Its starting to climb, and the wind is starting to increase. 16 mileanhour winds at 11 00. Warming to the low 50s at 11 00 this afternoon. Well peak near the 60degree mark. Upper 50s for delaware. And a nice fall day for the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs, too. Ill show you more coming up in less than ten minutes. First to Jessica Boyington and first alert traffic. Thanks. Starting in ft. Washington, 309 and cameras at the p. A. Turnpike. No problems or delays so far. You see everythings moving along nicely. Also 95 moving through delaware. Both directions looking good. A nine or tenminute trip from 295 to 495. Still watching in Washington Township, seeing delays in both directions now. The black horse pike northbound side around gantown road. Thats moving through Washington Township before you get to the Atlantic City expressway. Its blocked with an accident investigation. We have delays moving through the southbound side. Happening today, millions of drivers will hit the highway for the thanksgiving holiday. A look at 95 now. Today will be one of the busiest travel days of the year. From 95 to 76, roads will be pack packed before you even begin your evening commute. Katy zachry, what can people expect on the roads today . Reporter for starters, drivers can expect things to get busier as the day progresses. We are along the pennsylvania turnpike. Behind me you see traffic, headlights coming at you. The drivers are moving westbound. Things are moderate. I can tell you that experts say this afternoon is slated to be one of the busiest times on the road for the thanksgiving holiday. Here on the pennsylvania turnpike, theyve made a few changes in last half hour. Starting at 5 00, to accommodate extra traffic, turnpike crews have opened all lanes eastbound and westbound. That means no construction, no scheduled maintenance taking out a lane or slowing traffic. This lasts through sunday after thanksgiving. This is all to accommodate the heavy thanksgiving travel predicted. The busiest days are today, tomorrow, and the sunday after thanksgiving. Over 3. 5 million cars and trucks from the philadelphia area are expe expected to use the pennsylvania turnpike for thanksgiving travel. With all of the extra vehicles on the road, its of course important to practice safe driving. Coming up in the next hour, important tips for safe driving so youre not distracted behind the wheel that experts have shared with us. Reporting live in king of prussia, katy zachry, nbc10 news. Thank you. And mothers against drunk driving in pennsylvania is out to save lives during the Holiday Season. The organization kicked off its tie one on for safety campaign. Madd gave out red ribbons for threes to put on cars. A reminder about the need for designated drivers over the holidays. And matts National President share and madds national. ShaNational President shared how her son was killed by a drunk driving. I didnt get to help him go. I dont know anyone whos standing here who wouldnt want to be next to your loved ones in the last minutes of their life. The Campaign Runs through new years eve. The Holiday Season is a time for having the most current weather and traffic information. To stay safe, tap the free nbc10 app to get instant updates on driving conditions during this busy time of year. Just about 5 35. In philadelphia, an inferno ripped through a building on cobbs creek at 6 0th and locust. This was a vacant building, and no one was hurt. New video shows a firestorm of smoke and flames as residents of a Senior Living facility escape and firefighters rush in to try to save lives. Four people are missing and presumed dead in the fire that gutted much of the barclay friends Senior Living community in west chester. We learned that yesterday. Investigators including a team from the atf are picking through the charred debris looking for a cause. Residents who survive read grateful, but their families admit they face an uncertain future. I am just glad to be alive. Loses a lot more independence. A little the little that he had left. Dozens of families have to find new or temporary homes for residents displaced by the first time, as you search for a new facility for an elderly loved one, an expert told us to ask several questions. First, are there safety and fire violations . They have to keep records current, and you have a right to ask the staff to see them. Also, look at how residents spend their time r. They active, left alone, do they interact with staff . Get as much information as you can. Its not all about the way the place looks from the outside or even when you first walk in. Its about the care they provide. Its about how they make sure the people there are safe, and that their rights are protected. Experts say to ask your doctors about options and check on line to see if write ups or research is available about any facilities youre considering. Happening today, the former drex drex drexel neurologist has a preliminary hearing. Allegation saens dr. Renaldo cruciani allegations against dr. Renaldo cruciani is accused of forcing himself on patients regularly. His lawyer says he is innocent and will plead not guilty. Developing outside of detroit, smoke and flames shoot into the air after a highpressure gas line catches fire. The gas company says theyre shutting down the line and will let the fire burn itself out. Crews can finally make repairs to the line. So far, no one has been hurt. In new york, a pair of explosions blew out the walls of a cosmetics plant and sent a plume of potentially poisonous smoke billowing into the sky in new windsor, an hour north of new york city. The blast sent workers running for the doors. However, one didnt make it out alive. And then the second explosion happened with firefighters ned the building. The fire injured 33 people including seven firefighters. The plant is owned by Verla International which makes nail polish among other products. A narrow miss on the side of the highway in dallas. You see the group of officers jump out of the way to keep from getting hit by a drunk driver. A patrol car took the brunt to slow the driver down. No one was seriously hurt. Police hope that people will see the video and understand the serious impact a drunk driver could have. 5 38. Civil rights activist and former nfl player Colin Kaepernick is sharing a recent conversation he had with jailed rapper meek mill. Kaepernick tweeted yesterday that he spoke to mill and wanted people to know regardless of his unjust situation, as he calls it, hes in good spirits and humbled by the support that people have shown him. A judge sentenced mill to two to four years in prison earlier this month for repeated probation violations on drug and gun charges. The rappers legal team has filed a motion to get the judge on the case to recuse herself. Thanks to the doctors and staff at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia, thanksgiving will have special meaning this year for one North Carolina family. Formerly conjoined twins erin and abby delaney are home after spending more than a year at c. H. O. P. The girls were born joined at the head in july of 2016. During an 11hour surgery, doctors separated them in groundbreaking surgery. The doctors will continue to monitor their progress. Im meteorologist bill henley. 5 39 and chilly outside. The warm spot, Philadelphia International at 41. Theres a breeze at seven Miles Per Hour. Thats mixing the atmosphere and keeping temperatures warmer at the airport. Well see the breeze increase this morning. Today, a southwesterly wind will send temperatures into the 50s. A Beautiful Day today. Look at this. Afternoon temperature near 60 for philadelphia. The suburbs, a light wind right now. In fact, calm. Its colder to start with. With sunshine look at the fast warmup. 30s, past the 40s, then into the 50s this afternoon. Youll see plenty of sunshine in the Lehigh Valley. This is the cold spot. 27 with calm conditions. Very dry air in the Lehigh Valley and clear skies. The this still could come down a little before we get the sunshine to warm temperatures into the low 50s at noontime. 54 at 2 00 with bright sunshine and winds out of southwest. A fast warmup for new jersey. 37 now. Low 40s, still chilly at 8 00. Look how quickly it disappears. At 10 00, 51, 55 degrees. The wind one coming out of the southwest at about 18 Miles Per Hour this afternoon. The feelslike temperatures will be lower but with bright sunshine, feeling good for new jersey and at the shore. 42 degrees. A little mixing in the atmosphere Holding Temperatures in the low 40s. The jersey shore will be in the upper 40s. Thats by 8 00. 50s for the balance of the day. But unlike the rest of the area, clouds increasing this afternoon. I dont expect to see wet weather until late tonight and tomorrow morning when weve got rain showers moving into the area. A few extra clouds at the shore this afternoon. Youll see them in delaware this evening. During the day, not happening. 33 degrees now. It is cold to start with. Just a three mileanhour breeze in delaware with sunshine. Warming right through the 40s. Look at the leap from 40 at 8 00 to 50 at 10 00. Upper 50s this afternoon. Clouds increasing evening. Yes, a chance of some showers late tonight and first thing tomorrow morning. Philadelphia into delaware and dover and Atlantic City, less likely for areas north and west. Well look at thanksgiving day when we come back in ten minutes. See you then. 19 minutes before 6 00 a. M. Well get a look at the black horse pike. Nbc10s first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has been watching that for you. Right. We just got a photographer to the scene newsweek have a live picture of whats happening now. In Washington Township, the black horse pike northbound where we have it closed. Clearly a Police Presence here. It looks like we have a fire engine here, as well. Reports of serious injuries on the scene now. Thats why now theres an accident Investigation Underway even though it occurred a while ago. Theyre diverting traffic around the scene. No exact confirmation yet on exactly what happened. All we know is its a serious scene. All of the northbound lanes are blocked. Theyre detouring traffic. Southbound, still open. The northbound side that were worried about. Here we are on the maps looking at that. Right before you get to the Atlantic City expressway. Right before the roads split. You can head that direction. If you want to take the a. C. Expressway instead, if thats a possibility for you, instead of driving locally and heading through the black horse pike, that would be your best bet for now. Otherwise, youll be stuck in a detour. Not too bad. Delays arent terrible just because its only just approaching 5 45. Right now, keep watching that. Well have updates for the rest of the morning when i come back in about ten minutes. Thank you. Drilling put on hold. What sunoco has to do to get work rolling again after this sinkhole. And Holiday Shopping made easy. Nbc10 news today sat down with the experts. How to get your game plan ready on a budget. And its a tale of two turkeys. The president will pardon just one. How the birds are living the high life before decision day. Running a Small Business is demanding. And thats why Small Business owners need more. Like internet thats up to the challenge. The gigspeed network from comcast business gives you more. With speeds up to 20 times faster than the average. 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If my christmas budget is 1,000, 1,500, whatever it is, prepare for that. Its an expense like any other. I have clients that save to buy a car. Save for vacation, you save for christmas. Reporter if they dont, there are consequences. Hes gotten calls from clients january 1st saying hey, i have to back off my 401 k because i have these bills to deal with. And theyre bills that they racked up over christmas. Reporter cutting back on your 401 k or how much you plan for koirmt can throw off your entire plan. He suggests paying cash for gifts. When you rack up credit card charges that you cant pay, that can affect your credit rating. As that Credit Card Debt fills or youre late paying it, it can affect your credit rating. That truly has a Ripple Effect throughout rest of your financial life. Reporter katy zachry, nbc10 news. Heres more information for keeping your finances in check this Holiday Season. Make a plan, vai, stick to your budget. Buy early, vai, and pay in cash. Have you started with your Holiday Shopping . When is too early to begin checking things off your list . Are we rushing too fast to get gifts . I want to hear all these thoughts. Wait until i tweet a picture of what whats happening tweet a picture of whats happening in my basement in regard to gifts. You might want to check my instagram account. The ultimate shopping day is almost upon us. Are online deals trumping black friday deals . New tomorrow, the changing ritual and when to shop for the best prices. I am knee deep in kitchen stuff for thanksgiving. I cant. You start buying june, july for gifts . Not thats early because people change their mind. Especially kids. Not a particular time. If i hear a Family Member say, you know, i wish i had a cal an radar or something , colan or Something Like that, i will get it. I wish i had a range rover in my basement. Unwrapped. I tried. Shes getting a rare range rover colandcolander. Not everybodys getting that. Temperatures climbing like we havent seen in some time. Temperatures near 60. Temperatures making it feel like 30s in philadelphia. Its actually 41 degrees. 40s also for south jersey. The Lehigh Valley, suburbs, delaware, low 30s. There are chillier neighborhoods in new jersey. Audubon, 33. Swedesboro, 32. The neighborhoods can clear skies and no wind, those are the ones seeing colder temperatures. Hopewell township below freezing to start. Look at the warmup. A quick warmup. Those southwesterly winds will kick in. Thats a warming direction. The direction is all important today. Cooling into the 50s. It wont cool as rapidly as it did last night. Clouds will move in for this evening. That could lead to showers overnight. No wet weather or clouds yet. Theres a cold front that our northwest. And thats going to be approaching our area overnight tonight. The showers, the snow showers will stay to the north and west. Before well get the cold front, its dragging moisture up from the south. Theres a good chance well see showers developing overnight tonight and this time tomorrow, rain in delaware and south jersey. Watch how quickly it moves out. Well see it during the commute. By lunchtime, sunshine. The winds will shift bringing chillier weather for thanksgiving day. It will be dry. If you have to go over the river and through the woods, no issue. Just bundle up a bit on thanksgiving day. Philadelphia, new jersey at the shore, and delaware into the upper 40s. It looks like thanksgiving day will be the coolest. Well get the nice, mild weather today. The winds shift tomorrow after the morning showers are drying out. It stays dry for thanksgiving day. By friday, sunny skies, and a cold start in the morning. Up to 51 degrees. Into the middle 50s on saturday. Dry for most of the day saturday. A chance of scattered showers late in the day, but not everybodys going to get them. Well get another blast of chilly air for sunday. The high. Even cold or monday. The chill will be with us on tuesday. Its back into the low 50s next wednesday and thursday. All right. Thank you. Eight minutes before 6 00. Well check the boulevard. By the way, jessica, did you see the picture of the workshop at santas place . Shes a crazy person. Shes so efficient that will get tweeted out. Santas workshop at her house. Shes just looking for a range rover. I didnt see one, by the way. You can even get me the cheaper one. Its fine. Looking at the boulevard at the schuylkill expressway, southbound earlier seeing backups and delays here. Theres roadwork on the ramp to the schuylkill expressway westbound from the boulevard. It was starting to really back up. I think they were clearing it out of the way. They closed it for a second which caused huge backups. Im not seeing it here anymore. Closer to the ramp, we might see more. I can see some of its clearing. West potts grove, watch for a disabled vehicle at west high at center street. Watching that accident investigation in Washington Township. On the black horse pike, northbound now still blocked, so youll be detoured around the scene. Ill have updates in about ten minute minutes. Tomorrow, taking the morning show on the road. So many people are giving us feedback and telling us why they watch. The news is accurate, the weather is accurate. I love the way they go into they i watch nbc10 forno carrierr made that helped prove her case. And nbc10 is giving you ten days to win. Each night at 11 00, well tell you hour word of the day. And then go to nbc10. Com and look for the contest on our home page. Enter the word of the day, and you could win 500. The countdown to thanksgiving is on. Just days away. A farm is helping with a giveaway. In west oak lane, the congregation is making sure dozens have a great meal on thanksgiving. Is that right, matt . Reporter thats right. We are at the dare to imagine church. Just behind me, they are getting ready to help out with these turkeys and having a little prayer session. Weve got 30 to 40 people at the church. They woke up ermy to help those in need up early to help those in need. 100 are here and another 100 are coming from jindal farms. We got a look at their operation yesterday. Its about getting everyone ready for thanksgiving. In the next hour, the real work begins. Heading to the parking lot, turkeys will be unloaded. Live at west oak lane, nbc10 news. Back to you. The annual wmgk turkey drop will begin in a minute or so in front of the kimmel center. You can drop off turkey there or at giant foods. It will go to city team philadelphia, then to families, shelters, and food banks. One lucky turkey will get a president ial pardon. These guys, thats drumstick and wishbone. One will meet the president and receive the pardon. The also will avoid the dinner table. Both enjoyed a day of special treatment at a fancy dheetsds fancy d. C. Hotel yesterday. Enjoyed the hotel. Now to the story were following at 6 00 killed behind the wheel. Developing overnight, police are searching for a person who stabbed a man to death in a running car in a strip mall parking lot. Rescued from the flames. New video shows firefighters pulling Senior Citizens to safety as new information emerges about the infernos devastation. Thanksgiving rush. This is the busiest travel time of year. Nbc10 is helping you get where youre going with as little headache as possible. Weve got you covered. 6 00 a. M. , good morning. This is nbc10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im via sikahema. Exactly 6 00. Lets get right to meteorologist bill henley and the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Philadelphia, the warm spot in the Delaware Valley . By a long shot. 42. Lots of neighborhoods in the low 30s to start with. Most of the region in the 30s with a couple of exceptions. The Lehigh Valley, 27. Completely clear in easton. The other key along with dry air is the winds which are calm. Thats why its really cooled down in easton. 47 at 8 00. 50s at 11 00 this morning. Theres a light breeze blowing in jersey, the suburbs, and philadelphia, too. Once we get the sunshine and winds that increase, that will