Penndot is considering expanding the lanes from two to three. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today, im rows mary connors, its just after 4 30 on this friday. Lets get to the first alert forecast with bill henley. Its a chilly start this morning, not as cold as it has been. Even though the wind has died down this morning a bit of a southerly breeze has developed in wildwood and dover and Atlantic City and that southerly breeze will spread to the rest of the area and we will see a pretty good warm up during this day. Its 33 in philadelphia, above freezing and 7 degrees above yesterdays temperature at this time, 20s in some spots in south jersey and farther north and west there is still some cold spots but we will see a lot of sunshine this morning and a quick warm up, too, from 33 degrees at 6 00 to 38 degrees at 9 00. You see those south, southwesterly winds at 7 miles an hour warming up to near 50 degrees by lunchtime. Warmer today, rain on the way for tonight. Got your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in ten. Jessica boynton watching traffic. North philadelphia we do have an accident on fifth street north and southbound closing that around hunting park avenue. You can see that intersection right in here. Really you can have a whole a buchl of different at nats, front street, the boulevard or pretty much going around the block or following those local dee tours around the area police have posted and you will be fine. The rest of the areas around there we are all still in the green. Here is the 42 freeway at route 41, no problems yet. Northbound drive time only a five minute trip. If youre headed northbound towards philadelphia you see the flashing lights of philadelphia right there on the top lefthand corner so you will have no problems doing that. Today Vice President joe biden will be in philadelphia on a mission that hits very close to home. Hes working to cure cancer. Katie jake ri is live at the hospital at the university of pennsylvania with more. Reporter leaders from the various hospitals here in University City as well as the Research Institutions here they all have a stake in this initiative. In fact, it was first announced just a few days ago by president obama during his state of the Union Address. Im putting joe in charge of mission control. For the loved ones we have all lost, for the families that we can still save, lets make america the country that cures cancer once and for all. What do you say, joe . Reporter Vice President joe biden will visit University City this afternoon to meet with doctors and researchers here as he kicks off a National Cancer curing initiative. In preparing for this story we learned that right here in philadelphia in our backyard theyre working on a sort of vaccine for cancer which is in Clinical Trials right now. Now, behind me the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia received a certain distinction, if you will, at the state of the Union Address and we will talk more about that coming up in about 25 minutes. Morning live in University City katy zachry, nbc 10 news. It has been a week since officer Jesse Harnett was ash burned while on patrol in west philadelphia. While hartnett continues his recovery local lawmakers held an emergency meeting for people who lived near the site of the ambush. Theyre worried for their safety now more than ever after the fbi says its investigating the crime as an act of terrorism. Last night a standing room only crowd filled the Bryant School in west philly where des dents expressed their fears. When we think about terrorism we must be fear and we must face the fact that we live in terror. Im scared about what happened. I have a granddaughter in my house and it was very scary. Residents also called for Better Police community relations, more officers on patrol and Trauma Services for the community. Atlantic citys casinos may have to make up their minds quickly will whether they want to bid for a new casino in north jersey. The proposed change by state lawmakers would give Atlantic City casinos 60 days to bid on one of the two new casino licenses. They would have had six months under previous versions of the bill. If they fail to apply after 60 days the licenses would be open to any interested bidder. The locations for the two casinos have yet to be determined but the Meadowlands Sports Complex in east ruth ford and jersey city are on top of the list oops. Rutgers University Board has cleared the way for nearly 100 million in renovation projects. It involves eight projects. One upgrade would include putting 35 million into the Administrative Services building in northos jersey. Administrators say the University Needs grant money from the state to get it all done. Lets head to delaware. Students will not be able to opt out of standardized tests there. Delaware lawmakers did not override governor jack markels veto of the bill allowing students to opt out of the smart balance test, its the new standard test in delaware. It takes eight hours, over a few days to complete. The governor said allowing students to opt out of the standardized testing could marge in a lies the highest need students and threaten millions of dollars in federal funding. The time is 4 36 on this friday. Its only a matter of time before jessica starts talking up backup on the schuylkill expressway. Daily headaches for thousands. Now penndot is considering a plan that would ease the backup for drivers, well explain. Two new jersey towns put the state near the top of the National Foreclosure list. We will tell you where pennsylvania and delaware rank. 33 degrees at 4 36. Not as cold this morning and a nice warm up before wet weather arrives heading into the weekend. Grover cleveland here. Yes, the dashing fellow on the thousanddollar bill. With cash4life, the great game from the pennsylvania lottery, you could win a thousand dollars a day for life you could buy a new house or maybe even treat yourself to a trip to the islands. And with drawings every monday and thursday, that means 2 chances to win every week. Cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. You could win a thousand dollars a day for life. For drivers, well explain a cold start this morning for some spots, 33 degrees in philadelphia, upper 20s in northeast philadelphia, even in the mid 20s, doylestown, pottstown, thats warmer than yesterday. Look at audubon at 29 degrees, camden at spruce street is 32. So a chilly start and dry. Look to the south, you can see the heavy rain thats moving through plam and into southern georgia, that rain just arriving in atlanta right now, its going to be a fast mover. This will start moving into our area this evening but by then the temperatures will be well above freezing. We are only expecting rain out of this one, that comes in tonight and tomorrow morning. For today dry during the day, 45 degrees this afternoon for the pocono mountains, upper who is in allentown and reading. You will see lots of sunshine in doylestown, morristown and mt. Holly. Tonight the clouds will be on the increase. At the shores pretty good warm up, 50s from Atlantic City to cape may. Dry all day long with the clouds taking over late this afternoon after a good deal of sunshine. You will see that bright sunshine in wilmington, swedes borrow, drexel hill, 54 degrees in philadelphia this afternoon. The winds will start to pick up out of the southwest to poost our afternoon temperatures. You will not need your umbrella during the day, but this evening, tonight, into tomorrow, thats a different story. Ive got the future weather and the sevenday forecast with a look at that rainfall when im back in ten minutes. 4 40 on this friday. Jessica boyington has his eyes on the traffic. A few things going on this morning. We are out in horsham, there is an accident and downed pole due to that accident at easton road and horsham road, traffic is being directed around the area. Youre good if youre heading out there for right now. You can see all the surrounding areas in horsham, were seeing a little yellow approaching that scene right now, but otherwise you will get to where you have to go in the same amount of time where there being limited traffic around the areas. Also watch out in Montgomery County for hazardous Road Conditions on mill street and west 8th street, lehigh valley, right around lehi street, a lot of people out there for right now but no problems in either direction. I will be back in the next ten minutes with a check on your morning bridges. Do you take the schuylkill expressway to work or school . Chances are your ride slows to a crawl, but drivers, listen to this, the plan is in the works to ease your traffic pain. Next hear what penndot could soon let you do during rush hour. Also ahead. Our mission is to provide a quality education completely paid for by wealthy benefactors. Its definitely a different kind of Financial Aid. Coming up what Temple University students think about a website called speak seeking arrangement. Com. Eeking arrangem. Your heart loves omega3s. But the omega3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Megared. The difference is easy to absorb. 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The stretch of i76 between king and prussia and center city is one of the most congested highways in the nation, but penndot has a plan to ease all that. Drivers would be able to use the shoulder as an extra lane of traffic, that would transform the narrow highway from two lanes into three during rush hour. Ben do the commissioned a study to see if its possible, results should be in by the spring. Traffic engineers we spoke with say its not a perfect fix but it could ease congestion at choke points. It is probably four or five pinch points which could be done piece by piece. This is a bandaid, but the bandaid will keep it from bleeding. Experts say the project would require a lot of engineering and plenty of planning. Ben do the also has plans to add new technology to improve traffic flow and safety along the expressway. We have new information about an accused serial jewelry thief. A yesterday a judge denied bail for abigail kemp. According to police kemp pulled off Jewelry Store heists across several states in the south since april. According to the fbi none of the jewelry has been recovered. Athletes and coaches on a High School Wrestling team in oklahoma are suspended while Police Investigate the alleged sex assault of a 12yearold boy. The school calls it extremely disturbing. According to investigators two teens believed to be upper class men at the school assaulted the boy on a bus ride home from the tournament. Officials say the attack was captured by surveillance cameras on board that bus. In tennessee another alleged Sexual Assault among High School Student athletes is under investigation. The Hamilton CountySchool Board Held a meeting last night. Three basketball players are accused of apologizing four of their teammates, spending one to the hospital. Investigators say the Coaching Staff failed to report the abuse, both the coaches and three teens are facing charges. 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The cars are not doing all of the driving just yet but some of the models being shown off are giving us a glimpse of what lies ahead on the road. Some of the vehicles speed up, slow down, stop and steer on their own. Others are using a new Safety System that defects objects including large animals and helps them brake to avoid a crash. In some cars you dont even have to be in the vehicle to park them. Cars are going to get smarter and smarter and start of the step is basically cars that can park themselves. Thec Northern American International Auto Show in detroit runs through the 24th of january. Announcer now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 12 minutes before 5 00, the temperatures are falling under clear skies this morning. A completely clear view of center city and beyond, this is a view from the nbc 10 studios. We will be in for lots of sunshine, the sun is coming up just before 7 20 in morning, 33 degrees, the temperature already warmer, 7 degrees warmer in philadelphia compared to yesterday and most of the areas warmer but still cold enough for that snow to stay put and they are still making snow in the pocono mount ins at that. Got real snow, just some dusting yesterday, but thats not going to happen today. 20s right now in pottstown and doylestown, millville 29 degrees, Chester County down to 38, a warm start in westchester off fair metal farm is 27 degrees and upper 20s right now in Chester Springs and phoenixville. We will see the numbers climb with a nice sunny start, just a few scattered clouds to begin the day. Look to the south, all this cloud cover thats moving into the south is going to be moving our way late this afternoon, then this evening we will start to see some rain, the rain is just now moving into the atlanta area, its going to move up the coast and the future rainfall shows by 10 00 this evening just a little bit,. 01 of an inch of rain in philadelphia, to the south heavier downpours destined for philadelphia and south jerseyover night. This time tomorrow morning rain will be falling. By 7 00, 8 00 the showers quickly tapering off. By then about a quarter of an inch on the ground in philadelphia, closer to half an inch in pottstown and over half an inch at the shore. Thats at 8 00 in the morning. By lunchtime the rain is completely gone and we will see the wind kick in. We will be drying out tomorrow afternoon but it will only be rain in the area for tomorrow. For today it will be dry all day long and a nice sunny start, mild in afternoon as the clouds increase late this afternoon. Look at those temperatures, into the 50s today. You know theyre coming back down for the weekend, too, 48 degrees on saturday, sunday a high of 39 degrees, we will be dry in the afternoon on saturday and the sevenday forecast has temperatures going even lower, not just sunday, but look at monday for Martin Luther king day, 29 degrees the High Temperature after a morning low of 26. Colder tuesday morning, in fact, we will be in the teens to start with. High of 32 degrees on tuesday, then a slow warming trend starts wednesday with a high of 38 thursday. 4 51 on this friday. Jessica boyington has been watching 202. We had an earlier accident scene on 202 northbound. For the ramp to the schuylkill expressway so now part of 202 was closed at least some of the lanes, now thats open, but we have it looks a little scarier i think than it actually s we do have a lot of Police Activity on the off ramp, the ramp still open, you can still get through the ramp but watch out for that Police Activity as this accident scene is cleaned up and out of the way. Route 202 northbound the ramp to the schuylkill expressway for right now, once you get to the schuylkill expressway you will be just fine, out in cherry hill township, new jersey, an earlier accident and downed pole and wires so that is the right lane and shoulder closed for repairs this morning. Today there is a lot of fun brewing at the blue cross river rink. Here is a live look through the river rink camera. Tonight from 5 00 do 8 00 you can celebrate happy hour with the release of a new lager. The state has dee stowed a special honor on a group of korean American Veterans for serving in the war. Less is a acosta was in philadelphia to recognize the vets. Last year they passed a bill to acknowledge korean americans for their service. Just under 10 of those korean veterans lives in the philadelphia area. A local school is giving back to honor the legacy of dr. Martin luther king jr. , the students at highland element put together art projects and assembled care packages yesterday, all of it will benefit the Salvation Army and Womens Center of Montgomery County. The students received mlk day of service tshirts, the nation will mark kings birthday on monday. Today Vice President joe biden is on a mission, he is coming to philadelphia for something that hits very close to home. Next in a live report at 5 00 hear how he plans to help cure cancer. Also next there is a different kind of Financial Aid thanks to a popular website. Here what temple students think about dating as a way of paying off school loans. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. 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Two cities put new jersey at the top of the list for the highest foreclosure rates in the country and the rest of the region is not doing too much better. Thats according to realty track. Atlantic city came in at number one with a foreclosure rate at more than 3 above the national average, trenton took the number two spot, state of delaware sixth place, pennsylvania number 10. A foreclosure attorney in delaware tells us the problem in that state is the sandwich generation, peoples in their 50s or 60s who are taking care of their parents and their kids and grandkids. At the point of life where they need to be thinking about and they should be doing very well financially all of a sudden they find out, hold on, i not only have to take care of myself but three other skbren operations. So if they do lose that job its disaster. Along with new jersey, florida and nevada lead the way in foreclosure rates. They are down nationwide but are hitting certain cities harder than others. 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The Technology Allows you to mark your valuables with dna then register the items with police in case they are ever stolen. That item, that jewelry or Electronic Device or anything is ever recovered the police that are trained today now know how to recover that mark and send it to our labs for identification of the rightful owners of that property. The technology is already in use in camden county. Good morning, vai. Good morning. Man, very nice. Its breakfast time but allow us to talk about another meal for a the moment. Chicken wings. I love chicken wings. Great for lunch or dinner or any party. Or this. More than 50 amateur competitive eaters sank their teeth into a competition last night at the refinery restaurant and bar at sugar house casino. The champ who ate the most wings in ten minutes didnt just walk away with a belly ache, they got a spot in this years wing bowl and 500 bucks. The most famous eating competition will be held friday, february 5th. I like wings, i think you like wings but i like is at 5 00 in the evening not 5 00 in the morning. In addition to a belly ache i think your lips would get numb from all the hot sauce. Youre watching nbc 10 news, nbc 10 news at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Announcer nbc 10 news starts now. Breaking news out of north philadelphia one man is in Critical Condition this morning following a hit and run. We are live on the scene with details. Right now on nbc 10 news today a mission to cure cancer, Vice President joe biden is in philadelphia working with medical experts. We will have a live report in just a few moments. And a dry start to your morning, but that could all change by this afternoon. Were tracking rain showers and warmer temperatures in our area. Still dark out there as you can see, good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Going to be some wet weather to wrap up the workweek. Lets get more details on that with meteorologist bill henley. Good morning. You will not see any rain during the day today. In fact, for most of the day we will see lots of sunshine. As late this afternoon the clouds will start moving in, its completely clear right now. Yesterday morning we did have some scattered snowshowers, nothing to show you on the radar. The temperatures have been calling under clear skies, right at the freezing mark in philadelphia thats down 1 degrees in the laguardia hour, 20s millville, pottstown and allentown, trenton 26 degrees right now. So it is cold outside. Look at the warm up thats ahead. From 33 degrees at 7 00, 41 at 10 00 this morning and then 51 degrees by 1 00 this afternoon and it will still be climbing. You will notice the clouds slowly increasing during the day so the bright sunshine that we will start with will fade and the rain will be moving in this evening. A look at the future cast i will be back in t