stick with the betsy ross bridge instead.sues, just reduced speeds already this morning on the schuylkill expressway and the roosevelt boulevard. we are watching a house fire in west oak lane its blocking offer middleton street near rodney street. walnut lane would be a possible alternate around that. also watching another crash in abington, a vehicle slid into a pole here so peco crews are on the scene. we're waiting for a tow truck along washington lane at red ambler road an crash just cleared in lower providence along lower egypt at buckwalter road. no huge delays yet this morning on 422. i would certainly hope not at 4:17 but it's going to take longer than normal. one of those mornings when if you have the option of working from home i think i would take that option. some of us aren't so lucky. on the northeast extension northbound side past lansdale had a broken down truck in the process of getting pushed out of the way. as you get farther north getting reports of very slippery conditions along the northeast extension, 2

your cameras on i95, approaching the betsy ross bridge, we can see police activity, ambulances on the scene here, on the southbound lanes toward the betsy ross bridge, see most of that, delay or back up if there is any volume that begins to accumulate at this time. pushed over to the side as a vehicle has actually hit one of the guardrails there. now, over on the ben franklin bridge from the jersey side, so, from the toll plaza, no problems currently, because there is nothing really in much of the way of volume. but we can see everything shiny, slippery, headed westbound into the city now over in the lehigh valley, getting report of icy conditions, on the northeast extension, 78, route 22, so we just want you to use caution in advance. now, the talcony palmyra bridge on stand by for opening, currently in the next few minutes, so in the meantime you want to take the betsy ross bridge to avoid any small residual delays there. out in montgomery count a accident, where a vehicle has actually hit a pole, washington lane, and redd rambler road. we know will be a busy busy morning. give your

betsy ross would be your best bet. no problems at the moment at philly international but that is certainly going to change as we get into our morning rush hour. so pack your patients there. mass transit, we're off to a good start. buses, trains, trolleys but you have to cut everybody a break because it will be slower than normal in the only on the rails this morning but also on the roads. that is an example of these roadways i have in my jam cams, lets go out to fox 29's jennifer joyce driving around the streets of bucks county this morning, jenny, where are you and what are the road conditions you're finding this morning. >> good morning, bob. we have just entered yardley so we're driving through bucks county. ill will's turn camera around so you cane what we are seeing. we trove up from the it i, along i-95, and for the most part it was okay because there weren't too many cars on the road but there were some slick spots. you could see car rocking and rolling a little bit, so if you are heading out this morning you'll

looked like an accident involving one vehicle facing the wrong way in this area right near the betsy ross bridge. in the last few minutes we have seen more crews come out and block all lanes. should be a temporary closure but no traffic is getting by and right down here you can see we are starting to see a bit of a delay forming on 95 southbound as a result of this accident. i'll keep you updated here. when i see you in the next few minutes, an update on that accident. an accident at lower providence. use caution if you're headed out in that direction. once again, we cannot stress enough, icy conditions reported in much of the lehigh valley, especially along the northeast extension right near exit 56. down the shore, jesse gary has been telling me that there is a lot of ponding out there on the roads. that can also be pretty treacherous. this is the ben franklin bridge and we're not reporting any accidents on the area bridges but the bridge surfaces can be slippery. no matter where you're going, you need to take your time. chris? >>> surrounding the developments and protests sparked

talcony palmyra bridge on stand by, take the betsy ross for an opening., back over to you. >> thank you, donald trump says he is thinking about running for president again. trump told an audience that the economic club in washington, d.c., last night, he strongly is considering t well, a run for the white house in 2016. he flirted with the idea after presidential campaign in 2012. however, he never officially entered, and later endorsed mitt romney. >> well, if you have signed up for dot not call littles, but are still getting those annoying calls, well, here is a few reasons y the national registry only applies to phonecalls that come from out every state calls local telemarketers may be a nuisance, but not necessarily illegal. the federal trade commission goes after those telemarketers who use new technology like voice-over internet calls. >>> and the airlines are making big money on those baggage fees to the tune of nearly a billion dollars. the department of transportation reported 27us airlines collected $960 million in the fees. that is up from abou

southbound direction by the betsy ross bridge. not sure if the drain is clogged or if we just got so much rain at once it couldn't drain properly. but we had a little lake here on the left side of the roadway. vehicle came along, was going too fast, hydroplaned and lost control and ended upside ways into the median wall. they've gotten that vehicleed to out of there now but they're still out here i believe unclogging the drain. so, just the right lanes are getting by here on 95 southbound by the betsy ross bridge but luckily we're not seeing the backlog at this point that we saw about 15 minutes ago. nearby we had a tacony palmyra bridge opening. that's finished now so you're good to go again if you want to use the tacony palmyra. overnight construction on 95 by cottman. believe it or not they were doing construction. that's out of the way so all lanes reopened in that neck of the woods but not opened in west oak lane. a house fire continues to close middleton street. stick with wall inn nut lane as your alternate. in abington a v

also with betsy and bob, college sweethearts and you have a sweet deal with these lights. you love christmas lights, so much so you are in a group. >> there is a group of us called southeastern pennsylvania lighten enthusiasms yas. we get together have breakfast, talk electronics and controller stuff. we just have fun and talk electronics. >> we were talking before you don't give your address out. you are in schwanksville but you have a light show set to music and it would be 20 minutes if somebody sat and tune their car radio in and that is a bad traffic jam and your neighbors might hate you. >> we try to keep neighbors as happy as we can with you they are very supportive of. >> this is a eclectic scene, penn state huge alumni. you have your penn state fat ball player right here. you have blue and white lights. then on to the other side, windows that are all timed with blue lights, all depend ing on the music which is the fight theme song from penn state, we have nativity scene over here. you have it all. do you have, you are pleasing everyone. we have the nativity scene.

grabbing your coffee and keys and heading out front door right now would i head right for betsy ross bridge as your alternate and give it 25 minutes until it gets back to normal. otherwise delays on the freeway coming in towards philadelphia, as we head into that 295 interchange but mass transit looking good, chris and karen, back over to you. >> 6:18. former philadelphia sports broadcaster don tollefson has had a change of heart while in the bucks county courtroom and withdrew his guilty plea. he appeared before the judge yesterday for what was supposed to be a day of sentencing. he is accused of scaming charities with bogus travel sports packages. tollefson has announced he is canceling his plea deal telling the why he will now represent himself and wants to go to trial. >> the more i prayed about it with a number of religious leaders in the area, the more i talk to my counsel about it it seems withdrawing my plea and going to trial was the most appropriate and honest thing to do. >> i'm disappointed. i hoped to put this case to rest. i was anxious that mr. tollefson take responsib

we're backup from the betsy on up. burlington bristol bridge on stand by any minute new for an opening coming up at 7:25. heading out front door, grabbing your cough east and keys and right for that to cone pale my y downingtown delays along 30 bypass heading toward frazier interchange no problems on the turnpike, looking good from west chester. slide up to an accident here on route 611 at fitzwater town road. septa kicked in a new timetable over the the weekend, they have rolled out new schedules for all of the regional rail lines, so before you talk unkindly about that conductor whose train may be late this morning, he could be on time, you are out of whack. grab a new timetable for all have the trains this morning and then a new traffic pattern coming this week to 202. penndot will be doing the shuffle moving southbound lanes over to the newly construct stretch of the roadway as you work your way down towards the the 30 bypass. mike and alex, back to you. >>> thanks, very much. >>> 7:19. >> it is actually the most w

southbound delay this is the scene southbound by the betsy ross bridge it's heavy around cottman andh this point into girard with the normal morning volume. let's cross the rivera to maple shade we had a nasty does he want northbound side of 73 at high street. they have the right lane and jug handle closed there. you can get delays as you head toward the tacony-palmyra bridge. >> in the lehigh valley, frightening moments for two delivery drivers in allen up to. a driver was approached by three gunman on the 12 hundreds block of tech street. the suspects took money and the drivers car that was found three blocks away. two hours later, three gunman approached another delivery man, they took two pizza and soda and cash and nobody was hurt in either robbery. >>> black churches gathered for a day in prayer for black sunday they intended to draw attention to the deaths of unarmed black men in missouri and new york city. al sharpton led the service yesterday. he under members to take a stand against brutality. church goers recognized events involving african-american men. >>> universities o

i-95 we are dealing with an accident situation southbound approaching betsy ross bridge causing majoric out there. if you are trying to make your way from the northeast down through the vine street expressway it looks like this blocking two left hand lanes. give yourself some more time. as we take a lot at ben franklin bridge i'm shock by this. usually the bend been is a little bit more sicker in regards to traffic but maybe thinks the the bright spot. if you are traveling westbound, coming out of the tolls you are doing okay but i would still say making your way down towards eighth and vine it will be congested. schuylkill expressway 13 miles an hour. eighteen on the blue route. delays on the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike throughout montgomery county and 12 is your average on i-95. on the roosevelt boulevard northbound at ryan avenue we are dealing with a serious accident. traffic is being diverted to the inner drive. traveling throughout the mayfair section in the northeast you do want to be mindful, news delays for mass transit. things at the airport are okay, ukee. >

i-95 jammed from the betsy ross bridge to girard.willow grove we have a water main break easton road is closed between fitzwater town and park avenue. the downed wires from an earlier accident a closure in white marsh township. barren hill road is closed, near river road. stick to joshua road. modina, police are investigating a fatal accident. it's shut at union. chopper 6 is heading to the scene. >> let's begin with a developing story, police have canceled an amber alert for a missing 5-year-old boy in upstate new york, they located kenneth white's body in albany. two armed men break into the home and snatched the child. it is not clear who the men were and if they had any connection to the child. the 19-year-old girl who was watching the boy at the time of the abduction said she did not recognize the masked men. police are questioning his biological parents, no one is offering a motive for the abduction. >>> police in australia are trying to figure out what happened in a home where 8 children were found dead. the bodies were found

- mannequin. >> a shopper comes in the store any way i usually look where they go. >> reporter: at betsyenny one-on-one customer service is key. but others this could be the norm. >> the new playing field is our own subconscious. >> the research helped overhaul one of the iconic labels, campbell soup can, it features steam coming from the soup bowls because they found customers reacted favorably when the soup looked warm. >>> tonight, having a look in downtown to the right of your screen in a minute you will be able to see, well, two restaurants, one is the trident. and our photographer is panning over bridge way and the waterfront shots down in downtown where you can see it has begun to rain. a similar sight is seen over the bay area tonight. here is why. you get a view. picking up all of the showers that just blossomed if in the last few hours in the bay area. you can see cells coming down in central san francisco, the east bay and then down along san francisco and to the peninsula. the santa cruz mountains could be picking up rain. now, series of simples coming through the bay area, p

here's a live look from the betsy ross bridge interchange. it is northbound at cottman avenue right where the cattle shoot comes into play. they take four lanes down to three. eight cars all piled up on the northbound side of i-95. the only good thing here is that most of the traffic comes south in the morning but still, not good if you are fellow heading northbound. you are jammed up into the the cottman avenue interchange. guess what today is? >> friday. >> it is friday, and it is national ugly christmas sweater day. >> wow. >> we have a couple billboards here. send us your pictures using the the hash tag, hash tag fox 29 good day, almost someone said billboard. going shopping in king of prussia tomorrow. >> sure. >> do you wanting to. >> i will tell you what, you need to bring your charge card but guessing whose bright idea was to it do construction in the king of prussia interchange, all weekend long. >> it was my idea, i apologize. >> they will be working north on 202 on to the ramps of the schuylkill and southbound. you know traffic lig

the betsy looks good. the ben. mass transit looks good as well.e arefuling an accident pennsylvania turnpike westbound near mid-county. we'll have a live look at that. >>> cautious optimism, that's what the casino workers at the taj mahal tell us they are feeling this morning. nbc10's jesse gary is live with details on what they're excited about, jess. >> reporter: well, they're excited because the dire predictions doomed for this casino, well, may be a little exaggerated, may be a little too soon. the doors not closing. we'll talk about it coming up. >> reporter: i'm nbc10's monique braxton live outside of bensalem high school where you see school buses are arriving. a student was hit and killed on her way to the school bus stop yesterday. grief counselors will be on hand shortly. we'll have that for you in just a moment. >>> i'm jesse gary live outside the trump taj mahal in atlantic city, a billionaire's deep pockets wheeling and dealing and concessions from the union, put it all together, and you have the opening of the taj mahal instead of cl

they finished unclogging the drain here along 95 southbound side by the betsy ross bridge.ged overnight and so we had a big little -- big little lake here along the southbound side of 95. a vehicle came along hit that lake, lost control but they've unclogged the drain now so all lanes reopened along 95 and southbound headed towards center city no delays at this point although we have seen them as they were unclogging that drain. time for the suburban traffic report early on this tuesday morning. let's see what's cooking in the burbs. plymouth township downed wires police on the scene along ridge pike at fairfield road where you turn to go into the black horse tavern. a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike early this morning. eastbound direction by reading. watch out for lane restrictiony lane restriction there is bye 22. back outside we go here in montgomeryville by the montgomery mall 309 at dekalb pike and in case you're keeping score, 16 the number of shopping days left until christmas. might be a good day to spend some time in the mall as it is going to be pretty wet outs

grabbing your coffee and keys and head ing out of the front door betsy ross bridge is the best way to go. an accident at girard avenue between 37th and 38th and a fire location, conestoga and, still running here this morning on the pennsy turnpike down to one lane, between valley forge and fort washington, hopefully it will be out of there by 6:00 o'clock. mass transit looking good. kerry and karen back to you. >>> we have some breaking news, developing in university city, police have responded to a a shooting that happened outside a bar at 40th and mark street around 12:30 this morning. police say there was a man shot in the leg that was taken to hup. the us peck was seen running away from that scene. >>> happening today president obama announcing his pick for defense secretary, ashton carter a montgomery county native is expect to be nominate todd replace defense secretary chuck hagel. carter graduated from abington high school in 1972 and part of the school hall of fame. expert in physics with extensive experience in national security and he served as the deputy secretary of defens

speeds are on the betsy ross bridge just 19 miles per hour right now.delays yet on the schuylkill. don't worry, give it about 10 minutes and they'll pop up for sure. in upper darby we had the vehicle that ran into the building on march 1458 road westbound side west of friends cemetery between kent and barrington. stay on market or walnut to avoid the mess on marshall road. got a mess with a mudslide in west conshohocken. still blocking off balligomingo road between jones road and 23 front street. stay up on 320 or down on matsonford road to get around that. better news comes in in falls township bucks county. today penndot is scheduled to reopen tyburn road eastbound. it's been closed for quite awhile between new ford millions road and pennsylvania avenue. the westbound side will remain closed until the spring but eastbound lanes back in business today so go ahead and enjoy. but we've got a closure to talk about down in delaware with a ramp again because of construction. it's the ramp from 95 southbound to 202 southbound closed now through tuesday. so s

on the southbound side coming from the betsy ross bridge beef an accident in the left-hand lane for closeo two and a half hours now. trying to get to the southbound side of i-95. once you get there, it looks like. that heading out of the northeast down through the vine street expressway is a very, very slow commute. speed sensors down in the teens and, if that, i would say yeah, other areas are just not moving. is 12 your average on the schuylkill, 11 on i-95, 15 on 476. delays on the westbound side of the pa turnpike out of the montgomery county and this weather is not only affecting the roads, but it is affecting the airport. we had close to two hour delay so call ahead and take mass transit if you can, ukee. >> vittoria, thank you. >>> it looks like this man is unchange his bike but a closer look reveals he is unscrewing bolts off the poles and taking off with it. the theft was caught on tape on poplar street in northern liberties november 25th. matthew wertz says he is one of many cyclist who have reported this type of bike swipe in this neighborhood. >> he is good at it, he does it a

neil: betsy says democrats have a method to their madness. get americans so freaked out about torture they forget about this tortured health care law. well, it is working. >> that's right. it is working. let me say that jonathan gruber is a distraction. he's a stand in for the culprit, barack obama, the orders to lie about this health care law, the orders to make lying the strategy to sell this health care law came from the top. neil: how do you know that? >> even before the president took office, remember when he was a candidate, bark barack obama, he lied and said, unlike my competitors i will not force americans to buy health insurance. of course, that's what obamacare does. neil: do you take that everywhere you go? >> he have where. since gruber has been discredited, the administration has continued to lie. last week, they issued two brand news reports. one claiming that obamacare was slowing the rate of increases. the other that obamacare was making hospitals safer. but the data in both of these reports are bogus and easily disproved. ne

let's ask healthcare specialist betsy mccoy. is it really this bad? >> it is. it is corrupt. you are fooling the public's own money. price your plans lower than what you actually need to cover your costs and we will come around to the back door at the end of the year with john's money to offset most of these losses. there it is in section 13-42. >> she carries obamacare with her every where she goes. >> this is why it is so telling. this bailout expires after the 2016 elections. permanent bailouts would be uncomfortable. >> please plans are supposed to look affordable after he is out of office. everybody knows the insurance companies couldn't possibly price them that way. they have to cover so many extra things. >> alcohol rehab coverage drug addiction coverage obesity treatment, talk therapy, birth control. >> lots of things nobody wants to pay for it. >> most businesses or they would have been in the plans to begin with. it's like passing a law that the only car you are allowed to buy is a fully loaded cadillac. >> obama tweetened the risk corridors after it passed. >> what

ross bring to allegheny to the betsy ross bridge. a crash in old city at fourth and market speeds on the schuylkill not bad eastbound around girard and coming away from 202 in the teens as you head towards the conshohocken curve. a crash along church road and crooked lane and one in upper more land-at davis road and things are funky in the mass transit front they are on a modified weekend schedule but run all night long because of the holiday. and we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thanks matt, we'll see you in a bit. >>> we are keeping track of the official count down to midnight. 6:51 minutes, 2015 is already underway in parts of world. what a show, it's a massive celebration in dubai, a little more than two hours ago as the clock hit midnight there thousands of people surrounded the world's tallest building for a spectacular fireworks show, as the clock tics towards 2015, we'll all the ponder on what we with like to do and not do when it comes to new years resolutions, less than one in five people actually follow throu

scene by the betsy ross bridge, from the vine to wood haven, an extra 20 minutes.rnoon does that happen. watching a crash at point pleasant pike at easton road and an overturned vehicle accident off to the side and you can squeeze by, in runnemede, watching a crash along the black horse pike and watch out for one in berlin as well near walker and lukas avenue. >> thank you matt. >>> more to come on "action news" wednesday night. clint eastwood did it in 1979, is it possible that the three inmates that broke out of alcatraz survived the escape? what the experts have to say. >>> and one year is not enough for the mummers and their fans, a big announcement today. >> hi monica, after north mild day i'm tracking windchills in the 20s in time for your morning commute i'll let you know how long the chill sticks around in the accuweather forecast. >> and jaime apody joins us with eagles news as the birds get ready to battle the red skins this weekend. first, a holiday greeting from a local troop serving overseas. >> hi i'm christine. >> and i'm william. >> what is your nam

southbound side busy from academy to cottman from the betsy ross bridge to girard. 43 seconds, we're moving this morning, this is the ben franklin bridge eastbound construction taking out the right lane, westbound no major delays heading into center city. camera number 6. switch the camera for me please, 422, it's dark, oh, no, no, no, no, it's all been ruined. it would be busy eastbound from trooper to 23. >> new at 6:00 a.m., a missing service dog has been found and a lee high valley dog is around arrest for snatching the pet. raul marren snatched mister from outside thement cvs. marren denied taking the dog, but when police knocked on the door of his home, when a woman answered, sure enough there was mister. the dog is back with its other than, she needs the pet for medical issues. >>> officials in reading rededicated a christmas tree that went from being mocked to being loved. they decorated it with a single red bulb. the berks county consider replacing the underwhemming tree, instead everybody is grace bracing the evergreen. >>> we have tech bytes. >> reporter: apple wants to pr

delayed south on i-95 from the betsy ross bridge in through girard avenue and a crash in new jersey,at is right before you get to the 42 freeway. chris and alex, back over to you. >>> okay, bob. we're getting back to our game, 12 days of christmas. it will cost us a bit more this year. how much would nine ladies dancing, cost you. >> by the hour, do you say. >> my goodness. >> we will have the answer, next up. ballroom dancing of course. next up. ballroom dancing of course. >> oh, it'll come from my kitchen. the biggest surprise this season won't come from an upset, try our new philly cheesesteak pizza. a large for $12. add a red kettle cookie for $6 and a portion of the proceeds go to the salvation army. better ingredients. better pizza papa john's. wi-fi access in more places then ever before. all your favorites in the cloud and on every device. a home you control with the touch of a finger. news and entertainment that informs and delights in ways you never thought possible. comcast nbcuniversal bringing media and technology together for you. >>> welcome back. coming you the at 9:0

otherwise, i-95 out of the northeast heavy from the betsy ross bridge down through to girard. schuylkill expressway running slow between conshohocken and city line avenue. an accident in white marsh baron hill road closed at union road, joshua road is the way to go. we have been asking all week long to end us your pictures of your christmas lights, some from the front of your house, maybe some from the living room but how about a hospital room. this one is from little jaycee park who is in the hospital at du pont hospital and unfortunately she got word that she will be spending the christmas in the hospital. so she decorated her hospital room window here. she's got the tree, she has the the snow flakes and she watches us, her and her dad watch us in the morning. they sent us a picture. yahcee merry christmas. unfortunately even though you are spending christmas in the hospital we hope you are home shortly thereafter to see what santa drops off at your house or home. you'd like to end is us a picture all you have to do is treat the the picture, make sure you use hash tag fox 29

betsy ross is your best bet, otherwise south jersey looking good, 42, 55, in problems toward the city. majors on the turnpike and 295 in good shape. the as i showed you in the camera. the schuylkill, i-95, blue route all looking good this morning. if you are using mass transit, a regular schedule on the regional rail lines today, but buses and trolleys are operating on a modified schedule and at the moment they are all running with no delays, chris, back over to you. >>> happening today chosen 300 ministries is continuing the holiday giving, in west philadelphia volunteers will hand out meals to families in need in mantua. charity is opening up a new facility in that neighborhood. >>> christmas baby celebrates the who will will day and a milestone, allen caln, president of the disable center in camden turned 100 years young yesterday on christmas day. her family and friend all held a party in the center's community room. her daughter says she's thankful that her mommies still around. >> everybody loves her here. everybody loves her. you know, she's here. unaudible. >> at least five ge

here at wawa close to the tacony pennsylvania palmyra and betsy ross bridge at route 37 in pennsauken where philadelphians come over to fill up, $2.29 a gallon. you cannot beat that, people paying $50 are now filling up for $20. we all get a nice christmas bonus from the gas station here, and the company and the boss still are not handing them out anymore. because it is so much cheaper to drive a lot more people are expect to drive to visit relatives for the christmas holidays so even though bob kelly probably has christmas off it will be a busy who will take on the roads for sure and it will be a messy holiday with the rain you heard sue talk about. so a a lot of people will be driving. bob kelly will remind you since you can afford a lot of gas now you can afford to fill up the blue stuff that they sell at the gas stations during the winter because you'll have a lot of the mist on the windshield that bob warns but as well. maybe even get an ice scraper, fill up on the stuff you'll need as we get into the winter season. give yourself a couple christmas gifts with that christmas bonus

head not betsy ross bridge instead. the wool rich truck that overturned yesterday near exit 2 on the turnpike they are affecting repair there. >> al qaeda is holding 33-year-old luke summers who appears in the video posted on the twitter account of the yemen branch. they tried to rescue summers from a cave, but he rewas -- but he was moved before the seal team 6's operation. >>> a woman is under arrest in the united arab emirates accused of murdering a teacher in abu awe abu. >>> a west chester university student has not been seen in a week, we're live with the effort torched shane montgomery. >>> saint louis county police department is apologizing for the tweet related to the shooting of a boy in cleveland. >> new this morning a tweet sent out by at saint louis county police department touched off a firestorm. ankle, the message was about tamir rice. the tweet read kids will be kids. the police department immediately deleted the post. the chief apologized. >>> a teacher is facing a charges after being accused of biting

time to beat or head for betsy ross bridge.wn wires at 56th and chestnut and they will doing work leaving center city in the area of 30th street station. ram tops both 676 and schuylkill expressway, penndot is working from 10:00 to 1:00 throughout the midday. alex, back over to you. >> thanks, bob. we know you had those people you know what to get them for christmas but then we have those others harder to shop for. that trendy person, you are supposed to buy a gift for or the foodie or the tech i. it can get tricky. pay attention. you will want to see this we have to bring in our lifestyle ain't anna here with luxury last minute gift for our trend centers out there. >> hello. >> good morning. >> but first i have to say, first official day of winter. >> it is. >> take a look at what she is wearing. i love it. >> are we go to go hawaii. >> yes. >> i have love the print. >> let's get back to it. >> it can pass for the holiday. >> yes. >> all of these gifts we have here you can find in philly. >> these are gifts you can pick up in

won't be looking forward to your rush her commute this morning traveling southbound i-95 a approaching betsys bridge we are dealing with an accident compromising two left lanes. in the a good situation, we are dealing with slick spots on the roadway and as you will notice right here a reek will turned in a horizontal position. as northeast down through the vine it is rush hour so expect big delays, ukee. >>> our next update 7:55. up next on cb. this morning women in saudi arabia fighting for their right to drive. for more local news weather traffic anand sports we are on the cw philly on these >>> do you think insurance covers this. this yacht took a direct hit on tuesday. the boat was being towed to ft. lauderdale at the time. none of the passengers were hurt. the rock star costs a quarter of a million to rent. now you know it's been damaged. >> that's a nasty little hit. >> at $21 million, i wouldn't buy a boat. >> i'm with you. i want a plane. welcome back to "cbs this morning." that's not happening either. >>> coming up this half hour new york police chief bill bratton is back. he like e

betsy ross. ( laughter ) and others. ( laughter ) yes.ies have been a force throughout our history, but did you know that there are still some ladies around today. tonight we will hear from them, we'll bridge gaps, we'll make connections, open up new lines of communication. so let's head out to the audience for a segment i call, "stephen r.a.p.s.s." ( applause ) okay, great. hello. hi. r.a.p.s. -- thank you. r.a.p.s., of course, stands for raps and positive speaking. so, let's bust it open. ah, any women here tonight want to rap with me, tell me your feelings, your thoughts, your fantasies, your skrerktz any concerns -- yes, yes, over there. >> oh, hi, you know, in a lot of professions, women still only make about 75 cents for every dollar earned by a man. i think that's a real problem. >> stephen: it sure is. that sounds totally unfair. okay, why do women make less than men? any ideas? you, sir. >> well, a lot of workplaces are still stuck in a corporate boys club, buddy system. if a promotion comes up, they're going to give it to their

getting ready to grab your coffee and keys and head out your front door, use the betsy ross bridge to play it safe but a 5:00 o'clock bridge opening set for tack pal. girard avenue between 37th and 38th street, also an early morning fire on conestoga and market so track using 56th street this morning. otherwise mass transit looking good. karen and kerry, back to you. >>> breaking news out of university city. police respond to the shooting outside of a bar at 40th and market. it was right around 12:30 this morning. it says walnut on your screen. i believe it is 40th and mark. police say the man was hot in the leg and taken to hup. suspect they say was last seen running away from the scene. >>> for second night in the row demonstrators taking to the streets all across the country. >> protesting that grand jury decision to not indict that white police officer in the death of eric garner, an unarmed black man. protesters are calling for reforms and better training for police. new york city mayor bill deblasio and city police commissioner spoke on police retraining during a press conferenc

nbc 10 at the betsy ross house today.y're making the 263rd anniversary of the birth of the city's best-known seamstress. betsy ross was born in 1752. she's credited with making the first american flag. happy birthday. >>> still ahead, it was a phone call they never expected to get. this man's family was devastated to learn he had been shot and killed by police. then they got yet another shocking call that changed everything. >>> and dune damage. the protective sand barriers are falling apart. it's only indirectly being cause by mother nature. >>> nbc 10's first alert weather days when you see this it means the weather isn't just annoying. it's extreme. storms, high winds, heavy snow the things we all take seriously. >> it means walking outside can be dangerous and we want you to know. >> it means tracking the latest weather conditions as they happen. >> it means roads will be closed and traffic is getting worse. >> nbc 10 first alert weather days. when you see this on your screen, count on it. as a small business owner yo

so that puts the brake lights a tapping here, pretty much in the betsy ross bridge, all the way downwards girard coming in toward center city philadelphia good morning to south philadelphia, the schuykill express waste near south street, as we start to see some volume leaving south philadelphia, through university, coming in towards downtown center city. a fatal accident this morning, in chester county, modina road is blocked at union street, police are on the scene there most likely you'll see an investigation and closure through morning rush hour. overnight water main break in willow grove as shower pressure is not what it should this be morning. here's why. the easton road and fitzwater town road you'll see work crews out there today. so york road would be your best bet. starting to see delays on the schuylkill, from the conn show who can even curve in towards belmont, south on i-95, we have that disable, at girard avenue, causing a delay, and mass transit looking g septa says all aboard on the regional rail lines and you're heading to the airport this morning, to catch a flight o

head for the betsy ross as alternate. not quite stopped. we'll check it again in a minute. >> the rush to get christmas under the tree is followed by a marathon today. post-christmas sales. action cam is live at walmart. the doors will open at 5 a.m. jcpenney, sears, hl's as well. abc byron pits has the shopping forecast. >> it's another day for die hard shoppers second busiest day of the year for retailers. stores cutting prices and redeeming gift cards and taking back unwanted gifts. >> i have fuzzy slippers. >> it's down to the wire. hoping people spend more after the holidays than before christmas. black friday and super saturday were lackluster for brick and morter stores. on the someday after christmas store managers are seeing dollar signs they're anxious to use gift cards before they use ral u. >> card companies charge a monthly fee. >> expect bargains clothing not a big seller this season and electrics discounted on store inventories and for the best deals do homework and find them on-line before you head to the mall. >> if there's

de la cruz a parent at betsy carmichael two children enrolled there i'm a very reactive member of the pta as well thank you >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good evening after all you ami and have two children one of them third grade and one in kindergarten they attend the valley. >> good evening superintendent and president fewer and commissioners i'm caesary banks two students i have a daughter in 6th grade and ethnic grader at gateway thank you. >> hello good evening. i'm he esmeralda micro i have a son at the elementary school and active parent in the community in the school and i'm a busy parent. >> thank you very much for your patience georgia you want to say anything. >> first, i wanted to take a moment to say thank you commissioner maufas for your years of service on the board and for the support and more importantly thank you for your groundbreaking work as one of the original pack members with the structure; right? the portfolios and the by laws for the nitty-gritty work and i i really want to say thank you on behalf of the pack members it's appropriate that tonight is the

you want to head to the betsy ross bridge in the next few minutes instead. we're wrapping up construction in belmawr, camden county they will be be working in both directions for the next half, blocking up to two lanes, before they are out of the way it could be a slow go on 295. >> the reward continues to climb for the whereabouts of shane montgomery. the college student disappeared a week ago and police have yet to come across any solid leads. david henry is in manayunk. >> reporter: now, shane's family is hoping that $40,000 in reward money will encourage someone to come forward with helpful information. >> this is a nightmare to my family, my son has been gone for seven days. my son is my youngest child i miss be terribly, and my mother is distraught that her grandson is missing and there's nothing that we can do about it. >> reporter: the agony of a mother whose son seems to have vanished from the face of the earth. it was thanksgiving morning when he was seen leaving the irish pub at 2:00 a.m. the police and fbi have combed the area including the manay

to the side northbound by the betsy ross bridge. can see the traffic while moving slowly is moving. unlike this morning when it was just absolutely parked for a long stretch between center city and northeast philadelphia. still slow speeds on 95. slow on the schuylkill as well. it is a friday afternoon awe after all. a crash to avoid in pennsauken along 130 at westfield avenue and because of the viewing for firefighter joyce craig tonight, broad street is closed already until 11 o'clock between 69th street and cheltenham avenue. 309, 611 i think that's going to be congested. maybe use ogontz avenue or tookany creek parkway as alternates. you'll have septa bus detours because of the closure of broad street. further north don't use 611 in jenkintown. there's a crash at washington lane and meetinghouse road is closed this afternoon in abington because of another wreck between fox chase road and sunset avenue. forest avenue a possible alternate around that. in cherry hill we're watching a crash that brought down a pole and some wires cl

meantime a big party today at the betsy ross house.he famous flag maker' twos 63rd birthday. a celebration was hell this afternoon. there were crafts for the kids stories telling and of course a birthday cake. betsy ross was born in january january 1st, back in 1752. >>> all right speaking about new year's eve everyone will be out partying and watching the firework at pennsylvania lanning lanning. they better bundle up because it's going cold out there. >> it is certainly going to be cold out there. this is some of the harshest air we've had all winter long and it's here for the end of the year and the beginning of the new one. here's a look at highs today. 33 degrees. we're running close to 10 degrees below normal. it's not the actual air temperature. it's the wind chills that will be punishing for this evening. so temperatures staying below normal. that will be the theme into the beginning of the year before we see a more mild return of temperatures by the weekend. right now though it's 20 in mount pocono. 28 in allentown. we have 32

de la cruz a parent at betsy carmichael two children enrolled there i'm a very reactive member of theta as well thank you >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good evening after all you ami and have two children one

speaking of the slow go ben, walt, commodore barry and betsy have speed restrictions on have 35 miles an hour, so take it easy, erika. >>> new this morning a suspect is in custody after a carjacking in philadelphia's overbrook section end in a crash. investigators say a man with the gun used his weapons to hit a 58 year-old man in the head. victim drove and then collided with two cars near 58th and lebanon. he is new in stable condition. >>> police divers are expected to return to the schuylkill river today in hopes of finding clues that could lead to shane montgomery. >> west chester university student vanish after leaving a manayunk bar two weeks ago. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us with the latest developments, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. it is two weeks to the day that shane montgomery went missing, difficulties a appeared without a trace here in manayunk but today as police continue their search they are using a new piece of evidence, they have located new surveillance from this nail salon and now with a new clue they could get a break

walkers and finally opened the signal an ross for many families that walk across the street to go to betsyw we're here today to open this signal (clapping) is it so exciting that improvements that we've been able to make on the last 4 years to make this neighborhood a safer place for you'll have us and remind the people 3 walk and commute through the districts that seniors and kids live here on isle on fulsome and howard and significantly again, this wouldn't have been possible without our residents that took the leadership to make it a realty want to thank our city agencies for working hard to put this on the ground as quickly as possible tilly chang the prop a dollars that helped to fund this today and, of course, edward reiskin but also with an night the engineer that put this on n place an significantly street the sf pd side commander is here oh, my god oar commander ali and commander and i will i is the traffic commander to make sure you're increasing the enforcement in the tenderloin and the south of market and the city to make sure we're telling the chiropractors and pedestrians wha

that includes the ben, the walt, the betsy, and the commodore barry.hris. >>> and snow falling in the region, nbc10's metroplonique b is in the area. monique, still snowing there? >> reporter: we've been watching the snow comes go. you can see tire tracks for the first time this morning. heavy snow bursts came through. it lasts all of about five minutes. you can also see there's more of a coating now on this car. so that means, add definitely five or ten extra minute when you say come out of your house this morning if you're in the western suburbs. make sure you have an opportunity to clear the windshield, as well as the side windows. and here on the sidewalk, as you're walking out, you can see that some of that snow was definitely sticking, but it is moving with ease. so definitely a tricky morning for you if you're coming out of the western suburbs in philadelphia. right for now in conshohocken, monique braxton, "nbc10 news." >>> we're following breaking news in the city's overbrook section. a violent car crash ended isn't assault. randy gyllenhaal h

if you're headed out to the betsy ross bridge up top i know it's a little dark but betsy ross is rightoving well as is the tacony palmyra. no scheduled bridge openings yet this morning at the tacony palmyra or the burlington bristol. if you're traveling between bucks county and burlington county on the triple b no problems to report. walt whitman bridge westbound side eastbound side looking good between south philadelphia and gloucester city. no issues on the commodore barry between gloucester county and delaware county. and the delaware memorial between salem county and new castle county also looking good so far this morning. yes, let's cross the schuylkill river on the girard point bridge along 95 southbound go the taillights for the airport. we're seeing a few of them but of course no delays at this point. and on the twin bridges one last set of bridges here along the roosevelt boulevard route one by the schuylkill looking good so far this morning. earlier problems that we had on the boulevard northbound at roberts avenue have cleared out. tam. >> okay, love it. thank you matt. >> n

a 7th and 6th grady at betsy carmichael middle school and a kindergarten. >> good evening, president fewer, commissioners, superintendent carranza, i'm georgia williams, coordinator for the parent advisory council. >> i am going to be presenting the parties that we had picked. just bear with me, because i am visually impaired. >> thank you for waiting through the public testimony. i know we took it out of turn. >> we as members had picked out six items, and one is going to be support the planning, design and implementation of the family academic -- basically for university. second will be strengthen the implementation of the lau plan, supporting programs and services for english-language learner, including increased access two to district information in their home language. no. 3 is support the momentum for vision 2025 including the implementation of sfusd's building the digital district plan. next one is strengthening the implementation of the restorative practices. building stronger connections with families to improve school climate and culture, and the next point will be advocati