the allegheny there is. any longer than this and it becomes too long to negotiate the curves on the track and too heavy for bridges, structures, roadbeds and so forth. this is about as big as the steam locomotive got. it was designed to pull coal trains enthusiastic mountainous sections in west virginia. it's maybe not surprising the cno would hold onto steam power as it did. really by 1940s, diesel electric proven itself in passenger service and increasingly so in freight. made money hauling coal they would invest in technology for a locomotive like this. this is also the most photographed object we have in the entire museum. not a day goes by when i don't walk by her and somebody posing in a picture for this locomotive. i have a picture of myself as a boy. something about the size it's enormous and grabs people and they think, whoa, what the heck is this. we love it. one of the most popular questions, how the heck duties this thing into the museum? it wasn't easy. it came under its own power, its own wheel

allegheny county schools are closed. we are hearing some individual schools as well, and you can see all of the closings at the bottom of your screen or through the abc 7 app. a lot going on. i am larry smith. autria: i am autria godfrey. what is going on? the last we mentioned couple of days that we would have a burst of snow cause the most trouble. i still took my mustang ian and did just fine, so take it slow. allow yourself some extra prep time getting out the door. here is i've 70 at u.s. 29, atffic moving along -- i 70 u.s. 29, traffic moving along slowly. some snow showers around frederick, maryland and washington county, headed eastbound. couple of minutes, a burst of snow in howard county. 32 degrees. the forecast is going up to 40 degrees for recess time, 41 late. the warmer weekend coming our way. julie: i need to be like a kid. 40 degrees to a kid with a coat is like 80 degrees in the summer. southbound 95, mus beltway. here is the crash, up to seven vehicles involved, and only the left lane is getting by. st

in western maryland when you get into allegheny county over toward hancock a couple of flurries and in garrett county we're picking up some more activity. i really think the activity will be increasing, especially west side of the continental divide past frostburg as we get into later tonight into tomorrow morning. wind advisories will go into effect the next few hours until early monday afternoon, just about everybody in it, gusts 40, 45, maybe even 50 miles an hour. that could be a problem for some. right now we don't have much wind, some gusts near 20, but give it a few hours. by 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 they could be gusting to 40 at davis, if not same as 6:00, 40 in town, cool spots in the mid-30s. the only areas below freezing are the higher elevations in far western maryland and west virginia while the rest of us, it's chilly and damp. it's not a nice night, but if you're going to midnight mass here in a few minutes, not bad. we've got no wind. so 40 feels like 40 and the humidity high, 83%. now tomorrow very windy, sustained wind of 20 or so gusting 40 plus with highs back close to 40.

very happy to see that with over 6 inches likely in allegheny. around here not very likely.far as temps tonight they're not going to fall a lot. near 50 in town. mid to upper 40s everywhere else and a warm day >>> our forecast breaks down like this. tonight showers developing. cloudy and mild. mid to upper 40s. south at 5 to 10. sunset now to 4:50. . 40s and 50s. we head into the afternoon, upper 50s to mid 60s. but numerous showers when that front comes through late afternoon early evening we might even get a rumble of thunder. turn to the northwest tomorrow night we're going to get colder sunday's highs in the 40s. there's that slim chance of a flurry. blustery on christmas day. highs in the upper 30s. it's going to feel like it's in the 20s on wednesday 34 and then late next week at least snow showers friday. possibly a storm. yeah, that may also slide off to sea. >>> now wusa 9 sports with frank hammerhan xfinity. >> so did you have a secret santa at work or did you give co-workers a present out of the goodness of your heart or maybe you're a grinch and you gave nothing.

allegheny county public schools, closed. berkeley county public schools, morgan, mineral and hampshire county schools will open two hours late this morning. keep an eye on the nbc washington app for updates. >>> rockville pike is back open after a fatal accident involving a pedestrian. a man was hit in the crosswalk near the rockville metro station. the road was shut down for hours during the investigation. traffic is moving again. lives to helping their communities will be laid to rest today. rockville fire lieutenant sander cohen and fbi special agent carlos wolff were killed on i-270 last week. there will be road closures today because of the funerals. we'll post that information in the nbc washington app. >> the fcc will vote whether to repeal internet regulation rules. your internet provider could give special treatment to certain content and charge you for basic services. republican had been controlled fcc expected to pass 3-2. the results will be posted on our nbc washington app. >>> breaking news continuing here in f

approaching allegheny and girard. it's southbound, the traffic we near-ly see heading toward center city -- normally see heading toward center city. the drive time, into the red. bad news there. 36 minutes on the southbound side. again, woodhaven to the vine. about a 20-minute trip usually now. with no traffic, about a 12-minute trip. you see we're starting to increase there. average speeds into the 20s. you see approaching the scene, barely moving at all. watching a new crash in plymouth school lane at east ridge pike. here's the new jersey turnpike. looks much different than 95. here, moving southbound toward the delaware memorial bridge, looks good. if you're taking 295 to jersey to delaware, looking good, as well. >> thanks. >>> let's take a live look outsid outside. >>> this is broad street in center city, a lot of taxi cabs and early commuters are out on the road now. it is a -- not too bad 43 degrees. as bill henley will tell uts, things will go south. >> tonight, cold air will be blowing into town. this mornin

as the baltimore and ohio railroad penetrated the allegheny mountains they came in , contact with what would become the state of west virginia. this became the number one commodity moved by the railroad in the pre-civil war years to to address that, the railroad invented these hopper iron railroad cars. this car was built in a properly approximately 1858 or it 1860. is a civil war vintage car. there were hundreds of these in operation. hundreds of these work damaged during the war. by the time of the civil war, there were nearly 2000 in service. these were the cars that hauled forth and back and was so vital during the civil war. originally, the cars were would. they had a limited capacity. but the b&o making equipment here, fabricated these cars and virtually trains every day moved east and west along the main line of the b&o railroad. between baltimore, washington, and the mines in western maryland and west virginia. this is a view of martinsburg , west virginia, when it was virginia in 1859 showing the very cars carrying the call that was so vital to the be in does coalesh -- carryi

here is a look outside at i95 at allegheny avenue. fortunately, there are no incidents to report. and traffic there is moving smoothly. now, there is an accident on rose valley road at school lane in delaware county. the road is closed but you can use route 252 providence road as your alternate. also, there is an accident involving a tractor-trailer and a car on the northeast extension of the turnpike southbound past quakertown. this accident is on the shoulder. and as of this point, there are no reported injuries. >> let's go back to washington , learning this morning the amtrak train that derailed was speed willing it jumped the tracks. >> federal investigators have also recovered the trains data record, the train making the inaugural run after new express line between seattle and portland oregon whether it crashed yesterday morning. three passengers died, and more than 70 other passengers were injured. investigators say, information so far indicates the train was traveling more than twice the speed limit at the time of the crash. >> preliminary indications are that the train wa

as the baltimore ohio railroad penetrated the allegheny mountains, they came in contact with the mines of western maryland and what would become the state of west virginia. this became the number one commodity moved by the b & o railroad in the pre-civil war years. to address that tonnage, the railroad invented these three iron hopper railroad cars. this car was built approximately 1858 to 1860. it is a civil war vintage car. there were literally hundreds and hundreds of these in operation and literally hundreds of these were damaged during the war. by the time of the civil war, there were nearly 2000 in service. these were the cars that hauled night and day coal back and forth to the factories in baltimore and the naval yard in washington, d.c. and was so vital during the civil war. originally, the cars were wood. they had a limited capacity, but the b & o, again, making their equipment here at the mount clare shops, fabricated these cars and virtually train every day moved east and west along the main line of the b & o railroad between baltimore, washington, and the mines in western

notice what is happening in garrett and allegheny counties, extreme western and washington counties -- skies are beginning to clear. we will see sunshine later this afternoon, and clearing skies in the afternoon hours. the hourly forecast, if you will be out and about, doing holiday shopping or grabbing a bite to eat, around 50 degrees this afternoon. that will be the daytime high. maybe a degree or two warmer inside the capital beltway. cooler to the west of us. as we move into the early evening hours, temperatures fall into the upper-30's and lower-40's. coming up in a few minutes, we talk about the rest of the week. we are moving ahead to a busy holiday weekend. more on that, plus a big punch in temperatures next week. -- plunge in temperatures next week. adrianna: a crime alert in the sea -- d.c.. look at this video -- a woman stealing christmas in front of a home in southeast. if you have information on who this one in is, or -- woman is or where the decorations are, called d.c. police. charlottesville memorialized heather heyer. for the street, where she was killed by a car has

which we are happy about no southbound delay near allegheny.re are half-hour delays on the septa regional rail lines. board we have cold quld. philadelphia below zero in reading, lancaster 3 degrees in philadelphia. four in millville. as we roll through the day it will be cold, high of 23 degrees today. windchills in the much of the time. we'll be back with the top stories. do you need the most trusted battery this holiday? maybe not. maybe, you could trust the world would be just as happy without them. (screaming) or, you could just trust duracell. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ > top stories 6:56 a.m. fire erupted at an abandoned church in kensington section. firefighters evacuated two dozen homeless people living inside the buildings. >> reporter: major traffic troubles on the rails. half-hour on wilmington newark and media/elwyn line and river line suspended because of switching problems. >> reporter: folk you look at these numbers, you have to up that skin for any extended period of time. >> goodness me,ublely on socks and

a crash on 95 northbound side near allegheny avenue.and the crash on the main line on lancaster avenue has cleared and one near the blinds to go. 611 at moreland road and a broken down vehicle approaching the willow grove interchange, speeds there are in the low 60s. one more crash to watch out for. south of berk park along warren avenue. we'll keep tabs on the roads. >>> take a live look outside beautiful shot sky 6 hd giving us a few over the christmas tree.ph has the exclusive n-day forecast next. >>> adam joseph says today was mild. >> an invasion of arctic air from canada coming in as i speak. >> oh canada. >> can't avoid it. >> refreshing air. >> he is excited and others that are with you. >> i'm not too excited just trying to act that way. looking at the weather center i don't like shaking and shivering, a live look from the pagoda camera west from the untains clo apart and that is the cold air coming in. the winds start to howl and patchy clouds overnight that sun is now below the hon. winds 15 miles per hour in philadelphia. an

county,es in garrett allegheny county, and washington county. heading closer to the d.c. metro, not looking at any snow, but light rain showers mixing in with flakes later tonight. not looking for any accumulations early in the morning. the wind advisory will go into effect 3 a.m. through the day tomorrow, wind gusts upwards of 40 miles per hour. more on the rest of the week coming up. kellye: remember that you can download the free stormwatch 7 app to keep track of your forecast whenever you want. ♪ celebrated pope christmas mass at st. peter's basilica at the vatican, telling the faithful that the story of forever. everything after that became a story of hope. midnight mass has also been held at saint cap catherine church in bethlehem. >> your families have been tremendous. kellye: president trump speaking via videoconference with members of all five military branches. they helped norad field calls as the agency tracks santa. they are spending the holidays at mar-a-lago in florida. if you do not have presents by now, maybe something from 7-eleven will do. target stores

allegheny and washington county, it is not going to amount to a lot. the hourly planner this afternoon -- temperatures 47 to 49 degrees, a little breezy at times. added clouds this evening, but drive for the rush-hour commute. for snow. chances a few flakes the upcoming weekend for part of the area. i will talk about that. plus, another blast of cold air on the way. the 10 day outlook in just a few minutes. adrianna: wind gusts up to 80 mph expected to cross southern california today. the santa ana winds will make the wildfire situation in and around los angeles even worse. multiple fires have forced schools to close, highways to shut down, and a quarter of a million people to leave their homes. >> this predicted wind event should last through saturday. we have got several days before we are out of the woods. ad as the winds get too strong, tankers and firefighting helicopters will not be able to fly. and than 100,000 acres hundreds of homes have burned in just the past few days. now, to a townhouse fire in rockville. was this set on purpose? montgomer

winter weather advisory everywhere to the west of us, pretty much, but closest to us is up to the allegheny front area. there they could see maybe four-six, maybe 8 inches in the higher elevations as far as the mountains are concerned. temperatures second part of my story, it is cold out there, 28 degrees this hour. 26 degrees at manassas, 25 at baltimore, and 27 degrees at frederick. and here is what it actually feels like if you step outside. the windchill kind of varies. we get into the teens, more to the north and the northwest. but elsewhere, still, into those low 20's. definitely a night if you're going anywhere, make sure you're dressed warm and up. >>> here is your evening planner then for tonight. 26 degrees by the time we hit the 7:00 hour. 25 degrees by the. remember still talking air temperatures here. it is going to feel a lot cooler than this with those windchill factors, by the 11:00 hour, don't be surprised if you start to see one of those little snowflakes or two starting to come in, because i anticipate that snow starting to move in. pretty much more into the overnight hou

at allegheny station. come on, ready?lly christmas, we will do it tonight, we will load up the news van, go to mayfair, the 7411 home on brouse avenue, this fellow has got decorations wrapped front, side, back, even as is a snow machine, on the roof. so it will be snowing put the kids in the car and come on by, and snow sass for santa in 15 seconds. >> only one bit of the snow in the nor cast, one house for very kelly christmas tonight, but yes the seasons change, winter solsus, today. and there is the clock. it is right now, 11:28 a.m. this morning. >> longest day of the year, but first day of summer south of the hemisphere in southern hemisphere, so places like australia, south america, they're celebrating their first day every summer. clouds, and showers probably at night into saturday. greatest chance of rain over the weekends on saturday, does look like in the evening we've got potentially heavy rain moving through saturday. by sunday, should clear up. hopefully in time for santa claus. 31 degrees in philadelphia. ri

a disabled vehicle 95 southbound right near allegheny avenue has cleared.our drive time between woodhaven and the vine street expressway, it's about 20 minutes. there's some delays on 76 between the turnpike eastbound and the vine because of volume. mass transit, justice be aware the trenton -- just be aware the trenton line, there's a train delay. >>> a cold start this morning. teat0s and low 30s. 29 in the suburbs. the lehigh valley is 30. 35 in philadelphia. not going to be a big warmup. the sunshine is taking a break. mostly cloudy, dry during the day today. the first showers will arrive at the shore later this afternoon and this evening. then tomorrow, we're in store for our first snow of the soech season. accumulating snow will start overnight -- >> she's excited. >> overnight. and with you for much of the day saturday. >>> we'll have updates throughout the morning. >>> good morning. breaking overnight, dangerous, new wildfires exploding across southern california, destroying homes, threat thienni more. >>> here it comes. 61 million people, texas to m

the allegheny front gets the snow. so this is where we could see a little coating and the timing on that is going to be generally overnight sunday night maybe around midnight or so. if we get out to midnight mass. the cold's in place now except for the south and east. we've got some much colder weather but get ready for at times a wet saturday. at times showers tonight. we'll see them developing. cloudy and mild 44 to 49. maybe 50 in town with southerly winds. tomorrow morning we've got showers around mainly north and west of dc. and we'll have numerous showers in the afternoon and evening. before we clear out. stray flurries 38. it will feel like i 20s on christmas day. and late in the week friday, snow showers. maybe something more than that but it's still way off. >>> thanks. because there are just far too many of them on earth space x ceo elan musk is going to send a tesla roadster into space. musk is also the cofounder and ceo of tesla. he'll send the vehicle attached to a rocket on a loop between earth and mars.

allegheny for sure will.towards the end of the week, we are definitely going to see -- we friday and saturday. the model ares giving us a coating of snow but the gfs says most of us won't see a white christmas. we shall see who wins. i'm not too excited about snow chances tomorrow night. tonight 30s and 40s. early showers taper off. sunday, in the afternoon, highs only in the mid maybe upper 40s. it will be a blustery christmas day. 39. it will feel like it is in the 20s with gusts 20 to 30. heading towards mid week, just cold. there is the snow threat friday and into saturday. >>> now wusa 9 sports brought to you by xfinity. >> just planning out the strength for the redskin who's are hosting the struggling denver broncos. tickets are cheap. if you want to check out the redskins to see if they can finish at .500. it is th the redskins tomorrow. they would love a christmas eve victory and put everyone in a good mood. last home game for one. that guy, we asked his favorite christmas day memory. >> my favorite c

frederick county, washington andty, allegheny county garrett county to the west, that is where the winter weather advisory is currently come in effect tonight right now until noon tomorrow. they will probably take that down earlier. gaithersburg germantown, hagerstown 18. the ground is completely prime for every flake to stick around. not a big snow maker, but potential problems if you are traveling late tonight, early tomorrow morning. the timing and the amounts coming up. jonathan: the drop in temperature just as people are gearing up for the weekend, including new year's celebrations. tim barber continues team coverage, joining us from georgetown with how folks are getting ready to brave the winter weather. when they will just put on hats and mittens. hat absolutely, i have my and mittens, a lot of space on the sidewalks and georgetown. we have seen some brave souls. we have noticed fewer people in georgetown, especially for a friday. smart people went out with that coats, warm hats, and mittens, but the smartest people one could argue stayed home. >> i was grateful. tim: i was hoping

snow covered streets and sidewalks froze overnight as you can see on the i-95 off ramp in allegheny. >> a cold morning as you head out to service or errands this morning. bundle up. details on the big chill following the storm. >>> good morning. i'm rosemary connors. >> and i'm dray clark. we have extended our first alert because of the slippery conditions and cold weather outside this morning. let's get right to our first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist steve sosna. >>> you see the temperature about 29 degrees. it's below freezing across the entire area. first alert extends to about 10:00 this morning. the reason we chose 10:00 is the temperature will be below freezing until then, and then after a couple hours of sunshine road conditions will rapidly improve. the back roads, secondary roads, that's where you're going to experience the icy and slippery conditions not to mention your sidewalks probably outside. a live look outside right now. as you can see you can see the center city skyline which means there are no clouds to obstruct the low buildings. what we do have t

euro shows the allegheny front with the snow. nothing for us through tuesday night. on the gfs they are showing light snow. this is a dusting for d.c. there is an inch toward charlestown and cumberland. we'll watch. but it is a disturbance sunday night that is coming through. we have high pressure going to give us a nice night tonight. sunshine gives way to cloud tomorrow afternoon with the showers moving in tomorrow night. on and off through the day on saturday. colder air starts to move in behind it. the arctic blast is not going to move in until we get in towards sunday. there is that snow chance sunday afternoon. it should be coming across sunday night. the yellow weather alert is saturday for showers on and off all day long. 28 to 36 tonight. we may get a few spots at 24 if they radiate well. tomorrow morning partly sunny skies and cold. we'll rise to the mid 50s for your afternoon high with mostly cloudy skies. saturday yellow weather alert day. we'll be in 40s. sunday night into christmas morning we'll get snow showers. we have a cold week ahead. >>> you have

farther north on the off ramp to allegheny avenue there's fire department activity partially blocking that ramp and there was vehicle fire on the passyunk avenue drawbridge. luckily that just cleared out. let's grab the grab the ipad check your way home on the waze app. crash in whitpain township north of skippack pike route 73. expect congestion there as well. it's a busy start rick. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> at least it's friday. thank you, matt. stay ahead of any traffic jams and changes to the holiday weekend forecast by visiting 6abc.com or downloading your free 6abc app for your mobile device. you'll also find realtime views from storm tracker6 live. >> in other news this afternoon a shooting investigation in southwest philadelphia has now turned into a homicide. one of four people shot last night during a fight between a boyfriend and a girlfriend passed away early this morning and police are still looking for the suspected shooter. "action news" reporter jeff chirico live outside of pen presbyterian hospital with the latest on the investigation. jeff. shar

these big strong locomotives were specifically designed to haul freight trains over the allegheny mountains. once you got past cumberland, maryland. normally we have the william mason. it is the only fully operating steam locomotive from the civil war in the united states. it took president lincoln to his inauguration in 1861. being a fully operating steam locomotive, it has to go in the rare pair shot. unfortunately, that is where it is currently. this is the last section of our roundhouse exhibit. as we passed through, you have seen different topics presented by travelers, workers, soldiers guarding or attacking the railroad. now we look at the train crew. they had a special task. an exciting job. and a dangerous job. trains were derailed and oilers blew up. confederates attacked them. dangerouste a profession. it was also an exciting profession. what you have to appreciate about civil war railroading -- and this was only under ideal conditions, it could go 60 miles per hour. that was the fastest thing on earth. , no person could travel half the speed or half the distance of the locomotiv

allegheny county, garrett county, those are just here. just heard from a guy down there, making plenty of snow and that's the case if we don't get the snow, the skiers will be making plenty. but for the runners like adam, they have to hit the treadmill or bundle up and grin and bear it. the cold is here to stay. the snow is flyi lake. picking up the moisture and cold air and dumping it downwind, new york state. south of buffalo, some in michigan and around here, just cold. several cold fronts. one more to come through. with colder air. and you see the temperatures down to freezing. 41 early this morning and that's going to be the warmest for 10 days or so. 21 in pittsburgh, teens in toledo and cleveland. wind chills north and west of town fall into the teens and single digits. we expected in oakland -- in cleveland, some kind of cold is coming our way. tonight a few clouds, mid-20s to 30 here by 11. low to mid-20s and most spots by tomorrow morning. a few clouds early, more sun as the day goes on. temperatures to the upper 30s for highs.

allegheny county schools are closed.e are hearing some individual schools as well, and you can see all of the closings at the bottom of your screen or through the abc 7 app. a lot going on. i am larry smith. autria: i am autria godfrey. what is going on? the last we mentioned couple of days that we would have a burst of snow

he shows us an 1831 steam locomotive and 125 foot allegheny engine that weighs nearly 400 tons. >> my name is matt anderson, i'm curator of transportation. we're here at the

equipment issues at allegheny avenue station on the market frankford line.a fun time last night in levittown lighting it up where neil has been decorating his home for the last 25 years and calling it quits this year is lath year, he has over 300,000 lights. two train sets on the front lawn that the kid can take a ride on. he has old school plastic light up on the front lawn. santa paid us a visit. unbelievable. make sure it is on your stop, to do list to take the kid out over weekend. i have the address on my facebook page. i want too visit your house. snap a picture, powe to it facebook, twitter, instagram use that #fox 29 lights contest so i can show your pictures on tv and visit your home one night next week, sue has the snowy forecast in 15. >>> it looks like a couple inches of snow might be on the way, little more not down in south jersey. winter weather advisory for us here in philadelphia, and there is always snow way, way down to the south places that hardly ever see snow it is rain off the coast right now but by the time it gets here it is so cold

maryland-pennsylvania border count to the west as we'll you're seeing snowflakes flying maybe garrett county and alleghenyashington counties in maryland there in the maryland panhandle. be aware of this. this isn't going to drop too much. unlike last night temperatures warmed a little bit overn going to stick. we may have -- you can see last couple loops here a couple more trying to pop up a little farther south. we may have a passing flurry here in d.c. a little later on this morning but again, at this point it's not going to be a big deal. 36 at reagan national. dulles 31, maybe a coating there but bwi 35 degrees. so, again, not going to have the same problems that it did if you were out traveling late last night when many areas off to the north were able to put down a quick coating to a half inch. 39 degrees at 10:00 a.m. we keep flurries in the forecast. after that clipper is out of here. by 1 o'clock turning windy again and sun comes out just a little bit, 43 degrees. by 4:00 p.m. breezy and more sunshine, 44 degrees. going for a high in washington not so bad about 45 degrees so a little below normal

ninety-five at allegheny headlights moving in the southbound direction, still traveling around at posted speed on this stretch as well, but you can see how many headlights are starting to get out there on i-95 as well. we have construction crews in new jersey, 42 north ramp to 295 north is closed, 2925 north ramp to 76 is closed and this is closed until 8:00 a.m. , rahel, over to you. >>> major announcement is expected from president trump that will alter decade of american foreign policy in the middlee in a controversial move president will recognize jerusalem as capitol of israel and signal his intention toss move u.s. embassy from tel aviv. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with more on what this could mean for u.s. diplomates and their families, good morning, jan. >> reporter: this is a move that could have deep repercussions all across that region, some critics say this could trigger violence so u.s. government is warning its diplomates and tourist to stay away from parts of the jerusalem. palestinian protesters, gathered late tuesday in bethlehem to voice their anger a

the allegheny station, septa running with delays on the cynwyd and the thorndale, regional rail line, lights out in mt. laurel, new jersey, traffic lights out at union milan mt. laurel road. that's going to be a busy one, especially for the school buses headed into lenape high school there. rittenhouse square, another day, another water main break. come on, we roll video. news van on the scene this morning, again at 18th and locust, where the pipe burst again, our friend over at park say they had gotten water back but out again as of 2:30 a.m. this morning, so could be tough for the showers over in the condos there and the rittenhouse hotel. so coming back to the maps again, 18th and 19th, closed right here, lower corner every rittenhouse square, will cause grid look for the folks during the morning and of course the lunchtime hour. 4:22, as we head eastbound in toward king of prussia. and a double bubble today. i typically do breakfast with bob today. but we will throw in kind of mash it together, we're going to honor two crossing guards, who are retiring after a combined 57 years of

the shooting happened near the corner of g street and east allegheny avenue.an was hit four times, twice in the chest. police recovered two weapons but no arrests have been made. investigators say tonight's shooting happened feet from the scene of a murder that happened a few days ago. >>> new accusations out of hollywood, the director of x men is accused of sexual assault. a man filed a lawsuit against brian singer, the man says singer sks yulely assaulted him on a yacht 15 years ago when he was a teenager. tonight singer's rep says he categorically denies the allegations, and he will fight the lawsuit. >>> a south jersey pastor is charged with sexually assaulting children for more than a decade. reverend harry thomas is the head pastor at the come alive church in medford. he's the founder of a popular christian music festival. he's charged with sexually assaulting four girls under the age of 13. he's been suspended from the church, and from the festival. >>> a chester county woman claims she was assaulted by a man in a road rage incident that happened monday

steep grades, the allegheny mountains, untried technology, really when you think about everything that is involved with it, it was quite a feat. the locomotive behind me was built in 1927, and it mimics the tom thumb, the first steam engine used in the united states. a very unique piece designed by peter cooper. what he ended up doing was building something very similar to what was behind us, the tom thumb. while successful by proving a steam engine could operate, it wasn't successful in the manufacturing world. they couldn't turn them out fast enough. ended up failing on his contract, but what he did do was prove that steam power could be used on the baltimore and ohio's track with its sharp curves and steep grades and was a wonderful piece. but when railroading began in the united states, by the 1830's was 23 miles of track in the entire country. in the beginning there were pulling flour, barrels full of flour. that is the kind of produce that was coming from the river valley and that is where a lot of the revenue was coming from. eventually, passenger service picked up, i would not

this morning here on 95 pie allegheny avenue, yes, so far it's relatively quiet a few southbound headlights coming down toward the city but of course no delays just yet. and most overnight construction remains suspended during this holiday week, so no issues on the vine or the schuylkill. that earlier van fire that we had on the roosevelt boulevard near ridge avenue is extinguished and long gone so everything's reopened there. and we're hearing from police in the eighth district that everything's reopened along willits road at holme avenue. the scene of that huge water main break in the northeast from yesterday morning. so, even though you can get by there i would expect more breaks around the region today with the really cold temperatures. still cleaning up those downed wires from a crash yesterday afternoon in fort washington along virginia drive by the athletic complex. head for highland avenue instead and a pair of issues in cheltenham township, disabled vehicle and crash have cleared out. we also lost our crash in west sadsbury chester county. everything reopened along strasburg road a

a man was hit twice near the corner of g street and east allegheny avenue. investigators uncovered two weapons. no arrests have been made. this happened a few blocks from a deadly incident this week. someone shot and killed a man at pointblank range on east madison early wednesday morning. >>> a woman in chester county says a man hit her during a road-rage incident as her two children watched the whole thing happen. the victim says she accidentally cut off the man while pulling into the providence town center in upper providence township on monday. she says the man pulled up next to her and then got out of the car. >> i rolled down the window. my immediate reaction was to say, i'm so, is i'm so sorry. he became enraged and screaming. at that point, i'm like, there's kids in the car, please stop. i don't want -- sop. shocking that he was doing that. then with that, he leaned in and hit me right here. >> police are asking for your help to identify this man. they describe him as a large man with thinning, white hair. he was dressed in a dark suit and driving a

no delays on 95, northbound or southbound, this is at allegheny avenue. not too bad right here. the boulevard is starting to slow down little bit. but no big delays that we can speak of so far if you're headed towards the schuylkill expressway. and there is something to tell you about, though, in mays landing new jersey, route 40 eastbound closed near old egg harbor road, that's going to happen until about midnight tonight. the alternate is route 322. and as we show you the wide, as chelsey said, people getting early start, if you like, you should do it right now. because there are no major delays throughout the entire delaware vale. so we will get on the roadways , let's do it. >> can we leave right now pat? >> i'm gone. >> who is going to do the show well, time to buy holiday gifts is running out. if you haven't finished your shopping yet you're not alone. national retail federation estimates 126 million americans are, or half of all consumers, will shop this weekend on super saturday. that's last saturday before christmas, obviously, only 12% of shoppers are already done shop

this happened near the corner of g street and east gasoline -- ea and east allegheny county. no arrests have been made it. a few blocks away, someone shot and killed a man at pointblank range on east madison street early wednesday morning. >>> a chester county woman says a man hit her during a road-rage incident as her two children watched the whole thing happen. the victim said she accidentally cut off the man while pulling into the providence town center on monday. she says the man pulled up next to her and got out of the car. >> i pulled down the window, and my immediate reaction was to say, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry, you know, and he became enraged and screaming. and at that point, i'm like, look, there's kids in the car, please stop. i don't want -- stop. it was shocking that he was doing that. and then with that, as i leaned this way, he leaned in and hit me right here. >> police are asking for your help to identify the man. they describe him as a large man with thinning, white hair, dressed in a dark suit and driving a dark gray or navy chrysler 300. >>> happening tod

snow covered streets and sidewalks froze overnight as you can see on the i-95 off ramp in allegheny.you head out to service or errands this morning. bundle up. details on the big chill following the storm. >>> good morning. i'm rosemary connors. >> and i'm dray clark. we have extended our first alert because of the slippery conditions and cold weather outside this morning. let's get right to our first alert

allegheny county may see a little bit of snow. nothing like that for the metro area. clearing things out for the day and tomorrow. then the floodgates open for cold air. highs tomorrow, upper 40's early afternoon. the winds begin to kick up, gusty at times into the day on wednesday. notice the windchill as we head through the late hours of tomorrow. by fourke middle 20's or 5:00 in the afternoon. late tomorrow evening, single digits for the feels-like temperature's, and it morning. for feels-like temperature's in manassas. we are going to keep the cold air and windy conditions in place, but at least the winds late wednesdayse and thursday. temperatures will moderate. highs around 36. the weekend looking much better. 44 on saturday. 50 on sunday. upper 40's monday of next week and then back in the lower 50's. -- the coldestxt of the next days will be wednesday. windchill factor in your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the brea

maybe a few snow showers in garrett county and allegheny county.r elevations in the mountains. a nice mix of sun and clouds. do not forget to download your stormwatch 7 weather app. i do want to show you what it looks like at 11:00 p.m. on friday. low pressure off the coast might bring wet snowflakes to extreme southern maryland. it is worth watching. notice how it gets closer, according to this model, 7:30 saturday morning. another thing pay attention to, an area of low pressure to the north and west of us that could ring a little bit of wintry weather, maybe snowflakes late saturday night into sunday. not looking at anything major around the immediate metro. it will be colder, lower 40's on saturday, 40's on sunday. the average high is 49 degrees. when we get through the weekend, a reinforcing shot of colder air for the middle and end of next week when we will see daytime highs in the 30's and nighttime lows in the 20's. melanie: who should you go to for your gifts. brick and mortar stores are struggling as online shopping soars. how the old-fash

i-95 dropping in the 40s between allegheny and girard. schuylkill expressway westbound disabled vehicle approaching conshohocken that is luckily is off to the side. new water main break in franconia township, getting word along cow path road at erie beggary -- bergie road or 4th street. 422 is beginning to slow from trooper into 23. nothing we're not used to. it's the early morning crowd starting to gather heading into king of prussia. 422, they are closing tonight westbound side this time starting at 9:00 p.m. between the route 100 and ben franklin highway merge. in conjunction with that starting at 9:00 p.m. they are closing the temporary ramp they opened last week connecting 422 westbound with stowe. something is not working out with that ramp. that stowe ramp will be closed at 9:00 p.m. the ac expressway we have an overturned truck they are clearing from the eastbound lanes of the expressway past hammonton, would you want forstrictions there. >> dozens of boy scouts and cub scouts brought the community together to remember the victims

we are watching 95 around allegheny avenue. a slow down on the northbound side. we have work crews up ahead. watching a crash on gravel pike. the rest of the roads are pretty quiet. minor delays 17 minutes at the most there. it is pretty light there. speeds there also into the 40s. had a few openings a little bit earlier. around 10:15 or so that's all clear. two westbound lanes are blocked. that's traffic moving into philadelphia. you might see a little bit of a slow down from jersey. >>> james rhoads elementary is closed due to a water main break. all students being moved to the l hoo. the zo -- to the high school. >>> happening now the house is debating the tax reform bill. republicans are confident they have enough votes for it to pass. this is a live look from capitol hill. voting is expected to begin in a few hours. >>> legislation cuts corporate tax rate to 21% and reduces taxes on the wealthiest americans. there would be more modest tax reductions for others. the bill also doubles the standard deduction used by many to 24,000, that is for married couples.

let's check i-95, it's a slow go in the southbound lanes, no accidents but crowded from allegheny toirard. watch out for a vehicle into a tree at larchmont boulevard at unionville road. a vehicle in a ditch cocks neck road and dupont highway. >>> a cow escaped a live nativity scene in old city. the police brought her back and yet another development, the cow escaped again. katherine scott saw it happened right before her eyes and joins us live from the old first reform church. katherine. >> reporter: matt, yeah it's been a morning here minutes after we lost spoke storming got out again and walked past us. at first she got out in the church yard near the enclosures, the pastor was trying to get her back in. we are out on the road telling cars to stop. the pastor was trying to urge her back into the enclosure. shehas this is an enormous anim. the cow was out in traffic and moving, i called 911. she turned from race and started walking down 4th street and heading out behind the mint and ended up in a parking garage in 4th and arch. she is in an upper floor and they are trying to get her

westbound delays on 76 and spilling back on to the vine threet 676, at least our crash on 95 by allegheny has cleared however one in bucks county by t street road and harleysville montgomery county by the church of the brethren at creek road. and better on the septa regional rails but a bunch of 10 minute delays this afternoon. we'll check it again in thhalehour. >> thank you matt. >> more ahead on "action news" tuesday night. a group of nevada deputies had to work quickly because of an escaped inmate that refused to comply with their demands. and a jolt of coffee and reason to eat a good breakfast but more health benefits to eating before you head out in the morning. we'll explain. >>> deputies at this nevada prison is credited with saving lives after jumping from a second floor balcony. two officers tried to convince the man to stay where he was but climbed the rail any way and another officer actually caught him and cushioned his fall there.e importantly neither was hurt. >>> health check tonight the deadline to sign up for the affordable care act is friday. it was off to a big start b

this was the scene near delaware and allegheny avenue. a tanker started leaking just before noon.he evacuation is just a precaution while they clean up that leak. >>> we start our county by county news in north hampton county where we have learned new information about a standoff and shootout with police. here's what we know. authorities now say justin shot his mother 11 times in a home last friday. then he got into a shootout with police who were outside. a total of 115 shots were fired. many of them hit an armored police vehicle and he killed himself. we have also learned his father took his own life just two days later on christmas. >>> several families have lost their homes in this fire along the shore. a number of propane tanks exploded during the fire only helping to spread the flames. a woman had to be taken to the hospital after tripping or trying to run back into the burning home. >>> a pair of robbers held up a walgreens pharmacy in dover on crihristmas eve. investigators say the two jumped the counter and demanded pain pil pills. the suspects took off. police are still

already, i-95 that's the southbound traffic getting crowded from cottman to girard, i-95 approaching alleghenyto head toward center city, a 20 minute jam from woodhaven to the vine. volume is picking up, no major problems, the main roads are in good shape. as you look at the big picture, 5 miles per hour on the blue route. you're starting to slow 22 miles per hour on the schuylkill expressway westbound near the boulevard. i-95 southbound we saw that jam about 23 miles per hour. overall no accidents on your majors, but we have had issues in the suburbs, be extra careful we had snow showers move through, watch for a slick spot or two. already jammed on the boulevard extension. look at the southbound traffic because they narrowed the ramp from the boulevard southbound to the schuylkill expressway westbound. it jams early so it will take you a while traveling there. levitt parkway at sun set road an accident. we have middletown warwick road an accident. >> the eagles big win has been overshadowed by a big loss, star quarterback, carson wentz went down with a knee injury. it could be a torn acf tha

. >> reporter: the president is all in for roy moore, the former allegheny -- alabama judge is facingment charges. >> i do not know why they are saying that but i do not know them. it is not true.>> reporter: doug juice -- doug jones is relying on those who could determine the outcome of the race. >> we know who we are, alabama, we know who we are. this is an election to tell the world who we are. >> reporter: as far as the impact of president trump on this race, one thing to keep in mind, they carried him by 20 points lester. >>> still the calm, the latest plan unveiled in san francisco. the companies to expand recycling programs in new york city.>>> the three women who say that they were sexually harassed by president trump before he took office. >>> complete bay area news coverage. ktvu fox 2 at 5 pm. >>> today, three women who accused president trump for sexual misconduct. the white house defended the president on this. >> 12 years ago as a young receptionist i was forcibly kissed by president trump. >> several women who publicly accused the president of sexual harassment unite to

as far as the west, if you're heading this way, mineral grant, allegheny, there's a winter weather advisory monday could see two to four inches of snowfall, christmas day 39 degrees, cold, windy, windchills will make the feel like it's only in the 20's. rapping it up, 40 overcast, rain finally ending for example for tomorrow. rain will pick up again by the afternoon hours around the 4:00 hour. here's a look at your fox 5 seven-day forecast. headed to the 20's for overnight lows. >>> it has been four months. tonight her memory is being kept alive at a northwest community center with a special tree of life plaque dedicated, allison see more sat down with her mother for what this means to her. >> reporter: college bound jamari, sidmor was everything a family could ask for, she loved her family and friends, was motivated student with an infectious warm personality >> she was a kid, person. i mean, exploding, exploding with love. exploding with laughed. >> reporter: her mother says you knew when the 17-year-old was in the room. >> she just was always laughing. always laughing, high energy jammi

garrett and allegheny county, you will be the first to see it. once we get this out of here, it will take about 24-48 hours to get the core of much colder air around the area, and you will feel it. 56 for a high today. 60 degrees tomorrow. once the cold front moves through, showers come to an end early wednesday. upper 40's for highs. we will be in the middle 40's on wednesday, lower 40's on friday. look at the weekend. have not had a cold weekend like this in a long time. temperatures to start the day will be in the upper 20's. we will see highs in the upper 30's to around 40 degrees. we will keep the chill in the air for next week. this will go on once we get through tomorrow. temperatures in the 30's and 40's, the longest prolonged. prolonged period of temperatures below average we have seen months. adrianna: just get ready. that is all you can do. get everyone ready. steve: we will survive. a major medical breakthrough, the first american baby born from a uterus transplant. the successful birth has late -- has raised hopes for thousands of wo