Again. We already have snow in the poconos this is Blue Mountain you can see the flakes falling not but one but two different systems. We have rain that will change over to snow come tomorrow morning and behind this another system for super bowl sunday right now 41 but look at minneapolis one below and this cold is moving eastward and tomorrow is going to be much different than today was with falling temperatures. You have the rain tonight behind it the snow for tomorrow morni morning. That sweeps through and that sets the stage for a very cold weekend. Rain to snow between 2 00 a. M. And 5 00 a. M. In philadelphia. Temperatures in the 20s and blustery tomorrow with an icy commute. So coming up, were going to focus on the super bowl storm. Who gets the rain, who gets the snow and how much. The timing and the temperatures. Its an important day. Weve been wait two weeks for this one. We have, kathy. Can you believe it . Were almost there. Just three more days. Then we and the whole world
Benning in wissinoming around 11 30 last night. Once he was freed from the burning call he was able to tell officers was abducted by three men driving a black did you do dee with tinted windows. At which time he was approached by three males who point of gun abducted him put him in the back of his car zip tied him drove him around for the next several hoursism they ended up in olney where the suspects doused the victim with gasoline and lit his vehicle on fire. During all that time they were driving around, police say the suspects were using the victims phone calling and texting repeatedly to demand ransom from his family. We did learn that a Family Member did begin toe messages from our victims phone from the people that abducted him demanding 10,00 now, this went on for at least five hours until at 5 42 police were called to west ford road. Reporter Police Emphasize they dont think this was random although they were unable to say this afternoon why at this point they think this victi
Fever reducing medication. Dr. Karyl rattay urged sick people to call their doctor rather than show up an emergency room antiviral drugs can be prescribed over the phone without the risk of affecting others and like pennsylvania, new jersey and other states, delaware is seeing a higher share of b strain cases than normal for this year. So, even if youve been sick once, get a flu shot if you havent gotten one already because it is possible to get sick again. And while School Absentee rates are higher than normal theres no reason for any of the schools to close because of this. And there are also other viruses going around this time of year. As for the flu we expect high levels of the virus to stick around for several more weeks so you want to make sure that youre washing your hands with soap and water frequently, wipe down common surfaces with a disinfectant and of course cover all coughs and sneezes with your elbow or with a tissue. You want to do what you can to protect yourself. Rick
Cover from yesterday which did start to break up nicely in the afternoon is now off the coast and were expecting a nice sunny start across the region, maybe some of those clouds out to the west and southwest start to roll in later today. 28 degrees though in philadelphia, so it is colder this morning than it was this time yesterday. 25 degrees in allentown, 25 in reading, 26 in trenton, 28 in wilmington. 30 degrees in millville and 30 currently in cape may. Theres a little bit of a breeze out there, too, so your wind chills in some cases are making it feel like its the teens. Thats pretty much the story across southeastern pennsylvania at this hour. And in philadelphia a wind chill of 18 and down in millville, 22 which aint much better. As we take a look at the Current Situation with flood warnings we still have that one from yesterday up along the Rancocas Creek between pemberton and lumberton and all the small stream tributaries up until at least noon today. Theyve also added the Mau
Americans are expecting to bet nearly 5 billion on the super bowl this weekend. According to the american gaming association. Only about 3 of those are legal bets. Placed in the casinos. But other states seek a piece of the action and of course the profits. Gambling on games is this weeks cover story. Right now you can only place a single game sports bet legally at a casino in nevada. But that could change. The Supreme Court is considering overturns the professional and amateur sports protection act. Thats a 1992 law that prohibits states from authorizing Sports Betting. Nevada was excluded as were three knots organ mt. And delaware that some forts forms of legal sports waging greatered in. But in the 25 years since it passed Public Opinion flipped. A Washington Post poll show as majority 55 of americans now support making wageering legal. New jersey wants to allow Sports Betting at casinos and race tracks. And the Supreme Court is expected to rule on that challenge by this summer. Whi