we are dealing with an accident in abington as well old york road and adams avenue. that's been out there for the past hour or so. policing activity on the scene trying to get that cleaned up. we'll keep you updated on the drive times there. philadelphia international airport, you have a flight you can see raining at the airport but currently no delays. we'll keep you updated. rosemary. >> appreciate it, jessica. coming up, caring for your kids. the new program helping parents prepare for when their kids are sick. how it can save you a trip from the e.r. >>> a popular trail is helping people go farther. we'll map it out for you. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >> at 5:13 on this monday here is a live look at the first alert radar showing the showers coming through right now. meteorologist bill henley tells us that the rain is going to get heavier during the morning commute so keep that in mind. a live look at i-95 at the gerrard point bridge in south philadelphia. traffic moving along just fine. again, be sure to give yourself a few extra minutes because i

abington on old york road and adams avenue we'll show you the cleanup.ve times, still in the clear on 95 southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. no problems. 14 minutes. no problems on the schuylkill eastbound. slippery commute there. same story for the blue route. >>> take a look at this. a scary crash turns into a mad dash for cash and it is all caught on camera. we'll show you exactly what happened just moments before that sent the money flying everywhere. >>> dozens of dogs and cats in happy homes this morning. the local shelter closed by sickness now celebrating adoption success. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >>> 51 degrees and it's quarter of 6:00 in the morning. live look from our camera at the lowe's hotel. the flag's whipping in the wind there. winds about 17 18 miles per hour according to jesse gary about a half hour ago certainly looks that way. we'll have bill henley and his first alert forecast to tell us more. >>> meanwhile, speaking of the winds. storms that are moving into our area hit the south yesterda

. >>> penn state abington and abington school district will honor the memorial field. they'll break the finish line ribbon on the track to signify the completion of the upgrade. students from both the college and the school district will share use of those fields. >>> the city of coatsville will celebrate its 100th anniversary today. the 100th inaugural event will happen today. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >> chilly start this morning. 47 degrees here at "nbc 10." time is 4:26. looks like the lights are on and everybody's home. >> i think everybody -- >> jessica boyington, do you concur? >> i feel like everybody is home if you look at the highways. look at 295 out in new jersey around the black horse pike. no one really out there so that's a smooth drive if you do have to head out the door. we will check in with the rest of our drive times when we come back. i . >>> "nbc 10 news" starts now. >>> a mother accused of locking her children in their basement is now locked up in a jail cell. this morning we're live as she waits to be charged. >>> searching for

the light rain h^r indeed moved into the area philadelphiaxdÑie1 abington q!f1 o gloucester, all getting light rainfall. farther to the southwest moving through northeastern maryland and southernçó delaware. that's wheret(ñheok steadier showers.lpe1 potential for heavier çórainfall. grab anok umbrella. winds blowing 57 degrees and by 9:00, heavier rainfall and 63 degrees. we might see breaks of sunshine. warming by noontime. up to 67 degrees. we'll go through the day hour by hour. showing you whatxt. expect. for the morning commute, jessica boyington is keeping an eye on first ale2á( traffic. hey, jessica. >> good morning. good i]morning, everybody. thee1 majoud problem we have with it beinge1 early is not volume, it's wet roadways. the travel times are up here 95 at gerrard avenue. 14 minutes from woodhaven to the vine street expressway. you can see slippery roadways southbound 95 to gerrard avenue. 'b jersey everything moving you can see theçó drive times 5 minutes if you're headed northbound orw3 southbound approaching the walt whitman bridge. distance. we

we are dealing with still some activity around an accident scene in abington. old york avenue.a little bit of reduced visibility and a lot of rain covering thee1 roadways covering the lens of this qcamera. eastbound on 422, still no problems. not going to affect your drive time too much. only 9:00. almost identical numbers if you're headed westbound. west transit looking goodlp for septa, new jersey transit and patco line. the rest of our majors doing just fine and in the green. vai. >>> thank you, jessica. president obama will welcome the buckeyes of ohio state to the white house today. the football team will be visiting as they'r] honored for the r e buckeyes beat the university of oregon of course in january to win the title.Ñi >>> meanwhile "nbc 10" was at a lacrosse tournament honoring the rowan university student that was killed walking on campus inok 2007. the murder of donny farrell still remains okunsolved. seven teams remain. none of the players knew farrell to honor r >> graduate new kids come in stories get lost that's why it's important for this to be remembered.

even though he notified the school of the plan, abington district officials sent him this letter letting him know that they were unexcused absences. he found the letter offensive. . 4r6sh8g9sdsed ltsds so as many people do he took his gripes to social media and said the policies are silly and said our kids had a once in a lifetime experience, not one that can be found in a classroom or resident in a book. it went viral and has the rossis fieldsing interview requests august over the country. >> i believe it is our job as parent to make sure our children under the importance of rules and rules should be followed and consequences for breaking it's rules. >> some parents in abington agree with the school's decision but many say that they agree with the rossis. >> have you to break the rules sometimes and think outs side of things we don't learn in school. >> give parents a lot of credit i think they know their clirn children so i think it's parents had something positive to give to their children. >> now rossi also stressed to us, he loves the school and the principal and that his only regre

another crash, abington. old york road through adams. the rest of the drive times doing okay starting to slow up on 95 and the schuylkill and the blue route having no problem. >>> still ahead, commuters montgomery county will have to cut out one popular shortcut. we'll tell you why next. >>> plus, a massive brush fire is out this morning. we'll tell you who i many acres burned before firefighters got a handle on it. >>> in a few hours a live look at boston after the break. >>> a brush fire scorched more than 100 acres at carbon county. they'll try to figure out what started the fire at blue mountain. fire crews got everything under control last night. no one there was hurt. >>> here is a live look from boston at the starting line of the marathon. thousands of athletes will take off from here in just a matter of hours. this is the 119th year for the race and the second since the deadly bonl deadly bombings near the finish line. while the weather is unpredictable, security is set. there will be a heavy police presence following the bombing

abington accident at old york road and abington, glennside newtown, both have outside electrical fires this morning no reported delays for mass transit. that's a look at your ride. ukee, back to you. >> jd, thank you so many a bringing him in in march looks like the birds are making it official. sources tell "eyewitness news", tim tebow is joining the team. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now in pennsauken to get reaction from some of eagles nation. jan, good morning. >> good morning i just spoke to denver broncos fan who says he is not official lay philadelphia eagles fan because tebow time is coming to the city of board brotherly love. flip side of the coin, some saying this morning what are they anything? take a look, "eyewitness news" has confirm tim tebow now in town and expected to sign a one year contract with the eagles this afternoon. the well known quarterback has actually been college football analyst recently, last played frees season football with the new patriots, last regular season game back in 2012 with the new york jets. many have thought tebow's footb

watch out for ponding on the roads with the heavy rain moving n we do have an accident in abington, old york road at adams avenue, keep that this in mind, outside electrical fire, keswick avenue. and mass transit report nothing delays right now the airport looking okay, but with the rain coming in, you may want to call ahead to check out any delays. that's look at your ride this monday morning ukee, erika back to you. >> looks like tim tebow wants to fly like an an eagle. former heisman trophy win letter sign with the team later today. >> jan carabeo joins us now live in pennsauken get reaction from fans, exciting news good morning. >> erika ukee, good morning well the eagles have certainly earned the title of the most entertaining team to watch this off season, haven't they? well another shocking move for many fans left wondering what is coach chip kelly thinking want to go know what the future of this team looks like many of them say they're excited to see tebow time come to philadelphia, others not so much. and that is putting mildly. take a look at the video "eyewitness news" as you

penn state abington and the abington school district will celebrate the renovation of maine northerlyeld today. instead of traditional ribbon cutting, the students will break the ribbon on the track. students from the college and district will share use of those fields. >>> he's just sparked protest in baltimore and today he will be laid to rest but the relationship between the community and the police department is far from being healed. >>> think fast. you're on a bridge. there's a car coming towards you. do you take a leap of faith or do you try to dodge the car? we'll tell you what one guy did. >>> oh, my gosh this is the biggest hail i have ave. ever seen. >> a downright dangerous storm yesterday in texas. other parts of texas saw strong wind and some heavy rain. >>> the six democrats who want to be philadelphia's next mayor will face off in another candidate's forum. the focus is leadership and how it relates to nurturing innovation and economic growth. the six democrats will meet at whyy studios on independence mall. primary day is may 19th. >>> this morning there's a warning a

the abington school slapped his kids with three unexcused absences even though he notified the school about the plan district officials sent him a letter saying that any further unexcused absences could result in action. >> it was hostile and accusetory and it made me angry. >> rossi sat down with the principal and the meeting did not change the punishment but they both spoke their peace. >>> and ultron avengers hits theaters tonight. a bigger threat hitting the human race and alicia vitarelli talked to the actors behind the costumes and joins us now with what is expected to be a huge hit. >> tremendous, what a star studded cast of superheroes, i had a chance to sit down with the avengers along with ultron they say that this film has more action but also more heart. >> the end of a path i started us on. >> nothing lasts forever. >> for each of the super heroes there is a sort of internal power struggle happening this time around and each faces their past demons and more humanity as we get to know more about the people that have pretty incredible super powers. >> what i think is great

abington area.ing some of that rainfall in warminster as well. the clouds will keep on going. we'll see more and more sunshine today leading to 60s this afternoon. by 2:00 up to 64 degrees. go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. right now let's find out how the roads are holding up after all of this rain. jessica boyington watching your first alert traffic. good morning, jessica. >> hey, bill. good morning. good morning, everyone. dealing with flooding in the area. definitely wet roadways. good news on 95 around mel rose avenue. you can see they just picked up these road flares. we had the left-hand lane in the southbound side closed for the past hour. turned into a multi-vehicle accident. police activity gone. all lanes getting by southbound approaching 320. as we check out the rest of the drive times, 95 southbound from woodhaven road to the vine will take you 32 minutes. starting to become a little bit slow. rush hour starting to get underway on the sch

. >>> and developing overnight police got to work at the scene of a deadly crash in abington, montgomery county. a car slammed into a pole crushing the car and killing the driver inside. it happened around evergreen road and jenkintown road at 11:30. nobody else was in the car. >>> we have details on a disturbing report this morning saint joseph's university is conducting an internal investigation into allegations of hazing involving the women's softball team. dann cuellar has the exclusive details. >> reporter: "action news" was there as the bus to transport the softball team to virginia was delayed for several hours. the university would not confirm that four stiewrnt athletes were is you say -- student athletes were suspended and not allowed to board the bus. freshmen members of the softball team were forced to undergo hazing students were given them written instructions and a note telling them this it is time for them to show suspect. they had to perform sexual acts and perform lap dancing enmimicking various sex acts and more that is too graphic to outline here. tonight university s

this is in abington. around 1:00 o'clock this morning. one person was confirmed dead at the scene n word what caused this accident. >>> and also, fire fighters respond to a two alarm fire in bucks county. it happened last night around 10:15 at forty-seventh, stone gate village in quakertown. fire fighters say when they arrived two homes were fully engulfed. there were no reports of any injuries thank goodness and they are looking into why it happened. >>> 6:06. fire destroys two units at an apartment complex in west chester. sky fox over the scene at winter berk apartments. this was a two alarm fire, and it also damage a handful of other units. fire fighters say the blaze started in a second floor apartment and then it the just moved quickly. she said that she lost everything, but thankfully that she got out just in time. >> i ran back in and got the cat. fire is very scary. my son in law is a a role tear fire fighter, so i hear about that all the time. >> unfortunately there were some pets in these apartments at the time of the fire and

but as we zoom and take a little tour across the area, philadelphia abington toward trenton, still lookingf those showers. down the shore, we had some winds gusting over 60 miles per hour. all because of this area of low pressure that's been moving through our area. a lot of wind energy. the main source of the winds now pushing offshore but we still saw gusts look at this philadelphia 71 miles per hour. northeast philadelphia 62-mile per hour wind gusts. turnersville 60 miles per hour wind gusts also lehigh valley about 55-mile per hour within gusts. take a look at the numerous wind reports across the area. but also we've been getting some reports of some tree damage in particular we'll zoom in and take a look right now. you can see toward the glassboro area. that's in gloucester county. a large tree was uprooted which pulled down wires and also tour up some of the sidewalk in that particular area earlier this afternoon. so damage coming in also take a look at this picture from twitter from mel linda out of montgomery county showing a big tree that was jus

result of that car crashing in the will pole at fischer and jenkintown road around 1:00 o'clock in abington. one person was confirmed dead at the scene no word what caused the accident or if anybody else was involved. >>> fire fighters respond to a two alarm fire in bucks county this happened last night at 10:15 at 47 stone gate village in quakertown. fire fighters say when they arrived to homes were fully engulf there were no reports of injuries. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> sky fox over the scene at winter brook apartment in west chester. two alarm fire there engulf two units and damaged a handful of others. fire fighters say blaze started in the second floor apartment, moved quickly. one resident said that she lost everything but got out just in time. >> i ran back in, and got the the cat. fire is very scary. my son in law is a volunteer fire fighter. i hear about that all the time. it is a mess. >> a few cats didn't die in the fire fire fighters say it took more than 30 minutes to get it under control. they were battling against strong wind as well. it looks acciden

. >>> and an abington tnship ftr standg by his decision t pl the ks out of school to watch him run theton mratn. tehashe un exsed asences. evethough ti the school, thefficials sent h a ltter tyg h that frer unxcud absences can leado them king admistrativaction. > tget letr like th it was ptty accer to and the lnagpretty hostile. i me she a little angry. > a he sat down with the school's principal and the meing didn't chae the pusent,ut both sides were able to speak thr minds. >> packed room at the charter shool in northeast philelphia frubl meeting on comcast cable. ad the city renegotiating the agreementnd th shared exerienc ansomimes their frtrao. theurrent 15-year franchise armenthich v comcast permissiono operate in the cty expires next year. >>> intere rates are staying te same at least for now. the federal rerve said that the ecomysn'trowg nearly a quklys expectednd so it hano need to raise i key interest te from near zero prfect. song that econom oh sod to a trickle this pt winr. >>it tns out that five years aohe f.a.a. questioned the mentaleal of the pilot w crashed a plane int

were ungot into an accident here in abington along edgehill road at susquehanna. we're watching a crash in mid ridley township on macdade boulevard by the blue route. do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. hope you had a nice weekend. we're watching of course oh so many potholes. one here in greenville new castle county is along campbell road. we'll check it again shirleen coming up in the next half hour. >> sounds good. thank you, matt. >>> someone purchased a powerball ticket worth $2 million in our area. whitehall mini ma in the whitehall township lehigh county sold the winner. it was just a powerball away from the jackpot. the buyer also had the power play option which doubled the winnings and the store that sold the ticket gets a $10,000 bonus. so far the winner has not come forward. i feel like we've been saying these stories a lot. >> yeah, a lot of these unclaimed prizes. come on, dig those tickets out. get to it. >>> still ahead today the race for the white house heating up as another candidate throws his hat in the ring. >> police are asking fo

. >> the abington school district calls it something else. next, why there's quite a difference of opinion over time away from school. >>> plus, a work of fiction that walks a delicate line. a local priest has written a book about the church's most controversial issue, child sex abuse. why he wants the pope to make it a must-read. ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out... ...and take it. and the ones who do... ...these are the kings and queens of america. ♪ >>> now to new developments in new york city. jurors deliberating the patz murder trial told the judge they are hopelessly deadlocked. >> but the judge doesn't want them to give up. maple shade native hernandez was accused of killing patz in new york city in 1979. he confessed to the crime, but his lawyers say hernandez' admission came from a mentally ill man with a low iq. jurors have been deciding his fate for nine days. patz was 6 years old at the time of his disappearance. he became

in abington, the crash at old york road is gone and the fire activity at ralph's barber shop along mount carmel avenue. #. >> reporter: at noon, 68. # 4 -- 74 by 3:00 p.m., we'll see breaks in the action late in the day later this afternoon and evening look out for strong gusty thunderstorms. as we look across the country it's in the east that's experiencing the problems today. there's chance of severe weather up and down the east coast with a moderate chance of gusty winds and large hail and slight chance of tornados, and that comes into the western suburbs. if you're heading to the airport, we're not looking at any major delays, obviously philadelphia seeing rain we'll see if that affects things later. >>> in "healthcheck" it can be a battle to get your kids to take medicine. researchers looked at different pill swallowing techniques. several things seemed to help including flavored swallowing spray and practice with a fact fact -- with a fake pill or candy. >>> good morning topping america's money, a bus eye for target. a big one. >> shoppers mobbed stores to get lilly pulitzer appare

the abington school district slapped his twins with three unexcused absences. he notified the school about the plan district officials sent him a letter notifying him that further unexcused absences could lead to administrative action. >>> you get a letter that was accusatory and the language was hostile made me a little angry. >> he sat down with the school principal. he said the meeting didn't change the punishment, but both sides were able to speak their peace. >> time to turn to the accuweather forecast yesterday gorgeous. what about today? >> reporter: today a little cooler, but not a bad day overall. storm tracker 6 live double scan gets us off to a dry start this morning. as we take a look out the window. the what have we got on sky 6. everybody is dry we're rock-steady with the cameras because we don't have a lot of wind out there. you can see cloud cover in the distance the early morning dawn light is coming up over the horizon. 52 currently in philadelphia. 52 in wilmington. cool enough again for a jacket. these are similar numbers for what we had the

. >>> abington high school will is he celebrate the opening of memorial field. athletes will break the ribbon on the track. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 8 minutes after 5:00. we are just an hour away from sunrise this morning. see a few scattered clouds in the area. no sign of any rain just yet but that's a possibility later today. clouds over allentown. 46 degrees. northeast philadelphia and atlantic city are in the clear while it's in the 30s in atlantic city. a little bit warmer in the 40s and beach avenue in cape may. sunshine to start with and then the radar. could see some scattered showers this afternoon blowing in from the north. we might see some isolated late showers. hour by hour by 8:00 enjoying lots of sunshine. nice and sunny at 10:00. the clouds start blowing in from the north and west and by early afternoon we'll see some showers in the pocono mountains. that's at 1:00 in the afternoon. the showers blowing into the philadelphia area into central new jersey even a possibility of a few sprinkles in de

also, as you move toward the abington area bensalem logging at some showers moving through. what about sections of south jersey? it's wet along the atlantic city expressway. also down the shore we're looking at some scattered showers. but look at the temperature difference. we have 63 in dover. but upper 40s in the wrightstown area and we'll zoom out a little farther. you can see it's 39 degrees in boston. so that colder air will continue to head in our direction over the next several hours. in fact, by 11:00 o'clock tonight, it will be 47 degrees in philadelphia. and then tomorrow morning it's going to be chilly. temperatures will be in the 40s. find out how long we stay in the 40s and how long this rain sticks around when i come indoors. guys, back to you. >> all right, come on in scott. >>> happening now, new video that may shed new light on a shocking abduction in center city philadelphia. new footage released by police today showing a van driving off after a woman is forced inside. that victim beaten and robbed inside the vehicle before she's dumb at a cemetery. the mas

. >>> and an abington township father standing by his decision to pull the kids out of school to watch run the boston marathon. they had she un excused absences. even though he notified the school, the officials sent him a letter notifying him that further un excused absences can lead to them taking administrative action. >> to get a letter like that it was pretty accuser to and the language pretty hostile. it made she a little angry. >> and he sat down with the school's principal and the meeting didn't change the punishment, but both sides were able to speak their minds. >>> a packed room at the charter school in northeast philadelphia for public meeting on comcast cable. and the city renegotiating the agreement, and they shared experiences and sometimes their frustrations. the current 15-year franchise agreement which gives comcast permission to operate in the city expires next year. >>> interest rates are staying the same at least for now. the federal reserve said that the economy isn't growing nearly as quickly as expected and so it has no need to raise its key interest rate from n

abington seeing moderate rain light rain in philadelphia right now.t 10 to 20 miles an hour. sustained but that wind is going to get gusty come tomorrow morning gusting to at least 25, even 30 miles an hour even when you hit the road or the kids are out waiting for the bus. at about seven, 8:00 a.m. you can see pockets of very heavy rain moving across the region. and we are going to be seeing good dose of it between one and 2-inches of rain expected with our next storm. down the shore about an inch but philadelphia an inch and a half that continues through our north and western suburbs no flood watch out there just yet. keep an aide on that. heavy rain and also gusty winds. i mentioned those winds gusting to 25 even 30 miles an hour and concerns for eau flooding ponding on area roads real throw go. so please be aware of that and back extra time. comeing we'll talk about the second part of the storm which is the threat of severe weather. we are in the risk of severe weather through the region i'll talk more about and that the biggest threat coming up w

abington expects to submit a proposal in the next few weeks. >>> nbc 10 is your official eagles stations has been the biggest off season in team history. >> tonight the birds finalize their plans for the sidelines. nbc 10's keith jones was there as the team selected the new eagles cheerleaders. >> reporter: this is a tough competition. we learned these girls are highly qualified so we did some digging into their backgrounds. it's a tough job, but someone's got to dojnqú it. inside, an antsy audience anxiously awaits 60 women. but deep underneath the stage, we found 60 women, aware only 38 make the cut. >> need to learn the dance, remember the dance, work on the dance. >> reporter: dana also works full time as a malpractice lawyer. others are just as busy. >> i work in the medical field specifically in the cardiac cath lab. >> i'm a figure skater. >> museum educator. >> reporter: one has worked as a character actor at disney world. >> can't tell us which character you were? >> reporter: secret between us nobody is watching right now. >> i can't say. >> reporter: suddenly it's time. >> th

unexcused absences and threatened to refer to a truancy officer should it happen again the 47 year-old abington township father pend a response of his own. in it he challenge the policy and insisted that his kid learn from their five days in boston then they do all year in school. he reiterated his point on wbz radio 1030 yesterday. >> we went to boston. they had a once in a lifetime experience. something they could not learn in the classrooms. they learned about determination, commitment, we talk about the bombing victims, how city came together, how the the the marathon continue, how the american spirit was shown here. >> reporter: after being shared more than 20,000 times the district responded to the letters saying it is up to than avoid family to deciding whether particular trip is worth taking their children out of school. when that happens it is the school district's obligation to let the parents know what the law and the policies are. now rossi met with the principal, who he says, beared the brunt of all this. he says it is a shame people cannot have a debate and disagree without it get

brandy wine and abington are looking into construction residents halls. >>> macy's is leaving suburban square in ardmore. this company is terminating its lease and will close next year. no word oen what might be moving into the vacated location. >>> the state of new jersey says it must approve the license to operate for the new owner of atlantic city's reven casino. the casino went dark earlier this month. power is expected back this week. >>> new information this morning, stockton university president will leave his post immediately, four months earlier than planned. the school announced last week that he was resigning but confirmed the medical leave of absence begins today. >>> one college professor said he became fed up with one of his classes. he took a very unusual step. >>> we're going to be seeing temperatures in the 70s before this week is over. we're also tracking a possible nor'easter later this week. it's all ahead in my seven-day forecast. kmart has no money down layaway. clothes? no money down! outdoor living... no money down layaway or leasing! home accessories - no money

northbound at the betsy ross bridge, 14 on the schuylkill westbound on city avenue one is here in abington near the fair way, a crash involving a motorcycle in chester county at oak born road, and in chester county, lenape road closes be street road gets you through that tomorrow afternoon. and a pair of accidents to watch out for in newark one at library avenue and one in old baltimore pike at pleasant valley road, a lot going on we'll check it again in the next half hour. more to come on "action news" tonight at 5:00, another key piece of evidence is found at the crash site of the germanwings flight that went down in the french alps. and it is world autism awareness day, coming up in health check ali gorman tells us when signs that disorder is spotted in children. and the mysteries surrounding autism. music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪♪ ♪♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. >>> we have breaking news from burlington city, four people appear to b

she headed, west chester probably heading north, doylestown. >> i say manayunk. >> grub burger, abingtonpeters and caesars empire burger. the caesars pier. charlie's in ridley. minister rock an lamb burger race street cafe just down the street. >> i'm glad you are writing this down so we can go. >>> second royal baby is due any day new. we're still waiting. which family members will miss birth. they can't wait. one person who will to have come back after the baby is born. >> i have to tell you this my guess it is not kate. i think she will be there. south philadelphia for spring fling this friday. >> people are asking what are the exact locations and, of course, i still don't have it. we will have have them by tomorrow. >> we promise, stay tuned we will tell you where. >> good we will be at italian market. >> i know that. >> that is one location. >> yes. >> don't look for prince harry, to be hanging around the hospital, in anticipation of the birth of his child. he a has things to do. he is a busy guy. >> he will be in as you veil use, for the weekend because that is when we thought baby

in fact, look at abington p.a., jennifer sent this in the lawn furniture blowing and topping of over. if you didn't have anything secured things moved all around with that line in fact we take a look at double scan live, a downpour near chadds ford lifting to the north and areas are dealing with light showers and in fact as we look ahead here, temperatures crashing overnight and temperatures 10 degrees below normal and gusty april winds the next few days, we'll talk about the changing in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam. when you see breaking news or severe weather, we want you to join the action send your photos or videos to jointheaction@6abc.com or use #6abcaction on social media. it's how you can be a part of "action news." >>> we are learning more about a tragic accident that claimed the life of a philadelphia parking authority worker, officials say that a tow truck driver backed over jeffy bayers. his injuries were just too severe and bayers died at the hospital two hours later. chad pradelli is live outside of ppa headquarters in center city with more on this st

it won't be raining every single minute but you see here in philadelphia and treks he will hill, abington it is still raining. 55 degrees in the the city a 7-mile an hour wind out of the south/southwest. 89 percent relative humidity. 6:21 is our sunrise time but we don't expect to see sun. mostly cloudy all day. 70 degrees. a chance of the pop up then are storm here and there. fifty-eight tonight with showers tapering off. so there is your friday fox cast and is what our hash tag, fox friday flash back. >> fox friday flash back. >> flash back friday. >> you know it will be big because we have a balloon drop, hanging above our head here ready to go no one, don't pull the string over here. >> not yet. the. >> on friday, we have it the wet, wet start live look at schuylkill expressway eastbound right here near university off to the shoulder. good news, ringing the bell vine street expressway opened for business n problems or delays at all coming in and a out of the city but they now have the concrete barriers kind of squeezing you between broad street, and the schuylkill there. there is no s

crash this scene was as a result of the car crashing in the pole at fischer and jenkintown roads in abington around 1:00. one person was confirmed dead, in word what caused the accident or if anyone else was involved. >>> only on fox victims of the string of burglaries at a public storage facility at castor avenue are coming forward saying they have lost thousands of dollars in valuables. police are working to track down culprits seen on this video but customers say the break initial are costing them and security need to be improved. >> they hit the me twice in one week where the unit was supposed to be fixed and they never fixed it. >> there are video systems on the inside do not work. they are intentionally cut off because they are afraid it will invade the the privacy of those who rent the lockers. >> police say another nearby public storage facility has been hit ten times this year. >>> coming up, paralyzed by a mystery illness how this little guy's only hope for a miracle lies right here in philadelphia. >>> plus how much candy is sold in easter and how many peeps americans eat? those a

. >> fox 29 spoke with the superintendent of abington schools. tells us while we understand the value of the family trip, we follow the letter of state law. >> we love the school. we love adore our teachers. we moved to this town for the school district. >> the district website clearly says family trips will always be recorded as unexcuseed. rossi says his kids learned more in three days in boston than weeks in a classroom. >> we did the boston tea party and went to where the boston massacre was walked the freedom trail, visited samuel adams grave. saw the uss constitution. >> rossi hopes school cos changed the policy for trips like this, either way he says, he wouldn't change a thing. >> this was a once in a lifetime trip and i would do it again in heartbeat. >> well, too many excused absences from school could get a parent fined. it turns out that rossi was in his words called to the principal's office. he has a meeting tomorrow to talk about that policy with the principle. guys? >> all right. interesting story chris thank you. >>> all right. l

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. >>> we now know the the possible cause of a deadly overnight accident in abington. police say the driver of this chevy monte carlo was speeding and lost control when he crashed in the pole. the driver was declared dead at the scene, a at the the intersection of fischer and jenkintown road. police have not released the driver's identity pending notification of family. >>> tolls day word of a massive date the a a breach in the philadelphia fire department. fire officials say a recent investigation uncovered a data vendor gave names, birth dates, and social security numbers of 750 ambulance patients to a theft ring involved in the tax scheme. specifically those who used fire department ambulance services in 2012, february february and left. >>> we have some breaking news in atlantic city florida developer who is buying the now closed revel casino is also trying to buy the the former show boat casino. glenn straub has put up 26 million-dollar for the show boat property hoping to purchase it from stockton university. straub said the movies the start of a 500 million-doll

we are talking about rain rates higher then half inch an hour abington to the north of cheltenham cinnaminson moving up i-95 corridor in bensalem and levittown and trenton along route one and i-95. that is our very latest active weather on storm scan three. lets look at these peak wind gusts, this was unbelievable at 3:00 o'clock line of heavy rain and gusty thunderstorms moved through. some thunder but mainly gusty wind. 71 miles an hour gust peaked in philadelphia, 55 in allentown, 52 in trenton. 409's in new castle and reading. the marry bet sent in this picture from bethlehem. this treat completely broken off its trunk in the front yard and it looks like it just miss ed or hit the roof and hood of that car. owe damaging wind the big threat with these storms and through the evening we will have some lingering heavy rain. wind not expected to be as strong but look at the the temperatures, falling very quickly. fifty-six in philadelphia. fifty-two in reading. already 40's in the poconos. we are going way down tonight. temperatures will fall, 30 degrees from their daytime highs. more on that

reporting live in abington township, nbc 10 news. >> a lot of people enjoying being outside today at 16th and jfk in center city. the sidewalks were packed with people. nbc 10's first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is back now. >> do i have to say this? all good things have to come to an end, glenn? >> well it's not going to come to a dramatic end. >> fair enough. >> we've seen things happen a whole lot faster than what we're going to be seeing over the next couple of days. could be a nice night for football, wouldn't it? nice blue sky out there, it's kind of warm for this time of the year it's 76 degrees. there's hardly a cloud in the sky. around the area. and you can see, there isn't much even within hundreds of miles. the temperature now, 76 degrees at philadelphia and northeast philly and allentonwn. and it's even 74 degrees, atlantic city, at least at the airport. 72 in wildwood. so it is warm everywhere. we have a northwest wind starting to get a sea breeze at the shore right now, and the wind not nearly as strong as what we have seen in the past couple of

the let's you'll in on a couple of places here in montgomery county around abington, a shower or two,ere around egg harbor township a little bit there. not much though. barely needing the windshield wipers at least to start but the spotty showers will continue, and we will be sock with cloud through the rest of the day. we will see a town pour or two there and then dry slots as well but it is just kind of annoying, all day long where the rain will be, on and off on and off and then later on this evening a few more heavy downpours not even ruling out a thunderstorm tonight at eight or 9:00 o'clock and then it just continues with this unsettled weather but you wait until you see the temperature changes, we will have those soon in the seven day forecast which i have not finished yet. 59 degrees right the now in philadelphia. fifty in mount pocono. fifty-three in lancaster. we have 54 degrees in allentown. sixty already in wrightstown. 61 degrees in dover. so because of those cloud we were able to retain some of the heat of the day yesterday when we got to, 75 degrees. wind are not a big

out here in abington old york and adams avenue an accident, pennsy turnpike they are still working between quakertown and lansdale but mass transit is looking good. chris and lauren, over to you. >>> breaking news overnight police investigating an attempted robbery that involved a temple university student. >> lets get to fox 29's jennifer joyce live in north philadelphia. it seems like every four to five weeks we hear stories similar to this one jennifer. >> reporter: something that we do not like to be out here reporting on. we are at sideham and susquehanna and this is where police confirmed and temple university spokesperson confirms there was an attempted robbery of a student around 1:00 this morning. that is when a tu a alert went out on twitter. temple university spokesperson says a student was approached by two men at gunpoint. it does not appear that anyone was taken and student was not hurt. this is pennsylvania are the of the temple university police expanded coverage zone. the a as of last fall temple police anal identify barton security began patrolling susquehanna as a better

in abington we have the motorcycle crash along edge hill road at susquehanna and problems on the northeast extension for those of you head northbound there's a broken down vehicle taking out the right lane approaching lansdale. so, speeds are just in the 20's there as you can come north of the mid-county tolls. in upper providence one of several brush fires this afternoon is along egypt road near mill road. normal westbound slowing there on 422. we're also watching a brush fire in east greenwich gloucester county along company hawk win road along pine mill road. were 91 hamilton township along mccall avenue near third avenue. we'll check it again rick and monica coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you sir. >> thank you. >>> much more still to come on "action news" at 5:00 tonight including the search for a gunman after a shooting on a college campus. what police say about the former student suspected of opening fire today. >> plus, spring activities under way for children across the region but some parents may be overscheduling their kids and wearing them out. coming up we'll tell yo

. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> we're still working to learn the name avenue driver who died in a crash in abingtonreck happened around 11:30 last night at the intersection of fisher road and jenkintown road and you can see with the force of the impact did to the car. police aren't sure what caused the 45-year-old driver to lose control but the car ended up going off the road and into a pole. the man died at the scene. >> philadelphia police are looking for the suspects who stole a pair of dirt bikes in franklinville. the crime was caught on camera back on march 26th. police say three men cut the locks to a fence on the 700 block of west ontario street and then just took the bikes that were inside the yard. they then put those bikes into a minivan and drove off. police are asking anyone who might have information on this crime to please call them. >> and still to come on "action news" at 4:00 it's freebie friday. >> yes, it is plus additions to citizens bank park that could mean longer lines for fans. >> in big talkers a high school basketball star picks someone other than his girlfriend as his pro

also montgomery county in abington along susquehanna road near east ton road and getting word of oneturn lane. this is 42 in camden county, northbound quite busy as you can see from the black horse pike up to 295. and in gloucester township, camden county, don't forget the garwood road closed until 4 o'clock this afternoon. hickstown road up top gets you around that construction. tam. >> matt i've got the look at someplace you love your alma mater temple university there. a view from our new camera. looks beautiful out there karen rogers. how does it feel? >> it feels chilly. we still have cold temperatures but you're right, that sunshine i'm loving it. let's look at the temperature. 36 right now in philadelphia. but you're just barely above freezing through most of the region. 32 in reading now 33 in allentown and trenton. we were in the 20's earlier in millville so 35 feels at least better. 36 degrees right now in wilmington. we've got a cool breeze today as well but other than that, it is nice and sunny. a high of 54 degrees, not bad. our average is 59 so we're a little below aver

a car crashed in the pole at fischer and jenkintown road in abington. one person was confirmed dead at the scene. we are trying to figure out what happened. >>> fire fighters responded to a two alarm fire in bucks county. it happened last night around 10:15. place called 47 stone gate village in quakertown. fire fighters say that when they got there, two hems were fully engulfed. no injuries. the causes under investigation. >>> fire destroys two units at an apartment complex in west chester. sky fox over the scene at winter brook apartments. the take a look at this, two alarm fire damaged handful of other units here. fire fighters say the blaze started in a second floor apartment and moved quickly after that. one resident said she lost everything but she got out just in time. >> it just happened so quick. i ran back in and got the cat. fire is very scary. my son in law is a a volunteer fire fighter. so i hear about that all the time. it is a mess. >> there were a few cats that did die in this fire. fire fighters said it took more than 30 minutes to get

. >> reporter: a parent and the president of the abington school board.'s really the role of the school district to be the arbiter of whether a particular vacation is education worthy or not education worthy. >> reporter: some old school life lessons still up for debate. mike rossi says he met with school representatives. it was very constructive. he and his wife do not have a personal issue with the school, the teachers an principal. he adds that learning does not only happen in the classroom. >> i guess it doesn't set the rest of the class back if your child comes back and they have to review material they miss. i can kind of see both sides on this one. >> absolutely. you think of the things they can learn outside and come in for show and tell. that was a big deal when i was in school. >> the dress code thing has been going on for years now. she's five-years-old. >> the age and the focus is usually on the girls, not the boys which is usually another issue. >> there you go up next here you go we dare you! yes, we dare you, not to -- though you may not kn

showers in burlington county scattered showers near abington lower montgomery and bucks county.g off to the northeast. we will see more and more sunshine. by noontime, up to 62 degrees. >>> thank you bill. we have watched sky force 10 over a multi-vehicle crash over the intersection of lynn be done street and north tenth street in camden. you see police vehicles down there. there are injuries in the intersection and it remains closed. with that let's get to first alert traffic reporter i don't think so watching the roadsjessica boyington. out in camden that's lynn den street at north tenth street. take pearl avenue to get by for the time being. police activity on the scene. rest of the majors 95 southbound is where you'll see the heaviest trip. >> thank you, jessica. i'm vai sikahema. we'll have another update in 25 minutes. we'll send you back to the "today" show. have a great day. we'll see you in about a half an hour. anncr: sometimes our pets... aren't the only ones... that make bad choices. woman: honey, i'm home! anncr: now there's petarmor plus. so you can protect your pe

you can see the steady heavier rainfall now in the abington !.. a dreary start. standing by for breaks in the sunshine warming to neart( 70 at 1:00. into thejf middle 70s byÑit:00 p.m. >> thank you. doesn't look like the rain is helping the commute. let's check on traffic withr: jessica. we are pretty much soliden onçó all the mayerçó jurors. ring of prussia eastbound really slow as Ñiwell. we look at the drive timese1 and fá it's unbelievable right? under an hour on 95 southbound from woodhaven to the vine street expressway.lp the blue route is under an hour as well due to a disabled vehicle on the southbound lanes approaching the schuylkill expressway. >> it'sxd tebow time as the eagles contract. he will commit to a one-yearlp deal with the birds. we'll have anothert(ok update in 25 minutes. you can get the latest news and wet weer with the nbc appnkzi &háhp &hc% see you in a half hour. ♪ ♪ i'm so lucky to be me ♪ ♪ i am simply thunder struck at the change in my luck ♪ ♪ never dreamed you'd want me too ♪ i'm so proud you chose me from all the