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WCAU NBC10 News At 5pm January 5, 2018

Over the roads. Lets take a look at our camera at the battleship new jersey in camden. The view across an icy delaware river. Make sure you layer up in this hypothermia and frostbite can happen quickly. Taking you to center city now, this is the view of broad street. The next 60 hours in many neighborhoods will be brutally cold. We cant say it enough. Stop and take a look at first alert radar now. Tonight the feels like temperature could be as low as 30 belown parts of our region. It looks like a tundra out there. Steve sosna kicks off our Team Coverage. Its been years since weve experienced cold air like this . When you look at the consecutive days, we havent seen cold like this since the early 80s. Unbelievable stuff. Its not just your imagination. It is way colder than normal. Thats why we continue the first alert for the entire viewing area. We continue it through 8 00 a. M. On sunday. The reason why, we mentioned 30 degree below wind chills in the elevations in berks and lehigh. 5 below, if not 10 below in philadelphia. What that means, if youre not properly prepared, the frostbite can set in within 10 to 30 minutes worth of time. Lets hope everyone out on the ice on penns landing are dressed in layers and layers and taking some breaks outside. Temperatures today, were in the mid to upper teens. Way below our average high of around 40. Right now were sitting at 16. The problem with tonight, the temperatures will make you feel like youre going to cry. You walk outside and tears start to come into your eyes. Dress for that or stay inside. The feels like temperatures from the suburbs down to the jersey shore, lehigh valley, are all painful. When temperatures may warm up 50 degrees above these numbers, coming up. Im a tough guy, im not crying, its just too cold outside. The cold temperatures can wreak havoc on pipe, too. All new at 5 00, nbc 10s deanna d durante spent the day talking to plumbers. Reporter even after the repair, icicles hang on the wall of this mount airy home. A lot of problem is the insulation here. Reporter a pipe boxed in behind drywall had no insulation. Its not the only case plumbers are deal ing with. Weve had about 100. Reporter 100 calls for busted pipes since the weekend. And reasons them vary. People, the garage doors arent closed all on these really cold nights when the winds blowing, the wind blows through the garage, hits freezes thescreen . S it defrosts. Ses attaches reporter pipe problems are not limited to old houses. This is the broken pipe. You can see the break, not that big. The problem is exposed air coming in around the pipe. I can feel cold air from theodes. While this pipe and many others like it around the city are fixed now, cold snap coming uld mea insulation. Open uphe cabinetscirculate. Run your taps gently when itsc outside spigot. Ap and theres water in basement . Know where shutoff is our house. One turnill supply. In mount airy, deanna durante. The big dig is well underway down the shore, but the blowing snow andgm itmessy, miserable job. People are shoveling in weather that feels like its be s foo ss are several feet hi staying put. The breeze is whats worse than the snow. The breeze keeps on blowing all the snow back over where we just shovelled. Freeze . Were talking a whipping wind. The deep freeze is causing an unprecedented number of water main breaks in atlantic city. At least a dozen in the resort town just today. Passable, but t means a lot of the snow and ice is ng thr help those who cant dig out on their own. Members of a. B. C. Ug out cars especially for the elderly notion to be an angel on earth th dabdb. C. Men h out the community for the past nt comes from donations. First responders are are gog Great Lengths t the dangers of this bitter cold. Early this morning in Montgomery County this septa bus in norristown. Firefighters battled flames and subzero wind chills when this restaurant caught fire in Gloucester County this morning. The tallys italian bistro went into flames around 11 00 a. M. The business was heavily damages as you can see there. Nodn how the fire started. Ice formed at the scene during this house fire in eastern pennsylvania overnight. Several firefighters battled the flames in salem township. One man died after getting trapped inside the home. Unusua region to be ze from not covering and layering up. The er has seen a jump in coldrelated illnesses. We talked to a doctor at jefferson about what patients should do if their extremities turn red. Go inside and try to get warm. Ifou time to seek Emergency Care for a coldrelated injury likeh water until your hands get warm again. Download the free nbc 10 app for complete coverage on the cold. Get more protection on how to protect your pets, pipe and home. Plus, track the foerrecast for your neighborhood. Just tap the app. Athe all didnt discuss his legal troubles today when he higig his goals for the city. Back in july, he was hit then in november, despite the inigreelected mayor. Earlier this week, he was sworn in for his fourth term. Gnaw nbc 10s Steven Fisher spoke to the mayor about his upcoming trial. Reporter the mayor gave his state of the city message today. He was recently just elected to his fourth term despite facing federal charges. Today he told me he cant wait to tell his side of the story. Today were looking at a whole new allentown, a whole new city. Reporter the mayor is hoping the city doesnt get a wholeyor. Presenting our side of the story. Reporter we caught up with mayor polowsky after his state of the city message he delivered. Hes facing federal charges for allegedly being involved in a pay to play scheme with city contracts. When people see our side of the story, youll be able to see that the innocence ive been claiming all along is true and hopefully we will be able to convince a jury and ill be exonerated. Reporter he doesnt believe hes lost community support, pointing to novembers election as evidence. It didnt taint the election. Folks still elected me for a fourth term. I think its evident that people in this town have a vested interest in him. Somehow, hes managed to gain support from everybody. Reporter some say regardless of the trial oue, city should move on. A lot of of him. Mayor. See what he can do for ouryou k. Compared to what the mayor is doing now. Id rather just start off fresh. Reporter i asked the mayor if the city will be affected because hell be tied up with this trial that starts january 16th. He says the city wont mis news during powlowskis state of the city message, he highlighted the allentown 311 quick reporter app. It allows residents to report incidents to the city using pictures and comments. Now to an nbc news exclusive, the author of a new book on the Trump White House is defending his work. Copies of Michael Wolffs fire and fury are on sale today. It includes a report that donald are quotes advisors be insuinpresident s intelligence. President trump says the trump is full of lies and wolff never interviewed with him. Wo wolff says he did. My credibility is being questioned by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has ever walked on earth at this point. President trumps attorney has demanded a halt to publication of the book. The publisher moved up the release date to today. The two local hospitals that were penalized after patients developed an alarming infection and injury. Thats coming up. Also this, gone but not forgotten. Certainly not forgotten. Hes with us. The eagles want to see carson wentz become mvp despite his injury. Ready for refreeze. The slippery and dangerous conditions neighborhoods are bracing for as tpe plummet. Arctic blast across the northeast. Its not just us. New at 5 00, were live in boston with how folks in bean town survived these conditions. Your daughter wants to stay organic. Your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like only at my giant. This arctic blast just will not quit. Aerial view over massachusetts. The same storm that dumped several inch said of snow in ot hborhoods, left thousands without power here. In some spots its slowing down efforts to clean up after that powerful winter storm. Chris pelon is live for us in boston where they got a little more than a foot of snow. Steve sosna mentioned the coastal flooding. Were not ones you know,storm, the bill certainly isnt in yet but this is going to be an this bomb cyclone, as they were cag northeast. People all up and down the new england coastline were assessing the damage. Not just from the snow and wind, but also from thecord stor wint she day after. A blast ofrc followed thursdays wind and snow monster. Making cleanup difficult and dangerous. Very cold. It gs throux ts horrible. My hands, i cant el thing through theseglovesht now. Reporter more tn million ameran chills warnings h wtorm like tres extremely low ror tide record. Boston harbor turned state street into a river of the rapid rise even caut the harbormaster by surprise. I lost my balance and i went in the water. Reporter hes calling a local Restaurant Owner a hero for saving his life. Instinct kicks in and you try to help. Reporter travel is still stalled. Bus passengers in chicago stranded when their buses got stuck on highways in the northeast. Im tired and ready to go. Reporter thousands of flhte they say we fly back on ondayr tuesday. Reporter just five days into the new year and many people are sick of the snow and cold. Evern. No. We need more. I want more snow. Ext. Temperaturewi temperatures. Very cold. Let me give you good news. The good news here in new england is that power expert temperatures over the next couple of days, most homes should still have heat. Certainly good news as we go forward over the next couple of days, guys, well send it back to you in philly. Always some kind of silver lining, we suppose. Got to look on the bright side. Stay warm if you can, thanks for that. Speaking of staying warm, too, lifethreatening cold. Those three words youve got to remember. This is a live look at the ben franklin bridge. Coldest yet this weekend. Heading into the shore, this is the view from our camera in atlantic city. Get ready, because this winter blast will last throughout the weekend. Youve got to have some fun in the snow. This is in harrison township. Kids bundled up, grabbed their sleds and took off. Steve sosna joins us now. Were pretty numb with these temperature . Yeah. Were going to get lower, but it already feels plenty cold already. I think what will make the differenceseoples homes where yeah. So its the Long Duration of this. The cumulative effect. When you have a few days to get through it but the Fr Infrastructure starts to take a dip. You have every layer on, you just see your eyeballs because its that cold. Sure you have at least no skin showing in this kind right nwe out there right now. And as you can see, a lot of people in their nice, warm cars. If youre waiting out for the busr to wait for the train, when the cold wears into you. Use the bus stops, the protection in there, or inside the train station, a good idea. That wind is relentless. Lets take a look at the temperature right now. Its quite cold. Weve been seeing that cold all across our area. Its been lasting for days. Thats the problem with it. Heres what you need to know. Its here through sunday morning. Were looking at temperatures at or below 32, all the way through, it looks like early on monday morning. Monday were greeted with a messy mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain. The ground is so cold from all of our recent storms and all these cold air masses, but there is bright news in the future. That comes the second half of next week. A major thaw coming to the area and a welldeserved thaw. Temperatures across our neighborhoods right now are in the upper teens to midteens. Again, tonight single digit cold with wind chills up to 30 below zero in parts of the area. The reason why, its that wind. It will not relax. This is what really wears your body down. Insulation is important. Layers, taking breaks inside, having a hot cup of coffee. You can eat extra calories in this weather. Thats always a good th case. 2 below is how it feels in blue bell and wilmington. 19 below, theyre headed to 30 below feels like temperatures in the poconos tonight. Actual air temperatures, probably just shy of a record here in philadelphia. The record is 4 set back in 1896. Im forecasting 6. Well get close to it but no cigar on this one. I hink on sunday morning thats when we may break our low temperature. Philadelphia, 13 tomorrow. 12 in the suburbs, 12 in the lehigh valley. 12 at the jersey shore. Look a improvement in the afternoon hours. And then once we get into monday, there is concern for that wintry mix. Out with the cold and then well be looking at this next storm system out in the west. This is the game changer that will help switch the pattern around and get us thawed out. Monday morning at 4 30, theres breaking out. 9 00 a. M. , were looking at light snow through the lehigh valley, the suburbs and possibly a wintry mix and freezing rain as wed afternoon. More on that storm and the big thaw coming up. Thanks for that, steve. Its a that drivers do when it gets really cold. Is warming up your car in the freezing weather really necessary . We ask the experts ahead at 5 00. Top contender. Carson wentz may be off the field but that didnt stop him from becoming a finalist in another contest. How you can cast your vote, next at 5 00. ,000 deaths in america last year. We need to stand up and say enough. The only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. Choose help over helplessness, hope over hopelessness. Make sure that the lives weve lost will not have been lost in vain. Addiction is a disease. When you ask for help, help is there for you. To a major security flaw for anyone owning an apple product. Apple admits billions of devices, including all iphones, ipads, and Mac Computers were affected by the specter and meltdown processor security flaws. 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Im aundrea clinethomas, im going to tell you what its going to take to get the city back to normal. Coming up. Its a lot of overtime for plumbers and Restoration Companies who are out on the job today replacing broken pipes and cleaning up the mess. Alexa on the go. How the intelligent personal assistant is preparing to leave your home. Before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . Uh. Whats so great about a 100 fiberoptic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . Haha, garbage boy dad, i already took out ben. Its not funny. Gaming is best on a 100 fiberoptic network. So get fios. Now, just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. Right now at 5 00, a first alert is in effect for the dangerously cold temperatures gripping the east coast. You can hear that freezing cold wind howling in rehobeth beach. The ground is covers in a solid layer of snow, making it difficult for people to get out of their neighborhoods. From the shore to Gloucester County, the big dig contin this man spent the first part of his friday clearing snow from his driveway. The snow didnt stay in place because of the winds. Thanks for staying with us, im rosemary connors. Im keith jones. The coldest air weve felt since 1994 could enter our region within hours. Take a look at the whind chills we are facing. Major roads and highways are mostly clear of the snow. Lets head down the shore, a live look at ocean city which just got slammed by winter storm. More than 15 inches of snow fell here yesterday. We have Team Coverage of the bitter cold blast. Aundrea clinethomas spoke with philadelphia officials about what theyre doing to keep you safe. We begin with first alert meteorologist steve sosna, this is a live threatening right. If you dont take preparations, you can get in trouble with frostbite or hyperthermia. Layer up, take breaks and or just stay inside for the next couple of days. Its your option, but you can go outside unprepared because its dangerous cold. We have the first alert for the entire viewing area through 8 00 a. M. Sunday. That is with this toughest round of cold. This is round number three. And the final round. Thats the good news. The bad news is its the worst round of cold yet with wind chills up to 30 degrees below zero in our pocono area and into the lehigh valley. Feeling like 15 below. Dangerous stuff. Actual air temperatures right now at the 5 30 half hour, 11 in Sinking Spring out in berks county. 12 in walnut port, 13 in nazareth and allentown. You factor in the wind and this is the number you need to dress for. This is the worst round, you have to prepare for it. 19 below in mount pocono. 2 below in reading is what it feels like. These number only get worse. A morning temperature of feeling like 10 below zero. Suburbs, feeling like 11 feeli like 10 below. It goes down to jersey and delaware. Ill show you when temperatures may hit 50 coming up in just a bit. Do you want to know how much snow fell in your neighborhood . Steve sosna, our team of meteorologists, they have been tracking it since those first flakes started falling. Tap the free nbc 10 app and search snow totals. You can track this weekends temperatures in real time. According to the calls were getting, i have an appointment today and cant get out. In hot demand, the freezing temperatures and snow on the ground are generating a lot of calls to philadelphias 311 service. Aundrea clinethomas is live in overbrook farms. I was out on the snowy roads last night, theyre causing trouble for many neighbors. Reporter they absolutely are. People are calling 311 was of roads like this on

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