Chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is standing by with a look at that. Glenn . Its been a raw day around here. The average high is 65. Were 10 degrees below that and in some places even colder. Pottstown, 53, trenton 53, Atlantic City 53 degrees. And that is about 10 to 15 degrees colder than at this time yesterday. At least in parts of the area. We add the wind on top of it. The wind coming out of the north now, gusting to 30 miles an hour in wildwood. We have seen gusts over 30 in a good bit of the area. More wind coming tomorrow. Ill be back in a few minutes to talk more about when this rain will move out, when the temperatures will go back up in the sevenday. Well see you shortly. Our Team Coverage continuing with a look at traffic conditions. Tim furlong joins us live in storm force 10. Tell us where you are and how the roads are looking there. We are, renee, heading east on kirkwood highway. You can see weve been hitting a lot of the lights which does not make for good tv. You can see, you get the point, there is not a lot of rain falling. A light sprinkle falling, which is good, because at times this afternoon its come down very, very hard. Kent county, sussex county, the roads down in delaware 1, rehoboth area, smyrna, theyve been getting rain. The roads in front and behind our vehicle, the lights in the background, visibility pretty good, not a lot of rain falling. Not too bad overall. Were rolling east on kirkwood highway heading towards the outside of newark. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Download the weather app for your smartphone or tablet right now by going to our website, nbc10. Com. Ebola concerns were once again a hot topic with several new developments in our area today. Lawmakers from the philadelphia area met with local hospitals and Public Health officials to discuss how theyre preparing. In new jersey, governor Chris Christie announced the creation of an ebola joint Response Team which will coordinate the states response and the cdc has Just Announced new monitoring guidelines that will affect our area. Starting monday, any traveler returning from liberia, sierra leone or guinea must be monitored for 21 days. The expanded screening will begin monday in six states, including pennsylvania and new jersey. Nbc 10s lu ann cahnc joins us now live to explain how this would work. Lu ann. In pennsylvania, the Health Department says they will have a plan in place within days. Officials say this state was included because its close to International Airports where passengers are already being checked for ebola. And there are pockets of large west african communities here as well. Passengers returning from west africa will be given information cards and the thermometer to measure their body temperatures. The state says its still working on how travelers would report that information. They say it could be in person, by phone or video chat. And earlier today, three area congressmen met with Health Officials in philadelphia. They came out of the meeting at the hospital, the university of pennsylvania saying they felt confident that area hospitals are prepared. Theyre getting sufficient communication but there are still questions. I think there needs to be greater clarity and guidance of what we expect of all the institutions. I have great confidence in all these institutions. Theyre all capable but we cant expect every institution in this country to provide the level of care being provided at nih. Hes referring to the National Institutes of health. There are no reported or suspected cases of ebola in our area right now. Lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. Today, corner Chris Christie said new jersey is taking the threat of ebola very seriously. But urged people to stay calm. He announced the formation of that ebola joint Response Team. One of their tasks will be monitoring passengers who arrive at newark airport. People who are considered high risk could be placed in quarantine. People showing symptoms would be sent to one of three hospitals, hackensack, Robert Wood Johnson or university hospital. More Protection Equipment has also been purchased for health care workers. Right now on nbc10. Com we have a special section on the ebola virus. Look for the story on Contract Tracing to show whats being done to stop it from spreading. We also want to keep you updated on breaking news out of canada. Officials have now identified the gunman who opened fire inside parliament. And at a war memorial in ottawa. Police say hes 32yearold michael zehafbibeau. Officers say he killed a canadian soldier standing guard at the war memorial. Witnesses say he then ran off and entered the Parliament Building where dozens of shots were fired. Take a look at this video taken during that attack. The gunman was later killed by the sergeantatarms at parliament. It appears he may have been the only shooter. Police say this is still an unfolding situation and have released no motive for the attack. Nbc nightly news will have any new details on the investigation or the shooter. Thats coming up on nbc 10 at 6 30. New information on the legal battle brewing between the Philadelphia Teachers Union and the School District. Attorneys for the two sides met again in harrisburg. Nbc 10 waiting on a decision from a judge over whether to keep the case in Commonwealth Court or move it locally to philadelphia common pleas court. An injunction was issued earlier this week that stopped the School District from forcing teachers to contribute toward their health care benefits. District officials are appealing that decision. Thisc was the scene last week, it shut down broad street. Teachers rallied outside district headquarters protesting the School Reform commissions decision to cancel their contracts. The move would require teachers to pay as much as 140 a month into their benefits. Big changes coming to the Montgomery County d. A. s office. It comes off prosecutors were forced to drop rape charges against a prominent political official. Robert kerns is the former head of the county gop. The d. A. Dropped the rape charge because a lab report was misread. It referred the case to the Attorney Generals Office which is now prosecuting kerns on assault charges. Today the d. A. Announced shes following the recommendations from an independent review. The office will be restructured, county detectives will have a new unit for Violent Crime and there will be two new positions designed to review cases and evidence. Our coverage of decision 2014 continues tonight. Just in the last week, nbc 10 has taken a closer look at the candidates for new jerseys first and third districts. Today we turn to the Second District where republican incumbent Frank Lobiondo is fighting to keep his seat against bill hughes, democratic challenger. Cydney long joins us live from Atlantic City. Both candidates are meeting with voters right now. Tell us whats happening there. Renee, i can tell you that both candidates are shaking hands with their constituents and voters. It is actually happening at the Linwood Country club not far from here, started about an hour or so ago. Congressman Frank Lobiondo is well known here. Now, hes held this seat for some 20 years, previously held by bill hughes sr. , now its hughes jr. Who says it is time for a fresh face and ideas in washington. I bring a new vision. I bring new energy. Reporter bill hughes, a democrat, hopes to upset career politician Frank Lobiondo, the republican incumbent, second Congressional District in new jersey just 13 days from now its a district that stretches from the delaware Memorial Bridge to long beach island, with widespread, longterm unemployment, near 12. 5 . We talk about cumberland county, one in five people live underneath the poverty line. I helped run a Family Business for more than 26 years. Ive signed the front of a paycheck. I know what its like to create jobs. Reporter a district still picking up the pieces and rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and trying to rebrand Atlantic City, now suffering casino employee layoffs close to 10,000. It is a race thats not been without finger pointing. Hughes has accused me of everything but ebola at this point but that may be coming. I dont blame him for the casinos closing. What i criticize him for is that the warning signs were there for a long time, with 12. 6 longterm unemployment. Were going back to january of 2010. Reporter both candidates shared their vision on team work and maximizing new jerseys resources to attract companies and create jobs to rejuvenate the economy. We also have an airport capable of accommodating every aircraft ever built. We actually have an International Terminal yet we have no international flights. Pguardian on a regular basis talking to him about how the feds can play in. Reporter and one thing these candidates both agree on, they say if elected to congress what theyll hit the ground running on is extending those Unemployment Benefits desperately needed in this Atlantic City region. Live in Atlantic City, cydney long, nbc 10 news. Next on nbc 10 news at 6 00, a an arrest in a bizarre crime. How one man targeted a womans toes. Plus, the debate over fracing. Find out who wants to Tax Companies operating in pennsylvania and where that money would go. Whens this wet weather going to clear out . Im tracking the rain and looking ahead to your weekend. My first alert forecast is next. This is nbc 10 news. A big ticket project in the poconos hopes to avoid the economic woes created by the eric frein search. Frein has been on the run for several weeks after police say he killed a Pennsylvania State trooper. Camelback resort held a behind the scenes tour of their aquatoppia. It opens next spring. With ski season just eight weeks away, they hope the fugitive search doesnt keep scaring away tourists. They do ask, is it a concern . I believe that to date, our state police have been doing such a good job at keeping him at bay, that i dont believe there is a concern. Camelbacks owner says skiers are hardcore outdoor enthusiasts and are not phased by fugitive manhunts. Police stay mt. Laurels toe squeezer has been arrested. 30yearold Derrick Johnson jr. Is now charged with harassment after an incident that happened in a shoprite parking lot this month. Police say johnson approached a woman loading groceries into her vehicle. Officers say he complimented on her toes and squeezed two of them. She told him to stop touching her and he replied that he was obsessed with toes. The Natural Gas Industry in pennsylvania reaps billions in profits. Fracing as its known is becoming a large part of the states economy. At a Conference Today in bucks county, legislators said the Natural Gas Industry is already paying its fair share in taxes. There was a fracing in the national gas Drilling Forum in perkasie today. Candidates for governor are weighing in on this issue. Governor tom wolf is pushing a 5 extraction tax. The project to double the size of a portion of the new jersey turnpike is nearly finished. The work is ahead of schedule and 200 million under budget. 35 miles of the interstate between burlington and middlesex counties will go from six lanes to 12 lanes. The northbound lanes will open this weekend. The southbound lanes open next weekend. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. There will probably be about a Million People happy about that. A lot of people not especially happy with the weather today. Wet and windy. We have more of it to come, chilly weather as well. Today, tonight, tomorrow. But a dry weekend expected and beyond. Well, we have nasty weather around now. We had a bit of a break in philadelphia and now the rain is coming back, the low visibility coming back, 55 degrees, the wind north at 14 miles an hour. 11 degrees cooler than we were at this time yesterday. And were down to 52 in westchester. Thats one of the cold spots, 48 in mt. Pocono and we dont have any place above the mid50s, which is more typical of lets say thanksgiving than what were seeing right now. Plus, we have wind on top of that. Generally a north wind now. 15, 20 miles an hour. Weve seen gusts over 30 during the day today. And heres some of that next area of rain coming into the philadelphia area. Its light now but theres heavier stuff across northern new jersey. As you can see, obviously its moving down this way. We have all sorts of swirls in the ocean. Good thing that heavy rain is not coming in our direction. But its just going to be hour after hour as we go through the night, just coming down from the northeast. Now, the central and southern delaware which was dry for a good bit of the day, not dry anymore. And this is the area thats been hit the hardest in the last two days, monmouth and ocean counties with more coming in off of the ocean during the night tonight. Thats one area well especially look for any potential flooding. Look at the swirl here out in the ocean as the low pressure center, the noreaster develops. Its not all that well organized yet but it will be. It tens to push the rain in from the ocean. There we are, 10 00 tonight. More rain in new jersey than in the pennsylvania area but if any of that heavy stuff comes in to ocean county, its going to be a rough night. And then by tomorrow morning, we expect the wet weather to continue. Theres that noreaster, not moving very much, just spinning around. It spins that moisture back in. So our rain is basically coming from boston. Doesnt happen like that very often. Here it comes even during the day tomorrow, we expect more and its going to take so long for that thing to move out. The wind is still going to be with us and at least some of friday looks like well be seeing some clouds as well. For tonight, we expect it to be wet and windy and chilly. 48 degrees for the low in philadelphia, 44 in the suburbs. Tomorrow, windy and chilly, more showers around. Look how cool and look how windy. Gusts up to 35 miles an hour, especially toward the shore. And then friday we dry out, its windy but temperatures are up a bit. Real nice day on saturday. A cold front comes down, cools us off somewhat sunday. The wind picks up again. Look what happens next week, dry and increasingly warm. Love it, hurricane. Im john clark. Will Darren Sproles play sunday in arizona . Plus, why Sidney Crosby thinks flyer fans may take it easier on him. That is next. Just over three hours left to vote for the High School Blitz game of the week. Over 53,000 votes so far. Thats a record. Triton paul iv and downingtown east west are tied. Call or text 6106144111. The game with the most votes will be featured on the High School Blitz saturday night at 7 00 right here on nbc 10. Well be right back. Ryan costello went into politics. In 2001, doctor Manan Trivedi joined the marines. Trivedi served as a battlefield surgeon in iraq. Costello served himself by voting to raise his own pay. And while trivedi cared for patients in pennsylvania, costello gave millions in government contracts to his Campaign Contributors even as he cut funding for child abuse prevention. In congress, only trivedi will do whats right for you. Im Manan Trivedi, and i approve this message. There it is. This is where i met your grandpa. Right under this tree. man some things are Worth Holding onto. Theyre hugging the tree. man thats why we got a subaru. Or was it that tree . man introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. This is the xfinity sportsdesk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Im john clark. The eagles heading to arizona on sunday. The cardinals are number one in the nfl against the run this year and last season. They havent allowed a 100yard rusher. Running back Darren Sproles practiced today. He looks good according to the coaches. Its looking like darren may play sunday. In the eagles win over the giants, nick foles took more snaps under center than he normally does, not out of the shotgun formation. c shady, wed like to see chip kelly send her in on that kind of an attack. You could see it better. You could see the cuts better, the lanes better if there is pressure. You can adjust to it. Kind of move the way you want to move. You are going sideways and if it is low pressure, kind of knocks you back off the course. If you get knocked off, you can see different things. Sixers big win today, huge win. They didnt play. The nba draft lottery will stay the same. The owners voted against reforming the lottery. Tank on. The plan is still in full effect. Flyers are angry going into pittsbur pittsburgh. In chicago, the blackhawks last night, flyers gave up three goals in just over two minutes in the first period. Claude giroux not happy. First period we got embarrassed. We didnt win one battle. We have to do a better job in front of mason. Second and third i think well play better. Were playing good and doing too many mistakes out there, that costs us. The flyers will face Sidney Crosby tonight. He dressed up for rocky as a Team Halloween party this weekend. A lot of flyers didnt like to see that. Sidney responds. I like the movie, too. Maybe theyll soften up on me because i picked that, i dont know, well see. Dont think so. By the way, Braydon Coburn out tonight. Ray emery in net. Were right back. And cut local property taxes. And tom corbett . Its corbett who slashed education by a billion dollars. And now almost 80 of School Districts plan to raise property taxes. And its corbett whos increasing gas taxes by 28 cents a gallon. Tom corbett. Desperate and dishonest. Womaand the way it made me chronic feel,ipation, the discomfort, the bloating, the straining. Id just felt this way for too long. So i finally talked to my doctor about my symptoms. Id tried laxatives before. He prescribed Amitiza Lubiprostone for my chronic constipation. It works differently than laxatives. Man amitiza is clinically shown to help relieve common symptoms like bloating, abdominal discomfort, hard stools, and straining and help people with chronic constipation go more often. Dont take amitiza, if you have a bowel blockage or severe diarrhea. Tell your doctor, if your nausea or diarrhea, becomes severe, or if you experience chest tightness or shortness of breath. The most common side effects are nausea, diarrhea, and headache. Woman amitiza helped me find relief from my chronic constipation. Ask your doctor if amitiza is right for you. In cases of rape,pposes aborin cases of incest,ions. And in cases where the Mothers Health is in danger. No woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy from a rape. Mario scavello sponsored a bill to force women to have unnecessary and invasive ultrasounds. Its horrifying. Women need to know that Mario Scavello wants to stand between them and their doctors in making decisions that arent his to make. Wet night ahead. Oh, yes. Theres a lot of wind offshore. Some of its spinning in. Sheena will keep an eye on that and update you at 11 00 tonight. If any of that stuff comes in, obviously its a different story for tomorrow mornings rush. Which of course is going to be wet anyway. Wet, windy and chilly but improving weather, dry weekend and i know youre going to like the beginning of next week. Sounds good, thanks, again. For glenn and all of us here at nbc 10, im renee chenaultfattah, have a good night. On our broadcast tonight, shots fired in canadas halls of power. A soldier and suspect both dead. The capital city placed on lockdown. And in this country the fbi put on alert. Free and clear, our nbc news cameraman fresh out of the hospital talking with us tonight about surviving ebola. Sudden impact, a new warning about tho defective airbags. Passengers are now being told to stay out of the front seat until its fixed. And making a difference, in detroit a sanctuary for young people that was in danger of closing until so many of you stepped up. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian ll
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