News today. Its 5 00. Lets start with our weekend weather. Krystal klei is tracking a stormy start. Yeah, you might have been woken up when the storms rolled through. Thunder woke me up about 2 00 a. M. And the alarm goes off at 2 30. We have rain till down to the south of us. Otherwise a lot of the other stuff is moving offshore for now. We wont say the rest of the day is dry. Some in and out showers possible in the morning and afternoon. And a final round likely early this evening. Look south and what you see over Sussex County, we still have heavy pockets of rain, but this is in the southeast most corner of Sussex County and then some edging along cape may, as well. No thunderstorms to see there, just steady rain. Our temperatures are ranging depending on who saw the heavier rains. 68 in mount holly, trenton. Low 70s for philadelphia, but 75 in vineland. Were at 70 in wilmington and also 75 in Atlantic City. So we have the temperatures that are starting out in the 60s, low mid70s. A
We begin with gift returns. Traditionally if a store cant resell it, returned items are tossed out or sold to liquatidors at a loss, but retailers are changing the way they are handling returns. Court any reagan has this weeks cover story, exchange rate. Reporter americans returned 260 billion in merchandise to retailers last year, or 8 of total purchases. Even higher around the holiday season. Accordin tgo gartner research, less than half is resold leaving retailers booking big losses, in some cases as much as 10 of total sales. Add in the surge of Online Shopping and the problem gets even bigger. Return rates from online sales can be 30 or more, and that has research from gartner warning retailers the old way of dealing with returns is a ticking time bomb. Retailers are not very good at managing returns right now, and so unless they invest in their ability to manage returns, the volume of returns coming back will cause problems in their overall supply chain. Reporter best buy is one
Sunday morning. Lets start the new year off right weatherwise. Lets bring in meteorologist krystal klei with a look at your first alert weather. This forecast is very easy on us for the first day of 2017. Were starting out with temperatures all above freezing. 36 degrees in mount pocono and 43 in philadelphia. Some of the clouds built in overnight kept in a little bit of the warmth from yesterday. So, temperatures didnt slip quite as much as they were supposed to. Thats good news. Things were more comfortable overnight. Still a bit of chill in the air. Atlantic city at 43, dover at 42 and lancaster right now at 41 degrees. So numbers are looking pretty good across the region. Theyll slip just a little this morning but overup we wont see much change until the clouds start to clear. Here are your current wind speeds. Yesterday it was still breezy to windy. Today still going to see some breezy conditions but not as strong as the last two days. Right now, mostly around 5 to 10 Miles Per Ho
Of the area. Lehigh valley and suburbs. Even in some neighbors in new jersey. This isnt until 8 00 this morning. Some neighbors temperatures are already starting to climb. Going to be a slow climb from the 20s and 30s into the 40s this afternoon. This freezing rain is going to lead to icy sidewalks and ice on untreated roads. You may find a layer of ice on your car as well. This is rain thats falling in new jersey or delaware. The rain meets the cold, thats where were going to see ie icing. Even some neighbors in new jersey right around mount laurel and into this area seeing pockets of colder air. Princeton seeing some of that as well and into the Lehigh Valley and northern and western suburbs. Temperatures will be climbing, but right now, next couple of hours, its really going to be borderline. Look at that 33 trees in. 31 in collegeville. Still below freezing. Find freezing conditions there. Township find icing conditions. Bedminster and new hope. The temperatures will warm into the
Philadelphia police say just before 11 00 the family had just came home. 27yearold father answer add knock at the door. Two men forced their way in at gunpoint. Homeowner was shot twice. Homeowner had a gun of his own. Shooting one of the men in the head. That man died. The other guy who did this ran away. Police are still looking for him at this hour. Father is in the hospital. Expected to survive. Family shaken up. Police say this was a Home Invasion robbery. Take another live look here at the scene. Very much active. The crime tape up along the road. Detectives looking at surveillance cameras in the area. 11 gunshots fired here. Police are calling it a fortunate outcome that neither the wife or four kids were injured. Live in frankford this morning, matt dlu sha, nbc 10 use. Video appearing to show a Police Officer and a teenage girl taking swings at each other. Take a look at the images that have gone viral. Trying to break up a bral in south philadelphia yesterday. One posted on i