The biggest snowstorm of the season is just about here. Lets take live look at camelback mountains in the poconos. That is some fake snow. At least stuff that machines make but crews up there will be able to give those machines a break tonight. The winter storm heading this way expected to dump plenty of snow across the Delaware Valley and we just learned that all philadelphia public and arch diocesan schools are closed tomorrow. Thanks for joining us, im iain page. Im lucy noland. We can add camden city schools to that as well. Its hard to wrap your head around a couple hours, lots of folks Walking Around in shorts. Our fox 29 crews are covering this major storm from every angle. Chris oconnell is life talking to folks who are get, ready for what Mother Nature is about to dish out. But we begin with kathy orr. Kathy, youve been tracking this thing nonstop. Weve been talking about it for days now and here it is the main event after record warmth everywhere across the Delaware Valley today, we are watching the snow moving in to cleveland and heading toward central pa. The center of the storm is to the south. We can see showers and thunderstorms associated with it very powerful and dynamic storm. Area of low pressure will move off the coast and pull back allotted of moisture. It is to the south of us and once it moves toward the northeast, well get that colder air wrapping around it. This storm is going to intensify its not going to bomb out as we say but the pressure is going to fall so rapidly that it is going to intensify and create enormous amount of lift and thats why this snow is going to stick. Winter storm warning in effect for most of the region but some changes now with new information coming in to the weather center. Right now we have Cumberland County and advisory the same for kent county, delaware, for lighter accumulation with more mixing going on in those locations. Now, this is how were going to be seeing it play out between 5 00 a. M. And 10 00 a. M. A lot of lift in the atmosphere thats when the heaviest snow will occur. One to 2inches an hour possible with the storm. Poor visibility in some spots. Some periods of whiteout conditions and the possibility of thundersnow during that morning rush. It starts between 1 00 a. M. And 4 00 a. M. Lehigh valley starts off as snow. Philadelphia it starts off as rain and sleet and changes to snow heaviest between foveal am and 9 00 a. M. And then it moves out from west to east between 11 00 and 2 00 p. M. As we go hour by hour you can see the rain in philadelphia by 2 00 a. M. But snow in the Lehigh Valley. By about 4 00 a. M. The transition along the i95 corridor from sleet to snow and then by 7 00 oclock most of usying the snow but look, where we have the advisory now, more mixing going on during that morning rush. As far as accumulatio accumulati tweaked them slightly four to eight in the philadelphia area. With a higher accumulation through Lehigh Valley in the poconos. One to four in this advisory area and coating to two through south jersey not expecting much of anything in southern delaware. Continue to look at the models with more information coming in. Talk about the storm i packets. Model updates and also your local snow amounts coming up later in the broadcast. Still a lot of work to be done. Involve evolving storm. Absolute, kathy. Thank you. Until now, the plow trucks have had it easy this winter tomorrow morning theyll have their work cut out for them. Time to make some coin. It will come down fast and furiously and come at a worst time the morning rush but not everybody is upset about that includes me. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell has been talking with folks who say it is a about time. Chris . Reporter thats right, lucy. Not everyone is real unhappy about this weather. I tell you here at the wegmans everyone is preparing for a snow day. The 24 hour store here is busy. Schools are now letting out. I think im going to officially call it. It is a two loaf of bread storm forecasted for tomorrow and although it may be snowing, some people are happy about it. When most people see white tomorrow morning, mark will see green as in cash money. How long are you going running tomorrow . I should do about 14 hours. Reporter tonight he was busy prepping his plow for the long day ahead. Make sure theres no fractures. No we woulds are broken. Reporter thats your money maker. Yeah in the wintertime for sure. Reporter hes one of many who are actually dare we say it looking forward to getting pummeled by winter storm that could end up dropping more than a half a foot of snow. What are your plans for the snow day . Um, hopefully a little bit of shredding. We have a few hills by where we live it should be nice little day off. Reporter no day off for penndot crews. They were busy at the salt piles filling up with 450 trucks that will clear 13,000 plus lane miles in the area tomorrow. The morning rush will be challenging to say the least. With this storm we expect heavy snow which is a big flakes falling at rates of one to 2inches per hour. What that means, visibility will be difficult. This is all going to be during the rush hour. Reporter there may not be a rush hour for many school kids like john and rela from Upper Merion High School theyre planning on their first snow day of the year. You going to spend the day sledding tomorrow, spend the day shoveling . A little bit of both. Reporter how much money can you make on a day shoveling. Like 400 bucks. Reporter can you really . It depends. Reporter i may take the day off. At the wegmans in king of prussia the usual the parking lot was packed . Runs on milk, eggs and bread. Not to mention fire wood and ice melt. And over at the home depot a parade of people trying to get their hands on snow shovels. Sean oneal stopped at three stores to find one. Always fun to have a little snow day. Have all of work. Kids out playing. The day after its all messy it gets annoying. Reporter now penndot crews tell us they will hit the roads as soon as the flakes start flying in just a master hours from now. Theyll be called in to duty, and they send another reminder that bears repeating to drivers out there. If you see a plow driver out on the road, steer clear, seven, eight car lengths away. They say drivers just dont give these guys enough space to do their jobs. Lucy . All righty. Thats important. Thank you so much, Chris Oconnell. F youre planning on flying out of philly tomorrow for Tropical Vacation perhaps we really hoping it work out for you because phl says some airlines have already started canceling flights ahead of the storm. As always, you know what you got to do, check with your carrier about the status of your flight. We are also expecting plenty of School Closings tomorrow. We post them for you on our website. Head to fox29. Com. Everyone is okay after this fire in the citys elmwood neighborhood. Smoke spilling out of a row home on 67th street around 4 30 this afternoon. Dispatchers are telling us no one was hurt non word tonight about why the fire started. Developing story out of north philadelphia. Police say a ruthless attack in the middle of the afternoon by these three men left a man unconscious. He was just walking down the street this attack completely unprovoke. It turns out police may have gotten unlikely help that might just help track down the guys responsible. For more lets join fox 29s Dave Schratwieser life outside central detectives. Dave. Reporter iain, police are saying this was an unprovoked ran dam attack on 55yearold man who was simply walking down the street when he was sucker punched from behind, knocked to the ground and left unconscious. Lawrence sullivan and horse lamont were out for a ride on lehigh avenue near 24th street wednesday night close to the spot where police say a 55yearold man was knocked unconscious sunday afternoon. By these three punks for absolutely no reason. I walk down here every day, you know what i mean . Reporter according to detectives the victim was crossing 24th street at lehigh around 1 50 sunday afternoon. When the three came up from behind him, one delivered a knockout punch, police say it was a random attack. For no reason whatsoever, one of the males punches this complainant in the back of the head knocking him to the ground. Knocking him unconscious. I think its sad. Reporter 61yearold mustafa plumber walks down lehigh avenue every day. Grabs a bite to eat at the local pizza and shop and boards the bus home. An unprovoked attack is simply outrageous. When i was coming up we never did those kind of thing. Im 61 years old. We have respect for our elders. No respect today. Reporter last month another pack of teenager rando randomly target add 25yearold man with a cell phone on south broad street. They sucker punched him, kicked him and stomped him while he was down on the ground. Hopefully a parent may see this and be disgusted by seeing their kid is taking part in Something Like that or behaving in such a way like this and give us a call. Reporter whether north philly or south philly, folks we spoke with say theyve had enough. Hope nobody do it to me. Please. Bad idea attitude and behaviors. Reporter now the victim was taken to temple hospital and treated forehead injuries and later released. Coming up at 11 00, a witness snapped photos on a cell phone and turned them over to police. More on that coming up at 11 00. All right, well see you then, dave, thanks so much. First hun 100 days in Office Another controversial trump cabinet squeaked by in the confirmation process. Senators confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general tonight. With the vote of 5247. The final vote for sessions came after 30 hours of debate from democrats. Some of whom have big concerns about sessions and wonder how much hell do to protect civil rights, minorities and vulnerable groups. There was a loft drama on the senate floor last night. You probably read about it in the headlines today. But in this farewell address to the senate, sessions pledged to up hold the rule of law. I wander to thank president trump. He believes in the rule of law. He believes in protecting the American People from crime and violence. He believes in a lawful system of immigration that serves the National Interests and win bounds those are things that may from time to time come before the office of attorney general. Meanwhile, president trumps nominee from the Supreme Court is making headlines tonight. And this is about the tweet the president has posted about the federal Appeals Court deliberating his travel ban and the Federal District judge that suspended that ban. Gorsuch judge neil gorsuch calls those tweets disheartening and demoralizing he made those remarks neil gorsuch in a meet weighing democratic senator. If. Attorneys for all sides reached a multi Million Dollars settlement in the Center City Building collapse. Six people in the building at the time and one person nearby died as a result. The massive 227 million settlement will be distributed between those who were injured and the families of the seven dead. On june 5th 2013 a wall of a building being demolished came crashing down on top of the Salvation Army thrift store on 22nd and market. Testimony in the case found developers Companies Said several emails to the Salvation Army warning of a dangerous and potentially deadly threat to that store during the demolition process. In a statement the Salvation Army offered sympathy to the families and says it will continue to serve philadelphia. A priest read him his last rights but this local doctor is fighting for love and life and silence. Hes using his own body for experiment and making Game Changing break throughs in little known disease as said deadly as cancer. A tool at local schools that can save lives. That could have very easily have been me overdosing in the bathroom. I used to leave school gosh to camden and come back to school. The drug that is now on hand in matters of life and death. Police say a guy jumped a fence made his way into a crowded school playground, then, well, what he did next has parents and students freaked o out. How considering um, the bad guy get on the playground when the gates were closed . I dont understand about that. Little guy. What that man did to two young students. From record highs to inches november if youre looking outside asking where is it . Just hang on. Its coming. Oh, its coming all right. Whats more heartpounding than playing cupids cash. With top prizes of 50 thousand dollars . How about winning. On the spot. We won play cupids cash, the new game from the pennsylvania lottery. And you could win. On the spot. Keep on scratchin live look at trenton, new jersey, already the state of new jersey has closed all of its state offices tomorrow. Kathy orr is hard at work right now in our weather sent. We got School Closings all over the place as well. Your forecast straight ahead. Local wife left alone with two young kids after her husband is gunned down in the street. And police say they have Little Information to go on in the mans murder. Shawnette wilson is following this case live from Philadelphia Police headquarters. Shawnette. Reporter the victim here is 23yearold. Did he landscaping work to provide for his family when someone took his life. It happened in broad daylight in busy area. Tonight his wife sat down with me to ask for help finding his killer. She wears this picture of herself with her husband around her neck faithfully. Its all she has left of him. Im angry. Someone shot her husband to death two weeks ago. 23yearold raheem was walking with a friend near clearfield and rohrer street in kensington when it happen. It was around 1 00 oclock in the afternoon. Its been hard more because he wasnt a bad person. He wasnt that type of person to get into problems or, you know, so, yeah, shocking for all of us. She has two precious children to care for on her own now that raheem is gone. Threeyearold raheem, jr. And twoyearold nila. He was taken from his family, his kids, you know, and i was just a family person, you know, he worried about his kids and his family providing for his kids. The Family Says Police told them they dont have anything to go on. No Surveillance Video from a school or barbershop nearby and no witnesses have come forward. Hes such a humble person and so sweet and so nice. Never had any problems with anybody. Reporter she hopes speaking out will move people to say something. I want to get his story out there, you know, i want to find justice because so far, upping, his killer is still out there. Reporter and raheems friend who was with him that day was not hurt. The family says they still dont have a motive in his murder. Iain . All right, shawnette, thank you. It is shock and sadness tonight after a popular hockey player died not long after leaving the ice in chestnut hill. 18yearold nick bond left the ice during a hockey game at the Wissahickon Skating Club on sunday complaining of a headache. On monday, he died. Team Officials Say nick collapsed and was taken to the hospital where doctors performed surgery to relieve pressure on his brain but he never recovered. The medical Examiners Office says nick died of complications from Blunt Force Head Trauma but parents are alarmed because coaches say they never saw nick take a hit in the game. From what i understand he was a leader. He was constantly being, um, chosen as team captain, not just because he was a great hockey player but he was a great kid. The team is planning a memorial for nick. We ask doctors what you can do if youre worried about your kids who play sports. Bottom line they say you got to get your kid checked by the doctor if you sense anything could be wrong. Kobe bryant sneakers but they had little help. Police are hoping surveillance photos will help catch the goes who broke into his alma mater. Smashed the display case and took off with his memorabilia it happened at lower Merion High School right around 7 30 sunday night. The guy stole a pair of shoes, a signed jersey annette. A first for Camden County and School District about saving lives. Camden county officials announ announced groundbreaking initiative to let School Nurses delete treat overdoses with opioid antidote. In august 2010, august 10th i overdosed in north camden in a port o potty tee. Reporter steven puts a face on heroin addiction black horse pike regional School District nouns narcan will be available in all three high schools. The drug reverse reverses the ef an overdose. Narcan saved my life. I know numerous people that have overdosed and passed away at 16 in this actual city of runnemede. So its needed. Reporter board of freeholders surrounded by local Law Enforcement and city leaders supporting this initiative and commending the School District for being proactive. It takes courage to have this initiative. It is not sin full address shameful to address this epidemic and we have to be prepared at all times and all costs. This is a simple and easy way to save lives. We are hopeful we never have to use it but our School Nurses are trained to use medication. We currently have the medication on our facility. Jason row bless ski 2012 try tan graduate was a full blown heroin addiction at 17. Clean for three and a half years, he says its important not to sweep the probable let