Moisture. You can almost see it in the air. Right now nice and calm in front of boat house row. Areas north and west seeing more fog than in the city. Right now visibility is not too bad at allentown and quakertown. Reading still down to two miles. Quarter mile visibility there and down to half a mile and improved a little bit northeast philadelphia and threequarter mile visibility now. Look at the temperatures, much warmer this morning and 66 degrees in philadelphia and 60s even into the pocono mountains this morning. So, a warmer start, but were watching for fog to start with. It will not last. The fog will clear as the temperatures climb. It will be in the low 70s at 9 00 and 77 degrees by lunchtime and still climbing. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast and first katz zachary has traffic. Good morning, katy. Driving in Montgomery County there is an accident that was newly reported there. Some of the fog that bill has been talking about, well, we will take you out to the Lehigh Valley right now. I78, actually closer to route 100 than route 65. This is in Lehigh Valley and a lot of fog and barely making out the vehicles and more of the headlights and taillights. Something to think about if youre out this Early Morning driving. Taking a look in philadelphia where were not seeing a lot of fog, a little damp on the roadways. Know the pavement might be wet in some of the areas youre driving. Breaking news into nbc 10. A u. N. Worker who contracted the ebola virus has died. The 56yearold victim was bogue treated in germany where he arrived five days ago. Doctors say he despite intense medical procedures. We will monitor this story and bring you any new information as soon as it is available. Delaware county will hold the first meeting of its ebola and Infectious Disease task force. The task force will provide First Responders and the public with Important Information about safe guards and protocols for the virus. County leaders and members of the task force will release more details today at 4 00 and you can count on nbc 10 news to let you know what happens. Meantime, the World Health Organization is calling the Ebola Outbreak in west africa the most severe aacute Health Emergency seen in modern times. They are urging hospitals nationwide to make sure theyre prepared and comes after a nurse in texas was infected with the virus while treating a patient there. Nina pham is her name and currently in stable condition at the hospital. She received a blood transfusion from kent brantley. Stay with nbc 10 and nbc10. Com for your complete coverage of the ebola crisis. Its 4 33 and new from overnight, a deadly shooting in north philadelphia. Police say a man was shot 30 times. He was sitting with a woman when two men approached and opened fire. The woman was also hit in the ankle, but shell be okay. Police say they dont know yet why the man was targeted. Theyre still looking for the shooters. And we may learn today if the man convicted of killing a baby and her grandmother will live or be put to death in prison. Yandamuri was found guilty last week. The penalty phase of his trial continues after yesterdays recess for the holiday. One final witness will be called and then the trial will deliberate. He wants the death penalty, but his lawyer says their client doesnt really want to die. A philadelphia man accused of killing his own wife is scheduled for preliminary hearing today. Christopher murray is charged with the murder of conner murray. Police say he strangled connie after a heated argument. Investigators say murray later confessed to the crime. We have new information this morning on the alleged hazing incident at a high school in middle penn state has dropped its scholarship offer to a football player. According to the report, running and defense back miles hartsfield had verbally committed to penn state. He was not linked with the aabuse charges. Theyve been suspended and their season has been canceled. 4 35. People in parts of northeast philadelphia may have noticed crime is going down. For years many in the 15th district have complained that crime was out of control there. So, the Police Department dec e decided to add more officers. Jesse gary first told us about this change in strategy when it happened back in april. He joins us now in mayfair. G÷ln jesse, last half hour you talked about where these new officers are concentrated. Fill us in more about that. The commander of the 15th district says many of those new officers are going to be concentrated on the southern part of the district. Matter of fact, Officials Say it was difficult to get officers from headquarters down to frankfurt avenue. About a third of the new cops transferred here last spring are pounding beats on frankfort avenue. We want people to come down there to shop and so forth and i want them to feel safe. These cops are on bike patrols to increase the mobility. Now, coming up in the next 30 minutes, the call for more cops grew out of a call to split the 15th district into two because its so big. So whatever happened with that. Well answer that question coming up in 30 minutes. Live in mayfair, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. At 4 36, it appears the city of wilmington will get ready to launch a homicide unit within. Reaction to growing number of murders in wilmington. Reports that several detectives and a supervisor will make up that new homicide unit. A multimillion dollar decision. The plan in the works that could bring new economic fire power to a struggling new jersey community. Plus, a determined burglar kicks and jumps his way through a crime. Look at this video. Youll see where it all went wrong. And swat stikas for sale an how it is responding to the outrage. 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. It is 4 39. Happening today, a decision that could bring businesses and jobs to the city of camden. The new Jersey Economic Authority is set to vote today on whether to award tax breaks to lockheed martin. Involves 110 million and headquarters at morristown and a Technology Lab in cherry hill. To the casino crisis in atlantic city. Today the owners of the taj mahal will ask a bankruptcy judge to terminate its agreement. Taj mahal filed for bankruptcy last month. Threaten to close if it doesnt get concessions from the union. Earlier this month a judge denied to be relieved of pension obligations. Warm and muggy outside and were dealing with areas of fog, mainly off to the north and west. Its morning fog that wont last even into the late morning hours. Well see sunshine and summerlike heat flirting with the 80 degree mark today and again tomorrow. But then strong thunderstorms what were tracking and the potential for some Severe Weather will cool things down towards the end of the week. Right now, 60 in mt. Pocono and dealing with fog and mist and some very light rain in the pocono mountains. Thats the worst of it this morning. Clouds over trenton, 63 degrees and wilmington at 65 degrees. No fog being reported to wilmingt wilmington. The light is on and you can see a little bit murky there and just a bit in this view from the Comcast Center. The Comcast Center is tall enough that it is in some of the low clouds at the surface and no fog in the city. You could see it north and west, though. Theres that quarter mile visibility for the pocono mountain and twomile visibility for reading and no issue at all for wilmington and northeast philadelphia at the airports just improved now twomile visibility there. So, stand by. A bit of fog to start with and then sunshine. 78 degrees for allentown and upper 70s in reading and quakertown and 80 for trenton northeast philadelphia and mt. Holly the fog disappears. We have bright sunshine and a breezy day and have temperatures in the upper 70s for dover, vineland and atlantic city. Look at the 80s for wilmington, chester and vorhees this afternoon. Showers thunderstorms and a cool down and the sevenday forecast when i come back. 19 minutes before 5 00. If youre getting ready to hit the roads. Katy has been watching the fog build on the cameras. What are we dealing with now . Some construction that we are dealing with for the next few hours and fog. Headed north from here to 22, 78 up in the Lehigh Valley where youre going to deal with some fog. This is some of our other cameras that were seeing in burkes county, but so many drivers who are going through the Lehigh Valley. This is what youll see in the aEarly Morning hours. Some construction to tell you about on 295 northbound between sloan avenue and route 1. The two left lanes are blocked and that should be lifting around 6 00 this morning and for drivers in delaware as we head down south the summit bridge, that is closed. The right lane is blocked until later this month. All right, katy, thanks. Which towns are getting hit by these thieves and exactly what theyre going after. Selling symbols of hate. A local shopper found swastikas for sale on the stores website. A new effort to cut down on the bear population in this area that is pushing hunters to their kitchens. With the card accepted by 90 of doctors in the philadelphia region you have the freedom to relish right now. Independence blue cross. Live fearless. Its 4 45. Thieves are after construction tools in Montgomery County. Theyre breaking into trucks and vans overnight and stealing expensive tools. Two dozen have been reported. Police are searching for a burglar who used a screwdriver to break into a Delaware County store. Take a good look at him. This is Surveillance Footage taken inside chester pike. The burglar smashed the side window with a screw driver and then tried to kick through a glass county. When that didnt work he left. Speakers worth about 700 bucks. The owner said it is the first time someone has broken in. Ill probably definitely get better cameras and im considering doing the bars on the windows. But, again, the cameras did catch this and nbc 10 zoomed in on the suspects face. If you recognize him or have any new information about the crime, police want to hear from you. This is probably not what shoppers on sears website expected to see. A swastika ring for sale. Nbc 10 neweviewers told us aboue ring not for nazi or neonazi implications but it is offensive to millions of people. Sears has now pulled that listing after we asked the company about what it was doing there. They pulled the listing and said it was put there by one of the outside vendors they allow to sell on the website. Jewish leaders say its outrageous that sears didnt know it was for sale on its own site. I was horrified. Absolutely horrified to see a swastika ring. I dont know what anyone was thinking when they produced this or marketed it. Its so insensitive. In a statement to nbc 10, sears says the swastika ring violates the guidelines in place for their sellers. They tell us theyre contacting the seller to voice their concern over that companys lack of judgment. New from overnight, one person is dead after an earthquake hit off the coast of central america. The 7. 4 magnitude quake happened under water off the coast of el salvador. People said they also felt the shaking. No major damage has been reported, but power was knocked out in some areas. Meantime, the Worlds Largest earthquake drill is scheduled for this thursday. Nearly 24 Million People around the world are expected to participate. The drill will start at exactly 10 16 a. M. Eastern time. Today the National Weather is expected to serve a storm damage in alabama to see if it was caused by a tornado. Strong storms rolled through that state monday night twisting metal off of roofs and knocking down traffic lights and power lines. At least one person was killed when a tree fell on her home. The winds even knocked out the 911 system for a while. Thats happening in north alabama in madison county. And that same system is pushing some rain into our area later this week. Meteorologist bill henley has a look at that. Bill . For today, the Severe Weather threat has shifted from mississippi into the farther to the southeastern states and thats where the greatest potential of not only strong thunderstorms is for today but also tornadoes. For us, clouds to start with. Some areas of fog and the visibility is excellent in philadelphia, but north and west, thats where were seeing the visibility come down. Temperatures now in the 60s, not just for philadelphia, but wilmington, trenton is at 63, in fact, nobody is chilly this morning. This is beach avenue, cape may. No sign of fog there. Clouds will thin out and the sunshine will warm us today. But the cloud cover you see to the west, thats the wet weather thats ahead for later tomorrow. Look at the storms already in kentucky, tennessee and into georgia. For today, though, we will be storm free. Might see some mist this morning and some fog especially north and west and temperatures warm up nicely. Future weather taking you through the day today. Look at the sunshine that breaks through. This evening a few scattered clouds north and west and wet weather is a potential for mainly areas to the west of first thing wednesday morning and these are the storms that are pushing in during the day on wednesday and into wednesday night. That is early thursday morning. Both today and tomorrow the temperatures may be near 80 degrees. And today well see lots of sunshine after we get past the areas of fog this morning. Well be breezy with winds out of the southeast to 18 Miles Per Hour and gusts to 25. Its about ten minutes until 5 00 on your tuesday morning. You may have fog to contend with as you hit the road this morning. Thats what katy zachary is seeing. Especially cameras in Lehigh County and burkes county. A live look at 78 which is route 737. Dense fog there all morning and bill henley talking about the thicker fog and here it is right here. Heading into philadelphia, 76 you can see slick roadways, not too wet, but wet enough where you just want to deal with it. Or you want to keep that in mind and were not seeing any major fog in the philadelphia area. 76 westbound for drivers who are trying to access 76 westbound from spring garden. Keep in mind that ramp is closed for a longterm construction project until november. So you can do that. And, also, your average speed, 95 southbound headed into center city philadelphia. At this hour, a great time to be on the roads. 53 right near allegheny and girard. At 4 50, we are following some breaking news. This just coming into the nbc 10 newsroom. Right now firefighters are at the scene of a house fire in the taconey area. Everyone made it out of the house safely, but trying to find out if anyone was hurt in the process and exactly where firefighters are in their response to that. Jesse gary that was reporting in the mayfair neighborhood is shifting to tacony to report from the scene. Youll have a live report as soon as he gets there. Happening right now in south africa, Oscar Pistorius is in court for the second day of his sentencing of his trial. Now, right now prosecutors are talking about pistorius charity work saying it was just all a publicity stunt to further his career. The judge could sentence him to up to 15 years in prison. Pistorius was convicted last month of culpable homicide in the shooting death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. Gabby giffords is launching a ninestate tour that includes pennsylvania to promote tougher gun laws. Her first stop on that tour will be today in portland, maine. Giffords was severely wounded in 2011 when a gunman opened fire outside a supermarket where she was meeting with constituents in philadelphia. President obama today will be meeting with 21 defense leaders from around the world this afternoon. Theyre discussing, of course, the fight against isis. Nbc 10 National Correspondent tracie potts has a look at what we can expect from todays meeting. Reporter defense chiefs from ten arab countries and 11 others meet president obama and martin dempsey. Turkey is denying reports that the u. S. Can use its basis for air strikes, but says it will help train Syrian Rebels to fight isis. The syrian town is barely holding on. Isis is also closing in on baghdad. Hundreds of u. S. Troops are there. I believe the capability is there to defend, so, i think, were somewhat confident. Reporter on monday, iraqis abandon the base in anbar province, just 85 miles outside baghdad. The u. S. Says air strikes are buying time to retrain the iraqi. Isis released this video of american peter after converting to islam. We havent forgotten him. We havent abandoned him and we certainly do love him. Reporter the 26yearold former army ranger was captured last october. He was in syria helping refugees. His parents got an audio message two weeks ago. He described his time is running out. Reporter hostages, refugees and syrians at risk. The coalition needs to get the upper hand. Thats the focus of todays tracie potts, nbc news, washington. 4 53 now. North Korean Leader kim jungun is apparently live and well. He made an appearance early today for the first time in nearly six weeks. A north korean newspaper showed several photos of him smiling and waving as he visited his new complex and science institute. He hadnt been seen publicly since Early September and was reported he may have been ill and his disappearance fueled speculation about a power shift in north korea. They have reached a deal. Next the agreement that will keep your morning commute from being interrupted. Plus, tackling an out of control bear population with cookbooks. Well tell you about new jerseys new plan, next. And voting is in full swing now for this weeks High School Blitz game of the week. Here are your choices for this week. Penns berry and cherokee on the road or penn ridge versus central buck south. If one of those is your school of choice, cast your vote by going to our Facebook Page or call or text your once per day vote. Of course, the game that gets the most votes will be featured on the High School Blitz, this saturday 7 00 p. M. Right here on nbc 10. Were right back after this. Four minutes before 5 00. An immediate 1,250 signing bonus and 11. 5 wage increase and 8 right away and 3 next april. The engineers have not gotten a raise since their last contract expired which was back in 2010. The new pack still needs to be approved by the union and septas board. Hogging seats, loud cell phone conversations and just a few of the annoying issues that ridevers to put up with every day. Now they say its reviewing some options for a courtesy campaign. No specific date has been set, but it is expected to advocate for passenger etiquette. And last month, you may remember septa started a campaign called dude, its rude. Thats how they want you to say it. Dude, its rude. Okay, thanks for playing along. Septa is trying to tackle these annoying riders. People complain about people leaving trash behind and using bad language and blocking the aisle. Dude, its rude. All right. Got it. Voters wont be able to use parts of the delaware bay this week because of military training exercises. The coast guard will set up three safety enforcement zones off cape may. The annual training exercises include the navy, coast guard and canadian military. Part of the training will include how to board and investigate suspicious boats. A big part of your cell phone bill may not be going to pay for calls. A new report finds that taxes may add up to more of your bill than you realize. Pennsylvania is among the top states where taxes and fees make up almost a quarter of your cell phone bill. In pennsylvania, its nearly 19 . 14. 67 in new jersey. And in delaware, its about 12. 5 . The study finds that cell phone taxes and fees are more than double the average sales tax on other goods and services. Well, new jersey has an interesting method to deal with its growing bear population. Now, the state has come up with a new way to deal with it. Once the hunting season starts, hunters who bring in a bear to be weighed will get a cookbook. The state wants to remind people that bears are edible, hoping that will encourage hunters to kill bears for food. The number of bears killed is down since bear hunting was reintroduced four years ago. The cookbook includes recipes like grilled bill loin with brown sugar paste. I cook a lot, im not sure i could cook bear. Weve reached out to the bear union for a response to this, but so far they havaent gotten back to us. Nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. We are on the scene of this breaking news in the tacony neighborhood of philadelphia where fire has broken out inside a home there. Were live on the scene as firefighters try to get an upper hand on that. Also breaking another ebola death reported this morning. Now the cdc is urging hospitals to prepare for the worst. New information on the Ebola Outbreak and how one local community is getting ready. And depending on where you live, get ready for some fog this morning. Right now as we look from center city, we see some lowlying clouds, but others in the north and west of the city are seeing some fog that is getting thicker at this hour. Keep that in mind as you head out the door. Good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im chris cato. Im tracy davidson. Lets get an update with bill henley in the first alert weather center. Bill . Warm air pushing into the area with lots of moisture creating the fog this morning. Not terribly thick but seeing areas north and west with some fog to start with and could get a bit thicker. Clear view across center city and the view from the Adventure Aquarium and no fog there and just a little bit of low cloudiness overhead and it is dry. Areas north and west, there it is