Now. Several inches are expected to fall between now and the time rush hour is over. That could create trouble for people trying to get home. Good morning. Im erin coleman. The First Alert Weather Team issued a first alert for cold and snow that could impact the evening rush. Here is a live look at cape may. The steadiest snow and one of the spots with the highest totals, we have team weather coverage. Glenn hurricane schwartz has the most accurate forecast. It is a strange kind of system. I hesitate to call it a storm. One of the first places that well see it is in wilmington, delaware. We have a slip apery afternoon rush. The entire area effected but the least impact in lehigh valley. From 1 00 to 7 00 p. M. And 1 to 3 inches across the area and the cold ground equals slippery roads and just at the wrong time for much of the area. Two hours ago this was nothing. Now this area is starting to expand. The snow is not reaching the ground yet in these areas. As you can see, things are changing. This is a live radar. Some coming into Chester County. It is an indication of some of those places that are likely to see it snow first. This is a tiny area of low pressure. It will be along the coast and create that area of snow. It will be small. It will be fast moving. It will be gone by this evening but the timing, again, thats the problem. Here it comes. By 1 00 much of the area covered. Maybe an irk shoe of mixing right at the beaches. Dovg it ends from west to east. The temperatures are way below freezing across most of the area except for some of the southern shore regions. So with the cold roads that snow has a better chance of sticking. Steve will be keeping an eye on where that snow is falling first. Thats right. We have an arsenal of tools we use here. One is the camera. That is valuable to you and to me. We are looking out at lancaster county. The white returned there. Cameras are not showing anything going on. It means its snowing up in the cloud layer but its not reaching the ground yet. Well be looking out for you later on today as the snow begins to develop. Getting in on the action probably after 1 00 or 2 00 this afternoon. Finally, you really need to have the nbc 10 app. The reason why, well have push alerts so we can give you information on early dismissals and also road conditions. Very important to have that with you as you go through the day. Coming back in the next half hour well talk about the lehigh valley. Crews are preparing for this afternoon rush already, randy. Yeah. We will likely have snow on the ground during the postwork rush. It is all clear right now. They say they will have a couple hundred plow and salt trucks on the road ready to go. They do say we have had a couple of snowfalls. There is quite a bit of residual salt on those roadways. A lot of that should keep it from freezing. T the commute will be tricky. We have had a lot of snow. A great news for taxi and uber drivers. It is risky to drive on the snow because its slippery. Business is good. Reporter a lot of people calling uber . Yes. The price will be double or triple. Reporter might be an expensive uber ride. Three accumulating snowfalls during the week. The next one here in the next couple of hours. Quite the contrast from last winter already. Nbc 10 news. And we will be keeping a close eye on the roads really all day long. Lets check in with katy zachary. Yeah. Things are looking good on the road. Nothing major. The one thing we are following, there is a slow moving maintenance vehicle on i95 southbound. It is not in the area. It was north of this when i left. I thought it might perfectly work out where it was slowly creeping into our shot. Be aware of that. Slow moving maintenance vehicle. It was about 20 minutes or so ago. The two left lanes are blocked. Youll want to work your way around that. We we do have delays. 76 eastbound as you go between the pennsylvania turnpike and towards center city philadelphia, thats a 20 minute drive. Average speeds in the 50s there. Blue route is looking good as well. A final check outside. This is new jersey route 42. Thinks are looking good. Well take a look at the drive times headed north towards philadelphia. You can track the snow all afternoon. It is a free download. You can use it to get the latest forecast and see the live radar for your neighborhood. New this morning we are learning the details of a grand jury report into hazing and excess iive drinking at penn ste university. The District Attorney started outlining the findings from the grand jury. They found hazing was going on for a minimum of several semeste semesters. They found it was not unique. He died in february after drinking a large amount of alcohol. He fell his hit his head during what they say was a hazing ritual. State lawmakers strejtenned the law to provide justice that is more severe in cases like this case. The squjury recommending strong penalties. The defense Attorney Says in past years students didnt fear getting into trouble for hazing. So that is what the grand jury learned. Thats how we got here. Thats how everyone has become so bold because theres no consequences for this behavior. They were banned in march saying they found pattern of hazing and drug abuse. If you would like to read more go to nbc10. Com. We have the entire 236 page report posted there for you. The eagles can wrap up a first round buy by beating the giants on sunday. Of course the birds will have to do it with nick at quarterback. Wentz is out for the rest of the season. Here is what the coach had to say. The guys have responded great around nick. He jumped in and commanded the huddle. He is a veteran player. He has played with these guys before. He understands. He knows. Hes smart. He studies. Hes prepared. The guys have done a nice job around him. Here is jason kelsey taking out his frustrations on a recycling bin. Later he said he was not proud of his outburst. His teammates did poke some fun. Long tweeted Memorial Service for the trash can be will be held next thursday. You can count on nbc 10 as we lead into game day. Happening now a line of toyota tundras are making their way through for a good cause. Delivering more than 350,000 poundsov of food. It will go to families in need across the greater philadelphia area. The convoy of 75 trucks is expected to arrive at Citizens Bank truck to deliver the items within the hour. The gop push to pass a tax overhaul hits a snag. The Republican Leadership says he is not going to support the bill in its current form. Find out when prince harry will tie the knot. Snow is just developing on radar. Well tell you how much youll get before it is over. First alert radar will soon be tracking snow. It is because of a system that will make the commute home a bit of a mess. The shore will be one of the last places to actually see the snow. You could get the highest totals. A live look from the campus camera. People leaving work may want to leave a little early if they can. Well get the full forecast from glenn hurricane schwartz in just a few minutes. Lets check in with rosemarednerosemary. The roads could get slick. Reporter absolutely. We are here for an event between the tristate toyota dealers. You can see Citizens Bank park has started to put salt down to make sure employees dont have any problems later on today. Organizers say that are grateful Mother Nature is holding off on this weather. The issue will be the afternoon and evening commute. It is already a nightmare in south philadelphia on a friday. Add slippery conditions out there. It could be a real mess. Nbc 10 news. We will be keeping our eye own it. Thank you. Rubio is coming out against the republican tax bill. Will it tderail trumps first ledgislative triumph . Reporter this morning the republican race for tax reform is hitting a roadblock. Rubio says he will vote against unless it is expanded. The total credit is 2,000. Rubio argues the amount needs to be higher. Unless they are figure out a way to add i wont support the bill. Trump insists rubio will eventually get the yes. He is very supportive. I think rubio will be there. We are doing very well. Mike lee is also concerned about the Child Tax Credit and undecided on the bill according to the spokesman. Republicans can only afford to lose two votes. Bob corker is already a likely no vote, concerned the bill will drive up the deficit. 80yearold corcoran who missed votes and mccain battliing brai canc cancer and now hospitalized. His close friend spriediprovidi update. He has had a heck of a senate schedule. I hope hell take some time for rehabilitation and come back and participate in a way only mccain can participate. Reporting the spoker is considering retiring after next years midterm election. Ryan saying he is not going any where. Youre not quitting any time soon . No. Hommoments ago president tru wrapped up a speech. He told the graduates it is an incredible honor to stand with them and told them they have a true and loyal friend in him while she is in the white house. I want you to know that with me as your prosecute youll have a true friend and champion in the white house, more loyal than anyone else can be. The president did not mention former fbi director james comey. Before he arrived at the graduation he told reporters we are going to rebuild the fbi. Three, two, one and liftoff. The rocket launched from Cape Canaveral a short time ago. It will deliver equipment for upcoming expeer experiments on space station. Prince harry and markel will confirm the ceremony will take place may 19th. Prince harry met the american actress through a mutual friend in 2016. Well, the timing and road temperatures are the reason we decided to put the first alert out. 1 00 to 7 00 p. M. The snow 1 to 3 inches, cold cold ground means that the snow sticks when it falls. Thats part of the problem. 28 degrees now in philadelphia. We are only in the low to mid20s elsewhere. It is 22 in allentown right now. At the shore thats where the biggest uncertainty is as far as im concerned partly because the temperature is 44 degrees. It is 31 stone harbor. As the snow starts the temperature will drop some. If we get any wind off of the ocean it will try to keep the temperature back up closer to freezing. You can see the snow just developing. It was nowhere a couple of hours ago. It is starting to hit the ground in western maryland. This part of it is not. These little fingers of moisture, thats just the beginning. Again again, we are not really calling it a storm. Look at what we have here. A little low pressure here. Thats about it. It will zip on out of here. If it wasnt so cold it wouldnt be a big deal at all. Here we are at 11 00 a. M. Futurecast. You can see the computer models showing the snow advancing as we go into early afternoon. So its just starting at 1 00 or 2 00 but its quickly getting heavier. You combine it with lower temperatures and areas in dlaarr blues you have accumulating snow. You mixture towards cape may beaches. Eventually the colder air will come back and they will get more snow and accumulate by 6 00 it is all over with for all of the western suburbs. How much snow . The latest models showing average of 1 to 3 inches. It will be inland from the shore between there and the philadelphia area. We are not talking about anybody getting pounded with heavy snow. Not expecting precipitation. It is into the mid30s and not too windy either. The weekend overall is looking dry. A chance of showers by later sunday night but that is the earliest any other precipitation would be expected. 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Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness around the world. We show you how people are getting ready for the snow on the bway. Reporter it is storming overhead just in time for the evening rush, who says this snow is great for business. And if youre planning to order Holiday Gifts online today is the perfect day to do it. Well tell you how to take advantage of Free Shipping. Hey, girlfriend. Hows your cafe au lait . Oh, its actually. squeaking of balloon its ver. squeaking im being so serious right now. I really want to know how your coffee is. Its. squeaking of balloon, laughing i had a second balloon goodbye oof, that milk in your coffee was messing with you, wasnt it . Yeah, it happens to more people than you think. Try lactaid, its real milk, without that annoying lactose. Mmm. Good, right . Yeah. Lactaid. Its the milk that doesnt mess with you. And now, try our real sour cream. Its delicious. A live look at the museum of art in philadelphia. We are tracking snow right now. A short time from now those steps will get another layer of glaze and so will the roads. That means a messy evening commute tonight. We begin with glenn hurricane schwartz. Yeah. We hesitate to even call this storm. Its a nuisance kind of thing. We have the times thats bad for your afternoon rush and we have the temperatures that are bad. The roads are cold. Very often we have snow that melts when its this light. The entire area effected, the lowest impact in lehigh valley. 1 00 p. M. To 7 00 p. M. In general. 1 to 3 inches in general but cold ground equals the slippery conditions on the roads especially bridges and overpasses. Look at this. Three hours ago there was nothing on the radar. It is expanding. It is intensifying. Some is starting to stick in western maryland. This part is not reaching the ground yet. It is an indication that these computer models are right, that the area will continue to expand and the darker blues indicate the heavier snow. You can see you much heavier it is at 3 30 than it is at 1 30. Thats just as the afternoon rush is getting started. It stays cold. It moves offshore. It is a brief thing. It is not going to last long but it is certainly going to make slippery conditions. Steve continues to monitor all of the cameras and well get to show you where that snow is going to hit first. Thats right. We are looking at that band blowing up from west to east. It is encroaching on areas like the lehigh valley. You have the fuzzy gray sky here. Up in the cloud level. It is snowing. That fuzzy appearance snowing at the cloud layer. It is moving slower than normal. We do have delays at the airport. It is due to snow and ice that will be kicking in here over the next couple hours. A delay if youre heading towards the newark area. I can only imagine it getting worse. It is a friday. Glenn will show you the timing of the snow and changes in delaware beaches. Some noteworthy changes at that. Nbc 10s tim furlong has a look at preparations. Reporter yeah. It feels like it is going to snow. It is on its way. You can see the roads are dry now. You cant really see there is a remnant of salt on the roads. Thats a good thing. They Vice President hhavent ha to prepare for this. They have their full staff in today. They have all of the trucks ready. The roads are salted from the last coupleov of days. The timing is really tricky. A lot of schools are getting out early. The earlier you can get home the better. That is the story from delaware. Well be here all day waiting for the snow to fall. Ill let you know how it will effect you where ever you need to go. We are live, nbc 10 news. Crews are preparing to deal with the snow during this evenings rush hour. We have details about their plans. Reporter yeah. Much of the same information. They say roads should be fine, a little slippery maybe. It should help to keep things from freezing as much as possible. They are not going to be pretreating the pavement. All of that salt should be helping out. They are wrniarning that they w be slow going. Guess who this is good news for . We caught up with uber and taxi drivers. I like it when the snow is falling and im working. Reporter we have had three accumulating snowfalls in seven days. Saturday during the Army Navy Game and the midweek snow and this one that is coming. Im randy, words wonbc 10 news. Thank you. Lets check back in with katy zachary. No major issues to report. Kind of the calm before this occurrence later today. This is 76 at belmont avenue. This is headed towards the blue route. We have seeing volume stacking up. It is about a 25 minute ride. You have an extra seven minutes there if youre headed twooowar the blue route. I want to talk about construction that might be slowing you along the hen i have avenue area. The right lane is closed because of a longterm construction project that will be out there through next week. It could tie you up a little bit. I wanted to show you a broader look. It shows you the westbound traffic thats stacking a bit. We are seeing 24 Miles Per Hour at your slowest as youre headed southbound. Then the vine street expressway right before you meet up with 76. So slow going in our area. Nothing major to report. It means a lot of people are heading home heeding our warning before that starts falling. Thank you. You can track the snow all afternoon with the nbc 10 mobile app. It is a free download. You can use it to get the latest forecast and see the live radar for your neighborhood. This morning United NationsSecurity Council talking about how to deal with north korea and the escalating nuclear tests. Tillerson said the u. S. Will not allow north korea to hold the world hostage. He says the country and the u. N. Must keep pressure on the north korean regime. Intelligence officials monitor the regime closely for changes in behavior or in its make up that would impact the stability of it. They said they believe kim jong un was undergoing an audit. It would be the first time it happened in north korea in 20 years. A top aid to kim who had accompanied him to many of the recent weapons test site is believed to be among those being punished. On lists of officials his name has moved down below others. In the art of decoding this would mean something. Kim has zero tolerance for aids who challenge his authority. He had his own uncle executed though he was widely believed to be his number two. There is also speculation about aid only to have them show up at events. At this time of high tension it adds to the confusion other whats happening in north korea. Back to you. It because cold frosty evening last night. It was perfect to get a warm wi welcome home. They returned to the site of familiar faces that melted their harlt as they stepped off the plane. Im packing up here and heading down there to reside permanently. That is april who runs the group the land and Heart Project which provides relief to farmers t on the island. 37 of people still dont have Running Water there and 7 have no power. It is Free Shipping day for nearly 1,000 online retailers among the more than 900 participating are target, macys and old naifr i havy. Food drive underway in south philadelphia. They may have to rush to get it done before the snow starts falling. Reporter they have been keeping a close eye on the weather but fortunately the don v convoy is arriving now. Well show you the effort to feed thousands of people many philadelphia next. We are tracking the snow and well tell you whether it is going to melt this weekend. A f alert into this evening because of a system that will likely make the commute home a bit of a mess. This is another live look for you. The shore will be one of the last places to see the snow. It could get the highest totals. Well keep an eye on it. Some of the side already tough toav last weekend and this ds could get even worse today. Glenn hurricane schwartz will be along in a few minutes with your full forecast. This morning a convoy of dozens of trucks is bringing a much needed food donation. It will go to families in need in the area. We have been watching the line of dtundras leave. We are live now where donations are starting to arrive ligright now. Reporter yeah. It just got here within the past few moments. You can see them off in the distance. You can see the forklifts readiment they will ready. Earlier this morning i spoke to the president of the toyota dealers association. She is amazing by the support of the dpcommunity. We started out with a couple of trucks and a few pounds of food. We have 350,000 poundsov of foo. Making the trek to Citizens Bank park the annual food drive will produce 350,000 meals between now and the spring. Out of all of the events and endeavors why this . Because it touches to many people. It goes across racial lines, gender lines, goes across state lines. I think people are surprised when they find one of their neighbors is suffering from hunger. Reporter the need is 365 days a year. I dont care whether you do it at christmas or in june youll feel good doing it. Reporter we have been hearing quite a few cheers here as the convoy of trucks have made its way here well stay here as they load the trucks. These meals will be made over a lot of donations will go to holiday meals people in nbc 10news. And eakingov of helpi theng hungry thousandsover pouthousands of poundsov of food a year. Megan is the founder which helps collect surplus food from rest rau restaurants and deliver it to people in need. Tell us about your app. Yeah. We take extra food and donate that to local shelters. It is easy to schedule a food pickup. We make sure that food gets to where it needs to go. They will say i have a lot of extra cabbage or whatever it is. Yeah. You can say i have three trays of pasta that we didnt serve or three bags of produce that we just had extra. You schedule a pickup and we match it to the shelter that can take that food and store it and everything like that and get it where it needs to go. How did you come up with the i work in philadelphia and i would take the subway. I would see a lot of people hungry and a lot of restaurants throwing food out. I would take some of that food and deliver it. I built out some of the technology and processes and it kind of evolved. And talk about your partnership and how you kind of incorporated this into our business model. Yeah. It makes prepackaged meals from skrech r scratch every day. They are all gluten free. It is already in a container ready to roll for you. So we pull from our shelves the day prooior to expiration date. We want being socially responsible to not be competing but rather to be ideas that work together. Food connect has been able to provide us with that ability. We put it in our app. They arrive and they bring it to their recipients. Instead of it going not trash, right . Exactly. So how can somebody get involved . Just as a community saying hey, do you droe nate your ek that food . It comes down to reaching for the phone. It can have a massive impact. It has a ripple effect. It is amazing when people do that. The kitchen has been amazing at doing that. People know when we have extra food we put it in this section of the freezer. At the end of the day we schedule a pickup. Thank you for what youre doing. Thank you. If you would like to learn more click our mobile app and search for find it on 10. Normally when you get snow threats in december the temperature is above freezing and the snow melts. This is a different story. It is cold, 28 degrees. Theres not much wind any where in the area ch the in the ar area. The warm spot is at 30. So even the city is going to stay pretty much below freezing. It has been for the last couple of days. So the untreated surfaces, youll see that snow stick. Marshal t marshalton at 28. Farther to the south getting wind off the ocean. It is well up into the 30s. Some of these areas may not have had problem this afternoon because the temperature listen warm enough. You could see the increase in snow on the radar. More and more of it in maryland. Some of the first places to get it in our area is in Chester County and new castle county. You can see we dont have any kind of big system thats headed this bay. This way. The futurecast shows the increase in the snow over the next couple of hours with some mixture issues at jersey shore in southern delaware. Then sheer the afterno and then here is the afternoon rush. Getting some accumulating snow while its already tapering off in burkes county and lehigh valley. It is over with across the area except for jersey shore. The next 1 to 3 inches is in south jersey. So here at 1 00 its not snowing. 9 00 its clear. 5 00 its rush hour. Lehigh valley, same thing. Delaware, new jersey, jersey shore. We are drying out tonight but it will be cold again. Anything this afternoon is going to melt. Over the weekend it is looking dry. We have refreezing at night. Well be right back. A jury recommends a ser ri of series at the school. He died after a hazing ritual. The report called on law makers to pass stronger laws. His parents thanked the grand jury for their work and endorsing those recommendations. Time for one more check on your forecast. We have sflonow. Yes. It will gradually work its way down to the ground. The ground is cold so it will stick on untreated surfaces. It is only a few hours worth. We have a dry weekend, some melting over afternoon and refreezing at night. Temperatures 50 or above. Showers tuesday and even friday into the 50s. By next weekend we are talking about Christmas Eve by next sunday. We may be seeing some more wet weather. It is coming. Thanks for watching. For glenn hurricane schwartz and all of us here see you at 4 00. [holiday music playing] steve tripp. Got a minute . Tripp yeah, whats up . Steve kayla and i had it out with kate. Tripp about what i told you . I thought you said youd keep quiet. Steve look, i had to tell kayla, but then she took matters into her own hands. Tripp what happened . Steve we told kate that we know she was the one who sent theo to that warehouse, and she said if we go to the police tripp shed tell them that she was covering up for what i did at the hospital. Steve she said shed have kayla fired and shed see to it that you went to jail. Tripp i hate this. She sent that poor kid t