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WCAU NBC10 News At 4pm March 9, 2017

5 30, its getting into the philadelphia area. 8 30 its coming into delaware and even perhaps toward the shore. Some of those places could start as rain and change to snow and then it really starts to taper off as we get toward the noon hour, with a few flurries coming after that. Well talk more about the snow amounts and your neighbor and a bitter cold weekend and an even more potential threat next week for snow. Coming up a little bit later. Big changes, glenn. Be prepared for tomorrows snow and the cold temperatures coming with the nbc 10 app a. Download it now to get Severe Weather alerts on your smartphone. A rude awakening. Right now police in south jersey are searching for the driver who slammed his car into a house nearly injuring a elderly couple. Cydney long spoke with their son who naturally wants the man caught. You can still see the damage . Reporter thats right. Let me tell you, Police Believe the car was traveling about 75 Miles Per Hour. Coming from that direction, he blew out several stop signs in this area, he goes airborne ask takes out the fence before taking out a huge chunk of the home. We got photos of what it looked like on impact. Its hard to imagine how the driver of this car got out, unscathed enough to take off running into the woods from police. Honestly looking at the windshield, hes got to be hurting. Turn yourself in. Get your help. Take your punishment. Reporter William Nunez has a person that smashed into his parents home after 1 30 morning. They were sound asleep on the opposite side of the house. Could have killed my parents, could have killed the neighborhood. Reporter why the pursuit . The officer noticed an erratic drive. Reporter the police chief says the driver hit speeds of 70 to 80 when police turned on their sirens. A gouge shows where the sedan bottomed out. There were four passengers inside. Police are working with dash cam video to make an arrest. The detectives are working on that, getting dna evidence and possibly anything else to positively identify the driver. His passengers were injured. You did yourself more hurt by running. What did it get you . Trying to hunt you down, should have just shopped, got the tick and be on your way. Reporter and Penns Grove Police tell me the driver will face a host of criminal and traffic violations to include eluding police, assault by aut and speeding. Anyone who has information on the driver, police want to hear from you. The damage to this home could force this family out at least temporarily. Ill explain why when we see you coming up at 5 30. For now im cydney long nbc 10 news. To this now, a small home made plane crashed in a wooded area as it tried to land at trenton. Sky force 10 was over the scene offer sharon road. The 79yearold pilot had cuts on his face but was otherwise okay. It appears the pilot suddenly lost control, causing the crash. Jury selection is underway in pike county in the capital murder trial of eric freen, accused of ambushing and killing a Pennsylvania State trooper in 2014. The jury selection is happening in Chester County because of the Media Attention the case received in pike county. Thats where the murder and manhunt happened. Erin coleman is live in our breaking news center with details about what happened in the courtroom. The beginning of a long process today . Absolutely. More than 100 people were summoned to the courthouse today as lawyers began selecting a jury to hear theicate. This is video of the van he was riding in as he arrived at the courthouse this morning. He was not wearing handcuffs inside the courtroom. Out of the 100 jurors questioned today, more than 2 3 admitted they had heard about the case before today. More than a third said they would not be able to impose the death penalty. Investigators say he ambushed two officers outside their barracks, Corporal Brian Dixon died. He was just getting off of work that day. Trooper alex douglas had just arrived and was injured in the shooting. Afterwards, there was an intense manhunt through rugged terrain that lasted 48 days. U. S. Marshals caught up to him about 30 miles from where the shooting take place. Jury selection is suggested to take about one to two weeks. The trial should last about a month. Erin coleman, nbc 10 news. President trump and Vice President mike pence are going on the road to bring the message about their healthcare bills straight to the american people. Heres whats next, the bill must pass two more committees. Once that happens it will make it to the full house. Speaker ryan says he hopes the bill will be finished by easter break. Nbc 10s lauren mayk is joining us to explain why republicans are still on the fence. In the House Republicans can lose 19 votes and still pass this. But in the senate, the margin is much smaller. For some one big issue is they dont know how much the plan is going to cost yet. For others its whether the plan will cause constituents to lose coverage. Signs pleading for obamacare to stay and the new Healthcare Plan to go away. But in washington, that plan is moving forward. Passing two committees, including the one ways and means. Now Speaker Paul Ryan selling the plan as a way for republicans to keep their promise. This is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. The time is here, the time is now. This is the moment and this is the closest this will ever happen. He acknowledged even some in his own party arent happy with the plan but urged patience for what he called a three pronged process designed to get through the house and the senate. Theres a lot of stuff we would love to put in the bill, but, unfortunately, the senate rules dont allow us to do that. And thats where you see a lot of confusion and frustration. Republicans are deal ing with opposition from two forces in their party. Conservatives who feel it doesnt go far enough and moderates worried about what it does do. This issue, to me, is about the people who are going to be impacted. Congressman charlie dent on morning joe today, raising concerns about how the plan will impact those on medicaid and those buying insurance. Will there be enough money provided to help those people get buy insurance . Theyre already getting subsidized and that is an enormous concern i have. Heres where our local folks stand. It was voted to move forward. He doesnt think its perfect but gives consumers the ability to purchase insurance that fits their needs. Another local congressman costello, he cast a Committee Vote to move this forward. He said in a statement hes looking forward to the process to make improvements to the legislation to go about fixing the healthcare system. Jacqueline . All right. Today, President Trump met with Small Bank Ceos at the white house today. He called Community Banks the backbone of Small Business in america. The president told the group he wants regulatory changes to make it easier for them to lend money. Insuring Small Businesses have easier access to capital. The trump family is continuing a holiday tradition at the white house next month. Well explain ahead at 4 45. The founder of wikileaks says his group will work with Technology Companies to help defend them against the cias hacking tools. Julian assange acknowledged that companies had asked for more details about the cia Cyber Espionage tool kit, wikileaks purportedly revealed the methods in a massive leak published earlier this week. It showed the cia can use smart tv and smartphones to spy on people. The cia has declined to comment on the authenticity of the leak. We have new details about tuesdays fire at this substation. All customers have power once again. The fire in nicetown, tioga knocked out power to 36,000 customers. Investigators working to find out how it started. Police say an assault at Valley Forge Military Academy appears to be a case of bullying. Three 16 and 17yearold students attached another student to an electrical conduit upside down. Then beat him with some kind of sports stick. The victim had minor injuries, the three teenagers are charged with assault. A 711 clerk thought this woman was joke wing last night. Demanding that he open the register. Then police say the woman whipped out a knife, again yelling at the clerk to open the register. When the clerk told her he didnt speak english, she ran off. In the market for real estate . Today is your day. A mass auction is happening in new jersey as we speak. This was the scene in Atlantic City today, 200 residential and commercial properties are up from grabs. The properties stretch outside to include galloway and egg harbor townships as well as pleasantville. The knights of columbus building. Condos, beach front properties, its going to be a fun auction. The price range runs to north of 2 million. Another auction is set for next month. The owner of the rebel casino will not be allowed to buy the showboat. An Appeals Court rejected the case, who said he should be allowed to buy the property. Stockton canceled the deal because it says strob wasnt serious. Strob sold to another developer instead. And to breaking news from the eagles. In the past five minutes the Team Announced it signed alshawn jeffrey to a one year contract. Today, a fan favorite, though, left the nest. The team cut defensive in Connor Barwin today. The pro bowler has spent the last four seasons with the birds. At the start of the off season, the 30yearold even said he would take a pay cut to stay in philly. Thats how much he loves it here. That did not happen. The move frees up nearly 8 million in salary cap room for the eagles to sign other players. Now, in addition, barwin was admired for his work in the community. He helped build playgrounds throughout the city and took part in other projects in the area that the team says will have a lasting impact. Barwin took to social media this morning to say thank you. He posted this message on instagram. It reads, thank you philadelphia from the bottom of my heart for welcoming me and for being the amazing city you are. Hell be missed. Nurses in Delaware County Memorial Hospital going back to work tomorrow. The nurses walked off the job on sunday, they were striking over staffing issues. The hospital and nurses union havent reached an agreement. The nurses are going back to work. The hospital has said it staffs nurses at the national average. Survivor and experts in Human Trafficking gathered in our area today to discuss how to put an end to commercial sexual exploitation. It was part of a two day symposi symposium. Police, prosecutors and communities in the United States are experiencing a transformation in the way they view this kind of exploitation. Americas infrastructure is close to failing, at least thats the assessment of the American Society of Civil Engineers which gaves t the nat a d plus. President trump has promised a one trillion dollars investment. But the Engineering Group is recommending congress invest 206 billion more each year to raise the grade. Former pennsylvania governor ed rendell was part of the discussion today. In order to get americans to be willing to invest in the projects, they need to understand the cost of doing nothing. Youve got to tell them, if you can reduce congestion by building a bridge thats got two lanes, making it a four lane bridge and cut a half hour each way on your trip in. Thats five hours a week of your time. No category received an a grade. The highest grade b went to rails. Back to our ever changing weather now. The temperature drop over the next couple of days, as farmers in delaware are really concerned about their fragile fruits. Nbc 10 Delaware Bureau reporter tim furlong is joining us to explain the crop concerns. Tim . Reporter yeah, these warm winter days are a treat. Not if youre an east coast peach farmer. Take a look here at the buds here. These peach trees should be asleep. You see how pink they are. Theyre a month ahead of schedule. If we get temperatures in the teens the buds could be killed and you get one shot at peaches a year. Last year they lost 60 . The farm has diversified their crops. They have tarps on strawberries. And you cant cover all the peach trees. Theyre hoping Mother Nature goes easy on them. We know that miracles happen and were going to take it a day at a time. We have five or six weeks to worry. If you did that for five or six weeks youd go crazy. Reporter if youre a betting man, these buds are they going to be peaches were going to eat . I sure hope so. Reporter i like peaches, i hope so too. This farm sells to big chains. If lots of farmers have problems with buds, it could mean well pay more at the store. Kent county, tim furlong. The National Parks service is now predicting a later blooming pee blooming period for this years Cherry Blossom season. Now theyre pushing it back to the 19th and the 22nd. Thats the period now. Below average temperatures forecasted for this weekend, may be the reason for the delay. And that makes sense. Because its going to be back to wi winter. Its so beautiful. It would be a perfect day to see the Cherry Blossoms. Yeah, and saturday and sunday and monday and tuesday and wednesday may not be. Its certainly not going to be anything like this for quite a while. Were plunging into winter and staying there for a while. 68 degrees. Windy out of the west. In the 60s across most of the rest of the area too. Delaware at 68. Now, were going to go zooming in to an area that ive got a first alert out for snow tomorrow morning. Here we are. In the 60s. Reading, 63. Allentown, 61. Nazareth, easton, 61. Bethlehem. 63 degrees. And its going to be snowing and accumulating tomorrow morning. Look at the wind gusts up to 37 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. 35 in Atlantic City. Once again heres the first alert areas. Lehigh valley, berks county, pa suburbs, chester, montgomery, bucks counties. Other areas will see snow, but these are the areas most likely to see more accumulation. Lower temperatures that would cause it to stick on untreated roads. Friday 4 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. After 9 00 a. M. There still may be snow up there. But the temperatures are going to go up a little and that sun will help melt any snow thats hitting the roads. So it gets kind of complicated tomorrow morning. Youve got to be prepared for this. You can see the area of some rain and snow to our west. Not a big storm. But take a look at the temperatures. By 3 30 in the morning, its down to 33 in allentown, 41 at philadelphia, and here comes the snow. So it starts as snow. Its all snow. From the pennsylvania turnpike northward. By 6 00 a. M. , 35 and snowing in philadelphia. All right. Finally melting on the roads. This is probably melting on the roads, too. Allentown may be starting to see some untreated surfaces getting a little bit. But the temperature is not really plunging while the snow is falling. And then when the snow stops, it may go up a couple degrees. So its going to look a lot worse than its going to be on the roads. You didnt even see snow in cape may and Atlantic City. Look at the temperatures, way above freezing, the roads are warm from what weve seen the last few days. In the afternoon we may have snowshowers, snow flurries. Look at the temperatures, upper 30s. Melting as it happens. The wind starts picking up in the afternoon. Then the cold air starts coming in for tomorrow night. Take a look at this. Tomorrow night, by 6 30 its feeling like 17 in potts town. And by friday evening, feeling like 5 in potts town. Its 67 degrees right now. By 10 00 tomorrow night its going to feel 62 degrees colder. Im not making it up. Those are 24 actuthe actual num. And in some cases the feels like temperature actually down near zero. As we go through the weekend. Here is saturday morning and again its bitter cold out there. The whole weekend like that. Amounts of snow, generally less than an inch. And that will be on grassy surfaces and most of it melting further to the south. One to two, grassy surfaces through philadelphia and lower bu bucks. New castle county, ranging up to three to five inches reading and allentown. Ill break this down for you neighborhood by neighborhood coming up a little bit later. The weekend overall, these are the high temperatures, only 27 degrees in the Lehigh Valley on saturday. Its going to be windy, too. Weve got wind gusts over 40 Miles Per Hour. Its a very, very cold weekend. Especially the way weve been spoiled over the last few days. My favorite phrase of yours there in your forecast. Im not making it up. Of course youre not because hes the most accurate. Our morning team will be getting can you prepared for the snow before you head out the door tomorrow. Wake up with nbc 10 news today, starting at 4 00 a. M. For your most accurate Weather Forecast and traffic updates. Heres a story for you, the warmer Winter Weather weve had this year is creating concerns about too many kittens. Ahead, how the unexpected arrivals are bringing problems for Animal Shelters and your pets. Card confusion, a mans attempt to protect his personal information ends up costing him so he called nbc 10 responds. A lesson we can all learn about prepaid debit cards. Very close call for the driver of this suv after several pipes slipped from the back of a tractor trailer and smashed right into his windshiel

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