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Over here. On the southbound lanes we do have something blocked over on the left hand shoulder with that Police Activity. You can see all traffic still moving through and you can see the traffic moving through back there as well. You will still be good to go if you head on through the area but it might get a little worse if this stays and we are heading into the morning rush hour. Out in horsham watch out for an accident with a downed pole, you can see a little yellow approaching this scene at easton road and horsham road, traffic is being directed around the area. You will be okay, maybe adding five minutes or so to your morning commute. Hazardous Road Conditions are also being reported out in bridgeport on mill street and west 8th street, as for the rest of our drive times, no problems on 422 at least so far, 7 minute drive time eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill expressway. We are following breaking news out of philadelphia this morning. Thats where a pedestrian is in the hospital following a hit and run. Nbc 10s drew smith is live on the scene this morning with the details. Drew, what more can you tell us . Reporter i can tell you in the past couple Minutes Police took down the tape and opened back up Hunting Point avenue. Thats something they wanted to do because the morning rush was coming. For two and a half hours they were out investigating after people called saying there was a man lying unconscious in the street. They thought he was shot and it wasnt until he got to temple hospital that doctors figured out this was likely a hit and run crash. The calls came in shortly before 3 00 a. M. , the man has injuries to his head, face and knee. Were told his femur and pelvis are shattered. Thats why police think a car cause this had but so far no sign of who did t weve also just found out about some evidence that police were picking up here moments ago. We did find some small fresh broken lenses from a vehicle. So thats possibly evidence of a vehicle striking this 45yearold male. Reporter that man was brought to temple hospital in critical condition. He never regained consciousness so that kind of tells you the extent of his injuries. The road was closed for, again, two and a half hours, they had buses dee during around this area, we saw some people having to walk down to the next bus stop, but it looks like things are starting to open up again. Live in hunting park, im drew smith. Its been a week since officer Jessie Hartnett was ambushed while on patrol in west philadelphia. While he continues his recovery local lawmakers held an new jersey meeting for people who live near the site of the ambush. They are more worried than ever after the fbi said its investigating the crime as an act of terrorism. A standing room only crowd filled the Bryant School last night and residents expressed their fears. With fishing richl we must be feel and face the fact we all live in terror. Im still scared about what happened. Ive got a granddaughter in my house and it was very scary. Residents call for Better Police community relations, more officers on patrol and Trauma Services for the community. Atlantic city casinos may have to make up their minds quickly about whether they want to bid for a new casino in north jersey. The proposed change would give Atlantic City casinos of 0 days to bid on one of the two new casino licenses. They would have had six months under previous versions of the bill. If they fail to apply after 60 days the licenses would be open to any interested bidder. The locations for the casinos have yet to be determined but the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford and jersey city top the list. Rutgers universitys board has cleared the way for nearly 100 million in renovation projects. The plan involves eight projects across the schools three campuses, one upgrade would include putting 35 million into the School Administrators building. They say the University Needs grant money from the state to get everything done. The pros are reacting to the eagles choice of Doug Pederson as their new head coach. Aj feely says pederson has an exceptional personality and brings a modern version of the west coast offense. Nfl analyst Brian Baldinger and dick vermeil also weighed in on Comcast Sports net. They lost out on adam mca d york. They had to make this thing look good from the outside. I like the way hes come up, the day he has been groomed, i think he is going to be a good head football coach. So many different ways to move the ball and stop someone from moving on t but you have to come up with the qualities it takes to lead organizations more so today than ever before. As for chip kelly he has a new job just a little more than two weeks after the eagles released him. The San Francisco 49ers hired chip kelly yesterday. In a statement kelly thanked the 9ers owner for the opportunity and said his immediate focus is building the best Coaching Staff possible. Of course, you can count on nbc 10 your official eagles station for in depth coverage of the eagles next head coach. We will let you know when that press conference will be held whenever the chiefs run finishes. Just tap the nbc 10 app for a look at Doug Pedersons resume and his stats. It takes hours to complete over several days, were talking about the standardized test for students in delaware. Next the latest on the legal battle that allows them to opt out. And foreclosures hit close to home, the two cities in our area at the top of the new report, why housing experts say it could be caused by baby boomers biting off more than they can chew, well explain. 5 36. 31 degrees in philadelphia. In the mountains the temperatures are in the 20s this morning. Right now were looking at clear skies in the mountains and a nice warm up this afternoon. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood after the break. News in delaware county. Crews are over the scene of a fire in a Construction Development site. This is on ravens cliff drive right off state road. You can see crews have their hoses trained on that fire. No flames right now just a lot of smoke right now what we know is that no one was hurt here, of course, crews will continue to investigate what start this had fire and we will keep you posted. Announcer now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 21 minutes before 6 00 and skies are nice and clear this morning. This time of year that results normally in some pretty cold temperatures, but its not as cold as it has been. Right now in philadelphia Northeast Airport 28 degrees. Thats actually 3 degrees warmer than yesterday and the went not a problem, the windchill not going to be a factor today. We will see a warm up and dry day, but tonight this will be moving into the area, rain thats in the south will arrive during the evening hours, during the afternoon well see the clouds take over. All day long we will start off with bright sunshine during the Late Afternoon hours, 4 00, the clouds will be taking over and then we will be tracking rain into the area this evening. At 7 00 it will be dry, but look at the showers moving up through delaware and south jersey. 10 00 some0wv light rain in philadelphia, a little bit steadier according to the future cast for portions of delaware and into south jersey and that stays with us into the overnight hours and first thing on saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we will be drying out, look at those clouds thinning out and a mild day for tomorrow. Today 46 in camel back, upper 40s fleetwood and pens burring, sunshine to start with, we will be brooit for abingdon and moors town. 50s at the shore with increasing clouds this afternoon. You will see lots of sunshine in wilmington, philadelphia to begin the day. By late this afternoon the clouds will be take over and will be increasing just as the temperatures increase. Later this evening you will see the rain and the rain will start things off on saturday. Drying out saturday afternoon, 48 degrees, but the beginning of a cool town and another round of cold weather starts sunday with a high of 39. Details on the Colder Weather ahead for next week with the seven day when im back in ten minutes. 20 minutes before 6 00 and it looks like weve got a problem in north philadelphia. Jessica boyington is keeping her eye on the traffic out there. Jessica. Several accidents and things going on today so pay attention, you might be heading out the door near one of them. North philadelphia fifth street closed north and southbound right around hunting park avenue due to an accident. Thats right in this intersection over here. Easy to navigate around, they are directing traffic around the scene, but easy to go around the block, you can take the boulevard, front street, you will be just fine heading through. Not a lot of traffic in the area at least for right now. On route 202 still watching this scene northbound where we had an earlier accident involving a tractortrailer that was partially blocking the off ramp to the schuylkill expressway eastbound. We have Police Activity on the north and southbound side of route 202 but traffic a moving by in either direction and even over the off ramp as well. Definitely something that might cause problems a little bit later on in the morning but right now its just something to watch out for. Here is the schuylkill expressway right through the curve where an 11 minute drive times speeds are up there, too, in the 60s eastbound from the blue root to the vine street expressway, 11 minute trip into the center city. I will come back in the next ten. Thank you. Caught on camera one man speaking inside a school . Gloucester county and going through classes and offices. We will tell you how he was able to get inside that school and what he was doing in those classrooms. Next at 5 00 a familiar scene for drivers in our area, traffic jams on the schuylkill expressway, but now penndot has a plan to ease that traffic pain. We will tell you about their plans straight ahead. In delaware students will not be able to opt out of standardized tests. Delaware lawmakers did not override governor jack markels veto of a bill allowing students to opt out of the smarter balance tests. It takes eight hours over a few days to complete. Markel has said allowing students to opt out of standardized testing could hurt the highest needs students and threaten millions of dollars in federal funding. Now to decision 2016 and last nights republican president ial debate in south carolina. It was a slugfest, especially between the two candidates battling for first place in the upcoming iowa caucus. A new poll released just before the debate finds donald trump more than trouble his national lead. The new nbc news wall street journal poll shows that trump is the first choice of 33 of National Republican primary voters. Ted cruz comes in second at 20 . Trumps lead over cruz is an 8 point jump from last year. Senator marco rubio comes in third with 13 followed by ben carson with 12 . Now to the debate fireworks, ted cruz criticized donald trump for his, quote, new york values and trump continued his jabs at cruz over whether he is even eligible to be president. Cruz was born in canada to an american mother. Other candidates exchanged voluntariliees, senator marco rubio criticized new Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his policies on gun and education. This is how christie fired back. See, when you are a senator what you get to do is just talk and talk and talk and you talk so much that nobody can ever keep up with what youre saying is accurate or not. When you are a governor youre held accountable for everything you do. Along with trading barbs some other candidates on stage talked about the need to unify the republican party. There is one more gop debate, its january 28th in des moines, just a few days before the iowa caucus caucuses. On the democratic side Bernie Sanders has picked up the endorsement of former Democratic Party chairman paul kirk. Kirk was a long time aid to the last senator ted kennedy, briefly filling kennedys senate seat after he died in 2009. Kirk is one of the few Party Officials to endorse sanders over hillary clinton. Speaking of hillary clinton, she weighed in on last nights Republican Debate in south carolina. When it was over clinton tweeted tbt, gop. Love trumps hate. The democrats will get their turn this weekend to debate. They will take part in their final debate in the New Hampshire primaries. You can watch hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin Omalley square off in the debate, its sunday night at 9 00 right here on nbc 10. And now to a developing story in michigan where the governor is asking president obama for an emergency disaster declaration to deal with the flint water crisis. The governor is also asking for more federal aid to help agencies and the community provide clean Drinking Water to flint residents. Despite those efforts protestors marched yesterday to the state capital calling for governor rick snyders resignation. Tap water in print became contaminated with too much lead after the city switched its water supply in 2014 from detroits water source at lake huron to the flint river joe two cities put new jersey at the top of the list for the highest foreclosure rates in the country and the rest of the region is not doing too much better. Thats according to a realty track. Atlantic city came in at number one with a foreclosure rate of more than 3 above the national average, trenton took the number two spot, the state of delaware came in sixth place, pennsylvania was number ten. A foreclosure attorney in delaware tells us the problem in that state is what he calls the sandwich generation, people in their 50s and 60s who are taking care of their parents and their kids as well as their grandkids. At the point of life where they need to be thinking about and they should be doing very well financially, all of a sudden they find out, hold on, i not only have to take care of myself but i have to take care of three other generations. If they do lose that job its disaster. Along with new jersey, florida and nevada lead the way in foreclosure rates. Foreclosures are down nationwide but are hitting certain cities harder than others. Announcer now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Ten minutes before 6 00. Its a chilly morning, but not as cold as it has been. Skies, they are completely clear. We are going to see a lot of sunshine to start the day, 32 degrees right now in philadelphia, the wind is calm, thats 5 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. And on the ice you will see lots of sunshine this morning, but this afternoon when the skaters hit the ice temperatures will be climbing. 50s as clouds move into the area and thats eventually going to lead to rain, but not until this evening. During the day you will not need your umbrella. During the morning sunglasses required, but later on the clouds take over and behind those clouds you can see the steady light rain thats moving into the atlanta area, its in atlanta now, it will be arriving in philadelphia during the mid to late evening hours and it will be light to start with. During the day clouds take over, by late this afternoon, this evening, at 8 00 it will be cloudy, the rain just to our southwest but it moves in during the later evening hours at midnight, rain extends into the pocono mountains and its a heavier rain in delaware and south jersey right along the coast. By saturday morning, tomorrow, just a few scattered showers at 8 00, most of the rain will be out of here by then. By afternoon the clouds will be moving out as the wind kicks in and pushes them out but it is also going to lead to colder temperatures sunday. Today not bad, a sunny start, mild in afternoon, 50s today, anywhere from 52 to 55 degrees, the southerly winds they will stay light today, 3 to 9 miles an hour, the rain moves in late this evening, we will start with some rain tomorrow morning but drying out in the afternoon. 48 degrees, dont get used to it, turns colder for sunday with a high of 39 then just 29 degrees for monday and the real cold will be here tuesday morning. 18 degrees in the city, 32 the afternoon high. Then a bit warmer wednesday and thursday with sunshine into the upper 30s. Bill, thank you. If youve ever driven on the schuylkill expressway, we all have, chances are you have had to deal with a small dose of traffic backup. We take a live look, the stretch of i76 between king of prussia and center city is one of the most congested highways but penndot has a plan to ease that pain. Drivers would be able to use the shoulder as an extra lane of traffic. That would transform the narrow highway from two lanes into three during rush hour. Penndot commissioned a study to see if this is possible and the results should be in by the sprang. Traffic engineers we spoke with day its not a perfect fix, but it could ease congestion at choke points like the notorious dock who cannen curve. How many times have you said why is this only two lanes . This is job security for me. I dont like it. I dont like t not a good idea. Stay in your lanes, everybody. We will check out hunting park avenue hunting park where there was an accident scene on hunting park avenue and fifth clear cleared out of the way you are good to go there. Out in Montgomery County new hanover on swamp pike and lady road there is an accident scene. On route 202 we are starting to see some improvements. All Police Activity cleared out of the day due to this earlier accident, we have had this here for the better part of the morning for over two and a half hours, all traffic moving along nicely, no restrictions anymore on route 202 northbound around the schuylkill expressway. Ilk bab in ten minutes. Dating for debt relief. Some Police Activity<\/a>. You can see all traffic still moving through and you can see the traffic moving through back there as well. You will still be good to go if you head on through the area but it might get a little worse if this stays and we are heading into the morning rush hour. Out in horsham watch out for an accident with a downed pole, you can see a little yellow approaching this scene at easton road and horsham road, traffic is being directed around the area. You will be okay, maybe adding five minutes or so to your morning commute. Hazardous Road Conditions<\/a> are also being reported out in bridgeport on mill street and west 8th street, as for the rest of our drive times, no problems on 422 at least so far, 7 minute drive time eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill expressway. We are following breaking news out of philadelphia this morning. Thats where a pedestrian is in the hospital following a hit and run. Nbc 10s drew smith is live on the scene this morning with the details. Drew, what more can you tell us . Reporter i can tell you in the past couple Minutes Police<\/a> took down the tape and opened back up Hunting Point<\/a> avenue. Thats something they wanted to do because the morning rush was coming. For two and a half hours they were out investigating after people called saying there was a man lying unconscious in the street. They thought he was shot and it wasnt until he got to temple hospital that doctors figured out this was likely a hit and run crash. The calls came in shortly before 3 00 a. M. , the man has injuries to his head, face and knee. Were told his femur and pelvis are shattered. Thats why police think a car cause this had but so far no sign of who did t weve also just found out about some evidence that police were picking up here moments ago. We did find some small fresh broken lenses from a vehicle. So thats possibly evidence of a vehicle striking this 45yearold male. Reporter that man was brought to temple hospital in critical condition. He never regained consciousness so that kind of tells you the extent of his injuries. The road was closed for, again, two and a half hours, they had buses dee during around this area, we saw some people having to walk down to the next bus stop, but it looks like things are starting to open up again. Live in hunting park, im drew smith. Its been a week since officer Jessie Hartnett<\/a> was ambushed while on patrol in west philadelphia. While he continues his recovery local lawmakers held an new jersey meeting for people who live near the site of the ambush. They are more worried than ever after the fbi said its investigating the crime as an act of terrorism. A standing room only crowd filled the Bryant School<\/a> last night and residents expressed their fears. With fishing richl we must be feel and face the fact we all live in terror. Im still scared about what happened. Ive got a granddaughter in my house and it was very scary. Residents call for Better Police<\/a> community relations, more officers on patrol and Trauma Services<\/a> for the community. Atlantic city casinos may have to make up their minds quickly about whether they want to bid for a new casino in north jersey. The proposed change would give Atlantic City<\/a> casinos of 0 days to bid on one of the two new casino licenses. They would have had six months under previous versions of the bill. If they fail to apply after 60 days the licenses would be open to any interested bidder. The locations for the casinos have yet to be determined but the Meadowlands Sports Complex<\/a> in East Rutherford<\/a> and jersey city top the list. Rutgers universitys board has cleared the way for nearly 100 million in renovation projects. The plan involves eight projects across the schools three campuses, one upgrade would include putting 35 million into the School Administrators<\/a> building. They say the University Needs<\/a> grant money from the state to get everything done. The pros are reacting to the eagles choice of Doug Pederson<\/a> as their new head coach. Aj feely says pederson has an exceptional personality and brings a modern version of the west coast offense. Nfl analyst Brian Baldinger<\/a> and dick vermeil also weighed in on Comcast Sports<\/a> net. They lost out on adam mca d york. They had to make this thing look good from the outside. I like the way hes come up, the day he has been groomed, i think he is going to be a good head football coach. So many different ways to move the ball and stop someone from moving on t but you have to come up with the qualities it takes to lead organizations more so today than ever before. As for chip kelly he has a new job just a little more than two weeks after the eagles released him. The San Francisco<\/a> 49ers hired chip kelly yesterday. In a statement kelly thanked the 9ers owner for the opportunity and said his immediate focus is building the best Coaching Staff<\/a> possible. Of course, you can count on nbc 10 your official eagles station for in depth coverage of the eagles next head coach. We will let you know when that press conference will be held whenever the chiefs run finishes. Just tap the nbc 10 app for a look at Doug Pederson<\/a>s resume and his stats. It takes hours to complete over several days, were talking about the standardized test for students in delaware. Next the latest on the legal battle that allows them to opt out. And foreclosures hit close to home, the two cities in our area at the top of the new report, why housing experts say it could be caused by baby boomers biting off more than they can chew, well explain. 5 36. 31 degrees in philadelphia. In the mountains the temperatures are in the 20s this morning. Right now were looking at clear skies in the mountains and a nice warm up this afternoon. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood after the break. News in delaware county. Crews are over the scene of a fire in a Construction Development<\/a> site. This is on ravens cliff drive right off state road. You can see crews have their hoses trained on that fire. No flames right now just a lot of smoke right now what we know is that no one was hurt here, of course, crews will continue to investigate what start this had fire and we will keep you posted. Announcer now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 21 minutes before 6 00 and skies are nice and clear this morning. This time of year that results normally in some pretty cold temperatures, but its not as cold as it has been. Right now in philadelphia Northeast Airport<\/a> 28 degrees. Thats actually 3 degrees warmer than yesterday and the went not a problem, the windchill not going to be a factor today. We will see a warm up and dry day, but tonight this will be moving into the area, rain thats in the south will arrive during the evening hours, during the afternoon well see the clouds take over. All day long we will start off with bright sunshine during the Late Afternoon<\/a> hours, 4 00, the clouds will be taking over and then we will be tracking rain into the area this evening. At 7 00 it will be dry, but look at the showers moving up through delaware and south jersey. 10 00 some0wv light rain in philadelphia, a little bit steadier according to the future cast for portions of delaware and into south jersey and that stays with us into the overnight hours and first thing on saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we will be drying out, look at those clouds thinning out and a mild day for tomorrow. Today 46 in camel back, upper 40s fleetwood and pens burring, sunshine to start with, we will be brooit for abingdon and moors town. 50s at the shore with increasing clouds this afternoon. You will see lots of sunshine in wilmington, philadelphia to begin the day. By late this afternoon the clouds will be take over and will be increasing just as the temperatures increase. Later this evening you will see the rain and the rain will start things off on saturday. Drying out saturday afternoon, 48 degrees, but the beginning of a cool town and another round of cold weather starts sunday with a high of 39. Details on the Colder Weather<\/a> ahead for next week with the seven day when im back in ten minutes. 20 minutes before 6 00 and it looks like weve got a problem in north philadelphia. Jessica boyington is keeping her eye on the traffic out there. Jessica. Several accidents and things going on today so pay attention, you might be heading out the door near one of them. North philadelphia fifth street closed north and southbound right around hunting park avenue due to an accident. Thats right in this intersection over here. Easy to navigate around, they are directing traffic around the scene, but easy to go around the block, you can take the boulevard, front street, you will be just fine heading through. Not a lot of traffic in the area at least for right now. On route 202 still watching this scene northbound where we had an earlier accident involving a tractortrailer that was partially blocking the off ramp to the schuylkill expressway eastbound. We have Police Activity<\/a> on the north and southbound side of route 202 but traffic a moving by in either direction and even over the off ramp as well. Definitely something that might cause problems a little bit later on in the morning but right now its just something to watch out for. Here is the schuylkill expressway right through the curve where an 11 minute drive times speeds are up there, too, in the 60s eastbound from the blue root to the vine street expressway, 11 minute trip into the center city. I will come back in the next ten. Thank you. Caught on camera one man speaking inside a school . Gloucester county and going through classes and offices. We will tell you how he was able to get inside that school and what he was doing in those classrooms. Next at 5 00 a familiar scene for drivers in our area, traffic jams on the schuylkill expressway, but now penndot has a plan to ease that traffic pain. We will tell you about their plans straight ahead. In delaware students will not be able to opt out of standardized tests. Delaware lawmakers did not override governor jack markels veto of a bill allowing students to opt out of the smarter balance tests. It takes eight hours over a few days to complete. Markel has said allowing students to opt out of standardized testing could hurt the highest needs students and threaten millions of dollars in federal funding. Now to decision 2016 and last nights republican president ial debate in south carolina. It was a slugfest, especially between the two candidates battling for first place in the upcoming iowa caucus. A new poll released just before the debate finds donald trump more than trouble his national lead. The new nbc news wall street journal poll shows that trump is the first choice of 33 of National Republican<\/a> primary voters. Ted cruz comes in second at 20 . Trumps lead over cruz is an 8 point jump from last year. Senator marco rubio comes in third with 13 followed by ben carson with 12 . Now to the debate fireworks, ted cruz criticized donald trump for his, quote, new york values and trump continued his jabs at cruz over whether he is even eligible to be president. Cruz was born in canada to an american mother. Other candidates exchanged voluntariliees, senator marco rubio criticized new Jersey Governor Chris Christie<\/a> for his policies on gun and education. This is how christie fired back. See, when you are a senator what you get to do is just talk and talk and talk and you talk so much that nobody can ever keep up with what youre saying is accurate or not. When you are a governor youre held accountable for everything you do. Along with trading barbs some other candidates on stage talked about the need to unify the republican party. There is one more gop debate, its january 28th in des moines, just a few days before the iowa caucus caucuses. On the democratic side Bernie Sanders<\/a> has picked up the endorsement of former Democratic Party<\/a> chairman paul kirk. Kirk was a long time aid to the last senator ted kennedy, briefly filling kennedys senate seat after he died in 2009. Kirk is one of the few Party Officials<\/a> to endorse sanders over hillary clinton. Speaking of hillary clinton, she weighed in on last nights Republican Debate<\/a> in south carolina. When it was over clinton tweeted tbt, gop. Love trumps hate. The democrats will get their turn this weekend to debate. They will take part in their final debate in the New Hampshire<\/a> primaries. You can watch hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders<\/a> and Martin Omalley<\/a> square off in the debate, its sunday night at 9 00 right here on nbc 10. And now to a developing story in michigan where the governor is asking president obama for an emergency disaster declaration to deal with the flint water crisis. The governor is also asking for more federal aid to help agencies and the community provide clean Drinking Water<\/a> to flint residents. Despite those efforts protestors marched yesterday to the state capital calling for governor rick snyders resignation. Tap water in print became contaminated with too much lead after the city switched its water supply in 2014 from detroits water source at lake huron to the flint river joe two cities put new jersey at the top of the list for the highest foreclosure rates in the country and the rest of the region is not doing too much better. Thats according to a realty track. Atlantic city came in at number one with a foreclosure rate of more than 3 above the national average, trenton took the number two spot, the state of delaware came in sixth place, pennsylvania was number ten. A foreclosure attorney in delaware tells us the problem in that state is what he calls the sandwich generation, people in their 50s and 60s who are taking care of their parents and their kids as well as their grandkids. At the point of life where they need to be thinking about and they should be doing very well financially, all of a sudden they find out, hold on, i not only have to take care of myself but i have to take care of three other generations. If they do lose that job its disaster. Along with new jersey, florida and nevada lead the way in foreclosure rates. Foreclosures are down nationwide but are hitting certain cities harder than others. Announcer now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Ten minutes before 6 00. Its a chilly morning, but not as cold as it has been. Skies, they are completely clear. We are going to see a lot of sunshine to start the day, 32 degrees right now in philadelphia, the wind is calm, thats 5 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. And on the ice you will see lots of sunshine this morning, but this afternoon when the skaters hit the ice temperatures will be climbing. 50s as clouds move into the area and thats eventually going to lead to rain, but not until this evening. During the day you will not need your umbrella. During the morning sunglasses required, but later on the clouds take over and behind those clouds you can see the steady light rain thats moving into the atlanta area, its in atlanta now, it will be arriving in philadelphia during the mid to late evening hours and it will be light to start with. During the day clouds take over, by late this afternoon, this evening, at 8 00 it will be cloudy, the rain just to our southwest but it moves in during the later evening hours at midnight, rain extends into the pocono mountains and its a heavier rain in delaware and south jersey right along the coast. By saturday morning, tomorrow, just a few scattered showers at 8 00, most of the rain will be out of here by then. By afternoon the clouds will be moving out as the wind kicks in and pushes them out but it is also going to lead to colder temperatures sunday. Today not bad, a sunny start, mild in afternoon, 50s today, anywhere from 52 to 55 degrees, the southerly winds they will stay light today, 3 to 9 miles an hour, the rain moves in late this evening, we will start with some rain tomorrow morning but drying out in the afternoon. 48 degrees, dont get used to it, turns colder for sunday with a high of 39 then just 29 degrees for monday and the real cold will be here tuesday morning. 18 degrees in the city, 32 the afternoon high. Then a bit warmer wednesday and thursday with sunshine into the upper 30s. Bill, thank you. If youve ever driven on the schuylkill expressway, we all have, chances are you have had to deal with a small dose of traffic backup. We take a live look, the stretch of i76 between king of prussia and center city is one of the most congested highways but penndot has a plan to ease that pain. Drivers would be able to use the shoulder as an extra lane of traffic. That would transform the narrow highway from two lanes into three during rush hour. Penndot commissioned a study to see if this is possible and the results should be in by the sprang. Traffic engineers we spoke with day its not a perfect fix, but it could ease congestion at choke points like the notorious dock who cannen curve. How many times have you said why is this only two lanes . This is job security for me. I dont like it. I dont like t not a good idea. Stay in your lanes, everybody. We will check out hunting park avenue hunting park where there was an accident scene on hunting park avenue and fifth clear cleared out of the way you are good to go there. Out in Montgomery County<\/a> new hanover on swamp pike and lady road there is an accident scene. On route 202 we are starting to see some improvements. All Police Activity<\/a> cleared out of the day due to this earlier accident, we have had this here for the better part of the morning for over two and a half hours, all traffic moving along nicely, no restrictions anymore on route 202 northbound around the schuylkill expressway. Ilk bab in ten minutes. Dating for debt relief. Some College Students<\/a> are signing up to participate in a special kind of service that could help them pay for school. Up next we will take you to the where sign ups are on the rise. More students at Temple University<\/a> are signing up on a website that promotes dating as a way to pay tuition. They claim to watch coeds with wealthy men. Our mission is to provide a College Education<\/a> completely paid for by wealthy benefactors. Seekingarrangement. Com is a dating site that connects young women, sugar babies to older men or sugar daddys. Temple has 155 new sign ups which is fourth most in the country and we talked to one of those new sugar babies. A couple dates, yeah, and ive never encountered anyone like creepy or weird. Seeking arrangements. Com says this is a dating site not an escort university and Temple University<\/a> did not have any comment on the matter. The Pennsylvania Liquor<\/a> control board is raising a glass to record sales in december. The lcb racked up more than 310 million in total sales, thats about a 5 increase over the previous record. The busiest hour on new years eve between 3 00 and 4 00 p. M. Saw more than 3 million in sales. As were well as were still waiting for three winners of that world Record Powerball<\/a> jackpot to come forward and claim their prize a crowd gathered at this Convenience Store<\/a> near los angeles after people heard that the store sold one of the Winning Ticket<\/a>s, the other two tickets were sold in mumford, tennessee, and florida. The holder of each ticket will split the 1. 6 billion jackpot. You can call it a billion dollar practical joke. Here is the story. A woman in california shes getting a lot of pity because powerball prank was pulled on her by her own son. A nurse at a Wellness Center<\/a> near los angeles started celebrating, thats her right there after wednesday nights drawing. The opener of the center had treat he had her and coworkers and patients to powerball tickets. Her son sent her a picture of what he said was the Winning Ticket<\/a> only it wasnt and administrators say the owner of the Wellness Center<\/a>s feels badly for the woman. I said, my gosh, if the son played a joke i want you to let her know that i will probably be willing to send her on a vacation, all paid vacation somewhere, because thats not a nice joke. California lottery Officials Say<\/a> they cannot confirm anything about the actual winner until the winner claims that prize. What a nice boss, though, first buying all the tickets for everybody at the Nursing Center<\/a> and then saying, do you know what, i will send you on a vacation for such a bad joke. How grounded is that kid . Hes in big trouble. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news at 6 00 a. M. Starts right now. Announcer nbc 10 news starts now. Kooucuring cancer, Vice President<\/a> joe biden has vowed to take on the task with some of the americas most brilliant minds. If you become the nominee who the hell knows if you can even serve in office. The gloves are off after months of civility between donald trump and ted cruz, they clashed in several heated exchanges. Im sure a lot of us take the schuylkill expressway to work or to school. Some big changes are coming to a busy stretch of the highway. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today, im rosemary connors. And im vai sikahema. It is going to be warmer today than yesterday but if you have any plans tonight you will want to plan for some rain. Lets get right to first alert meteorologist bill henley. We are clear this morning but clouds will be taking over during the day and the rain is going to hold off until tonight. 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