the new silk road still. under construction in kazakhstan once complete it will cross the entire country over a distance of two thousand four hundred kilometers the construction work is largely being paid for with loans issued by the world bank but also by china itself via its new silk road fund. that's a state fund running to more than forty billion dollars this new strategy has allowed china to enter the exclusive club of major creditor nations. until the new silk road opens and china arrives the cosmic steps still live in the old world a world that dates back to soviet times a world that has been governed by president not cited by a with an iron fist for the past twenty five years he recently called the new silk road the project of a century. nothing has changed here since the fall of the soviet union especially not the old rural road connecting cord goss' with the rest of the country. does it was years of good bye i have goods from china i'm heading to almaty i've been travelling since yesterday so now i

the new silk road planned by xi jinping runs for ten thousand kilometers on road and on rail it crosses western china kazakhstan russia and will run all the way to europe it's a huge construction site. but what are china's true intentions behind this mega project. the many by the way in my opinion this project will change the development of the economy and society but it will definitely have long term geopolitical implications to judea. the new silk road crosses central asia the russian sphere of influence. the near putin and the xi jinping regularly affirm their geo strategic alliance but this new chinese project could have a massive impact on the relationship between the two countries and in the long term it could do the same to the power balance in the whole of eurasia. group in the past the silk road was called the axis of the world if you control that road you control the world. china has. chosen the city of chong shing as the starting point for its new silk road. with a population of around thirty five million almost as many as beijing and shanghai combined chung xing is china's l

things could get icy on the roads.you'll want to leave a little bit of extra time this morning and take caution as you're driving. trish hartman channel6 "action news." >> thank you trish. good thing we're not having a parade today, david. >> this is why they postponed it or moved it to thursday. it's a good thing they did. right now we've got storm tracker6 live double scan showing you a mixed bag of precipitation. rain farther to the south but up north snow and as trish hartman just mentioned some sleet pellets mixing in. radar picking up mainly snow but it could be fine snowflakes and also some sleet mixing in in allentown and then accumulating snow possible in areas like green lane, fleetwood reading doylestown. those brighter shades of white beginning to move in and the farther south you go the better chance you have of seeing some mixing. that blue pushing up close to norristown jenkintown malvern and of course in philadelphia and media is a mix of snow, also some sleet, maybe some freezing rain and now we're see

this feels more like off—road rallying.o avoid these ones because i don't want to damage my tyres. you can have a blow out later when you don't notice the damage, that can be really dangerous on a motorway. this one is more like a paddling pool. getting on for a swimming pool. that is at least three and a half, four inches deep. is that one of the deepest you have seen? no. i have seen over a foot deep. you've got a nice one forming there, just over there. over there an extremely rough patch breaking up quite considerably. everywhere you look there are potholes? there are some craters you could hit your car on the sump with if you went down. we will find out later how mark got on with his challenge. of course, car and lorry drivers aren't the only users of our roads. potholes might be a nuisance for motorists, but for cyclists, they are a much scarier and more dangerous. and more dangerous hazard. these members of a local cycling club say they are always trying to dodge and avoid potholes. they claim the roads in northampto

basically the government pays for all motorways and a roads, that's about 90% of the roads we use.ey are the responsibility of local authorities. why do we see so many potholes on our roads? the simple answer is weather. we have had one of the harshest winters we have had for a long time, prolonged cold patches, rain, snow, wind, you name it. do you have any idea exactly how many potholes there are in northamptonshire? in terms of how many there are an existence, i know how many we fell, roughly speaking. 47,000, thereabouts in an average year. the government told us it will have given northamptonshire county council more than £97 million for highway maintenance between 2015 and 2021. plus a bit extra from a special pothole fund but the council say that is still not enough. what have the government told you when you say we need more money? they appreciate that but as with all these things they say there is only so much money. we have a 1.1 million from the pothole fund this year, possibly a similar amount last year but a drop in the ocean compared to what we need. the council is no

coventry road just reopened chestnut hill road. this accident sparked a vehicle fire on the southbound side of the turnpike at heights town at exit 8. westbound traffic coming up into the city, roads are wet, but no major problems, tam. >> the rain this weekend did not stop it from being a violent one in philadelphia. a triple shooting left a man dead and two other men injured. jeanette reyes is live outside a police headquarters with the latest on what we know in this investigation. good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, in the latest shooting, the investigate is on going, we know one man is dead, two others in stable condition. meanwhile, the search for the gunmen continue. call came into police at 2:00 p.m. a hail of gunfire at 75th and elm wood. three were found shot. 23-year-old shot in the neck and chest. 24-year-old were shot in the hip. the first victim would die at the hospital. the other is in stable condition. a third man, 21 years old was shot in the regular and taken to the same hospital by private car. he

abington, downed tree causing restrictions on cloverly road at rydle road. people are slowing it down a little a little bit as you you should. >> an bike ride took a tragic turn with an outof control driver struck a little girl on her bike. >> reporter: that little girl was likely enjoying the unusually warm weather riding her bike when she was struck and killed by the car. take a look at the scene. you can see the suv flipped on its side and the girl's bike mangled. this happened at 4:15 p.m. the young girl was riding her bike along the 400 block of state street when a vehicle driven by an 84-year-old man jumped the curb and hit her. the suv hit a 40-year-old man sitting on the front stoop of his home. all three were rushed to the hospital where the girl died. the 40-year-old and 84-year-old driver are in stable condition. >> we pride yourselves to have the ability for children to go outside and play at 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. that's something we worked hard to get. unfortunately we have the incidents that happened. the loss of any life of course is a p

valley road and old wilmington road, don't speed, take it easy.we have a road that's blocked new castle county, ramp i41 shut down. a vehicle ran into the woods. >>> time for our first look at business, l.l.bean was legendary for their unlimited return policy, but people abused, the company said forget it returns have to happen within a year of purchase. an illinois man is suing the outdoor retailers over the move, we'll see which policy ends up in place. >>> new jersey gaming regulation said snow and freezing rain kept people from coming from atlantic city. official don't believe it's a red flag for the rest of the year. >>> let's talk about the major stock indices, they saw gains here, the dow up 253 points, erasing the losses from last week. s&p 500 and dow is up, and futures are pointing to a higher open. >>> home depot plans to higher 08,000 seasonal workers nationwide. you can apply online and get an inperson interview. >>> one of schwartzman is the billionaire ceo of black stone group. they plan to refocus their curriculum and stem jobs. 19

we have a downed pole closing ford road near newport mill road. on the waze app people are talking about animals near the road in upper dublin near tennis avenue. be careful, i did see a deer on the side of the road as i was driving in, too. it's wetter out there, reading, pilots, we have showers, doylestown, much of that a ground clutter, but you may be getting a sprinkle. it's steadier in wilmington and salem county, new jersey as you see the showers near i-95, just a few sprinkles near medford lakes. it's not a big deal, but as david has been mixing, the winter weather advisory up in the poconos, through the morning and the afternoon, lake harmony, around the freezing mark. those areas, traveling to the north. you should be dealing with slick conditions. you will be in the mid 30s in quakertown and pottstown. another dreary day. >>> heart stopping moments show three police officers in egypt saving a toddlers life. they are looking up up to the td floor balcony of the bank. they grab the carpet and manuver themselves underneath the boy. incredib

earlier accident, ford road closed between newportville road and frost road, and new falls roads is your best bet. >> freak accident inside tunnel on the pennsylvania turnpike leaves a 70 year old mickelton new jersey man dead. now, authorities and his family members are looking for answers. the accident happened wednesday night inside the lehigh tunnel on the northeast extension, sexton was killedal e tunnel crashed through his windshield of his truck. sexton, okay truck driver for ray moran flan recall riding his normal every day family members say he was just months away from retiring. >> just loved w he did. and, you know, this>> the lehigl inspected every two years septef 2016. the next inspection is schedule for this fall. >> this morning teachers and staffni the first time since gunman killed 17 people. followshe armed officers err on campus never went into the build to go stop a gunman, scott resignee was suspended without pay securo >> devastated, sick to my a no words. >> went in, addressed the kille. >> sheriff placed two other deputies on leave dung previous calls to the susp

and knifer road is shut down due to flooding next to big road. new jersey turnpike, last time i showed you this map we were looking at speeds 20 miles per hour. 63 southbound near exit 4. tam. >> thank y let's talk about ae ra, that flood easily are drying out from yesterday's drencher, some parts could be facing more rn this morning. jeanette reyes is live along mlk drive in fairmont park that was closed for flooding overnight. >> reporter: good morning, tam, we couldn't catch a break this weekend in terms of the rain, some roads you know they will have pondingas i mentioned theyt at top of the hour. at 4:00 a.m. they re-evaluated the situation, you can drive through it. mlk avenue at straw leisure mansion bridge. flooding could be seen on both sides of the road. mlk drive and montgomery avenue all the way up to strawberry mansion bridge barricades were up because of the flooding. ponding was on both sides of the road making impassable. in south jersey relentless rain forced a closure in along union mill road at parker and briggs after parker st

basically the government pays for all motor ways and a roads, that's about 90% of the roads we use.hey are the responsibility of local authorities. why do we see so many potholes on our roads? the simple answer is weather. we have had one of the harshest winters we have had for a long time, ~~a~ a; a; +:—: u ,v, ~- w“ ; zz; .. g 7 7 we are trying to maintain them at their current level, we are doing a rather good job of that. they won't deteriorate but they won't necessarily improve. we were asked mark to record a number of potholes on a five—minute drive from his home. are you disappointed by what you found? yes, we need government to invest in our roads. it's all right putting in new infrastructure but we need to maintain the roads we use day in day out that drive this economy. mark has finished his 15 minute challenge, how did you get on, how many potholes did you find? 75? wow. i thought you would say 20 or 30. that's an incredible amount. were you surprised? not really. i can see how roads are deteriorating. it's notjust here, it's across the whole country. there are potholes e

road and upper state road.ith knapp. working on a modified weekday schedule on mass transit. >> campbell and paisley have been collecting decorations they will be donating to an organization that throws parties for children who can not afford them. >> they don't care it's fun, they just want a happy birthday from somebody. >> the girls hope their effort will be something that the children remember for ever. >> time to get a preview of what's coming up on "g.m.a." >> robin roberts joining us live, you're talking about the students who want to make this response to this school shooting different and more long lasting. >> reporter: the teen survivors of the school shooting take a strong stance against gun violence and march on washington this as we learn about the missed warning signs and the family that took him in after the his mother will join us live in the studio. >>> the latest on the investigation into the massive cruise ship brawl involving 23 members of a family being removed from the ship. we'll have the

let's look at the roads, stump road at county line road montgomery township, the intersection is mostlyt wet. in some areas we're starting to get flurries, there could slick spots here and there as you're traveling. watch out for the bridges and overpasses. live on the ben franklin bridge not seeing anyone slip or slide at this point. take it easy and expect a slick spot or two as you travel around. the big issue of the day is on the schuylkill expressway. we had an accident westbound near conshohocken. although it cleared it stakes you over an hour to travel from the vine to the blue route. a mess on the schuylkill expressway. on the waze app i found someone talking about an accident on the boulevard inter drive southbound near wyoming. we've seen a few accidents come up. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing the flurries northwest 422 near honeybrook and 322. pottstown i mentioned someone tweeted me a picture some of the flurries. looking closer to the city flurries near media and chadds ford and woods bury and gibbs town and 70 near medford lakes. if you look along the coastline t

>>> we have slick roads out there. also the early morning commuters out of tracy up and rolling this morning for a 35-minute drive westbound on 580 to livermore from tracy. problems on 17 -- highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. in the northbound direction, we have an accident at little moody curve. it popped up there for you. it's northbound near redwood estates. the southbound drive is also very slow. that is road maintenance. they have the right lane blocked off southbound until 6:00 a.m. this morning. that's why you're seeing all those slow and red sensors on your map there. >>> thank you, sue. a man gets upset at a loud party next door. what he tried to do. >>> more trouble for the movie company owned by disgraced producer harvey weinstein. the decisions forced to be made. >>> a flu the quick moving storm will touch everywhere except southern california. it's blasting through down to fresno. here's what it does. a winter weather advisory. up to a foot of snow is possible. even 18 inches in isolated spots. the sn

no big accidents, people slowing down with the wet roads. i-95 northbound at naamans road. multi-vehicle accident. police on the scene. at least three vehicles involved with that accident. west bradford we had an accident with injuries on the scene. they have left, and chestnut lane is reopened. looking at the big picture. we have gone from green to yellow, starting to slow it down, but no red yet. i-95 the schuylkill expressway doggy down a little bit. 42 is -- slowing down a little bit. 42 in good shape. i have an accident on the waze app in plymouth meeting. storm tracker 6 live double scan, the rain is coming down, areas of fog not a big deal, but five mile visibility at philadelphia international. you'll notice it a little bit. you will notice mild air, that feels good. 51 in quakertown. 58 in malvern and media. 54 in center city. it's 63 in dover, delaware. so certainly a mild start, matt. >> indeed, thank you karen. >>> a former new york city high school teacher and twin brother are accused of stockpiling explosive materials and paying students to help them make bomb

wet roads because of overnight rain. most of the current rain is down south in cape may county and southern delaware. a little bit east of trenton, i'm seeing a blip out to the west. numbers are improving, we'll start out in the 40s and later this afternoon get up to a high of 5 degrees at 3:00 p.m. tonight we maintain -- 65 degrees, we maintain mild conditions. showers later tonight. no major delays in our big travel destinations, there's fog in orlando, but that's it. >> a new blood test may help you detect when a person had a concussion by predicting specific proteins that are released after the injury. it should save money and limit exposure to radiation from x-rays. >>> late mail and no mail at all. >> we were receiving mail once a week. >> reporter: an "action news" investigation finds postal problems raging in various zip codes in the area. one woman called police when she said her carrier refused to delivery the mail. >> he goes on the truck and puzzle off two weeks worth of mail and gives me my mail. >> what you

we found people talking about icy roads on rolling road here in springfield township. as you travel out and about you need to be careful. 42 northbound traffic coming up from deptford or turnersville. for the most part, the highway is wet, you have to watch for a slick spot or two, as you travel. a lot of people bleary eyed as they travel around. the rain is out of here, but nonetheless you have to look for wet spots that could be slick now that temperatures have dropped, matt and tam. [cheers and applause] >> that is what it sounded like in u.s. bank stadium when an eagles made a play, sounded like the link. fans at the super bowl said it felt like a home game with the fans cheering on their team. >> man flocked to minneapolis to witness the game in person, "action news" at 4:00 p.m., brian taff and sharrie williams talked to a new jersey couple who waited decades for this. >> sam and anita, this is your 50th anniversary. what is it like here? >> it is amazing, fantastic. >> can you believe we're here, pinch us, we won! we won! and everybody is congratulating us, like

. >> and upper moreland, east road, southbound side closed. around mill road. they're diverting track on to mill road, that ramp to take you to easton road on the northbound side. so, that will be backed up for a little bit, especially later on in the morning commute. heads up as you head out the door and take easton road, you might see problems there. looks like that construction on the blue route, southbound ramp to the schuylkill expressway has already clearlied out of the way. good news there. drive times moving through delaware, not too bad, north and southbound, 11 minutes from 295 to 495 and average speeds in the 60s. vai and tracy. >>> happening now, an old building is imminently dangerous and needs to come down. nbc10's matt delucia is live on the scene right now. matt, what are they doing to prevent people from a potential collapse? matt, you can hear us? >> reporter: there is still that danger of collapse. yes, i can hear you. right here at third and chestnut streets, you can see this is the intersection where that fired happened early sunday morning

limerick township we have flooding at knifer road between big road andy game farm road. watch for that, as well. a few issues, matt, you'll see ponding and puddling on the roads. >> are you talking to me? >> reporter: yes. great. hello everyone, time for a first look at business. gas prices are up over a dime last month despite an increase in production of crude oil. the average 2.58. it's 2.84. remember we have the highest gas taxes in pennsylvania. fewer airline passengers are getting pumped of flights. the low since 1995. spirit airline has the highest percentage of the bumped passengers. the dow gained 330 points after a week of huge amount of volatility that could continue with futures pointing to a scrum at the opening bell. tickets to disney world and disney lands are going up between 2 and $7. date specific tickets will be sold later this year and prices will be published in advance. >>> a new type of mediation is gaining in popularity in buffalo, new york. it's called gong b yoga, students lay on the ground and listen to the sound ever a gong for 30 minutes. the

karen. >> looking live outhere on woodhaven road at academy road.raffic is moving pretty nicely right here. we have problems elsewhere, though. we'll take you to an accident on 422 next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back. taking a live look you can see a little bit of action there on the horizon, the sun getting ready to make an appearance. we can use it. it's 6:14 and just 28 degrees. >> all right karen what you got on the roads right now. >> we're moving okay here on 422. this is eastbound past oaks. you can see a seven minute ride eastbound from oaks to 202. nearby the ramp from 422 eastbound to 23 shut down and it's not going to reopen again until summer. so, that's the latest construction project on 422. now here eastbound approaching stow we've got an accident and the speeds have gotten a whole lot worse right now. it's blocking at times the right lane but maybe blocking more than that because now 6 miles an hour so we're really seeing a slow go with this accident on 422 eastbound near stow. as we look at the big picture here, overall speeds aren't ba

an accident at hoffmanville road at lay field road. an accident drove off into the woods, causing problems. on the waze app an accident on 295 southbound tom jar head telling us about that near carney's point. storm tracker 6 live by the way showing most of the area is dry. the rain confined to cape may and atlantic city, a couple of sprinkles. the roads are wet in the area. fog is an issue becoming more so now we can see the visibility down to 1.3 miles in wilmington and allentown and lancaster. not a big deal at philadelphia international, tam. >> president trump has explicitly key announced domestic violence for the first time since the departure of a former top aid. he had not responded to reporter's questions until yesterday. rob porter resign after accusations by his both wives. he praised woman and cast doubt on the women's accusations. >>> a porn star claimed she had and sexual encounter and yearlong affair is ready to talk. her nondisclosure agreement is not valid any more since she was paid personal funds that were used to pa

roads are closed starting at closures at 5:00 a.m. and carry through around 9:00 p.m. thursday, no parking this begins 6:00 p.m. wednesday night to about 6:00 p.m. thursday and more on septa details when it comes to the parade coming up in a bit, rahel and jim, back to you. >>> salt on the roads and sidewalks may help solve problems this morning as we travel to work. >> but may create other problems for your car down the road. it can cause rust on your car to prevent damage make sure any chips have been sealed, some experts say nail polish will dot trick and get your car wash as quickly as possible after driving untreated road making sure that the car wash including an under carriage cleaning. >> best recommendation sun out and temperature is about 20 it is still safe to get a car wash, just make sure you have to get through the car wash that your door jambs and trunk jams are dry so it prevents the seals from freezing. >> may also want to make sure to care for your clothes and shoes, salt want discolor your pants. experts say you can get rid of the salt by soaking it

hinckley road is one of the main arterial roads.ut possibly slightly quieter on a sunday evening. so that's the latest that we have. police are advising everyone to avoid the area, hinckley road and carlisle street, while they deal with this major incident, following reports of an explosion. we will bring you more details coming up. now the weather forecast with sarah. if you've been keeping up with forecasts, you have probably heard there is some very wintry weather coming up with disruptive snowfall in the east. coming up, eastern scotla nd in the east. coming up, eastern scotland and eastern england seemed the cloud, a few scattered snow showers, subzero temperature is overnight across the board, with a widespread frost and some iciness. most of the snow showers towards the east will be fairly well scattered on monday morning, many places staying dry, the best sunshine further west, but the cloud filtering further east. temperatures getting a few degrees above freezing but, adding an easterly wind, it will feel like minus five de

bristol, bucks county, we have a downed pole ford road newportville road and frost roads. stick to 413. hopping into new route 42 traffic is slower because of rain. >> firefighters are battling a huge fire at the parkland school district in the lehigh valley. this is new video that came into the newsroom minutes ago, you can see the extent of the flames and the damage. the depot is located behind orfield middle school in or field. we know that 25 buses have been destroyed by heavy fire. parkland schools canceled classes for the day within the last hour. it is unclear what started the fires, we'll stay on top of the breaking story in the lehigh ll debate over school safety continues with calls for increased security in the hallways there are new revelation than an armed resource officer was there in parkland, florida and did nothing. as cruz killed 17 people. officer scott peterson stayed outside the school and never intervened. the officer viewed video showing his sponsor lack of -- responsor lack thereof. >> i saw a deputy arrive west side of building 12 and take up a pos

york road at mill road. so watch for that accident scene. to the turnpike instead and you can take moreland road, don't take york road as an alternate because we have an accident there. new information about a big accident in salem county, new jersey. we're hearing there may be 20 cars that got stuck in this tar as it leaked out on 295 southbound approaching auburn here in salem county, new jersey. so, the car, the truck was leaking tar and then these cars just kept getting stuck in it. so now one lane gets by. if you can imagine that sticky situation on your ride to work. it's a mess. fog isn't helping any. we have .3 of a mile visibility allentown, reading, lancaster. 1.3, that's a little better in philadelphia international so look at the mild air here. 43 in quakertown, 51 already in center city. 56 in hammonton. 57 degrees in dover, delaware. foggy and mild. david is going to be back in the seven-day and you're going to think it's spring when you see some of these numbers coming up in a minute matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. 6:39 and

roads are a little damp.he construction is clear now south street but crews will return again tonight at 9 o'clock and block a lane in either direction so that will slow you down overnight and early morning but overall looking at the big picture, this is the first day back to work for a lot of people after a long weekend. blue route, schuylkill, i-95 in pretty good shape. don't forget in olde city we have portions of chestnut second and third still blocked from sunday morning's fire location and the flyers play tonight at 7:00. you'll see congestion in south philadelphia. here's i-95 near bridge street. construction has cleared. traffic's moving okay at this point. fog not too bad in this shot on i-95. in upper moreland we continue to have big problems here because of this accident involving a pedestrian. ms crews on the scene. easton road southbound between mill road and pennsylvania turnpike still shut down at this point matt. >> thank you, karen. a new washington post abc news poll on the gun control debat

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the roads will get a little bit wet. the roads will be slippery and snowy over the weekend. i'll have that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> welcome back taking live look, this is 611, the main strip all the stores that were part of the community for a generation, it's a rainy scene out there, roadways and foggy in parts. >> we're getting a good soaking, david. >> reporter: yeah we are most of the area is seeing it right now. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing it in through philadelphia and down into wilmington. the places missing it, a dover south and not in cape may county and atlantic county. this is moving toward the east it will be with us off and on probably into the middle of the afternoon. tonight looks to be drier, but it will be cooler. as we look outside, we have wet conditions on i-95 early traffic of course is light as it usually is at this time. you can see all the moisture on the roadways that will slow you down a little bit. temperature, 54 degrees, the dewpoint the same as the temperature indication that the air is saturated we've got

road. it's causing issues. visibility a bit of a problem, too with the milder air moving in. down to one mile in allentown and lancaster. 4-mile an hour at philadelphia international. i want to thank everybody for tweeting their great valentine's day picture, meghan sent this in, she is ready for the film, she looks as sassy as she is sweet. we reminds me of my middle daughter who is now a teenager. good luck with addi. >>> david schalkin has been accused of sightseeing and having taxpayers cover his wife's airfare will covers 4300 rs dollars. he received his medical degree from mcp and working jobs at drexel and templendhealth. >>> a girl was reported missing tuesday after a man assaulted their mother insideou tth carol. police caught up with the man yesterday and rescued the girl. it is unclear whether he knew the attacker, but authorities described him as a unwanted guest. >>> michael was driving a route in milwaukee, he saw a woman fall while attempting to cross a snow covered street. h

roads are wet. not seeing widespread problems with the slickness, you could see a slick spot or two, although the roads are mostly wet. watch for the and overpasses and the ramps out here. i-95 southbound in delaware, wilmington, past delaware avenue. because of the weather conditions they have radioed speeds on 495 and i-95 in delaware to 55 miles per hour. don't go past that in because they are concerned about icy spots. no icy spots i-95 cottman southbound traffic very light volume to start you off right now. vine street expressway we had an accident near the schuylkill expressway that cleared. ri is moving just fine out here. let's check storm tracker 6 live double scan, we can see the rain in south jersey and delaware, maybe a snowflake or two on pottstown norristown, doylestown. on the schuylkill expressway looks like a mix, you see the area of blue right there. much of the rain pushing into southhaere been tweeting me all their pictures, lisa kennedy sent in the cheerleading underdog, like th

people are rooted paid the roads that they are already paid's the rose -- already paid the roads you are using. $35 to get to manassas to d.c., it is insane. people need to wake up. our country comes first. if you look at other countries how they build roads, we can do better, but people do not want to pay services. host: host: can we learn from other countries? guest: i think we can. they don't have the same tax treatment of the public debt. they are somewhat unique in allowing investors to earn interest income off municipal bonds not subject to federal taxation. that lowers the interest rate states have to offer. that is why borrowing is so cheap in this country and why we tend not to do public-private partnerships. the previous caller made an excellent point that many do not pass the measure of profitability. if that is the measurement, there will be thousands of facilities we do not build in the coming years. we have to recognize or is a we have to recognize there is a reason the public builds and maintains these facilities. host: the next caller is from washington. caller: i wan

on these roads every day it means a lot. i would remind people that we at the federal government have invested in roads and infrastructure for centuries not decades and [inaudible] dwight eisenhower's or republican president expanded the highway system with you to fax in large america. ronald reagan knew it was important and why are we making this 180 degrees hairpin turns right now. doesn't make sense. there are other problems with the trump plan. what about by america and everyone says they are for by america. the trump in production plan unwinds by america provisions. you are going to rebuild namerican infrastructure let's o it with american steel, american concrete and american labor. this is the kind of plan you would expect from a president who surrounds himself with industry insiders and financiers and people from wall street who look at infrastructure as an investmentra by corporations but infrastructure has always been something that benefits aren't immediately apparent in a road might not generate short-term profit

down wires from township line road is closed between limerick road, and you have to use cemetery road is your best bet and we have more on the water main break coming up in 10 minutes, jim and rahel, back to you. >>> as we have been mentioning we're tracking winter wet they are morning. >> expect to make roads slippery and travel conditions dangerous. "eyewitness news" reporter frank does live in allentown as she often is, good morning, trang do. it doesn't seem like roads are bad yet, what are you seeing. >> reporter: i'm in my usual favorite spot in allentown, of course because they usually get that wintry weather before it hits philadelphia as you can see, nothing to report here as we see at the moment. we came up here on the northeast extension and you know roads are clear, we got here quickly, we did see some snow cloud, just getting ready for what is to come. one thing i do want to show you you can see roads in downtown allentown and they are totally prepared. you can see that brineing that is put down so they are ready for whatever is to come. we are hearing around 6:00 a.m. wh

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road. as i step aside you can see the amount of emergency workers dealing with the accident scene, be careful as you travel through the area. i want to take you to nottingham township, an accident at chris teen road at old forge road look for fire department and peco on the scene. a vehicle went into the pole and there's low-hanging wires. it's creating a problem, crews are out there trying to fix it. bucks county, newport road an accident brought down a pole here, as well. matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> a sheriff deputy assigned to the florida school where the gunman that killed 17 people last week resign. the deputy stood outside for critical minutes during the gunfire rather than going in and confronting the shooter. the details come as the debate over how to protect schools grow. kenneth moten has more. >> reporter: president trump said there could be paid bonuses for armed teachers who could highly trained and ready. florida said their highly trained officer did nothing to stop

>> reporter: hi let's take a look at the roads. you can see the moisture on the roads.tely picking up in terms of precipitation. just five minutes ago we had considerable sleet in this area. we drove neighborhoods north i west of philadelphia, south on city av. we got on route one and went south on delaware county and really saw conditions change when we were in philadelphia and neighborhoods north and west of the city we were not seeing the sleet. we were seeing a little bit of precipitation, even a bit of snowflakes up there. but as we moved further south into delaware county, that's where the sleet has picked up. on surfaces untreated like this sidewalk here it is incredibly slippery obviously along this great near the tree. but other parts of this sidewalk clearly have not been treated. state street i can tell you there's salt on the road. it has been treated. this is different from areas we were seeing in and around philadelphia where i can tell you it did not look like roads were pretreated in some of the key arteries of philadelphia like germantown avenue there w

three people died in a collision on the a15, and a schoolbus veered off the road elsewhere.sex, a car passenger filmed 17 damaged or abandoned vehicles alongside the a120 close to colchester. in kent, where the county council had declared a snow emergency, gritters worked flat out to cover as many roads as possible. but traffic overnight meant salt couldn't do its work. by the time the morning commute began, accidents and ice had closed a series of routes. drivers posted video images of the m20, where all traffic was brought to north of maidstone. up to ten centimetres of snow fell across kent, surrey and east sussex, where farmers helped to keep minor roads open. more than 300 schools were closed. across the eastern counties, traffic called and travellers waited for news on cancelled rail services. 0perators had run empty trains through the night to keep the tracks open, but for a while the snow defeated them. temperatures are falling again. travelling will remain unpredictable and hazardous in the coming days. in the part of england were the most difficult weather was fore

roads are dry.l check in with the rest of the roads when i get back but right now, let's get a check of the forecast with meteorologist bill henrley. >> a live look at the comcast center and gray clouds overhead. but they will not last. 28 degrees at 6:26. your neighborhood forecast coming up. >> reporter: good morning, i'm matt delucia live in center city. some businesses are banking on the parade hoping for a record-breaking day. we'll hear how some of them are getting ready. ♪ got this feeling in my body got the feeling ♪ >>> also ahead, a moment in the spotlight, a local pizza shop owner talked to nbc10 about his five seconds of fame standing next to justin timberlake at halftime. sorry. i can't make it. it's just my eczema again, but it's fine. yeah, it's fine. you ok? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day. eczema exposed. your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. may

traction control can be set to match road conditions from rain to dry roads or somewhere in between new tires or older once. made noise and i've heard that would. come with us and you would have it i would buy that you can set e.s.c. to on mode right now in what conditions been prefers on which is perfectly calibrated to these conditions when it strikes he likes the sport mode which is good on the race track and always will be as possible based on positive and speculates markedly them fresh shock absorbers are also electronically adjustable on summerise tracks most drivers. so you should take them in sport plus mode and adjust the shock absorbers to the track but that does vary a bit if you're on a track or road that's a bit older and bumpy you might want to use board and not sport plus mode so every driver can adjust the settings to match his or her driving style. when she t.r.s. new radiator grille is a nod back to the pan americana race car of the one nine hundred fifty s. wider front and rear fenders and hands traction and provide maximum grip on tight turns hidden in the end her bo

so, expect that you'll need the spare time, hit the road sooner if you must. meantime here's where we stands, very warm start to the morning here, you're still in the 60s in dover look likely to stay level, do you still have it moving through, not much sun to warm things up too much. this is cold front passage, so eventually colder air is going to catch up to us, but yet not going to see a lot of movement on any of the valleys around the region, palmyra still 58 degrees, 57 in willow grove , you get the idea, so mild beginning to the day but a day that still requires the umbrella looking a though you will need it for the majority of the day with off and on rounds of the rain coming through at any time, but winter storm watch going into effect tomorrow, much more on that later. >> all over the place, happy morning, hammy friday, whatever you want to say, 42, so 42 freeway northbound at creek road, take this toward 295, an area where we're keeping an eye on because every how many headlight and how wet it is out there. you can just see the glare from the headligh

we are just down the road from route 22 and this road gets very busy during the morning commute.f you have an early commute you're in luck because things are nice and dry right now, no issues on the roads. it is cold here this morning. you can seere on the grass a nir and this is from precipitation that has fallen previously. so, we are looking at things to get slippery as things start to fall. now, take a look at this video that we shot earlier this morning. well, the lehigh valley and the northern suburbs are supposed to see the worst of this storm, we did find penndot crews working in philadelphia to prep the roads ahead of the storm. here they are brining the schuylkill expressway early this morning. sleet and snow could affect visibility, the changeover to freezing rain is expected to make things slick. we're waiting on that precipitation in whitehall township. live in lehigh county, trish hartman channel6 "action news." >> thanks trish. >>> the countdown is on for what is expected to be the biggest party philadelphia has ever seen. the eagles super bowl championship parade.

that if you look at road systems if you look at the train network you get anything that has a network effect the market doesn't figure out how to do those things on its own they need a right of way across property lines they need to generate revenue for the whole country not in a way that a private business can easily absorb so in those cases government should be more entrepreneurial because no private entity has the muscle all or the scale to do it because for the country every dollar we put in in this investment is going to generate two or three or ten dollars over a turn ultimately we have to remember about government has always played a role in infrastructure developing united states article one section eight of the us constitution congress was ordered to construct all the postal roads which was you know the seven hundred ninety persion of the internet it wasn't left up to the free market it was put into the u.s. constitution because it was seen as such a central. government function for the nation seven hundred ninety one george washington asked alexander hamilton to come up with

years in housing and all the roads. if you will i don't know i challenge any member of parliament to live in the conditions we are currently living in here i bet they are even afraid of entering this area they have no idea how horrible the smell is or how critical the medical situation is. we haven't received any kind of aid since thing is finished seven months ago on one occasion didn't receive a small box of. no food nothing. our senior correspondent what i witnessed the liberation operation and its aftermath showed his experience with us in the studio earlier today. seven months since the battle of mosul ended they're still digging up people's bodies and here there's no end in sight i mean these rescuers work every day just this time we we film them and what's more you know we can't obviously show our viewers everything but this footage in particular is very distressing because it's always so when it when it comes to children but i was there when these bodies had just begun to rot and i don't the gull ever forget it