City, but it is very windy. So the snow is being blown around as well. We have about 4 inches of snow on the ground. You can see the streets, theyre snow covered as well at baltic and virginia avenues. Public schools here in Atlantic City have early dismissal today, but some parents and grandparents arent happy. That schools here and in other area communities opened as usual. I think they definitely should have closed it definitely without a doubt. Reporter school in ventnor for earl wagners granddaughter did not stay closed or have a delayed opening this morning along with other Public Schools. I came over from ventnor heights, the Shopping Center and the main streets are terrible. Reporter streets were already snow covered when it was time for classes to start. Should have been some kind of delay, a twohour delay, you know to get let everybody get here safely. Reporter on social media, more criticism, dory told me on facebook, she didnt send her son with at least three cinch inches of snow on the ground in galloway township. In wildwood Janice Jeffrey said, having schools open is sad because a lot of kids have to walk many blocks to get there. A similar comment from erin mmc mcdevitt about children in ventnor, not a good situation, she said. I dont know why they dont close. It is heavy. Reporter i got this explanation from Atlantic Citys superintendent of schools. She said she collaborated with her county counterparts between 4 30 and 5 00 a. M. And said the decision was made at that time because it wasnt yet snowing. She told me they didnt expect this much snow and thought the streets would be plowed. They had enough time early this morning to let everybody know. And it is just Little Kids School buses, everything. Reporter so what do you think . Do you agree or disagree . Let me know on twitter and facebook. Id like to see your comments. Schools were closed today in cape may and lower township. Well head down to that area next in southern Cape May County and our coverage from there will be connelling up today, starting at 4 00. Live in Atlantic City im Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. I think youll be hearing a lot from folks, ted. Thank you so much. Our Team Coverage continuing now in lieu sewes Sussex County. Reporter it is tapering like glenn said earlier. You can see here, the roads, del do the is dot is going by. You can see we have about 1 1 2 lanes now passable which is a huge improvement from what we had. But if you need to get into parking lots like the one here at surf bagel, you can see this is what youre trying to get through. Youre not driving a four wheel drive car, we have seen saidensedans try to come through here. They have had a number of weather related accidents and crashes, 11 here in Sussex County. A few in new castle as well. A new phenomenon. We left New Castle County this morning where me and my photographer ray we live out there, few flurries no accumulation. You get to the southern part of New Castle County area you saw a little bit of snow. To sussex a mess down here. This is mike over here. You can see how much mike is shoveling here. This is how deep the snow is here. You got your work cut out for you, mikey. How are you holding up . Did you think it would be this deep and hit this quick . No i did not. Every hour i got to come out here and it is coming up quick. Every hour is about an inch, inch and a half it seems like with the wind. Reporter you work at a Hardware Store that sells shovels and everybody comes in and buys shovels and you have to use them yourself. We do. Even the salt, were running on our own stuff and were trying to keep the parking lot safe. Thats one of the things we saw, getting in and out of the parking lot, the hardest part for you, look over here show me over here ray can show us here the area getting in and out of the parking lot, is that the part of the area where you have the toughest time . Delaware keeps pushing salt snow from the roads. Speaking of which, right there goes a truck right there. Theyre fry theyre trying to get the lanes open. A couple driving through here now, trying to clear this area up. Mike, you got your work cut out for you. It is plowing right to where youre doing your work. Making it hard for me every day. Reporter good luck. Doesnt happen too often down here. Today is your day. Well continue to head south to the beach towns. Like ted said at 4 00 youll see more of what is going on in the downtown areas at the beaches. Fenwick got most of the snow most of the higher amounts in fenwick, bethany area. Well head past the indian river and more for you today at 4 00. It is a bona fide snow day in southern delaware. Live in lewes, tim furlong. We still dont have nearly the amount of snow they have been dealing with the past few weeks in new england. That snow can be dangerous. The man in New Hampshire says he was buried alive in his own yard when snow fell off his roof as he was trying to clear it away. His wife and daughters had just left so he spent hours trapped under the two feet of snow. Eventually he was able to make enough room to breathe and then called for help. Wow. My wife had come home and she had realized that something was wrong and she thought she heard something and, you know she said it sounded like a whisper. Wow. His wife found him, called 911. Firefighters were able to free the man, get him to the hospital, and he only suffered a few bumps and bruises. Hes lucky. You can get latest forecast, alerts and advisories on Winter Weather on your smartphone or tablet. Download our you app at the app store for free. And right now, skyforce10 live over breaking news this morning where there has been an accident in montgomery county. This is ridge pike. We have learned a man here has been hit by a car. We dont know his condition. Were working to find out more details about what happened here. As soon as we get that information, well, of course bring it to you. And checking out our other top stories now, septa train was stuck on the tracks for more than an hour this morning in roslyn, montgomery county. There was a problem with the overhead wires. Hundreds of passengers were stuck on the train while septa workers made sure it was safe to let them off. The passengers have since arrived in center city. Philadelphia Police Investigating a deadly shooting in grays ferry. Two men died after the gunfire at 27th and latona streets. Police have no suspects or a motive for the shooting. A woman is shot to death behind the wheel in north philadelphia. Investigators say someone fired 11 shots at a 34yearold woman driving a Lincoln Town Car on west westmoreland street. She was hit. She crashed into three parked cars. She later died at temple hospital. Still no motive or arrests in this case. Were continuing to monitor developments in washington where the u. S. Senate is taking steps to avoid a Homeland Security shutdown. The action that protects the public from terrorists will partially shut down unless congressional action is taken by midnight friday. If the senate votes today, the funding bill will go back to the house. House republicans say they will only Fund Homeland Security if president obama drops his bid to allow 5 millionen documented immigrants to avoid deportation. Homeland securitys budget is set to expire tomorrow at midnight if congress doesnt act. That means were about a day and a half away from a partial shutdown of that agency. If washington lawmakers cant make a deal then about 200,000 tsa workers, Border Patrol agents and others deemed essential would be forced to work without pay. The government could furlough around 30,000 employees, most of them office workers. A shutdown would also slow down cleanup efforts for Superstorm Sandy and hurricane katrina. A large sinkhole causes a st. Petersburg florida, building to partially collapse. Thankfully that building was unoccupied at the time. Crews are right now assessing the Water Main Leak that caused that sinkhole. Theyre also trying to stabilize the exterior walls of that building due to the water erosion there. Live look now from washington, d. C. Where the fcc is debating the future of the internet. The question should the internet be regulated as a public utility . There is one of the commissioners now speaking on this issue. Now, this move would prohibit providers from charging Certain Companies to get socalled internet fast lanes. Supporters of the new rules say regulating the internet as a utility protects consumers and also protects innovation. Opponents say it stifles innovation and restricts capitalism. Well the old saying the show must go on rings especially true for the material girl. Madonna, the 56yearold singer fell at the brit awards in london last night. A male dancer was trying to remove her large cloak when it got caught and then madonna tumbled down three stairs. But the pop music icon got right back up and continued with her performance. In a post on instagram after the show madonna said she was doing okay. Up next someone snapped a selfie that is truly out of this world. Wait until you see it. Plus, the golden retriever, the top dog in america, once again. But there is another pooch growing in popularity the greed that is breaking new ground just ahead. Temperatures remain below freezing and more snow is on the way. Ill break down the timing of it all just ahead. Homecoming . Its awesome. 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Were getting a look this morning at one astronauts selfie. Space station commander Barry Willmore snapped the photo during a spacewalk over the weekend. If you look closely you can see a fellow astronaut. The two were installing cables for the future arrival of new American Space how cool is that . Imagine getting an invitation like this. Youre invited to the white house to sit down and chat with president obama . A Camden CountyPolice Officer was on the receiving end of this once in a lifetime request. You see her here posing with the first dog sonny and shes here to talk to us about her experience. Officer virginia matisse is here with us this morning. Good to have you with us. How did you find out that the president wanted to meet with you . Hello. Good afternoon. I found out via my chief. And he called me and he told me i had the honor of meeting the president. What was your reaction . It was unreal. I didnt believe it. I was, like is this a joke . Is this real . And it has been amazing. The whole experience. What was it like meeting with the president . Can you tell us a little bit about what you talked about or what happened . Yeah. It was great. He was there. As soon as he opened the door to the oval office he was right there with a smile on his face waiting to greet us. And he was very welcoming. I felt like i was at home. And he just wanted our feedback because he invited several departments from all around the country, basically he chose us because were a model for community policing. Me myself and my fellow officers. So he just wanted to get our feedback on what is working in the community. Officer matisse, you talked about being a model. You are certainly a role model for a lot of young women out there. Talk to us about how you decided to become a Police Officer. Well i always was geared into Law Enforcement since i was younger. And then a tragedy happened in my family when i was around 17. I had an uncle who was murdered in north camden while he was operating his corner store, a bodega, in 2003. And i really think that at that moment i knew i wanted to be part of a change in my city. So then i had the opportunity via Camden County that they were hiring and i got the opportunity to fulfill that dream and be a change. You definitely are making a change. We have done a lot of positive stories lately about the change that is coming out of camden. We appreciate you coming to talk to us today. And congratulations on your meeting with the president. Take care. Thank you. All right. Well, that is just a great picture. Americans, they love their labrador retrievers. I dont think that was a labrador retriever. That was officer matisses dog. The countrys top dog is the retriever. But bulldogs theyre certainly on the rise. The American Kennel Club is set to release the top dog list today, and in first place, the lab. It is the breeds second year in a row at the head of the ranking. Bulldogs hit a new high at number four. Fans say the increasing popularity is because bulldogs have a lot of character and generally calm demeaners. German shepherd zs round out the top five. If youre looking at properties for rent or sale on Long Beach Island in ocean county right now, we asked a rental agent about how hot that market is now. Steve moran told us if you want a vacation spot for all or part of the summer you better move fast. I think were out of the sandy slump. Last year in july people were still leery. By august we were having a banner august year. A lot of our people are repeats this year. Theyre coming back. A lot of people are sort of disappointed because they lost their favorite house, but the people have rebuilt and there is new choices. Here is a tip from steve moran, if you rent in september after labor day, you can get a place for up to half of what it costs during the busy season. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. And september is often a beautiful month at the shore. And the ocean is warmer in september than it is in july normally. We had snow in southern parts of the area. Delaware and south jersey as expected. Were going to have a dry afternoon rush throughout the area. And we have got a frigid february beginning, middle and now the end of the month is go to be frigid too. Wind doesnt help either. It is increasing and making it feel even colder because temperature isnt going up. Plus we have cloudy skies. 18mileanhour winds. Were 5 degrees colder than we were at this time yesterday. It is in the low 20s up to the north and west. 17 in the poconos. And barely 30 in wilmington. That is the warm spot right now. It is cooler down to the south because the snow has been falling for several hours. The wind direction coming right out of the north. The center of the storm is well off shore. But we have winds up to 22 miles an hour. That is the sustained wind at Atlantic City. 18 in philadelphia as you can see here those winds are much stronger than they were a few hours ago. But, the snow is moving out, really fast. And look at that. Delaware, just about out of it. New jersey just about out of it. Reports of 4 1 2 inches in cape may, officially 4 1 2 in extreme southern delaware as well. About what we expected. And a little bit of light snow continues. Lehigh valley and the poconos, but that is definitely on the little side visibility is improving in many areas and an indication that the snow has weakened. And nothing going on in the middle part of the area. And visibility is really improved in Atlantic City. It is just about over. Certainly the accumulating snow is over with. And were not going to have any really this evening. But tomorrow, there is a weak disturbance coming through and we could see a few snow flurries or snow showers with the socalled heating of the day as we go into the 20s. But the upper portions of the atmosphere are extremely cold. And thats why we may see the showers. The snow ending as you can see, very cold temperature not going up a whole lot from where it is. Southern areas will get up closer to 30 degrees later on today. Then it is cold bitter cold tomorrow for this time of the year. And the snow showers and another bitter cold day saturday especially in the morning, and then the pattern changes a bit, not as bitter cold but we have some snow and rain sunday night. Then another system coming in tuesday and wednesday. Well be right back. Nicole we all have different needs for our children and basing all of the childrens needs on one test is not the right road to go down. And somethings got to change. Okaikor and the ones who are taking the brunt of it are our children. All the other things that make you a great human being is not important anymore. Whats more important is can you answer abcd . Gina what am i going to learn for my child from this test that my teacher cant tell me right now . As a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. Call today to get 200 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2year agreement and get 200 back. Just call 1. 888. 774. 4418 today. You heard the nameor many thorning gthis morning for a member of the nbc 10 family. Vai sikahema was named a legend. Vai was on hand at city hall to receive the tribute a short time ago. A Council Resolution points to vais work as a journalist, you see travisy y Tracy Davidson there congratulating him. He made all of us proud here over the years with the work hes done with his wednesdays child feature and, of course as a member of the nbc 10 philadelphia i dont think we can claim the eagles. Of course vai, just a tremendous there is denise na nakano, chris cato. Cant think of someone deserving of more recognition than vai. One of the best people we have ever met. And we have got some bitter cold air to end february. And then it gets wet and a little stormy. Thanks for watching. Well see you back here today at 4 00. Jordan hey. Sorry im late. Abigail oh, thats okay, youre not. You doing okay today . Jordan dont worry about me. After everything ive been through, im definitely capable of handling a breakup with chad. Abigail jordan, i know you cared about him. Jordan yeah, well, i cared about rafe, too. And hes the one paying the price. Clyde hey. Rafe hey, what . Clyde i just want to check up on my kid. Im hoping its all working out for him at the club. Rafe yeah, ben is doing just fine. Clyde good. I appreciate you taking a chance on him, rafe. Its hard to find work when youre facing criminal charges. Though im confident he will