And along the shore with a bit of patchy fog. Were watching the foggy conditions as well. Highs around the region will be colder than what we saw yesterday. 49 degrees for philadelphia. Mid40s in pottstown. 47 in allentown and colder as we head into tomorrow. Ill be tracking your sevenday forecast coming up in a bit. Lets check in with first alert traffic reporter katy zachry. Thanks, brittany. No major accidents on our roadways to report. Overnight construction but its not tying anything up too badly. A look at drive times throughout the area, lets start in pennsylvania, 76 looking good headed into center city philadelphia. 95 southbound, this stretch between woodhaven and the vine typically gets really delayed as we move into the morning rush. Right now its only about 13 minutes. And the blue route headed southbound between 76 and 95, you shouldnt find issues. Into new jersey, 295 southbound if youre headed between route 38 and 168 you shouldnt find issues. The drive time about 12 minutes. 42 freeway northbound from route 55 up to the walt whitman bridge only takes you about five minutes. Finally for our delaware drivers around the wilmington area, headed on 95 between 295 and 495, that average drive time is about 11 minutes with average speeds in both directions in the low 60s. Thanks for the update. We begin with breaking news were following for you, nbc 10s matt delucia is live in olney where the streets are blocked off after fire ripped through a row home there and matt, you talked with some neighbors. Tell us more. Reporter tracy, firefighters are still out here at the scene at fifth. Not much change independent the last 30 minutes. You see the ladder truck up there and the row home there in the middle, that is the one affected by the fire. There are store fronts to the left and right of this but this is the row home here and i just spoke with a couple of neighbors who tell me that this is a vacant house, no one was living in here. So still waiting to talk to firefighters to get more information about what is going on here. And any early indications of what happened out here this morning. This happened about an hour to an hour and a half ago, this fire started and now you can see the fire is out, no smoke coming from this building. Weve seen firefighters in there with flashlights going from floor to floor, a threestory structure. As i mentioned were trying to get any more word on if there were any injuries, if any one happened to be inside this house at the time. At the moment here it appears that the firefighters are starting to wind down, making sure the fire is completely out. Put this is fifth street that youre looking at here, this is blocked off for at least one block in both directions here as the firefighters continue doing their work. Live in olney, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Firefighters in camden were busy battling heavy smoke and flames inside this row home. That fire broke out on north chesapeake road. Investigators are trying to determine a cause. Its 4 33. 53 degrees outside. Today convicted cop killer jamal will get a chance to testify about his medical care. His claim is that its inadequate. The former death row inestimate serving a life sentence for the murder after police officer. He has hepatitis c and other Health Problems and file add suit alleging that he was denied proper medical care by the state prison. He is scheduled to testify at 9 30 this morning by video hookup from prison. Jury deliberations will continue for a third day today for the woman accused of beating a gay couple in center city. Jurors are trying to determine if Catherine Knott was one of the people involved in the assault back on september 2014. Those two victims were in court yesterday. The jury asked to go home for the day late yesterday afternoon and the judge granted that request. Well keep you posted on what happens today. Parents and students in philadelphia Public Schools put on notice, if lawmakers dont pass a budget by the end of january the district could run out of money. The School Commission began its meeting last night addressing parents concerns about that after the fivemonth budget stalemate. In the worst Case Scenario schools could be forced to close. The district borrowed nearly 1 billion to pay bills for this school year. What they want to do is parents got to take off from work or lose time on their job because now you got kids at home and you cant get the district is recommending that parents contact lawmakers and urge them to avoid that situation. Lawmakers are considering a proposal that includes an historic increase in Education Funding but that remains one of the sticking points. Also last night School ReformCommission Voted to extend william hites contract for five years as superintendent. There was a gathering last night one to push the src to approve more Charter Schools. Commissioners will consider whether three underperforming Elementary Schools will become Charter Schools. They will vote on applications for 14 Charter Schools in february. Destroyed by fire a church goes up in flames the week before christmas. Well tell you who is brought in to sift through the damage left behind. Plus this. May the force be with you. 76ers are getting in on the star wars craze. Coming up, more from this hilarious video. Im tracking cooler conditions this morning. Youll feel the difference when you step out. Even colder into the weekend. Warmer weather is on the way in time for your holiday. Ill go over the details in my sevenday forecast. More people protect their homes with state farm. Talk to a local agent or find one at statefarm. Com good morning. Its a cold start into the rest of today. Expect temperatures to stay in the 40s, drop down into the low 40s by tomorrow. 46 in pottstown. 43 in reading. 44 in coatesville. Were in the 50s right now but well see that cold air moving through. 51 degrees in swedesboro. 53 in philadelphia. 50 in wilmington. The low 50s in northeast philly but our high at 49 degrees so expect these temperatures to drop down a little more as we head into the rest of the morning and afternoon, you can see the cold air starting to settle in over the region. Wind out of the northwest so thats colder air moving through, by 8 00 a. M. Were back down in the 40s, 47 for philadelphia, 43 in wilmington, mid40s in dover. By the afternoon again our temperatures will only reach the mid to high 40s today. By tomorrow we get even colder, we drop down into the low 40s. The other thing is if youre staying out late tonight our temperatures are going to drop to the 30s quickly. Our wind gusts, 22 Miles Per Hour in the poconos, 20 in allentown and heading into the rest of today well see our sustained wind speeds between 25 Miles Per Hour, well see wind gusts closer to 3035 Miles Per Hour as we go into the rest of today and even into tomorrow. Thats a cold wind thats going to blow over us as we head into today and into tomorrow. Our temperatures will slowly recover as we head into sunday but a warmup in store pushing into next week. Vile your sevenday forecast coming up in 10 minutes. Thanks. 20 minutes before 5 00 now. Lets get you to work on this friday morning. Take a look at the roads including 95. Katy has that. Were focusing on construction areas along 95. North and southbound, tracy so. A few things people are going to be aware of. But as we make our way as we do our sky fly, 95 southbound between woodhaven and the vine about 13 minutes. Youll find some northbound construction on 95 between girard and allegheny avenue. Expect a right lane closure there. Your northbound drive time between the vine and woodhaven is not affected by that. Southbound, we said the drive time was good but expect construction between the betsy ross bridge and the exit for allegheny avenue, the right lane expect a closure there. That should lift around 5, 5 15 hour. Into new jersey route 30 at 295, no issues along route 30 or 295. Along 30 expect to see construction at airport circle. Thanks. Well, the Temple Owls Football Team waking up in sunny florida this morning. Hear what the coach is saying about the upcoming boca bowl. Its 4 43. The philadelphia 76ers have a new coach. Mike dantoni has been hired as associate head coach. Used to coach the phoenix suns and the l. A. Lakers of it the sixers only won one game this year. May the force be with you. Luke, im your father. Some sixers players feeling the force. They got ready for the new star wars movie acting out their fafry quotes. At the Franklin Institute a light saber demonstration got the audience ready for show time. Many said they grew up with the franchise. First one when i was 7, stayed there four in a row. Ive been a fan like that ever since. The force awakens is breaking records for ticket sales, the Franklin Institute is showing the movie around the clock until sunday. Now to developing story in north philadelphia a. Daycare where a baby died is now shut down. The state issued the order yesterday. It closed sisters child care on germantown avenue. A 10monthold died after being found unresponsive at the day care on wednesday. The department of Human Services is contacting parents and will be at the facility today to help families find other care for their children. Police are still trying to identify a decomposed body that was found in an abandoned home in north philadelphia last night on north chadwick street. Investigators believe its a womans body. They are working to determine a cause of death. This morning two employees at a school in Camden County face charges that they assault add pair of teenagers with special needs. Prosecutors say the crimes happened earlier this month at the van Croft Haddonfield campus. Investigators tell us Surveillance Video shows the two Staff Members beating a 14yearold boy with a belt. The two accused of restraining a 19yearold student under a desk for an extended period of time. A Statement Reads in part we have a zero tolerance policy toward any action which would endanger or purposely injure an have i served at bancroft. Our primary concern is the wellinging and safety of those we serve. Investigators looking to the cause of this fire that destroyed a church. We showed you this from an nbc 10 viewers drone on wednesday night. The drone was overhead as the roof of the New JerusalemMissionary Church collapsed. Investigators sifted through the debris. This is the second fire at this church in the last two weeks. Once the site is safe, Officials Say arson dogs will be brought in to sniff for suspicious anything suspicious. The new year may not be off to a great start for rapper meek mill. A judge might send him back to prison because after steady stream of probation violations mostly traveling without letting anyone know where he was going. The judge told mill she heard it all from him. A scary moment at the cavaliers thunder game of it golfer jason day and his wife ellie, they were sitting courtside when lebron james save a ed a ball but took out ellie. She was conscious and alert. Good morning. A cold snap on tap as we head into the rest of today into the weekend, the temperatures dropping back in the 40s. Our day time highs but not to worry, we warm things back up as we go into next week. A few dry days, then christmas warmth. We expect to break a few records. Ill go over the details. Wind speeds out of the northwest at 15 Miles Per Hour. Feels like temperatures, through the rest of the morning is going to feel a lot colder than what were used to. Temperaturewise were at 36 degrees in the poconos, 48 in allentown, 46 pottstown, 50 in wilmington, low 50s in dover, our wind speeds starting to gust up to 22 Miles Per Hour in the poconos up to 20 and allentown and as we go into the rest of today youll notice our wind speeds wilt be closer to 25 up to 30 Miles Per Hour and thats going to be true as we head into tomorrow. So well see one gust closer to 32. 29 in philadelphia. So its really going to feel even colder heading into tomorrow. Our day time highs will barely get into the low 40s. Satellite radar shot shows were seeing clouds this morning, we continue to see cloudy skies throughout the day. Nice and dry were done with all of the rainfall, you can see not a lot of storm systems that were tracking across the nation. So we stay dry with exception of a little bit of lakeeffect snow that could blow in closer to 11 00 p. M. Tonight for mainly the poconos. It will be confined to some of our higher elevations. Then apart from that well be dry on saturday and especially on sunday as the eagles take on the cardinals. Our temperatures will be on the cooler side so keep that in mind as youre making your tailgating plans. Highs at 49 in philadelphia, 48 in wilmington, 50 degrees the high in millville, and for your eagles football forecast, 8 30 is the game on sunday, kickoff 41 degrees, by the Fourth Quarter were down to the 30s. Sevenday forecast shows that cooler air continues to move in heading into saturday, wind speeds stay strong. By monday we start to recover. Look at our temperature difference between sunday and monday. 58. Tuesday, 61. And then we track record warmth for Christmas Eve, a high of 70 degrees. Thats just crazy. Thanks. 10 minutes before 5 00. Lets get to you work. Katy is watching the roads. Good morning. Things are running pretty smoothly. We start in new jersey a live look behind me at route 30 and 70, things are running smoothly along these two stretches of roadway. 295 and the 42 freeway are good as well despite construction youll see where those two majors cross. But things are looking pretty good in jersey. Into Montgomery County this is a live look or not a live look but were going to show you drive times on 422 starting with eastbound as you make your way between route 29 and the schuylkill expressway, that will take about eight minutes, 7 minute youre going in the opposite direction. A check of your area bridges, everything is clear, the ben, the betsy, the walt, all free and clear of issues. Mass transit at this early hour is on or close to schedule. Tracy. Katy, thanks. Still following breaking news in the olney section of philadelphia. Were live on the scene. You can see firefighters still there. Outside a row home where there was a fire about an hour and a half ago. Matt delucia is there. Ahead of sunday night football Demarco Murray is back at practice. A preview of the game next. Now to an update on the Atlantic City bailout vote we told you about yesterday. Last night the new Jersey State Assembly passed parts of a Financial Aid package. It would threat casinos make payments for 15 years instead of paying property taxes. That allows them to predict their costs. And prohibits them from appealing taxes, something that hurt the citys finances in recent years. The state senate has not yet scheduled a vote on that measure. A vote on Pension Changes in the state house is scheduled to resume. The republican leader stopped the session yesterday sew lawmakers could study a new report on the changes. A house Spokesman Says the debate will begin again today. It would restructure pfts for newly hired teachers and state workers. The pension bill is debated along with the budget now nearly six months overdue. Tom wolfs administration and allies are trying to get House Republicans to agree on a tax and spending measure to put an end to the logjam. The House Speaker set a deadline of 12 30 yesterday for wolf to show that he could assemble enough votes to move the package through the chamber. The governor and House Minority leader downplayed that. Wolf demanded a tax hike. It would be used to help wipe out School Funding cuts and narrow a deficit and give counties more money for social services. On the National Level the house and senate are rushing to send president obama a budget package that would fund the government through next september. First house vote is scheduled for this morning, then the measure will be september to the senate which is likely to clear it for the president s signature by noon. President has promised to stein it. Well bring you updates at 11 00. The president is also expected to sign an extension for a federal student loan program, the Perkins Program which provides low interest loans to the neediest students expired. Congress pass add twoyear extension this week, the program provided loans to more than a half Million Students totaling 1. 1 billion. Temple university and the university of toledo will compete in the Boca Raton Bowl next week. The owls arrived yesterday. They will be the away team 18 nationally televised game. There they are arriving in florida. Today you can catch up with the sunday night football bus in center city. It will be at the Comcast Center this morning, then at childrens hospital. The bus sin town until sunday when it will be parked at xfinity live prior to sunday night. Byron maxwell returned to practice yesterday. He should be playing on sunday. We do know that Demarco Murray will be on the field sunday. What is up in the air is how much playing time hell get. Murray has gone from leading the league in rushing last season in dallas to being the second sometimes third option in the birds backfield this season. Yesterday murray talked about his role. Obviously you always want to have a chance to contribute as much as you can in a game. So i think its the timing that matters. We have a lot of talented guys and only one football to give everyone the ball at the same time. I think were jeel an opportunity to play and contribute. Its the way the offense goes, its a fast offense and different guys being rotated different times. The Arizona Cardinals have a high flying offense so the deegles defense will be busy. If the defense has a good night it will likely be due in part to fletcher cox, dominating lately. Best on defense all season long. Do you know who has taken notice . Cardinals quarterback carson palmer. Hes as good as a guy we faced. He runs really well, hes extremely strong, big, he plays the run as well as he plays the pass. Probably the best player they have on that defense. Theres a lot of really good players and you know, we definitely have to watch out for him. Weve got some stuff for him and but just a great player. That was nice. Nbc 10 is your official station of the philadelphia eagles, well have you covered on sunday. Our special playoff push at 6 30. After the game dont nis mist the highlights and reaction on nbc 10s eagles game day final all here on nbc 10. With john clark. With john clark. Excited to see john. For a celebration fit for a pope. Pope francis marked his 79th birthday. Check this out. Yesterday at the vatican, about 60 children sang happy birthday to him. In his native spanish. He blows out the candle. Only one on the cake. The pope met with the children and they all exchanged christmas greetings. How cool would that be. Reading for the pope. Cake and ice cream with the pope. Pin the tail on thedonkey. Nbc 10 news at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. This morning were following breaking news in philadelphias olney neighborhood. Crews knocked down a building fire overnight and now they are trying to figure out what sparked the flames. Well have a live report. This morning a man is in Critical Condition following a stabbing in center city. Well explain why the odds were against the victim in a knife fight. Shell casings litter the streets of camden, you see them, a man is in the hospital and people and police, rather, are looking for the shooter. Welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. Its 5 00, another warm morning but chilly temperatures are ahead for the weekend. Lets get you updated with brittney shipp. Right. Youre going to feel the difference when you step outside this morning. Our cold snap goes into the weekend and then we warm back up again as we head into next week so temperaturewise were at 44 degrees in allentown, 43 in pottstown, 51 in philadelphia, 4 sech in wilmington, 52 in Atlantic City. Low 50s in wildwood. Well drop oun our temperatures should stay in the mid to high 40s so by 6 00 a. M. Philadelphia were at 49 as the cooler air keeps working in from the northwest, right around 12 Miles Per Hour, well drop to 46 degrees. Take a look at 1 00 p. M. 47 degrees, a mix of sun and cloud. Mostly cloudy skies expected for us. Wind speeds are going to stay strong into the rest of today and once again as we push into tomorrow. So were talking about wind gusts up to 30, 35 Miles Per Hour. And thats a cold air thats going to blow over us. Our feels like temperature is going to mainly be in the mid40s today but our actual high will be at 49 in philadelphia, 48 in wilmington and 45 degrees in pottstown. Coming up im tracking changes on the way as we head into next week. Ill let you know whats in store for your Christmas Eve forecast. Now lets check win first alert traffic reporter katy zachry. Good morning. For drivers making their way through philadelphia specifically the olney section there is fire activity right at fifth and rockland. We have a crew out there. Youll learn more in a minute. Expect delays in the area. There are several lanes blocked off around that intersection. Moving outside that nerk, this is a live look at 76 at montgomery drive, traffic is moving around the 5 00 hour we see it pick up quite a bit from what it was at 4 00 a. M. And things are running smoothly on 76, no issues to report. Im still watching construction overnight on the vine street expressway, ill let you know when that clears. A look at drive times on the majors, this is 95 south between woodhaven and the vine, 13 minutes, then 14 minutes to go southbound on the blue route between 76 and 95