That facility was immediately evacuated as a precaution. The entire base though not put on lockdown. As the First Responders are at work right now, deeper onto this base civilians even off base say they noticed a clearly heightened Law Enforcement presence. One man described an officer pulling him over right off base. Seemed like they were being cautious, as safe as possible. He was definitely nice and just trying to look out for me and everybody else it seemed like. Reporter basically heightened alert then . Yeah, absolutely. Reporter heightened alert, indeed especially Given International events over the past weeks. Nbc news has learned that the package that was suspicious was suspicious in part because it was left unattended. We are waiting to get word from officials on the base as they continue their investigation. That is the very latest. Live right now in wrightstown, new jersey, george spencer, nbc10 news. Something completely different now. Sniffling, sneezing, body aches, you name it. The deeper into winter we go more and more people are coming down with some kind of seasonal sickness. Nbc10s christine maddela. Reporter we reached out to hospitals, doctors offices, urgent care clinics. They are all treating more cases of flu and respiratory illsnesses, as well as colds. Cough, fever. Reporter she caught her virus from her husband. She told me nearly all her family members and coworkers have gotten sick. Been in bed the past few days. Reporter if you have a sly russ, you just have to treat the symptoms. Were limited in what we can do treatmentwise. People who have viral illnesses and viral symptoms theres no medication thats going to be a cureall that will make that go away quickly. Many of our patients will come in, requesting antibiotics for what is likely a viral infection. And antibiotics do nothing to shorten the course of a viral illness. They dont treat it at all. Reporter tamiflu is one medication that can shorten the duration of flu, but its expensive and works best if you take it within 48 hours of when you notice symptoms. That means theyve got to get a prescription for it get it from a pharmacy. And sometimes that 48 hours disappears very quickly. Reporter best way to keep all these viruses at bay . Good old hand washing. If you dont wash your hands repeatedly and often, can you share this with your colleagues and family members. Reporter we checked in with mainline health because they dont want the flu to spread, theyre asking anyone with flulike symptoms to refrain from visiting their Pediatric Center at bryn mawr hospital as well as neonatal facilities. At 5 45 a growing Health Threat for young children. Its called rsv, a highly contagious respiratory disease that starts as a cold. Tonight nbc10 talked to the parents of one child whose condition rapidly deteriorated. Some parts of the nbc10 viewing area started the day with snow. Nbc10 in wildwood with snow that accumulated on streets and sidewalks. Other towns saw a wintry mix. Ted greenberg sent us this video. There was a coating on the cars and on the ground. Kids always love it though, dont they . Theyre headed to school. Much of this mornings snow is already melted. Heres a live look at the beach in cape may where about a half inch fell today. If you look closely, there is still some snow out there on the dunes. Regardless of whether it snowed where you were theres plenty of cold air across the region to deal with. It was really cold out there. Nbc10 meteorologist Sheena Parveen is with us. What can we expect . We dont expect any more snow. Some areas along the shore may be getting light snow. Yes, the cold is still with us. 32 degrees right now in philadelphia. This is really the peak of our temperatures today. 33 in Atlantic City and through the Lehigh Valley. Were only in the mid to upper 20s. Heres a look at the radar. Were really drying out along our shore communities. Also in much of delaware. But like i mentioned, a few flakes may be falling from cape may courthouse all the way up to Atlantic City. The radar is still picking up on a little band of light moisture. Mostly north of cape may. Still along the shore in cape may. We could be seeing flakes in millville, otherwise well be drying out along the shore. The rest of the area cold and dry for this evening. By 6 p. M. Still around the upper 20s in philadelphia. 8 p. M. Upper 20s. By 10 00 tonight, well start to see some clouds breaking. But temperatures still on the cold side. As we go into the weekend, though, we have some changes in the forecast. Ill show you more details on that coming up. All right, sheena. Security is tighter at the Delaware National guard base in new castle. Nbc10 broke this story first on our mobile app before 11 a. M. Nbc10 learned over the last couple of days a number of people went to the air Guard Security gates claiming they were lost. At least one car turned around and drove off before Security Officers got to get a look at them or their plates. Tonight just to be safe guard leaders have raised the security levels at their facilities. Happened over the course of two days monday and tuesday. Four or five times we had this happen. So, that raised the red flag to us. The fbi and Homeland Security are going to help the guard go back through its Surveillance Video. Delaware state Police Officials tell nbc10 theyre increasing patrols around guard facilities up and down the state of delaware. We are following a developing story out of texas. Thats where a prison bus crashed, killing ten people. Nbc10s jim joins us. Two correction officers and eight prisoners were killed. The scenes from penwell texas, in the western part of the state. Police say a Texas Department of criminal justice bus carrying 15 people skidded from the icy interstate careened over an overpass and slammed into the side of a moving train. Another corrections officer and four inmates were also hurt. The two engineers on the Union Pacific train with four locomotives and 58 cars carrying packages were not hurt. Investigators with the ntsb are on their way to the scene right now. Jim rosenfield. A Philadelphia Traffic Court judge who lied to a grand jury in a ticketfixing probe. A judge sentenced Michael Lowry to 20 months in prison. A jury acquitted him of fixing traffic tickets but convicted him of perjury. Its part of a sweeping indictment that shut down philadelphias traffic court. It alleges the judges had a longstanding practices of giving special consideration to personal and political friends. Former sportscaster Don Tollefson resumed testifying at his trial in bucks county. He insists hes just a bad businessman and not a con artist. He is accused of selgs more than 340,000 in bogus sports packages to benefit charities that did not exist. How about this a robbery suspect with bad fashion sense could help Philadelphia Police catch him and another guy. Video from inside the market in logan monday night. One man walks in pulls a gun on the cashier demanding money. Hes wearing a homemade mask. Check it out, two different colored shoes. Police are also looking for this man. If you know anything about this crime, call police. Its a chance for riders to weigh in on stuff thats current and upcoming projects. Septa has a lot of projects planned. Nbc10 attended one of two open houses set for today. The purpose is to inform riders about the projects theyre working on and, secondly, to get feedback. Station work that will be under way in the program. That is vital to our customers. Thats very important to septa. A second meeting is under way until 7 00 tonight. Anyone who is interested may attend. A warning from the state of pennsylvania. Many towns and cities in our area are teetering right on the edge of financial disaster because they cant afford to play their employee pensions. Five municipalities including philadelphia are ranked among the states most distressed cities owing millions in unpaid pections. Large cities like philadelphia have more wiggle room. For smaller towns, the burden can be substantial with shy of 3,000 residents, they owe 3 million in unpaid pension contributions making local residents worried a tax hike may be necessary. Thats a lot for a Little Borough like that. Taxes keep going up and we dont get any more for our money than we did before. Experts say towns will either need to raise taxes or cut pension benefits. In some extreme cases, some towns will likely consider bankruptcy. The state Auditors Office is urging most cities to transition away from pensions to 401 k type plans. Were still a few months away from the tax deadline, so consider this warning. You may not get your refund check on time. Why the irs is already telling taxpayers about an unexpected processing delay. Just pointing this out now. It is happy hour. Well tell you why a new study might have you passing on halfpriced drinks. Oh, my god woo and next a Close Encounter out at sea. Watch as a sightseeing tour sees a little too much. We thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. Stop living with halffast internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads. Get a fios triple play for just 79. 99 a month online for two years and get a 400 bonus with a two Year Agreement hurry its your last chance. This offer ends january 17th. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v break news from washington, d. C. Thats where federal authorities filed charges against an ohio man they say wanted to attack the u. S. Capitol. 20yearold Christopher Lee cornel from near cincinnati is charged. The fbi said he began posting comments on twitter supporting isis last august. Agents say they have been investigating him for months. Now to an update on breaking news we have been telling you about since 4 00. Evacuation orders were just lifted at joint base mcguiredixlakehurst in Burlington County after a suspicious package was found. Investigators found the package was nothing hostile. A top leader of al qaedas branch in yemen has now claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at a french magazine. But french authorities call the claim opportunistic and say they have no evidence of al qaedas direct involvement. In the meantime france has sent an Aircraft Carrier to the middle east to work more closely with the Coalition Fighting isis. Right now, 120,000 Security Forces are protecting sensitive sites around france. Also today, 3 million copies of the new Charlie Hebdo magazine flew right off the shelves after terrorists killed 12 people at their office last week. The magazine is sending a defiant message. As nbcs Steve Handelsman reports, papers here in the u. S. Arent willing to follow their lead. Reporter the tiny normally prints 50,000 copies. Todays edition of Charlie Hebdo will be 3 million, maybe more. And theyre selling fast. People in paris waited hours for theirs. Its exactly a week since islamic extremists massacred much of Charlie Hebdos staff. Al qaeda of yemen today took credit for the attack. But defiantly on page 1 of todays edition is again, an image of muhammad. Nbc news is not using the caricature. The prophet is shedding a tear but saying all is forgiven. Its another prove oeprovocation, say activists. At the museum in washington its clear most american newspapers are covering the Charlie Hebdo story without the image of muhammad. Its on websites that many muslims are relieved its not on page 1 mere here. Were big supporters much the First Amendment and free expression, but just because you can do something doesnt mean you have to do something. Reporter a veteran editor agrees. It will offend people. You know and we make those decisions as journalists, i think, every single day. Reporter its not fear . I think you cant live in a postcharlie World Without that. Reporter at new castle air guard in delaware is on alert as middle eastern men approached the gate in way soldiers considered suspicious this week before the new edition of Charlie Hebdo went on sale. Copies are already on ebay where the bidding for one went for over 400. Steve handelsman nbc news washington. Stick around for nbc nightly news to get the latest on the developments for more search for suspects in these attacks and what france is doing to protect its citizens at 6 30 on nbc10. U. S. Attorney general eric holder arrived in philadelphia tomorrow. Hes taking part in a roundtable discussion. The focus, improving relationships between Law Enforcement and the community. Holder, mayor Michael NutterPolice CommissionerMichael Ramsey and others will also address concerns about violence directed at police. Theres a lot of work that needs to be done. Law enforcement cant do all of it but working together we can certainly accomplish a lot. Similar discussions have taken place in atlanta, cleveland, memphis and chicago. The woman killed when a washington, d. C. Metro tunnel filled with smoke yesterday has ties to our area. 61yearold carol glover earned a Computer Science degree from drexler university. She worked at a federal Communications Company and took the metro to work for two decades. Neighbors remember her warm, friendly smile. Would play out here with my son and we would see her coming home and, you know exchange pleasantries. Hello, how are you . Very sweet. Very nice lady. So its a horrible tragedy. Engineers say an electrical malfunction caused the smoke. It looks like a worker at the cdc is out of the woods after being exposed positive ebola. The incident happened just before christmas. The technician has shown no symptoms of the deadly virus. It usually takes three weeks for the symptoms to appear. The cdc is now looking into how the exposure happened and how to prevent more in the future. For the first time in eight years, the fdas approved a new device to help people battle obesity. Its called the miceaestro rechargeable system. It uses electrodes to make the stomach think its full. The company hasnt said how much it will cost but its trying to get Health Care Reimbursement for patients. The more you work during the week, the higher your risk of drinking too much. Finnish researchers studied more than 00,000 people in 14 countries. They found people who work 49 to 59 hours a week were about 13 more likely to have risky Alcohol Consumption compared to those who worked 35 to 40 hours a week. For women, risky drinking is considered to be 14 or more drinks a week. For men, that number jumps to 21 or more drinks a week. After the snow at the shore this morning, we are drying out. Mostly. But there are still a few snow showers on radar. Ill show you that in just a second. We will be staying cold as we go through the rest of this week. All the way into the start of the weekend. Then as we go into sunday milder temperatures will move in but we will also have some showers with that too. The cold returns, though next week so that mild blast is really just for one short day. Heres a live look outside center city where we still have the clouds around. Overnight tonight well see the clouds breaking up more. But it is going to stay cold and get colder than it is right now. In philadelphia 32 degrees is the temperature. Feels more like 25 degrees when you factor in the breeze which will be lightening up a lot as we go through the overnight hours tonight. North and west were in the 20s. Mid to upper 20s. 27 allentown. 27 degrees in reading. Much of south jersey, a little above freezing closer to the shore. 35 degrees, stone harbor. 32 in millville. Still a few snow showers were watching on radar closer to the shore, so we still have a lot of moisture thats hanging offshore but is still moving inland. So, close to the shore, Cape May County also up to Atlantic City down to wildwood we could see light snow showers. This goes a little farther inland in Cape May County. Around the millville area Maurice River seeing light snowfall. We dont expect it to amount to anything but other than that its going to get colder as we go through tonight, especially when the snow starts to end as well. Take a look at how much of the country is seeing the cold air. Its not just us. Even though overnight well be dropping to around 20 in philadelphia. The cold air is pretty much everywhere. The only place youll see temperatures in the 60s is in south florida. So it is going to be cold even to end out the week into the weekend. At least we stay dry. Future weather thursday into friday, we stay nice and dry. Even going into saturday. Big area of High Pressure keeps us dry. But we will be staying cold to start out the weekend. Now we go into sunday. Big changes starting on sunday. It will get milder with more of a south wind but this also comes with some rain in the forecast. So, the mild temperatures will also be bringing rain showers. Not snow showers. Mostly cloudy for tonight. It is going to get colder. 25 degrees for the low in philadelphia. 15 areas most and west. Mostly cloudy skies. Breaking up a little more tomorrow, mix of clouds and sun. Cold temperatures still staying at about the mid to upper 30s tomorrow afternoon. Then we go into friday. Winds are going to start to pick up. Temperatures in the upper 30s. Stays that way for saturday. But more in the way of sunshine. There you see 10degree jump in temperatures going into sunday. 48 for the high. Then the rain showers move in and as we go into next week, we are back in the 30s. Its one trip a group of sight seers wont soon forget. A group of vakers in hawaii walked away with one whale of a tale. Its going to ram us oh my god those tourists took this video off the coast of maui over the weekend. They were watching a whale when it started to move toward them. They moved toward moved toward the tour boat. Rammed it. Everybody was okay. The whale was okay. You look at that and you think, they need a bigger boat. On a whalewatching expedition you want to see whales but not that close. They got what they paid for. The impact moved that boat about five feet. This next story may seem like a minor stat but for police its personal. Watch as this man takes off with a philadelphia officers bike and more. And when you think philadelphia, does shopping come to mind . If not, maybe it should. Why the city of brotherly love beat out new york l. A. And other spots when it comes to its shopping experience. A lot of people could be asking this year, wheres my refund refund . The head of the irs says budget cuts have forced them to cut back which means taxpayers might get their refund a week late. Those with questions will have to wait to get help from irs hot line. Experts say this comes at a bad time because the new Health Care Law will make peoples taxes even more complicated. So it seems like a lot of learning will go on this year so its a particularly bad year for the irs to be cutting back on services for the irs to have to cut back on services. The irs warns fewer than half of people that call their hot line will get through and the wait times will be much longer. When you think of what philadelphia is best known for. Cheesesteak comes to mind. Philadelphia is also loved for shopping. Philadelphia ranked number two in the world for shopping. It beat out new york city, chicago and san francisco. Only barcelona, spain, ranked higher. Now, a special note the magazine says readers should head to Reading Terminal market which offers everything from food to books to home decor. You can get pretty much everything at Reading Terminal market. I agree with that. Thats a good suggestion. Parts of our area today saw snow. For the rest of us its been cold enough for snow. And the colder it gets the greater the danger for a potentially deadly fire. Doug shimell with more. Reporter well is it all those space heaters or the way youre using them that are causing house fires . Those stories coming up. And drawing a line in the sand. What jersey shore leaders are planning to get its neighbors to sign off on on a new controversial dune building plan. Plus all new on nbc10 news at 6 00, a middle school sex tape. Whos now facing charges in a case that shocked the local community. At 5 30, evacuation orders have been lifted as a military base at mcguiredixlakehurst after a suspicious package was found. George expenser is live outside the base. What are we being told about the investigation, the evacuation and, of course, its all been lifted to this point . Reporter yeah keith all of this really just unfolding over the past 25 minutes. The word of the allclear passed down from military leaders just shortly after our 5 p. M. Report. Right now you can see the wrightstown gate behind me a significant entrance here has been reopened to traffic. Reflecting that. Weve been tracking this story since this suspicious package was first found at the base exchange and commissary at 2 10 this afternoon. We have now confirmed that the package was nothing hostile. Officials will not say what was inside that package. The commissary was immediately evacuated in the minutes and hours afterwards as a precaution. Come back out live. We can tell you, you do the math, this investigation lasted for right around three hours. That all clear coming out after 5 00 this afternoon. And we do not know exactly what was inside this suspicious package except that it was nothing hostile. That is the latest live right now in wrightstown off base. Im george spencer, nbc10 news. Right now at 5 30 we are in for a cold night across the area. We barely made it to the freezing mark today. And some areas began the day with a few hours of snow. Its only going to get colder today. Nbc10 meteorologist Sheena Parveen is here with what we can expect for this evening. Weve been used to the cold. Yes, weve been used to it. I hope you like it because were going to continue with the cold temperatures tonight, tomorrow to end the week. The cold keeps spilling down. Look how much of the country is in this blue color right now. It is cold across a big portion of the united states. 32 degrees in philadelphia. Just at that freezing mark. Teens to our north and west. We will be getting colder throughout the overnight hours tonight. The shore did start with the snow this morning. Even parts of delaware. Right now we are still seeing the remnants of this moisture as it begins to kind of pull away from the area. Right off the shore in Atlantic City we do have some light snow showers falling all the way down to cape may. This is a light area. It continues into parts of Cape May County. Also into atlantic county. Right across the expressway possibly but again on the lighter side so we dont expect much of any problems only if you are driving and encounter a slowdown on the roadway. The rest of the evening, well be in the upper 20s, even 10 00 tonight with the clouds starting to break up. More details on the cold as we go into the weekend and big changes for sunday. Thats straight ahead. First Alert Weather Team has been talking about it. January is cooler than normal. And as the temperature drops more and more people are doing whatever it takes to try to keep warm. And that is creating a growing danger. Nbc10s doug shimell is live in bensalem. Reporter the space heater gets a lot of blame for starting a lot of fires. But really is it the space heater or what youre doing with them that is causing house fires . They put the space heater in the lawnry droom to keep the pipes from freezing. The space heaters of course but it ignites the clothing. Reporter its one of the ways trying to keep warm is devastating. Most space heaters are safe. Ul listed or fm listed is a big thing, but have you to keep the you have to keep combustibles that can easily burn away from them. Reporter but the space heater isnt always the culprit. Investigators say this house fire last friday happened in the wiring where the space heater was plugged in. And the attic is completely burnt out. Reporter the owners told investigators the breaker box kept tripping each time they plugged it in. Get an electrician out there to check somebody into it. Not just keep forcing that breaker. Again, the chances of a fire happening is increasing. Reporter investigators in philadelphia are checking to see if a morning fire in north philadelphia and one in southwest philadelphia were caused by people trying to keep warm. And if youve got any questions about how to use a space heat are properly, simply call your local fire department. Live in bensalem, im doug shimell, nbc10 news. We may never know what started this fire at a Burlington County landmark. Flames ripped through the columbia Farmers Market back in november. Today investigators listed the causes of the fire as undetermined. They say it will probably stay that way. Parts of the Farmers Market remain closed as repairs are made, but the majority of it is open. The search for a killer continues tonight, more than 24 hours after a woman was shot and killed while waiting to catch the bus to work. Police are sorting through new clues. Nbc10 Deanna Durante spent the day back at the scene. What have you learned . Reporter new clues are also Surveillance Video they have found in the area of that crime scene that happened yesterday morning when 56yearold kim jones was heading to work. She left her house, which was about a block from the septa bus station. The 23 bus she takes into Center City Police say someone shot her in the back of the head. Police say she was targeted but they do not know why. They say nothing was stolen from her and that whoever killed her knew her daily routine, a routine she had been following for years. Investigators are hoping they can find more Surveillance Video. Sources tell me theyre back out in the neighborhood back out in areas around the crime scene looking again for police cameras, cameras on temple campus and neighborhood cameras that may have shown what this killer looked like. Tonight a 20,000 reward is still out there for whoever killed kim jones. Police are asking for your help. If you were in the area of 12th and jefferson yesterday morning around 9 00 9 30 Philadelphia Police want to hear from you. Again, a 20,000 reward is being offered in this case. Reporting live in the digital operation center, Deanna Durante durante, nbc10 news. Stay a look at this. A thief stealing a Philadelphia Police bike. What the crook didnt know security cameras captured the entire thing. Well show it to you a couple times here. The officer parked his bike in the lobby of an Apartment Building in Washington Square on friday. He was responding to a complaint. While the officer was on the fourth floor, you could see the man casually walk away with that bike. The man also stole a cpr mask and other police equipment. A jailhouse letter is giving us new insight into the mind of the former Montgomery County housewife known as jihad jane. She is serving ten years for planning to kill an artist who sa tarized the prophet muhammad. In a letter she says she was motivated by love for her prophet and feminine pride. She called herself jihad jane online and pleaded guilty to conspiracy discharges last year. The line drawn in sand by one Jersey Shore Community is going before a judge tomorrow. Today the mayors of neighboring longport and ventner voiced their concerns. They came on to urge margate leaders and urge state authorities to settle their differences now. They stand to suffer a great loss if margate does not complete the dune project. Its not a question of if. Its a question when our boardwalks will be ended. The other towns cant move forward to protect their beaches unless margate participates. Parents, listen up. It starts as a cold and turns into a potentially dangerous illness. Its called rsv. A highly contagious respiratory disease. Doctors say theres a big uptick in local cases. Tonight, hear from one parent about how their childs condition quickly deteriorated. A short ride earns a cabbie a big tip. Im Vince Lattanzio with the story about great gratuity. Welcome back. Im nbc10s Vince Lattanzio with this inspirational story. A taxi driver in philadelphia got the tip of a lifetime for, get this a oneminute trip. He earned nearly 1,000 on a 4 fare. Thinking it was a mistake, the cabbie stopped the passenger. Hear what he said with the full story on the nbc10 app. Generous, even after the holidays. Thank you, vince. We know this all too well. Its cold and flu season. Parents, theres another serious Health Threat to know about. Its called rsv. Doctors across our area are reporting a slew of new cases. What you need to know to keep your children safe. And another cold night tonight. Were still tracking snow along the shore. Temperatures will be dropping for the rest of the week. A cold end and then big changes as we go into your weekend. Ill show you all these details coming up. As a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. Upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. So large files are sent in a snap and video conferences with customers are seamless. Dont miss your last chance to get 300 when you switch to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2Year Agreement. 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Kim jones was waiting for a bus at 12th and jefferson yesterday when police say someone followed her and killed her. There was a surveillance camera across the street from where jones was killed. The season of sickness is upon us. We are checking with hospitals throughout our area. We have learned the flu, stomach viruss and upper respiratory viruss are the three offenders. Doctors say they plan to treat more patients this winter through early spring. The flu isnt the only virus making people sick in our area right now. Several hospitals tell us they are seeing an uptick in rsv. Thats a virus hitting children. We have a report dpr bryn mawr hospital. Reporter before a nurse can walk into the hospital reach of this 2yearold she must cover herself with protective gear. Everyone is warned by a sign on the door to take precautions. She has rsv, highly contagious up per uper respiratory disease. She had a cough. We thought it was just a cold. Then the cough got worse and there was wheezing. Reporter joe says his little girl needs oxygen to breathe. He said their doctor didnt waste any time after she was seen in the office. He said no she needs to go right to the er. The very young and very old are the most seriously effected. You or i would probably just get Something Like a severe chest cold. Reporter rsv can live up to six hours on counter tops and hard surfaces 30 minutes on hands and tissues. Several hospitals in our area tell us theyve seen a spike in cases. We are seeing a lot of this right now. But we see a lot of it every winter. Reporter she will likely go home this weekend, not soon enough for dad. A little scary for a little while. I can imagine that. Theres no vaccine to prevent rsv. The best way to prevent getting it is hand washing, avoiding sick people all together and staying home in youre sick. When it comes to the flu, doctors say College Students are at an especially high risk of contracting the virus. Local proefrs tell us its a big concern now with thousands of College Students returning from winter break. Theyre also bringing these germs back with them. Doctors tell us the best defense against the flu is getting a flu shot. And it is cold outside. Right around freezing in philadelphia, areas north and west already in the 20s. And it will stay cold as we end out the week. Cold through your friday even as we go into the weekend. Cold into saturday. But sunday thats when we will notice pretty big changes. Milder air moves in and this will also bring us a chance for rain showers. Cold air returns next week so the mild air is really only here for one day. A live look at Blue Mountain ski resort where some people still braving the cold. Skiing snowboarding. 23 degrees in mt. Pocono. The wind is calm so it doesnt feel any colder. But throughout parts of our area, feels a little colder with a light breeze around. Not too bad, though. 27 in allentown and reading right now. Actual temperature, 25 degrees, pottstown. 31 degrees right now in trenton. South jersey and delaware at or below freezing inland but stone harbor now 34 degrees. 33 in Atlantic City. And right along the shore, thats where we had the snow this morning. Thats where were also seeing a little area of snow. Now kind of spreading out across cape may and atlantic counties. Now were zooming into Cape May County. From cape may up to Sea Isle City along shore points even farther inlandwehr possibly seeing light snow falling. This is continuing up through Atlantic City the a. C. Expressway could be seeing a few flakes right now. Then you see the snow offshore too. Were right on the edge of all the moisture that is well offshore. It just so happens to be cold enough higher up to give us some snow. Stretching into sussex county. Should not amount to much but if you are in those areas, be careful if youre driving. Future weather here keeps us dry but cold as we go into tomorrow. Ending out the week for your friday. We stay dry but cold. Then we go into saturday big area of High Pressure on top of us. We stay dry but we are still cold to start off the weekend. The milder air does not get here until sunday. Winds start to shift in from the south, bringing in the mild air. An area of low pressure tracks over us and that will be bringing rain showers. Not snow showers. But it will be at least mild to end out the weekend. Youll just need that umbrella for your sunday too. For tonight, mostly cloudy cold again. 25 for the low in philadelphia. 15 degrees areas north and west. The winds will be lighter, so it wont make it feel extremely colder. Clouds and sun as we go through tomorrow. Staying dry and also cold. Temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. Friday well be staying still in the 30s. A little more in the way of sunshine going into the weekend. Temperatures in the upper 30s on saturday but then as we go into sunday thats about a 10 degree jump. 48 degrees. Its going to feel good for your sunday with all the cold air weve seen recently. Again, that comes with rain showers. We could see a few flakes falling as we go into monday Martin Luther king day. Temperatures in the upper 30s. And we stay in the 30s for most of next week so that cold air comes back after that oneday mild temperatures. Sheena thank you. Customers who want pork at chipotle might walk away disappointed. Chipotle stopped selling pork at a third of its restaurants because of a problem with one of its suppliers. Chipotle said it didnt meet its Animal Welfare standards. The restaurant chain is reaching out to other suppliers to make up for this shortfall. Uber is facing new backlash in pennsylvania. The Public Utility Commission wants to subpoena the companys ceo. Right now uber has a temporary license to operate in most of pennsylvania. According to the post gazette in pittsburgh, the Commission Wants to know how many trips the car service made during a cease and desist order last year. This is the latest problem for uber. 45 Cab Companies in philadelphia filed a lawsuit claiming they offer unfair competition. Philadelphia Parking Authority has also panned uber x because their drivers use personal cars. A health scare for new jersey state senator jim whalen. Hes recovering after undergoing a cardiac procedure to treat an irregular heart beat. He says he feels fine but will be in the hospital a few more days for observation. He had a similar procedure done a few weeks ago but it only worked for a day and a half. Pennsylvanias Republican Party is lashing out against tom wolfs choice for cabinet members. The Communications Director for the states Republican Party said quote, tom wolf promised to bring a fresh perspective but, instead, he has chose ton surround himself with as many former appointeess of ed rendell as possible, end quote. They cite seven new members of wolfs cabinet who also served under rendell. Nbc10 reached out to governorelect wolfs office. Necessity say wolf has appointed experienced leaders from the private and Public Sector including the ridge and corbett administrations. Governorelect wolf will be sworn into office on tuesday. Count on nbc10 to bring you the inauguration festivities on area and online at nbc. Com. Less is more especially at the gas pumps these days. Prices continue to drop. Well show you what people are paying all across the tristate area. Plus learn why prices are so different even with gas stations down the road from each other. Then coming up on nbc10 news at 6 00 was kurt busch dating a trained assassin . Well tell you the nascar stars unusual claims against the woman hes accused of attacking. Its no secret gas prices are down. Its hard to stand outside and fill up when its this cold outside but it feels good to do it. Look at the prices right now in our area. 2. 42 in pennsylvania. 2. 31 in delaware. Always the lowest 2. 06 in new jersey. Even in the same state, prices really vary. We did some digging and found gas stations just miles apart charging about a dollar apart. We wanted to know why. The head of Political Science at rutd gerz camden told us there are political and infrastructure factors for each state. Gas stations in new jersey are independently owned creating more competition. Pennsylvania however has raised its gas tax nearly 20 cents over the last couple of years. Underlying the taxes are the age and extent of the infrastructure. I mean, pennsylvania has arguably, a lot older infrastructure than much of new jersey. According to Lehigh Valley live penndot is working to replace more than 600 structurally deficient bridges across the state over the next five years. Coming up next on nbc10 news at 6 00 its a story that led to a huge response from our viewers. A man on video pretending to be an army ranger. The new action designed to prevent socalled stolen valor cases from happening again. Showers could have an impact on your weekend plans. Im tell you when they could arrive in my exclusive first alert forecast. The military on alert because of suspicious activity outside of a local base. All new at 6 00. Were digging into what this new threat level really means. We broke this story on our nbc10 mobile app and now were learning new details about exactly what happened to raise the alarm at the base in new castle. Thats where nbc10 delaware reporter tim furlong joins us. You have been looking for answers all day along. What have you found out. Reporter this is a very busy base. The Vice President uses it whenever he comes in and out of his home state of delaware. They take security very serious here. What they saw over the last couple of days didnt seem right. There has been no specific threat identified. Reporter the head of the Delaware National guard explaining on social media what led to heightened security level at his base. Our personnel described what might be suspicious activity. Reporter drivers pulling up the long driveway to the International Security gate monday and tuesday. A series of vehicles approaching our gate and asking for directions. Or approaching the gate and turning around before they came into contact with our Security Forces personnel. Reporter guard leaders say just to be safe, they raised the security level and called fbi and Homeland Security. Delaware patrol say they have extra patrol up and down the highway. They say this isnt a reaction to the situation in paris. This is just being extra cautious in a situation that might or might not have become a dangerous problem. We dont know what is a suspicious activity. We dont know whats a threat. So were going to be on the safe side and treat everything as if it has a potential to be a threat. Reporter that means more i. D. Checking more scrutiny of deliveries. Guards didnt get the tag numbers. Different cars each time. They are checking Surveillance Video. Safety first at this base here in new