And becoming more scattered now in delaware and south jersey. You might see a few snowflakes as it tapers off in middletown. Not to worry, the temperatures are above freezing for the entire region. Its just rain that is falling and adding to the melting conditions that we saw all night long and will see all day long today. The only exception, the pocono mountains has cooled down to 32 degrees temporarily once we get sunshine. It will bec warming up there, too. Upper 40s, allentown, pottstown, wilmington. Were getting a break from the cold, from the icy situation and the rain, that will be ending, too. 3 degrees at 8 00. Well see breaks of sunshine by 11 00, 37 and enough sunshine to warm us back into the lower 40s this afternoon. Ill go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Lets get a check of traffic. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. We have an update on this ramp from 422 eastbound to route 202 southbound. All clear and all of that road work and Police Activity out of the way right now. We had this blocked off since at least 4 00 this morning, even a little earlier due to an accident scene with a slippery spot. We had road crews on the scene for cleanup. All that delay and backup has moved through the area. Were good to go there. Heres the pa turn puke. Westbound or eastbound, still at a 22minute drive time. Speeds well into the 60s from route 1 to valley forge. Amtrak, new Jersey Transit, patco, septa, a few of the trains are running with car shortages. You may have overcrowding on your train. D. A. R. T. , route 8 still suspended this morning. Tracy . Happening right now, kids are getting ready to go back to school. Some of them may not be happy about it but it is the first day back for most students today, since the blizzard. That means youll need to keep an eye out for kids at the bus stop, possibly behind those big piles of snow. Deanna durante is live in manayunk this morning where there is still quite a bit of snow. Reporter take a look. These are the snow piles were talking about. Even though these arent some the biggest ones, they are right here at the crosswalk where many children will be crossing the street this morning at umbria and hermitage. You watch as cars barely stop at all going through the stop sign. Make sure you Pay Attention to that when youre on the road today. You may not see these kids crossing the street. What other people are dong with their roads, take a look at video from last night in west oak lane, folks taking shovels, coming out the entire neighborhood, clearing the streets in advance for kids going to school today. And for many saying they need to get back to work. The city is saying that the streets are about 80 passable at this point. That does not mean clear. That means passable in the fact that you can drive on them but you may not see blacktop. If you can see the blacktop, this street is one that the city considers to be clear. Still, take it easy on the roads out there as the city is getting back to normal after the blizzard. Reporting live in manayunk, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. 6 04 and 40 degrees in c philadelphia. Atlantic city leaders are trying to calm fears about a state takeover. Yesterday governor christie announced the state will intervene because of the citys financial problems. During an emergency meeting, Council Members assured angry residents that no deal has been struck. They expect to negotiate a plan with state leaders and say a takeover is off the table. Nbc 10s matt delucia live in Atlantic City. Well hear from him about residents concerns coming up in the next 30 minutes. Its 6 04. Governor Chris Christies comments on the jersey shore flooding are stirring anger along the shore. He reiterated his view that storm damage from the blizzard does not compare to sandy. For some people in the wildwoods with be that is adding insult to injury. The mayor of the west wide wood says that community has between 5 million and 10 million in damage. Some residents are outraged at the governors comments. For him to ignore us and say that we didnt have any problems with water, because we did. When you didnt step foot here and see for yourself. Christie did con firm he called to apologize to the mayor of north wildwood. He called him crazy during a town hall in New Hampshire on monday. Christie says he just got carried away. Congressman fattahs lawyers he will deal with his defense fund after the april election. The governor advised fattah to reevaluate his priorities. The issue is, i cant meet a payment arrangement that requires me to short change my reelection effort, right, in order to meet a burden to pay a law firm for a trial that may or may not actually take place on may 2nd. The congressman says he hopes to hire a larger law firm that will be able to work with his financial situation. Fattah is accused of accepting bribes and misusing nonprofit funds and governmenten grats. The trial is scheduled to begin may 2nd. Congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 news anchor renee chenaultfattah. Shes on leave from nbc 10. 6 06 right now. 40 degrees in philadelphia. Today a Philadelphia Veterans Affairs executive will ask a judge to overturn her demotion and pay cut at a hearing. Last year the va demoted diana rubens from director to assistant director of its Regional Office in germantown. They accuse her of arranging her own move to be closer to her family, costing the government more than 250,000. Eight other2philadelphia employees were suspended for alleged mismanagement. One of the fiats that the pope used for his philly visit will be used to kick off this years auto show at the Pennsylvania Convention center. Its one of three cars that will be part of the ceremonial drivein this afternoon. Mayor jim kenney will be there as well. The auto show runs through fep 7th, opening to the public on saturday. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Seven minutes after 6 00. If youre out driving this morning, you may run into some rain showers. Im tracking showers. Not everybody is seeing them. But everybody is getting melting as the temperatures are above freezing. Great news since we do have wet weather moving through. No icing to worry about this morning and this afternoon, its going to be dry. Its a stretch that will continue right on through the weekend. Good news if youre heading to the auto show. 37 degrees right now for doylestown, northeast philadelphia, 42 degrees. These numbers are much warmer than yesterday. Millville even with rain is at 40 agrees right now. The wind has shifted. Thats going to help with clearing during the day, though. Rain wont last all day. Well get sunshine but it will make for a colder night tonight. Right now were dealing with the rain and it is very light. A few snowflakes at the tail end of system, they may not reach the ground as drier air moves in. Thats light rain from maurice river, mullica township is seeing it taper off. It will be coming to an end at the shore this morning. By lunch time, the rain will be long gone. Look at sunshine and temperatures that will stay above melting. But with the wind shifted now, and it will stay shifted during the day as northwesterly winds bring in colder air for tonight, refreeze tonight. Upper 30s for allentown within, quakertown and reading. The showers this morning will not last into the afternoon at the shore, 45 in rehoboth beach, up to near 40 for vineland and dover and sunshine will break through the clouds. The wet weather coming down an first thing this morning for drexel hill, philadelphia and wilmington. The weekend will be turning warmer after a very cold Morning Saturday in the teens. A pretty good rebound in the afternoon, 45 degrees. Look at that sweet 50 degrees on sunday with side shot. Ill show you how long that lasts with the sevenday forecast when i come back in ten minutes. Thanks, bill. This is the first day that a lot of folks are heading on the roads back to school after the blizzard. Lets check the road. Jessica boyington has a look at that. Were checking the schuylkill expressway around the vine street expressway, pretty heavily trafficked area. No real delays, just a little bit of volume. Were used to that. From the blue route up to the vine street expressway, no problems, speeds in the 50s. Were starting to decline just a little bit. Watch out for anc accident sce in Montgomery County, horsham road. They have traffic being diverted around the area of this water main break in sickerlerville. Headed northbound to the philadelphia area or if youre headed to 29 a, no problems. A fiveminute trip from 55 to philly and the walt whitman bridge. 6 10 right now. Donald trump now says he is skipping tomorrow nights debate because he thinks the fox moderator is unfair. Fox news, right . Wonderful, wonderful place, fox news, its wonderful. Hear the response from fox and why they say trump is still welcome at the debate. Philadelphia Police Provide another friendly reminder abo. Talk about a real life cliffhanger. Residents here in california left teetering on the edge by the effects of el nino. Local officials declared a state of emergency and are urging residents to leave. A few of them are defying that order. Im Gabe Gutierrez in pacifica, california. Well have the latest own this developing story, coming up on today. 6 14. New this morning, a driver is charged with dui after this accident in bala cynwyd. He drove down a snowy embankment after trying to get off i76 at lincoln drive just after midnight. He told firefighters he thought he was taking the ft. Washington exit and ended up driving off the road and down the embankment. Was not hurt. 6 14. Happening today, a teacher hurt in this roof collapse at a center city store will undergo more surgery. This is the oneyear anniversary of the collapse. Ali friedman was among more than a dozen people inside the lululemon store at the time. Her lawyer says the roof collapsed because it was not properly maintained and inspected. Alis been in rehappen four times a week for the last year. She will probably be out of work for the next six months. Shes a special ed teacher. This will have lifelong implications for her. The Property Owner has not responded to our request for a comment. c if you still havent gotten around to shoveling your sidewalk, it could cost you. An Auto Repair Shop owner in jenkintown, Montgomery County learned that the hard way. Police ticketed blake cooper for not clearing his businesss sidewalk within ten hours of the snow stop. The Business Owner says the law is unrealistic. Youre not giving people enough time. What if im an 90yearold guy or 80yearold guy. Youre going to give me a ticket because i cant get out there and clear the snow. Cooper paid the 35. 50 ticket. New at 6 00, Philadelphia Police are once again reminding people of another ordinance. You cant saved shoveled out parking spaces. The Department Posted this picture on twitter, showing rocky punching a traffic cone. We have found people doing it, saving spots with chairs or cones. This is just this morning on north 15th street in north philadelphia. Again, you cant do that. You will be cited for it. We want to know if youre seeing people trying to save spots in your neighborhood. Tweet us your best pictures and use no savesies. Lets check the traffic on the new jersey turnpike. Jessica boyington. This is around the delaware memorial bridge. No real problems approaching the bridge or if youre heading back in from delaware at that point and roadways are nice and clear. Where theyre not clear, though, out in sickerlerville, new jersey, for a water main break closed the north and southbound side of williamstown erial road between cross keys and jarvis road. That road, if youre not going in any of the local areas, you might be getting to the Atlantic City expressway. Heres the boulevard around fox street. No problems. Were starting to see some of the volume but no problems still in either direction. Everyone moving along nicely. Heres the blue route, looking great, nice and green. Northbound or southbound from the schuylkill expressway to 95, a 15minute trip. Ill be back in the next ten minutes with a check on mass transit for your morning. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 18 minutes after 6 00. Its been a rainy night but the temperatures are above freezing. So rain is coming down but icing is not ac threat. And there has been melting through the night. 41 degrees in philadelphia. The wind is starting to kick in. Look at that, its gusting to 22 miles an hour. It has shifted. Thats going to keep our temperatures lower this afternoon than they were yesterday. Heres a view from new jersey looking past the battleship new jersey and center city, cloudy right now, will be drying out. The clouds will blow out with that stronger wind. And the rain, the last little bit of rain is coming down in delaware and south jersey. The steadiest rainfall along the coast and the future hour by hour forecast, showing at 9 00 its dry in philadelphia, trenton and wilmington. Just a few light rain drops in southern delaware and in cape may. It quickly moves offshore. Look at the clouds. Out of here by 11 00 this morning. It will clear us out and warm us up a bit this afternoon. Clearing skies, high temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. Really not much warmer than it is right now. And its the wind that is going to keep the temperatures lower during the day and bring us a cold morning tomorrow. Well be frozen solid tomorrow morning. 16 degrees, thats in the city. We could see Single Digits in some of the suburbs. 40 degrees. Nice warmup thursday afternoon and that trend will continue, cold mornings, milder afternoons, right on into the weekend. A bigger warmup saturday, 45 degrees. Look at sunday, with sunshine 50 degrees. Monday, a different type of weather event will be slowing things down. Dense fog to start with could continue into the afternoon hours. A few showers, then clearing out and warmer tuesday, 54. Bill, thanks. 20 minutes past 6 00 right now. Not all neighbors are nice. The ploy that one person is putting on before robbing people in delaware. Plus this close call. A garbage truck explodes into a neighborhood. Hear how one woman narrowly escaped that blast. This cell phone video shows the moment a garbage truck exploded yesterday in hamilton township, mercer county. You can see the smoke and flames shooting into the air. Were told one of the gas tanks blew up after a battery caught fire. A witness told us the blast was so powerful it blew a huge hole into one house and sent a gas tank flying through another. It was an 80yearold lady who was reading her paper in her living room, she got up for whatever reason, saw the truck, went to her kitchen, no longer the tank went through her house. People evacuated some nearby homes as a precaution. No one was hurt here. Police in austin, texas, are investigating this apparent case of road rage here. This cell phone video shows a man with a bat approaching the driver of another car in an intersection. The other man gets out to confront the armed man, grabs a piece of wood and the two go at it. The video did not capture then of the fight. Its still an open investigation. Were still trying to identify the parties involved. So right now theres no charges filed. The detectived are working through that. The officer said people should never allow frustration with other drivers to go this far. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. Were watching our cameras. Right around 26th street and penn rose avenue, looking great so far. If youre heading to the bridge. Well have more updates when i come back at 6 3. For now lets get a check on todays weather with bill henley. It is warmer but a bit dam. Weve seen rain in the area. Beach avenue is a bit damp. Right now a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. 40 degrees at 6 25. Part of the pennsylvania turnpike will be closed today. Well show you exactly where coming up in 15 minutes. Matt . Im matt delucia, live in Atlantic City. Theres talk of a possible state takeover of this city. Residents are, well, some of them are fired up. Well have their reaction, next. Our cosmetics line was a hit. The orders were rushing in. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We didnt need a loan. We needed shortterm funding fast. Building 18 homes in 4 ½ months . That was a leap. But i knew i could rely on American Express to help me buy those building materials. Amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. Our amex helped us fill the orders. Just like that. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself . Realize your buying power at open. Com this is nbc 10 news. I dont get to school, i dont even know. Young students spent the night before back to school shoveling to make sure, well, yes, they have to get to class. This morning, school buses are back on the road. The city says most roads are passable. I hope you didnt settle because we deserve better than the crumbs weve got. New jerseys plans to take over Atlantic City sparked fury among residents were going over the plan and what it means for the struggling resort town. Its time that somebody plays grownup. Feuding with fox news. Donald trump bows out of tomorrows debate. Trump good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im lauren mayk. Im tracy davidson. 6 30. Should be easier to get around this morning. Keep an eye out for school buses. A lot of schools back in session today. Students waiting for school buses behind piles of snow. There are about 100 schools on delay this morning. We have that information on the bottom of the screen and also on our nbc 10 app. Lets get you updated on the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. Did have rain showers move through overnight, now clouds over center city. This is a live view from here at the nbc 10 studios. Wind starting to pick up. Thats going to make a real difference, not only during the day but especially tonight when it comes in colder. Right now, if youre heading out the door, might still need an umbrella in parts of delaware and south jersey. The rain is quickly ending in trenton, philadelphia and wilmington and just a few sprinkles in south jersey and delaware. Just ending in smyrna, new jersey, mullica township seeing light rainfall. The temperatures are nicely above freezing. Theres no threat of icing this morning. Pottstown, doylestown in the 30s. South philadelphia is in the upper 30s right now. Much warmer than yesterday. And we will see some sunshine today. The rain ends, clouds at 8 00 but by 11 00, the sun will start breaking through. Winds out of the west northwest at 10 miles an hour. Thats why were not going to see warmup during the day. Up to 40 degrees at 2 00. Likely warmer than that during the afternoon hours. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington is watching the damp roads. Were on the search xx rigch expressway right now. We are seeing brake lights in either direction, were starting to see the normal slowdown. Eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway, speed averages in the 40s now. There are slow pockets to watch out for. A 17minute trip. Were only adding five minutes or so to that drive time this morning. Montgomery county, route 5 aover in millville, new jersey, no delays or backups here. Definitely snow into the Center Median and the shoulders. The roadways are dry and clear. If you have to take mass transit this morning, no huge delays or problems for amtrak, new Jersey Transit or patco. Septa is running with fewer cars. D. A. R. T. s route 8 is still suspended. Lauren . Thanks, jessica. Crews are still working to clear the streets in philadelphia. Students are headed back to school this morning. Heres one place that the plows have not really made a dent in. Nbc 10 just took a video along bancroft street near tasker in south philadelphia. c the snow is clogging the pavements, leaving cars nowhere to go. If you are driving, slow down and obey stop signs. Heres a look at manayunk. This is umbria and hermitage. The streets are clear, others are just passable. In either case, theres still snow piled up along the curbs and edging up into the crosswalk. Montgomery county, crews spent the night there clearing snow from the roads. In most places theyre focus on moving piles of snow from parking spots and parking lots. This is lower marian township, Montgomery County. Now to the city of allentown. They brought in additional help. The city paid extra private contractors to clear the snow. The workers used front end loaders to get the job done. The blizzard of 2016 set records for snowfall in allentown. And now to wilmington where blizzard cleanup efforts have forced the cancellation of recycling collection this week. The Sanitation Division is helping with plowing and snow removal. Normal trash collection resumes tomorrow for residents east of 95. Residents west of the 95 will have their trash picked up on friday. 6 34 and people in new jersey are reacting to a plan to have the state of new jersey take control of Atlantic City. Some say it is a gamble not worth taking. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in ac this morning with reaction from residents. What are you hearing, matt . Reporter more than a dozen residents of Atlantic City last night voiced anger to the mayor and city Council Members urging them not to allow a state takeover of this city. City Council Members say they would not support that. I hope you didnt settle. Because we deserve better than the crumbs weve got. Earlier in the day yesterday, governor Chris Christie announced plans for a possible takeover, saying the state needs to take an aggressive step to turn around the citys finances. He says the only Thing Holding back the city is its government structure along with the debt and cost of its government. The Senate President met with Council Members who believe that the governors announcement gives them a seat at the bargaining table. Still, many people who live here are concerned. My biggest concern with a stay takeover is the fact that well lose power as a community. Thats going to affect our future living here. By having the state take us over, thats basically a dictatorship. They are not of the airy, they do not know whats going on. We take tremendous offense to that. And right here is one of the things that was put here to begin turning Atlantic City around, more stores andc businesses. Well, the governor said that the private sector is starting to work better but now the focus needs to be on the government. Live in Atlantic City this morning, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Breaking news from new orleans this morning. This is a live picture of a six alarm fire on canal street, in the french quarter. Now you can see there is heavy smoke pouring out of the building there. You can see the Fire Department trying to fight this. We are still trying to found out just what kind of building this is. And if anyone is still inside. There are no reports at this time of any injuries. Well update you as we get more information on this. 6 36. Republican frontrunner donald trump says he will skip tomorrows fox news debate. The final one before next weeks iowa caucuses. The republicans go on forever and ever and ever with debates. We have people on the stand that have zero, one, nothing. Its time that somebody plays grownup. Trump has also criticized fox debate moderator megyn kelly saying she has treated him unfairly. Trumps campaign put out a press release saying instead of attending the debate, hell hold a separate event that will raise money for Wounded Warriors and veterans. Fox news release a statement saying, quote, capitulating to politicians ultimatum about a debate moderator violates all journalistic standards as do threats. Trump is still welcome at thursday nights debate and he will be treated fairly but he cant dictate the moderators or questions. Texas senator ted cruz had strong words about trumps decision to skip the debate. He challenged trump to a oneonone matchup. I want you to think how you would react if you were interviewing someone for a job an they said, you know what, im not willing to show up to the interview. Cruz said if trump was scared of megyn kelly, then they could debate oneonone with no moderator at all. Coming you on the today show, Peter Alexander shares a Heated Exchange with donald trump over his evolving views on the topic of abortion. Thats right here at 7 00 on the today show after nbc 10 news today. Lauren . Thanks, tracy. Meanwhi meanwhile, a new National Poll shows donald trump and Hillary Clinton maintaining their lead ni nationwide. The nbc news sure i have Monkey Weekly election tracking poll gives clinton a 4 lead overc sanders and trumping over cruz. Hillary clinton will hold a fundraiser in philadelphia. Rocker jon bon jovi will perform for donors who give at least 1,000 to atonighted. Philadelphia is a regular stop for clinton fundraisers. The former secretary of state also received the Liberty Medal here in 2013. Jim rosenfield is headed to the white house today for an exclusive oneonone interview with president obama. Hell be live from washington tonight on nbc 10 news. And then look for jims full report tomorrow night on nbc 10 news at 6 00 and 11 00. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. It is 6 39 and we are starting to dry out on philadelphia and still tracking a few showers but the good news is, it is only rain. And all night long, the temperatures stayed above freezing. Were in store for an allday melt today with the temperatures staying elevated until we get tonight. A dry stretch continues right on through the weekend. Right now, 37 degrees in doylestown, drying out in doylestown and northeast philadelphia at 42 degrees. Theres still a little bit of light rain in millville. 40 degrees, you can see its a combination of melting and light rain at the jersey shore. Thats cape may from the marquis de lafayette hotel. Cape may seeing a few scattered light showers only light rain here. And farther inland for dover, very few rain drops, some very light rainfall that is going to be pushing offshore this morning. Already drying out in philadelphia. Skies are cloudy. We will see sunshine as the day goes on. And winds, too, that will be picking up. This will bring temperatures down for tonight. So forecast, neighborhood by neighborhood is calling for 30s this afternoon for allentown, quakertown and reading. Youll see sunshine take over and trenton, mt. Holly, doylestown and the showers ending this morning, right along the coast. Atlantic city and cape may, 43 to 42 degrees this afternoon inland. Not quite as warm as it was first thing this morning but not bad. The melting continues through the day for westchester, drexel hill and swedesboro. A look at the sevenday forecast to show you how long the dry will last when im back in ten minutes. It is 6 40. And we are going to take a look at traffic this morning. I think jessica has good news for us today. Fingers crossed. Jessica boyington, what are you watching . We have snow removal crews out there. Thats good news. Theyre helping you out this morning. Route 100 around route 113. We did have a lane closure because of that snow removal just a few moments ago with a big backup behind it. Thats moved out of the way. Still snow off into the far off shoulder. c no huge backups on route 100 at least so far for now at this moment. Out in white marsh in Montgomery County, watch out for an accident scene on old 40 foot road and old kober road. Weve heard it before. Babies so eager to get into the world they make their debut before mom makes it to hospital. He wasnt waiting for nothing. He wanted out. Well, this side of the road birth comes with a twist. The mom deliver him all by herself. Why she didnt have any help, coming up. Its 6 45. Today a western portion of the pennsylvania turnpike will close for a salvage operation. Starting at 9 00 this morning, an 86mile stretch of the westbound turnpike will close from breeze wood, Bedford County to new stanton, westmoreland county. This will allow crews to retrieve a tractortrailer that went over an embankment during the blizzard. 6 45. Later today, volunteers will hit philadelphia streets to try to track homeless youth. 90 volunteers will start at love park and spread across the city for a quarterly count of homeless young people. Experts say 9 of philadelphia kids 11 to 18 have experienced homelessness at some point. Nbc 10s digital team reported in depth on the faces of homeless youth. Go to nbc10. Com or the nbc 10 app to see more of their coverage of the young People Living on the street and people helping therapy survive. The Pennsylvania State senate is expected to issue a report today on whether to remove Kathleen Kane as attorney general. Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to launch an investigation into whether kane should be removed for misbehavior in office. She faces charges she secretly leaked secret grand jury information to the media and then lied about it under oath. Policeef6n in delaware are looking for a thief they say is targeting the elderly offering to shovel snow for them. Investigators say these are surveillance pictures of the suspect. Using a stolen credit card at a convenience store. The 76yearold victim said the suspect offered twice to shovel her driveway at her house in wilmington on sunday. The suspect forced herc way in the house the second time and took credit cards and cash. 6 37. 40 degrees in philadelphia. The 311 call center is handling an avalanche of questions and requests. 311 agents told us they have answered 24,000 phone calls since friday night. They said thats eight times higher than normal. The 311 center has extended its hours sin the blizzard hit. Agents said theyre also getting thousands of requests through social media. One of the most popular questions is can be can i report a Property Owner for not clearing snow or ice from their sidewalk . 311 ans that question by telling callers Property Owners must clear a path three feet wide of their sidewalk within six hours of a snow emergency. Yes, you can report a violation to 311. The Streets Department will investigate it within one business day. The department can issue violations to Property Owners who havent cleared their sidewalks as required by that city code. You can read all of 311s questions and requests by tapping the nbc 10 app. A mom delivered her own baby in a car in the Lehigh Valley as the blizzard of 2016 was winding down. Mariah bryant told nbc 10 about the unexpected the birth was expected, just not right then of the baby boy. She was on the way to the hospital sunday morning when con tracks starting getting stronger. She pulled over on route 22 and delivered the baby herself. Her friend stood outside the car and called 911. The sense of calmness i felt was completely unrl. I was not panicked at all. I didnt feel pain. It was the easiest labor. Brantly arrived a month early at 4 pounds 8 ounces. Hes spending time at the nicu at Lehigh Valley hospital cedar crest. Both mom and baby are doing well. With this description, she may want to do this again. She had it covered. You stay home with the 4yearold, i got this, im going to pick up my friend, it happened early. I was calm. How about that . Thats crazy. Sense of peace. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 11 minutes before 7 00. Its a nice view from camden, looking past the battleship new jersey. Saw some rain drops this morning. Still see clouds overhead. The clouds will not last all day. The rain has already tapered off in philadelphia. Heres a view from the comcast center. You could see rain drops on the lens at 4 00 this morning. The streets may still be damp. 41 agreedegrees, you will not f ice this morning. We did not see refreezing overnight as the temperatures stayed warm all night long. The wind is kicking in to the northwest, gusting to 22 miles aen ho you a an hour. Heres cape may, a sliver of beach view there. Light rain, no freezing to worry about. There goes the light shower activity in delaware and south jersey. Its beginning to quickly move offshore first thing this morning. Hour by hour forecast, shows at 9 00 this morning most of the rain is done. Just a few rain drops in southern delaware and possibly a sprinkle or two in cape may. Look how quickly it will clear out. Those are the gusty winds that were seeing this morning. It will be a breezy start but a dry start at bus stop this morning. The temperatures much better than they have been. 36 degrees in the suburbs. 40 degrees to start with in center city. Not looking for a huge warmup today, thanks to the windy conditions. That will help us with clearing skies but it will limit temperatures to the upper 30s and lower 40s today. And the wind will deliver colder air tomorrow morning. Well see refreezing tonight. 16 degrees by tomorrow morning. 41 tomorrow afternoon. Its a trend, cold mornings and warmer afternoons that will continue right on through saturday. Saturday it will be a bit warmer with bright sunshine, 45 degrees and even nicer on sunday. Partly to mostly sunny skies, 50 the high temperature. Another threat, though, monday morning. Dense fog as warm air tries to push into the area. That will create a fog bank that will continue into the afternoon hours, possibly with showers. Then we clear out and warm up tuesday up to 54. Look at that. 54. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. 6 51 this morning. This is the first day a lot of parents and school buss are back on the road again heading to school. Lets check whats happening as you get out the door. Jessica boyington is watching the roads. A little bit of delays now. Were also seeing accidents as well. This is the blue route around ridge pike. Two vehicled involved in this accident scene on the northbound side around ridge pike over on to the righthand shoulder right now. Penndot crews on the scene. They pulled them offer to the side. They have flashers on. No huge backup now. It just happened a few moments ago. If it stays here, it could progress into something worse. Accident in hatfield township on county line road and walnut street. One last check on the morning drive in the next five minutes. A check of the days headlines coming up and the stories you need to know as you head out the door. And back to school for students today. Live in manayunk with theres still a lot of snow on the streets as they head back to school. Plus, state takeover. What new jerseys plan is now for Atlantic City. Five minutes before 7 00. Time now to get a check of the stories you need to know as youre about to start your morning. First alert meteorologist bill henley is tracking rain for today. First, lets get to nbc 10s deanna durante. Its the first day back to school for a lot of kids after the blizzard. Deanna . Reporter it is. Theyre putting the finishing touches on the sidewalks here at umbria and hermitage. Take a look. You can see traffic out this morning. You can see very large snow piles in the road, on the corners there. Keep an eye out as youre driving to work or school this morning, that there will be children in these crosswalks that you may not see right away. Thats the latest from manayunk, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Morning, im matt delucia, live in Atlantic City. Governor Chris Christie announced plans for a possible state takeover to get the citys financial house in order. Some residents argued to leaders saying that is not a good idea. The city council said it would not support a takeover either. The state has been overseeing the citys finances since 2010 and this year, ac is projected to bring in 14 billion less than it did six years ago. City council, meantime, residents will continue figto fight. Republican frontrunner donald trump said hes skipping tomorrow nights final debate before the iowa caucus. He says at the same time, hell hold an event instead to raise money for Wounded Soldiers and veterans. You had a few days to get your car dug out of the snow. Today the Philadelphia Parking Authority will start handing out tickets for meter and kiosk violations and will resume normal booting and towing operations. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington your first alert traffic. We are watching the blue route right now for an accident scene. A little bit of a slow go by this point at ridge pike on the northbound side. Theres two vehicles involved. We have penndot crews on the scene over into the righthand shoulder. Use caution if youre traveling out the door in the next couple of minutes or so, there will be a slow spot beforehand. If youre out in sticklerville, new jersey watch out for a water main break on the whistle yamtown erial road on the northbound and southbound side. Septa is running a few cars short on some trains. You might see overcrowding. D. A. R. T. Route 8 suspended is morning. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. The wind is blowing and thats good news. Its going to push clouds out of here and rain has already ended in the city. But theres still damp roads. You can see it in cape may. Cape may has clouds overhead and you can see on the left side of the screen, beacher astill damp. Saw a little bit of snow on the ground, will be melting all day long. It never got cold enough for a refreeze overnight. A little bit of a breeze at the nbc 10 studios. Clouds over the city. Those clouds will be clearing out during the day. The last rain drops have fallen in philadelphia. Now scattered light showers, very light showers in southern delaware. Its coming down steadier along the coastline of new jersey. If you see a snowflake or two, still not a problem. Look at these temperatures. Way above freezing. Only the pocono mountains seeing a reading below freezing at 31 degrees. Were starting off cloudy. Its getting windy. That will limit the warmup during the day. Bright sunshine at 2 00 this afternoon. Right now its 40 degrees. At 2 00 it will be 40 degrees. Temperatures going nowhere today. A lot of melting. Thats good. Always get up to the minute information on the nbc 10 news app. The today show is next. See you for local updates in a few minutes. Have a great day. Thankt thanks for starting your day with us. Good morning. Breaking overnight. Two members of that group of protesters occupying a Federal Building in oregon shot by police during a traffic stop. One man dead, seven others behind bs, cliendi including th leader. The protest isnt over. Donald trump says hes going to switch tomorrow nights debate on fox because he doesnt like one of the moderators. They cant toy like me like they do everyone else. Ted cruz calling his rival scared and challenging him to a personal dual. I would like to invite donald right now to engage in a one on one debate with me any time