This camera now. I think everybody enjoying commute for the most part. The day, planning ahead, temperatures today in the mid to upper 20s this morning. You see the gray skies. Look what happens by 2 00 and 4 00. The sunshine breaks back out. Its a great start but a gray start but a bright finish. Well need every ounce of sunshine today. Feelslike temperatures in your neighborhood, 8 in reading. 12 in philadelphia. 17 in dover. 22 in rehoboth beach. High temperatures today will climb into the mid to upper 20s. Like yesterday, feeling like middle teens. Im tracking snow, new years, and the eagles game. Thats coming up. First to the roads and pamela this morning. Reporter yesterday we had issues with water main breaks because of the extreme cold. Things are looking good out there now. This is the camera on the schuylkill expressway right at the interchange with 676. Things are looking good there. Lets take a look at drive times, though, going eastbound and westbound. Everything is in the green. Average speeds in the 50s right now. And the overall view of the highways, 95, 76, 476, clear is. Well look at new jersey coming up. Breaking news in wilmington. Firefighters spent the Early Morning hours battling a house fire on locust street. Firefighters werent sure if anyone was in the building, and no one has been taken to the hospital. Also new, a fiery onecar crash briefly closed lanes in east falls at the boulevard. The car flipped northbound and caught fire as it came to rest against the wall. One person was rushed to the hospital. Crews salted the road to keep it from icing over. This morning, were learning more about a West Philadelphia crime spree that ended with a Philadelphia Police officer in plain clothes shooting the suspect. Right now the suspect remains in critical condition. This started early yesterday. Police say the man used a gun to steal a car and then later they say he used a gun to rob another man at a deli. Police spotted his vehicle, then started to chase him. It ended with a crash. And the plainclothes officer who approached the man said he refused to cooperate, and made a move for his waistband. Thats when the officer opened fir fire. If you go into your waistband, police have to think youre going for something. I would have shot him, too, i guess. Its unclear if the suspect had a gun when he was shot. A pair of earthquakes rattled the san jose, california, area. The strongest, a 3. 9magnitude quake, hit in an area that often gets earthquakes. People nearby reported feeling a jolt. No injuries or damage are reported. New, were hearing newly released 911 calls from the molts after last weeks deadly moments after last weeks deadly derailment in washington state. Our train crashed okay, listen to me listen to me, were trying to get help. We need to know, is this north or south of mounts road not i dont, maam. Okay. That was a woman on the train. You can hear how confusing and upsetting it is. A man called 911 as he was climbing out of one of the cars. The train just crashed felt well probably need medical aid for a lot of people. Were trying to get out all right. The train was going more than 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 mileperhour zone when it went off the tracks killing three people. Investigators still trying to figure out why the train was going that fast. Were expecting a winter blast, but nothing like this in pennsylvania. A record snowfall in erie. The city got more than five feet of snow over past few days. And by the time the sun rises, forecasters expect another four to eight inches to be on the ground. Erie leaders have signed a disaster declaration. Plus, Pennsylvania National guard units have been called in to active duty to help the community. Im used to snow. Ive been born and raised here. Not this much in one day. 30 hours, 50 inches, here it comes again. They say the storm isnt over until tomorrow afternoon. All i can do is laugh. You know, its ridiculous. This photo puts things in perspective. Someone posted this on social media of themselves covered in chestdeep snow in an unplowed parking lot. The caption simply reads are, no parking. President trump says hes on a working vacation in florida and is using social media to sell the new tax law before it takes affect in 2018. Takes effect in 2018. Economists worry that rich people will see the biggest benefits and lower income americans and kids wont. And since Tax Deduction rules are changing in 2018, people who rely on getting money back need to prepare to see less. Tax experts recommend trying to prepay property taxes now before the end of the year if possible. For People Living in new jersey where property taxes are among the highest in the country, the new tax law caps state and local deductions at 10,000. The rush is on to pay early if possible. For example, in the city of hoboken, 1,400 people have prepaid. Typically only 100 or 200 people prepay every year. The u. S. Has announced new sanctions against north korea. And there is a new twist in the war of words between the Trump Administration and the kim jongun regime. Russian president Vladimir Putin has offered to help. The new sanctions targeted two of north koreas most prominent officials behind its Ballistic Missile program. Meanwhile, putin says russia is ready to mediate if both sides need it and want it. Just last weekend, north korea called u. S. Sanctions against its government an act of war. Tonight, expect to scramble to pick up a lottery ticket. Heaters why the shl heres why Powerball Jackpot up to 337 million. The drawing is tonight. Cash value about 210 after taxes. Still not shabby. No one won the Mega Millions, which means the jackpot has swollen to more than 300 million. A red candle will be lit tracy will take it over. It will be, marking the second day of the weeklong ill take it from here. The africanamerican cultural holiday of kwaanza is in midst of it. The focus is on the principle of selfdetermination. People celebrating the holiday will read poems and discuss how the theme determines who they are. People look inward and question, define, and challenge themselves. Nbc10 was at the please touch museum yesterday where visitors used crafts to learn about the holiday. 6 08. 22 degrees. A frozen haddon avenue. A fun place to shop. Meteorologist steve sosna has more. If you want to escape the cold, where do you go . Airport. This2 will take you out of the cold this will take you out of the cold. The deep south even waking up in a wintry mix, the Atlanta Metro area. Were in the hetenday stretch cold. Single digits in south jersey, the city, afternoon highs in the 20s and teens. Temperatures ranging from the upper teens to the lower 20s. Philadelphia, 22 in manayunk, 22 at graduate hospital. Temperatures in the lower 20s up in the northeast. Feelslike temperatures, the real story. 6 below mt. Pocono, ouch. 12 in philadelphia. 17 in dover. As low as these numbers seem, theyre going lower. Hard to believe. Lets follow it throughout the day. You can see the warmest it feels like is 16 or 17 degrees. Then overnight tonight, thats when we really watch these numbers tank. 9 degrees is what it feels like at 9 00 p. M. Tonight. By the time you wake up tomorrow, feels like 4 below in doylestown. 2 in wilmington. 13 below 0 in mt. Pocono. Thats right. Ooh. Brutal. Youll be cringing tomorrow. Will we get a break is the milliondollar question. The potential for snow and the new years day forecast coming up in the next update. I got in my car this morning, didnt want to turn over. Tried once, twice, third time it came over. My guess is aaa is going to be bombarded with calls. Lets check traffic conditions. Pamela osborne sorry i had to share my story. Its true. Check your car. In weather like this, its bad. Absolutely. If your car starts, youre in good shape for the rest of the commute. Things are looking pretty good. Starting in cherry hill. Camera at 295 and 70. More volume, more cars on the roadway, but still no problems to speak of. Just a few more people youre sharing the road with. Traveling mass transit, septa, amtrak, patco looking good. One travel note on new jersey train 1152 from suffern, thats canceled. Another train, 1154, coming this morning. A heads up there. If youre driving, 95 this morning, everythings looking good there. Southbound, northbound, average speeds in the 60s. Everything in the green there. Thank you. The blast of bitter cold could be taking a toll on your house now. Coming up in 15 minutes, the mistakes to avoid as the deep freeze settling in. Plus, a new high thrill for seekers at the jersey shore. At 6 45, the new attraction giving riders a breathtaking view from one of our most famous boardwalks. And straight ahead, no rest for our playoffbound eagles. How the team is giving back. 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. My wish was a clubhouse, but we call it the wish house. People visit National Parks from all over the world. Food tastes better when you dont have to cook it. He was just supposed to be my dog. I dont know why. vo were proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars in just ten years. Get 0 financing for 63 months on select models. Plus well donate 250 to charity. 6 15. Now to a story we told you about yesterday. Christmas dreams are shattered for north jersey twins. The girls were about to get a new dog for christmas until someone stole the dog from the Monmouth County spca. They say theyve never been hit by criminals before and cant believe someone walked in and stole the pomeranian named tubtub. Everyone is understandably upset. I didnt have a good christmas because the dog was stolen. Heartbroken over the situation. Its their christmas present. Instead of looking for other things, this was my only plan on getting them. I felt like a dog would be enough. I hope somebody does the right thing and returns the dog. The shelter is offering a 500 reward. The sr. Pca is reviewing securit procedures. And eagles players giving back to their hometown. Kenyon barnard and matt collins visited children. They played games with children and their families who have had to spend the holidays away from home. To be able to see kids and hang out and see the smiles on their faces. In return, it puts a smile on my face. Nice to see them take time out of their schedule to do the Little Things and show that theyre part of the community. I have people in my life that lifted my spirits. These kids are in a different situation. To be here and be able to help the kids lift their spirits, put a smile on their face, nothing more you can do. Visit was part of the eagles care initiative. And remember nbc10 is your official eagles station. They wrap up at the linc against the cowboys this weekend. Coverage starts at 9 30 a. M. 6 17. If youre heading out, lets see if there are any trouble spots. First alert traffic reporter Pamela Osborne has a check of road conditions. Good morning. Good morning to all of you. Well start things off on 95. This is our camera around broad street. You see volume is picking up as we normally expect it to this time of day. No major problems to speak of, especially on 95. Lets look at how things are moving at the airport. You see no delays now. But philly international did just tweet they want to let people know its a very busy traveler day in the air for them. Allow yourself plenty of extra time to check in and get through the security checkpoints before you fly out if youre heading home after celebrating the holidays. Well look at the drive times for the blue route. Everything looking good. 76 from there, average speeds in the 60s. Drive time, but 14 minutes. Things looking just as good going southbound, as well. Thank you. 6 17 and 22 chilly degrees. We talk about chilly temperatures, we say add in the wind and gets to the feelslike temperature. Ill let first alert meteorologist steve sosna talk about that. Ill take that territory. We have the feelslike temperature. You may be wondering what is that number. Your skin generates heat, your body generates heat . And you have the temperature outside. When the wind blows the heat away, that generates the temperature of how it feels. The greater the wind speed, the colder the temperature, the lower the feelslike temperature. All you need to know, its going to be frigid here the flex coup the next couple of days. 22 now in philadelphia. 17 below zero in saranac lake, new york. 1 degree in toronto. 2 below in sioassaul sault st. Temperatures this morning in the same range as yesterday. 30 to 40 below. With the wind tragedy tar winy to the south, we have yet to reach the coldest air mass. That will happen tomorrow and sunday into monday. Lets talk snow potential. Weve been talking about this, which day is it going to snow. The first system dies out. Great lakes, they continue to see more of the lakenext snow. No improvements for them. No snow in our direction here today or tomorrow. A system friday dies out. But this system carves to the south and gains steam moving over the atlantic. This would be the best chance of accumulating snow on saturday. It wont take a lot to make things a mess because ground temperatures are so cold. Even salt doesnt work that effectively under 22, 23 degrees. So that would be an issue on saturday. Well keep an eye on it sunday for new years eve, looking drier. The eagles game, too, on new years eve, as well. 1 00. If youre headed to the game, if youre tailgating, take some breaks, you know, and keep yourself hydrated. I know a lot of fluids one flowing. Important that water is one of them here when temperatures are that cold. We know our eagles fans and how they are. New years eve, temperatures feeling like the Single Digits at 6 00. As you head to the parties, it feels like 5, 6, 7 degrees. At midnight, even colder. Feels like 3 or 4 degrees. You get the gist. If you are headed out and about and being adventurous on your new years eve, dress warmly. Heres the tenday forecast. The coldest of the air masses tomorrow into next week, the threat for snow being on saturday. Over to you. Thanks. Prepare for the cold by dloetding our free nbc10 app. It has forecasts and sends weather alerts to your phone. The cold cowgirl taking a silent but destruct cold could be taking a silent but destructive toll on your house. The steps to avoid. And getting a package to a rightful recipient. A mission to reunite the two. 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. Take a look at the flag atop the aramark building. Bitterly cold, the wind blowing flags makes it feel even colder. Absolutely. The cold weather coming our way could cost you a lot. A master plumber we talked with said your pipes could be especially vulnerable in this kind of freezing temperature here. Your damage control can begin outside. Start by shutting off water to your spigots and removing the houses. Youll want to leave the actual valves open through the winter season. Lets go inside. Check for loose connections or fixtures and leaky faucets or toilets. How quickly can pipes freeze . That can lhappen in 30 minutes. Wow. I dont think people realize that. Especially for a toilet with an outside stack remember to check your Heating Systems and change your filters. If you havent come to that point, it could cost you money, as well, because your system has to work harder to keep you warm. Good morning. Pamela osborne in for jessica boyington. Looking live at the schuylkill expressway at passyunk avenue. You see some more cars on the roadway this morning. The good news is youre not going to have a lot of problems getting to wherever you need to go. The hardest part may be walking out your front door to your car. For more on the forecast in these bitterly cold temperatures, heres meteorologist steve sosna. Even getting out of bed, difficult. Temperatures in the lower 20s. Collingling collingswood at haddon, if youre heading out, expect the brutal windchills to continue. Ill be back in the next half hour to see if theres any improvement on the way. Also ahead, were hearing from residents who escaped their burning experiment and watched flames destroy their homes. My wallets in their, my keys to my car, everythings in there, my lifes work. Next, the destruction left behind as police try to determine what may have sparked that massive fire. And a skyscraper like no other. A tower laced with technology that can even predict the weather. Thats coming up in 20 minutes. Bitter blast. The First Alert Weather Team tracks the next chance of snow this weekend. Escaping the flames. Fire traears through an apartme building sending neighbors running into the bitter cold. And a new attraction at the shore open on one of our mostfamous boardwalks giving you a new thrill and view over the jersey shore. Good morning, this is nbc10 news today. Im dray clark. Im tracy davidson. Ail chilly morning, bitter cold, whatever you want to call it, meteorologist steve sosna has the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Good morning. Chapstick and moisturizer weather out there. Its getting real. Your skin is drying out in this kind of weather. Make sure that you take precautions here for today. 22 degrees right now in wilmington. Your feelslike temperature, 13. Northerly breeze at 7 Miles Per Hour. Lets check out the other delaware communities. It is 22 in wilmington. Some of the other neighborhoods vary in temperature. 21 right now up in tallyville. 23 in marshalltown. 23 in glasgow. Moving toward rehoboth beach, maybe youre there for the week, cold and windy, too. Dress for that, especially the open, exposed areas. Feelslike temperatures are numbing. As cold as it seems, it feels like 12 in philadelphia, 9 in allentown, tomorrow will be worse. Well at least have sunshine coming out this afternoon. A gray start to today, but the sunshine will finish out the day. Next we have to track the potential of snow. Ill be back with the forecast in a bit. First to the roads and pamela. We havent seen any problems like we had yesterday with broken water mains and ice on the roadway. This is 202 and church road. Traffic moving smoothly in either direction this morning. Taking 95, maybe trying to get to philly international, things are going well. 476, average speeds in the 60s. It will take you six minutes. One note, though. If you are flying out of philly international, allow yourself extra time. Its one of the busiest days in the air for them. If youre traveling, mass transit, everything looks good. Septa, new jersey transit, amtrak, and patco running on time. Breaking news overnight in philadelphia. Witnesses tell police they saw a red car take off from a scene after hitting a man in overbrook last night. Police tell us a flurry of calls came in just after 10 00. When officers arrived at city avenue and 54th street, they found an unresponsive man and a lexus car emblem near the body. That man died at the hospital. Well continue to keep you update here on the air and on the nbc10 app. Now to an Apartment Fire that caused neighbors in Delaware County to run out of their homes into the bitter cold. Matt delucia is live on scene in brookhaven. Luckily everyone got out safely. Tell us more. Reporter right. And some residents, as they were escaping, tried to get whatever they could. One man we spoke with tried to save as many of his paintings that he had in his condo. And also tried to save his pets. A lot of other residents were doing the same. This is the building here, building c, behind us there. You see how much damage was done to this building here. A large apartment complex here on the 5200 block of hilltop drive. There are 18 units in this building. All damaged or destroyed. This fire spread quickly. A family of three had a close call when firefighters had to rescue them with a ladder off a thirdfloor balcony. This started around 6 cla 00 la night. The assistant fire chief said the heaviest fire was on the second floor of the building. One of the big challenges last night, you can imagine its so cold, the cold air when you had the problem of fire with all the water going on it, then turning to ice. A lot of the residents couldnt believe what they were seeing, how the flames were growing by the minute. Smelled smoke, and i knew that there was something going on. The next thing i know, it gets worse, worse, worse. Then its engulfed. You hear the windows shattering, this, that. And the next thing i know, every Fire Department in the area is here trying to put it out. Reporter now you have the red cross, a shelter nearby. Friends and family helping residents because everyone every one of the 18 units were occupied. Fire investigators plan to come out here in the next few hours to try to figure out what started the fire. You have the day after christmas when this happened. A rush to save folks these folks could. Live in brookhaven, matt delucia, nbc10 news. A house fire in south jersey cost a woman her life. Paramedics rushed her to the hospital shortly after they got the call to the scene in Washington Township that came in around 4 00 yesterday afternoon. Doctors pronounced her dead a few hours later. Investigators have not said what may have started the fire. Some businesses awaited the rush of postchristmas shoppers, others in center city were picking up the pieces after vandals struck. Police have one person in custody for the crimes. Police say that person smashed windows on at least nine businesses early yesterday morning. Investigators say the person used rocks from a construction site to break the windows. Investigators say the man who killed his mother and shot himself during a standoff with police was not supposed to have guns. This was the scene in bethlehem township last friday. Play say justin gep police say Justin Gephardt shot her 11 times and then turned the gun on himself. Authorities believe he got the weapon from his father who ended up killing himself days after the standoff. Foilz philly is one of threr cities suing the military claiming they failed to report members. New york and San Francisco are also part of the suit. Leaders argue that failures in the system allowed disgraced air force member devin kelly to buy a highpowered to shoot and kill 26 people in a church last month. He had been convicted of assaulting family members several years earlier and should not have been allowed to purchase the gun. The air force has acknowledged the mistake with kelly, and the military admits problems with reporting. The pentagon says it cannot comment directly on the lawsuit. Now well take you state by state and county by county to look at stories from across the area. Starting in berks county where the Hereford Post Office remains closed following a Christmas Day fire. Carriers will still deliver mail to people and businesses in the area. Anyone with a p. O. Box can pick up mail at the post office in nearby palm. And in North Hampton county, police are looking for the person who stole a delivery truck from a food bank. It happened over the holiday at the Second Harvest food bank in east allen township. Workers discovered the 60,000 truck was gone yesterday. Second harvest uses the truck to deliver food to pantries and shelters. Delaware officials want to put casino front and center as the Supreme Court rules on a case that could open up Sports Betting in all 50 states. Delaware officials are putting together a plan to offer wagering on sports within weeks of the decision. New jersey is leading the push to legalize sports gambling. In stafford county, the Police Department posted a video on their social media sites of a present that was addressed to enfrom santa. Thanks to jen from sapt nta. Thanks to posts, they were able to get in touch with the sender. Police handdelivered the present. A bucks king county marching band is heading bucks county marching band is heading to the tournament of roses parade. Members of the Pennsbury High School band are getting ready to leave for pasadena, california. The energys pretty exciting. I saw everybody pulling up, the kids were beaming. Weve worked on this a very long time, all the way since august. Theyre very excited. The pennsbury squad is one of 14 selected for the parade. 1 00 bands enter the competition. Weve been telling you all morning about the frigid temperatures. This is a live look at haddon avenue in collingswood. Meteorologist steve sosna has been tracking the temperatures and has the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Good morning. Another frigid start to the day. This is the Kimmel Center campus camera. As you see, people out and about getting their routine going. You cant let the cold stop you. You need to take those preparations in order to be ready for it. It is a numb morning. In terms of snowfall, not much out there. There are flurries up in northern maryland. Headed to the washington, d. C. , area the next couple of hours, you may see a few flakes. Not much in our vicinity. The next couple of hours, the windchills, you see, do not move very far. Right now the windchill is 14. By 10 00, 14, 17 by 2 00 this afternoon. So thats how it will feel today. Actual temperatures, colder than yesterday. 14 in mt. Pocono. 28 at the jersey shore. As we head into this evening. Thats when the next batch of arctic air arrives. By 7 30 tomorrow morning, look at the numbers. This is the actual air temperatur temperature. 9 in doylestown. In pottstown. 13 in philadelphia. 14 in dover. No, you are seeing the numbers correctly. Well continue to see these numbers as we head through the day tomorrow and into tomorrow night. A little improvement saturday. Snow showers. That and into the suburbs, as well. That will be the snowy day. By the time we get into the lehigh valley, well see snow there, as well. New jersey and delaware, light snow on saturday. Well have another weather update coming up in a little bit. Well go through the new years forecast and also the eagles forecast next, guys. Thanks. 6 40. If youre heading out, lets see whats out there, any problems to know. OsborPamela Osborne with mor. Thanks. Cherry hill, new jersey, the camera at 295 and route 70. Were seeing a lot more volume on the roadway this morning. Things look like theyre moving a little bit slower here. The good news is im not seeing any reports of accidents or anything like that that could be the cause of that traffic. Probably just people hitting the roadway at this point of the day. Lets look at drive times from route 42, headed to the walt whitman bridge. Average speeds are in the 60s. Its only going to take four minutes to get there. Southbound is looking good, as well. Lets look at the overview of the majors in pennsylvania. 95, 76, 476, all clear. Everything looking good there. A check of manss transit when i come back. Thank you. Still ahead, power behind the walls. Comcasts new center city skyscraper is smarter than your average building. Next, the invisible technology that really is unmatched. And tis the season for returns. Well have the strategies that could save you time and money as you take back those unwanted holiday gifts. 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. 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 quarter to 7 00. At the jersey shore, the wheel is spinning in a. C. The steel piers longawait observation wheel opened to the public yesterday. The results of a 14 million renovation plan. Its the Third Largest on the east coast, soaring more than 200 feet in the air. It features heated gondolas. The view is amazing. Amazing. We think this is the icon for the end of the world. We think its the beacon to bring everyone down to see what happened. The wheel opens at noon, from now until sunday. Operators say they wont run the wheel if the temperatures are below 40. And meteorologist steve sosna says theres no way well see 40 between now and sunday. The owners said they will have an update every morning on their facebook page. So far this morning, theres not been an update. Well keep you updated. This is a live look at philadelphias tallest building. When the Comcast Technology center is complete next year, it will also be the citys smartest building. Water plays a huge role in the skyscraper that will be the new home for nbc10 and telemundo 62. It gets pumped through every floor like blood running through veins. The water gets chilled and fills special ceiling beams that can cool off the open space cutting down on typical air conditioning costs. And the 14,000 panes of glass that wrap around the building are key to the energy efficiency. You look through it, and its transparent. Theres magic going on there. Theres a microscopic layer of silver on this class which is protecting the building from the heat from the sun and colder warm thermal temperatures. Magic window. When the ctc is complete, builders say it will be 50 more Energy Efficient than the original comcast center. Now to nbc10 responds. The weeks following the holidays can be just as busy, and many are rushing to return unwanted gifts. Harry hairston and nbc10 responds have ways to help save you time and energy. Reporter the gift giving is over, so let the returns begin. Some shoppers we talked to say they have special tactics when it comes to returning gifts. Im strategic in how i return. Ill either wait a week or so and once all the crowds have gone down, but i wont stand in a line. I refuse. I mail back. I havent stepped foot in a store other than to buy lunch. For a list of giftreturning tips, we contacted the Better Business bureau. It says read and understand the policies on gift returns and exchanges. Return policies 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 the receipt in order to get cash back. You still might be able to get a store credit if you dont have a receipt. Mind the time. Some retailers may only allow returns within a certain time frame which usually begins with the item when the item is purchased. Be aware of restocking fees. Some americmerchants charge a restocking fee for electronics or large ticket items. If your gift was purchased on line, online retailers may not refund shipping fees. Plus, you may have to pay a return shipping fee. Sometimes merchandise can be returned to a store instead. You still may not be refunded for the cost of shipping. If you have a consumer problem, let us know. You can call us there, you can go on our website. Its all right there. And we will respond to you. A check of the weather. Live look at camel back. Probably a good place to be as they are getting ready, making snow. Looks like plowing snow. Getting ready for the crowd, the rush. A good place to be as the next couple of days expecting snow, real snow, that is. Yeah. A great week to go skiing. Lets talk about the snow potential and definitely the cold temperatures. Yeah. Thats right. Lets embrace this, head to the poconos. Enjoy yourselves. If youre not a lover of the winter weather, it will be around for the next ten days or so. Just note that in your mental memory here. As we head out and look at the comcast center, looking toward the south and east sky. You see there is cloud cover this morning. And that has prevented temperatures from falling to levels that are in the teens. The winds, when you factor that in, it does feel like the teens. Theres not much in the way of flurry activity. Some in northern maryland. In is really the top story of the day. Feels like 12 in philadelphia. 11 in allentown. 6 below 0 in mt. Pocono at the moment. Not much improvement today. Another batch of arctic air is arriving. These are future temperatures as we walk you through lunchtime, around 23. Feeling like the teens. And as we head through this afternoon, this evening, once we lose the sun around 4 30, it will really start to feel cold. 13 is the actual temperature tomorrow morning in philadelphia. Single digits in the northern and western suburbs. Topping out tomorrow if were lucky around 20 degrees. Of course this is a very busy weekend we have saturday snow potential on. Sunday, the eagles game. There are the temperatures. Windchills in the Single Digits and lower teens. Thats a serious situation. You need to be ready for that. A lot of people ready to have fun at the linc. Make sure that youre taking the precautions. Lets talk about new years eve. Hard to believe 2017 coming to a conclusion. This is what the forecast is for new years eve evening. If youre headed out and about, at 6 00 p. M. , ive plotted the feels live like temperature. It will feel absolutely numbing feelslike temperature. It will feel absolutely numbing, 5 degrees. At midnight, even colder. 2018 coming in in frozen fashion. Lets look at the tenday forecast. A lot to talk about there. 27 today. Again, feeling like the teens. As we walk you into tomorrow, 24, one of the colder dates. It may not even get this warm. 27 on friday. Saturday, snow potential, just how much still a question mark. There could be accumulation on saturday. That could be a slippery travel day. Well have more tonight at 4 00, 5 00, and 6 00. Then theres your cold new years eve and new years day. Over to you. Thanks. Nchlt eight minutes before 7. If youre heading out to the roads, lets see what conditions look like. Good morning, pam. Good morning. Well start on the pennsylvania turnpike around 95. You see quite a few cars on the roadway this morning. No problems here to speak of now. There is an issue that im watching elsewhere, 95 going southbound. Theres an incident out there between scratch road and route 31. Theres an accident that you need to look out for. The turnpike, maybe youre headed home after spending the holiday with family and friends. Headed westbound, average speeds in the 60s. It will take you about 22 minutes to get to valley forge from there. Eastbound looks just as good, as well. Traveling mass transit, this never happens, especially this time of day, septa, new jersey transit, amtrak, and patco all on time. Nice. Thank you. New, were hearing from the couple at the center of a holiday video thats gone viral that we showed you yesterday. Right. This is the proposal. He drops to the knee in the center of the rockefeller ice rink. She was standing for a while. She was. Then she slipped and fell. She accepted, though, a nice kiss. Groom says he actually expected her to fall sooner rather than later. She went the whole night without falling. I knew she was due at some point. Then as you saw, it happened. Once he popped the question, i think my heart was in my throat because and i jumped the gun and kissed him before i said yes. So it was perfect. It was. Im happy for her. The surprise had been planned since may. It went according to plan. The fall made it real and good. New york city is preparing for its worldrenowned new years eve party. Today crews will install the Waterford Crystal triangles on the ball that will drop in times square during the final moments. 2017. You can ring in the new year from the comfort of your living room with nbc10. Probably a good idea considering how cold it will be. Sunday, well broadcast the sugar house casino fireworks live from the blue cross river rink at penns landing, and you can watch the show live at 6 00 p. M. And again at midnight right here on nbc10. Two chances to see it, great. Coming up, the top headlines. Including a fiery rescue on the roosevelt boulevard as the driver of this car was pulled from his burning car. Breaking overnight in wilmington, firefighters spent the Early Morning hours battling a house fire on locust street. No reports of injuries. In brookhaven, Delaware County, dozens of people are staying with family members or in a shelter after a fire forced them out of their apartments. Firefighters had to rescue one family from a thirdfloor balcony, but no one was hurt. Today crews will try to find out what sparked that massive fire. Roosevelt boulevard back open after a fiery onecar crash. Around 3 00 a. M. , a car flipped northbound at fox street. One person is being treated at the hospital. The Powerball Jackpot up to 337 million. The drawing is tonight. The cash value about 210 million after taxes. Since no one won last nights Mega Millions drawing, that jackpot swells to more than 300 million, as well. 295 in new jersey not looking good right now. Take a look. This is our camera at sloan avenue. Theres an accident thats resulted in a closure here approaching route 1. If you need to get around this, the best way is to get off at 63. Also watching another accident. Now in hopewell township. 95 southbound between route 31 and scotch road. Theres a closure because of another accident that im watching. And if youre taking the schuylkill expressway this morning, real quick, lets look at the drive times. Average speeds in the 60s. Everything is looking good there now. On your wednesday morning, nice and quiet. It is cold. And we will be tracking the next potential for snow. That snow potential arrives as we head into saturday. As we look at the forecast, you see there we may see snowcovered roads. Well keep you updated throughout the day. Of course, all the time on the nbc10 app. And then thereafter, frigid, frigid, frigid, frigid, frigid. Got it. Well know a lot more about the snow, the timing totals, much closer to the weekend well work on that especially tonight into tomorrow. We should have a good handle on timing and amounts. Okay. Thank you. 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