this was the most remarkable religious episode of ben franklin's life. it was stunning. not just because of the stage on which he was proposing prayer. franklin, as i suggested before, was alone among the delegates in wishing to bring prayer into the convention's proceedings. connecticut's roger sherman, one of the most about christians in attendance, seconded the motion. virginia's edmund randolph proposed that they hire a pastor to preach on independence day less than a week later. that minister could open subsequent meetings with prayer. beyond these three men, delegates seemed uninterested in arranging for prayer. someone pointed out that had not budgeted funds for a chaplain. alexander hamilton, worried calling in a pastor might signal the convention was becoming desperate. he also reportedly questioned the propriety of calling in foreign aid. the motion fizzled. franklin was exasperated. jotting a note at the bottom of his prayer speech, the convention, except three or four persons, thought prayer unnecessary. franklin and the convention that moved on. perhaps his p

i love the fact that ben franklin decided to have a discussion of why does condensation form. i love it that leonardo put in his notebook, why is the sky blue, and then consulted a whole lot of people to figure out how light scatters with water vapor. these are the questions that we asked during our wonder years, and we've lost our ability to ask innocent questions again. - we have about a minute left, you're going back to new orleans. - it's like the austin of louisiana. - you're kinda back, so you're gonna teach at tulane. - i'm gonna teach at tulane. i do believe in a time of polarized discourse, part of the problem is people sometimes leave their homes, leave their communities, become a part of coastal elites. at a certain point in life, you oughta go home. for you, it's easy. - and aspen, while not on the coast, is sort of a coastal-- - oh yeah, in fact, we're based in washington despite our wonderful name, and so, cathy, my wife and i, decided, you know, it's about time to go home. i've joined the city planning commission, she's joined the big foundation there. it's like

not sure if that's the ben franklin -- i guess so.an't say enough about the weather today. >> absolute mess to start your weekend. when it will start to clear out meteorologist scott williams has a full check of your forecast in veep seconds. >> this storm system has definitely been a doocy. take live look at ultimate doppler. it's lit up. we started out with the rainfall, changed over to snow, we're still dealing with that snow through the next several hours across the region. poconos have soon over 6-inches of snow. areas north and west anywhere from two to 4-inches. a coating as we move toward philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. but this thing, it is rapidly intensifying. hurricane force wind gusts for sections of new england. so ultimate doppler once again getting a little bit of a break far north and west. precipitation isting up north and west, but south and west of philadelphia still somewhat intention bands that darker purple that you see. e' bs urs.over t several you can see it tapers north and west by 9:00 o'clock still so

and roads and meteorologist chill see in grammys live in the cbs-3 mobil weather watcher near ben franklin bridge, how is it going out there, chelsea. >> reporter: you know, this is a very, very heavy vehicle that we have here, but the wind is literally shaking this vehicle all around. it is a mess out here. i will show you our dash cam so you can see what i'm looking at. we have a lot of snow as you mentioned that snow is a literally at times blowing sideways because the winds are so strong, ag our way on to the ben franklin bridge right now, and it is important to note, there is winds like what we are dealing with today, this is a very big issue, especially for high profile vehicles. so, we have the delaware river port authority, vehicle they have actually issued an empty tractor trailer ban in effect, on all, drpa bridges so that includes this bridge, ben franklin bridge, walt whitman bridge, betsy ross bridge, as well as the commodore barry bridge. as you can imagine, it is those trucks that are not waited down they are such high profile vehicles that winds can just blow and knock them

. >> plus sky six over ben franklin bridge.cu weather forecast is next up on "action news". >>> time for a final check of the accu weather forecast, much better than friday but still breezy out there. >> we have he got winds, slowly start to slacking up as we get in the rest of tonight and monday and then we are watching a coastal storm as we get into wednesday here we go we will talk about details picture outside action cam outside earlier this afternoon right along ben franklin parkway you can see flags gently blowing in the winds we had included toss start but cloud clear way for plenty of sunshine and temperatures were pretty comfortable despite that win. here's sky six live in hd from our temple university camera looking at a nice shot of the center city sky line. we are dry as we go throughout the rest of tonight n fact looking at weather headlines it is still breezy but we're dry on monday, clouds will be increasing as we get into tuesday, late tuesday into wednesday, we are tracking a potential of another coastal storm

the ben franklin bridge. called bridge. >> i've come to well basically second and race. i bet you've noticed this building, as you get on the bridge or come off the bridge. it has gone up over the last year. look at its different angles, i think one of the coolest looking building in philadelphia now. guess what they call this highrise apartment building? it is just called bridge, right, brendan? good to see you, this guy runs the place, and that's the reason why. the ben franklin bridge. you should see the views from this particular penthouse, there is a series of penthouse amounts on this upper level, you got that view, you got that view, look at this city. >> isn't it gorgeous? >> wow. >> our building such unique location in the city that no matter where you are, in the community, and where your apartment faces, you have views that no one else in the city has to offer. so there are nine penthouse amounts on the 17th floor. >> okay. >> really unique, we kept the same footprint on the eighth floor coming all

our month frankford nor'easters continues as we take a live look at the ben franklin parkway, 30 degrees now on city avenue. nor'easter number two arrives this evening probably starts as rain, heavy snow tomorrow. >> so much to look forward to, matt. >> i for one. wishing that march could be a little more lamby, a little less -- >> i like the lamby part. >> unfortunately i guess that's not the case. at least this morning things are dry as you hit the highways like 42. a gathering crowd here in the northbound lanes by creek road heading up toward 295 and 130. and oh, what a shock when you have tidal flooding you usually have flooding here near the brooklawn circle so if you're headed to the brooklawn diner this morning watch out. getting reports there's a vehicle stuck in the tidal flood waters along 130 southbound near broadway there in brooklawn. hopefully they get out there to help them out before too long. in burlington county, it's emergency construction that we're watching along 130 northbound side approaching kinkora road. a lane is out. no delays yet but if that stays out there th

live look at our were buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge and it's wet this morning. restrictions in place on many of the area bridges but traffic is moving fine. not so good though coming off the tacony-palmyra bridge along 73 at 130. we've got downed wires all southbound lanes blocked, northbound just a little bit of traffic is getting by and in brooklawn it's more tidal flooding this morning blocking a lane each way along 130 near 47. that caused delays yesterday. we expect them again on this wednesday, tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> now let's go over to "action news" reporter jeanette reyes who is live in montgomeryville montgomery county. jeanette what does it look like there? >> all parked cars must be moved off snow emergency routes. all municipal offices in philadelphia and courts are closed today and a state of emergency has also been declared in other parts of pennsylvania and in the state of new jersey. >> well, traveling on one of those snow emergency routes you need to get your cars off of, this is north broad street heading up towards north philadelp

this is a live picture on the ben franklin parkway where conditions are, extremely slick. we are dealing with slushy accumulation on the road, reduced visibility as that snow continues to fall heavy in intensity across the area of course we will have much more on this nor'easter this bombsigh clean and your full forecast coming up in a few minutes, nicole. >> lauren, thank you. >>> there are big delays at 30th street station tonight as a rough commute home for riders, amtrak has cancelled amtrak services on the northeast corridor and keystone line, this until tomorrow due to hazardous conditions. there are also significant delays for septa, and services are suspended until furthest regional rail lines, three other lines are experiencing, delays, up to one hour. new jerseyransit, is experiencing delays of up to 20 minutes on the rails. >>> as the airport tonight american airlines has suspended all flights out of philly international for remainder of the day. hundreds of other flights inbound and outbound have been grounded. many travelers at the airport this morning, only t

we are looking at ben franklin bridgette is looking wet. the place that is we are looking at, it is looking, very, very wet. you can see snow coming down so as lauren said will start to accumulate. we are not seeing any accumulation yet so far. then we are looking at 42. you can see flashing lights making sure that it is getting laid, they are pretreating road surfaces i fund on my way in. they will be out there all morning long helping us out, but like i said if you can stay off the roadway clearly you want to do so. volume levels on 42. then we have a, accident in franklin, new jersey, this is involving injuries williamstown road at ashley drive and then we have down wires from an earlier accident that happened, around midnight , in pennsauken township, new jersey route 73 at route 130 southbound lanes they are closed, one northbound lane is opened right now, and ramps from route 130 southbound they are closed, more to come in a bit, rahel, over to you. >>> stay with us as storm continues, we will have power ly updates throughout the day-

so speed restrictionness play for good reason, lots of bridges, ben franklin, walt whitman, betsy ross, commodore , new jersey turnpike down to 45. now you are 55. that has bounced up a little bit. in the world of september market frankford line broad street subway they are running for 24 hours, every 20 minutes , this will be a best option trying to maneuver around, regional rails, severe storm schedule so your saturday schedule is in effect , enhanced wilmington service, no cynwyd service, norristown high speed line running every 20 minutes some buses will be detoured. you will have limited cct service. make sure to check those schedules on line i cannot say it enough especially on a day like today. new jersey transit is cross honoring, patco, amtrak running modified schedules. this go without saying but i'll say it again check those schedules before you walk outside the door today. >> so this storm is expect to drop several inches in philadelphia and suburbs, throughout the course of the day. >> "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is in wayne, delaware county where somehow he mana

sky6 looking live over the ben franklin bridge.ave noticed that some of the visibilities already reducing with steady precipitation in some areas. now i want to show you storm tracker6 'cause you get a better sense of what's happening and we're starting to see some of the bands intensify a little bit. much of the area now getting precipitation and a mix at that. so, nothing really happening in malvern and downingtown and west chester and norristown and chadds ford, just a couple of flakes but we can see right here along the i-95 corridor, not only the brighter shades of white showing some snow coming down pretty good but even a little bit of lavender as you head just north of the city which means coming down at a pretty good clip and that's what can accumulate on the roadways as well and you see the progression of this right now lifting up to the north and east. let's go a little farther to the south 'cause i'm really noticing it's coming down near route 55 in glassboro. do you see all that pink near woodstown, near elmer, near ham

there was a dust devil, i struggled to find a picture of ben franklin on a horse. i couldn't find the image. to me the idea of the nuggets as opposed to -- there is a narrative spread which is that knowledge is provisional and it's always a learning journey. it's not a thesis. there's so many thesis out there and i spent decades writing them where i create narrative for the reader to argue with or absorb and in this case what i'm trying to do is build a template where you can have own exploration and come out on the other end, and change in global warming is embedded in the narrative and that felt to me, i'm tired of trying to convince people, there's actually an item in the book on science that emerged about ten years ago showing that it's normal for us to disagree about global warming. >> right. >> absolutely normal. actually rational. >> there's also research suggesting that's very difficult to change people's mind. >> right. why would i want to write another book that says you should be worried about global warming when i know it isn't going to change people? >

live look at the ben franklin bridge. everything is wet, passable, poor visibiity, of course, can't even see the skyline and all of the speeds reduced not only on the bridges but also on the new jersey turnpike, over to new jersey we go, downed wires, right at route 73, and route 130, in pennsauken, right near the old pennsauken mart there. so some of the on and off-ramps are blocked. we've got new jersey crew headed out that way to kind of pick up the wires and get those ramps back open. an accident down in delaware, and an example for the folks down here in middletown, route 301, right at old school house road. i think we're if good shape. they prepped ahead. the schools closed. businesses are closing. they heeded the warnings unlike the last time where they thought they were going to try to get everybody in and then change the game plan at around 5:00 or 6:00. again, we have our school closings across the bottom of the screen. if you have got to go out here is the dealment septa regional rails running on saturday sched

ben franklin parkway. sun coming up. looks beautiful out there. >> even hoda and craig mentioned the second nor'easter headed our way. let's check in with meteorologist brittney shipf. >> today like you said the sun is out, calm conditions. but as we get into tuesday night and into wednesday that's when changes are on the way. the good thing at least it looks like this system is not going to be as intense as this last one in terms of our wind speeds where we saw wind gusts up to 60, 70 miles per hour. we are forecasting wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour. some coastal flooding and potentially heavy snow of your wednesday evening commute. the system is going to come up from the south, interact with another system that's bringing a lot of snow to parts of the great lakes. and as we go into tuesday night that's when we see a bit of moisture moving through. right now what we're seeing here by wednesday evening as this low here, this coastal low spins off the coast here, we start to see that cold air coming in, and potentiall

let's try to go back to rosemarry who's on the ben franklin parkway approaching a packed aiken oval. >> it looks like parking lot. probably the best way to describe it. similar to what katy was saying. it would maybe take you 30 minutes to get out of the city on a friday. leaving work. plan for about two hours. it's just a parking lot. we were on 76 west coming from south philadelphia earlier this afternoon. say about 2:30, 3:00. we finally had to get off because it was just stopped. so we got off in university city. it's jammed over there and then we figured well, let's try to make our way through center city towards the parkway, maybe over to kelly drive. maybe it will be b a little better. not much. we're barely moving here. so that's the issue. because you have this slushy, slick road, got a lot of people on a friday afternoon trying to leave work. we start to see the traffic pick up. i would say in the 3:00 hour, people realizing it's get iting bad out there. the roads are just really bad. the conditions are deteriorating. time to leave work and now, you're dealing with this bac

and a live look at the ben franklin bridge, we are moving okay. and better news at the burlington bristol bridge, they have reopened. it was closed for an hour and a half. and in gloucester county these are the ramps connecting 322 with the new jersey turnpike, multiple truck issues. jackknifed truck and mass transit issues with the cynwyd lines that remain stopped as well as the new jersey transit buses. >> thank you matt. >>> meantime a notoriously tricky spot when it snows is along city avenue in bala cynwyd. we were there when the septa bus tried to gain traction. and lots of cars got stuck in the area and luckily a good samaritan was around. >>> trish hartman live in bucks county tonight. how are the conditions shaping up tonight? >> reporter: so it's finally starting to lighten up here in plumstead, lets do another measurement though. last time we were at 13 inches and now we'll get again 13 inches, so things are starting to slow down in terms of accumulation as you can probably see, it's still coming down to route 611, we can actually see t

. >> i was jack's assistant at the time and he said i want to do one and we did the ben franklin onee doing a series. >> reporter: five seasons later, the show comes full circle tonight with mark as narrater once again. how did you choose the stories? >> we have a great team of researcherhaories that a we f that is a job, the stories that we were taught in school. >> reporter: after a few more drinks maready hi talking -- >> hi, i'm -- >> hello. >> reporter: well almost. >> hi i'm mark gagliardi and we are going to talk about the mona lisa. >> he is getting oxygen right now. i'm not sure -- we've definitely accelerated a little bit. >> when energy is low fromhe ox is of the dark. >> reporter: he wasn't lying. ♪ lik i should apologize how works.ento h the mona lisa. >> reporter: the words will m the mouack black. >> of lisaence. >> you do have to kind of memorize the lines because your lips have to go -- lip syncing is not as easy as it looks. there's an art to it. there is a silent artistry involved. >> ready, and action. >> reporter: it's aing >> you are playing the scene based on a

dry and in the clear, let's go outside and looking at the philadelphia center city skyline, the ben franklin bridge, i almost called it the airport, not sure why. it's dry out there. we'll start our day with beautiful sunshine. it's cold, temperatures, 35. the dewpoint, 25, so a dry atmosphere. wind out of the west at 10 miles per hour. we'll see gusty wind at times. the pressure is holding steady. the windchill 27. satellite and radar showing the nor'easter that's pulling out of here, we have clear skies you can see the clouds that will be streaming in. we'll see partly sunny skies this afternoon, not a big deal. temperatures in the low 40s, the windchill will stay in the 30s today. 8:00 a.m., the freezing mark at 10:36 a bit more cloud cover through the afternoon. lunchtime, 39. partly sunny, 3:00 p.m., 40. 6:00 p.m., 36 degrees. we're keeping an eye sunday into monday. we're tracking a storm, models not sure what to do with this, does it stay to the south or develop into the nor'easter and track up the coastline. at this point unclear, but sunday into monday is the next time period we're

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the ben franklin bridge. we rose up over philadelphia earlier in the evening. and tnthave a blue moon or two l moons hat will occur month of har. . chilly now to check out the moon.s currt temperature northerly wind at 23 miles an let up.d our feels like temperature 19 degrees yeah, remember meterological spring began marcheel like it h. one degree shiv normal high temperaturet 37 s this morning and temperatures are chilly. 3 allentown and3 mount pocono and 33 raxt c and 32 in pde cll and element single digits in thnod feeling like low he 20s down the shore and middle 20s delawae and we still have the winds. 153 miles an hour and 20 miles an hour and tugho the overnight period. and through first of ha of monday. this coast sknded until 2 p.m. tomorrow by the national weather service ag minor flooding along the coast. especially particularly in the back bays where we ol moderate t high tide time 11 a.m. tomorrow morning. the possibility of roadways blooded down the shore.t conditions and nice around of sunshine throughout the day today. but, our next storm alrea

we're taking a live look at penns landing, the ben franklin bridge. we're off to a chilly start this morning. 31 degrees right now, windchills in the 20s, though. the time now, 5:48 a.m. still seeing the effects from the friday nor'easter. >> reporter: we are, there were so many ervetle it's taking time -- there were so many effects, it's staking time to get them cleaned up. 422 at trooper road traffic is moving find heading toward king of prussia. westbound toward oaks out of view. we have a new traffic pattern they shifted traffic over the new bridge over the weekend. the ride will be smoother, it's in a different spot. be aware of that 422 westbound throughout the day today. we have a tree hanging on wires gravel pike in lower frederick north of the swamp creek. old skippack pike is an alternate. whitpain a downed tree blocks morris road, so skippack pike which was closed friday is open now to get you around that. manner road is closed reeseville road will get you around. centerville road is blocked off. >> this week's nor'easter brought damaging h

lets check our roads at ben franklin parkway. we know we have had problems the blue route.get over to mike masco. >> hot spot all of a sudden is the boulevard, good morning, everybody. we will take to you two issues this is boulevard at fox street this was a hydroplaning situation. we could see it is blocking and incoming out right lanes. so that will tie you up on the boulevard. lets get to problem number two , this is boulevard at whittaker avenue, still on the scene with this issue tying things up on the right lane as well. coming into philadelphia via 42 freeway we have an increased volume, again, roads are very wet, sue will talk about that in one second and we have local roadways being closed dunn as we get east of town right into around say inland bridges in here because of all of the high winds that are expect during the course of your day. speaking of wind, rain, airport will be an issue today so far in claims we are seeing cancellations in rochester up towards buffalo it is not happening today unfortunately and if you are concerned about the weather the carriers a

ben franklin bridge it's wet, dave. >> reporter: wet, now, too, storm tracker 6 live double scan showing the heaviest bands of rain pushing through philadelphia and up toward trenton and parts of south jersey, that will be out of here before much longer. we have a gust of 40 miles per hour in dover. 25 in philadelphia. 37 in millville. northern and western suburbs and lancaster getting impressive there. as we go through the day, multiple issues and possible flooded roads where we get the heavy rain. wind damage a possibility this afternoon and tonight as the winds get stronger. trees and wires down and debris in the roads, coastal flooding, temperatures will hold in the low 40s all day today. a changeover to wet snow today and this afternoon, jennette and matt. >> prices are award in -- prizes are awarded in anticipation of the philadelphia flower show. >> that will help us get through today. it's not exactly flowers and roses outside. that's a live like at center city philadelphia. we'll be right back. >> it is ay morning to say the least. mobile 6 is driving out there right now, so you

restrictions are up, 25 miles per hour the max on all the bridges including our good buddy ben, the ben franklinwould use the ben or betsy, not the tacony-palmyra because off the tacony-palmyra on 73 at 130 still have those downed wires blocking most of the lanes so that's a spot you really want to steer clear of and down the shore we've seen a lot of tidal flooding this morning but here on the garden state parkway all lanes are passable, it's just really soggy on this wednesday, matt and tam. >> all right, thank you, matt. >>> it is now 6:tenement we're following a developing story out of west philadelphia. three teenagers are hit by gunfire while they're just trying to grab a quick bite to eat. >> people are already out in chester county shoveling what has fallen so far. the action cam found this group hard at work in west chester a few hours ago. the full accuweather forecast is just minutes away. >> ♪ sorry. i can't make it. it's just my eczema again, but it's fine. yeah, it's fine. you ok? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day. ec

. >>> along the ben franklin parkway here a reminder of just how powerful those winds were.arton top of at least two cars that were in its path and good evening, i'm natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us tonight. delaware county is one of the hardest hit areas in the region. and that is where officials have declared a disaster emergency at this point. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live in havertown to show us some of the problems in that county. alycia. >> reporter: natasha almost 24 hours after the nor'easter passed through here, many people in this county are having a rough go at it. you'll notice this tree just behind me, it's completely dark. unless there's a generator not a single house has lights and that's because the power is still out here. now, a third of the county, that's tens of thousands of people, woke up this morning with no power. the power outages throughout the region and the county trees that were knocked down. this storm, a lot of cleanup happened today here in havertown though we still saw so many trees in the streets. some even

it's over now live at sky 6 hd taking a look at the ben franklin parkway where it's windy and wet and we have the slush over the roads and what a mess. that is pretty to look at. keith posted on the facebook page and the drone over doylestown 10.8 inches of snow covered in snow and the clouds begin to break and temperatures are dropping, we are still hovering above freezing now that the snow has moved out temperatures actually went up a bit. philadelphia 35 and allentown 36 and cape my 37 and overnight tonight temperatures are dropping a little bit below freezing and any of that slush will be freezing over solid. you do want to remove it and go ahead and treat your driveways and sidewalks. double scan live radar showing the storm system is out of here. one batch of snow over the garden state parkway lakehurst and that continues to push to the east most of the action now is over new england and snowfall totals are definitely impressive. brandywine, and 10 inches cherry hill 5 inches and langhorne 10.2 and valley form 8 inches of slushy snow. wind speeds 8 to 21 miles per hour. there is

live on sky 6 hd taking a look at the ben franklin bridge where the rain is falling now.ht in philadelphia currently but dub-showing this storm system it boxes out and rapidly intensifies and picks up the th change over to snow. ches and advisorie aarning and the winds i think are the most destructive part of this storm. coastal flood warning and winter storm warning for the poconos. an a flood watch for philadelphia areas north and east. those areas getting the heaviest rain. right now double scan live radar showing the steadiest rain is in the lehigh and berksy and the leading precitation with temperatures in the 40s and 50s and cha over during the day was the hig degrees above nmal. a warm start to march. allentown 52 and cape may with the win off the oce cooler and 46. aocnd tonos 44 a reading 51. future tracker 6 showing as we will be nsifying.e rain by 10:00 have got a heavy till in the 40s witthe i-95 anc easterly wind and not that cold yet. as we head through the overnight hours we get is the transfer of energy to the coastal storm and the winds begin to pick up a

sky 6 hd we are looking at the ben franklin parkway on this tuesday afternoon. got a gentle breeze with the flags blowing. right now you are fine but this time tomorrow your commute could be tricky with snow moving on through. philadelphia in the lower 40s and dew point 23 and winds from the south-southwest ahead of the nor'easter 7 miles per hour. and the pressure is holding steady and current windchill in the city of 40. to the northern and west. lake harmony 39 and slatington 43 and kutztown 43 and media 44 and 48 in malvern. and down in new jersey and along the immediate coastline. surf city 44 and brigantine 42. and vineland 48 degrees and fortescue upper 30s and 43 in dover. what we are tracking now is on satellite 6 along with action radar we see the low pressure coming out of the northern plains. the same one for the blizzard warnings across the region, this area of low pressure moves across the great lakes and then we have a coastal low develop and this is our nor'easter that throws back moisture our way with the northeasterly wind as early as tomorrow.

let's get the latest on the storm's path as we take live look look at the ben franklin parkway.hour tomorrow. let's check in with kathy. >>> guys, we are looking at a major east coast snowstorm here and it's beginning to take shape. you can see one area of low pressure spinning over chicago. the secondary low beginning to form off the coast of the delmarva closer to virginia and as this storm takes over, that is when we'll see a lot of this moisture pretty much fade as it moves into western pennsylvania. so the genesis of the secondary storm has begun. let's take closer look. these snow showers well ahead of that primary low over the great lakes. not associated with the nor'easter just yet but nevertheless it's precipitation and this will be moving in during the evening. this is going to be moving in faster and getting out of here sooner. that's the good news. so we'll be able to clean all up during tomorrow evening and obviously during the day on thursday. right now look at these temperatures. well above freezing everywhere. that's one of the things that we look at when forecas

we will go to the dash cam now we will be about to make our way on the ben franklin bridge there is a lot of drivers out and about so far this afternoon. the reason we're making our way on the bridge because this is something you need to keep in mind high profile vehicles can definitely have some problems on bridges today because of these very strong winds, there is actually an empty trailer ban on four delaware river port authority bridges right now. so those tractor trailers aren't waited down enough, well, they will just fly over, turn over, very easily with winds like we are dealing with right now. my husband was out driving this morning he saw a tractor trailer all of the right side wheels lifted up off the ground and he was very concerned when he saw. that thank goodness that truck driver was just fine but this is something we are keeping a very close eye on and planning to make our way across the bridge as we deal with these extremely strong winds keeping an eye on things here in the mobile weather watcher i'll send it back inside to you guys. >> thanks, chelsea. >>> we will be

the ben franklin bridge. we had a beautiful moon as it rose up over philadelphia and this month we actually have a blue moon or two full moons hat will occur in the month of har. . chilly now to chec out the moon. 32 is current temperature northerly wind at 23 miles an hour an winds will just not let up. our feels like temperature 19 degrees. yeah, remember meterological spring began marchike it high 4. one degree shiv normal high temperature starting off at 37 this morning and temperatures are chilly. 3 allentown and down to 23 mount pocono and 33 philadelpa t chill and element single digits in the poconos and teens in the lehigh valley and feeling like low he 20s down the shore and middle 20s across portions of delaware and we still have the winds. hamondpeeds around5, 1 and 20 this coast sknded until theio service and again we could see minor flooding along especially particularly in the back bays where we owe could see local moderate flooding at high tide time 11 a.m. tomorrow morning. do watch for the po

and this is the ben franklin toll plaza here. the roads pretty look wet or slushy at this point. where we see the accumulation into the center median or shoulders. and a lot of times they start to have speed restricts across the bridges. just start going slow over them now. that's good advice for you there considering they'll be a little slippery. if you're in pennsauken you're still going to past this point where you might not be passing it because you'll be detoured around it. and 130 southbound ramp to 73 is also closed. >>> all right, jessica, thanks for that. walking and shoveling. how you can protect yourself as the snow continues to fall. so i want my glasses to be unique... my girlfriend loves artists. and i need a conservative pair, cuz her parents hate artists! get up to 40% off a second pair of glasses. schedule your eye exam at pearlevision.com >>> few minutes before 6:00 a.m. we have a team of reporters fanned out across the delaware valley this morning. we turn now to nbc 10's dray clark. dray, conditions there, they're looking slick on the roads behind you. >> repo

no construction, 95 at cottman looking real nice as is it should on this early monday morning, ben franklin bridge, same story. but, we do have couple every accident out there, one lincoln drive southbound closed before gypsy lane. you will have to use the alternate midvale avenue will be your best bet there. another accident, on theestboun, that just cleared. looking good there. lot of green. exactly what we want to see, no red,no oe bell,ris closed right now between mt. pleasant avenue and pen blue bell pike. you will have to use an alternate. route 73, new jersey turnpike southbound, near burlington mt. holly, right lane compromised there, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. we begin this morning with breaking news, fhurt we battlinn bucks count. >> i anita o live in feasterville to bring us up-to-date. good morning, anita. >> good morning, still very active scene out here, after a fire broke out just before 3:00 this morning. this is on henry avenue off of bridge town pike here in fees ill err ville in bucks county. firefighters riched here about 75 personnel, fire marshall bill s

. >>> lears a look at the ben franklin parkway. our area getting blanketed in snow but that nor'easter has moved out of here. now it could freeze over while you're sleeping. that could make the morning commute kind of tricky and slippery but effects of this storm will be felt for little while. thanks for joining us tonight at 11 cooling. i'm iain page. we have plenty of school closings and delays you can see them scrolling at the bottom of your screen. among them philadelphia public and arch diocesan schools on two hour delay. meantime philly snow emergency is now over. all city offices will be open tomorrow. but septa is warning that a number of bus routes will likely be delayed because of all that snow. you want team coverage yeah, we got it team coverage for you let's begin tonight with kathy orr. kathy, this thing shaped up kind of like you said it would. >> we were looking

storm force 10 giving a look at the base of the ben franklin bridge. some areas may have ponding as we told you this morning. and people are trying to stay out of the rain throughout the morning. you can see folks there hundred-dollarled underneath the awning as they wait for the bus. they've got their hoods up. in delaware city they put up barriers and have big pumps ready for any surging water from the delaware river. and just download the free nbc 10 app to get the latest weather updates. track this storm with the first alert raid squr gdar. >>> in other news costs and challenges. why railroads say they're struggling to install a lifesaving system on the rails before a deadline. >>> picking up patients. how you could soon get a ride to the doctor for free. >>> and wind speeds right now down the shore right around 40 miles per hour. it will start to pick up around philadelphia by your lunch hour. we're talking wind gusts upwards of 50 miles per hour as this coastal storm continues to push into our region. there's a live look outside right now. just a

. >>> let's head back outside and take live look at the ben franklin parkway.ladelphia getting ready to go under a snow emergency. kathy, we saw it was already snowing where chris and shawnette were in montgomery and delaware counties. >> yes indeed ultimate doppler i was just checking twitter. i've had some reports delaware county, chadds ford, aston, pa seeing snow on some locations in south jersey ultimate doppler in our loop showing the cold air really being penetrated and that rain changing over to snow. this is our triple sweep i'll take a zoom in so we can see the neighborhoods. you can see along 495 work 95 in aston president bradford even t. e township seeing snow. pennsville the jersey side and warm air right here that urban heat island effect in philadelphia keeping it warmer but eventually we'll see a change over to snow in philadelphia as well. look at these temperatures. above freezing sticky to the grassy surfaces but not the treated surface or the ground it's still too warm it will get cold enough to stick. we can see the winds coming out of the

. >>> lears a look at the ben franklin parkway. our area getting blanketed in snow but that nor'easter has moved out of here. now it could freeze over while you're sleeping. that could make the morning commute kind of tricky and slippery but effects of this storm will be felt for little while. thanks for joining us tonight at 11 cooling. i'm iain page. we have plenty of school closings and delays you can see them scrolling at the bottom of your screen. among them philadelphia public and arch diocesan schools on two hour delay. meantime philly snow emergency is now over. all city offices will be open tomorrow. but septa is warning that a number of bus routes will likely be delayed because of all that snow. you want team coverage yeah, we got it team coverage for you let's begin tonight with kathy orr. kathy, this thing shaped up kind of like you said it would. >> we were looking at it last night, iain looked like a fast mover and it was. a strong storm dumping a lot of snow in that in had a short period of time and here it is. let's

. >>> here's look at ben franklin parkway. quiet right now.ut it will be a different story tomorrow night. a storm of course making its way into our he our area. kathy how is that forecast looking. >> it's looking pretty ominous at this point iain. we're talking about snow. we're talking about wind. we're talking about coastal flooding but the snow, the real big story and as i step over to this side you can see the snow guns going at blue mountain and why not? the temperatures are cold enough. and this is where we think the heaviest snow will fall. a foot maybe a foot and a half of snow. 35 degrees right now in philadelphia. winds out of the north at 10 miles an hour. and that wind component is going to kick in big type tomorrow night it will be windy through thursday. right now it's 31 with a northerly win in allentown. 29 in pottstown and 35 in philadelphia. ultimate doppler showing the snow this is the center of the storm right now over the northern plains into the great lakes. chicago unthe gun. rain associated with that as well. that stor

ben franklin bridge we will take a quick peak you can see how slick it is looking.where that snow is starting to accumulate in thosee are seeing water hit the pavement my worry is refreezing when we will get hydroplaning and it will not matter if you have tire treads or if you have all wheel drive or if you thought you were savvy and put winter tires on, it will not matter, you can still hydro plane so you have to be super careful and remember when you hit those brakes to pump them do not hold them down or you will get straightforward and slide forward. speed restrictionness play on our bridges new jersey turnpike down to 45 miles an hour, 495 you were at 45 and now at 55, so they have bumped that up, rahel and jim over to you. >>> now for a look at newspaper headlines. >> in the mercer homicide task force and trenton police looking in the death of the trent than man burned alive in his suv monday afternoon. victim has not been identified but his fiance said a gas canister in the back seat exploded in a frequent accident. >>> delaware county daily times pennsylvania

we are looking at ben franklin bridge out there we are still looking slick. one of the things i always say when you see that sheen on the roadway you will not be for sure if that is wet or if that is going to be black ice. because of that just take it easy, slow out there we have some crews out here in conshohocken plowing some snow on route 23 at fey yet street, heads up an area that was very , very busy lots of cars stuck yesterday. they will not be stuck today but we have crews trying to get this cleaned up for you a little bit probably laying down some salt as well just so we don't have any problems there head up they are moving around in that area then road closures in mount laurel because of the down wires in three different areas. hartford road is closed near wilmington university. elbow lane closed between day lily drive and springville way and church road is closed near country club parkway. those are three areas with down wires, that have roads, closed in mount laurel. septa market frankford line at broad street regional rails back to regular schedu

ben franklin bridge looking good traveling westbound in center city, we have another accident in southampton where a vehicle hit a pole, davis ville closed between charlotte avenue and harding road, use an alternate, mapel avenue is your best bet, rahel , over to you. >>> well, tough talk on guns, when president trump holds another meeting on school safety today. >> president discussed gun control during a meeting with top lawmakers yesterday. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with more, good morning. >> reporter: tough talk, indeed rahel and jim, good morning. lawmakers call out was pennsylvania senator pat toomey, the exchange happened during a meeting of senators at the white house yesterday and as you mentioned to day the president is scheduled to have yet another meeting on school safety. for the first time since that mass shooting took 17 lives, two weeks ago, students from marjory stoneman douglas high school sat dunn for class yesterday, shortly after president trump talked tough on guns with top law makers in washington. >> we have to stop this nonsense. it is time r

live look at our good buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge shows wet conditions and speed restrictions lace on most of the area bridges but i would use the ben or the betsy, not the tacony-palmyra because as soon as you come off of the tacony-palmyra here along 73 you're going to be stopped in the southbound lanes. it's all because of downed wires by 130 blocking most of the traffic so 90 right there a better bet this morning. matt. >> thank you, matt. >>> developing this morning, radnor township police are searching for the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian. investigators say the driver slowed down but then sped off. it happened on the 500 block of lancaster avenue at 8 o'clock last night. police describe the striking vehicle as a dark colored suv possibly a gmc with damage to the front driver's side. call radnor police if you have any information. >>> philadelphia police are looking for the driver who hit a mother and two children on a sidewalk and then ran off. it happened at rowland and tyson avenues in the city's mayfair section just before 7:00 last night. the crash pinned

ben franklin bridge you can just see how wet it is out there. we do have an accident on the pa turnpike westbound near norristown, looks like that's clearing from the left lane. and then another accident on the boulevard, northbound, whitaker avenue, so the inner lanes blocked, that's what we're hearing right now, so heads up on that, looks like seeing some yellow so travel on past there actually traveling little bit less than posted speeds, jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha w storm brewing, the jersey shore doing what it can to protect its beaches, homes, and business. >> storm watch coverage continues with trang do, live in brigantine, good morning, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hey, good morning , guys, right now it is just a very light fine mist, actually just started, when we got here about half hour ago, it wasn't raining at all. but this fine mist just started, but take a look here out on to the beach. you can already see the preparations that crews made last night, there are lot of heavy equipment here, because t

nor'easter that's moving in, but all is quiet right now, beautiful scene, we get a look at the ben franklinroof cam right now. we're about 27, 26 minutes away from official sunrise, temperature, though, little chilly, 29 degrees, to start things offer this morning, winds around 5 miles per hour, so windchill temperature, down at 24 degrees. and we got lots of 20's on the board, 27 in ac, 29 degrees in wilmington, at 24 degrees right now in allentown, and yes, today, is the calm before the storm by the lunch hour. mostly clear, still chilly, 41 s we head into the afternoon hours, that's when we start to see the clouds beginning to increase in advance of our next coastal low, that winter storm watch has been upgraded to warning

this is a live look at route 30 at 676 as you make your way over the ben franklin parkway. free and clear of issues. traffic running smoothly. speaking of 76 on the pennsylvania side, not so free and clear, especially if you're headed westbound between south street and spring garden. you'll see traffic is narrowed to one lane. there's a lane restriction because they're doing overnight construction. i'll let you know when that clears. here it is on the map here. from the camera we showed, it doesn't look like it's holding anything up. coming up, we'll look at delaware roads. >> all right. thank you. >>> today nbc10 and telemundo 62 are trying to help find loving homes for 6,000 children i n foster care in philadelphia. >> we're teaming up with philadelphia's department of human services to host a phone bank to answer any questions that you might have. you can call this afternoon starting at 4:00. >>> finding answers. a woman goes on a journey to discover the mother she never knew. how her search brought her to nbc10 and the emotional find decades in the making. >>> walking i