Showers. Heres a live view from the melon Bank Building with the snowflakes moving past the Comcast Center that just picked up. The snow showers are going to be here to start with but not be around all day. And theres cape may, which is showing things are pretty quiet. The radar, it is inland that were seeing the snow showers from new castle into philadelphia and farther north and west. Well see the snow showers to begin with and then well clear out this afternoon. Light, scattered dustings of snow this morning. Right now the temperature is 26 degrees in philadelphia. Though its colder for millville and allentown. Atlantic city is 10 degrees right now. Well be in the 30s this afternoon. Thats where well see some sunshine. Back with the future weather, well go through it hour by hour when im back in ten. But right now well check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning jillian. Good friday morning to you, bill. Starting things off in center city a live look at the vine street expressway quiet in both directions. This is the vine near 95. Typically during the rush hour well see volume northbound heading to 76 but right now no delays in either direction. The pennsylvania turnpike you can see the lines of green. No accidents or delays. We have a little bit of yellow here through the construction zone, but no big delays to report. 22 to 24 minutes is what were seeing. As far as your drive times go both ways between ben salem and valley forge. Thanks. To the deep freeze that continues across the delaware valley, its making it hard to melt the ice covering rivers and streams. Just ask the men and women who work on the water every day. Breaking up the huge chunks of ice is no easy task. Matt delucia is live in camden along the Delaware River. Matt, how often are these folks trying to get through the ice and what effect does this have on the rest of us . Reporter pretty frequently. Several big boats and ships commercial ships that come through the delaware each and every day, so when you get ice out there, it can cause a lot of problems. Certain ily theres a lot of money out here. Theres still ice in parts of this area despite this. Take a look yesterday the coast guard was out here on the delaware with 65foot icebreaking tugboats. This is what the operation looks like from one of the large cutters. Now for you and me it may not be a commercial ship but maybe the cape may louis ferry we take every day. This time of the year many depend on the service between new jersey and delaware. The Delaware River and Bay Authority tells me they have had to cancel a dozen trips in the past ten days. And its beenr. More than a decade since that has happened. But if you think this is bad, consider that in the winter of 1977 the ferry had to cancel trips for 45 consecutive days because of ice. This year its not as bad, but a rough winter indeed. As we take a live look out here on the delaware the coast guard says this ice breaking will continue for as long as the ice stays out here. If you think its cold how about the people who need to go down there under water to try to break up the ice to deal with the shift. Im live with more coming up matt delucia nbc 10 news. Lawmakers have hours left to prevent a partial shut down of the department of Homeland Security. The funding runs out at midnight, less than 19 hours away. House republicans agreed to push for a shortterm deal to fund the Homeland Security for three weeks without repealing president obamas immigration policy. The question is whether democrats go along with the shortterm deal. And theres a senate deal to only fund dhs. And this morning a judge says theres a civil lawsuit against penn state and former coach Jerry Sandusky rules that although the State College is 200 miles from philadelphia, it does not appear to be a burden to the school. They believe the university would not have been affected if the school reacted to this case against sandusky. And many will gather in bridgeton, Cumberland County to protest the Deadly Police shooting. Show me your hands show me your [ bleep ] hands. Dont move this dash cam shows the moment leading up to the shooting of jermaine reid. He was riding in a car pulled over by two Police Officers in december. The video shows a Tense Exchange after the officers spotted a gun in the car and the officer tells him to stay in the car. Reid was then shot and killed when he got out of the car. The Cumberland CountyProsecutors Office is handling the information. But some believe they are dragging their feet. The group called the National Awareness alliance is organizing the protest. They will have four buses bringing protesters from newark and philadelphia to bridgeton. And new this morning, we have learned that the officer involved in that deadly shooting may be facing even more trouble. A woman has come forward accusing the officer of extorting her for sex in exchange for keeping her out of jail last year. She just filed a 25 million lawsuit. The city of bridgeton and its Police Department are also named in defendants for allegedly failing to take action. After she reported the harassment. We have calls for comment into the Police Department and have not heard back. Well, your drivers license may not work the next time you try to use it. Next the mistake pennsylvania made and how they are rushing to fix that problem. Plus fines at sugar house. Why some say someone is watching them. Plus the morning commute may soon cost you more. Well tell you when new Jersey Transit riders can start shelling out more cash. It is 4 38. Penndot is scrambling to replace licenses that dont include the proper security image. The image is only visible with a black light. Penndot says its vendors didnt include the image so some places might not accept your i. D. The defective licenses will still work at the airport, though. Penndot says the problem started with licenses issued in november. The department doesnt know how many drivers are affected but it will mail them free replacement licenses. Several workers at philadelphias sugar house casino accuse management of spying on them according to our partners at the Philadelphia Business journal. The workers are starting a union at sugar house and may file a document saying the casino is using surveillance cameras to spy on them. The casino denies the charge. Tracking some light snow showers in the area. They will be here to start with this morning. And we could see a dusting in parts of the area in bucks county Montgomery CountyChester County seeing some light snow thats moving into delaware. And Delaware County and delaware as well. And you can see scattered light showers in new jersey. Very light stuff. The hourbyhour forecast is calling for clouds to thin out later this morning at 26 degrees at 11 00. A cold day ahead. Well top out in the low 30s just as we did yesterday. And at 2 00 this afternoon, still looking at clouds maybe a few flurries in south jersey and into delaware. You can see a couple spots on the radar there. The future radar is showing some farther north and west but there will be some sunshine breaking through as well. So tracking some snow showers to start with may see a dusting before skies start to break. Partly sunny skies and 20 to lower 30s this afternoon. There is sunshine ahead for the weekend. Saturday, 30 degrees. Potentially up to 40 on sunday. You havent seen the sevenday yet, but back with the sevenday in ten. Could we just have held on for the warmer weekend . All right. Time to get a check on traffic. At last check, we were delayfree mostly. Lets check with jillian to see how it is right now. No accidents or delays. It is too early for delays out there. A live look at the boulevard near broad street. This is southbound as drivers make their way down to fox street and eventually to 76. The boulevard is clear here. 76 is also looking good right now if youre waking up in that. Traveling on 95 drive times are average southbound from woodhaven to the vine. Well take you 13 minutes. The average speed is 62 miles per hour. Raising fares and Cutting Service. That is a shakeup that could be bringing big changes for commuters. Plus a controversy on a local school campus. The article that has students pitted against professors. And how restaurants are getting you to spend and eat more. Wow something sounds sweet in here need a little honey in the bowl. Yeah badabopbopbopa no . Must be the honey the new Jersey Transit company says they are considering raising fares and Cutting Service to meet the budget shortfall this year. Some will rely on the buses and trains and think service will get in the way of their work schedules. Some will wake up at 6 00 to try to make it to work on time. And dzhokhar sartsarnaevs trial will be delayed. Hes accused of setting off two bombs at the 2013 boston marathon. And congress is getting the wheels rolling to honor a former navy s. E. A. L. Named chris kyle. They request that kyle will granted a congressional medal of honor. Kyles autobiography was the basis for the film american sniper. On tuesday the texas jury convicted Eddie Ray Routh in the shooting of kyle and his friend. And the Senate Already agreed to honor those who participated in the selma civil rights march 50 years ago. Lawmakers voted unanimously to avoid the marchers with the congressional gold medal. Most of the africanamerican marchers went from selma to montgomery, alabama, to demand vote rights in 1965. The bill is now headed to the house. Happening today, more potential white house candidates will take the stage at the conservative Political Action congress. This conference is a major platform for republicans. Todays speaker include former governor jeb bush kentucky senator rand paul and former Texas Governor rick perry. Yesterday cpac heard from the texas senator Ted Cruz Scott Walker and sarah palin along with new jersey governor chris christie. He told the interviewer not to count him out as a possible candidate for president. He has drawn low polling numbers in the United States so far and has not raised as much money as other potential candidates. But christie told the audience at the conference while some of those other candidates may be more popular in washington he has the unique appeal to the voters. And a newspaper article is stirring controversial at the university of delaware that has the schools president and professors squaring off. Earlier this month president Patrick Harper wrote an oped to say, smart students are going online to find innovative less expensive degree paths. Then he went on to say it is too teachercentric. Now unions that represent the professors are pushing back. In a statement to the news journal, they accuse hartger of being dismissive and call his views the front of the mission for education. And after the snowy weather last weekend, the mummers parade is all set for tomorrow. Nbc 10 in manioch yesterday. Board members chose the order for saturdays parade that kicks off at 10 00 in the morning along main street in mantioch. And how about this a huge announcement, Paul Mccartney will headline this years firefly Music Festival in dover, delaware. The event is expected to draw a bigger crowd than ever before. Organizers tell nbc 10 they expect at least 90,000 people to attend. Thats 10,000 more than they had last year. The fourday concert will host more than 100 acts. Tickets go on sale monday. General admission prices start at 260. So we want to say a huge congratulations to vai today. He was honored by the city of philadelphia yesterday. Thank you very much Council President and council. Thank you for this honor. Appreciate it. Thank you. While we all know hes been an nfl player a sports anchor news anchor and now the city of philadelphia has given him the title living legend. The city recognized vai and other local leaders for their dedication to their communities. Members of the nbc 10 family both past and present were there, and they especially mentioned your work with wednesdays child and getting so many children adopted, which is so great. That was so nice. And it was nice to have many of our colleagues show up and some of the alums. Steve leavy hes a legend. Are your children treating you different now because youre a legend . They always tease me that im a legend in my own mind. Now i have the proper rz documentation. Congratulations. Thank you. It was nice for the city council to do that. If youre heading out right now, it is cold and windy in center city. No surprise. Its going to be another cold day in center city. And across the entire area. Yes, cold enough for snow. And so we are tracking some snow. Some light snow showers moving through the area. They will be here this morning and will take a break this afternoon. Well actually get some sunshine. We are watching those scattered light snow showers to see a dusting in some spots. You can see some of the flakes moving past the Comcast Center in center city. Thats a live view from the melon Bank Building. The temperature right now is 26 degrees in philadelphia. Its going to stay cold. Like yesterday, were starting in the 20s to top out in the lower 30s. The pocano mountains may see a snow shower but right now big bear is looking pretty quiet. Just cold. And theres plenty of that to go around. Teens and low 20s. Trenton, pottstown at 21 degrees. Look at millville, 18 degrees. With no wind Atlantic City is down to 10 degrees this morning. In Delaware County its the low 20s. It is 22 right now in saint davids. A cold start. And yes, very light snow. This is over a large area but it is very light as we saw this live picture in center city. Cumberland county seeing light snowfall. Moving through philadelphia, chester, montgomery and bucks county. Again, it wont last all day as we see the clouds break this afternoon. As more of a northwesterly wind kicks in that is going to bring in colder air for tonight. Its not exactly going to be warm during the day either. Even with sunshine this afternoon, high temperatures today will be in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Then frigid starts tomorrow morning. Down to 12 degrees in center city. The suburbs will be in the Single Digits to start with. Very light winds, so well see lots of sunshine. The temperature will climb on saturday. And near 40 degrees on sunday afternoon. Looks like sunday evening, a round of wet weather snow and rain listen continue into monday morning. Not all day monday well clear out and warm up to 44 on monday afternoon. Tuesday, later in the afternoon, some snow and rain that changes to all rain. Dont get too excited about that 55 degrees on wednesday. Its going the to be a rainy, chilly 55 degrees. And it will get colder into thursday morning. We could see a combination of the snow and rain to start off thursday. Once again, i will say, focus on the weekend. But first we have to get you to work on this friday. Heres jillian mele in the first alert traffic center. Good morning, majors in and out of philadelphia look very good. That includes 76 the vine street expressway and 95. Even looking at the route 35 bypass, we are quiet right now. 95 looks really clear. Route 1 looks great this morning. Yesterday morning route 1 was a mess especially through southern delaware because of all the snow. It was covered for hours yesterday. That is certainly not the case today. And the good news is we are not reporting any accidents on the majors in delaware. Vai . A new effort to cleanup philadelphia could come at the expense at shoppers. The latest plan to ease budget problems that may hit your wallet. Plus tiny spies may be working in your childs toybox. How playtime could be making you vulnerable to hackers. Mayor Michael Nutter is expected to be at tonights Preview Party at the Philadelphia Convention center. Its the oldest and largest indoor flower show. This is video we got inside. Its really quite a beautiful view if you have never seen it. It has entertainment, gardening workshops and runs tomorrow through sunday march 8th. Well, patco is boosting service to get you to and from the flower show. The Transit Agency will run trains every 15 minutes on both weekends of the event. The usual weekend schedule has trains as well every 15 minutes. And as philadelphia prepares for pope francis visit later this year the first acting local catholic will offer up a place to say. They are offering places for people to stay through parishioners. Thousands of hotel rooms have already been booked, so anyone with a furnished bedroom, apartment or house within 120 miles of center city wanting to help can register online. 600 people have already signed up. And we have added that link to our website where we have an entire section dedicated to the popes visit. Read more about the places the pope could visit and a Ripple Effect this trip is having on other planned events in our area on the nbc 10 app and at nbc10. Com. Theres a push to clean up philadelphia to charge you for every plastic bag you take away from retailers. The exact price per bag would be determined by city council, but in washington, d. C. They charge 5 cents a bag. That helps reduce Environmental Impact and litter. They expect a bill to be introduced wit