8 00. By 11 00, 41 degrees. The clouds will be increasing along with the temperatures, so its not going to be bright sunshine all day long today, but it will be dry during the day. 43 degrees this afternoon, partly cloudy skies for philadelphia. Youll see more of that sunshine this morning than this afternoon. The suburbs up to 40 and 40 degrees in the Lehigh Valley, while new jersey is 43 this afternoon at the shore you can expect the same. A few evening showers are possible, rain drops at the shore, but the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs could see a brief snow shower. Ill take a look at that when i come back and break these temperatures down and forecasts down hour by hour when i come back in just ten minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thanks, bill. Starting on the schuylkill expressway and our cameras around montgomery drive showing still delays because we have some overhead sign work right around montgomery drive. And its affecting lanes in both directions. Now, earlier we had all lanes closed for a small period of time, so thats creating some pretty big residual delays there. Youre looking at the westbound side with two lanes getting by. Were losing the next two over and the shoulder as well, so thats a slow go. And into center city, just one lane is getting by past the crane thats over into the lefthand lanes. So, thats a slow go there as well. Were seeing delays moving into center city, at least past that point. Also, more construction. This is over in new jersey. Two separate areas of construction, but its the same project. Emergency construction on route 47 northbound at route 130. All lanes are closed right there right now and on 130 northbound. That same emergency construction but over the line over in brooklawn right around route 47. Just the right lane is closed there. Youll see small delays and be detoured around the scene there. Ill update you on the schuylkill and more when i come back, tracy. New this morning, damage as far as the eye can see. Yeah, only nbc 10 was there after a car turned a philadelphia street into a disaster area full of trash and debris after a police chase ended in several wrecks. Nbc 10s katy zachrys live in West Oak Lane for us. Katy, this chase went through several communities before ending in the crash. Tell us what happened. Reporter it did, vai and tracy. So, that stolen suv hit a car on this street in West Oak Lane, then careened into this brick wall, taking an entire section down as well as the trash that was on the sidewalk, and then ultimately came to a stop against a nearby tree. People nearby tell me they thought a bomb had gone off. The impact was so loud. Now, police from several communities in Montgomery County had been after this stolen suv. Now, the chase began in whitemarsh township. It went through several communities before crashing here in West Oak Lane. The homeowner whose brick wall is destroyed says her niece had just taken out the trash to the exact spot where the car hit the brick wall. And on top of that, her neighbor and young son were caught in the middle of the chaos. Coming out the driveway and the car hit her, you know, when they were coming down the street and they spun her around. And she had her little baby in the car with her. Reporter that woman who was inside the car, she was injured. Were told that she is being treated for injuries to her leg. Now, her baby son, were told, is okay. Now, police, were told, did arrest the two men that were told were inside that car. One of them was arrested here at the scene. He was injured and couldnt run away, but his accomplice, were told he did run away several blocks before Police Ultimately arrested him. Reporting live in West Oak Lane this morning, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Katy, thank you. 5 34 right now, 36 degrees outside. Happening today in Montgomery County, bill cosby heads back to court. He and his legal team will try to stop the prosecutions plans to have more than a dozen accusers testify at the trial. Nbc 10s Pamela Osborne is live at the county courthouse in norristown to explain whats going to happen today. Pamela . Reporter yeah, a judge is going to be weighing the potential testimony here, and it will ultimately be up to the judge to decide whether or not past accusers will get to face cosby in court. There are 13 women prosecutors are trying to establish that cosby has a pattern of drugging and molesting women. Cosby has been indicted on allegations of a sex crime against andrea constand. This was back in 2004. The prosecution will urge the judge to allow 13 other accusers to testify. They say their accounts back up con stands story line, which is that cosby used a friendly approach and used drugs to incapacitate victims for sexual advances and abuse. Cosbys lawyers, however, will argue that allowing this testimony would taint the case and prejudice the jury. The defense has already questioned the motivation of the accusers and will go after their credibility. That hearing is expected to begin at 9 00 a. M. This morning. Reporting live in norristown, im Pamela Osborne, nbc 10 news. Thank you. Quest diagnostics, the north jersey firm many of us depend on for drug tests and lab work, is the victim of a massive hack attack. Quest has dozens of Testing Facilities here in our area, including this one on city avenue. The company is notifying customers that hackers breached its online portal, swiping the personal information of nearly 40,000 of its patients. Police are investigating. A cybersecurity expert told us the hackers were likely out to steal identities. Medical companies are prime targets to this kind of attack. People want the information because theyll not necessarily need it right when they steal it, but theyll sell it to the next highest bidder on the black market. The informations valuable because you can create multiple personas and Health Care Claims and prescription claims off of one identity. For its part, quest says it is addressing the Security Breach and is taking steps to prevent it from happening again. Experts say companies and individuals should practice what they call cyber hygiene. Theyre urging firms to do more beefedup security and training, but individually, check your credit report. 5 37, 36 degrees outside. Chaka fattah will be doing prison time. A judge knensed the former pennsylvania congressman to ten years behind bars. Nbc 10 was in Center City Yesterday as fattah left court. In june, a jury convicted him of stealing hundreds of thousands in federal, charitable and campaign funds. The judge calls fattahs crimes astonishing, ordering him to report to prison by january 25th. At the sentencing, fattah said he was grateful for the support of several people. I want to thank my legal team and i want to thank the support of my family and staff and friends through this very tough time. Thank you very much. Fattahs lawyers said they will appeal the conviction. Fattah served in congress for more than two decades. The opening of a new 400 million prison in Montgomery County is being delayed again. The state prison was scheduled to open next month, but a spokesperson tells the Philadelphia Inquirer that thats not going to happen. The skippack township prison was supposed to open in november of 2015 and october 2016. State Officials Say that theyve asked the office of Inspector General to investigate the contract for these delays. There is no timetable for a new opening. And some students and professors want the Community College of philadelphia to become a sanctuary school. Nbc 10 has learned that two professors started a petition seeking to give the college the sanctuary designation. It follows the university of pennsylvanias recent announcement that it will be a sanctuary school. The designation means the school will not allow immigration authorities on its campus unless they have a warrant. Happening today, new jerseys top politicians will announce a major federal investment to bring back a camden neighborhood stricken with blight. Were told that millions of dollars south neighborhood. Senators bob menendez and cory booker, congressman donald nor croft and mayor dana redd will make the announcement later this morning. Its 5 39 and 36 degrees, and weve got a dry morning, but its cold outside, so we have to bundle up to start with. Clouds overhead. These are some thin clouds. Well get some filtered sunshine this morning, but the clouds will be on the increase this afternoon. And this evening theres a chance of some rain showers and snow showers in the area. Snow showers in the suburbs, rain showers at the shore, just a chance. They should be very light by the time they get to us. But during the day, stays dry. 36 degrees right now in philadelphia. Were cooling down right now but not by much. By 8 00, 35 degrees. Then we start a warmup. A bit of sunshine this morning. Look how the clouds take over this afternoon. Youll see the same thing in the suburbs. 32 degrees right now. Some morning sunshine filtered through the clouds, then the clouds take over this afternoon. But in spite of the clouds, it stays dry in the suburbs. In the Lehigh Valley, those clouds will be increasing. That will keep temperatures in the 30s for most of the day, peaking in the very low 40s at 2 00 this afternoon. Starts getting cooler at 4 00 in the Lehigh Valley. New jersey, youll see a bit of sunshine this morning, not much wind right now so the temperature will be cooling down. By 8 00, 33 degrees, and still calm as we go into the afternoon with some breaks of sunshine. Low 40s for new jersey. Not quite as warm as yesterday. At the shore, dry during the day, and you will slowly see the clouds increasing by late this afternoon. The clouds take over. 30s to start with, 40s this afternoon, and youll see 30s turn into 40s in delaware, too. And any breaks of sunshine this morning will slowly disappear this afternoon. Its this evening you could see some showers moving into the area, just some light stuff. But the real deal is the cold thats coming our way at the end of the week. You can see it scrolling at the bottom of the screen, the sevenday forecast for each part of our viewing area. That wicked cold is going to be coming to an end over the weekend. Take a look at that weekend forecast when i come back in ten minutes. All right, bill, thanks. 20 minutes before 6 00. Lets get you to work. And we remain focused on the schuylkill expressway. Yeah, this is an area that Jessica Boyingtons been tweeting about throughout the morning. Jessi jessica, what do you have . Still watching delays on the schuylkill, and the biggest delays are moving into center city on the eastbound side. Thats because only lane is crawling by. So, its over into the shoulder as well. We have some overhead sign work. You can see a crane in place there as well. Also seeing only two lanes getting by on the westbound side, so big delays on the schuylkill expressway. Take kelly drive or mlk drive to get to the city this morning because youre going to see some of the residual delays for quite some time, especially because earlier this morning, about an hour ago or so, we had all lanes blocked off on the eastbound side. So all of that backedup traffic needs to get through, as well as the morning traffic that comes afterwards. 422, looking great, no problems or delays, eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill expressway, just an eightminute trip and speeds also into the 60s. Well end on mass transit. Everythings pretty much on time or close to schedule. For septa, patco, new Jersey Transit and amtrak. Back to you. Thank you. Could School Recess be on the ropes . One Montgomery CountySchool District hopes to cut students play time. Up next, hear from both sides of the heated debate. Also, questions for carson. The eagles quarter baback alway gets questions from the media, but still ahead, hear how one of his youngest fans wants to know. Its 5 45, 36 degrees todd. This morning a debate over a local School Districts idea of cutting recess short. Its supposed to give more class time for students, but parents say the idea would do more harm than good. Leaders at the upper dublin School District say theyre right now exploring options, no decisions been made, but parents are already speaking out against the move to cut recess short. Students studies have shown that recess is crucial and has benefits that should never be withheld for academic reasons. Parents we spoke with last night agree. Growing a garden. You cant just you know, if you want to grow big, healthy tomatoes, you cant flood it with water. You have to give it the right amount and im afraid theyre trying to flood our kids with knowledge. We will not cut recess, and there are no recommendations at this time. The next meeting for any potential planned recess will be held in january. 5 46. Delaware is hoping for a financial boost from its latest business which opened in wilmington yesterday. Nbc 10 was there for the grand opening of factory berlin. State local officials cut the ribbon for the Newest Branch of the germanybased technology company. Governor jack markell said delaware is now a popular destination for Foreign Companies looking to do business in the u. S. A lot of great places in this country where startups can go, but they will not fall through the cracks in delaware. The governor sealed a deal with factory berlin during a trade mission to germany last year. 5 46. Eagles quarterback carson wentz is still fielding questions on and off the field in his rookie season, but its online where he might have given his best answers yet. A young man mailed wentz a letter, asking him five questions. They range from what was his favorite color to who is his favorite football player. Well, wentz tweeted the answers and thanked the boy for his support. The letter also contains some eaglesthemed artwork. Look at that, including a red line through that cowboys star. Very sweet. All right, 5 47 right, 13 minutes before 6 00 a. M. Time to check in on our weather. Boy, its extremely cold, but its even colder in the poconos where theyre hoping to keep the snow on the ground there on the runs. This is nothing compared to what were going to face later in the week, right, bill . Come over here. Its going to be brutal later in the week, yeah. Temperatures are going to plummet. Were going to see temperatures that are feeling like they are zero or below for friday morning. That will be the worst stuff. You really feel it starting on thursday. So enjoy this while its around. Not really beautiful, but it is what weve got. Theres a live view from center city from philadelphia, a dry view this morning, mostly in the clear. No sign of any wet weather, not this morning. The temperatures, 30s to start with. Its above freezing in philadelphia and it will stay above freezing during the day today and this evening as well. Radar and satellite show some clouds moving into the area, but those clouds are coming in advance of some wet weather. Not much to these showers, but theres a possibility well see some snow showers, light snow showers in the suburbs this evening and some rain showers at the shore this evening, not during the day today. What we will get is the cold that is waiting in the wings to the north. It is going to be blowing into the area on thursday. You will feel the difference. And come friday morning, these are the temperatures im expecting. 15 degrees for mt. Holly, 14 in vineland, 17 in philadelphia an wilmington 15. And the wind will be blowing, so the windchills will be near zero or below friday morning. So we have issued a first alert for dangerous cold for pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware, for an entire area. Those winds will be kicking thursday, thursday night and into friday morning. Thursday night into friday morning is when well have the coldest temperatures, bitter cold with winds gusting to near 45 miles an hour, windchills below zero for parts of the area. Then well ease out of it over the weekend. For today, 43 degrees, right on normal for this time of year. 42 tomorrow wont be bad either. Well see more sunshine tomorrow. Any sunshine today will be fading ahead of the evening showers. 32 degrees tomorrow morning, but look at the temperatures as they fall. Thursday well start at 23 degrees, 27 in the afternoon, then dangerous cold thursday night and into friday morning. 16 degrees in the city, 16 degrees. 25 degrees the high on friday. Friday wont be as windy, but you can see the cold stays with us into saturday morning. Unfortunately, thats when weve got some wet weather moving in. 20 degrees, thats cold enough for some snow, and i expect it starts as snow but changes to rain as the temperatures climb. The system will bring a good deal of warm air with it, then well get rain saturday into saturday night into sunday, possibly a little bit of snow as that system exits out of here. You can see the cold air that lives by monday morning, but mainly rain on sunday. Then dry for tuesday, wednesday and thursday, though clouds will be coming back in on thursday as temperatures back up next week into the 40s. All right, bill, thank you. Ten minutes before 6 00. Lets get to work, especially if you take the schuylkill expressway. Theyve got construction crews working on sign yaage on montgomery, jessica . Yes, so they were starting to clear the westbound side and blocked all traffic. You can see the traffic going by slowly and only two lanes are open on the westbound side. The major project is on the eastbound side, so thats traffic moving towards center city. So we dont want to see any restrictions on any of the lanes moving into center city at any time for the morning commute, but unly, thats what were dealing with right now. One lane only getting by on the eastbound side right now, so you want to take kelly drive, mlk drive, anything to avoid the schuylkill expressway at this time. As they begin to clear this up, well be the first to tell you moving over to new jersey, westville, right over that line. Route 47 northbound around route 130. All lanes are closed