by the way, this is not what every grade in the elegant -- what every grave in the allegheny cemetery looks like. images dissolve before our eyes and the names of the dead, the whole reason for this above ground apparatus, even these often disappear. as oliver wendell holmes wrote about his local graveyard in cambridge, massachusetts -- it slowly disappears. the mosses creek, the reep,stones -- the mosses c the gravestones lean. the decaying gravestones have age value. triggering metaphysical ruminations. the cemetery, the age value a needith a conflict of to remember and preserve and keep the name alive as the ancient egyptians used to say. preserve theve to name is the foundation of mortuary culture. in the midst of this rural cemetery, and its picturesque decay, is a radically different landscape. field occupied by nearly identical clean white headstones set of right to uniform height and perfectly -- in perfectly aligned rows. -- aroundry around to it seems haphazard. this is in the flats. it is a more regulated and uniform landscape. the gleaming marble stones catch is rounding l

and, by the way, this is not what every grave in the allegheny cemetery looks like. but many of them do show this kind of where -- wear. images dissolve before our eyes and the names of the dead, the whole reason for this above ground apparatus has come to be, even these often disappear. as oliver wendell holmes wrote about his local graveyard in cambridge, massachusetts -- it slowly disappears. the mosses creep, the gravestones lean. these decaying monuments have what he calls age value. allowing them to trigger metaphysical ruminations. yet in the cemetery, the age into conflict with a need to remember and preserve and keep the name alive as the ancient egyptians used to say. as he has taught us, this imperative to preserve the name is the foundation of mortuary culture. in the midst of this rural cemetery's picks rest -- picturesque decay, is a radically different landscape. a field occupied by nearly identical clean white headstones set up right at a uniform height in perfectly aligned rows. the cemetery around it seems haphazard and diverse, this particular lot

between girard and allegheny. >> that has cleared in the last five minutes. i will get a picture of that car fire and show you it in about ten minutes. >> thanks for the update. well, the recent warm weather aside, new jersey is stocking up on road salt ahead of the winter storm t. new jersey turnpike authority says it has spent more than $twrent million to purchase more than 200,000 tons of salt. they will use it to treat the garden state parkway and turnpike. winter officially starts on monday. cameras are planned to go up in two different cities in our area to keep you safer. first at the jersey shore, more than 200 will be installed along the atlantic city boardwalk. the casino authority is backing the project. police and safety officers will monitor the video. the cameras will gather demographic information businesses will be able to better target their customers. >>> and a new foundation wants state of the art cameras along wilmington's most dangerous streets. the first state police foundation is raising the money, more than $250,000 needed. 37 business

southbound i-95 delays from the betsy down through allegheny. with sun glare eastbound on the schuylkill coming around your conshohocken curve and delays between belmont and city limits, even blue route heavy from route one on down to i-95, we still have that clean up as a result of the last night's water main break there in juniata along k and cayuga street. mike and alex, back to you. >>> let me set this up before we roll footage. there is this little girl down in the show with her little parka on. the she has a kitten that is her pet. kit up is feeling neglected so trying to get the attention of this toddler, basically. >> to i say kitty, you said kitty but that works. >> yes, it is not actually like something weird. >> yes. >> it is actually a a cat. >> can we just see the video. >> kitty, kitty, kitty. >> one strong kitty. >> you didn't see that coming. >> kitty super fly. >> body slam. >> the kitty's name rhonda rousey. >> well, not rhonda, holy holmes. >> just playing. >> yes, that is so cute. >> then the kid started crying and they had t

on the southbound side near allegheny still construction if the right lane so watch out for those crews in bellmawr the ramp from 295 southbound to 42 northbound is closed once again this morning. that construction is scheduled until 6 o'clock. matt and tam. >> thank you, matt. >>> let's turn to "action news" reporter annie mccormick. she's live inside terminals b and c at philadelphia international airport. what's going on, annie? >> reporter: and matt you're hearing about some of that fog. right now as we're lookin lookit looks like there aren't any delays now. however there are cancellations from other airports. that should affect your flight. you should always check the web site before you head out for your flight. take a look behind me. you can see the number of people that are here early. this line here at american, this kiosk where people are getting their tickets and make sure that their bags are put on the conveyor bolts get to the planes. other terminals i've walked through are packed at this point. so, if you don't travel by air, which did is one of the busiest days to travel

this is i-95 north at allegheny in port richmond, no injuries just the car fire and we'll keep an eyee fire for you and more information and update you when matt pellman comes back with the traffic report in the next half hour. >>> now meteorologist, cecily tynan, is here and folks are getting rid of the heavy coats and they don't even need a sweater half the time. >> people are complaining they can't get into the holiday spirit. i want to show you this photo, throw back thursday, this was from bensalem two years ago and we had about 10 inches of snow on the ground this date in 2013, remember that eagles-lions game we had 8.5 inches and two days later we got another 2 inches and contrast this with what it looks like now, sandy from marlton postd this on my twitter account and it shows the daffodils are starting to poke out of the soil, because of these temperatures, right now 58 degrees in philadelphia, down from the high of 62, that is 16 degrees above normal and allentown 49 and millville 48 and trenton 55 and cape may 53 degrees and we have really had a temperature seesaw, remember

police car with license, sirens, coming this way, westbound on allegheny avenue there is car police say turns in front of him. at that point the police car goes right over here, and crashes, into a pole. surveillance video catching that accident on video in the moment just as it happens. >> surveillance video shows a car turning in the middle of allegheny avenue. second later, a police car responding to a call strikes the vehicle, then crashes into a pole on the corner. >> sounds like big explosion, d he just slammed right into the pole. >> eyewitness video obtained by cbs-3 shows neighbors who ran to help the injured officer immediately, getting him safely out of his car, as wires sparked above the crash scene. >> we take the cop out of the caribous he say help, help, put me down, put me down, and i make sure nobody, but go to the radio, he made call to 911. >> say he made illegal turn, we said yes, he didn't go no where, told him to stay still, we all called 911. we stayed with the officer. beautiful. >> fortunately neither the officer nor the second driver suffered any life threateni

now, northbound on 95, between girard and allegheny, we did have construction, just cleared, one lane block, so we're starting to move pretty good. heads up 295 southbound between route 30 and 42, the left lane stays blocked until 8:00 this morning. due to construction. more construction going on turnpike westbound, between delaware valley to willow grove. right lane stays blocked, as well. heads up. patco, new schedule, this goes until sunday, so make sure to check ahead for the latest there. also on septa new schedules on all of the lines, one of the major disruptions, no weekday service to warminster, west trenton line, again check the post dollars schedules to stay ahead of. that will that's a look at your ride this morning. >> justin, thanks. star wars fans the wait is over. most anticipated mover any decades is now in theatres. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo is live at the franklin institute with some fans who were first to see it overnight. jan, good morning. >> reporter: nicole, good morning, i think this assignment sun fair this morning, and i'll tell you y every now

looking live at 95 approaching allegheny southbound traffic headed towards center city. see the construction crews out there, they're blocking the right lane. we're not seeing a big delay yet but we have the road work blocking the right lane i-95 southbound approaching allegheny. switching over to the vine street expressway we expect that to be opened by 5:00 a.m. but looking live right now and we can see the vine westbound and eastbound still no traffic moving at this point. we see the crews on the scene. it's closed again and it will close again tonight at 11 o'clock so you want to watch for that closure of the vine. it hasn't reopened just yet. looking live at the schuylkill expressway we have crews out there as well connecting the schuylkill westbound to south street, those ramps were closed overnight. they're in the process of reopening. some of the crews are still out there. that's on the schuylkill expressway at south street. matt and tam. >> thank you karen. >>> breaking this morning emergency responders used the jaws of life to free a driver who crashed his suv

also construction richmond street closed between lehigh and allegheny until 3:00 p.m. today. so use that alternate aramingo, erika, over to you. >> thank you. touching tribute high school freshman killed in a tragic accident. he was riding his skateboard over the weekend when a car hit him. "eyewitness news" report greg argos takes you to the emotional vigil for that team. >> par rent not supposed to bury their children. but the kim family now dealing with that horrible reality. >> i am so sad to see him go. thank you so much to everyone for coming out and for celebrating him. >> and through tears and bright memories. >> he was a great football player, great kid, and a great person. >> hundreds gathered in the bleachers and on the war memorial field to remember 14 year old steven kim. the star football player who died saturday night. >> a special part of my life, i can't thank you enough for everything you have done for me. you have helped me be the person i am today and i hope you are looking down on me. >> steven's passion was football, he also enjoyed skateboarding and tha

southbound broad street subway trains are not stopping a at allegheny susquehanna or cecil b more.n to girard and use that cross over bridge. speaking of santa claus coming on thursday night we will have all of the lights lit up for sanity's arrival. they are coming. we will show them all through the week here. the lit brot are downtown here right up the the street all lit up, for the holidays looking g if you you would like to see all of the pictures sent over the last couple weeks just go to your social media pages and and just use that had hashtag put it in the search box hashtag fox 29 lights, all of the pictures will come up. i'm heading out tonight, to south philadelphia, the the the miracle on 13th street, wait until you see this, tonight during the five and 6:00 o'clock news, chris and alex back over to you. >> thanks, bob. 6:48. one of the great things of holiday meals is the fact that we try different deserts. >> few years ago a local baker was challenge to create a dessert that combined all of the best takes of the holiday season. our bill anderson went to check it out.

you have 95 southbound at allegheny avenue drivers having to slow around it.t wasn't causing problems because we don't have the volume that we'll have around the 6:00 a.m. hour. so that's clear. so this is our center city philadelphia map. there's a lot of green because there aren't problems right now except for where you see the red. this is the vine street expressway, the closure i've been talking about throughout the morning. both directions the vine is closed between 76 and the exit for broad street. detour signs are in place, that should lift in about 25 minutes or so. a live look outside. this is in delaware county, the blue route at route 1, very light volume. no issues to report along the entire stretch of the blue route. even as you head north, the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike area bridges are good, the burlington bristol, the betsy, the ben, the walt, everything is good. and the 42 freeway, take a look at your drive time despite overnight construction around 295, northbound as you head between route 55 and the walt whitman bridge

southbound, work crew right near allegheny avenue. and with the poor visibility, and the rain on the way, construction zones hot mess. you have to see those temporary lane markers, some new traffic pattern shuffles that come into play. so this morning, it will be one of those yucky morning rush hours. and if you are going to be headed down to philadelphia international airport today, expect busy travel day. probably going to have weather delays, a combination of the fog, or the rain that's on the way, and make sure you allow extra time for the check in lines down there at philadelphia international airport. all of the fog slowing us down on the bridges, talcony, burlington bristol, betsy ross, ben franklin, you name it, we got fog socking us in on the bridges. and new traffic pattern along 202 northbound as you roll up out of wets chester, chris and lauren, back to you. >> mr. kill thank you for the time. philadelphia police right now busy investigating several shootings two of them fatal. in strawberry main sean three people are in s

you'll find some northbound construction on 95 between girard and allegheny avenue.xpect a right lane closure there. your northbound drive time between the vine and woodhaven is not affected by that. southbound, we said the drive time was good but expect construction between the betsy ross bridge and the exit for allegheny avenue, the right lane expect a closure there. that should lift around 5, 5:15 hour. into new jersey route 30 at 295, no issues along route 30 or 295. along 30 expect to see construction at airport circle. >> thanks. well, the temple owls football team waking up in sunny florida this morning. hear what the coach is saying about the upcoming boca bowl. >>> it's 4:43. the philadelphia 76ers have a new coach. mike d'antoni has been hired as associate head coach. used to coach the phoenix suns and the l.a. lakers of it the sixers only won one game this year. >> may the force be with you. >> luke, i'm your father. >> some sixers players feeling the force. they got ready for the new "star wars" movie acting out their fafry quotes. >> at the franklin inst

live look at i-95, crews have been working on allegheny south wound side. northbound at girard there in the background. they are still working on the pennsylvania turnpike, westbound between delaware valley interchange. if you come into pennsylvania over that connection bridge watch for crews out through willow grove. and then philly international we have had big delays yesterday but the rain, and that thick fog for the afternoon we will reset the clock and hopefully have a good morning, to travel, and a new pattern in the neighborhood girard avenue on ramp to northbound i-95 out of port richmond and fishtown here closed for next 18 months. get used to the detour here heading up to castor or back toward center city and use race street ramp. the mass transit though looking good, chris and lauren, back to you. >>> pennsylvania department of human services has ordered a day care in north philadelphia to close. >> this comes after a child dies there on thursday, dave kinchen now live from the special victims unit in juniata park, dave, good morning. >> good mor

go on 422 but in the neighborhood in fishtown port richmond area richmond street closed lehigh to allegheny as part of the i-95 construction. this keeps getting push an extra day. only supposed to be through friday, they kept it closed through the weekend. septa running with in delays but they have a new timetable for the the rail lines, chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> this morning a philadelphia officer is recovering after being hurt badly in the the hit and run. >> search is on for driver who took off, steve keeley is on this story for us, steve, good morning. >> reporter: detectives here at headquarters told me this started with a call coming in the 911 center about a guy with the gun on federal street in south philadelphia around 6:30 last night and those who called 911 seen the guy flashing the gun on the street and then pointed him out to police as soon as they showed up. guy then got in the volkswagen passat when they found it, took off, flying from the police even though he has a 11 year-old boy and 18 year-old girl in the car with him. police chased the car in patrol units

looking live at i-95 the construction crews have left the scene of i-95 at allegheny. starting to see volume build approaching cottman and then from allegheny to girard looking for that on i-95. vine street expressway shut down overnight but we see traffic moving fine on the vine. it's all reopened. crews will return again tonight at 11 o'clock. we had an accident involving an overturned vehicle in sanatoga right on 422 eastbound past evergreen road. it has cleared so traffic there moving better. we're looking at speeds now in the 50's so you can see no big problem there. construction blocks two lanes at this point for about another half on an hour so in egg harbor township on the a.c. expressway eastbound between the parkway and route nine watch for those construction crews on the scene, matt. >> thank you, karen. >>> breaking right now a shooting victim was trying to drive himself to a philadelphia hospital crashed his car head on into a tractor-trailer. police tell "action news" the man was shot near green and manheim streets and was heading to temple university hos

it happened around 9:00 this morning at the corner of allegheny avenue and jasper streets. you can see the moment the shocked crowd runs to the officer's aid. >> everybody cared. >> the officer was responding to an assist call. he was en route. someone pull out of a parking space. striking his vehicle. >> reporter: bystanders say this white sedan was pulling a u-turn out of that parking space when it struck the police suv. >> it's going hit him, he's going to hit him. >> it was very, have loud and you just could here the car crumble. >> reporter: lieutenant john stanford says the impact caused the officer to strike the pole. incredibly both the driver and the policeman sustained just minor injuries. >> we all just ran and got him out. we didn't care, nothing. we just wanted to get the officer out. >> reporter: fortunate enough the injuries weren't more seve severe. >> reporter: and again, the officer and the driver are going to be okay. the investigation continues into the circumstances of this accident. iain? >> all right. sabina, thank you. >>> the rain is finally out of

as we head outside it's a broken down truck on 95 at the allegheny on-ramp to the southbound side.ng blocking off that right lane so now we're extra slow coming down from the betsy ross bridge. 42 northbound volume really starting to build in notice northbound lanes from coles road up to 295. reports of a crash by christiana high school along salem church road at clap man road. karen. >> you may be failing us matt but i have delicious weather for you today. how about that. by 9:00 a.m., 41 degrees with sunshine and clouds. by noon, 47. it's a pretty nice afternoon. it's colds to start but a nice afternoon. not quite as mild as yesterday. today we only have a high of 50 degrees, still a little above average. we'll hit it at 3:00 p.m. with sunshine and clouds and by 6:00 p.m. 44 degrees with partly cloudy skies. if you're headed out of town we have no weather related problems, no fog, no rain out there so we're, good and no flight delays, 38 degrees right now under partly cloudy skies in philadelphia. here's just a quick look at your accuweather forecast. today's high 50. look at the

looking live at allegheny.ttman and again approaching allegheny to girard. dave. >> the rain is gone. sun is coming back big time later on today and it's still going to be mild but not as mild as it was the last couple days. your afternoon portion of the day sees a lie around 63. and we actually get up to 69 a couple hours ago but 63 later. >> crazy, crazy weather. all right. that's it for us. we'll send you on to "gma." for karen, matt, david, i'm tam. we'll see you back here in 30. >> ♪ holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place. my giant. ♪ (vo) some call it giving back. everything in one place. we call it share the love. during our share the love event, get a new subaru, and we'll donate $250 to those in need. bringing our total donations to over sixty-five million dollars. and bringing love where it's needed most. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. you got your

poch richmond street -- port richmond street is closed between i-95 and allegheny. i-95 is heavy a cottman allegheny into girard. watch out for a ramp 195 south to 29. an overturned truck 259 southbound at pennsville everything is cleaned up all lanes reopened by the delaware memorial bridge. matt you have more details on what happened during the overnight hours. >> crews scrambledded -- scrambled to clean up the sheet metal that slid off the truck. the debris blocked the portions of the hey. the scene is clear. >>> atv burst into flames in the city's port richmond section on emerald street at 2:30. there was minor damage to the home, and the vehicle was melted down to its frame. officials say nobody was hurt. >>> a massive blaze at a south jersey auto body shop is under investigation. chopper 6 was over performance plus haddonfield road pennsauken last night. it took 70 firefighters two hours to get it under control. crews say they got a late start because someone else tried to put the flames out on their own before they called 911. >> it went to a defensive operat

way out here in allegheny county, those will be heading off to pennsylvania. temperatures are already near the average high for this time of year. reagan national, 46. nearby suburbs, montgomery, prince georges and fairfax. generally in the 40s to around 50 degrees. this mild air could extend all around the region. 40s, right around the bay. weather headlines for this saturday. a chilly morning. mild temperatures for the afternoon. near record highs today, sunday and again on monday. we'll look at that chance, coming up in just a few minutes. >> thanks so much, tom. >>> teams make a discovery combing through a lake in san bernardino. the fbi won't say what was found. they have been looking for any evidence connected to the terrorist attack. several things found under water were brought to shore. the big item they are looking for is a hard drive. there was a tip that the shooters went by the lake on the day of the attack. >> ntsb will be out digging through a small plane crash in pennsylvania. the tail number tells us the plane is owned by a montgomery county r

is heavy approaching cottman and allegheny to girard. now to the accident hunting park avenue at whitiker avenue we have an accident that's blocking the intersection. there are injuries on the scene. we have police out there, we have emergency workers blocking the intersection at hunting park avenue at whitiker avenue. it's a bad accident. burlington county we have an accident involving a car that hit a pole and a flipped over and there was a vehicle fire. we expect restrictions in that area on 130 watch for that one. let's take a look in new jersey 295 northbound approaching 541. police tell me about an accident they are sending crews to respond to this one, 295 northbound you'll be dealing with this one. construction that is expected to give headaches two lanes 295 southbound they cleared it early, between route 30 and 42 you're moving better. let's look at the temperatures, 44 in allentown and philadelphia. just in the 30s in a lot of spots in new jersey and delaware, as we look at the temperature difference in that area it's 16 degre

i-95 near allegheny heading toward center city.m cottman to alagain and girard. -- allegheny, and girard. 21 minute ride on woodhaven to the vine. we're seeing slow traffic exiting off the schuylkill expressway and 30th street. watch for that as you head out. >> we're following a developing story in montgomery county. a crash killed a pedestrian near ursinus college. overnight the school confirmed the victim was a student. annie mccormick is live on the campus in collegeville, annie. >> reporter: and matt, this happened on busy main street behind me, which during the rush peak has a lot of cars going through the middle of the you are ursinus campus, ursinus college did say it was one of their students that was hit and killed. take a look at the video, the accident happened on main street near 6th avenue. the student was struck and killed after being hit by a vehicle. police say the pedestrian was pronounced at the scene. the driver and witnesses did cooperate with police, we're waiting on information from police, like the speed tha

a new complication now on 95 northbound, this is between girard avenue and allegheny avenue, appears to be a broken down vehicle knocking out the right lane, heading toward the great northeast this afternoon, a crash on cotman avenue near grove avenue and one in west oak lane at the kinsy school at sten stone avenue and the sliply school in brenmar has cleared out, and a new one in radnor at bryn mawr avenue with normal speeds in the 20s. and chester county a crash shutting down wittford road. and if you driving the 101 trolley, you are driving the bus today. >>> and we are gearing up for an opening at the tacony palmyra bridge. and three tree lighting, one at passyunk avenue and one at rittenhouse square and one at city hall. >> philadelphia is getting into the christmas spirit, and the annual tree lighting ceremony is tonight in city hall, right now "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist, joins us live with the preview festive event. >> the city of philadelphia ushering in the holiday season a little later they are illuminating a giant fir tree, it's already illuminated looking be

the airport to this point at 452, elsewhere on 95, broken down vehicle by the vine and flooding by allegheny and a crash by woodhaven, results of speeds of 10 miles per hour. and watch for traffic light troubles at 14th and market. and wrapping up and opening up at the burlington bristol bridge, things are slow on each side there, and mercer county, accidents on 295, and flooding in trenton approaching calhoun street and extra slow on 42 southbound from the walt whitman bridge the whole way down to 55, the 35 minutes should be 15 minutes. >> i accept gift cards. don't stress about it. i'll never see one. >>> load up the mobile devices are you getting or giving, with the storm tracker events app, they are available at apple, and google play stores, the link is at 6abc.com/apps. >>> "action news" is following a developing story out of abington montgomery county, where a man was shot dead late this afternoon. police found the victim in the 1700 block of prospect avenue at 2:00, investigating officers encountered a suspect three blocks away, as they confronted him they asked him to show his hand

southbound traffic is jamming approaching cottman and allegheny to girard. a 20 minute ride from woodhaven to the vine. those delays are starting. look at the delay on the schuylkill expressway. this is the blue route that's eastbound traffic heading toward the conshohocken curve, you can see how heavy you are from the blue route to the curve, slowing montgomery to girard, westbound jamming city avenue to gladwyn. we had an accident that cleared closing the ramp in limerick sanatoga to 422 eastbound that ramp reopened. franconia township. we had an earlier accident, they cleared the accident, but the accident brought down poles and wires. the crews are on the scene trying to fix it. godshall road is blocked between fairway drive and indian creek road. stick to allentown road instead. >> flames devoured a delaware church, the second fire there in two weeks. authorities are investigating the latest blaze which was much more devastating. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick is live outside the new jerusalem baptist church in wilmington. annie. >> reporter: a

is what the police are telling us that the motorists and the police aofficr were heading west on allegheny when the crash happened at 9:00 this morning. we learned that the officer was responding to a foot pursuit a few blocks away, and investigators sea th-- say thatt does appear that the driver of the toyota made a u-turn, and hit the officer headon causing the airbags to deploy. we asked if anybody is facing charge, and they said ha the investigation is ongoing. right now the investigators want to go to the hospital, and talk to the police officer and the driver of the toyota that collided with him. nbc 10 news, monique braxton. >> and today, a coupumberland county man is going to the face a judge after he confessed to killing his ex-girlfriend and her 3-month-old daughter. authorities have recovered the bodies in a swampy area in the fairfield township area. the police say that ramirez and the suspect ricardo santiago have a son together, and the investiga investigator say that the two were involved in a dispute. last night dozens gathered at the ramirez church for a vigil, and many re

on the southbound side of 95 approaching allegheny, a broken down truck is gone and police activist near street near 6th and 7th, you may want to stay on market instead. but the police activist at 52nd and haverford has ended but septa route trolley is shuttling on baltimore avenue. keep that in mind if you ride the 34 trolley. otherwise the buses and trolleys all this week keep in mind we are operating on a modified weekday schedule. and 95 near the tin pan alley tavern no problems on the turnpike but changes go into affect the opening of the the neshaminy toll plaza. we'll talk more about them in the coming days. >> coming up looking to switch your cell phone service companies are looking to roll out big deals. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph, taking us to school once again. >> i love taking you back to school some of those memories are not great. it's warm and we have yet to have any snow. here is the question i posted. if philadelphia when was the last time we didn't see a trace of snowfall through october to december. when was the last time last year? or 1995? last december it was ab

the southbound trains on the broad street line are not stopping in allegheny and cecil b. moore station. the northbound trains will service those stations. >> it is report card time for the philadelphia police department. today representatives of the department of justice are in town to check the reeducation of police officers and the department's use of deadly force. katy zachry is live at philadelphia police headquarters. what are some of the changes the police department has made? >> reporter: i'll get to those in a second but first the back story. commissioner charles ramally reached out to the department of justice and asked them to review his department's policing practices after a 2013 there was an increase in officer involved shootings. from that review nearly 100 recommendations were made to improve police practices here in philadelphia. they were announced in march and included things like improving deadly force complaining, updating the way officers take statements. right now they are typed rather than recorded. another recommendation was improve the trust with

and flooding along 95 northbound allegheny, several disabled vehicles as well. leaving us with single digit speeds and an overturned vehicle on 423, and an accident approaching 425 approaching the side at 52 and washington township, 47 delsy drive is close, you may want to use greentree road. and still cleaning up the overturned tractor trailer there. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. in delaware as you come off the bridge and head towards 95, it's also jam packed. lots to talk about this afternoon brian and sharrie lets talk more in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> and take "action news" with you over the holidays, load up the mobile devices are you giving or receiving this christmas with the 6 abc news and storm tracker and events apps, and they are available with much more for the apple app and google play stores. breaking right now, police have charged a homeless man with a murder of a philadelphia psychiatrist, inside of a center city hotel. they say that emanuel killed doctor breaker, he was found dead with a be

stevens was recognized by an employee of allied security at the intersection of allegheny and broad. that security guard called 911. temple police responded, picked up stevens and brought him to central detectives. just moments ago, another temple police officer arrived with what appeared to be stevens' belongings. now, we also have surveillance videotape to show you. police believe this is stevens. they say he is responsible for the two attacks just blocks apart that occurred in a short time span yesterday morning. they say about 5:30 a temple university student who didn't want to be identified but we did talk to him and he told us he suffered injuries to his wrist and side while jogging. he says he was slashed with a three-inch blade at 23rd and walnut. police say 15 minutes later attorney josh mcnamara says he was scratched on the cheek when he encountered the suspect near 21st and arch. investigators say stevens was kicked out of a shelter earlier this week after punching a man and police sources also tell us right now one of the victims is here inside central detectives talking

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overnight construction on the southbound side of i-95 by allegheny has cleared. all lanes are reopened. the construction cleared on vine street expressway westbound side, eastbound it will be available in the next ten minutes. no issues organ the schuylkill expressway or the bull -- boulevard. there's fire department activity in abington at cricket avenue at pine avenue. we have an investigation in horsham that's shutting down keith valley road. use lime kiln pike or park road as the alternates. pennsylvania turnpike westbound in chester county between valley forge and malvern, the right lane out of commission should not be out too much longer. >> a store clerk and customers stobd stopped a would-be robber in miami over the weekend. a robber orders two customers to get on the ground and one charges him and pushed back and restrains the man. >> we would not like the public to do these type of actions we are happy it turned out the way that it did. >> nobody was seriously hurt. >> former lottery executive could be linked to crimes across the country. eddie tipton i

your drive time between allegheny and the vine street expressway is creeping up.t will take about five minutes, no accidents to report, just a lot of volume. a look outside and see how warm it's going to get today. >> we're starting off warm, we had a record temperature early this morning. but the wind mills on top of lincoln financial field are blowing. that's a pretty good wind though they always look like they are going the same speed to me. the winds are gusting to more than 25 miles an hour in philadelphia. 26 miles an hour in northeast philadelphia. wilmington, 28-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that will bring temperatures down a little bit during the day today. >> tonight it is trump versus cruz, the final republican presidential debate of the year is hours away. for the first time ted cruz will take on donald trump on the main stage. plus this. >> good morning. i'm matt delucia. today is no the last day to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. i'll have what you need to know after the break. >>> we're just 12 hours from the final republican

blocked until 5:00 and then we will have that new traffic pattern there on i-95 between girard and alleghenyhere we're seeing girard avenue on ram will to go north, everybody has to head up to castor avenue. we have been enjoying seeing your christmas decorations, pictures all month long. keep them coming. use that hashtag fox 29 lights, and, just post it on your facebook, twit error instant gram. this one is from kathy just saying something, she's a ba theh humbug, she has the grinch out there. if you had a's like to see pictures folks have been sending us, go to your facebook, twitter, instagram and put in the search hashtag, fox 29 lights and all of the pictures will come up that we have been showing here all day, every day, and tomorrow, tonight i am actually heading out to south philadelphia, to show you an entire block that has been decorated for the holidays, chris and lauren back to you. >> how cool is that. >> 4:48 is the time. the here's something nice 20 kid went on a shopping spree last night one they will never forget. >> philadelphia sixers, jahlil okafor and eye san a cannon s

i-95 southbound allegheny construction blocked the right lane. northbound construction blocking the right lane, as well. they are pulling out of the scene, so traffic moving better, you see the construction crews leaving right now. how about the vine street expressway it's been closed for construction, we're not seeing traffic moving eastbound or westbound. it will be closed until 5:00 a.m. looking at the big picture, the speeds are in good shape, the blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95 no big problems out there. in olney we have north 5th street blocked near rock handle. if you're in the area, you can stick to masher street to avoid the delay, matt. >> developing this morning, ursinus college said the pedestrian who was struck and killed in a crash last night was a student on campus. annie mccormick is live on main street in collegeville, montgomery county. annie. >> reporter: at this point collegeville police have not released the identity of the student, but ursinus sent out a tweet to the students and faculty to let them know that a fatal

the accident happened at east allegheny and jasper street. people living nearby heard the commotion and rushed to the scene. they say another driver caused the accident. >> officer on a call, all of a sudden the guy made an illegal turn. the officer ran into the pole. we helped him and pulled him out of the car. the driver in the carly fiorina stayed at the scene. -- the driver in the car stayed at the scene. police have not said if that driver will face charges. >>> facebook has a new feature use your phone you can watch on facebook in real time. no word when it could become a feature for everybody. >>> stocks took a bit of a nose dive on thursday. the dow fell 252 points due in part to the european central bank it put out stats in terms of the stimulus plan that was a little less aggressive than what investors wanted. >>> uber is using spot to spot your ride. you choose a color when your driver gets there, it will help locate your driver in the dark or crowds. it's a brilliant idea. >> next at 4:30, police say this guy stole holiday gifts o

looking good on 422, richmond street though in the neighborhood, closed again today between lehigh and allegheny, until 4:00. they are set nothing place the steel beams as part of the i-95 construction. if you use septa's regional rail lines they will kick in the new timetable over weekend adjustments to the regional rail lines but the schedules that were printed had an error in them. so they are not available this weekend for you to pick up. you need to go to septa's web site septa.org and down load pdf file so you are good to go for new timetable for monday morning. mining and lauren, back to you. >>> that was really easy. >>> philadelphia police looking for two gunman who shot three team. >> it happened late last night in the cities fair hill section. jen, is at the round house, jenny. >> reporter: male and female in their 20's are in stable condition and then a 36 year-old man shot in the thigh is in critical condition. police tell thaws man lost a lot of blood at the scene last night. all three victims were found lying on the ground within close proximity to one another. police say the trip

this is 95, the construction zone between girard and allegheny. southbound, cars are moving just fine as they head into center city, philadelphia. >> that only takes you about 14 minutes there on 95. 76 eastbound, that's a 13 minute drive. 15 minutes to go southbound on the blue route between the schuylkill and 95. coming up, we'll take a look at how things are running on 95 in new jersey. >>> new this morning, a fire breaks out and nbc 10 was on the scene at 13th and chancellor street. right now, there is no cause. right now, wilmington church is in ruins, this video was taken by a drone high above the scene. a fire last night gutted the building and it collapsed in a fiery heat. now congregation is not sure what to do about services a week before christmas. nbc 10's matt delucia is live with more. >> reporter: firefighters have been out here all night. you can see what is left of this church. it is not much. part of the exterior wall are standing. you can see when the roof collapsed. at 7:00 last night, missionary baptist. neighbors tell nbc 10

seeing increased volume on the roads there,ly is between wood haven and the vine as you get into allegheny and girard area. the blue route headed southbound between 76 and 95, 14 minutes, no problems to report there. taking a live look outside, the blue route up north. this is right at ridge

sky fox over the scene it the is a police involved crash, intersection is at east allegheny avenue ander streets. police have not given any circumstances, information about that, but we will continue to monitor this situation, you can see clearly there are fire crews working and it looks like there may be air bags, but we will have more, the time right now 9:31. will alex, over to you. >> yesterday we talk about kylie's lip kit that went on sale earlier this week and it sold out in less than a minute, can you believe that? a lot of people want this lip kit but you know what, you don't need to pay $28 to get a kit. now they are going for hundreds on e bay. the the kids, and record time, but if you can't wait that long, listen up get kylie's lip look with a few simple make up tricks. we have a celebrity make up artist here becky beau you are here to help us this morning. >> i will try. >> we will appreciate that, because i want to get that lip kit. kylie jenner's lips, everybody loves the fuller lips. >> yes. >> they are so define. we have a model here. we will do a full lip who and thin

south i-95 jammed up from cottman to allegheny.lkill, nothing out of the ordinary between bell mont and conshohocken. double opening here on two of our bridges, tacony palmyra and burlington bristol, both set for an opening, two separate ships, of course at 6:45. that is when it was scheduled, burlington is about to go up, tacony on stand by. we are running behind schedule there but both bridges ready to open head for betsy ross. water main break in the neighborhood juniata park on cayuga right in front of the park, golf course use bristol or hunting park avenue through morning rush hour, in blue bell a water main break at yost and whitewood. the mass transit looking g come on plug in the extension cord and let's getting. it is a very kelly christmas. we are looking for your great pictures of the houses all decorated. here's franchela simmons and she has a laser beams that shoots laser lights up onto the house there, in the red and green. so it looks like she has lights all strung on the front of the house, cheater. one little ligh

richmond street closed again today between lehigh and allegheny with construction.th philadelphia we have sixers tonight, army navy game tomorrow. eagles on sunday. now septa kick nothing full gear here all weekend long. they have extra trains, services on the subway, market frankford line, free parking at the regional rail stops for folks coming in for army navy or eagles game through the weekend. even if you are not going to these events all of that activity especially army navy game saturday midday will set us back on all of our major roadways but staying home get those lights up, you still got sometime, 4:48, this morning we are looking for your best decorated homes and to keep on sending them to us. this is the miracle on south 13th street. look at this. is this south philadelphia a. this is a group down there in south philly where everybody on the entire block is mandate todd decorate for christmas. >> they string the lights across. i believe like labor day or memorial day they have to put in their names and thieves in the hat, okay. it is that organized. now

back out here live you can see the white toyota camry is here at is the corner of allegheny, this intersection is still closed so if you are traveling in this area, you'll want to avoid this intersection. >> thank you. >>> a philadelphia homeowner suffered head wounds during a home invasion, the victim was pistol whipped when the suspect burst into the home at 5:45 this morning, the victim is in stable condition and the woman in the home was not injured and the robbers stole an xbox gaming system. >>> the on going budget battle in pennsylvania is impacting early childhood education, it caused counties to drop social and human services, the department of education says that 15 pre-k counts programs have closed in the last 15 months. >>> and turning now to the forecast, accuweather says we have a nice few day as head of us now that the rain has left finally. sky 6 hd taking a live look from our temple university cam, it's a bit windy but at least the sun shining and dry. lets check in with meteorologist, david murphy, welcome back. >> thank you rick. it's nice to have the sun coming back and mos

county, allegheny county, and the panhandle of west virginia, the temperatures will fall into the 30's. the skies gradually clear, with the wind out of the northwest at 5. morningtart tomorrow fairfax, logan circle, aspen hill, 43 degrees. futurecast through the morning, sunshine. towards the evening, it stays dry, not worried about any fog, still in the 50's. at midnight, partly cloudy skies, the temperature about 42 to 45. and the colder air funnels friday. that sticks around for the weekend into early next week. the holiday forecast, the high temperature tomorrow 55, midnight 42. friday, high temperature of 46. the next seven days shows the cooler air, back to work and school monday, high temperatures around 47 -- make that 42 degrees. 41 tuesday, middle 40's wednesday. alison: that will feel really cold. that at least we have the sunshine. thank you. leon: sun shining on the skins. robert: dallas week. the redskins made the playoffs. kirk cousins talks about the cowboys and beyond. sports is coming up. wow, you changed my old bedroom. with a little help from a havertys designer. h

snow showers well to the west, garrett county, extreme western allegheny county, but no snow in our forecast anytime soon. that means a green christmas in washington for 2015. 44 at noontime tomorrow, 4:00 48. weekend, sunday the temperatures will be about 49 degrees at fedex field. still looking at 70 degrees christmas eve. alison: that is amazing. that will take me back to growing up in florida. that is what it feels like. leon: that is what you got for christmas, the weather. i hope that you are happy. about today'sate telethon for children's national medical center. with your help, our radio partners wash fm raised more than $326,000. posted a fewo'shea hours of the telethon. the money goes to cover hospital and medical expenses for sick and injured kids. way to go, guys. glad to be part of that. i'm hoping the weather is good for the redskins. alison: what are you thinking? robert: steve asked me at 10:00. it is the season for stepping up. sports is coming up. son, the holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. and regul

the allegheny county coroner's office says that erik karlsson passed away yesterday at a pittsburgh hospital. two others terry carlson and jason williams also died from that crash. a statement was released saying all of the victims worked for the company. their plane crashed friday afternoon shortly after taking off from a private aurpt in pennsylvania. >>> the investigation into a house fire in southern maryland is now being treated as a murder investigation. police say they discovered that she was stabbed to death. police say the murder was not random. >> we're going get an update on a bicyclist seriously hurt in rockville last night. he was hit on east gude drive and south lawn lane. the driver stayed on the scene and talked with police. the police didn't say if charges will be issued. >>> kaitlyn aken has not been seen for more than a week. the 19-year-old went missing after her stepfather dropped her off. she never made it. tomorrow marks three years. they're walking from freedom plaza to the white house this afternoon. 20 children and six adults were killed in new town. they have calle

trucks will be sent down to the allegheny avenue interchange, cars sent to the girard avenue interchange. so many construction updates, karen rogers. >> reporter: all right, lots of construction, lots of things to do today. today is going to be a day with a lot of the clouds, we're dry during the day, milder than on the weekend. 9:00 a.m., 44 degrees, sunshine and clouds, noontime, 52 degrees, mostly cloudy skies, 3:00 p.m., the clouds lower and thicken. 56 degrees, 6:00 p.m., 54. the high today will happen around 3:00 a.m. 56 degrees, the day featuring lots of clouds. here's what to expect over the next seven days. cloudy milder 56. tomorrow, showers around 64 degrees for the high. rain at times on wednesday, 66. thursday, christmas eve. record warmth, 74 degrees, even on christmas day it's warm with 64 degrees, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> in "healthcheck" a state effort in pennsylvania hopes you give the holiday season you don't receive someone else's flu. general doctor for pennsylvania will be in philadelphia promoting flu shots. even though the flu season has been mild this time pe