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WCAU NBC10 News Today 11am February 16, 2017

A great start to the day in the sense we have a High Pressure system developing. We have those winds. Dont worry theyre going to start to diminish today into tomorrow. We still see some clouds out there. Everything will start to improve again as a High Pressure system starts to develop. Were tracking a really nice stretch of weather for the next couple of days. Otherwise satellite and radar image low cally here were gettg some light returns. Mt. Pocono reporting some light flurries right now. The story is wind speeds and wind gusts right now. Notice wind speeds for philadelphia 23 Miles Per Hour along with coatesville, Dover Air Force base at 21. Allentown, 22. Toms river, 26 mileperhour wind speeds. What does that mean . Current temperatures are mainly in the 30s. We have trenton at 37 along with philadelphia. Allentown at 34. Wilmington at 38 degrees. Of course when you put those ingredients together, the winds and those temperatures, it feels like it is 22 degrees in allentown. 26 in trenton. 24 in philly. And pottstown also feeling like it is in the low 20s. Its not going to get better in the next couple of hours because we have to wait for those winds to die down just a bit. Notice feels like temperatures will start to improve a little bit by later there afternoon into the evening hours. The next big story as far as thyim concerned is this weekend warmup in the 60s. This just in. A judge says a criminal complaint against new Jersey Governor Chris Christie over the bridgegate scandal can move forward. The complaint accuses the governor of failing to stop the subordinates from intentionally creating traffic jams. Christie has denied knowledge of the scheme until weeks or months later. The governor is to appear in Municipal Court next month on a criminal summons. To Delaware County. A car carrier jackknifed around 6 00 this morning on route 322 near i95. The crash tied up traffic for several hours, but it is now clear. Speaking of that, lets check on the roads right now with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. Youre at 76. Right. Were watching the schuylkill expressway right now. First well watch this because this is brand new. That off ramp, were seeing some construction. Until about 1 00 this afternoon theyll be down to one lane. Were seeing some delays because of that. This is abnormal for this time. Were going to see a ten to 15minute delay behind that. The accident has cleared, but now theres barrier place in place on 322 in both directions. Were losing a lane. You can see a little bit of a delay right here, but for the most part were back to normal. Thats running between 95 and route 452. The pa turnpike looks good in both directions, but theres construction on the turnpike ramp to morehall road. This is headed northbound to the philadelphia area. No problems or delays reported on 76 or in the rest of new jersey right now. Back to you. Three children are among those being treated for injuries in this house fire in grays ferry this morning. Right now neighbors are stepping in to help the victims. Pamela osborne is live. Reporter this fire was devastating. You can see a lot of the damage to that one row home there. Fire officials tell me a man was actually standing on the roof in need of rescue when they got here this morning. That was around 5 00. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue that man. Were told hes in stable condition and was being treated for burns to his arm. In all a total of five people, including three children ages 10, 2, and 5 months old, were taken to the hospital, but listed in stable condition on the way. The children suffered smoke inhalation. I spoke with the neighborhood block captain. She says shes allowing one adult and a few children who were displaced as a result of that fire to hang out at her house until they sort things out. Theyre good. Theyre playing a game. Keep them busy. You know, kids get hurt behind certain stuff, you know, losing a home and stuff like that. We just keep praying. Reporter and as we take a live look back out here at the scene, you can see some people are doing some work to that house, boarding it right up now. You can also see where the fire did spread a bit to the home next door, but firefighters able to keep that fire from spreading. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Nbc 10 news. Right now, immigrant workers and their families across our area are participating in a nationwide movement called a day without immigrants. Its led to the closure of businesses in parts of our region and also across the country. Randy gyllenhaal is live for us in allentown with more. Randy, whats been the impact . Reporter well, were here on 7th street in allentown, which over the past decade or so has seen a number of hispanic businesses opening up shop, but today a number of them will be closing, including this one, a mexican restaurant. They have actually put up these fliers here talking about the day without immigrants, calling out President Donald Trump. This will go on for the rest of the day. We talked to some of the customers who say they support this decision. They work hard. So they work hard. They get businesses and they help the economy because theyre working people. Reporter and were also expecting similar protests like this in cities all across the country, including philadelphia. Later today here in allentown also in reading were expecting a protest downtown, including picket signs to support immigrant rights. Were live in allentown. Nbc 10 news. Police are questioning five people taken into custody after a chase through philadelphia. The chase ended in front of the State Police Barracks on monument road and belmont avenue. It started on north alden street in cobbs creek where Police Stopped a car. Shots were fired from the car. It took off. No one was hurt. A man is in the hospital in critical, but stable condition this morning after he was shot by Philadelphia Police officers. They saw the man leave a known drug house. One man ran from the house and pointed a gun at them. Authorities have accused a day care worker of sexually assaulting a 3yearold in the classroom while other children were sleeping. Michael barkley is behind bars. At first he lied about what happened, but then confessed to the crime. He has been working in Day Care Centers in the area since 2005. Philadelphia police hope new video will help them catch the man who robbed two Senior Citizens in east oak lane. The camera captured the suspect on the morning of february 2nd. He was later seen going up to two women pushing them on the ground and taking their purses. If you recognize him, call police. Ringling brothers and Barnum Bailey circus pulls into philadelphia one last time. Last month the greatest show on earth announced it will shut down in may because of a drop in attendance. A wawa store in Delaware County is the first in our area to sell beer. The store in chadsford celebrated its grand reopening this morning. The renovated store is the first wawa in the region to have a restaurant style seating area. Phillies Single Game Tickets are now on sale as we take a live look at Citizens Bank park. You can buy tickets for all regular 81 season games. The home opener is april 7th, and you can watch the game right here on nbc 10. Face to face, secretary of state Rex Tillerson meets with his russian counterpart for the first time in the highest level meeting between the two countries since President Trump took office. And later mistaken donation. A man learned the hard way why you shouldnt keep secrets from your wife. And the gesture of goodwill he wont soon forget. Were tracking a nice warmup just in time for the weekend. Look at this. Were going to hit 60s by saturday and sunday i have your really nice, warm weekend forecast coming up in just a bit. As we continue to follow President Trumps first 100 days, the president will hold a noon News Conference at the white house to announce his new head of the labor department. It comes as the president is vowing leakers of classified information will be tracked down. It comes after the president asked Michael Flynn to resign this week following a series of reports that revealed flynn had spoken to a russian diplomat about sanctions before President Trump took office. Earlier this morning the president tweeted, quote, the spotlight has finally been put on the low life leakers. They will be caught. Before that he tweeted, leaking has been a big problem in washington for years. Failing New York Times and others must apologize. Edward lawrence has more from washington. Reporter at a joint News Conference with the israeli prime minister, President Donald Trump addressed the fallout about russian ties centering around Michael Flynn. I think its very, very unfair whats happened to general flynn, the way he was treated, and the documents and papers that were illegally i stress that leaked. Reporter Late Wednesday night two House Committee chairman asked the Justice Department to look into a series of leaks related to flynns calls with the russian ambassador. Congress wants to get to the truth. If theres evidence of collaboration between Trump Campaign officials and russian operatives, that would be very serious. That would be a game changer. Reporter the Senate Judiciary committee is requesting transcriptions of flynns calls. Now President Trumps pick withdrew his name from consideration. It would be tough to get through a nomination hearing and his opposition to raising the minimum wage. Vice admiral Robert Harward was offered the job of National Security adviser. U. S. Defense secretary jim mattis said america is not ready to collaborate militarily with russia. He has closed the door on any efforts to join russia to fight isis and syria. The playoff would mark a change of course for the trump administration. During the president ial campaign, President Trump repeatedly praised russian president Vladimir Putin saying he wanted a new era of cooperation with moscow. Secretary tillerson met with the Russian Foreign minister. Its the first high level facetoface meeting with russian officials since the president took office. Theres a deal aimed at ending fight between ukrainians and russianbacked forces. Tillerson said the u. S. Will consider working with russia when they can find areas of practical cooperation that benefit the american people. German chancellor Angela Merkel testified today before a parliamentary committee. The panel wants to know more about alleged e e ed eavesdropp germany by the nsa. Edward snowden revealed details of secret u. S. Eavesdropping programs in 2013. The Senate Confirmed the president s pick to run the white house budget office. Mulvaney will take the spot. New this morning a Senate Judiciary panel will begin confirmation hearings on neil gorsuch on march 20th. President trump nominated gorsuch to fill the seat. Senator casey will meet with neil gorsuch. On tuesday Republican Pennsylvania senator pat toomey met with gorsuch. Im erika martin with your most accurate forecast. A live look outside. We can see some clouds out here and the camera kind of shaking a little bit, so the winds a little bit of an issue right now, but they will start to diminish tonight into tomorrow as an area of High Pressure system moves in. You can actually see a little bit of lakeeffect influence. Some flurries making it into mt. Pocono. So far thats confirmed. Lancaster as well. It looks like Chester County, Delaware County, and New Castle County may be seeing some light flurries, but no official observations yet. Ill keep you updated on twitter and facebook. Otherwise neighborhoods right now in delaware were seeing lots of 30s. Again, temperatures above the freezing mark, but notice how fast these winds are. Allendale currently at 37. Milton at 36. The pa suburbs also seeing lots of 30s, but hovering around the freezing mark. West bradford township currently at 32. Saint davids at 35. Collegeville at 34. We have warrentington at 35. The wind store right now behind a frontal boundary thats already passed and the influence of a low pressure system way to the northeast of us. The current winds ranging anywhere from 10 Miles Per Hour to 23 Miles Per Hour. When we put those two together, it feels colder than that right now. Feels like 27 philadelphia. 8 in mt. Pocono. 26 in vineland. Mount holly, it feels like a chilly 27 degrees. We do have to talk about the current wind gusts because theyre stronger right now. Were measuring wind speeds over 18 Miles Per Hour for just about 20 seconds. Notice a push here. Wind gusts for philadelphia 32 Miles Per Hour. Somerville 29 for you. Coatesville, 31. Wilmington current wind gusts 28 Miles Per Hour. So thats pretty much going to be the story for this afternoon, but diminishing later tonight into tomorrow. However the great story is we have that High Pressure system developing. Look at all the sunshine. We have temperatures tomorrow in the 30s and 40s. 60s by saturday. 60s and more sunshine in the forecast on sunday. Overnight lows for tonight were going to keep it chilly. A couple of teens out there, but mainly in the low to mid 20s. Allentown, youre expected overnight low 21 degrees. Tomorrow temperatures mainly in the 40s. So at least we are warming up nicely. Lots of sunshine. Bethlehem, your expected High Temperature 39 degrees. West chester, 43. Haddenfield, 45. Jersey shore also seeing lots of mid 40s. Coming up in just a bit, i have your tenday on 10. Back to you. Autism game changer. More details on the new study that could give hope to families of children with autism. u so with no big winner last night, the jackpot for saturdays powerball drawing will be at least 349 million. That projection would make it the 19th largest jackpot in u. S. History. Even though no one won the Powerball Jackpot last night, one ticket sold in new jersey was worth a million dollars. Were expected to find out where that ticket was sold later today. Imagine saving up thousands of dollars for a vacation and then having your spouse give it away. This happened to a man in california, but in his wifes defense it was an accident. She gathered up a bunch of her husbands shirts and took them to goodwill. The woman was excited to get rid of one bright orange shirt. He was planning to take her on a surprise trip and hid 8,000 in cash in that shirt pocket. My husband was secretly saving for the last six years apparently to take me to italy when he retired, which could be a year, two years from now, so i knew nothing about this money. Dont put it in a shirt that your wife hates because shes going to throw it out. The couple raced back to goodwill and guess what th. They found the shirt and the cash. If she hated it, she was just like this is going. Oh, my goodness. Imagine if you came across that shirt. New details about the fire that tore through a row home this morning. A story that crosses an ocean. Coming up, how artwork being sold here is helping to feed syrian refugees. Go to protect your vehicle . Im on it. Weathertech. Made right, in america just about 11 30. Three people are among those being treated for injuries after a house fires in grays ferry this morning. How neighbors are helping the victims. Reporter we know that several people are displaced as a result of that fire. Im going to step out of the way and show you whats going on right now. You can see crews boarding up some of the homes here as some neighbors walk away from this area. You can see a lot of damage to that one row home in particular there. Fire officials tell me a man was actually standing on that roof in need of rescue when they got here around 5 00 this morning. S firefighters used a ladder to rescue that man. Hes in stable condition, but was being treated for burns to his arms. Children ages 10, 2, and 5 months old were taken to the hospital. The children are in stable condition. I spoke with the neighborhood block captain. Shes allowing one adult and a few children who were displaced as a result of this fire to hang out at her house until things are resolved for good. Keep them busy. You know, kids get hurt behind certain stuff, you know, losing a home and stuff like that. We just keep god first and just keep praying. Reporter you can see where the fire did spread a little bit to the home next door. Firefighters able to keep that fire from spreading all the way down the row. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Nbc 10 news. Well, bundle up if youre preparing to head outside this morning. Gusty winds are making it feel very chilly right now. Just look at that picture. Layer up. A live look at Camelback Mountain in the poconos. Warmer weather is in our future. Erika martin is here with your most accurate forecast.

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