southern delaware still getting a few rain drops. and there are some very light showers moving through kent county in delaware and into south jersey but most of the rainfall is done. now we're watching the temperatures. it's dropped to 40 degrees in the last hour in philadelphia. that's down one degree. but look at allentown, 32 degrees. 20s for the pocono mountains. now, mt. holly, trenton both at 37 degrees right now. so a chilly start to start with and a slow warm-up during the day. 9:00, 41 degrees. just a couple degrees warmer by lunchtime and then with more sunshine we'll be in the middle 40s this afternoon. but don't get used to it. there is colder weather about to come

delaware county spca handed out stockings in prospect park. the stockings are for pet food clients at the pantry. the delco spca provides 400 pet meals a month to families of cat and dog owners in need. >>> closer to the sunday night showdown between the birds and the cowboys. >> oh, yeah, sole possession of first place in the division. comcast sportsnet's danny pommells live with a look ahead. >> a rivalry with deep roots, danny. >> no doubt about it. we're three days away from the ee eagles and cowboys. sunday night football. where else but here on nbc 10? the eagles preparing for dallas for the second time in three weeks. the first was a birds beat-down thanksgiving day in dallas. the cowboys had short rest that week. they have ten days to prepare for this one. facing a team for lthe second time, chip kelly says don't overthink it. >> i don't think it's a challenge. they have the same amount to prepare for us, we have the same amount of weeks, two weeks since the last time we played them. you can paralyze yourself by trying to overanalyze i

good morning to delaware. look at route 301 in south delaware. roads are wet that by itself will cause a messy commute. fat being for in that time. here's a live look at the southern even of the new jersey turnpike f you look close you can make out maybe even some snow flakes here. this is down here near the delaware memorial bridge and right on track with what sue just showed us, on, the radar there that southern end of new jersey up and down that 295, new jersey turnpike corridor, you could that have fine mix of where it is rain or snow flurries. here's a live look, definitely getting snow here, thinks route 47 and route 40 in south jersey. we're already seeing stuff jumping ahead of you. 202 north bound just light flurries and damp roads heading northbound from west chester into that construction zone. look at in the construction zones, tough to see lane markers and drainage grates as well are all kind of moved around during ate rainy commute. otherwise we're in request shape, schuylkill, i-95 and 202 all normal speed but with the weather toda

it's a little bit steadier in southern delaware. right now rehoboth getting some light rain drops as well as atlantic city and cape may. but the rain will not last all day. the temperatures colder north and west where the clouds are already starting to break. 35 in pottstown, 38 right now in trenton, while philadelphia and wilmington are right at 41 degrees. the temperatures they'll be climbing from the low 40s to

the new area of snow that has been developed from chester county and new castle county, delawar delaware, salem county, new jersey, it's generally melting. we will be watching this band of snow as we go through the afternoon. visibility tells us how heavy the snow is. reading, three miles. quakertown and doylestown, less than two mile visibility. eight miles in philly international. wrights t wrightstown is down a good bit. no restrictions to the south. as we go through the day, we will watch the temperatures. 32 in pottstown now. it's still marginal there. it's in the upper 30s to the south. still windy, still cold. 20s for windchills throughout the area. as we go through the afternoon, we will be following those snow showers some more. temperatures leveling off, not going very far. and we get a little burst of snow, the temperature can drop and get things slippery. more detail about what to expect for the rest of the day and the weekend with the seven-day in a few minutes. >>> the icy road to several accidents this morning, including one that injured a police officer. nbc 10 as randy g

delaware valley's leading news program. with jamie apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> the week leading up to christmas is off to a dreary starter. accuweather is tracking several systems that will bring us rain ahead of the holiday. and we're learning more about what to expect on christmas eve and christmas day. monday night monica malpass is off, shirleen allicott is joining us and the big story on "action news" is the separate storms that will bring precipitation to our area. >> and tonight we will see light rain as well as fog. meteorologist melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with the latest from storm tracker 6 double scan. >> and shirleen and rick, we are tracking just some light rain right now to the south of philadelphia. you could see on storm tracker 6 live double scan radar some light precipitation, light rainfall across south jersey and delaware. this is the first round of and delaware. the rest of this evening and into tonight. temperatures for the most pa

the clouds are streaming across delaware and south jersey. yesterday we started off with some rain yesterday morning. this is a live view from cape may where it's dry right now, but we are tracking a few sprinkles on the radar. 8 degrees cooler in philadelphia compared to yesterday and down by five in allentown. the light showers across delaware. so far not reaching the ground but that is a possibility. a few snowflakes and even a rain drop and nothing sig kbt andnificant and it will be heading out and more and more sunshine as the day goes on. you can see clouds over philadelphia, but the showers at 6:00 this morning stay to the south and east. calling for clouds and sunshine and many brief showers in delaware and south jersey will come to an end and temperatures will be cooler. high temperatures in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. a look at what's coming our way this weekend. >>> bill 11 minutes after 4:00 now. several items to make you aware of before you hit the road this morning, no matter where you're going. nbc 10 first alert weather

it's a little bit steadier in southern delaware. right now rehoboth getting some light rain drops as well as atlantic city and cape may. but the rain will not last all day. the temperatures colder north and west where the clouds are already starting to break. 35 in pottstown, 38 right now in trenton, while philadelphia and wilmington are right at 41 degrees. the temperatures they'll be climbing from the low 40s to start with and at 9:00 to the low 40s at noontime. not much of a warm-up. we'll make it into the upper 40s this afternoon. in fact i'll take you through it hour by hour with the future weather in ten minutes. but right now, let's check in with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. good morning jillian. >> good morning to you, bill you at home as well. let's start in delaware where things are very quiet on the majors. this is a live look route 1 at the dover toll plaza. just a few drivers. 1 looks good. 95 is free of any incidents and so is 495. in fact in pennsylvania a lot of the majors are really quiet right

delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night the 21-year-old who sued her parents for tuition was back in court today and a car slams into a home in wilmington injuring four people. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is the shooting of a three-year-old child in the grays ferry section of philadelphia. it happened late this morning in the 1300 block of newkirk street. the gunman fired into a house and hit the three-year-old boy in the groin. also shot was a 43-year-old man. at this hour the gunman is still at large. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live at the scene of the gunfire. john, first things first, what are the conditions of the victims? >> reporter: well, remarkably both are in stable condition. that is the good news here. no doubt about it. the little boy and the 43-year-old man are neighbors. the crime today happened at two different houses side by side. a confusing double shooting. first, an unidentified gunman se

look at that, no rain right now in delaware. the drenching rain continues in new jersey, but it is dry for much of chester county, delaware into salem county. the rain will fill in this afternoon. moderate showers moving through mercer county, trenton, pembroketon has seen heavier rainfall, as well. as you go through the morning, the rain will still be eheavy at times. but this afternoon, lighter rain and the return as we head into the nighttime hours accumulating snow in the pocono mountains. so, the forecast is calling for occasional heavy rain and strong, gusty winds. winds gusting to 40 miles an hour and possibly even stronger at the shore. high temperatures in the 40s today. colder tomorrow, and we could see scattered light snow showers. won't be the heavier precipitation that we're doling with today. and lighten up and become more scattered for tomorrow. and then 39 degrees tomorrow afternoon and if we see a dusting in the morning, it will be gone by afternoon. and then thursday and friday, windy and cold. the temperatures

into central delaware and cape may. and even into salem, parts of gloucester and cumberland counties millville is getting a few rain drops right now. the steadier rainfall is pushing through cape may county sea isle city seeing light rain and that's about to get a little heavier, but not much. future weather hour by hour shows skies will be clearing north and west. 9:00, 36 degrees, but the temperatures will turn around. 41 degrees at 9:00 in philadelphia. and a slow warm-up as the skies clear. 10:00, still some clouds in delaware and south jersey but as the morning progresses into the afternoon, we will see more and more sunshine and the temperatures into the middle to upper 40s in philadelphia this afternoon. so it will be drying out during the day, turning to some sunshine this afternoon. the morning clouds end and the temperatures in the 40s. but it does get a lot colder than that. the extended future weather when i come back in ten minutes. >>> looking so far into the future that he will look into the new year. tha

jillian. >> word of an accident in delaware. right as you approach delaware avenue. unclear exactly how many lanes are blocked in this area but we are starting to see just a little line of yellow on our maps in this area but not affecting the drive times. between 295 and 495 this is on 95 right near wilmington. drive times still pretty average, 10 to 1 minutes. coming up in a few minutes, get you updated on that accident in richland township. >>> with this chilly weather moving in, a chilling fact. a new survey shows the number of homes in pennsylvania without heat is on the rise. the public utility commission found more than 23,000 households in the state don't have a heat-related utility eservice, which has nearly doubled since 2003 where the number was 12,000. it survey >> hi, mr. president. >> hi mr. president. a personal apology from the president. we have the phone call that he made after learning that he bumped a bride on her wedding day. >>> and this guy, he went more than three decades without doing something most of us do at least once a year. the special h

it's the first in delaware to use a drone. on monday, officers flew the drone over a protest to make sure no violence broke out. police say the device can help them solve and prevent crimes. they say it's already been used to convict a man on murder charges. >> we look for weapons that have been confiscated. we can follow the path. the aircraft is so small. >> it costs $1600, and in operating it, the police have to follow the same faa rules as everyone else. >>> long before drones there were camcorders, one lost at the jersey shore will soon be back with its owner. >> these two little girls were featured in a bag of videos in a lost and found box in jenkins beach back in 1998. workers discovered the videos and an old camcorder in jenkinsson's attic, they tracked down the owner in northeastern pennsylvania. >> i was totally surprised but very thankful and appreciative. we thought the camera and the movies in it for gone for. >> and mark christie said he and his wife lost the bag 16 years ago. the family intends to pick up their

generally in delaware and south jersey. it keeps trying to move up this way but it's moving into drier air and that's why it's not making a lot of progress. it's also very small system. so we're not expecting much rain at all. now, some shopping weather for tomorrow. the issue in the morning will be the fog and drizzle. it will be on the cool side by noon. temperatures are going up a little bit. i think we'll have a couple days of clouds. heres the future cast as we go through the evening hours, patchy, light rain. even in the poconos it may turn to mostly rain as temperatures warm up in the atmosphere. and by morning, a little bit of patchy light rain or drizzle. clouds everywhere. that's going to prevent the temperatures from going up too much. the atmosphere as a whole would support warm weather if we could ever get sunshine in here. here's tuesday afternoon. clouds but nothing else. and then here comes the rain. later tuesday night into wednesday morning. wednesday afternoon, wednesday evening, a couple little patches o

now, nbc 10 is also on the other side of the delaware river right now. these are live pictures from penn's landing where you can see a crowd gathering to take in the fireworks show that's about to begin an hour from now on this side of the delaware river. as always we will expect an even bigger crowd over there, getting into the late part of the night as we get ready to ring in the new year officially at midnight, as we come back out live to pictures here from the battleship new jersey i can make one recommendation for anyone who will be headed out to either side of this river tonight. you want to be bundled up. being so near the water makes it even colder and it's already a very cold night. hat, scarves, gloves the whole deal. you'll want it if you're headed out here. it will be a fun night. we'll be watching from this side of the river in just about an hour. that is the latest from the camden water front. george spencer, nbc 10 news. >> beautiful evening there. >>> naturally with thousands of people lining the streets of philadelphia as the mummers mak

. >> peak flu season is here and running ram pan the in the state of delaware. >> here in delaware we have ten times more flu cases than we did at this point last year. coming up possible xplangs for this. one of them involved the flu vaccine itself. as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $300 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $300 back. just call 1.888.774.4418 today. >>> right now at 5:30 we continue to follow breaking news in delaware county. >> this is a deadly shooting investigation in drexel hill the scene along garrett road. sources tell nbc 10 a man was shot by police after threatening law enforcement officers who were trying to serve a warrant. it's also not clear why they were serving a warrant. stay with nbc 10 as we gather more in :v(q%=9bujur' de

, delaware. a shot of route 113 right at route 404. we can see this intersection is pretty wet. and also for delaware drivers, 295 northbound, the off ramp to route 13. that's closed until further notice. there's construction on that. also construction for drivers trying to access 76 westbound from the spring garden ramp. that ramp has been under construction and still is. you can't access it from there. you can take girard, though, that will take you to 76. also a look at 76 right at spring garden where we're not seeing any wet roadways in and around philadelphia. but we saw from our comcast cameras, some flurries coming in, but not affecting area roads. >>> new from overnight in north philadelphia, a woman is in the hospital after a fire spread to her home. it started in a vacant house on north 24th street around 1:30 this morning and then spread next door. the neighbor was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and heart problems. investigators are looking into a cause. >>> also new from o

delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday december 30th and developing this morning. >> armed and dangerous. police are on alert as a hotel holdup artist strikes again. >> one person is dead and three others are hurt in a nasty crash that turned a car into a mangled piece of metal. >> shooting on the streets of philadelphia sends an eight-year-old to the hospital but police don't even find out about it until hours later. >> but first up let's get a look at your weather and traffic and head over to dave murphy and to matt pelman who is in for karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. and i've got some extra gear on this morning on the terrace because it is colder than it was yesterday and also a bit on the brisk side. satellite and radar shows you a little bit of precipitation down by cape may and dover. bit of a snow shower popping up near dover but most of this is going to

the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. a senator: madam president, i have five unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleague, the senator from new hampshire. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: madam president, i come to the floor this morning with my colleague from new hampshire, senator kelly ayotte, to talk about what we can do together to invest in america's 21st century manufacturing work force. and as the presiding officer well knows, manufacturing is one of the great areas of opportunity for meaningful bipartisan cooperation that will move our country, our economy and our working families forward. although so many issues here these days seem to fall on partisan

and temperatures are above freezing across delaware and south jersey. so if anything does fall there's going to be a bit damp. 33 degrees right now in philadelphia, but 26 degrees right now in pottst

this will be one of those storms splits the delaware valley in half. rain, gusty wind for a good chunk of our region but als

rain heavier closer to the delaware beaches. temperaturewise, we're above freezing. this is the area where you see below-freezing temperatures. elsewhere, temple which you shalls are holding above freezing.=l9iç so here's what you can expect as we go into your morning rush tomorrow. areas north and west, we could see that early wintery mix move into rain later on. either way, no matter where you are, we are looking at a messy morning commute. coming up, we'll take a look at the time line for tomorrow's rain and what else you can expect through the day. that's straight ahead. >> forget about the calm before the storm. this was the scene at the jersey shore today: nbc 10's denise nacano live in vetnor. >> reporter: jim, the wind is picking up the water level. it is beginning to rise here at the bay in vetnor. you can also see it in the street where the street is starting to flood over in the past hour. we are just an hour or two from the brunt of the storm. old st. nick withstands a battering from what will have many on the coast

southern delaware still getting a few rain drops. and there are some very light showers moving through kent county in delaware and into south jersey but most of the rainfall is done. now we're watching the temperatures. it's dropped to 40 degrees in the last hour in philadelphia. that's down one degree. but look at allentown, 32 degrees. 20s for the pocono mountains. now, mt. holly, trenton both at 37 degrees right now. so a chilly start to start with and a slow warm-up during the day. 9:00, 41 degrees. just a couple degrees warmer by lunchtime and then with more sunshine we'll be in the middle 40s this afternoon. but don't get used to it. there is colder weather about to come our way. got your hour-by-hour neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back. first alert traffic reporter jillian mele is standing by with a monday morning commute. hi jillian. >> good morning to you bill to you at home as well. things are quiet out there. we start in the lehigh valley where the majors are clear. 22 looks good 78 is quiet, the northea

no issues to report on any of our majors in delaware. there is some construction news in delaware. this is for drivers on 295 northbound. the off-ramp to route 13, that ramp is closed. >> all right, katy, thanks. >>> new this morning, a warning for parents. >> the danger experts say moms and dads are putting to bed with their babies. >>> and shot saving his family. one dog's heroic actions during a road rage incident. >>> we're following breaking news in the germantown section of philadelphia. crews on the scene of a house fire there. let's go right to nbc 10's matt delucia in germantown. what's going on? >> reporter: christine, there's a lot of police and fire activity on coulter street by germantown avenue. you can see what's going on. a fire trouuck out there and police tape blocking the intersection. we're told this was an attempted fire-bombing here at a home and people were trapped inside initially, but everyone was rescued by the fire department. we have seen some people gathering on the side of the street here, but not a whole lot of damage to the front of this building, ju

similar numbers across the delaware valley. john in newark delaware in the mid 40's and fran in nottingham, pennsylvania, has 42 degrees. so, we have the clouds over us right now keeping temperatures right now generally in the low to mid 40's. now, if you love the weather and want to be a part of our newscast you can join the eyewitness weather watcher program. sign up right now at cbsphilly.com/watchers. if you're skier or rider good conditions in the poconos this weekend with the fresh snow. live look at big boulder right now people are enjoying the nice conditions. temperatures right now above freezing with that fresh snow on the ground. pretty good weekend up there. look at the temperature change compared to yesterday at this time, we're actually warmer. doesn't seem like it but we are. good five to 7 degrees warmer. so that's a sign of a warming trend coming up over the next two days or so. still stubborn cloudiness over the delaware valley but once we get the clear skies in here that will allow temperatures to drop overni

kenneth moton is live in lower chichester delaware count which this emotional story, kenneth. >> reporter: and walter, new information tonight, the causes under investigation but it appears that this fire started in the back of this house. the that is also where those children, and their grandmother were sleeping. smart phone video captured intensity of this raging fire in lower chichester township but not chaos as father worked to save his five children, and their grandmother, six two-year old dorris morgan. >> i raced to the scene because my brother called me because my sister called him and said mommies stuck in the house and they cannot get her out. >> reporter: morgan, living with multiple sclerosis was trapped in the back bedroom of this burning home on the 100 block of funfield avenue around 7:30a in m saturday. her daughter she hara martin ran for help while her husband, and neighbor wells, rescued children from the basement bedroom. >> one of the things you can never gets out of your head the look at the kids faces, the look at her running around, fire shooting out of the back. i

delaware was the only state courthouse and dover greens. delaware was the only state without a national park. >> a gloomy day. no sunshine out there right now. we've been trying to find the sun all weekend it seems to be hiding from us. sky6hd looking for us over cape may, new jersey, 44 degrees. >> the birds and the boys clash tonight at the linc. jeff skversky leads off with prime time pig skins. >> 'tis the season top beat up on the boys that's right eagles won in my opinion of last ten games again the cowboys in month of december including winning nfc east title last year. it's again on the line tonight at the linc. here's cowboys owner jerry jones signing autografts hopefully not for eagles fans last night. dallas comes to down with best road record in football, perfect 6-0. chip kelly expects a better fight from tony romo and de marco maturery after shutting them down on thanksgiving. >> it's about the team depending the team and if we put our sole focus on decision and murray and romo and not worry about williams and the other guys t

delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday december 30th and developing this morning. >> armed and dangerous. police are on alert as a hotel holdup artist strikes again. >> one person is dead and three others are hurt in a nasty crash that turned a car into a mangled piece of metal. >> shooting on the streets of philadelphia sends an eight-year-old to the hospital but police don't even find out about it until hours later. >> but first up let's get a look at your weather and traffic and head over to dave murphy and to matt pelman who is in for karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. and i've got some extra gear on this morn

see clear skies through south jersey and delaware. we have had some sun, clearing in philadelphia, now we have a few more clouds moving through but we will clear it out on tomorrow. lots of sun for your friday, lots of sun for your saturday. temperatures in the 40's. that storm we are watching early in the week, exits off mid-atlantic so it stays dry and that is good news for the the weekend especially for eagles game in washington. it will be dry there as well. fast forward to christmas eve where we will watch two areas of low pressure one from the great lakes bringing snow, another forming off mid-atlantic. this is inland, and pulling in all that warmer relatively warmer ocean water and we will stay wet, not white for christmas eve and then the storms converge over, new england, and becomes a big storm for northern new england and southeastern canada but as far as snow, central and western pennsylvania in new york and new england and it will be cold, but dry, for christmas day. so snow, central pennsylvania, western pennsylvania, an

no issues to report on any of our majors in delaware. christine? >>> happening today, wmmr's preston and steve begin their camp out for hunger. it takes place in the parking lot of xfinity live in south philadelphia. preston and steve will be broadcasting live from there for the entire week and collecting donations for fill abundance. those donations will then be passed along to people in need of food throughout the delaware valley. >>> work is under way on a new skate park in montgomery county. nbc 10 in upper merion township, where crews broke ground on the project yesterday. the park will be named in honor of daniel pellet, a willis town police officer who lost his life in a motorcycle accident in 1990. he was president of his police academy class. he also received the congressional medal of valor for saving someone from a burning car. ♪ >>> there's some sound to get you in the holiday spirit. mr. and mrs. claus made a special appearance in media. the borough in delaware county held its annual christmas parade yesterday. more than 30 bands, fl

the delaware valley off ramp. we're hearing it is a pretty serious accident there and use caution in that area. heading to allentown we have an accident that just popped up on our system. leave yourself a few extra minutes if that is part of your commute. the rest of the majors around the lehigh valley, not too bad. no accidents to report on the northeast extension. if you're heading out on interstate 78. this is what it is looking like right at route 22. 22 is also clear of any accidents. 22 right near airport road and we're starting to see some volume building, but, of course, nothing out of the ordinary. as you can see here, all the roads across the area are wet. reduce your speed and watch out for limited visibility. if you're heading out on mass transit or the area bridges, everything is looking pretty good right now. tracy? >>> 6:11. reaching out. what a reformed wise guy is doing to help those less fortunate this holiday season. >>> john tollefson is accused of ripping off hundreds of people in charity thef

the that is view we are finding all around the delaware valley. where we have nice clear sky and that will be without the the blanket of cloud cover allow to you drop off easily on the thermometer. so storm scan three is quiet not one hint of moisture out there, we have a handfull of cloud who are and there. you have to go far inland to find them however most of us are sitting press which nice clear skies, and that means we will be in for what appears to be a gorgeous sunrise but it also means we will have a hard time rebounding on the thermometer because we will bottom out so easily this morning. 18 degrees in atlantic city where we showed thaw view. nineteen in mount pocono. we are in the mid to upper 20's. we are lower 20's depending on your location. we have a mixed bag of different readings here on the area thermometer but taking it further north here again a lot of teens reported here. we do need to bundle yourself up, kid up, whatever your plans are today it will be a cold albeit very bright would be for any of those plans. starting off at

we'll start and zoom in in south sussex county in delaware. closer to the beaches, some very light rain, but there you see a lot of this coming to an end. and even along the shore for a very short period of time, we had some snowfall reaching the shore. not really accumulating, though, and this has quickly moved out. now we move into parts of bucks county. this is one area where we are still seeing snowfall kind of on the lighter side here. so this is what it looks like across bucks county. light snowfall. it is moving toward the i-95 corridor. the trenton area. there you see a little more moderate. trying to make its way into burlington county at this moment. as we go through the rest of this afternoon and even into this evening, we could have the potential for maybe a few more snow showers, but a majority of it will be coming to an end. again, it could be creating icy spots on the roadways. take a closer look at the temperatures for that, here's chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. glenn? >> the temperatures are marginal, right on

reporter: fire fighters from companies across the country paid their respects, including wilmington delaware fire chief anthony goode, he lost his father to fighting fires when he was just 16 too. he a said this to craig's sons this week. >> after all this passes over and you start to get back to be grounded again and i'll let you know what is going on because it is a long road. >> reporter: city plans on honor lieutenant craig with the memorial services, flags remain at half staff for at least 30 days. reporting from west oak lane, annie a mccormack for channel six "action news". >>> for another look at this emotional ceremony, you can log on to six abc.com. you will find a slide show, video of the touching tribute. >>> emotional scene if atlantic city as america's heroes were remembered during this holiday season. wreath as cross america is a non-profit organization that donate wreath toss ensure that those who for the for the american military are not forgotten. today at the atlantic county veterans cemetery in mays landing, it is the first year that the ceremony was held at this location

live view looking across the delaware. there is the shore with drenching rainfall happening right now in cape may and inland into new jersey, as well. not just right along the coastline. there you can see the icing north and west and here's thats heavy rainfall from cape may into atlantic county into burlington county this morning and this stream of rain is going to continue for several hours. it's only later this morning that we'll see parts of south jersey really start to taper off. that's heavy rainfall moving right now and seeing moderate and heavy showers in the area and into ocean county, as well. and it is moving to the north. this storm system is going to be a slow mover and take most of the day for things to start to change with a little bit of improvement this afternoon. add to that strong, gusty winds, which are already 18 to 20-mile-per-hour plus winds in south jersey and millville 26-mile-per-hour winds with higher gusts and steady at 26 miles per hour and an onshore flow is going to increase the flood threat

a home invasion in delaware county. police tell us three men with guns and wearing masks entered this home on fern street in darby borough around 11:30 last night. no one was hurt, and at this point, police aren't even sure what was taken from the home. >>> police are also looking for two men who pulled off a home invasion in south philadelphia, and they know what they took in this case. masked men armed with guns forced their way inside a home on mole street last night. investigators say the robbers hit a man in the head, trashed the home and got away with about $600 and jewelry. the victim was not seriously hurt. >>> 5:04 a.m. the delaware county man accused of killing his case worker and shooting his psychiatrist pleaded not guilty. 49-year-old richard plotts is charged with murder and weapons offenses. he's charged in the july shooting death of 53-year-old theresa hunt at a wellness center on the campus of mercy-fitzgerald hospital. authorities say psychiatrist lee silverman was grazed by a bullet but returned fire

it will be windy all across the delaware valley. and then wednesday, some rain and snow showers possible especially north in the city. windy bite end of the week slowly dry out/sunshine returns for friday. next weekend pretty nice if you like milder temperatures pushing 50 degrees for next sunday. now holiday lights are starting to go up. were want to pictures of your holiday display on social media you shall of using the #cbs3 holiday lights. e-mail them to holiday lights at cbs3.com. and we may even come to your home and show them live on "eyewitness news". >> i was looking forward that. >> thank you very much. >> my hands are killing me right now from the lights. >> you put up your lights. >> i'm like the griswolds. >> lighting up the neighborhood. >> let's get a lesson in the reid option from russell wilson ♪ ♪ we put all the apps you love inside a car designed to connect you to a world of possibilities. the connected car by volvo. innovating for you. give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you your first month's p

one quarter of delaware and south jersey it's starting to clear out. speaking of clearing we have clear skies to the north and west of us, we'll see sunshine return to the region as we go through the morning and afternoon. 36 in allentown. up in the lehigh valley or toward berks county you're looking chillier. 41 in wilmington. 41 in millville and low 40s along the boardwalk and south jersey and delaware, as well. on the smart phone 41 degrees right now. 8:00 still around 41 with perhaps lingering sprinkles and showers well to the south of philadelphia. 3:00 p.m., 46. the high today will be 47 degrees we'll hit that at 2:00 before sliding back down to 43 degrees by 6:00. oh,! >> reporter: it's not that bad, the average high is 40, so you know. tomorrow things get chillier and colder for new new year's eve and new year's eve. >> reporter: 63 would have been good. >> sorry to disappoint you. >> reporter: clearing skies for for the morning commute for those of you that have to make it. schuylkill expressway delays are gone. looking good on i-95, vine stre

a live look at wayne, delaware county. our pete king behind the camera there showing us a few flurries coming down. nothing too heavy there in delaware county. in parts of south jersey you are seeing thicking showers but bill henley says it's moving on out here. up next, the timing on when we'll be finally out of the effects of this nor'easter that's still having some impact on this region. >>> well, police are looking for a man who robbed an employee in the lingerie section of a busy department store. it happened monday night inside macy's at the deptford mall. he got away with nearly $1200 cash. police gave nbc10 these photos. you'll see it coming up here of the suspect's car, speeding off in a white newer model four-door car door. >> it's unfair for those of hughes have to work for a living. it's unfair for those of us who come out here and need to feel that sense of security. >> now, the employee was not hurt. police and mall security are working together to increase patrols there at the deptford mall. >>> delaware's l

here's a live look at wayne, delaware county. the streets in that main line community are getting a dusting this morning. and they're tracking light snow across a wide area of the philadelphia region. if you live where it's a bit colder, then those flakes could turn into icy roads. nbc10's monique braxton is live in montgomery county. monique, snow has been swirling there for hours. what are the conditions right now? >> reporter: right now you nothing is falling from the sky. it's interesting this whole scene, we've seen snow intermittently for 2 1/2 hours. look at the video we shot a couple minutes ago in conshohocken. about 30 minutes ago, the snowfall lasted all of two minutes. it was coming down, pretty steady and all of a sudden, it just vanished. let me tell you how the street is now clear, much different than 30 minutes ago. and check out this car just behind me. this gives you an idea of what's been going on for 2 1/2 hours. on and off snow. but just enough to be a nuisance. when you wake up this morning, you've got to he

police in delaware county followed joseph panccini. he allegedly put his car in reverse and accelerated, slamming into a police cruiser. he posted several videos on youtube making threats against law enforcement officers. investigators believe he had mental health problems haverford township police were investigating him after he made threats against police sunday at the la fitness on westchester pike. >>> philadelphia police released new information about a deadly hit and run catch. teresa posey was hit and killed in the homesburg section of the city last week. a headlight lens was left behind. using that police have come up with new details about the vehicle involved. they say a dark colored ford pickup or tow truck from the model years 1987 to 1991. there would also be damage to its left front end. >> the family is devastated friends are devastated. we're trying to piece it all together. we did follow some leads, none of them panned out. we're looking for additional leads. we're hoping to get some over the holiday weekend. >> police

this from our delaware bureau now. the regional girl scouts council is hoping to raise $6.5 million for their new headquarters. the girl scouts of the chesapeake bay are moving seven miles from their longtime home near the university of delaware. now they will be on a 7-acre property on old baltimore pike near route 273. the girl scouts council will kick off their fund-raising efforts next week. i hope it involves cookies. the new headquarters should be ready by december 2015. >>> tracy just referred to this earlier, a wintertime habit that may be costing you more morning. part of your morning routine you may want to start cutting out. >>> plus, the streak in the sky that got the attention of a lot of people in the northeast. we'll tell you what it was. >>> and let's take a look at a few more ways now to ring in the new year. a celebration of music at longwood gardens in chester county. you can see the open air fountain shows set to holiday music and enjoy performances by strolling musicians, not just standing in one p

hockessin 35 and 34 in smyrna delaware. here's satellite and action radar. we have a clear to partly cloudy sky overhead. few more high, thin clouds as we get in through the day monday before it turns cloudy as we get into monday afternoon. couple of furt turz we're tracking for you this disturbance upper level loewener jury across the northern plains and also a coastal storm that develops off the coast of carolina. we'll track this as it joins moisture and fawzs out with area of low pressure to carolinas and this works its way up the eastern seaboard forming coastal storm and nor'easter in the day tuesday. future tracker 6 showing you as we go throughout the day monday sun giving way to clouds and known night after midnight track moisture that moves through from south to north direction to you can see 3:00 in the morning we have beginning of that rain. as we get into 7:00 on tuesday morning some of that rain for the commute on tuesday looks to be heavy at times which is why we have that coastal flood watch across south jersey through delaware and take a loo

of delaware county. the system is going to be pushing through with heaviest rainfall in new jersey. at times it will be reaching into the i-95 corridor. by this afternoon, snow falling farther to the north with lighter rain in the area, but there will still be rain even in the late afternoon hours and look at the snow late tonight. accumulating in the pocono mountains through the night tonight and into tomorrow morning. and then tomorrow afternoon the snow will still be falling. in fact, this one could still be p producing snow showers. for today for philadelphia heavy rains at time and light rain right now, but still the potential for heavy rainfall. 40s this afternoon. colder tomorrow. we'll be near the freezing mark tomorrow morning. scattered snow showers are a possibility if we get a dusting in the morning, it will disappear in the afternoon and a high of 39 degrees. windy and cold thursday and again on friday. then we'll get some sunshine breaking through the clouds on saturday. lots of sunshine fo

. >>> woman is killed in the house fire in delaware county, tonight we spoke with the man who helped save the lives of the victim's five grandchildren. >>> but the the big story on "action news" tonight is an emotional farewell to a philadelphia fire fight shore gave her life in an attempt to save another. >> ♪ >> lifted by collogues joyce craig, was taken to her final resting place by a fire truck today. hundreds turned out to pay tribute and make a prom toys her grieving family. a "action news" reporter annie mccormack was there for the funeral in west oak lane. >> reporter: casket of fallen fighter joyce craig a arrived on top of engine 64 draped with an american flag. today she received a posthumous promotion to lieutenant and later full honors in a procession to her final resting place. hundreds came to saturday's funeral, many stayed in the cold to watch the services televised outside. >> come free, high spirited, gutsy, and last one sponge roy are the rorrer inside, collogues described craig who died early tuesday morning fighting a fire in west oak lane. highly decorated 11

delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. edwards, karen rogers and >> good morning. we're on a developing story on this wednesday december 3rd. >> coast guard is still searching for a worker who fell into the christina river last night. >> bill cosby is now facing a lawsuit amid mounting sex assault allegations against him. >> we're taking a live look at atlantic city new jersey. we're up on top of one of those buildings and it's hard to see stuff because we had some low lying cloud cover and also a little bit of rain here and there. >> let's find out more about what's going on. dave murphy is off. let's go over to karen rogers and we've got matt pelman with flashing lights here at 4:30. good morning. >> and that's never good. let's start off with storm tracker 6 live double scan and we're not entirely dry through the region. we've got some light showers for the most part and i don't know if you can detect this but just a light area of blue po

right at route 40 in delaware. no accidents on delaware road as a result of the welt rot roadwa. but some construction for delaware drivers. be aware if you're traveling on 295 northbound. the off ramp that is closed until further notice. moving up into center city philadelphia, no wet roadways throughout that area. route 1 right near the 76 interchange looks great as well as route 202 at 76, no issues to report there. when i see you in a bit, roads around the shore which are seeing some wet roadways right now. >> all right, katy, thanks. >>> offering free ez pass transponders this holiday season. there is a stocking stuffer. it's opened to residents of any states but for commercial accounts and on the go sales are not eligible. get your free transponder by subscribing before december 31st. >>> well, black friday was a bust for many retailers, but not for all. the one business that saw huge boom. >>> and called on by the president, the national problem philly's police commissioner has been tapped to fix. >>> the company graco is under investigation for its handling of the largest

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick is off and in the news this noon, more than a dozen people are forced out of their homes which a large fire hours ahead of the new year. >>> and drivers should get ready for higher prices at the gas pump how the new tax will affect your wallet. >>> it's very cold for anybody heading out and about on the town, it was already a chilly morning for crews working outdoors here at penn's landing, they had to load the sound equipment for the fireworks display along the delaware river, have you two chances to watch the show, once at 6:00 p.m. and once at midnight. david murphy has the full story now from accuweather. >> we are gradually getting colder over the last couple of days and we are right in the thick of it. cloud cover to the north and west. and as this cloud cover makes it down to relatively dry air in place, and it fall as part and we think a few clouds should come in and it's looking brig

in cape may county and southern delaware sprinkles. 43 by 6:00 p.m. the high is 47 degrees, beware we'll be cooler tomorrow, 40 and 34 for the high on new year's eve with a midnight temperature. 29 and 38, sunny and brisk new year's day. >> topping our people scene chris rock and his wife are calling it quits after nearly two decades of marriage. the comedian has filed for divorce. they have been together for 19 years they have two daughters ages 12 and ten they live in alpine, new jersey. >>> singer alicia keys has delivered a christmas bundle of joy giving birth to a baby boy over the weekend. she announced the arriving of her son named genesis. it is her second child for keys and her husband. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot but ended up nowhere. now...i use this. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. ♪ ♪ ♪ hershey's spreads. bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything. with hersh

we're live in delaware, wilmington, delaware tonight, mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. >>> a jersey shore restaurant is facing criticism this evening for a controversial message outside its doors. here's what the owner of rivoli's in toms river posted earlier "i can breathe, i obey law." it's since been removed. tony rivoli said he put up the message to show his support for police but critics blasted the sign as a negative reference to the final words "i can't breathe, uttered by garner who died after being put in a choke hold. >> that officer, he was just doing his job. evidently he did it by the book. >> rivoli tells nbc 10 the message was up for less than 24 hours. he took it down after a friend who is a police officer suggested he do so for his own safety. >>> new at 6:00, a judge ordered the accused ring leader of a philadelphia dogfighting operation to stand trial. the pennsylvania spca charged carlton lane with more than a dozen counts of animal cruelty, working on a tip back in october. officers removed 13 dogs from lane's home on mifflin street along with dogfighting. as you can