allentown road. for more information on how you can get around this mess, we'll go live to danella sealock. good morning, danella. >> good morning. thank you, tracee. right now we'll keep watching this accident and let you know how your commute will shape up. allentown road closed at branch avenue. >>> checking traffic from maryland, very slow as you wake your way south from urbanna over towards clarksburg. also crowding on shady grove. good news on 270 north and south, not seeing any accidents for you. if you're taking 295 in d.c. heading south, we have an zi incident there. looks like some kind of structural damage as you make your way around south capitol street. you've got to stick to the left to get by while crews are working. right now we have megan mcgrath on the scene at south capitol street with an update. megan? >> reporter: thanks, danella. we do have some improvement here. just a few minutes ago, they reopened south capitol street in the eastbound direction. we now have traffic going unde

>> an accident on allentown road at branch avenue. the road is closed. 295 southbound after malcolm x avenue in d.c. emergency road work. track is getting by in one lane. kenilworth avenue at east capital street as an accident. northbound from oxon hill, lanes are open up to the 11th street bridge. i have this picture in maryland moving nicely at 270. >> i love it. >>>>> 59 degrees. >> coming up, a daring rescue attempt at the bottom of the world. >>>> later, on "anderson," a psychic medium who claims to communicate with the dead talking with members of my crew. >> my niece died in an accident 19 years ago. >> even my mother. he could make a believer out of view. today at 4:00 on abc 7. >>> take a look in the day ahead. parking violators included can expect a little more than a warning. state police begin today will start writing tickets as well s as towing. drivers parking in a grassy areas and travel lanes will be targeted near the prince william parkway. >>> two years since the adoption and murder of morgan harrington. her parents

on the northbound side of allentown road, in fact both directions of allentown road closed with a tractor trailer accident. our driver tells us the tractor trailer hit the bridge abutment and lost its load. it is going to take awhile to clean this up. in the meantime take the scatter way to branch road to get around this situation. the next map on 25 southbound at south capital street a huge hole in the right lane. authorities are on the scene here. the good news is, southbound the left lane is getting by and northbound all lanes are open wii the -- by the incident here. take a live look right now on 270. coming in from frederick. you are fine. all the way down to the point where the lanes divide. another look at the area coming up in my next report at 5:38. >>> this morning police are investigating a fatal stabbing in northeast dc. >>> police tell 9news now officers were called to the to an apartment in the 1800 block of high street. they found a man had been stabbed in the head. investigators are saying very little about the female suspect. >>> an overnight crash sent one victim to the

have a great monday. >>> allentown road is closed at branch avenue. with a tractor trailer accident. i'll have more details coming up in my next report. you are watching 9news now. stay with us. çñ >>> we are back at 6:29. this is always the place to get your weather first. here's a live look at the united states capital. beautiful morning, cool morning but it is going to be a great day. thank you for starting your monday with us. i'm andrea roane. >>> and i'm jessica doyle. meteorologist howard bernstein is live nice day out there howard? >> reporter: nice day. compared to the 40s we had over the weekend. 61 in washington feels comfortable. if you can get by without a jacket early, as we are going into the low 70s in most areas. here's a look at our day planner today. expecting temperatures to be climbing as the sun returns into the upper 60s at noon. should be fairly comfortable. we did have showers earlier up to the north and west. look how this line is fizzleling as it is coming out of the mountains. quiet and chilly. 39 in oakland, 50 in cumberla

an accident has shut down some lanes on allentown road in suitland. cohan is live on the scene us for. what is the latest out there? >> reporter: it is quite a mess out here. i will step right out of the way quickly so can you take a look at what is behind me. that is really the introduce. there is a truck. you can see that sort of pile of wood through all of the emergency personnel. a truck was heading northbound on branch avenue and just failed to turn really and crashed right into that wall under allentown road. as far as traffic getting by, they do have run one leap getting by the accident on the side of westbound allentown road. that is shut down here. one lane getting by on eastbound alhelptown road. amazingly, the driver of that truck walked away from this crash unharmed. no one hurt but we've got quite a bit of clean-up here to move the debris and vehicle completely out of the roadway. fuel spilled into a storm drain. luckily, it has drained over to sort of a holding pond. it opportunity seem like a wider hazmat incident but they are hooking t

. >>> allentown rd.s closed in both directions at branch avenue because of an accident with a truck that lost its load of lumber which is on the side of the highway. allentown rd. is closed in both directions at branch avenue. branch avenue is open, i understand. virginia looks ok. 395 and no problems across the wilson bridge, american legion bridge, and southbound as normal volume coming out of frederick. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 60 degrees. >> in woodbrige, where police are expected to begin issuing tickets. >> a couple of marathon runners had a special reason to finish a race. what they are saying about you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. >>> tech in our top stories at 5:45 dan wheldon is dead after a fiery 15-car pileup yesterday during a race in las vegas. he was 33 years old. he is the first indycar driver died during the race since 2006. the other drivers were injured in the rack. there are going more than 200

they have closed down all of the lanes on allentown road at branch avenue.that you drive into work, know that they are redirecting traffic at this point off of allentown road. they're not going to allow you to come down under the branch avenue bridge until they're able to get all of this taken care of. so, again, it appears that this was a single vehicle accident that only the driver was affected by this and suffered some minor injuries but again was able to walk away from this accident. it's still under investigation exactly what led to all of this and why the driver crashed into the underpass. with more on what you can expect with this morning's commute, we're going to go to danella. danella? >>> shaping up to be a tough commute this morning. also traveling 295 as you make your way over south capitol street, seeing a sinkhole there, some type of infrastructure problem. right now only the left lane will get you by. below, taking eastbound south capitol street below 2 3595, al lanes are blocked there as crews work to repair the problems above on 295. traveli

so again, allentown road at branch avenue. will find the roadway shut down headed in the direction of 495. no incidents to report right now if you are traveling inbound along 66. lanes are open but the pace is slow in fair oaks headed in towards the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a disappointing day for the redskins on so many levels as they fall at home to their rivals from philadelphia. >> and dave ross is here in studio to break down exactly what happened out there on the field and where the team and specifically the quarterback situation goes from here. stay tuned, everyone. we're back in a moment. , you're always looking ahead... to what's next... to what's possible confident... that taking action now, is the way to create... a better tomorrow. that's why we're announcing, that with the planned merger with t-mobile, at&t will begin bringing five thousand jobs to america from overseas. we will invest eight billion dollars more... and deploy the next generation of wireless broadband to nea

the crash closed allentown road at branch avenue.racee wilkins has more on the cleanup there. >> reporter: after getting the tractor trailer off of allentown road there was two things that need to be cleaned up. all of this wood that was left behind after the truck crashed into the wall. secondly, a lot of diesel that spilled into a storm drain. just before 5:00 this morning, a tractor trailer traveling with allentown road lost control. it slam flood the underpass for the branch avenue bridge. the truck was carrying a large load of wooded fence parts. the shipment fell off of the truck and into the roadway. the cab of the truck was totaled. the spokesmen say the driver was somehow able to crawl out of the twisted cab. he's now recovering from serious but nonlife threatening injuries. meanwhile, prince george's county hazardous materials crews were worried about the diesel spilling from the truck into the nearby storm drain. crews immediately began using absorbent to stop the throw and eventually built a filter fence on a nearby storm

he now works for air products in allentown, pennsylvania.the 7,500 employees you have here in the united states, how many are what you would say are the skilled workers? >> 4,000. >> reporter: john mcglade is president and c.e.o. of air products. his global company designs and builds high-tech hydrogen equipment and devices. how worried are you that you won't find enough skilled workers in the future? >> i'm worried. i've been worried. >> reporter: mcglade said he hires about 550 u.s. workers a year, 360 are technically skilled positions that require two years of college or advanced certification. these positions can often go unfilled for 12 months. >> we need people who are electronics experts, who are instrument technicians, who are mechanics that can work on today's modern equipment. >> reporter: but this year, funding for vocational education was cut by $140 million, and president obama is proposing a 20% cut next year. what is your sort of biggest fear if there isn't this continued support for vo-tech education? >> without the support a

he now works for air products in allentown, pennsylvania. employees you have here in the united states, how many are what you would say are the skilled workers? >> 4,000. >> reporter: john mcglade is president and ceo of air products. his global company designs high tech hydroagain equipment and devices. how worried are you you won't find another skilled workers in the future? >> i'm worried. i've been worried. >> reporter: mcglade says he hires about 550 u.s. workers a year. 300 are technically skilled positions that requires two years of college or advanced certification. these positions can often go unfilled for 12 months. but this year, funding for vocational education was cut by $140 million, and president obama is proposing a 20% cut next year. what is your sort of biggest fear if there isn't this continued support for voc-tech education? >> without the support and without the continued development of the skilled work force, we're not going to be able to fill the jobs. >> reporter: lehigh career and technical institute would be impacte

philadelphia, we talked about, allentown, lancaster, pennsylvania, allentown, over a foot. yonkers even getting over seven inches. this is the computer model projection of the totals we could see in addition to ours. poughkeepsie, the hudson valley, the berkshires, the poconos, a foot in hartford even. some incredible amounts of snow and really for boston, the same scenario, we will see snow tomorrow morning. so rare, no question about it. it is unbelievable in october, we've only seen measurable snow three or four times in places like boston and new york. >> i was just thinking, pull my coats out of storage. >> that's right. but then you'll be able to put them back. >> alexandra, thank you very much. >>> also in the path of the occupy wall street protesters, they're camped out in parks in new york and elsewhere. >> we got sold out. >> banks got bailed out. >> we got sold out. >> protesters are vowing to ride out the storm and stay put no matter what the weather brings. here's how michael moore described it to our anderson cooper last night. >> the snow and the winter is no

allentown road at branch avenue. left lanes are blocked. a tractor trailer, the load is spilled there. we are seeing delays. you may want to take old branch avenue instead. 295 the scene here is roadwork, taking away the right side. stick to the left to get by, at south capital street. and also have an accident, my camera is a little blurry, this is 66 at suddenly road blocking is 66look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ weather right after this. stay with us. . >>> mostly cloudy. temperatures around the region in the 50s to near 60. later today with increasing sun into the mid 70s and mostly cloudy tomorrow and rain likely lat

delays begin at allentown road. tough situation there as well. have you been watching us this morning? we have got happy diwali. diwali is the festival of lights commemorating the indian new year. joining us this morning is my brother at fairfax radiology, and also the owner of bombay tan door restaurant. tell us about the feast you have brought here today. >> diwali is the festival of lights. a celebration of the triumph good over evil hatchet -- over evil. what we have is breakfast food, butter chicken and spinach and rice. >> you know, one of my favorite memories of diwali is putting together beautiful trays and actually giving them to our friends, visiting them with these lamps that you see here as well. what about one of your favorite memories? >> favorite memory would be getting together as mom and dad's house, growing up. eating until you drop. playing cards all night and passing out gifts. a celebration of fun with family and friends. >> i know it is celebrated at the restaurant. tell us about the specials. >> specials going on throughout

both hit by a car thursday night as they were crossing their highland elementary school in lower allentown township. a neighbor heard a noise and went outside. >> the one boy was right around here and the other was on the corner by the sign. the one kid that was by the fire hydrant was moving. the one on the corner -- >> i do not know in they were thrown. if they were carried by the vehicle and fell off. it's really early on to say. >> reporter: the roadway was dry and the intersection was lit and there was an overhead street light. investigators did not believe that excessive speed was a factor. we want to make sure the kids have fun and safe. we have very simple halloween tips that we want to share. children should always travel in groups and be companied by -- accompanied by adults, someone who is familiar with the neighborhood. use a flashlight to light your way. you'll be able to see others and they will be able to see you. wear well fitting costumes. with all the costumes, kids want to be cute. they have make -- picked their favorite characters but pick a costume that's proamplet --

we will watch the changeover. 12 inches in allentown. yonkers, 7.5. new york city, this is the computer model printing out 4.7 inches. so could see three to five inches. even in philadelphia, three to five inches not out of the question. boston, 5.1. this is the computer mod prmode projections. substantial snow, a one-day event. today we will see the rain change over to snow. the winds kick in tonight. tonight is the worst of the storm, and tomorrow we will see it die down and the sun come out and temperatures rise into the 40s so a quick melt. >> that's good news for someone, me who is headed back to new york tomorrow. >>> also in the path are the occupy wall street protesters. they are camped out in parks in new york and elsewhere. the heavy snows could impact the demonstrations, but the protesters are vowing to ride it out, even in the rain that you see. there here is how michael moore described it to anderson cooper last night. >> the snow in the winter is not going to stop the collective anger of tens of millions of americans who have suffered as

a rig struck a bridge on allentown road and lost its load. the accident shut down the road for much of the rush hour. the driver of the tractor trailer was able to walk away unharmed. >>> a man accused of trying to blow-up his home, oh, i'm sorry. let me tell you about this first. traffic was also tied-up on i 295 south after a massive pothole opened up overnight. the slow lane was shut down throughout the morning as crews worked to repair the six foot-wide hole. the road underneath the heavy pass on south capital street, was also closed. dc police were worried about gravel and rocks falling through the hole and landing on cars underneath. no one was injured, but several cars did have minor damage. >>> all right. a man accused of trying to blow-up his home sparked a large apartment fire in boston. the six alarm fire broke out early this morning, in rocks bury. police say a man who showed up with burns at boston medical center said he tried to blow-up his own apartment. residents reported hearing an explosion around 1:00 a.m. a dozen people we

a tractor-trailer carrying lumber crashed into a bridge underpass on allentown road in camp springs. blood is spilled onto the road and all lanes were closed for several hours. the driver was taken to the hospital and was treated there for minor injuries. >>> traffic remains backed up at this hour while crews make emergency repairs to a pot hole in south east for the right lane southbound to 95 at south capitol street is blocked. -- at southbound295 at south capitol street is blocked. >>> in manassas woman is behind bars the accused of setting fire to a neighbor's home. the neighbors shot this video of the fire in an apartment complex inaunt would very dry. the 28-year-old was setting the fire police were told that she is being held without bond. >> that is frightening. >> the fire was really big. >> no one was hurt in that fire but the damage is estimated at $600,000. >>> we should find out how much damage the august earthquake did to the national cathedral. the same folks who rappel down the washington monument will take a close look at the cathedral. there removed a panicle from t

issue on allentown avenue nearch wheres air force base there was an accident.road.liers to virginia where are smooth to the pentagon. the skies had cleared out in frederick. of the leftover cloud cover. the colors are beginning to change. mid 70's t ♪ >>> this is one amazing show. celebration of michael jackson from the creative minds behind cirque du soleil. we'll show you everything from behind the scenes. cameron mathison is back with a look at the tribute to the king of pop. >> also ahead, our favorite vet, marty becker will be here. >> wait until you see some of the products. what are people thinking? >> they're going to want them for their pets. >>> and also here, megabest selling author nicholas sparks. he is the author of "the notebook." he has a new book out, here to tell us all about it. there he is. so glad he's with us. >>> let's get to the spectacular combination, the music of michael jackson, the moves of cirque du soleil. the show just opened in mowtown. cameron joins us for a look at it. double duty. >> that's right. i'm back again. the artists

it's awful. >> jim cantore in allentown braving it all for us. thank you so much. >>> a slew of weekend arrests connected with occupy wall street has set the protesters back in denver. protesters tried to set up tells in front of the capitol. police fired balls of powder that were basically paint balls filled with pepper spray. a lieutenant says protesters pushed one officer off the bicycle and kicked two others. police in portland, oregon, arrested nearly 30 people on sunday who refused to leave a public park. today film maker michael moore says he will join up with the portland occupiers as they dress reich zombies and march to a bank of america building. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. nice ring. knock it off. ignore him. with the capital one venture card you earn...

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near allentown pennsylvania, homeowners tried to keep up with the trees piling up in the yards. >> it's like a war zone. >> reporter: drivers worked to navigate blocked roads. >> i don't think there's a single block that i went through that i either didn't have to go in another lane of traffic or around broken down trees. >> reporter: the snow and strong wind is proving to be too much for trees that have not lost their leaves yet. especially in new york central park. >> that combination is causing normally healthy trees to snap branches and trees to come down. >> reporter: because of all the downed limbs, officials tried to block off entrance to the park in hopes protecting the people in in 30 years don't think we have seen a tree halloween snowstorm of this vossity. >> reporter: it's piling up from maryland to new jersey and a foot is being speced in the northeast as the storm marches north. some plows are trying to clear the roads in parts of connecticut one of many to issue state of emergency. in boston travel delays canceling flights at logan airport many some people are taking this

they're thinking as much as 8 to 12 inches for areas like allentown, pennsylvania, up through the poconosnd some areas in the catskills, newburgh to poughkeepsie, looks like you could be solving six to ten inches and been the berkshires. this will be an incredible event. if this actually does happen -- and by the way, this is end of october significant snowstorm. the bust potential is huge because temperatures are very borderline. we're all counting on the storm being a very intense storm because these intense storms actually bring down the cold air from the atmosphere. if the storm is weaker than we expect, then we wouldn't get these snow totals. as of now, all of our computers are telling us this is what's going to happen this weekend. the timing, this is today. the clouds will increase. this is saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. the green and the yellow is rain. that's coastal sections. the blue is the snow. we're starting saturday morning off with snow right along this bind of the appalachians through west virginia and virginia. not in d.c. but outside of d.c. and also extreme north and no

same with allentown, pennsylvania's 2.2 inches. new york has not had an inch of october snow since records started being kept in 1869. philadelphia, hartford, and boston could all see new records as well. th>> the weather doesn't follow the calendar. the weather follows ingredients. all the ingredients are available for a big east coast snowstorm so as far as the weather concerns, it doesn't mattematter that it's october. >> reporter: meteorologists say this unusual storm is not a sure sign that it a severe winter is ahead. remember, scott, it was 84 degrees here in new york city just a few weekends ago. >> pelley: jim, thanks very much. the storm could bring a chill to those occupy wall street protests at the same time demonstrators in some cities are feeling the heat from the police. we asked michelle miller to check on the protest in the new york city park where it all started. >> we need a big donation of long johns. >> blankets, shoes. >> reporter: protesters are bracing themselves for the first cold snap of their six-week dem

near allentown pennsylvania.eowners trying to keep up with the trees piling up in their yard. >> in 30 years, i don't think we've seen a pre-halloween snowstorm of this fer os ty. >> i don't think there is a single block that i didn't have to go around a lane of traffic or broken down trees. >> a foot of snow is expected in some parts of the northeast as the storm marchs north. because of the power outages, and dangerous travel conditions, governors in new jersey, connecticut and massachusetts have all declared states of emergency. >>> the cold and wet weather didn't stop people from participating in the 25th annual dc aids walk. the walk benefits the witman walker clinic and donations brought in nearly $900,000. that money will be used to buy comprehensive health care, to those affected by hiv and aids. according to the whitman walker staff, one in 20 adults in the district of columbia has hiv. >>> it is the end of a lineup of popular dc sight-seeing service. tour mobile is shutting down on monday after 42 years

inner loop out of landover to get past allentown road an accident at branch avenue.by. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 35 degrees. >> bernard madoff by michellbombshell. >> and the family of zero virginia boy lost in the woods speaks out for the first time. -- the family of the virginia >>> united 5:00 i have my snowfall prediction. i will see you at 5:00 this evening. you will need a snow shovel. >>> i would never questioned that it was not illegal. >> what he did to me, to my brother, and to my family is unforgivable. what he did to thousands of other people, destroyed their lives, i will never understand. >> convicted ponders the scheme person bernard madoff's wife and son will speak on "60 minutes" tonight. he pleaded guilty and is serving a 150 year prison sentence. >>> and iraq war veteran seriously injured during clashes between protesters and police is expected to recover. scott olsen's roommate said it is doing well and the doctor is expected to make a full recovery. he suffered a crack driscoll and other injuries when hit by a projectile. police are looking

you have delays at allentown road heading southbound on the beltway. let's go to a map so i can show you. past branch avenue, crews are on the scene. on route 5 branch avenue at route 301 in brandywine. let's go north. there are two separate accidents i want to tell you about. if you are heading southbound at 195. another one in greenbelt at goddard drive. we'll end with a live look at the beltway. normal flow traffic heading into silver spring. in my next report i'll update you on all of those accidents. >> 6:31 now. we'll continue to follow breaking news. >> reporter: a car crash and shooting in northeast washington. police are still on the scene. surae chinn has been there all morning. surae, which is the latest? >> >> reporter: firefighters just left the scene there. i had been remarking i could smell the rubber and plastic. minutes later the firefighters arrived because that fire rekindled. you see the front hood and trunk were sticking up. we know the driver of the car was shot before he drove into the retaining wall. this happened around 4:00 th

. >> allentown, pennsylvania.he club is in the hotel and yes you can buy a drink. >> people from downtown are amazing. >> and you wrote a piece called women had a better in the 60s. where can you find it? >> huffington post

coming back on in some places but recovering from this storm is proving to be quite a challenge in allentown, and our affiliate wtxf has the story... >> snower for people like him. >> reporter: snow in october is like early christmas for kids, but, for others... >> not even thanksgiving! it's not even november! and we're having snow. >> reporter: the first snow of the season is causing major problems here in allentown. >> i came out to see my car and it is in the tree, beneath the tree. >> reporter: on top of that, mayor bell doesn-- she doesn't or heat. >> we'll have to go somewhere. >> reporter: police and fire say they have been inundated for calls, transformers on fire and downed power lines and they aren't the only ones on the job, though. >> yeah, i'll have to watch this all day and keep clearing it out. >> reporter: mark is putting in work shoveling. >> just keeping the sidewalks clean. >> reporter: he's prepared, boots, gloves and a face mask. and others weren't so ready, though. >> can't find my snow brush, i have to buy new one. >> reporter: roads are getting bad and fast, but, joh

reading, allentown. those saw a lot of snow. and harford had 20.6 inches of snow. unbelievable. point is still pretty low. dry. not much is going to reach our region. late tonight, may see a brief shower. it's about it. 54, 55, rock hall. right now, not a bad night. not a strong wind. but we have a slight breeze out of the south and southeast. if you are heading out with the kids, i would go out in the next few hours. there's a system moving up the east coast, away from our region. may cause rain across southeast virginia. probably most of this is going to die out. might see a shower from that late tonight. but from the evening hours tonight, no weather issues expected at all. and tomorrow, high pressure builds in. beautiful sunshine. a nice day, tuesday and wednesday. no weather issues. that's good news bay temp, down in the upper 50s. so tonight, increasing clouds. maybe a few showers very late tonight. 42. tomorrow back up. again in the mid-50s. and a lot of sunshine. all in all, very nice tuesday across the region. >> all right. >> thank you, bob. >> i like your costume. >>>

look at allentown. these are the models. this is the output for them. poughkeepsie, 13.3. hartford and springfield, mass, you, too. this inner area in the speshg shires, you will see the biggest of this. >> it will be a distant memory tomorrow afternoon, but misery between now and then. >> yes. >> travel delays have already begun and this is just the beginning of them. >> alexandra, thank you very much. >>> the weather is impacting the occupy wall street protesters. but protesters are vowing to ride out the snow expected this weekend in the northeast. here is how filmmaker michael moore described it to our anderson cooper. >> the snow in the winter is not going to stop the collective anger of tens of millions of americans who have suffered as a result of the economic policies of corporate america. if you think a little bit of snow or bad weather -- i mean, i think it will only harden people's resolve. >> yesterday, authorities in lower manhattan removed propane tanks and generators in the park saying they were unsafe, but given the impending storm. there you look live at t

message is spreading to other cities across the country including san francisco, boston and even allentowna. protesters said their rallying against corporate greed and corruption some of them say they're planning to keep at this until think it better. >> 6:37 a.m. is the time will be back with more in just a couple of minutes and let us to live look outside and see how the day is shaping up here in san francisco from our roof and things look pretty good, pretty clear and we're looking for a little break in the rain, and joy that break what you have a. -- what you have it. more rain will be rolling in soon, will be right back. [ dennis ] allstate wants everyone to be protected on the road. whether you're an allstate customer or not. all you have to do is call. [ female announcer ] call allstate now and you'll get a free lifetime membership in good hands roadside assistance. [ dennis ] shop less. get more. make one call to an allstate agent. [ female announcer ] and if you call now, your first tow in good hands roadside assistance is free! simply get a quote on any allstate insurance policy.

a big rig carrying all that lumber struck a bridge this morning on allentown road and lost that load. it shut down the area for much of the morning rush hour. the driver of the tractor trailer though was able to walk way the from accident. >>> traffic also tied-up this morning on 295 south after a massive pothole opened up overnight. the slow lane was shut down throughout the morning rush as crews worked to repair the roughly six foot-wide hole. the road below, south capital street, also was closed. no one was hurt but several cars sustained minor damage. >>> why would anybody set that own house on fire? the fire marshal said a 28-year-old woman did just that in her apartment and now 28 other folks are out of a place to live. >> this started at 7:00 a.m. at the sunny gate apartments on woodbury drive. >> reporter: this firefighter started so early in the morning people were asleep. two women went door-to-door, knock and go getting everyone out. one of those women is being called a hero, the other is under arrest. >> this woman was wandering around and she comes to my door and says my

allentown, pennsylvania, pennsylvania, especially eastern and central pennsylvania, will see substantial snow. look at parts of connecticut, 13 inches, springfield. this area certainly will be substantial snow. new york city, we'll see and wind rain today mixing with snow this evening. boston, going to see that snow tomorrow morning. not poult poultry, but certainly quite rare. there's philadelphia. philadelphia right now, there are reports north and west of the city that the rain has changed over to snow. philadelphia, it's still 39 degrees. we've got colder air to get into yet before we see snow. >> all right. thank you, alexandra. >>> it was quite a journey getting there, but the cardinals are this year's world champions. we'll tell you how they beat the odds. plus, we'll check on the celebrations in st. louis. >>> but first, for some, it's all about getting the candy. but for others, dressing up w is the best part of halloween. the top five costumes for adults, as number five, batman. four, zombie. three, vampire. two, pirate and the number one costume for adults? witch. back with th

few inches in boston, new york city, 5 to 8 in hartford. 3 to 5 in philly. 6 to 12, farther west, allentownpsie and the litchfield hills. with a lot of leaves on trees and heavy wet snow and wind 30 to 40 miles per hour, that could be enough to cause widespread power outages. that's a big worry going into this weeken. in the meantime, very quiet for the country. looks beautiful in los angeles. p 7 today. rina is just about no more. chris, just a little bit too early for all this winter weather. >> we're not ready. >> absolutely not. >>> carl parker, thank you for the update. >>> in ohio, the six exotic animals are staying put at the columbus zoo for now. the agriculture department put the surviving animals in quarantine instead of transferring back to the woman whose husband set the exotic animals free before he committed suicide. john yang is live in ohio. do we know, john, what the future is for these animals? >> reporter: chris, they are going to remain here at the columbus zoo under indefinite quarantine. miriam thompson, the widow of the owner was on her way here to pick them up yester

we're talking about lancaster to allentown getting up into poughkeepsie and into worseter. couple of inches in new york and boston. about 3 to 5 in philly. on top of that, you have a lot of wind. 30 to 40 mile an hour wind and a lot of leaves on the trees. that combination could lead to widespread power outages. i suspect people should get candles and flashlights out. >> it's going to be a mess for some. carl parker from the weather channel. thank you so much. >>> developing news to pass along. detectives on board of a cruise ship in boston after two separate deaths. the cruise ship docked this morning after two passengers on board died. police say a 67-year-old woman died of natural causes. and they don't know how a 23-year-old man died. we're going to get more details on this and keep you posted on that story. >>> the smoking campaign manager. herman cain's right hand man is an internet sensation. but new details this morning about his questionable past. could mark block do damage to the cain campaign? >> if you're tired this morning, it might be because you stayed up lat

host: next up is a call from allentown, pennsylvania. we're reflecting on steve jobs who died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. he is being held as a visionary who changed the world. let's hear from allentown. go ahead please. caller: yes, hello. today is a day that we don't celebrate much. is october 6, in national german americans dead. i thought maybe c-span might be curious about that. we celebrate the contributions of 60 million americans of german descent. petroleum industry, pharmaceutical industries, the first printing presses in america, much technology. we don't acknowledge them because they are assimilated. i want to say about mr. jobs, sorry to his family. i had one of his early computers. it was a great, great thing that he has done. this is an example of when reality steps in over the media image. we watch television and you'll see technology is betrayed -- almost everyone is a caricature it the white male as a bumbling idiot. this is the reality on everything from television to the saturn rocket and the microchip were

allentown, 6-10. let's take a look at the radar and our future radar as we go further out in time. and draws in cold air from canada and yes we'll see significant accumulations especially on the interior sections of the northeast. so there is d.c. right on the cusp as we head further out in time philadelphia getting in on the snow heading into start night and overnight, there is new york city, parts of lon long island, parts of boston toward sunday. how cold the air gets will depend on what the snow totals look like. as we head into monday, halloween, will we see a white halloween, yes in many cases. there is albany. there she is, there is your mom. megyn: janice you'll appreciate this. we always talk about our children. i said to yates, honey it's going to snow this weekend, big, white flakes are going to come out of the sky down to the ground. and he said, that will be very scary. >> reporter: so cute. kids love this stuff. we're lucky it's happening on the weekend. megyn: i'm excited. >> reporter: exactly. megyn: i like it. drive safely. j.d., thank you lady. >> reporter: you be

she is in pennsylvania, north of allentown. i'm dreaming of a white halloween, i don't know. >> heather: on to another story, rescue crews temporarily suspended their search after three people missing after an explosion of a grain elevator in eastern kansas. they are waiting on specialized equipment. the blast killed three people, severely injured to more. it could be seen from miles away. >> gregg: at least ten people are dead following a weekend of renewed violence between israeli and gaza militants. latest incident involving an israeli air strike on several militants in retaliation for an earlier attack, a deadly exchange, now jeopardizing any hopes of a possible cease-fire. leland vitter has more. >> the violence continued in sunday night. we had rocket fire out of gaza strip but israeli strikes. residents are still cleaning up for nearly 40 rockets that were fired on saturday evening. it all begin on wednesday with a power struggle between hamas and islamic jihad and had the possibility of spinning out of control. >> the r