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Closure point because of the accident that happened down the road a ways on 95 northbound. Theres still a bit of a scene out there, but traffic is getting by. And police have lifted that closure point at exit 4. Theyre now basically making that scene a little bit smaller. So we have a photographer whos less than ten minutes away. Hes going to drive 95 and let us know exactly what he sees right near that scene of that accident. So well have more detailed information for you in the next few minutes. Again, that closure point at exit 4 has been lifted. Meantime, if you want to avoid this route 1 is still going to be your best bet. Ewing township there was a water main break that happened last night. Repair work is still going on on route 31 northbound just past olden avenue. All of our problems are out of new jersey this morning. Maple shade, a downed toll closing the ramp to main street its only that ramp blocked right now. Chris . Happening now, crews in northeast philadelphia are fill trying to get a handle on a water main break. This was the scene from sky 4 10 hours ago. And not much has changed since then. Water shooting about 200 feet into the air at that point. Nbc 10s Katie Zachary is live on scene for us this morning. Katie, here we are about nine hours into this water main break. And its still going. Whats going on . Reporter yeah and even i think closer to ten hours, chris, that this water has been just shooting into the air. Take a look behind me. We are off of grant avenue. And you can see really this geyserlike water shooting just from the ground as you said at the height of it shooting up to 200 feet in the air. The break is on private property. And there are Philadelphia Police here preventing us from getting any closer. Heres what we know according to the philadelphia Water Department. The line is a fire service connection. It is not a water main supplying customers. It ruptured around 7 00 last night appear i spokespersonfor the Water Department says theyre having trouble shutting off the valve. Because of the temperatures, the trees and branches around that water main break are frozen. And those freezing conditions have made it treacherous for water crews to remain out here. So they have since gone home and theyre going were told theyll be back out here when its warmer. Now, a worker was injured while he was working on this property trying to fix the problem. We are trying to get an update on his condition. I have reached out to a spokesperson for the Water Department and am awaiting an update. But at this time we have not gotten any reports that peoples water pressure in the area has been affected because of this large water main break behind me. Were going to stay on the skaen scene. I saw a vehicle from the Water Department pull in so im going to check back in with them and ill have an update for you coming up shortly. Reporting live in northeast philadelphia Katie Zachary, nbc 10 news. New from overnight, police finished searching the property of the parents of kyle crosby the Burlington County man accused of killing his wife. Erica crosby disappeared new years eve. Kyle was arrested monday night. Prosecutors say even though they havent found a body they have enough evidence to charge him with murder. Investigators searched using flashlights during the overnight hours, and they focused on woods and a shed behind kyle crosbys parents home in camden county. Erica Crippen Crosby went missing, as we said new years eve. The department of Child Protective Services gave kyles parents custody of the couples 2yearold daughter but overnight the state agency took custody of the toddler again. I hope the baby comes into our custody. Were a loving family and i just want her home where she belongs. Kyle crosby is being held on more than 1 million bail. 5 04 now. Happening later today, u. S. Attorney general eric holder will visit philadelphia to hold a meeting on Building Community trust. This, of course comes in the wake of policerelated deaths and ensuing protests across the country. Its all part of the obama administrations efforts to increase trust between police and the people they serve. Holder will be meeting today with local officials including mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey who heads up the president s Community Policing task force. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton will give us more details in a live report coming up at 5 30. Count on nbc 10 to cover the story throughout the day. Check back with us for details on what happens during todays meeting starting on nbc 10 news at 4 00 and any time through the nbc 10 news app. This morning Delaware National guard remains on heightened alert after security scares at two local military bases. The fbi and Homeland Security will now join the investigation at the new castle air national guard. Over the past few days four or five different cars drove up the long winding road to the gate. Each driver just asked for directions and then turned around. Officials say it was unusual enough to raise some red flags. So today investigators will review Surveillance Video hoping to learn more. Meantime operations will be back to normal today at joint base mcgwire lakehurst following a security scare yesterday there. Sky 4 was over the scene after someone found a suspicious package. It led to evacuations and one major gate on the base was shut down. Officials eventually found the package to be nonthreatening. They came in with a robot. They checked the package out. There was eight packages within one package. That package was found around 2 00 in the afternoon and three hours later officials gave the allclear. Heres a look at the five threat levelled at bases ranging from normal to delta. Right now the delaware facilities are operating under threat bravo, the third level. That applies when theres an increase and more predictable threat of terrorist activity. The military says in this case its acting out of an abundance of caution. 5 06 now. Happening today, the man accused of three rapes at a northeast Philadelphia Park is scheduled for a preliminary hearing. This is robert palin, hes facing charges in the assault at pennypack park. Those attacks happened in 2010 and 11. Hes also facing attempted murder charges for beating his victims. Detectives tracked him down in a wisconsin prison where he was serving time there for an attack on a woman in that state. Also in court today, the man accused of pushing his estranged wifes corvette into the Delaware River in northeast fill dechl, philadelphia, remember this . Police say he and his wife were going through a rough divorce when he rolled the car into the water in november. His wife says he was upset over a protective order that she had filed against him. In delaware a High School Wrestling coach in kent county is charged with having sex with a student on school grounds. Richard dickey howell teaches and coaches at Caesar Rodney high school in camden. State Police Accuse the 50yearold of having sex with a 17yearold girl at least nine times on campus and several times at his home. They say the relationship started last march and ran through december. A wrestling match scheduled for last night was canceled after howell turned himself in. They need to you know do what they need to do to at least get him out of the school and away from you know children. Ive never heard anything derogatory about him before so you know i would say innocent until proven guilty. Howell faces a slew of charges including 15 counts of sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust. The School District says it is cooperating fully with the investigation. A 20,000 reward is being offered on the information for whoever killed 56yearold kim jones is in its says third day. Police are going over surveillance footage. Jones was walking to her bus stop Tuesday Morning at 12th jefferson when she was shot in the back of the head. Police say she was targeted by her killer. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. With meteorologist bill henley. Its a cold one this morning and cloudy too. But were not tracking any wet weather. Its going to stay dry over the next few days. But its also going to stay cold during the day today. Well see temperatures climb into the 30s. But the wind will kick in this afternoon, and thats going to bring in colder air. Stays dry right on into the weekend, but not all weekend. Rain will be arriving as temperatures climb on sunday. Right now, heading out the door 27 degrees in reading. Holding at 30 degrees with clouds over cape may and philadelphia. Well see the temperatures come down a little bit more but were not going to see anything come out of the sky today. Well see a dusting of snow left over from that. Light snowfall fell in southern delaware yesterday. Clouds are in place right now. There are some thin spots in the clouds so well likely get breaks of sunshine especially when the wind kicks in this afternoon. And that will bring the temperatures down. We are running warmer by 12 degrees compared to yesterday at this time in trenton. The temperatures will climb into the 30s this afternoon. By 4 00 today, well be up to 34 degrees, and we will see some breaks of sunshine. So stand by for a cloudy and cold start. Afternoon temperatures with breaks of sunshine will be in the middle to upper 30s today with westerly winds kicking in this afternoon to 15 miles an hour. Got the sevenday forecast when im back in ten. All morning weve been watching the situation on 95 northbound in Mercer County. I know jillians been talking to state police and monitoring her cameras. What can you tell us . Heres the latest. We actually just had one of our photographers pass by that scene. We have video were working to turn around for you. Hopefully well have that in the next few minutes. 95 northbound exit 4. Thats where the accident happened. For a while officials shut down 95 at route 31. They were diverting traffic off of 95 onto 31. So right now that closure had been lifted says but we still have the right and center lane blocked at that accident scene. So you can take route 1 if you want to avoid it. Again, traffic can get by. We still have those lane restrictions, though. We will certainly keep you updated there. In maple shade, we have a downed pole from an earlier accident on the northbound side of route 73 right at the ramp to main street. That ramp is blocked off. And heading to a live look outside, 76 at montgomery drive, quiet in both directions. 11 minutes past 5 00. School bus safety. One day after this School Bus Fire nbc 10 is looking into how often school buses are inspected. And a rendell repeat . As pennsylvania governorelect to feel tom wolf puts his cabinet together, some people feel its just more of the same. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com skippy yippee fun fun fun shiny you never listen what . Is someone talking . Skippy yippee look a ride vo made with the funnest peanuts ever skippy. Yippee it is 5 14. Pope francis just arrived in the philippines. This is the first papal visit there in 20 years. Church bells tolled at the pope landed just a few minutes ago. The government has declared a National Holiday for the popes visit which runs through monday. That is a live picture. Now lets take you to a live picture locally of a water main the geyser from a water main thats been spewing for hours, since about 7 00 last night. This is in northeast philadelphia on bluegrass road. It is not a connection to customers. It is a connection a fire connection let me get you more information on that. This morning investigators are trying to figure out what caused this school bus in ocean county. The bus burst into flames on old freehold road in toms river yesterday morning. No one was hurt. We found out school buss ines in new jersey are inspected twice a year. Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked this fire that rips through a pennsylvania prison north of harrisburg. Flames and thick smoke forced the evacuation of more than 200 inmates from the 140yearold Northumberland County prison. Officials are moving the inmates to other prisons. No one was hurt. 5 15 now. Happening later today, Penn State Trustees will start discussing a plan for the university to switch sides in a lawsuit against the ncaa. Right now penn state is a codefendant in a lawsuit brought by a state lawmaker and state treasurer, but alumni members want the school to become a plaintiff and challenge the 50 million fine and football sanctions stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. We are hearing from pennsylvanias attorney general, Kathleen Kane for the First Time Since reports surfaced that a grand jury recommended charging her. Kane spoke outside the farm show in harrisburg yesterday. She says she will not back down and sbepdintends to stay attorney general for the rest of her term. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that a grand jury found that knane should be charged. Now shes calling on the governor to appoint a special investigator into how the information was leaked. A real disappointment in the way this process has worked. Ive dedicated my life to the law. I love the law and believe in it. Ive worked hard to get here. And seeing the way that this process has worked is a huge disappointment. So far kane is not charged with a crime. Governorelect tom wolf will visit the Pennsylvania Farm Show this morning in harrisburg. And some of the people hes chosen for cabinet posts will be joining him. This afternoon wolf will stop by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency headquarters for a look at the states Emergency Operations center. Pennsylvanias Republican Party is lashing out against governorelect tom wolfs choice tore cabinet members. The Communications Director for the states Republican Party said tom wolf promised to bring a fresh perspective, but instead hes chosen to surround himself with as many former appointees of ed rendell as possible. The party cites seven new members of wolfs cabinet who also served under governor ed rendell. Well, nbc 10 reached out to governorelect wolfs office and they say wolf has appointed experienced leaders from the private and Public Sector including the ridge and corbett administrations. Governorelect wolf will be sworn into office in harrisburg on tuesday. You can count on nbc 10 to bring you the inauguration on the air and online at nbc10. Com. 5 17. And this from our Trenton Bureau this morning. New jerseys Senate President is calling for a master plan to fix the states aging bridges, roads and tunnels. Senator Steve Sweeney appointed two advisers to craft that plan. He did not address how to pay for the plan but he did say it will be done soon. What we talk about all the time is maintaining roads. What i want to talk about is improving transportation like weve done on the turnpike. As you may know governor christie took some heat on tuesday when he failed to mention the Transportation Trust fund in his state of the state address. Speaking of roads and transportation, we have had a problem all morning long on i95. Yeah, thats taking shape in Mercer County new jersey. Nbc 10s first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has been following it. What can you tell us now . Reporter were working right now to get this video into our system. This was shot by one of our photographers. You can take a look here to see what we have going on. This is 95 northbound Hopewell Township just past route 31 which is exit 4. You do see traffic flowing there, but the problem is we have this fatal accident overnight involving a tractor trailer and passenger vehicle. Right at that scene, police, as you can see there on the right side of your screen still have a couple of lanes blocked off right as you pass that scene. Traffic is getting by. Depending on how long this investigation goes on, though, thats when we could see some backups in that area. Lets go ahead and take you back to the maps right now. Can you take route 1 if you want to avoid that area. Again, thats a fatal accident that weve been following for you all morning long. At one point 95 was completely shut down. But state police have lifted that closure point. Maple shade, we have a downed pole from an earlier accident on the northbound side of 73. The ramp to main street that ramp is closed as a result of that downed pole with wires. And then for drivers in philadelphia this is what 95 is looking like right near the Philadelphia International airport. It is clear in both directions. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. With meteorologist bill henley. Cloudy skies this morning. We will see some clearing this afternoon. But the clouds are actually helping us stay warmer this morning. No wind here at nbc 10 and the wind is much lighter. Just at five miles an hour at Katie Zachary<\/a> is live on scene for us this morning. Katie, here we are about nine hours into this water main break. And its still going. Whats going on . Reporter yeah and even i think closer to ten hours, chris, that this water has been just shooting into the air. Take a look behind me. We are off of grant avenue. And you can see really this geyserlike water shooting just from the ground as you said at the height of it shooting up to 200 feet in the air. The break is on private property. And there are Philadelphia Police<\/a> here preventing us from getting any closer. Heres what we know according to the philadelphia Water Department<\/a>. The line is a fire service connection. It is not a water main supplying customers. It ruptured around 7 00 last night appear i spokespersonfor the Water Department<\/a> says theyre having trouble shutting off the valve. Because of the temperatures, the trees and branches around that water main break are frozen. And those freezing conditions have made it treacherous for water crews to remain out here. So they have since gone home and theyre going were told theyll be back out here when its warmer. Now, a worker was injured while he was working on this property trying to fix the problem. We are trying to get an update on his condition. I have reached out to a spokesperson for the Water Department<\/a> and am awaiting an update. But at this time we have not gotten any reports that peoples water pressure in the area has been affected because of this large water main break behind me. Were going to stay on the skaen scene. I saw a vehicle from the Water Department<\/a> pull in so im going to check back in with them and ill have an update for you coming up shortly. Reporting live in northeast philadelphia Katie Zachary<\/a>, nbc 10 news. New from overnight, police finished searching the property of the parents of kyle crosby the Burlington County<\/a> man accused of killing his wife. Erica crosby disappeared new years eve. Kyle was arrested monday night. Prosecutors say even though they havent found a body they have enough evidence to charge him with murder. Investigators searched using flashlights during the overnight hours, and they focused on woods and a shed behind kyle crosbys parents home in camden county. Erica Crippen Crosby<\/a> went missing, as we said new years eve. The department of Child Protective Services<\/a> gave kyles parents custody of the couples 2yearold daughter but overnight the state agency took custody of the toddler again. I hope the baby comes into our custody. Were a loving family and i just want her home where she belongs. Kyle crosby is being held on more than 1 million bail. 5 04 now. Happening later today, u. S. Attorney general eric holder will visit philadelphia to hold a meeting on Building Community<\/a> trust. This, of course comes in the wake of policerelated deaths and ensuing protests across the country. Its all part of the obama administrations efforts to increase trust between police and the people they serve. Holder will be meeting today with local officials including mayor Michael Nutter<\/a> and Police Commissioner<\/a> Charles Ramsey<\/a> who heads up the president s Community Policing<\/a> task force. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton<\/a> will give us more details in a live report coming up at 5 30. Count on nbc 10 to cover the story throughout the day. Check back with us for details on what happens during todays meeting starting on nbc 10 news at 4 00 and any time through the nbc 10 news app. This morning Delaware National<\/a> guard remains on heightened alert after security scares at two local military bases. The fbi and Homeland Security<\/a> will now join the investigation at the new castle air national guard. Over the past few days four or five different cars drove up the long winding road to the gate. Each driver just asked for directions and then turned around. Officials say it was unusual enough to raise some red flags. So today investigators will review Surveillance Video<\/a> hoping to learn more. Meantime operations will be back to normal today at joint base mcgwire lakehurst following a security scare yesterday there. Sky 4 was over the scene after someone found a suspicious package. It led to evacuations and one major gate on the base was shut down. Officials eventually found the package to be nonthreatening. They came in with a robot. They checked the package out. There was eight packages within one package. That package was found around 2 00 in the afternoon and three hours later officials gave the allclear. Heres a look at the five threat levelled at bases ranging from normal to delta. Right now the delaware facilities are operating under threat bravo, the third level. That applies when theres an increase and more predictable threat of terrorist activity. The military says in this case its acting out of an abundance of caution. 5 06 now. Happening today, the man accused of three rapes at a northeast Philadelphia Park<\/a> is scheduled for a preliminary hearing. This is robert palin, hes facing charges in the assault at pennypack park. Those attacks happened in 2010 and 11. Hes also facing attempted murder charges for beating his victims. Detectives tracked him down in a wisconsin prison where he was serving time there for an attack on a woman in that state. Also in court today, the man accused of pushing his estranged wifes corvette into the Delaware River<\/a> in northeast fill dechl, philadelphia, remember this . Police say he and his wife were going through a rough divorce when he rolled the car into the water in november. His wife says he was upset over a protective order that she had filed against him. In delaware a High School Wrestling<\/a> coach in kent county is charged with having sex with a student on school grounds. Richard dickey howell teaches and coaches at Caesar Rodney<\/a> high school in camden. State Police Accuse<\/a> the 50yearold of having sex with a 17yearold girl at least nine times on campus and several times at his home. They say the relationship started last march and ran through december. A wrestling match scheduled for last night was canceled after howell turned himself in. They need to you know do what they need to do to at least get him out of the school and away from you know children. Ive never heard anything derogatory about him before so you know i would say innocent until proven guilty. Howell faces a slew of charges including 15 counts of sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust. The School District<\/a> says it is cooperating fully with the investigation. A 20,000 reward is being offered on the information for whoever killed 56yearold kim jones is in its says third day. Police are going over surveillance footage. Jones was walking to her bus stop Tuesday Morning<\/a> at 12th jefferson when she was shot in the back of the head. Police say she was targeted by her killer. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. With meteorologist bill henley. Its a cold one this morning and cloudy too. But were not tracking any wet weather. Its going to stay dry over the next few days. But its also going to stay cold during the day today. Well see temperatures climb into the 30s. But the wind will kick in this afternoon, and thats going to bring in colder air. Stays dry right on into the weekend, but not all weekend. Rain will be arriving as temperatures climb on sunday. Right now, heading out the door 27 degrees in reading. Holding at 30 degrees with clouds over cape may and philadelphia. Well see the temperatures come down a little bit more but were not going to see anything come out of the sky today. Well see a dusting of snow left over from that. Light snowfall fell in southern delaware yesterday. Clouds are in place right now. There are some thin spots in the clouds so well likely get breaks of sunshine especially when the wind kicks in this afternoon. And that will bring the temperatures down. We are running warmer by 12 degrees compared to yesterday at this time in trenton. The temperatures will climb into the 30s this afternoon. By 4 00 today, well be up to 34 degrees, and we will see some breaks of sunshine. So stand by for a cloudy and cold start. Afternoon temperatures with breaks of sunshine will be in the middle to upper 30s today with westerly winds kicking in this afternoon to 15 miles an hour. Got the sevenday forecast when im back in ten. All morning weve been watching the situation on 95 northbound in Mercer County<\/a>. I know jillians been talking to state police and monitoring her cameras. What can you tell us . Heres the latest. We actually just had one of our photographers pass by that scene. We have video were working to turn around for you. Hopefully well have that in the next few minutes. 95 northbound exit 4. Thats where the accident happened. For a while officials shut down 95 at route 31. They were diverting traffic off of 95 onto 31. So right now that closure had been lifted says but we still have the right and center lane blocked at that accident scene. So you can take route 1 if you want to avoid it. Again, traffic can get by. We still have those lane restrictions, though. We will certainly keep you updated there. In maple shade, we have a downed pole from an earlier accident on the northbound side of route 73 right at the ramp to main street. That ramp is blocked off. And heading to a live look outside, 76 at montgomery drive, quiet in both directions. 11 minutes past 5 00. School bus safety. One day after this School Bus Fire<\/a> nbc 10 is looking into how often school buses are inspected. And a rendell repeat . As pennsylvania governorelect to feel tom wolf puts his cabinet together, some people feel its just more of the same. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com skippy yippee fun fun fun shiny you never listen what . Is someone talking . Skippy yippee look a ride vo made with the funnest peanuts ever skippy. Yippee it is 5 14. Pope francis just arrived in the philippines. This is the first papal visit there in 20 years. Church bells tolled at the pope landed just a few minutes ago. The government has declared a National Holiday<\/a> for the popes visit which runs through monday. That is a live picture. Now lets take you to a live picture locally of a water main the geyser from a water main thats been spewing for hours, since about 7 00 last night. This is in northeast philadelphia on bluegrass road. It is not a connection to customers. It is a connection a fire connection let me get you more information on that. This morning investigators are trying to figure out what caused this school bus in ocean county. The bus burst into flames on old freehold road in toms river yesterday morning. No one was hurt. We found out school buss ines in new jersey are inspected twice a year. Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked this fire that rips through a pennsylvania prison north of harrisburg. Flames and thick smoke forced the evacuation of more than 200 inmates from the 140yearold Northumberland County<\/a> prison. Officials are moving the inmates to other prisons. No one was hurt. 5 15 now. Happening later today, Penn State Trustees<\/a> will start discussing a plan for the university to switch sides in a lawsuit against the ncaa. Right now penn state is a codefendant in a lawsuit brought by a state lawmaker and state treasurer, but alumni members want the school to become a plaintiff and challenge the 50 million fine and football sanctions stemming from the Jerry Sandusky<\/a> child sex abuse scandal. We are hearing from pennsylvanias attorney general, Kathleen Kane<\/a> for the First Time Since<\/a> reports surfaced that a grand jury recommended charging her. Kane spoke outside the farm show in harrisburg yesterday. She says she will not back down and sbepdintends to stay attorney general for the rest of her term. The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a> reported that a grand jury found that knane should be charged. Now shes calling on the governor to appoint a special investigator into how the information was leaked. A real disappointment in the way this process has worked. Ive dedicated my life to the law. I love the law and believe in it. Ive worked hard to get here. And seeing the way that this process has worked is a huge disappointment. So far kane is not charged with a crime. Governorelect tom wolf will visit the Pennsylvania Farm Show<\/a> this morning in harrisburg. And some of the people hes chosen for cabinet posts will be joining him. This afternoon wolf will stop by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency<\/a> headquarters for a look at the states Emergency Operations<\/a> center. Pennsylvanias Republican Party<\/a> is lashing out against governorelect tom wolfs choice tore cabinet members. The Communications Director<\/a> for the states Republican Party<\/a> said tom wolf promised to bring a fresh perspective, but instead hes chosen to surround himself with as many former appointees of ed rendell as possible. The party cites seven new members of wolfs cabinet who also served under governor ed rendell. Well, nbc 10 reached out to governorelect wolfs office and they say wolf has appointed experienced leaders from the private and Public Sector<\/a> including the ridge and corbett administrations. Governorelect wolf will be sworn into office in harrisburg on tuesday. You can count on nbc 10 to bring you the inauguration on the air and online at nbc10. Com. 5 17. And this from our Trenton Bureau<\/a> this morning. New jerseys Senate President<\/a> is calling for a master plan to fix the states aging bridges, roads and tunnels. Senator Steve Sweeney<\/a> appointed two advisers to craft that plan. He did not address how to pay for the plan but he did say it will be done soon. What we talk about all the time is maintaining roads. What i want to talk about is improving transportation like weve done on the turnpike. As you may know governor christie took some heat on tuesday when he failed to mention the Transportation Trust<\/a> fund in his state of the state address. Speaking of roads and transportation, we have had a problem all morning long on i95. Yeah, thats taking shape in Mercer County<\/a> new jersey. Nbc 10s first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has been following it. What can you tell us now . Reporter were working right now to get this video into our system. This was shot by one of our photographers. You can take a look here to see what we have going on. This is 95 northbound Hopewell Township<\/a> just past route 31 which is exit 4. You do see traffic flowing there, but the problem is we have this fatal accident overnight involving a tractor trailer and passenger vehicle. Right at that scene, police, as you can see there on the right side of your screen still have a couple of lanes blocked off right as you pass that scene. Traffic is getting by. Depending on how long this investigation goes on, though, thats when we could see some backups in that area. Lets go ahead and take you back to the maps right now. Can you take route 1 if you want to avoid that area. Again, thats a fatal accident that weve been following for you all morning long. At one point 95 was completely shut down. But state police have lifted that closure point. Maple shade, we have a downed pole from an earlier accident on the northbound side of 73. The ramp to main street that ramp is closed as a result of that downed pole with wires. And then for drivers in philadelphia this is what 95 is looking like right near the Philadelphia International<\/a> airport. It is clear in both directions. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. With meteorologist bill henley. Cloudy skies this morning. We will see some clearing this afternoon. But the clouds are actually helping us stay warmer this morning. No wind here at nbc 10 and the wind is much lighter. Just at five miles an hour at Philadelphia International<\/a> which is holding at 30. Now, most of the area is a little colder than that and its cold enough to still have some snow on the ground after yesterdays light snowfall at the shore in southern and central delaware. Just a dusting inland. Barely any in portions of gloucester county. Holding at 30 now in northeast philly and Philadelphia International<\/a>. Look at the 20s, pottstown, doylestown, trenton are in the 20s. Down to 28 at levittown and right along the Delaware River<\/a>, 28 degrees currently. A bit colder for doylestown at 26. Farther north and west kintnersville down to 25. Its not the brutal cold we saw yesterday morning. We do have another shot of cold air before things warm up over the weekend. We will see temperatures climb today. The clouds were starting off with not all that impressive. Should be thinning out as we go into this afternoon. Which would allow for the temperatures to climb into the middle to upper 30s today. We could get closer to that 37degree mark if we get a little more break in the cloud cover this afternoon. Tomorrow the wind is back. So even though the temperatures will climb into the upper 30s in the afternoon, its going to feel colder on friday. And that wind that kicks in during the afternoon friday will drive the temperatures down on saturday. Theres another cold morning. 19 degrees in the city. Lower teens in some of the suburbs. A high of just 31 degrees on saturday. Then clouds move in sunday. And the temperature will be climbing from 28 in the morning to 48 in the afternoon. With rain developing during the afternoon and staying into sunday night. Early morning showers should taper off on monday and then a windy and colder day monday, tuesday and wednesday, the cold stays. Accused of impersonating a soldier. [ bleep ] stone valor right here. Stone valor coming up in our next half hour, how lawmakers plan to make people pay for posing as something that they are not. Plus a longer wait for your money and slower answers to your questions. Why you can expect delays this year as you get ready to file that tax return. The head of the irs says budget cuts have forced that agency to cut back this year. Heres what that means to you. Taxpayers may get their refunds at least a week late. And people with questions will also have to wait longer to get help from the irs hotline. In fact, the irs is warning fewer than half of the people who call the hotline will actually get through. Experts say this comes at a bad time because the new Health Care Law<\/a> will make peoples taxes even more complicated. President obama takes action today to try to get employees paid sick time. A move that could affect more than 3 million workers in our area. Landon doughty is here with this mornings cnbc business news. Landon, good morning. Tracy, good morning to you. President obama will call on Congress Today<\/a> to pass a measure requiring companies to offer employees up to seven days paid sick leave a year. Hell also take executive action to ensure federal government workers get at least six weeks paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child. The president wants congress to spend more than 2 billion to help states and cities set up paid family leave programs. Census bureau data shows there are more than 1. 7 Million People<\/a> in pennsylvania who dont get paid sick leave while more than 1. 1 million in new jersey and nearly 150,000 in delaware. Tracy, back to you. Debating the issue in philadelphia right now, landon doughty, thanks. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Clouds overhead and a cold start this morning. It is 29 degrees here at nbc 10. Teens in the pocono mountains where at camelback you can see they are making snow. Temperatures will climb into the 20s this afternoon. And well be watching for some breaks of sunshine during the day. Well see if were getting a break on the roads, jillian mele in the first alert traffic. Good morning, bill. The majors around philadelphia are looking really good. This is a live look at the vine street expressway. No problems there. Our problems this morning are in new jersey. Ive been following three specific situations on the roads. Ill get you updated on that in minutes. At 5 26 we continue to follow developments in the search for a missing Burlington County<\/a> woman. Jesse gary has details on a late inform night latenight search for evidence. The Prosecutors Office<\/a> searching the home of the suspects parents. Ill tell you what was removed from that home after the break. Thank you cable. For the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you cable, because if we never had you. We wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. The numbers dont lie. In Customer Satisfaction<\/a> studies, fios is rated 1 in Internet Speed<\/a> and reliability, and hd picture quality. Get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two years and get a 400 bonus with a two year agreement. Hurry its your last chance this offer ends january 17th. Call the Verizon Center<\/a> for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v this is nbc 10 news. Gushing like a geyser. Its been more than ten hours. And this morning a water main break continues to shoot water into the air. We are live on the scene as crews try to get it under control. A child in a car seat carrier, bags of evidence even a toolbox. Nbc 10 is there as investigators searched the home of a missing womans inlaws. And our First Alert Network<\/a> of cameras caught a few flurries falling overnight. No snow in the forecast today. It will be cloudy and cold. Good morning. And welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im chris cato. The only water falling from the sky is from that water main break. More on that in a moment. Lets talk about what else the weather is bringing for us today. Bill henley is standing by. Its cold again. Yeah it is cold. Temperatures in the 20s for most of the area, low 30s in philadelphia. With clouds overhead. And just a little bit of a breeze. Its nowhere near as windy as it was yesterday. But you do have to bundle up if youre heading out the door right now. 26 in pottstown. 20 for wilmington trenton millville, Atlantic City<\/a> is at 29. Holding at 30 at Philadelphia International<\/a> in northeast philly. Coming down to 29 at 7 00. And then theyll start their slow climb to 34 degrees by lunchtime today. Some areas will get a bit warmer than others. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. First lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning. Good morning to you. Its been busy morning on the roads out of new jersey. 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