Were all preventable. Deanna durante live in conshohocken. Reporter they sell used clothes and use that money to help people offset their heating bill and things they need. The coroner says those who died didnt need that help. What they needed was people to look after them. This really shouldnt happen in 2015. Reporter three people are dead from hypothermia, all since january 19th and all had family and neighbors. I dont think people give a damn. Unfortunately, they no longer care the way they used to. Reporter he deals with death every day. He says weatherrelated deaths can be prevented. Only 1 to 2 of the people we say has nobody. Reporter the colonial neighborhood food pantry is open. The thrift store raises money for those who need help paying their bills. When volunteers deliver meals to shutins they say oftentimes those people are afraid to turn up the heat. The older they are, they dont really get out of their house sometimes and they dont realize how cold it can be. Reporter they say the organization tries to check on residents but they cannot check on everyone all the time. Its frustrating. Because these are, in all intents and purposes preventable deaths. These people really shouldnt die. Reporter they have a list of regulars, people they check on. They also say they deliver more than 70 meals to people in the area who are shutins and they check on them as well. Again, they say they cant check on everyone all the time. Thats why the coroner is saying, that if you have a friend or a neighbor, someone you think is in need especially during this cold weather, check on them. Reporting live in Conshohocken Deanna durante, nbc10 news. Weve all seen the ice palace as some are calling it now, but were still waiting to hear what caused that building. Now this structure drenched in a thick coating of ice, could be one step closer to being demolished. The city has deemed it an imminent danger. Today the owner had a fence put up. Some consider it a collapse zone. Three demolition contractors are bidding on the work to tear it down. Come down safely. This will have to be cut down until they bring this building down because this is a busy street. The contractor will have to submit demolition permits with the city. And then a demolition plan to ensure public safety. Sheena parveen continues to track snow showers and another shot of cold air in the sevenday forecast. But be sure your smartphone or tablet has the first alert weather app and our new nbc10 news app. Theyll keep you ahead of breaking news and weather. Both apps are free. New reaction tonight from the philadelphia d. A. Hours after he asked the state Supreme Court to get involved in the Death Penalty debate. Seth williams announced today that hes petitioned the pennsylvania Supreme Court. He wants the court to reject governor tom wolfs recent moratorium on the Death Penalty. He calls the moratorium unconstitutional. Reasonable people can differ on the Death Penalty, but its up to the state lawmakers to determine whether its criminal law, what the punishments are. Not the governor. Governor wolf issued an order putting the Death Penalty on hold in pennsylvania last friday. Governor wolfs Office Issued a statement, in regards to the pennsylvania constitution it reads in part Governor Wolf has the power to grant reprieves. The governor took the action to place the moratorium on the Death Penalty because pennsylvanias Capital Punishment system is flawed its ineffective, expensive and many times unjust. One man is dead, another wounded after a violent encounter at a Montgomery County meat packing facility. Police, medics raced to that scene this morning in franconia. Randy gyllenhaal live at the scene. I have i know weve reported other police calls at that plant. Reporter todays stabbing is just the latest in a series of violent encounters inside this Meat Processing plant. This factorys been the scene of a riot and a shooting, and this morning a homicide the fight broke out near the loading docks. Police say two coworkers began braulg. At least one of the men had a knife. Both were stabbed during the melee. An altercation between two employees. One is deceased. The other is in the hospital right now. Reporter prosecutors say the victim is a 25yearold worker named danny vazquez. He died after being rushed to the hospital with stab wounds. His family tells nbc10 that danny was a father to three Young Children and didnt have any known issues with coworkers. But police say his attacker still unidentified worked in the same plant and survived the fight. Hes in custody undergoing surgery. Now, this is the latest violent encounter at this very plant. In 2005 two workers were shot while sitting inside a vehicle. A third worker was charged. But told police the shooting was an accident. And in 2006 a riot broke out in the cafeteria. S. W. A. T. Teams sdee sended on the factory after workers became upset with management. They refused to return to work. Got into the faces of the officers. Reporter at the time workers told nbc10 they didnt receive planned christmas bonuses. Todays incident is by far the most violent. So far police have not charged or identified that suspect. Now, the company would not comment on those previous incidents at this plant but they tell me they are providing counseling to their team members and theyre devastated by todays deadly encounter. Live in franconia township Randy Gyllenhaal nbc10 news. New information tonight on a deadly stabbing in West Oak Lane popular entertainer nicki minaj says both victims are employees of hers. One of the men killed and the second was injured. Police say wednesday the suspect got into an altercation with the victims before stabbing them outside the che bar grill. Tonight nicki minaj says she cant believe it. We checked her website and did not find an upcoming date for a philadelphia show. She starts a tour overseas next month. Right now the Reform Commission is hearing from testimony on both sides of the Charter School debate. The decision at hand whether to approve 39 new Charter School applications. Opponents say the School District of philadelphia cannot afford new Charter Schools. They say funding those schools takes money away from the children at the already underfunded philadelphia public schools. But some parents want their children to have a better education that they say comes from Charter Schools. I prefer charter, but my Charter School thats in my home area is packed to capacity so my kids couldnt get in there, so now they have to go to a public school. Parents, politicians and education groups are protesting the new Charter School applications. The src is scheduled to either grant or deny each charter application tonight. Happening right now history in Atlantic County. For 40 years Stockton College has been growing and evolving. Today it officially changed its name and identity. Ted greenberg is on the stockton campus. Its getting really big. I think this is a good change. Reporter a historic day of transition on the galloway campus of Stockton College as the state school becomes stockton university. It will just enrich the students that are going here currently. Its going to allow us to be more competitive in the job market. Reporter stockton opened in 1971 with 1,000 students. It now has more than 8500 from across new jersey and beyond. The state secretary of Higher Education and the president s council of state colleges signed off on the change to University Status late last week. Stockton is always one of the smaller schools, so i think it will be bigger and becoming a university is great to have on applications and a good degree. Reporter the school is becoming a University Just months before it makes history again. With the opening of a new campus in Atlantic City at the building which previously housed the now closed showboat casino hotel. Within the next five to ten years, the student body at stocktons island campus is expected to grow to about 4,000. Acquiring the showboat casino and turning it into a university i really think this schools trying to compete with other higher institutions and universities. That was nbc10 jersey shore reporter Ted Greenberg reporting. We arent the only ones stuck in this deep freeze. Recordbreaking cold a lot of the country is frozen solid. Check out this snowcovered lake for instance. Its actually solid ice causing many people to worry about safety and wildlife to the area. Speaking of ice, its not just on the ground. Can you see it during your commute, under many bridges, in the tunnels. One philadelphia man is turning winters worst into a work of art. You will never believe this story. It seemed like a good idea at the time. A krispy kreme Doughnut Club for fans of the glazed treats. Instead, it touched off an international incident. Next why the doughnut giant apologized. An unwelcome surprise overnight for some residents in hollywood, california. A water main broke send being 100,000 gallons of water gushing into the streets for several hours. Some cars were barely visible as the water rose. No word what caused the break. After nearly two days the scene of that tragic Train Derailment in West Virginia is still too hot for investigators to inspect. 19 of the 109 train cars are still smoldering. More than 100 of those cars are oil tankers. Today investigators will try to get close enough to try to determine just what caused mondays derailment. The train was headed from north dakota to virginia when it went off the tracks. The tankers rp redesigned and supposed to be better able to withstand a crash. That calls into question how resilient and how tough these tank cars may be. The derailment shut off water supply to nearly 2,000 residents. Today the taps are back on but a boil water advisory remains in effect. The defense began its first full day of testimony in the trial of the man accused of killing american sniper chris kyle. Prosecutors say former marine Eddie Ray Routh killed kyle and littlefield on a trip to texas shooting range. Defense attorneys argued routh was psychotic and her mother testified he asked kyle for help after returning from service suffering from posttraumatic stress. About an hour ago president obama held a longdelayed summit on violent extremism. The president said the problem is not the muslim religion and said quote, we should stop using the term islamic terror. Nbcs Steve Handelsman reports from washington, d. C. Reporter as president obama convened his summit on extremist violence, an alarm bell was ringing. On the isis video of christians beheaded in libya analysts said they hear the isis spokesman ranting in what sounds like an american accent. And today were reporter theres a rush to identify him and other possible americans in isis. Possibly the greater threat are those that have not been identified or cant be identified because they dont appear in a video and they cant come back home. Reporter terror back home was the summit focus. After the attacks in denmark and in france. But president obama said dont call it islamic terror, that plays into the claim that isis fights for all muslims. It is a lie. Nor is should we grant these terrorists the religious legitimacy they seek. They are terrorists. Reporter trying to counter recruiting video from al shabab aimed at somalis in minneapolis. If you only knew how much fun we have over here. This is the real disneyland. Reporter with terror sure to be an issue in 2016 jeb bush criticized obama leadership. Theres no trust right now the United States is serious about this. Reporter in the middle east and in the west, there is a problem right now. Im Steve Handelsman, nbc news washington. Nbc nightly news will go more in depth on the president s plan to stop isis tonight at 6 30 right after nbc10 news at 6 00. The Grand Traverse bay in michigan is completely frozen over. Tonight there are concerns for those who want to explore the iced over water and for wildlife. Ice covers the surface of the bay but that doesnt mean its all solid ice and safe to be on. Cracks and open water can still form. The frozen bay can impact wildlife too. The michigan watershed says if the bay stays frozen for too long, it can hurt some fish and animals. Animals that either use the water for either resting or feeding, when those areas are frozen over it affects the animals in different ways. Experts say the longer the bay stays frozen the bigger the effect on wildlife. For right now, though they say the animals are used to it. To another frozen lake in the midwest. Check this out. This is a photo of lake erie, the biggest of all the great lakes and its about 95 iced over. 95 . Nasa satellite captured this view over the weekend. With the forecast, it will probably stay this way for quite some time. Even though the snow has ended for now in boston the city is far from normal. Its a maze for drivers forced to navigate a wall of snow. I cant even believe that image. Seven to eight feet high on either side of the road. The danger yougsous cold is sticking around for the next few days. Sheena is forecasting temperatures lower than weve already seen. Its a neverending story at this point. We have record cold before the week is over but believe it or not, by the weekend, were going to be warm enough for some rain. As for tonight, though we are watching some snow showers approach the area. We will have some snow showers move through this evening. Maybe a coating to less than an inch. Thats really about it. Then as we go into tomorrow thursday were going to feel below zero degrees. But the coldest air, that gets here as we go into friday. Were talking about record cold in the morning with those windchills, the feels like temperature. Thats going to be around minus 20 degrees for moels of the area. Ill show you that in a second. A live look at center city from adventure aquarium. Ice slowly floating along on top of the Delaware River. Weve been seeing the clouds increase, too, this afternoon, quickly. Its all ahead of the snow showers were watching. 30 degrees right now in philadelphia. Feels more like 21 degrees when you factor in the breeze and enjoy this because its going to feel a lot colder by friday morning. Current temperature, 28 degrees in reading and allentown. Around 30 degrees along i95. 28 degrees for millvale. 26 in stone harbor. Well be getting colder tonight and then tomorrow during the day. Right now, though we are paying attention to the snow showers off to our west. Theyre approaching washington also parts of baltimore. There you see them still west of harrisburg. Some is locally heavy. Notice how its not a wide area of snow. Its a skinny band. That will be moving through as we go through the next few hours. Future weather pretty much picks it up exactly where it is. Heavier snow showers kind of imbedded in there. By 7 00 8 00 well see it moving, a line of snow moving through the entire area. Some could break up. Again, if anything, maybe a coating to less than an inch. By 9 00 in the evening, this will be moving into parts of new jersey. By mid night, pretty much gone. Then we get windy overnight tonight. Starting off your thursday its going to be windy. Could be Strong Enough to even blow in some lakeeffect snow showers. You notice thursday afternoon, the wind stays around. Then you see a few snow showers blowing through. Dont be surprised if you see snow showers tomorrow afternoon. That wind will try to drive them in. By friday morning, the wind sticks around and it starts to feel very, very cold. Dangerously cold. As we go into tomorrow morning, well start with thursday morning. Fields like temperature could be at a minus 5. Through the afternoon, 3 00 in the afternoon, barely feeling above zero degrees in philadelphia. Thursday night we started to feel even colder around minus 10 to minus 15 through the Lehigh Valley. Friday morning, well be the coldest, record lows possibly around minus 15 to minus 20 degrees across the area. It will be very cold start to your friday. That is the day where you really do not want any exposed skin at all outside. You really want to try not to be outside for very long. For tonight, though snow showers mainly after 7 00 this evening. 14 for the low in philadelphia. 12 Degrees North and west. Tomorrow very cold winds through the day. Chance of some flurries. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper teens. Wont feel like that unless youre inside watching it. Friday morning, thats going to be our record low. 1 degree possibly. Through the afternoon hours only reaching the teens. Remember with the wind, it could feel like a minus 20. Over the weekend we get warmer, 45 degrees. But that comes with rain. Wait until you see this. A criticismy creamkrispy kreme branch in United Kingdom apologizes for an advertisement. Heres a look at the ad. It called it kkk wednesday. I kid you not, kkk. For them it stands for krispy kreme klub. They drew outrage. The company says it was an unintentional oversight. Right now there are only a handful of places nationwide where Recreational Marijuana use is legal. Including the states of washington, colorado and oregon. What about new jersey . Ahead, how the move to legalize the drug is gaining new support. Festival pier may soon look quite different. Well show you the plans for an expanded 1