If youre taking mass transit today, new Jersey Transit is operating on a normal schedule. Amtrak northeast corridor is operating on a modified schedule. Thats due to the cold weather conditions. Patco is operating on a normal schedule and so is septa. Chris . Definitely a morning to bundle up at the bus stop. This cold weather, of course is causing concern for parents who worry about their kids waiting out there on the school buses. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live for us in center city. Matt, last half hour you talked about all the things that weve come to do to stay warm like layering up and staying dry. Doctors say theres Something Else people should be doing, right . Reporter yeah, absolutely. Of course, it comes down to wearing the layers and keeping them fed. The kids fed, of course. We spoke with some parents yesterday at the bus stop. And they were waiting for their kids to get on the bus. But days like this one have them thinking about the alternatives. We are expecting the windch
A big mess inside a southwest Philadelphia Church as it opened for an Ash Wednesday service. The basement at divine Catholic Church in norwood flooded. Workers turned down the thermostat and the pipes froze. Nothing but water. Water from one end of the building to the other. What starts going through your mind . I dont know what to do. Plumber mike daley says when its below 20 degrees outside, its worth a higher utility bill to keep your thermostat up when youre not at home. Keep track of how cold it will get in your area or track tonights snow showers by using the nbc10 app. Its free to download for your smartphone or tablet. Happening right now a large crowd gathered in philadelphia to join the debate over Charter Schools. The School Reform commission could vote tonight to add 39 new charters in the city. Nbc10s Christine Maddela is joining outside tonights meeting. You spoke to parents on both sides of this issue. Reporter exactly. Some of those parents have even been arguing with e
Tomorrow. Minus 6 in doylestown. Minus 4 mt. Laurel. Minus 6 degrees in chester. Much of south jersey and delaware will be around minus 5 degrees. Now, aside from this were also talking about even more cold come willing in. Thats not going to be the coldest. Record cold friday morning could be feeling like minus 20 degrees into the weekend. We have some rain and snow in the forecast. Ill show you the details and timing coming up. Brakes on the Amtrak Service throughout the northeast. This is a live look at 30th street station. Amtrak says for the next two days, it will operate on a modified schedule. Tonight a heated battle over education. Four people arrested as a meeting over Charter Schools turned into a screaming match. We now know five new Charter Schools are coming to philadelphia. Were hearing reaction from both sides. Nbc 10s keith jones is live in Spring Garden with more on the emotional night. Keith . Reporter the meeting lasted more than five hours. So many people wanted to
Were all preventable. Deanna durante live in conshohocken. Reporter they sell used clothes and use that money to help people offset their heating bill and things they need. The coroner says those who died didnt need that help. What they needed was people to look after them. This really shouldnt happen in 2015. Reporter three people are dead from hypothermia, all since january 19th and all had family and neighbors. I dont think people give a damn. Unfortunately, they no longer care the way they used to. Reporter he deals with death every day. He says weatherrelated deaths can be prevented. Only 1 to 2 of the people we say has nobody. Reporter the colonial neighborhood food pantry is open. The thrift store raises money for those who need help paying their bills. When volunteers deliver meals to shutins they say oftentimes those people are afraid to turn up the heat. The older they are, they dont really get out of their house sometimes and they dont realize how cold it can be. Reporter th
Aquarium. That is one of the warm spots but look at the suburbs. 40s for pottstown, trenton and wilmington. Now 50 degrees in millville. 55 in cape may. Chillier in the mountains. 40 degrees for the pocono mountains. Temperatures will climb. Up to 67 degrees by 11 00 and into the 70s at 2 00. The wind will really be picking up though. It will be a blustery day. Winds at 18 miles an hour. Gusts could be as high as 30 miles an hour. Go through it neighborhood by neighborhood with the forecast when im back in ten minutes and take a sneak peek at the weekend. Check in with first alert traffic reporter katy zachry. Not a lot to report which i love to say around the 6 00 hour especially friday ahead of a Holiday Weekend. A lot of people over the next hour should be trying to get out the doorp and headed to their destination. Fewer cars on the road as evidenced by this shot at 76. Drive times between the blue route and the vine are about 11 12 minutes. Thats great for this time. Were not seei