Forecast. Light rain is in the area but its not going to last all day. Its here to start with. The rain is strooming up from the southwest. The steadiest rainfall is in south jersey, moving through cumberland and into atlantic county. At this hour its dry. This wet weather will swing into those areas. Light rainfall in philadelphia but its already tapering off north and west. Temperatures are way above freezing. Theres no risk of any icing this morning. 39 degrees in pottstown, 40 this morning in allentown. Parts of area are 25 degrees warmer than yesterday. Look at the 40s across delaware and south jersey. Were getting a mild start and a rainy start, too. You wont need the umbrella all day. Cloudy skies at 9 00, sunshine takes over at lunch time. With winds shifting today there will be more west northwesterly. That will limit temperatures this afternoon. Ill go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington has the traffic. Route 202, difficult to see unless a car goes by without a lot of streetlights overhead. Were okay with that drive time, 12 minutes from the blue route to the vine street expressway. Speed are still in the 60s. 422, doing okay in erms of drive time. We have an accident off one of the off ramps. From route 422 eastbound to route 202 southbound, it is blocking most of that off ram. Traffic still allowed to get through right now. Its causing small delays there. The drive times on 422 westbound and eastbound, still an eightminute trip from 29 to the schuylkill expressway. No problems until you get to the off ramp. Our area bridges, checking in with the burlington countacony. He drove down a snowy embankment after trying to get off 76 at lincoln drive just after midnight. Firefighters on the scene tell nbc 10 they believe the driver was drunk and he told them he thought he was taking the ft. Washington exit and ended up driving off the road and down the embankment. The extended weekend is over for philadelphia public and parochial students. Not all philadelphia streets are cleared of snow. Deanna durante is live in manayunk, one of the places where the snow is still on the streets. Deanna . Reporter many people in neighborhoods were working to clear their ownc streets an sidewalks still last night three days after the storm. Here in manayunk kidding will be arriving to school today. The warmer temperatures that we have and the rain is eroding the snow. Take a look at the snow piles on either side of the street, it may be hard for the kids to cross the street. If youre out driving this morning, be very careful. Video shot from yesterday shows the crews out in parts of the city west oak lane, center city, clearing streets that still were snow packed days after the storm. Kids say they are just ready to get back to school. If i dont get to school, i dont even know. Its gonna be tough because the snow is stronger than the tires. Reporter here on umbria and hermitage streets, theres still slush and icy pack. Making some of the lanes where cars are slick. You look up the hill, the parking lot is where kids will be dropping off their kids, teachers will be parking. Even though roads are passable, still snow and some slush there that could make your morning commute slippery. Watch out for the kids on the roads this morning. Reporting live in manayunk, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. 4 04. Today a Philadelphia Veterans Affairs executive will ask a judge to overturn her demotion and pay cut at a hearing. Last year, the v. A. Demoted diana rubens. They accuse rubens of arranging her move so she could be closer to her family. At her hearing, she took the fifth. Atlantic City Residents are urging Council Members to fight a planned state takeover. Governor christie announced the state will intervene to address the longstanding financial woes. They expect to negotiate a plan with state leaders and say a takeover is off the table. We election our mayor and Council Members. Nobody has the right to come in here and take away our right to selfgovern. This year, Atlantic City is projected to bring in nearly 14 billion less than six years ago. Governor christie says a takeover bill will be created and voted on next month. Its one year today since the roof collapsed at a center city store. Now a teacher who was hurtc inside the lululemon store is suing. Ali friedman was in the store at 15th and walnut. She needs surgery on her spine. The neighboring Office Building collapsed because it was not properly maintained and inspected so theyre suing the owner of that building. Alis been in rehab four days a week for the last year. Shes probably going to be out of work. Shes a special ed teacher for probably another six months. And this, with her spine fused this will have lifelong implications for her. Friedman is schedule for surgery later today. The Pennsylvania State senate is expected to issue a report on whether to remove Kathleen Kane as attorney general. She faces charges she leaked secret grand jury information to the media and lied about it under oath. 4 07. 44 degrees. A thief is targeting the elderly by offering to shovel snow for them. Investigators say these surveillance pictures of suspect using a stolen credit card at the convenience store. The suspect offered twice to shovel her driveway on sunday. The suspect forced her way into the second time and took credit cards and cash. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Rain is coming down this morning. You can see it. Cape may, beach avenue. A little bit damp. Some of that is melting. Still see a little bit of snow along the shoulder of the road this morning. The rest of the roads, theyre damp. Its a combination of melting and rain showers. Im tracking rain showers this morning. Theyll be moving out. Sunshine this after. All day melting. Temperatures are above freezing and stay above freezing until we get to tonight when it gets cold again. Were in for an extend dry stretch which will carry us right on through the weekend and lead to a warmup. Maybe similar to what we saw yesterday when we hit 50 degrees. 39 in reading. What an improvementment nowhere near the freezing mark at this hour. With clouds, not much cooler as we go on through the morning. Cape may, 46 degrees. Raining in philadelphia with 44. Beach avenue, more rain moving into beach avenue. Its actually getting a break from the rain right now. The winds shifted overnight. That will bring in cooler air overnight tonight and may make for a little bit of snow. Z colored in in southern chester county. You might see snowflakes as this comes to an end. The ground temperatures are above freezing. I dont expect to see cslipper spots from this. Mullica hill its getting heavier. Its still fairly light rain this morning. It will be moving offshore as we go through the day. This will be completely out of here and well see sunshine. That means a warmup to the upper 30s for allentown, quakertown and reading. In the trenton area youll see sunshine break through the clouds. 41 degrees this afternoon. Upper 30s for doylestown and norristown. Look at the weekend forecast when im back in ten minutes. Nine minutes past 4 00. Lets check your ride to work especially if it includes 295. Jessica boyington has that. We are watching 295 in hamilton township, tracy. Were doing okay. Not really even a car in sight. This is right around sloan avenue. Snow in the Center Median and the shoulders but otherwise our roads are pretty much clear of that snow right now at least at that point in hamilton township. This is 24th street. The roads are still wet, no delays or problems, headed westbound to the schuylkill expressway or eastbound 295. Everybody is moving along nicely. For mass transit, were all pretty much back to normal with no delays for amtrak, new jersey transit, d. A. R. T. , patco. With septa, expect car shortages with some of the trains. Rocker jon bon jovi will perform for donors who will give at least a thousand dollars to attend a Hillary Clinton fundraiser. The former secretary of state received the Liberty Medal here in 2013. On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both stumped in iowa yesterday. Clinton is trying to fend off sanders. Sanders is leading clinton in new hampshire. He will meet with president obama at the white house later today, so will nbc 10s jim rosenfield. Hell be at the white house for an exclusive oneonone interview with the president. Ahead in our next half hour, whats a debate without donald trump . Republicans are about to find out. Hear why trump says he will skip tomorrow nights debate. Trash day explosion caught on video. Next, find out what caused this trash truck to suddenly burst into flames along a Mercer County street. Also next, turn pine closed. Its hard to forget these images from the weekend blizzard. Hear why 86 miles of the pennsylvania highway will be closed today. This cell phone video shows the moment a garbage truck exploded yesterday in hamilton township, Mercer County. You can see the smoke and flames shooting into the air. We are told the truck ran on natural gas and that one of the gas tanks blew up after a battery caught fire. A witness told us the blast was so powerful, it blew a huge hole into one house and sent a gas tank flying through another. It was an 80yearold lady who was reading her paper in her living room. She got up for whatever reason, saw the truck, went to her kitchen, noc longer did she ge into her kitchen, the tank went through her house. Police evacuated some nearby homes as a precaution. No one was hurt. 4 15 and 44 degrees in philadelphia. Two people are dead, three others hurt at a shooting in a homeless camp in seattle, washington. Investigators say the vicks lived at the encampment and the shooting was, quote, very targeted. Ammon bundy led a group that took over a wildlife refuge. Bundy was among eight people arrested. Authorities say a member of his group was killed in a shootout with police and fbi during a traffic stop yesterday. It didnt last long but it was enough to stop traffic. Take a look at this road rage incident in austin, texas on monday. Its cell phone video. It shows a guy with a bat approaching the driver of another car, the other guy gets out to confront an armed man. The two got into it. The video did not capture the end of the fight. Its still an open investigation. Were still trying to identify the parties involved. So right now theres no charges filed. The detectives are, woulding through that. The officer said that people should never allow frustration with other drivers to go this far. Look at this road rage incident captured on a Police Dashcam in vancouver, canada. The video shows a work truck chasing a car on the highway. Investigators looking for the truck driver says its the worst case of road rage they have ever seen. In the flint, michigan water crisis, two state officials will lead an investigation in an alleged coverup of problems with the citys water system. Doctors continued testing children in the community yesterday. Paul ryans are concerned about the level of lead in their kids blood after being exposed to the toxic water. Michigans governor is under fire after his administration decided not to totally filter flints water source as a cost cutting measure. A decision is expected on whether to turn off the water on the u. S. Side of niagara falls. They are meeting to discuss plans to replace bridges. In order to replace the 115yearold bridges, the water on the american side of the fall would have to be diverted to the canadian side. Check out this video out of chili. A massive wave knocked over an suv as it was driving in a resort city on the pacific coast. People nearby began helping the person trapped inside thec vehicle was crashing waves continues to hit. Huge waves caused by torrential rain flooded restaurants and homes in the area. Were getting a new look at the blizzard of 2016 from some of our nbc 10 viewers. Take a look at this time lapsed video. It was sent to us by greg richardson, showing the storm dumping 30 inches of snow in lehigh county. We all know its a big job getting rid of all this snow. Heres how crews in perkasie, bucks county are doing it. Theyre blowing it into a dump truck to take it off the streets and out of the way. Youve been sending us great videos and pictures from the blizzard. Theyre all available for you to watch and enjoy on the nbc 10 app. Tap on the nbc 10 app or go to nbc10. Com. Look forever the link see it, share it to upload and watch your favorite snow moments. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 19 minutes after 4 00. We have more wet weather in the area. This time it is not snow. It is rain thats starting things off this morning. Thats a damp view of city avenue from here at the nbc 10 studios. A light rain is falling in Philadelphia International as well. 44 degrees. Thats a big warmup. Look at that. 19 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time. Warm air is going to be with us all day long. Above freezing. So its an allday melting that were in store for. This is a view from the comcast center. You can see a few rain drops on the lens. Those will be disappearing and this afternoon well get sunshine, 44 currently at Philadelphia International. Thats not the only spot in the 40s. Wilmington, millville and Atlantic City. The colder areas are above freezing, too. Brandy wine at the airport, 39 degrees, coatesville is also 39. While its 41 in westtown. So getting a break this morning. Clouds are overhead. It will be a cloudy start this morning. Behind those clouds, the rain that is going to be ending. You can see the clouds thinning out northwestern pennsylvania, thats sunshine. The rain tapers off in philadelphia, a few more hours of rainfall in delaware and south jersey before it ends there, too. Then were in for dry weather heading into the weekend. Heres the hourbyhour forecast. 5 00, the rain pushes into delaware and south jersey. Tapering off in philadelphia and the clouds at that hour starting to thin out north and west. The temperatures may briefly drop below freezing for allentown and reading. Thats at 8 00 this morning. But they stay above freezing in those areas that are getting the rain this morning. And then here comes the sunshine to warm things back up. Thats by 11 00. As we go into the afternoon, we see 40s reappear. Not a bad day at all. Showers ending this morning and clearing skies this afternoon. The temperatures hover i]he upper 30s and low 40s thanks to northwesterly winds, anywhere from 5 to 12 miles an hour. The weekend, a warmup after a very cold morning. Talking teens saturday morning. They rebound in the afternoon, 43 on saturday and sunshine. We may see 50 degrees sunday afternoon. And if it doesnt happen sunday, i think youll like the sevenday forecast thats coming up in the next half hour. Thats a tease. Thanks. 4 21. Lets check your ride to work. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington is looking at roads in the lehigh valley. Were doing really great actually out there. Roadways are finally getting back to normal. 78 around lehigh street. Everything is looking for the most part dry, at least not frozen. Not a lot of cars in this area. Everything will move along nicely when travel ying through the lehigh valley, at least for now. You actually can get by on the off ramp here but it is a delay past that scene because its such a tight squeeze. Watching for the drive times, were still okay, in the green, 95 southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway with no problem. No problems on the schuylkill in center city and the blue route is doing okay as well. Route 73 around route 38. The other day we did have tons of snow all over the shoulders of this area. It was one lane getting by. Were back to normal there as well. Tracy. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says hes sorry for offending some people who were flooded out during the blizzard of 2016. You want me to go down there with a mop . Well share his apology with you and explain why it ended up angering some people. And the big dig tunes. Hear about a program in Camden County that helps those who cant shovel for themselves. Its 4 24 and 44 degrees in philadelphia. Today a western portion of the pennsylvania turnpike will close for a salvage operation. Starting at 9 00 this morning, an 86mile stretch of the westbound turnpike will close from breeze wood to new stanton to allow crews to retrieve a tractortrailer that went over an embankment from the weekend blizzard. This was saturday. Hundreds of drivers were stranded. This is the same stretch but the opposite direction. Many of those people were stranded for 24 hours. Were getting a look at the new 76ers new training complex. This is what the construction looks like right now along the camden water front. First trust bank is providing the 76ers with a 44 Million Construction loan. The Training Facility will be the largest in the nba. Heres a rendering of what it will lack like once construction is complete. The facility will have two regulation basketball courts, locker room as well as a stateoftheart performance, wellness, recovery and hydrotherapy room. Its expected to open by the end of this year. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. 4 26. Weve got rain in the airy this morning. Rain drops steadiest in delaware and south jersey will not be an allday affair. Heres something thats missing this morning and it will return tonight. We have your hourbyhour forecast just ahead. Jessica boyington watchingc things in the nbc 10 first alert traffic center. Jessica . You can see the flashing lights right there. Temporary stoppages for crew repair in the area. Well have updates for you on this and more when i come back at 4 30. Heres something that happened on the roads. Didnt cause a traffic problem, though, this baby was born on the side of the road. Hear how it happened without the help of any first responders. I pinky promised my little girl a Fabulous Garden Party for her birthday. So i mowed the lawn, put up all the decorations. I thought i got everything. Almost everything you know, 1 in 10 houses could get hit by a septic disaster, and a bill of up to 13,000. But for only 7 a month, ridx is scientifically proven to break down waste, helping you avoid a septic disaster. Ridx. The 1 brand used by septic professionals in their own tanks. Nbc 10 news starts now. Still a work inc progress. Philadelphia students head back to school as the city continues to clean snow clogged streets. In Camden County its law and order, shoveling, Prison Inmates are hitting the streets to help dig out from the blizzard. And first governor Chris Christie upset people from his comments about the storm damage. His apology is also ruffling feathers. 4 30 and 44 degrees in philadelphia with rain. This is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. There are fewer than 100 School Delays and cancellations right now. They are the at bottom of your screen. Find a complete list on the nbc 10 app as well. Lets get you updated on the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Im tracking wet weather. This time around, rain drops are falling. Temperatures have stayed warm all night. This is live with a rainy view of center city. The light rain is starting to taper off in philadelphia. It is steady, still light in delaware and south jersey. You can see its just crossing the delaware right now. Might see a few snowflakes as colder air is trying to move in. Its not an issue as the ground temperatures, air temperatures are all above freezing in the area. 40s right now for philadelphia, trenton, wilmington, look at millville and south jersey. Dover, both at 44 degrees. Even north and west, significantly warmer than yesterday. The pocono mountains are above freezing at this hour. That will help wash away some of the salt and lingering snow still on the ground. Showers tapering off by 9 00. The clouds still in place, 36 degrees. Well get sunshine as we hd