Degrees at 9 00 to 37 degrees and still climbing at lunchtime today. So fine during the day today but tonight will be trouble. Well take you through hour by hour when i come back in ten minutes. But first a first alert traffic report from katy zachry this morning. Good friday morning. Weatherwise, its clear. On the roads, it is for the most part pretty clear, but were following an accident in the philadelphia area. This is along kelly drive with an overturned vehicle right at lemon hill drive. Im told i just checked in and im told investigators are out there with traffic able to get by that. No closures are associated with that. Moving north to Montgomery County elkins Park Township line road is closed between cedar road and route 611 for road repair work they are doing. And also around this hour this is when construction on the majors lifts. But just to tell you about this on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound, the right lane is closed between the exits for route 1 and 611. We continue to follow breaking news for you out of the taconey section of philadelphia. Police are investigating multiple car fires. One of the fires spread to a nearby home. Nbc 10s jesse gary has been gathering information on this story. Hes live along dittman street. Tell us more. Reporter tracy, right now the fire marshall has returned to say he had a couple things to check into. He back here to check on the damage to the mercury mariner. This is the mostly severely damaged near the suv with the fire spreading up to the bottom of the secondfloor bedroom. Now the fires actually began at 1 00 this morning with a blaze over on toysdale and robins here in the tacony section of philadelphia. That was a dark colored nissan parked right out on the street that went up in flames. It is pretty badly damaged. Then here in the 6300 block of dittman a fire burned this suv and the second floor bedroom of this row home. Fortunately the family inside Alexander Abad and his 8yearold daughter made it out of the home thanks to his neighbors dog who woke up the neighbors and the neighbors were able to go bang on the door to get everybody out. Those neighbors had three kids. So in total, four children and the adults all made it out safely. As for the investigation on the fire marshall here hes processing the scene. They had dogs out sniffing for an accelerant and are trying to see if the two fires are connected and if they believe its arson. Well have more on this coming up in the next 30 minutes. Live in tacony jesse gary nbc 10 news. And developing overseas isis deadline for japan to pay ransom for the two hostages passed two hours ago. They posted an online clock that counted down to zero. A Japanese News Agency says the terror group promised to release a statement soon. Isis has threatened to kill the two men if the japanese government didnt pay 200 million in ransom. Leaders in tokyo are doing their best to secure the hostages release but wont yield to isis. A philadelphia priest facing child sex charges is scheduled to go before a judge today. The reverend andrew mccormicks first trial ended in a hung jury and his retrial is scheduled for next month. Hes accused of sexually assaulting an altar boy in 1997. Police arrested anymore 2012. The archdiocese placed him on leave a year earlier because of unrelated abuse allegations. This morning a former philadelphia homicide detective is charged with hiding and helping his girlfriend wanted for a murder in philadelphia. The d. A. Yesterday announced a grand jury indictment against ronald duff. His exgirlfriend Erika Sanchez stabbed her exboyfriend and then was driven to new york by her boyfriend. Local and state investigators are looking into the death of jamane reid. He was warned several times to not move after finding a gun in the car with which he was a passenger. Then reid shoved his way out of the car before he was shot to death. The two officers are suspended while the prosecutor investigates. In bucks county members of a wellknown family is accused of bilking a company out of 20 million. Claire risoldi, two other family members and two associates were charged with two fires in a mansion to scam insurance companies. They also accused firefighters of stealing jewelry during the last fire in 2013. I knew my guys didnt take nick out of the house, but we were accused. Now authorities cleared the Midway Volunteer Fire Company of any wrongdoing. Investigators seized 7 million in assets including a million in jewelry, six ferraris two rolls royce, one ford mustang cobra and other highend cars. Officials plan to make a Big Marketing push at the New York Times travel show. The goal is to promote the Atlantic City casinos. They will have the largest display area of any city at the show. More than two years after hurricane sandy, people in Atlantic City get a chance to tell their state about the concerns for future storms. New Jersey Environmental officials will hold a meeting at the Chelsea Heights school tonight. And they will outline the states bid for storm Recovery Funding as part of the 1 billion national competition. Back to the weather, the nbc 10 first alert weather is tracking this noreaster headed our way. Were expecting snow sleet and freezing rain moving in overnight. Right now road crews across the area are once again getting ready. Monique braxton checked in with penndot this morning. What is their battle this time around . Reporter good morning to you, chris. Right now penndot is tracking the storm like we are, figuring out the best plan of action. Theyve got about 97,000 tons of salt on the ground. And to the distance on the left trucks are being loaded with salt as well as brine. There are more than 300 trucks on standby in the philadelphia region for tonights storm. Heres the big question that will have a big impact on what road crews will have to do. Will there be more snow or more rain . If its mostly snow the crews will get in the plows and push it away. If were expecting more rain that could possibly be freezing rain. Then crews will have to spray more salt brine solution to avoid a situation like last sunday with parts of i76 the pennsylvania turnpike, i95 as well as the bridges closed down at the same time. But for now, penndot is doing the same thing that were doing, theyre watching bill henley and the first alert forecast to see exactly what we can expect tonight and tomorrow morning. Live from norristown monique braxton, nbc 10 news. Did you hear about the quiet before the storm. Thats what well see today, lots of sunshine. But it will quickly change tonight as the noreaster were tracking the arrives late this evening overnight tonight and into saturday morning. It will start as snow in philadelphia. New castle county delaware, well see snow to start with. But overnight well see a changeover briefly to sleet and freezing rain before it becomes all rainfall during the day in philadelphia. Snow will continue to fall in areas north and west. Right now temperatures are falling. Look at the pocano mountains, 18 degrees. The 20s for trenton and dover. They are taking advantage of the cold from the mountains. This is a view from camelback. Snow is falling from this noreaster in the pocano mountains. But youll see it to the south with the radar now completely clear. This will be coming up the east coast during the day today. It will be producing heavy rainfall in southern alabama and into florida heading towards georgia. But it is making progress. The future weather developing noreaster showing it arriving in the d. C. Area by 6 00 this evening. If youre hitting the road going south, youll see it before the rest of the area. If you stay put, by 8 00 in the evening, you can see snow falling in northeastern maryland. By 10 00, its in the philadelphia area. Look how quickly it is spreading into the Lehigh Valley at 10 00. Snow is in delaware and south jersey. But farther to the south and east, that is just rain. So i only expect to see rain to start with on this one in cape may, central and southern delaware. Then that warmer air pushes to the north saturday morning early in the morning. It is still snowing in philadelphia and areas to the north. But that warmer air will change things over to a brief period. A brief period of sleet and freezing rain before it comes rain. The snow have continue for an extended period north and west. Thats why i expect to see additional accumulation for the Lehigh Valley. Before it gets here lots of sunshine with temperatures into the very low 40s. Well talk amounts and look at the sevenday when im back in ten. Ten minutes after 5 00 now the roads are dry this morning. Tomorrow morning could be a little dicy. Well get you to work and home from work have you prepared for tomorrow. The first alert traffic reporter caykaty zachry is here to help you. And ill be here tomorrow morning to help you get on the roadways. So it is friday. With most of you, this is the end of the, workweek. Congratulations, you have made it. We are seeing a few more cars on the road now, typical of the 5 00 hour. No issues for 76 or the blue route. Good news as well if youre driving or taking kelly drive this morning with an overturned vehicle right at lemon hill drive. But that has just in the last few minutes cleared. So theres no reason that you should be delayed along kelly drive. Then obviously we had issues yesterday on new jersey roads because of the weather. But things are looking great. 295, the turnpike 42 freeway, 55 all looking great this morning. Tracy . Thank you. 11 minutes past 5 00 preparing for a possible strike. The local hospital getting ready for hundreds of nurses to walk off the job. Months after a mother and daughter were killed by this blast, nbc 10 is asking why lawmakers have not taken steps to make food safety safer in the city. And pledging a billion dollars. This morning well find out if rutgers met their goal. Skippy yippee fun fun fun shiny you never listen what . Is someone talking . Skippy yippee look a ride vo made with the funnest peanuts ever skippy. Yippee 99 cents. Thats all it takes to get a refreshing deal at dunkin donuts. Just because its cold out doesnt mean you cant enjoy any sized iced tea or iced coffee. Just 99 cents all month long. America runs on dunkin. We are watching a noreaster head our way tonight. Its in the deep south with heavy rain in southern alabama, the panhandle of florida. And its moving into georgia. But it will arrive here tonight as snow. At 5 14 an update now on a story the nbc 10 investigators have been looking into. You may remember this food truck explosion. It killed a woman and her daughter last summer in philadelphia. They were inside at the time. City Council Introduced a bill that would regulate the safety of food trucks and their propane tanks in the city. But Council Never took a vote on it. Nbc 10 Investigative ReporterHarry Hairston went to the City Council President daryl clark for an explanation. Clark told us the fire commissioner put the bill on hold. The commissioner dedicated he would like for us to sit down prior to any passage of a bill to get an understanding of what direction were going to go. And then to proceed with something that will withstand a challenge. We spoke to the fire commissioner derek sawyer who says until the state gets involved nothing will happen. He also said theres been no meeting between the city and state and none are scheduled. 5 15 now n the Lehigh Valley the pocano Medical Center is bracing for a possible nurses strike. They set a strike date of february 1st. The move follows eight weeks of unsuccessful bargaining. 500 nurses would hit the picket lines. A victory for the Philadelphia Teachers Union in an Ongoing Court battle. They sided with the union to say the School Reform commission cannot cancel the Union Contract and force teachers to pay into the health care costs. The district says that move would save 200 million over four years. Now its evaluating what the next move may be. And some parents in philadelphia say they want a choice for where their kids will go to school. National School Choice week kicked off sunday but supporters in philadelphia got an early start with a roundtable discussion at the National Constitution center yesterday. Advocates of School Choice believe parents should have more options when it comes to where their child gets an education. A reason to celebrate at rutgers. The university surpassed a 1 billion goal that it set during a sevenyear fundraising campaign. The campaign was called our rutgers, our future and ended on december 31st and brought in in just over a billion dollars. That is the largest in the schools history. We are watching the roads and other modes of transportation this morning. Well see if your friday morning gets off to a safe start. Hope so. Katy zachry is watching the roads. Very few issues to report this morning. The school is free and clear of any issues at least until maybe later tonight or tomorrow morning. But well take it while we can get it right . I like this shot because its a lit shot of a great intersection. And this is really indicative of how most of the roads in new jersey look. They are really dry. You might find a little bit of salt, but this is route 70 at kings highway in cherry hill where things are looking great. Moving into pennsylvania theres a closure on mac dade boulevard in darby between route 13 and pershing avenue because of longterm road work. Be aware of that. And also moving into chester county, route 202, your drive times between route 30 and 76 if thats part of the morning commute. Its looking really good. 10 to 11 minutes in both directions. Today is going to be nice. Well see lots of sunshine. But tonight a completely different situation. Ive issued a first alert for a noreaster coming in making for hazardous travel later this evening, overnight tonight and into saturday morning especially. Thats when well see accumulating snowfall change over to sleet and freezing rain for a brief period before becoming all rain in philadelphia. But north and west its going to be dicier with more snowfall. 29 degrees in philadelphia. Its cold now but well see a quick warm up today with lots of sunshine. You will see sunshine in the pocano mountains with temperatures near the freezing mark this afternoon. And snow will be arriving later tonight and into tomorrow morning in the mountains. Look at the temperatures its cold. Pottstown, doylestown 20 degrees. Now down to 24 in wilmington. 25 in arbon. Theres cold air around but well see lots of sunshine. The clouds are not here yet, but you can see them just to the south and there is the storm that is moving through the south and making some progress now inching into kentucky. Its onset to arrive here this evening. And it is going to be affecting i95 corridor and areas north and west. Look at the future snow totals. At 8 00 this evening, the precipitation will still be to the south. Maybe a little bit of rain in southern delaware but that changes quickly. By 11 00, we are closing in on an inch of snow on the ground in philadelphia and well mington. And snow will be starting to accumulate in the Lehigh Valley. Thats at 11 00 tonight. By early tomorrow morning, 1 00 in the morning, two inches on the ground for philadelphia and wilmington. Closing in on the mark for reading. Look at lancaster, three inches of snow. The snow will continue north and west while rain moves in from the south. Thats really going to limit snow totals for south jersey and into central and southern delaware. Its just going to be rainfall. But it will continue to accumulate accumulate. As we watch this system pull away by late this evening four inches on the ground in lancaster. Four inches up to reading and allentown. While they are looking at one to three inches for philadelphia potentially, the snowfall is much lighter in delaware and south jersey. Well see the snow out of here probably during the Morning Hours in philadelphia early before sunrise that will changeover to rain. But there will be snow on the ground for people getting up and hitting the roads Early Saturday Morning and first thing on saturday. And there will be snow on the ground, even as it changes over to rain. So it will be making for a slushy mess for much of the morning on saturday into saturday afternoon. And its depending on where you are when the changeover will happen . Correct. Well see that changeover in delaware and south jersey before in philadelphia. And farther north and west it will be an extended period of snow mixing in with sleet and freezing rain before they see the changeover. Okay. Well be keeping an eye on it. Of course you can track what is happening, too. Just follow our team of meteorologists on twitter. They will be tweeting out updates throughout the day and through the duration of the storm into saturday. Follow them on twitter to stay ahead of the storm. And switching schools. Coming up in the next half hour the controversial vote in a Bucks County School district that many parents try to stop. And turbo tax turmoil. The Software Upgrade that could cost you more to file your taxes. This big area of green is making its way to our area tonight. Up next, well have a look at when the changeover of sleet and freezing rain will occur and what is in store for saturday morning. Also, more snow for the beginning of next week. Well have details on that. How about this more people spend money on tvs for super bowl sunday than on black friday and over the entire Christmas Shopping season. Thats according to data from the shopping website shop adviser. And it appears bigger is better. Shop adviser says more than 80 of the tvs Consumers Want to buy for super bowl sunday have screens of 55 inches or larger. Why not . Thats compared to 69 over last year. Well speaking of what youll be watching on your big screen on sunday the new England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks in glendale, arizona, nine days from now. Theres only one place to watch it. Right here on nbc 10. Our keith jones and comcastsportsnet john clark leave this weekend to bring us Live Team Coverage throughout the week leading up to the big game. 25 minutes past 5 00 a Major Software maker is apologizing to customers. Thats making Business News this morning. Landon dowdy is here with the cnbc Business News headlines. Landon, good morning. Tracy, good morning to you. Futures are pointing to a higher open for the markets after stocks are up for a fourth straight session on thursday. Oil prices spiked this morning on news of the death of saudi king abdullah. Saudi arabia is the biggest member of opec but prices are pulling back as they promise to keep current policies in place. On todays watch list look for data on existing home sales that are expected to rebound in december after a surprise drop in november. Turbo tax says it is sorry. The company is apologizing to customers forced to upgrade to a more expensive version of the software. People learned of the price changes after buying the 2014 version and started to work on their taxes. Turbotax gives a 25 rebate to those who used the deluxe Software Last year and had to upgrade to the premier version this year. Back to you. Have a great weekends. Landon dowdy from cnbc. Thanks. Clear skies, cold temperatures right now. Sunshine today but its tonight that were going to see hazardous travel with a noreaster arriving with accumulating snowfall. Right now its dry. A nice clear view looking across the delaware from the Adventure Aquarium in center city. 25 degrees at 9 26. Cay city danry in the first alert traffic center. Right now on the screen we have a new accident from gulf mills to eastbound 76. This is partially blocking the roadway with an emergency vehicle. Details are coming up. Keeping the roads clear will be a challenge as we brace for the weekend noreaster. Monique braxton is digging into the preparations digging in get it, the preparations with penndot. Good morning monique. Good morning. We are watching penndot load up salt and brine. And well show you the game plan, next. Live in tacony the fire marshall is investigating two car fires. Well see if this is arson and have more after the break. A series of car fires all on the same block. One spread to a home with a family inside. Now investigators are trying to figure out if they are connected. And snow sleet and freezing rain. The nbc 10 First Alert Weather Team is tracking a noreaster that could dump several inches of snow across parts of the area starting tonight. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im chris cato. We have you covered watching preparations on the road and watching the progress of the system. Bill henley is tracking this with the first alert forecast. You have issued a first alert for today. Yes, for tonight and tomorrow. Well see accumulateing snow late this evening. During the day today, what youll see is slots of sunshine. Our skies are clear. It is cold outside including in the mountains with temperatures dropping into the teens. So they are taking advantage once again of the cold air. Thats camelback making snow. But Mother Nature will spread snow even into the mountains. But it is the rest of the area that well see accumulating snow late this evening and into saturday morning. Ive issued a first alert for