Yes this first area of snow is with this arctic blast coming in. Has nothing to do with the storm on sunday. Can you see moving in from the north and west the lake effect to some degree. At least the lakes are helping to create this moisture. Its gone through the city of philadelphia into new jersey camden and gloucester county. On the other side of the country. Phoenix is getting rain. This is part of the storm that will affecting us on sunday. This is not one of the storms we wonder whether its going to develop or develop in time or create moisture. Its there. Theres plenty of moisture. Its just a question of the track and how much warm air gets in here. What areas will see it change to rain. What areas will see mostly snow. The better chance you have of mostly snow is farther to the north. Well break down some of those specifics in just a few minutes. The but the other big issue is the wind. And the windchill. Meteorologist Sheena Parveen has more on that. Part of the reason were seeing the snow squall through the area right now, strong winds helping to bring somg of that in. Not everyones seeing it but everyone is seeing the high winds across the area. Winds are gusting about 20 to 30 miles an hour and earlier today, we had wind gusts over 40 miles an hour. A gusty day out there, look what its doing to the temperature, making it feel 10 degrees colder. Feels like 26 in philadelphia. North and west already feels like the teens. Feels like 27 mt. Holly. 25 in millville. 20 is what it feels like in wilmington. Throughout the night these numbers will be dropping down and the winds have too. If you have friday night plans, it will stay windy and its going to stay very cold. Heres the future feels like temperature. When we factor in the winds. We take you a few hours from now. Temperatures will be feeling more like 5 degrees in millville, dover. By tomorrow morning, a good portion of the area will feel below zero starting off your saturday. So, its going to be really cold windy start to the week. Then we are tracking that chance of snow as we end out the week. Ill show you all the details coming up. Were getting pictures of the snow squaulz moving through our area. Vince lattanzio is here with a view from your neighborhood. Were getting a lot of reports in all across the city of philadelphia through our social discovery. This is Smith Memorial playground. Talk about a squall lots of snow coming down in all different directions. All of those blue dots on the screen, those are different reports were seeing from social media. Heres whats going on right here in the area around the police touch museum fairmount park. A lot of snow coming down there. This is the blizzard this girl says is happening outside her window. This is what it looks like on the schuylkill expressway. The girl says, just like that the snow is back. You want to be careful if youre driving. This guy joe says its hard to see center city because so much snow we saw the pictures earlier when we first showed you at the top of the newscast how hard it was to see down the skyline, center city philadelphia. Take a look at the beautiful snow in wynnefield heights. More can you share with us through the nbc10 app and more on nbc10. Com. And the sevenday forecast is minutes away with a closer look at the super bowl sunday storm. Can you get updates any time right on your smartphone or tablet. The free nbc10 first alert weather app has radar, the extended forecast and more. It is a free download. Just like the new nbc10 news app. Now more on the breaking news we first told you about at 4 00. Pennsylvania state treasurer rob mccord used his power as state treasurer to shake down Campaign Donors and hes leaving office immediately. Nbc10s Harry Hairston is live in the digital operation center. Mccord released a video statement. What did he say . He released a video statement shortly before our air. On camera he admits to threatening donors to give to his campaign to run for governor or he would make their lives difficult. Heres some of what he had to say. The fact is i stepped over the line by trying to take advantage of the fact that two potential credibilitiers hoped to continue to do business with the commonwealth. By developing talking points to remind them i could make things difficult for them, i essentially said the potential contributors should not risk making an enemy of the state treasurer. Clearly, that was wrong. I was wrong. It was a mistake. Governor tom wolf released a statement moments ago. He says its a sad day for the Common Wealth of pennsylvania. He also goes on to say, it type of behavior leads to the erosion of the public trust. It is simply not acceptable. And he says hes working quickly to present a nominee to this senate of the highest caliber and capability. Now, also there was no opportunity for us to ask mccourtmccord questions. His attorneys said they would not allow him it take questions and would only release that prerecorded video coming from mccord. Now, mccords attorneys also say he has made an agreement with the feds to plead guilty to any and all federal charges. Jacqueline . Harry, since is he going to plead guilty whats next for him . First of all, i talked to some legal experts that have been here for decades. With these type of clients and dealing with these situations where elected officials are being investigated or prosecuted by the feds. They tell me in all political corruption cases, none have just gotten probation. Its always been an automatic, you go straight to jail. Also, he called the video being released my legal expert did, very unusual. He says theres no advantage to it in his opinion, because he needs to save the allocution for the judge, saying the judge is the only one that matters at this time who mccord has to convince that he is very sorry for what he did. Very interesting. We know youll stay on top of it. Harry hairston live in the digital operation center. Breaking news from Camden County from cooper run drive in cherry hill where a car crashed into the house around 3 15. Were still working to find out just how it happened and whether anyone was hurt. We have new information about a sex scandal within the ranks of the philadelphia Fire Department. Nbc10 Investigative ReporterMitch Blacher is live outside headquarters. Reporter a source inside Philadelphia City government confirms as many as 40 people 40 city workers, may be involved with this sex scandal inside the philadelphia Fire Department. They have knowledge about the investigation that is ongoing and confirmed that the philadelphia sex scandal centers around a female firefighter. A source inside City Government with specific knowledge of the Ongoing Investigation tells the nbc10 investigators as many as 40 staffers inside the Fire Department are involved. The source confirmed the female paramedic shared nude pictures and video of herself with colleagues and engaged in sex acts with others sometimes on city time. When we spoke with her lawyer by phone, she declined to comment on the specifics of the case because the investigation is ongoing. Its a significant personnel issue. Reporter mayor nutter has only talked about the scandal briefly. Friday his office said it couldnt talk about an ongoing personnel matter. This is what he said thursday. Im really concerned about it but i cant talk about it at this point. Reporter the source said the scandal does not involve top fire leaders but does go as high as the captain level. Theres at least one captain at all of the 64 fire houses in the philadelphia Fire Department. Our sources have been able to confirm the name of that pair paramedic but were not releasing it because of the type of allegations involved in this case. Mitch blacher, nbc10 news. This devastating new jersey Apartment Fire last week left 1,000 people homeless. Its been ruled an accident. But that is not stopping officials from preventing a similar disaster from happening again. How this could impact other apartments. After a near record snowfall, the big dig out continues in boston. Why one known new englander got a visit from police after the storm. Speaking of snow a live picture now from the schuylkill expressway although city avenue. Light snow is falling. Can you see heavy traffic crawling westbound as it normally is this time of evening. 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Vice President Biden spoke to the retreat and also featured appear an answer by president obama. They said the focus Going Forward is helping the middle class and the challenge is getting more people engaged and willing to help. We leave philly the land and home of american democracy. United, shoulder to shoulder with the middle class. We want to dream even higher. We know that. The retreat coincided by a visit from the dnc. Philadelphia is a finalist to host the Democratic National convention. At 6 00 nbc10s matt delucia will have about what one democrat said about phillys chances and where it may go instead. Theres a big shakeup in the 2016 race for the white house. Mitt romney dropped out. The 2012 gop nominee said he could have won the top spot on the gop ticket and beaten the democratic nominee. Romney said he wants to make way for someone even more likely to become the next president. Nbc10 National CorrespondentSteve Handelsman has reaction from washington. Reporter two days ago in mississippi, mitt romney was looking like a candidate and sounding like hed run in 2016. How can secretary clinton provide opportunity for all if she doesnt know where the jobs come from in the first place . Reporter romney bowed out in a Conference Call to supporters. I decided it best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee. Reporter romney may still want the white house he clearly thinks he has a lot to contribute could be a great president. Reporter in the three weeks since romney revealed he was considering a run, some republicans pushed back. It cant be mitt because mitt ran and failed. He failed. Reporter romney staffers were defecting to other candidates. And calls to deep pocket donors were discouraging. Says nbcs meet the press moderator chuck tothd. Look at his lead in the polls. In january it was this. Now its shrunk to this. So, the First Six Months of his candidacy were going to be a slow slide into the abyss. Reporter are romney out, longtime rival jeb bush tweeted, mitt is a patriot. The former Florida Governor may benefit the most. Hes getting new donors on his new 2016 team. Also gaining today are Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker new Jersey Governor Chris Christie kentucky libertarian rand paul and Texas Tea Party ted crews. In a race that saw the frontrunner in the polls pull up and drop out. Some thought they heard romney hedging a bit today, when he said its impossible he said its unlikely hell change his mind. Im Steve Handelsman nbc news washington. For more reaction on romneys exit, watch nbc nightly news at 6 30 right here on nbc10. The countdown to the super bowl is on. Even though the eagles didnt make it into the playoffs, a lot of people are talking about chip kelly. Comcast sportsnets john clark is live in phoenix to explain. Whats all the talk about, john . Reporter yeah chip kel y of course did those toestioss chips event, hes playing corn hole sling shot with the fans. Well have that at 6 00. Lets talk about the story of Garry Gilliam, the guy from harrisburg, pa andperson state. How about this in his first year with the Seattle Seahawks hes going to the super bowl. He had a huge tthd to get them here in the nfc championship game. I think that was actually my first touchdown since junior year of high school. And theyre going to take it. For the touchdown it doesnt feel like it happened. Like when you have those dreams in the morning after you wake up and theyre vivid, talking to offensive linemen, like did that did i just score a touchdown . Reporter Garry Gilliam grew up in harrisburg went to school in hershey, but he was not an eagles fan. Who was youre Favorite Team . I was actually dallas cowboy. Reporter youre a cowboy fan . How did that come about . My mom and dad were so i was born into that. Reporter when he went to penn state, he was a tight end, but everything changed when he talked bill obrien into letting him play offensive tackle. He was like you know what were going to do. Then no no were not. No, no were going to do it. Reporter he gained 40 pounds, but also had to deal with the weight of the sandusky scandal at happy valley. I guess the ncaa is now back pedalling with other things. As penn staters, those wins are never gone. Reporter now in his first year with the seahawks after going undrafted, he can add another win. A super bowl win. If you truly believe in what youre doing and what goals you set out to accomplish theres no reason why you cant do them. Dont let people tell you you cant do things. Dont let people stop you from doing those things. Like i said truly believe in, it embrace it immerse yourself in what youre doing. Whether thats football or school or ballet whatever it is. Fully immerse yourself in it and truly believe youll be great and you will. Reporter those are great words to live by there. Its interesting because Garry Gilliam said he did not grow up a football fan. Hes a selfdescribed nerd and now he is in the super bowl. Great for him. Im john clark in a rainy phoenix, arizona. Seattle brought the rain here. Back to you. Yeah, they did. Hard to believe he was a Dallas Cowboys fan growing up in pa. The hated team here. Reporter very unfortunate, but if he wins a super bowl, it will be an amazing story from pennsylvania. Absolutely it will. Love to see that. John, thank you. Stay dry, if can you. In our next half hour exeagles quarterback Randall Cunningham is auctioning off some of his most prized football possessions starting tomorrow. Head at 5 355, keith jones spent some time with cunningham. Hear whats up for auction and how you can own a piece of eagles history. Saturday night at 7 30 be sure to watch the super bowl zone. Nbc10s keith jones and Comcast Sportsnets john clark are live in phoenix. Theyll give you a behind the scenes look at everything going on before the big game. Remember, theres only one place can you see super bowl xlix. Its sunday, february 1st with pregame action starting at noon. Kickoff at 6 30. Maybe well see a touchdown from gilliam. Only here on nbc10. Weve been telling you about it this afternoon, we have some snow squaulz in the area. Its just a pretty quick area of snow moving through. The winds are making it look a lot worse. Its not long lasting. Heres a look aatop the aramark building the flags are blowing and snow squalls drop precipitation for a brief period of time. 34 degrees in philadelphia. Feels more like 22 when you factor in the winds. So it is going to keep feeling much coting as we go through the overnight hours. We have the next snow chance as we go into sunday leading into monday too. The rain snow line will be critical in who sees the rain and who sees the snow. If you have friday night plans, temperatures keep dropping to the mid20s by 11 00. It stays very windy but it will feel closer to 10 degrees colder than the actual temperature. Heres a look at the radar. Here are the snow squaulz weve been telling you about. Theyve moved through philadelphia but we still have some parts of Montgomery County berks county a little light snow through the Lehigh Valley. Overall, were starting to see it move into parts of gloucester and Camden County. Evens township seeing the snow approach. In the philadelphia were seeing some snow move through. Again, the winds are making it a little worse. Lets take a live look at area. Here is a live picture of the snow squall. There you see the snow falling. White marsh township. Again, a live picture of the snow squaulz. Through see we do have a brief period of snow combined with the wind. It is making a coating on the cars. So we will keep you updated. For norristown were still seeing shows snow squalls move through, even parts of upper Montgomery County. Through see it developing through the Lehigh Valley. Well keep our eye on this area closely to see if there are any more redevelopments. Aside from that with the wind it will make it feel colder. By tonight at 11 p. M. Below zero through Lehigh Valley. Tomorrow morning, feeling below zero espec