we're at the wawa in bethlehem. >> you'll be greeted by one and meteorologist bill henley from outside the wawa where free coffee and samples are up for grabs. hey, guys. exactly. good morning. yes, welcome to bethlehem. it's been great meeting the customers. tom says -- he lives nearby in nazareth, and he says i usually travel to valley forge. i thought you would never come here, but you're here in bethlehem. it's great to meet everybody coming by. >> and as rosemary and dray mentioned, we'll be here until 9:00. we've got free coffee and gi giveawa giveaways. we have stocking stuffers. >> for sure. >> talk to our field producers. >> i know you always say it gets colder before sunrise, but i can really feel it. >> today is getting colder because the wind has picked up. gusts of more than 30 miles per hour in the lehigh valley. the winds are steady at more than 20 miles per hour. that's cold air that's starting to move into the area. the temperatures have come down. feels-like temperatures in the 30s. mt. pocono, 39, but it feels like 26. philadelphia, just short of 50. feels like low fourth. the 50s in -- low 40s. the 50s in delaware. temperatures coming down. we'll get sunshine. a few passing clouds, yes. gusty winds through the day. temperatures staying steady. we'll be in the 40s. the feels-like temperatures in the 30s all day long. the scarf is a good idea. >> free coffee, come by and see us, we'd love to welcome you. >> krystal klei will break the day down hour by hour. first, jessica boyington is watching the first alert traffic. yeah, watching niche and cameras at bucks counties. 413 looking like it's having a little movement here. this is where some of that traffic is being diverted off. they were dealing with overnight sign repair overnight and into part of the early morning commute. then the crane got stuck, it turned into a mess. 95 moving through bucks county northbound and southbound, closed. that's what the stretch is here in red. closed in both directions. 95 southbound will be diverted around route 413 and 95 northbound diverted at street road. if you want to cut that off altogether, get up to woodhaven, route 1. route 1, of course, is always a good alternate for you there, as well. route 13 can get you by. once you're off and around the area, if you want to take state to 413 and head up 95 -- alongside 95 that way, that's a good idea. supposed to be there until 6:00. they may run behind schedule. i'm hearing word of that. 12 minutes eastbound. the schuylkill expressway. from the blue route to the vine. speeds into the mid 60s. back to you. >> thank you. break this morning, on the brink of passing the biggest tax overhaul in a generation, today the house will take its final vote on the rewrite of the nation's tax law. a few hours after it was passed by senate republicans. if approved, it would be a fast-moving change. tax cuts could take effect in january, and you would see a difference in your paycheck by february. >> that's right. randy gyllenhaal joins us live from the digital operations center with the details on how the tax rewrite will impact you. >> reporter: the bill features a massive permanent tax cut for corporations for and private businesses, but it also changes the way everyday americans will pay and do their taxes starting next year. for the afton majority of americans, they will see at least a small tax cut since the bill lowers some of the seven tax brackets. if you typically write off some of your income by itemizing or using tax breaks, this could hit you. the bill limits deductions for property and state taxes, mortgage interest. tax experts say if you want to use those deductions, this year is your final chance. there are steps you can take now to save money. >> so if you can advance some of those deductions to 2017, take the deductions in 2017. for instance, make a january mortgage payment in december. get the extra interest deduction. and charitable deductions that you may want to make, advance them to december. >> reporter: places like new jersey with high state and property taxes could be hit the hardest next year. coming up at 6:30, we'll talk about that. the house will vote a final time today. then the bill will head to the president's desk. president trump tweeting that the bill also repeals the obamacare individual mandate. for now, live in the digital operations center, randy gyllenhaal, nbc10 news. >> thank you. as randy mentioned, this plan could potentially hurt homeowners in the garden state. talking about the property tax deduction. the plan caps the deduction for state, local, and -- state, local, and property taxes at $10,000. many new jersey homeowners pay more than that, it's a high tax state. advice, pay part of next year's property taxes before 2017 ends. republican house speaker paul ryan is calling the tax bill a profound change that will help put america on the right path. ryan will join savannah guthrie live this morning on the "today" show starting at 7:00 a.m. after "nbc10 news today." we will keep you update on the tax plan vote in washington, its impacts on you, on air, on line, and on the free nbc10 app. pennsylvania's attorney general says criminal charges should be reinstated behind an engineer involved in the deadly train derailment here. the appeal will be made to a judge today. the philadelphia district attorney's office said previously declining to pursue the case against engineer brandon bostian, also a judge tossed out a lawsuit brought by a victim's family ruling that the evidence suggested the derailment was accidental. eight people died when the washington-to-new york train rounded a curve at more than twice the 50 mile-per-hour speed limit and went off the tracks. now to the latest on the deadly train derailment in washington state. preliminary information shows the emergency break on the train went on automatically, not manually. investigators are looking into the possibility of distractions in the conductor's cab. we know a conductor in training was in the cab with the engineer. the actual conductor was in another section. authorities say it's standard procedure these days to check the operator's cell phone records, so that will be part of the investigation. the crash happened monday as the train transported dozens south of tacoma, washington. three people died in the derailment. police in atlantic county have identified a person of interest in connection with an attempted sexual assault. police received the call justice department after 1:30 yesterday afternoon. this is surveillance video of the person of into. a woman claimed a man grabbed her from behind and touched her inappropriately. she was able it fight him off by -- able to fight him off by scratching him in the face with her keys and called for help. 5:38 on this wednesday. new, there's growing outrage over d.a.r.t. bus route changes impacting riders in wilmington. thed on sunday. the revisions direct several bus routes away from rodney square downtown. riders tell us they're confused by the schedule. they're forced to walk a few blocks to stops and are missing connections. >> it's helter skelter. nowhere to go to pick up the bus. >> i don't see the sense of moving the centralized bus area to spread the stops out. >> d.a.r.t. says it made the changes to cut down on congestion and improve efficiency. opponents are pushing state officials to reverse the ch meteorologist krystal klei here. we'll talk about travel weather. the next few days, big travel days of the year heading into christmas. the view shows us you might remember around thanksgiving, this was a totally clear saili travel. that's not going to be the case the next several days. a system moving through the southeast corner of the country, you see the front slicing through louisiana, alabama, clipping georgia. this is going to stretch through rest of today as this tracks from west to east. that area there may be potential delays. anywhere with thunderstorm activity. there's flakes over the northwest part of the country. again, that is a system that we will be watching throughout today, tomorrow, and even friday as it moves west to east. these two are the little trouble zones that we're tracking. let's go through rest of your wednesday. there's the rain i was talking about. notice this impacting areas from nashville to north of florida through 7:00 tonight. the snow is hitting the same locations through the rest of today. this becomes more impactful on thursday morning. stretching through omaha and clipping into chicago. watch through rest of thursday stretching into areas of new york. watching there area of snow that may lead to some travel delays. areas in the southeast are looking better. texas looks okay. arizona looks all right. there are areas where travel may be better off than others. the main factor will be here friday, traveling friday morning. you see the stretch of rain now down to dallas. this starts to move into new england as we go through friday afternoon. for anyone wanting to drive, icy roadways possible into the weekend. we'll talk more about the holiday weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. we'll check the roads. >> jessica boyington keeping an eye on the traffic cameras. 95 continues to be a bear for us. >> yeah. what was happening is there was an overhead sign repair happening and construction project on 95 through bucks county. we have some good news to report. the last couple of seconds, they started allowing lanes to get by. a crane was involved that caused problems init b happened recent these points. it's still saying it's closed on the maps system. again, it happened just a second ago, 95 southbound, they were 413, 95 northbound, diverteding that -- diverting that at street road. there are lanes in both directions, but either way on either side, north and south, seeing delays. you'll want to use alternates. the best bet would be woodhaven to route 1 or opposite, woodhaven that direction. skip over this portion altogether. route 13 is an option or state road to 413, as well. everything is moving fine. ahead, a missing mode of transportation that has devastated a family. >> my god, my reaction was like somebody stabbed me in my heart. >> a mother's search for answers after their van vanishes.e ice. an officer risk its all to save a dog in need. -- risks its all to save a dog in need. and the pro bowl. who the players think actually got snubbed this time around. the nbc10 morning show is on the road this morning. this morning we're in bethlehem at the wawa on east broad street near the sands casino. we'd love to see you. we'll be here until 9:00 this morning. what a great time to visit bethlehem. bethlehem has an industrial background. it's only fitting that it's home to the national museum of industrial history which houses the home of bethlehem steel. it's in affiliation with the smithsonian museum and houses artifacts includingtohe iron, s propane industries, as well as machinery used to produce fabric and rugs. >> fascinating. >> that would be a cool place to visit if you're coming here. >> and there's so much to see this time of year, as well. and about this time of year, definitely take care of it. people out and about heading to wawa,ki drink or food. in many areas, you don't have to leave the comfort of your home to get your favorite wawa foodd. check it out. katy zachry has the story m. i love this wawa because it's cheerful. >> reporter: the wahe first stoy morning. a staple in their daily routine. now the food and fresh coffee can come to you. >> definitely as the winter comes, we have bad weather that's happening, people don't want to necessarily leave their house. they want to kind of figure out how they can get food, and we're able to do that very quickly. >> reporter: yes, you can get wawa delivered in select areas. the last three months they've tested the service in ardmore, bethlehem, northeast philly, and center city. delivery is most popular at lunch and dinner or when college students are prepping for exams. >> we see before exam time they're ordering energy drinks and bars and things to keep them going. >> reporter: the company partnered with grub hub to make deliveries in the four test markets. there are plans to expand the service in 2018. >> i was in a rush to work. i needed breakfast so ordered and then had them deliver it. >> reporter: that easy? >> yeah. >> reporter: andrew and nia are local customers. they prefer to come into the store. after using the delivery option, that might be changing. >> it was nice because like you could walk in to work and it would come to us 15 minutes later. >> reporter: in ardmore, katy zachry, nbc10 news. >> pretty sweet. >> for wawa, they feel like they've come full circle. it started with dairy as delivery tricks. the 50 trucks hitting the road, making deliveries. now they're getting back to the delivery thing. we'll talk with the product manager in the next hour to find out more. there's a special announcement that involves eagles games coming up. >> you set the bar high with that. see you later. new, an icy rescue caught on camera in mercer county. take a look. >> come on! here, here. good girl! good girl, here! that's a good girl! >> here's is what you're seeing. -- here's what you're seeing. a hopewell police officer crawling over the ice and snow to save a dog from a pond. fellow robert voorheis was tied to a rope with a fellow officer pulling him back. he volunteered to crawl on to the icy pond where he grabbed the dog with her collar, reunited her with her owner. all is right with the world. >> he volunteered to go out the there. >> these. >> total happy ending. >> we have to go to weather. it's great. i need a minute. >> you know jessica would dive right in. in the ten-day forecast, getting colder. we will start with the mild conditions that we have on the board. feeling like mid 40s if trenton, mt. holly, pottstown at 43. millville at 50. by the way, sometimes my dog watches the morning show. if he's watching now, i would dive in to the water. the forecast wind for today, it will be breezy out there. i showed you the feels-like temperatures. because there's a light wind, it feels cooler than it actually is. the temperatures are mild. 5 to 15 mile-per-hour winds, gusts up to 25 miles per hour for a breezy afternoon. here are the actual temperatures this afternoon. note they're not much different than where we are right now. northwest wind will keep the temperature plateaued. 42 in the lehigh valley, 47 in south jersey for afternoon temperatures. mix of clouds and sunshine out there. it may feel cooler than it is again because of those breezy conditions. there's radar and satellite. a mix of clouds and clearing. we'll see that mix as we go through today. the next few days remain dry. into the weekend, let's talk about the long-range forecast for your christmas weekend. this is friday afternoon. fairly in the clear besides maybe a few sprinkles over the poconos. by saturday morning, rain moving through. if you were planning on driving to the surrounding area on saturday morning, you will run into rain. the models have been consistent on a saturday rain for days straight. no question about this. then we go through sunday, saturday night, more rain moving through, but it's out by sunday. sunday looks okay for travel plans. things look okay at this point. into sunday night, you see two things happening. cold air moving in from the south. these two may, that's the key word, may combine by monday morning, christmas morning, possibly for the rain/snow mix. there are a few questions. what we know is that the moisture and cold air approach. the question is, do we see rain or snow. it depends on the speed of the cold air. at this point the best chance north and west of the i-95 corridor. 5:52. in addition to the weather, we're keeping a close watch on traffic. >> yeah. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington here now with an update on how things look on the roads. good news to report finally. moving through bucks county might be possible on 95. for most of the morning, it was closed in both directions on the northbound and southbound sides. we're looking at 413. there was overhead sign repair and a crane that was involved that got stuck in the middle of the road. they had both directions closed. they were supposed to remove this at 6:00. they're kind of schedule because the northbound side is completely back open. now one lane is crawling by southbound. still delays on the southbound side. at least we don't need to worry about an alternate because it's just a little slow by the scene. northbound looks better, though, than the southbound side now. for the most part, you're okay. for now i would tell you to take route 1 to woodhaven and get back on to 95 southbound that way. then there's no traffic or at least normal traffic after that. watching 95 but another spot moving through delaware, ten minutes or 12 at the most on the southbound side from 495 to 295. speeds still up and into almost the 50s there. i'll end on route 73 and cameras at 295. both directions look good. empty and dry. vanishing van. what led to a family's specialized mode of transportation to go missing? also, big honors for the birds. the players' pick for the pro bowl and teammate they say got snubbed this year. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. he calls it a life line. a paralyzed young man and mother from philadelphia are pleading with a to return their specialized van that went missing from a mechanic's lot while it was being repaired. the van belongs to maria and her 24-year-old son daniel. daniel is paralyzed from the neck down after being shot three years ago. the van not only helps him get from place to place, it's daniel's connection to the outside world. >> i'm here all day, in this bed. this room. >> it's been really hard for us. hard for a single mother to try to help my son be comfortable. >> maria tells us it would take her three years to save up enough to buy another van. she wants the person who took it to bring it back no questions asked. the eagles have six players selected to the pro bowl. however, coaches hope they won't go to the bowl because it's a week before the super bowl. for the eagles, this year's pro bowl brings a lot of firsts also. carson wentz gets his first pro bowl selection. he obviously won't be able to play due to his acl injury. zach ertz also gets his first. the first since chad lewis. lane johnson and brandon brooks got their first pro bowls. as far as veterans, fletcher cox is going to his third. mall ken jenkins going to his second pro bowl as an eagle. now for the snubs -- some say graham and kelsey should have been in the pro bowl. the snub was so bad, he wondered if the voters were all trash cans. remember when kelsey booted the can in practice? that's the gift that keeps on giving. >> we hate to hear about the snubs, but we've got a lot of players in the pro bowl. >> you could -- we probably should have a lot more than six going to the pro bowl obviously. jealousy, that's how it is. a green-eyed monster. >> we'll take what we can get. >> excellently. 5:59. approaching 6:00 this morning. now for more of the stories we're following for you on "nbc10 news today" starting at 6:00 -- >> on the brink. breaking overnight, republicans just one final vote away from passing sweeping tax reform. not everybody agrees on how it will impact your paycheck. and killed in the street. developing overnight, the search is on for a driver who ran over a bicyclist and drove away. bus stop turmoil. riders rebel after changes that make their commute even longer. good morning, this is "nbc10 news today," i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm dray clark. we are following a really big mess on interstate 95 in bucks county this morning. we definitely want to get you all started with a look at that situation, how we're going right now. nbc10 traffic reporter jessica boyington now with your first alert traffic. >> right. thanks. we have an update and a good one finally. watching 95 and cameras at bucks county and 413, earlier we had all lanes in both directions northbound and southbound completely closed because of a construction project. it was an overhead sign repair project that had a crane involved. the crane was over in the southbound side over here. got stuck on the road. in that process, they closed down both directions. now they have the northbound side open and the southbound side with one lane getting by. looking at the maps system, we are seeing a little delay in bucks county. moving toward the bristol area where we had that one lane getting by. if you want to detour to get around, take route 1 to