The temperatures are in the 20s. We take the wind into consideration. It feels colder than the actual temperatures. A live look outside over the art museum. It looks gorgeous right now. Sky conditions wont be the issue. If you look at the bottom of your screen, you will see your local neighborhood forecast. It is all those cold temperatures, of course, that arctic push. Neighborhoods, westbound area, 29 and dora at 30. Summerton, 29 and fox chase, 31. Here it is your arctic blast in full effect. It will kind of retreat a little bit by sunday into monday. However, we do have a very cold trend in store, at least through tonight and tomorrow. Another weather story in the works of course would be this hour by hour forecast i have been talking about all morning. Notice how we get a little bit of a kickback of some moisture, lake effect snow a little bit, at most, spotty. We are tracking a potential for a system to get here sunday into monday. We very well could get a wintry mix. Keep that in mind. Heads up right now for your monday morning commute and speaking of commute, here is francesca. Thank you, erika. Folks, what we are looking at right now are residual delays from an earlier accident on the eastbound side of girard. Our camera at montgomery drive, shows travel speeds have diminished. Traveling from the blue bird to the vine, i would avoid the schuylkill. It is going to take you 29 minutes. You are going to be crawling. Were seeing another backup toward city avenue. On the eastbound side. Avoid taking the schuylkill. Watching the 42 over new jersey, camera route 41. Very light traffic. When i come back, well take a look at the rest of the majors in new jersey. This morning, with below freezing across our area, local officials are sounding the alrm over the potentially dangerous conditions out there. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live outside the transportation center. Montgomery county is where the leaders have declared that code blue weather emergency. I see you are bundled up. Im sure a lot of commuters are bundled up as well this morning. They are bundled up, rosemary. In the last half hour, i dug through my bag and i pulled out the hat that i have not worn since last winter. It is a little chilly. Something we will have to get used to. Ill step out of the way. There were a couple of folks here. The last person going through the doors. They were waiting inside the norristown transportation center. The parking structure and lobby just to stay warm. There is another facility where people are staying inside waiting for their buses to arrive. There is a big mass of buses that just came through here a couple of minutes ago. You saw on that live shot at the top of the show here. Take a look at some video from last night. We are in the city of philadelphia where we could see a lot of people still outside. You also have the homeless folks out there as well. Of course, when you get the temperatures this low and you get a little breeze like what we are having right here, that, of course, adds to the windchill. It does become dangerous. There is a code blue in effect here in Montgomery County through monday morning. Of course, that amps up services for the Homeless Individuals to try to get them off the streets, because it can be very dangerous. We have seen a lot of people with the hats and gloves, the scarfs. You name it. I talked with some of the folks out here waiting for a bus this morning. It was too cold to be walking to the busstop. Too cold. You have got the scarf and the hoodie. Im going to get the gloves today. Then, ill have everything. Reporter are you ready for winter . No. Im ready for summer. Reporter i think we all are at this point. You have to remember how hot it gets during the summer. I just spoke with a gentleman that just got on a bus. He likes this. He does a lot of work outside. He works on trees. This is what we are used to here in the northeast. You have to bundle up. The layers, it is that time of year once again. Be prepared before you go outdoors. Five minutes past 6 00 on this friday. We have some breaking news from overnight from overseas. Defense secretary, ash carter, is in afghanistan on an unannounced visit. You are looking at video from his visit to india yesterday. He arrived to Bagram Air Force base and will meet with military commanders and deliver a preholiday pep talk. This is expected to be his last trip to afghanistan. Also, breaking news out of asia. Today south koreas parliament impeached President Park geunhye. She is accused of getting caught up in a corruption scandal. She apologized saying she was sorry for her negligence that has sparked protests across the country. South koreas highest court will now decide whether to accept the impeachment and formally end her presidency. Today, in our area in philadelphia, there is a Court Hearing for the recount request in pennsylvania by former candidate, jill steins election. Katy zachary is live outside the federal courthouse. What time does this hearing get underway today . Reporter we are just a few hours away from this hearing that takes place inside the federal courthouse. At that time, a judge will decide whether or not to order a statewide recount of votes from the president ial election. Lawyers representing jill stein will be in the courtroom along with attorneys for president elect donald trump and for state election officials, both who oppose steins recount effort. A philadelphia judge denied letting them get inside the other states where president elect trump narrowly mawisconsin, two beat out democrat Hillary Clinton. Today in wisconsin, there is a hearing to potentially stop that recount effort there in wisconsin and also in michigan, a federal judge has halted the recount underway there. For pennsylvania, that hearing starts at 1 30 inside the federal courthouse. We are learning about a bucks county man who flagged down a car and told the driver he killed his mother. Thats what police in lower makefield are telling us. Zachary cope is charged with whom say. They are saying he killed his mother but not saying how. Officers received a call around 3 00 from a driver who had been waved down by zachary cope. Police say they later found his mother, rebecca cope, dead, inside this home on lower hilltop road. 6 08. 30 degrees right now. Philadelphia will soon have new limits on tobacco sales. According to the inquirer, the citys board of health unanimously approved modifications. Instead of basing retail permits on how many people live in an a area, they will use commuteradjusted daytime population. One seller per 1,000 people. It goes into effect on february 15th. Church leaders across the country say they are offering sanctuary to people who fear deportation under the donald trump administration. In philadelphia, leaders from 17 churches and two synagogues tell us there has been a huge uptick with the number of volunteers helping out with a program that offers support to immigrants when i. C. E. Raids their homes. It had 65 volunteers in may. Since november, more than 1,000 new volunteers have signed up. Im first alert meteorologist, erika martin. It is all about your neighborhood forecast. We will kick it off with Lehigh Valley and temperatures in the mid to upper 20s. Leonardsville, 28. Blan do bl blandon, 29. Fleetwood, 29 degrees. Upper 20s, a few low 30s east and in nazareth, currently, 30 degrees. You will see your local neighborhood forecast at the bottom of the screen. Exton, 28. Elroy, 28. It looks like ft. Washington is almost at 30, not quite, upper 20s for you. Those feelslike temperatures, once again i will go over this. We are seeing low double digits for some and single for others. Keep that in mind. Be sure to bundle up throughout the entire day. 1 00 p. M. , still seeing very coldlike feels like temperatures. Early tomorrow morning, it is going to feel like it is in the low to mid teens. Thats just about it. Your morning temperatures for tomorrow, starting off in the teens, with that prereally stro northwesterly wind. We are only going to top out in the mid to upper 30s. Millville, 38 degrees. Atlantic city, mid to upper 30s. Expected high temperature, 39. Trenton, 38. Philadelphia, 39 degrees. Overall, we are not having issue as far as precipitation goes. We do have an issue as far as those really cold temperatures go. A mixed bag by sunday into monday. One of those huge lights they use to light things up at the construction site. Whats going on . Very active scene on 295. This is the northbound side near route 30. It is not blocking the entire stretch of 295. A multivehicle accident. We are seeing residual delays thats going to back you up so15 minutes. Northbound side, in haddone heights. Two lanes are blocked. One lane crawling to get by from this mulety vehicle accident. Here is an update. If you are going to take the newark line, 1203, running 15 minute late due to equipment problems 11 minutes past 6 00 on this friday. Just about 30 degrees outside. Coming up, president elect donald trump facing more controversy over his latest cabinet picks. Well explain why critics are against trumps choices for secretary of labor and the head of the epa. Plus this. He scores bang, bang, bang. They are calling it 7th heaven. Well show you something the flyers havent done in years. More criticisms from conservation groups is ex pthed over president elect Donald Trumps pick for scott pruitt to run the epa. He is a fossil fuel advocate who has expressed skeptical views about global warming. He has sued the e pechlt a in the pa for what he called an activist agenda. President elect also picked fast food executive Andrew Pudzner for labor secretary. Facebook announced it is taking action to stop fake news from being posted on its website. Yesterday, Hillary Clinton addressed the issue. It is now clear that socalled fake news can have real world consequences. It is a danger that must be address the. Last weekend, a face news story about clinton led to a shooting in washington, d. C. A Man Told Police he opened fire in a restaurant as he was investigating pizzagate, an internet rumor suggested the clintons were running a child sex ring at the restaurant. As you are heading to work or school this morning, some good news for you if you drive to or from new jersey to philadelphia, the Delaware RiverPort Authority says there wont be any toll increases next year. That goes for the ben, the ross and the come door berry bridges. Not such good news if you are on 295 this morning. Quite a bit of trouble this morning. Lets check in with francesca ruscio. Not entirely shut down on the northbound side of 295. Our camera at route 30. You do see emergency crews are on the scene working to clear the accident. I am pointing to the accident right here. A multivehicle accident. One lane is crawling to get by. It is not entirely shut down. Do expect residual delays anywhere from 1015 minutes. We are seeing a major backup. Not entirely shut down. I would avoid it for right now. As long as it has been cleared, we are going to keep you folks updated. This is on the northbound side of 295. Remember the earlier accident on the schuylkill near girouard. It cleared. Lets take a look at the damage it has left. That earlier accident on the schuylkill. When i come back, we will take a look at 95. 18 minutes past 6 00 on this friday. If we can get the weatherbug to pop up and the video to pop up, you can see 30 degrees outside. It is cold out there. Lets check in with erika martin and the first alert weather forecast. The weatherbug just does not want to show these temperatures. Way too cold for the kickoff today. So, of course, the deal is, we all have to bundle up when we get outside. Mainly upper 20s for the suburbs. It will give you your detailed forecast for your neighborhood. Lehigh valley, upper 20s. Were really not budging there. We do have the northwesterly winds getting stronger along the jersey shore. Upper township, 3067, summers point, upper 20s. 28 degrees. I cant highlight this enough. This arctic blast is settling into place. You will have to bundle up. It is dgoing to be cold. I would like to mention satellite and radar immanly. Some light whites on the screen. Denoting some moisture getting kicked back. That lake effect moisture due to those northwesterly winds that are kicking up. Your outthedoor forecast looks promising as far as sky coverage goes. We have sunshine in the forecast for today. A couple of clouds develop later this afternoon into the evening hours. Otherwise, for the most part, sunshine is not going to be the issue but those temperatures and those feelslike temperatures will be. Your tenday on, we have temperatures topping out in the upper 30s for today and tomorrow and, in fact, i have bumped this down one degree. It does count. Sunday, it went from 40 to 39. Those overnight lows below the freezing mark. This is really important. We have a system moving in. It is all about that timing. If it gets here late enough, when these temperatures drop below the freezing mark, we very well could get that wintry mix. Keep in mind, you can always download the free nbc 10 app for your neighborhood weather, live updates and radar and your neighborhood customized forecast. Back to you. Erika, thank you. 20 minutes past 6 00 a. M. Cracking down on how towing Companies Work in philadelphia. Just ahead, well tell what you the city council is now doing that could help out drivers. Plus, remembering an american hero. 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He and his fellow mercury accident trained on centrifuges in bucks county like the one in warminster. It spins at 80 miles an hour testing a persons endurance to severe Gravitational Forces found in space flight. How about this . Seven wins in a row. Your Philadelphia Flyers are the hottest team in the nhl. They stayed that way last night at the wells fargo center. Jim jackson with that call. The flyers rallied for three goals in the final period and beat edmonton oilers, 65. The orange and black will go for their first eightgame win streak in 14 years when they host dallas tomorrow afternoon. Im tracking much colder temperatures to kick off your friday through the overnight hours. Arctic blast in full effect. It is all about the feelslike temperatures with strong northwesterlies. Here is francesca with traffic. We have a pileup on 295, on the northbound side involving eight vehicles. One lane getting by. More details when i come back in a few minutes. 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Im rosemary connors. Im vai sikahema. It is a very cold start to the day. It is pretty much settling into place across the entire delaware valley. Notice sky conditions. You can get a little bit of an idea here. It is mostly clear. Thats not going to be the issue. High pressure system keeping everything high and dry with the exception of some lake effect snow streaming on down to parts of the Lehigh Valley. It is certainly worth the mention. Here, we see all of that colder air sliding into place. We have a lot of cold air sliding in specially tonight into tomorrow. The issue for today will not be sunshine. The cooler temperatures topping us out in the mid to upper 30s would be. Those feelslike temperatures with northwesterlies feeling like it is in the teens and 20s right now. Thats going to be the story for tomorrow into tomorrow. Francesca with traffic. We are watching 295. Northbound, not one but two accidents involving eight vehicles. One lane is crawling. Two lanes are completely blocked off. Emergency crews are very active on the scene. There will be and are people walking out and about. Minor injuries reported. Other vehicles further up ahead within the camera shop. Near route 30. 295 northbound. Here in philadelphia and greater philadelphia. Whitemarsh, an accident on joshua road and germantown pike. I marked it. We will keep watching 295 and any further update as we go on. Back to you guys new this morning, a woman is injured after a fire spread through apartments at a hair salon in philadelphia. Nbc 10 was on the scene. The blaze broke out just after 3 30 this morning. Firefighters quickly got the flames under control. Medics took the woman to the hospital for smoke inhalation. She is in stable condition. Investigators will be looking for the cause of this fire. Back to our weather. This morning, that arctic blast in our area is forcing local officials to issue a code blue weather emergency. Matt delucia is live at the northtown transportation center. They are feeling the brunt of this cold. That is right, vai and rosemary. We have a little breeze adding to the windchill making it feel a little colder. You can see the folks here on this bus, a couple buses parked here at the norristown transportation center. At least the buses are fairly warm right now. We have seen people waiting outside all bundled up. They have the hats, glo