, this should be clearing any minute between allegheny avenue and betsy ross as well. also watching a disabled vehicle on upper providence on collegeville road and park avenue. i'll have more when i come back in ten. >>> it's 4:30 and we're following breaking news out of lehigh valley. take a look at flames burning through seven row homes in allentown last night. >> as flames spread quickly, so did evacuations. people living an entire block were forced out into the cold. katy zachry will give us an update on the fire and evacuations. >> reporter: as you can imagine, some incredibly tense moments on the 400 block of north fulton in allentown behind me. you see the engine in the street. i talked to one of the firefighters assigned to it. they say they are here until the morning -- first morning light just to make sure there are no hot spots that flare up. the good news from fulton street is that this fire was put under control around 12:30 this morning. so, i'm told by people who are here at the scene that eight total row homes have been devastated. from those eight row

in case you didn't know today is betsy ross' 265th birthday. news" at the betsy ross house in center city where visitors were taking in some american history ahead of the ball drop. the festivities included a chocolate making demonstration and free cup cakes. betsy ross of course is credited with selling the first american flag and we will be anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. >> fireworks aren't the only things lighting up the sky this new year's eve. nasa says a comet will streak across the sky. if the skies are clear you will be able to see comet 45-p as in paul but you'll need the binoculars. look for the comet in the western sky. a little bit of everything in our week coming up. >> absolutely. we got mild temperatures, a nice day to kick off 2017. tomorrow sunshine 50 degrees. watching out for rain monday tuesday.

bridge and 95 northbound, this should be clearing any minute between allegheny avenue and betsy ross as well. also watching a disabled vehicle on upper providence on collegeville road and park avenue. i'll have more when i come back in ten. >>> it's 4:30 and we're following breaking news out of lehigh valley. take a look at flames burning through seven row homes in allentown last night. >> as flames spread quickly, so did evacuations. people living an entire block were forced out into the cold. katy zachry will give us an update on the fire and evacuations. >> reporter: as you can imagine, some incredibly tense moments on the 400 block of north fulton in allentown behind me. you see the engine in the street. i talked

southbound lanes of 73 are blocked coming away from the betsy ross bridge and high street by american auto group. church street, church road to the south or 38. 73 southbound coming away from the tacony-palmyra bridge is blocked because of the early morning accident. the other big story this frozen precipitation moving into the area. on the berks county and montgomery county border we're seeing crashes. douglass township 100 northbound at jackson road busy spot this time 689 year. hanover township, there's an accident along big road 73 close to short road. this is 422 z -- as you head west you'll see frozen precipitation. in oaks, it's dry with no delay heading toward king of prussia. columbus boulevard southbound one lane open because of the water main break over a week ago. they hope to have everything fixed tomorrow. everything is ready for the new year's eve celebrations on saturday. right now it's still one lane. however, no delays this morning on the blue route, the schuylkill expressway or i-95. tam? >> thank you matt. there's no definitive word on why an helicopter crashed fli

headed northbound for the betsy ross bridge. it is still a little dark to be checking up on 422 with our cameras. a look at your travel speeds. eastbound from route 29, travel speed are still in the green. it will take you eight minutes. we are going to keep watching the accident on the schuylkill expressway. i'll let you know when it has cleared. i'll send it back to you guys. >> 5:20 right now. hard to believe. we still have another week and a half of fall left. >> i know. although, as we were hearing from erika martin yesterday, and glen got in on this conversation, to meteorologists, it doesn't matter winter doesn't come until a little later on in the month. it is here. >> i love that you remember that. meteorological winter. a cold start due to the arctic blast sliding into place. we are seeing a kickup in the wind speeds, westerly to northwesterly. you will see your local neighborhood forecast. notice the shift, ever so slightly, west/northwesterly. coatesville, 14 miles per hour. wilmington, 13. along with philadelphia. m

stick to the betsy ross bridge as traffic is stopped in both directions hat. >> thank you, karen.aking overnight, an injured woman lying on the side of the road unsure what had happened to her and police are trying to sort it out as well. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at east detectives with more on this investigation. katherine. >> reporter: that's right, matt, police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened to this woman. initially when she was found they didn't flo what had happened. then they thought she was shot. this remains under investigation. they're still trying to figure out who this woman is. she had no identification on her. they just believe she is a woman in her 40's. let's go to video from that scene overnight in north philadelphia. this all started just before 11:30. she was found in the 2700 block of north third street. shortly before 11:30. philadelphia housing police officers were patrolling when a woman flagged them down. she told them she had found a unconscious woman lying in the street. when they went to check they saw the woman

the betsy ross bridge. and the forecast next. >>> action news. delaware valley's leading news program. with jim gardner. >>> it is just about as cold as you would ever want it to be. temperatures are in the teens, wind chills even lower than that. but put all the numbers aside and you're left with this. tonight will be the coldest december night in eight years. it is thursday night, and the big story on action news tonight is a brutal night in the tristate area. our sub-freezing temperatures stay with us for another day. meteorologist cecily tynan has the latest information from accuweather. >> and, jim, it's a bit of a shock to the system. afternoon temperatures never out of the 20s. now in the teens. philadelphia, 18, allentown and wilmington, 17. the poconos, 7. if you factor in the winds, they have diminished a lot since earlier. we had wind gusts near 50 miles per hour. but even with a diminishing wind, the wind chill is brutal. feel like 4 in philadelphia and wilmington. feels like 1 below in allentown, 1 in reading and the wind chill in th

betsy ross was born on new year's day january 1st, 1752 and to celebrate, there was some chocolate makingyou see there going on. the old-fashioned way. >>> to mode ya, delaware county, where many pets are finding permanent homes. the providence animal shelter holding a special adoption event and tomorrow. they're offering adult cats and dogs at only $20 and 17 cents get it in honor of 2017. the new year. it's a way for them to showcase and find loving homes for some of their older animals. >>> and let's get another look at that all important new year's eve, new year's day forecast tonight. kathy? >> well, joyce, we have a beautiful, beautiful evening in store across the region. temperatures are looking really good. no matter where you are across the delaware valley. look at these beautiful -- beautiful view of center city philadelphia. all a glow with a temperature of 43 degrees. the high temperature for the day 45 degrees. right now winds out of the south southwest at 18 miles per hour. winds gusting to 24 miles an hour so off strong wind. we have our camera shaking here a little bit of

so something to keep an eye on if you take betsy ross, jim? >> thanks very much, path the path. we have breaking news from the fishtown section of philadelphia an apartment building was on fire in the 1200 block, of shackamaxon street and it has turned deadly. this is live look, authorities found a 60 year-old man unconscious, inside of an apartment here, the victim apparently suffered cardiac arrest, two fire fighters, also suffered minor injuries. >>> new this morning one man is in critical condition after a shooting in the southwest philadelphia bar. this happened, investigators say about 11:30 at lounge 62 at 62nd and wood land. they say two men were shooting pool when an argument broke out and one man shot the other suspect got away in the car heading westbound on wood land police say other patrons may know the gun man. >> it is a neighborhood bar. it seems like everybody in here knows each other. there is no doubt in our mind this individual knew each other, laying pool against one another and most people in the bar probably know the individual who fired the shot but we ne

this viewer of an anything but typical commute complete with these dogs running along the busy betsy ross bridge. >>> 16 degrees is not kind to man or animal outside this morning. bundle up if you're heading outside. 16 degrees that's without the end with. factor that in it feels like zero degrees this morning. a live drive view of boathouse row. your neighborhood forecast just ahead. ,$88doooooorw >>> 4:40 right now on this friday. we have breaking news out of west philadelphia we want to make you aware of. firefighters are battling a house fire on the 1200 block of millick street. there's no word of any injuries but there are reports of heavy flames. we do have an nbc 10 crew headed to the scene. we will keep you updated right here on the air and on the nbc 10 app throughout the morning. >>> and it is a pretty quiet start to the morning on the roads. we're taking a look at 476 this is the area of baltimore pike just a few cars out there, there you go, there you see some head lights there, easy travels this morning. let's take a look at all of the highways, if you're traveling 95, 76, 47

ongoing work zone but the speeds, well, they're still in the upper 20's as you come down from the betsy rossdge. little bit of an early morning backlog because of that earlier dv on 95 southbound. but no big issues so far this morning along the roosevelt boulevard or the schuylkill expressway. and this is the vine street expressway just off the schuylkill. it's fine for the most part pretty dry and there was no overnight construction because of the holiday. so everything is opened. crews do come back tonight, though, to work and they'll work the next three nights and close it starting at 11 o'clock. and we expect the water department crews to return here today in queen village. the scene of our water main break from a week ago now on the southbound side of columbus boulevard but for this morning's commute the left lane is opened. however, i would expect some slowing. have a crash in tullytown bucks county this morning along levittown parkway near 13 by the dunkin' donuts and the trenton regional rail station, but our accident in douglas township on the ramp from 73 philadelphia avenue to 100

live look 95 southbound at betsy ross bridge.y one lane opened with the overnight construction, as we wake up on this friday morning. we're still shut down on the vine street expressway between the schuylkill and broad street, until about 5:00 o'clock. there is a lot of police activity around franklin institute and circle there, police helping with the closure tonight, fire location, we will tell you more about that, that is about this in a second but allentown, fulton road just off of union watch for local detours. south jersey not bad there is still some construction here on the tree way working your way to 295 and market frankford and broad street subway running shuttle buses until 5:00 this morning, karen, back over to you. >>> we have a really fierce fight in the lehigh valley. we have an entire row of row homes going up in flames. this morning we have the seven families that have been burnout of their homes. lets get out to the scene fulton street in allentown where jenny joyce is following the breaking details, jenny. >> s

betsy ross got it all sewed up ? and then there's maude - and then there's maude ? and then there's maude - and then there's maude ? and then there's maude - and then there's maude ? and then there's ? that uncompromising, enterprising, ? anything but tranquilizing as to invite walter to our anniversary party when you knew very well i'd invited maude? hello (laughs), you twit! (laughter) - twit? - yes. - lovely party misses harmon. - [vivian] oh! - oh, your rumpus room looks ever so festive. - well, thank you misses naugatuck and i do appreciate your coming over to help us this evening but if you'll excuse me just now, i'm having a fight with my twit. (laughter) he just informed me that he invited - you mean that neither mister findlay nor misses findlay know the other one's coming? - [vivian] exactly, twit! - mister harmon, you really are a twit. (laughter) - oh, poor maude, she's gonna be so embarrassed. - serves her right. hi there, doris. - hi, doris. - if she hadn't insisted on running for the state senate against walter's wishes, (laughter) - arthur, she only

as you get farther south you're hitting a backlog from the betsy ross bridge into girard because thek zone there continues. so, just 18 miles per hour on that chunk of i-95, cottman looks better. you can exit i-95 on columbus boulevard, one southbound lanes gets by the water main break from a couple of days ago. i would expect delays, delays on the schuylkill expressway, he is in the 20s westbound near city avenue. that's normal morning volume. getting word of a crash cooper hawk driver at sugarman road. slow speeds on 422 eastbound 11 miles per hour through pottstown because of a crash near armand hammor taking out a lane. single vehicle on 2 oh, 2 parkway -- 202 park away, sing crash vehicle off the road. river road is closing throughout the day today for pipe installation taylorsville road gets you around that. >> the tape tells the tale, a woman in north jersey did not do the right thing when a woman dropped her wallet. 17-year-old emily dropped her wallet with $125 of cash inside she was planning to use for christmas presents. a woman walks by and kicks the wallet away. she is s

that means extra traffic on 95 trying to detour around and as you come south of the betsy ross bridge to the walt whitman bridge you look at a lot of speeds like 12 miles per hour. and thanks to the water main break closing the southbound side of columbus boulevard. and you may use the platt bridge eastbound. it just cleared but extra heavy on the platt. and the blue route extra heavy approaching the schuylkill to broomall where we have the truck fire and everything is open now but there is salt and foam all over the roads, people are slowing down for that reason. really owe slow heading towards it's outlets but the crash past limerick is gone. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> okay matt see you then. >>> there is more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. new today a woman caught in a freak accident says she is alive all thanks to the people in the delaware valley. how a group of locals saved her life and the message she is now trying to spread across the country. >> the organization trying to make the holidays brighter for women that are fighting breast cancer. thos

at the betsy ross house in old city. "the please touch museum" is hosting their annual new year's eve party for families. there's a live countdown to noon the ball drop and confetti cannons a second drop happens at 1:00 p.m. mr. potato head will make a special appearance to ring in 017. the festivities run until 3:00 p.m. the cost $25. >>> there will be a kid friendly new year's splash event at the adventure aquarium in new jersey the aquarium is open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. stay for the fireworks display on the delaware river you can get a great view right there outside of the aquarium. that's what's happening across the region. sports is next. does your child need help with digestive balance? try align junior probiotic. so she can have a fraction dominating... status updating... hello-yellow-belt kind of day. get 24/7 digestive support with align junior. the #1 doctor recommended probiotic brand, now for kids. everyone, 7:23 new year's eve saturday morning. nice forecast for today, increasing clouds, temperatures aroun

at the betsy ross house in old city. let the little ones ring in the new year, "the please touch museum" hosts a new year's eve party for families. there will be a countdown at noon and ball drop. mr. potato head will make a special appearance to ring in 2017. doors opened at 9:00 a.m. and festivities go to 3:00 p.m. and the cost is $25. there's a new year's splash event at the adventure aquarium in new jersey. it is open until 10:00 p.m. -- 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. if you're up for it, stay for the fireworks display on the delaware river. >>> sixers highlights of atlanta's game in den -- last night's game in denver coming up. be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. morning, new year's eve, taking live look sky6 live hd spring mountain, there's snow on the ground with skiers ready to usher in the new year with a few trips down the slopes. >> reporter: sports, flyers lost again and steve mason

you can take the betsy ross bridge as your alternate. that's nice and clear. out in springfield there's an accident on sheddenham avenue. so watch for that. here we'll end in cherry hill township. there's degree here. away from trenton and toward philadelphia if you have to head in that direction or different parts of new jersey. right around wood crest station, exit 31 just the right lane is closed. traffic is still getting by. no big major problems report out in new jersey. i'll be back in about ten minutes or so, though, with more updates on your morning drive. >>> all right, jess, thanks. :18. let's check on the forecast for this first day of winter. >> it is a cold one. it is a dark winter morning. the temperatures have dropped into the 20s this morning. 29 degrees right now in philadelphia. the temperatures in some of the suburbs have dropped into the teens, though the weather, it's not quite as cold as yesterday. the coldest temperatures not as widespread as yesterday morning. it's a wide view from center city. dry in the pocono mountains. it's cold, in

gearing up for tacony palmyra bridge opening in just a few minutes so you want to head for the betsy rossstemmed headed toward the betsy on 95 southbound already slow through the work zone at cottman. speeds there in the 30's i wasn't want to zoom into east falls because we're getting word that right on the east falls-nicetown border a new closure goes into place today. it's abbottsford avenue between fox and wissahickon. this is extra problematic because that's where you go to get on the northbound side of the boulevard if you're coming away from east falls. we're going have to wait to see how they set up this construction pattern but that ramp could be closed for the next couple months in which case you would get onto the boulevard northbound from ridge avenue instead. in springfield township still have the crash along cheltenham avenue at patton road by lasalle college high school. icy conditions persist along stenton avenue at whitemarsh avenue but in souderton our crash we had been watching along broad street cleared out. however we've got construction that we're watching in woolwich

still only three lanes betsy ross into center city starting at 6:00 a.m.y will get out there early, shut down columbus boulevard from 95 to washington avenue. they will close off ramps from i-95 to columbus boulevard to make final repairs. problem is, the water main break is so close to the delaware river that as quick as they pump water out of the hole the water fills backup from the high tides, they are coming out with a few extra pumps and extra manpower to finally finish this before the holiday weekend. septa operating on a regular weekday schedule today. get down to the air poverty early two hours in advance, check with the airline and don't wrap those presents they need to be unwrapped in order to fly for the holiday weekend we flew over to cherry hill, new jersey. we had a grand old time as we kicked off or finished up our very kelly christmas tour on deer road in cherry hill, new jersey where they had three homes decorated to the hilt. this was junior's house. he got it all started 40 years ago. it then sprinkled across the street to maryann's hous

here's a live look at i-95 between the betsy ross bridge and allegheny a avenue. they are working downtown, on the vine street expressway. that is closed between the schuylkill and broad street, until about 5:00 o'clock this morning. again, coming into the city jump off and use vine street local, coming off the schuylkill expressway, you can use spring garden, 30th or south street. working fire in northeast philadelphia the at unruh and gillespy and what a mess on the regional rails. hopefully we will start with the clean slate but that disabled train that had a wire , overhead wire, coming down on top of it the near jenkintown caused massive delays for morning rush hour, upward of 90 minutes, at some point and then what happened was because of all of the conductors were stuck with those delays they then were not able to get back to work the evening shift, based upon the work rules with their hours. so, that then rolled into the evening rush hour, it it was just a mess, forsch that used the regional rails. finger's crossed we will start with the clean slate ape sa

i-95 in the northeast we have four lanes, no construction at all until you hit betsy ross bridge interchangeontinues on all the way into center city. that is something different you'll encounter fuzz are traveling for the holidays via car, no problems there on the freeway for gang coming in from wilmington, north on i-95 construction at route 141. septa so far so good, they say they will operate on a regular weekday schedule, that is good news, keep in mind heading to the airport get down there two hours in advance. check in with the airline but we don't have any problems here in philadelphia, weather delays from l.a., to chicago, scottie just mentioned delays in other parts of the country will have a come minute necessity effect here in philadelphia and save yourself trouble and did not wrap presents. you will only see security un wrap them for you when you go through the checkpoints. save yourself, the trouble and until you get to your destination. my destination last night was cherry hill, new jersey. our final stop on our very kelly christmas tour. we set up on deer road, junior got it a

don't drink all of that champagne because the project is still down to only three lanes from the betsy ross bridge into center city, that probably isn't going to be complete for another five, six years, they got some cool pictures and details up on their website, 95, revive. com. take the good news in, be ready for more construction, out here on the vine street expressway closed until 5:00 this morning between the schuylkill expressway and broad street. they're pretty good with opening that up by 5:00. the water department will be back again today, along columbus boulevard, right now, there is one lane open, southbound, between 95 and washington. that will close at 9:00 today. and they're also going to close the off-ramps from 95 to columbus boulevard, so they can continue to make those repairs. you got t eagles-giants tonight. kick off at 8:25. septa sports express trains start kicking in around 6:00. but you know our eagles fans, we will be down there little early firing up the hot chocolate, and the breakfast sandwiches for the tailgaters down there in south philly. thomas, back over to

repairs. 73 southbound is blocked starting at route 90 coming away from the tacony-palmyra and the betsy ross bridges done through the scene at high street. they are sweeping up the debris and fixing the wires. 73 southbound shut down, as we come back out here, stay on church street or nolola road. vine street expressway reopened after overnight instruction, crews return tonight at 11:00 p.m. i-95, vehicle cleared out. overturned vehicle accident in havertown this morning at colonial and glendale, luckily that is cleared out of the way on this thursday. >>> breaking news just in a nasty rollover crash that injured two people in delaware county. the driver of the suv lost control of the colonial road near glendale road. that vehicle rolled down an embankment and wrapped around a tree and landed on the roofment the driver and the passenger suffered multiple injuries, they are in the hospital in stable condition. >>> and developing overnight, a new jersey woman and her great granddaughter have been found safe they disappeared christmas eve. there's lots of questions why they headed off the main

overnight work farther south by the betsy ross bridge has cleared. so has the overnight construction by the vine expressway. eroped in both directions, we're done for the week, cruise return next -- crews return next week around 11:00 p.m. no issues on the schuylkill expressway, but on the roosevelt boulevard we're getting word of a northbound accident near harbison avenue in the outer drive by the acme, boulevard northbound at harbison. we have fire department activity in allentown blocking fulton street. stick with 15th to get around that. a couple of work zones in south jersey for the next half-hour 73 southbound at 90, one lane is blocked in riverton. westville a lane blocked 47 northbound at 130. >> begin winning breaking news, car thieves left behind a path of destruction at a dodge dealership in southwest philadelphia. smashed glass and mangled fence at essington avenue. someone stole two vehicles from family dodge around 2:00 a.m. they are still at the scene investigating. >>> a fear fires consumes a west philadelphia buildings leaving a man

there. 37 blocked off in maple shade near route 90 coming away from the tacony-palmyra and the betsy ross bridge and high street to the south. it's a tractor-trailer accident, the truck ran into a pole, wires are down. southbound lanes blocked, northbound lanes reopened, but heading southbound, church street or nolola road or 38. don't forget the buses and trolleys are running on a modified weekday schedule. >> reporter: on the big board we have snow coming into our western suburbs. reading faking on the first flakes. western chester county, as well. the change over to rain will be happening as we go through the morning. 35 degrees and rain in philadelphia. 7:00 a.m., noon, 45 degrees, still raining. the rain tapering off after 2:00 p.m. or so, this afternoon, high 46 at 3:00 p.m., down to 43 by 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 40 degrees drying out there. we'll be back with some of our top stories. >> reporter: in "g.m.a.'s" first look, a dramatic rescue for three teens after routine fishing trip turned upside down. literally. >> we're in the middle of the ocean we flipped a boat. >> reporter: they

. >>> an unlikely traffic concern on the betsy ross bridge have the motorists taking a double look. two dogs wandered on the bridge. one dog was taken to a cheryl, the second dog, a jeer man shepherd ran away. >> obama administration suggested that russia's hacking helped donald trump's campaign. believing that putin signed off in on the hacking. president obama said putin and russia could expect retaliation. >> i think there's no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action. >> trump himself denies that he had any knowledge of the hacking. the president did not offer any proof of the accusation. >>> a temple university student's apartment is broken into and police are trying to track down who did this. the suspect was armed with a gun when he broke in and stole a female student's belongings including an iphone and lab top. the student woke up to discover him in the room. the student was not injured. >>> dozens of people use countless wrapping paper to help children in need. often first christmas, after his death,

let's check out i-95 at the betsy ross bridge. southbound traffic coming toward you, heading toward center city. we're dry and clear, not the case overnight tonight, but this morning you're looking good. mass transit, route 23 trolley shuttle busing on millic street watch for that one. >> reporter: it's cold out there on the bus stop, dress yourself and the kids warmly. 15 by 8:00 a.m. windchills a factor this morning, it feels like the low single digits, 3 degrees windchill on the backup in philadelphia at this hour. if you're out running errands today, it will get better with winds dieing down, it's a long, slow climb to the high of 28. is a degrees by 7:00 a.m. 21 by noon, 25 by 3:00 p.m. we're not going to hit the high until 9:00 p.m., so p.m. tonight, a slow climb in temperatures, but cold and uncomfortable out there. quick look at the airport, we're hoping for all green aircraft that's what we got, no major delays. in chicago, 1 degrees with snow in o'hare. >>> kidneys for orderly donors may -- older donors may be a solution

betsy ross would be a better bet. let's go to king of prussia right by the mall, gray hall right in there hello gray and there's the container store and the chipotle. you can see it is heavy traffic in both directions but we're not just jammed solid. in the lehigh valley a crash early this afternoon at 309 northbound near a tillman where a lane is blocked. septa's cynwyd line not running again this afternoon. take the paoli/thorndale line to overbrook and then hop on shuttle buses. let's do the commuter report one last time this week on afternoons like this the new jersey turnpike is busy and in cranbury there's an accident. reported here as northbound but it's causing bigger delays southbound. still though if you're headed northbound toward north jersey watch out for delays on the turnpike. we'll check them again, rick and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> not so sweet in cranbury tonight. >> nope. >> take 6abc.com and the 6abc mobile app wherever you go this holiday weekend from storm tracker6 to the late

start heading for that betsy ross bridge instead. camera time in delco. this is 95 right at the pennsylvania-delaware state line by the welcome center. there's are a disabled vehicle off to the side northbound. traffic is a little sluggish but not too bad. had a crash on 422 eastbound at armand hammer. that cleared out. slow speeds along 100 as you get into pots town on 42 whenwhere we had the big northbound accident yesterday this afternoon there's a southbound accident by sicklerville. luckily this time it's off to the side but still speeds in the 20's. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. harrison township a crash along 322 by clem run there in mullica hill. we'll check it again, brian and monica, coming up in the next half hour. >> sounds good. thank you sir. >>> next on "action news" it's one of the busiest days of the year for charitable donations. we are live with a look at the final push to give in 2016. >> first this afternoon the search for a missing plane with members from two families on board. we've got the lat

and i-95 southbound near the betsy ross bridge. we have fire department activity in allentown, lehigh valley this morning, fulton street is blocked off as a result, that's a southbound street. the zone between 273 and christiana along i-95 goes for another half-hour, the northbound zone by 495 is clearing out, as is the work along 70 or i-95. woodstown for the next hour watch out for construction crews by route 45. >> this is developing this morning, the action cam is live on the scene of a devastating four-alarm fire in the lehigh valley. the flames are out now, overnights we learned that 23 people from seven families have been displaced. take a look at the scene last night there on the 400 block of north fulton street. the fire spread and ended up causing damage to 8 row homes that was pretty much the entire block. thick smoke and fierce flames were seen billowing out from the buildings. crews for 8 hours before getting it under control early this morning. >> my daughter was in the back bedroom. she came out and said the house ne

so you wants to head for the betsy ross instead.dent at 22nd and market has been cleared out of the way so everything is reopened there. there's a nasty crash in collingdale delco along springfield road at westmont. let's check our reds like one on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side stacking up heading towards center city but that earlier broken down vehicle farther east by passyunk is gone. there's the mlk drive. don't forget the inbound side closes again starting at 7 o'clock tonight for overnight construction. at that point you want to stick with the schuylkill or kelly drive and again that's each night this week. now on the pennsylvania turnpike in berks county eastbound there's an accident by morgantown involving an overturned vehicle but luckily that is all off to the side. we'll check it again brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> sounds good. see you then. >>> and still to come here this afternoon we'll tell you where you can get the best green monday deals today. did you even know what that was? we'll

that is for sure, not finding great deals, that is for sure. 95 southbound say slow pace from the betsy ross bridge, to this point at penn's landing and this point at columbus boulevard it's crash is gone but the water main break at columbus boulevard itself. they are blocking off the south ramp because columbus boulevard southbound is closed like yesterday afternoon. and on the roosevelt boulevard a crash in the outer drive north of broad street, still have the overturned vehicle crash at route 1 baltimore pike and unusual slow-downs on the new jersey turnpike southbound this afternoon because the walt whitman service area is closed because of a water main break, no fuel or fas it'ses to use there this afternoon. and the norristown high speed line suspected in radnor because of the vehicle fire at the hughs park station. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> more ahead at 5:00, a delta airline passenger says he was thrown off the flight for speaking arabic on board but his past could point to a different explanation. see the video for yourself coming up. >>> we'll explain the scien

mention, beautiful reflection off the delaware river here, shot from palmyra cove nature park, betsy ross bridge in the distance, but it is feeling certainly chill in the air, but for the late december standards, that we normally have, it is not bad. expecting at least in philly international to top off around 47. under full sunshine. starting to see those showers approach overnight. but evening travel is fine, we drop it down to about 35 degrees, happy hanukkah to you, 45 degrees, saturday evening, as skies are clearing out, in the wake of the system we talked about, then more sunshine for christmas day. very quickly just check that seven day, it is all important of course, and as we get into the week, between christmas and new years, it looks awfully mild for those first couple of days, our next best chance i think to see some rain comes on thursday. by which point finally see more typical temperatures, right through tuesday, though, well above average. not bad for late december. >> little christmas present. >> indeed. thanks so much, kate. >> i the philadelphia police department's 25th

in new jersey, watching route 70 through your camera, headed northbound for route 90 for the betsy ross bridge, folks, you won't run into any problems. 295, for the rest of the majors over in new jersey, here, we are watching 422 right now. as you can see, it is very green. route 29 towards the schuylkill, take a look at the travel speeds, we're at the 60s. eastbound, a major jam-up between 6:00 and 7:00. when i come back, we'll take a look at schuylkill expressway. >>> nbc 10 first alert weather. >>> i'm meteorologist, erika martin. conditions are pretty much high and dry. we do have northwesterly winds that are strong. keep in mind, those feels-like temperatures will be mainly in the teens and 20s. be sure to look at the bottom of your screen for your local neighborhood forecast. conditions are pretty much in the 30s locally. 27, coatesville. al allentown, philadelphia, 21. i do have more on my full forecast. back to you guys. >>> still ahead, something new you should know if you are looking for work in philadelphia. >> a new law will keep employers from asking for your salary history

>> there's a lot of questions about of course people want to see the betsy ross house also a little dicey because while there is some historical basis to it, there's a little bit of mythology involved in that. i don't go into that too much but encourage people to get their picture taken and things like that. one thing i like telling people, things they never heard of, to look up. if you look at our city hall tower, for instance, you had mentioned immigration, the first people who settled in the area were the dutch and the swedes. i always tell my clients when i give tours, i want you to learn something, when you get done with this tour, you'll be smarter than when you started. one thing about the -- do you know what the big swedish connection is for philadelphia? >> i don't. i can't say i do. >> it's the color of the philadelphia flag, the color of the flag of sweden, light blue and yellow. that's the color of the swedish flag. you look up at the city hall tower, first of all, who's on top of the city hall tower, william penn, right? do you know where he's facing? he's facing -- no one kn

looking outside right now looking busy but we have a disable truck 95 north before betsy ross bridge, that is moving very slow still. plus an accident pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between downingtown and valley hill road that left lane is block there and also another accident, route one township line road is closed between lynn boulevard and seventh seventh street use an alternate haverford road or west chester pike, joe. >> thank you. our next update 8:25. coming up how climate change could impact your morning cup of coffee. i'm joe holden. have a good morning. is that they contour to your body.r-pedic mattresses... it keeps us comfortable and asleep at night. get your tempur-pedic. the most highly recommended bed in america for as low as $25 per month and 90 night free trial. it is thursday, december 8th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including the president-elect's choice to run the environmental protection agency. "usa today's" washington bureau chief susan page is here to look at the emerging administration. first, here's a look at today's "eye

. >>> it was a surprise for a driver seeing two dogs on the betsy ross bridge today. and then seconds later even more heart stopping as one of the dogs jumps over the concrete median and seems to fall off the bridge. but we have learned there was a walkway below and the dog was not hurt. drpa officials say the canine was taken to a shelter. however, they believe the other one ran away. >>> the school district of philadelphia is getting a new high school next year. in a unique partnership the philadelphia housing authority is buying the old vox high school. the building, for $2 million and will be spending up to 15 million more to renovate it. it will be managed by big picture learning. the school is set to reopen in september with a focus on internships and college preparation. eventual serving 500 students. >>> support staff in the chester upland school district has ratified a six year labor deal tonight. the contract is retroactive to 2013 and runs through 2019. the terms include work changes and wage increases for school secretaries, aids, and other employees. nego

morning, no major delays between new jersey and philadelphia, on 95, looking at southbound, at the betsy rosstarting to pick up just little bit. no major delays still, but you can see all of the headlight heading towards the city that's going to start picking up in force over the next half hour or so. soap, to the maps to look at. a fire, mimic street, all lanes blocked out in west philly, but use 63rd street to get around this fire. also, one in new jersey. this is in southampton new jersey, bridge road between pemberton bridge and on -- ongs hat road. water main break, route 07 eastbound past 29 # five, left lane block there, could be some icy conditions. use the white horse pike as your alternate. jim, jan, over to you. >> thank you, patrick. new this morning, three teens rob a man at gunpoint and then take off. >> but not for long. police caught all three suspects in philadelphia's feltonville section. this all started right around 1:30 this morning at lawndale and luzern streets. three boys snatched the 21 year old victim's cash, cell phone, and fled the scene. police chased the suspect

addition to that ongoing construction we've had for several months there. 95 southbound around the betsy ross bridge area and those drive times are still good. you'll have no problem with that right lane. 13 minutes from woodhaven to vine street expressway. route 38 and nixon drive, not a car in sight, so a good drive there as well. >>> breaking news in allentown this morning. a fire that destroyed a block of row homes is out and this morning 23 people are getting help from the red cross with a place to stay as well as breakfast. katy zachry is live for us in allentown with more on that. give us an update. >> reporter: vai, take a look behind me. this block on fulton street, the 400 block, is the one that was devastated by fire. the fire began at 8:00 last night. the fire is out now. i'm told firefighters got control just after midnight. this engine you see here, i talked to one of the guys assigned to it. this firefighter tells me they'll be here until day break so watch out for hot spots. that's a fear that something will ignite inside this block of row homes. a total of 23 people, as you s

the drpa operates ben franklin, walt whitman, commodore barry and betsy ross bridge, plus patco high speed line. >>> police need your help identifying driver who hit a 12 year-old boy in new castle delaware on machine and kept on going. take a good look at this surveillance video, police say the car that hit the child is a red 2004 to 2010 chrysler missing and passenger side mirror has yellow tinted glass with the foam back. if you have any information call new castle county police. >>> police are releasing disturbing surveillance video in the hopes of the getting on help tracking town two suspects. woman, seen here attacked from her purse in west philadelphia two men confronted that victim as he walk last friday on the 600 block of north 68th street. police say that the woman was punched several times during that struggle, both suspects are described to be in their late teens or early 20's. >>> police are looking for possible second suspect in the murder of northeast high school freshman east an wilsey. the 14 year-old was fatally shot on brouse avenue in mayfair last month walking

however, both side southbound and northbound are closed so that will affect you getting to the betsy ross and tacony palmyra. another accident, new jersey turnpike southbound this one still out there at delaware memorial bridge with no delays , jan. >> thanks, pat. >>> new this morning there are now no injuries but plenty of damage after this fire in university city. flames tore through apartment, above the business near 36th and lancaster just before 3:00 . the investigators are on the scene right now looking for clues to the cause of the fire >>> also new this morning three people are in the hospital after two cars crashed in north philadelphia. it happened just before midnight at second and berks. philadelphia police say the driver of one of the vehicles was suspect of driving under the influence and taken to the hospital for minor injuries. officers, say that two other people in the car that were struck also suffered minor injuries. >>> in other news this morning a south jersey grandmother and her great granddaughter are found alive in virginia. >> they were heading to north carolina

about this construction, we will be talking about it a lot this morning, nine at southbound at the betsy ross bridge, two right lanes still blocked. you can still early, still dark out, not slowing you down too much. just couple of your friends out there. overall it will start to as we progress through the 5:00 hour. the vine closed overnight, still is, westbound side, eastbound side, still closed between the schuylkill and broad. that's one area that we are getting kind of used to, heads up on this, just chatting about this. the fire, row home fire, what we have is the road closed, fulton street between union and elm street. closure, means a lot of flashing lights. that will will absolutely slow you down. good news it is not blocking any majors. that's the good news, how much, you just want to make note of t a lot of construction pa turnpike past downingtown, right lane blocked, a lot more construction on the pa turnpike coming up in about 15 minute, greg, jan, over to you. >> an investigation is underway this morning, to what started a huge fire in allentown last night. >> the flames ripped

primarily keeping my eye on the southbound side at betsy ross bridge.ill tell i this southbound side right now is starting to heat up. the northbound side looking fine. southbound side starting to heat up and it is early. we are cracking in the 5:00 o'clock hour. maybe sign of things to come. new jersey 42 freeway north bound at creek road take this to 295, this is what we are looking at right here, on 42, that is looking typical. that is compactly what it should look like. the then blue route headlights moving in the northbound direction before route one, you can see, it is kind of hard to see because it looks like a frozen camera here but see plenty of taillight, headlights that the blue route is starting to heat up but i want to call your attention to this. an accident involving serious injuries here at west hampton east park drive near rancocas road. this is in new jersey, and we have serious injuries here so if you can avoid area all together you will certainly want to do so, rahel, back over to you. >>> all right, meisha, thank you. now for a look

yesterday, you could not even make out, heck even lights on the betsy ross bridge let alone center sit the eye sky line in the distance. you can tell things are transitioning, 57 is our afternoon high but technically we have hit high of 63, it happened a few hours ago but we are drying out, clearing out and with the dryer air and cooler air, it will of course cool down. thirty-eight as a result, it is getting chilly again. we will own hit the upper 40's at best throughout the weekend but it looks like a nice weekend, meisha. >> that is what is good today, gateway to the weekend, rain is finally moving out, we will see sunshine but not so great news is that we have still dealing with some slippery conditions and it is posing some problems this morning on your commute. just a heads up. i-95 north before walt whitman bridge this is what we're looking at right now. we have an accident pulled off blocking that right lane and it is causing significant backups already. we're tracking the 5:00 o'clock hour now. the heads up if you are anywhere around the northbound direction on i-95, by the wa

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wood crest station that is pulled off to the shoulder but heads up driving by, and take a lot this betsy rossridge we have 15 minute closures between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. that is overnight for sign inn tall lacing. if you want to use an alternator not mess with when that will be, ben franklin bridge will be your best bet. that is overnight so it will not affect us during the morning. the all right. also, and, you guys take a look at this, septa riders will be treated to a very cool light show when they stop in syringe garden. delaware river waterfront corporation, unveiled the completed syringe garden street connection project last night, there is new beautiful colorful lighting at second and spring garden station, plus new sidewalks. project took three years to complete and it is of course very proud, enjoy it if you get a chance to get the out there gorgeous. >> beautiful. >> jim and rahel back to you. >> always nice to spruce up the station. >> yeah. >>> labor dispute may prevent amazon packages from arriving in time for the holidays. union pilots who fly for amazon warn shoppers that

. >> looking live here at i-95 at the betsy ross bridge. traffic is moving nicely. got light volume to start you off. we're going take you to upper gwynedd township and talk about some bridge repair causing traffic trouble when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ my guest list just tripled. my cookie exchange is super competitive. mine too. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. >> ♪ >> 5:13. good morning everyone. looking christmassy around philadelphia city hall it is tuesday and this is the last full day of fall. >> okay, well, winter is upon us. >> yes. >> let's hope that we can sort of glide into it with good traffic karen. >> i have to say i sometimes get a little blue in winter and it hasn't happened because it hasn't been too terribly cold yet. i think maybe some people doing all right with me. suburban traffic report time right now. let's look outside and check the traffic