bridgeport police have an entire bridge on the 900 block of o dekalb pike block off.arly reports came in for calls for help concerning a stabbing. so far no transports to a hospital. ♪ celebrations in the nation's capitol honoring the late civil rights leader martin luther king, jr. and also a call to action. on this day many gathered in washington, d.c. for a wreath laying ceremony at mlk memorial. members of the trump administration including interior secretary ryan zinke and fbi director christopher wray were there. they joined the reverend king's oldest son martin luther king, iii had called for more to be down address the evils of poverty and racy. he remembered president trump saying quote we need to work on >> you have a president who says things but has the power to execute and create racism. that's a dangerous power and a dangerous position. >> dr. martin luther king, jr. was 39 years old when assassin shot and killed. today would have been his 89th birthday. >>> dozens of events honored dr. thousands of volunteers came out to mark the 50th anniversary of his

going to be forced over to bridgeport instead.picture still have that broken down school bulls on the schuylkill westbound approaching the boulevard but it's all off to the side. an earlier issue we had along 95 have cleared. however still some slow speeds. keep in mind 23rd street is going to be closed all weekend this weekend. that's because of construction going on close to arch street so 21st will get you around it starting at 6:30 this evening. a crash along 495 southbound in wilmington. it's cleared out now but still some slowing there from about terminal avenue down to the merge with 95, just 10 miles per hour as you try and merge with 95 there. and in mount holly we're still watching some downed wires this afternoon by the mary dobbins school. pine street blocked off. so madison avenue gets you around that on this friday afternoon. rick and monica, have a good weekend. >> you do the same. see you monday. >> thank you. still to come on "action news" tonight officials in philadelphia want to make sure you get all the money d

bridgeport? lincoln park? nope, the south side and west side where the black people live. that's like a really odd coincidence. >> why do black and brown parents, educators, students, why do we always have to fight so hard for what should be given to us? >> and we want to talk about violence in our communities, we have to talk about the support systems we have. teachers are our support systems. and that's what we're fighting for, and black lives matter chicago stands firmly on that. thank you. [ applause ] >> the thing i was interested in today, we're here to talk about the violence in chicago. parents connected the lack of schools and lack of school resources directly to the violence. >> that's right. >> i think that's something people don't really think about. they think violence is one thing, schools is another thing. >> that's the problem. people want to individualize it and put it solely on the shooters or gang members. the reality is people, like you said, are connecting dots. >> i think that poverty brings on all of these problems. why do you cut our kids down to th

bridgeport has 179. and these are kids that, they're glad to have shelter and schooling in connecticut, but they don't want to be in connecticut. they came in under duress. they came to connecticut as refugees. they want to be back in puerto rico. and the stress that it's putting on our schools is serious. we're in a budget crisis in connecticut. schools have already been, had their funding cut from hartford. and yet these schools are now having to staff up to deal with this influx of students from puerto rico. we're glad to do it. we see it as our obligation and we know these kids will be part of connecticut's strength. but it's not easy to do when we haven't authorized any money to help states like connecticut deal with this influx of students. at macdonough middle school in hartford these kids are thriving but they had to set up a new immersion lab to handle these kids coming in. they had to hire new staff to teach english as a second language. and these are schools that are ready, we're seeing their

chopper three, over the highway, at bridgeport road. the dump truck and pick-up truck collided around 8:00 this morning, and it is unclear if anyone was hurt. crash investigation, and police have closed the ramp to 322, from i2 the five -- 295 northbound. >>> authorities in montgomery county are investigating what caused a trash truck to flip on its side, crushing a worker the deadly incident happened just before 10:00 this morning , on johns lane in haague is ville road whitemarsh township, " eyewitness news" reached out to the trash truck company, jp mascara and sons, they declined to comment. bristol high school students in bucks county early dismissal today. school administrators say a boiler malfunctioned last night, which meant parts of the building had no heat. students were dismissed around 11:15 a.m. class also resume as scheduled tomorrow. >>> school is back in session today at whitehall elementary machine row township gloucester county. >> this morning students filed back into the building which was shut down in october, due

bridgeport police have an entire bridge on the 900 block of east dekalb pike blocked off. early reports came in calling for help because someone got stabbed. now an emergency crew is on the scene. so far though no one has been taken to the hospital. >>> ♪ celebrations in the nation's capital honoring the late civil rights leader dr. martin luther king, jr. and also a call to action on this day many gathered in washington, d.c. for a wreath laying ceremony at the mlk memorial. members of the trump administration including the interior secretary and fbi director were there. they join the reverend king's oldest sore martin luther king iii who called for more to be done to address the evils of poverty, racism, militarism and violented he mentioned president saying quote we need to work on this man's heart. >> you have a president who says things but has the power to execute and create racism. that's a dangerous power and a dangerous position. >> dr. martin luther king, jr., was 39 when an a sin shot and killed him. today would have been his 89th birthday. dozens of events hono

today legal scholars at the university of bridgeport are exploring how our legal systems will cope with the rise of artificial intelligence skillz but there will come a point when machines are so autonomous that you could no longer hold a person responsible for it or robots will become an easy person some call the most electronic person should be able to sue them and claim compensation to talk about how well they have bank accounts open to one possibility might free the manufacturers of highly complex self learning machines would have to allocate a large sum of money to their machines before sending them. another option would be to introduce some form of liability meaning that the company that manufactured the machine would bear liability for it or the for sure. there are also ethical dilemmas to consider for example if people ran onto the road. the self driving car might have to decide is it better to hit one person or five. nutritional of course a variety of factors come into play in that scenario there's our country's own history which has resulted in a fundamental principle within o

was a businessman who spent most of his time in new york city, but he traveled back and forth to bridgeport quite frequently. we know that because we have his diary and accounting book. what is really interesting about him is americans did not need passports to leave the country. it was not required until 1941. the fact that he felt the need to have one, we had to figure out why he would feel he really needed that. passport in back 1859. then, they were for shorter-term. so, there was the expectation that you were returning. he was going to europe because his profession was he was into dry goods. even in9th century and the early 20th century, a job or with someone who would buy things in bulk. for him, it was clothing. this is when you start to see immensely wealthy people emerging. there is a market for fine silks beautiful gloves. , he would go over to paris most of the time and gather up dry goods. we have his accounting book showing a very detailed accounting of who he owed, who owed him. it is so interesting. he would bring that back to new -- new york city where he had a store in trib

alcohol we allow kids to do more than we shoot well i was neighborhood and i don't know how we got bridgeport running down the street with mayor daley ok i will raise them not about allow kids to go today they will say that they're going to get up and they're going to police their neighborhood period they will work with the police all against the police but they will make sure that the neighborhood is all we should do the same thing but we don't have the brain trust that we should because the web soon as we get educated we leave here but you're starting to change yes and if feels amazing i suppose it is yeah because this guy who'll generationally now young black men will graduate from your barber school and then be able to give their story a stand this is how my last change back to america when it's over weight has anyone checked in with real in a while. really can make a thinner moment and when they can. get. the voice to. call it all. these jabs at your brother. he's got a good gig for the next eight years now don't know i really. didn't even get this all morning but i will tell you that. y

authorities say 51 year-old james bruce wi of bridgeport fatally stabbed six two-year old donna mariedidnoto of norristown. he told police he had previously dated her after meeting her last august. >>> mercury a mishap on honey brook, after a broke through thin ice. fortunately man piloting the boat pulled himself to safety. the temperature was below freezing. >>> on the cover of the delaware county daily time tweet by upper darby police department showing an officer soon to be under age drinking party is getting national attention. officer seen hauling away a keg of beer found in the wood and, read you may want to hold off on buying red plastic cups for tonight's party behind the a crown mink swim club aka the palace. there will be a lack of attendance right now. >> yes, very active on the up darby twitter account. >> that is a look at news headlines from around the delaware valley. >>> up next pat has your morning sports, hey there pat >> excitement levels continue to build as eagles prep for sunday's nfc title game, hear from someone who has been through a win and loss from this ga

(steve) that was renee chmiel reporting from bridgeport, connecticut.ials for the zoo say they may have to close due to the snow storm, but either way the animals will be taken care of. (pam) cheetahs are known to be the fastest land animals around. and their cubs... may be the cutest. take a look. the saint louis, missouri zoo ... just released these images of eight new cheetah cubs born there in november. it is the largest litter ever recorded at a zoo. zoo officials say, the new octo-mom -- named bingwa (bing- wah) -- is taking excellent care of her babies. the family is in a private den and will not be on display to the public for several months. conservationists consider cheetah breeding programs vital to the species.... as there are fewer than 10- thousand of them left in africa. (steve) a woman in south caroliina posted a video to her instagram of her fun in the snow with her dog kodak take a look at this... you can see kodak pulling anna shealy on her snowboard through the snow covered streets of downtown charleston. she captioned the video "mus

east norton has gotten out of the precipitation and bridgeport is just barely in it.e places so it's getting detailed information. temperatures are way above freezing. you can see all of these areas in the 20s north and west. even though there's no precipitation now, the roads are wet. temperatures are below freezing. nightfall coming in and not a great combination. we're very close to the freezing marks in parts of south jersey. woodstown, 32. florence, 32. hamilton square, 32. and we have seen these roads so cold that even these temperatures, which are air temperatures, working above the ground, it may be colder than that rate at the surface. hamilton square there. it's way below the freezing mark and we are not going to have any kind of melting there and it's going to be a while before we can end this precipitation. we're going to watch it our by hour but it can see at the bottom of your screen, the ten-day forecast, temperatures are going up, up, up at the end of this week. we'll be right back. ,000 deaths in america last year. we need to stand up and say enough.

the nurses at bridgeport hospital wrote to us, and they told us how amazing you are.at. >> thank you. >> so we heard that you love track and field. >> yes. >> well, allyson felix wanted to send you a little something. >> ah! nice to meet you! >> so nice to meet you. so i brought you some of my custom spikes i wore in rio. >> oh, my god! >> she wore those in rio. >> she ran in rio for her tour. >> dalia, can you believe it's allyson felix? >> i watch you all of the time. >> what do you remember from watching alison? >> she never gives up. every year she trains for another goal. i've watched her all of the time. never give up. >> that is the lesson, the never give up. >> never give up. >> can we have a round of applause for dalia? i mean -- how about dalia! >> woo! >> dalia, you rock. >> thank you. >> a special gift for a woman to who everyone she knows is a gift. >> team dalia! >>> you've got to love dalia. and i also love, like, allyson felix made the journey, made the trip. and they -- she was so star-struck. i just totally dug that. >> and it's so cool for allyson,

bridgeport, almost 8. east providence rhode island, 8 inches of snow. bayville delaware, 16 inches of snow. here are the impacts we're looking at still. we've got winter weather advisories. right along the coast, we're talking blizzard warnings from eastern maine, down through boston. long island, not quite new york city but long island. coastal new jersey. into the delmarva peninsula. some warnings will be through friday morning. snowfall totals. we're looking at 3 to 6 inches in philadelphia. 6 to 8 inches in new york city. it's going to be hard to keep track of these. it's a very light snow. because it's very granular. very powdery. when these winds kick up, there's blowing and drifting. hartford, we're looking at 7 to 10 inches of snow. there have been big problems with mass transit, especially the rails. the switches are getting clogged up with snow so they're having to slow down the trains. providence, 8 to 14 inches when all is said and done. boston, 10 to 16 inches of snow. and they've had their second highest high tide since 1978. they've been

i want to draw your attention to an issue that we have going on right now in the area of bridgeport. we were telling you about this earlier. on route 202 right at the dekalb street bridge it's completely shut down because of a homicide. it's closed between front and washington street so definitely try to avoid this area if you can route 202 shut down between front street and washington street because of a homicide investigation. please avoid that area if you can. in salem we were telling you about the tractor-trailer that went into a house. that's out there on lincoln road right at eridges hill road. >> thank you gina. a local mlk day setting a national record for the number of volunteers helping other locally. >> the national drugstore chain announces it's making noticeable changes to its beauty aisles. see what cvs is committed to doing and why they're trying to pressure other companies to do the very same. i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? how can i down

get around that, we also have an accident , 322 logan township new jersey injuries recorded at bridgeportt around this one. joe, been crazy morning with these water main breaks. >> indeed, pat. thanks for keeping us on top of it, next update 85:00, a ahead on cbs this morning, groundbreaking sports cast or >>> i love it. i love it so much. i just could watch it all day. >> make it your ring tone. >> the buffalo bills made the playoffs. the team and its fans went a little bit crazy on sunday. the glor household this was happening as well. last minute touchdown by the bengals who beat the ravens put buffalo in the post season for the first time in 17 years. it's great. >> are you crying a little bit? i think i see tears. >> i was. so jack and i watched the -- so it was the bengals' win on fourth and whatever, 12 it was. we must have watched that play a hundred times yesterday. >> i see you're emotional about it but cheering is also another way to stay warm. >> win-win. >> there's that. no one loses. >>> a very, very good day for the bills over the weekend and i'm happy to share that with yo

it had been out there for hours so watch for that one. 322 at bridgeport road in logan township gloucestermeone could be trapped inside so emergency workers coming to the scene. sounds like a serious accident and this is on 322 right here in gloucester county. in pennsauken the malfunctioning traffic lights causing issues on 130 at browning road and the water main break here on kings highway and certainly you want to watch for icy conditions wherever there's water, tam. >> thank you, karen. now let's head out to a cold dave murphy. good morning. >> yeah, in the shadow now as the sun ducked behind a building not that it's helping much tam. 14 degrees in philadelphia. 10 in allentown. the wind is picking up and that's giving you wind chills down close to zero. we're at one in philadelphia, four below zero up in the lehigh valley. this afternoon it stays sunny and it stays uncomfortable. a high of 26. wind chills probably around 12 this afternoon. then tomorrow not as harsh as we go into the afternoon hours, 31. later wednesday night into thursday morning a nor'easter passes us by. looks like