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Fox 29 Morning News at 6a : WTXF : September 8, 2014 6:00am-7:01am EDT
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be warned if you travel through northeast philadelphia, via the roosevelt boulevard, bustleton avenue between kare in street and longshore road this road is closed. it is a defendant rent situation. pgw are on the scene of an earlier accident that resulted in a straight light that came down and a gas leak happened after. that castor avenue is your alternate there here's what i was talking about before, presidential boulevard route one a disable vehicle there and then roosevelt boulevard near tyson avenue where tractor trailer accident is left and center lanes of the inner drive. northbound, are block, only the right lane is opened, chris? >> 6:03 is the time, investigation underway in the police involved shooting in northeast philadelphia fox 29's steve keeley is live, in police headquarters, steve. >> reporter: 6500 cops in the city got another reminder overnight, not that they needed it, about how their job really has their life on the line every time they put that uniform on. and again fit sound like police are shooting their guns in shooting in self-defense and shooting at people
be warned if you travel through northeast philadelphia, via the roosevelt boulevard, bustleton avenue between kare in street and longshore road this road is closed. it is a defendant rent situation. pgw are on the scene of an earlier accident that resulted in a straight light that came down and a gas leak happened after. that castor avenue is your alternate there here's what i was talking about before, presidential boulevard route one a disable vehicle there and then roosevelt boulevard near...
Action News : WPVI : September 16, 2014 4:30am-5:01am EDT
northeast philadelphia where police say a father shot and killed man who had climbed into his daughter's bedroom. the action cam on the scene here along the 2700 block of ax factory road. police say a 32 year old man either broke in or was let in through a rear window late last night. the father, police say, entered the bedroom, struggled with the man and shot him in the head killing him. erin o'hearn will bring us a live update on this breaking story at 5:00 a.m. >>> also breaking, a night out at a local watering hole turned tragic in philadelphia's juniata section. chopper six was overhead where shots rang out at the family tavern last night. it is located along the 1100 block of east luzerne and bennington streets. police say victim was near the pool table when he was shot at point blank range. right now police believe an argument between the gunman and the victim sparked the shooting. witnesses saw the killer run away from the bar up bennington street. he has not been. >> a teen girl is recovering after she was found unconscious in northeast philadelphia. "action news" reporter kathe
northeast philadelphia where police say a father shot and killed man who had climbed into his daughter's bedroom. the action cam on the scene here along the 2700 block of ax factory road. police say a 32 year old man either broke in or was let in through a rear window late last night. the father, police say, entered the bedroom, struggled with the man and shot him in the head killing him. erin o'hearn will bring us a live update on this breaking story at 5:00 a.m. >>> also breaking, a...
Eyewitness News at 5 : KYW : September 10, 2014 5:00am-5:31am EDT
construction points on that north bound side of the boulevard throughout northeast philadelphia, watch out for one at rhawn street, no major delays for mass transit, erika. >>> jury deliberations could begin later today in the trial of the former day care worker charge with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a five-year old girl. this morning a lawyer for cristina regusters may call more character witnesses for the defense. regusters is accused of snatching that girl from bryant elementary school last year. her sister took the the stan, telling the jury that regusters was a peaceful law abiding citizen. regusters is not expected to testify in her own defense. >>> also happening a preliminary hearing is scheduled for brian bauer, northeast philadelphia home owner is charge with the shooting death of the man he believed was break nothing to his vehicle. police say they found 30 year-old richard hall suffering from multiple gunshot wound on the 4500 block of torresdale avenue last month. bauer faces murder, and related charges. >>> this man, james meres is also due in court this morning.
construction points on that north bound side of the boulevard throughout northeast philadelphia, watch out for one at rhawn street, no major delays for mass transit, erika. >>> jury deliberations could begin later today in the trial of the former day care worker charge with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a five-year old girl. this morning a lawyer for cristina regusters may call more character witnesses for the defense. regusters is accused of snatching that girl from bryant...
Eyewitness News at 5:30 : KYW : September 26, 2014 5:30am-6:01am EDT
. >> this woman's family has identified her 21 year old jacqueline lopez of northeast philadelphia, they tell me, she is a single mother, goes to school, she works as well, they are just relieved she alive this morning, they realize that this accident could have been a whole lot worse, we will hear much more from them coming up in next half hour. reporting live in kensington, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news". 5:33, carol, the forecast for today and the week end. >> yes, looks like great forecast for today, maybe even better one by the time we get to the weekend if you are longing for summer, i think it is back for little while. storm scan3, in the a problem at all. our problem is gone. our problem was yesterday. but it is pulling away quickly and we're just left with some sunshine, perfect looking weather conditions coming up today. cool start though. fifty-six in philadelphia, 53 trenton, 55 degrees in wilmington, poconos, 51, wildwood, 57. so you get the idea. future weather, not a care in the world in the weather department. by 4:00 p.m. we are still looking at clear skies, and as we go
. >> this woman's family has identified her 21 year old jacqueline lopez of northeast philadelphia, they tell me, she is a single mother, goes to school, she works as well, they are just relieved she alive this morning, they realize that this accident could have been a whole lot worse, we will hear much more from them coming up in next half hour. reporting live in kensington, jan carabeo, "eyewitness news". 5:33, carol, the forecast for today and the week end. >> yes,...
Eyewitness News at 4:30am : KYW : September 16, 2014 4:30am-5:01am EDT
. >>> we're following breaking news out of northeast philadelphia this morning a man has been shot to death while climbing through a window to visit his girlfriend. police say the shooter was the girlfriend's father. good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm natasha brown. jan carabeo with the latest on the police investigation. but first, we have more breaking news we're following as well. a woman is shot three times on braddock street. she is fighting for her life in the hospital. police are continuing to search for a gunman. >> and it is the end of the road for another atlantic city casino. less than two hours now, until the trump plaza begins shutting down for good. >>> those stories and much more including last night's eagles win coming up. right now let's talk about our forecast, in the 60s this morning, i think it still is. >> still is. >> little warmer though, right? >> exactly. we will talk about some of the 24 hour temperature changes. because yesterday morning all like ah. i don't like this very much. but starting start to warm up ja little bit. it is still coo
. >>> we're following breaking news out of northeast philadelphia this morning a man has been shot to death while climbing through a window to visit his girlfriend. police say the shooter was the girlfriend's father. good morning, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm natasha brown. jan carabeo with the latest on the police investigation. but first, we have more breaking news we're following as well. a woman is shot three times on braddock street. she is fighting for her life in...
NBC 10 News Today at 6:00a : WCAU : September 4, 2014 6:00am-7:01am EDT
by WCAU
degrees in wilmington, northeast philadelphia, 64. look at the 50s for pottstown and doylestown. it's 63 in roxborough. and south philadelphia, 70 degrees. the bus stop forecast, 7:00 this morning, a much cooler start to the school day, 67 degrees with sunshine. upper 80s this afternoon. humidity takes a break today but not so much tomorrow. we'll go neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back. but first jillian mele has traffic. >>> good morning, bill. a live look at 76. this is the westbound side of schuylkill avenue, west of city avenue. give it another 30, 35 minutes and is this going to be a muff different scene. i anticipate the delays starting to build between 6:30. drive time looking good 14 minutes both way between the blue route and the vine. the vine is clear so is the blue route. we still have an accident at new hanover at hoffmansville road and layfield road. we've had this fire that we're dealing with on funston street, between 53rd. so far, we're not reporting any majors with problems. mass transit on schedule. >>> the school year begins a few day for public school stude
degrees in wilmington, northeast philadelphia, 64. look at the 50s for pottstown and doylestown. it's 63 in roxborough. and south philadelphia, 70 degrees. the bus stop forecast, 7:00 this morning, a much cooler start to the school day, 67 degrees with sunshine. upper 80s this afternoon. humidity takes a break today but not so much tomorrow. we'll go neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back. but first jillian mele has traffic. >>> good morning, bill. a live look at 76. this is...
. allentown with two miles of visibility. not an issue for wilmington, philadelphia and northeast philly. isolated showers moving through philadelphia and south jersey, heavier downpour s as are more likely this afternoon. with the heat and humidity that threat will continue through tomorrow. lots of clouds. by 11:00 this morning, showers popping up into pennsylvania and delaware. in the afternoon hours, not everybody will be getting damp at the same time, but there could be isolated showers and some breaks in the clouds. we will get some sunshine. but it is going to stay hot today and much of this week, too. the seven-day forecast when i come back. >>> don't forget, track the chance of showers and thunderstorms in your area all day today on labor day. just head out to nbc10.com and check out our weather app. it's a free download. >>> for over an hour we've been bringing you the breaking news of the fire in roxborough which is creating some traffic problems. >> we can get you around it, when i say we, i mean katy zachry. >> i can try. that's one of our highlights, a fire in roxbor
. allentown with two miles of visibility. not an issue for wilmington, philadelphia and northeast philly. isolated showers moving through philadelphia and south jersey, heavier downpour s as are more likely this afternoon. with the heat and humidity that threat will continue through tomorrow. lots of clouds. by 11:00 this morning, showers popping up into pennsylvania and delaware. in the afternoon hours, not everybody will be getting damp at the same time, but there could be isolated showers...
Eyewitness News on the CW Philly : WPSG : September 23, 2014 8:00am-9:01am EDT
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southbound, try and make your way from northeast philadelphia, into center city. what we're looking at here, some earlier video of an overturned tractor-trailer situation. in this video, it has been uprighted. but earlier, it occurred on the southbound side. and then it overturned, over the guardrail, and landed on the northbound side along with lots and lots of debris that we're being told just trash spilled all over 95. now, if you are heading on 95 southbound, into center city, you're delayed all the way back toward academy, best alternate to take would be take the roosevelt boulevard, left on harbison, will turn into aramingo, jump on 59 there. you literally just bypass the accident scene, so, it is definitely your best bet. if you are traveling the northeast extension southbound beyond quakertown, we have an accident that will be out there until 2:00 p.m. they need to take cargo from one truck and put it onto another truck. then take a look at rush hour delays, 11 your average, again, only one lane, on both sides of 95 at bridge street. so that's why we look at we do, on both side
southbound, try and make your way from northeast philadelphia, into center city. what we're looking at here, some earlier video of an overturned tractor-trailer situation. in this video, it has been uprighted. but earlier, it occurred on the southbound side. and then it overturned, over the guardrail, and landed on the northbound side along with lots and lots of debris that we're being told just trash spilled all over 95. now, if you are heading on 95 southbound, into center city, you're...
NBC 10 News Today at 5:30a : WCAU : September 22, 2014 5:30am-6:01am EDT
, northeast philadelphia, the pocono mountains all cooler this morning. and the temperatures are still falling. so, we're in the 60s right now, but i expect to see more areas in the 50s. right now it's 53 in mt. pocono, lancaster is 57, while it's in the very low 60s for pottstown and millville. you'll probably see those drops into the 50s this morning. then, 60s for most of the day today, lots of sunshine and a healthy breeze. the wind will keep the lid on temperatures for much of the morning. by noontime, 67 degrees. we'll go through it hour by hour when i come back and neighborhood by neighborhood with your forecast, but first, katy zachry has traffic. good morning, katy. >> good morning, bill. our first accident of the morning is into our system. this is in chester county in west ocean, east market street between bolmar street and westtown road. there's an accident there, so avoid that area if you can. we're still trying to get details about that crash site. a live look right now at 422 at route 29. free and clear of any problems. we're seeing definitely some more cars on the roadw
, northeast philadelphia, the pocono mountains all cooler this morning. and the temperatures are still falling. so, we're in the 60s right now, but i expect to see more areas in the 50s. right now it's 53 in mt. pocono, lancaster is 57, while it's in the very low 60s for pottstown and millville. you'll probably see those drops into the 50s this morning. then, 60s for most of the day today, lots of sunshine and a healthy breeze. the wind will keep the lid on temperatures for much of the morning....
, jersey looking g traveling in northeast philadelphia north bound on the roosevelt boulevard right around devereaux making your way out toward far northeast philadelphia we will have have paving projects going on until 6:00 a.m. this morning. be careful of inner drive closures. new in regards to mass transit we have got green down the board, ukee. >> torey, thank you. >>> conflicting reports of the death of comedian joan rivers. new york daily news says a doctor performed a unplanned biopsy on rivers vocal cords during a routine procedure and that is when she stopped breathing. but private clinic where rivers had the procedure denies ever doing that kind of biopsy. medical examiner and new york state health department are investigating the death of joan rivers. >>> controversial mayor rob ford is waking up in the hospital this morning after doctors found a tumor in his stomach. doctors are awaiting on tests to see fit is malignant. ford made headlines after admitting using crack cocaine in a drunken stooper. he is running for reelection next month. >>> 5:48. anchors get spook on th
, jersey looking g traveling in northeast philadelphia north bound on the roosevelt boulevard right around devereaux making your way out toward far northeast philadelphia we will have have paving projects going on until 6:00 a.m. this morning. be careful of inner drive closures. new in regards to mass transit we have got green down the board, ukee. >> torey, thank you. >>> conflicting reports of the death of comedian joan rivers. new york daily news says a doctor performed a...
Early Today : WCAU : September 1, 2014 4:00am-4:31am EDT
and thunderstorms popping up. things are quiet in allentown, 72. 75 in northeast philadelphia. millville at 73. you can see the rain has had an affect at the shore. a bit damp this morning. there are a few more spots of rain. there are the big storms. they are off shore. scattered showers moving into burlington county. isolated showers, light stuff in delaware county. there is one heavier downpour moving to the south of well caln. you will see more showers this afternoon likely return. 8:00 this morning, 75 degrees. look at the clouds hanging around to start with. by later in the morning, 11:00 a.m., 82 degrees. a few showers starting to fire up in the area as the clouds thin out. that will allow the temperature to get closer to 90 this afternoon. hot, humid conditions, some scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms later on. winds out of the southwest 4 to miles per hour. going through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back. >>> at 4:13, 4:14 right now, on a monday morning, katie zachary is in. how does it look out there? >> we won't hold it out there if you don't know e
and thunderstorms popping up. things are quiet in allentown, 72. 75 in northeast philadelphia. millville at 73. you can see the rain has had an affect at the shore. a bit damp this morning. there are a few more spots of rain. there are the big storms. they are off shore. scattered showers moving into burlington county. isolated showers, light stuff in delaware county. there is one heavier downpour moving to the south of well caln. you will see more showers this afternoon likely return. 8:00...
Action News : WPVI : September 5, 2014 11:00pm-11:31pm EDT
tonight we're learning about new details about what happened before the at sabra we put more love into making a tastier salsa so when we heard singing to plants helps them grow better our farmers had an idea ♪ farmers singing every tasty tomato vine ripened, hand selected ♪ sabra salsa made with love made fresh >> it began today at a wawa at blue grass road and grant avenue in northeast philadelphia where two mane approached a 67-year-old man and pursuaded him to begin a journey that would cost him $14,000. lawmen want to find these bandits and find them fast. friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a scam that played a senior citizen for a sucker and he's paying a big price. "action news" reporter skep live at cottman and castor in the northeast. >> bensalem investigators were that bank and others getting surveillance of the suspects in this scam. they say the embarrassed victim barely speaks english and thought he could make quick cash. >> these surveillance images of the men bensalem police say kond a northeast philadelphia man out of $14,000. investigators say friday morning the thief who's had african ak saents approached their mark at the wawa on grant avenue. >> basically their story was they felt it was unsafe to put their money in u.s. banking system and they wanted him to show how easy it was. >> the victim prize for helping $20,000. but first he would need to fork over $14,000 of his own cash. >> if something is too good to be true it's too good to be true. nobody makes $6,000 with a quick turnover of money like that. >> a russian american drove the con-artist and his car to withdraw from different banks first and second first niagara and then fwrov parx casino where the victim got a sizable cash advance on his credit cardch the men made their way down the street and distracted the victim and left him broke in the parking lot of dunkin' donuts escaping in a white mini van. >> my thought is they've done this before and i'm sure there's other victims out there. what we don't want is a victim tomorrow. >>> bensalem police believe the suspect's african accents fake and the kahne the man was using a prop. at the wawa where it all started, customers had a lot to say about the scam. >> you have to really respect older people and i think it's dishonorable. >> what would i do, they better go find somebody else i'm not the one. that's what i would tell them. >> bensalem police say they were able to get fingerprints and dna from the victim's car and they're hoping to get a hit. can i also tell you tonight, that they want to hear from you if you recognize those four 34e7b men or that white van. reportering in northeast philadelphia, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you kenneth a toddler is in the hospital after falling out of a first floor window in the lawncrest section of philadelphia. the 19-month-old girl has a fractured skull, concussion and head bruises among other injuries. detectives from special victim's unit are investigating this. it happened at 5:30 in the 900 block of bridge streetch the little girl is in stable condition at st. christopher's hospital. a motorcyclist slammed into a pickup truck on i-495 late tonight seriously injuring two people and that truck driver pulled over to help another motorist whose car was disabled on the shoulder and delaware state police blocked off the southbound lanes of the highway at the state line at 9:30 tonight to investigate the wreck. the search will continue in the morning for a small plane that crashed in the water off the island of jamaica. the plane was carrying a real estate developer and wife from rochester new york headed to naples florida. something wept terribly wrong and the pilot may have lost consciousness during the flight. dann cuellar is live in the satellite center with the details. >> that's right, jim, the pilot twice sought to fly at a lower altitude before he slumped over the controls as the plane flew over four hours before crashing into the sea. >> the plane took off 8:45 a.m. an hour that flight the pilot radios he has a problem. >> we need to touchdown to 180 we have an indication something is incorrect in the sglaen when asked by air traffic controllers if he wanted to declare an emergency which would have made the request a priority he said no and goes silent and doesn't respond to radio cars. >> do you hear -- >> two fighter jets scrambled to get close spotting the pilot slumped at the controls apparently suffering from a lack of oxygen. >> this was the first time we could see he was breathing. >> they essentially look like they go to sleep. >> the plane later crashes 14 miles off the coast of jamaica. on board layer la larry glacier and his wife jane. >> we hope everyone will have thoughts and prayers with the glazeers at this difficult time. >> as rare as this is in the air this is the second time this week a pilot has lost conscious ntion and cashld a plane the other was plying over washington and crashed in the atlantic ocean. dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >>> nato committed itself to fighting the islamic state. president obama found agreement among ten key allies today meeting at the nato summit in wales that isis is a threat to countries taken will combine a strategy of attacking isis financial resources and hitting them militarily. obama reiterated u.s. ground forces will not be needed to accomplish the goal. pentagon colonoscopy firms a u.s. air strike killed leader of somalia al qaeda linked terrorist group al shabad. it took confirmation to make sure he did not make the strike. >> after five months of fighting guns fell silent 11:00 in the morning our time. ukraine, rush qua and russian-backed separatetists signed a sees fire agreement. u.s. is skeptical that they will cease to violet sovereign un tixt further tests need to be performed to determine the exact cause of death of joan rivers. she had a heart attack thursday while undergoing a diagnostic endoscopy at a manhattan doctor's office. rivers was taken to the hospital on life support. he never he woke up. her initial autopsy did not reveal wrong doing but it's inconclusive. rivers will be laid to rest in a private service on sunday. >>> advocates for chester youth walked a red carpet of sorts on the river tonight. mayor john lender hosted the first ever riverfront ramble reception and the cocktail party at chester warch recognized some of the biggest supporters of development programs for local kids and teenagers. and still to come on "action news" tonight a florida company may be willing to place a bet on the shuttered show boat casino while a boardwalk restaurant is suing trump plaza over the imminent closure. plus we are not lying. these are the first cubs born at the zoo this century. and now you can see them for yourself. cecily. >> we have a steamy start to the weekend but this the cold front will bring us a stormy end to the heat and humidity and usher in a fall-like air mass. i'll explain in the accuweather forecast. >> and ducis rogers has an injury report and contributions expected from the rookies and jamie apody with "high school huddle" when "action news" continues tonight. huddle" when "action news" continues tonight. dan cuellar save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.d everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have...oh boy. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> there are several simultaneous developments on the atlantic city boardwalk toont mid the turmoil of casino shut down. trump plaza is set to close down september 16 and rain forest cafe connected to the property doesn't want to close. its parent company landrys owning the golden snugger filed a lawsuit asking to remain open and operate independently. it's trying to save 200 jobs. meanwhile the european company that runs trump applause aon-line betting operation is giving permission to take bets after september 16 until the casino license is returnederd and possible self show but that shut down sunday. latitude 360 says it's in negotiations to buy the property. it's proposed 20 million proj wokt not involve gambling. while hands are being played out there's no concern about trump taj mahal and the casino filed financial statements end indicating it can't pay debts on time raising inspector of another brupcy. at this point union says employees have not been given warning of imminent layoffs. >>> philadelphia teachers are preparing their classrooms for the first day of school on monday. and faced with a district financial crisis they have to get creative. here at the them tour sdlool fwhooz cash for art supplies and teacher leslie grace raised $4,000 at donors choose.org to kick start her art program. you can join "action news" monday morning to help get you and the kids out the door for the first day of school in philadelphia and the morning team is on beginning at 43506789 with all the traffic and weather that you need to know and then follow them on twitter for back to school tips with a hash tag 6abc bts. >> favelies enjoying night music beneath the ben franklin bridge tonight. local artist presented by fringe arts drew a devoted crowd to the race street pier for first friday park after dark. >> cats are out of the bag quartet of lion cubs made a due bu today. we've been showing their active since they were born at the philadelphia zoo in june. today they got roomp around sounds with mom. they are first lions born at the philadelphia zoo in 18 years. >> wow. >> there's a reason why lions are so spectacularly popular around the world and we just saw that. >> quite the draw at the philadelphia zoo. >> got that right. >> weather this weekend. if you like summer you'll love it tomorrow. if you like fall you've love it on sunday and if you like storms you'll love saturday night. we've got something for everyone. sorry about the storms. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing tonight we're storm free. no rain out there. no thunderstorms. the action cam taking a look at penns landing towards the ben franklin bridge and hazy atmosphere because the humidity is just so high and it was a warm day. our morning low, 72 degrees and afternoon high, 89 degrees and about 7 degrees above normal and felt more like 95 when you factored in the humidity. right now in philadelphia it's warm, 7. wilmington 80. allentown and reading 75. millville 7 degrees. and dew points which measure the amount of moisture in the air wherever you have dew points 70 or above that is oppressive. dew point in wilmington is 76 degrees. that's a tropical air mass. we don't get points higher than that in the delaware and lehigh valleys and things will change over the weekend. satellite 6 and action radar showing see that line of showers and thunderstorms this is the heat and humidity buster and this is what will be rolling through tomorrow night. so future tracker showing most of the daylight hours will be dry around 3:00, could have a few popup in the lehigh valley and then around 600 we'll liarly get a prefrontal band of storms arriving on the i-95 corridor an actual cold front moves through later tonight with another around of showers and thunderstorms out of here in the wee hours of surprised morning and behind this system we get a breath of fresh air. 90, high humidity. on sunday, winds out of the north, low humidity, return of sunshine, gradually through the day and afternoon high of 69 degrees. it's going to feel like fall on sunday. if you are down the shore tomorrow will feel like summer. warm, humid, 5. ocean temperature 79. sunday, cooler and pleasant, 78. the poconos a good chance of very strong storms tomorrow afternoon. 78 degrees and then sunday mostly sunny and nice day in the poconos with eye of 71 degrees. so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, hazy, hot and humid tomorrow, 90 degrees. late thunderstorms and then on surprised much more comfortable, 79. so the home-opener for eagles at the linc looking nice. kickoff temperature 76. and by the end of the game 78 partly sunny skies with a breeze out of the north. monday, still on the cool side, 78 degrees. on tuesday, increase in clouds and possibility of showers especially east of philadelphia and on wednesday, we bring back humidity not really the heat 7 with possibility of showers and it looks like somewhat upsetled thursday and friday with more showers possible, 82 thursday and friday and 78 degrees. hot on saturday but surprised really perfect timing for the eagles game. it will feel nice. >> thank you, cecily. we want to tell about you changes coming to 6abc lineup starting monday and "action news" at noon goes to an hour long broadcast beginning monday right here on 6abc and more news and weather from noon until 1, five was a week. and "action news" is followed by the chew which will remain in its 1 p.m. time slot and then it's game show block beginning 2:00, "who wants to be a millionaire" has a new host terri cruz. daytime jeopardy comes on 2:30 and general hospital returns to long running time slot 3 p.m. followed by "action news" at long running time slot 3 p.m. followed by "action news" at 4:00. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator this is crazy like i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speed match. upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. join now at fiosspeedmatch.com. verizon. >> well, swoop made some friend tonight at the friend. cindy kimle cancer center honored the eagles at thomas jefferson hospital. 6abc president and general manager barny prazenica were there for a very important cause tonight. >>> two days or a day and a half away from the season opener. >>> it's finally almost here the injury report is relatively clean headed to opener on sunday with jacksonville and rookie receiver huff and tobin are listed as out and the time to hit tackling dummys in each other is over. the hitting, counts now. eagles expect to get contributions from rookie class like receiver matthews. he views that no different than the veterans. >> curfew on the draft class for the off season program they were philadelphia eagles the first day they stepped on the field as they were now. >> it is a good feeling. definitely something i dreamed about dallas preseason games got me ready for it. it won't be too shabby. i'll go out and play my game. >> we invut you to call mike quick and myself for agolees game day kickoff as we preview this contest. we'll wrap it up with eagles game day final sunday. >> tonight against the nats a different story, williams does not have his best stop. first inning adam la roach tagged him for a two-run homer and williams gives up five runs and -- phils down 7-4 in the ninth. carlos ruiz not ready to give up. two-run homer to pull the phils within one to an 0-2 pitch 7-4. ben hev veer. he's got one homener entire career came earlier this career. this is -- refer ear solo shot ties game at 7. he leaves with .3 15 batting average. phils take the lead in the 11th. >> penn state new football head coach james franklin will make a home day debut against ak lynn. if you can believe it this will be the first game at beaver stadium as a fan or coach you. >> rivrt one out there and the walk there will be juice and excitement there. i think when you first come out of the tunnel and run on the field the first 30 seconds will be a moment of magnitude of it, but after that it will be all into the game. >> you can see penn state and akron tomorrow here on 6abc. >> thank you, ducis, jockeys which way. okay, we'll do it here. jockeys and raiders are getting ready for wacky races this weekend. it is one of the more bizarre rodeos you have ever seen the 55 international camera and oingt rich praises in virginia city, nevada. though it does not seem os trijs are it makes me happy to go on the computer. i like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over 1.4 million low-income people at home. internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. it helped my grades move higher. today it's the largest broadband adoption program in america. it helped me a lot. comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. >> high school huddle is next on chapel 6 followed by "jimmy 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>> friday night, fighter jets follow a runaway plane all the way to jamaica. that plane went down killing the couple on board and tonight we're learning more about what went wrong. plus, con artists steal thousands of dollars from an unsuspect senior citizen and how police say they did it and what you need to know to protect yourself. the big story on "action news" is a if i canle forecast. we'll owe go from muggy to mild in a span of 2 hours or less. it will start saturday with august-like heat and turn to fall-like weather just in time for football. and yes, there will be lots of change in between there. meteorologist adam joseph here with a look at what's to come. >> right now it's summer-like, soupy outside. 75 allentown and 78 millville and dover 78 degrees and at the shore 77 on the board bucky numbers in atlantic city and down to cape may. here are the dew points. how it feels when you step out any time over 70 it's oppressive out with a lot of water vapor sitting in the atmosphere. 74 right now in atlantic city. 73 in philadelphia, 7 5 in wilmington these numbers are not higher than 57, 76 in the peak of the summer for our region. this is very july-like. as we look at numbers though presently we're at 7 4 cincinnati and 81 memphis and there you can see the quick drop in temperature, chicago, 66 and in between clashing air mass of fall and summer there's severe storms pushing east of great lakes approaching the ohio valley. moving in over the weekend. we'll let you know the timing of the stormdz and those big drop in thames turz coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >>> now to a warning for seniors tonight police are looking for the men that stole money from a man. they have a clear idea of what the young thieves look like. they need to find them. "action news" reporter kenneth moton live in northeast philadelphia, ken em, how did this happen. >> reporter: brip, bensalem police are trying to get to the bottom of that tonight. investigators are getting surveillance images of the suspects in the scam. they say the man, 57 years old as you mentioned, was able to barely speak english to give them details of the case and he thought he could make quick cash. >> these are surveillance imannuals of the man bensalem police say conned a northeast philadelphia man out of 14,000 dollars. >> investigators say friday morning the thieves who had african accents approached their mark that wawa on grant avenue. >> basically the story was they felt it was unstiv put money in the u.s. banking system and wanted them to show how easy it was. >> the prize. >> 20,000. but first he would need to fork over $14,000 of his own cash. >> if something is too good to be true it's too good to be true. >> the victim is russian american drove the con-artist in his car to withdrawal banks on different banks and first niagara bustleton and drove toe ben sale tomorrow parks casino the victim got a sizable cash advance on credit cardch the men made their way down to street to dunkin' donuts, distracted the victim and left him broke in the parking lot escaping in a white mini van. >> my guess it's not the first time. i'm sure they've done it before i'm sure there's other victims out there what we don't want is a victim tomorrow. >> the suspect's african accents they believe are fake and the kahne they believe the man is using a prop. at the wawa customers had a lot to say about the scam. >> you have to respect older people it's dishonorable. >> what i would do they better find somebody else i'm not the one. that's what i would tell them. >>> bensalem police were able to get fingerprints and dna from the victim's car and they're hoping to get a hit. if you recognize the four men or white van investigators want to hear from you. reporting live in northeast philadelphia tonight, kenneth moton, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> brian. >> kenneth, thank you very much it was quite on or deal over the atlantic ocean. a small plane goes sigh vent losing air contract enforcing fighter sdwrots scamblech the jets followed the pilot for hundreds of miles to cuba and during that flight they got close enough to see something was terribly wrong. >> the windows fogged up and iced over indicating that the plane lost pressureization it crashed off the coast of jamaica. a prominent real estate developer and his wife were on board. it is presumed both of them are now dead. >>> back at home tonight a dramatic scene west mt. airy today when a driver lost control and crashed through a building. chopper6hd was over the scene on green street near pistorius. the car cawbed through oncoming traffic and crashed through the window of the building. luckily nobody was hurt. >> this driver lost control of his car at the intersection of 59 and upland way 5 a.m.ch the car flipped and took down a traffic light. it then landed upside down in the bushes and the driver took off. he was found just about a block away and taken to the hospital. no word on his condition tonight or for that matter what caused him to lose control. >> surveillance cameras picked up the frightening scene inside a mcdonald's as two men held up a store and one warmed two happened gun it's happened tuesday morning at the mcdonald's in 3100 block west allegheny and hunting park. you can see one of the men jumping over the counter and raiding the cash register drawers. they got away with $200 and took off in white car. that get away car might have been a taxi cab. >> a 19-month-old girl is being treated for injuries tonight after falling out of a window. detectives from special victims units were on the scene in lawncrest. police say that toddler fell out of the first-floor window of 900 block of bridge street around 5:30 the girl has a fractured skull, conclusion, head bruises among other injuries. tonight she's in stable condition at st. christopher. >> a daycare left her son as brandywine park and lied how long the child was alone. 3-year-old jeremiah griffin enjoyed playing in the park and he continued after the other staffers and children left him behind last thursday. an hour later his mom says he caught attention of the woman who noticed the toddler was all by himself. >> they sat out front for 15 minutes she said to see if someone would come back and get him because he was left. she said no one showed so. they went in the school, contacted the police. >> jeremiah's mom learned about the incident from another mom on facebook. sharon temple daycare is placed on warning and probation for six months. >>> classes get underway in the philadelphia school district monday but because of cut backs schools are under und funded and understaffed. there say strong sense of optimism about the coming school year. today we found teachers hard at work getting ready for return of students at nevinger school the discretionaryy budget is 2% of what it should be. teachers are having to get creative. one teacher we spoke to raised $4,000 for art supplies through a donation web site. >> i feel more obligation to kind of carry on and get through it. >> dedicated keecher there. community groups are also pitching in donating stacks of paper and other supplies. the school's principal says that you helps but preventing children from feeling like they are in the middle of a crisis. >> returning to "action news" morning morning to help you get the kids out the door the first day of school the morning team son 4:30 a.m. with traffic, weather you need to dress those kids appropriately. >>> funeral arrangements are being made a week after she suffered a heart attack. fans are leaving flowers and cards at the door stephen her home. river's daughter melissa stopped by to see the outpouring of support saying it was humbling. meanwhile the city examiners office and city health department with investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. >>> president obama said today that the united states and allies have the power to dismantle isis and are working together do. it the president spoke to reporters today while attending nato sum knit wails and said the us and ten nato allies again greed towed squeeze financial resources of that terror group and pursue them with military force. >> there's great conviction we have to act as part of the international community to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. >> the president's tone on that issue was more forceful than recent days. he faced a barrage of criticism for both sides of the aisle with lack of clear plan pose and the president played tourist while overseas. he was treated to a guided tour of stone hedge. it was always something he wanted to see and now he can knock it off the bucket list. >> and still to come at 10:00 tonight dram at iic measures to control the ebola outbreak. the crackdown to make sure no one that has contact with the disease could help spread. it and later, biker chic at 98 the adventurous way this woman is celebrating a milestone. the adventurous way this woman is celebrating a milestone. we'll be right >> meteorologist adam joseph along with the weekend is upon us and. >> which one do you prefer, summer or fall, come on! >> i like summer i won't lie. >> i'll take fall. >> we both twhin weekend. let's take a look. it's one my birthdaycy got love. it sky6 hi definition at the airport summerlike night. for the summer lovers you enjoy the next 24 hours. you open the almanac today it was a warm one 89, normal 82, normal low 64 overall above normal from the low to the high and then those records 53 and 92 degrees. and the numbers now, 75le allentown and 77 reading and near 08 in wilmington and beach haven coming in in upper 70s. as we look at satellite and radar. earlier today we had a lot of popup downpours and thunderstorms in the southeastern part of the united states and even a couple around our area burlington county to kept county and delaware. there's a potent line of storms right now the dividing line of summer and fall. this is very typical for this time of year to start to see these big snivts temperature from one day to the next. and in fact, tomorrow w. this particular front any of the severe weather the good news here the slight risk from the storm prediction center will be to the north. mainly it's poconos into southern new england. but for us, even when the fronts comes through they'll be numerous strong storms passing through with torrential rain and even some gusty winds. and future tracker showing at 3:00 in the afternoon, moist of the day tomorrow, it's hot, it's oppressively humid and dry. again mid afternoon we watch popups to the north and west and then the actual front starts to slide in during the evening hours at 6:00 you see one line along i-95 and you see a secondary line with the front near the poconos and as we get into 9:30 the meat of the system passes through the heart of the delaware valley and the actual front and it pushes off the coast just after 1 or 2:00 in the morning on sunday which is clouds lagging behind. behind that front winds out of the north bring a fall feeling in time for sunday. lowering humidity 79 degrees and with that, we'll feel pretty good here especially for the eagles' game. your shore forecast tomorrow, warm, hot, 85 and sunday at the shore the clouds liping are a little bit in the morning. it will clear there last sunday with the return of sun and pocono forecast heavy thunderstorms on saturday. 78. mostly sunny feeling good sunday at 71 degrees. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast humid tomorrow late storm at 90 and drop to 79 comfortable sunday looking good for eagles game temperatures right arounds 76 to 78 with mix of sun and clouds. we stay there monday at 7 w8 sun and clouds and humidity returns tuesday, wednesday, thursday to friday and that's also when we see some sun and clouds with some hon and off showers each of those days, brip, temperatures stay generally in the upper 70s to near 80s. >> sounds good adam thank you. they are undertaking scream measures to try to control the ebola outbreak. a four day lockdown. no one would be allowed to leave homes between september 18 and 21 to try to prevent the disease from spreading any further. that comes as united nations says 600 million dollars is urgently needed to combat ebola in west africa and if that happens the outbreak could be dmrold six to nine months they estimate. >>> meanwhile the american dr. dr. infected with ebola is now in anybody february for treatment. dr. rick sacra is in isolation unit now and he's sick but stable. sacra contracted ebola at a liberia hospital where he was delivering babies. he's the third american aid worker infected with the disease. >> and the eagles were applauded for advancing local cancer treatments. swoop was a hit on the red carpet and dinner at the link. they honoreds birth for cancer awareness and funding at jefferson. 6abc president and general manager therey brpy prazenica was there. >> all right. talking about the game the injury report is relatively clean haiding into the opener against the jags sunday. rookie receiver josh and backup lineman matt tobin are only listed as at. polk is questionable with a hamstring injury. time to hit the tacklinging dummy is over. eagles expect contributions by jordan matthews and chip says he views new byes no different than veterans. >> for the off season program they were philadelphia eagles the first day they stepped on the field until now. >> it will be a good feeling. something i dreamed about all the preseason games got me going and ready for. it it's not going to be too shabby. >> my teammates been telling me regular season is a whole other ball game. when i go out there, i'm going to go out and play and try to be what my coaches want me to be. >> baseball now we've been talking about what a great pickup jerome williams has been for the phillies and pitcher near flawless again the national as i different story. williams does not have the best stuff. first inning adam la rosh, back and form, two-run homer, phils down 2-0, will yumsz five run four earned nine hits and five innings. third inning rookie michelle fonco second maim make you r page air league game save that baseball. bep revere battling it out for the national league batting title 1-3 tonight with the walk. phils down 5-1 in the sixth. jason weren't you can hit him all you want he continues to burn the phils. right now phillies trail this game 7-4 we're in 8th inning. >>> moving to college football. penn state could find more if ncaa sanctions are reduced. the second annual ort report on compliance with athletic integrity agreement the school decided to follow following the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal in 2012. james franklin will make a happy valley debut tomorrow. he hopes there will be 100,000 some fans especially after the win over central florida in ireland. >> your first run out there i think the walk will be juice and excitement there and i think when you first come out of the tunnel and run on the field that first 30 seconds there will be a moment of magnitude of it. but after that, it will be on to the game. >> and tomorrow, temple will host navy. >> exciting weekend. >> big weekend. >> can't wait. >> ducis thank you speaking of exciting we have exciting news around here. at "action news." "action news" at 10 on phl17 is getting bigger. we're expanding starting monday. join me, shirleen alicott, adam joseph, ducis rogers, at 10 p.m. for a full hour of news, weather and sports. we look forward to seeing you right here for an extra half hour on monday. up next on "action news" tonight a story that proves you are never too old for a new a story that proves you are never too old for a new so brian at citizens said one deposit a month waves the monthly maintenance fee. he's so good to me. mom! this is amazing! i know. no fee. no. brian at citizens bank. he gave you a special deal? he's into you. sounds like it's time to get back out there. honey, anyone can get one deposit checking. besides, he's younger than your brother. eww. you got that right. one deposit checking. only from citizens bank. one deposit of any amount each statement period waives the monthly maintenance fee. >> stop what you're doing and look at this police a south dakota woman celebrated her birthday by getting on a harley, her 89th birthday. she never tlornd ride a bicycle getting on the back of motorcycle was a gutsy move. what was her strategy. >> i'm just going to hang on. >> a good strategy. cecil cruised back roads for ten fwlorious minutes. she said next year i'm flying a plane. good for you. dare devil of a different snort indiana a man is trying to break a record for the most skydive jumps in a day. jay stokes is trying to jump 700 times. he has been planning this for a year. he's already broken his own record six times. he tried to raise money for record six times. he tried to raise money for spec fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that parker. well... did you know auctioneers make bad grocery store clerks? that'll be $23.50. now .75, 23.75, hold 'em. hey now do i hear 23.75? 24! hey 24 dollar, 24 and a quarter, quarter, now half, 24 and a half and .75! 25! now a quarter, hey 26 and a quarter, do you wanna pay now, you wanna do it, 25 and a quarter- -sold to the man in the khaki jacket! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. morning >> it's a true summer swelter on your saturday. 76 at 8:00 in the morning, 84 at 11:00 we're going near 90 and if not above 90 in the late afternoon with thunderstorms that would be strong. >> saturday summer swelter. that would be strong. >> saturday summer swelter. >> thank you for joi ring ring! progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself. and now try new progresso chili. slow-simmered, homemade taste.
>> friday night, fighter jets follow a runaway plane all the way to jamaica. that plane went down killing the couple on board and tonight we're learning more about what went wrong. plus, con artists steal thousands of dollars from an unsuspect senior citizen and how police say they did it and what you need to know to protect yourself. the big story on "action news" is a if i canle forecast. we'll owe go from muggy to mild in a span of 2 hours or less. it will start saturday with...
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story on "action news" is breaking news out of northeast philadelphia. police are investigating the attack of a child on the way home from school. the victim is 15 years old. >> "action news" reporter kenneth moton following the big story tonight and kenneth, you've got the latest. >> reporter: brian that teenager was transported to st. christopher's hospital for children to be treated for her injuries. take a look at this scene, right now we see philadelphia police. she was discovered around 8:00 under this guardrail in the wooded area. her parents are by her side at this hour. >> philadelphia police were on the scene looking for clues in the possible sexual assault of a 15 year old northeast philadelphia girl. officers say she was discovered unconscious just off of roosevelt boulevard in a wooded area. on the outskirts of penny pack park. police say the student from the community academy of philadelphia charter school, still had an uniform on when a passerby spotted her. investigators say the child had bruises on her shoulders and her thighs. when she came too police say she was a
story on "action news" is breaking news out of northeast philadelphia. police are investigating the attack of a child on the way home from school. the victim is 15 years old. >> "action news" reporter kenneth moton following the big story tonight and kenneth, you've got the latest. >> reporter: brian that teenager was transported to st. christopher's hospital for children to be treated for her injuries. take a look at this scene, right now we see philadelphia...
, mt. pocono, reading, 72 in wilmington and trenton and 75 in northeast philadelphia and philadelphia international. skies will be clearing, the clouds we're starting off with lead to a sunny lunch time, temperature of 84 degrees. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back. first, jillian mele has traffic. still quite out there? >> it's quite out there, bill. we're not reporting any accidents on the roads around philadelphia. a live look at the vine street expressway. this is 76 westbound as drivers head out to 76, the vine is clear. 76 looks good. 95 near cottman avenue, that will get busy later in the morning. i'll keep you updated on the delays as they form. we still have construction on 95 southbound near bartrum avenue. we were following an accident on the garden state parkway northbound at route 72 in stafford township. i just got word that accident has cleared. tracy? >>> we're following breaking news in philadelphia's east oak lane neighborhood. firefighters are on the scene of a fire at a day care in a strip mall. jesse gary is live on scene, at the intersection o
, mt. pocono, reading, 72 in wilmington and trenton and 75 in northeast philadelphia and philadelphia international. skies will be clearing, the clouds we're starting off with lead to a sunny lunch time, temperature of 84 degrees. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back. first, jillian mele has traffic. still quite out there? >> it's quite out there, bill. we're not reporting any accidents on the roads around philadelphia. a live look at the vine street expressway. this is...
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, boulevard dry and looking good. that big accident in northeast philadelphia, matt and tam. >> new this morning, a man was shot and involved in a crash on the way to the hospital. the shooting happened before 1:00 p.m. on the 5600 block of catherine street in west philadelphia. the victim was shot sitting on the porch. someone try to to get the man into the car and to the hospital. about a half block away the car collided with another car. the victim is? critical condition. police are looking for the trigger man and there's no word on a motive for the shooting. >>> police are looking for a pick up truck who struck and killed a person in south jersey. it happened on mantua pike. a 52-year-old man was walking in the northbound lanes when the truck hit him. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. the truck was described as greenish blue dodge pick up with gray or silver accents with an extended cab. >>> police are looking for a suspect who robbed and shot an 18-year-old. the victim told police he was robbed and shot in the chest. he is in the hospital in stable condition. >>> it is ti
, boulevard dry and looking good. that big accident in northeast philadelphia, matt and tam. >> new this morning, a man was shot and involved in a crash on the way to the hospital. the shooting happened before 1:00 p.m. on the 5600 block of catherine street in west philadelphia. the victim was shot sitting on the porch. someone try to to get the man into the car and to the hospital. about a half block away the car collided with another car. the victim is? critical condition. police are...
the sun not up, temperatures still falling. 62 degrees in mount holly. 68 in northeast philadelphia. bright sunny skies for boathouse row. a cool start at fun degrees at 7:00. by 9:00, 75. and then into the 80s at lunchtime today. but humidity stays low. your neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back but first jillian mele is watching traffic. good morning, jillian. >>> good morning, bill, still clear any of accidents but we are following a location on west philadelphia, punston street and between 51st street. monique braxton is headed to the scene. we'll have that for you. 422 eastbound, armand hammer boulevard, the on and off ramps are closed. detours will be posted. the rest of 422, though, is very quiet. as i mentioned no accidents on the majors. this is 73 at 295. you can see this portion of 73 is quiet. 295 is also clear of any delays right now. tracy. >> happening now, the city of philadelphia is getting ready to show off dilworth plaza's multimillion face-lift. it's been closed three years for the construction and redesign efforts. nbc10's jesse gary is there. at times
the sun not up, temperatures still falling. 62 degrees in mount holly. 68 in northeast philadelphia. bright sunny skies for boathouse row. a cool start at fun degrees at 7:00. by 9:00, 75. and then into the 80s at lunchtime today. but humidity stays low. your neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back but first jillian mele is watching traffic. good morning, jillian. >>> good morning, bill, still clear any of accidents but we are following a location on west philadelphia,...
philadelphia. pottstown is in the 50s. it's in the 50s for millville. we saw some areas of light fog in south jersey there quickly disappearing. a cool, dry start at the bus stop this morning. 50s in the suburbs, 60s in center city with a nice afternoon but a cloudy one, too, with some breaks of sunshine at lunchtime, 77 degrees and 80 degrees, unusually warm for the end of september. got your hour-by-hour forecast, show you what's going to happen for the rest of the day when i come back. but first, katy zachry's in with traffic. good morning, katy. >> good morning, bill. we have had a pretty good morning, no accidents to report. i hesitate to say that not to jinx it, but we'll start with a live look at i-76 right near 476, where you can see free and clear of any problems. we are seeing a few more cars on the roadway, so it's slowing things down a bit, but not to account for any delays. in fact, you can see 76 westbound from the vine to the blue route only 14 minutes. 476, 95 in the trouble spots, they look good as well. taking a look at the ben franklin bridge right now, this is the westbound side as you head into center city, philadelphia. there is some track work being done taking out the two right lanes, so that's accounting for some delays as we get into more of the morning rush. and in delaware, this is in stanton, stanton christiana road at delaware park boulevard. the right lane is blocked because of a downed pole. they've been working on it throughout the morning, but just keep that in mind if you're heading in that area. >>> and new from overnight, investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire in the basement of a high-rise apartment building. nbc 10 was on bryn mawr avenue in winfield just after 11:00 last night. firefighters were able to quickly get the situation under control and residents were allowed back inside about an hour later. >>> a west philadelphia girl is the victim of a hit-and-run driver. the 7-year-old is rushed to the hospital as a witness takes off after the suspect. the witness tells nbc 10 he heard a boom, he saw the car he says hit the child driving away, so he chases the green mitsubishi outlander and takes video that includes the license plate. he gave the video to investigators. they tell us this is the car they're looking for. police are searching for the lime green mitsubishi outlander with pennsylvania tags jky-7458. last seen near 38th and girard. the accident happened around 6:45 last night at 42nd and pennsgrove in west philly. 7-year-old allure mclaine is in guarded condition right now at children's hospital of philadelphia. her grandfather says that neighbors ran to his house and told him what happened. >>> today, two cities in our area will begin a new effort to cut down on crime. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in wilmington, one of five cities nationwide selected for this federal program. matt, last hour you talked about what police are looking to get out of this, but camden is also on that list. >> reporter: yeah, and vai, wilmington police have been trying to fight off a plague of crime for several years now, so, too, is camden, new jersey. both police departments say that they will do whatever they can and take whatever help they can get from the federal government. >> there are some things that we're all doing very well, but it's no secret that we are cities that have challenges. >> reporter: and camden county police chief scott thompson says the biggest challenge has been gun violence, one that he's been working to cut since taking office last year. >> we've been extremely successful over the last year in addressing that, but we're not waving a flag of victory. >> reporter: chief thompson says he's already taken ideas from philadelphia, new york and chicago, but now he's heading to washington where the department of justice is waiting to offer crime-fighting resources not available to local law enforcement. wilmington police will be there as well. >> we're open to any suggestions, any help that's offered to us. >> reporter: last year there were 154 incidents of gun violence in delaware's largest city. and as of 2013, the first state with six on an fbi list of most dangerous states. >> we'd like to get off that list, and whatever help we can get, we're going to take and we're going to look for that as an opportunity to make wilmington a safer, better place for everyone to live. [ sirens ] >> reporter: and essentially how this is going to work is city leaders will be sitting down with agents from the atf, dea and fbi, and they'll go over what resources the federal government can offer them and see where it takes them in helping to bring those violent crime numbers down. live in wilmington this morning, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 6:04 right now, 64 degrees outside. an investigation is under way to find out what started a house fire that killed the president of cooper university health system and his wife. the bodies of john and joyce sheridan were found in an upstairs bedroom of their home. prosecutors say the circumstances surrounding the fire are still being investigated. the fire started just before 6:15 sunday morning inside the sheridans' home in montgomery township, somerset county. the next step in the investigation will be to perform autopsies on the couple to figure out exactly what caused their deaths. > now, governor chris christie released a statement saying "john was an outstanding public servant, a leader in the health care system, a true new jersey treasure. joyce was an outstanding teacher, wife and mother." in a statement to nbc 10, cooper's chairman of the board of trustees, george norcross, said "it is hard to overstate how great a loss john's death is to his family, friends, co-workers and cooper. there is no one else who has had as big an impact on me as john did, except my father." >>> a court hearing is scheduled today for a former philadelphia police officer accused of kidnapping and rape. richard decoatsworth is accused of forcing two women to take drugs and perform sexual acts. earlier this year, decoatsworth pleaded guilty to some of the charges in connection with this crime but then withdrew his guilty plea. in 2007, decoatsworth was celebrated as a hero after being shot in the face during the capture of a suspect. >>> there are still no suspects in the murder of a philadelphia woman shot while walking her dog. it happened saturday night along morse street in the strawberry mansion section of the city. the victim is 42-year-old kathryn berry. authorities say that she was shot at point blank range. her family says they don't know why someone would target the home health aid and mother of four, but investigators are now trying to figure out a motive for the shooting. >>> the search for the suspect in the murder of a pennsylvania state trooper has shifted. a state police spokesperson says the focus of the search has moved slightly to the southeast but wouldn't say why. eric frein is charged with ambushing two state troopers outside the barracks in blooming grove on september 12th, killing one officer and wounding another. authorities believe they had him contained within a 5-square-mile perimeter around his parents' home in monroe county. and of course, you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com to follow the latest developments in the police manhunt as they happen. >>> and a fund-raiser's taking place today to raise money for bullet-proof vests for police officers. the 24th annual vest a cop is happening at the toms river pizza hut. it starts at 4:00 this afternoon. the event has officers trading in their uniforms for aprons as they wait on tables and they serve customers. a portion of pizza hut's profits as well as the tips that the officers will get today will be donated to the vest fund. >>> it is 6:07. new this morning, the u.s.-led coalition has carried out several more air strikes targeting islamic state group positions in northern and eastern syria. one of the targets, the country's largest gas plant. despite the air war against isis in syria, the islamic insurgents are still battling kurdish forces for control of a town on the border with turkey. u.s. air strikes have hit isis targets near the town, but the heavily armed sunni militants appear to be gradually forcing the kurdish fighters back. and the battle with isis for iraq's second largest city continues, despite weeks of fighting and the assistance of coalition air strikes. kurdish fighters there have been unable to advance against the militants. the kurds say they lack the sophisticated weaponry to push back the well-armed isis fighters. >>> now to breaking news that we're following for you. skyforce10 live above a shooting on old york road and sparks avenue in the ogontz section of philadelphia. we are told one man was shot in the leg. right now old york is closed while police investigate. we will keep you posted on what's happening there and let you know when that road will reopen. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> gorgeous sunshine over the weekend, but this morning clouds are blowing into the area. a little bit of a breeze. the flags are blowing atop the aramark building in center city. clouds will have us with a little less sunshine during the day today, but it's still going to be a warm day. in spite of the clouds moving in, we should be in the lower 70s for afternoon temperatures today. we'll be close to 80 degrees this afternoon. any showers will hold off today, but they are in the seven-day forecast. 59 at pottstown, 64 now in northeast philadelphia and philadelphia international, and 62 degrees in wilmington. roxborough's down to 62 degrees, while it's 64 in northeast philadelphia. wharton is at 66 degrees right now. a little fog in the trenton area. doylestown seeing some fog. dense fog, though, at the shore for atlantic city. it is completely gone now. wiped out of here. but the clouds, they're not going to leave quickly. you could see some breaks in the cloud cover. we'll get some breaks of sunshine. but it's going to be a mostly cloudy day today. no sign of showers today, but it's a possibility tomorrow. look at the warmth. upper 70s for allentown, reading and doylestown, 77 degrees this afternoon, while it hits 80 for northeast philadelphia and mt. holly. 78 in dover and vineland with clouds and sunshine. fog quickly disappearing already for atlantic city. upper 70s for wilmington, chester and west chester with clouds and some breaks of sunshine. there is some wet weather ahead and some cooler weather as well. i've got the timing coming up just in a few minutes with the seven-day forecast. >>> this morning on my way into work, i rerouted myself to the betsy ross bridge, because the first of two bridge openings over the tacony, but otherwise, it's clear out there. >> let's check with first alert traffic reporter katy zachry. >> i feel partially responsible, because last time i saw you, i said no accidents, and of course, now there are two to talk about. vai, the burlington bristol bridge is now open, so that affects traffic on route 14. that should come back down in about 15 minutes. i'll keep you updated about that. but of course, in bucks county, an accident, our first big one of the morning -- not a big one, but the first significant one of the morning. this is on old bridge road at high road. and then also in montgomery county in willow grove, easton road at moreland road, there is an accident there. so, keep that in mind if you're heading in those areas. a live look at the route 30 bypass in chester county at route 340, where there are no issues to report and i can finally say no issues to report on this roadway. back to you guys. >> all right, katy, thanks. >>> ten minutes after 6:00 right now. another american doctor is back in the u.s. after treating patients in ebola-ravaged west africa. >>> and this woman just might get the bad parent award. we have details on what she's accused of putting her daughter up to in a gas station parking lot. >>> just about 6:15 this monday morning. skyforce10 is live over a house fire in kensington. you see firefighters there on ladders. we don't have any information. you see some smoke there as they shoot flashlights inside that home, and there's smoke coming out, billowing out of that home, but we don't have much more information on that. we're making calls right now to find out if anybody's injured, anybody's in that house, but right now we don't have that information. what we do know is this is a house fire in the kensington area of philadelphia. >>> new from overnight, a montgomery county home is gutted after a fire there. flames hit the house at eastwood circle and nicole drive in upper dublin at about 3:00 this morning. no one was hurt. firefighters are now trying to figure out how it started. >>> it's 6:15. an upper darby woman was arrested for allegedly arranging a fight between her teenage daughter and a classmate. nicole edna holton is charged with endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. they were spotted fighting friday afternoon in a gas station parking lot. holton allegedly told police that school administrators were not settling the girls' conflict, so she helped the girls do it on their own. >>> right now in ferguson, missouri, a manhunt is under way for the person who shot a police officer over the weekend. this happened on saturday night as the officer tried to question a man about a burglary. he took off and fired shots at the officer, hitting him in the arm. meanwhile, seven protesters were arrested last night outside of a police station. police say that the shooting is not related to the death of michael brown and the weeks of protests that followed -- >> thankfully, cooler heads prevailed. >> and just a short time after the shooting and just a few miles away, an off-duty officer came under fire. he wasn't injured and there's no sign it was related to the ferguson protests. >>> and the national transportation and safety board is looking into the deadly bus crash that killed four college softball players. 15 members of the team from north central texas college were aboard the team bus being driven by their coach. they were headed home friday night after a scrimmage in oklahoma. investigators say a tractor-trailer traveling north crossed the median and crashed into the driver's side of the bus. >> not to speculate, but it tells us that for some reason, the truck did not follow the roadway. and so, that is precisely what the investigation intends to find out is why did the truck not follow the roadway? was it mechanical or was it human, driver-related? that's what we want to find out. >> the driver of the tractor-trailer was treated and released from the hospital. >>> this morning an american doctor exposed to ebola in sierra leone is at the national institutes of health hospital near washington. he was admitted yesterday to a special isolation unit just for observation. officials say the doctor has not necessarily contracted the virus. he's in isolation as a precaution. >>> back here in our area, the philadelphia union and temple university teamed up to help fight ebola, encouraging people to kick ebola in a butt. the fund-raiser challenge involved kicking a slightly inflated ball at someone's behind and making a donation. all proceeds benefit charities responding to the outbreak in west africa. >>> a new study finds a stroll on the boardwalk has been costing some south jersey communities big bucks. the report finds in the last five years, $1.8 million has been paid out because of injuries people claim they received on the boardwalk. now, the report says just this year, this year alone, towns and their insurers have had to pay nearly $800,000 to deal with those types of claims. some of the suits involve claims on wildwood's boardwalk and atlantic city's promenade. >>> 18 minutes past 6:00 now. let's update you on your ride to work or school or whenever you're going this morning. >> and katy zachry is manning first alert traffic center. >> volume is starting to build on many of our area roadways. you can see right now a live look at 95 right at girard avenue where we are seeing some volume building as they're headed south towards center city, philadelphia. when i see you in about ten minutes, i'll give you drive times from woodhaven to the vine. right now happening, the burlington bristol bridge is open for a ship to pass through, so that, of course, affects traffic on route 413. an alternate to get around that, you can take the tacony-palmyra bridge, which actually, the last hour opened twice, but that is now down, so that's a good alternate if you want to take it around the burlington bristol bridge. and there's an accident in bensalem to tell you about, old bridge road at high road. there is also one new into our system in montgomery county in willow grove, easton road at moreland road. there's a crash there. then, a pole that had been blocking traffic in the right-hand lane on stanton christiana road at delaware park boulevard, that has cleared in the last few minutes. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> it was nice and clear this weekend, sunshine, temperatures in the 80s yesterday afternoon. 13 degrees above normal. but we're already starting to see change. clouds have started to move into the area. those clouds are going to be with us through the day today. we will see some breaks of sunshine. right now the sun's not up, and so, the temperatures still trying to come down, 64 degrees, but thanks to the clouds, really not going to go much lower this morning. 50s and 60s, but the bit of light fog now in bluebell and wrightstown is reporting light fog. it was thick to start with early this morning. atlantic city for a couple of hours at 3:00 a.m., 4:00, 5:00 saw some fog, but it is gone. and nothing to show you on the radar just yet. but to the west you can see some showers moving through williamsport. it's part of a system that could give us some showers for tomorrow. right now the steadiest rain is way to the south. so, any showers we get tomorrow will be light. the clouds that we're getting today, that will help to keep the temperatures lower. upper 70s to low 80s this afternoon. and the seven-day forecast. the numbers come down a little bit tomorrow. we'll see some sunshine to start with, then clouds building during the day with a chance of some scattered light showers later on tuesday. by wednesday, clouds will still be with us and the temperatures go lower. high of just 73 degrees wednesday afternoon after a morning low of 63. then the sunshine reappears for thursday. 74 the high temperature on thursday. and middle 70s again on friday. but later on friday, clouds are back with a chance of some scattered showers. partly sunny and cooler this weekend. sunday afternoon just 68 degrees. >> all right, bill. >>> hey, we want to start your day right. you can wake up with your favorite nbc 10 personality. you can download our nbc 10 morning app to your smartphone and you will find headlines there, a live stream of our morning newscasts, and are you ready? you can set your alarm with the voice of some of your favorite personalities. everything you need to start your day off right. >>> taking a step forward. what roger goodell did this weekend in an effort to make right what he says he got wrong. >>> plus, this story -- ♪ this head got shiny, that head's shiny, that head's shiny ♪ >> turning doom and gloom to fun and optimism. this upper darby teen shows the other side of life with cancer. to the people of the coffee-drinking world. the time has come to put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for a dunkin' donuts dark roast. bold start, smooth finish, never bitter. rejoice with the 99-cent medium hot or iced dark roast today. >>> about 6:24, 64 degrees out there right now, and we are covering breaking news. skyforce10 hovering over a house fire in kensington. the report that we're getting right now is that there may have been one person inside that home. we're working to get that report confirmed. right now you see ladders there. firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in the kensington area of philadelphia. >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell visited the headquarters of the national domestic violence hotline. this comes after heavy criticism about his handling of the ray rice abuse case. the ceo of the center in austin, texas, said goodell was moved to tears as he listened to stories about the challenges victims of abuse face. after pledging millions of dollars, goodell also promised to increase education and awareness about domestic violence issues to players, coaches and staff members. >>> good morning. taking a look at your screen, see that long line of headlig s headlights? that is volume building on the 42 freeway northbound right at creek road as it heads towards center city, philadelphia. and volume is building on many of our area roadways, specifically 95 southbound from woodhaven to the vine. it will take you upwards of 25 minutes. when i see you in a bit, we'll look at your other area roadways, but first, taking a live look at cape may, the sunrise over that shore town. it's a beauty, bill. >> well, it's going to be coming up in about a half an hour, but it's going to be limited sunshine that we see as clouds are moving into the area. they started moving in overnight. and it's a mostly cloudy view from the satellite this morning. right now it's 6:26 and 64 degrees. >>> a little girl run over by a hit-and-run driver remains hospitalized this morning. nbc 10's jesse gary is live at the children's hospital of philadelphia with an update on this case. >> reporter: yeah, vai, quick action by witnesses may help police capture the person responsible for this crime. i'll explain that coming up right after the break. >>> and the trial begins in just a few hours. former philadelphia sportscaster john tollefson will stand trial for duping the public. >>> and we are taking another live look at this house fire in kensington. firefighters there on the left trying to put out a fire. we have a report that one person may have been in this house. we're trying to confirm that. we'll have that information as we come back. i'm robert de niro and new york is my home. it's the best place to visit in the world and now it's the easiest, because now there are new tourism guides on the road, and on your phone that make it easier to find the places you love. find great dining, amazing history, and world-class entertainment, no matter where you are. take the ultimate road trip and see why i love new york. for more information, go to iloveny.com >>> we are following breaking news for you this morning. firefighters on the scene of a fire in kensington. skyforce10 is live above a house that went up in flames. >>> on the hunt for a hit-and-run driver. simply walking across the street changed the life of a 7-year-old girl. she remains hospitalized this morning and the driver remains on the run. >>> charity fraud. former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson charged with stealing more than $100,000 gets his day in court. >>> fall cooldown. cooler temperatures emerge but with some clouds and maybe even some rain this week. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. let's find out what's ahead with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. bill? >> good morning, gang. hey. after sunshine over the weekend, we're already seeing some changes this morning. clouds have started to roll in overnight, and you can see them over lincoln financial field. the clouds will be with us for most of the day. only a couple breaks of twilight. we're heading toward closer to sunrise, which is coming up in just 24 minutes. temperatures, they've come down o
philadelphia. pottstown is in the 50s. it's in the 50s for millville. we saw some areas of light fog in south jersey there quickly disappearing. a cool, dry start at the bus stop this morning. 50s in the suburbs, 60s in center city with a nice afternoon but a cloudy one, too, with some breaks of sunshine at lunchtime, 77 degrees and 80 degrees, unusually warm for the end of september. got your hour-by-hour forecast, show you what's going to happen for the rest of the day when i come back. but...
northeast philadelphia is in the hospital this morning. now, police are trying to determine if she may have been sexually assaulted. a passerby found the girl unconscious, lying near the guardrail, along the 7600 block of of the boulevard. police say she was weighing her school uniform. and had visible bruises on the back of her legs and head wounds. thirteen year old in stable condition, after being shot twice in the stomach. it happened last night near marvine street and erie avenue in the city's hunting park section. police say 16 year old, believed to be the shooter, is in custody. police say he did remain at that scene, and they're still not sure if the shooting was accidental. >>> no word on any charges just yet. >>> and, philadelphia police meantime continuing their search for suspect who shot a man inside a juniata bar. it happened about 10:00 last night, at family tavern, on the 1100 block of east luzerne street. police say the 28 year old victim was shot multiple times, in the face and chest, and later died at the hospital. right now detectives are reviewing surveillance
northeast philadelphia is in the hospital this morning. now, police are trying to determine if she may have been sexually assaulted. a passerby found the girl unconscious, lying near the guardrail, along the 7600 block of of the boulevard. police say she was weighing her school uniform. and had visible bruises on the back of her legs and head wounds. thirteen year old in stable condition, after being shot twice in the stomach. it happened last night near marvine street and erie avenue in the...
approaching vine. twenty is your average on i-95 but slowing out of northeast philadelphia specifically through that cottman avenue construction zone. if you are traveling for septa manayunk norristown line experiencing 30 minute delays because of signal problems no delays at philadelphia international airport. now back to you at the desk vittoria, thank you. >>> roger goodell is speaking out now that another video surfaced showing running back ray rice assaulting his fiance inside a atlantic city elevator. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao, the exclusive details with cbs this morning nora o'donnell. what can you share with us. >> reporter: a lot of people have been waiting to hear from him. there have been unanswered requestes about this ray rice scandal namely, what the nfl knew about this second video. well, happening this morning nfl commissioner roger goodell is providing some answers on cbs this morning. >> reporter: did you know that a second tape existed. >> we had not seen any videotape of what occurred in the elevator. we assumed that there was a video. we asked for vi
approaching vine. twenty is your average on i-95 but slowing out of northeast philadelphia specifically through that cottman avenue construction zone. if you are traveling for septa manayunk norristown line experiencing 30 minute delays because of signal problems no delays at philadelphia international airport. now back to you at the desk vittoria, thank you. >>> roger goodell is speaking out now that another video surfaced showing running back ray rice assaulting his fiance inside a...
into the newsroom. a 10-year-old boy hit by a car last night in northeast philadelphia has died. the boy was riding his bike around 8:30 last night when he was hit on long shore avenue. the driver did stop and will not face any charges. >>> 6:03 a.m. philadelphia schools will welcome students back on monday but with some notable changes this year. there are fewer school security officers because of an $81 million budget deficit. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside in south philadelphia high school. katy, you talked to the head of security. is he confident he can keep the students safe? >> reporter: he says he is confident. we'll get to that in just a minute, first, christine, i have to tell you within some police officers this year at the high school level have been re-assigned to other schools, some buildings will be sharing police officers with other buildings. with the start of school around the corner, some philadelphia public school teachers are concerned knowing there will be fewer police officers this year. parents, too. do parents have reason to worry about their kid's safet
into the newsroom. a 10-year-old boy hit by a car last night in northeast philadelphia has died. the boy was riding his bike around 8:30 last night when he was hit on long shore avenue. the driver did stop and will not face any charges. >>> 6:03 a.m. philadelphia schools will welcome students back on monday but with some notable changes this year. there are fewer school security officers because of an $81 million budget deficit. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside in south...
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cut, seventh street, closed, because of water main break. >> northeast philadelphia, frandford at roland street, accident there, car struck pole. so power is out in the area. so a lot of people feeling the effect of that. you are going to need to take torresdale avenue as your alternate. finally, in exton, route 100 northbound at route 30 westbound, there is an accident there, many lanes are blocked. we'll be back with more on the fox 29 morning news after this. know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalized guidance and online tools. visit a branch, call or go online today. >>> 6:45, phillies west coast trip off to bit of rough start. >> been rough seas on. >> i know. >> dropped another game last night in san diego, won five to four, the padres. there is a homerun. d
cut, seventh street, closed, because of water main break. >> northeast philadelphia, frandford at roland street, accident there, car struck pole. so power is out in the area. so a lot of people feeling the effect of that. you are going to need to take torresdale avenue as your alternate. finally, in exton, route 100 northbound at route 30 westbound, there is an accident there, many lanes are blocked. we'll be back with more on the fox 29 morning news after this. know that chasing...
o'clock at toll up and bener street right here near frankford avenue and i-95 in northeast philadelphia. the car takes off. police officers shooting at it gets a lot of shots at the car but doesn't know if he he hit anybody inside. believes three people are inside a black nissan, and the the officer is okay. that is the main head line out of this. and then a couple hours later, police start figuring out where these people are. it had new jersey plates. they put out the alerts to hospitals in camden and burlington county and they got some news from the hospital in philadelphia nearby frankford torresdale area hospital that somebody went in for treatment. little more investigating after finding the person shot in the leg, they find another house in the area nearby and then they find the car that was involve. so a lot of cars involve. some people involved, and again, a police shooting involved. we will get further details on this but no one was killed this time, and no officer was hurt this time fortunately but again, it doesn't always take a gun to kill or split even to kill a police officer h
o'clock at toll up and bener street right here near frankford avenue and i-95 in northeast philadelphia. the car takes off. police officers shooting at it gets a lot of shots at the car but doesn't know if he he hit anybody inside. believes three people are inside a black nissan, and the the officer is okay. that is the main head line out of this. and then a couple hours later, police start figuring out where these people are. it had new jersey plates. they put out the alerts to hospitals in...
NBC 10 News at 4pm : WCAU : September 16, 2014 4:00pm-5:01pm EDT
. she was found unconscious in a northeast philadelphia park. >> now, she was open her way home from school when her afternoon routine took a detour. she woke up hours later with a head injury. nbc 10's doug shimell live this afternoon in northeast philadelphia. >> you talked to police and the girl's parents. what new information have you learned about what happened to her? >> well, the girl's mother said her daughter had actually gotten off a crowded septa bus on the way home from the school early to let people off. but when she tried to get back on, the doors closed and it left, which the mother said men the she had to walk north on the boulevard in the direction of the place she was ultimately found. >> how can a person do this to a child? >> nora has spent almost 24 hours next to her daughter's hospital bed since she was found lying unconscious along the roosevelt boulevard monday night. >> we were all just thinking the worst, because they told us she was unconscious. >> reporter: the 15-year-old was found by a passerby, not long after her parents told police she never came home
. she was found unconscious in a northeast philadelphia park. >> now, she was open her way home from school when her afternoon routine took a detour. she woke up hours later with a head injury. nbc 10's doug shimell live this afternoon in northeast philadelphia. >> you talked to police and the girl's parents. what new information have you learned about what happened to her? >> well, the girl's mother said her daughter had actually gotten off a crowded septa bus on the way home...
happening on academy road. this is in northeast philadelphia. no word on the children's condition. we do know two children hit by a car. we don't know this vehicle that you're taking a picture -- you're seeing we don't know how they are involved. you see several people stand big the car, a woman on the side there, again we have learned that two children hurt. conditions not known. working right now to get you information on than this is northeast philadelphia right off of academy road. you see traffic here blocked at intersection, cars get big on the side. informationyou mop as soon as it comes in to nbc 10. >>> tonight, president obama will take his case to the american people for a more intense war against islamic terrorists over seas. >> expected to lay out the strategy during prime time to the nation. expecting to step up the role against terrorists in iraq and syria, and that could include giving weapons to syrian opposition forces and expanding air strikes in both countries. the president does not need congressional approve toll carry out most of his plan, but many are insis
happening on academy road. this is in northeast philadelphia. no word on the children's condition. we do know two children hit by a car. we don't know this vehicle that you're taking a picture -- you're seeing we don't know how they are involved. you see several people stand big the car, a woman on the side there, again we have learned that two children hurt. conditions not known. working right now to get you information on than this is northeast philadelphia right off of academy road. you see...
temperatures in the 40s farther north and west. low 50s in wilmington, northeast philadelphia and trenton, but wrights town, cherry hill, washington township in the 40s. chester springs is down to 45 degrees this morning along with quakertown. bluebell is chilly at 46 degrees. and it's in the 50s this morning but still falling in delaware. it's not going to cool off quite as quickly as it did yesterday morning. 40s for clayton. mt. holly is at 48 degrees to start with. there you can see the clouds inching into the area. they're thicker to the south. go farther to the south, and they're producing rain in parts of virginia already. that will be here later today right along the coast as the clouds take over by 10:00 this morning. meantime, north and west, sunshine! it will be bright, sunny skies to start with for allentown, at 65 degrees, but the clouds will be increasing by the afternoon. you'll see mostly cloudy skies well inland. and the first sign of showers at the shore. so, sunshine to start with, yes. the clouds take over as the day goes on and temperatures into the 70s this afternoon. we'
temperatures in the 40s farther north and west. low 50s in wilmington, northeast philadelphia and trenton, but wrights town, cherry hill, washington township in the 40s. chester springs is down to 45 degrees this morning along with quakertown. bluebell is chilly at 46 degrees. and it's in the 50s this morning but still falling in delaware. it's not going to cool off quite as quickly as it did yesterday morning. 40s for clayton. mt. holly is at 48 degrees to start with. there you can see the...
in northeast philadelphia. allentown at 72. 73 in millville. a warm, muggy start and a teamy day. we'll see sunshine, 77 degrees at 7:00. 81 at 9:00. and 90 degrees at noontime and still climbing. the neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back. first jillian mele has your traffic and a little bit of sports. >> a little bit. it was hamels, dekeman, giles and pappapelbon, but who's counting? i'm counting apparently. good morning to you. let's start off with an accident in burkes county right now in douglassville. 422 which is ben franklin highway near old swede road. use caution there. montgomery county, this is what 202 looks like near allendale road. things quiet in both directions. 202 is clear. route 30 bypass looking good. checking drive times now. 95 southbound from wood haven to the vine is 14 minutes. 14 minutes on 76 westbound from the vine to the blue route. and if you are traveling 422 this morning, eastbound from oaks to 202 will take you about seven minutes. >>> atlantic city's newest casino resort officials hoped would revitalize the city is about to close
in northeast philadelphia. allentown at 72. 73 in millville. a warm, muggy start and a teamy day. we'll see sunshine, 77 degrees at 7:00. 81 at 9:00. and 90 degrees at noontime and still climbing. the neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back. first jillian mele has your traffic and a little bit of sports. >> a little bit. it was hamels, dekeman, giles and pappapelbon, but who's counting? i'm counting apparently. good morning to you. let's start off with an accident in...
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northeast philadelphia and really hurt him financially. >> take money any time. >> reporter: it was a tough afternoon for this resident of northeast philadelphia after he withdrew thousands of dollars from local bank and the parx cass zen know only to have it stolen moments later. >> i lost $14,000. cheat me of $14,000. >> reporter: this was the scene off street road friday afternoon. police swabbed his car for dna and checked for fingerprints after he reported he was robbed of $14,000 in this dunkin' donuts parking lot. >> they robbed me. physical nothing. >> reporter: just took the money? >> yeah. report roar the victim who asked us not to show his face told bensalem police two men took him to this citizens bank on welsh road in philadelphia to withdraw money. then to the parx casino to withdraw some more money through a cash advance on his credit card. >> he was trying to do a flim-flam with the money. tried to convince him that he would make more money if he took some money out of his account. >> reporter: victim says the two men asked him to stop at the dunkin' donuts near the
northeast philadelphia and really hurt him financially. >> take money any time. >> reporter: it was a tough afternoon for this resident of northeast philadelphia after he withdrew thousands of dollars from local bank and the parx cass zen know only to have it stolen moments later. >> i lost $14,000. cheat me of $14,000. >> reporter: this was the scene off street road friday afternoon. police swabbed his car for dna and checked for fingerprints after he reported he was...
, quakertown. reading, 90 this afternoon. and into the 90s for northeast philadelphia, trenton and mount holly. it's upper 80s along the coast for the jersey shore and delaware beaches. 87 in atlantic city. look at vineland, 92. and 94cbjhÑ today for dover. more heat in philadelphia all up to 93 degrees. late this afternoon and early this evening, there's a possibility of some storms. and the possibility of more heat. pretty good. the seven-day forecast as we look towards the weekend when i come back. >>> nine minutes after 5:00 now. let's take a look at the highways to see if there's anything out there to slow you down this morning. >> first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has that. >> good morning. things are pretty quiet. the platte bridge looks great in both directions. and the commodore bridge, you know we've had a long-term construction project, that's since wrapped up. this is the first full morning when you can expect to see the bridge completely reopened. 50 miles per hour on 202. 55 on the blue route and 64 on the pennsylvania turnpike. we have some police activity in pottstown.
, quakertown. reading, 90 this afternoon. and into the 90s for northeast philadelphia, trenton and mount holly. it's upper 80s along the coast for the jersey shore and delaware beaches. 87 in atlantic city. look at vineland, 92. and 94cbjhÑ today for dover. more heat in philadelphia all up to 93 degrees. late this afternoon and early this evening, there's a possibility of some storms. and the possibility of more heat. pretty good. the seven-day forecast as we look towards the weekend when i...
numbers are coming down. but not much. 78 degrees in northeast philadelphia. in the middle 70s in millville. 74 degrees and 70 right now in allentown. and look at this. no wind here at nbc 10. so with temperatures cooling down and high humidity, there are a few spots of fog north and west, but most of the area is fog free. we did have some thunderstorms overnight. did you hear them moving through delaware and salem county in new jersey. those have since fizzled. and the next threat of showers and thunderstorms, well, they've got a long way to go. you can see them moving into the midwest across indiana and into western ohio. that's the storm area that is going to be affecting us later today. in fact, the future showers shows these storms will be on the move. and they'll be in western pennsylvania by early this afternoon. we'll be watching for some scattered showers in our area, 2:00. more likely they're going to wait until the evening hours. that's 8:00, we could see heavy downpours in philadelphia. until then, we'll just be watching temperatures go up. 84 degrees this afternoon fo
numbers are coming down. but not much. 78 degrees in northeast philadelphia. in the middle 70s in millville. 74 degrees and 70 right now in allentown. and look at this. no wind here at nbc 10. so with temperatures cooling down and high humidity, there are a few spots of fog north and west, but most of the area is fog free. we did have some thunderstorms overnight. did you hear them moving through delaware and salem county in new jersey. those have since fizzled. and the next threat of showers...
down. 61 right now in pottstown, 64 for wrights town, while philadelphia's 64 at northeast philadelphia. south philly is 67 degrees, and it's 63 degrees in rocksboro. there's the wind blowing the flags. that northwesterly wind will be increasing. that's going to keep temperatures in the 60s for most of the day. 62 degrees at 7:00. by 9:00, the wind will be picking up. we'll see lots of sunshine, 62 degrees, and 67 by noontime today. a closer look at the wind. we'll go through it hour by hour when i come back, but first, katy zachry has your monday morning traffic. good morning, katy. >>> good morning, bill. we've had a pretty good morning so far on the roadways. 676 at 8th street. the vine street expressway free and clear of any problems this morning. that's really the story throughout the area. no accidents to report so far this morning. don't want to jinx it, though. a live look at 95. this is 95 southbound. you can see the construction zone set up, cones and lights in the area. long-term construction project, but it doesn't seem active right now. it still is taking out the right-hand lane a
down. 61 right now in pottstown, 64 for wrights town, while philadelphia's 64 at northeast philadelphia. south philly is 67 degrees, and it's 63 degrees in rocksboro. there's the wind blowing the flags. that northwesterly wind will be increasing. that's going to keep temperatures in the 60s for most of the day. 62 degrees at 7:00. by 9:00, the wind will be picking up. we'll see lots of sunshine, 62 degrees, and 67 by noontime today. a closer look at the wind. we'll go through it hour by hour...
40s in new jersey, too. mt. holly is down to 47 degrees right now. northeast philadelphia has just cooled to 50 degrees. we'll start with some sunshine at the bus stop but another chilly start. 40s in the suburbs, 54 degrees in center city. the sunshine, though, as the day goes on, will be fading. we're not going to see a nice, sun aye day like yesterday. clouds will be increasing at 9:00, 61 degrees and mostly cloudy at noontime but dry, too, at lunchtime, 70 degrees. future weather when i come back. i'll show you when the rain will be moving in. but first, jillian mele has traffic. good morning, jillian. >> good morning to you, bill. we've had an accident all morning long on the new jersey turnpike southbound, and it is still there. it's southbound right as you approach the delaware memorial bridge. we have a couple lanes blocked out there. only the right lane of traffic is getting by. this happened hours ago in the overnight hours involving an overturned tractor-trailer. we're also hearing you could see some activity on 295 in that area of route 295 and the new jersey turnpike m
40s in new jersey, too. mt. holly is down to 47 degrees right now. northeast philadelphia has just cooled to 50 degrees. we'll start with some sunshine at the bus stop but another chilly start. 40s in the suburbs, 54 degrees in center city. the sunshine, though, as the day goes on, will be fading. we're not going to see a nice, sun aye day like yesterday. clouds will be increasing at 9:00, 61 degrees and mostly cloudy at noontime but dry, too, at lunchtime, 70 degrees. future weather when i...
might like that. much warmer for saturday and sunday. 40s and 50s. 52 in northeast philadelphia and philadelphia international. 48 in wilmington and take a closer look at bucks county right along the delaware river go inland and you'll find 40s. central bucks county ea ay and and west and drop down to 39 degrees this morning. chilly start but sunshine will warm us to the 60s for pocono mountains and reading up to 71. brilliant sunshine for trenton, northeast philadelphia and doylestown nothing but sunshine at the shore and 68 for rohoebth and cape may. low 70s and very low 70s on the very first day of autumn. 70 degrees for chester and wilmington this afternoon. the seven-day forecast with more on the weekend warmup when i come back. >>> we continue to follow breaking news from overnight in the battle against isis. >>> up next, the latest on the united states new assault that is under way in syria. a shuttered atlantic casino has proposed a new plan to pay off a debt. looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. >>> 4:47 right now. continue to f
might like that. much warmer for saturday and sunday. 40s and 50s. 52 in northeast philadelphia and philadelphia international. 48 in wilmington and take a closer look at bucks county right along the delaware river go inland and you'll find 40s. central bucks county ea ay and and west and drop down to 39 degrees this morning. chilly start but sunshine will warm us to the 60s for pocono mountains and reading up to 71. brilliant sunshine for trenton, northeast philadelphia and doylestown nothing...
center sit my northeast philadelphia, stay on the roosevelt boulevard. you can either make left on aramingo avenue or continue to the schuylkill both better options than staying on 95 southbound right now. ukee? >> in sports, cole hamels will try to become the fill phils fishes pitcher double digit winds when he takes the mound later tonight in south florida the phils have just six games left in the season. >>> well, the flyers open their practice schedule by beating the capitols five to four. mark had a goal and three assists cents, another squad flyers lost in shoot-out to the mapleleafs in london ontario in practice play. tonight it is flyers and leaves in toronto, the flyers open the regular season not long from now, next month. >>> eagles back at practice against the 49ers in san francisco. the 9ers are one and two on the season, but it is early, so don't let that fool you. birds fly into frisco, undefeated of course at three and zero. to the bears and jets, in prime time play. the chicago bears wasted no time last night getting lead at the meadowlands, ryan monday picks off p
center sit my northeast philadelphia, stay on the roosevelt boulevard. you can either make left on aramingo avenue or continue to the schuylkill both better options than staying on 95 southbound right now. ukee? >> in sports, cole hamels will try to become the fill phils fishes pitcher double digit winds when he takes the mound later tonight in south florida the phils have just six games left in the season. >>> well, the flyers open their practice schedule by beating the...
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have a crash in northeast philadelphia, here on woodhaven road westbound side at the on ram from route 13, coming away from 95 heading towards philadelphia mills. the old franklin mills now philadelphia mills. the crash is partially blocking that ramp and the traffic is heavy as you move away from 95. a wreck in cheltenham, at shoppers lane by the kings buffet. and on the eastbound side of the schuylkill past 202 the accident is on the shoulder, this one is blocking two lanes from pennsylvania to 202, the concord pike past naaman's road and in wilmington a wreck along 2nd at jackson. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> more to come on "action news" tonight. a crack down on a dangerous toy, we'll tell but the new action to get bucky balls off the market. a striking speech to president obama to the united nations, what he told the world's diplomats about the threat of isis, coming up. and why rich branson could soon be the world coolest boss. how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40, $21. could something that small make an impact on something as bi
have a crash in northeast philadelphia, here on woodhaven road westbound side at the on ram from route 13, coming away from 95 heading towards philadelphia mills. the old franklin mills now philadelphia mills. the crash is partially blocking that ramp and the traffic is heavy as you move away from 95. a wreck in cheltenham, at shoppers lane by the kings buffet. and on the eastbound side of the schuylkill past 202 the accident is on the shoulder, this one is blocking two lanes from pennsylvania...
with $300. in one was hurt. >>> police in northeast philadelphia rushed a man to the hospital after an overnight shooting in tacony. "eyewitness news" on the 3100 block of barnett street. police say the 24 year-old victim was riding his bicycle when he was shot in the face and leg. it happen just after 11:30 last night, investigators are still searching for the shooter this morning. >>> happening today a pennsylvania state trooper will be laid to rest as the search for his killer, continues. meantime, just as a precaution many schools in northeast pennsylvania are closed for a second straight day. here's wendy gilette. >> reporter: line of mourn tours honor life of pennsylvania state trooper, corporal brian dickson spilled out of the rotunda in merrywood university in scranton yesterday. dick son was killed friday night outside police barracks by a gunman still on the loose. police spoke directly to the suspects identified as 31 year-old eric frein. >> in the event you are listening to this broadcast on a radio, portable radio while cowering in some cold damp hiding place, i want to
with $300. in one was hurt. >>> police in northeast philadelphia rushed a man to the hospital after an overnight shooting in tacony. "eyewitness news" on the 3100 block of barnett street. police say the 24 year-old victim was riding his bicycle when he was shot in the face and leg. it happen just after 11:30 last night, investigators are still searching for the shooter this morning. >>> happening today a pennsylvania state trooper will be laid to rest as the search...
, very heavy delay out of northeast philadelphia down to the vine. eight on the schuylkill. expect those usual pockets on 76 in the usual places traveling on the northbound side of 476. we are also seeing delays between 95 making your way out towards route one. we have an accident in montgomery county limekiln pike and easton road. another one at tomlinson road and philmont avenue no major problems for mass transit, contact. >>> "eyewitness news" now has an exclusive video showing moment of a freight train slams in the suv this happened in gloucester county. this surveillance video of the incident is in west deptford and it happened yesterday. look at how close that suv is getting before it gets hit. this happened at a crossing on crown point road. the train push the suv about 60 yards ending up on a bordering road. crews rescued would the man inside and rush her to the hospital. >> fire company, they got the door open. they that had her in the ambulance the whole time. it could have been a whole lot worse. that woman was quite fortunate. >> police said that the warning devices wer
, very heavy delay out of northeast philadelphia down to the vine. eight on the schuylkill. expect those usual pockets on 76 in the usual places traveling on the northbound side of 476. we are also seeing delays between 95 making your way out towards route one. we have an accident in montgomery county limekiln pike and easton road. another one at tomlinson road and philmont avenue no major problems for mass transit, contact. >>> "eyewitness news" now has an exclusive video...
out. allentown 67 degrees. scattered clouds northeast philadelphia at 7. millville is 71 degrees. you can see some of the scattered clouds from this view, the mellon bank building center city. plenty of sunshine today. it will be coming up in less than an hour. 7 degrees cooler in mt. pocono, philadelphia, pottstown, trenton, northeast philly running cooler this evening and the temperatures will stay lower all day long. you will be able to lower your umbrellas today. the showers, thunderstorms pushed offshore and that's where they'll stay for today. the clouds thinning out to the south. you'll see a cloudy start to begin with in parts of delaware and south jersey. sunshine for philadelphia and allentown at 9:00 this morning as we go into the afternoon hours. nothing but sunshine and more comfortable conditions for today. neighborhood by neighborhood, you'll see sunshine and 80 agrees this afternoon from mt. pocono, up to 84 for allentown and quakertown. 85 degrees for doylestown while northeast philadelphia and mount holly warm up to 87. you'll see clouds thin out with sunshine this a
out. allentown 67 degrees. scattered clouds northeast philadelphia at 7. millville is 71 degrees. you can see some of the scattered clouds from this view, the mellon bank building center city. plenty of sunshine today. it will be coming up in less than an hour. 7 degrees cooler in mt. pocono, philadelphia, pottstown, trenton, northeast philly running cooler this evening and the temperatures will stay lower all day long. you will be able to lower your umbrellas today. the showers, thunderstorms...
out here. live in northeast philadelphia, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> philadelphia police say they know who fired the fatal shot that struck and killed a pregnant mom in frankford over the weekend. investigators looking for 27-year-old devon guisherd. according to police, he was targeting a white sedan driving near adams avenue on sunday morning when a stray bullet struck 25-year-old megan doto. she was 8 months pregnant at the time. her baby did not survive. the suspect's sister tells nbc 10 her brother is innocent and police have the wrong guy. >> when they came here this morning, they said he was a murderer that's what they say, he was a murderer. and my brother is no murderer. he's not. >> a lawyer for the suspect tells nbc 10 that there have been discussions regarding a timely surrender in order for guisherd to clear his name. >>> a philadelphia police officer is accused of leaving the scene of an accident. back in june he was involved in an off-duty car crash with a student's vehicle on chestnut street. he took off. moore is a seven-year vet of the force. he's been suspe
out here. live in northeast philadelphia, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> philadelphia police say they know who fired the fatal shot that struck and killed a pregnant mom in frankford over the weekend. investigators looking for 27-year-old devon guisherd. according to police, he was targeting a white sedan driving near adams avenue on sunday morning when a stray bullet struck 25-year-old megan doto. she was 8 months pregnant at the time. her baby did not survive. the suspect's sister...
problem right now with mass transit. amtrak's northeast corridor no service between philadelphia and d.c. do you understand wires causing a problem. all service canceled if you're in philadelphia headed towards d.c. there's a problem right there. let's go outside live. i told you the tacony palmyra bridge is going up. it's up right now. hard to see. it's dark out there. stick to the betsy ross bridge as your alternate that's moving fine at this point. also live in plymouth meeting right now looking at ridge pike eastbound we had an accident, it has since cleared so things moving better right now but as david has been talking about the roads in the process of getting wet right now just in time for the morning commute. construction going on, paving on the boulevard northbound. still happening in the inner drive for about another half hour and that's -- watch for in paving near rhawn. southbound we had a fuel spill but that has since cleared, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> and we begin this morning with breaking news coming to us from northeast philadelphia where police say a father sh
problem right now with mass transit. amtrak's northeast corridor no service between philadelphia and d.c. do you understand wires causing a problem. all service canceled if you're in philadelphia headed towards d.c. there's a problem right there. let's go outside live. i told you the tacony palmyra bridge is going up. it's up right now. hard to see. it's dark out there. stick to the betsy ross bridge as your alternate that's moving fine at this point. also live in plymouth meeting right now...
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northeast philadelphia are pushing for more police that comes from the area in which a nine year-old boy was grace by a bullet to the head on tuesday. boy was with his mother leaving a library any tacony when he was shot. that is not far from where philadelphia police officer was grazed by a bullet a few weeks ago. both were in the 15th police district. >> i think there should be more cops in the neighborhood, most definitely. they are ones that protect us. >> councilman bobby henon wants to split the 15th district in two nerd to increase the number of police officers in the neighborhood. >>> president obama is in wales for the nato summit. this morning's times of london the president and british prime minister david cameron say they will not be cowed bias lamb i can militant who beheadedded two american journalist. the rise of the group of the islamic state is expect to dominate the talks. >>> u.s. justice department plans to open an invest into the practices of the ferguson missouri police department. one of their officers in suburban st. louis, fatally shot an unarmed black teenager s
northeast philadelphia are pushing for more police that comes from the area in which a nine year-old boy was grace by a bullet to the head on tuesday. boy was with his mother leaving a library any tacony when he was shot. that is not far from where philadelphia police officer was grazed by a bullet a few weeks ago. both were in the 15th police district. >> i think there should be more cops in the neighborhood, most definitely. they are ones that protect us. >> councilman bobby...
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at a northeast philadelphia grocery store is asking for the public's health. last week two masked gunman opened fire in the parking lot. they stole $70,000 that one man was about to deposit. police are looking for leads when it comes to the suspect but they know the getaway car was a dodge with roof racks. >> you say it feels like a nightmare? >> honestly, i haven't slept any single night since that night. er night it keeps coming back. >> police tell us they need tips from the public to help crack the case. there is now $10,000 of reward money out there, $5,000 from law enforcement and another $5,000 being offered from the victim himself. >>> and new this morning an ocean county man will spend life behind bars. he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to have a former assistant ocean county prosecutor killed. that prosecutor tried goldberg for shooting his neighbor and killing the neighbor back in 2009. >>> and then a woman accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl is expected to conclude last week. the aunt and her boyfriend testified this week. h
at a northeast philadelphia grocery store is asking for the public's health. last week two masked gunman opened fire in the parking lot. they stole $70,000 that one man was about to deposit. police are looking for leads when it comes to the suspect but they know the getaway car was a dodge with roof racks. >> you say it feels like a nightmare? >> honestly, i haven't slept any single night since that night. er night it keeps coming back. >> police tell us they need tips from...
have another messy accident in northeast philadelphia shutting down bustleton avenue, closed between long shore and harbison avenue. eu89 brought down a -- it brought down a pole and you may want to use leonard avenue, the boulevard southbound is blocked in the inner drive because of the an accident. >> we have video of that accident, it's our developing story, a driver crashed into a northeast philadelphia restaurant and then simply fled the scene. it happened at the jade harbor chinese restaurant in the 6900 block of busle ton avenue. it knocked over a poll and hit a gas line and caused a small leak. >>> videos posted online show several people beating a mentally challenged young man in newark, delaware. the 26-year-old victim is diagnosed with william syndrome and has the mental capacity of a second grader. his mother spoke exclusively to "action news" about the attacks. >> reporter: when you saw the video what went through your mind? >> rage, anger, calls of the situation with him -- because of the situation with him being mentally disabled, he doesn't do anything to anyone but b
have another messy accident in northeast philadelphia shutting down bustleton avenue, closed between long shore and harbison avenue. eu89 brought down a -- it brought down a pole and you may want to use leonard avenue, the boulevard southbound is blocked in the inner drive because of the an accident. >> we have video of that accident, it's our developing story, a driver crashed into a northeast philadelphia restaurant and then simply fled the scene. it happened at the jade harbor chinese...
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on business in northeast philadelphia. the store own are in said someone painted swastikas on the front windows of his business and that has a whole lot of people in his neighborhood very upset tonight. fox 29's dawn timmeney joins us live from northeast philadelphia at that store. now, dawn, has anything like this ever happened in the neighborhood? >> reporter: no, lucy, never and that's why everyone here is so stunned. you can see that the swastikas have been washed away. the pain not so much so. long-time residents here say they're just shocked and deeply saddened. >> it hurts. it brings tears to your eyes. >> it's overwhelming. i couldn't believe what i was seeing. >> reporter: this is what eddie was seeing when she showed up for work at frankie g's hair salon on bustleton avenue. big red swastikas painted on simon's kosher meat store a few days down. >> this never happened in 60 years i lived here. this is a disgrace. roar report simon was overwhelmed with sadness when he arrived at his business and saw the swastikas. simon has been here 23 years. his mom escape the ukraine a
on business in northeast philadelphia. the store own are in said someone painted swastikas on the front windows of his business and that has a whole lot of people in his neighborhood very upset tonight. fox 29's dawn timmeney joins us live from northeast philadelphia at that store. now, dawn, has anything like this ever happened in the neighborhood? >> reporter: no, lucy, never and that's why everyone here is so stunned. you can see that the swastikas have been washed away. the pain not...
in allentown and 75 for quakertown and 77 in northeast philadelphia and mt. holly and trenton and dover. up to 76 degrees while atlantic city sunny skies and 74 this afternoon. nothing but sunshine for westchester, chester and glassboro. seven-day forecast, just ahead. >>> ten minutes after 5:00, following a traffic situation that could impact your morning drive on the blue route where there was a fatal accident this morning. >> which has all the northbound lanes shut down. jillian mele, tell us more. >> unclear if the highway is reopened or just some of the stuck traffic getting by because you can see the right lane of traffic is getting by this accident. this is new in the last ten minutes. this is the blue route northbound just past 76. so, the blue route has been closed at 76, but oftentimes when you have a serious accident on a highway, crews will create a closure point and the accident point will be farther away and a lot of vehicles stuck behind that accident have been sitting on the highway. it's unclear as i mentioned if the road itself is opened and we'll try to work to
in allentown and 75 for quakertown and 77 in northeast philadelphia and mt. holly and trenton and dover. up to 76 degrees while atlantic city sunny skies and 74 this afternoon. nothing but sunshine for westchester, chester and glassboro. seven-day forecast, just ahead. >>> ten minutes after 5:00, following a traffic situation that could impact your morning drive on the blue route where there was a fatal accident this morning. >> which has all the northbound lanes shut down....
breeze in trenton, northeast philadelphia and wilmington, but reading is reporting calm conditions and some dense fog this morning. the temperatures are cooling in the allentown area and they're starting to see esome fog now, as well, with that lighter wind. three-quarter mile visibility in allentown and quarter mile visibility currently in reading and lancaster. so, going to be slow going in those areas. no sign of fog at this hour and the pocono mountains and the rest of the area is in the clear, too. we will see fog disappear as the temperatures climb. by lunchtime, 70, nice and comfortable this afternoon and 77 degrees. got your weekend forecast with the seven-day, when i come back. >>> it is 5:39 and getting an update now on traffic and at the top of the headlines this morning, the situation on 476. >> and it is much improved, compared to an hour ago or two hours ago. jillian mele has the update. jillian? >> all activity has cleared in the last few minutes since i saw you about eight minutes ago. it is all out of there p. one flare remains where the accident happened. that is grea
breeze in trenton, northeast philadelphia and wilmington, but reading is reporting calm conditions and some dense fog this morning. the temperatures are cooling in the allentown area and they're starting to see esome fog now, as well, with that lighter wind. three-quarter mile visibility in allentown and quarter mile visibility currently in reading and lancaster. so, going to be slow going in those areas. no sign of fog at this hour and the pocono mountains and the rest of the area is in the...
video feed. >>> the family of a northeast philadelphia murder victim says her funeral will be held today. family and friends will pay final respects to ruby thomas. she's one of two women killed in the execution style murders inside a home last month. dolly evans was the other victim. police say the suspect in the case, 25-year-old james mears was staying with the women. they believe the murders took place after mears tried to rob one of them. >>> happening today, a memorial service will be held for american journalist steven sotloff who was beheaded by isis militants. the public service is expected to take place this afternoon in pine crest, florida. sotloff was taken hostage last year in syria while working as a free lance journalist. his family says through his work, sotloff wanted to give a voice to those who have been silenced. >>> today, nato allies are once again in wales for a two-day summit. one major topic;hjt discussions how to deal with these isis militants. president obama and british prime minister david cameron are pressing other nato leaders to confront the militan
video feed. >>> the family of a northeast philadelphia murder victim says her funeral will be held today. family and friends will pay final respects to ruby thomas. she's one of two women killed in the execution style murders inside a home last month. dolly evans was the other victim. police say the suspect in the case, 25-year-old james mears was staying with the women. they believe the murders took place after mears tried to rob one of them. >>> happening today, a memorial...
:00, a father shoots and kills a man in his father's room in northeast philadelphia, we have the latest on the investigation. >> plus, a former nazi guard in auschwitz will stand trial, but oscar growner says that accessory is too strong a word. >>> and we'll go live to los angeles to see if firefighters are able to gain the upper hand. i'm j-a-n-e and i have copd. i'm d-a-v-e and i have copd. i'm k-a-t-e and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way my volunteering. that's why i asked my doctor about b-r-e-o. once-daily breo ellipta helps increase airflow from the lungs for a full 24 hours. and breo helps reduce symptom flare-ups that last several days and require oral steroids, antibiotics, or hospital stay. breo is not for asthma. breo contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. it is not known if this risk is increased in copd. breo won't replace rescue inhalers for sudden copd symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. breo may increase your risk of pneumonia, thrush, osteoporosis, and some eye proble
:00, a father shoots and kills a man in his father's room in northeast philadelphia, we have the latest on the investigation. >> plus, a former nazi guard in auschwitz will stand trial, but oscar growner says that accessory is too strong a word. >>> and we'll go live to los angeles to see if firefighters are able to gain the upper hand. i'm j-a-n-e and i have copd. i'm d-a-v-e and i have copd. i'm k-a-t-e and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way...
accident earlier. now an update. a 10-year-old boy hit by a car last night in northeast philadelphia died. that boy passed away from his injuries. he was riding his bike around 8:30 when he was hit on long shore avenue. the driver did stop. police tell us the driver will not face any charges. >>> this morning, celebrities and fans across world are mourning the loss of joan rivers. on the hollywood walk of fame, a wreath of flowers was placed on rivers' star. >> this morning, we're remembering the comedy legend as well. >> tributes are pouring in after rivers died yesterday at age 81. >> joan rivers entertained us for 50 years as a standup comic, late-night talk show host, and hollywood pass critic. rivers always kept a busy schedule. she was even working the day before her vocal surgery. many celebrities are commenting on her death this morning. ellen degeneres tweeting joan rivers will always be a pioneer. she paved the way for a lot of comedians. i'm very sad she's gone. >>> meanwhile, new york state health officials, they launched an investigation into the clinic where rivers had surge
accident earlier. now an update. a 10-year-old boy hit by a car last night in northeast philadelphia died. that boy passed away from his injuries. he was riding his bike around 8:30 when he was hit on long shore avenue. the driver did stop. police tell us the driver will not face any charges. >>> this morning, celebrities and fans across world are mourning the loss of joan rivers. on the hollywood walk of fame, a wreath of flowers was placed on rivers' star. >> this morning,...
, notice delays, will only continue to grow back, all the way into northeast, that's how it works every day. if you are traveling on the northbound side of 95, pretty clear around northeast philadelphia, center city, delaware county, and maybe headed out toward new jersey, as well. no major delays. if you are traveling amtrak, one detail you want to factor into your commute this morning, service suspended between washington, to philadelphia, so, definitely want to be mine full of. that will looking at the wide, our speed censors look great this morning, lots of green, just how we like to see it all over the map. forty-eight your average on the schuylkill, 55, traveling on 476, again, seeing that drop on 95, as you commute southbound approaching the vine st. expressway, but overall majors look great. just keep in mind with slick spots find because of the weather, take it easy out there. you just never know. if you are traveling in new jersey, northbound, on the new jersey turnpike, we are dealing with some overnight construction at exit two. that would be route 322. be mindful of t
, notice delays, will only continue to grow back, all the way into northeast, that's how it works every day. if you are traveling on the northbound side of 95, pretty clear around northeast philadelphia, center city, delaware county, and maybe headed out toward new jersey, as well. no major delays. if you are traveling amtrak, one detail you want to factor into your commute this morning, service suspended between washington, to philadelphia, so, definitely want to be mine full of. that will...