Teens. And a little bit of a breeze to make it feel a little bit colder. This is a live view from camelback with temperatures going even lower this morning. It is zero degrees. I cant imagine riding a snowmobile on a morning like this. The wind is not a big factor right now, but during the day the winds will be picking up. It will feel cold all day long. 16 rights now in philadelphia. Wilmington is 14. Its 12 in trenton. And now down to 6 degrees in allentown. But with a little bit of a breeze, it feels like 3 below there. And the snowmobilers, 15 below with the windchill for them. The wind is very light. Some areas are calm so were just dealing with very cold temperatures this morning. 17 degrees at 9 00. And lunchtime, up to 24 and climbing. Well go neighborhood by neighborhood with the future weather when im back in ten. 4 31 as we continue to follow breaking news out of delaware where a tractortrailer crash has shut down i495. A big accident there. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live on scene in wilmington. We just got new information, what can you tell us . Reporter thats right. I was talking a truckers here on the scene, they say that the driver in this crash was pulled out, he was awake and conscious, taken to christiana hospital. We are told the gentleman was talking. As for the activated scene itself, it is still under investigation. It happened on the southbound side of i495 and east 12th street. The cab of the tractortrailer wound you wanted on the northbound side and the trail erer is on the southbound side. Thats why both lanes of this freeway are closed at this hour. The truck is actually listed to j. R. F. Trucking from new castle county, delaware. Well reach out to them to try to get more information, but right now police say its one vehicle with a tractortrailer involved. Coming up in the next 30 minutes, well talk about the Road Conditions out here and if that played a role in this crash. Were live in wilmington this morning, jesse gary nbc 10 news. The road is closed right now but theres no way to tell how long this will be there. Jillian mele has some options to get you around this accident. It will be a problem for drivers throughout delaware for a while. So 95 is going to be your easiest alternate. 495 is closed in both directions because of the accident near 12th street. As we zoom in you can see the red right here. Thats where 495 is closed off. You can see 95 running parallel in that area. This is busy during the morning rush especially for wilmington. Leave yourself extra time. But well move out a little bit so you can see we have two alternate routes you can take. 495 is closed right there. So take 95 as i just mentioned or head into new jersey and take 295. So 95 or 295, either of those would work. If youre going to be traveling locally, you dont have to use the highways which would be good news for drivers. But if you must stick to the highways, 95 and 295, this is the only serious accident well be reporting. 95 in philadelphia 76 and the blue route are all looking good. New from overnight, robbery may have been the motive for a deadly shooting in philadelphia on south paxton street around midnight. Police tell us the victim was shot several times and his wallet was found next to his body. Investigators are looking at security cameras in the area in hopes of finding the shooter. Also new from overnight in philadelphia investigators are looking for the cause of a fire at an Apartment Building in center city. It happened along south 17th and spruce streets at 1 00 this morning. Everyone inside made it out safely. And we are learning more about the alleged sex scandal in the philadelphia fire department. The firefighters and Paramedics Union will talk about the situation later this morning. The Inspector General is investigating claims that a female paramedic had sex with multiple coworkers in firehouses across philadelphia. Officials have interviewed dozens of people. As many as ten people could face disciplinary action. Happening later today in philadelphia, a judge will meet with lawyers in the case of a former homicide detective now accused of lying to fellow detectives to coverup for his girlfriend suspected of murder. Erika sanchez was charged with murder and lyon covered for her. Sanchez was covered in blood and came to dove for help. He cleaned her car and asked to have the car stowed away. Then he lied to colleagues about evidence in the murder invest. The paterno family lawsuit is heading to court. They are battling over whether the lawsuit should include breach of contract. Joe paternos son said the school verbally said they would pay him after the scandal broke. They reversed the decision and overturned the sanctions against penn state following the Jerry Sandusky case. 4 36 now. Off to the Atlantic City casino crisis today a judge in philadelphia will hear arguments from former tenants at the revel casino complex. They will looking to buy the casino and want to change the terms of the deal. The developer who wants to buy revel is threatening to walk away. And the Power Company also threatened to turn off the power at 5 00 last night, but they have now decided to give it one more week. And next where families can take your kids to the dentist free of charge today. And two local students walking to school fell through the sidewalk. Look at this photo. Still ahead, well tell you how the girls made it out of the hole. Scene repairs with Remote Control . Well tell you how this will help fix up the highway. And its a cold start this morning. Bundle up if youre heading out, 15 degrees at nbc 10. And much of the area is cold. The time is 4 37. 20 minutes before 5 00. Volunteers will be offering free dental care to children of lowincome fam lips. This is a Great Program and they do it every year. There are events planned in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. Children without insurance or those who cannot afford dental work can get it for free at several locations. For an event near you, go to nbc10. Com or check out the nbc 10 news app. Before you go anywhere layer up. Its so cold outside. One of the coldest mornings of the season. And temperatures at this hour are still falling down to 16 degrees in philadelphia. The winds are not strong but it does not take much of a breeze to make it feel colder. The windchill is 6 degrees. Pottstown and doylestown at 9. Trenton at 12 degrees. Camden county, its 15 degrees. Audubon is 15. And 14 degrees in glendora along with voorhees. A very cold start, but well see lots of sunshine. Nothing to show you on the radar screen today. And it looks like it will stay dry this weekend, too. Thats good weekend news. And it is cold to start with yes, but we will see a nice warm up during the day. A little bit of breeze kicks in so even though the temperatures will be climbing that wind is going to make it feel colder this afternoon. 24 degrees at noontime. Topping out at near 30 degrees this afternoon. But thats when the wind will be a bit stronger. So it will feel colder. The good news is a big change for the weekend. We have the sevensomeday forecast when im back in ten. 4 41. The big traffic story this morning is 495 in wilmington. Jillian mele is watching that and theres a live picture from the scene. You can see it there with the cab on one side, the tack tractortrailer on the other. Tell us more. 495 will be closed in both directions right at 12th street. You can see all the activity out there. The fact that it happened at 2 40 this morning. We are already going on just about two hours that this has been out there and the cleanup still is not complete yet. We have a lot of debris from the accident scattered across the roadway in both directions. Keep that in mind to keep your alternate routes. Heres the map and how to get around this. 495 is shut down in both directions at 12th street right here on this map. You can see the lines of red that we have there. And that is indicating the closure out there. So two different alternate routes for you. Heres the closure point. Be warned that this gets congested during the morning rush hour. And head into new jersey and take 295. Depending on where you are traveling or waking up thats the alternate route youll want to take. A 6yearold boy is kidnapped, tied up and threatened. Are you ready for this . Cops say his mother did it. Next the lesson the investigators say she was trying to teach her son. And the upgraded petco riders will notice the upgrades and how it will help in your commute. [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging do Business Travel on your terms. Acela. Take off. And we take you back to a live picture of 495 with a tractortrailer accident that shut down both the northbound and southbound sides. The cab is in the northbound side and the trailer is on the southbound side. We just learned from jesse gary on the scene that the driver was alert and talking when taken to the hospital. But thats going to be a mess for some time. Jillian mele will get you around it coming up. A funeral is set for today for the driver of that suv that was hit by a train in new york. 49yearold ellen brody was killed along with five passengers on the train. A witness says brody got out of her vehicle when a Railroad Crossing gate came down on top of the suv. Then she got back in and drove onto the track about 30 seconds before impact. Federal investigators are trying to figure out why the mother of three drove onto the tracks. And theres news this morning that president obama who made an admission to end two wars is expected to ask Congress Next week for authorization to move ahead with the fight in isis in iraq and syria. The National Correspondent tracie potts has this story from washington. Reporter 21 american planes contain jordanian pilots and are headed to syria. The white house is expected to ask Congress Next week to authorize military force against isis. The goal here is to demonstrate clearly to the American People and to our allies and to our enemies that theres strong bipartisan support. I think its going to be a challenge, but we will have a solution soon. Reporter some lawmakers say Ground Troops are inevitable. I suggest that the American People realize that this is going to be a long fight. Reporter its been a long fight in ukraine with hundreds dying in recent weeks. The russianbacked rebels are winning. Ukraine wants weapons and secretary of state john kerry says the president is considering sending them. We cannot close our eyes to tanks crossing the border from russia and coming in to you crain. Reporter but theres reluctance on capitol hill to get involved in another long war. We are making claims that while they cannot depend themselves, they cannot expect u. S. Troops to come to their aid. Reporter no boots on the ground for now. Back here on capitol hill, they are speeding up assistance to jordan already in the pipeline. Tracie potts nbc news washington. 4 47. This morning family members are facing charges after police say they kidnapped a 6yearold boy to teach him a lesson because he was too nice to strangers. Here are the the suspects including the boys mom, and aunt. According to police that coworker took the boy after he got off the school bus and told him he would never see his mommy again. Authorities say he showed the boy a gun, blindfolded him and took him to the familys home and then Officials Say that the aunt took his pants off and told him that he could be sold into sex slavery. 11 years ive been in law enforcement, ive never seen anything like this. This is no way to terrorize a child, to tell him that hes going to die. Hes 6. Police arrested all four suspects after the boy told someone at school what happened. They are locked up facing kidnapping and child abuse charges. 4 48 now. A terrifying walk to school for two young girls in trenton after they suddenly fell through a trapped door and wound up underground. Firefighters say metal doors on the sidewalk gave way as the girls were walking along southward street. The girls fell 6 feet into a basement. A crossing guard took a photo of one of the girls stuck in the basement. One girl managed to get out on her own. The bus driver stopped by to rescue the second girl. I was just thankful that i was here. Reporter but you would like this taken care of so no other child yes, they can board it up build it up do something. Cydney long was there talking to that bus driver. The girls were checked out at the hospital and will be okay. The man who owned the building along with the city are working to fix the doors. And another danger flying ice on the highways. Just ask this Montgomery County man when he was driving to work and heard an explosion of glass. Slabs of ice flew off a tractortrailer and went through the windshield of his suv yesterday. Then he said he called 911 and also said it took him 15 miles to get the trucker to pull over on the pennsylvania turnpike near king of prussia. I was looking at him and i was waving him down. He looked at me looked like he smiled, he had to see this. I guess he thought he didnt do it. State law says drivers can be fined up to 1,000 if flying ice injuries or kills someone. But lawmakers want to expand that to flying ice to cause any public danger. Anything is frozen solid this morning with temperatures plummeting. Teens and some areas in the Single Digits. We dont see a lot of wind right now, but where there is a little bit of a breeze feels like 6 degrees in philadelphia. The actual temperature is 16. It is cold in the winds. And taking advantage of the cold in the pocano mountains, the temperature has been hovered near zero this morning. Theres good snowmaking weather for sure. The rest of the area is staying dry. 9 degrees in pottstown. Westchester down to 9 degrees. Its 5 in glenmoore and still falling. Phoenixville is 12 degrees. A very cold morning. Bundle up. Youll need your sunglasses if youre going to be out. Thats the good news. That will help to warm things up. The satellite shows we are in the clear, but were looking at clouds coming in this weekend. I think the weekend is going to stay dry. Today, just cold. Sunny, yes, but the breeze will be kicking in with temperatures to warm up. So it will not feel warm today. The upper 20s to lower 30s. It will feel like the teens and low 20s this afternoon. Not as cold tomorrow still cold. 25 degrees tomorrow morning, but look at tomorrow afternoon. Mostly cloudy skies. 42 is the high temperature. And were in the upper 40s on sunday. Its monday that is looking a little bit dicy. Rain and then possibly some snow with temperatures above freezing for philadelphia. Farther to the north, we have issues on monday. But tuesday will be clearing out with the wind kicking in. 36 is the high after a morning low of 28 degrees and dry for wednesday and thursday. Thank you. Nine minutes before 5 00 right now. Usually its quiet on the roads, but we have a big issue in wilmington. The tractortrailer crash is shutting down both northbound and southbound of 495 in wilmington. Jillian mele is tracking this for us. This activity will be out here for a while. 495 will be closed for quite some time. This is a live picture of jesse gary out there at the scene. You can see the crews are actively working to try to get some of this towed away. This accident happened around 2 40 this morning. 495 remains closed in both directions rights at 12th street with activity on both sides of the highway right now. Heres how to get around this take 95 or you can take 295. Well take you to another map to get a good idea of what is happening here. We have the caution sign where the red marks are on 495. So right here 95. Thats an option if you want to avoid this portion of 495. Also, way down here 295 if you want to head into new jersey maybe thats where you are going to end up this morning. Thats another option for you if you need to get around it. Well keep you updated on the developments throughout the morning. Chris . We have an alert for patco riders. The next round of track work will bring schedule changes for you next week. A live look at the ben franklin bridge where patco is in the process of a 103 million replacement project to replace the rails that cross the project. Next week service gaps will be 30 minutes on thursday afternoon and all day friday. So again, 30 minutes on thursday afternoon and all day friday. Patco will post new timetables at all the stations to warn you about that. Patco is also installing new electronic signs at all the 13 stations. Those signs will provide train schedules and other information for riders. In order for the signs to work correctly, the trains have to be overhauled so they can communicate with the signs. And that wont happen until 2017. So were giving you a very early headsup on that. And penndot is hoping a drone will help them fix the roads. How about that . The removed control aircraft will help crews build and fwix highways more efficiently. This takes birds eye View Pictures to help officials stay ahead of landslides and other potentially dangerous situations. Drones everywhere. Well, a legal battle is brewing in new jersey over parenting rights. Well tell you how a group of dads are fighting for time with their kids. Ring ring . Progresso its ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. Its our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. Apology accepted. Im watching you soup people. Make it progresso or make it yourself you say avocado old el paso says. Zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand n stuff tortillas. record scratch you say stand n stuff tortillas old el paso says. Start somewhere fresh new jerseys governor Chris Christie is looking at two bills to buy american products. Some lawmakers call christies decision a lost opportunity to create jobs and help domestic businesses. Right now several fathers in new jersey are suing the state and several judges over parenting rights. This is one of six new jersey dads claiming their parental rights were taken without a proper hearing. The lawsuit comes as the socalled Fathers Rights Movement has gained attention. A father should not have to go through this sudden and immediate separation. So far state officials have declined to comment on the lawsuit, but we have learned more fathers may be added to the group suing. Their Attorney Says their are seeking a decisive ruling about Custody Court procedure and monetary damages. And the superintendent of camden schools said the district is making progress but more work needs to be done. Over the last year and a half the district created new Parent Centers and put a New Community School coordinator into each school. But the superintendent says the next step is improving grades and graduation rates. One out of five is on the grade level in literacy and math. So we have our challenges. The superintendent also says the District Needs to work closely with families to insure their childs Education Needs are met. Happening today in Montgomery County local lawmakers will score the former Willow Grove Naval air station to get an update on a redevelopment project there. Its all part of the bipartisan effort to spur growth and development at that property in horsham. The plan is to transfer the land to the township. And starting february 15th it will cost more to visit state parks. Officials say the money will be used for upkeep. A daily visitors pass goes up 1. Ive always thought state parks are a great value for families especially when charging by the carload. The whole family can go out to spend the day. Maybe a good one this weekend with temperatures in the 40s. Look at that. After today. Youre watching nbc 10 news today. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Our breaking news this morning is a tractortrailer crash that shuts down i495 in delaware in both directions. Were live on scene as crews work to get the road reopened. And bundle up again and brace yourself for one of the coldest mornings of the year so far as we take a live look at center city there. Temperatures in the teens. But it feels like the Single Digits in most of the area this morning. Some of you may feel like zero. Pretty cold air. Good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im chris cato. Im tracy davidson. Well find out more about the chilly temperatures and the warm up we keep hearing about from meteorologist bill henley. Considering well have temperatures in the 40s, that is warm to us. We are 15 to 20 degrees colder than yesterday. We are landed in the Single Digits and teens. Completely clear across the delaware. Sunshine is bright today and we need it. Right now the temperature is 16 degrees in philadelphia. 1 in mount pocano. And 11 in trenton. Wilmington is 15. And just a little bit of a breeze to make it feel even colder. 3 degrees is the windchill in trenton. Feels like 9 below zero right now in allentown. Nice and clear. So sunshine will be on the way. Sun coming up at 7 04 this morning and well see bright sunshine and 17 degrees at 9 00. And then into the middle 20s. But a little breezier at lunchtime. 24 degrees. Your hourbyhour future weather to show you which areas will warm up first when im back in ten. And if you are just joining us, Pay Attention to this before you hit the road. Breaking news out of delaware youre looking here at the wreckage of a tractortrailer that crashed on 495 in wilmington as the tow truck uprighted the tractor there. Police have shut down both sides of 495 there in wilmington. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live on the scene for us. Jesse, what is the
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