to get across the north platte river. then, there were not five dams and you did not have a regulated channel. you have all the snow melt coming out of the what -- mountains. the river is as big as it will be all year. we are looking at a river almost 1000 feet across. they built a fairy. prior to that, you forded the the fairy operation became a safer way to cross. found their are a lot of we setnts on the trail up a ferry operation. the first location was here to read it lasts for six years. there is a bridge built downriver. it puts the fairies out of business --ferries out of business. -- bridge built in 1859. . toll bridge purely commercial operation. in 1860, this is a pony express relay station. they had home stations and relay stations. this is a relay station where they would change horses. that lasted 19 months. pony express goes out of business. this is now a telegraph station. the fort is located here because of the transcontinental telegraph. in 1862, early in the civil war, the north is not doing so well but

early in the morning, we had the battle of platte bridge. there was a young lieutenant named caspar collins. he is passing through this fort on the day of the battle. he was ordered to leave the 11th kansas volunteer cavalry soldiers out to meet and army supply wagon that were coming back from supplying points further west. that morning he rides out. it takes 20 guys with him. they get across the bridge and not even a mile away and they are ambushed by the lakota, cheyenne, and arapahoe gathered together to get revenge for sand creek. they wheel around and raced back to the fort. casper collins and four other soldiers are killed. amazingly, the other guys made it back or it about four hours later, the army supply wagons show up on the horizon. this is called the battle of red butte and the army shows -- sees the wagons show up in fire a warning shot with her canon and the tribes see them and race out in that direction and attacked the wagon supply train. it was led by commissary sergeant amos custard. there were 25 guys with that group. ther

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so, this is the ramp to the platt bridge that's causing the problem right now so watch for that one.ping a live look on that. and meanwhile we have a new issue here, debris on the roadway right on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound at valley forge so watch for that in the right lane. northeast extension northbound between lansdale and quakertown, we've got construction blocking the right lane. the southbound construction there has cleared. let's go back to the tacony section. you've been talking about this overnight shooting and it's still impacting your morning commute. we're looking live right now torresdale avenue. we've got portions of torresdale blocked. we see police on the scene with this. we can see the crime scene tape still blocking torresdale avenue between disston and hellerman. stick to frankford as your alternate to avoid that portion of torresdale that's shut down. this is also affecting ditman and mcgee. we've got portions of those roads blocked as well. three different streets blocked right now in tacony with -- involving this overnight shooting and police still on

we had the battle of platte bridge. the goal of the tribes were to bridge.of the the bridge was a visual symbol, that could be attacked that represented all of the migration and the people moving out here. their goal was to get rid of this. so early in the morning we had the battle of platte bridge. from is a young lieutenant casperohio calvary named collins. he is passing through the fort on the day of the battle. the 11th lead cavary.ant kses they get across the bridge and away and theye are ambushed by the cheyenne and arapaho that are gathered together. they wheel around and race back to the fort. casper collins and four other soldiers are killed. other guys made it back. the supplylater, wagon shows up. this is called the battle of red butte. they fire a warning shot with sees themn, the tribe as well and they attack that wagon supply train. one it is led by amos custard. were 2 25 guys with that group. five in an advanced guard. they get rid of the horses an three of them made it back to the forth. the supply wago

bridge, the george platt bridge, as we look live, where they took the speed limit from 45 down to 35in mind if you are going to the katy perry concert tonight. otherwise, we're in good shape. major roadways are in the 50's along i-95, the schuylkill expressway, no problems along 476. however, later on today, they'll be working along 422 both directions right near oaks, keep that in mind if you're out after 9:00. and new project begins today, along 15-mile stretch of county line road. they're going to work between 611 and york road. building and repaving that whole stretch. get ready for an active work zone beginning later on today. mass transit looking good. here's ukee now with a look at sports. >> phillies off today, against the houston astros, cole hamels on the field for the phils yesterday wrapping up national series, cole allowed only one run in seven innings. but, he left the game in the hands of the bullpen, and the nats kick their offense in gear. yes, nationals scored three runs in the eighth, beat the phils four to nothing, phils were shut out two games in a row, splitting

direction towards the airport on the platt we have a disable vehicle blocking the right-hand lane, it is delays thing at pen rose. traveling opposite direction you are delayed the entire length. watch t for still return hour delays in the usual spots and schuylkill, vine 476 and then gannon i-95 but stay with us on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" it's the yoplait greek taste-off and we are asking the music city which 100-calorie strawberry greek yogurt is the next big thing. i'm a random lady with a table full of yogurt. want some greek yogurt? can i ask you a question? tell us what tastes best. this one is definitely the winner. that one is good. a is great. yoplait greek 100! that's the stuff right there. you want to see which one yoplait greek beat? chobani yes! yoplait greek wins again. take the taste-off for yourself! it is a beautiful day for yogurt. >>> preseason game number two against patriots, starters should play in the second quarter, jeremy maclin did not participate in this morning's walk through, he has a sore hamstring and he is questionable for tomorrow's game. fans looking t

it's on the ramp to island avenue and the platt bridge. activity in this area.here are lane restrictions. the far right land is actually getting by. this accident involves a motorcycle and another vehicle. we have at least two vehicles involved. police are out there at the scene. the highway is clear right now. that's something you have to watch out for. that's where the accident is located. the rest of the majors, average speeds in the 50s. 42, northbound side at creek road. >>> we continue to follow our breaking news in the line of fire. we are learning more hour by hour with the philadelphia police officer shot while on duty. he will be okay but the police commissioner says half an inch and we'll be planning a funeral. >>> 6:15 right now, we're staying on top of breaking news we've been following all morning. skyforce 10 live over the scene where a philadelphia police officer was shot during an exchange of gunfire with an armed sus pet. you can see investigators still there five hours after the shooting. here's what we know right now. officer stephen korpalsk

platt bridge live look from our airport camera in problems up and over platt working your way toward the neighborhood a nice short cut for folks to use this from the schuylkill over to the airport. ninety-five out of the northeast we have work zones but no problems at all. normal travel times coming in the city. overnight work still with us on 295, now both directions between 42 and the black horse pike. typically head this way early in the morning, you know what i'm talking about out there until 6:00 o'clock. midday work coming to passyunk avenue on the bridge between 28th and 61st street but work during the the day and for gang down in delaware keep in mind 495 opened in both directions. that will be great for this upcoming holiday weekend. in problems on i-95. all the bridges are fine, mass transit, all of the delays. >> schools in napa, california will reopen after an earthquake rock the valley on sunday but one teenager will be missing as he recovers from his injuries. thirteen year-old nicholas dylan was go a sleep over with friend in his living room when shaking began sunday m

on i-95, northbound the off ramp to island avenue platt bridge, reports of an accident there. they are just coming in. we will get more, to you on that, and also tonight, big event in camden, new jersey for the parrot heads, jimmy buffet concert is at susquehanna bank center at 8:00 p.m. and there will be plenty of traffic around that area, mike. >> 6:03 on this tuesday, developing right now, a philadelphia police officer was shot in the city's tacony section during a confrontation with the suspect that suspect shot dead by police. police say officer steven korpalski and his partner responded to a call just before 1:00 for a man with the gun. thinks on the 6400 block of ditman street. they say that he immediately started firing at the officers. korpalski and three other officers returned fire, korpalski was grazed in the head and released from the hospital, just a little bit before 5:00 o'clock this morning. >> very, very for the nate that he was not injured anymore seriously and it really highlights dangers that police officers face every single day when they go out there on

. >> sky6 live hd taking a live look for us, this morning of the platt bridge. you can see up of traffic. more lights coming across and going across the bridge, 6:15 on this fabulous thursday. >> you know, karen, it looks dark out there, really gray. we have a good amount of clouds, but we have sunshine, as well. aven.ne l 495 andrtn eaglein sod 72. 495 northbound is closed. 69 degrees, 85 is the high, clouds and sunshine, watching for spotty thunderstorms not affecting your morning commute, ould impact yourvening commute. 85 is the high. flash flooding in thailand has turned deadly, surging waters swept away a 60-year-old man, another 60-year-old man is missing after the house he was in was torn apart by the heavy downpours. army rangers are coordinating eleaf efforts in the stricken area. >>> outrage is spreading over the beheading of james foley. foley's family priest said the pope plans to call the family with condolences later today. >>> president obama was called out by name bye-bye -- by foley's murderer. the president has ordered a new round of airstrike

rick flat founded sky zone -- ink platt founded sky zone 2004.arders knocked on his door hoping to use the facility for practice. i spoke to rick, the chief executive, about his success. physicalicer fun, activity for kids and we do it in an environment where we have trampolines linked together and we play sports on trampolines. we are mixing fun and entertainment but we are getting people active and we feel that it is something that society as a whole needs more of today. we are expanding quickly and we are global. >> you talk about being active. what is the best location for a sky zone active trampoline experience? >> right here in our backyard in long island we have a location. i have to represent new york. kids andnity that has a family, we are in different communities across the u.s.. we are in canada and mexico. people all over the world like jumping. there is a sense of freedom that comes with physical activity. trampolines are in the olympics and it is internationally recognized. we feel there should be a sky zone in every market across t

. >> reporter: we have a problem on the platt bridge with a disabled pick up truck causing a problem with traffic. now we see the traffic moving better. still an issue in lower salford township. >> the pope has a special message for young people and all the stuff we do on these things. "action news" continues. >> 6:14, all systems go at philadelphia international airport. 67 degrees on city avenue. >> let's go over to karen rogers animal get the latest in your commute. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, looking live on 422 if you're coming in from pottstown, limerick or collegeville no delays coming in from king of prussia. we have other problems in and around so you have to be careful as you're heading out. we're looking here at old lincoln highway closed between rock hill road and bristol road. this is just came in during the commercial break, so you need to watch for this, a gas main break happening old lincoln highway is closed near rock hill road. we have other issues like this one, we have down wireless in lower salford township, harleysville pike is blocked at crossroad.

six people, three platts energy and three became, were among those injured.he shots were fired early sunday morning on n street southwest. it is unclear what prompted the gunfire, or who was targeted. >>> is a ride they will not soon forget. the jokers jinx roller coaster at six flags largo remains closed. two dozen riders were stranded nearly six hours on a track 75 feet in the air. prince george's county firefighters had to bring each rider down in baskets attached to ladders. >> minor aches and pain. they were leaning against the side of the cars for awhile. a few sore legs. we were giving them what you are. a few were dehydrated. but as far as i know, none of them were severely injured. >> reporter: we are told all the riders signed waivers saying they were okay and did not need further medical treatment. >>> a local sheriff in upstate new york says criminal charges have not been ruled out against nascar driver tony stewart. the driver had climbed out of his vehicle to confront stewart. >> reporter: three time nascar champion tony stewart was questioned b

iowa republicans largely influenced by vander platts endorsement picked huckabee in 2008 and rick santorum in 2012. >> you got to try it. >> i'll one here. >> filmmaker a.j.schneck directed the documentary caucus and spent months following presidential candidates in the last race. >> it's good for the candidates because they're learning how to run for president. when they arrive in iowa they may not be good at running for president but for governor or for congress. running for president is a very different thing. >> in 2012 governor rick perry played the texas card hard. boots, buckles, bales and all. he's more urban hipster, square glasses and polo shirt and dress shoes, des-driving a new image in iowa. iowans get to meet the candidates and look a candidate in the eye is key. >> it's politics. it's hard to imagine a better place than iowa if you want to be part of the national dialogue and really interact with these figures. you will get to meet them all. even if they have security, even if they have some handlers, it's early enough in the campaign you're not held behind a velvet rope. >>

which would be the platt bridge. philly firefighters, with the hook and ladder on the scene there, already back up, trying to get into that one lane traffic pattern again, this is all north 95, as you are coming up toward the airport. we had some problems last night on the way home with amtrak, but all service has been restored. on the northeast corridor mass transit running with no delays. erika, back over to you. >> bob, thank ferguson, missouri where tensions between protesters and police boiled over again. we have some new video right hereof police firing tear gas at those protesters. correspondent andrew spencer has more. >> the national guard now on hand in ferguson, missouri, police did not try to enforce any kind of curfew overnight. instead, they formed lines of law enforcement, ready to respond to violent outbursts. even as members of the community urged for calm, a bottle is thrown, just over 11:00 p.m. and police swarmed to arrest a man in front of the crowd of protesters. elsewhere, a protester holds the

. >> reporter: let's look at the platt bridge, it's clear and dry, that's the westbound traffic headingoward the airport. moving just fine. betsy ross bridge is in the clear, tacony-palmyra is clear. ben franklin bridge we have the construction blocking the right lane, walt whitman bridge eastbound one lane blocked until 3. >> it takes nerve to get out there in front of all those people and do that, pal is a great charity, good for you. 73 degrees by 9:00 a.m., low humidity, a little bit of a breeze kicking around. 83 by 3:00 p.m., high of 84 degrees thool hit rnld 3:30, we'll be in the low 80s by 6:00 p.m. nice out there tonight, as well. if you're heading to the pool, the only thing i can tell you about this, it's a great idea as long as you have sunscreen. temperatures in the 80s, goo lather up, because we don't want you to get a burn. >> two love letters from a navy man have finally reached their destination 70 years after they were written. the letters were presented to dorothy at the chicago nursing home where she lives. she had written back and forth to the al who was stationed i

." >> welcome back, sky6 live hd, taking a live look at the plimg, you can see -- platt bridge, you can see a little bit of the rain coming down there. the bridge wet if you're driving around. be careful there's puddling on the roads, doesn't take much speed to lose control in rain like that. >>> a study from the university of washington looked at women between 20 and 49. patients who used the pill in the last year were 50% more likely to have a breast cancer diagnosis. breast cancer is rare among that age group. not all birth control is the same, low dose pills were not found to increase risks. taking birth control are known to lower the risk of ovarian and uterine carnals. >>> a new study said homemade lunches are often missing the vegetables be and milk and other healthy items recommended. the most common items were sandwiches, which were found in 59% of lunch. 34% contained fruit and 11% vegetables. 4% of snacks met two of the child and adult program standards. >>> finding time to work out is not easy, especially if you're a new mom, but a creative class is making things easier. ali

today, that's the platt bridge live on sky 6.ter 66 degrees 84 the high temperature, low humidity, salute beautiful on this friday, tonight's low, 65. authorities raided a south jersey home they say was being used as a meth lab. they arrested the man and woman at nor cross lane in pemberton, burlington county. they confiscated an illegal sawed-off shotgun. >>> police found the remains of 9 victims of 1978 jones town massacre. the new property owners in dover found 38 containers of unclaimed remains, 33 had proper paperwork and identified as victims in the mass suicide in south america. they are trying figure out how remains ended up in dover. >>> pierre freeman has inoperable brain cancer, but he exchanged vows with a his long time love, wish upon a wedding. >> i want to be your king forever. >> i can't imagine my life without and with god's mercy i'll never know what are that feels like. >> the 4-year-old group grants wedding wishes for couples facing terminal issues. everything was donated. but the families brought their most important things and that was strength and love. a special fe

ed turzanski, and larry platt. we're talking about the school starting on time. william hite sent friday as the. he warned that 1300 school employees may have to be laid off. he warned that schools might not start on time. everything will happen, but with caveats, there will not be bus services, fewer school police, we asked the question off the top of the show, did william hite blink and not follow through, what do you think? >> i think it was a tough choice, i do. i think in the end he decided that after having a lot of conversations with a lot of the people including parents and legislators, that it made more sense for him to open schools on time with cuts and that the pressure was going to be maintained on the legislature to get it done in the mid part of september. he has the option to close schools early and continue additional cuts through the school year, but i think, i think it was a tough decision either way. i don't think either way he want he was going to be an easy one make it work well for the school district. >> we haven't been privy to the convers

amenities in the community so a variety of different kinds of consequence services like lockers for dry platt and laundry service and fresh produce of some kind of and but there are in the beginning stages to formulate things to the community things that have been brought up in the previous years. >> thank you. >> thank you yes. i have a couple of comments and a few questions about the d b.a. and technical aspects. first of all, i didn't want to mention that i want to keep that moving it is is clear to my eye i've seen the pictures of block 51 rising up out of the dust it's so great 8 years ago i want to a meeting and nothing out there >> madam chair there's no dust. >> i meant ground. >> i know what you meant. >> dirt you can what i mean very water down dust. >> (laughter). >> i wanted to keep the number 7 item moving by it's great to see the buildings coming up. i want to say a few things about the design and go to the d b.a. on the design itself i love purple but a real question as it relates to the color scheme what's our strategy

. >> welcome back this monday morning, time now, 5:56 we're looking live outside over the platt bridge. the sun is up and shining. the temperature right now 65 degrees, new from our delaware newsroom this morning, the police are investigating robbery as a potential motive for a shooting in minquadale. a 40-year-old man is in critical condition with a gunshot to the chest. no arrests have been made. >> reading police are looking for two suspects in a deadly gang stabbing from the weekend. investigators say the victim showed up to fight one of the suspects on saturday, but then was scrummed by 6 more people. it happened on the 300 -- jumped by 6 more people. all seven of the men belong to street gangs. >>> state police in north hampton county are searching for a mystery man who rescued two children from a burning car and disappeared. this is aftermath of the fire on route 33 north in bush kill township. a stranger helped a woman pull had your 2-year-old an 2-month-old son from a smoking car before the car erupted into flames. everyone is doing fine, but the man left without giving his na

we are dealing with the disabled vehicle on the westbound side of the platt bridge making your way down towards the airport. phillies game just end not too long ago so that will affect folks trying to head out of south philadelphia and maybe make their way in delaware county westbound on the platt, one lane of traffic gets by and really rush hour all over the place. nineteen on the schuylkill. sixteen on i-95. twenty-four on 476. if you are traveling on 422 westbound right around route 100 we have an accident there compromising a lane so lots going on, chris. >>> thanks very much. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" a giant rubber duck invades the the west coast. the question is, what is this guy doing? take a closer look, beasley. >>> biggest test of the tournament for taney dragons they play within of the best hitting teams in the the little league world series tonight at 7:30. mone davis on spokesperson: you can get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card with a new volkswagen turbo. so why are we so obsessed with turbo? because there's nothing more exhilarating than a powerful ride. an

the platt is clear if that's how you get to the airport. 95 is looking good through delaware county.5 by cottman is also clear right now. besides from the accident in montgomery county, we're not reporting any other accidents across the area. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> beautiful sunshine yesterday. we have a repeat in store for us today. lots of sunshine, not much wind. clear skies this morning. we have clear skies, dry air and light wind. that's when you get some of the coolest temperatures. it's cooler by 1 degree, in philadelphia. this view will be nice and bright through the day today. right now it is nice and cool outside. chillier for allentown, 8 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. dover, millville, atlantic city, wildwood are all off by 5 degrees which means 50s and 60s. wilmington is 61. 57 in washington township, chester springs to 55 degrees. quakertown, allentown also at the 355 degree mark. a cool start but clear skies. we're showing no sign of wet weather near us. the nearest showers, a line of showers moving into

platt bridge behind me here if you have an early morning flight to get to. ben franklin is looking good. walt whitman quiet, as far as the commodore barry bridge, westbound, still construction. willow grove we have this construction happening, gas main repair project closing a portion of easton road between fitswatertown road and maryland road. this is a live look at 422, near trooper. that's the westbound side, that's where we usually see a delay later in the morning. but right now, it's still quiet. drive time looking good, seven minutes both ways. now, it is time to give you the results. the first week of high school blitz polling. frankford and downing town won it. we love that music. 6,700 people voted we thank you for that. what does that mean? actually after the show, i'm heading out to downingtown east to do a story. that team is going to be featured on the "high school blitz" saturday night on nbc10. >> straight from your ipod, right, jillian. >>> security guards are being laid off at the housing facility up next, why they say the new system will ke

using the platt bridge to or from the airport good shape here, the sun begins to rise over southwesthilly if the backgrounds of the ellie morning crash in lansdale, broad street still closed at cow path road. at least the first half, line road would be your best bet, as the alternate. then get ready for some midday delays on the schuylkill expressway, here is the deal. coming into the city, penndot will be working between gladwynn and belmont, beginning at 9:00 all the way up to three, down to one lane, ouch. coming into the city, after 9:00. so, factor in that, into your travel plans, and if you are trying to get to the airport on time, i would use the blue route out of saints dave's down to 95. ukee, back to you. >> bob, thank you. today the family of michael brown will say good-bye to the teenager shot and killed by police, in missouri, more than two weeks ago. >> as the community prepares for its funeral, his father says he just wants one thing: peace. cbs news correspondent danielle nottingham joins us now from st. louis with the very latest, danielle, good morning. >> reporter:

. >> ♪ traffic goes up and down the platt bridge.ll be affecting the morning commute as we progress this morning. >> let's find out about that morning commute and go right over to matt pelman. how is it looking. >> somebody has been doing their rain dance. was it you guys? it wasn't me, no, not so excited about this rain but i guess we need it at some point. as we head to the suburbs in lionville chester county we're seeing wet conditions along route 100 just south of route 113 close to the pizzeria uno. traffic moving okay as it heads southbound towards exton this morning. during the midday depending on what exactly the showers do in this area, we could see some northbound construction that often slows us down between shown road and worthington drive. scheduled to work from 9:00 until 3:00. all lanes opened and traffic moving okay despite the wet conditions. not as good in springfield township. getting word of a new crash along bethlehem pike at wise avenue. overnight construction on the pennsylvania turnpike is out of the way so th

look at the platt bridge high volume here as well. give yourself some more time.me volume southbound on i-95 making your way out of far northeast philadelphia. all the way down through the city. watch for delays traveling on the schuylkill expressway, usual spots you hit during rush hour you drop down to 14 miles an hour and take a look at 476 heading out of the mid county toll plaza and making your way down towardsville 'nova high delays there as well. as we look into malvern traffic lights are out at lancaster pike and phoenixville pike so give yourself more time stay with us here on the ahhh! what is it? there are no marshmallows in this box of lucky charms! huh... weird... seriously? what? they're magically delicious (yawn) (ding!) toaster strudel! more fruit in the filling, ya? mmm! ya! warm, flaky, gooey, toaster strudel! now, with more fruit! (yawn) (ding!) toaster strudel! more fruit in the filling, ya? mmm! ya! warm, flaky, gooey, toaster strudel! now, with more fruit! don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls... ...gets you there in just 60 seconds.

outside, a look see here at the platt bridge from our airport camera. no problems or delays.anged the speed limit. they knocked it down from 45 to 35, and boy they've been making sure folks adhere to that new speed limit. get the hint? hint-hint? >> all right, rest of the majors, travel times there 95 and the schuylkill expressway, not bad at all coming into philadelphia. damp from all of the rain we had last night but the burlington bristol bridge traffic stopped right now for an opening your best bet hang out for extra five minutes or maybe use that talcony palmyra. still working on the northeast extension southbound near the quakertown interchange. otherwise, rest of the bridges look fine, mass transit no delays. erika, back over to you. >> bob, thank youment you can now get taney merchandise to show your support for your ts are available at three model stores in philadelphia. stores on snyder avenue, oregon avenue, and chestnut street. 100% of the proceeds are donated back to the league. and, if you pick up a shirt like mr. washington has show your support by wearing that

northbound right near the philadelphia international airport basically at the start of the ramp to the plattge and island avenue, police just got to the scene. it's difficult to see exactly what's going on. this camera is not that tightly zoomed in. we do know there's at least two vehicles involved. there's a lane resfriction in this area. traffic is slowing down over here. for now heading into center city, the vine street expressway, looking good in both directions. volume starting to build on the westbound side as drivers approach 76. that's typical for the almost 6:00 hour. if you're taking septa, including the regional rail lines, everything is on or close to schedule. we have a lot of police activity in the tacony section of philadelphia. this is torresdale and magee. i'll break it down coming up at 6:00. >>> a philadelphia police officer shot and wounded in the line of duty, just a few hours ago, a suspect killed. these the video of the officer's response to the hospital after their fellow officer was rushed there at einstein medical. you'll see the relieved reaction from officers ther

if you have an early morning flight this morning and you're taking the platt, no problems there.

sky6 live hd live in looking at the platt bridge on this sunday afternoon. we have a nice, blue sky overhead and comfortable conditions the only thing you'll notice today as an up tick in humidity. the temperature outside currently if philadelphia, coming in at 84. wilmington, 83. in the poconos, 77. a pair of his along the coast in sea isle city. beach haven 78. here's satellite and radar we have a dominating ridge of high pressure across much of the mid atlantic region. the winds out of the north and northwest they will switch and turn out of the south and southeasterly direction as we get into the rest of the afternoon. the call from accuweather today, it's mostly sunny a touch on the humid side we'll max out in the upper 80s with the high coming in at 86 degrees, we'll look at the headlines as we see what's ahead. sunday, we're tracking changes as we get into early this week. heavy rain on the way tuesday night and a big cool down for the month of august on the way, we'll share those with you in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> we're foll

live look, at the platt bridge just from our airport camera, in problems or delays but you can see volume popping here up and over the span. they have knock speed limit from 45 down to 35 miles an hour across the span, i-95 to the left and right there no problems at all. we are in good shape out toward the airport. live look at blue route, 476, macdade boulevard, headlights northbound, no problems here heading south down toward 95 and eventually heading to the airport. out of the north east i-95 looking good from woodhaven to downtown, starting to see volume build at girard through the construction zone. schuylkill looking good but keep in mind with that uneven pavement between spring garden and 30th street as they continue the paving operation. i got off the horn with septa, signal problems on the paoli thorndale regional rail and amtrak signal problems setting paoli line back about 15 minutes on the inbound trains, the first train will in the leave thorndale until 5:50 this morning. so that will set us back 15 minutes for everybody coming in center city, natasha, back over to you. >>> c

if you have an early morning flight this morning and you're taking the platt, no problems there. 76 and 95 looking good. 14 minutes on 76 both ways between the blue route and vine and as you can see on 95, 13 to 14 minutes between woodhaven and the vine. an accident in coal ylmacolmar. >>> fire through an apartment building forcing people to flee their homes. katy zachry is live on grant avenue. this could have been worse if firefighters had not made quick decisions when they got there. >> reporter: they had to call for backup because of what they encountered when they first got here. we're at a larger apartment complex at grant and ashton streets. the fire broke out at this building that you're looking at right now restoration crews are doing remediation work. firefighters got the call just before midnight. when they arrived, they did not hear spomoke alarms from inside the building. they sprang into action and called for backup while some firefighters went up and down the halls of this multistory building knocking on people's doors making sure they got up and out. flames and spomoke w

this summer's newest blockbuster may be an unlikely pick for a marvel superhero, but don't let chris platt'scker persona fool you. "guardians of the galaxy" already earning $100 million at the box office this weekend, and now, this superhero is on his way to becoming a superstar. here's abc's chris connelly. >> my name is peter quill, okay, dude, chill out. >> reporter: it's got a shambling, self-deprecating hero-dude named peter quill, >> star lord. >> who? >> i'm a star lord, man. legendary outlaw? >> reporter: leading a rag-tag, multi-species team on a bring me the orb mission. yes, it's got the full budget backing of disney, which owns abc, and the a-list participation of bradley cooper -- >> it's real! >> reporter: and vin diesel as a tree. but with all that, this entire enterprise rests on the broad shoulders of an actor who is hardly a household name. this guy -- chris pratt. did you ever think you would be this guy? >> yes. my whole life. i was just waiting for everyone to catch on. i was like, "you guys? i'm a superhero." where's all the faces? of the presidents? >> reporter: on "pa

if you are headed to the airport, platt bridge looking good. look from our airport cam here, no problems into between southwest philadelphia and i-95. the rest of the major roadways, again, 95 out of the northeast, looking good, 13 minute trip into downtown, same deal looking good coming into center city. now they reopened the girard avenue bridge, that takes you up and over aramingo, project that penndot has been working on for couple of months, opened that up yesterday. good news for morning commuters, anyone from the neighborhood, you now have access up and over that bridge in toward richmond street. there will be midday construction though coming to 422, they'll work in both directions, right near the oaks interchange. so out and about during the midday, give yourself some extra time there. the trolley tunnel blitz continues subway surface trolleys, from there market frankford line takes over, bridges you in and out every center city all part of two week project for septa and as they make repairs and upgrades to all of the stations in the t

platt bridge in problems between south the west philadelphia and philadelphia international.urlington bristol bridge traffic stopped on both sides for an opening, maybe a five or ten minute delay, nothing to worry about this morning. just go for that 24-ounce coffee and you will be in good shape. north on the northeast extension just above land dale there is a crew out there so lansdale to quakertown we will see a delay. there is that new pattern at lansdale on ramp where they go down to one lane and that caused delays on the sumanytown pike and north on the 42 freeway coming in towards philadelphia there is a crash, construction right here near atlantic city expressway. mass transit looking good. back to you. >>> breaking news right the now that leads our headlines police are searching for keith belajonas this man right there a suspect in the shooting and stabbing death of his wife. there is an amber alert in effect. bell a general as has two children with him and believed to be driving a gray nissan pathfinder with pennsylvania plates. >>> police in montgomery county are in

live look, i95 northbound, right at philly international airport right between the airport and the plattdge. there is the airport, there in the background, you can see philly firefighters on the scene. again, it is north 95 right near the airport. so anyone on this side of the fire activity would be headed north, butut if you are headed north up toward the city, be ready to hit the brakes. we'll check in with the problem in northeast philly and mass transit when we come right male announcer: the magic of the bay is waiting. explore maryland's coastal villages scenic waterways and the land of our national anthem along the star-spangled banner national historic trail. there's an adventure waiting for you in maryland. land of discovery. nelson: when i started high school in jersey city making it to the finish line seemed like a distant dream. mr. cunningham: i know how hard nelson works running track and he works just as hard in my honors class. nelson: i thought i wasn't good at history but mr. cunningham, he makes it come alive. now i'm heading to college-- and my teachers helped make tha

so we have basically taken the keys from a platte keyboard -- flat deboard, now your hand that's gripping device type at the same time. it's the same qwerty keyboard, but we call it true grip because now trew is the way they're aligned on the keyword. >> host: demonstrate how you would use this product because we want to show our viewers the front of this. you've got a phone plugged in. you've got some others here. >> guest: yeah. these are the indicators key. if you're not a touch typist, you can look at the front and locate the key on the back. i'm on a little typing exercise here, so -- >> host: why don't you go ahead and type in the name of the company and your name so we can see it demonstrated. >> guest: okay. >> host: all right. and you just put your regular smartphone in this -- >> guest: i have. >> host: okay. where'd you come up with the idea? >> guest: so this is just years of watching people do, try and work with mobile testimony in the field -- mobile technology in the field. [inaudible conversations] so just watching people work in the field with mobile technology -- >> host

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there's the view from the platt bridge. we have sunine, very comfortable temperatures and low humity levels. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we have five consecutive days of full sunshine. a nice stretch of weather. 80 degrees, 84 tomorrow. 85 tuesday, hte for wednesday, 89. eagles takingn the jets thursday, maybe >> another c oheckf your country's weather comi up next half hour. dan? paula? >> looking forward to , jason. >>> coming up on "gma," much moren the major st acking this the earthquake in northern california. we have reports of damage and injuries. we're going to talk to a reporter on the scene. but again, that 6.0 magnitude earthquake striking outside of san francisco. >> this video just comingn. you can reallyee that the was violenakg damage in hom we're hearing about flng a 'lget people in the area in on the pho >>> another breaking story off a chs a party. shotred. was one of them intended for the hip hop artist chris brown? he been seen on videinside club. there he is leaving. perhs anher contro

. >> sky6 live hd taking a live look for us now at the platt bridge. it'll a little hazy out there.clouds are out right now, but the humidity will be coming, don't you worry very soon. >> uncomfortable already, right? >> reporter: the world of the day is "yuck." the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, hot and humid, you'll see sunshine this afternoon, a lot of clouds, the thunderstorm threat is late afternoon. 85 degrees for the jersey shore, your thunderstorm chance come at night. for the poconos the thunderstorm chance come at 2:00, 3:00. clouds and muggy up there, high of 77 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast looks like something we should have seen in july. 87 tomorrow, 92 tuesday, 88 wednesday and thursday, 90 for friday. every single day we're above average where is the last two, three weeks in a row we've been below average, a complete reversal in the pattern. >> remember you can take 6abc.com with you. the new smart design fits any device you have, whether it's your tablet or smart phone, no matter how large or small that screen. check it out by visi

biggest oil suppliers and could this fighting disrupt oil splois and i checked this morning with platt's energy news and service. reporting no disruptions in iraqi oil supplies because the fighting is in northern iraq and not in southern iraq. production is limited in the il fields are in the south. stock markets are rattled by the conflict in iraq and the situation in the ukraine. and russian sanctions and counter sanctions and fighting between israel and palestinians in gaza. and the dow industrial before today were down 700 points, a four percent drop since their high a few weeks ago, 17,000. and that had left the dow down one percent for the year to date. but the broader s&p 500 and the tech heavy nasdaq are still up for the year and we are seeing stocks rebound nicely today on comments out of russia and suggesting that perhaps tensions may be easing there. one analyst worries that all of the turmoil overseas may start to hurt the global economy. >> for the financial markets tis thorough that geo political crisis don't have much of an impact and there is a risk now with crisis in ukr

. >>> an incredible rescue by a group of strangers when a man got trapped on a train platt form in perth australia. look. all of a sudden all these people come to his rescue. they tilt and push the train far enough until the man can free his leg. not only the man was not hurt, train officials say he was able to catch the next train. >> truly an act of goodness from a lot of people. >>> well, you see them all over the road. fedex trucks transporting packages all across the country, but not all of those trucks and drivers actually block to fedex. >> alise kirschner found out that it could come at the cost of safety. >> we're talking about third party contractors. they're vetting those companies, they say, but we found it's not always the case. and some contractors are acting ill legally on our roads, potentially putting other drivers in danger. it begins here, a federal express distribution center, a major hub in california where hundreds of trucks come in and out every day. some with the recognizable purple and green fedex logo on the side, others with names you've never heard of. this wa

richard plas at the hospital's campus back on july 24th and during his appointment prosecutors say platts pulled out a gun and shot hunt. psychologists believe silverman was grazed in the head as well. silverman then pulled out his own gun and shot plotts. he survived the shooting and was discharged from the hospital two weeks ago. he's charged with murder and is behind bars. >>> from the delaware bureau, newcastle county, police have released the sketch of a man they call a peeping tom. he was spotted looking into the windows of a home in wilmington. the victim told police this isn't the first time she's seen the man peep spoog her home. >>> about 60 dogs rescued from mississippi could eventually find new homes in pennsylvania. the humane society says the dogs were living outside without clean water, food or shelter. most are now in the d.c. area. the humane society says they'll try to look for adoptive homes in northern virginia, western maryland, and harrisburg, pennsylvania. the humane society sent us this video of how the dogs looked when they were found. some of the animals were ext

. >> 6:54, here is the platt bridge, doesn't look look like it is too bad.ey, learning you are going to be a bringing brother or sister. a pretty big deal, right? well, one little boy named tray had quite a bit to say when he found out about his future sibling. you have to see this. >> i'm pregnant. >> what, what were you thinking? why you have to just get another baby? you just have two. so why, why, why do you -- this is exasperating. >> exasperating? emia! >> because, because you just got two. so -- why do you want to place -- why do you want to get another baby and just replace one of your babies, if that's too much? >> baby, we would never replace you and emia: you just going to have another brother or a sister that you have to take care of, well help take care of. >> that doesn't make no sense. this makes no sense. >> why does it make any sense, tray? >> i mean, do you get the feeling that you have not heard the ends from this little guy? he is so articulate, you know little tray will eventually fall in love with his new brother or sister. i love that