This morning. Meteorologist bill henley is here with the first alert forecast. Good morning bill. Good morning. Some areas are seeing some ice. Not in center city thats boathouse row. And the radar shows we are completely dry no rain showers in the area. 32 in pottstown. Allentown, 31. In the low 30s for reading. And south jersey, seeing some spots close to the freezing mark. Mt. Holly, 33 degrees. Watch out for icy spots this morning, but well see sunshine. Well turn the numbers around. By 9 00 39 degrees. 48 degrees by lunchtime. Well go through the day hour by hour when im back in ten. Right now well go to first alert meteorologist and traffic report er reporter, im sorry, we are trying to come up with a special word for you. Trafficologist is good. Things are looking pretty good out there. A lot of green on interstate 76. 95 in northeast philadelphia is looking good no major problems to report. Thats the good news. Looking at the schuylkill expressway near montgomery drive, theres not a lot of volume this early in the morning. So we are not seeing the delays. Taking a look at the drive times, well speak of the schuylkill expressway all green near the blue route and the vine near the conshohocken curve. From the blue route to the vine street expressway is 13 minutes. The same the other way. Chris . The Investigation Continues into the Montgomery County couple that was found by their son son. Katy zachry is live with more outside the Lower Moreland Police department with a lot of questions on how this couple died. Reporter thats right. People are waking up this morning to a lot of unanswered questions. What we do know is the autopsy will be done later today. With that information, investigators should know more about exactly what happened inside that home right at 1100 country lane. As it stands Police Describe the scene inside as brutal and gruesome. Just before 1 00 yesterday afternoon, a couple was found dead in their Huntington Valley home discovered by their teenager son. A chainsaw was found near the bodies of the 48yearold man and 43yearold woman. Both with lacerations to their body. Police are not looking for any suspects at this time. At least one of the deaths they tell us is being described as a homicide. But investigators are waiting on more information from the medical examiner today before labeling the other death. Now n the next half hour you will hear from a family friend who describes the struggle that this couple had gone through recently. Youll hear from him coming up at 4 30. Reporting live in lower moreland township katy zachry, nbc 10 news news. 4 04. The parents of the baby injured by a pet ferret are scheduled for a preliminary hearing. Jessica and bernie face child endangerment charges. The ferret mauled the girls face when she was 1monthold. The woman who blamed the death on her child on her other children is going to be in front of a judge. Whitney stanford was convicted of killing her 2monthold son back in 2003. Prosecutors said she shook the baby and banged the head against furniture and then told police her daughter knocked the boy out of a swing. And the son of delaware congressman john carney is being sued by the family of a College Student who died in what the suit calls a hazing incident. Tracy davidson is live in the Digital Operations Center this morning. Tracy, this lawsuit comes before the Sheriffs Office there in South Carolina has even determined how the student died right . Reporter correct, chris. The parents of tucker hicks filed two lawsuits asking for more than 50 million in the death of their son that happened in september. And Samuel Carney is named as the defendant in both lawsuits along with the fraternity university and two other Fraternity Members. 19yearold tucker hicks fell from a bridge into rocky Shallow Water during a sigma epsilon run last september. The lawsuit claims there was some type of confrontation during the run because hicks didnt bring breakfast as he was ordered to do. Hicks parents claim that carney and two other Fraternity Members have been deceptive into the investigation into his death. They released a statement saying, no one, certainly no parent, can feel anything but sympathy for this familys grief and anger. We have faith that those trusted with investigative and Legal Authority will do the right thing. Our our they also asked four pledges to jump out over water aeroand swim to shore. Right now the coroner has not ruled on the cause of death. Tracy davidson nbc 10 news. 4 06 now. The death of a Cumberland County man in Police Custody is raising questions this morning. Witnesses tell nbc 10 that Violent Police officers punched and kicked a man after they handcuffed him on the street. Slow all units down. Subject under apprehension. The arresting officer told us what happened. Witnesses said officers already had him restrained and on the ground when they got violent with him. They punched him, kicked him and let the dog out of the car and the dog bit him in the face and on his body. Now a dog could be heard in that 911 report as well, or the dispatch recording. A local activist is demanding to know what happened to white. The fact of the matter is mr. Phillip white is gone hes no longer here with us and he died in Police Custody. So were trying to figure out why. Now the Cumberland County Prosecutors Office is investigating the death. The police chief said the departments sincere thoughts and prayers are with whites family and the officers involved. Well charges could be filed today against the exfirefighter accused of holding four firefighters hostage one day after he was let go from the department. 25yearold paul jordan threatened the men with a handgun when he showed up at the lamont fire company yesterday. Jordan even fired a shot into the basement wall while holding them hostage. He surrendered just over an hour later. His neighbors say this doesnt sound like the man they know. It doesnt match up at all to that type of guy, no. Hes a respectable person. We never thought that people could do Something Like that. It makes no sense. Like he gets mad, i dont know. Jordan is a property manager for the Philadelphia Housing Authority and worked for the salvation armys response team. After he surrendered, he was taken in for a mental eel have auation. Eight minutes after 4 00 now, the Montgomery County District Attorney can now decide if Kathleen Kane will face criminal charges. The county judge ruled they had the authority to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate grand jury leaks tied to kanes office. They are looking whether kane gave secret information to a newspaper. She could face perjury, obstruction and other charges. Today officials in one county could make a decision on a controversial verizon cell phone tower. The William Penn Fire Company would make 20,000 for the proposed tour being located behind the firehouse and it would improve communication and response times, but neighbors say the big cell phone tower would be an eyesore. The zoning board is expected to make a decision on that matter tonight. Skies are clear and its getting cold outside. The temperatures are dropping in a few spots. Temperatures are down to freezing. And it hasnt completely dried out from yesterdays rainfall, so be aware that there could be icy spots to start with. But not in center city look at the clear view across the delaware from the adventure aquarium. Temperatures are on the cold side reading, 32 degrees. 36 in philadelphia and wilmington is 35. Look at the fresh snow in the pocano mountains. Thats Blue Mountain this morning. The Higher Elevations picked up four inches of snow yesterday while the rest of the area saw rain. But as you can see now, the radar is all out of here. Whats left of it is way offshore. Its pushing just southeast of massachusetts at this hour. Well be dry for the rest of the day and watching the temperatures. Grab your sunglasses with bright sunshine, but the arrows are all lined up. Thats a northwesterly wind to keep things chilly today at 10 00 this morning. 42 degrees in philadelphia. Its still in the 30s for allentown. The low 40s at that hour for wilmington and dover. 41 in mount holly. Well see temperatures topping out in the 50s. But with clear skies, we are back in the 30s by tomorrow morning. A little bit of a temperature roller coaster, but well see lots of sunshine. Winds out of the west northwest anywhere from 8 to 17 miles an hour today. With temperatures topping out in the 50s, its a little bit cool for this time of the year. We should be closer to the 60degree mark. And well get past that starting tomorrow. The extended future weather when im back in ten. All right, bill. 11 minutes after 4 00. In case you missed it nbc 10s Christine Maddela was promoted to trafficologist a title shes proudly wearing this morning looking at the roads. Trafficologist maddela, everything moving out there . Theres just not a lot of volume on the roads, so thats good news for people heading out. Heres 95 and the Construction Zone in northeast philadelphia. We can see the construction here isnt blocking any lanes, so no reports there. Looking at the new jersey roads, 295 and the new jersey turnpike and the 42 freeway, we are in the clear with no major accidents to slow you down. Chris . New this morning, matt delucia is following a new push to begin today to keep teenagers safer on the roads. Matt . Reporter thats right. Its distracted driving awareness month. Coming up after the break, well hear why now is the time to put down your phone. Plus, the school jumps into action after a former headmaster is convicted on child important charges. Next, the result to see if any students are impacted. We are following breaking news out of north philadelphia. This video just into the newsroom. A man is in the hospital after being stabbed in the leg. Nbc 10 was first on the scene there a half hour ago on hollywood street. Were working to find out the victims condition and also trying to find out a motive for the stabbing as Police Continue to look for the attacker. Well, in the germanwings plane crash, the airline says it knew years ago about the copilot on the doomed jet suffering from severe depression. Andreas lubitz was dealing with the condition before finishing Flight Training in 2009. They found emails he sent to the Flight School saying the depression had faded. The voice recorded lubitz crashing the jet on purpose killing all 150 people on board. Well, police have still not released the name of the woman killed inside a northeast philadelphia nail salon yesterday. Investigators tell us an elderly driver accidentally hit the gas and plowed into the salon on bustleton avenue. Another customer and ago worker at the salon are in critical condition. The driver is okay. Police do not expect to file charges against her. New this morning, april is here and Safety Advocates feel this is the right month to focus on distracted driving especially among teenagers. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in cherry hill Camden County for us this morning. Matt, how are folks trying to get the message out . Reporter you have probably seen it once a day or might find yourself doing it every now and then texting or looking at your while behind the wheel. A group out here from south jersey are using the entire month of april to let teenagers know what this can do. Three years ago 18yearold this girl was killed in Washington Township and her father believes distracted driving played a role in that. Since then other parents have joined the fight to keep their kids eyes focused on the road. Its like drunk driving on friday and saturday night. This is 24 7 but it kills people and really hurts them bad. Reporter and in the next hour im putting together information on how often distracted driving really happens out here and the effect that its having on teen drivers. Live in cherry hill matt delucia, nbc 10 news. 4 16 now and on to the race for philadelphia mayor. One of the Democratic Candidates is getting an endorsement from organized labor. The astudent in this government for the last 20 to 30 years has been jim kinney. Yesterday the Municipal Workers union threw their support behind gym kinney. He said hes humbled by the endorsement. Something i can guarantee you is dignity conversation facetoface negotiations and a fair approach to what your Wage Benefits and health care should be. Kenney said he welcomes ideas from Union Members on how to make philadelphia better. Hes one of six democrats running in the may 19th primary. Former pennsylvania governor ed rendell wants local students to get involved in the race for mayor. That will be streamed live later today for the middle and high schools. I will be sending out a message to elementary and middle schools on how to use the debate to motivate us to talk to the kids about elections. The Mayoral Forum will be held may 4th. We are proud to partner with the Philadelphia Chamber of commerce to host the debate for philadelphia mayor next tuesday, april 7th at 7 00 p. M. Live from the kimmel center. Jim rosenfeld is going to be the moderator. And you can ask your questions, just head to nbc10. Com or the nbc 10 news app. And this week on nbc 10 10 issue hear what the candidates stand whether you live in the city or the suburbs. Everything from your wallet to safety. Dont miss that sunday morning at 11 30 right after meet the press. 18 minutes after 4 00 now, a New Castle County private school released the results of its investigation into the former headmaster recently convicted of child pornography. Christopher wheeler head of the tower hills school in wilmington faces at least 50 years in prison for dealing child porn. School officials sent a letter home to the parents and community on monday detailing the results of their investigation. The school said it found no evidence that wheeler abused any students. Tower hills school retained a private firm to investigate his hiring and tenure at the school. That investigation lasted six months and they interviewed 90 people including board members, faculty, students staff and wheelers neighbors and found no sign that anyone knew about the child porn or any sexual misconduct. The head of the school and the sheriff said quote, there were no red flags of any abuse or misconduct by dr. Wheeler during the vetting process before he was hired or during his tenure as head of school. 4 20 and you may need to bundle up this morning if youre getting ready to leave the house in the next couple of hours. The temperatures are colder and a little bit of a breeze is blowing to make it feel colder this morning. 36 degrees in philadelphia and the windchill with a 14mileanhour wind 27 degrees. Thats 8 degrees colder than it was yesterday. Drying out, you can still see a few puddles on beach avenue in cape may, but the clouds have already moved out and the rain is done for today. Youll see sunshine. But you may run into some slippery spots this morning in those colder spots. Right now, 31 degrees in doylestown wrightstown, new jersey getting close to the freezing mark. And freeze right now for lafayette, glenside and willow grove, look at the cold for eagleville. And in upper Montgomery County below freezing for pottstown. Gilbertsville below at 34 degrees. But youll find any leftover water icing up at least to start with. But clouds are out of here. So we will see sunshine. And thats going to warm us into the 50s, which is close to normal. A little bit on the cool side today. A few high clouds moving off to the northwest, not to worry about any precipitation. It looks like well stay dry today, but theres wet weather in our future that comes after we get a warm up. The warm up starts tomorrow. For today, well make it into the middle 50s, but it gets cold tonight. Chilly with that breeze blowing out of the northwest to drop down into the 30s by tomorrow morning. Lower 30s for philadelphia. But we go from 33 degrees tomorrow morning thats at 5 00, a few high clouds move through, then look at the temperatures in the afternoon into the 60s. That doesnt last for the weekend. For today, youll see lots of sunshine. Dont forget the sunglasses today. Afternoon temperatures in the 50s. Thats where well be this weekend, too. Saturday and sunday a few showers first thing saturday morning. Then clearing out in the afternoon. A breezy day on saturday and still some winds around for east earn sunday. But plenty of sunshine and a high of 56 degrees. More on the warm up on the way with the sevenday forecast in the next half hour. All right, bill. We like it when you order sunglasses for the day. Thats a goodn b sign. 22 minutes after 4 00 you wont need the sunglasses behind the wheel at this hour but you may want to watch out for other things. Christine maddela is watching traffic for us. Christine . Good morning, chris. This is the time of the morning when are still seeing Construction Projects out there. The overnight construction crews still blocking lanes here. Interstate 295 at route 168, you can see they are blocking the two right lanes. Traffic is getting by on the left lane so folks are slowing down here. But just because theres not a lot of volume out here overall it wont impact drive times too much. Be on the lookout for the overnight traffic routes. Heres a headsup for folks in Chester County the route 52 bridge over Brandywine Creek is going to close today. Just a shortterm construction project. Thats going to start at 6 00 a. M. And will last through friday afternoon. So penndot says there will be crews out there to detour you around that closure. Taking a look at drive times right now, everything is in the clear, 95 76 422. Moving later into the morning commute, those will start to slow down. For now, we are looking good. 4 23 now. We know why the convicted cop killer was rushed to the hospital. His medical emergency next well tell you about it. Plus relief for your aching back. The pain reliever you reach for may not be the right one. And the battle between two Big Tech Companies that could make you the winner if youre looking for a new computer. We have more information now on why convicted cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal was rushed to the hospital on monday. His wife spoke outside the hospital in huntsville yesterday saying undiagnosed diabetes put jamal many the Critical Care unit. His blood sugar was dangerously high and he could have gone into a diabetic coma. He just passed out and said he wasnt feeling well at all and got very loopy. You know and he passed out. Abujamal is serving life in prison for the 1981 murder of philadelphia officer daniel faulkner. A new report shows one of the most common pain relievers may not offer relief to those suffering back pain. A Study Released in the british medical journal says acetaminophen does not offer that much pain relief. They say the effectiveness of acetaminophen is well documented and supported by 50 years of use. And a price car is going on with the consumers the winner. The pc battle is between google and microsoft. Google released two versions of the chrome was released on the laptop and now both companies are vying for students and budgetconscious families. And the wind is blowing here making it feel like the 20s, but the rain has stopped and you dont need the umbrella today. The first alert traffic reporter Christine Maddela is in the Traffic Center this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Taking a look at 95 near 495 and naamans road things are moving along nicely. We are not watching any accidents but there are a couple Construction Projects to watch out for. Well have details when we come back. Piecing together the gory death of a Montgomery County couple. Investigators are on the scene as they try to figure out who mangled the victims with a chainsaw. And today the embattled fire chief ends his fight to keep his job amidst allegations of inappropriate behavior. And a cold start outside this morning. Some areas could see
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