The big question is will they be around for the morning commute . Ill show you a closer look at the timing on this and into your morning. Cooler temperatures ahead. Thats coming up. Wec continue to follow breaking news from the campus of Widener University. Police have a suspect in custody accused of making an online threat against students. We sent nbc 10s lu ann cahn to the campus as soon as we learned about this arrest. What have you found out about the suspect and the threat. Reporter initially we thought the student was 18 years old. We learned the student who has been arrested is 20 years old. He is a freshman. Hes a criminal justice major from lodi, new jersey. This morning, students saw that he had posted something that was alarming but the scary part for them, they didnt know who had posted it. It was anonymous. They notified administrators right away. We cannot in Law Enforcement take a chance of just overlooking an incident. Reporter we blurred out the offensive language, t
9 00 a. M. Snow developing and moving in on the lighter side. Temperatures in the midtolow 20s, still below freezing. For south jersey and delaware youll be below freezing once the snow moves in. It will be cold enough for that snow to stick during the morning commute. That is why we are calling it a first alert weather day. Aside from that we are talking about very cold temperatures. Chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz joins us outside to talk about that glenn . Were getting the first blast of the arctic air coming in and when you get into one of these gusts, it really does feel pretty cold especially since our bodies are not used to this. It was in the 50s, near 60 yesterday and much of december was not all that cold. Right now its 32 in philadelphia. It was 40 this morning. 27 in pottstown, allentown, reading, 26 in lancaster, 32 in Atlantic City. 33 degrees in millville. Now, the wind not quite as strong as it was even an hour ago. Were not seeing gusts over 30 miles an ho
You can see them in eastern maryland and moving through delaware into south jersey. Cape may getting a few sprinkles right now. Philadelphia saw a couple rain drops, but right now most of the area is just cloudy. And not as chilly as yesterday. Its 57 currently in philadelphia. Well see the temperatures climb in spite of clouds. Well see some thinning of the clouds. Well also see some scattered showers. 56 degrees at 7 00. By 9 00, 59 degrees, then into the 60s this afternoon. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back, but first, katy zachry is watching traffic. Good morning, katy. Hi, bill. Unfortunately, for new Jersey Drivers, we have a development to that crash on the turnpike southbound. So, between two exits, exit 4 and exit 2, they are blocked off while crews investigate this overturned truck thats blocking all lanes. It happened just before 4 00 a. M. Right near route 322, which is exit 2. But right now, again, crews have between exit 4 and exit 2 new jer
Militant group asking congress to authorize the use for more u. S. Military force. Now, the president s request to congress would clear the way for the u. S. Of u. S. Special forces to fight isis but only if there was intelligence suggesting they were posing a threat to the u. S. However, president obama does not make a specific commitment to the ground war. He says this campaign would last no more than three years. Im optimistic we can get strong bipartisan support. We can show our troops and the world that americans are united in this mission. Theres no timetable for congress to act on president obamas request. But a House Committee hearing is set for tomorrow. House Speaker John Boehner says changes are likely before it comes to a vote. Tonight local military families are reacting to the president s promise to defeat and destroy isis. Nbc10s jim rosen joins us. The thought of another military ak in and around joint base mcguire, local families and veterans are talking about the pres
School Reform Commission will exercise the powers given to us by state law to cancel the labor contract between the School District and the Philadelphia Federation of teachers. Reporter that was the announcement that happened shortly after 9 30 this morning. The src convened a meeting saying after 21 months of negotiations with the pft, those negotiations have moved, in their words, the wrong direction. Superintendent dr. William hite says its time for teachers to share in the sacrifices. So here is what happened. A board voted unanimously to cancel the pft contract, and what that means is that teachers will have to put up their own money for benefits. Salaries have not changed, and the src says this action will d redirect 48. 3 million to district schools and save 100 million over the next four hours. The School District is facing a 71 million deficit for the next school year and both the chair and superintendent contend this will help. I asked chairman bill green why this happened no