Like 34 in reading and only 22. But winds continue to die down , tonight, and we do have a elevated fire risk still to tell but through remainder of tonight thanks to the strong gusty winds. Very low relative humidity, lots of dry air in place, so be careful with any sort of opened flame out there, wild fires can spread quickly, if you are thinking of heading out in the cold, grilling tonight and always, repeat this, never throw a cigarette butt out a opened car window especially with conditions like these. What to to the rest of tonight cold wind chills. Breezy and cold overnight. Below average day tomorrow. We will time out snow showers as well. Now back to you at the desk. Well, job growth, economy and federal fund were issues mayor jim kenney addressed presenting his Budget Proposal to Philadelphia City council to day. Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos was there for mayor s address and joins us from city hall with some of the plans, greg. Reporter ukee, good afternoon. Mayor anno
Now dating his younger brother. This morning, what the couple and the biden family are saying about that relationship. And triplethreat. Movie, music and tv superstar Jennifer Lopez, live in our studio. Today, thursday, march 2nd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. And welcome to today on this thursday morning. Were looking forward to having Jennifer Lopez with us later on. Between now and then, a lot to get to. A lot happening overnight. The Trump Administration facing a new controversy over russia. Nbc news confirming attorney general Jeff Sessions met with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Twice last year. And thats raising some questions now about whether sessions misled lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. Now, weve got all of this covered. Well start with nbcs Peter Alexander at the white house this morning. Hi, peter. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. What a busy night
One purpose. Im a practicing buddhist i follow the teachings of the dally lo dalai lama. We wanted to show our support for our jewish brothers and sisters. Reporter while students from a local Hebrew Academy sang songs, politics was the motivation for many to demonstrate. Were here to say to the world and our elected officials who arent reflecting our values this is what we stand for. Reporter what do you think is driving this hate . Fear. Misinformation, what happens is when you get this kind of establishment in washington, it gives permission to the crazy people who think they have a right to go out and do this. I think the responsibility lays with the white house in planting the seeds for this kind of hate. Reporter does this hatred stem from the Trump Administration . I dont believe so. Unfortunately, human kind sometimes has a very dark side to it. I dont know where it comes from, its wrong. Reporter demonstrators insist speaking out is the best weapon. What moves us forward is ma
Dawn timmeney was there and joins us live on Independence Mall tonight. Dawn . Reporter well iain and lucy, it was quite an impressive show of support. Organizers say the recent act as of anti semitism meant to divide they had completely the opposite effect uniting people from across the area and the state at the birthplace of our nation. We do stand against hate. [ applause ] and we do choose love. Reporter thought lee sunning message at a huge rally on Independence Mall denouncing recent acts of anti semitism against the local jewish commune n back drop couldnt have been more appropriate. That building behind us we stand up to intolerance. We continue the work that was done on this mall and in that hall. Reporter state, local and religious leaders as well as hundreds of people of all ages and faiths came out this afternoon to unite. It is very sobering to learn that here in the United States a hate crime is committed every 90 minutes. Reporter many here stunned and saddened at the mt
Hold on to that flyers cap, they won last night but it is a cold start and we could get snow showers or flurries this afteroon. It is six out of 10. You can still see the flag blowing in the breeze almost as much as yesterday at this time with 33 degrees, it feels like 27 out there, sunrise time 6 31 an hour and a half from right now. Twentyseven is our wind chill here, 19 in allentown, couple snow showers, it looks like they might be moving into lancaster county, a flurry or two there. The important thing is it will be cold, breezy even with the sunshine, High Temperature, only 40 degrees. Weekend forecast coming up, bob kelly. It is funny we are playing motown music i have to say happy anniversary to my buddy bob bantano, celebrating 40 years of the saturday Night Dance Party at adelphia. Sue has an outfit all picked out, ready to go, doing some dancing. Yes. That never happens. On the radio tomorrow night at adele a adele fee a this is i95, broad street and walt whitman accident sce