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>> i'm nydia han with eva pilgrim, with a breaking news update. this is a live picture of the schuylkill expressway at gulph mills, i-76 is closed because of debtedly accident that injured many people. 30 vehicles were involved, this is one of the major accidents we're covering this morning. >> here's a list of all the roads close the schuylkill at gulph mills in both directions. turnpike is closed to the new jersey state line. and 202 is closed northbound to route 401. betsy ross bridge is opened eastbound into new jersey but not in the other direction. the ben franklin bridge and the commodor barry bridge are open in both directions at this hour.
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we want to go to the bill kapone with the pennsylvania turnpike commission. bill can you update us? >> the turnpike is closed, we anticipate being able to reopen it within in the hour, i can't be be much more specific than that. we feel conditions will be such that we can reopen, east/west section from morgantown to the delaware bridge to the new jersey line within the hour. >> so the roads are getting better. >> we had accidents and vehicle accident scenes to address and get the vehicles off the roads and treating the roads so the report i just got from our road crews was that they expected that within the how we may be able to reopen the road. >> good news, pennsylvania turnpike commission, thanks so
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much. >> thank you bye-bye. this warrington bucks county a white pickup truck slid on the bristol road this morning. the force of the collision as you can see snapping that pole there in half. we want to update you on the weather forecast and where the freezing rain is falling. >> reporter: meteorologist chris sowers is at the big board with the latest. >> reporter: all right guys, the technology of double scan live showing a couple of things, one the heavy rains falling across delaware and south jersey, number two the freezing rain line continue to retreat toward the northwest. this is upper bucks and upper montgomery counties, that's the line pottstown green lane, quakertown, mill folder, areas north and west reporting moderate to occasionally heavy freezing rain. south and east of the line it is switched over to heavy rain. malvern reporting heavy rain, jenkintown norristown, willow grove, reporting heavy rain. temperatures are starting to moderate. we're at 50 degrees in
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philadelphia. freezing line is well west of philadelphia. that ocean air continues to push and drive the cold pocket of air north and west out of the viewing area. that will be the trend over the next couple of hours. as you just heard on the phone there, some of the roads are getting much better now. we continue to see improvement over the large portion of the viewing area. the i-95 corridor north and west the freezing rain advisory has been extended until noon for these areas. we'll continue to see freezing rain and should go over to plain rain from this point on, periods of it heavy at times the next issue will be poor drainage flooding that will develop in areas because the ground is completely frozen. south jersey and delaware, heavy rains, poor drainage flooding a good bet in these areas. lots of ponding on roads and poor reduced visibility because the rain is coming down at a good clip. that's the latest we'll have an update on "action news" at noon.
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>> this is the latest on the impact of the freezing rain for now. >> we'll have a digital update at 1:14:50 at 6abc.com. you can get that on your mobile device and 6abc.com. we send you to inside story already in progress. >> nelson represents a generation in the community and different generation. >> the largest constituency in the democratic party in philadelphia is the african-american vote. whoever is going to win has to get a significant majority of that vote. what john street demonstrated he not only got the majorities of that vote, he got a lot of white voters in lower northeast philadelphia to create his victory. i do think though, that the african-american community still
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something vote based on rails. >> with anthony hardy williams, he has made inroads his standings related to education opened him up to a population he may have the possibilities to reach out to other communities. no audio. >> the question do you have the money. >> on education senator will yaments will be talking about choice -- williams will be talking about choice. there will be part of philadelphia community that's going to feel very uncomfortable about where he has been in the past with vowsms. ivouches, i think that's going to be a challenge. to go back where he is starting, everybody will be coveting darrell clark's support. >> unions will not necessarily be in one camp. >> let's talk about another big
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announcement this week, martian martian -- marion tasco said no 9th term. there was an issue for cherelle, relate to do a dui arrest she is trying to get that conviction overturned. >> she has become the odds on favorite. she won her own election in that space over the last several years. martian tascco had a great career. she has been able to deliver the 50th world for every candidate she supported. >> let's look at the paul
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stenske, if he was to open the seat he would be the first openly gay member of city council. he said he wants to get in and get a seat. he had a really well-attended announcement. >> not only that the symbolic nature if he were to win he mass has a great background in the business community. i think he will be supported not only in the philadelphia running at large but the groups rising which is a group to raise a lot of money to support candidates that are toward the business community. the fact that he ran the reading terminal market university district would be a popular choice. >> whose seats are vulnerable? >> after running for city council at large you don't know who you are running against
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until after the election. with paul's background, if you did a poll and asked the top ten issues taxes and things like that don't register as the most important issues. >> he'll bring out the gay vote i'm not trying to pigeon hole them, they care about businesses and taxes and politically sophisticated community. >> not enough to elect him though. >> we'll see. >> we've been talking about this issue over time what would happen with the nra. the way the state law has been written, technically municipalities were not to create their own gun laws, a lot of people try to put laws in place, because people who would come against them didn't have standing. new state law says you don't have to show injury to have standing. outside groups can get in and sue, the nra has just done just
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that. they are suing philadelphia, pittsburgh and lancaster. they are saying if you lose your gun or if it is stolen you need to report it. if you can't take it into a city facility if you have a protection order of abuse or immanent danger you should not have a gun. i think these sound like reasonable things to be in place. is this good for the nra? >> all these ordinances were and sound rea e realilityty t thehey are symboli ththeyey a are minute ambush bill to go after this symbolic ordinances and get attorneys fees and costs from the places that they sue for they are not affected by the law in terms of
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being in harms way. >> the mayors in this cities, instead of saying everybody is scared of the nra, they are saying bring it. >> here's the wrinkle in this suit, the way this law was passed in pennsylvania there's a chance the nra will lose this, my prediction, here's why. the way it was passed it was passed along with another subject matter, perhaps unconstitutional. very clear in the pennsylvania constitution, you can't have two subjects in similar legislation. the nra may take the heat and lose. >> this started as a bill crimes involving theft of copper wiring. the auditor general raised something interesting this week talking about pennsylvania state pension plans and how much trouble they are in. we're talking 7.7 in debt, 5.3 billion is in philadelphia. he said partly of it is the way
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we do things. we have 1200 municipalities across the state trying to run the various programs. you say to yourself what do you do if you're incoming governor wolf he said he is going to beat the drum until we do something on that. >> state hadn't done a good job running their pensions either. governor corbett went out kind of beating the drum that we have to do something. it has to be greater discipline in the managingful funds. they set the rate of return higher than it's going to be so it reduces the amount of money you have to pay every year and at the end of year you don't achieve the rate of return and the gap is bigger. >> there's a study where labor units support candidates for promise of increases in pensions that never make it in terms of funding. the unfunded pension liability
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across the country is staggering and it tends to be more in blue states because theses are orderly municipalities with more established union workforces, where people bargained to get pensions. >> do we ever get to the point where we pay the piper? >> detroit. >> look at detroit. troilt is -- detroit is a very good example. i don't think people appreciate how many cities are this close being on the path of detroit. >> governor wolf who has at least said and we'll see he is a democrat will he have better success negotiating with his constituency be a big part which is unions to affect change. >> let's talk about this quickly. lisa vetri furman has in front of her a grand jury said you
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should prosecute kathleen kane. we know that kane is saying she will fight, she will fight this, where do you think furman will go on this? >> i think she will be careful and deliberate and charge her. >> good answer. >> i think her decision to run for judge frees her up to do what she thinks is the right thing to do. the right thing is to charge her and let it be fought out in the judicial process. >> and there's a penalty to pay politically for holding back. she will be in trouble with the rails if she doesn't. >> when i learned that furman had this, that's not good for kathleen kane. this is a lady who is known for winning when it comes to prosecution. >> winning and she has a tremendous reputation across the
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aisle. >> kathleen kane is more lanny davis. >> he dealt with the clintons and lots of back and forth and legal battle. what does it see it does means for the people of the state? >> it's not a good thing we've talked about kathleen kane before on this set. she's done a number of things that have gotten people in her own party looking sideways at her. i think she was a compromised attorney general some months ago. at some point you do get to the stage where you can't be effective any more. >> we have 30 seconds. >> a quick precedent unwho took the place of the attorney
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>> welcome back to inside story, time tamala edwards. let's talk about presidential politics it's starting to get good. so mitt romeny a bunch of people thing they are coming out for a campup and reports start coming out in the press that's thinking about making a third run for president. a lot of reaction to this, some people saying don't do it, a lot
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of people think he jumped in there because he saw jeb bush get traction as he opened up a couple of pacts. people who support romney look at ronald reagan. >> romney got in because he saw jeb bush collect all the big money. romney is not fond of bush, romney wants to preserve his options, but oms -- options of candidates he wants to support if he is not the nominee. he wants to block those donors by saying i might be back. >> what you want is a good debate. we want to hear good debates bush romney, that's an awesome
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debate on the issue. >> it helps the republican party in my opinion, in the sense that broadening the tent it's not just the tea party side of it, that's where jeb has his most challenges, given his stands on issues. the question is does romney have the fire in the belly and then we have chris christie he is the one who could be the biggest loser in all this. >> christy is saying to people, relax, there's time, there's plenty of money to go around i'm not going to be pushed by this, a lot of people will get out there, is that the right reaction when we hear all the things he's doing to be a candidate. >> the person cheering on the sidelines, it's hillary clinton because competition in the republican party will force them exactly happened to mitt romeny it will force them to the right to win the primary. that will be the deciding vote in the primary. they have to figure out how to get back to the middle to win
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the national election. >> let me be contrary, the benefit of a primary if it's not too bruising it sharpens your steel. whose going to show up against hillary clinton will she be ready when she gets to the election. >> she has been tested with barack obama. she will have been obama standing with her supporting the community where the block of the votes come from. and the independent voters who voted in the majority of united states senate are the same year who sent barack obama back to the white house. >> bush probably has the best chance against clinton and i think the biggest hurdles he has is that the republicans don't want to put a bush up against a clinton. >> it would be like --
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[laughter]. >> bush has been on ticket since 1972 the win ticket for the republicans. >> let's turn to foreign affairs, ed which is your bailey wick. we saw the massacre in france, and 2,000 people killed in africa. why weren't we see the charlie hebdo response? >> remember when boko haram kidnapped those girls the first lady and others, very prominently did the hash tag bring our girls back, again it's very nice, it's a sentiments, but it's not practice action. the challenges are what are the practical actions that you would have to take in nigeria to
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really go after boko haram. you're talking about sending ground troops in and in many cases take the place of the nigerian military, because they have not been effective for one reason or another. chasing after boko haram the logistics of where you have to go and what you have to do is difficult. it's a lot easier in france and the other thing to keep in mind it shocks the system and more when you consider that paris, france had this happen and it happened to people from very well to do background engaged in the kind of discourse that people of means engage in and then you say that could happen to me. boko haram is not going to come here but isis might. >> i thought when i saw
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happened in boga. it made me think about the taliban. then they blew up the statues and said this is trouble. are we going to be looking at this in 3 to 5 years and say this is where we should have paid attention. >> we typically do that, we don't pay attention until it hits us, boko haram said this is our slice of allah's green earth. this is what they pay attention to. they ever stretch their lens and starred to go other place then we'll be playing catch up. in terms of. islam i also terrorists. the administration has a problem saying islam iists terrorists. >> we have them in yemen and
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what do you do. >> al qaeda and isis are spoken as if they are separate baskets. they are not. they tend to be organizations that will work to complimentary purposes that's what make it's so tremendously daunting. you saw the head of mi5 which is britain's fbi said these attacks are coming our way suddenly you've got a situation in belgium, in france, you've got them in england and threats in the united states against the capitol and military installations. it's not a coincide. we'll keep talking about this and take a break and come back to you are 0 insider stories.
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next president to believe that the way they treat barack obama is raced based. i think many have already concluded that. >> isis hacked into central commands, twitter and youtube pages, but the hack of this group anonymous declared war against isis, so now the left will go after isis, it's going to be interesting to is a see how this place out. >> reporter: governor-elect would feel is starting to fill his cabinet. his chief of staff general counsel, conservation of natural resources and padro cortes is back as secretary of state. >> a brouhaha. >> a before a had a had a. new -- a brew had a had 00 brouhaha.
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no yuengling at the govern's inauguration. yuengling a pilots based company older lager in the country who doesn't like a good yuengling. >> a tip to the hat of those in the city who come out on the day of service for martin luther king. it's truly impressive. we'll see you next sunday. >> >> i'm nydia han along with eva pilgrim. >> breaking news, icy conditions cause deadly crashes. a massive pileup killed one. >> pennsylvania state police say two people were killed on the blue route. >> flooding in delaware causing more problems for drivers. >> "action news" crews are fanned out across the area, we'll have the latest look and
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updates, plus chris sowers has the latest forecast next on "action news." at perdue, we pride ourselves on the freshness of our chicken. well, not that kind of fresh. but i can guarantee the freshness of our chicken because we go beyond what the usda requires... with extra inspections in american family owned farms,
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