This morning. Thats why we get you this first alert, nbc10s Pamela Osborne is on her way to allentown ahead of this mornings snow. Pamela, where are you and what are the conditions like right now . Reporter good morning, well, we are heading north on the northeast extension. Im getting the camera around so you can look at the loads here. Youll see some sort of precipitation coming down. So far, as i mentioned, were try here right now. Heading north. And were going to keep an eye on the roads. As soon as we see a change in conditions, well update you and see again for another half hour. Right now, pamela as born, nbc10 news. Two people taken to the hospital after this crush only have bumps and bruises. Thats the latest according to police. Before 1 00 this morning on second and burk street in north philadelphia. One person was arrested suspected of dui. The fire marshal is investigating four fires. Smoke was pouring out of this home on eighth street and kensington when we arrived at the scene just before 1 00. Police tell us another home just a few doors down along with two cars on the street were also burning. No one was living inside of the home. And fortunately, nobody was hurt. And firefighters were also hurt putting out a fire at the hookah bar in university city. Investigators feel the fire may have started in the apartment above the bar. Nobody here was hurt. This morning, a south jersey woman is in the hospital and her great grand daughter reunited with their families after the two spent days missing in the woods of rural virginia. 71yearold Barbara Briley and 5yearold lamyra left heir home on Christmas Eve and were on their way to see relatives in North Carolina but never made it. A man found them on his property in dinwiddie county, virginia. Briley was found against a tree unconscious. Investigators were able to track a signal to her cell phone yesterday hoping to narrow the search. Investigators a briley and lamyra survived on juice boxes and snacks. They searched for the pairs. Briley asking how to use a gps. Friends back home tell us theyre grateful for the Property Owner who spotted them in the woods. When i heard she was found, i was very happy and thankful because its just been very nerveracking to know she was missing and not hear anything from her. So happy theyre found safe. Safe and sound. Investigators say its still unclear exactly how the fair ended up getting their car stuck in the woods. In other news, hollywood is mourning the death of actress deb before he reynolds. She died just a day after Carrie Fisher died. Todays dalily news shows pictue of mother and daughter. Her son said he had a stroke. The classic 1952 film singin in the rain made Debbie Reynolds face at the 19. And she got an oscar nomination for the unsinkable molly brown. She also made headlines for three turbulent marriages, including her marriage to eddie fisher, Carrie Fishers father. I dont choose well. I dont blame either or myself. I just seem to have very poor taste in men. Debbie reynoldreynolds son fisher said she wanted to be with carrie. Albert brooks tweeted this, Debbie Reynolds is a legend and my movie mom. I cant believe this happened one day after carrie. My heart goes out to billie. You can find videos and pictures of reynolds with her daughter Carrie Fisher. Now this thursday, new details on the bridge gate case. A federal judge will determine whether or not to release documents related to the trial of coconspirators on the case. Earlier a jury found two allies of governor christie guilty. Sentencing is scheduled for february. This morning, we have an nbc10 exclusive interview to show with you. The birth mother of a new jersey teenager found murdered is sharing her grief. Hear her plea as the investigation remains open. A new jersey smash and grab shows a man breaking into a bucks county clothes store. Well tell you exactly what was taken. Heres a camera right now, camelback, conducive to snow showers. The good news is they will get more snow, however tracking the changeover to widespread rain for the entire weekend. Well have that in a bit. Good morning, everyone, Jessica Boyington with a check on the roads. Were watching a few things this morning. Heres a crash out in philadelphia. South philadelphia, columbus boulevard, northbound. Just around snyder avenue, theres two lanes blocked there. And further up on columbus boulevard, from the southbound side, were still dealing with repairs from that water main break that happened last week. On the southbound side between 95 and washington avenue. You might see some lane restrictions there as well. The vine street expressway is closed with construction in both directions. The cameras around broad street. All of that traffic is being diverted off of broad street. Westbound and eastbound. And the schuylkill expressway were seeing that closure. Should be lifted in the next 20 minutes or so. Theres problems in new jersey. Im highlight some of those when i come back in ten minutes. Now, your nbc10 first alert weather. Im eric ra martin. Were tracking a system west to east. Satellite imagery picking up on cloudy skies. Were starting to see the leading edge of that system moving into parts of berks county, Chester County as well. Otherwise, neighborhoods are mainly below the freezing mark for Lehigh Valley. Very important, of course, we need that in place, that cold air, in order for that precip to change over to snow. Landen, 31, fleetwood, 29 for you. Now at 28, walnut below the freezing mark at 26 degrees. Here is your first alert snow for the west. Lehigh valley, berks and montgomery counties. Until 8 00 a. M. , everything does change over to clear by 3 00, however you will see issues for that morning commute. Including everything untreated and of course Poor Visibility for the a. M. Rush. Future weather for the Lehigh Valley, lets take a look at what we can expect hour by hour. Starting at 5 00, 5 30 a. M. , youre already seeing the introduction of those snow showers here. By 7 00 a. M. , widespread for parts of Lehigh Valley and parts of upper montgomery conte as well. It looks like Chester County will see some snow. Everything changing over by 9 00, 10 00, 11 00, youll notice the bottom of the screen, everything will retreat. And now you start to the see the rain showers widespread by 11 00 a. M. Certainly for the entire delaware valley. Otherwise, your snowfall potential stopping at about 5 00 p. M. , three inches for mt. Pocono. An inch for allentown, nominal, as far as snowfall totals go. Look at this, 35 degrees for philadelphia. With southwesterly winds and as the day progresses, were certainly seeing a shift in those winds. Widespread rain. This is why we do have warmer air sliding into place. That colder air will retreat. The good news is everything does change over and see much of an improvement. And then all of this clearing out by 3 00 p. M. I do have your 10 day on 10 in just a bit. 4 41 right now. The story of the nutcracker is 200 years this year. And to celebrate the anniversary, the Wilson Warner house has been transformed. Look at this. Each were decorated to represent a piece. More than 200 nutcrackers on display. Less will be more for septembsepta rider in montgomery county. In wentz they trust. Hear why carson wentz teammates are still singing the rookie quarterbacks praises. Its a quarter to 5 00 and 33 degrees outside. We have an nbc10 news exclusive. The birth mother for a girl tells us that her parental rights to her daughter grace and two other children were stripped in 2004. The three siblings went to live with sarah packer and her husband. Grace disappeared last jushlgs h july, her remains were found around halloween. Horrible death for a little girl. Shes never going to get to see anything. Police say the adopted mother is out on bond on child endangerment charges and remains a person of interest in the murder of grace. The twin brother of the man who was killed exclusi ed execu early year this year in philadelphia it talking to nbc10 about how hes keeping his brothers legacy alive. I want it to be less about tragedy about what he was about. Helping people, service, keeping that indomitable philadelphia spirit. His brother harold bruce a south jersey realtor was shot in the head wednesday afternoon while driving along the mt. Airy neighborhood. Police say it was his exgirlfriend Martina Wescott who pulled the trigger. Yesterday, our cameras captured video of her after the house. She ran to her mothers home and confessed to the shooting. The mother called philadelphia police, police say wescott was livid over their breakup so she shot bruce. Check out this video. Police are looking for this man that you see smashing through the front door and into a clothes store. This is lower makesfield township. He made off in more than 160,000 in items and jewelry. Earlier this year, Pennsylvanias Supreme Court struck down the host fee that state casinos were once required to pay. But a District Attorney has threatened investigating and prosecuting crimes at the sands in bethlehem if the casino doesnt pay the host fee of 10 million that it promised to its community. It will be difficult to justify those actions of the impact. We all signed on and supported the casino with the understanding that these host fees would be paid to offset that negative impact. Sands refused to comment to nbc10. The d. A. Says the sands decision not to pay was made in a Corporate Headquarters in las vegas, thousands of miles away from bethlehem. A Drug Testing Program will begin in laci township in the middle schools. Its aimed at combatting alcohol and drug abuse at an early age. Parents have to fill out a form giving the permission for random testing on seventh and eighth grade students. All high School Nurses in the county have received a supply of narcan. Ocean county has had the most Overdose Deaths in new jersey this year which is 180. This morning, more hatchimal headaches for parents. This one comes from a woman from south jersey. She bought the toy and it started making inappropriate noises. Take a listen. Britney may from west deptford said the furry toy started making the unusual sounds after it hatched from its shelf. The video shows it continuing to make the sounds. There have been hundreds of defects of complaints, faulty motors, broken eggs or the animals. Yesterday, we told you about a family who believes that heir hatchimal is cursing at them. Theyre adding more representatives, extending hours and promising a replacement toy. Lets get to you work on this thursday morning, as we wait for the wet weather to move in which always slows things down. Jessica boyington starts us off at 473, a crash here in burlington. A tractor trailer actually involved in this crash, right around high street. In this general area here. Were seeing lane closures and blockages on the southbound side as well. Reports saying that the southbound side isnt actually closed but lanes are getting by. Alsoous in pilesgrove township. Farther south in jersey, the turnpike on the southbound side, around the memorial bridge, you can see the delaware memorial bridge, to try and get there, youre not going to have any problems. No lane restrictions because of that. Also checking in with the vine street expressway. Look at the broad street closure. A little early, too. In the text ten minutes we can see most of that lifted up. Westbound and eastbound, you can see some lanes moving. I would still suggest an alternate because some of the lanes arent cleaned up. By the time youre getting out the door in the next few minutes you should be fine moving through the vine street expressway. Ill talk about more when i come back and drive times. Looking okay at this hour. Could get trickier as the morning continues. Erika martin has her eyes on everything. Thats right, tracy and rosemary, tracking those showers west to east. A live look outside right now in philadelphia. Its dry. This system will be predominantly rain in and around philadelphia. However, if you look at the bottom of your screen, will you see your local neighborhood forecast, and thats very important, especially for the Lehigh Valley. Otherwise right now in philadelphia, were seeing mainly 30s. A lot of us being at or above the freezing mark. Really important especially wit that southerly push. Which is why here locally, we will see mainly rain. Port richmond at 35. And here is the system thats developing and moving in. We can see a lot of moisture here. Were seeing blues and purples headed into the Lehigh Valley. For the most part, well see everything transition from 10 00 to 11 00 a. M. Widespread rain in store. Locally, were seeing mainly clouds around Chester County. Berks county, youre already seeing midlevel moisture. Not making it to the ground, not yet. Otherwise, hour by hour forecast of Wider Perspective here, showing that system moving in by 5 00, 5 30. Notice how everything starts to transition pretty quickly. Here is your rain snow lines. Year seeing snow at Lehigh Valley and rain for everybody south of that. By about 11 00 a. M. We see widespread rain showers and this system completely clear by 3 00 p. M. This afternoon. But i want to go ahead and focus on the Lehigh Valley, starting this at 6 00 a. M. , because this is where were going to seat main issues and this is where our first alert weather has been issued because we will see snow and that changeover. But the bigger concern would be, of course, untreated surfaces. Keep that in mind. Give yourself extra time for that commute this morning. And also Poor Visibility as the snow does come down at 8 30 a. M. , were still seeing widespread snow for berks county, north hampton, bucks county as well. So, notice, that the rain snow line does not move northward until about 11 00 a. M. Maybe around noon. And then when we start to see everything improve, warmer temperatures. Your 10 day on 10 does bring a cooldown by tomorrow as the cold front shifts east of the area. Topping out overnight lows in the 20s. Now saturday into sunday, it looks like we will see partly to cloudy skies. Rain showers approaching monday into tuesday. Back to you. 4 53 this thursday. Heres a live look at penns landing. Looks good this morning. Maybe even better when we get a little snow on the way. It will be the place to be on new years eve. Saturday night, well feature two fireworks displays in that nbc10 will broadcast the first fireworks display. And then at midnight, you can watch from the river rink or farther up the boulevard at sugar house casino. Coming up, the trip of a lifetime for some Florida High School students were unexpectedly put on hold. They got stranded at philly international. Find out what happened after they got in touch with us. In 6 minutes to 5 00, less is more. Well tell you why septa riders will soon be paying less. Septa is cutting prices starting on sunday. Riders from philadelphia can only pay the base fair or buy a pass. Its one of the routes impacted, you can look for the story at the nbc10 app. The Philadelphia Eagles cheer and Dance Company winter session continues today. Dancers learn customdesigned choreography, and practice their favorite eagles cheers. Does it look packed . It is because this years camp is sold out. Sunday, the last game of the season for the eagles. For rookie qb carson went is wrapping up his first season in the nfl. Even though he hasnt been around a long time, his teammates are lauding him on the field and sidelines. Went is just completions away from the nfl record for completed passes by a rookie. He can also become the fifth rookie quarterback to throw for 3400 yards in a season. Most importantly, hes earned the respect of his teammates. You know the guy thats the most important guy on the roster. Hes going to give it all every day. And unfazed by the outside noise. Ahead in the next half hour, hear what he got several eagles players for christmas. And dont miss eagles game day kickoff on nbc10. Well have an exclusive interview with wentz this week on sunday morning. This weekend, one of broadways longest running musicals is saying goodbye. Youll have a few more days to catch the mamma mia farewell tour. Having the time of your life. Everybody in the studio is, you know, slowly kind of jamming out here. The show is playing at the merriam theater in center city. Its a story of a daughters search for a mystery man. The cast told us theyre enjoying the final performances. So, of course, we wish we could stay here longer. Yeah. I feel like ive had so much anticipation for philly. Your homecoming. All my friends and family get to come here. Its so awesome. Actress who plays sophia is from allentown. So excited to be home. You can catch mamma mia through saturday at the merriam theater in philadelphia. For more information, go to the website nbc10. Com. Such a fun show. It is. Ive never seen it but love abou abba. Tracking snow and rain right now, first alert radar Winter Weather is moving into the northern sections of the nbc10 viewing area. The rest of the area will see rain. Two dozen out of state students find themselves stranded at philly international. Well tell you whats happening right now as they try to make their way towards rome. And that sinking feeling. Check out the sinkhole forcing people out of their homes. Announcer nbc10 news starts now. 5 00 a. M. , good morning. Welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. And im rosemary connors. We are issues a first alert for the Lehigh Valley for berks county north and best of the city, because we do have snow and rain thats going to move in later this morning. Lets get to erika martin tracking it all. You know, rosemary, everything is really quiet. We dont see that rain in the area. Nor that snow. Mainly clouds developing. We do have that first alert that has been issued for Lehigh Valley, berks county, montgomery county. And hopefully, light snow for northwestern Chester County. Keep in mind, youll have the slick surfaces especially untreated surfaces that you have to be mindful of and Poor Visibility. Be sure you look at the bottom of your screen for your local neighborhood forecast. I want to go ahead with y