Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 530am 20160104 : vi

Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 530am 20160104

By 10 00, sunshine, winds at 13, 32 degrees. And 33 at 1 00 this afternoon. The winds go each stronger. You can see clouds blowing through early this afternoon that may give us a flurry or two. Nothing more than that. Back with your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast in 10 minutes. You heard bill say its going to be windy and cold. Youll feel the winter cold if you are stuck waiting for a bus or train this morning. Matt delucia is live for us at septas jenkintown Regional Rail station. Feeling the chill . Reporter absolutely. In fact, in the last few minutes i felt the need to grab the hat and gloves. If there is any indication that you need to be prepared on a day like this, i reach into my bag and i only had one glove. So make sure you have everything you need before you go out this morning. Take my advice. We were talking with some of the folks at the train station and even the folks here with septa put some salt down on the ground, some wet spots, just to keep people safe. We reached that time of year, each folks waiting inside the train station here where it is nice and warm. Not many people waiting outside. I talked to a couple waiting in their cars because they dont want to be out in the elements. Later on today and overnight we expect some of the coldest temperatures yet for the season so far. Add in a little wind, should be quite the shock compared to what were used to so far. And in talking with some of the folks i talked with one lady, she is a construction worker so she is out here all the time in this kind of weather. She says folks, its just time to suck it up and deal with it. Its been colder, but you know what, you do the best you can and smile every day. I dont know. You just get through it. Its actually been worse winters so well see how it goes. Reporter make no mistake it can be dangerous. Because of that a code blue is in effect for several counties, that warning when temperatures are forecast to be cold enough for people to get into a dangerous condition, dangerous position so we have a graphic. Some of these code blues, shelters are going to be opening for some of these folks, bucks and montgomery counties, they enacted a code blue last night that runs through wednesday morning. So philadelphias starts later this morning. Later this evening youve got Cumberland County in new jersey goes into effect. So more of those Warming Centers opening up for those folks, definitely important to get out of the cold. Its going to get colder than it is now. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. 5 33. That woman that matt was talking to said that you got to suck it up and do your best. Basically what you got to do in traffic as well. Right. Jessica boyington is watching the roads. What are you seeing . You can suck it up. You can Pay Attention to us, well let you know what you have to do if you have to leave earlier. But we do start to see problems on 95 around cottman avenue on the southbound side you can see a vehicle here in the shoulder, two vehicles here on the righthand shoulder, pulled off the major portion and into the work zone there. You can see southbound from woodhaven to the vine street expressway were at 13 minute drive time. It hasnt increased but a lot of traffic moving by, something to watch for and potentially something that could cause backups in the next couple minutes or so. Out in Hamilton Township new jersey were watching an accident investigation now, Police Activity on the scene there. On the new jersey turnpike northbound between 206 at exit 7 and 195 around 7a. Only the left lane is blocked so traffic is moving through. Well check in with mass transit when i come back in the next ten. Thanks. 5 34. It is Inauguration Day for jim kenney will take office today starting with a swearing in ceremony. We talked with the mayorelect as he got ready last night. Kenney says this wont be a fancy event, not having a ball, instead calling it a block party. Kenney who calls himself a regular guy from south philly got choked up when we asked about his new role. Growing up as a kid hanging in the fire house with your dad and then being mayor. Pretty amazing stuff. Exciting but you dont let your head get too big or you cant get in a room. A fundraiser for schools is part of the lineup and kenney is talking about plans to improve education and reduce poverty in the city. Here is a look at the schedule today. 10 00 a. M. Kenney will be sworn in, several receptions, 3 15, sign executive orders, at 5 00, reception for the School District and then the block party at 5 30. The city of chester has a new mayor as well. Thaddaeus kirkland takes office after a big victory over Wendell Butler jr. In novembers election. Kirkland received nearly 1,000 votes more than his opponent to win. In Montgomery County democrat kevin steele will be sworn in as the new District Attorney. Ceremony takes place in glenn side. He defeated bruce castor last year. And Delaware County District Attorney jack wayland will start a new term, also new Council Members will be inducted along with two new judges for the court of common pleas. 5 36. The retrial for a priest anous accused is scheduled to begin. Father brennan is accused of abusing a 14yearold boy. He was one of four clergy and Parochial School teacher arrested in february 2011. Jurors in the first trial could not reach a verdict. He rejected plea deal offers and maintains his innocence. The search for a missing boy ended in tragedy over the weekend and now the push is on to prevent another death. Youll hear how some parents want to track children with special needs. You okay . Come here. Come here. And this is how the search for a missing little girl ended in new mexico. 33 degrees at 5 37 and the wind is blowing. Thats a live view from center city. Going out the door youll need the heavy winter gear this morning. With even Colder Weather to come. Neighborhood by neighborhood forecast just ahead. 5 39, january 4 and it feels like it. Look at the wind blowing. It is cold out and the wind chill will be a factor all day. Right now at 34 degrees at philadelphia international. 25 is the chill with that wind now at 12 miles an hour. And the wind will blow a few clouds through the area. Dont be surprised if you see a flurry or two. But most of the day is going to be dry and well see enough sunshine to warm temperatures after a cold start at the bus stop this morning the suburbs, 27 degrees, 31 in the city, but the wind blowing to make it feel colder. Then this afternoon, 18 the High Temperature for the poconos. Below freezing in doylestown and trenton with the wind through the day these numbers will feel about 10 degrees colder. Might see more sunshine at the shore. Middle 30s for atlantic city. Vineland a high of 33. 35 in dover. A flurry is possible this morning, this afternoon sunshine and 32 degrees in wilmington 34 and 33 in philadelphia. There is some warmer weather ahead. The details and the timing with the sevenday forecast when im back in ten minutes. About 20 minutes before 6 00 and time to get a check on traffic. A problem in galloway township. Jessica boyington has you covered. It was an earlier bus accident and now a street light is knocked down and blocking part of the roadway as a result. On the white horse pike eastbound west of the garden state parkway the right lane is closed around damson avenue. Around cottman avenue the earlier accident cleared out of the way. No delays because of it at least for now because of the accident. Well start to see that morning time volume in the next hour or so. Again, this is around cottman south to the vine street expressway, only 13 minutes. No increase there so far. Mass transit is a great alternate. No problems or delays for septa, new Jersey Transit, patco or dart. Thanks. 5 chon 41. The first caucus in the president ial race happens in about a month. The candidates arent holding back. Well tell you what former president bill clinton will start stumping for his wife today. How to keep track of children with special needs, there is a push for a better way after the death of a 5yearold boy with autism in allentown. I had an injury to my neck. It wasnt as serious injury it was a herniated disc. Anything that could go wrong went wrong. Ive been in the hospital twenty three times since. The bills started to pile up. I had nothing to give. We had nothing in the refrigerator. I would be dead and not sitting here right now if it wasnt for pond lehocky. Decision 2016. Bill clinton will start stumping for votes for his wife hillary in new hampshire. The first time in this campaign bill clinton will campaign soloment last week donald trump warned clip on the against putting bill on the stump saying his history with women is fair game. In 208 trump called clintons apair unimportant. Donald trump will roll out his first tv ad of the campaign. He promised to spend 2 million a week. Were told trumps first ad lays out the candidates goals while showing explosive images designed to attack president obama and hillary clinton. The democratic fundraising battle Bernie Sanders is keeping pace with hillary clinton. The vermont senator raised more than 33 million the past three months. That should allow sanders to compete with clinton, deep into the spring. Polls show clinton leading in iowa and sanders ahead in the state of new hampshire. Tensions are rising between saudi arabia and iran, the saudis cut off diplomatic relations with iran following a weekend of violence that began with saudi arabia executing a prominent shiite cleric. Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy and setting it on fire. A retired u. S. Army general warned that the two oil rich nations could be headed for a conflict. In oregon this morning the protesters took over a National Wildlife refuge. At least one protester was armed. The group is taking a stand against the impending imprisonment of two local ranchers in what they call the tire tyranny of the government. Like to say that let us be civil and let us be as gentle as possible. We shall be as firm as necessary. Schools in the county in oregon are closed due to security concerns. Illinois search teams found the body of a second teen missing since massive flooding hit that state last week. The teens body was found northwest of where searchers found the vehicle he was riding in. Crews found the body of another teen he had been with. They couldnt find either until floods had receded. Residents return to see the damage and begin their cleanup. Debris litters the hardest hit areas. The Mississippi River overflowed damaging hundreds of homes and building. President obama approved a request for federal aid and National Guard troops were deployed. The recovery is expected to take months. One businessman is working on a plan to clean up ocean garbage. Tons are posing a threat. Now a dutch entrepreneur wants to build a floating barrier that uses the ocean current to capture the plastic. What were doing now has never been done before. The plan will target specific garbage patch located between the west coast and hawaii and is five times the size of texas. The death of a 5yearold allentown boy with autism is highlighting the need for better ways to find children with special needs who disappear. The body of the boy was found in a canal on saturday. He was missing since last thursday. Now concerned parent asks the state to create an amber alert but for special needs kids who disappear. Some rely on gps tracking. A Company Created a device for kids with special needs. It can be clipped to a belt or sewn into a pocket. He leaves that location you get a location action text or email, which ever you want, you can go to your app, look and be able to follow the transit of where the child is. The medical examiner performed an autopsy on the boy yesterday. The results are pending but police think his death was a tragic accident. A 3yearold girl has been found after new Mexico Police say someone stole her mothers car with the child in the back seat. Hey sweetheart. You okay . Come here. Come here. I know. Come here. Police say the mother of the 3yearold was filling up water jugs outside of a store saturday night when a guy stole her car with caroline in her car seat. The car was found about three miles from the store but with nobody inside. A few Hours Later Police noticed caroline in a parking lot. The man who stole the car has not been found. Coming up on 10 minutes benefit 6 00. The temperatures have been coming down and the wind has been blowing. They have taken a break from snow making at blue mountain. Its cold enough the snow is going to stay on the ground. Above freezing, feel likes its in the middle 20s. The wind chills will be a factor all day. Well see sunshine here but there are some clouds that are blowing through the area. A chance youll see a flurry. Youll feel that cold wind. Its 18 miles an hour in the pocono mountains, 12mileanhour wind in trenton and philadelphia international. Increasing as the day goes on. The temperatures starting off cold in the 20s. And low 30s. And the wind making it feel even colder. Then this afternoon a few flurries. Steadier snow showers in central pennsylvania. Were already seeing some of the snow flurries in chester, montgomery counties, into delaware and now philadelphia getting a few of those flurries as well. And, it gets colder later this afternoon. Well see 30s by midday, by 4 00 were in the 20s. And the wind is quickly bringing the temperatures down this evening. By 8 00 this evening, 21 degrees, and then were heading into the teens tonight by 11 00 tonight, 19 degrees in philadelphia. 15 and still falling in allentown. Stand by for a cold one. A few flurries are possible, highs in the 30s, but the wind out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles an hour will feel like the 20s. Tonight here comes the real cold. The coldest of the entire season so far. 16 degrees. We havent even been in the 20s so far. 34 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Then temperatures moderate a bit for wednesday and thursday. Well be even warmer friday and the weekend but here come the clouds with rain developing late friday, some showers, saturday, warmer but rainy on sunday. Thats a forecast that they have been waiting for. Cold weather means able to hit the slopes later this week. Cold enough to make snow round the clock. They plan to reopen for skiing and snowboarding on thursday. Day and night skiing will also be available. Right. I bet they are super happy. Eight before 6 00 now. Lets get you to work. Lets check in with Jessica Boyington and the traffic center. Yeah, were actually just going to head out the door and check out cameras. Here is the blue route, no problem there is north or southbound. Good to go. Checked with the drive times as well. They are great also. On the new jersey turnpike around the delaware memorial bridge, no problems there but there is a problem on the new jersey turnpike actually a little bit further north than that out in Hamilton Township, northbound side between route 206 at exit 7 and 195 at 7a, there was a fatal accident in this area, now the left lane is blocked for an investigation. Ill be back in the 6 00 hour, another ten minutes with a check on mass transit. Ready to take the reins, today is the day jim kenney will take office. A live prue view of the ceremonies, well have that at 6 00. A lucky shot last night lakers game. It wasnt by a player. The lakers arent that good. Up next the payoff that came with making a basket. Hey gus good to see you again the usual . Veggie burger with the works. See ya. Sounds good matt thanks gus, the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania thats me. And this is for you gus bucks the new instant game from the Pennsylvania Lottery with top prizes of a hundred grand. Its the best game yet. cause youre on it . Well. Keep on scratchin at one nba game the biggest shot was by this fan here. David moya. He had to sink this half court shot. He is going to use some of the money for kobe bryants final game. If you got a drone check your insurance policy. As drone use soars so does the possibility of Property Damage or serious injury. The department of insurance said if your drone crashes you could be liable and recommends checking with your insurance provider. The academy of model aeronautics is offering a 2. 5 million liability coverage option for a year. You dent your neighbors car or something. A lot of them dont recognize the potential for danger. Another reminder, you have to register your drone with the faa. Animal activists vow to continue a fight over bear hunting in new jersey. The state is planning to add a new hunting season in october. Officials will reserve three days for bow hunting but activists fear that they are more likely to wound the bears. The commissioner says hunting is needed to control the black bear population. Well, its time to take down the christmas trees, philadelphias recycling Program Starts later today and you can take your trees to the Street Department sanitation Convenient Centers through saturday january 16. There are six centers open from 8 to 6 and also 23 dropoff locations throughout the city. They are open 9 to 3. And if you cant recycle the tree you can place it curbside on your regular trash day. We have a list of all of the recycling centers on our website at nbc10. Com. Always sad for me to dechristmas. Its such a good season. This is interesting. A lot of people playing the powerball later this week. One of the games ten biggest prizes. The jackpot is at 400 million for wednesdays drawing. The odds of winning not great. You have a 1 in 292 million chances hitting all of the numbers. Still people will play with their big dreams. Your chances are the same whether you play or not. You have to play to win. Now you got bill henley laughing. Nbc 10 news today at 6 00 a. M. Starts right now. Today philadelphias 99th mayor will take office. Long time city councilman jim kenney will take the oath of Officials

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