Thats very dry air outside. And above us weve got clouds that are producing a few scattered snow showers. By the time the snow gets to the ground, it will evaporate. Thats why we dont see snow on the radar showing activity. The first showers moving from philadelphia have completely fizzled. And we are seeing more showers look impressive in southern Chester County moving towards the wilmington area but most of those will also not be reaching the ground. So clouds to start with and cold, too. But we will see sunshine break through this afternoon. By then the few scattered snow showers will be long gone. Well go through it hour by hour when im back in ten. But Christine Maddela has a look at the Tuesday Morning traffic. Good morning christine. Good morning, bill. Looking forward to sunshine out there. Take a look outside at our maps we arent seeing too many delays. In fact, a lot of green is popping up on the maps. Thats what we like to see here all along the schuylkill expressway, the pennsylvania turnpike, they are all looking good right now as we take a live look outside. Youll see interstate 76 at montgomery drive. Just not a lot of volume out there at this hour. And the Road Conditions like bill said are clear. Nothing, no precipitation to hinder your travel this time. Drive times are all green lights, 95 76 and the blue route out there. And as we take a look, you can see the roads in new jersey are also looking pretty good. 295, the turnpike and the 42 freeway are all clear, chris . And there was an accident out there earlier, this was new from overnight. Two people are in Critical Condition after a crash in Washington Township at bell drive. The driver of this car lost control, smashed into a tree and he and his passenger we are taken to Cooper University hospital. No word on their actually they in Critical Condition. Its unclear what caused the driver to lose control. 4 32. Today a judge will sentence a former pennsylvania lawmaker at the center of a corruption scandal. The former state representative jp miranda of philadelphia pleaded guilty in january to ethic violences. Authorities say he used state money to pay a ghost worker who never showed up and funneled part of that workers salary to his sister. The Camden County Police Lieutenant has pleaded guilty to lewdness in connection to an incident at a cherry hill coffee shop. Officer gonzalez is accused of exposing himself to an offduty worker and could now lose his job. In response to a swj. Uu Facebook Page tied to delta kappa rho. It appears there were pictures of nude women who appeared to be passed out. The fraternity has been suspended for a year. And salting crews are not at fault for the new jersey turnpike pileup. They said crews were salting minutes before the 40car pileup in cranberry township. One person died and dozens more hurt. 4 34. Pennsylvania lawmakers will hear testimony on a bill to legalize medical marijuana in pennsylvania. The health and judiciary committees will hear arguments on the implications of making medical marijuana legal. They will also talk about the impact that legalization would have on health care professionals. The hearing is this morning at the Pennsylvania Hospital in center city. Some voters in philadelphia will head to the polls today for a special election. Democrat sarah delricci and republican white are looking to represent northeast philly. The seat was left vacant after Brandon Boyle was sworn into congress in january. And new this morning, a waiting game involving life and death. A camden man said if he had not received lastminute health a state law would have kept him from marrying his dying bride. Matt delucia is live in camden. Matt, people are now working to change the law because of this mans story, right . Reporter that is right, chris. It was here at cooper hospital last month as omar estevez was sitting besides his dying wife. When his wife was told she had two weeks to live, they decided to get married. Omar spent hours trying to get the paperwork done while a nurse called a local assemblyman to speed up the process. Angel fuentes says this has happened four times in the past three years and is working now to change the law. Officials say i can rate this because my patient has terminal cancer or some type of illness and allow them to move on in a way ex way way that is expeditiously. Reporter omar and his wife were able to get married but annette died the next dayment they dont want to take away time that the couple could spend together. Well hear from omar coming up at 5 00 and his thoughts on this. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. 4 36. A new report from the justice report shows the Philadelphia Police Department Must make dozens of changes in an effort to ensure deadly force is a last resort. A team looked at 400 officerinvolved shootings since 2007 and they found those shootings have led to significant strife and distrust among the community. And also officers need to learn better ways to deescalate situations. You can read the report on nbc10. Com or the nbc 10 app. Microphones could soon help fight crime in philadelphia. Well tell you about the hightech upgrade that could be installed across the city. Plus one day after and College Baseball player was booted from his team for calling mone davis a vulgar term the young star has a special request for the university. A cold start this morning with cloudy skies. We are watching for a few snowflakes this morning, but they will be gone this afternoon. The radar shows those showers falling apart as they move into the area. But more wet weather is on the way. The future weather when we come back. Wow something sounds sweet in here need a little honey in the bowl. Yeah badabopbopbopa no . Must be the honey it is spring its cloudy and cold. We have a few scattered snow showers moving into southern Lancaster County and Chester County now inching into new castle county. And the snow showers for the most part are not getting to the ground. They are falling and evaporating, but theres the possibility to see a few snowflakes in some areas. Most of the area will be dry today. And well see clearing skies this afternoon. Thats when the temperatures will climb only into the 40s. Similar conditions to what we saw yesterday after a cold morning. Fortunately, the winds will be light during the afternoon hours. Theres warmer weather ahead and a chance to see some wet weather as early as tomorrow. The extended future weather when im back in ten. 20 minutes before 5 00. We need to heat up the car again this morning. Well check what you will face heading out on the roads. Christine maddela is watching the roadways for us. This is 295 at 168. Construction crews are on the northbound and southbound sides blocking some lanes out there. Be aware they are out there and traffic is getting by. But it is slowly getting by in the lefthand lane. So be aware that is out there and some construction continueson the northbound side from route 42 and the black horse pike. That should be out there until 6 00 this morning. Speaking of construction, weve got this update from penndot that the turnpike road work has been cleared. That was on the turnpike southbound between route 63 and the pennsylvania turnpike. So just be aware of that. That is all clear and open for you. If you are driving on the 42 freeway, the drive times are 42 minutes on the walt whitman bridge. On the bridge no problems. Teased on the track. Why police had no choice but to take this man down with a jolt. And this local players message on a local billboard. Police arrested a man after he blew marijuana smoke into the mouth of his 1yearold son. A man faces up to a year in prison after the father of three was caught in the act on camera. Neighbors say this is not the first time he has blown marijuana smoke into the childs face. Police are not releasing that video at this time saying it has been turned over to the department of human services. The amanda knox case will be taken up for the second time this week. The court will review her conviction in the 2000 murder of a british student. Knox and her boyfriend were acquitted on an appeal in 2011. Knox returneded to the u. S. But the couple was found guilty last year. Now the court will uphold the conviction or send it back to the appeals court. 4 45 now happening today. Secret Service Records show that Joseph Clancey lab back on capitol hill this morning. They are investigating an ins up dent from earlier this month when senior agents allegedly out drinking disrupted the bombing investigation at the white house. Members say they are disappointed only clansey is testifying. They are requesting to hear from four agents on duty at the time. Today president obama will sit down with the afghan president at the white house. The two leaders will discuss American Funding for security in afghanistan and the future for the troops in the country. Yesterday the president met with the defense secretary Ashton Carter and secretary of state john kerry. A man convicted of the 1989 philadelphia murder is set to be executed in may. The state correction secretary signed a notice of execution yesterday for anthony reid first sentenced to death in 1990 for the executionstyle killing of neil wilkinson. This comes after Governor Tom Wolf issued a moratorium on the Death Penalty in pennsylvania. Wolfs office says the governor could issue a reprieve once reid exhausted all other options. Utah is now the only state in the country to allow firing squads to execute prisoners. Utahs governor signed a new law yesterday making it official. The governor says it is gruesome but gives the state a fallback option in case no lethal injection drugs are available. Well, u. S. Senator bob menendez defended himself amid reports he could be indicted on corruption charges as soon as this week. The new jersey democrat has been under investigation for his relationship with a political donor from florida. Now during an appearance yet, senator menendez said he has done nothing wrong. Ill say the same thing two weeks ago when there was a different press report. Then a is that i have always acted appropriately and legally. Now senator menendez has acknowledged that he accepted free flights on a private plain from that florida supporter. But he says he has repaid nearly 70,000 for the flights. Police are working to identify a group of teens who are behind a brutal beating on the septa subway platform. Look at this Surveillance Video and you can see the group attack the boy last thursday afternoon sitting on a bench at the walnut locust station in center city. The group followed the victim when he tried to get away. The boy was not seriously hurt. And officers are making sure they were following protocol when they tased this man on the divider here at the Jefferson Station after Police Chased him. They believe this man was having a mental breakdown at the time. Officers used a taser on him twice and he still managed to get away. Police eventually got him off the tracks. From our Police Officers who are trained in Safety Awareness and the track area theres good communication in our system. The officers took him to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Gerald clark wants philadelphia to start using the shotspotter system. It uses microphones to automatically point cameras to the area of theed shooting. They hope to get the Pilot Program going as soon as possible. The 22nd Police Detective in philadelphia says Robert Wilson iii was killed there earlier this month in a robbery. A Burlington County Police Department announced all the officers will wear body cameras like this. The Public Safety director said they have been researching for two years now and believe the cameras will reduce frivolous lawsuits and officer complaints. The police will require all of its uniformed officers to wear the cameras. Detectives will also wear the cameras while conducting plainclothed investigations. And the cameras will be replaced with new ones every 30 to 60 months. 11 minutes before 5 00 right now. City Council Members in one North Hampton community will vote on changing its parking ticket appeals process. Right now the eastern Police Department handles the appeals but tonight the city council will vote on allowing the Parking Authority to have the final say. The change comes after the North Hampton d. A. Says it violates the persons right to due process. The past few winters have taken a toll on philadelphias fleet of trash trunks. The Streets Department says because of the extreme weather and unusually high number of truck that is have either been strapped or in need of repair, now this is causing a delay in trash pickup and may continue for the next few weeks. Heres why winter is taking a toll on the trucks. In the statement a street commissioner says there are several occasions where the trucks have been fitted with snowplows to assist in snow removal. In these instances, the trucks account for onethird of the vehicles using during snow removal. The clouds are overhead but it is unlikely well see snowfall from the clouds. It is certainly cold enough for snow at 33 degrees. With the wind blowing at 15 miles an hour this morning, it will be cold. Well start out with clouds but well break out to see sunshine. This is the view from the comcast center. Temperatures will be cold to start with. Look at the numbers. Low 30s for wilmington and philadelphia. 20s in trenton and doylestown wrightstown, pottstown, 29 degrees. Below freezing at the planbrandywine airport. Close to 31 degrees. These are showers that you probably wont see. They are pushing to the east. A few scattered snow showers this morning will disappear. This next round of wet weather will likely not disappear. Its going to be coming our way tomorrow. At least the chance of scattered showers. It will make progress during the day today. And even more impressive is the second part of that system which will be moving to the chicago area this evening and could impact us tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow morning you can see showers to the south. They will start off with sunshine but then the clouds come in during the day. Thats 3 00 in the afternoon. Most of the wet weather of that hour will be off to the north and west with the possibility of scattered rain showers for tomorrow. And then theres a good chance you wont see the snow falling this morning with clearing skies this afternoon. The temperatures are back into the lower 40s. Very similar to what we had yesterday. Looking at the weekend, well, the chill is in the air for saturday and sunday. 42 degrees on saturday. And sunday afternoon, just up to 50 degrees. All right, bill thank you. Eight minutes before 5 00 right now, getting ready to head out the door well keep you updated on the roads and what you may encounter as you head out. Other than the usual potholes Christine Maddela is watching the traffic there. A lot of green behind you, thats a good sign right . Thats right. This time of the morning were seeing a lot of green. On the pennsylvania turnpike we are not seeing any problems on the interstates and highways. 21 minutes from route 1 to valley forge. Heading westbound, its about the same driving eastbound. Nothing to slow you down right now. And on interstate 295 at route 168, you can see this. Right here you can see that arrow there. Theres road work being done on interstate 295 on the northbound side between route 42 and the black forest pike. Just be aware thats out there. But because theres not a lot of volume, it wont slow anything down to clear up by 6 00. We are anticipating a bridge opening here on the taconypalmyra very soon. A major league slugger from our area is putting his fame behind him. This one involves pitbulls. Mike trout will soon be popping up on billboards featuring a new spay and neuter campaign. Six new billboards will line millville through april to offer lower income individuals to have their pet spayed or neutered for free. Hes an outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels and named the american leagues most valuable player. Books and hiking. Two topics that you may not put together but how they are helping kids with their learning. And what mone davis says about the vulgar tweet that is were made about her. Yoplait. With a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. Dont miss yoplaits exciting new flavors creamy caramel and cookies n cream. It is 4 56. The National Safety transportation board will talk about the pedestrians hit and killed on train tracks every year. It e quiffound the equivalent is two to three people hit per day. And the report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners shows drivers in the garden state pay 1220 a year on average for insurance policy. And pennsylvania follows with just more than 800 to fall in line with the Overall National average. New this morning Atlantic City casinos are fighting a government proposal to stop slot machine play once someone has won at least 600. Right now the action stops with a 1200 or more win at a slot machine. Thats so the casino can get your name social and security address for the i. R. S. To guarantee you pay taxes on the winnings. Now tichlthe i. R. S. Is looking to reduce that to 600 to mean more of a loss of revenue from machines taken out of action as well as people filling out paperwork when the casinos want ate Little League star mone davis. Shes demonstrating while shes a star off the field. She wrote a letter to Bloomsberg University asking to reinstate a baseball player kicked off the team for posting an insulting tweet about her. Joey castleberry wrote, disney is making a movie about mone davis, what a joke. Shes an expletive mone davis made a statement, he made one dumb mistake. Im sure he would go back and change it if he could. We all milk mistakes and deserve to be forgiven. I hope you will give them a Second Chance and allow him to play. The disciplinary move will be reviewed. And the united way announced some little libraries are popping up outdoors. How about that . Outdoor libraries. Eight little Free Libraries will be placed at several parks in the county. The first one will pop up in phoenixville. The libraries promote reading. Its a good concept for a library and invite people to take a book or leave a book. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Students attack. This morning a warning from a local university about crimes near campus. And wedding wait times. Well tell you about the push to make marriages happen faster for couple couple couples literally running out of time. And youre waking up to another spring chilly morning as we take a live look at boat house row. More springlike weather is on the way for later in the week. Good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im chris cato. Im tracy davidson. Right now its cold outside, 33 degrees. Well keep you updated with the first alert forecast. Bill . Temperatures are still falling and it is spring time. Its still cold enough for a little bit of wintry weather. And thats what im tracking this morning. Clouds over center city right now as it is dry. But right now there are snow showers moving in from the west. Those snow showers for the most part are not reaching the ground. It is very dry air but you might see some light snow and a few flurries in the wilmington area moving into south jersey and salem county getting a few snowflakes right now. Most of the areas will stay dry. So a cloudy and cold start, 28 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 30 degrees. And then 35 degrees at lunchtime to start to see breaks of sunshine as we head into the afternoon. Your hour by hour future weather when im back in ten to show you how warm its going to get in your neighborhood, but first well go to first alert traffic reporter Christine Maddela. Good morning to you, bill. This is interstate 95 at delaware route 7. Things are looking pretty good out there. Road conditions are clear and dry. And theres just not a lot of volume out there at this hour. Nothing to slow you down too much out there. Thats why were seeing a lot of green on our maps everywhere from the blue route to the pennsylvania turnpike into south jersey on 295. Things are moving pretty well out there. But on 295 there is some construction to tell you about. This is between route 42 in the