North philadelphia. Tomorrow we could see record heat, but the biggest story is what happens the day after snow. Nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist zblen hurricane schwartz has the most accurate forecast and the latest on the snow. As wild as it seems, its going to happen. Were going to be near record warmth tomorrow, and its going to snow thursday morning. First alert for that thursday morning snow for the entire area except the jersey shore and southern delaware where it will be a little bit too warm. The general timing is from 4 00 a. M. To noon. Its not going to be a total waste of a day on thursday. Accumulating snow. Heavy at times. Slick roads. Poor visibility. Much of that happening right during the morning rush. Here we are tomorrow night at this time, and its not snowing yet. Its moving in from the west as the cold air comes down from the north, and by the morning rush, the darker blue indicates some of the heavier snow right there. 6 00 a. M. All the way down almost to dover and Atlantic City. Much of the area getting accumulating snow during the morning rush as temperatures dropped. Watch what happens its going to be really windy as we go through the day on thursday. The precipitation begins as rain, changes to snow in the middle of the night, and eventually even in southern parts of the area. On the latest snow totals for your neighborhood coming up in just a few minutes. All right, glen. New at 11 00 a Restaurant Owner fights back. Were hearing his story of pulling a gun on an armed robber. Nbc 10 Brandon Hudson is live at southwest detectives. Jacquelin and jim, moments after Philadelphia Police posted this Surveillance Video we went right to this owner in west philly. We tracked him down. He told us about the moment he knew he was being robbed and his decision to shoot at the suspects. Quietly this armed robber sneaks behind chinese Restaurant Owner john zang and gently moves him away from the Cash Register to steal the money. I know this is a robber. This restaurant was one of five Corner Stores or restaurants targeted between november and last thursday. Police release Surveillance Video of all of them believing its the same people. The owner of this Chinese Restaurant says the robber got in and got out this same way. They used this. As you can see, it is locked, but the owner says the robber climbed over the fence which is just over six feet tall and got inside. As the suspects tried to get away, zang fired three shots, striking one of them in the back. The other one needs to be slow. Officers arrested the injured robber after he went to the hospital for treatment, but the crime spree didnt stop there. Police say just two days after the restaurant robbery on spruce street masked men pulled the same crime at vine street deli. Had to be more police around so more we have to feel more secure. Reporter none of the store employees was hurt in any of those robberies. Police are still looking for two men in one of those robberies. The getaway car that was used was a darkcolored 2000 to 2005 chevy monte carlo. Reporting live in west philly, im Brandon Hudson, nbc 10 news. President trumps travel ban faced its toughest test yet tonight. A panel of Appeals Court judges began deciding whether to reinstate the ban. Tonight no decision has been made. The hearing was conducted over the phone. The three judges talked about the constitutional questions surrounding the ban. Washington and minnesota sued. The government says they dont have the legal right to, but the states argue their people are affected. Whenever the court eventually decides, either side could ask the Supreme Court to intervene. Tomorrow the senate votes on whether to confirm senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general on the left. A live look at the late night session that democrats are holding to oppose him. They say sessions has a troubling record on civil rights. After a long and bitter confirmation battle betsy devos is sworn in as the secretary of education this evening. The oath administered just hours after Vice President mike pence cast the tiebreaking vote in the senate. It was the first time in history a Vice President s vote was needed get a cabinet nominee across the vote threshold. During a meeting today with sheriffs at the white house, President Trump drew some laughter. The texas sheriff was telling the president about a state senator who backs legislation that would forbid seizing assets before a suspect is convicted. The president responded with this. Want to give me his name . Well destroy his career. The senator was never named, and sitting right next to the president is Chester County sheriff Carolyn Bunny welsh. Philadelphia could be one step closer to losing millions of dollars in state funding. Today the Pennsylvania StateSenate Passed a bill that would withhold state money from socalled sanctuary cities. Those are cities that dont honor detention requests from federal immigration authorities. Meanwhile, some new jersey lawmakers are taking steps to protect sanctuary cities. They have introduced a bill that would provide state money to sanctuary cities that lose federal funding. Its unclear if governor Chris Christie would sign the measure. The budget battle is brewing again in pennsylvania. Today Governor Tom Wolf unveiled his 32 billion spending plan in harrisburg. The governors budget does not increase tax rates on sales or income, but the plan does impose a new 1 billion tax on natural Gas Production and includes about 2 billion in spending cuts. The governor also wants to increase the minimum wage to 12 an hour while boosting funding to public schools. In Camden County a public hearing on school funding. State lawmakers cant agree on a solution so theyre letting taxpayers give their input. These meetings are being held by Assembly Speaker vincent. The goal is to come up with a plan thats fair to taxpayers, school districts, and children. To Montgomery County where we are getting a look at the people accused of stealing kobe bryant memorabilia from lower marion high school. Its hard to make out anything specific about the person in the two pictures on the left, but the guy in the two on the right is wearing a brooklyn pompom hat and gray Michael Jordan sweat pants. They broke into the kobe bryant jim. They took several items from a trophy case, including kobes framed replica jersey, autographed sneakers, and the schools 1996 state championship trophy. Friends and family are remembering a philadelphia woman whose life was cut short by a hitandrun driver. This candlelight vigil and prayer walk was in West Philadelphia for catherine brown. She was run down last month as she was crossing the street with her grandchildren near 57th and gerrard. The family continues to hold out hope that browns killer will be found. I really dont want to be in the city anymore as long as i know my mothers killer is on the loose. Its hard for me to even grasp the concept that my mother has been killed. Police are looking for a newer model white minivan seen here in this surveillance image. To an nbc 10 exclusive. We are hearing from the Burlington CityPolice Officers who saved a little girls life. The officers were on patrol near burlington ton town station when the 5yearold was pushed in front of a train by a total stranger. Officers cameron long and David Edwardson saw the whole thing go down and without hesitation, jumped right into action. Today those officers spoke exclusively to nbc 10. Hands are up in the air. Telling the train to stop. Then once we heard it come to a screeching halt, the little girl was safely back up by her mothers fiance. It could have been a lot worse. Thank god everyone was where they were. She was arrested and charged with attempted murder. New at 11 00 after 100 years of bottling cocacola in bethlehem, soda production has fizzled out. The Cocacola Bottling Company of the Lehigh Valley will no longer make soda. Cocacola is restructuring its north american operations. The spokesperson for cocacola says the impact on jobs in bethlehem will be minimal. 124 people work in the plant. From our Jersey Shore Bureau a state senator has introduced a bill that would make it easier for the rebel casino to reopen in Atlantic City. The bill says hotel owners would not have to have is a casino license as long as the Company Operating the casino has one. Request the developer is the current owner of the building that housed the rebel. The Casino Control Commission ruled that he needs a casino license to reopen it, regardless of who runs the property for him. Tomorrow Atlantic City councilmembers could vote on whether to hike the fares for boardwalk trams. That proposal calling for 1. 75 hike on a oneway trip, and an all day pass that costs 2. 50 more. Council considers a plan to allow tram cars. Former Vice President joe biden is headed back to washington d. C. He will lead the Pen Biden Center for diplomacy and Global Engagement at the university of pennsylvania. Its a new center focused on diploma diplomacy, foreign policy, and national security. It will be located in washington and opens later this year. In delaware mr. Biden will serve as the founding chair of the university of delawares biden institute. The new research and policy center will focus on developing solutions for everything from economic reform to criminal justice. Got near record warmth one day and snow the next. Tell you what to expect in if your neighborhood on your most accurate forecast. Also, flu fight. The virus is spreading in our area. Where the virus is most severe and what you need to know to protect your family. Oh, baby. A special delivery with some help from two state troopers. And surf city. Were going to show you how president obama is enjoying his time out of the white house. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. A brazilian feel in center city today. Nbc 10 was at the Kimmel Center and the lucky few got a lesson in anticipation of the upcoming brazilian dance troop show at the center next week. Widespread outbreak of the flu is hitting children especially hard this season. And a local doctor tells nbc 10 theyre seeing the highest amount of cases in the country. Nbc 10s keith jones breaks down the outbreak and what you can do to stop influenza from spreading. Reporter just look at our area. In pennsylvania, new jersey there is widespread flu activity. In delaware, meanwhile, cases are low. In pennsylvania, if you didnt get the flu shot, chances are you live up here in birk county, lee high county, or North Hampton counties. Theres almost 1,000 flu patients in each of those counties. In new jersey the most patients live in Camden County and in ocean county, and a doctor here warns the numbers are rising. Can i come in . Reporter case after case, no end in sight. Dr. Rob danhoff has a warning. Last year the cases tended to peak late february, early march. Right now it hasnt even peaked yet. The flu activity is huge. Rishlg reporter and potentially deadly. Especially to those less than 2 years old and older than 60 or someone who has a preexisting medical condition. So far 15 children have died across the country. Seven in one week. What can we do . By getting the flu shot, the more people who get it, the better protection for the population. And dr. Danhoff says pregnant women should definitely be vaccinated. Why get an illness if you have a potential to either prevent it, number one, or decrease the severity of it . Reporter about 8,000 people have had the flu in our area, and doctors say that number is only going to rise. What can you do . First thing is first. You can get more sleep. The second thing you can do is clean your hands often. Third thing, of course, as the doctor said, vaccinate. It is never too late. Keith jones, nbc 10 news. A warming gesture in the fight against cancer. Tonight dozens of local Elementary School kids and their families joined forces with the nonprofit to help patients in need. Volunteers from cozys for chemo were on hand right here. They helped make blankets that would be distributed to local cancer patients. A Family Reunion in salem county today. Yeah. A local mom reunited with the team that helped deliver her baby. Nbc 10 at the Port Norris State Police barracks for todays reunion. She was on her way to the hospital last month, but knew she just would not make it in time, and thats when three new jersey state troopers stepped in and helped deliver the baby in the back of a minivan. I dont even know if she would be here. Im thankful. Were able to have a successful ending, and this is just icing on the cake. Her mom says theyll be back next week with presents for the group of valentines. So beautiful. Neighbors in lower marion are on the lookout, though, tonight. Theres a predator creeping around back yards. A coyote was spotted last week. It was seen running south through a backyard towards north win wood avenue. Keep an eye out. Coyotes will eat everything from garbage and pet foo food to small pets. You can see this coyote, then dont go near it. Just call police. Turning no nbc 10 first alert weather now. In new orleans tonight want to he sho you this. Residents there cleaning up after tornadoes swept through the area earlier today. This drone video shows the path of destruction. Dozens of people were hurt here, but no deaths have been reported so far. A much different story in our area. Nbc 10 at 40th and walnut in university city. Those heavy coats wont be needed at all. You will want to dress warmly for the snow on thursday, though. We have some wild changes going on in the next couple of days, and its 63 in wilmington and 42 in philadelphia. Were going to have some amazing contrasts across the area over the next confidential days, and thats what neighborhood weather is all about. Let me show you this. Its 63 in swedes borough. 63 in turnersville, but its 43 in audubon. These are real temperatures. 41 in mount 60 in volunteer hes. 38 in lumberton. Thats a front. 39 degrees in princeton. That also makes things a little tricky predicting the next storm. First alert for the thursday snow for the entire area except for the jersey shore in southern delaware from 4 00 a. M. To noon and accumulating snow, heavy at times. Especially during the morning rush. The day is not a total loss. We have a few light showers back to the west. Thats not a big deal. This is going to be a bigger deal. Its racing to the east. Its not a classic type of big potential snowstorm because its moving too fast, and its not coming up with gulf of mexico moisture. Its got limitations here. It is going to cover it, and it is going to be during the rush hour, and there is no doubt about this. Every computer model has this general idea. Theres 5 00 a. M. , and its snowing across much of the area. The darker blue indicates the heavier snow. By 8 00 a. M. Still snowing way out to new jersey, but its already tapering off to the west by 11 00 a. M. Its winding down, and as soon as it does, says a lot of the travel is going to be a lot better. A lot of snow melting on the roads, and with the sun coming out in the afternoon, more melting on the roads. Its going to be very windy. Well, going from mostly melting to the south to up to six to ten inches and on northern areas. Lets get in to the neighborhoods. 6 to 10 inches. Allentown, redding, potsville, hazleton, chestnut hill. Potstown right on the edge. This area in pink, four to six inches in charleston, norristown, westchester, coatsville, west grove, kenneth square, chester right on the edge of that, and much of philadelphia in the four to six inch range now including addington, ben salem, other parts of lower bus county, cinnamonton, cherry hill, trenton in the four to six. As is bordertown and levitttown. Also manchester, woodway. In the four to six. Now were in the two to four inch range. Bridgeton. A little bit too much warm weather. Some of it melting. Middletown, smyrna in that. Wilmington a little more in the four to six range, and then farther to the south its just about all melting. The biggest impact is going to be in Lehigh Valley, burkes county, in the p. A. Suburbs. A high impact event. Travel is going to be very dangerous thursday morning with all of that snow, low visibility. Its going to be rough, but it will get better later in the day. That has more ski mountains to choose from than any other in the country. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all, only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your winter getaway at iloveny. Com zbleefrmtsing surfs up, dude. Barack obama letting loose on vacation, learning to kite surf right here. 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