we're watching an accident scene out in upper dublin on welsh road and butler pike. you'll probably be directed around the scene there. traffic and also watching out in vineland. injuries reported on the scene as well. this is northeast avenue and garland road. you can ski a slowdown on that system as you look in closely there. that's because they're diverting traffic around the scene for now. also watching the vine street expressway. looks like they finally opened up this ramp to broad street. at least the road after the ramp to broad street. traffic is moving through. i'll check in with the schuylkill expressway. and the ramp to the vine coming up to make sure that we have them all open as well. also able to get to the vine street expressway. i'll do that when i come back in ten. tracy, back to you. so, this morning is crunch time for post offices across our entire region. our postal service tells us today their busiest delivery day of the holiday season. >> nbc10's matt delucia is watching it out from the post office in deptford, gloucester county. matt. >> reporter: all of those people in line getting their items out, well, now they're being delivered. you see cases and bins full of mail. all of these busy workers getting ready in deptford. all of these items ready for their destination. all together, 30 million packages are expected to be delivered on this day through the u.s. postal service. i got sharon monahan here. she's the postmaster. you're up bright and early. what's going on behind us right now. we don't see this from the operation. >> what's happening today is i have my workers in here pretty early. they're sorting their parcels. we've had on average about 10,000 parcels a day coming through this office which equates to about 125 to 150 package it's per carrier. the volume up in this office is about 17%. >> reporter: you say it's pretty much records are being set? >> yes. absolutely. last year was an astronomical year for the postal office as far as moving packages through the system. this year, we're seeing an uptick again. i don't know what next year is going to bring. this year is incredible as far as the volume. >> reporter: how do you get the folks ready for a day like this? >> well, they've got to have a lot of coffee. >> reporter: that's a start. >> absolutely. they know their expectations. they know this time of the year, we have to step up a little bit. move a little quicker to get the volume moved out to the customers. >> reporter: sharon, thank you very much. a busy day ahead. this guy is listening to christmas music. i think heard you singing, sir. i heard you singing christmas carols earlier. we might have to get to you sing for us later. hiding behind that mail, perfectly position. we'll see new about a half hour. hopefully, we'll see a lot more packages in here and moving out. live in deptford. $50 million, that's how much ikea will pay the families of three toddlers. >> ikea will pay the families of ikea $50 million. >> one of those toddlers was 3-year-old josh schooquinn cowl. his mother issued a statement yesterday i am so proud that we will be able to negotiate such terms. is makes my heart happy. >> since ikea recognizes it made a defective product and a product that exposed kids all over america to danger. >> ikea will also donate a total of $150,000 to children's hospital. including children's hospital of philadelphia. a lehigh valley woman who left her three children alone in a minivan while she gambled will spend two to three months in jail. she admitted to leaving her 1-year-old twins and a 10-year-old unattended in a parking garage while she went into a casino in bethlehem in october. yesterday, the state auditor-general announced progress in cutting down on the backlog of untested rape kits. in philadelphia, more than 900 kits will be outsourced in the past year. that's helping to lower the city's backlog. in 2016, the city had reported nearly 1300 backlog kits. this morning, we're learning that tunisitunisia's anti-terro authorities have questioned the family of anis amri. authorities say amri had requested asylum in germany but was denied. they had been monitoring him for six months. police say his i.d. papers were found in the truck. president-elect donald trump is calling the attack. >> it's an attack on humanity, that's what it is. and it's got to be stopped. >> mr. trump defended his position on creating a muslim registry or ban on certain countries to the u.s. he made those comments from his resort in palm beach, florida. >> one of the most controversial is joining the trump administration. carl icahn, owns the tropicana casino. and the closed that mahal. taj mahal. the bill still needs governor chris christie's signatures. the president-elect's son eric will stop raising money for his charitable foundation. eric trump says he worries the donations will be perceived as a way to buy access to his father. the organization raise s money for children's cancer research. it came under scrutiny after it announced auctions for coffee with ivanka trump. a man accused of killing hiss strained wife in front of his children. they found jeremiah's truck the day before. they didn't find him. he's wants for the murder of tara o'shea watson monday morning in her cumberland county home. we have new details about a pennsylvania family being held captive by the taliban. >> the department of defense is now considering using military options if can it find caitlan coleman and her husband. coleman and her canadian husband were kidnapped in 2012. both of their children were born in captivity. the taliban released this video of the family pleading to president obama to rescue them. eight minutes after 5:00. and we're watching a few scattered snow showers in the area this morning. just some very light snow showers moving through the suburbs. they're already starting to thin out in berks county, and now it's portions of chester county seeing the showers. they're on the move by 8:00. starting to transition, atmosphere will be warming up. and snow to a wintery mix or rain drops. i think most areas are going to be staying dry. look how quickly it moves out. by 11:00 this morning, we're seeing more sunshine and we're warming up, too. just isolated light showers to start with this morning. 37 degrees at 8:00. by lunchtime, middle 40s. 46 in philadelphia. and we'll see plenty of sunshine this afternoon. for the suburbs, snowflakes first thing this morning. 33 degrees. by 8:00, noon time, showers are long gone. we've got bright sunshine this afternoon. the lehigh valley. clouds around. might see a snowflake first thing this morning. by 7:00, they're gone. by lunchtime, it's in the 40s in the lehigh valley. lots of sunshine for yeadelawar. up to 47 degrees at noon. in new jersey, clouds will be thinning out inland and at the shore. look at the shore temperatures near 50 degrees this afternoon. up to 45 degrees at new jersey. at noon time, interior new jersey, bright sunshine later this afternoon, 45 degrees. wet weather is on the way as we head into the weekend. looking at mild temperatures, too. a look at the 10 day on 10 back in ten minutes. 10 after 5:00. let's get to you work on this thursday morning. starting with the schuylkill expressway. >> jessica boyington has more from the traffic cameras. >> we're watching the schuylkill right around the vine street expressway on ramps. we're still seeing them closed off. you can see the construction signs in the way right here. just a few moments ago i saw a construction vehicle pull off just out of the view of our camera here. i think it will be clear in the next couple of minutes. we're also watching for an accident in upper dublin and welsh road and butler pike. moving into philadelphia. staying at philadelphia, water main break on columbus boulevard. that happened a few days ago, headed southbound between 95 and washington avenue. there's still some cleanup there because of that. the left lane is getting by, though. also checking in with the blue route. we'll end here on a good note. 15 minutes north or southbound. 95 from the schuylkill expressway. tracy. >> jessica, thanks. 11 minutes past 5:00. pressing charges. ♪ >> we'll tell you why the family of the south jersey singer killed outside of a music venue is now taking legal action. plus, celebration at the wells fargo center last night. had nothing to do with the game. we'll tell you about the special event that happened in the hallway during the game. 123450 . in mexico, the death toll has risen to 33 following the explosion at that fireworks market. authorities say that number could climb even more because 12 people are still listed as missing. the explosions began tuesday average, leveling the market near mexico city. according to investigators, it's too early to identify a cause. this morning, though, questions remain about the safety measures of that fireworks market. one former worker said vendors violated safety rules and stored their fireworks too close to other stalls. we spoke to a manager in a fireworks store in our area who tells us that a chain reaction like the one in mexico couldn't happen here. >> these are outdoor tentses obviously i don't think they would have sprinklers and fire protection like a store like this one has. >> he explains heir fireworks are wrapped in plastic and can only be list by the fuse. a man is covered with burns after an e-cigarette exploded in his pocket. the man was having a conversation on a bus yesterday afternoon. suddenly, it exploded. and the camera captured the explosion. you see it there. no one else on the bus was hurt. the effort to end the state's so-called bathroom bill has failed in in north carolina. the law forces transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender at birth. a 108-year-old world war ii veteran from montgomery county has passed away. william moore, the oldest resident, died sunday. this picture shows him with president obama. he was born in philadelphia. enlisted in the army in 1940. served in north africa, italy, france and germany in world war ii. he also hemmed liberate a concentration camp. today, the temple football team is heading to washington to take on wake forest in the military bowl. this is video of when the team returned to campus after winning the first championship this month. leaving at noon. the game is next tuesday in annapolis. many veterans will get to see wake forest for free. it turns out the temple football team stacks up pretty well on an academic level. according to an academic ranking of the top 25 football teams from the washington think tank new america. penn state rounding out the list. vice president joe biden helped the flyers celebrate a win. he was born in pennsylvania and has stated in the past, yep, he's a flyers fan. flyers beat the capitals in a shoot-out 3-2. but there was even more reason to celebrate at last night's game. a couple got married. a sportswriter took cell phone video of the ceremony. the couple rode on the zamboni during intermission. they held signs that said just married. the letter carrier doubled as an elf in december. take a look. he delivers mail. three years ago, he wore the elf costume. the kids just loved it. three years later he's still putting on that costume every day in december. he delivers mail to moms and dads but also helps kids get their letters to santa. he said his bosses are okay with it because they see how much joy it brings the customers and community. every day, i enjoy my job so much, it makes me feel eve better. >> if you're lucky, he'll pose. >> oh, that's an awesome picture for parents. 5:18, jessica boyington has the traffic. >> we're watching 202. and it looks okay so far. it's a little early before we start seeing delays or problems anywhere. route 202 at 29 looking okay. seven minutes northbound from route 29 to the schuylkill expressway. from this minute into the schuylkill, it's well into the 60s. there's an accident reported in upper dublin and welsh road. 422 looks great also. on that eastbound side. from 29 to the schuylkill, an eight-minute trip. speeds in the 60s as well. we'll end over in vineland. there's a crash reported in northeast avenue and garland road. that's over in this general area right here. if you look closely at the map, we've been seeing slowdowns. that's because this intersection is closed. an accident investigation under way. you will be directed around the scene. we'll check in with more of our cameras when i come back. 5:18 on this thursday. some spots this morning, cold enough for snow. >> yeah, snow showers. bill. >> very light snow. if you're heading out now, tracking those light snow showers, they're not going to last long. the areas that do see a few snowflakes are not going to have any accumulation. we're breaking with the clouds. that's going to warm up into upper 40s and 50 degrees. clear this evening which means it sets us up for a cold night. it's above freezing in the lehigh valley and suburbs, 32 degrees. border line these temperatures for snow. in fact, with upper 30s now in center city. rittenhouse. society hill. all at 37 degrees. that's warmer and warm enough for a little bit of wintry mix. you can already see it starting to transition. we saw snow showers to start with in the reading area. we're still seeing very light snow. most of this not even reaching the ground. it's falling into very dry air. chester county, delaware county and philadelphia, that's where we're seeing more of a wintery mix. might be a sprinkle or  snowflake, a brief flurry. it's not going to be anything big here. it's all going to be moving rapidly. you see it's clearing out of lancaster. we get a good deal of sunshine this afternoon. improving conditions today. another round of wet weather will wait until the weekend for saturday. there it is, in the southwest. that's going to be chugging our way. and by sunday morning, we'll be clear. but on saturday morning, umbrellas will be going up. it's got a long way to go. we'll be dry during the day today. clouds start moving in early saturday morning. that's 3:00 in the morning. you can see it's cold enough once again for snow. as it moves into the warmer air, we're looking at rain saturday morning at 10:00 for allentown, reading and philadelphia. but none by christmas day. look at the temperatures for philadelphia. 44 in lansdale. 44 in chester. more and more sunshine this afternoon. any rain drops will be long gone for new jersey this afternoon. 48 in voorhees. and near 50 for the shore. and in delaware, too, for smyrna, 49 degrees. wilmington is going to hit 50 degrees this afternoon. we'll be in the upper 40s. there's that cold air. a little colder than this morning. the rain during the day on saturday, should be clear for christmas even and beginning of hanukkah and christmas day. sunshine and 50 degrees. clouds build on monday. the temperatures, middle 50s for monday. expect to see more showers, rain showers for tugs and thursday. before the cold returns friday and saturday. rosemary. >> thanks for that, bill. a close call for two philadelphia detectives. we'll show you what happened after a forklift truck. how the highly anticipated super mario run is smashing records. my guest list just tripled. my cookie exchange is super competitive. mine too. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. $30 million. the award announced from the department of education. the grant will benefit the center for family services in camden. the congressman said the grant is evidence that camden is rising. 5:25. homeowners and a new app is sprinting to record sales. landon dowdy is here with headlines on this morning's cnbc business news. good morning, landon. >> hi there, tracy. good morning to you. home affordability has been at an eight-year low. nearly 30% of local housing markets are less affordable than historical averages. analysts say lukewarm wage growth is partly to blame. an uptick in mortgage rates has only accelerated the trend. meanwhile, super mario land shattered records in apple's app store. ninten nintendo's first smartphone game. super mario run is only available on ios devices. and it may take a little longer for the dow to reach 20,000. futures are lower. stocks slipping yesterday with the markets in a title range with volume ahead of the holidays. analysts say unemployment, durable goods, income and spending and final report on gdp. the dow falling 19941. nasdaq down 12 to 5721. tracy, back to you. >> landon dowdy with cnbc. landon, thanks. 5:26 is the time. clouds overhead. we're at 36 degrees at nbc10. we're watching for a few sprinkles even a snowflake or two. not much more than that. state street in media, pennsylvania. pretty dry on that roadway if you're looking for a parking space. >> jessica boyington is watching your "first alert" traffic. >> we're watching 309, cameras right around the p.a. turnpike. no big problems or delays. as you can see, a couple cameras out the door. and we're highlighting the relevant of your majors. plus, an update in camden county accused of discrimination and harassment. and vindicated. nbc10 was there to watch a man walk out of prison after being in jail for a crime he says he didn't commit. right now on "nbc10 news," the busiest delivery day. that's what the postal service is dealing with today as the holiday deadline gets closer. just inches away. we'll tell you about a close call for two detectives on the job. and a man who finally walked out of prison after convicted of a crime he says he didn't do. >> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. 5:30. 36 degrees outside. good morning, welcome to in the i "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson.

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