Really a chilly, chilly start. It makes you feel like its actually the middle of october. These temperatures are going to lead to an afternoon on the cool side. Temperatures will only make their way to the upper 50s and some low 60s. Heres the radar and satellite. Clear picture for us. Thats what helped temperatures plummet. We had cold air surging in from the north, on top of the fact there were no clouds to hold in the previous days heat. Yeah, the temperatures fall completely. Lets track the trend over the next couple of hours here. 7 00 a. M. , were at around 43 degrees. Very close to where we currently are. Look at that, 10 00 a. M. , still in the 40s. Plenty of sunshine. That lasts for a while. Well look at how long the dry spell lasts in a few minutes. Well go to traffic and jessica boyington. Thanks. Were starting on the schuylkill expressway morning and cameras just around Spring Garden street. Back here, center city. You can see no problems or delays in both directions here at the westbound side. Here eastbound moving toward the center city area. Drive times are good so far. Watch for some road paving. This is going to go on until 6 00 this morning. About another hour and a half or so out in west philly. Road paving on parkside avenue between west girard avenue and north 52nd street. Back to you. Jessica boyington. Thank you. Breaking overnight, waking up to flames. Part of an apartment complex in cherriville left in ruins after a fire cherry hill is left in ruins after a fire, and one family says their cat came to the rescue. Matt delucia with more. Reporter it was a chaotic night for residents at the colonial apartments. This is at 38 and Cooper Landing road. Up there is the apartment where it happened. You see that it is burned out there. Fire investigators are in there in the last half hour with some flashlights. Thats where the fire started on the fifth floor and then spread to a balcony and up to the sixth floor. Three apartments in all were damaged because of this. Amazingly, it did not spread beyond that. Most of the firefighters are gone here. This started a little before midnight. One person did have to be rescued and taken to the hospital. Earlier the residents talked about waking up to firefighters and neighbors banging on their doors, warning them to get out. One woman told us her cat started clawing at her face to wake her up. I was asleep, and my cat attacked kept pawing at my face. Hed never done that before. I said, whats going on . When i opened my doors and smelled the smoke, i grabbed the cat, tried to go down the far stairwell, where the fire is. Black smoke came out. I ran the other way, and then i beat on her door because i know she has him in the wheelchair. To get her out. Reporter jamie there said it was pretty terrifying, the experience here. So far, the cherry hill fire chief says they dont know what started the fire. Most of the residents have made their way back inside, hopeful getting muchneeded rest. For now live in cherry hill, matt delucia, nbc10 news. Thank you. A wilmington mother is charged with murder for the deaths of two children, one is an infant. The woman called police to her house in wilmington yesterday morning. Once inside, officers found both young victims dead in a bathtub. Officers say the woman was caring for the infant and the 5yearold boy but was only the mother of one of them. The devastated Community Held a vigil for the victims. Victory today is mine its one of the most tragic situations that you could think of in life. Police suspect the mother drowned the kids but are awaiting autopsy results. The womans name has not been released. 4 34. In philadelphia, a mother and her adult son are in the hospital after someone shot both of them in feltonville. This was the scene at 4th last night. The gunman fired at least nine shots at the victims before driving off. So far, no arrests. 4 34. A man accused of planting a bomb along a race course at the jersey shore will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. A new york jury convicted ahmadeahmad rahimi yesterday on charges that he planted a pair of bombs in mandela last year. One injure in manhattan last year. One injured more than two dozen people. Hes accused of blowing up a trash can along the route Marine Charity race in seaside heights, new jersey. His attorneys plan to appeal the verdict. Senator bob menendez will go to trial after a judge refused to toss out the charges against him. The defense argued that the evidence didnt meet a new definition of bribery which the Supreme Court established last year. The judge said a dismissal in the case could punch holes in just about any other bribery case. Prosecutors say menendez accepted bribes from a florida doctor in exchange for pressuring government officials to help the doctors business. President trumps pledge to work with congress is being overshadowed by a swipe that he made at his predecessors that reports show to be false. Heres the story at the white house yesterday, the president joined Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell for a show of political unity. Later a reporter asked the president why he had not spoken publicly about the recent ambush death of four green berets in africa. The president said he wrote letters to the soldiers families and will call them, and then he said this the traditional way, if you look at president obama and other president s, most of them didnt make calls. A lot of them didnt make calls. I like to call when its appropriate, when i think im able to do it. And when nbcs Peter Alexander followed up, the president said he was told president obama did not often make those calls. President obamas former deputy chief of staff tweeted that mr. Trumps comments were those of a deranged animal. Happening today, the Justice Department will announce progress in the effort to keep opioids out of the u. S. Out of the u. S. President trump said that hell declare a National Emergency on the Opioid Epidemic next week. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie chairs the president s commission on fight iing drug addiction and has been pushing for the congressman. And now, a 60 minutes Washington Post report found a law backed by republican congressman tom moreno made it almost impossible for federal drug officials to freeze suspicious shipments from Drug Distribution companies. Critics say the law allows distributors to flood the streets with millions of narcotic pills. Some democrats are calling on the Trump Administration to pull his nomination as drug czar. Confirming representative moreno as our nations drug czar is like putting a wolf in charge of the hen house. He was a very early supporter of mine. The great state of pennsylvania. Hes a great guy. I did see the report. Well look into the report. The report said the drug industry spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying to curb the authority of the Drug Enforcement agency, the dea. So far, no comment from the congressman. 4 37. Now to the health care issue. Pennsylvanias insurance commissioner is blaming President Trump for increasing the cost of coverage. The commissioner says premiums for the next year would have gone up 7. 6 . He said now, they will soar above 30 . The state blames the decision to end subsidies for Certain Health care plans. Pennsylvania is working with insurers to offer plans off the exchange which are not impacted by the rate increases. 4 38. Convicted child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky will find out tomorrow if he will get another chance to try and prove his innocence. A pennsylvania judge says that he will announce his decision wednesday about whether sandusky deserves a new trial. Sandusky claims he did not receive adequate legal representation during his original trial. The expenn state coach was found guilty and is serving a 30 to 60year sentence in state prison. The Temple University is coming together to comfort one another following the deaths of three students. Classmates, faculty, and staff gathered at the Student Center for a night of healing. Three temple students have died in the past few weeks Jenna Burleigh was murdered last month. A man faces charges in the case. Richard dowcourt died when he fell from a dorm window this month. Police in amendment shot and killed carrie an hithan as she shot an officer trying to drive away from a crash scene. Provisions are back to normal at the casino in the fishtown neighborhood. The casino had a brief slot machine malfunction last night. When our crew there was before midnight, the slots appeared to be working. Pennsylvania state police are investigating what happened. The casino apologized to its guests for any inconvenience. 4 39. Demanding justice. A 17yearold is caught in the crossand killed by her crossfire and killed. Why her family thinks she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and their search for answers. Transforming transportation. Top leaders from the industry are in wilmington to talk about the future of how you get around and what you may soon see on the roads. All new at 5 00 a. M. , costume controversy. An online retailer has yanked an item off its shelves that sparked outrage on line. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington with you and a check of the roads. On the schuylkill expressway, were watching construction at 30th street. Now on the westbound side, were losing a lane there. Typically we see this closed, but the good thing is its getting by. Slowly because we only have one lane squeezing through. Also watching 202. Both directions look okay. Ten minutes in both directions on the northbound and southbound side from the schuylkill to route 30. Speeds into the mid 60s. Nothing really major happening right now. That always can change. Ill give you updates when im back in ten minutes. Lets talk morning conditions. A little different than it was yesterday morning. Yesterday morning we started out in the low to mid 60s. Rainy out there. Today, dry as can be. Theres really no clouds even across our region. And we have a very sunny day in store. Not just today, but peek at the bottom of the screen. Our scrolling sevenday forecast neighborhood by neighborhood. Whoa, a handful of days that are sunny. I love these spells where you have sunshine, pretty days. Today the pretty day comes with cool conditions. 40 thoug 0 this morning in the valley. A lot of spots in the mid to upper 30s. A couple more degrees of cooling expected. Probably drop down to the mid 30s, even the official reading through the next few hours. Then picking up to about 53 at 10 00 looks like 12, i should say, 53. Well get to about 59 by 4 00 in the afternoon. Right near 60 for the afternoon hours. Wind speeds, not a problem. Five to ten miles per hour. Sunny in philly, as well. 54 at noon. Near afternoon, low 60s. This will feel very falllike. Temperatures are a little lower than average. Winds from the north at six miles per hour. The north winds continue to spill in cool air. We will only make it to about the upper 50s to around 60 degrees for afternoon highs over parts of south jersey. The afternoon highs will move in over the next handful of days. A warming trend. If youre not a fan of low 60s that well see today, check it out. 70 by mds. Mid 70s as by the end of the week. Mid 70s as we head toward the weekend. More coming up. Taking a stand. What a teacher did that has students walking out of class. And swiping priceless memories. A thief caught on camera breaking into a local familys trailer. Well tell you why what he stole broke their hearts. Friends and family are remembering a teenage girl from south jersey who was shot and killed as she hung out with her friends. India symian was shot saturday. Family says she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Someone ran up to a group of friends she was with, pulled a gun and fired, striking her in the head. Her family cant believe shes gone. I hope we find justice for her. She did not deserve to die. She was an a and b student. Another man was shot but was treated and released from the hospital. Police are still searching for the shooter. A teacher was seen on video telling spanishspeaking students to speak american. Nearly 100 teenagers walked out of Cliffside High School yesterday morning. Twitter posted the walkout was to protect their rights to speak and represent culture. One student said she wants an apology for the statement by the teacher. The right to speak spanish if i have the right to speak american. The video was posted on snapchat and other local other social media networks. Students said the teacher had previously confronted classmates for speaking spanish during and in between classes. The School District did not comment on the video. The Deadly Wildfires in Northern California continue to rage. Firefighters say they are making progress. Fires are blamed for the loss of 41 lives and at least 5,700 structures. Some people are still having to run from the flames. Were going to [ bleep ] die, dude. Weve got to get out of here. Some. This is video from a daring escape as two roommates ran from the destruction. The latest death is a firefighter who died after a water truck rolled off the road. A number of people are still missing. The National Guard is aiding in the search for victims. People in the wine country, however, have been allowed to return home. Im lucky. We have somebody that is not so lucky that is moving into our guest house today. For many allowed to return, they arent sure what theyll come home to. You see here several homes have been reduced to ash. More than several thousands. The National Guard is patrolling the remains of destroyed communities, sifting through whats left, and checking to make sure no one was left behind. Time to go state by state and county by county to look at news in communities around our region. We begin at this home in burlington county. Thieves ripped off a trailer and broke a familys heart. It was caught on home video. Last week two crooks snuck up to the house and then hooked up and hauled away a brandnew scout bravo belonging to the family of medford. Inside the trailer, though, a centu centurys worth of vintage photos and military memorabilia. Family has an offer for the thieves. Just bring the stuff back. Ill give you the trailer. Ill sign the title to the trailer. Bring the stuff back. Hes one of 12 siblings. Hes praying someone knows or saw something so the treasured memories with be recovered. Tonight in the Lehigh Valley, a show and tell with allentown police. They plan to have new body cameras. The department purchased 200 cameras thanks to a federal grant. The body cameras will be in use by next month. In lehigh county, construction is underway to replace nearly 2,000 feet of water main in allentown. Officials say the project is needed because of leakstected along leaks detected along the lines. Some parts were originally installed 114 years ago. A little old. In montgomery county, new stores are moving into the king of prussia mall. Alex and ani jewelry, kicks usa, and a furniture store. Theyll be open by early next year. The mall has added about three dozen stores following the expansion last year. Today the future of transportation could be born in wilmington. The site of the tedx conference, technology, entertainment, and design. Transportation leaders from the u. S. And overseas will brainstorm on the best ways to get around in years to come. The theme of the conference is whos in the drivers seat. If we going to look at the way government interacts with private industry and entrepreneurs, we have technologists and experts in the selfdriving movement that will share exactly whats going on in those areas, what are the trends theyre seeing. It service is set for the queen in downtown wilmington. 4 51. It is chilly. Weve been talking about it all morning. When you walk out, youll walk right back in and grab the coat. Exactly. We all came in fleece or something warmer than we had in previous days and weeks. Lets check in with krystal klei and find out the first alert weather forecast. Yeah, i had the horrible realization that really in like a couple of months well be like its so nice, mid 40s. Breaking my heart thinking about that. Right now our bodies arent used to this. This is the coolest air weve seen so far this season. It does feel cold. 37 in the suburbs. 44 now in philadelphia. And 41 in south jersey. The shore at 40 degrees. And delaware, 42. Some of our delaware neighborhoods, a little cooler. 39 marshalltown. Harmony hills, glasgow, all in the other 30s to kick off our morning. Farther south, warmer. Lincoln at 46. Harrington, 45. 50 the reported reading in lewis beach, long neck, as well. A few spots a little warmer farther south. For many of us, this is a very chilly start. Same at the jersey shore. Look at that. 30s once you get inland. 38 in mays landing. Woodbine at 39. Dennis township, the same. 44 atlantic city, up against the shore. 47 for cape may point. Warmer against the water because of the moderating effect of the water itself. 66 degrees. That helps keep the land up against the water feeling warmer than a tad inland. Thats going to be the case now that we progress into winter. How about radar and satellite . This is the wide view. The clouds of yesterday are way off and out of the picture. Now weve got this clear forecast over us. High pressure has been building in our area since yesterday. Now the high will stick. I mean stick. We are not talking any clouds, rain, concerns for the next handful of days. We have a frost advisory through the upper suburbs in chester county, montgomery to bucks county, Lehigh Valley to berks, under this advisory. This is what you can expect. Low to mid 30s. Widespread frost is possible. When we see the dew point, the temperatures start to juggle each other. Frost can form. Watch out for sensitive plapts that can be killed plants that can be killed. If youre watching and saying i forgot to take something in, bring it in. It could get cooler the next couple of hours or so. Frost advisory for wednesday, 1 00 to 9 00 a. M. The southern half of burlington, atlantic, and cumberland county, same deal. Worry about frost developing and sensitive plants that