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WCAU NBC10 News Today At 6am February 20, 2018

There are neighborhoods not as thick. Light fog for pottstown and doylestown, a mile and a half. Now, were seeing improvement at Philadelphia International. They were reporting quartermile visibility, now, half a mile. That should help at the airport. Youre find some pockets of fog. Its not as widespread into south jersey and delaware, still time to thicken up a bit. 48 degrees in the suburbs. 50 right now and climbing at the airport. Even though the suns not up, starting to see wind picking up at 9 miles an hour and thats why the fog is starting to ease. 51 degrees in delaware. A few sprinkles a little mist along with the fog but doesnt last. Well get sunshine this afternoon. Look at the springlike temperatures. 60s and low 70s. We could see some records fall later today. Ill take you through it hour by hour and show you how temperatures climb when im back in ten minutes. But first, lets see how its affecting traffic with Jessica Boyington on the first alert traffic center. Yeah, bill, were seeing slow speed around oxford and valley road. This is up here because of potholes. Cars off to the side of the road a second ago. They might have cleared out of the way because of that, either way, were seeing slow speed because of potholes up ahead. Watch dangerous spots like that. And watching a crash at upper moreland. Southbound is closed at mill road. And if youre trying to head southbound, traffic is currently being diverted on to mill road ramp northbound and moving you up and down 611 right now. And now to continuing coverage of a fire in old city that left a building in danger of collapsing. Firefighters and inspectors have been on the scene around the clock since the fire on sunday. Nbc10s matt delucia joins us live on the scene with more of the safety concerns there. Matt. Rel, tracy and vai. There are two main priorities. One is making sure the building doesnt fall down. The other priority is what started this fire early sunday morning. Just behind me, at the corner of third and chestnut, its still blocked off. Still cordoned off. You see the heavy construction equipment, theyve been doing street work on the building damaged behind me here. Firefighters and investigators for two days have been at this spot. Its taken its toll on people who live here, work here or booked hotel rooms at the place next door. The city says this spot right here, 239 chestnut, must come down, the community has been coming through in many ways to help the folks in any way possible. One of the residents here is an artist and teacher who lost several cats in the fire. His friends started a fundraiser to help him out. I set the first limit at 5,000. I thought maybe he could get a down payment for an apartment or something. Every hour it was like 1,000 more, 1,000 more. The outpower of support is amazing. Reporter that fundraiser right now is over 30,000. It goes to show you the help that these folks are willing to give to give a helping hand to these folks. Back here, 3rd and chestnut the road closures will kocontinue through the morning. L i told the owner to take down the fire escape, but the goal is to demolish the escape but save the facade if possible. Live in old city, matt delucia, nbc10 news. Just about 6 05, china is demanding harsh punishment for a delaware man who broke off a piece of a statue. Michael rohana was at an ugly sweater party. He went to the statue and broke off a piece of the warriors thumb that you see it and put it in some his pocket. The statue is on loan from china and worth 4. 5 million. The chinese newspaper said they want the individual harshly punished. And now a commission is answering questions about a new area code. 445 is for parts philadelphia and berks and lehigh county. Tonights meeting begins at 6 00 in west philadelphia. To the jersey shore, atlantic citys mayor hopes to connect businesses with the financial tools they need to thrive. Thats the purpose of a business summit at city hall at 9 00 this morning. Theyll be able to explore resources including grants and tax credits available to spur business and development. President trump is throwing his support behind one of his critics. Hes endorsing mitt romney for the bid for senate. Mitt romney announced hes running for the senate for the wonderful state of utah. He will make a great successor to orrin hatch and has my full support and endorsement. Romney quickly thanked the president for his support. Thats quite a support for both men. In 2015, trump said that the Massachusetts Governor had, quote, choked like a dog. And romney called the president a phony unfit for office during the gop primary. The results of the lottery are out. If youve got a bib but decided not to run you have two options. First, you can transfer your bib to another runner. Or defer your registration for a slot in the 2019 race. You can watch the entire blue cross run on sunday, may 6th. 6 07, a look at buffington and cottman in the philadelphia area. From one of our ace photographers pete cane said the visibility here as improved in the last half hour. Bill was saying in some places its going to clear up faster than others. But it will be a couple hours. Yeah, across the region, bill henleys got that, hilbill . You can see the fog is not too bad from the nbc10 studios, its foggy. Its going to take some time for the fog to wear off so expect that for the next several hours. But then well break out with sunshine this afternoon and were on track to see record temperatures in parts of the area and warmer tomorrow. Then tomorrow, the end of the week, rain on its way. Right now, temperatures very warm. Look at the 50s. In fact, close to 60 degrees. Millville at 56. The warmer neighborhoods not seeing as much fog agency ts th chillier ones. And the areas there, in many bus stops, with temperatures in the 40s for allentown and quakertown. Wilmington, youll see light fog at that hour. Philadelphia, the fog is starting to thin out already. 51 degrees. Well see fog to start with but its not going to be an allday affair. You can see not too many clouds around. Light scattered clouds. A little misty with the fog. That fog disappears, well get breaks of sunshine at lunchtime. Look at this afternoon, thats at 4 00, 69 degrees. I think well make it in the low 70s in philadelphia. It really depends how quickly the clouds break for the sunshine. In the suburbs, youll start to see sunshine at noon time. Still lingering clouds at noon in the lehigh valley. A warm one, near 70 degrees at 4 00, delaware and new jersey. Neighborhoods that i think will make it into the 70s today. The jersey shore, that will be the chilly spot, 50s this afternoon but theres another chance for record temperatures tomorrow. It doesnt happen tomorrow. Look at tomorrow afternoon. 78 degrees. Then the temperatures come down. Notice this line right there. Thats the average temperature which is 44 degrees. Well still be above that. Even though well get rain at the end of the week. Well take you through it with the tenday on ten in just a few minutes. Thank you, bill. Es past 6 00 a. M. Lets get a check on theacciden. Yes, Jessica Boyington has that. Jessica, what are you watching . Side, exit 7, trafficcident. Approaching delaware. Theres a spill, a truck either overturned or spilled its load on the road. Apparently one lane is still left open where traffic can head southbound by the scene. Pretty interesting scene right there. A few vehicles are actually stuck in that as well. Watching 295 and watching things north of allentown. 22, north of 145. And reduced visibility. Dense fog being reported at the Philadelphia International airport with some delays and cancellations currently reported but for the most part, theres not any major delays to report. Updates on that, especially 295 when i come back. Thank you, jgessica. Youtube makes it easy but it also means anyone can tune in making it a concern for parents. And we check into whether its hurtful or harmless and what parents need to know to protect your children online. And later, fed up with his fridge. This 97yearold father couldnt cash in when he needed to. Watch Harry Hairston help him get his moneys worth. Honey, look what we got [narrator] going big. yelling [narrator] isnt always best. Whos our little puppy . Sweetheart, daddy got you a new. Sweetheart . Elizabeth, where are you . Shes under the bears [narrator] unless its a aaa plus membership. Woo [narrator] get 100 towing miles and free emergency gas delivery. When going big is best. Aaa. Go ahead. [man] woo hey gus, meet tucker. awwww. 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Recently logan paul controversial for videos he shot in japan appearing to mock a suicide. That led to an apology. I made a sincere lapse in my judgment. Reporter youtube with revenue to go on with people who subscribe to it. Reporter daily beast tech reporter kala morin said in the vast sea of blogs parents need to dive in. But she said most youtuber are just fun young people expressing themselves on line. Its bratty pranks. Immature. Really amazing different things. That go to all different audiences. Reporter Randy Gyllenhaal, nbc10 news. People like the pauls are making big bucks on youtube. We uncovered one way theyre doing it. Coming up tomorrow at 6 00, the one thing that bloggers are doing off camera to help build their business online. Wow, the fog has been a problem in a lot of places. In other places its starting to clear up. Lets find out whats happening. Jessica has that. A few things happening right now, they finally moved the camera back. Around Oxford Valley road, were seeing a delay because of the potholes up ahead. A few vehicles hilt t s hit the now theyre off to the shoulder and Police Activity there, too. North of exit 7, any traffic moving southbound is moving towards the delaware memorial bridge, if youre heading there, south jersey, theres a tar spill here. The road isnt closed. Were just seeing lanes closed because of that. That might be a mess. I dont know if tar would ruin your car, i dont know much about it, assuming you dont want it on your car, taking the new jersey turnpike if youre headed southbound, too. Watching a few things, another crash in upper moreland southbound closed at moore road. No access to willow grove. And the mill road ramp to northbound ramp easton road is where all of that traffic is being diverted off on. Now, not any major delays at the Philadelphia International airport, but they are reporting dense fog and there have been delays and cancellations reported. Ill have the updates on the rest of us roads in ten minutes. And jessica, thank you. Weve got tar spill, potholes and reduced visibility. A live look at fog at the wilmington skyline. Lets find out what its like in your neighborhood with first alert meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Yeah, that was wilmington. This is camelback mountain. And just many seeing him drive by there, having a difficult time. Thats not the only spot, seeing zero visibility in coatesville. And a little visibility in quakertown. Blief believe it or not, thats an improvement. Right now, coatesville starting to see improvement. Blah were seeing is warm air pushing into the area, and that is kwaufcausing things to warm just a bit just enough to get rid of the fog. At 4 00, they had the dense fog and then 5 00, onemile visibility so were seeing visibility. In delaware and south jersey, youre seeing pockets of light fog to start with this morning. The winds are bringing in the warm air. The temperatures are in the 50s in delaware and south jersey but the colder neighborhoods north and west, thats where were seeing the warm air coming in. And 51 degrees in philadelphia. But the sush bs, thats where you still find lots of neighborhoods in the 40s. Spring city is 46 degrees. 45 in bedminster. And in the lehigh valley, its even colder. So, i expect the fog to linger here longer than its going to last in the rest of the area. But, the fog will disappear for everyone and that happens later this morning. Then this afternoon, we get that temperature pop as we get breaks of sunshine. This is the next 12 hours. 70 degrees. Probably a little warmer than that if we get the foggy spots clearing fast enough for the afternoon. So, theres a chance well hit a record today. Warm air is surging up from the southwest. That takes us even warmer tomorrow. And holds the rain off until the end of the week and weekend. Well start with fog and wind up with a springlike after. And turn out to be a beautiful day. Tomorrow, even warmer. Rain due in on thursday. Looks like a steady rain on thursday and into friday. The temperatures will hold in upper 40s and low 50s. Showers on saturday. A rainy day sunday. Well finally get sunshine, next monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Jessica was talking about the pothole problems. Call it the year of the pothole. And next why theres so many potholes this season and why it could spike. Plus this the dawns early light her rendition of the st starspangled banner did not get rave reviews. Her response. And this reporter guys im here in south korea, well tell you how the u. S. Mens hockey team is keeping their Olympic Dreams alive. Announcer nbc10s olympic medal count is locally sponsored by independent blue cross. Live fearless. Look at that medal count. Norway leading the olympic count. Right now, the country has a total of 28. Team usa currently in fifth place in the medal standings. Hello, peco. Hi. 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Elon musks boeing company has permission. Maryland gave the company verbal agreement to start the construction in baltimore. If completed, the train will also make a stop in philadelphia. 6 25, the fluctuating temperatures. Potholes are popping up everywhere. You saw the tire and auto repair in northeast philadelphia, cracked and broken rims. Mechanics say this year is worse for your car than the last couple years have been. When you go over a pothole, the tire and wheel will hit the ground whand when you feel tha jolt, the hole is punching through the tire. The philadelphia Street Department said it needs your help getting the potholes done. Dial 311 to report what you see. On the nbc10 app find out how to report a pothole in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. Pennsylvania new congressional map is giving one party a boost. Plus, a delay again. The bridge that wont be open as planned leaving drivers stuck on their detour for a while longer. Turning 65. Downsizing. 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First of all, we have a view across the delaware. Were see the fog ease finally agency the skies start to brighten up. The temperatures will be climbing and this foggy view will be sunny this afternoon. Thats a live view of philadelphia from the adventure aquarium. Meantime in many suburbs, were still seeing very thick fog. Nut as thick it was an hour ago. Coatesville is seeing improvement. Dense fog, in coatesville, at the airport, downingtown. Hazeltown reporting quartersmile visibility. Philadelphia international has changed and improved. It was down to a quarter mile. Now its one and a quarter. A little bit of mixing going on and were seeing the fog easing in neighborhoods in delaware and south jersey, too. As the temperatures climb lily bill, well see the fog disappear. Lehigh valley, onernin it going to take some time for it to disappear. At 9 00, we expect to see fog in easton. By noon time, that fog lifts and though its cloudy at lunchtime, this afternoon will break through into sunshine. It will be turning out to be a beautiful springlike winter day. 70 in new jersey. 64 degrees in the lehigh valley. And close to 70 degrees in thee delaware, we could see some record temperatures today. Ill break it down hour by hour and show when you the temperatures will really take off in your neighborhood when im back in ten minutes but first, lets see how the fog is affecting the roads. Jessica boyington with an update from the first alert traffic center. Yeah, bill, we have a few things affecting roads. One, fog, two, potholes. On Oxford Valley road, northbound, were seeing big delays. And one then of the vehicles t

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