in philadelphia to 30 degrees below zero up in the poconos. we do not see this kind of cold that often around here. this is a big deal. right now at 4:00 in the afternoon, our air temperature in philadelphia is 17. the feels like is 1 below zero. wilmington, delaware, let's see if it's any better. not really. feels like 1 below here too. it's neighborhood by neighborhood and everywhere is the cold at this hour. 17 debelow in mount pocono. 2 below in reading. and atlantic city feeling like 2 below zero. er t want a ski of hour's time. g nly t that. what you need to do layer up feels like temperature tonight. minus 5 to minus 30. actual air temperatures getting close to record territory. htt, that wind chill will not get any better. unfortunately, we still have more cold to go but there is a significant ch way. a january thaw is in the forecast, i'll have more on that coming up here in just, guys? the dangerous cold is complicating the cleanup on side streets in philadelphia. >> aundrea cline-thomas is live no rest for road crews that have been working around >> reporter: that's right. this neighborhood actually just shows you what we've seen throughout the city. 64th street is pretty easy to get through because it shows that a plow has been through here. on sherwood road a plow needs to come back. if you live on a road similar to this one, there's something you can do about it. snow plows are getting another load of salt. city crew reported to work on wednesday and haven't returned home since. they're sleeping at work for a few hours before going out on the road. >> some streets look like we may have gotten to them but wereets m>> reporter: snow plows are focusing on residential streets where the packed down snowares makindoesn't get effective when the sun willsativate wel s a little bit melting. >> reporter: snow-relatedrsy's ashl be picked up next tuesday and today. picked up 12:45 this afternoon, dispatchers had fielded 1,000 calls. the same amount they usually receive during a normal day. >> is it may not person's neighborhood but we're getting, i have an appointment today and i can't get out. it was just a few inches of snow couple that with the temperatures, it will take a few days for the city to return to normal. now, you can call 311 or you can get the app and tell the city what needs to be road.e that. that information goes to the streets department and eventually a plow will be here lean it up. reporting live, aundrea cline-thomas nbc 10 aurant this morning. video shows crews on the scene at the height of thatfire. the restaurant was damaged. no word yet on how it started. montgomery county these firefighters had to huddle inside a bus to stay warm while battlinge apartm norristown early this morning. three people were evacuated from temperatures. no one was hurt. let's take a live look down the shore from our camera at the golden nugget casino in atlantic city. digging out from yesterday's blizzard, it's been really hard to do that today. mother nature has no mercy on these people at the shore braving the elements to do their jobs or get the road. this postal worker oh, my that's proof right there. >> wind snow, sleet hail and frigid temperatures. ted greenburg is braving the elements to do his job outside again in atlantic city. is frigid. there is so much snow. some of these haven't touched yet. those who a their shovels today are battling blowing snow digging out in ventnor biting cold. >> the breeze keeps blowing all the snow back over where we just >> i did all this yesterday and my front d again. there's nowhere in eporter: the jerse would more thanith more than a foot of snow. some drifts are several feet high. flying snow and slick streets making mail delivery agarrison. wh you're dealing with? >> the ice underneath the snow. >> reporter: in atlantic city a clear out justonecar. >> myfreezing some ofk towards the car. it's the effort. multiple effort. >> reporter: this water main break on albany avenue, one of a dozencity. an unprecedentedday. r hazard. >> we're seeing additional streets shut down. >> reporter: and that water is freezing adding more ice to streets that are already in rough shape.ur bc 10 news. in t own is not possible. a group calledd christian came to help in southwest philadelphia. they helped elderly and disabled homeowners dig out their sidewalks and cars. they do it all forfree. >> it's gratifying just to the notion to be an angel on earth for seniors and disabled who don't have the resources or money. count on nbc 10 to get your ready for this weekend's continued dangerous cold. hairston will break down what you need to know up your car early out there in the cold. it too cold for your kids to be outside? nb tim furlong asks families to weigh in on that one. alw protectin duri theol nows thim to check. when we're not on the air, the yt for your his now to an the author a new his work. >> copies oflff's furrytoday. prestrump sahe booie never interviewed him. but wolff says questioned by a man who has less mp publication of the book or resident is in the mit the"the new york times"rump charged sessionhim. the white house has not yet commented but democrats have. >> you don't have to be a legal scholar on obstruction of justice to kappr triate. hadays daysof s ore nt corruption charges. on monday he was sworn in for a fourth team as mayor despite facing charges in connection with a pay to play scheme for city contracts. he tells us he's looking forward to proving his innocence. >> we're looking forward to presenting our side of the story, and i believe when people see our side of the story, you'll be able to see you know that the innocence i've been claiming all along is true and hopefully we will be able to convince a jury. >> his first court date is scheduled for january 16th in allentown. 20 minutes of non-stop news continues with a south jersey firefighter and his family who lost everything when a fast moving fire destroyed home. >> 38 years old and i'm starting over. four kids wife. i've got nothing. >> the rubble that remains from the family's now buried under these piles of snow. nbc 10's south jersey bureau reporter cydney long is live. >> reporter: the family has spent the last several nights in an efficiency unit upstairs. they will relocate to a hotel tonight. the story began right here on wednesday afternoon, jason never imagined he'd be climbing into the engine to respond his own home burning to the ground. when he and his colleagues got the fire call at 3:15 wednesday as ik a fireman. >> i grabbed my gear and jumped on the truck. >> reporter: until over the radio he heard his own address. his wife was at work his kids at school. his heart sank. >> my kids i knew they should be getting home. when we pulled up the right side of the house was fully involved. there was fire coming out of the roof. >> reporter: he quickly found his oldest son, a junior firefighter. trevor ran from his school bus into the family home to save three dogs. >> the house was full of smoke he started opening up windows to get ventilation going. >> reporter: the fire was too fierce and the penwell's with three sons who had just adopted a daughter in november lost everything they owned. >> we lost all our presents. >> reporter: they are coming to grips with starting over with the help of the community that's rallying with both material and monetary donations. >> everyone did an excellent job. we have no fire hydrant >> reporter: the hardest part? >> i'm 38 years old and starting over. four kids wife. i've got nothing. thank you. >> reporter: but, of course, he does have his family all together. the cause of this fire remains under investigation. we can tell you that not a moment has gone by that the doors of the firehouse and the garage base have not been mmunity to come together for this family in a big way. we'll have more on just how they're coming to the rescue when we see you coming up tonight at 6:00. we're live in tabernacle i'm cydney long. aviation experts say it could be months ewyear's eve plane crash in costa rica that killed 12 people, including a university of pennsylvania student and his family. the plane was badly burned in the crash and did not have a flight data recorder on board. right now, officials are looking into conditions, mechanical f error as possible causes of the crash. penndent william steinberg his parents and two brothers died in that crash. another family with local roots also died. three days on the job and we're learning philadelphia's new districty has begun an office transition.he took the oath of office during this swearing in ceremony on tuesday. today, nbc 10 has learned more than 30 prosecutors and othernel were let go. our cameras saw people leaving boxe they weren't willing to speak with us. sources inside the offic nbc 10 he is keeping a campaign promise and cleaning sust a letter in november explaining employees would be asked tonday resign. platform of the use of the death penalty, giving treatment not jail time to reducing behind bars. starting this drive on the pennsylvania turnpike. a 6% hike goes into effect on sunday for drivers who use both easy pass. the most common re cents for easy pass customers and ten cents for people using cash. new jersey is taking steps ante in ann' headquarters. lawmakers introduced a bills to provide billions to the giant. amazon says it has received 238 proposals. back to our top story now, the weather and the dangerous cold settling in. this is a live look at the scene in ocean city. snow is still covering the streets right there. as long as this arctic air sticks around that snow will not be melting anytime soon. we're not the only ones recovering from that shot of snow. clean up is underway from the carolinas to canada. take a look at this video from massachusetts. entire neighborhoods incased in ice. high causedread flooding there and the bitter cold turned all that water into ice. they're clearing away piles of snow in connecticut as well today. parts of the hartford area ended up with nearly a foot. arecticut this weekend. the airports are coming alive after thursday's normal right now. this is a live look at philadelphia international airport where they're reporting cancellations today. across the country, airlines canceled more than 1,6han yesterday. hundreds of puerto rican evacuees are facing a cold they've never experienced. a charity handed out weather gear to the evacuees today. it spent the past few weeks collecting coats, scaan mov here from puerto rico to the philadelphia area. >> people that puerto r clearly need a le more gear in time for three kings day which is traditionally the end of the christmas season in puerto rico. ready to perhaps break some >> yeah, it's serious stuff. it. it's the caboose of the train, if you will. if we can get through this then the light at the end of the tunnel will shine. >> 40s? >> i know the 40s are the new 70s around here especially after for a lot of people sipainfu people if you can stay inside. >> this is a hibernation weekend. binge watching weekend. whatever you like to do pies inside weekend. theme. inside if you don't like the cold. this shot really tells the story. this is live looking at tit schukioverriver. you don't thisut here we are. we have a frozen tundra over us. for the next couple of days weo cot throu thenor weurn t here's what you need to foreca the dangerou of this coldpackag so if ye growing pains on kection. snow/sleet/freezing rain scenario on monday. stay with us through the weekend. then we had the january thaw. i can finally smile about one of our headlines. that's coming late next week. it looks like temperatures will bounce back into the 50 wow. we are far from 50 right now. we have a long way to go. that was your high temperature of the day. 17 in 6 in the poconos. in the poconos, tonight after 10:00 you'll probably drop below zero. you may not go above zero in temperature until sunday morning. so that's 24 hours or more of zero or below. it's 17 right now in the northeast. 15 in reading. 18 down in wildwood. 18 in dover. we're iced over no matter where you go. the jersey shore, boy did you have a cleanup this morning trying to get out on your streets and sidewalks with all that it's 17 degrees right now in sea isle city and 17 on the western end of the county. this is what makes the cold dangerous, it's the feels like temperature. when you see numbers around zero or below which is our entire area neighborhood by neighborhood, it's painful and it's dangerous if you're out for any extended length of time. we'll keep that first alert going through 8:00 on sunday. in fact, i may have to extend it later on sunday morning based on some of the latest information i've been looking at. the reason why, it will just be so cold on sunday morning. that wind will not relax tonight. so you need to dress for the wind and the cold. our storm from yesterday is about a thousand miles away from us, but is still having an influence by dragging the cold canadian air into us. look at these overnight lows 6 in philadelphia 2 inntown. 4 in coatesville. here's how you plan your sunday. staying inside if you can. temperatures will just feel uglyar i'll break down the neighborhoods. i'll show you what we in store for the warmup coming up. we'll see you soon. a dog napping gave one puppy a bird's eye view of her neighborhood but gave her owners a square. >> we started searching for a body. we didn't think she'd be alive. >> still ahead, the unusual spect that took this it's theg in the morning.so what koudcan you do to make sure your car starts? we'll explain. winter storm get away. the roof rescue that saved this woman from stepping into snowbank first here's a look at the closing bell on wall street where the markets ended the day in the green territory once again. my healthy routine helps me feel my best. my digestive health, so i can take on my day. activia. now in th'rttingbes out in hollywood. >> time to toast the year's top tv and film. host seth meyers helped with the rolling out of the red carpet for the event. he and his writers are preparing a monologue that will likely be mi scanda you can watch the golden globes sunday night at 8:00. firefighters in massachusetts brought out the heavy machinery to rescue a woman trapped. the woman had to escape freezing floodwaters on the roof of her ront loader to get her to safety. fortunately she was not a hurt. >> glad she's okay. the snow are making families too stir crazy. >> is it too cold to let before you hit thendlaying in thend danrous cold is obelow zero? that's the big question this weekend. if so, it would be the first time since 1994. i'll walk you throw your frozen forecast in the next half hour. is your ready for the winter? i'll show you what you need to do so you can get to where you got to go. pipes, we spoke to theo toths inca last year. we need to stand up and say enough. the only way this problem is going to be solved choose help over helplessness, hope over hopelessness. make sure that the lives we've lost will not have been lost in vain. addiction is a disease. when you ask for help, help is there for you. t there it says dangerous cold. it's being felt inr region. this is aook at boathouse row, along an icy schuylkill river where right now 17 degrees. all right, let's head over to new jersey and a live the waterfront icamden. 16 degrees there. and more of the same in delaware, you're looe roc. aren't looking at chilly water. 16 degrees there. it feels like below zero pretty much everywhere. nbc 10 has been telling you for days that mother nature would give us this one-two pu what it's going to feel away. first the monster st w dangerous cold. pltrks were busyn creating new piles and making it difficult to be outside for even sun or nbc 10's steve sosooking at a numbe o to challenge the record. the low temperatures even here in philadelphia couldf're the ones that have the work ahead of sp sidewalks. majoimpren on broad street. right now in our philadelphia neighbparkside. 17 at the airport. other conditions generally upper teens. it's when you getombo deal and cold that makes it just unbearable at times. 6 below is how it feels in coatesville. 1 below in wilmington. pocono.worse. by the time you're getting up 10 belo no relief at the shore. i doaveld in ll find more out it's across neighborhoodshose cars starting up in this cold. it can be tough when singleis live outside ushaat make us comes to this car when it's this toar starts? >> you want to have a checklist, so like the one i was able to dig up on aaa. i want to take you through some of the things on there, it starts with being right under the hood. i want to show you the most important part is to double check your battery charging system. if that's not working right, your battery can die any minute. remember, cold air can snap the life out of your battery just like that. you want to make sure the cables are tight, nothing is loose and is no corrosion. a bad cable connection is a problem for you. fluids, keep an eye on the fluids. you want to make sure look at this windshield wiper fluid. that's the stuff that's going to clean your windows when it's nasty outere. what kind should you get? when you go to the store, this is what you want read that label. below 20 degrees. it will work. anything other than that just might freeze. if you haven't had your oil changed, get it changed. when youw, that's very thin. and you want to tires. remember, that's the rubber that meets the road. check your tire pressure and take a penny just like this one. stick it between the treads. if you can get half of it down there, then you know you have the kind of treading you need to give you traction soou can get to where you want to go. other fluids the brake fluid, you want to make sure it's good transmission fluid you want to make sure it's good. you want to make sure your of your car and it will take care of you will getan to go. ve yot t at 5:00 for more whopweeken for cold with the nbc 10 app. download it free to get the hour by hour forecast for your our smartphone. let's take a look at some of the other stories we're following county by county. newcastle county, a woman has her two children and her car back this afternoon after they vanished from outside a wawa. police say she left her kids into the car in wilmington last night. when she came back out the car was gone. and so were the one and 5-year-old children. the car was minutes of a. they wer a witness told police heaw the c driveway and run off. cape may and sussex county the ferry won't run for a thirdec oe randition service se all that ice i today, also. camden police officers as the three kings. the officers delivered presidents to kids at the celebration hosted by the puerto rican unity for progress. the gifts were donated by members of e kings day celebrates the biblical story of the t wisemen and their journey to the birth of jesus. the actual tomorrow. a carbon county thought they would never see their dog again after an eag their eyesending. earlie gthisedk,wae family immediately went searching for dhenica's g they and zoe is just a prime of the goodn their hearts. >> zoe was found four miles from home and only hadhes and couple of bruises. that's one tough little dog. >> i know. hanging in there. looking good.or8 weeust awinter olympics. >> peek at the glamour sport of the o thisat's tonight on nbc 10. still ing to make the cut from the u.s. figure s usa. and it seems gifts weren't the only things exchanged over the holiday season. the widespread outbreak impacting the country' held accountable. new at 5:00 the penalty several hospitals face after patients suffered in they say misery loves if you're feeling sick you're no are overrun by caf the flu now. the cdc reports 46 states, including pennsylvania and delaware have widespread flu there are 41,000 reported cases nationwide. doctors say most peoplewill theutt ca eldederly, young children and those with underllth problems. millenials have anger drive to be perfect than researchers looked at more than 40,000 college students between 1989 and 2016. they found today's youth feel more pressure from society to be perfect. they believe social media may be responsible because it causes people to compare themselves to others. dangerous cold for the area coming this weekend. what you need to know how to layer up and when does it all break. i'll have those answers coming up. preparing for the playoffs all new at 5:00 nick foles explains what it's like to practice without having a set opponent. el: broke, homeless, selling my body to get high, locked up, a slave to heroin - that was my life. married, a homeowner a professional, recovering andmy life now. i got help. you can too. new years means a new day for those struggling with addiction. don't suffer. don't wait. choose help. call 844 reachnj or visit reachnj.gov the opening ceremony of the winter olympics is 33 nights from tonight. one of the most popular sports is figure skating. this weekend's cdetermines whousa. rs of practice and competition all comes down to this weekend in san jose. oh the pressure. ashley wag a but after the first round she sits in fifth place. three women will and head to south korea. >> i've been working towards this my entire life. my whole career has been for that olympic moment that i've wanted to create for myself. it's kind of coming to the point where it's now or never. and i am so hungry and ready for that moment that i know that i need to make it h is 18-year-old nathan chen. he's the one to he ice tomorrow it's the women tonight. you can watch the championships tonight at 8:00 and join us for nbc 10 news at 11:00. nbc is the only place where you'll be able to watch the 2018 winter olympics. live coverage from pyeongchang begins february 8th. more than 100 sears and kmart stores will be closing because of declining sales. the sears locations on bustleton avenue kirkwood avenue and wilmington. they're all set to close by april. the auto centers in toms river will shut down by the end of the this kmart in philadelphia will be closed. if you're looking for something fun to do that will keep you out of the cold travel to prehistoric times at the philadelphia conventioncenter. it features interactive activities, also entertainment for dinosaur fans young and old. the exhibit is open through sunday. nothing like a good deed and a hot cup of coffee to warm you up on a day like this. the red cross and dunkin' donuts kicked off their annual partnership to encourage more people to donate blood. donate blood at a red cross center in philadelphia or s january, in return you get a coupon for doughnut. >> customers look forward to it and they get an added incentive for rolling up their >> dunkin' donuts has 25,000 coupons to hands out. taking a live look at the blue cross river rink at penn's landing. a little cold to be ice because they're cleaning but i can't imagine people out person there ice. to tell us what the lows are going to be. >> this is minnesota stuff. they go out in the cold. i don't know why. i l a to layers. you have to really keep amount of skin youreduced. because, otherwise fros can be around the corner as well hypothermia. you can see traffic is moving along okay watch out for icy spots, we're now in the that salt and road chemicals don't work quite as effectively in this numbing type of cold. so to put this cold in perspective, how cold has it been? this is the coldest stretch consecutive days wise since 1982. that's 35 years. that's really impressive stuff. if it seems colder than normal around here the answer is you're correct. 12 days below 33. that's what we're looking at heading into the weekend. that's the eighth longest stretch we've seen in recorded history. i'm going with a forecast low on sunday morning of 1 below zero. we haven't been 1 below zero or greater since 1994. so we'll be challenging that. interesting to see if that happens as we head into the weekend. now, we are looking at air that feels like below zero but the actual air temperatures aren't quite that cold. but they're numbing. 17 in philadelphia. 14 in blue bell 6 in the poconos and 16 right now in rehobeth beach. check out some of the neighborhoods. northern delaware, you picked up a good four to six inches in northern newcastle county. 16 in wilmington. 16 in odessa. rehobeth beach, you're in the middle to upper teens. but when you factor in the wind temperatures feeling like below zero. we peak at the bottom of it by tonight into tomorrow. then we'll start turning the corner sunday afternoon. and, really, it's the wind that makes this again, such a problem. that storm out of the way, we'll be looking for improvements coming in here as we start next week. so another dangerous night of cold cannot emphasize that enough for the homeless pets and pipes. this is a rough weekend as this cold is such a longlasting one. temperatures in the lower teens tomorrow, but feeling like zero. sunday not much better temperatures in the 20s. this is what i've been waiting 50 minutes to show you. it's the ten day forecast. 22 on sunday. 34, a wintry mix on monday. then this part of the forecast we have not seen this in ages. 40s on wednesday. nearly 50 on thursday. it comes with afternoon showers, but we'll be okay. 50 on friday with some more showers. hopefully the eagles game will dry out by 4:30 in the afternoon with a little rain at 44. going stir crazy with all the cold weather we're having some people are having fun out on the homemade ice rink. how much time outside is too much time outside? we'll have that story coming up. also call of duty. how ms. america's new chairwoman plans to create a tsunami after the organization's e-mail scandal. small business, internet providers promise you a lot. let's see who delivers more. 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cleared off the pond for hockey today. >> i've been wearing a scarf. but getting the skates on this morning, i started to get worried about frostbite. >> reporter: at the flaherty house, dad built a ice rink for the kids out in the driveway. doter: lots of people don't want to inside no matter how cold it gets. how much time outside is too much time outside in this kind of weather? dude if you come near me again, i will check an expert we can't let our kids' fingers toes or noses get pink. once they come in to warm up and get dry, don't let them go back outside in damp fresh warm levels. this baby-sitter says the kids convinced her to go sledding. they're better geared up than she is. it's going to be a quick session. >> as long as they're okay we're okay. i'm going to go heat up the car soon, though. >> reporter: in wilmington, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. dangerously cold and possibly record setting temperaturess weekend. >> it's taking a toll on pipe and >> it's a lot of overtime for plumbers and restoration companies who are out on the job today replacing broken pipesning up the mess. and how low will be go? the answer low. near record low temperatures if not record smashing temperatures across parts of the area. i'll walk you through neighborhood by neighborhood coming up at 5:00. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, b whs so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? y. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! it's not funny.st on a fiaber-optic network. so get fios. now, just $79.99 per month withement. dangerous cold. a record setting cold snap issl new at 5:00 nbc 10 is your survival guide to this deep freeze. fire and fury. a new bombshell book about president trump gets released earlytoending his behind the scenes accounts. security flaw. apple admits to a of macs iphones and ipads. the flaw could make you a target for cybercriminals. right now at 5:00 life-threatening cold across the delaware valley. wrap up tight because it's going to feel like it's below zero all weekend. count on nbc 10 to prepare and protect you during this deep freeze. good evening, i'm keith a first ale is in effect now through sunday morning because of the frigid forecast. the dangerous cold is makr thplest sti diin you can hear that wind howling and see the snow blowing across this neighborhood include this one in rehobeth beach today. the snow plows have been out in full force in south