Visits. She visited columbus here and went on to new york. It was a quiet feeling that there was a real loyalty to philadelphia and its Democratic Party roots and historical roots. And Wasserman Schultz met with president barack obama last night. He apparently had some questions about philadelphia they were minor questions, logistical questions and after debbie Wasserman Schultz apparently answered those, the president said go with philly. That rippled through the Democratic Community here in city hall nbc 10 spoke with Council President Darrell Clarke just a short while ago. This is a good day for philadelphia. Were landing some significant events in the city of philadelphia because people know that we know how to do it right. Reporter now, according to congressman bob brady, it is not a done deal just yet. There are contracts that have to be signed and when you mention contracts, you think of labor and unions. That was a big issue back when the Republican National convention was here in philadelphia back in 2000. But according to congressman brady, all of those issues have been ironed out. The unions affiliated with the Wells Fargo Center where the bulk of the convention will be held, all of those unions are signatories to the contract. It appears as though aleast now with all the euphoria there arent too many wrinkles to be dealt with. Doug shimell, nbc 10 news. There will be a swarm of political leaders, policymakers and media. Nbc 10s chris cato joins us live from our Digital Operations Center with a look at the impact the convention will have on the city. About 15 feet to my left jeff shapiro is standing over here. Well hear from him in a moment. What theyll tell you this is going to mean a lot of jobs and a lot of money. A lot of money spent by new visitors to philadelphia. Were talking about an estimated 30 to 35,000 people coming to town staying here for five or six nights eating at restaurants. That will mean a big win fall for a lot of businesses including hotels and the businesses that support them. Recent conventions and other cities have resulted in anywhere from 150 million, 250 million in Economic Impact and according to the Pennsylvania Convention center authority, the convention will create jobs in construction and other services. Now, these arent permanent jobs but should last for more than a year leading up to the convention. A boone for the area. When the Republican National convention was held here in 2000 it produced more than 100,000 room nights at area hotels during the entire duration of the convention and generated almost 90 million in total Economic Impact. That convention was held in what is now the Wells Fargo Center prior to the expansion of the convention center. But this will be philadelphias first time hosting the democrats. Lets wind back the clock to 1948. We doug this video out of the archives. Philly hosting the dnc at Convention Hall in university city. The demmes nominated hair arye ry edd harry truman. Media playing a huge role in it even then. Philadelphia should be well broken in for hosting an event the size of the dnc. Thats because, of course the world meeting of families being held here this september, with a visit from pope francis on the schedule. As many as 2 Million People may cram into the philadelphia area for that. So certainly Police Security infrastructure, all of that will be in place, well before september when the world meeting of families happens. And then it will just ramp up from there heading for the dnc in 2016. Live in the Digital Operations Center, chris cato nbc 10 news. We go to a phone call we have right now with congressman bob brady. Congressman, welcome. First of all, i want to say to you what is always said by reporters to the winning quarterback of the super bowl. Congratulations and how do you feel in. I feel great. I feel great i have the opportunity to show up for our great city our great restaurants, our great Tourist Attractions and it is going to be a great time a good time and an economic boost for the city of philadelphia. Lets talk about that congressman brady. Tell us exactly how you feel this will impact not just the city of philadelphia, but surrounding areas. It is going to impact not only the city but our neighboring towns, our neighboring Delaware County Montgomery County. They were all part of this. We put a meeting together two years ago with shapiro and david landau and put Business People together, elected officials together and got the okay from them to keep on pushing this thing. And the most important part about it is that one day i missed her, i hugged the chief of staff. She was in the corner and got the okay from the other powers that be and here we are. Now we got this convention. It will be great for the city great for the town and im looking really forward to showcasing our great city. Congressman, let me take you back a little bit. Were down were finalists along with new york and ohio. Columbus ohio. Were you surprised at all or did you expect the city would be awarded the convention . I just thought we had the best show we could put on for the democrats our democratic nominee for president. They love this they love the logistics, they love the location amazing large parking lot that they could do a lot of tailgating and the proximity to the event right down through broad street. The hotels easy to get to restaurants easy to get to. Airport, easy to get to to the site. And they just like the logistical part about it. And not only they love our town, we showed them a good time and they came here with the site committee. Every one of them are in washington with me, and for the last week they kept telling me they all gained ten pounds and we fed them real well. Everywhere we went on the bus, we had cheesesteaks and pretzels. They loved us and the proof of it is that they picked eded us. Were talking to congressman bob brady who said cheesesteaks and pretzels did it in addition to some hugs. Hugs work. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. We appreciate your time. Thank you. Governors office is also pleased with the dncs decision in a statement. Tom wolf said quote, todays announcement is tremendous news for the commonwealth of pennsylvania. The birth place of our democracy will host the democratic National Convention in 2016 which will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in Economic Activity in the state. We look forward to working with local leaders to ensure that philadelphia will shine in the national spotlight. We also received this statement from senator bob caseys office. He said im delighted that philadelphia will host the 2016 democratic National Convention there is no better place to underscore the principles of the Democratic Party than the birth place of america. I look forward to making history again in philadelphia. Well, city has worked for more than a year to bring the convention to philadelphia. Were joined live now by one of the people who worked to bring it here josh shapiro. Hes on the Planning Committee for philadelphias dnc bid. Congratulations and, again, tell me how this feels. Thanks vai. It feels great. It is a great day for philadelphia. Great day for our region. And it shows that when we work together, great things can happen for us. Josh who gets the credit for in your opinion who gets the credit for the convention coming here . Vai, victory has got a thousand fathers and mothers. A handful of us met around a conference table at the union league in a meeting coordinated by congressman bob brady who you heard from on the phone, nearly two years ago. As we went forward, more and more people joined our efforts. Republicans, democrats, people from the city people from out in the suburbs, where im from in Montgomery County, donors everybody stepped up and made our bid strong. So a lot of people deserve a lot of credit. The most important thing is we won, philly is the capital of democracy, the birth place of democracy. In 2016 we get to show that off. Josh were five six months away from the convention what work still needs to be done to get ready up and have the city up to speed for all the things that have been promised. Were a year and a half away. We have a ton of work to do. We have to get our infrastructure ready. We have more dollars to raise. We have to coordinate the logistics of this. It is going to be a total team effort. Business and labor, people from the city people from the suburbs, chris talked before about the immense pressure there is going to be on our restaurants and hotels and our arts and cultural sites in the city and in the suburbs. We will be ready. We will showcase our region. And it is going to be a tremendous opportunity for all of us. Democrats, republicans, everybody. I got so excited i was thinking already it is going to be this summer it is a summer and a half away. So our Transportation System are they up to speed to handle the influx of people that will be coming in here next summer . No question. Look, one of the things that sold the philadelphia region to the dnc is our infrastructure. From the amazing Pennsylvania Convention center where im privileged to serve as the vice chairman to the Wells Fargo Center, to our infrastructure roads and bridges, septa, our hotels, we have got it all. People can come here they can enjoy their experience and having been to many conventions on the democratic side i know my friends on the republican side having been to their conventions can say the same. You go to a city that is not prepared and doesnt have the infrastructure, it takes away from the delegate experience. We will, i think, upgrade the delegate experience here in the philadelphia region and it is just going to be a tremendous time and a great opportunity for all of us. Josh shapiro on the dnc Planning Committee, certainly appreciate it. We thank you for your time. Thank you. You can count on nbc 10 news to bring you new information on this breaking story all day long on our nbc 10 news app. And local leaders will have a News Conference sometime this afternoon. When that happens, well bring that to you live right here on nbc 10 news. You can also watch that screened live on our app. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. And right now at 11 00, some light snow is moving through the poconos this morning. A live look at Camel Back Mountain resort with a few skiers and boarders up there and light snow showers expected for the philadelphia area as well. A live look at center city, philadelphia. Expect the winds to pick up a little bit later as well which will make it feel much colder out there. Right now, 11 00, light snow is moving through the poconos this morning, and lets go right now to Brittney Shipp with a lip lil bit more on little bit more on what is going on. Where is the closer look at this . It is moving in from the north and it is going to continue to push a little bit closer to our suburbs, just near norristown along the i95 corridor maybe the next hour or so. Here is the live look outside of our studios, we are seeing a few snow flurries coming down and our temperature versus windchill. It is not too bad now. Our wind speeds are going to pick up as we head into the afternoon. Thats going to make it feel a lot colder as you head home from work. 35 in pottstown. But the feels like temperature at 30 degrees. Were tracking two shots of arctic air and so as we head into the rest of today, our temperatures or tomorrow will drop down to 21 degrees. If you look at saturday well recover about 10 more degrees, back to the 30s which is still cold. Look at what happens on sunday. Our daytime highs stay at 18 degrees. Were also going to be dealing with wind gusts up to 40 45 miles per hour. That makes the feels like temperature in the negative. I go over all the details on what you need to know as we move closer to the weekend. Vai . Thank you, brittney. We continue to follow our big breaking news this morning. The democrats are coming to philadelphia. Well take a closer look at the visitor and money expected to flood our city with the latest big event being hosted by philly. Nbc 10 breaking news. And were following breaking news at this hour. It is official the democratic National Convention is coming to philadelphia. There you go. Check out that cheesesteak she got out of the fridge. Giving you the hint. The video shared on facebook by the Democratic Party after announcing the 2016 convention is coming to philadelphia. And, of course you can count on nbc 10 news to bring you new information on this breaking story throughout the day on our nbc 10 news app. Mayor Michael Nutter will talk about the decision this afternoon and when that happens, well bring that live to you here on nbc 10 news. You can also watch that. Well stream it live on our app. And happening now, philadelphia lawmakers are expected to approve mandatory paid sick days. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton is live at city hall with more on what this will mean for workers. Monique, tell us. Reporter hi vai. As the Council Members arrive on the fourth floor of city hall to go into executive session, caucus and then open session, the advocate for paid sick day staged a press conference with hopes of getting an ear. If Council Votes in favor of paid sick days businesses would be required to offer one day for every 40 hours worked. Workers would accrue up to five days per year. This affects companies with at least ten employees. Though the chamber of commerce has still been pushing for a 15 minimum limit. Those with less than ten workers would be required to offer unpaid sick days. Heres the last minute push by proponents as Council Members arrived at city hall. Paid sick days are important for working families in pennsylvania and in philadelphia. 40 of all workers have no access to earn sick time. Just great to finally be here when it looks like it is now going to drn were now going to have paid sick leave. We had starts and stops over time. Reporter and for that reason, Council Person greenly tells us he does expect overwhelming support but not unanimous support. Also some companies would be excluded. In the next half hour the working to get the vote from Council Members and let you know who does not apply to these paid sick days. Live for now from city hall Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. Thank you. Three people beat the odds and will split the 564 million powerball jackpot. We just learned the last few minutes that a 1 million Winning Ticket was sold in north jersey. Look at where the big winners are located. Lottery outlets in texas, North Carolina and puerto rico each sold a winning jackpot ticket. Expecting to learn more about where that North Carolina ticket was sold in a News Conference expected to be held at noon. In addition to that Million Dollar ticket in north jersey another was bought in pennsylvania. A ticket worth 2 million was also sold somewhere in p. A. If you want to check to see if you won one of those prizes here are the last here are last nights numbers on the screen. And nbc 10 was in Montgomery County this morning as people were checking their tickets. We didnt see any winners here but some told us they were part of office pools, so they still might end up having to split some of that money. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning. As we head into the rest of the thursday, we are going to see a few snow showers lingering throughout the afternoon even. We have seen decreased visibility. You want to be careful as you drive home today. A better friday morning in store for us and were going to see more snow as we head into saturday. So that could affect your valentines day plans for philadelphia. 38 degrees right now, mix of sun and clouds humidity at 68 . Feels like 32 degrees, which isnt too bad. Wednesday out of the west northwest at 8 miles per hour. As we head into the afternoon, wind speeds pick up. It is going to feel a lot colder by the time youre heading home from work. Our current temperature at 28 degrees in the poconos, 32 in allentown. 34 in westchester. 38 degrees in mount holly. Mid30s in atlantic city. 35 degrees in stone harbor. And temperatures in dover at 36 degrees. A closer look at the satellite radar shot shows where the snow showers are, they moved through parts of the Lehigh Valley to the poconos. You can see theyre losing steam as they continue to travel to the south. Right now theyre just outside of norristown and starting to move into philadelphia proper and tracking to the southwest. Mount laurel will be next. Same thing for burlington. Gloucester county will see a few snow flurries and light snow showers. As we head into the rest of the afternoon, well see on and off spotty snow showers pushing even into your 5 00 hour. Temperatures are going to stay right below freezing in doylestown. 27 for allentown. Closer to freezing for philadelphia. So today was below average, but were gearing up for an arctic blast which is going to drop our temperatures. Were going to continue to see wind speeds picking up tonight, continuing into tomorrow. These are bitter cold winds, combined with arctic air so you are really really going to feel the difference as we head into tomorrow. And really it is going to start to be pushed into the rest of your afternoon. Arctic air will be in place for us friday morning at 8 00 a. M. And it is arctic air will redraw all the way down to parts of washington, d. C. And then look at sunday even more far reaching. We are going to see this arctic air pushing down into parts of the carolinas and sticking around throughout most of the sunday. It is going to take until monday, even into tuesday for most of this arctic air to retreat. How cold is it going to feel as we head into friday morning at 9 00 a. M. . It is going to feel like it is 6 degrees below zero. 10 degrees below in pottstown. 22 below zero in the poconos. Very, very doeldcold air in store for us. As we head into friday afternoon, it doesnt get much better. It feels like temperature at 8 degrees for philadelphia. It is going to feel like 7 degrees in mount holly, feeling like 8 degrees in atlantic city. We have to deal with the cold on friday, and saturday as we head into the afternoon for valentines day, we are tracking light snowfall. We could see accumulating snow between one to two inches for our entire area. And then well start to see the snow showers tapering off as we head into the evening hours on saturday. Your sevenday forecast, a lot going on shows that for today were going to see a high of 40 degrees. Snow showers and wind speeds pick up as we head into the rest of the afternoon and evening. Tomorrow will be a bitter cold start to your day. Temperatures only at 22 degrees. 34 on saturday. Snow returns and then sunday another blast of arctic air very cold conditions expected frigid winds and our temperatures are going to stay at 18 degrees for our daytime high. We continue to follow breaking news this morning. Seems like people just cant get enough of our city. Live look here at boathouse row. Pope francis will be the only one enjoying this view. The democrats are coming to town. We continue to follow the official announcement at the 2016 democratic National Convention will take place in philadelphia. Homecoming . Its awesome. But with the Citizens Bank education refinance loan it gets even better. You know those people who pay a little extra and get all the legroom in coach . That could be you, if you refinance your Student Loans. I can refinance, even with 4 loans from undergrad . Yes, you could replace your current Student Loans with one new loan at a lower rate and save money on interest. 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This morning the Democratic National committee selected the city of brotherly love to host the 2016 convention in july of 2016. Lets go to doug shimell live at city hall getting reaction to the big announcement. What a boon for the city. Reporter exactly. Philadelphia has been very good to the Democratic Party over the decades. In particular to president barack obama delivering huge margins in philadelphia that helped him carry pennsylvania for his election and reelection. So those things arent forgotten when the Democratic National committee hands out big economic plums like the july 2016 convention. Now, the head of the Democratic National committee, debbie Wasserman Schultz met with president barack obama last night according to congressman bob brady. The president had questions about philadelphias bid and it was hard to read according to brady what those questions meant. But they were logistical questions. Simple ones easy to answer apparently. Once Wasserman Schultz answered those questions, president barack obama said go with philly. Nbc 10 spoke to mayor Michael Nutter this morning and what happened last night got relayed to him in a call this morning. Just kind of sitting there, getting ready for my day and i got a call from chairwoman debbie Wasserman Schultz. She asked if we would be the host city for 2016 dnc convention, which, of course i screamed yes. And so were very excited. Reporter and, of course there is still labor contracts to be signed among all the unions down at the Wells Fargo Center and security and logistics and details have to be worked out. There will be a noon Conference Call involving the mayor and other principles. After that a press conference and gradually will ripple through the community in terms of how exactly do we sort of coordinate logistics and all the motorcades and as you hear sirens, Public Safety and police escorts. All of these things sort of a dry run when the Republican National convention was here back in the year 2000 impacting both new jersey and pennsylvania from the Camden County side as well as through the suburbs on the pennsylvania side. So a lot of details still to be worked out but the one big decision done. Live at city hall doug shimell nbc 10 news. Thank you, doug. That decision is a big one that counts. Shortly after the announcement the Democratic Party posted this video to facebook. Take a look. That was, of course congresswoman Wasserman Schultz there. And you notice the cheesesteak she got out of the fridge. That was the clue there. The last time the dnc was held in philadelphia was in july of 1948. This is video from youtube showing the gathering at Convention Hall in university city. The democrats nominated harry truman for a new term. Philly was chosen for the Republican National convention in 2000. It was held at the Wells Fargo Center, prior to the expansion of the convention center. The rnc generated nearly 90 million in total Economic Impact. Philadelphia will get a test run at a huge event in september when the Catholic Church is holding its world meeting of families right here. Pope francis will visit during that time. So up to 2 Million People could come to the city in september. Were also hearing from governor tom wolfs office. He released a statement saying, todays announcement is tremendous news for the commonwealth of pennsylvania. The birth place of our democracy will host the democratic National Convention in 2016, which will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in Economic Activity in a state. We look forward to working with local leaders to make sure philadelphia will shine in the national spotlight. And senator bob casey also is weighing in. He said in a statement, i am delighted that philadelphia will host the 2016 democratic National Convention. There is no better place to underscore the principles of the Democratic Party than the birth place of america. I look forward to making history again in philadelphia. And, of course you can count on nbc 10 news to bring you new information on this breaking story all day long on our nbc 10 news app. And local leaders will have a News Conference sometime this afternoon. And when that happens, well bring that to you live here on nbc 10 news. You can watch that as well stream it live on our app. And we have breaking news to nbc 10. We learned in the last few minutes a 1 million ticket in last nights powerball drawing was sold in Delaware County. Lottery Officials Say it came from domestic and imported beverage on Baltimore Pike in glens mill. That store will get a 5,000 bonus for selling that ticket. If you want to check your numbers, here they are. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Light snow moving across the area. Here say live look at conditions right now over Market Street in center city philadelphia. And were also in for a bitter cold blast. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is here with our forecast. Britt, its cold. Really cold. Going to get colder as we head into the rest of this evening. And definitely by tomorrow morning. There is already a windchill advisory in effect for the poconos. Well start off with the snow. Were seeing light snow showers moving into parts of center city now, just moving out of norristown all the snow showers are heading to the southwest. Glen side seeing light snow. Same thing for bryn mawr. We showed you the camera. Well show it to you again out of Market Street in center city. A few snow flurries flying around, not accumulating on the sidewalks. It is going to feel cold as we head into the rest of this evening. Were starting to see arctic air filtering in. By 8 00 p. M. Were going to see our feels like temperature at 13 degrees in philadelphia. So if you were planning on staying out a little later on today, were going to see cold conditions. Single digits in allentown, 8 below in the poconos. Windchill in effect all the way until friday. Friday morning, philadelphia, by 6 00 a. M. It will feel like it is 8 degrees below zero feeling like 13 below in allentown. In dover, feels like 6 below. We head to the rest of the afternoon tomorrow doesnt get much better. Only going to feel like 10 degrees in philadelphia tomorrow afternoon. Only feeling like 5 degrees in allentown. Going to be another cold night ahead. More snow in store for us as we head into saturday. Ill go over all the details in my first alert sevenday forecast. And we have been following developments in the crisis in ukraine all morning long. After more than 15 hours of peace talks, russia and ukraine now have a deal for a ceasefire. Russian president Vladimir Putin emerged from the talks to tell reporters that the fighting will stop at midnight on saturday local time. The new deal includes a buffer zone created by pulling heavy weapons away from the front line. That should be completed within two weeks. Ukraines president said his country will regain control over the border with russia by the end of this year. And the leaders of france and germany brokered the peace talks. They say theyll help monitor the ceasefire to make sure both sides live up to the agreement. Frances president said this morning that the deal comes as a, quote, relief to europe. The talks were happening, both pro russian rebels and Government Troops reported fighting across eastern ukraine. Explosions hit apartment buildings in a hospital in the rebel stronghold of donetsk. More than 5300 people have died in the fighting since april. Now to egypt, two al jazeera journalists are free after spending 400 days in jail. A judge ordered them released on bail. They were arrested with a third man, accused of helping the Muslim Brotherhood of then president mohamed morsi. All three men deny the charges. One of the journalists released today is expected to be deported to canada. An Italian Court found the captain of the Kosta Concordia guilty of the manslaughter deaths of 32 people. The captain abandoned the cruise ship while passengers and crew were still on board after the ship capsized in 2012. The Court Sentenced him to 16 years in prison. And police in South Carolina say a wrong way driver caused a deadly accident overnight. Highway troopers saw the driver headed in the wrong direction. They tried to stop him. But they say he crashed into other cars. Four people were killed. An investigation is under way. A carjacking suspect picked the wrong van to hit during a high speed chase. This is in dallas. Police chased this white car which then crashed into two vehicles right there. The one minivan, a woman was driving with her son and boyfriend, she gets out, runs up to the suspects car and hits him. And then she and her boyfriend drag him out and dragged him around until police arrived. Police thanked the couple for helping to bring the chase to an end. This morning, were learning more about the measles outbreak. Officials issued a warning to commuters after a person with measles rode on Bay Area Rapid trance transit. Experts are now trying to trace that persons movements and alert anyone who had contact with him. Sad news at cbs. Long time 60 minutes correspondent bob simon died in a car accident in new york city last night. Police say simon was riding in a car that collided with another car. And hit some metal poles on manhattans west side. Simons career spanned five decades. He covered everything from the vietnam war to a piece last weekend on the film selma. He was 73 years old. Coming up im tracking two chances of snow and two shots of ache arctic air. Ill let you know what to expect as we head into the weekend. Nbc 10 breaking news. And 11 43. Live look at philadelphias skyline. The city will host the 2016 democratic National Convention. The announcement came just before 10 00 this morning and were hearing from a number of local and National Politicians who are excited, of course about the upcoming event. And count on nbc 10 to bring you new information on this breaking story, all day long on our nbc 10 news app. And local leaders will have the News Conference sometime this afternoon. And when it happens, well bring it to you live right here on nbc 10 news. You can watch it as well as stream it live on our app. Now, a big fundraiser taking place this weekend to honor are a world war ii hero from our area. His store yeay was made famous in the film band of brothers. Construction of a statue to be placed in south philadelphia in his memory is under way. Joining me is joe brooks president and chief operating officer of the liberty uso of pennsylvania. And southern new jersey. And mark oconnor, coowner of the irish pub. Thanks for being here. Mark, let me start with you. Because of this huge announcement just made you were expecting to answer this question because of why youre here, but what does this mean to local pub owners like you. You got two, right . What does this mean to you . Great news. Great news. Were excited about the pope coming, first of all and this should be great. The Republican Convention 14 15 years ago, was not so great. They had big parties and this is the working man and were hopeful to have a couple of good days out of it. Fantastic. Joe, back to you. We have known each other for a number of years. Tell us about babe hefron. Who he is. If you havent watched the miniseries, why hes deserving of such an honor, a memorial like this. Hes a true philadelphian, a native son of south philadelphia. And what makes babe special is he proved to the world what a row home kid can do. You can change the world by being by caring and being concerned and committed. That was babe as a young man, that was babe through the balance of his life with us. Tell us about the status of the sculpture, the statue youre trying to build. What is the status . Were going to be raising money for it and it all call my nature culminates this weekend from 2 00 p. M. To 6 00 p. M. Encourage everybody to come down. Wonderful lineup of doowop groups put together. Well unveil the statue in september. Were getting this money together, but the best way to do it and best way to show you appreciate babes service and sacrifice is to come down on sunday and join us. Back to you. Tell us how youre connected to babe hefrons legacy. He was a long time customer at the irish pub. Never, ever brought it up his exploits. Had no idea until the book came out and then the miniseries was made. He would be mortified we were making such a fuss over him. But councilman kenny, he got behind this. It was his idea. Im thrilled to be involved with joe and them to raise this money and it is very well deserving. You also want to educate the public and certainly kids who dont know and adults at this point who dont know babes history. And what he did to help preserve freedom during that tumultuous time. Absolutely. Think about what an 18yearold young man did and countless other teenagers, they freed europe, they liberated the concentration camps. These were teenagers and hopefully the statue of babe will serve as an inspiration to not only the kids of south philadelphia, but the entire region about what you can achieve. How much money are we talking about that needs to be raised to have his statue erected . I think were shooting for 75,000 more dollars. Were well under way. I think we can achieve it. The fundraiser is this sunday. Tell us more about the fundraiser. Mcfaddens at the ballpark 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. , great lineup great local groups. Will be a lot of fun. Doowop, thats good stuff right there. Absolutely. Thats right in my wheel house. There you go. Thank you very much for being with us this morning and best of luck with the event on sunday. Thank you, vai. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning. Snow showers and a little bit of light rain moving through our area now. Thats going to continue as we head into the afternoon. Then im tracking a bitter start for your friday morning. Dangerously cold windchills especially in the poconos. More snow chances as we head into saturday right over valentines day, you might want to plan around it. And then for philadelphia our temperatures are at 38 degrees right now. Feels like 32 but as our wind speeds pick up as we head into the afternoon and into the evening, it is going to feel a lot colder than that as youre heading home. Youre current temperatures now at 29 degrees in mount pocono 36 in reading, 35 in pottstown, 38 in philadelphia close to 40 degrees in wilmington 35 currently in stone harbor and temperatures in dover right now in the mid30s. Here is a closer look at the light snow showers that are moving through our region. You can see theyre tapering off as they continue to track to the south and the southeast. And as we continue to head into the rest of your afternoon, we are going to see light scattered snow showers and you can see mainly rainfall moving into parts of philadelphia but if youre just to the south of norristown, youre probably seeing a few snow flurries. Future weather shows what is going to happen as we head into the rest of the afternoon and again it depends on where you are, if youre closer to doylestown and allentown. You could see a few more snow flurries closer to 5 00 6 00. By 9 00 p. M. , everything starts to clear up. But our temperatures are really going to take a nosedive as well see cold air moving in from the northeast, and wind speeds are going to pick up. These winds are going to stick with us especially friday morning heading into friday afternoon. Feels like temperature as we head into 6 00 p. M. At 21 degrees for philadelphia but as we go through the evening, it quickly drops down to the Single Digits with our feels like temperature. By 11 00 p. M. , it feels like it is 3 degrees, feels like it is 6 below in allentown. Dangerous windchills expected for the poconos under windchill advisory starting at 7 00 p. M. Lasting to friday. By the time you wake up tomorrow morning, our temperatures are going to feel like theyre below zero and doesnt get much better as we head into the rest of the afternoon either. Were also tracking valentines day snow as we head into your evening hours on saturday we could pick up 1 to 2 inches throughout our region. As we head into your saturday, overnight hours, pushing into sunday, well see most of that snow moving out. So your sevenday forecast shows as we head into the rest of today, our temperatures will warm to 40 degrees, but our wind speeds are going to pick up. It is going to feel very cold as youre heading home and a few light snow showers expected by friday. A bitterly cold start to the morning. Our wind gusts will be closer to 40 miles per hour. So you want to keep that in mind as you get dressed to go to work tomorrow bundle up the kids, it is going to feel very, very cold. Some of the coldest air we have seen all season. Our temperatures will warm to 22 degrees, but because of the wind speeds are going to continue to pick up heading into the afternoon, even as youre heading home in the afternoon and evening, it is still going to feel like it is closer to the Single Digits. Overnight lows drop down to the teens. Even the Single Digits for allentown. As we head into saturday our videotapes will s temperatures will warm to 34 degrees. Our second sthothot of arctic air gets here as we push into sunday. Our daytime highs will warm into 18 degrees. Frigid wind will feel colder than that, closer to zero during the day. Starting off sunday morning, it will feel like subzero temperatures as we push into next week we start to recover tuesday into wednesday, but track another chance of a rain and snow mix. Homecoming . Its awesome. But with the Citizens Bank education refinance loan it gets even better. You know those people who pay a little extra and get all the legroom in coach . That could be you, if you refinance your Student Loans. I can refinance . Yes, you could replace your current Student Loans with one new loan and save money on interest. Sounds easy it is easy so, treat yourself to something from that inflight magazine. Or save up for a new car, a wedding or a down payment on the home of your dreams. Call Citizens Bank at 18669990218 or visit lightenyourloan. Com. And coming up this afternoon, starting at 3 00 ellen is all new with actor Michael Keaton star of the movie bird man. Then nbc 10 news at 4 00. This afternoon, detouring danger, the bad bridges in our area that rescuers cant use in an emergency. The nbc 10 investigators show us just how bad the problem is this afternoon at nbc 10 news at 4 00. And breaking news and a live look at philadelphias sky line. The city will host the 2016 democratic National Convention. The announcement came just before 10 00 this morning. It has been a couple of hours to allow it to digest all the information, were hearing from a number of local and National Politicians who are excited about this upcoming event. Of course, count on the new and latest information on this breaking story throughout the day on our nbc 10 news app and local leaders will have a News Conference sometime this afternoon. And when that happens, well bring it to you live right here live on nbc 10 news. And watch it as it is streamed live on our app. And we have more breaking news just within the last 15 minutes. City Council Approve the paid sick leave measure by a vote of 142. After the vote people in Council Chambers started chanting this is what democracy looks like. This means some Small Business owners in philadelphia will be required to offer sick leave to employees. Were gathering more information on this decision and well have that for you later on nbc 10 news at 4 00. And breaking powerball news as well. A 1 million ticket in last nights drawing was sold in Delaware County. Lottery Officials Say it came from domestic and imported beverage on Baltimore Pike in glens mill. That store will get a 5,000 bonus for selling that ticket. If you want to check your tib et tickets again, here they are. You dont have the ticket with you . I dont. I was looking to see if those are my numbers, theyre not. We do carry some numbers, though. It is going to be rough for the next couple of days. Okay. Here is the breakdown. Today, temperatures at 40 degrees. But we are going to see wind speeds picking up. It will feel very cold when you head home. Tomorrow morning, temperatures are below zero. Daytime highs at 22. Thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11 00. Im vai sikahema. For Brittney Shipp and all of us at nbc 10, have a great day. Meredith im meredith jennings. And im terrified that my husband is planning to kill me. Aiden i slept like a baby. How about you . Melanie hey, Brady Henderson said that brady open it
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