Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 6am 20171214 : vima

Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 6am 20171214

Lehigh county and nazareth area schools, theyre all on a twohour delay. The full list is on the nbc 10 app and scrolling at the bottom of your screen. Students im sure not minding that. They very much lover it. Snow fell overnight. This woman covered up a blanket. The snow is still falling in some parts of the area. This is a live look at camelback in the poconos. Skiers excited about that scene. The snow in other areas has stopped leek here along lancaster avenue. Its a messy commute to work and school. Storm force 10 is out on the roads so that you can see what you can expect this morning we begin with meteorologist bill henley whos tracking the latest of this latest winter burst. This is center city. Broad street has been treated and cleared. You can see the median has a little bit of snow on it but those roads, the back roads, the sidewalks, the walkways will be slick this morning as the snow has fallen overnight and its still coming down. Some very light snowfall in the suburbs and into reading and allentown and the Lehigh Valley. We will see it end first thing this morning. In fact, by 7 15 this morning most of the snow will be done and it will melt during day. But at this hour look at the mp thes in the suburbs. 23 degrees in the Lehigh Valley. Anything thats falling is going to be sticking to surfaces, so be careful if youre going to be walking out the door this morning. New jersey is a bit warmer and delaware is dry. For philadelphia, well see those temperatures climb into the upper 30s this afternoon. And well get a lot of sunshine too and a drying breeze out of the northwest. So that will all combine to melt the snow away during the day today. Ill break all of those forecasts down hour by hour and show you what to expect for your day, but first pamela has an update from the first alert traffic center. Good morning. Were keeping an eye on the roadways this morning. If youre traveling 95 maybe trying to get to the airport you wont have any trouble, but when you get there philly international is under a Winter Weather advisory so some of those planes are having to be desid deic deiced. Allo of time when you get there as well. If you take the septa, the el win and west trenton lines are running two cars behind. Expect overcrowding, delays, they could be skipping some stops entirely as well. Allow yourself extra time as well. Bus 196 is skipping over skyline drive because of wintry conditions on the road. And you can see all the snow has been cleared off the road. A lot of the majors look like this but there are plenty of slick spots out there so you want to slow your speed and be careful. Were also helping out pam in the first alert traffic center. Storm force 10 is out looking at road conditions. Randy is out and about in cherry hill giving us a look at the conditions there. Ran randy, what are you seeing . Reporter we have been on roads throughout south jersey and the differences between the major roads and the minor ones. On highways its pretty clear, a lot of salt on the roads, its slick but not much snow on the ground. You can actually see a little bit of snow still on the ground. There has been some traffic moving through this neighborhood so youre seeing some of that pavement and that concrete coming back. Another thing to look for in these neighborhoods in addition to all the christmas lights, the cars parked on the side of the street completely covered with snow. It will takee you about 5 minuts or so to dust all this off. Its not going to be back breaking work but it might take you a little bit of time so budget a little bit of extra time to get your car clean off in the morning. Once you get out and start heading to work it looks good. There is a lot of traffic out there this morning. We have seen a lot of salt trucks and other crews working throughout the night so the roads are definitely manageable but just take it easy if youre heading out. Thanks if for that, randy. As the Winter Weather begins now is the time to download the free nbc 10 app. You can track whats happening in your neighborhood plus, you can get Traffic Alert and those School Closing and delay notifications sent right to your smart phone. A st. Josephs University Student is in Critical Condition after a car hit her last night. The driver of the car did stay on the scene, but police say they took him into custody for allegedly driving under the influence. And a follow up to breaking news we brought you yesterday morning. Police say they found one of the people who took off from this deadly car crash. Theyre also working to identify whos involved. Police investigate whether she was the driver. This morning we are learning new details about a murder suicide on Penn States Beaver campus. The shooter lured his exwife to the school with a promise of Christmas Gifts for their churn. The campus is just west of pittsburgh. The university shut down the campus in the wake of the murder suicide. It is expected to reopen today. Finals however, are push back. The man shot and killed his exwife inside of a cafeteria where she worked. He then killed himself in the parking lot. Police are still investigating the incident. Snow is hampering some of their efforts to collect evidence. A family that should be reveling in the joy of the Holiday Season is in mourning today after a house fire claimed the lives of two young boys. Firefighters raced to a home yesterday morning. The Montgomery County sheriff says the home is owned by deputy bryan lukens. His wife and daughter survived but his 6 and 11yearold sons did not. I dont know what that family is going to do. Its the most horrible thing ive ever heard in my whole life. Three of the nicest kids youll ever meet. Its a shame. It hit me hard here. Go fund me page has been set up for the family. A school in Gloucester County thats been closed since october because of mold will remain closed until the end of the school year in june. Weve been following this since the beginning of the school year. A letter was sent home telling students about holy glen elementary school. Students from the school will continue attending classes at three other schools through the 20172018 school year. In addition to the mold cleanup the district says it will fix moisture and drainage issues and install a new hvac system. Temple University Police are investigating whos behind racist flyers that turned up on campus. A student posted this photo on twitter of one of three flyers discovered on campus. The blurred out portion is the n word. The school released a statement calling the flyers disgusting and hateful and have no place on campus. Lets take a live look outside right now. Allentown, a Winter Wonder land. You see all that snow covering the roof tops out there. Some spots up in that area are still seeing some snowfall this morning. Yeah, problems for commuters but for skiers, snow boarders, not so much. They love what theyre seeing. Right . Yeah. It is snowing in the poconos, but the rest of the area nobody wants to do slipping and sliding but that is in store for you this morning. The snow still coming down in allentown. A slippery start. Temperatures are cold enough that anything that is falling is sticking this morning. The good news is the snow will end first thing this morning just after sunrise, which is at 7 15 this morning. We will see the snow end. Then clearing skies and breezy too. Well get sunshine and drying winds, so that snow will be melting away during the day and then a dry evening getting out and about. Youll just have to bundle up. It will be getting cold overnight tonight. As far as the snow is concerned, its starting to thin out in the pocono mountains and for the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs that snow isnt going to last much longer. Its drying out to the west. You can see that happening in harrisburg. So improving conditions. That being said, still some light snow in the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs and cold all around. These temperatures are well below freezing this morning. 27 degrees for el roy, mill ford. Youre not going to see much more in the way of snow. The reports that have come in so far are one to two inches, a bit more in the Lehigh Valley into the pocono mountains, but by 7 00 you see some snow falling in Central New Jersey and theres the tail end through the suburbs in philadelphia. Rain drops will end in delaware and south jersey. By 8 00 a few flurries and by 9 00 this morning the sunshine is going to be breaking through the clouds and well see more of that as we go into the afternoon hours. Thats at 11 30 in the morning and then at 3 00 in the afternoon we are dry and clear and it will be above freezing. Ill break the forecast down hour by hour and show you give you a look at the weekend too because theres some changes for the weekend. I think youll want to know about it before you head out the door. Back in just ten minutes. Why do you do that . Leave us hanging. We certainly will be back. So minut 10 mnlinutes past th this morning. This is our camera. You can see everything is moving smoothly in either direction. A lot of the majors look just like this. Crews did a good job of getting the snow off the roadway. Also watching an accident for you at city avenue and green hill apartment drive, let you know just as soon as that clears, but the major problem were looking at right now is on septas Regional Rail, the el win and west trenton lines, theyre running two cars behind so septa is warning people to expect overcrowding, delays and in some cases theyre passing by stops entirely. Bus 196 is skipping by skyline drive because of wintry conditions on the roadway out there as well. I95 was shut down for a brief time overnight after this wayward cow wandered on to the road. Coming up at 6 45, the festive twist to his story. And carson wentz is on the road to recovery. His message to fans after he came out of surgery. Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars to those in need. It is a quarter past 6 00 a. M. On this thursday. Let the healing process officially begin. Injured eagles quarterback carson wentz had surgery yesterday to repair his torn acl. Carson sent this picture out on social media. He also thanked his girlfriend for being by his side. He wanted to get the surgery done as quick as possible so he could begin recovery and rehab and get back on the field. Meantime, his teammates say they look forward to playing alongside nick foles. Meek mills legal battle over bail. The court denied the latest request for bail. Meek mills lawyers asked for him to be released on bail while he appeals his prison sentence. Currently hes locked up on probation violations. 6 16 right now on this thursday and of course were keeping a watch of whats happening out there on the roads, just the normal traffic but weve got this extra bonus of some wet roads out there. Yeah, and i believe those wet roads are probably creating some problems out there. We may have some accidents. Looks like weve got a problem in upper merrion. Lets check in with Pamela Osborne to get more details on that. This is an accident im keeping an eye on it. Just popped up on my system. This is upper merion and also keeping our eye on 95. If youre trying to get to the airport everything looks good. But philly international issued a Winter Weather advisory thats going to be in effect until 10 00 this morning and of course theyre having to deice those planes as they come in and out. Also want to pass along a major problem on mass transit for you. Septas Regional Rail elwyn and west trenrenton, theyre runnin two cars behind right now. Theyre passing up some stops altogether because of overcrowding. Also bus 196 skipping over skyline drive because of wintry conditions on the roadway there. Speaking of the wintry conditions out there, lets take a live look outside at Camelback Mountain resort up in the pocono mountains. Looks like a Winter Wonderland. If youre looking outside your window and youre like the snow came, its gone, yeah its still snowing up in the poconos. Bill henley is tracking it all for us. Its been a steady snow in the pocono mountains but it is light snow thats falling right now. Its been snowing since before we were on the air at 4 00 this morning. Meantime in wayne, Delaware County, the snow is already on the ground. Some slippery conditions. The roads that have been treated or plowed should be pretty good, but those side streets, different story. The temperatures are in the 20s. So whats falling is sticking this morning. And the temperatures are still falling at this hour in philadelphia its just below freezing. Youll see some slippery spots. 28 degrees. 20s also in northeast philadelphia while society hill is 30 degrees right now. So a cold start, but the wind is going to be increasing during the day. Thats a drying wind and its going to kick the clouds out of here. So the last little bit of snow comes through this morning and the temperatures make a quick warmup into the upper 30s. Thats by later this morning and thats where theyll stay this afternoon because of the winds blowing. Its enough wind to make it feel like its in the 20s so youll still likely to have bundle up. But you will need your sunglasses. Hard to imagine this scene which is showing very light snow in chester county, heading toward Delaware County and montgomery and bucks county seeing some very light snow flakes as well. Dont expect to see much in the way of accumulation. Maybe another dusting in a few spots before it ends. You can see its already starting to end now in burks county so it wont be long and the snow will be completely out of here and we will get that sunshine. Clouds at 8 00 in philadelphia. By noontime, 38 degrees and 36 degrees at 4 00. Look at the sunshine and thats going to happen in the suburbs too from clouds and some snow flakes to partly sunny skies at noon to sunny skies in the afternoon. A few snow flakes at 8 00 and then its done in the Lehigh Valley. 32 degrees and thats about as warm as its going to get. Delaware up to 37 driegrees at lunchtime. You can see the clouds clearing out in new jersey. The snow thats on the ground first thing will be disappearing during the late morning and afternoon hours and the jersey shore, no problem. Its in the 40s and going to stay in the 40s at lunchtime. Just a little bit chillier this afternoon. The trend is for warmer temperatures as we head into the weekend. The weekend forecast will be above freezing for each part of our area and then look at sunday with clouds and sunshine up to 42 degrees in philadelphia. 39 in the suburbs and 40s for the Lehigh Valley. New jersey, the jersey shore and delaware too. Ill show you how long that trend will last with the 10day on 10 coming up in the next half hour. 6 20 right now on this thursday. Coming up, holiday shoplifters beware. You are being watched. The new efforts this year to catch thieves who police say cost all of us more money. And they have a deal. Republicans now agree on how they want to reform the tax code. What it would mean for your paycheck when the president signs the bill into law. No matter how you holiday, where you holiday, or who you holiday with. Stay bright with dunkins holiday coffee flavors like brown sugar cinnamon, and peppermint mocha. Grab your favorite and make your holidays happen. The holidays run on dunkin. Miim alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. 1thats like a big yummy hug. . So hug it up hug more. Hug large. Hug medium . Hug that. Live it a hug life with 1. 99 medium or larger hot chocolate. America runs on dunkin. Top honors for bon jovi. Its one of the six groups to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame. Time is running out to mail holiday gift and cards. The Postal Service says the deadline to mail packages is today for retail ground shipping. Saturday is the deadline for first class packages. December 20th for priority mail. A local Police Department has one very special group on its list this Holiday Season, shoplifters. Police in delaware tell us theyve bulked up their unit to get more shoplifters walking the aisles. Organized shop littlifters take stuff they steal and sell it to Smaller Stores or they flip the goods online. Its been so pervasive in our communities that its become a major competitor of all retailers. Even though it may be viewed by some people as a petty crime, we take it very seriously. Police tell us this man has been hitting home depot and stores all over delaware. They say it could cost consumers more in the long run. Slippery and slushy this morning. First alert forecast has clearing conditions during the day today, theres still a litt little bit of snow in store. The camera shows 31 degrees at 6 26. Your neighborhood forecast just ahead. And storm force 10 has been live all morning. Coming up next, the streets in camden. What were seeing on highways and bigger roads. Your morning commute could be slick. Thats next. Plus, a robbery scheme leads a grandfather to his death. Next, the wife of a pizza Delivery Driver who was shot and killed on the job demands justice. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yea

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