Were watching the schuylkill expressway, the center city area, montgomery drive, by the 8 00 hour, once the president ial road closure starts to really kick in, its going to be very slowgoing, in and out of center city. Now, we have an accident Chester County at Pottstown Pike and n lenpy crossing. No problems with that. Lets look at travel speed, traveling northbound at the schuylkill expressway. 10 minutes and problemfree. Ill get you around the road closures. Back to you, ladies. Right now, philadelphia is preparing for President Trump, the new commander in chief. His visit is causing road closures, septa changes and protests. We have complete team coverage. Nbc10s katy zachry has more on the protests and the impact on your commute. We begin with nbc10s matt delucia live in center city. Matt, the president is only one the big names in town. Reporter thats right, the president is expected to arrive at the loews hotel here at market. Hell be speaking out to the gop gathered here in the city. This is all part of an annual retreat. A policy retreat. The goal will be to lay out what they want to achieve and how they will go about doing it. Were also going to be talking about this issue. National security one of them, also the Affordable Care act. The gop has said that they want to repeal and replace it. We did ask some of the lawmaker what is they want to hear. If we can get some clear direction on what his priorities will be and how we would like to see them carried out. We dont want do go forward with repealing until we have everything in place. We dont want people to be left behind. And there shouldnt be a rush to do it just to say we did it. Reporter now, President Trump should be landing in philadelphia this morning to get here for a noon lunch. Hell be speaking at that time. The Vice President mike pence is expected to address the gop at 2 00. Were also expecting the british Prime Minister theresa may to speak. Well hear what she had to say to parliament about the upcoming trip. Well have that in 30 minutes. Matt delucia, nbc10 news. Protesters are also expected to be out in force. The protests began last night. Many more planned for today. Nbc10s katy zachry is joining us live from city hall. Katy, all of this will make for a headache for people just trying to get around. Reporter tracy, youre not kidding. Police and city leaders are expecting tens of thousands of people to descend on the area, city hall, that are planned throughout the day that could affect things if you live or work in center city. We saw the biggest protest of this threeday republican retreat, remember, the Lgbtq Community rallied outside of the loews hotel. Were told more protests begin at 9 00 this morning, 3 00 p. M. , 10 00. Thats when they received permits from the city. One is calling for a blackout to encourage philadelphians to symbolize those without health care it if the Affordable Care act is repealed. Those people in the building, one that fought hard for, and two, wed really like to hold on to. I hope it goes well, goes smooth and nothing really bad happens. Heres septa closures and changes for to you know about. 13th street station is closed for subways and trolleys. Buses in and around this area. City hall and the loews hotel will be detour. And jefferson station, the main entrance to that station off of Market Street remains closed. Now, last night and this morning, there say message from city hall. Anyone is welcome to come out and protest and attend these rallies but city hall is encouraging people not to cause any damage, to remain peaceful. Well have more on this developing story coming up at 6 00. For now reporting live in front of city hall, katy zachry, nbc10 news. 45 degrees outside. President trumps visit is also impacting the center city mail service. The wanamaker postal station is closed today. As a security measure post office is locking mailboxes between 11th, 12th and phil bert. The president signed executive orders to strip funding from sanctuary cities like philadelphia. He also signed an order to start the construction of his longpromised wall along the u. S. mexico border. We have to stop drugs from pouring in. We have to stop people from pouring into the country we have no idea where theyre from. That wall will cost us nothing. House speaker said congress will pay for the initial construction until mexico can pay us back. But mexicos president fired back in addressing that, said mexico will not pay for the wall. We can count on nbc10 for the coverage on the president s first 100 days on office. Six minutes past 5 00. New this morning, were learning more about the case of 14yearold grace packer, the girl allegedly raped and killed by her adoptive mother and stepfather. Grace was abused by her adopted mom sarah packer for years. Sarah and her stepfather. Sarah packer and her boyfriend Jacob Sullivan are in jail now. Grace went missing in july. In october, hunters found her bodys remains. In Critical Condition after Police Say Two pit bulls mulled her in germantown. Neighbors say they could hear the woman screaming for help. She had bite wounds on her neck, face, arms. A neighbor saw the aftermath. They put her in the ambulance. Authorities did remove the two pit bulls. Philadelphia will soon crack down on predatory towing. The measure also gives police for parking authorities the power to write tickets throughout the city. You can no longer release your balloons into the air in Atlantic City like some people do after a Birthday Party or in memory of a departed relative. The hope is to reduce trash and protect marine life who mistake them for food and eat them. You could get a 500 fine. Venter, margate and longfort have approved that ban. Now, lets talk to bill about bill . Yeah, were getting a dry start from most of the area, and a mild one, too. Thanks to the clouds that came in overnight. Heading out right now, though, i am tracking light rain showers that will move through this morning and then blowing out of here this afternoon. Gusty winds after a really quiet wind morning. Well see the clouds this afternoon and a nice warmup. But a chilly evening. The temperatures will be dropping this evening. Well see a quick cooldown. As part of the rain, very light showers, Chester County into delaware and south jersey. You can see a few sprinkles in montgomery and bucks county. The steady rain is to the west, west of harrisburg. It moves in this morning and late in the morning, sunshine returns this afternoon. Then weve got a pretty mild amp and a dry one, too. Fewer clouds around tonight. Thats where well get the colder temperatures. Doppler forecast, hour by hour, shows us scattered showers until 5 00. To the west, watch the showers swing through the area. 8 00 this morning, steadier rain for philadelphia and then new jersey. Then as we go into the afternoon, well see the showers push out of here and clearing skies for the afternoon. Improving conditions during the day. The temperatures, well, its hard to improve on this, this time of year. 46 at 8 00. By lunchtime, 53, then we get sunshine, staying in the 50s at 4 00 this afternoon. The suburbs in the 40s to start with. Rain showers move through. Theyre done by noon and dry and sunnier. 50s, start to cool down. A few clouds lingering at noon time. As we go into the afternoon, well see more and more sunshine in the lehigh valley. Delaware, showers already happening this morning. But steadier showers are going to arrive after sunrise this morning and before 10 00. By noon time, the clouds start to break. Look at those temperatures, 53 degrees. New jersey never got cold overnight with the clouds coming in. A few showers this morning, then the clouds thin out, as we go into the noon time hours, the jersey shore, thats where the rain is a bit steadier. Especially in Cape May County. 47 degrees, only rain for any of these forecasts as the temperatures are still mild. Clouds at noon time and then sunshine takes over this afternoon. Well look at the weekend forecast when i come back. Bill, thanks. 11 minutes past 5 00. Lets get you ready for what today. Yeah. Busier in philadelphia. Francesca. Rosemary, road closures will be kicking in at 8 00 and affecting traffic in and around center city 1237 first, lets talk about where the road third street between chestnut and Market Street. And how can we get around the 13th street, yes, this is a road closure. You can obviously take 12th street to samson, make a left on it. And alternate, would be 12th street, road closure, i should say, Market Street between 11th and juniper. Im going to be talking about the president ial road closures all morning long. And yes, it will affect rail closures. Doylestown 12 minutes late at this hour. Tracy. 12 minutes past 5 00, running to the rescue, how a local nurse saved a life during a marathon. And sinkhole scare. After a massive hole opened up in an Montgomery County neighborhood. And remembering an icon. Were looking back on the life of actress and comedian Mary Tyler Moore. Its 5 15. Fans are continuing to mourn actress Mary Tyler Moore who inspired millions with her sitcom. Youre going to make it after all. The Mary Tyler Moore show broke new ground by focusing on a single newswoman which we love. She worked to bring awareness to the disease. New this morning, a marathon runner is thankful for a nurse from christiana hospital who helped save his life. You may have seen it to try to track down people who performed cpr on him after his heart stopped. Id like to get in touch with these people or this person and thank them and help them understand what they did and the impact it actually made for me. Bill ameirole from colorado had just finished the marathon when he collapsed. Amy smythe, who was also running the race, she with others helped before the ambulance arrived. Im just grateful he made it. To be honest, i didnt think he was going to make it. Butly did make it. Smythe and amerole spoke on the phone this week. He expects to head back home to colorado today. Both of them say its important for everybody who knows cpr to learn it so they can help in situations like this. In philadelphia, Temple University is helping inspire young people to go into careers in health care. Temple hosted local eighth graders interested in careers as doctors and nurses. Workshops are using ultrasound and ekg machines. Nine Public Schools received grants that will allow students to see live theater performances. It will also pay for ereaders and robot starter kits. 43 degrees outside. And its going to be a little bit kind of touch and go this morning for people in center city. A little challenge. Nbc10s first alert traffic reporter Francesca Ruscio has you covered. Tracy, rosemary, were watching the cameras on the vine street expressway. The speeds still in the 60s but the situation will be changing as we get closer to 7 00, 8 00 this morning because of president ial road closures set in place, which all morning long i will be mentioned. So, now, yesterday, just to reiterate, we did have a sinkhole issue that was reported in cheltenham around 4 00 yesterday morning. We have alternates here. And church road. And now, were talking about an accident that still hasnt cleared in Chester County. Pottstown pike and lenape crossing. When i come back, well talk about the president ial road closures. 5 19, lets get you updated on the forecast for today. Meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate forecast in the region. Hey, bill. Were watching showers, rosemary, as the clouds over easton, only rain showers but not cold overnight. It started off mild in easton. 35 degrees in lehigh valley. South jersey also seeing rain dramas along with delaware. 40s for philadelphia. The suburbs are at 44 degrees to start with. Look at west caln township, though, at 50 degrees. Low 40s, Kennett Square, collegeville near 40 degrees. Collegeville just dropped down to 39 degrees. Its 49 in newtown. Not cold by january standards but a bit damp. Were just seeing the first rain showers develop. You see them from Chester County and delaware. And now heading towards the shore, Cape May County into atlantic county, getting very light rainfall. The steadier rain is still in the west. That came through this morning and then it clears out, look at the snow, part of the same system that will completely miss our area. No snow with this. Its going to be too warm. The trend has winter cold returns. After today, 40s tomorrow for the high temperatures and even chillier this weekend. Saturday and sunday, fortunately, dry, 42 degrees on saturday. 41 on sunday. And turning colder on monday. And the cold gets reinforced later next week. Heres your 10 day on 10, showers, rain showers, theyre not going to last nil noon. Out of here till noon. Youll get a quick warmup even warmer than yesterday. Wind blowing this afternoon still with us, tomorrow, 45 degrees. That wind is colder air blowing into the area. Youll definitely feel that this weekend. Look at the morning temperatures in the 20s, saturday, sunday and monday. Just 38 degrees on monday afternoon. Then, well stay chilly for tuesday and wednesday, and it turns colder next weekend. 33, the high, on saturday. Tracy, or rosemary. Thanks for that bill. Not backing down, this morning, philadelphia remains a sanctuary city. Why the mayor is standing by the policies despite President Trumps federal orders to cut funding. Setting records, the dow looks to continue a hot streak. Cnbcs landon dowdy in just a moment to break it all down. Wall street will try to keep the momentum going after a milestone day. The dow yesterday closed month of 20,000 points for the first time. The dow will be flirting with the 20,000 mark for about the past month, as you know. How can we put the milestone in perspective. What does it mean Going Forward and for investors. Here is insight from cnbcs landon dowdy. Good morning, landon. A milestone day over here on wall street it could be set to move even higher in uncharted territory after the dow closed above 20,000. For the first time ever, this is the second 1,000point move. The dow is up since the election after the Trump Administration with more spending on infrastructure and tax cuts. Some like to say the dow 20,000 is more psychological than meaningful as the index is just made up of 30 stocks but its the index that investors most easily identify the Broader Market tracked by the s p 500 and the nasdaq has also taken part in this postelection rally. However, dont forget, 148 since president obamas time in office, as the u. S. Economy recovers from the final crisis supported by stimulus from the federal reserve. The dow raising 155 points yesterday. 5656. Landon, thanks. Its 5 26. Sprawling yards. This morning, a massive sinkhole continues to cause problems. Well be live in the neighborhood as the work continues. And the president in philadelphia. We continue to follow the president s visit to the city in just hours. The latest on the preparations now under way. Coming to town, President Trump will visit philadelphia in just hours. We have Live Team Coverage of the visit. And how the president ial visit and protests to affect your commute. And sinkhole damage. Were live at a massive hole that swallowed up a neighborhood. Well tell you about the work. Good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. And im rosemary connors. Its mild out there this morning. Weve got showers moving through. Meteorologist bill henley has all the details in the most accurate first alert forecast. Thankfully, its mild. So when we get wet weather, were only looking at rain. Right now, were looking at beach avenue. It is dry. The clouds are moving ahead. Into the cape may area. Reaching towards Atlantic City. And now in Chester County, a steadier rainfall in southern Chester County moving towards Kennett Square right now. Thats to start with. Theres going to be more rain a little later this morning but