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WCAU NBC10 News Today At 530am February 8, 2017

Issued a first alert for tomorrow for snow. The entire area except the jersey shore and southern delaware where its going to stay warmer. 4 00 to noon. See some periods of heavier snowfall and it will be accumulating. And it could be accumulating into the late morning hours. Leading to slick roads and poor visibility. Thats form. Thats the storm. Its moving into illinois. Got a long way to go before it gets to us. We are starting out dry after a few showers overnight. Those showers have just pushed offshore. The temperatures have pushed up into the 60s for much of the area. Not everyone. Look at Lehigh Valley. Fog is 36 degrees. See the fog in this view from easton. Temperatures will climb. Sunshine. 54 degrees by 11 00. 40s for new jersey and suburbs there into the 60s this afternoon as well. Peak in the 60s. Breezy one through the day. Gets colder tonight. Overnight tonight the snow will start moving in. Well go through it hour by hour so you know when to expect the snowflakes in your neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. First find out how the roads are looking on a wednesday morning. Jessica boyington has an update. Starting on 95 this morning. Cameras right around girard avenue. Looks good so far. Little more cars heading in our direction. 13 minutes for the drive time. Speeds also into the 60s there. We still are looking good on 95. Takes about an hour or so around the 6 30 mark. Heres the pa turnpike drive times. 22 minutes both directions. No problems reported. No construction tieing things up and making drive times little worse. Average speeds into the mid 60s there. End in nnk. Garden state parkway. Not really a car in site. Cape may toll plaza. Both directions look good. Maybe looks a little damp there as well. Watch for slippery spots. Other than that good drive on most majors. Thank you. Philadelphia Restaurant Owner turns the tables against a gun wielding robber. Investigators believe he was just one of a group of robbers targeting businesses. Nbc 10 matt delucia live for us. Matt, surveillance cameras caught these guys in action. Thats one of the pieces of evidence detectives are using right now and Philadelphia Police are looking for two men infection with those robberies. Five different robberies that happened since late november. Take a look at one of those Surveillance Videos that we have for you here. This was recorded january 29 at a restaurant on the 62 hundred block of spruce street. Police say two men went into the store pointed a gun at owner and nanded money. As the robbers were running away, picked up own gun and shot at them. Hitting a suspect who was later arrested when showed up to the hospital. Heres the owner of the restaurant and an employee from another restaurant talking about the robbery. Take a listen. We do not feel too safe because so i think there has to be more police around. We have to feel more secure. That was the employee from one of those restaurants. Five Corner Stores or restaurants were robbed in recent months and police say just two days after the restaurant robbery on spruce street, masked men pulled the same crime at vine street deli. In every case one or two men demand money from the register and Surveillance Video and patterns allow police to connect the dots. None of the store employees were injured. Police are still looking for men as well as a get away car that they believe is a dark colored 20002005 model chevy monte carlo. Right now Senate Democrats remain on the senate floor debating president trumps attorney general nominee, senator jeff sessions. Heres a live look at the senate floor. Second straight night the democrats have pulled an allnighter to oppose one of the president s nominees. Opponents say sessions has a troubling record on civil rights. Senate expected to vote today on sessions confirmation of attorney general. Long and bitter confirmation battle. Betsy devos was sworn in last night. Mike pence cast the tie breaking vote to seal confirmation. First time in history a Vice President s vote was needed to get a cabinet nominee approved. Both sides of the Charter School debate are weighing in on new education secretary. Teachers unions and other supporters of other traditional schools fear betsy devos will harm the Public School safety system. Admits she never attended or had her own children in Public Schools and doesnt really know education. The Providence Creek academy Charter School in delaware says nobody should oppose more choices for families. Just like business, if schools compete the best ones win. The way the best ones win is the parents make the choice. Parents vote with their feet. One and a half Million People flooded Senate Offices with calls demanding senators vote no to devas confirmation. Reaction from the philadelphia Education Community is loud and mostly negative. The Philadelphia Federation of teachers called devass confirmation disappointing. In a statement, betsy devos has no experience with and stunningly little knowledge of the issues and challenges that face our Public Schools. Worse, shes a proprivatization activist who has spent millions of dollars to undermine public education. 5 36. Now to nbc 10 exclusive. Hearing from the Burlington Police officer who is saved a little girls life. On patrol last month when a woman push add fiveyearold girl in front of a train. Officers saw the whole thing. Jumped into action. Officers spoke exclusively to nbc 10. Hands were up in the air telling the train to stop. Once we heard it come to a screeching halt. Made sure the little girl was safely back up by her mothers fiance. Could have been a lot worse. Thank god everyone was where they are. Police arrested her. She is charged with attempted murder. We have new evidence to show you as Police Search for whoever stole kobe bryants memorabilia from lower marion high school. Take a look at pictures here. Kind of hard to make out anything specific about the person on the left there. The guy in the two pictures on the right is wearing a Brooklyn Nets pom hat and gray Michael Jordan sweat pants. Broke into the gym sunday night. Took several items from a trophy case, including kobes framed jersey. Autographed sneakers and are schools 1996 state championship trophy. Philadelphia could be a step closer to losing millions of dallas in state funding. Yesterday the Pennsylvania State Senate Passed a bill that would withhold state money for sanctuary cities statewide. Those are communities that dont honor detention requests from federal immigration authorities. In a statement, mayor t threatens the very principles on which our nation was built. Meantime, new jersey taking steps to protect sanctuary cities. Introduced a bill to provide state money to new jersey cities that would lose federal funding under executive order signed by president trump. Its unclear if Chris Christie will sign the measure. 32,000,000,000 budget plan does not increase taxes on sales or income. Does add new tax on gas production. Includes 2 billion in spending cuts. Governor wants to increase states minimum wage. In Camden School officials went door to door on a mission to educate the public. They want the remind families with children that School Enrollment applications are now being accepted through march. Parents can apply up to eight district charter or other schools. Last year 3600 students found new schools through the enrollment program. 5 39. Unusually warm. And breezy. Starting the day in much of the area in the 60s. And with record warmth in store, get sunshine that boosts the temperatures into the middle 60s this afternoon. The record high is 63 for philadelphia. I think well have no problem clearing that this afternoon. Then this evening, clouds start moving in and thats the beginning of what is the snow maker for tomorrow morning. This morning, the warm air surging in the area, actually producing some fog in the Lehigh Valley. Allentown and pottstown seeing areas of death sentennse fog. Not everyone is going to see it. Temperatures climb and fog will disappear. Temperatures up in philadelphia. 60. Look at this day. Doesnt look anything like february. Winds will shift during the day. Become north westerly and start bringing in cooler air late this afternoon. Not expecting the temperatures to drop much during the afternoon hours today. 55 now in the suburbs. 57 degrees with sunshine at noontime and lingering in the 50s through the afternoon. 36 theres the fog in the Lehigh Valley. The wind just three miles an hour. Wind will pick up out of the northwest. That will bring in trier air. The sunshine will allow temperatures to warm into the 50s for the Lehigh Valley. And for new jersey, its into the 60s this afternoon where it is right now. 60 degrees. Cool down a little bit. Right back into the 60s with what cooler temperatures late in the afternoon. 57 degrees, but not typical at all for february. Jersey shore, saw some showers first thing this morning. Few rain drops. This is the end of them. See sunshine at the shore. Near 60 at 10 00. Then in the 60s this afternoon. Delaware, those clouds will hold off until late in the afternoon. 61 right now. Sin sunny skies. Thats today. The colder air starts moving in tonight. The hour by hour forecast shows by midnight and 1 00 in the morning first little bit of snow just starts moving into the area. Likely start as rain in philadelphia after the 4 00 hour and that is rain to the south, but as the commute get s underwy tomorrow morning, this is what well be dealing with. Steady snow for the suburbs and into the Lehigh Valley. Potentially for new jersey and northern delaware as well. Well talk totals when im back in ten minutes. Thank you, bill. Lets talk commute. Check on 295 with jessica boyington. Thanks, guys. Watching 295 around the black horse pike. Looks good. Good drive so far. Both directions look okay. Southbound from 38. Just a 12 minute trip. Watching out in williamstown. Gas main break. Watch for clearing of this. Vai and tracey, back to you. Wild scare in a local neighborhood. Animal that was spotted running through a backyard and the warning for homeowners. Flu season spike, growing cases in pennsylvania and new jersey and who is most at risk. Take you state by state and county by county for look at stories across our area. Could vote on fare hikes for board walk trams. All day passes would climb from 5. 50 to 8 in the summer. Counsel also consider allowing them to carry advertisements. Atlantic city, new bill could make it easier to reopen. Hotel owners would not have to have a casino license as long as the Company Operating the casino has one. In montgomery county, police on the lookout for a coyote. Released this photo. Animal spotted running through a backyard last week. Experts say coyotes will eat whatever is available, garbage, pet food, even smat small special setspets. If you see it, dont go near it. Call police. Stop making soda in bethlehem. Restructuring north american operations. Plant will still distribute soda. Company spokesperson says the impact on the 124 people who work at the plant will be minimal. Delaware is celebrating milestone. Governor announced record 8. 5 million tourists visited the state in 2015. Tourism is now a multibillion industry responsible for 42,000 jobs. The governor says its up to the people to spread the word about all that delaware has to offer. Today Delaware County open a new detox unit to help people recovering from drug addiction and overdoses. Officials gather at noon for Ribbon Cutting if for first step treatment center. Kroez crozer crozer chesteches this map tells a story why. Widespread flu activity in delaware, cases are low. Most number of cases in pa are in berks and lehigh and North Hampton counties. Also almost 1,000 flu patients in each of those accoucounties. Meanwhile in new jersey, most patients live in camden. Doctors say the flu season hasnt even peaked yet. Heres what you should do to avoid getting sick. Get more sleep, wash your hands. And, of course, get the vaccine. Never too late. Area ski slopes feeling the pain of warmer winter. Definitely hoping tomorrow oos snow will get people to the slopes. Covered with manmade snow, its the natural stuff that will encourage people to head north. Real snow is good marketing to remind people that winter is still on. You love winter and youre down in philly where its a little less winter like, come up here. Weve got winter here. Were hoarding it in the poconos. Reports offering deals to get more visitors at Blue Mountain. 14 lift tickets on valentines day and deals for couples. See its all how you look at it. I was just talking to somebody on facebook and said the weather is depressing, snow is coming. Not for the ski resorts. Thats like lets go. And potential you be could sleep through it tomorrow. If you sleep in late and dont have to go anywhere, you can miss the whole thing. That will help you reject the flu, more sleep. Temperatures in the 60s for much of the area. Started off with rain drops in ocean city. Now dry, clouds thinning out. See sunshine at the shore. Look at these numbers. 61 in wilmington. Dover 60. Millville 60. 60 degrees at the shore. Cooler north and west. Redding pottstown allentown in the 30s. Mount poconos actually warmer at 46 degrees right now. Dont worry cold and snow on the way to poconos mountains. Right now seeing skies clear up. Did give us a few showers overnight. New jersey and philadelphia. Not going to last much longer. Theyll be moving out. Next little bit of rain isnt going to make it into our area. What will make it is that. That is the snow maker for tomorrow. Got a long way to go, but its going to be moving into the area first thing tomorrow morning. To the south, it will be rain. Its going to be one of those systems that parts of neighborhood, some neighborhoods will see snow from the get go. Otherin sees mostly rain. Tomorrow 4 in the morning snow falling in the Lehigh Valley and berks county and upper suburbs into upper montgomery, bucks and chester county. Snow will be falling and it will start to accumulate first on the grass. Thats where were going to see the highest totals with this storm system because the ground is going to be so warm from today with temperatures in the 60s. Thats 4 00 in the morning. See rain to the south. As we go through the morning, the atmosphere cools down and we see that rain change over to snow in philadelphia and the snow continues to fall during the morning commute. In fact at 8 30 in the morning. Heavier snowfall for suburbs reaching into newark and kagsle and Delaware County. Snow extends to the jersey shore for ocean county and to the north as well, but as we go into the afternoon hours, two in the afternoon. Look at that. Get sunshine. It will be quickly clearing out. Late in the day it will be long gone. This is how much snow you can expect. The greatest amounts will be further north and west. Six to ten inches of snow. Does extend into northern and western chester county. Were in the 46 inch range. 46 on the grass. Accumulation on the roads as well. Trenton, upper freehold, in the 46 inch range. South stay warmer. Hammont hammonton, washington township. Salem 24 inches of snow. Melting. If you see snow at all, going to be mainly rain in southern delaware and at the shore as well. Wild ride over the next 2436 hours. We have you covered. Today in anticipation of tomorrow and tomorrow. Right now get you updated and we have you covered on this too. Ride to work at eight minutes before six. Jessica boyington, looks like you got flashing Police Lights on the schuylkill. Watching the schuylkill on the westbound side. Watching a disabled vehicle right here. This is the schuylkill westbound and on the onramp from south street. You can actually see the i said that backwards. Heres the schuylkill. Heres the onramp. Either way right into the center right there. See a little bit of slowdown moving by the scene. Disabled vehicle. Nothing too major right now. Police activity there. Trying to take care of it as well. Watching 95 southbound from windhaven road to vine. 14 minutes average speeds in the 50 high 50s. Cars there not really anything causing delays right now. Running on modified schedule again for market frankford line today. Equipment shortage because of cracks found in cars. Will still be in operation between 69th street and frankford transportation center. Making all the stops. Additionally like monday and tuesday add shuttle bussing during some of the peak hours. Coming up allnew at six, risk of shift work. New Research Shows impact the late nights can have on womans fertility. Straight ahead, today marks one year until Winter Olympics kicks off. How athletes are trying to find next generation of olympic stars right here in pennsylvania. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Which means we offer equal upload and download speeds. Cable cant say that. Get this great offer 150 meg internet, tv and phone for only 79. 99 per month online for one year. Only from fios. If youin a palace of ice,winter theres only one place to go. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all, only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your winter getaway at iloveny. Com today marks exactly one year from opening ceremony. Love that music. Team homefuls hard at Work Training and also mentoring athletes of the future. Have fun. At Blue Mountain ski resort, line up like drivers on the schuylkill

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