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Vaccine due to the gentlemans age decided to do blood work and all the blood work came back positive for hep a. Just a matter of where can you get the vaccine . Because we had eaten there on the 16th. Reporter now, the mayor is here. The Hamilton Township Health Department officer overseeing this process as we speak. The township is asking anyone who dined at the restaurant between november 10th and this past monday to please take advantage of the vaccination clinic until about 8 00 tonight. Again, an Infectious Disease expert will confirm by those state Laboratory Tests whether or not this second patient, in fact, does have hepatitis a. , but we are told that it is highly likely. Live in Hamilton Township, cydney long, nbc 10 news. Also tonight, new protests about grand jury decisions in ferguson and new york city. In both cases, White Police Officers were not indicted after black men died while being arrested. Protesters called for justice in north philadelphia today. The group gathered at noon on the Temple University campus and began the demonstration with a diein, lying on the ground every ten minutes. The protesters then marched through several academic buildings. The people in ferguson who are mad about this decision. I know protests and riots are happening. What are we going to do to console ore people . The display of the unrest and, again, the dissatisfaction of the decision on the mike brown case. Stop, i cant breathe a peaceful protest in wilmington. This group gathered at delaware tech and marched down Fourth Street to the Wilmington Police station. The protesters told nbc 10 they believe theres a lack of trust between people who live in wilmington and the citys police department. And just 24 hours ago, more than 100 protesters held their own diein at 30th street station then march eed through center cy to Philadelphia City hall. The group got in the way of some traffic and then moved to the area where the citys holiday Tree Lighting ceremony was to take place. Nbc 10 asked local police what they think about yesterdays grand jury decision in new york. Bensalems Public Safety director fred herren says Police Officers are forced to make splitsecond decisions. Herren said its easy to rush to judgment after seeing the cell phone video, but you have to look at all the facts. Any time when someone dies, its a tragic its a tragic story, but, you know, you know, its very hard for us to sit back. We havent seen everything. We havent seen the grand jury testimony. We havent seen all the video, i dont believe. I hate monday morning quarterbacking officers. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante spoke with a number of current and former officers. Still ahead on nbc 10 news at 6, hear why some say its time for police to make changes in how they do their job. New information Philadelphia Police have arrested this man in the murder of the father of onetime local basketball standout Wayne Ellington. Suspects name is carl white. White shot and killed 57yearold Wayne Ellington sr. In germantown last month. Ellingtons son is in his first year with the l. A. Lakers. Played at the university of North Carolina after finishing his High School Career at episcopal academy. Life in prison, the sentence for a man who killed a little boy in camden last year. The 6yearold was trying to save his sister. Today rivera was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for killing 6yearold dominic and raping his 12yearold sister. He broke into the familys ware street home in 2012. He attacked the 12yearold sleeping on the couch. When her younger brother tried to come to her aid, rivera slashed his throat. He was found hiding a few blocks away. He was sentenced on firstdegree murder to burglary. Most men act like little boys, like little boys, yes. Heres a 6yearold boy that acted like a man. You know, instead of hiding underneath the bed, running out the back door, he went to his sisters rescue. She goes on to say rivera is a coward who wont take responsibility for what hes done. Investigators in Montgomery County are calling a fire at a Police Officers home suspicious this evening. The Police Officer and he is family were in florida this morning when they got the news. Take a look at this cell phone video. This fire on commons drive in sanatoga. Flames tore through the house around 2 30 this morning. The fire marshal combed through the damage trying to find out what touched off the blaze. Wiring in the house, ac dc, whatever we have to look at, its all going to be checked out individually, one step at a time to make sure we have it corrected or not corrected. Good or bad. Reporter were the Christmas Lights on . Yes, they were, on a timer. Several of the Police Officers colleagues and family members were waiting for the family when they returned from florida. No one was hurt. A tractor trailer was ripped in half by a train today in Lehigh County around 9 30 this morning at 12th street in allentown. The train slammed into the truck and contents spilled on to the street. No one there was hurt. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Chilly day out there, but at least we saw some sun, right . Yeah. Now thats about to change, though. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is here with more. Glenn . Yeah, we told you back, i guess last week, that there would be a lot of days with clouds. Got to enjoy the one that had the sunshine. Of course, sun setting. The clouds are with us. And theyre going to be with us through tomorrow and much of saturday as well. The temperature down into the 30s north and west, even wilmington at 37 degrees. Feels like 32 there. And feeling like in the low to mid 30s across much of the area now. As we go through the night tonight, we just expect cloudy skies. No precipitation. It will be chilly. Temperatures getting down into the 30s in philadelphia. And 20s in some of the suburbs. But we do have rain over the weekend. Plus a noreaster in the seven day. All thats coming up in just a few minutes. All right, glenn. Nbc 10 is learning new information about a man who was called out for wearing a military uniform at a local mall on black friday. An army veteran accused the man of impersonating a soldier. He recorded the confrontation at the Oxford Valley mall and it went viral. Now we know Police Arrested the man in the video 11 years ago in doylestown. His name is sean yetman. Hes from philadelphia. He pled guilty to impersonating a Police Officer and driving with a suspended license. He had a Philadelphia Police patrol jacket on with the Philadelphia Police patch on the arm and Philadelphia Police badge. When the officer questioned him about if he was a Police Officer, told him he was in the 26th district. Yetman has not been charged in connection with posing as a soldier at the Oxford Valley mall. Middletown Township Police say so far theres no evidence he received any military discounts that would be a violation of the stolen valor act. The reward in the case of missing student Shane Montgomery jumped to 40,000 today. Montgomery vanished a week ago after going out with friends on thanksgiving eve in manayunk. He was last seen leaving kildares pub on main street. The bakery where seans father work gave an additional 9,000 to the fund. Kevin montgomery has worked at the bakery for nearly 35 years. What do we want . Fast food workers in philadelphia and across country walked off the job today. They rallied outside a north philadelphia mcdonalds demanding a higher minimum wage. Airport employees and home care professionals joined the protest. Theyre asking for a hike to 15 an hour. Demonstrations were held in more than 160 cities. One of those protests took an unusual turn. Dem straonstrators in minneapol were originally marching to demand a higher minimum wage as well. Some laid down right on the interstate in response to the recent grand jury decisions not to indict White Police Officers in the deaths of unarmed black man in new york and ferguson, missouri. Police were eventually able to escort the group off the interstate. We have new information about a broken pipeline that spilled millions of gallons of raw sewage into Valley Forge National park over the past few years. Today township officials agreed to pay a fine of 110,000 and fix the pipeline. The pipeline spilled at least three times since 2012. Environmental groups have threatened to sue the township. The coowner of landmark, some jersey shore pizza places will not get another term on a local tourism board. He and his wife face federal tax charges. Charles and mary own the manco manco pizzerias on ocean city boardwalk and summers point. The city council decided to pull resolution that would result in his reappointment. He was on the agenda for tonights meeting. The feds say he and his wife failed to report nearly 100,000 in income. After last years brutal winter, philadelphia making some changes to the way it fights snow and ice. How it could improve conditions in your neighborhood. Also, warning for neighbors no one Lehigh Valley neighborhood. What the state is telling people to do after they found record levels of radon. Plus the cost of health care. Why the Obama Administration is warning people they may have to pay more. s this mythical place we talk about even though now in pennsylvania we have casinos its still. Theres ac. Were from pittsburgh. No boardwalk. No beach. No sand. Its beautiful twelve months out of the year. Its just a state of mind, it really is. You cant get this feeling anywhere. The ocean breeze and. The beach, the boardwalk, the restaurants, the casinos, music. You feel like youre on vacation when you come here. In southern california, back to back storms have created these massive mudslides. Take a closer look. See vehicles buried in a mountain of mud here at riverside county. Several people were trapped inside their car. And crews rescued 14 people when a road washed out in one community. Some areas will still face the threat of flooding. The suspects been arrested in the murder of an American School teacher in abu dhabi. She was stabbed to death in a womens restroom in an upscale mall. The woman dressed as an emirate woman was caught on surveillance tape going into the bathroom and the suspect planted a makeshift bomb outside ryans house. That was dismantled successfully. In yemen, al qaeda is threatening to kill an american hostage. A Watchdog Group says this is new video of photojournalist luke somers kidnapped off the road in 2013. In a video he said his life is in danger. The militants gave three days to reach the demands. Today the pentagon said it rescued eight hostages in yemen last month but somers was not at the targeted location. The pentagon says Sexual Assaults in the military rose again to nearly 6,000 this year but military Officials Say assaults are now actually less frequent because more victims are reporting attacks. Nbc 10 National Correspondent Steve Handelsman reports from capitol hill, where some lawmakers are still demanding a new solution. Reporter more members of the military said they were sexually assaulted this year. A hike of 8 . From 3,600 in 2012 to 5,500 this year, to 5,983 this year. The survey found only one in four victims reported an assault. But two years ago, it was one in ten. So the pentagon estimates actual assaults reported and unreported dropped to 19,000 this year from 26,000 two years ago. Outgoing secretary of defense chuck hagel hailed that progress. We believe our efforts to prevent Sexual Assault are beginning to have an impact. Reporter hagel initiated 28 programs to shame and warn predat predators, to encourage victims to report assaults. They still have to go to their commanders who often know and like the accused. Usually these friends will reach out in support of the accused. The victim has no such person in her corner. Reporter and 62 of victims still claim they were retaliated against. New york senator Kirsten Gillibrand today pushed harder for victims to be able to go to sex assault specialists outside their chain of command. We need them to be able to prosecute these cases based on the evidence and be able to remove that decisionmaking from the chain of command. Reporter so far, the pentagon says no. Other lawmakers up here including many women lawmakers oppose any change in the military chain of command structure, especially, they say, with more military women now willing to report Sexual Assaults. Im Steve Handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. An American Health care worker who may have been infected with the ebola virus in west africa arrived at a hospital near atlanta. Emory University Hospital says the patient arrived around 5 30 this morning. Details about the patient havent been released. Emory houses a specialized Isolation Unit that handled four of the ten ebola patients previously treated in this country. Well, if youre enrolling for Health Care Coverage through the healthcare. Gov website, may have noticed premiums are on the rise. The Obama Administration reported today that premiums are going up for next year. Premiums for the most popular plans will go up an average of 5 . The government Officials Say if youre willing to shop around on the marketplace website, you should be able to find cheaper plans. Thats because more and more insurance providers are now competing for your business through the health care exchanges. Pennsylvania is increasing staff on its Medicaid Expansion hotline. Staffing rose from 55 to about 130 today. After the complaints that many people were not getting through to anyone. Enrollment began monday and there have been more than 11,000 applications. Coverage begins january 1st. Some 600,000 lowincome adults are newly eligible. Active adults received tips to improve their life and lifestyle today. Nbc 10 checked in at the subaru share the love and nutrition fair in northeast philadelphia. There were free health screenings, important nutritional and fitness information was also available to everyone who attended. The sirius Xm Satellite Radio service agrees to pay millions of dollars after claims the company misled its customers. Pennsylvania and new jersey are among 45 states that will get part of a 3. 8 million settlement from sirius xm. Investigators say the company took part in deceptive billing practices and made it difficult for customers to cancel their contracts. The settlement requires sirius xm to change its business practices. If you think youre eligible for some of that money, you must file a complaint with the Attorney Generals Office in the next 150 days. Nasas new oryan spacecraft is going to have to wait another day to fly. Wind gusts and a sticky rocket valve forced the Cape Canaveral launch team to call of todays attempt to send oryan on the first test flight. Theyll try again tomorrow. It will take the capsule 3,600 miles into space and hope to use it one day to send astronauts to mars. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. A couple of cold, wet days out there but now we had a sunny day. Thats it. One sunny day. Clouds are back in and we have some rain coming in over the weekend. We do expect the weather to be dry now for the eagles game. Well kind of be in between storms. And the noreaster will be the storm coming after the eagles get to play on sunday evening. Traffic is just fine. Roads are dry now. But by tomorrow at this time, some wet roads north and west of philadelphia. 41 degrees. Already cooling off. Its 6 degrees colder than it was at this time yesterday s, a were already down into the 30s. Many parts of the area, wilmington, 37, glassboro, 39 degrees. Barely 40. Atlantic city and in dover. So it was a chilly day despite the sunshine. Tomorrow, another cool day. Saturday, one day with aboveaverage temperatures coming, but then were going to get a good bit of rain to come with it. Look at all the clouds that are moving in here. The rain not that far away. And on the Northern Edge of this is a little bit of snow. Its up in the mountains, too. I think it would be too warm for snow or ice by the time this gets here later tomorrow. Heres the future cast. We go through the night tonight. We dont see any kind of precipitation. Even for tomorrow mornings rush hour looks like its going to be dry. But by the afternoon rush tomorrow, there could be a little bit of light rain in parts of the area. Again, especially north and west. And then the chances increase virtually every hour tomorrow night of getting the rain. And into saturday morning as well. Then its going to get even wetter. This lowpressure center moves in from the west, were expecting the heaviest rain in the weekend saturday night. Then the storm moves offshore. In many cases, that would continue. That trend would continue moving offshore. This one looks like its going to stall and then even come back and bring the rain back in, the wind increases. This is a noreaster developing early next week and eventually on the backside of it you can get enough cold air to bring some snow into parts of the area. For the eagles on sunday afternoon, expect it to be dry in between those systems. Temperatures dropping into the upper 30s. Kind of breezy. Especially early in the game. For tonight, its just going to be cloudy and cold. 34 for the low in philadelphia. 26 north and west. Tomorrow, cloudy day. Kind of chilly again. With rain coming in late in the day. Especially, and at night. Low to mid 40s. Milder on saturday, but the heaviest rain of the weekend comes saturday night. Then its windy and colder on sunday. Monday, late in the day the rain comes back and we could have the fullfledged noreaster by tuesday with even a change to snow at the end in some areas. Oh, boy. All right, glenn. The cdc says this years flu shot isnt as effective as they hoped. Coming up, a local doctor will tell us what that means for you and your family. Plus, what will they think of next . How stall malls are helping people buy from the bathroom. And where theyll show up in our area. Philadelphia students pitch in to make sure deserving children have a happy holiday. Today, father judge high school presented 500 and 3 boxes of toys to the toys for tots campaign. The schools hockey team drummed up donations and the Bridge Educational Foundation also hosted a toy drive. The annual campaign is run by the u. S. Marine corps and Officials Say they arent getting enough donations to meet the demands. The toys arent there like they have been in previous years. The times are hard. Economy is down. People just arent donating like they have in previous years. Theres still time for you to help with toys or money. Donation information is on our website, nbc10. Com. Two retail giants believe productivity shouldnt end at the bathroom stall. And theyre doing something about it, right . Yeah. Amazon and Procter Gamble are teaming up to launch stall malls. Theyre giant advertisements that hang on the back of a stall door. Consumers can scan bar codes on the ad and place an order while theyre just sitting there on the toilet. Stall malls will be coming to select cities in coming weeks including right here in philadelphia. So much to say but were not. Going to leave it at that and move along. Radon gas recorded at record highs in Lehigh County homes. It could be lurking in your home, too. Why the gas could be dangerous and what experts say you can do right now to make sure your home is protected. I cant take my mind off of you hes a big hit on the voice and now new jerseys matt ma mcandrew has come home to thank his fans. Nbc 10s keith jones will have more on tonights big conference performance. Plus all new on nbc 10 news at 6, a 98yearold woman in our area fights to clear her name. How shes trying to beat her conviction of helping russian spies during the cold war. Happening right now at 5 30, neighbors in the Lehigh Valley are learning what they can do to protect their families after officials found high levels after rayon in peoples homes. Too much exposure to radon can lead to cancer. Nbc 10 Lehigh Valley Bureau Reporter Randy Gyllenhaal is live in Center Valley. Randy, what kind of help is the state offering here . Reporter well, theyre telling people how exactly to keep this radioactive gas from getting into your basements and homes. See about a few dozen of residents, neighbors here are still at this meeting. A few hours later. Radon is a natural byproduct of uranium decay. And its been pops up in some of these peoples homes. After a home in Lehigh County tested off the charts for radioactive gas, you can understand why so many people filled this meeting room armed with questions about radon. The naturally occurring gas which you cant see or smell, has been seeping into local homes for decades. Especially in pennsylvania because of our geological formation. Its everywhere in pennsylvania. For some reason, were seeing this hit, if you will, in this part of the Center Valley of Lehigh County. Yeah, they were very high. Yeah, they were very high in this area. Reporter neighbors here say some houses here are seeing levels way beyond state limits. A safe reading for radon is about 4 parts per liter. This week, one home here broke a record testing at nearly 4,000. Thats just off the charts. To be up in the thousands is very, very dangerous, and very, very unusual. Reporter aaron fisher runs a radon cleanup company, the largest in the state. His office busy fielding calls. Theyre handing out free test kits to neighbors in affected areas. You punch it open, and you put the foam in. Reporter in the past few weeks, many homes near Center Valley tested above safe levels. The air flows through and it measures how much radon. Its odorless. Its colorless. You have no way of knowing without testing. Thats a little scary. Reporter lori got a test kit because she knows that over time, exposure can cause lung cancer. Shes waiting on those test results to come back. We just put it in the basement, theres two little vials and put it down there for 48 hours. Reporter just wanted to be sure. Yep. Hopefully its all good. Reporter now a lot of people are going to be going home with test kits. If your home is tested and comes up with radiation levels higher than that 4 parts per liter, you can get a mitigation installed, that would be piping along the side of your house taking the gas from underneath and popping it out at the top of your roof so it escapes that way instead of going into your home. Live in Lehigh County, Randy Gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Investigators are reconstructing an accident. A car struck and killed a construction worker on route 422 near route 100 last night. Authorities say 60yearold lee boyer was killed while setting up cones. The driver stopped and offered to help. The driver has not been charged. In lackawanna county, an elderly woman died in a house explosion in dounmore. This was the scene earlier this morning in the 400 block of smith street. The fire spread to a neighboring Apartment Building and dozens of people were evacuated. Officials say the explosion which was touched off by a water main and gas leak in the neighborhood. A convicted cop killer on pennsylvanias death row is scheduled to be put to death today. The bucks county case involves the murder of newtown Police Officer brian gregg back in 2005. Robert flore pleaded guilty to shooting officer greg at st. Marys hospital. Investigators say he grabbed another officers gun and fired several shots as the officer tested his blood during a dui arrest. Flore wounded that second officer as well. So far, pennsylvania governor tom corbett signed 40 death warrants during his time in office. The use of police force has been the focus of protests across the country. Some are angered by a grand jurys decision not to charge a white Police Officer in the choke hold death of a black suspect. Others are defending it. Nbc 10 National Correspondent has the story. Reporter wednesday night, an outpouring of emotion in new york. Protesters shutting down major highways and bridges. More demonstrations are expected here. No justice, no peace reporter and across the country. In pittsburgh, a diein on thursday. And in denver, students walked out of Abraham Lincoln high school. I cant breathe reporter many chanted, i cant breathe. Eric garners last words as he was forced on to the ground by police for allegedly selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. All caught on camera. I cant breathe reporter its that video showing officer Daniel Pantaleos arm around garners neck thats especially upsetting in the wake of the grand jurys decision not to indict. I dont know what video they were looking at. Evidently it wasnt the same one that the rest of the world was looking at. The problem here that causes so much distrust of the system, and so much suspicion, is the secret grand jury proceedings. In a case that otherwise is very, very public. Reporter officer pantaleo remains on desk duty while the nypd continues an internal probe. Hes the model of what we want the Police Officer to be. Reporter Police Union Officials are defending him and the grand jurys decision. It was a just decision. A difficult decision, we understand. But it was a just decision. Why . Because it was based on the facts that were on the table. Reporter meanwhile, the department of justices own investigation is under way. Theres no word on a timeline for that federal investigation. As for the grand jury here, they sat for nine weeks hearing testimony from 50 witnesses. In staten island, nbc news. And happening right now, were seeing more demonstrations play out because of eric garners death. What youre looking at here in new york city, a live picture where protesters have gathered in Lower Manhattan at foley square. As you see holding up signs in reaction to yesterdays decision by the grand jury. The Justice Department and cleveland agree today to overhaul the citys police department. Last month, a white Police Officer in cleveland shot and killed a black 12yearold outside a rec center. Todays agreement is actually the result of an investigation that began last year. The Justice Department released the findings of that investigation today. It found cleveland Police Officers used excessive and unnecessary force far too often and are poorly trained. A grand jury in South Carolina has indicted a white police chief who shot and killed an unarmed black man. He shot and killed Bernard Baylor during a struggle in 2011. Cone faces murder charges but his lawyer said prosecutors took advantage of the recent National Outrage toward police to get the indictment. Philadelphias Veterans Medical Center is one step closer to a new name. U. S. Senator pat toomey introduced a bill to rename the center after Corporal Michael creshans, only medal of honor recipient of the vietnam war era. Military Officials Say the corporal charged the enemy and gave up his own life to save others in his company. President obama wants to do more to make College Affordable for everyone. So the president hosted a summit on College Opportunity in washington today. Hundreds of College President s, Higher Education advocates, and students were invited including some there our area. The daylong event is aimed at increasing College Access and affordability. College education is greater than its ever been in american history, and if a large segment of society cant afford to be part of the upward mobility, weve got a huge, huge problem in this country. President obama says he wants to make the u. S. Leaders in education again. Protecting yourself from the flu. The cdc says this years vaccine is not as effective as they thought. Coming up next, were asking a local doctor how this will impact your health and what you can do to protect your family. Im keith jones live in south philadelphia. Take a look at all these people here at xfinity live. Theyre all here in support of a local guy whos taken to the national stage, and soon Matt Mcandrews will take this stage behindm me. Ill have the details on nbc 10 news at 5. A hepatitis scare in south jersey coming from this restaurant. Called out for posing as a United States soldier. How he was caught before posing as a Philadelphia Police officer. Count on nbc 10 news at 6. A warning from the centers of disease control. Flu season begins, and this years flu vaccine may not protect against the common form of the virus, h3n2 strain of the flu which is causing much of the early cases mutated into a version not included in the vaccine. Nbc 10 reached out to dr. Ronald goran to find out what this means for you and your family. Hes an Infectious Disease specialist at naserith hospital. Thanks for being with us. My pleasure. What does this mean . It naturally raises alarms for people when they hear this. If someones already gotten this vaccine, which many have, should they be worried . Well, it would be nice if the vaccine was more specific for this years flu, however, the way they make the vaccine they pick it up, do it in february based on last years vaccine in order to make sure we have enough for this season, and every once in a while you dont get a good match because the flu virus changes. However, we all have a little bit of antibody to the flu, and crossreactivity will occur so you will get some protection. And even if its not 14ur00 , theres a good chance if you get the flu youll have a milder illness and youre less likely to be hospitalized or get a pneumonia. Furthermore, two other strains that circulate, h1n1 and the b strain and youll be protected against those as well. Theres absolutely every reason for people not to worry about having gotten it and make sure they continue to get their flu vaccine if they havent been vaccinated. This isnt the first time this has happened. Viruses are notorious for this. A lot of people watching this might think, why dont they go ahead and make a new vaccine . Is that possible . Not at this time of year. It takes a while to grow the vak ve vaccine, get it to production, make sure the quality is right and get it out to everybody. We wouldnt have time this year to do that. We cant enforce it enough, if you havent received flu shot yet, this should not stop you from getting it because it can prevent you from getting more serious cases. Absolutely. Even pneumonia. Absolutely. Just reminder to everybody, the flu vaccine does not cause flu. I urge all pregnant women to get it. I like to say this every time, its very important. Theyre much more susceptible than the average person is, and they really it wont harm anything. Wont harm the baby. They should get the vaccine. We cant hear that number. Thank you for being with us. Cases of the flu are expected to peak early next year. Lets turn it over to glenn and a look at our weather. Were in for another cold night and more rain is on the way. How its going to impact your weekend coming up in my first alert forecast. Plus ahead on nbc 10 news at 6, the military taking some action regarding bill cosby. The new announcement as more women come forward accusing him of Sexual Assault. Well, hes a big hit on the voice. Now new jerseys Matt Mcandrew is home to thank his fans. Nbc 10s keith jones is at xfinity live, joins us from south philadelphia with more on the huge performance from matt tonight. Reporter i joined you an hour ago. There werent this many people here. Now theres a ton of people out here. Another example of how fun this is here. Look at the signs people are holding up. Come on, people, get up, youre live on television. Matt mcandrew signs all over the place. This one as a matter of fact a handdrawn note says team hottie. Let me take a look at the stage. Thats where hes going to go in an hour, 15 minutes time. He is a top five contender in the voice. Hes a local favorite to win it. In fact, he grew up in ocean county, graduated from the university of the arts in philadelphia. Need another reason to come out here at 6 30 . I spoke to his teachers from lbi. Theyre sitting in front tonight at a table. Theyre fired up. They can vouch for his talent. He went through our elementary system on Long Beach Island and southern reena regio high school. Reporter youre a teacher. Who kind of student was he . An awesome student. These are all his teachers. Reporter they have the signs and everything to prove it. And look at what we found. Matt mcandrews student i. D. When he was just a teen. Youre going to love this. Look at the mop top there. Let me run down whats going to happen tonight. Im actually emceeing the event. It kicks off 6 30, 7 00. Its going to follow up with three to five songs from Matt Mcandrew when i introduce him. Theres going to be a question and answer session that im moderating. Again, takes place here in south philly at xfinity live beginning at 6 30. Fun to be had out here. Still time to come out here, too. Keith jones, nbc 10 news. Appropriate to pull out the i. D. On throwback thursday. Im sure hes going to love that the teachers brought that one out. Oh, yeah, real popular on social media yeah. Thanks, keith. Youll see clip from matts philadelphia performance when the top five contestants compete in the finals of the voice next week live monday night at 8 00 only here on nbc 10. Only on nbc10. Com, check out our ten questions with Matt Mcandrew including which one of his 11 tattoos means the most to him. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwarhurhur after a couple of days of rain, we got a day of sunshine, and now the rain is going to be coming back. The clouds are in. Some weekend rain out there. But not a total washout for the weekend. Including the eagles game. Think its going to be dry. At least during that period of the weekend. And a noreaster is coming after that game, early next week. We continue to see, well, here, no fog, any problems like that. Just some higher clouds. 41 degrees. Winds out of the north. Its light. 6 degrees colder than it was this time yesterday. And the clouds are across just about the entire area now. And that will prevent the temperatures from dropping real quickly. 36 in pottstown. 38 in allentown and reading. 37 in wilmington. One of the cold spots. The ocean temperature still 47 degrees. Now theres still plenty of rain out to our west. Its not expected to make it all the way to the coast very quickly. Its going to take 24 hours for that but its moving into dry air and thats why it doesnt necessarily hold together and make it all the way here. The future cast, the future weather computers show us this. Just with the clouds as we go through the night tonight into tomorrow morning. Dry morning rush. Tomorrow afternoon is a different story. You start to saturate the atmosphere and especially north and west of i95, we get a little bit of rain and more coming tomorrow night and into saturday morning. Thats not the heaviest rain of the weekend. Thats going to come as this area of low pressure moves close by. Thats on saturday night. Thats when we expect the heaviest rain. Then this storm moves offshore. But it doesnt continue moving offshore. So we could see a little bit of lingering rain sunday morning. Especially near the coast. And then this lowpressure center starts moving back and brings the rain with it, brings the wind with it, and enough cold coming down with that northeast wind to potentially change rain over to snow in parts of the area by tuesday night, lets say. That is going to be an interesting forecast. Well give you an update at 1 1 00 tonight. 34 for the low in philadelphia. 26 north and west. Cloudy. And chilly during the day tomorrow as well. The rain comes in late in the day. Especially tomorrow night. Temperatures in the low to mid 40s. Expect it to be just rain. Then on saturday, the temperatures up. Could get some rain early saturday. A break for maybe several hours during the afternoon. And then the heaviest rain saturday night. Then sunday, thats the eagles. And it looks like its going to be dry. Will be in between storms. The wind 15 to 25 miles an hour to start the game. And then it diminishes later on. Then we wait for the noreaster to develop monday and bring rain up by monday night and especially on tuesday when we get rain, perhaps snow in parts of the area, and wind in much of the area, too followed by windy and cold weather for wednesday. As new england gets hammered by the storm. Happening right now, were seeing more demonstrations playing out this evening because of eric garners death in new york city. These are live aerials now in new york city in foley square in Lower Manhattan where a large group of protesters has gathered. Garner died after being put in an apparent choke hold this summer by an nypd officer. As you may recall. Even though that practice is banned by the nypd. As these protests continue, count on nbc 10 to keep you informed. Turning now to weather. Getting around after a big storm, we dealt with this a lot last year. We know it can be a big hassle. Yeah, but now philadelphia says its going to do a better job cleaning up your streets. Were going to take a look at their new tools and technology. Plus, coming up on nbc 10 news at 6, a new timeline in the search for shane. Who saw the missing College Student 45 minutes after he disappeared from a bar in manayunk. My one word to describe ac would be laid back. Relaxing getaway fun unique beautiful serenity shenanigans refreshing shopping surprising happy place you know what i mean . I want to say friendly. Exhilarating adventure the boardwalk nosleep its a great weekend. There is so much to do here. Its so great to have it so close. Its just a great location, a great place to be. We love atlantic city. Who can forget last years brutal winter, right . Philadelphia changing the way it fights ice and snow. We tried to block it out. Its impossible. Nbc 10s Vince Lattanzio joins us. Officials tell me theyre investing in new equipment and new technology to help fight Winter Weather smarter and more efficiently. One of the major changes is an expansion of the citys brining operations. Brine is basically saltwater thats spread on the streets to prevent freezing. The Streets Department is doubling its capacity to store it. Officials say it will help them cook up the liquid deicer faster, get it in more trucks and on to the 2,500 miles of roadway quicker. In addition to the pumped up brine operation, the Street Department is planning to build a temporary salt yard under i95 in south philly to help trucks fill up more quickly, piloting a gps tracking system to show where trucks have been and where they need to go and starting a spotter network. Those spotters will drive around the city, check on conditions, and look for problem areas. Theyre going to take photos and upload them into a database. City Officials Say that those spotters will allow them to assess conditions and help with accountability not only for staffers, but also residents. You can get that part of the story right now exclusively on the nbc 10 app on your smartphone and tablet. Vince lattanzio, nbc 10 news. Coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6, she shared a prison cell with Ethel Rosenberg at the height of the red scare. Tonight a 98yearold woman from our area is fighting for her reputation. Well, im tracking rain that could return just in time for your weekend. Im also tracking a noreaster headed our way. Ill tell you what that could mean for our weather in the sevenday forecast coming up. Plus, were following breaking news. A second case of hepatitis a. Might be linked to the same new jersey restaurant with a sick worker. What weve learned and how you can protect yourself next on nbc 10 news at 6. Right now at 6 00, a growing hepatitis a. Scare in new jersey. Health officials think a customer might be sick with the disease after eating at the same restaurant where a worker has been diagnosed. Tonight, customers are lining up to get vaccinated against the virus. Nbc 10s south jersey Bureau Reporter cydney long is live. What do we know about this customer who may have hepatitis a. Now . Reporter jim, we know he is a 77yearold man who was concerned enough that he went to his doctor this morning about 10 00 asking for a hepatitis a vaccination because he dines at the restaurant. A many as three times a week. We also know all of his blood work today came back positive for hepatitis a. Hundreds of Hamilton Township residents lined up for their best defense to what could have put them at serious risk of a dangerous disease. Safety. Firsts. And thats it. Reporter dining in or taking out from rosas restaurant and pizzeria between november 10th and monday. This due to a food worker who contracted hepatitis a. And remains hospitalized. So the source would be someone not washing their hands properly then putting it in their mouth, touching a utensil and using that utensil. Reporter a disease that seems to have touched at least one customer of thousands who dined there so far. I was amazed at the amount of people. Reporter health Officials Say the hepatitis a. Shot will provide significant protection if it is received within two weeks aft s of exposure to the disease. Bruce bradley and other loyal patrons didnt want to take a chance of getting sick but say theyre not mad at rosas. You know what, i wasnt really concerned. Better safe than sorry. You know, ive got takeout from there. Its my favorite. Its a really great place to eat. I love it. And shes a good friend. And we go there all the time and im sure its going to be cleaner than ever right now. Reporter in the