Through. They might be starting to let police through the area. Theyre moving this right now. Westbound should be open at least by the time youre heading out the door. Watching this now, cars are moving through. No residual delay. Eastbound back open, too. Watching middletown, delaware, for construction. Route 1 northbound between pole bridge road and route 13 is supposed to be closed until 5 00 a. M. Watch for the clearing now. Route 1 southbound between pole bridge and route 13 is supposed to be there with lanes lost until 7 00 a. M. Well keep our eyes on that, have updates on this and the schuylkill expressway and 95 when i come back. Thanks. We have breaking news to tell you about in philadelphias olney section. Two children ages 12 and 13 are in the hospital after police say they crashed a stolen car into a pole. This is new video from the intersection of front street and olney avenue, just into the newsroom where the crash happened. It took place around 3 45 this morning. Conditions of those kids involved. Well bring you an update as soon as we get it. And police in bucks counties are looking for a hitandrun driver. They say the driver hit a man on street road in trevos around 8 00 last night. The driver got out, took a look, got in and drove off. He was in a late 90s ford pickup. Maroon and tan in color or gray, police tell us. They need information on this from the public. They do believe it had a ladder on a rack. We are still trying to learn how badly the victim is hurt. 5 02. New, a woman living illegally in a house in camden is in the hospital in critical condition. Police say the woman suffered severe burns when the house she was sleeping in caught fire last night along berkeley street. Meantime, firefighters in Delaware County spent the better part of three hours last night putting out a fire at a home in Upper Providence township. We saw smoke pouring from the front of the house along hunt club lane. Firefighters cut holes in the roof to stop the flames prosecute spreading further. No one from spreading further. No one was hurt. Police are looking for an attacker who beat and robbed a blind man in Delaware County. Nbc10 was there as investigators in upper darby gathered new Surveillance Video on glendale road. Investigators tell us the video shows a man in a hooded sweatshirt knocking the legally blind 75yearold to the ground, then assaulting and robbing him. The attack happened on sunday just blocks from the 69th street transportation center. The victim spoke by phone exclusively to nbc10 from his hospital bed. [ inaudible ] i went down hard. Who would pick on a blind man . Lord what this world is coming to. Predator, this scumbag, beat someone and robbed someone. Hopefully somebody can help us, and we can get this guy. The victim is recovering from surgery for a broken leg. He actually has recovered from a cancer diagnosis in order to stay healthy. Happening today, the man accused of killing a young father in an applebees in Mercer County faces a judge for a detention hearing. Noel powell iii walked into the restaurant earlier this month and shot devin smith, sitting at the bar by himself, and killed him. Investigators do not have a motive. It is unclear if the two kbooe kn knew each other. Philadelphia Police Arrested the father and grandmother of a 3yearold girl who shot herself over the weekend. Terrence williams and Barbara Mcgill are each charged with reckless endangerment. Williams is also charged with tampering with said since she didnt initially tell police how the little girl was shot or how she got the gun. Williams told detectives that he was running late yesterday afternoon. He asked his mom to lock up his gun. Instead, the grandmother fell asleep, thats when the girl in the thigh. Surgeons at c. H. O. P. Are hoping to save her leg. A close call, this video from ocean county. Video shows a Police Officer for Manchester Township diving out of the way of a passing car. The officer had stopped to help a driver who hit a deer. As the officer was walking back, he had to dive and roll to avoid the car that came close to hitting him. Police issued that driver a citation. Reverend al sharpton says that jailed Rapper Meek Mill is a somebody of americas broken criminal justice system. Late yesterday he visited the rapper at a prison in chester. He says that mill represents thousands of people who have been victimized by what he calls an abusivive probation and parole system. Sharpton called on the judge to release mill or step aside from the case. You are exposing a ruthlessness in the system. Does she want to go down as the type of person that would do that . Meek mill was sentenced to two to four years in prison for a probation violation. Critics called the sentence extreme. The judge says the rapper ignored the rules of his probation. Christmas trees and lights are coming to life across our area including a special tree in montgomery county. I served as emcee last nite hospital where they flipped the switch on the massive christmas tree. The tree of life features hundreds of lights. Eve of the lights represents someone being honored or memorialized by someone who helped the community. This is a tradition now in its 30th year. On friday night, join nbc10 at the blue cross river rink on p penns landing for the lighting. We were there last year. This year the morning team will be there again. If you cant make it in person, watch it live on nbc10 starting at 7 00. Watch nbc10 wednesday night for another holiday tradition. Nbc10 will light the famous tree at rockefeller center. Coverage of the festivities starts tomorrow at 8 00. And new this morning, our first look at the white house transformed into a Winter Wonderland at night. The theme of the decoration this year is time honored traditions. The declarations include 53 christmas trees, 71 christmas wreaths, more than 12,000 ornaments, and 200pound ginger bread reproduction a 200pound gingerbread reproduction of the white house. Im meteorologist bill henley. 5 07. Heading out now, a cold morning. Colder than yesterday. Thats a live view of boathouse row. Not much wind. Were getting a mirror image this morning. The wind is why its colder this morning. Lots of sunshine. And with a little wind, a quick warmup. It turns milder during the day today. Then clear this evening, though it wont be as cold. A pretty nice next 24 hours. Possibly 36 hours. Another warm one tomorrow. You may have noticed that with the seven day at the bottom of the screen. Its not warm this morning. Youll have to bundle up if youre heading out now. The Lehigh Valley, suburbs, many neighborhoods in the 20s to start with. 29 now in south jersey. The numbers are also falling in philadelphia and delaware, too. The afternoon temperatures will be well in the 50s to near 60. Not seeing that at all. Atglen, 29. Unionville, 29. Below freezing in exton. Malvern and elroy, bedminster at 30 to start with. With nisunshine, a few clouds, beautiful fall weather day. And another nice one tomorrow, too. The thin clouds will be out of the picture. The warmup will be quick. 30s for philadelphia. The neighborhood planner showing 50s at 11 00 and then near 60 degrees at 3 00. Then 30s this morning to the mid to upper 50s in the afternoon. As the sun comes up, winds light at 11 00. 55 this afternoon. Delaware, a colder start. 50s for later in the morning and most of the afternoon. I expect it will peak around the 60degree mark in delaware. New jersey, youll feel the lighter winds than yesterday. Youll feel the cold only first thing morning. By later in the morning, sunshine and 53 degrees. The temperatures climbing to near 60 in the afternoon. A beautiful warmup also for the jersey shore. Its not going to last for the weekend. Breaking news. Hey Colder Weather ahead for the weekend. Ill look at the weekend forecast when im back in ten minutes. That got our attention. Yeah. 5 09. Well check the vine street expressway. Jessica boyington is standing by with that. Have things cleared, has it opened up . Tell us her. Yeah. The vine street expressway is good. Watching at 8th street, the westbound side moving by the schuylkill. The schuylkill construction has cleared for most part. There might still be construction vehicles in the area. The lanes are open. Thats whats important. Here, eastbound moving toward 95, were not seeing any problems. Speaking of 95, once you get there, youll havent a problem either. 12 minutes southbound from woodhaven to the vine. Same for the northbound side. Heading up toward the northeast philadelphia area. A 13minute trip. Speeds also into the 60s. And watch for the clearing of this construction out in bucks county on street road between plum bridge road and durham road. Its supposed to be there until 5 00. Watch for residual delays or construction vehicles in the area. Watching that and well end with mass transit. Everything on or close to schedule so far for amtrak, septa, new jersey transit, and patco. Ahead. Royal engagement fever. Can i give you the ring . Shes like, oh, yes, the ring. So cute. The couple is celebrating their big announcement. How people in our area are commemorating the history moments. Plus, behind the bling. The heartwarming Family Tradition to go along with the royal engagement ring. And getting wiped off the map. Why the state of new jersey is spending millions to get rid of these homes. Homes dotting the delaware bay are being wiped off the map. Its part of a plan. Heavy machinery is demolishing houses in places like lawrence township, cumberland county. The state bought two dozen homes through a program that purchases houses plagued by flooding in that area. So far crews have taken down more than 500 properties statewide. Kate and mike nelson of bay point told us they will not sell. We lost a lot of friends and acquaintan acquaintances. It was hard when they sold. The money doesnt mean as much as being here all these years. The Buyout Program offers homeowners a presuperstorm sandy price while saving new jersey the time and cost of continually rebuilding damaged properties. 5 15. 35 degrees outside. The latest royal romance has everyone buzzing. Were getting details from prince harry and Meghan Markle about how he proposed. Prince harry got down on one knee. They called it just a typical night at the couples cottage. Roasting chicken. Roasting chicken. Classic. For the First Time Since the engageme engagement, they talked about the magical night and her quick response. It was so sweet and natural and row map ti romantic. He got on one knee. Of course. I said, can i say yes . She barely let me finish. I was like, can i give you the ring . She says, oh, yes, the ring. I practiced this. Let me finish it. Exactly. I bet he did. The Royal Wedding is planned for the spring. The owner of a british pub in northern delaware says he never thought hed see the day that a royal would be able to marry a divorced american. Knighted. The british people and monarchy have opened up. Hes allowed to do it. The queen has given her blessing. The owner of stoneys british pub even poured pints to celebrate the happy couple yesterday. Lots of people want to know about the ring. Prince harry designed it for meghan. The Center Diamond is from botswana. The couple spent time there together. The two flanking diamonds belonged to harrys mother, princess diana. And Meghan Markle will join a handful of american women who have become royalty. We have the full list on the nbc10 app. One of the most notable is philadelphias own grace kelley. The famed actress became princess of monaco after marrying prince rainier iii. Even torre smith is joking that carson wentz and prince harry might be the same person. He said on twitter hes never seen them at the sas place at this same time same place at the same time. Might be on to something there. Well get jess to weigh in. Shes not a royal man. No. By that they mean im the biggest royal fan that ever lived. Well get to the roads. 78 in the Lehigh Valley around lehigh street. Both directions okay. Eastbound and westbound. Not seeing problems, but construction on the westbound side. The ramp to norristown has a construction project. Watching the 42 freeway in new jersey, a fourminute trip northbound from 55 to the walt whitman bridge. Speeds still into the 60s in both directions. And ill end in morristown. In jersey, route 38 at nixon drive. No problems. Both directions are clear and dry. Eastbound and westbound, no problems. Back to you. Thank you. It is about 20 minutes after 5 00. And cool outside but getting milder. Bill is talking about a nice warmup, but chilly later on. Well focus on that, bill. Yeah. Cold outside now, but we will see temperatures take off. Our skies are clear. Once the sun is up at 7 00, going to be sunshine all day long. This is a live view from here at the nbc10 studios. Look at the numbers. 20s for many neighborhoods in the Lehigh Valley. The suburbs. Delawares at 38. South jersey is at 30. Even though its above freezing at philadelphia international, right at freezing for chestnut hill. A degree above for parkside. Society hill, penns port, graduate hospital. Bustleton, northeast philadelphia airport, clear skies allowing with light winds to let winds calm down. The temperature still has plenty of time to come down. Another hour and 41 minutes before we get that sunshine. We will see a few thin clouds. No wet weather. Clouds moving out. Mostly sunny day. More sunshine for tomorrow. Look how nice and clear it is in the midwest and the Lehigh Valley. Clouds moving through, those will miss us. But this storm in the pacific northwest, thats a nice storm there. Thats going to give us a chance of showers at the end of the workweek. Come thursday night and into friday. A chance coming into philadelphia and reading, dover, too. Theres a chance that well see a few showers late saturday and into sunday. Its not a big threat for any part of our area in the coming days. The weekend looking mainly dry. 50s for philadelphia. New jersey, 54. Up to 51 for the shore. Might get that shore shower late saturday night and early sunday. During the day on sunday, sunshine is back. Look at that nice warmup for the jersey shore and delaware. Near 50 degrees for the suburbs and the Lehigh Valley, too. Will we get more wet weather or mild weather next week . Ive got the answer with the ten day on 10 in the next half hour. Well want to hear that. Thank you. Price spike at the pump. Why experts say gas prices are high this holiday season. And cyber monday has come and gone. Did it live up to the hype . The numbers are in. Were reporting on whether it met the expectations. And a principal finds himself hung up after students meet a huge fundraising goal. If youve been driving back and forth to the mall searching for deals, you know the gas pump is not the place for bargains now. Gas prices across the tristate area are at the highest levels in nearly two years. In philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, youre paying about 2. 75 a gallon. In new jersey, 2. 50. In delaware, that same gallon costs you about 2. 44. Aaa says the price hike is because of strong driving demand and lower supplies. I complain every time i come. Did you notice it at the pump . A little bit. Its gone up. Luckily i dont have to drive too much for work. Experts say current prices are about 40 cents higher than this time last year. Prices should start to drop as driving demand decreases during the winter. New this morning, the show will go on for the boss. Bruce springsteens broadway show is adding performances now through the end of june. It was supposed to end its successful run at the end of friday. It will keep going on since opening tickets have sold out. Fans can still try for a chance to buy tickets for new shows through a digital lottery system. 5 24. Living up to the hype. Studies predict this years cyber monday sales to be the best ever. Experts say the day met expectations. Lets find out more from landon dowdy in the cnbc business news. Good morning. Reporter hi there, good morning. Shoppers continued to spend on cyber monday. Adobe analytics says sales rose 17 to nearly 6. 6 million. The best day ever since cyber monday was created in 2005. Retail websites shopping rose 12 . Smart iphones and tablets accounted for about half of all visits. Total holiday seams projected to top 100 billion for the first time this year. And talk about starbucks, doing something new this holiday season. Reporter starbucks is rolling out a second holiday cup today. The first time its done it in the same season. The revamped version of the white cup features a white heart framed by two hands coming together. Starbucks is encouraging customers to write the name of someone who does good deeds this season. The cup was launched on the same day. A quick check of markets. Wall street could be set to open slightly higher this morning. Stocks ended mostly lower yesterday, though. Although the dow did eke out a small gain. Today estimates predicted on home prices and consumer confidence. Back to you. Thank you. Behind the wheel, a driver hit a pedestrian and left the person for dead. Now the furious search to get that driver off the street. And giving back. After a weekendlong shopathon, today is dedicated to paying it forward. Coming up, how to get involved. Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars to those in need. Left for dead. A driver didnt turn back after hitting someone and leaving them on the side of the road. The search is on for the person behind the wheel. They call her pocahontas. Fresh firestorm as the president prepares to pitch his tax reform plan today. Hes facing backlash for calling a senator pocahontas at an event honoring native americans. Time to give back. From black friday buying to cyber monday spending to giving tuesday. The national and local movement thats urging you to pay it forward. A lot of people participating. 5 30, good morning. Welcome to nbc10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im katy zachry. Thanks for joining us. Meteorologist bill henley is standing by with a chilly start to the morning, but wait for a few hours, and things will get milder. Right now, since weve been on the air at 4 00, weve watched neighborhoods drop