ben franklin bridge is in great shape with in delays. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, rahel, back to you. >>> when some philadelphia student return to class tomorrow morning, some things may look a little different. csx employees spruced up cook wissohickon elementary school. they planted trees, painted the hallways and cafeteria it was chosen as one of five across the country for this years csx service day. >>> st. mary's is a parochial school hosted tenth annual hodown on locust. it included square dancing, hey ride and spooky boutique salon. for the first time there was a petting zoo, including goats, bunnies, and even a cow. >>> there very cool. >>> here's more what you will see on "eyewitness news" this morning, getting tougher on tobacco how philadelphia plans to change rules to discourage people from ligate up and where they plan to change them. >>> and new mural strikes a cord with philly's music history when "eyewitness news" pat toomey and donald trump: they're just wrong for the women of pennsylvania. "new fallou

to the ben franklin parkway, there you go. ben franklin parkway is closed westbound, due to event preparations. along with spring garden street and the art museum circle, martin luther king shutdown between the ben franklin parkway and the falls bridge, and that's the left of your screen we move again to the ben franklin mid-span, no delays on the bridge, but we do have road construction, so we will have possible delays, the left lane closed on bridge westbound headed into philadelphia, between the toll plaza and the down side of the bridge, but right now, volume too light for any kind of problems which is good news. if you are shore bound today, no delays further up on the 42 freeway or 55. no problems on the atlantic city expressway or the garden state parkway. that's the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center. rahel, back to you. >> ann, thank you. here's more of what you'll see on "eyewitness news" this morning. >>> shoes on, pants on, i couldn't do anything. you know? i was just -- it was just so hard, like, i didn't want t

no delays or problems on the ben franklin bridge.in, rainy conditions, but other than that, it is okay. that's the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center. i'm ann evans, here is a look at eyewitness sports with lesley van arsdall. >> the phillies season comes to an end today at the bank against the mets. it is most likely ryan howard's final game with the phils. the organization planning to honor him before the game. yesterday, against the mets, the big piece once again gave the fans a reason to cheer. to the fifth inning, phillies down two to nothing, ryan at the plate got all of this pitch from bar toll a colon, his 25th of the season, and 382nd of his career, the game tied up. big fellow comes out for a little curtain call. sixth inning, the game tide. and patrick shoes err on the mounds facing james, and james new this pitch was out the moment he hit it. two run shot. took the mets up for good. the final at bat for the phils, had aaron lining out to left. and the mets beat the phils five to three to clinch playoff birth. ryan howar

the ben franklin bridge westbound traffic coming into the city. this is a live look at 42 northbound traffic very light volume coming up from deptford or turnersville, no issue there. on the big picture right now you can see things are good. blue route in the 50s. schuylkill expressway speeds in the upper 40s and 50s, swells i-95 no major issues there, as well. one thing going on in burlington county construction blocking the right lane 206 main street and the columbus farmers market. >> two vehicles collided on the boulevard leaving two people dead and one driver with serious injuries. katherine scott is live along the boulevard in feltonville and where this happened this morning. there's a traffic light at the intersection, right now police don't know who had the right-of-way, both of the drivers survived, two teenagers who are riding in one of the vehicles died in this accident. you can see the road in feltonville has opened back up after it was closed for hours overnight at front an roosevelt boulevard. here's what it looked like after the acc

on to the ben franklin bridge mid span, ben franklin bridge is in great shape, despite rainy conditions, okay, folks taking their time but everything looks all right. same could be said for walt whitman. further up in delays or problems than 42, 55, ac expressway or garden state parkway. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans back to you. >>> and "eyewitness news" will be right back with the preview of what you will see on a new katie v/o: she works hard. she stays late. but she gets paid 21% less than her male coworkers. pat toomey has voted time after time against equal pay for women, against pay that helps hard working families get ahead. katie o/c: for my daughters and yours, i'll fight for equal pay for women. families need it; you've earned it. katie v/o: i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message because it's your turn to get ahead. i would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion and i would suggest we have penalties for doctors who perform them. would you put people in jail for performing abortions? at some point doctors performing abor

there's cloud cover over the ben franklin bridge.res as you step out the door, not too bad, a little cooler than yesterday, 64 degrees, close to the average high. dewpoints are much lower, so it's not as humid, winds east/northeast at 9 miles per hour. we're looking at winds probably in the single digits low double digits. future tracker 6 shows there will be cloudy cover between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00. the farther north you go the better chance of seeing clouds and farther south you go more sun. we have clouds to the north an sun to the south profile. in philadelphia we'll call it mostly cloudy but if we get lucky, we'll squeeze in more sunshine. if we hold on to the mostly cloudy sky cover we'll hit a high of 77. if we get sun we could go up to the record high high of 80. cool drinks and light loose fitting clothing if you're out working. 677 is the high in wilmington, dover and millville. 71 in allentown. 72 in reading. 74 in trenton. down the shore 72 in cape may. tomorrow future tracker 6 shows you we're dry through the morning, th

let's look outside on the ben franklin bridge. david mentioned a touch of fog in one or two spots. oesn't look too bad here on the ben. that's your westbound traffic. just a few more people up and about coming into the city. i'm 95 in delaware county, fog, maybe a little more noticeable here but we can see i-95 moving with no delay headed towards the airport, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> developing right now, a deadly crash shut down a portion of the schuylkill for hours overnight in fairmount park. police say the crash happened around 11:30 in the eastbound lanes at the montgomery drive exit. according to investigators a speeding driver was tossed from his car after hitting a barrier. a tractor-trailer then rear-ended the empty car flipping it onto its roof. the driver who was ejected out of the suv was pronounced dead at that scene. at this point all lanes have reopened. >>> police evacuated a home in collingdale delaware county because of some concerns about suspicious chemicals. our annie mccormick is right there on the scene in the 1200 block of macdade boulevard with th

a lot of the folks there say the ben franklin parkway westbound is shutdown along spring garden streetand the art museum circle for this walk. also martin luther king drive to the left, ben parkway and the falls bridge. moving the traffic cam, to i-95, at the walt whitman bridge, i95 in the middle of the walt whitman bridge right at the top of your screen, headlights coming toward you, are the southbound lanes, no delays or problems on i-95, again, it is a good road to take if you are doing some early morning tailgating for today's eagles game. but, other than that, no delays or problems. that's the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, now, rahel, back to you. >> good news there, thank you, ann. you have probably heard of haunted houses and halloween theme parties and parks. but, a business in texas is adding little trick-or-treat to an unusual place. the shine express car war in arlington, texas, goes into full spooky mood with your windows covered with drove through, women, there is no telling who or what is lurking just inside. not my cup of tee personally, but to each their own. e

parkway, ben franklin parkway no events just planned just yet as we know as soon as we find out, we will let you know but it is opened for business at martin luther king drive to the lefties closed between ben franklin parkway and falls bridge and kelly drive shut down between found dane green and strawberry mansion drive forehead of the the schuylkill regatta. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans now rahel, right back to you. >> ann, thank you. >>> halloween decorations and two items you could find in your kitchen. our jim donovan has more in the three on your side recall round up. >> reporter: first up, choking concerns. target is recalling, 127,000 halloween theme led gel clings a small battery inside can be exposed posing a, choking and ingestion hazard to young children. the gel clings are placed on windows and light up. there are several design, green or pink skeletons, a purple spider, black cat, orange pumpkin and a black bat. they were sold at target in august and september for one dollar. stop using these gel clings and return them to target for a ful

begun in the ben franklin parkway is shut down. that is very latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans now rahel, back to you. >>> speaking of the roads, directing traffic has gotten a lot more exciting, thanks to the indiana policeman, officer paul steph bobby of the south bend police department keeps cars moving with this light saber. while they wait their turn he puts on a twirling performance. he using them because he knows how much kids and adults enjoy seeing them. cool. >>> well, some people like to hold up their smart phones to their ears, others prefer a ear piece to talk but one on your side jim donovan tells bus one company that will soon offer a new way to speak on your phone, using your finger. >> reporter: it is hard to believe. >> very awesome technology. >> reporter: that putting a high tech watch bandon your wrist. >> it is so weird. >> reporter: can turn your finger in to a phone he have iser. >> it is crazy. >> reporter: signal band can attach to a smart watch or a classic watch, blue tooth connect is i

let's take a look at the rest of the bridges, the ben franklin bridge, that's nice and clear, no problems on the walt or the tacony-palmyra. and a live shot of the platt bridge, looking great on either side. east or westbound, moving towards 95. you'll have no problems there. lastly, we'll stop with route 202. drive times looking great. ten minutes. northbound or southbound from the schuylkill to route 30, into the 60s. lauren. >>> just ahead on "nbc 10 news today" -- in the line of fire. take a look at this view of hurricane nicole which is now a category 4 storm. we'll tell you which country is now preparing for the storm's potential deadly impact. >>> plus, stepping down. the head of one of the country's largest banks announces his immediate retirement in the midst of a scandal. what's happening now at wells fargo. >>> thanks for watching "nbc 10 news today" back to back emmy winners. >>> good morning, montgomery county. a live look at narberth. right now in narberth, it's a little chilly, about 49 degrees. >>> forecasters predict hurricane nicole will pick up speed and pass near or ov

overall it will look busy with not only the viz ability with all that fog in the ben franklin bridge but because of the construction. jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha a series of scary clowns threatening violence on social media are targeting our local schools. >> philadelphia school district officials say they're taking the threat seriously. justin drabick tin fin search live at newman garretty high school. >> brook, jim, good morning, they'll resume class today and they will do so under the watchful eye of philadelphia police. let's get you now to the concern here at hand. the so-called scary clown threats are trending nationwide with suspicious clowns reported in the pottsville area. these school threats made on social media from accounts featuring clown imagery and now naming local public and private schools they mention neumann gerety by name in an attempt to scare of the philadelphia archdiocese is looking into this and working on safety plans with police. over the weekend the school district and police announced a joint investigation with homeland secure toy track down t

you have the --, which has an entire tv show dedicated to it now, and ben franklin is of course ben franklin, benedict arnold. the relative obscurity of james lafayette is what will make this morning so interesting. he is someone we should know more about.

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no big delays moving up to the ben franklin now. if you're heading from philadelphia into new jersey, that's great as well. let's take a look at the rest of the bridges. the burlington bristol and the tacony palmyra, all clear. no schedule openings in place for those. the walt whitman bridge looks great also. here's 95. look at drive times, even through the work zones, 14 minutes southbound from the woodhaven road to the vine street expressway, average speeds also into the 60s, pamela and tracy. >> speaking of traffic, we could just be six days away from a septa strike. thousands of bus, subway and trolley operators could walk off the job. next, hear if there's progress in new contract talks. >>> also, we'll have -- ♪ >> i can't even say anything. >> he's awesome. >> we all have our bad days, even the always upbeat philly phanatic. hear what got the big green guy red under the collar. >>> five minutes before 6:00. 40 degrees outside. there's now some movement in talks between septa and the union representing thousands of workers. th

over the ben franklin, walt whitman into philadelphia, nice and clear with no problem.erday we had construction pop up over on the ben franklin bridge with one lane getting by westbound into the city. we were seeing delays there. i'll keep my eye on that for you. more in ten minutes. >>> unusually warm. parts of our area could break records as we warm into the 80s. >> let's find out exactly where. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley is here with that. bill? >> right now, the temperatures are cooling down. we see the quick warmup through the day. we hit 80 in philadelphia yesterday. we will top that this afternoon. clear skies. it's cooling down. no sign of the fog in boathouse row. that's a nice, clear view from center city. we saw hours of dense fog yesterday in wilmington. no sign of it from that view from frawley stadium at this time. there are a few spots seeing fog. dense fog in lancaster and there is a bit of light fog in the blue bell area, in and out this morning, a mile an a half visibility. light fog for northeast philadelphia and mt. holly and millvi

that's the ben franklin bridge toll plaza. not yet.'re seeing a couple cars heading in that direction. that will always change. moving through camden, into the philadelphia area, up over the ben franklin bridge, no problems. moving into new jersey or at least staying there, we'll look at cherry hill. there's a big construction project that begins today around 7:00 this morning. this will tie you up if you're moving around spring dale road. typically on the northbound side, we're not having it close. that's what's going to happen with this construction project in between evesham road to wilderness drive. 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 this afternoon, after that for the afternoon drive, it will open back up. this is going to be an active construction project for about three weeks. they're going to detour you through the scene. a lot of congestion in the area. just a heads up there. we'll have more updates when i come back and i'll update you on this construction project as well. we'll check in with the cherry hill roads. >> a scare on board a plane a

we are the franklin institute ben franklin institute, great experiments as well. if you wouldn't mind holding these light bulbs for he. using a small electrical device here, we have you completing a circuit and plasma. do you feel thinking in your fingers. >> no, i do not. >> you are conducting all of this electricity through your skin without actually, feeling any. >> try it one more time. >> i'm kidding, i would never. >> same effect with the fluorescent light bulb. >> if you wouldn't mine hold ago this for me as well. >> completing a circuit. >> electricity is coming to you, and coming off of our tea vice here. >> jim, let's complete the circuit back to you in the studio. >> perfect toss. >> really good stuff. we will check with you later, patrick. >>> this is no halloween advertise play find out why this mummy is being x-rayed, we will be right and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i do

the watch whitman bridge looks great, so does the ben franklin. we're watching the admiral wilson boulevard. this is moving through camden. traffic is moving towards philadelphia. right underneath the graphic you can see the bright lights. that is the ben franklin bridge toll plaza. let's move offer to construction. this is over in new jersey. there's a new ramp to 295 northbound from the 42 freeway headed northbound. watch for that new construction layout. additionally in the same area, should be clearing up in the next minute or so, at least right here, this exit ramp is closeded from 295 northbound approaching the black horse pike. that is an ongoing project as well. should be clearing in the next couple minutes. updates when i come back. >> gone in the blink of an eye. >> philadelphia police are look for the car thief who took off with more than just someone else's car. a child was in the car that was stolen. nbc 10's monique braxton is live at northeast detectives with details of the crime and thankfully the happy ending. tell us more, moniqu

taking a look at ben franklin bridge this morning. gorgeous shot, coming from new jersey, westbound in center city. we're looking really nice there. would i say almost on the quiet side and it usually is but cracking in the 5:00 o'clock hour we will see things, just start to build and shift. on the ben franklin bridge we are still looking quiet. boulevard taillights moving in the the southbound direction a at wissohickon avenue. i don't know southbound, northbound, you decide, look at this, i wouldn't minding out there, leaving your homes early and enjoy nice opened roadways. we have an accident in north philadelphia, involving a police car. broad street the at west pike street. this is where you want to go, an area where if it doesn't get pushed out of our way sometime soon that can pose a problem for you. we have a water main break in norristown, black bring alley at bode alley. know where it is. you will want to. but give yourself an extra ten to 15 minutes right now, jim, over to you. >>> well, updating our breaking news search is

pushing toward that 7:00 hour, it will be very busy, ben franklin bridge, kind of same story here. as you push in the westbound direction, from jersey, into center city, this is what you are looking at on the ben franklin bridge. slowly starting to build there, as well, taillights at route one, actually blue route actually looking i would say pretty good. 422, kind of same story here. taillights moving in the eastbound direction. this is near the pa turnpike, i would say, starting build maybe little quicker than the blue route. overall things are looking pretty good. no delays there. so we do have accident here in cheltenham. took any crook parkway cheltenham avenue still out there. not going to cause too many slow downs, but certainly can the longer to lingers out there. also, just a heads up on this, weaver gas line repairs, route 202 markley street blocked between marshall street and elm street. you will have to use alternate around this area. as tore street probably going to be your best bet. when we look around here, just back here, just for giggles, you can see, all of the gr

ben franklin bridge looking good coming into downtown. in problems or delays at the all. philly international off to another good start, would i just check again, last time we left on friday we had those cancellations and restaging of the planes. would i just double-check and make sure your plane is supposed to be where it is, it is where it is supposed to be before you head down to the airport. no problems on 422 from collegeville and looking good on the pennsy turnpike. karen, back over to you. >>> 4:18. german police say they have detained a 22-year old syrian man who was subject of the nationwide hunt in that country. he is believed to have been preparing a bomb attack, police tweeted early this morning that the suspect was captured, german media is reporting it is believed that person may be connect with islamic extremist groups. >>> developing from palm springs, california we are learning more details about the the man now in custody after a deadly shooting that claimed the lives of two police officer. investigators are saying suspect 26 year-old john felix shot and

ben franklin looking good coming into downtown philadelphia. again, coming off of the schuylkill you'll use the spring garden, south or 30th, coming off of i-95 you are push off there at broad street. airline travel advisory up and down east coast cancellations all along from the carolinas down to florida, check with your airline. davis standing by. he will give us an update on more airline and air travel. even the cruise ships were all redirected and if that matthew makes a u turn laverne and comes back around they will not be able to get back into fort lauderdale there bucks county community college a campaign event later today at 11:00. so we will have motorcade madness later this morning, karen, back over to you. >>> we look at radar we can see how large this storm is and how it is over florida, georgia, south carolina they are getting ready, they are bracing, or dealing with the effects because storm is a category three it has wind as sue just updated us 120 miles an hour. lets get latest from savanna, georgia where we will have correspond

>> well, even at night look at this view right under the ben franklin bridge. even at 4:00 a.m., completely beautiful. but for many, this spot still ugly memory from that day back on july 10th, july 7th, 2010 when those two tourists were killed because this is the spot where the ride the duck boats whop go from the road down the ramp here, on the race street pier side, then into the river. and they stopped going on to the river after that day, and still were on the roads, then another accident, just few blocks away, across from the convention center, and so with all of those crashes and accident, and all of the settlements and lawyer fees, the insurance went up 330% the company announced when, wounds up seizing operations last night, that's putting out of business at least her in philadelphia, that puts, karen, 42 people full-time and part time out of work. they are getting severance out placement problems solved hopefully with the company's help. a lot of people will be happen that i this day has come including robert, the well known lawyer who handled a loft

only three lanes open here on the ben franklin.the sir, big green zipper machine basically moves the concrete barrier over, give us extra lane. they typically have it all done by this time. so, only set up with three lanes, coming into philly. so, going to try to get that guy on the phone and wake him up. lauren back to you. >> new jersey newspaper headquarters may soon become donut factory. according to the to the trentonian, trenton headquarters being sold to company that makes products for dunkin' dunkin donut storesn the move, 107 new jobs will be created, if everything with that deal goes through on time, the dunkin' donuts factory should be done by the end of the year. >> defending the state's new gas tax increase. christie says he had no choice. the gas tax 23 sent per gallon hike approved last week, money generated expected to replentish the state's transportation funds. christie agreed to the gas tax in exchange for lowering sales tax, and getting rid of the estate tax. he further said he did the right thing, and deserves

to problems on the ben franklin bridge working your way up, out into downtown philadelphia southbound on new jersey turnpike an accident at 7a, interchange for great adventure right there in the center lane. watch out for construction, penndot out and about on the blue route, filling all of the potholes, pothole patrol from 9:00 to 3:00 today they hadding northbound from i-95 up toville know of, flip u turn so there will be lane restriction from his nine to 3:00. we are looking good the airport and mass transit has no delays. >>> we have a number of stories right now from 11th street, we will start with breaking news from olney, two officers had to go to the hospital after a crash that involved a police cruiser. scene is at north 11th and war knock streets, unmarked police car struck by another vehicle, 2:30 this morning, the officers were in the seriously injured. we do know that two people have have been taken into custody. >>> also on 11th street police are investigating a double shooting in north philadelphia, this one happened around 11:00 in an apartment, it is 3500 block of tho

ben franklin bridge, show this shot, just because it is so gorgeous, moving in the westbound direction, few of your neighbors moving into center city westbound side. looking good. and the vine, it was open last night, no construction there, both moving in the westbound and eastbound side. looking more like a ghosttown, we like that, that's good sign at 4:00 specially monday, we know it will be busy. construction 295, two left lanes blocked, that's going to linger until 6:00 a.m. jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank, meisha. once a rising store in pennsylvania politics, call lean cane waiting to see if she'll go to jail. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live in front of the montgomery county courthouse where the judge will hand down the punishment this morning, jan, good morning. >> rahel, jim, good morning. kathleen kane sentence could range from probation to maximum of 12 to 24 years in prison. happening here today, at the montgomery county courthouse, she is expected to ask for leniency. take a look at the video. hoping why the will grant her probation or house arrest, so she c

also, happening today on the ben franklin parkway, the 83rd annual pulaski day parade. >> this year's parade will mark 308 -- 408 years of the first polish settler in america. the parkway closed 16th to 23rd streets, the logan circle. parade kicks off 12:30 p.m. just a lot of events on the parkway today, a lot of people will be out there. hopefully the rain? >> tough to get the motivation just to get out of the house, dreary day, just kinds of want to stay indeed. trying to keep our viewers, if i was in charge here at the desk oh, it would be falling apart. >> three hours for justin? that would be delightful for you. would you love that. all justin, all the time. >> oh, sure. weather wise, we will get some improvement, slow improvement, still have the mist around this morning. pretty much anywhere across the region. we take it live right now. up to northampton county from the hotel bethlehem, looking south there, can't even see the tops of the hills with the low clouds, the fog and the meals. see wet roads there. you will need to use wipers this morning, on the roads. things should dr

we're live on the ben franklin bridge all the area bridges are looking good, two people westbound heading into the industry. no big delays. >> two vehicles collided on the boulevard leaving two people dead and one driver with serious injuries. katherine scott is live along the boulevard in feltonville where this happened this morning. katherine. >> reporter: matt, there's a traffic light at the intersection and police are trying to determine who had the right-of-way when this happened. the drivers survived, but two teenagers who were in one of the vehicles passed in the incident. you can see the intersection is back open. it was closed overnight for the accident investigation here at front and roosevelt boulevard in feltonville. let's go to video to what it looked like after the accident happened. it happened at 12:30 a.m. you can see the wreckage. hyundai. the ford suv has front end damage and air bags deployed. 54-year-old driver of the ford has injuries, but stable. in the hyundai was an 18-year-old driver who's stable and 19-year-old and 17-year-old friend. initially we were told by p

ben franklin said they should get to vote because they fought in the revolution. why did they get there right after the educated white women, people went to smith and radcliffe because then so is there fighting and bleeding and people like him are giving their lives and if you are old enough and fight you get to vote. that's one of the reasons women's suffrage was sent in the founding and in ancient greece yesterday 21 to vote, why because 21 is the age is the connection between defense and voting and women eventually will get the vote with the 19th amendment. they are supporting the measure on the front and in our lifetime to get the right to vote because if you are old enough to fight and die in vietnam you were old enough to vote whether we should be there in the first place. the founders didn't have the right and you heard me about how extraordinary that project was but that is only the beginning and now we have five different causes that affirm the right to vote reinforced by iconic civil rights and voting rights laws. he got his head cracked open for and i a

turning to accuweather and the cloudy days ahead for the delaware valley, looking outside of the ben franklin bridge tonight, the chances are rain increasing as we move into the weekend and get ready to say good-bye to this object heat. we are in for some big changes come saturday. meteorologist, cecily tynan is live outside with more. cecily we'll enjoy the sleeveless shirts and dresses while we can. >> you won't want to go sleeveless into the weekend but today felt like summer again. another record high. philadelphia hit a high of 81 degrees breaking the record of 80 set in 1938. yesterday it made it up to 86. still very mild and humid right now. philadelphia 76 and reading the same and wilmington 75 and millville 75 and trenton 70 and allentown 73 and cape may currently 70 degrees. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing though changes are on the way, you see the showers and thunderstorms across the ohio valley, that is all ahead of a cold front that is slowly moving our way and behind that system we have the very cold air arriving for the weekend. as we look ahead we have one more day tom

. >>> on this day in 1776 a man named ben franklin set sail for paris.sion was to secure military aid during the revolutionary war. folks there wrote poems about him and women started wearing wigs model after the fur hat he was wearing at the time. historians say it was crucial in bringing about the american victory in the war and our own independence. you can thank ben franklin who was on his way to becoming the first continental celebrity 240 years ago today. i'll see you later. >>> all right. a very busy day. you're looking at charlotte, north carolina at a podium. we love empty podiums. coming before that one in a few minutes donald trump as part of the urban renewal push, how he will help at a time when polls show that he is helping his cause. he narrowed the gap in some states. in one poll it is virtually even. in another poll it is hillary clinton. in florida the trends because in the latest bloomberg survey he

live on the ben franklin bridge, westbound traffic coming into the city.gain a little fog, damp out there. rain showers have moved through on the ben a little bit ago. we have an accident tallaminson township. fog and damp. >> scary clown phenomena is hitting close to home. philadelphia police said they are not taking chance because of a scary social media post. katherine scott is live outside neumann goretti high school one of the schools that received a threat. >> reporter: threats have been coming in on social media accounts in light of the threat made against neumann goretti, there will be a heavy police presence. other schools threatened in philadelphia called the post a joke and said the joke was over. >> that's disgusting that's very scary. >> reporter: a post on instagram made by an account called clown of philly over the weekend. it states coming to neumann goretti on monday, going to shoot all the kids and the teachers. at the italian festival a few blocks away try to school word spread fast. >> it's a little unnerving, once again, it's such a cl

looking outside, we have the ben franklin bridge, a tranquil morning you'll want that jacket again. 57 degrees in philadelphia. northern suburbs in the mid to upper 40s, get ready for that. winds are calm. there was a chance of a fog developing here and there, not seeing that this morning, but something to keep in the back of your mind. we'll start out with sun, every now and then you see cloud cover popping up on satellite. generally speaking mostly sunny day. 65 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 71 degrees by noon. 73 is the high at 3:00 p.m., before we dip to 72. high temperatures, 73 in philadelphia. 75 in allentown. 76 in reading, 74 in wilmington. 73 in trenton. 68 in cape may. 70 or not boardwalk in atlantic city this afternoon. future tracker 6 picking up a friday story, we'll have partly sunny skies tomorrow, warm, highs in the mid 70s. saturday, we cloud up a bit through the day from 10:00 a.m. through dinnertime there's a chance of a spotty pop-up shower, the model may not positioning that correctly. that may be moisture from a cold front of hurricane matthew. doesn't look like there wil

. >> reporter: i'll tell you what it was scary for a while on the ben franklin bridge. the ben eastbound. traffic cleared, but a guy was driving the wrong way, crashed into a number of vehicles. we did a facebook live you can see them towing we the vehicle. they stopped traffic for a while. someone driving the wrong way. that cleared, traffic is a little bit slow after they reopened it. the accident schuylkill expressway eastbound conshohocken blocking the right lane. penndot, police out there, the truck moved to the shoulder. there you see the accident on the schuylkill expressway. he will where approaching the boulevard to 16 miles per hour. 17 at cottman and 28 miles per hour an hour at girard on i-95. >> foggy in atlantic city, we're dealing with that in other location, as well. >> reporter: cloudy skies, and some locations with fog. on radar, storm tracker 6 live double scan showing live images of the showers that are pushing through into areas north of atlantic city. atlantic city has gotten caught with a little bit of that, as well. 65 degrees in the city. one mor

lets take a look at the ben franklin bridge, we had earlier construction that is cleared out of the way now and nice and clear in both directions there. other area bridges looking great address well. looking at new jersey, the 42 freeway both directions nice and clear, we'll keep an eye on things and bring you an update in the next half hour. >>> big news for rowing fans and rowers on boathouse row this morning as the city plans for the schuylkill regatta. this year there are two brand new shiny awards, the first is the mayor's cup in honor of mayor jim kenney, given to the winner of the varsity mens and womens high school 8 and to honor the former police commissioner. john timoney also an avid rower, this goes to the men's rowing team. >> the regatta will dedicate a race to john timoney, the commissioner was a dear friend and loved the city and especially loved the river. >> the regatta brings 8500 competitors and 45,000 spectators here to philadelphia. it comes to the city october 29th and 30th. >> thank you. >>> a dunkin' donuts bakery is expected to bring 170 new jobs to trenton. a

beautiful shot of ben franklin bridge.og out there and little slight viz ability issues out there and accident 55 foub at route 322 and we're showing slowing down there. and in lansdale for they foot road welsh road and make note of these they can steer you and tell yourself to give you 15 minutes or so. plus this route 1 trolley and 102 and 102 shuttling drexel hill due to police activity. jim, over to you. >> thank you so much, meisha, there's scary clown posts on social media threatening violence on philly schools. >> justin finch is live in south philadelphia where threats were made against neumann grety high school. what's going on. >> at least three philadelphia area catholic schools will see extra police on campus today. among those school j.w. halahan and roman catholic and newman garretty high school and these precautions are coming in so-called scary clown threats from social media accounts and threats violence to local, public and private schools and philadelphia archdiocese says it's looking into those threats.

live on sky6 live hd and seeing a touch of fog in a few spots this morning, as we look over the ben franklin bridge, so be careful of that as you drive around. no big problems with that, and it is friday, that's good news, right? looking at the boulevard, approaching the schuylkill expressway, southbound traffic no problem on the boulevard. we have a couple of issues with disabled vehicles on the highways, 422 westbound near 724 a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane, you can see past that point 55 miles per hour going there. a problem on the schuylkill expressway westbound a disabled vehicle here, too, it's kind of tricky because it's right around the curve in conshohocken. as you're traveling westbound we have police there, they are in the right lane and the shoulder. schuylkill expressway web same spot near conshohocken we have an accident involving a dump truck, so a few problems this morning as you head out. turnpike eastbound roadwork blocking two lanes, matt and tam. >> the city of allentown is testing a new way to get people to pay their parking tickets. instead of using parking

the ben franklin bridge it's a winds day, we have wet conditions -- it's a winds day, we have wet roads the ben. looking at the other majors, i-95 no issues, the road is wide open past cottman heading toward center city. no delay. the lizard king a member of our 6abc group, there are 7 parking cones lined up in the middle of the street. that's not good watch for that. we mentioned it will be windy. we're seeing gusts in poconos, 26 in lancaster. temperature-wise not too bad. 46 in quakertown. 51 in center city. 49 in hammonton, matt. >> that lizard king can do anything, karen. >>> a jury the leaders behind the armed standoff in oregon earlier this year. supporters cheered and hugged. all seven defendants were acquitted including group leader of amand bundy. bundy was ordered to remain behind bars because of charges in another standoff. >>> a 19-year-old was snap chatting with her boy friend behind a wheel and ended up crashing into a park patrol car. police found white wine in her cup holder. she was arrested under suspicion of driving drunk. >>> a montgomery county native is making hea

taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge good morning ben that's the westbound traffic a few people up and about. you might expect lighter volume on columbus day, so far it's looking pretty good right now. let's look at the temperatures through the region. we talked about the chill in the air, temperature difference between yesterday morning and this morning, 44 in martins creek. 46 in warrington, 50 degrees in center city. the suburbs of new jersey, in the 40s everywhere, browns mills and ewing, 47. glassboro, 48. 46 in vineland. 48 in smyrna, delaware. heading up into the 60s that's it today, tam. >> thank you are karen. >>> new on "action news," a kansas sheriff's deputy was kidnapped and sexually assaulted on her way from work. she was taken from a parking lot of a detention center friday night. she was released later. authorities are trying to track the two men who may have been in the car. authorities say the deputy did not know her abductors and was not in uniform at the time. >> you're responsible for your employees anyway for something like this to happen it's tragic to say

ben franklin bridge crystal clear working your way downtown. it is hit and miss, not as thick as yesterday fog wise. here's i-95 southbound right at broad street off ramp. folks getting off broad street going in the naval yard right there but this disabled tractor trailer in that shoulder heading southbound. southbound on the northeast extension a hit and run involving a tractor trailer near allentown interchange. guess who is coming for lunch hillary clinton campaign event in haverford just off of route three and blue route expect heavy police restens, motorcade madness around that lunchtime hour and then early afternoon as well once that event is over. has transit looking good with no delays, mike and lauren back over to you. >>> one person died during a shoot-out with police in atlantic county. >> last night squad cars were there, swat teams, ambulances, police cars all over, they swarmed this house in ventnor, yeah, in ventnor. >> steve keeley at that scene where police are still there, steve, what do we know. >> reporter: swat team truck t

will have lighter then normal morning rush hour but still folks coming into downtown here on the ben franklinidge, and speedometer readings 16 miles an hour, delays on the schuylkill between conshohocken and belmont southbound i-95 seeing a delay from cottman avenue in through girard. accident on the northeast extension southbound approaching lansdale interchange and for the gang coming from new jersey northbound 42 starting to see slow go from the black horse pike in through the walt whitman bridge. will we get sun glare today? sue has the answer in 15 seconds. >>> whole new weather pattern roared in over weekend we have had drizzle and rain on saturday, some saw it link inner to sunday but everything is cleared out the from what used to be, matthew moving up toward the canadian mar times, not down to the south like it was supposed to do. high pressure buildness and it is windy, chilly for the rest of the week. so it does look like we will stay dry as well, with no more precipitation in the forecast but we do still have have flood warnings in effect from north carolina all the way up through

no problems at all coming in, up and over, the ben franklin bridge, nice clear shot of the city skyline, if you are coming in to downtown. and we're looking good on the jersey side, as well. so off to nice quiet start. that's good. fingers crossed it stays that way. in the neighborhood, though, later today, olney avenue closed, from third over to master. so of course we go around the block there. broad street between paterson and 11th doing construction later today. just keep that in mine, if you are going into the navy yard, the navy business yard there, and of course, they promise to have those cones out of there, in time for tonight's flyers home opener at 7:00. you picking out your outfit, picking out the clothe for the kids, go for the orange, orange and black for the flyers. now yesterday i had an opportunity, to pedal it forward. not only here in front of our station, but also on the corner of 17th and market. with ann, the object was you gave a flower to someone to make them happy, look at this, went to up this lady here. okay? give her the flowers. she got kids in the car. we g

ben franklin seeing volume into downtown. we have patchy fog for folks down the shore along route 40 and 47, philly international, mass transit looking g mike and alex, back to you. >>> lets get back to breaking news. >> police found a possible drug lab located at a house in collindale and dave kinchen is at the scene right thousand, dave. >> reporter: we're on the 1200 block of macdade boulevard. state police chemist appears to have just arrived at this house here to check into these chemicals found in what police sources are calling a suspect drug lab. collindale police are here with the delaware county criminal investigation division this house, on the 1200 block of macdade is a duplex. residents upstairs, two were evacuated. three living in the first floor were detain including a man who was spotted by a worker. we will pan down and show you this cvs here because there is a connection to all of this. police say there was an officer buying a car for his wife in the cvs when he was tipped off by a worker to someone acting s

one live look at the ben franklin bridge, looking good, westbound traffic coming into the city, a few more people than a half-hour ago, but no delays just yet. >> hurricane matthew is hammering the bahamas right now, it could save his biggest assault to the southern u.s. some of the flights still going to florida, 1600 flights canceled. american airlines are not flying to miami or fort lauderdale or palm beach. 2 million americans are under evacuation orderses across florida, georgia and south carolina. it's leaving fuel in short supply. >> there's no gas, no water at could say -- costco. >> this is serious, it could mean the dinners between life and death when it comes to a storm of this magnitude. >> there's widespread construction in haiti has forced 300,000 people into shelters. the u.s. is providing $1.5 million in food and disaster assistance. >>> follow the path of hurricane matthew at any time at 6abc.com. you can find our inter active hurricane tracker showing you where the storm is at this point and where it could go next. >> an explosion has rocked a neighborhood in trenton

ben franklin bridge no weather-related issues, not talking any fog right now. how about south jersey, coming in from washington township. 55. 42 nobody reporting any problems on the waze app. 295. looking good, if you're taking up that towards cherry hill. no major issues out there. 65 degrees the current temperature, feels good, right. 61 in allentown. 62 in millville. today's high, 77 not the mid 80s like the last couple of days. looking good, mostly cloudy, spotty shower. >> this is video of a smash and grab in oklahoma these drove a stolen truck into a corner store and stole the atm. police found the truck after the break in, but they were nowhere to be found. they are matching the description of another atm theft from a nearby store three weeks ago. >>> a deadly shooting surfaced on youtube. it shows part of the story. you see a vehicle pull out of the parking lot. it happened in ohio. the man in question refused to get out of car and threw it in reverse and struck the police motor schuylkill schuylkill cyce officers. they shot the man, he crashed so and d

let's get you outside, we'll show you more dampness, overlooking the ben franklin bridge. we started out pretty nice, monday was nice, and all of a sudden this cut-off low which was supposed to stay in the jet stream and move away got stuck over the ohio and tennessee valley. it's been sitting there for days. that's why we're seeing this, lots of clouds and showers and rain and periods of drizzle. we'll see that today and hopefully tomorrow we'll pull it of able to, more -- out of it a little bit. 50s north and west, low to mid 60s south and east. it's milder the farther south you go, we get into the delmarva, we have temperatures in the upper 60s. there's the center of circulation with the low right here, off to the west along the ohio indiana border. waves of rain, day after day after day, yesterday we saw rain and showers and drizzle, today it will be the same thing we'll see clouds and scattered showers from time to time. there's the cut off low, this is the 12-hour loop. now it's not moving anywhere. the jet stream or the path which all storms travel across the countr

ben franklin bridge nice shot there. this is that accident in delaware we were just discussing route one southbound near smyrna all lanes block right now two tractor trailers involved one overturned as we were just talking about spilling a load of chickens. you will to have use route 13 southbound is your best bet, jim and brooke, back over to you. >>> well, new this morning neighbors are finally allowed back into their north philadelphia homes after a early morning fire forced them to scrapple tomorrow safety. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live on broad street where intersection just reopened, jan. >> reporter: brooke and jim, this was certainly a job well done by philadelphia fire department and first responders out here in north philadelphia early this morning. you can see behind me here this morning that broad street at pike street has reopened to traffic, neighbors have been allowed back inside and there were no reported injuries as a result of this vacant house fire here this morning but take a look

live look at the ben franklin bridge, coming into downtown. otherwise speedometer readings where they should be 51 on the schuylkill from the conshohocken to center city. they did not close the vine. that is open. anyone coming from say kipping of prussia coming into center city that university situation is not even going to impact you, it is sitting right here between 30th street station and the stadium area to give you a location there and then if you head north on i-95 you will notice a brand new traffic pattern, penndot moved all of the lanes around between bridge and cottman avenue. so that will catch you by surprise this morning. otherwise mass transit, market frankford and subway still using shuttle buses until 5:00. sue, i brought my shorts and my jeans shorts and the pockets hanging out good that is great, really short ones, i can't wait to sees this, unfortunately we will have ample opportunity because it will be nice and warm out today, we will give you a ten out of ten. hopefully do you like it warm and you will think it is a ten.

. >> turning to the weather, sky6 live hd looking live at the ben franklin bridge on a breezy monday afternoon, cooler temperatures have settled across the region and we might need to break out the winter jackets, perhaps today certainly this week. for more on that, david murphy outside on the terrace with the first check of the forecast. david. >> reporter: rick, i'm happy to have the jacket on right now. it's a little bit on the cool side for today. clouds have swept down from the northwest and obliterated most of the sunshine. take a look at satellite there were showers that tried to come in the predawn hours and fell a part before producing drizzle. we had a period of sunshine now you see the clouds sweeping in. it looks like clouds and sun the rest of the way. 63 degrees in philadelphia. 59 in allentown. 59 in trenton. 62 in lancaster. 65 in wilmington. it's possible that we add a few degrees to some of the numbers, in some cases you're not moving very far from where you are right now. the wind speeds are starting to be more of a factor. 15 miles per hour in philadelphia. 15 in