Were going to be seeing. And after that, we dont see any real change in the weather pattern for quite awhile. We are going to be seeing these temperatures continue to be low. Got up to 33. 28 in trenton and vineland. 25 in allentown. And back to the west, it is even colder. Its 17 in pittsburgh. Thats why we care about the temperature. Our air is coming from that direction as well. Feels like 16 in allentown. 18 in reading. 19 in lancaster. And the temperature drop continues for the next couple days. We got up to 61 on saturday. The average is 42. And by tomorrow temperature only 27. Its going to feel like the teens. Lets talk about the elements. We spent the day works outside in the cold for hours. Lauren mayk is at pens landing with how they coped in these conditions. When we met melvin working on the windows here in center city, hed been outside for about two hours. Its cold. Reporter his simple advice for keeping warm bundle up. Reporter with cold temperatures and brisk winds making it feel even colder, folks taking that advice. For some working outside, the chill could be especially hard to shake. In northeast philly, these workers tackle a water main break that tackle a big hole in the parking lot. Im expecting another to come in. Reporter jason already feels that when he stepped out the door. It was like, whoa, its really cold out here. Reporter cold also in center city. It can be a shivering wait for the bus. Its winter time. Reporter taking it in stride. Its fine with me. Better than snow. Reporter i am going to leave it to our team of first alert meteorologists to give us a heads up on what we need to know. I can tell you its good to deep moving in the cold. Thats what folks out here are doing. The closer you get to the fire over there, the more that chill is going to melt away. Download the free nbc 10 app to track the forecast for your neighborhood in the palm of your hand. Just tap the app. A ro b ri suspect is in Critical Condition after being shot by police at the end of a chase in west tphiladelphia. The suspect crashed into a parked car. He refused to cooperate and made movements toward his waistband. Police shot the suspect once in the chest. They say say they began chase ing him after he robbed a deli a few blocks away from the chase scene. A 20yearold man is facing reckless driving charges after he crash ed a stolen truck in atlantic city. This is video of the crashs aftermath. The driver jumped a curb and ran into this building and it caught fire. The driver was pulled from that wreckage and taken to the hospital. He is expected to be okay. Several People Living in the apartments on the second floor had to be evacuated. Nearly 10 Fire Companies were called in to battle a fire in philadelphias east neighborhood. The fire broke out just after 11 00 in a building that housed a restaurant and apartments. No one was hurt. A spectacular sight just in time for the new year. Take a look at that. A new 227foot high observation wheel opened on the boardwalk. Ted greenberg joins us live in city. This is really a bright spot for an area that needs it. You talked to the first passengers today. Reporter they were really excited and this giant attraction here at the pier took years to get off the ground. And for people the wheel represents a lot more than just a ride. When the steel piers new observation wheel made its longawaited debut today, what this man and the family were the first to take a spin. It looks amazing. I love this. Soaring 227 feet above the land mark, the wheel offers these views of the ocean, the city and beyond. The 14 million wheel features 40 enclosed continue las. Everything runs a little smoother when its a little warmer. We have to consider our health too. They are out here in freezing temperatures. The wheel helping to fuel high hopes for this end of the boardwalk hit hard by three casino closures. The old trump taj mahal is set to reopen as a hard rock casino next summer. Showboat operates as a hotel and at some point the former mega resort is also expected to come back to life. We think this is the icon for this end of the world. We think this is the beacon to bring everybody down. Reporter youre probably wondering how much does it cost. 15 a person for adults, 12 for ids under 12. And each ride lasts 15 minutes. So its pretty lengthy. Im ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. You got a chance to ride the wheel. What was it like . Reporter it was really fun. One thing we noticed was its a very smooth ride. Thats despite it being a windy day out here on the boardwalk and over the ocean. Its nice and warm inside. The views are spectacular. Good to know. And heated and airconditioned were words that resinated with me. President trump played golf today. He was on twitter when he slammed the fbi and its Russian Election investigation. President trump criticized the dossier that says was funded by the clinton camp and led to fbis Russian Election meddling probe. The president tweet iing they ud this crooked hillary pile of garbage as basis for going after the campaign. The president needs to back off, but republicans are coming to his defense. Republican leadership if they want to demonstrate any loyalty not to the president , but to the country and to our institution, needs to step up and say, stop it. Im very concerned that the doj and the fbi really want to call it deep state are off the rails. The president also predicting that democrats and republicans will eventually come together on a new health care plan. Its a change like we havent seen since world war ii. The military is making a crucial change to Retirement Plans that will impact more than a million Service Members. The decision they must make ahead at 5 00. And digging out. More than four feet of snowfall has shattered Pennsylvania State records. How people are struggling to get out. And Holiday Shopping rush. Breaking down the naughty and nice and how to make your trip to the mall a breeze if it you dont like your gifts. Thats next at 5 00. Its the day after christmas. You know what that means. Time to all the Unwanted Gifts. Shoers are packed at the stores returning and exchanging gifts. All those people are taking advantage of the deals. Reporter 100 right. I was here last trid. Today looks just as busy. Big crowds. A lot of those people say they are trying to take advantage of the discounts. Others looking to jews their holiday gift cards. Jenkins went back to the mall after spending all weekend shopping around. I didnt realize i had already purchase sod many things because i waited until the last minute. He waited in the return line for his 4yearold. I decided to return the cars. He has like a thousand cars already. Im going to take this back and exchange it for something more educational for him. Reporter he wont be alone. Im sure im going to see quite a few people out. Gift cards are the best. Reporter wendy ask her daughter headed to the mall to put their Christmas Gifts to use. They are taking advantage of the deals. We are looking for bargains. Shirt, pants, the usual. Reporter while the deals arent as good as last year they are just at 50 off. Ill come back in a few weeks when its at 75 off. Reporter not everyone done shopping around. Are you done are you going to look around . I want to. Were done. Reporter the National Retail federation estimates similar numbers this time around. Back to you. I love when i see 80 off. 5 billion pounds is the amount of Unwanted Gifts in landfills. And they are not cheap. It shows 380 billion worth of goods ind up in the trash chutes. Coming up, the things you should know before returning before you save time or energy. Today is is also the first day of kwanzaa. The celebration honors a different principle every day. Today is unity. Its in honor of kwanzaa. Were expecting to see traditional colors and thats how they are expected to remain. Can you feel it . If you have been outside, you can. The big chill is here. Layers coming down those slopes. Temperatures in the 30s. Lets find out where they are going to go. Not too many people outside today, butt ones that are, are bund. Led up. They have the gloves. Im going to have to find it. Thats stuff thats in the back of the closet. We havent experienced this for a long period of time. You think its cold today, this is the warmest day of the week. He knows. But let me first we have more. It is cold. And people are already kplabing about the cold. A week from now. I dont want to hear it. I told you it was coming. We were talking about this. I even for the winter forecast predicted that december was going to be the coldest month compared to normal and the snowiest month compared to normal. We may actually see a change in the pattern as we go for january and february. For those who dont like to hear about cold, think about the next two months not being quite as extreme. Because the next week will be. 31 degrees right now. Temperatures in the 20s in many other parts of the area as we are just going past sunset. So those temperatures, they are on the way down. The temperature is 40 degrees. We have a west wind here. That ocean is not going to be help i helping. Were going to see a land breeze the whole time. Its already cooling off in the inland areas. As the wind diminishes, its going to cool down even more. Lets see how cold it is to our west. 17 in pittsburgh. 4 in chicago. Below zero up near the canadian border. 20 to 30 to 40 degrees bezero up in central canada. May make you wonder when was the last time we got to zero in philadelphia . Believe it or not, its been 23 years the last time we hit zero. It was in january 1994. Before that, the previous time in 1985. Thats 32 years ago. So its hard to get to zero in philadelphia anymore. And you better have snow on the ground or thats not going to happen either. The coldest temperature ever recorded in philadelphia 11 below zero in 1934. Were not going down there. As we go through the night tonight, its going feeling like the teens. Then into the Single Digits by morning in many places including trenton and pretty close to Single Digits in all of delaw e delaware. And in the afternoon tomorrow, same story. Its not going to warm up at all tomorrow. No matter what happens to the sun. Because it still feels like 11 in wilmington and dover. The beginning of the day and the peak heating of the day. Then on thursday morning, thats when its the cold eest feeling. So thats the worst of the the worst. Thursday afternoon, again, wednesday afternoon. And these are the temperatures over the next few days. Highs only in the 20s. Remember the average high is in the low 40s. We are not even close to that as we go into the next week. Now we may also have some moisture coming our way. It looks like its a little slower than it has been looking. Theres some snow perhaps for saturday. So its not going to be a big storm at this point. This is a sweet story. Mon Montgomery CountyHigh School Students got into the holiday spirit with sock puppets. Listen to this. The puppets almost outnumber the students. They are making them to send to underprivileged children in haiti. Coming up with those projects to maybe not just donating money, but thinking of someone or helping someone in the Holiday Season have a better life and be happier. These puppets will make a difference in their lives. Just tell them people are thinking of them and care about them. Good for them. The students have made 525 puppets. They are really cute. They will definitely put a smile on their faces. Skirting by with the wind. The eagles underwhelming win leaves many fans with an uneasy feeling of what the birds need to do moving forward. Random acts of b kindness for firefighters in california. Im Master Sergeant chris bottomzum assisting with Recovery Efforts from the hurricanes. Id like to give a shoutout to my son on this Holiday Season. Benjamin in the pennsylvania area. E we love you and ill be home soon. While many people spend christmas with family and friends, 1500 firefighters in california spent the holiday on the front lines battling the largest wildfire. Their work didnt go unnoticed. D a family in the fire zone provided warm meals to fire crews. It just makes you feel better to put a smile on their face. The Community Cares for us. I appreciate this. We all do. You have no idea. The fire has been burning now since december 4th. Its killed two people and destroyed more than a thousand homes and businesses. Take a look at these flames devouring a mini man outside dallas. It took crews two hours to knock the fire down. At that point, it destroyed the mini mall and damaged neighboring buildings. Its not clear what started that fire. A story powered puerto rico is taking longer than expected. Power was supposed to be fully e restored by the end of the year. But right now, there are more than a Million People in the dark. It will take until may before all of the power is restored. Talking about an electrical shock. A pennsylvania woman went online to check her electric bill and was stunned to see the amount she owed. 284 billion. She said her eyes just about popped out of her head. Her son contact ed the Electric Company and said it was a mistake. A case of mistaken decimal points. It was supposed to be 284. 46. I can swol low that price. Add santas helpers to the Job Description of a Police Department in ocean county. Police posted this video on their social media site of a lost christmas gift. It was addressed to jen from santa. Thanks to hundreds of viewers, they were able to get in touch with the sender to hand deliver the gift. Lashing out at local businesses. The store fronts damaged in a post crihristmas bliss the. And Retirement Plan changes. The overhaul thats impacting more than a million members of the u. S. Military. And bitter cold blast. Deep freeze is setting in across the area. Glenn hurricane schwartz explains how it will only get worse heading up to the new year. New at 6 00, saving children from shooting themselves. The Smart Technology one local man is designing to keep guns from firing in the wrong hands. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. A bitter blast has set in an cross the philadelphia region. Temperatures are struggling to stay in the 30s. Despite the bitter cold, nbc 10 is enjoying the day on a peddle bike. If youre heading out, you have to bundle up. A live look at the poconos. This cold weather means more snow and more business there. City hall, its cold enough to snow but its a dry night right now. This is the warmest day were going to see all week long. It could be the warmest were going to see over the next ten days or even longer. Remember just a few days ago, saturday, it was up to 61 degrees. Average high is 42. Todays official high is 33. But its going to go lower. 27 tomorrow and then i got 24 for the high on thursday. Its 31 now. The rest of the area aside from the beaches is already below the freezing mark. 31 in wilmington. 25 in allentown. Already this time of the day that is amazingly cold. Allentown at 16 the way it feels with the wind. Not a lot of wind, but just enough. It feels like 22. And this is the temperature it feels like as we go through the night. It feels like 14 in philadelphia and a little below that in the suburbs. So its going to be real cold tomorrow morning, but we have even colder air that is moving in. Ill tell you when the coldest is going to be and when were likely to see some snow. The busy travel week means the roads and airports are packed. Officials ask that you give yourself extra time to get through the Security Check in and the process there. We caught up with some of the travelers who are staying positive despite the lines. There was a lot of traffic today getting to the airport surprisingly. Flight was good. Wasnt too many people. There are no delays at philly international. Lets take a look at the roads. The delaware Memorial Bridge at 95, traffic was bumper to bumper all day. Aaa says an estimated 94 Million People are expected to on the roads over this holiday week leading up to january 6th. A lot of headlight there is. You can get updates around the area right a the your fingertips. The eagles next filled with celebration and some frustration as well following the birds win over the raiders. The eagles looking forward to the playoffs after a pretty underwhelming performance on christmas night. Its causing concern among the faithful. A little nervous. I want our defense to continue to play like it did yesterday and our offense to step up and help them out. A live look at lincoln financial field. The eagles clinched homefield advantage yesterday by barely beating the raiders team they were expected to romp. John clark joins us now. The eagles need to build some fan confidence and some regular confidence too when the boys come to town on new years eve. A little doubt heading into the playoffs. They have flinched the nfc, but you heard the doubt there from eagles fans. Nick foles was not good. They are wondering if the team can get to the powerful. They only scored one touchdown. He hasnt decided if the starters are going to play in the regular Season Finale on sunday. He told me last night to expect o to see it have nick foles or at least a little bit and some of the starters. So now we take you to the eagles locker room exclusively. Heres Doug Pederson speaking to the team after the win. Every team we face from here on out has to come through this stadium and play you guys. Congratulations. Coaches, players, it wasnt pretty. Ien dont care about pretty. I dont care about it. You found a way to win the game. You found a way. We have to go to work. We have to clean it up. Got another opportunity next weekend. Happy for you. Great job. You heard him say the offense has to go to work. Coming up in sports, nick foles says he did not play well. Hes going to tell us what he needs to do to improve. A lot of it is on his shoulders. Thank you. The birds wrap up the regular season this sunday when they take on the cowboys. Complete coverage from nbc 10, your official station of the eagles. A chemical leak in philadelphia is forcing dozens of people to evacuate. This was the scene near delaware and allegheny avenue. A tanker started leaking just before noon. The evacuation is just a precaution while they clean up that leak. We start our county by county news in North Hampton county where we have learned new information about a standoff and shootout with police. Heres what we know. Authorities now say justin shot his mother 11 times in a home last friday. Then he got into a shootout with police who were outside. A total of 115 shots were fired. Many of them hit an Armored Police vehicle and he killed himself. We have also learned his father took his own life just two days later on christmas. Several families have lost their homes in this fire along the shore. A number of propane tanks exploded during the fire only helping to spread the flames. A woman had to be taken to the hospital after tripping or trying to run back into the burning home. A pair of robbers held up a Walgreens Pharmacy in dover on crihristmas eve. Investigators say the two jumped the counter and demanded pain pil pills. The suspects took off. Police are still looking for them. A delaware man is facing dui and other charges after he ran from police last week. Police arrested cruz in the Early Morning hours. They found him passed out in the car. He was currently being held at the correctional institution. Police need your help to find the man in these surveillance photos taken at the Citizens Bank in Chestnut Hill. The suspect is accused of threatening the teller there with a gun before making off with a stack of cash last friday. If you recognize him, youre asked to call police. A pretty good chance you have one in your house. The stack of christmas presents you want to return to the store. All new at 5 00, the things you need to keep in mind if youre returning items online or in person. Also video game warning, Health Experts say you and your loved ones could become mentally ill from excessive gaming. New details, next. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Video game systems are always popular holiday gifts, but if you or your child got one under the tree, be careful how much you use it. People who spent countless hours could be diagnose d with a mentl health disorder. The World Health Organization will add gaming disorder to its International Classification of diseases next year. According to the w. H. O. , the problem comes when gaming takes priority over other life interests. Amazon says the 2017 was its biggest Holiday Season ever. The online retailer says customers were shopping on its site at record levels throughout november and december. Amazon say said devices including the echo dot also had a successful holiday. The alexa app was one of the top downloads on apples website this weekend. U. S. Home prices climbed 6. 2 from a year ago. The reason is basic economics, strong demand, shrinking supply and prices are rising. Several businesses are cleaning up after someonen went on a vandalism spree. Nine businesses had their w windows smashed. These are two pictures of the damage a. The suspect used rocks from a construction site to break the windows. One person is in custody. No word on any other suspect. Next at 5 00, the white house tradition that President Trump is stepping away from. Military changes, how Retirement Plans are changing for Service Members after the new year. Historic snowfall, the pennsylvania city that saw more than four feet of snow for christmas and the chance of snow in our neck of the woods. And next at 6 00 a christmas that targets a food bank. The crime that could complicate their mission to feed those in need. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Thats lorde who canceled a concert after an activist. It was the right decision at the time. It joins other artists in boycotting over the treatment of the palestinians. President trump is once again breaking with tradition. The president is the first president in nearly a century to not schedule a first year state dinner. Theres no single reason. The administration hopes to extend an invitation to a state dinner early in 2018. Many members of the military will start 2018 with an important decision to make. The government rolls out the biggest change to military retirement since world war ii. Under its current plan, military members receive a lifetime pension thats equal to 50 of basal ri. But to earn it, they must serve at least 20 years. Starting january 1st, Service Members will be part of the new blended retirement system that combines a pension and another plan like a 401 k putting more of the possibility for longterm savings on the members shoulders. It calls them to learn how to contribute to their own future and their own retirement. Theres still a pension under the new system as long as you reach 20 years. The amount is reduced by 20 . Turning to weather, nbc 10 in Atlantic County where its freezing. We found people bundled up from it head to toe today. A live look at the skyline from our nbc 10 camera. Lincoln financial field temperatures will plummet into the low 20s. A live look at allentown. People are looking at temperatures in the teens. The feels like will be around there too. Meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz joins us now. Were tracking cold temperatures and the possibility of snow later in the week. That will come towards the end on saturday. We just showed that picture in allentown. They are going to feel like below zero by thursday morning. Its going to get a little co colder each day. If anybody has any plans for new years eve, i guarantee you its going to be bitter cold. Its going to be brutal not just around here. This is still the warmest its going all week. 33 in philadelphia. 27 in allentown. 16 in mount pocono. And right now its 14 in mount pocono. Its dropped to 25 in allentown. We continue to see the temperatures go down in the suburbs. Chester, buckbucks, down to 24 union vil unionville. 24 in beth minister. Thats the cold spot in many of our suburbs right now. And it feels like its 22 in philadelphia. But it feels like its 8 in pittsburgh. And our air is coming straight from pittsburgh. Pittsburghs air is coming straight from chicago where it feels like 12 below zero now. And International Falls feels like 27 below zero. Thats nothing. 53 below zero in canada. Thats brutal. Thats in the middle of the day. Here we are at 11 00 tonight. Maybe make it feel not so bad after those numbers. Feeling like 5 a big 15 in avalon. Thats the warm spot tomorrow morning. In the afternoon, as you notice, it really hasnt warmed up. Avalon is gone down to 13. That settings us up where its only 5 below in doylestown. So thats going to be the worst of it. At least for this week. It was a possibility of the early next week it could end up being even lower than those numbers. Friday afternoon were still in the Single Digits. So this is really freezing weather. We also may see this area of snow coming in from the west. It will be a big storm. Over the weekend itself, so saturday is the day with the best chance for some snow. Its a high of 22 degrees in philadelphia. We could see some single digit lows early next week. We have the cold, but look at this. 53 inches of snowfall in 30 hours. Thats what people in pennsylvania are dealing with right now. Lakeeffect snow brought a White Christmas and shattered state records for a twoday snowfall. Tis the season for returning the unwanted Christmas Gifts. How to maximize your cash and save time and make returns in person or online. Still to come, philadelphia is suing the federal government over a church massacre. What the city thinks they are doing to keep gun out of the wrong hands. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. A Shopping Center has been without water after a water main break in northeast. At the intersection of home avenue. The street was damaged and had to be closed while crews made repairs. No homes were affected. In the meantime, another water main break went detours in Montgomery County. This is east norton. About a dozen businesses were left without water. Some of the water spilled and ended up freezing on the road making for a slippery situation. For some the weeks following the holidays can be just as busy. Many are rushing to return un. Wanted gifts. Let the returns begin. Some shoppers we talked to say they have special tactics when it comes to returning gifts. Im very strategic in how i return. Ill either wait a week or so and once the crowds have gone down, by wont stand in a line. I refuse. Before a list of returning gifts, we contacted the Better Business bureau. It said read and understand the policies on gift returns and exchanges. Return policies prepares for holiday merchandise may be different than merchandise sold at full price. Every store has its own policy. Bring receipts. Retailers may require you to bring a receipt in order to get cash back. But you still might be able to get a store credit if it you dont have the receipt. Mind the time, some retailers may only allow returns within a certain time frame, which usually begins when the item is purchased. Be aware of restocking fee. Some merchants charge a reing fee for a return of electronic products or large ticket items. Now if. Your gift was purchased online, heres what you need to know. Online retailers may not refund shipping fees and may have to pay a return shipping fee. Sometimes merchandise can be returned to a store instead. But you still may not be refunded for the cost of shipping. If you have a complaint for nbc 10 responds, fill out the form or give us a call and well respond to you. Nbc 10 news at 6 00 is next. Working on several stories you havent heard yet. A fire ripping through a home. Someone had to be rescued. Well take it you to that scene coming up next. Coming up at 6 00, a ring or a bracelet could keep a gun from firing in a childs hand. The Smart Technology a local man is creating to save lives. And brutal cold in our area from now through the new year. How low temperatures are going to get where you live in my first alert neighborhood forecast. Bone chilling cold, bitter shots of arctic air. Temperatures plummeting into the new year. Officer opens fire, a robbery, a crash and a police chase through west philadelphia. And shooting smarter. All new at 6 00, the Technology One local man is creating to keep a gun from firing in the wrong hands. A bitter blast, freezing everyone in our region. Runners on kelly drive, shoppers Chestnut Hill and workers fix ing a water main break in east norton. Good evening, im keith jones. If you think its cold, today might be the warmest day for the rest of 2017. In philadelphia anyone out walking will need extra layers tonight. We take a live look in center city. At the jersey shore, itserly cold for anyone finishing up the Christmas Holiday at the beach. A live look at beach avenue in cape may. And in the poconos, the ski resorts are loving these conditions. Look at the skiers there. Snow machines are working in full blast as we take a live look at Camelback Mountain resort. We are bringing you live coverage of the cold snap. Lauren mayk is out in this freeze right now in pens landing. Lets start with meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. As you were saying, its just going to get colder as we head the next couple days. Its 30 degrees now in philadelphia. Were not going to hit 30 for the rest of the week. Anyone is coming from, pittsburgh is 17. Chicago is 3. Its important to look at how cold it is where our air is coming from. Its below zero in the middle of the afternoon in north dakota. So that is a brutal air mass. Its going to settle down over th