And always has a fever. But that fever combined with body aches, chills and general weakness can make it tough to get to the doctor. But thats the best time to be seen. Doctors say an early diagnose tis can take days off your suffering. Only one medication can lessen the symptoms of the flu and has to be prescribed as soon as those symptoms hit. Meantime, waiting too long, especially if you have other illnesses can mean a trip to the emergency room. So when you start to have problems breathing, vomiting, feel the worse is yet to come. Doctors say flu season is early but right on track with 350 cases in montgomery county. Season not reach the height in another month. Its not too late to get a flu shot. Reporter thats because when the symptoms to get the flu, cover your mouth, that means your immune system is already compromise td and stop giving germs to other people. Reporting on nbc 10 news. Thats good advice. In our next half hour, doctors join us and answer questions on this. And also if you have questions about the flu, you can post them right fou on nbc 10 philadelphia Facebook Page and well get you answers straight from the experts. Breaking news, the body of a university of pennsylvania student has been missing for a week has been found. Officials in orange county, california, say they found the body of blaze bernstein at a park and say he was killed. He was last seen one week ago when visiting family on winter break. His family says he went to the park but never came back. Police in california are holding a News Conference right now about this homicide investigation. Well have brand new information on this story on nbc 10 news at 5 00. Turning to our first alert weather. Thawing out. Chunks of ice on the river. But it is starting to break up with the warmer temperatures. Here a live look at busy street where finally seeing temperatures in the 40s here in center city. And we are on track to hit the 60s by friday. Crazy, right. Nbc meteorologist glen hurricane schwartz is tracking this winter warmup at accurate forecast. And youve been forecasting these warmer temperatures for a while, glenn. Yeah. What a week. We started with incredible cold. Temperatures not getting to 20 degrees, then we went up a little bit, a little more, leveling off a little today. Then tomorrow we are into the 50s. Friday into the 60s. Right now it is 43 philadelphia. Not really warm for this time of the year, just compared to what we saw over the weekend and before that, it feels more comfortable. 39 in coatsville. 40 degrees in dover. And it is going to continue to warm up. Now the combination of warm weather and heavy rain and the ice that we have on the rivers and the snow that we still have in many parts of the area, thats going to add up to some trouble. We have hefry rain and flooding first alert for the entire area. But its going to take awhile for this problem to start. Generally friday afternoon, into saturday morning, when the heavy es rain is going to occur, and the greatest chance for flooding. Could even some thunderstorms, bands of heavy rain coming through, flood potential dueo the rapid runoff from the frozen ground, and also ice jams. Looks whats going to happen. 40s to 50s to 60s. Heavy rain on friday. Even some thunderstorms entire area. Then big change on the weekend and getting ready for the eagles coming up. Nonstop with a phoney cloud. Thats what President Trump said is hanging over administration because of the russian investigation. He just wrapped up a News Conference where he talked about whether he would interview with investigators. Megan live in our center. What was his message . Reporter he said there was no collusion between him and his campaign with the russians. Repeated that multiple times in this News Conference with the Prime Minister of norway. And addressed the impact of investigation on his administration. Also asked if he would agree to an interview as part of the probe led by Robert Mueller take a listen. For 11 months theyve had this phoney cloud over this administration, over our government, and it has hurt our government. It does hurt our government. But it has been determined there is no collusion. And by virtually everybody. So well see what happens. Well see what happens. Certainly ill see what happens. But when they have no collusion, nobody has found anything. Reporter and he said if there was no collusion, then he didnt see why there would be an interview. Now, nbc news has said the legal team has been discussing different options if the mueller team does ask to interview the president and this was the first time we heard the president weigh in on that since we learned that new information. Live im lauren nbc 10 news. Firefighters in southwest philadelphia took on flames and stopped the fire from spreading. This is on leaes on greenway avenue. Fortunately no one was hurt. And right now we dont know how the fire started. We have new details about a fire that killed a philadelphia firefighter. We now know the name of the other person killed. Delgado died on monday. Also the first viewing from lieutenant matthew of the department is scheduled for the ba cyst c ba cyst cal peter and paul. 20 minutes with the Public Health emergency. Calling our states opioid addicti addiction epidemic and wants to respond like a Natural Disaster. Joining us to explain what this could mean for hundreds of families devastated by this crisis. Reporter it means reducing regulations to get into treatment faster. Also command center bringing in 9 state agencies that will Work Together to fight the opioid and heroin epidemic. The disaster emergencies has been declared in pennsylvania against the opioid and heroin epidemic. Signed the decoration laration harrisburg. To fight back against this Public Health crisis. Reporter opens the door for First Responders to dispense the overdose reversal medication. And cuts down on burdens such as paperwork when trying to get people into treatment. Its something dr. Bryan work with philadelphia provides assistance to 10,000 a year is hopeful will make a difference. This Emergency Declaration will be able to smooth out those bumps in the road and break down some of those hurdles so we can get people into treatment when they are ready to change. We spoke with two people went through recovery and saw some of their closest friends and family died from Substance Use disorder. They have mixed feelings about how the latest tool in the fight against the Opioid Epidemic will help. Everyone going into programs now is because they are overdosing. And i cant even count on my hands right now how many people ive lost. Deep down inside sick of being sick and tired, unless, they will remain out there. Reporter the Emergency Declaration lasts for 90 days and first time in the state that disaster proclamation is used as a tool for Public Health emergency. And to give some speperspective pun people in pennsylvania and 3200 in philadelphia. And by treating like a Natural Disaster many people feel that will make a difference. Yeah. Have to get through to those addicted that they want the help. Thats right. Thats the major step. All right. Thanks. And right now there is it a new push in congress to tackle the opioid crisis. Bipartisan task force is led by local officials like republican Brian Fitzpatrick from pennsylvania and nor cross from new jersey. They want more prevention and, recovery and stronger effort from police for an issue they say impacts everyone. There is not a member in congress that has not been a part of a funeral for a young man or young woman or middleaged man or woman who are saying how did this happen. In 20 suh mo16 more people hd from overdose. You can read generation addicted. You can read it right now on the nbc 10 app. Out west the storm that slammed part of Southern California causing massive mudslides is over. But the search for victims is not. 15 people dead. 20 more people still missing. Coast guard helicopter crews made some heroic rescues that were caught on camera right here. In this video family of five, including a newborn, two young children, and the familys dogs were saved. First floor of their home was filled with 4 feet of mud. So far more than 100 homes have been destroyed in the mudslides, 300 oert 300 others damaged. And Oprah Winfrey damaged also. She posted video. Here she is walking through ankle deep mud and debris. Also Ellen Degenerous lives nearby. Air lifted following a crash. It happened this morning along christina avenue. The veet was shut down as police investigated. It has since reopened. A local company has won the rights to open a new casino in pennsylvania. Today in harrisburg pet gaming learned it won a new casino license, the company will pay 50. 1 million for the license. Pen national will choose a spot close by. We know how many people come from that region, so we feel comfortable operating in what is essentially our backyard. They have six months to finalize their application. The country sent representative to International Olympic committee headquarters. North korea says it will send a large delegation to olympics in pyeongchang next month. Today the president set a date for meeting to say north korea participation in the games. That meeting will happen saturday. Officials will decide on north korea role in the olympics and what if means for athletes. New castle county counsel is calling on president to resign. Last Night Council members voted to ask Karen Hartley to leave her post. It is a symbolic gesture since the counsel cannot force her to resign. This stems from refusal to take part in part after they spent 135,000 settling made by her former aide. Nbc 10 is your official station of the fillphiladelphia eagles. We are getting you ready for saturday show down. Three days to go until the birds face off until the falcons and members of the eagles have never been to the playoffs. So this will be a new experience. John, how will they handle that . We all remember our first time. This will be the first time in the playoffs for a lot of eagles and coaches many and first time as ahead coach in the postseason for doug peterson. Take a look at doug. Had veteran players, leaders played in superbowls talk to the younger birds and the main message is ignore the hypothee,t means, us the news. Its just a football game. Here is doug talking about his playoff debut has ahead coach. A lot is past experience as a player. You know, even my time as an assistant coach for being in the postseason, just leaning on those times, leaning on the guys to be where we are at and have a home playoff game. And feed off the fans. The crowd. Which is going to be electric on saturday afternoon. Yeah, it is going to be nuts over at the link. Coming up 5 00 well talk to the only eagle growing up in the philly area and what its going to be like playing in his hometown. Ill have that in an hour. Have it for you then. Easy to say tune out for the hype around you and focus on symle game. They all know they are under dogs bauecause they have the sis plastered where we cant see. So they know its going on, but its getting in the proper compartment and not get into your brain. Right. Maybe it will give them a lot of motivation. Compartmentalize my big word of the game. Remember nbc 10 official eagle station is the only place you can see battle of the birds kick off at the link saturday 4 30. Well have cover all day long. Starts at 9 30 in the morning with inside the eagles. Then we pick back up at 12 noon and take you straight until kick off. Stay with us after the game for exclusive interviews from the players and coaches. And the rode for victory runs right through philadelphia. Fans getting a chance to pump up the birds before the game. They helped get fans ready for the match up with the falcons today. Rode to victory bus rolled through pennsylvania and new jersey wrapped in eagles colors. Fans can write messages on the side of the bus for the team. And tomorrow the victory bus will be in other areas so look out for it. It is one of the most dangerous walks you can take. Stepping onto a river or lake that you think is frozen. Today members of the philadelphia marine unit practiced for the worst case scenario. Someone falling through the ice. With in sum latsulated insulate practiced. They had one message for people thinking about stepping on to the ice. Ice looks safe. Consider it dangerous. Do not walk on it. Watch it from a distance. Please do not walk on the ice. The ice on local rivers and lakes is start to go crack and break up as temperatures warm making it even riskier of coaure for people to be on the ice. Taking a look at the patchy ice on the river. This is camera you see a the lo of ice. 43 right now. And we know the temperatures will climb as we get closer to the weekend. Lets hand it over to glen hurricane schwartz. You dont want to be there. Right. I wouldnt be going it in the middle of summer. Weve had tremendous changes in the weather over this week. And that has affect not only on ice but on our bodies and its go go to ha going to have impact on the flood threat as we head into the weekend. Remember saturday morning 4 degrees officially in philadelphia. Im predicting 65 for friday afternoon. Thats 61 degree increase. But the price we pay is rain. Thunderstorms. Windy conditions. Then a rapid cool down again. 43 and cloudy in philadelphia. Around average for this time of year. We still have snow on the ground in parts of the area especially in parts of south jersey. And in delaware. And jersey shore this is going to be critical too. Because we are going to get heavy rain very warm temperatures on top of a snow cover. And so there could be some flooding and ice jams. 38 in holgate. 39 in summers point. You see cooler in these areas that have the deepest snow cover. And here come clouds. Weve even had sunshine at the shore and still didnt warm us up. And we dont hav a lot of organized moisture yet. Some stuff from the west. Moisture from the south moving in. But no doubt it is going to be coming in. And as we go into the next couple of days, we are going to find this big warmup. 53 tomorrow in fairmont. 50 in shanksville. Little cooler in Lehigh Valley. Wild wide 52. Dover 52 degrees. So tomorrow its just clouds. After that, we start getting heavy rain, we have a flood threat. And this is for the entire area, for friday afternoon, into saturday morning, when the weather is going to be the most threatening. It will be raining before 4 00 p. M. On friday. But we are not expecting flooding by then. So bands of heavy rain. Possible thunderstorms, and the ice has an impact, the snow cover has an impact, could be seeing some ice jams, there could be some problems with this rapid warmup and all of the rain coming. As we go through tomorrow, cloudy skies. Then the moism gradually increases by tomorrow night showers in the area, not especially heavy. Friday morning we have some rain. And then it gets heavier. We have some bands of heavy rain and thur have thunderstorms coming through. So we have heavy rain into saturday morning, but just in time for the eagles game we see that rain moving out. Temperatures will be falling during the game. And it will get into those specific numbers, big changes, during that day, coming up in a few minutes. Eagles fans are paying a big price for the playoffs. Still ahead at 4 00, the cash youll have to cough up to sit in the fans on saturday. And flu fever a doctor will be here to answer your questions about this dangerous flu season. And fair game, a decorated figure skater speaks out about the scores she says kept her from making the olympics. First here is a look at the closing bell on wall street today. All three major stock indexes down this afternoon. Sponsored local by by crash proof retirement. She hadding shielding your future. Shielding your future. Shielding your future. Sh. ,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. 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