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Of homes in southwest philadelphia. Well have more on the daring escape that some rest departments were forced to make. Good morning. Welcome to nbc10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its 6 00 on this saturday. Lets get right to that forecast now with first alert meteorologist michelle grossman. It sounds like for the next 24 hours get the umbrellas out. Were going to have a workout over the next 24 hours with those umbrellas. Were going to see windshield wipers going. Its going to be wet today. Wet on skun. We do have big changes coming this week also. Live look outside. Waking up dry though. Mostly cloudy skies across the area. It is cold. Temperatures below freezing. Pretty much every spot. As we go throughout the day. Wet, rain falling, wintry mix to the north and west. Looking at radar. We are dry but off to the south and west we are looking at wet weather moving in. That will p the changes coming in over the next few hours. Temperatures, 23 in allentown. 25 in lancaster. 32 in philadelphia. 28 degrees right now in millville. And at the freezing mark in wildwood. A cold start for everyone. Future cast showing us over the next several hours we will see the clouds continuing. Then by 11 00, probably seeing some precipitation in the area. You see some groo enshowing up. Thats going to be the rain. Pink that mix and white will be your snow nep parts of the Lehigh Valley and also the poconos. Again, looking at light acouple lags. Still causing a nuisance on this saturday. By 8 00 32 degrees. By 10 00, 35. Could see that rain and mix by noon 38 degrees. Well go over the timing a little bit more and then talk about your warm and welt sunday and then bitter cold coming for your workweek. Thats all straight aidhead. With this system making its way into our area you can keep up to date with our t. Forecast with all the information on your smartphone or tablet. All you have to do is download the nbc10 first alert weather app. You can get it for free on our website, nbc10. Com. Police in bucks county say the shelter in play situation is under way in the indian creek section of levittown. Nbc10 is live on the scene there where police s. W. A. T. Teams responded to ice pond rode around 9 30 last night. Nbc10 shot this video of the scene from earlier this morning. You can see Police Vehicles and other First Responders in the neighborhood. Again, police are only telling us its a shelter in play situation in the indian creek section of levittown. Were working to get more details on the story. This morning the American Red Cross is helping more than a dozen people left homeless after theres a late night row home fire. Nbc10s matt delucia is live along south 68th street in southwest philadelphia. Matt despite the intensity firefighters say if they actually got a handle on this one before it spread to even more homes. Reporter rosemary it cook 41 minutes to get this fire under control. Look here. You can see three of the homes have extensive damage this morning. Looking down the block theres barely any trace of what this fire left behind. Now about 15 homes did lose power during that time. But i do see some of the lights are back on. Just as we come back over to the three we homes you can see workers are out here boarding up these homes as we speak. Look from sky force ten. This is what the fire looked like as it was burning. Started just after 9 00 last night here on the 2200 block of south 68th street. Several people were home at the time. All of them having only a few moments to escape. The fire chief tells us three people were injured including two who jumped from the second floor. One of them is a 70yearold man who broke his leg as a result of the fall. We did speak with a cousin of one of the residents here who got a frantic phone call as this block was going up in flames. She was just freaking out. Like you know it was crazy. Like her being witnessing her house on fire. So i wasnt able to get too much out of her. Shes just screaming of ever the phone. Thats all i heard from her, a bunch of screaming. Well take you another live look. Three homes you see here too much damage for any quick repair. So now these families are homeless. The red cross tells us it is helping 19 people with food and shelter. Some of them are children. Live in southwest philadelphia this morning, im matt delucia, nbc10 news. This morning y hat crashed nearly a week ago. Theyre hopeful theyre close egg to finding the wreckage now that sonar equipment has detected two large objects on the ocean floor. So far crews have found 30 bodies. The plane went down with 162 people onboard. Back in our area. A philadelphia mother is holding out hope that new Surveillance Video will help police catch the hit and run driver who killed her daughter just before christmas christmas. The crash happened on state road on december 23rd. Youre looking at new Surveillance Video from the scene. It shows a dark older model truck leaving the area. After the driver hit 33yearold teresa pausy. She died at the hospital a short time later. It hurts me to the point that not only did they kill my daughter but they killed me. They took a part of me that i can never get back again. How could you be so cold and so heartless that you can do that and drive away. Obviously you didnt have a guilty conscience because you didnt come forward. Witnesses say that she was waiting to cross the street when she was hit by that car. In another deadly accident we are learning more about a teenage driver accused of running down the 16yearold girl who was getting ready to board a school bus in bucs county. 1yearold Michael Shelly is charged with homicide by vehicle. Police say he failed to stop for the school bus in bensalem township last month. According to officers shelly told them his windshield and side windows fogged up because the defroster of his suv wasnt working. Officers say smelly also told him he had to use a tshirt to wipe away some of the mist so that he could drive. Investigators say shelly struck and killed Bensalem High School student minete cia a. Were also learning more about the problems with his 1984 ford bronco thats the car he was driving. Police say shelly admitted that his car had a broken speed meter as well as that broken defroster. Investigators also discovered that the suv had fake inspection stickers and registration stickers that belonged to a different vehicle. Police say the school bus had its red lights flashing and its stop sign arm activated for at least 30 seconds before the crash. This morning a 15yearold boy is in Critical Condition at Crozer Chester Medical Center after somebody shot him in the stomach. The teen was hit at west six street in chester around 5 30 yesterday afternoon. No word yet on a suspect or motive. Today family friends, and comrades will hold a wake for no, Police Officer lui. He was one of the two officers ambushed and killed in brooklyn last month. His funeral will be held tomorrow morning. Lat saturday thousands of people attended the funeral for officer luis parter officer rafael ramos. The gunman who shot them later killed himself. The officers typal farewell was delayed until this weekend so his relatives could travel to the states from china. The city of cleveland will hand over the investigation of a Deadly Police shooting to the county sheriffs office. A rookie officer shot and killed 12yearold tamir rice at a playground in november. The officer said that he thought the boy was carrying a handgun. It turned out to be a toy gun. Tamirs death has raised questions about how the police in krooef land treat thecleveland treat the Africanamerican Community there. The wife of a man killed by police in south jersey has hired a law firm to conduct an independent investigation. 36yearold jerame reid was shot and killed on tuesday in bridgeton. He was passenger in the car when police pulled the vehicle over. Investigators still have not said what led up to the shooting. The officers involved are now on leave. Officials in Mercer County are taking precautions after two women tested positive for hepatitis a. Both ate at roses restaurant in Hamilton Township. Employee there was diagnose with the virus in november. Here are the spots at the center of the scare. One of the women works at the hair port salon in Hamilton Township. Crews were sanitizing the salon. Other patient works at the Mercer County board of social services and teaches classes at the ymca in Hamilton Township and Athletic Club in lawrenceville. They have warned their members about the possible exposure. Health experts fear that more people could be at risk so here are some of the things you can watch for. Hepatitis a is a virus that affects the liver. Early signs include mild fever, loss of appetite nausea. You can also experience fatigue as well as pain in the upper right side of the abdomen. The symptoms usually appear two to six weeks after being exposed. Today in Burlington County there will be a fitness fundraiser to help keep a Catholic School open. People will be dancing the afternoon away during a zumba session in burlington at 2 30 this afternoon. The school is lated to close unless the Community Raises 250,000 by january 15th. A plane went down in kentucky killing almost everybody onboard. Well have more on the seoul survivor of the crash, a 7yearold girl who was able to walk away from the wreckage. Plus if you feed your dog these treats stop. They are on a recall list. Well tell you why the treats can be dangerous for you as well. Saturday morning. It is 6 13. We are dry right now. Nothing falling from the sky but that will be changing over the next few hours. We have a system that will impact us today. It will bring us rain from philadelphia to the south and east. We could see a start as a mix to the north and west. Meaning sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Well track that for you. Showers still on sunday with a bigtime warmup. Thats all straight ahead. A very different picture for other parts of the world. Strong winds are fanning the flames as intense wildfires burn out of control in southern australia. Thousands of people have fled their houses as they continue to contain the situation. 100degree temperatures are also slowing progress and making it extremely dangerous. Crews say it will likely take them days to get these fires under control. So far six homes have been destroyed but fortunately no reports of any injuries. The United States is retaliating against north korea for the cyber attack against sony. President obama signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against the country. The sanctions will affect a Government Intelligence Agency north korean arms dealer and ten workers. The white house says this is just the first part of the u. S. Response to the sony incident. Meanwhile, sony is expanding distribution of the controversial movie the interview which sparked the hacking scandal. The movie is showing in nearly 600 independent theaters across the country. Its also available on Sonys Playstation Network and on demand. A 7yearold girl the sole survivor of a Small Plane Crash in western kentucky is only being treated for minor injuries that was able to walk away from an accident that killed four people. They got a call from the man who told him a girl walked to his house report that she had survived the plane crash. Its unclear how the girl is related to the victims. The small aircraft went down in a wooded area last night. Air Traffic Controllers say the pilot was trying to make an Emergency Landing at an airport a few miles away from the crash site. We have a warning for pet owners this morning. Possible salmonella contamination prompted a recall of treats that are sold nationwide. Salmonella can affect not only the animals but also people who are handling the treats or giving the treats to their pets. So far though no pet or consumer illnesses have been reported. Customers can return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund. Hundreds of children were forced to flee one of the most dangerous places on earth, but a year later they have hope. How a new school is making a difference in their lives. Okay. Good saturday morning. We are dry right now but were looking at very cold temperatures, below freezing. Right around the 20s north and west. 31 in philadelphia. But were looking at dry skies right now. Mostly cloudy across the area. We are tracking a system today that will bring us a mixed bag. Its going to bring us rain. Also mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Light accumulation throughout the day in terms of the freezing stuff. Well talk more about that coming up. Thank you cable. For the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you cable, because if we never had you. We wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. The numbers dont lie. In Customer Satisfaction studies, fios is rated 1 in Internet Speed and reliability, and hd picture quality. So join the millions who enjoy the difference fios makes. Get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two whole years. Plus now get 400 bonus with a two year agreement. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v and a good saturday morning. Meteorologist michelle grossman. Were tracking wet weather for today an looking at potential for heavy rain president to the north, a mixture of snow sleet, and freezing rain. Your weather headline on this saturday morning, yeah, rain for pretty much philadelphia south and east. Parts of delaware new jersey and to the north and west looking at the potential for a mixed bag. Light accumulations to the north and west. Rain and warm on sunday. Were going to see showers continuing into sunday and temperatures really rising into the low 60s. Temperatures not dropping far tonight but climbing on sunday. Then a bitter cold blast is coming. We are looking at temperatures into the 20s, even the teens as a High Temperature this week. Right now we are dry. On radar was kro see were looking at mostly crowdloudy skies. Looking at precipitation creeping into the view here. Thats an indication of whats to come over the next few hours. Outside in the pocono mountains. We have manmade snow. I think you get some freezing precipitation as we head throughout the early part of the day and lasting into the evening hours before everyone sees some rain. 32 degrees right now in philadelphia. Winds out of the eastnortheast at ten Miles Per Hour and one degree cooler than this time yesterday. Temperatures are cold across the area. Were mainly looking at the 20s to the north and west. Just 20 in mt. Pocono. 26 in pottstown at the freezing mark in philadelphia. 28 in millville. 28 in Atlantic City. 34 in wildwood. So these freezing temperatures helping to set the stage for that freezing precipitation. Later on this morning. Rain and wintry today. See the big storm system bringing rain to the eastern half of the nation and were looking at some pink popping to radar here and thats where were seeing that mixture. As we zoom in closer you see were dry but tracking the changes over the next several hours. To the north and west we expect that wintry precipitation to hang on longer before it changes over to rain. So the National Weather service has issued a Winter Weather advisory for this morning into the later part of today where you can see every county here painted in the purple color including the poconos and Lehigh Valley and berks and chester county. Future weather we are tracking clouds, we are tracking some periods of rain even some wintry mix to the north and west. This is the story by 11 00, scattered. Kind of gets its act together later this morning. So by 3 00 you see lots of rain on the map. Even some yellow indicating heavier rain. North and west where were seeing the wintry precipitation. By 7 00 everyone is seeing rain with that warm air surging in. Sticks around at 11 00. You will need the umbrellas for sunday as well. Waking up at 7 00 on sunday morning. Seeing spotty showers. The big weather headline on sunday will be that warm air. Future cast as we go throughout time here rain totals anywhere from half inch to an inch. Some spots seeing a little bit over there especially to the north and west. An inch and a little over an inch in allentown and a little over half inch in philadelphia. Today, 42 to 45. Rain developing. Mix to the north and west. Everyone will see that change over a little bit later. Poconos, Lehigh Valley well see that change over later than everyone else. By sunday, showers and warmer. High of 64 degrees. That will feel good especially when you look at the temperatures later on this workweek. By monday mostly sunny, windy and colder. 37. Right at the freezing mark. High on tuesday. Could see a snow shower as well. 32 and cold. Wednesday, 30 degrees. Its thursday napts the day that kind of sticks out. 23 degrees, windy. Colder like the teens. Friday, that cold air will stick right around 30. The violence in syria has forced millions to flee across the border and many of those refugees are children. Some of those kids are getting new hope though about their future here at the school in turkey. Syrian native a pharmacist from canada founded the school two years ago. She talked about where these kids would be without it. He would be a criminal or he will be you know, a terrorist. The whole world let them down. Nobody is helping them. Just in the last two years the school has grown from 300 to 2,000 students. She says she is teaching the kids new ideas that she hopes will help build a new democratic syria. Theres a legal battle brewing over this crash landing at the airport. Remember this from last march . Why one man wants 10 million from us airways. Preparing to shut down dozens of Bottom Dollar food stores going out of business. Well tell you about the help that is available for their workers. At subway, we are seriously into veggies. Thats why we get right to work, every morning. Preparing em fresh, right in store. Only thing better than creating this cool, crisp, colorful rainbow. Is watching you work your sandwich magic. Making a oneofakind creation bursting with flavor. Were all about finding unique veggies that give your sandwich even more life. Like spinach, cucumber red onion. So come on in and get your veggie on. Subway. Eat fresh. We have an update on an nbc10 exclusive. Crash landing at Philadelphia International airport could cost us airways million os of dollars. A man from new york state says he was hurt while evacuating Us Airways Flight 1702 during a crash landing last march. His Attorney Says that his client is now disabled and can no longer work at his job hauling auto parts. He filed a federal lawsuit seeking 10 million in damages. He injured his shoulder quite severely and was required to undergo surgery on his shoulder a couple months after the occurrence. Earlier this weekend, internal faa report on tabed by the nbc10 investigators blame the pilots for what happened. Us airways has declined to comment on all of this because of the pending litigation and ongoing ntsb investigation. The time right now is 6 27. Fire crews are trying to find the cause of a fire that forced several families from their homes overnight. Nbc10s matt delucia is live in the neighborhood in southwest philadelphia. Matt . Reporter rosemary the work continues this morning to board up the homes damaged be i the fire that happened late last night. Well tell you where the investigation stands coming up. All right. We just saw matt outside. No rain falling from the sky. No mix to the north and west yet but that will change over the next several hours. Right now, mostly cloudy. Temperatures at or below freezing. Right around 31 in philadelphia. 20s north and west. That will set the stage for that wintry precipitation to start out with. Again . Give them something special. Gather around the worlds best chicken and homestyle sides for a dinner everyone will get excited about. Kfc. We are tracking a system thats going to bring a mix of rain sleet, and light snow to our area. But what youll get depends on where you live. Folks in philadelphia you will mostly see rain on this saturday. There is something of a Silver Lining to all this. We are in for a big warmup come tomorrow. In other news. Flames forced nearly two dozen people out of their southwest philadelphia homes. Now investigators are working to find out exactly what caused it. Good morning. This is nbc10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Lets get right to that wet weather thats going to be heading our way with first alert meteorologist michelle grossman. Were look at wet weather today. Also on sunday. Spotty showers on sunday. I think the big weather headline tomorrow will be warmer air into the low 60s. Today though more rain and even a wintry mix in the north and west. One of the spots being the poconos. There is the look at the pocono mountains. Looking at manmade snow but we could see a mixture of snow sleet, and freezing rain. Expecting light accumulation. Later on this afternoon, everywhere else were expecting rain. It could be heavy at times. Anywhere from half everything to an inch of rain falling. Today into the overnight hours. Heres a live look at our radar showing us we are dry at the moment but, again, those changes coming over the next few hours. Temperatures right now we are cold especially to the north and west. Just 20 in mount pocono. 22 in redding. 26 in pottstown. 33 in wilmington. 28 in Atlantic City as well as millville. Future cast showing us we are dry. Were going to be dry over the next couple of hours. Its really around 9 00 10 00, 11 00 where we see the first rain drops falling and the mix to the north and west. I stopped the clock at 11 00. You can see some pink showing up where youre going to see the mix in parts of the Lehigh Valley berks county Lancaster County. And we are expecting rain everywhere. Even Lehigh Valley and Lancaster County will see that change over to rain later on this afternoon. By 8 00 32. By 10 00 a. M. 35. And by noon yeah tracking rain pretty much for everyone that point. 38 degrees. Well talk more about the timing. Who can expect what and that big warmup tomorrow. Dont forget you can get the latest forecasts, alerts and advisories on my Winter Weather on your smartphone or tablet. Download our new app for the iphone. Its on our website nbc10. Com. Now to a developing story weve been telling you about this morning. A standoff in bucks county that lasted most of the night is over with nobody hurt. Police arrested a man who allegedly threatened family members and a neighbor. The situation unfolded at a house on ice pond road in levittown. S. W. A. T. Teams responded around 9 30 last night. They say the man threatened to kill family and a neighbor once his elderly mother living inside the house there died. His 9yearold mother on hospice was taken to the hospital for evaluation. Again, she was not hurt. Nobody in the house or in the neighborhood was hurt. Police say the man did have a large number of guns inside that house, between 20 and 30 weapons. But again, it all ended without incident. That man is now in custody. Take a look at these intense flames. This morning the fire is out and cleanup crews are at the scene of this row home fire in southwest fill filmphiladelphia. Nbc10s matt delucia is live for us there this morning. Matt, the work is just beginning. Reporter rosemary t this hour the effort is on right now to get these homes boarded up as quickly as possible. Im going to get out of the hey here. Three homes have extensive damage. Look at the view from sky force 10. This is what the fire looked like it was it was burning. You can see the intensity with flames pouring out of the windows and roof. It started just after 9 00 last night. Several people were home at the time. All of them having only few moments to escape. The fire chief tells us three people were injured including two who jumped from the second floor. One of them is a 70yearold man who broke his leg as a result of the fall. Family members rushed to meet their relatives a t the scene. Im emotionally distraught right now because of the kids in there. Im happy everybody was able to get out safely. You can see, you know involved in a lot of extended part so right now three properties was effected by the fire. The Fire Marshalls Office is investigating what started this fire. The heaviest damage we can see is to that home in the center. The red cross tells us it is helping 19 people with food and shelter shelter. As you heard, some of them are children. Live in southwest philadelphia this morning. Im matt delucia, nbc10 news. Today the wake will be held for fallen new york city Police Officer wenjian liu. A gunman ambushed and killed him and his partner last month in rook brooklyn. Officer lius funeral will be held tomorrow morning. Meanwhile the Police Commissioner is urging his officers not to make any political statements following this violence and the recent protests. Last saturday thousands of people attended the funeral for officer lius partner officer rafael ramos. The gunman who shot him later killed his. His final farewell was delayed so his relatives could travel to the states from china. This weekend septa Police Written vest it investigating a threat at the frankfurt terminal station. There are no surveillance cameras in that area so police are asking anybody with information to give them a call. Philadelphia police may have a new lead in decembers deadly hit and run in the holmesburg section of the city. The crash happened on state road just two days before christmas. Looking at new Surveillance Video from the scene showing a dark older model truck after the driver it 33yearold teresa pausy crossing the street. She later died at the hospital. Nbc10 has learned that the man suspected in a brutal attack on a woman in a philadelphia parking garage has a violent criminal history. Steven woodson made his First Court Appearance yesterday charge with attempted murder and rape in connection to the new years day attack in the spring guard ten section of the city. Police say he beat choked, and raped the 33yearold victim inside the garage at 17th. A married couple who witnessed the attack stepped in and stopped it. According to police woodson is from the pittsburgh area and was here visiting his grandparents. He has prior convictions in philadelphia for robbery, assault, and attempted murder. Charges will also pending against him in allegheny county. Investigators tell us that woodson is not cooperating with their work at this time. Former philadelphia sportscaster is set to go on trial on monday. A bucks county judge denied his bid for a delay yesterday. He is accused of scamming people out of more than 300,000. Prosecutors say he sold tickets and travel packages to sporting events promising to give the money to charity but pocketed the cash instead. He with drew a guilty plea last month saying that he would represent himself t time. He will have a strandby lawyer with him in the courtroom. Now to news from our south Jersey Bureau a School Board Member charged with assaulting Police Officer has filed a lawsuit against the borough. Walter hudson was caught on camera inside this school gym, throwing the officer to the ground. This was last summer. Investigators say hudson and a councilwoman game upset with the officer who was questioning some teenagers at the school about underage drinking. Hudson is suing because he claims the borough refused to pay his legal fees even though an ordinance requires them to do so. A Grocery Store chain is going out of business in our area. Dozens of Bottom Dollar stores will be closing, leaving hundreds of people without a job. Well tell you whats being done for those employees as those stores prepare to shut down. Plus campus controversy. Wilmington university wants to expand but the plan is not sitting well with everybody. Why some say the land should stay untouched. Out of in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com lq . All right. Welcome back on this saturday morning. Were expecting a soggy one as we head throughout the later part of the morning. The afternoon and evening hours, even into the overnight hours. Rain for pretty much philadelphia south and east. Then we can see the system start out as a mix to the north and west, especially in the poconos, parts of Lehigh Valley berks county Lancaster County. Were going to watch that over the next several hours. Regardless, it is cold this morning. Temperatures in the 20s. Right around freezing in philadelphia. Ill have your full forecast coming up. The Bottom Dollar food store chain with dozens of outlets in our region will be closing on january 15th. The affordable supervisor irmarket chain sold out to aldi. 1500 bottom dlr workers will lose their jobs. Many of them will get severance pay and some will get job counseling but the big question is whether aldi will reopen some of the Bottom Dollar store locations under its own brand. We knew we were closing but we just didnt expect the closing date to be so soon. We dont know if theyre taking overall the Bottom Dollars, if its just going to be a few. We have no clue whats going on. To many the news is surprise because over the past year nbc10 has covered the openings of several Bottom Dollar stores like this one in chester where neighbors were without a quality gross rory option for years. Good news for allentown. Its ranked 11th in the country for projected job growth in 2015. According to a Manpower Group study allentown will add 17 percent more jobs this year. Allentown has invested more than a billion dollars into the downtown and citys mayor says tin vestment is already paying off. Over a billion dollars worth of new development. A million square feet of us a space. We have 1,000 new jobs created here. The city plans to Start Construction on a new high rise this year that would be the tallest building in allentown. A busy part of north wilmington is about to get even busier. Wilmington university is expanding its campus along the corner of route 202 and naamans road. Not everybody supports the plan. Thats baz the 41 acre piece of land remains untouched. Virmallists want it to stay that way because its the gateway to the states First National park. School officials plan to put three building theres to accommodate 1,000 students and 250 faculty members. They hope to break ground on the project within the next year. The Eagles Front Office shakeup continues and ends up with chillp kelly getting more power. And next is sports. Weather shaking up a bit, too. Cold today with rain. Also some mix to the north and west. Freezing rain snow even some sleet. And then by sunday its a big warmup into the low 60s. Then were tracking a bitter cooldown as we head throughout the rest of the week. Right now looking outside. Looking at cloudy skies. Live view from our cape may camera. Cold start to your saturday. All right. Were tracking some wet weather for today. Rain for philadelphia. South and east. To the north and west we could see a wintry mix, freezing rain sleet, snow. I will time it out for you. Weather headlines on your saturday morning. Soggy day. Were going to see that continuing into this evening, into the overnight hours. That mix to the north and west. Then by sunday showers still continuing. Temperatures really rising into the low 60s before a bitter cold blast comes by the end of the workweek. Were talking temperatures as a high in the 20s. Maybe even the opens. Looking outdoors in the poconos. Looking good. Looking at manmade snow. We could see wintry weather as we head throughout at least the early part of today. It looks like it will hang on longer at the poconos. We do have a Winter Weather advisory there in a minute. 32 in philadelphia. Winds out of the eastnortheast at ten Miles Per Hour. Looking at temperatures one degree colder than this time yesterday. They are cold acost the z3aa1÷area. 20 in mt. Pocono. 26 in pottstown. 27 in bensalem to the south and east. Looking at the low 30s. Upper 20s. Many spots if not all spots of the exception of wilmington dove stone harbor below freezing. Right now at 37 in stone harbor. Probably the warmest spot. 36 in dover and 33 in wilmington. Radar is showing us tracking dry conditions. We do have a big storm system we have our eyes on. That will bring us the wet weather as we head throughout the next couple of hours and the next 24 hours looking at wet weather. Its starting to get itself together. Rain and wintry mix today to the north and west. Very spotty as we start out with it and we will see a little more subsubstantial as we head throughout the afternoon. Heres a current look. Dry right now. As you head out, driving that cup of coffee and bagel, looking good. Changes will be coming over the next few hours. Winter weather advisory for the poconos. Hee lie value every county where you see the purple shade is because we could see wintry mix, maybe even ice accumulation. Were talking light accumulation. Could cause problems on the roadways. Tricky travel. Take it slow irthis afternoon. Lets time it out here. Future weather by 11 00. Mainly rayin. We are see that wintry mix. And then by 3 00, still seeing that hanging on in the poconos. Thats why we have a Winter Weather advisory there. Everyone else has changed over to rain. You could see heavier rain to the west. Dont be surprised if you see pockets of heavier rain by 7 00. Still seeing rain falling. Same story as we wake up on sunday morning. That umbrella a little bit of a workout over the next 24 hours. As we see rainfall totals quarter of an inch to an inch. Some spots seeing a little over an inch. Generally falling between half inch and an inch of rain as we head throughout this saturday into sunday. Today, rain developing. 42 to 45. And then by tomorrow, still seeing showers. Still seeing the windshield wipers going. Milder, 64. Then its a big cooldown. All over the place here. By monday sunny, colder 37. Cold on tuesday. May see a snoi shower or two, 32. Thursday on wednesday. My gosh looking at cold and windy conditions. High temperatures in the low 20s. By friday still below freezing. Right at 30. Good morning to you. Im Danny Pommells from comcast sportsnet. Five days after the eagles agreed to part ways the other shoe has dropped. Howie roseman got a new title and chip kelly gets more player personnel control. Kelly will oversee the entire personnel tomorrow tasked with finding the teams next jm while roseman will handle contract negotiations sally Cap Management and have no authority in personnel matters. His title changes to executive Vice President of football operations. Owner jeff lurie released a safe i sag in part when i said after the giants game that how were wiz returning as gm next season. I meant that. But after carefully listening and reflecting on the lengthy discussions i had with our senior team i changed my mind. Chip kelly rest leased a statement saying, im or confident about where we are headed as a team and as an organization. I look forward to continue working with jeffrey and howie as well as the personnel department. To the ice. Flyers last last night in carolina but that almost ended up being the least of their problems. Have a look. Flyers went down 20 in the Second Period when eric staal put a rebound pass. They took the game on the chin 21. Almost lost their cap pan giroux. His skate came down on girouxs leg. He couldnt get up and taken immediately to the carolina tunnel. Fortunately giroux was wearing kevlar socks. Giroux could play tonight. My doctor im pretty sure i got lucky there. I know i got hit. But i kind of try to put pressure on it and it felt real weird and didnt feel really really good. So kind of panicked a little bit. But doctors did a good job and im pretty lucky that they were there. A close call for g and the flyers to be sure. The sixers trying to snap a threegame losing streak. Second quarter. He takes it to the ten for the bang and the bucket. He had 28. Sixers up by two at the half. Third quarter, the suns on the fast break. Gerald has got more bounce than that fabric softener. On the business end of the alleyoop, sixers take it on the chin, 111296. Thats your look at sports. Im Danny Pommells from comcast sportsnet. Few minutes before the start of the today show at 7 00. Lester holt and erika hill join us live now from new york with more on what theyre working on. Hey, guys. Hey, rosemary. Good morning. Coming up on a saturday morning, massive travel delays expected today as a huge winter storm barrels down on most of the east coast. Heavy rain ice, and snow expected to impact tens of millions of people. Also the morning well bring you a remarkable story of survival. 7yearold girl is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed her family and manages to walk a mile. Well speak with the man she eventually went to for help. A british couple on vacation in new york gets a pair of huge surprises when the woman goes into labor nearly three months early. But thats not all. They find out what the hospital is going to charge them. Were going to hear from the shocked couple. And one bridetobe left just days before the big day by her fiance. Well, she could do a couple of things. Trash the groom, trash the dress. Were not sure about the former but we know she did trash the dress and we have great footage of the party she and her girls had. Well have those stories and more when we get started of an saturday morning right here on today. Thank you. Looking forward to it. Give them something special. Gather around the worlds best chicken and homestyle sides for a dinner everyone will get excited about. Kfc. Before we leave you this morning we want to get one last check of the system that will make its way into our area. Over the next few hours. Some starting to show up on radar but its bog the take a while to reach the ground. Were looking at potential for soggy saturday. Its cold to start out with. Were looking at temperatures in the 20s to the north and west. Just 22 right now in allentown. 27 in lancaster. 22 in mt. Pocono. Those temperatures will set the stage for wintry precip. We will see freezing rain and possibly sleet, snow. But then philadelphia south and east, its rain for everybody. 32 in philadelphia. 36 in wildwood right now. 28 in Atlantic City. Everyone well, with the exception of the poconos, maybe the Higher Elevations Lehigh Valley, see it change over to rain by the afternoon. This is what radar looks like right now. We are dry to start out the day. You can see some precip though back to the south and west. Again, creeping into our area. It will take a little while before it reaches the ground. Sevenday forecast 43 today. Rain with a mixing in north and west. By sunday showers still. It will be cloudy. Much warmer though. 64 degrees. Then a cold front swings through that brings us a big drop in terms of temperatures on monday. Just 37. Windy also so feeling like the low 30s. Lots of sunshine. Tuesday, mostly cloudy and cold. Temperatures right at the freezing mark. 41 is nomplrmal this time of year. Wednesday and thursday bitter cold on thursday. Dangerous cold. Were not used to temperatures in the upper 20ed and then windchills in the teens as a High Temperature. So certainly a cold end to the workweek. Dare i say polar vortex . You can say it. Get rid of that in 2014 . Well see you guys in 25 minutes. Good morning. Wintry mess. A huge storm is barrelling across much of the country from the southwest way up to the northeast. It left massive travel problems on the roads as heavy snow traps drivers on a New Hampshire highway. The same storm could bring dangerous tornadoes later today. Dylan will have the latest. A plane crash in kentucky. A 7yearold girl walks nearly a mile in the cold for help. She got her and said her mom and dad were dead. Shot in the dark. Details about how a local police chief in georgia wound up shooting his wife in the middle of the night