Ice, snow and frigid temperatures, a reminder the calendar may say spring but the conditions say its the dead of winter. Before the cruise boats can glide on the river theres clearing to do. Big surprise this morning. Fred knoll arrived early to watch his daughters practice. Im assuming its coming in a few days. Very soon. Very soon. How soon a few days . I hope one day, one day, tomorrow. His endorsement of a future arrival, the result of fridays inches of snows aspring officially sprung. Its still winter. Anytime we get this much snow its winter. Reporter salt crews were out earlier on major roads. But these teams are headed for the warmer, which is warmer than the land. Back here near boat house road one partial road closure to tell now about. A half mile north of where im standing it narrows to one lane, so the city crews can do Maintenance Work on kelly drive. Other than that no ice really especially now that the sun is up. You should have clear sailing on the river and on the road. Live at boat house row jesse gary, nbc 10 news. Thank you for that, jesse. Breaking news were following out of brooklyn new york. This is new video from the scene of a house fire that killed seven children overnight. The fire commissioner gave an update within the last hour. He says firefighters found the siblings ages 5 to 15 years old in second floor bedrooms around 12 30 this morning. Their mother and another 15yearold child jumped from a window on that floor. They are in Critical Condition due to burns and smoke inhalation. This is the largest tragedy by fire that this city has had in seven years. Its a tragedy for this family. Its a tragedy for this community. Its a tragedy for our city. A hot plate that malfunctioned in the kitchen is the apparent cause of the fire. There was a smoke detecter in the basement of the house but firefighters did not find any on the upper floors. Coming up at 9 30 well hear more from the fire commissioner on this breaking news story. Today, new Jersey State Police will resume their investigation into this deadly crash on the Atlantic City expressway. It happened during yesterdays snowstorm. According to authorities, 35yearold sean mcbride and 31yearold Gabrielle Lynnes were killed when their jeep liberty lost control and slammed into a car stopped on the shoulder. The jeep also struck the driver of the stopped car, 38yearold scott lerario. He was checking on a flat tire. He is in stable condition. Today, we are learning more about the two victims killed in a bucks county crash involving a possible drunk driver. The deadly accident happened thursday night on street road in lower southampton township. One victim has been identified as Charlie Richelle he was riding in a car with sharon vince, the other victim. They were returning from an event at their church. Sharon vince was an interior designer who created some of the fabric work you see here. Nbc 10s George Spencer spoke with a friend of hers who described his emotions in just one word. Anguish. Anguish. Yes. You were that close to her . Yes. Get hit by a drunk driver is just a big loss for her family and myself. A woman driving an suv slammed into the car carrying the two victims. Weve learned the driver may have had an open container of alcohol inside the car. As of now, no charges have been filed. New from overnight, two young kids were taken to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia when the car they were riding in was struck by a bullet. The children were injured by broken glass. They were not hit by the gunfire. This happened at spruce and south 52nd streets in the citys cobbs creek neighborhood. Police say the gunman is in custody. Police have identified the mother found murdered inside of a philadelphia boarding home. Weve learned that the victim is 29yearold geneva owens whom you see pictured here. Police are still looking for her killer. Owens was found shot inside of the house on spruce street in West Philadelphia early yesterday morning. Police say her body was discovered underneath of a burned mattress. Theyre asking anybody with any information to give them a call. Today, a Gun Violence Prevention Group plans to rally outside of a Delaware County gun shop. The Interfaith Group will hold a demonstration at millers gun shop in linwood. The group is urging shop owners to refuse to sell to straw buyers. Straw buyers purchase guns for those who cannot legally buy a gun on their own. Its the round of 32 in the ncaa tournament today. And the villanova wildcats are looking for another win as they take on eighth seed nc state tonight. Nbc 10s keith jones is live in pittsburgh. Keith, youve been spending time with the fans out there. Im sure theyre geared up for the game. Reporter the countdown is on at this point, rosemary. Ten hours and counting to tipoff between nc state and villanova. The hundreds of fans here in pittsburgh from the Delaware Valley supporting villanova. Theyve taken a tour of the city and right now they are just about ready for basketball. Take a look at this video, most the city here in the steel city is walkable. If youre going to walk youll likely cross a bridge or two. Theres Station Square revolutionizing the steel mill industry. On the north shore, fans checked out pnc park home of the pirates baseball and also practically next door to that, Jerome Bettis restaurant. An 80yearold man who graduated in 1955, he hasnt missed a single villanova tournament appearance in 60 years. Wear these gloves all the time. I live in florida. Wear them for all the games. Since we lost to seton hall never taken them off during a game and we have won every single game. Go nova reporter thats a villanova alum. Im quite fond of mr. Clingman. He has the spirit of about ten students not to mention hell be one of those people inside the Consol Energy center watching tipoff at 7 10. Villanova and nc state. Live in pittsburgh keith jones, nbc 10 news. Youre a proud villanova grad, as you mentioned. Any superstitions, do you have any gloves you keep on for the game or what . Reporter well, ill be wearing a little bit more blue than this. Im in my journalists roll right now. Especially two days ago when they played lafayette, i made sure i wore neutral colors. In about an hour or so ill switch out to my blue and white and ill attend the game here behind me. It will be a different story, rosemary. Thank you keith. See you in a little bit. Coming up next a confrontation at the new Orleans Airport ends with a tsa agent shooting a man armed with a machete and bug spray. Well explain the next step in the investigation. Good morning. Im first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Lets get you straight to the radar where we are seeing quiet conditions which is a nice change from yesterday. Temperatures push into the 50s, heading into the afternoon. While were still close to freezing, we want to be careful with icy spots from the leftover moisture from yesterdays storm. Quiet in terms of additional precipitation right now. Were also seeing a mix of sun and clouds. 33 degrees in philadelphia. Were at 32 and pottstown, 29 in allentown, 28 degrees in the poconos. Temperatures will be close to average today but that changes on sunday. Heading back down to the low 40s. By monday were talking daytime highs in the 30s. Ill let you know when we start to feel like spring for a few days in a row. Thats coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. New this morning overseas u. S. Secretary of state john kerry is reporting substantial progress in Iran Nuclear Talks but he says there are still gaps in the way of an agreement. There is a march 31st deadline to come up with the framework of a longterm agreement. Kerry will head to london before returning to washington and talks with iran will continue next week. Back here in the u. S. Authorities say a man attacked a tsa agent at new Orleans International airport before police shot him several times. According to government officials, 63yearold Richard White sprayed two agents with wasp killer then swung a machete at them. A Police Officer shot the man three times. He is in surgery. A tsa agent was struck in the arm by a stray bullet but is going okay. Investigators are now trying to figure out why the suspect went on a rampage. Till days before autopsy results are complete on an africanamerican man found hanging from a tree in mississippi. 30 federal, state and local investigators are trying to determine if this was a hate crime murder or suicide. We now know the man otis byrd had served time in prison for killing a woman during a robbery. He was paroled in 2006. His family reported him missing more than two weeks ago. Its a mystery that many say reminds them of the souths ugly past. We dont do stuff like this not these days. The evidence said he was a lynch and well seek that person out and try to find out who they are and get a conviction on them. The fbi says preliminary information about the cause of death could become available sometime next week. The time right now is 9 11. Look for some of the snow to melt later on today. Details on how warm it will get are next in the first alert forecast. Also after the break well meet this weeks wednesdays child plus Monica Lewinsky opens up about her affair with former president bill clinton. Well have more on the message shes sharing with others. After years of silence, Monica Lewinsky is talking about her affair with president bill clinton and how it relates to present day issues. Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing. You can survive it. Lewinsky offered that advice thursday during a global ideas conference in vancouver, canada. The former white house intern tackled the topic of public humiliation, 17 years after the sex scandal involving her and the 42nd president. Lewinsky told the crowd these days shes turning the page. I know its hard. It may not be painless, quick or easy but you can insist on a different ending to your story. Lewinsky said she made the mistake of falling in love with her boss at the age of 22. Now at 41 she says her goal is to stop cyber bullyij hich she calls a culture of humiliation. Its time to check in with this weeks wednesdays child. Shes a sweet and active girl who likes to keep moving. Shes hoping to find a forever family to give her the love and support that she needs. Nbc 10s vai sikahema introduces us to navrianna. Reporter she warms up quickly when shes in her element. Her element, basketball. We went to Drexel University to get in a practice with the Womens Basketball team. Well get started. Youre in practice today. Lets go. Reporter she couldnt wait to get on the court and work out with the team. The seventh grader likes school and does well in her math and science classes. Shes sweet but cautious with people she doesnt know. When she warms up, she is a lot of fun. One, two, three. Drexel. Reporter she loves to play and is the manager of her schools team. Her love of being active extends off the court, too. She loves to dance. She dances all over the place, she dans in the house, in between dinner and the next activity. She just loves to dance. Reporter the ideal family will be active and provide structure and support. Tell me why its important to have a family. Because i get the love and care and the attention. The ideal family is a traditional twoparent family with some kids. Shes used to a lot of action. She would like parents who look like her. Reporter she has a warm heart ready to share with a forever family. I think shed be a wonderful addition, very committed and very much a part of that family in every way. She takes her time. Shes sweet. Say drexel. Drexel. Reporter davrianna is this weeks wednesdays child. If youd like to make her dream come true or the dream of any wednesdays child, go to nbc10. Com and search wednesdays child. Also, Call NationalAdoption Center at 1866doadopt. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Good morning. As we head into the rest of your saturday, we are still concerned with icy spots aleast until our temperatures get well above freezing. Be careful as youre heading out, some of our side streets, sidewalks, parking lots and driveways. Milder conditions expected for us today. We are attracting colder air. A look outside at philadelphia, mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures at 33 degrees. No wind chill to deal with. As of right in you, 28 currently in the poconos, 31 in reading. Temperatures at westchester at 34 degrees. Were at 35 in wilmington, 34 in stone harbor. Were slowly starting to see temperatures inch above freezing. Our satellite radar shot shows quiet conditions. The concern is for a few leftover icy spots. As we take a look at our average, its 54 degrees. Today well push close to that 50 degrees. As we into sunday thats the beginning of cooler air. This is what its going to look like. Mild conditions for most of today. As we push into monday well see another blast of cold air. That will drop our temperatures back to the 30s. Well below average. You can see the snow in the poconos, temperatures ranging between 46 and 50 degrees. A little bit of fog and milder conditions expected for it. Your sevenday forecast shows that were going to cool things down. By sunday, 2 degrees, breezy and cold. Cold conditions on monday as well. 39 degrees. As we head into the rest of next week if you take a look at tuesday, 45 and cold again, well start to recover as we head into wednesday. Temperatures at 54 degrees. Then if you take a lack at thursday thats probably one of the best days with our temperatures warming to 62 degrees. We also track a chance of showers next thursday and heading into next friday we drop down another ten degrees, another cool day for us. Still close to average with a high of 52 degrees. A quick heads up for drivers in the coming weeks. Penndot starts construction monday night on a 160 million project to improve i95. The work will rebuild ramps and improve connections at i95 the betsy ross bridge and aramingo avenue. There will be a direct connection built between the bridge and aramingo avenue. The project is expected to last until fall of 2017. Expect lane closures and new traffic patterns while the work is under way. It is an iconic image from one of the deadliest battles of world war ii. Next, we show you how soldiers who were there are working the 70th anniversary of the battle of iwo jima. Im vai sikahema for nbc 10 issue. We are officially in the midst of march madness brackets are filled, the big dance is under way and the games will rake in billions of dollars. Sunday we discuss if student athletes are entitled to a slice of that pie. Coming up sunday morning at 11 30, following meet the press, only on nbc 10. This is nbc 10 news. At 9 23 on this saturday morning, heres a live look at the center city skyline. A very different picture than what we saw just a few hours ago. We still had clouds and fog out there. It looks like a good bit of that has cleared out. The sun is up. Temperatures will rise into the 40s and in some neighborhoods it could hit 50 degrees. Some breaking news into nbc 10. The Philadelphia EaglesJust Announced that hall of fame linebacker Chuck Bednarik has passed away. He died after a brief illness. He was 89 years old. He played a franchise record of 14 seasons with the eagles from 1949 to 1962. U. S. And japanese veterans this morning returned to the pacific today to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle of iwo jima. The veterans in their late 80s and 90s, some in wheelchairs attended a remembrance ceremony on the tiny island. The Navy Secretary told the crowd that the inferno of iwo jima brought america and japan together. It was during this week in 1945 when u. S. Forces raised their flags in victory atop an active volcano on iwo jima. The film and photograph have become Iconic Images of the american spirit. 7,000 u. S. Marines were killed fighting japanese troops in the battle that lasted more than a month. There is promising news this morning about a new drug that may slow down memory loss in alzheimers patients. Researchers tested the experimental drug on dozens of patients who had mild alzheimers symptoms or early signs of dementia. They found patients who received the highest dosage had the slowest buildup of brainclogging plaque linked to alzheimers. The patients performed better on memory tests. The drug will now be used in larger trials. It could still be several years, though, away from hitting the market. Now to california where a new lawsuit claims dozens of brands of inexpensive wine contain high levels of arsenic. Arsenic can cause illness or even death in larger amounts. Some of the grands named are frenzia, sutter home cupcake and barringer. A Wine Industry group says the allegation is false and misleading and that all wines sold in the u. S. Are safe. From the jersey shore, an nbc 10 viewer helped solve of case of a mysterious video camera that washed up on the beach. After airing video slips, somebody recognized the family. It washed up along the Cape May Beach in august. The cameras owner tells us shes thankful to have the memories back. Its given me a priceless give. Its not the go pro, youve given me refound trust in people and something i can pass on to my children. Cape may police are now mailing the go pro camera back to the family. Still ahead on anyplace news today, there may be snow on the ground but thats not stopping the runners on kelly drive. Nbc 10s jesse gary is checking out the conditions there this morning. Jesse . Reporter rosemary, thats right. Lots of runners out. Whats helping them is slowly rising into the sky. Well tell you about after the break. Temperatures continue to rise closer to our average, heading into the 50s. You still want to watch out for a few icy spots in our area. Its still below freezing. The details in my full forecast. Jacklyn our middle schools have classes that are