including a look at 422. >> jessica boyington has her eyes on that. looks like an accident, jessica. >>> accident on 422. seeing slowdowns eastbound headed towards schuylkill. now that a 15 minute trip or so. watching slow downs. no incidents reported. watching something out in wynwood. accident northbound. seeing delays there on route one because of that. as you can see the schuylkill seeing typical slow downs right now. watch for a crash on the eastbound side. just beyond our drive time right here. see the eastbound drive time 18 minutes right now from the blue route. after that accident scene headed to the vine street expressway. speeds into the 40s. crash on montgomery on bethlehem pike. end on the 42 freeway. just around route 41. northbound side right here. that's the traffic that's moving towards philadelphia. just a little bit slow here. everything still moving. tracey, back to you. >>> more fans coming to check out the sixers in person. team won five out of seven games so far. rookie has been impressive and fans are taking notice. checked the

jessica boyington with a check on the roads.over a few accidents across the area. 95 right around 413. this is over in bristol. it's on the northbound side. a few vehicles involved here also now with police activity on the scene. again, that's the northbound side, taking out the right and then the shoulder over to the northbound traffic is starting to be down to one lane. so, we're seeing delays there on the northbound side. also, watching a tractor trailer-involved accident on the p.a. turnpike extension north. mild post 21. we're also watching the crashing in westchester on 842. south creek road at blue rock road. watch for traffic being directed around the scene there. i'll update on the rest of the majors and the schuylkill drive times when i come back. >>> 6:41. our inauguration live coverage from washington, d.c. continues. >> of course, we know twitter has been a big story line for donald trump. up next, what we might expect once he becomes president. >>> plus, another news making headlines. including a heist in one of ph

"first alert" traffic reporter jessica boyington is standing by with a look at that, jessica, mar you seeing? >> we're walking through depthford right now. right here, that's the northbound traffic. that's moving towards the philadelphia area where we clearly see the delay. clearly more volume heading northbound than southbound. if you're heading down toward the sicklerville area. no big delays yet. if you're heading up towards philadelphia, maybe you have to get to 295 to head towards trenton, you'll be fine for now. millville, there's a crash. lanes still getting by. no word of any closures there. you'll be good to go out on 55 to platt bridge, looks okay. just on the side of 95, you can see everything looks good right now. both directions on the bridge. speaking 95, we'll check in with 95 drive time. that traffic that's moving towards center city, 17 minutes from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. speeding are dropping but still in the very high 40s. i'll of course have more updates and more on that when i come back. >> donald trump wants a local doctor to take over the

first, jessica boyington is tracking yours first alert traffic mpkts thanks. watching for mass transit problems this morning in new jersey. transit, atlantic city rail line still currently suspended. they just put out an update a little while ago. just between 30th street station, philadelphia. and cherry hill. service is suspended. septa running two cars short. expect some overcrowding right now. that train has expressed past some stations because it's full with passengers. also watches that closure. still closed. right now for structural repairs. going to need to fete around that. going to be a messy morning commute for you. pa turnpike headed eastbound. head to benz lsalembensalem. for the burlington bristol bridge. no scheduled openings for that right now. you can see we're not seeing delays on either side as well. keep my eye on that for you. check in with more majors when i come back. >>> continues first alert weather coverage. take a live look at cape may. about 12 schools opening two hours late today to avoid the flooding problems there. including atla

next weekend. >> jessica boyington keeping an eye on the roads for us. hat are you seeing out there j watching a few things. one out in coatesville this morning. route 30 just around 340. see police officers got to the scene right here. might have a tow truck in place over on to the left hand shoulder and left ha-hand lane. see pretty big delays here heading eastbound. also low ee eer moreland. few things going on here. one last update for you when i come back in about five. >>> nbc 10 responds. police and the parking meter. finding street parking in philadelphia can be challenging. then later finding a parking ticket you don't believe you owe can be frustrating. there is a way to get around paying tickets. >> the car, put 11 quarters in this meter. robert said he noticed the meter stopped giving him time after the eighth quarter. not letting him pay the total of three hours allowed by the meter. he thought it was broken. so i figured maybe two hours will be enough time to put in another quarter or two. went to duinner down the street by the time he got b

jessica boyington with breaking news right now. ten over the scene of the summerdale section of the city right now. police investigation an accident scene under way on the roosevelt boulevard headed southbound. major delays right now on the southbound side behind the scene because of those lane restrictions in the inner drive, you can see all traffic being forced right now down to outer drive and a few lanes there. now if you're behind that, you want the get around. take castor avenue. may take you a while to get there. down to wyoming good there getting on the boulevard to approach the schuylkill expressway area as well. watching route 309. letting one car out at a sometime on the northbound side. earlier closure for accident scene here. police activity on the scene as well. one car trickling by at at that time. 309 starting to see big delays northbound as well. >>> melting overnight. check on penns landing. ice rink there. puddles. so warm yesterday. pretty warm overnight too. puddles starting to disappear after the temperatures

jessica boyington is standing by. >> watching 422. what do you see there, jessica? >> 422, on trooper road, that we're watching now where we typically see delay around this time. from 29 to the schuylkill expressway, this is the traffic here that's moving towards the schuylkill. no major backups on trooper road yet. sometimes, we get to that point. maybe a little average. average speed information the 40s. out in whitpain, there's a crash on jolly road. we're watching a detour around there. about ten minutes i'll be back with more on your morning drive, tracy. >>> 20 minutes before 7:00. people in need across chester county. >> this coatesville army & navy store is going out of business after nine decades but how their clothes are actually helping those less fortunate. >>> also, this man played a waiting game six months after eye surgery. coming up next, how harry hairston and the "nbc10 responds" team helps him. ♪ ♪ ♪ with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and ther

first alert jessica boyington has that. what you seeing. >>> well, we are watching this live shot of cherry hill nrch where we have some electrical we pairs for us on the westbound side of route 70. you can clearly see we have crews on the scene. blocking the westbound side completely. eastbound side back open following an earlier closure. get around the seen which you will. see delays moving through. take 73 down green tree road and get back on 70 that way. good alternate for you. there's not a lot of traffic in the area. crash on the schuylkill on the westbound side around golf mill. little bit of delay and beyond that scene as traffic gets through area. blue route around germantown pike. on-ramp here. looks great. watch for slippery spots. bridge is still closed. end here, new jersey turnpike and pa turnpike until further notice. watching that for you. >>> philadelphia man is recovering after someone sent him a letter bomb. suffered injuries to his face and hand. when a package blew up inside his house. next, here his su

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> cameras right around 17th street. we look good so far. you can see both directions just a couple of cars moving in either direction. southbound may be a little more traffic as we approach the beginnings of rush hour. also watching a crash out in lower merion. ending with mass transit here. 65, 95 running two cars short. might expect overcrowding on that particular train airport train. 403 running 20 minutes late. check before you go there. updates on new jersey roads as well when i come back. >>> developing this morning, new reports that allege that russia may have damaging information about president elect donald trump's personal and financial affairs. nbc news says the reports came from u.s. officials with direct knowledge of the situation, but none of the information has been verified by u.s. agencies including the fbi. russia denies the allegations and all this comes as mr. trump scheduled to hold first news conference today. his first since the summer. meantime a confirmation hearing begins today for rex tillerso

jessica boyington tracking conditions. latest on the forecast, bill. >>> we have issued a first alert

we have live team coverage of the storm first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has more on how it will impact your commute to work and school. begin with meteorologist bill henley and krystal klei. they have the most accurate forecast in the region. bill? >>> already feeling the impacts of this nor'easter. tracking it for the entire viewing area through tomorrow morning. the worst is yet to come. that happens later this morning and this afternoon. periods of heavy rainfall then damaging wind. this could be the greatest effect during the day. down trees leading to power outages. coastal flooding. minor flooding reported by ted greenberg. beach erosion is likely. wind, look at that center city. big storm system, the winds are stopping 30-mile-an-hour for philadelphia and allentown, coatesville, just a little bit stronger right now at the shore. they intensify during the day and that's when we'll see heavy downpours as well. meteorologist krystal klei is tracking the wet element of this. the storm and when the heavy rain will move in. >>> the good news is right now it's the winds

jessica boyington spotting some in red hill pennsylvania. that was the latest report this morning, but it is going to change because the suburbs with the rest of the area will be warming up. combination of sunshine and winds out of southwest. 44 degrees by noontime. 45 at 2:00. during the afternoon, those clouds will be moving back into the area. cold spots also in the lehigh valley. if it hasn't been treated or hasn't dried out, expect to find some icy spots first thing this morning. they will quickly disappear. look how clear it is in the lehigh valley. 39 degrees. nicely above freezing at 10:00. into the 40s this afternoon. new jersey, some lingering clouds won't last much longer. partly sunny to mostly sunny skies. 48 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. jersey shore get closer to the 50 degree mark. 46 degrees right now. not going to get much chillier just after sunrise and back to 40s this afternoon. southwesterly winds helping to dry things out during the day today. delaware quickly clearing out. see 30s at 8:00 this morning that end in th

the burlington -- he mentioned jessica boyington. jessica of course has a closer look at how to get around in terms of detours. she's got the details for us. jess? >>> so again what we're watching here is that bridge closure. that delaware river bridge connecting the pa purpose and new jersey turnpike is closed for trurl repairs. that means all the scars that typically take bridges, are going to be redirected somewhere. help you with alternates here. coming from pa turnpike eastbound. alternate for you. exit around ben salem. you can take route 1 northbound to 95 northbound down to 295 southbound. that will get you to 195 eastbound where you can take exit six to head to the new jersey turnpike. also, there's a lot of other bridges in the area that you can take. although that backed up traffic will be diverting in those areas. you will see delays of course as rush hour begins to get underway a little bit more than it is right now. take route 1, trenton morseville bridge. keep checking in here for any scheduled openings. not right now.

jessica boyington watching the roads right now. watching a crash on the blue route headed northbound. just around the pa turnpike toll plaza. so right near the tolls watching the crash right here. one lane getting by. looks like we had more emergency crew to the scene. updates for you on this. for now let's get a check on today's forecast. >>> 39 degrees here. 40 degrees for cape may. we have already seen some rain showers. beach avenue is damp this morning. that's a live view from lafayette hotel. grab your umbrellas. more rain on the way. neighborhood forecast just ahead. >>> plus skipping out. the growing list of lawmakers boycotting donald trump's inauguration. >>> and college cost cuts. sound enticing. up next, local university that's lowering the price for higher education. bullets fly inside a local bar. >>> a growing kchorus. >>> tuesday shower, first alert radar tracking rain for morning commute and more waves of wet >>> good morning. about 6:30. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley and first neighborhood forecast.

jessica boyington watching the roads. cameras from baltimore pike zoomed in on accident scene. over on the shoulder start to see northbound delay there approaching the scene. cover more of this and the drive times moving past this scene when i come back. for now, let's get a check of today's forecast with bill henley. >> fringid all around: look at that. getting closer to sunrise. cape may reporting 28 degrees right now. just inland, it's down to 1 degree in mace landingys landin >>> search for men who robbed and attacked people in two different cases. live update. >>> casting doubt on mammograms. searchers safe it's time to rethink how women are screened for breast cancer. i've spent my life planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door, i need a private connection for my business. wifi pro from comcast business. public wifi for your customers. private wifi for your

jessica boyington watching the roads right now. watching the boulevard.amera right around wissahickon avenue. shoot sa smooth sailing now. something going on in new jersey. update when i come back. for now a check on today's forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >>> something coming down on new jersey too. at the shore, light snowfall sticking to the grass. some of the bushes. not so much the roads: temperatures right around freezing. could be slippery spots: be aware of that. delaware and south jersey. other chances for snow too. neighborhood forecast just ahead. >>> next on nbc 10, grounded. we have a breaking new details on why dozens of delta airline flights were cancelled and what you can expect today. >>> also poll into the immigration debate. ride sharing services uber and lyft are dealing with happy and outraged customers following the immigration travel ban. explain what they did. ♪ their lives are beautiful, let's keep it that way. if you suspect child abuse, report it. for more information on reporting child abuse or neglect go to keepkidssa

first jessica boyington watching the roads this morning. how's it looking out there. >>> look great. still ahead of the game. watching lehigh valley right now. 78 around lehigh street. traffic moving along just fine. i'll be back at 5:30. >>> 5:26. we continue to follow breaking news of a search for robbers in philadelphia. live update on the crimes that left a teen injured and a man shot. also defending obamacare. local senator joins the fight to keep the health care law. what he and other lawmakers did to show support. this. is. everything. honey bunches of oats. it's all of this, this, this, and this. it's the mother of all cereals. it's that, and that, and all of that. it's the most cerealriffic cereal. in all of history. yeah, it's that good. honey bunches of oats. this. is. everything. >>> health care fight what senators did on capitol hill to show support for obamacare. comes as president elect trump gets set to take over. bench tax confusion. show you which drinks will cost you more and talk to local store owner. >>> another fringid

temperatures will climb when i come back in ten minutes but first a check on the roads with jessica boyington in the "first alert" traffic center. >> on the schuylkill expressway and on ramp through the vine street expressway this morning, construction is starting to clear. typically around this time is when we see most of it lift up and get out of the way. earlier this week, we were a little bit ahead of schedule. right now, it looks like we're just on time. you can see some of these signs still in place to access the vine street expressway from the schuylkill. flashing lights up ahead that means there's a construction crew there. by the time you get out the door and watching you should be fine to take the vine street expressway. route 22 drive times. eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill, typically in the morning time where we start to see delays right now. eight-minute trip, average speeds in the 60s. no major problems there. watch the construction on the roads reports in east norriton and east germantown pike. >>> now to breaking news, overnight the senate takes a major step towards repeali

jessica boyington with first alert traffic. >> thanks bill. starting off with obstruction reported out in hat borouboroha we are good. right around eighth street. right here is westbound. moving towards the schuylkill. moving towards 95. connecting the two. no problems with drive times right now. checking in with new jersey. four minutes right now. northbound from 55. moving towards the walt whitman bridge. speeds in the 60s. southbound looks great as well. more traffic typically heads at this time. good to go there. more updates on the roads when i come back in ten. >> 5:32. new this morning. police are trying to find answers following nine separate shootings that happened across the city in just a matter of hours. >>> take a look. the shootings happened all over the city in neighborhoods like cedar broobrooke cedarbrook. able to catch up with investigators. from the plap you can see how busy they've been going to shootings being reported throughout the city. they are really pointing the finger at the weather. saying this unseasonably mild we

jessica boyington checking on the roads. we're watching the vine street expressway moving through center city this morning. right now cameras around eighth street look great. westbound side moving towards the schuylkill. doing okay. we also skipped over that construction that we typically have closing it down on both directions this morning. so, it's always a good drive. also watching the blue route north and south drive time. 15 minutes from schuylkill to 95. speeds in the mid 60s. end in new jersey. route 38 around nixon drive. a couple of cars driving on the roads there. dry and not seeing any big backups or delays. more updates when i come back in the next ten minutes or so. >>> a show of support for president elect donald trump. a group of bikers that are holding a rally today. what they have to say about those protesting mr. trump. >>> put them on knows that will been handing out citations to anyone smoking marijuana. meantimes organizers of protest plan to hand out marijuana cigarettes during the march to national mal

jessica boyington tracking conditions. latest on the forecast, bill. >>> we have issued a first alert for the dangerously cold air that's in store for the area. first thing this morning. by this afternoon, see improving conditions. bitter cold and the temperatures are getting colder by the minute. down to 1 degrees or below in some spots. two degrees below zero. one degree below. clayton at one this morning. so many neighborhoods in the single digits in new jersey. turnersville. at 8 degrees. zero in princeton. frigid start this morning. nobody is warm this morning. lehigh valley is 11 degrees. 10 in delaware. 12 in philadelphia. these numbers will be moving up. get some sunshine to start with. not going be sunshine all day. will be clouds moving through. the temperatures will warm. upper 20s new jersey. the lehigh valley 27 degrees this afternoon for delaware. into the 20s for philadelphia. the suburbs as well. it stays dry today. go lu the forecast hour by hour to show you. when i come back in ten minutes. first let's se

jessica boyington has you covered. >>> this will be closed. the bridge on the new jersey pa turnpike connector is going to be closed all day as well. with the commuter later on this afternoon being worse than normal, this is something to add to it. bridge is closed right now for structural repairs. you'll need alternates. you typically take pa turnpike or new jersey turnpike and try to get over the bridge and connect the two. you're heading down route one. that's an alternate there. you can also take 95. you can take the burlington bristol bridge. we'll keep you updated. >>> 5:21 this monday is officially here. tax season. one of two certainties in life, right. what you can do today to get your returns faster. >>> plus this, celebrating freedom. heading our nerxt half hour, puerto rico reacts to a pardon that is decades overdue. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's half a house. and even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons.

jessica boyington with a check on the roads. right around 295 see the on-ramp right over here. 73 looks good in both directions right now have. those are dry. not seeing any traffic or delays. watch for ramp closure. 295 southbound around the 42 freeway. that's all that traffic that's moving southbound towards the philadelphia area right before split before you get to philly and head to different parts watch firefighter construction crew in the area. more updates for the rest of the morning. check back in with 95 and delaware when i come back. >> jessica, thanks for that. >> calling the inauguration. a lot of lawmakers skipping out on the inauguration. >> one local lawmaker told nbc 10 about his decision to attend. >> what i'm doing is respecting the traditions of our country. >> why senator cory booker says he will be there despite his disagreement for the president elect. plus why others have decided to skip the ceremony. >>> 5:13. curtain call. final letter as commander in chief. >>> live look at the capitol. people will begi

jessica boyington has that. >>> watching 95 this morning. no major problems reported right now. we're seeing wet roads getting on and off ramp. cottman avenue right here. southbound side moving towards center city. still a good drive. 13 minutes from woodhaven road. average speeds in the 60s. still watching west conshohocken for an earlier accident. fuel spill underway. waiting to clean that up. right along route 23. front street is closed. so again only for a little bit longer they're reporting to have this scene out there before they clear it out of the way. hopefully before the morning rush. also watching route 30 white horse pike. this is just near a couple of cars out the door there. no major delays. more updates when i come back. >> 12 after fife right now. the clock is ticking down to the presidential inauguration. right now final preparations underway. next we go live to nation's capital to show you the work being done to make sure the historic ceremony is safe. >>> marking history. the local company tasked with creating the official inauguration gift. >>> 5:15. 42 degre

jessica boyington with a check on the roads we're watching through center city this morning. here's the vine street expressway and our camera is right around 8th street. both directions look great. the vine street expressway is open this morning. we didn't have to deal with the construction right here. that's the westbound side torts the schuylkill eastbound towards 95 looking good. roads are dry as well. on the blue route, checking drive time, northbound and southbound good trip. 15 minutes, average speed into the 60s. rosemary, back to you. >>> 5:41, this thursday. just about 45 degrees outlets of the nbc10 studios. coming up -- terror in a taxi. nbc10 talked exclusively to a brother of a taxicab shot more than a dozen times on his job. what he tells us. >>> also ahead, tied up and robbed. we've got the details of an attack at a consignment shop in manayunk. >>> to this point, it's no secret that the president-elect trump speaks his minute, especially on twitter but a new nbc news/"wall street journal" found 90% of americans actually like him using twitter. >> i talked to p

jessica boyington with a check on the roads. right now looking at live shot in cherry hill new jersey. electrical repairs underway on route 70. closing that for a portion in between crop well road and spring dell road. causing closure right in here. that might be something that sets you back a little bit. especially if it stays throughout the morning rush. green tree road is a good one. efeshlly is if you want to get to route 73. again, both directions east and westbound closed on 70. that might set you back. route 309 ses question henna watching this closure. you might need alternates to get around. end here from the pa turnpike if you're heading there eastbound, exit around bensalem. if you get off exit 6, you can access new jersey turnpike there. of course we'll have details on this when i come back and update you on accidents. >>> not a nice morning. this just rain falling on i-95 in philadelphia. parts of south jersey and central jersey see snow mixing in. all rain from ship bottom. couple spots, mount holly and trenton rep

jessica boyington with an update. >>> starting in lehigh valley this morning. right around lehigh street. a great drive right now. few cars on the roads here. no big delays through the lehigh valley on 78. old city, of course, we're watching an apartment fire. a market street block between second and front. see that oon the map system. seeing delays in the surrounding area and the side streets there as well. which is pretty normal considering the streets are blocked off right now. septa buses detoured as well. here is route 30 to it will white horse pike. no problems moving through the intersection right now and roads are dry. vai and tracey, back to you guys. >>> now to breaking news in old city philadelphia. just look at flames here. this fire on the roof of apartment fire on front and market forced people inside to evacuate this morning. >> live with the breaking details. pam, what have you been able to find out since we last talked with you. >> reporter: i can tell you the apartment building has been evacuated right now. we've actually been speaking with re

jessica boyington in the "first alert" traffic center. jessica. >> good morning, everyone. we're starting on the schuylkill expressway. the vine street expressway pretty much open for the most part. this part is still blocked part of this ramp from the schuylkill headed to the vine. it's a little beneath our camera view right here but i can sort of see flashing lights here in this center median. still blocked. they'll have that cleared away. right now, by the time you get out the door, you should be good to go. also watching 422, no major problems or delays. eight minutes eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill. 66 miles per hour for the average speed. and mass transit, things are doing great there. everything pretty much running on time or close to schedule. katy and tracy, back to you guys. >> jessica, thanks. new this morning, police are looking for a gunman who shot and killed a man in philadelphia's strawberry mansion. it happened before 1:30 this morning at west oak dale and north myrtlewood street. police found two spent shell indication of from two different guns. they'

jessica boyington starts us off in philadelphia.ess, what are you seeing out there. >> watching center city on the vine street expressway right around broad street. that's where we're watching. pr police activity blocking off offramp. not open on the vine: right where schuylkill expressway comes on to vine street expressway still seeing closures. for the next ten minutes or so, we will see closures in the place. local vine can be an alternate for you. over in new jersey, more construction on the garden state parkway. south carolina ramp to route 40 and 322 is closed until 5:00 this morning. get another 15 minutes or so before you see crews clean that up or get out of the way there. east falls construction on lincoln drive northbound. this is also scheduled until 5:00 this morning. most of the projects will be clearing out of the way within the next 15 minutes or so. also watching 95 moving through delaware north and southbound. 11 minute trip. average speeds into the high of 50s or the low 60s. no problems moving through delaware. c

neighborhood forecast just ahead. >>> jessica boyington checking on the roads. starting off through center city. camera right around 24th street. open not dealing with construction this morning. again, pretty much all week long we haven't dealt with it moving through center city. open on the vine. westbound and eastbound. so no problems heading to the schuylkill. or to 95. speaking of the schuylkill, here it is. drive times look great so far. eastbound to blue route expressway just a 13 minute trip. average speeds into the high 50s. we're seeing pretty much the same thing on the opposite side. we're watching construction over in new castle delaware. 95 northbound just around 295. closed on the northbound side. at least another 20 minutes or so before crews start to clean that up. watch for closure there. in jersey, ramp closure 295 southbound. that is closed also this morning. typically opens within the next 20 minutes or so also. watch for crew and construction crew in the area. other than that good to go out the door. not seeing any major delays. keep you upda

jessica boyington with a quick check on the roads. some of the vine street expressway closure is starting to clear a ahead of schedule. same thing happened yesterday morning. right now watching the schuylkill on-ramp. you might be able to see flashing lights against the road here. still blocked off with road signs. within the next couple of minutes, i would expect some crew to get here and lift the signs out of way. not completely out of the woods with the vine. take local vine as the alternate to get by. watching mass transit. there's an overturned truck on route 55 over in new jersey on the northbound side just around route 40. so watch for lane restriction there is. slippery spots as well. end on the pa turnpike. 23 minutes, speeds also into the 60s. so no big problems there. check in with that accident on 55 and more of that vine street expressway construction when i come back. >>> 20 minutes before five. look at the warm temperatures we have this morning. 44 degrees. the rain you heard come through overnight has already moved out

right now, go to traffic with jessica boyington. >> we are starting off with major breaking news this morning. major closure, the new jersey turnpike and pa turnpike connecter bridge in both direction asis closed this morng for structural repair. big delay there. we will be seeing a big delay because of that considering it's closed indefinitely now. get around the scene, take the burlington bristol bridge. anywhere to get out of new jersey and pennsylvania, those bridges in the area, burlington bristol is the closest and we'll watch that for you for the morning to make sure and check on any openings. northeast philadelphia, watch for a crash on route 1 northbound just around conley road. we'll end on the vine street expressway, we are open in both directions. leave with you with a good thing here. vine around 24th street east and westbound no problems. >>> tracking weather means we're tracking possible flight delays at philadelphia international. live look at airport rain and fog have delayed flights. that happened about an hourly yesterday. be sure to check the status of your flight

jessica boyington has your "first alert" traffic. >>> right around route 29 no major problems or delays. of course, it's just after 5:30. we're not seeing any delays anywhere or any big accidents blocking any roads right now. northbound 29, at this point from the schuylkill expressway. that's a seven-minute trip. month big problems there. speeds into the 60s as well. out in douglass township week watching a crash. one of the few crashes, right around cole brick road. blue route, so far 14 minutes, 15 minutes at the most. to the schuylkill and 95, southbound speeds into the 60s. katy and tracy, back to you, guys. >>> the debate over the future of obamacare heats up in our nation's capital. >> nbc10's pamela osborne joins us live from the digital operations center. pamela, president obama and vice president pence both discussed the issue on capitol hill. tell us about that. >> yes. two very different stances here. president barack obama urging the congress yesterday to defend the affordable care act. meanwhile, vice president-elect mike pence on capitol hill. dismantling obamacare care is

jessica boyington has you covered. >>> they're definitely wet in most places. watching the 4 # freeway this morning. route 41. this point moving forward. just about a five minute trip so not seeing any big problems or delays there yet. northbound side is where we typically watch at this time to check for delays. you can see not there yet. southbound looks great as well. overturned truck on route 55 northbound. watch for lanes lost there. traffic lights on flash out in cherry hill township as well in 70. both directions. all lanes are still open around penn avenue. watching lehigh valley. this is 78. right around lehigh street looks great there. crash out this lower merion reported a couple of minutes ago. check in with more of majors when i come back in ten minutes. >>> 5:19. now let's talk about warm early temperatures and what's to come. >> i think might be flirting with the 60s. >> have you've been peeking at the 6 day forecast at the bottom of the screen. not today, but tomorrow we're on track for 60s. today pretty nice start compared to yesterday when we w

first jessica boyington has first alert traffic. >>> right on time. watching this removal of the construction approaching the vine street expressway from the schuylkill. just had signs right over here. construction workers here just removed those signs. you can see the police officer up there blocking off the ramp for one last time. finally out of way. by the time you get out of the door now, vine street expressway should be clear. just watch for construction crew in the area. east falls construction should be clearing as well. lincoln drive northbound we're getting some lanes taken out there. also moving over to new jersey, this is also supposed to be clearing around the 5:00 hour. garden state parkway southbound ramp wds blocked all morning from route 40 to route 322 just until about 5:00 this morning. again, right now. just watch for construction crew in the area here also. route 73 we'll end here over in waterburg new jersey. just around route 30. no cars in both directions. everything looking just fine. roads dry as well. looking all good drive i

. >> first, jessica boyington is watching the "first alert" traffic. >> thanks, bill. the cameras around the p.a. turnpike looks great so far. a few cars out the door. route 309, watch for construction on new jersey moving through belmar. if you're heading through the 42 freeway, moving towards the 42 freeway, southbound, that ramp is still closed. watch for construction crews especially when they begin to clean that area up. still watching the vine street expressway. we're open in both directions in between brought street and the schuylkill expressway. eastbound and westbound, full access to 95 and the schuylkill. on the p.a. turnpike watching construction on the westbound side between delaware valley and street road. watch for the roads closed. 22 minutes from route 1 headed to valley forge. speeds average still into the 60s. ♪ >>> it's hard to believe it's almost here, but we're almost a full day away from president-elect donald trump getting inaugurated. >> right. and about 800,000 people, that's the latest estimate are expected to flood into the nation's capital t

jessica boyington in the "first alert" traffic center. jessica. >> good morning, everyone.ing on the schuylkill expressway. the vine street expressway pretty much open for the most part. this part is still blocked part of this ramp from the schuylkill headed to the vine. it's a little beneath our camera view right here but i can sort of see flashing lights here in this center median. still blocked. they'll have that cleared away. right now, by the time you get out the door, you should be good to go. also watching 422, no major problems or delays. eight minutes eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill. 66 miles per hour for the

jessica boyington with one quick check on the roads. weaver starting off this morning through center city. this is vine street expressway. camera right around 24th street. we're open this morning not dealing with typical morning construction project. you can see right here the westbound side. moving towards the schuylkill expressway. we're not seeing any problems or delays moving through the city right now. also checking in with schuylkill. if you're headed from the vine. drive times eastbound, westbound, pretty much the same. 13 minutes at the most. blue route to vine street expressway speeds in the high 50s with low the 60s there. moving around the schuylkill. moving through the intersection. good drive there. end with mass transit. on or close to schedule. at least right now at this early hour. running on time. more updates when i come back in ten minutes. >>> it's cold outside. just a little bit of a breeze. not very strong above building level. even lighter at the ground. it is clear and cold this morning. temperatures in the teens

but first, jessica boyington is watching your "first alert" traffic. >> the blue route, right around the germantown pike, you can see not a lot of cars on the road and it's dry. no delays. also watching the vine street expressway, we're open this morning. both directions. again, in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway, you don't have to worry about an alternate there. watching 422, i'm there with drive times, eastbound from the schuylkill, we'll have updates, of course, when i come back in about ten minutes. >>> oh, we are just less than 32 hours away from the next president of the united states being sworn into office. >> that happens at noon tomorrow. but the major event begins today. and last night, crews were busy setting up the stage for the make america great again welcome concert at the lincoln memorial donald trump will speak at this event. and before that, he and mike pence will place a wreath at arlington national cemetery. >> nbc10's pamela osborne is here with us as part of the coverage. pam, tell us what you're hearing from politicians and people coming to

jessica boyington with a check on the roads. starting off in new jersey. franklin township traffic lights malfunctioning. route 27 around route 40. all lanes still open. another part of new jersey logan township. debris spill on 95. plooufing towards delaware this morning, might pass this. left shoulder closed. rest of the laning opened around 322. vine streak closed with construction this morning. cameras right around broad street. diverting traffic. this is the westbound side. closed on the westbound side and eastbound side of broad street of skroogle expressway for 20 minutes or so. check in with more of the majors when i come back. >>> 4:38. 44 degrees. look closely and you can see that philadelphia international is a little bit of light fog. some of the suburbs seeing thicker fog. it will disappear. right now cloudy. 44 degrees with ten-mile-per-hour wind at philadelphia international. temperatures climbing. look at the mild weather. doesn't look like january. not a typical one anyway. 44 degrees by 10 clock. start to break out into sunshine as the wi

>>> good morning, everyone, jessica boyington with a check on the roads, we're watching through centeright now the vine street expressway, with the construction this morning, is this our camera around broad street. so you can actually see the road a little wet there, too. also approaching police activity we're blocking it off in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway for the next 20 minutes or so, eastbound or westbound. the local vine is the alternate for now. p.a. turnpike looks great. valley forge speed into the 60s. there's a detour. watch the police activity. hanna avenue. we'll end in new jersey route 73 in voorhees, around cooper road. we see only a couple of cars, no big problems or delays there. updates on the vine and more on the majors when i come back. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather. >>> coming up on 20 minutes before 5:00, a little bit of fog in the pocono mountains. the ground is obviously cold. warmer is pushing in, creating light fog in the mountains and into allentown. the visibility is now increasing, four-mile visibility in al loantown

check of the roads. >> jessica boyington keeping an eye on the traffic camera. notice a little bit of volume. really mixed throughout the area. >> right. the problem isn't the volume this morning and big delays. the problem are the wet roads. trying to look at the germantown pike. moved the camera around: everything still looks okay. clearly just see the roads are wet. on and off the ramp, that's where you're going so see major problems today. take your time moving around out there. evesham township accident. also watching route 40. right around blue anchor road. detours won't take you too long. not seeing a lot of volume out there. another update in about 45 minutes. thank you jessica. philadelphia region has first bundle of joy for 2017. >> he is a cutety. south jersey couple couldn't be happier. take a look at this little buy. he entered the world just 13 seconds after the stroke of midnight yesterday. >>> here's philadelphia's first baby of the year. born at pennsylvania hospital at 12:12 yesterday morning. pretty cool. jay m if he had arrived a few minutes

jessica boyington has been watching that. wood havhaven overturned bus. looks like trair trying to get it upright now. not yet though. we're going to see this for a good chunk of the morning commute. we're already starting to enter the time where we really see delays, especially on woodhaven road eastbound right now. eastbound traffic past knights road is moving towards 95. a lot of people trying to get to 95. a lot of lanes blocked off. police activity stretching to other lanes over there. watching for that delay approaching the scene right here as you can see. this little chunk right here actually closed off. trying to get to 9 a. want to do so. take academy road. head down and get on to 95 that way. woodhaven road is going to be blocked for a good part of your morning commute. also still watching the politic bridge. good news here. accident westbound just up ahead. blocked off. the entrance ramps for the last i would say 45 minutes or so. then now just opening back up. traffic is moving westbound again. if you're worried about delays take the gentlemen

first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has been watching this awhile now. tell us how to get around the problem. >> what we're watch lg. again if you're just catching the tail end of what tracey was saying there. route 130 closed in burlington new jersey in both directions. pretty big intersection here. you can see the accident scene actually into the center. going to create a problem. right now diverting traffic all over the place. as you can see. it's really slow. backups in both directions north and south on 130. you'll need to get around that. of course follow some of the detours they have in place right there. not a lot of traffic in the area. everything is pretty much in the green other than this section right here. northbound side where there is actually the closure and southbound side moving on our map system here, but you can see clearly from sky force 10 over the scene, it is closed there as well. washington avenue right here. take washington avenue. head to broad street or take broad street the whole way. you can get by and hop back on 130 on eit

first jessica boyington watching first alert traffic. >>> vine street expressway open today dealing with construction. all the lanes open. westbound towards the schuylkill. eastbound towards 95. the roads are wet. use caution there. 76, the schuylkill expressway looks good. see in the green. eastbound and westbound. 12 minutes in both directions from blue route to vine with speeds in the mid 60s as well. watch for this in cherry hill. electrical repairs. closed between north krobwell road. >>> fire department tweeted out this video of streets covered with water on the west side of town. high tide there is happening right now. more flooding expected this morning. nbc 10 matt delucia live in atlantic city where the bay is expected to swell and create problems. >>> >> reporter: we are seeing flooding here. right now before we begin the conditions here are just under 40 degrees chltd wind about 13-mile-per-hour. does feel windy here now. this is what's happening. got the back bay already starting to flood once again over here on to albany avenue and west end avenue. where we are right now. w

first jessica boyington is watching for some damp roads this morning. first alert traffic center. >>> yes, watching. we're not finding them right now. blue route right around jo germantown pike. couple of cars out the door. roads currently dry at least in cameras there. watching the schuylkill as well and checking in with drive times here. eastbound and westbound 12 minutes in both directions. speeds into the 60s. looks pretty much like what it did yesterday this time. no construction over on the vine street expressway. both directions are open in between broad street right in here towards the schuylkill. you'll have a good drive through center city. heading towards the schuylkill or 95 this morning. watch for the clearing of this. should be clearing up any second now. northbound just around oxford valley road. >>> following breaking news about that missing malaysian airlines plane. the search for flight hm 370 now suspended three years after i was vanished while flying to beijing. 239 people on board. search teams scourered the indian ocean. only a few

first jessica boyington has first alert traffic. >>> starting on vine street expressway this morning. we have been open all week so far. not dealing with construction. typically ties it up between broad street and schuylkill. taking a live look around vine and eighth street. right here are the westbound lane moving towards schuylkill expressway area. pretty much the same in both directions now. watch for slippery spots. there was a crash here last night. fuel spill there as well. cleanup underway. we're seeing some delays because it's closed between the road and flam go road. hopefully cleared out of the way before the morning rush. speed restrictions on some bridges. now down to 35-mile-per-hour. due to reports of fog and reduced visibility. so watch for that go a little bit slower. >>> happening now, patco passengers hoping to avoid delays after a second straight day. numerous issues doubling commute times. matt delucia joins us live. matt, any problems there this morning. >> reporter: so far so good. people just starting to wake up and head over to get their commute and get their t

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> still moving so far this morning. easy drive on this holiday. schuylkill expressway is where we're starting first. right around spring garden street. no major problems. city looks nice there blind that. eastbound from the blue route to vine street expressway. 12 minute trip. everything looking good on the schuylkill. earlier crash reported out on lance desdale typically tune in take the vine street expressway. not this morning. weaver all in the green moving through center city both directions. schuylkill or 95. you'll be just fine. >>> now to breaking news from philadelphia's somerton section. li live picture from awwawa stay with nbc 10 for updates on breaking news. >>> right now people across the country are getting ready to mark martin luther king junior day of service. >> largest echb event in the co held right here in philadelphia. joins us live from gentlemirard college. >> reporter: they are going to be here very shortly. because this is going to be a very important day. a lot of people do have the day off. pe

so delicious, it should have another name. >>> jessica boyington checking on the roads. heading out the door right now. 76 in new jersey. just around cameras in market street. the traffic moving away from you, that's what is headed northbound towards philadelphia area. just before walt whitman bridge and ben franklin bridge split. no problems right now moving into philadelphia. know how easily that can change. i'll have updates for you for the rest of the morning. coming up gwen around 6:00. >>> pastor wants to know who vandalized his home. threw a brick through the window, graffiti and etched a word in the snow. someone also recently threatened him. he thinks it's because he is against a mosque moving to town. >> most people in bayonne remember that the first bombing of the world trade center was hatched in a mosque in jersey city. >> police are investigating the vandalism. town's mayor saying people can disagree, but should not threaten each other or damage property. >>> another local catholic university is cutting tuition costs to try to attract new students. >> cutti

. >>> jessica boyington has that. how does it look, jessica. >>> open both directions. have been all morning. you can see right now, moving through center city, you're okay. here's around 8th street right here. westbound here. eastbound so both lanes looking great. get to 95 or schuylkill moving through there. just fine. end on the bridges here. now that's clear. back down again. betsy ross bridge nice and clear. burlington bristol in the process of scheduled opening right now. scheduled for 5:40. watch for delays on either side. vai and tracey, back to you guys. >>> septa change beginning this morning. why catching the train will be different for some riders. the reason is change is being made. >>> healthy start. created by students. creamy swirls of pure indulgence. silky sifts of total transcendence. tempting accents of sheer pleasure. introducing "unicorn whispers." this should be the name. or something more like "golden gold." or maybe, "mmmmmm mmhmm." but, with 20% of your daily fiber, its actually fiber one. so delicious, it should have another name. >>> tracking