we're back in two minute. >> betsy ross house in old city betsy ross cents boldly declared she was a loyalist, to the philadelphia eagles of course. held unfurl an eagles flag and run it up the flag pole on the property replacing traditional star flag for only one day. eagles fans wearing their gear will receive 1 dollar off admission, and 20% off of single gift shop items, at the house. that's super bowl sunday. >> ride of lifetime for south jersey teenager suing else super began 13 year old coal fit gerald found out he's going minnisota he got the ticket's gift from how about this minnesota viking fan, who won them at a charity event. that same fan saw earlier story here on "eyewitness news " when coal got unprecedented access to the team earlier this season. >> i want to thank the fan, sorry for your season, good luck next year, and, ya. >> so sweet, too. the viking fan asked to remain anonymous, has overcome many obstacles, clearly packing up his bags for minneapolis. >> classy viking fan. >> very classiment hope he has a good time. hope that we win. of course football fans are s

all those wearing birds gear will receive a dollar off to the betsy ross house and 20% off a single shop item. >> show up wearing that. >> that's what betsy would like. [laughter]. >> reporter: schuylkill expressway westbound by girard heading toward king of prussia. we have a disabled vehicle popping up on the shoulder. you can see it in the distance, the headlights not causing too much of an issue. we had one on the vine, but it's just cleared. traffic is moring toward the schuylkill expressway. green traffic flow everywhere, dave. >> reporter: on the big board, we have temperatures on the mild and wilmington. these temperatures are above the average high for today. 35 in allentown, 36 in reading. cool in the northern and western suburbs. 44 in millville. as we go through the day we'll get a high of 47 degrees. whether or not we get the sunny breaks is a little in question, it's possible. that is your high. there's a little bit of a breeze blowing this afternoon 8 to 16 miles per hour.y 7:00 stayiny today, toward dawn tomorrow look out for the arrival of snow showers. >> mattel barbie

this is southbound at the betsy ross bridge.cause it's right over the underpass but right here we've got an accident that you can see sort of with the flashing lights here but you certainly see the jammed track on i-95 southbound. our third accident so far if you're southbound at the betsy ross bridge. so, watch for that. we have one at broad street as well on i-95 southbound and earlier we had one that cleared so three different accidents. here's a multi-vehicle accident on the schuylkill expressway creating slow traffic here. three vehicles involved. this is westbound on the schuylkill at city avenue and you see how jammed traffic is westbound on the schuylkill with that left lane being blocked with an accident. on the northeast extension we have speed restrictions of 45 miles an hour here on the northeast extension. that's 'cause overnight they had a terrible accident that closed it down. we had another new accident northeast extension northbound past quakertown but it just cleared a second ago. i want to thank everybody who

>> for drivers on 95 westbound around the betsy ross bridge things are stop and go because there's a roaming work crew working its way up 95. last check at the were right near the bridge and you could see the backup in our camera. they've since moved north out of of the camera's view but just expect and that at last two lanes around that work crew are close the because of the marin mens that they're doing. so this drive time is a vast improvement from when i came out

betsy ross was a patriot that we know.ut if she were around today you know she'd be an eagles fan. betsy ross in old city replaced the 13 star flag with an eagles flag. birds fans you hear them in the background cheers cheered from the courthouse as the betsy ross house raised the eagles flag this morning. >>> heart warming epidemicking for woman in north philadelphia after someone spray painted her car after the eagles won the nfc championship for some reason someone or a few someones decided to be stupid and spray paint cars green near the 1500 block of north 16th street. why they thought that was he joinable at a mystery. after fox 25 viewers saw that story they were so upset that a couple of guys from eclipse ex too your cleaning stepped up to the plate to help the folks left with vandalized cars which is just great stuff right there. temple university by the way the police there they're still looking for the vandals. >>> all right eagles nation. we got you covered all week live from the twin city. good day is with you

betsy ross boldly declares that she was a loyalist it the philadelphia eagles of course.d unfurl the eagles flag, replacing the traditional 13 star flag, for one day only. eagles fans wearing their birds gear will receive a dollar off admission and 20% off a single gift shot item at the betsy ross house, now through super bowl sunday. >> meanwhile, new time lapse video has been released as is volcano erupts in the philippines, volcano has been spewing red hot lava, ash, rocks in the sky for more than two weeks, 84,000 people had to evacuate their homes and staying at schools and shelters for safety. however, the volume cane over didn't stop the show for one couple who had an explosive start to their marriage. >>> the is volcano caught errupting in the background of their stunning wedding photos, two got married last thursday, fortunately, their wedding venue was just outside of the danger zone. that's one heck of a photo. >> absolutely. glad they're okay, too. if you're up early tomorrow you may catch the glimpse of super blue blood moon in the sky. it will be closer to e

betsy ross bridge looking okay davey. >> reporter: 18 in wilmington, 14 in allentown. 16 in trenton, 18 in millville. witches in the single digits, bundle up. as we go through the day it will be cold. i'll knock this down to 34 degrees high today. not that it makes a big difference to you. lots of sun and windchills in the low 20s at best of times. sunny and bright on the chilly side things get better over the weekend. >> first responders in ohio teamed up to make a man's childhood dream come true. patrick o'brian went sledding for the first time. they raised hundreds of dollars for people with disabilities. o'brian said he felt like he was flying and hopes to make it a yearly tradition. >> a new form of tattoos created sound waves. do you have many at that tattooo you? >> a man is shot in the face in delaware and police are looking for the gunman. with dunkin' deals, get a $2 medium latte from 2 to 6 pm. looks like it's latte o'clock. time for a rich, creamy afternoon pick-me-up with a $2 medium latte from 2 to 6 pm. america runs on dunkin'. >> welcome back taking a live look at the

eagles fan to show her loyalty to philadelphia and to have a little bit of fun, the betsy ross house has replaced the traditional 13 star flag zone by ross with that, an eagles flag. birds fans decked out in green cheered from the courtyard as the betsy ross house raised the eagles flag this morning. >> i have flags to make and flags will be ready because i'm well assured that tomorrow morning there will be a line of eagles loyalists at my door eager to fly their eagles green. to victory! >> that's exactly what betsy rosied says through super bowl sunday visitors wearing eagles green to the betsy ross house will get a dollar off admission and a 20% off at the gift shop for at least one item. there you go. we've got you covered all week, of course. our team is in the twin cities in the morning on good day and then each night at 5:00 and 6:00, 10:00 and 11:00 we'll check back in with chris and kristen coming up at 6:00. >>> so wwe super star sasha banks in town right now. she's visiting after her historic appearance last night in the first ever women's royal rumble match. she greeted f

i-95 heavier volume southbound at the betsy ross bridge. you can see everyone trying to head toward center city. here's a disabled vehicle off to the side. two of them there, we have vehicles off to the side right now. traffic can get by. they are slowing down from the betsy ross bridge to girard, i-95 28 miles per hour. we had a disabled vehicle schuylkill expressway westbound that has cleared and traffic is moving better on the schuylkill expressway. no major issues on the majors, like no big accidents there. we have an accident schuylkill expressway road at park avenue east vincent township that's came in a few minutes ago. vine street westbound traffic is jamming up heading toward the schuylkill expressway. watch for that westbound on the vine. >> super bowl week is here. eagles arrived in minneapolis finding diehard fans waiting in the lobby of their hotel. >> tonight they field a variety of questions on media day. >> variety the key word there. "action news" has a team of reporters staking in all the action -- taking in all the action

today she would be a big eagles fan and to show her loyalty to philadelphia the betsy ross house in olde city has replaced the 13 star flag zone by ross with an eagles flag. bird fans cheered from the courtyard as the eagles pride was raised, yesterday. >> looking good. >> um-hmm. >>> as you know eagles are in minnesota preparing for the big game. >> so they think that he this were going to be there early in the season? mena say what sat down with malcolm jenkins and here is what he said. >> we realize that had we're a good team, we can make this run. but for me turning point was after we lost to the chiefs that is when i realized we have a team that is poised, resilient, and that can definitely win our division and we should make the playoffs, everything is out the window. as we kept going, i think that picture became more and more clear to other guys on the team, other guys in the building, the city, the fan base but i think pretty early on we realized what we had. >> yeah, we will hear more from him coming up and we have you covered, we are out there. there we are. >> forget burr

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ninety-five south at betsy ross we have an accidentis overpass right here.n on the schuylkill we also have another accident another area where we certainly don't want it especially approaching 7:00 o'clock hour. schuylkill westbound at schuylkill avenue pulled off to the fary it is a sea of taillights and brake lights. schuylkill eastbound near city avenue as you makey you can see how many out there as well definitely give yourself extra time whether on the schuylkill or i-95. disabled truck here pulled off to the far right shoulder schuylkill west past vare avenue and two more accident here one in hat before he county line road at lincoln avenue and another one route 13 bristol pike at kings lane. lots going on this morning. you can see yellow letting you know traveling less than posted speed rahel back over to you.n released a sketch of the sexual predator. take a lookeased this sketch yesterday computer generated image of the suspect wanted for raping a woman in norristown park last august. officials say this image was created by dna evidence left behind

so, ben franklin, walt whitman bridge, betsy ross, commodore, down to 35 miles per hour.lington bristol, 25 miles per hour, then speed restrictions in delaware, as well, on 495. you will need to follow those. like i said, it is cents very slippery out there. 422 ramp, we've got construction crews out, there talking more about this coming up in the next ten minutes. >> make sure get out the door early this morning, you'll need some extra time to scrape off the ice from your car. >> yesterday's freezing rain leading to difficult commute this morning. trang do has been riding around in the mobile weather watcher checking out the roads conditions. she joins us live in south philly now, trang, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, rahel, jim. that difficult commute includes walking, i'm here, at the intersection of 16th and myomessing in soul philly. you can see here, the sidewalk is absolutely treacherous. behind me, here, and then go down here, along 16th street, just completely iced over. so, people will have a lot of difficulty just wacking to their cars. and spea

speed restrictions, still in play from yesterday, ben, walt whitman bridge, betsy ross, come door barry, 25, 30 miles per hour, but that's not it. also caring over a.c. expressway, new jersey turnpike, garden state parkway , 495, 35 restrictions, 50, and, a, a and you will have to follow those guidelines, more coming up in a little bit. jan, coming up. >> do expect tough travel conditions on your way to work today. sidewalks are slippery and snow still covering many streets and roads throughout our area as you can see right here. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live on chalfont drive near academy road northeast philly. trang, good morning, you're likely one of the first to head out on the roads this morning. how much snow and ice are you seeing? >> reporter: rahel, jan, seeing both. it is whatever you want. we've got many inches of snow here that fell. we got about 4 inches of snow here in philadelphia, and it is all still here. we want to sea ice, it is definitely here on the roadways, the secondary road as you mentioned, chalfont drive leading to up academy road, and it is an a

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we're starting to slow down from the betsy ross bridge to girard. as we look at the travel times, no big delays just yet. big picture prereflecting -- reflecting that with speeds as you head toward the schuylkill expressway. first signs of slowing. no major accidents on the schuylkill expressway or i-95. bridesburg we have malfunctioning traffic lights richmond and the betsy ross bridge. outside live in new jersey, slow go on 42. a 12 minute ride from the ac expressway to 295. i'm getting reports from social media. coming in from the suburbs, more slick spots there. >> plooms of smoke shot into the kiss -- plumes of smoke shot into the sky over chichester this morning. jeanette reyes is live at the fire scene. >> reporter: good morning, matt we just arrived on scene. they just placed the fire under control. let me step out of the way so you can see what's going on right now. that was the home that was in flames not too long ago, as you mendinged 9 people injured. along the 3100 block of rodney avenue. heavy fire was seen coming out of the second flo

you want to watch for a jam on the betsy ross bridge to allegheny i-95 southbound.road street westbound construction all clear all lanes open. schuylkill expressway at south street we had construction which is cleared, the schuylkill expressway westbound was shut down at 30th street. now we see traffic moving nicely, hey matt, temperatures above freezing, looking fine. >> looking forward to the rain, clean everything off. now for a first look at business, diet coke is getting new flavors and introducing slimmer cans and adding four new flavors, mango cherry, ginger lime and blood orange. no sugar, no calories that's the one in the middle. the new look will be on shelves later this month. >>> the major stock indices was down slightly. the dow 16, nasdaq seven, s&p 500 by 3. futures are pointing to a higher open. >>> yesterday was the 1,000-dollar wine opener, today it is the $4,000 treadmill. pellaton introduced their exercise machine, the updated version has a touch screen that allows to live stream gym classes. >>> the kennel club has added two dogs, a duck restevi

getting ready to head out the front door, head for the betsy ross bridge.r that delay there. live look at the schuylkill expressway. they just pick up all of the cones. >> at the intersection of 291, industrial highway at bartrum avenue. just outside of the airport area. one of the lanes are block, hopefully they'll keep everything open until at least we get through the morning rush hour. hello ocean city. here is a live look at the causeway bridge, no problems at all, getting little taste of the seashore, we can't wait for the summertime and over in new jersey, still working along the 42 freeway, and the ramps to 295. but otherwise, mass transit looking good. karen, lauren, back over to you. >> just 13, likely, just getting pizza, at 9:30 last night, and when that put them right in the crossfire, all four shots seem to somehow see it coming,

the off ramp on the betsy ross bridge and 95 it is blocked.e have an overturned tractor trail, he, just the off ramp that's blocked. you can always turn around on 95 and head southbound, that southbound is open to the betsy ross bridge but right now the northbound side. just the ramps. all lanes are still open on 95 but we're watching the expressway where we're really slow. mostly on the west side because we have construction crews moving along. now they're around 20 six minutes on the west side when it should about 13. from the vine into the blue routes into the 20s. and the crash out in norris town watch for this on water street rite around main street. >>> up next, president trump's new tone. the president gives his first state of the union filled with economic optimism, challenges and warnings. we have new reaction to last night's speech just ahead. >> i think the judge is my hero just because she gave it to him straight. >> olympic gymnast opens up good moving forward in the aftermath. nasser is due in court for another sentencing today.

for one day only the betsy ross house will replace the 13 star flag with eagles color. visitors wearing birds gear will receive a dollar off admission and 20% off a single gift shop item, as well. >>> as we counts down to super bowl sunday. a last look at the forecast meteorologist melissa magee. >> reporter: it's cloudy today and temperatures are cooler than yesterday. breezy by the afternoon. high temperature in philadelphia coming in at 47. upper 40s for allentown. 48 degrees in reading. at the coast in cape may. coming in at 41 degrees, we're dry for the majority of the day, but if you're across coastal section of new jersey this evening, light rain even into delaware and we're tracking light snowfall that comes in tomorrow. >> our live coverage of super bowl lii continues at 4:00 p.m. brian, sharrie, accuses -- ducis and jamie will be live from minnesota. hear from the life long season ticketholder who played a role in the nfl summer draft. that's it for us. we'll see you later today at 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. for melissa magee and sarah bloomquist, i'm

blinl we have a problem with -- betsy ross bridge we have a problem with mall functioning traffic lights. watch for that in bridesburg. we have a problem it's new on morris road, montgomery county. morris road at broad street in upper gwynedd. potholes are huge this area, tweet one and we'll put it on the waze app. how cold is it? 9 degrees in bethlehem. 14 in pottstown. 15 in malvern. 18 degrees in center city. even in new jersey, just in the teens, browns mills, tuckahoe, 19. fortescue, 18. cape may reporting zero. 18 degrees in dover. you factor in a light wind, feels like 7 in the city. 3 in allentown. minus 13 in the poconos. cold out there this morning. tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> happening today, the parents accused of starving and torturing their 13 children are going to appear in southern california. deputies discovered their malnourished children ables 2 to 29, after a 17-year-old girl managed to escape and call 911. investigators collected boxes and safes and piece of wood that appeared to be a bed. >>> firefighters arrived at the massachusetts medical school in worster. the

betsy ross house will replace the 13 star flag with green colors. ducis rogers, sharrie williams, jamie apody, brian taff will be bringing you live reports all week from minnesota at facebook and twitter and 6abc.com. >>> gunfire erupted inside a home along the 100 block of south third street in reading last night. the injured victim was rushed to the hospital. no word on their condition. investigators have not released a details about a possible suspect in the murder or motive. >>> a person is under arrest after this fire tore through a group home in north philadelphia last night. 6 people were injured. a man jumped to safety along 3400 block of 15th street. all the injured are in stable condition. >>> with the grammies along with the music there was a fair bit of politics, we'll show you the highlights. >>> a small plane comes down on the freeway out west. >>> later in business, you can file your taxes starting today, some some of you will be delayed hearing back from the internal revenue service. >> reporter: lingering rain down the shore, we hav

smooth sailing, though, on this new year's day across the betsy ross bridge connecting philly to south folks enjoying the holiday at home in their warm homes. >> right. >> where they should be. >> where they should be. >> it's still brutally cold and i don't know we'll make it above freezing before early next week. we have one shot at it. that's wednesday. and then we may get some snow. just what you wanted to hear, right? let's go to mt. pocono. i thought maybe a lot of people would take a pass on skiing. i love skiing myself. but when you start out with a windchill of 24, it makes it harder to enjoy. nonetheless, they are bundled up and enjoying it. it feels like minus 6. that's the coldest spot in our area. they were at minus 3. the actual air temperature, that was the low. pottstown, 1. lancaster, minus 3. philadelphia hitting 6. it was actually 11 degrees before midnight making it the coldest december temperature since 2004 in philadelphia. that was for the month of december. not january. we have a whole new brand-new month to enjoy that. mt. holly, 6. allentown, 18. reading at 18

coming into center city, the walt whitman bridge, the betsy ross probably your best bet.th philly west on the schuylkill stack up from the walt whitman bridge all the way into university. had earlier crash to deal with. and east on the schuylkill, little sun glare, on and off, and an accident just east of the conshy curve. patco running with modified schedule today. so expect delays and over-crowdingment same deal as yesterday, mike and alex, all left over from that wire problem that we had on monday day. running on modified schedule. mass transit, septa market frankford line, no a or b express service, all trains, making all symptoms, all aboard to the super bowl train. >> ♪ common ride the train ♪ >> talk about the speech last night, let's get this over real quickly here. thomas drayton? >> let's get to thomas for more on the state of the union address last night. >> most of the nation tuned in to see what the president had to say, mike and alex becomes his first year in office. and what he plans to do next. >> so let's come together, set politics aside finally get the

extra volume on the bennie as you can see look southbound stad up at betsy ross bridge.k here live in maple shade, new jersey take a look at the flowers, that we had here, is what the name of your shop. >> ezekiel flowers and gifts. >> how long did it take to you make it. >> three and a half hours or so. >> all live and what type of flowers did you use. >> carnations, mini carnations , vikings pompons, a couple sunflowers in there and .yell >> this is beautiful. >> we should have a "good day philadelph fresh arrangements for us every morning. >> you should,. >> it should be. >> we will come see you in maple shade. we are here vince's brick oven pizza broadcast continuing all morningg with the shaders here pizza ands what, kid, sue serio saysave so. >> wow. >> wow, my, will see what happens. in the meantime, today, it is a seven. generally dry out there. we have bus stop buddy with the umbrella because we have rain to the south of us, we will show you on this radar on national corn chip day. southern delaware and a little bit of southern new jersey. our high temperature t

this is the betsy ross, right? that we're going across right now? you can see, the good thing going across the area bridges, and i want to cross the commodore barry, first, i thought it was snow, but the amount of salt that they put down, prepping for the storm, was incredible. so hopefully that will help out this morning. looking live at the roads this morning, we're out and about, all over from delaware, new jersey, pennsyvania, we will get a check with our crews in just an employment, but first bob is here to update us. bob, good morning. >> our cameraman george roach in behind the wheel there. so not only do we have our 300 jam cams, we have all of our workers, our camera guys, got the dash, their dash cams working, and sent them back the video to us on their way to work on on the way to the next story. all of the bridges like the betsy ross we just saw and the bring here, all with speed restrictions, down to 35, you're right, they dumped ton of salt because, again, those bridges, that wind just gets whipping around, and that's how the bridges,

looking live outside on i-95 the betsy ross bridge, no problems. could be traffic moving toward center city. the on the big picture, speeds are reflecting that, i-95, everything is green for the eagles and speeds are in the 50s. let's look over at west chester, chester county. we have roadwork going on after repairs from a water main main break on high street, near east biddle street. slow go in west chester. vine street expressway, no problems, eastbound or westbound, westbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway. we have a couple of cars. we had a huge accident an overturned vehicle blocking all lanes, but all clear is now. >> happening today, the americans will honor the legacy of martin luther king with a day of service, our area is special when it comes to this our area has the largest response around the country. "action news" reporter, jeanette reyes is live at girard, good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam this is impressive event just to see what they have really every year for the past 23 years, take a live lo

otherwise we're watching delays start to form along 95, 12 miles per hour northbound by the betsy ross bridge. 15 on the southbound side driving into that bright sunshine approaching the blue route and we had a crash on 42 southbound by 130 but luckily that is cleared out of the way. by the willow grove park mall there's some downed wires this afternoon blocking off moreland road, 63. i would stay over on 611 to get around that and in christiana we're getting reports of a bad crash along the southbound side of one at churchman's road close to the mall. it's just in the teens there as you come off of i-95. grab the ipad check your ways home with the waze app on this finally friday afternoon. golden triangle in camden county reports of a crash along 38 eastbound side even though it's minor, causing some major slowing there right around cuthbert boulevard. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> all right, matt, thank you. >>> next on "action news" at 4:00 we have the very latest on the sexual abuse case rocking u.s.a. gymnastics. an official caught up

these aren't only places but these are bridges, ben franklin bridge, walt whitman bridge, betsy rossnd commodore barry we are down to 35 miles an hour. by the way if i were you because it is so slippery out here why we are having all these problems with the spin out crashes, crashes that are going off in the ditches, it is all very, very slippery. bridges, bridge decks side streets, they can always be the most slick of them all so just take it easy. take it slower then 35. and speaking of which lets get an update on penndot's efforts to keep up with the storm, ann williams with me on the phone, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, how are you. >> i'm doing good. not so much for our commuters this morning. this is first big snowstorm of the new year, what we are seeing already like i was just saying, accident after accident. so what have you been doing to prepare since last night. >> we have been tracking this storm for a few days and we have been out since early this morning. as of yet there were anti icing and salt being sprayed on the expressway to help prevent the initial snow

speed restrictionness play, ben, betsy ross commodore barry bridge, walt whitman you are down to 25 miles an hour. we have speed restrictions, would i say go slower then what is posted, also 495, 55 miles an hour, take it slower then. that new jersey turnpike, garden state parkway, a. c expressway, down to 45 or 35 e s. then quick peak out of the delaware county slick conditions, lots of snow out there and speaking of that snow that will wreak havoc not only traveling by gun but by flight as well, cancellations are piling up at airport so lets check with diana jarvis from philadelphia international airport. good morning, diana. >> good morning meisha, how are you. >> i'm doing good. >> we're hearing there is more than 100 reported cancellations, is that right. >> yes, that is correct. actually the airlines as early as yesterday started to cancel flights for today. so in a way that was a good thing because at least it alerted anybody booked to fly not to come to the airport and it gave the opportunity for the airlines to rebook these folks on other flights. that is correct. we have a good

head for the betsy ross instead but at least overnight construction at the burlington bristol bridge,eyond wrapped so everything is reopened there. matt. >> thank you, matt. time for your first look at business. toys r us announced overnight it plans to close up to 182 under performing stores, that's about 20 percent of its store base and includes babies are us stores. the move still needs court approval as the chain has already filed for bankruptcy protection. >>> 50,000 people have signed petition over a change at bank of america. america's second largest bank plans to move e banking customers to an account that comes with a $12 monthly fee. the fee is waived if you have a $250 direct monthly deposit or if you have a balance of at least $1,500. >>> the major stock indices were mixed on tuesday. the dow fell just by a hair. the nasdaq and the s & p saw gains. this morning futures are pointing to a slightly higher open. >>> the new apple home pod will be available on february 9th. preorders start on friday. the device will go head to head with other smart speakers on the market includ

head for the betsy ross instead and if you're headed for the ross bridge in delaware, the work along northbound side of route one has cleared so know issues there on this wednesday morning, matt. >> thank you, matt. breaking news a man was shot execution style in the common area of an apartment building in the city's east mount airy section. police say it appears the 28-year-old victim was ambushed and shot multiple times at close range with two different guns at 10:30 last night. the victim's girlfriend and his two young daughters were just feet away. inside their apartment when the gunfire erupted on the 800 block of east vernon road. they were not injured. police are still searching for the killer or killers. >>> four people including two teenagers are recovering from being shot during a drive-by shooting in north philadelphia. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes is live with details at central detectives. jeanette. >> reporter: well, good morning, matt. police are describing this as a drive-by shooting and currently they are looking for the gunman. this is video from overnight.

speed restrictions on the ben franklin bridge, betsy ross commodore barry, down to 35, not to mention 495 in delaware , new jersey turnpike, garden state parkway. we will talk about it coming up in the next ten minutes. jan, back over to you. >>> how about this a 57 year-old polish citizen is in custody for this stunt on the tarmac at an airport in spain. this man said he was upset over repeated delays so he climbed out an emergency door right on the wing on the plane fellow passenger caught the whole thing on camera. eventually the man was talk back in the passenger compartment and promptly arrested. >> you have to wonder was it worth it? >>> a man and woman have been arrested following a slow speed pursuit in the stolen u-haul truck in los angeles. couple fled for about two hours. when they got out man started hugging, kissing his partner and crying. you see him there. police did break up their loving embrace and took bet suspects in custody. still ahead car sales dunn but prices continue to go up. we will talk about that next in the money watch report. >>> but first a live look at

. >> reporter: situate add cross the street from the betsy ross house, the birthplace of the american flag humphrey's flag company boosts quite a collection including this one from the civil war. >> there is a lot of history, meaning, sim bombism in them and -- symbolism and a lot of people have pride and respect in them. >> reporter: zachary o'donnell is with humphrey's and says despite history literally covering the walls in here it is eagles flag that he has been hearing a lot about from customers lately. >> we make the flag in the stadium. >> reporter: but unfortunately humphrey's cannot sell these specific flags to the public although they have sold them to the team. >> after the sun beats down, and it gets aged they bring them back here. >> reporter: zachary o'donnell says she is walls can talk and they tell quite a story of different point in time. he is hoping that this flag, will one day, tell an important piece, of philadelphia history. >> there are only two games away from being the first philadelphia super bowl champs >> reporter: good news, we were hoping the wind would d

the whitman and the betsy ross bridge also. 295 in penns grove, also the tractor trailer fire. they're diverting traffic off. you're not going to be allowed to move towards delaware if you're coming from new jersey. so you have to take 130 or you can get on the new jersey turnpike. watch for reduced speeds on the turnpike as well. 95 moving through delaware, not too bad even with the snow. 11 minutes in both directions north and south from 295 to 495. >>> 5:34. take a look at this picture. you can barely see much, but here's what we can tell you. this is the jersey shore. this is ocean city. the shore is seeing heavy, steady snow this morning and our meteorologists have been talking about how the snow combined with the high winds makes for poor visibility. snow has been coming down for hours here. shore points could see the highest totals of up to 12 inches. >> we're in atlantic city. when we last saw you not long ago the snow was falling. it was windy. we saw some clouds. conditions have clearly gotten worse where you are. >> reporter: clearly and if there's one thing that's p

stick to the betsy ross bridge instead and visibilities as you can see are down as you're traveling aroundme caution. give yourself a little extra time. roads are a little wet here and this is fishtown delaware avenue at frankford avenue. we saw some flurries flying around in this area but not really sticking to anything just yet. but it's going to be a day matt where we're going to see those light snow showers on and off through the day. temperatures mostly above freeze dag. >> ing today. >> you will help us through it. we appreciate that. >> you're welcome. >> facebook is pushing more local content in its users news feeds. mark zuckerberg hopes to see such stories will drive people to get more involved in their communities and not be so angry after using facebook which is a conversation you're hearing more and more about these days. the week got off to a rough start on wall street. the dow down 177, the nasdaq and the s & p also fell. it was wall street's largest drop in four months. futures point to a significant drop at the opening bell. >> four-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after

first view in our live neighborhood network, outside from palmyra cove nature park just near the betsy rossll lit up from all of the party that took place, but we do, very pleasantly surprised, we do still have quite a few watchers that are up. and even braving the colds to check their observations for us this morning. it seems like there is cents a little of a plus, but for whatever reason across the border here into central west new jersey, a lot of folks were up, and reporting for thus morning, thank you so much for that, guys, and happy new year to all every you. sandra only at whopping seven this hour. she is actually one of the mildest spots of the bunch. but she did say happy new year to all, feels like four below zero at her house, and sending lot of warm wishes for the mummers day parade. also hands full of pictures came in this morning, beautiful, beautiful shot of the moon came in from phil, then alan also sends this looks like frozen tundra out here out in the delran area, looks colds, doesn't it? the caption he put with. that will back to the graphics, switch past the live neig

speed restrictions, still in play, on those bridges, so the ben franklin, walt whitman bridge, betsy ross, comedy barry bridge, 35, 25 miles per hour, and i would definitely stick to those speed limits. also, more speed restrictions still in new jersey, garden state parkway, and in delaware on 495, 50 or 55 miles per hour, plus we do have accident in new jersey, as well, route 130 at market street. rahel, jan, back to you. >> thank you, winter weather jess will affect your commute today. snow and the bitter colds are making for dangerous travel conditions. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do all bundled up this morning out there checking out neighborhoods today, and right now she is along chalfont drive near academy drive in the far northeast. how is it looking, trang? >> reporter: well, good morning, jan, rahel. it depend on where you look. take a look, i'll move out of the way. this is academy road, pretty major route in the northeast. you can see it is pretty much clean but you turn the camera on to the side street that we have been talking about, this is chalfont, and it is absolutely

now speaking of which, ben franklin, walt whitman bridge, betsy ross, commodore barry down to 35 milesony pal my, a burlington bristol, down to 25 miles per hour here. you will have to follow those postings just because it is so slippery out there. that's where we lead to problems whether we think we can drive posted speeds. same in delaware here. you're reduced to 55 miles per hour, rahel, jim, back to you. >> meisha, thank you. now for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> press of the atlantic city press of lewes ferry has suspended operations early due to continued ice build up. the suspension includes all departures up to and including the 1215 amedy par tour, call center will be open from 8:00 to 6:00 today. for people who have reschedule questions. >> propane truck caring 2,000 pounds every liquid gas slid and slipped on route 252 yesterday afternoon. the driver was not hurt and was able to climb out of the truck on his own. that was just a one every number every accidents throughout the area, as freezing rain fell during rush hour. >> in the news journal delawa

work once again, no delays here on the schuylkill expressway at spring garden street, also 59 at betsy ross bridge, did i hit some debris on the roadway earlier, think it may have been isolated incident, but do have debris on the roadway, we'll tell you about in just south carolina ben franklin bridge, beautiful shot going between camden and philadelphia, again, no delays in this area. but, there is some trash on the roadway, willow grove, right past willow grove, on the pa turnpike westbound little trash, is on the roadway, then mass transit some debris on the new jersey river line, been suspended between hamilton and trenton. joe, rahel, back to you. >> pat, thank you so much. it is back to work, and school today for many of us. as frigid temperatures continue to grip the delaware valley. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, live at frankford transportation center where commuters are getting back into the swing every things this morning, trang, good morning, how many layers are you wearing? you look very bundle up, very beautiful there. >> reporter: oh, yes. i am a pro at this by now,

ninety-five south at betsy ross slowly starting to build levels on i-95 and we saw it happen early yesterdayt beware of. that boulevard pushing in the south bun direction looking great very busy yesterday we will see what happens today. tacony palmyra bridge scheduled to go up around 5:00 o that should go up and in southwest philadelphia an overturn tractor trailer from yesterday evening that is just still kind of lingering out there route 291 eastbound they are directing traffic so beware of that if that is your neighborhood. construction in are in is town as well, 202 between schuylkill avenue and lafayette street alternate lanes are opened in this area and more construction we are talking about. this one has cleared for good 76 eastbound in new jersey the ramp to 295 northbound as i said that is all cleared and basically every where we are looking at in our sensor maps we are showing all green as we showed earlier, jim and rahel back to you. >>> eagles running back lagarrette blount took a break for preparing for super bowl to greet young fans. >> he visited saint pio catholic regional sc

looking outside live here i-95 at the betsy ross bridge we've had a disabled vehicle southbound. want to watch for that as you're traveling. camera shaking a little bit in those winds and you got to turn that heater on. make sure you're ready for your car to be stopped, too. we've seen a number of problems with disabled vehicles. carry that blanket blanket and extra cell phone charger. vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill, it's quiet on the vine. no overnight construction last week and nonscheduled this week. so, you should be good to go on the vine street expressway. on the big picture don't forget in roxborough that water main break from yesterday we've seen a lot of those, this one's still causing an issue here and that's jamestown avenue at henry avenue. to avoid it stick to walnut lane as your alternate. and that new water main break we have been talking about jeanette reyes has been on the scene in northeast philadelphia a residential area, an icy area on minden road at medford road. if you're here, you want to stick to lester road and dunk's ferry to get aroun

we're up right now for a southbound ship so stick to the betsy ross instead.att and tam. >> thank you, karen. back to work for the eagles today. the team has its first practice in minneapolis ahead of super bowl lii. >> but first last night the eagles and the patriots went for a little fun taking questions serious and not so serious from an international host of journalists in what's known as super bowl opening night. it was a special night for many of the players who had their own cameras and phones with them recording the moment that they walked out on stage. afterwards the players had some fun with the interviews. eagles pro allen and jason kelce took over the "action news" mic for a little horseplay. >> the super bowl is still five days away. the parties though have already started. here are sharrie williams and brian taff at the mall of america with some of the excitement. >> reporter: good morning from minnesota. we are here at the mall of america where this, of course, a part of the activity where players and coaches will be coming throughout the day fo

take a look at this, 95 south near betsy ross, looking good, how much the southbound side we're statgo hit levels now. see how many headlight. just heads up on that, construction, really all morning long, looks good. because we've had no accident. someone at home knock on wood. no accident. no disable vehicles, actually looking pretty good this morning, but construction crews, yep, still out there, 59 south between the welcome center and 332, right lane compromise dollars there. septa market frankford line, let's soar where are you, westbound delays because of medical emergency. heads up. make sure to check the schedules on line. reminder reminder for today, cash your taken sales, they're ending, and commodore barry bridge westbound construction out there, one westbound lane is blocked. and some construction on 309, as well. so take a look, two spot, 309 between the pa turnpike and 202. 309 between easton road and cheltenham avenue. two spots that probably could start to get a little slow specially as we push toward that 6:00 hour. construction on 422 as well westbound between 23 and

there's betsy ross in the background. don't spill your coffee cup.westbound at the norristown enter change. speeing of norristown all the the. >> we'll be live 9 to 10:00 and we'll put some honey on it. >> somebody suggested we play music. does this count♪ >> def helperd four some stuing aaron me. >> somebody tweeted that. >> def help >> def help leppord from shannon brown. >> we find an old newspaper article and it's giving us a look at what bradley wooper was like when he was 18 years old. before he moved to los angeles and became a big start this is back in 199 and you know since it's a newspaper he decided to write a piece. what was the piece about. intellectual study he wept in-depth article investigation police really about having friends with ben sglits that's what the subject matter was lauren? >> that's what 18 years think and talk about sometimes mike alex. and the name of this saucy article was, when best friends cross the line. and in it, cooper writes about how tricky it is to have a friend with benefits. the "philadelphia inquirer" tomm

live look at 95, southbound, heavy from cottman into the betsy ross bridge. had earlier accident there. right near the betsy. watch it through the construction zones, doubling shot for the gang over in south jersey look at the atlantic city expressway, again, wet passable, no problems along the white horse pike route 30, just watch it, again, those turning lanes the secondary roads and the side street slushy and that slush took the big slurp i and through that right there on the floor. look out. >> never been a big fan of the slurp i. >> what? >> i know, i hate to admit that. >> i've a slurpee with you at least twice i've been alive 100 years. probably nothing else. >> those times you didn't >> no, it was fine, but you didn't go out of my way. >> now just going to the next they do in the nfl andore. >> i we squeeze gang what we're doing. and then i will be modeling okay? during the commercial break. what was just in there ryan? >> oh, did you up malcolm jenkins? >> you're excited about this, i can't wait.so confident this is the season. this -- >> do you want

. >> we will be watchingstoric fashion at the betsy ross house in old city herself a loyalist to the> held up furl an eagles flag and ran it up the flag pole, replacedstar flag poor one day only, while eagles fans wearing their gear will receivesigle gift shot item at the house through quite a thank you present in south jersey school bus driver got neighbors. >> going to the super bowl. you know that little game t sunday? well yes neighbors i am impressed by his than thousand dollarsento the >> yesterday morning than 60 of them surpris tickets, airfares respect personalized eagles special dream come true.s). >> i'm extactic. i'm say. >> he just goes over and above he is so casino. person. he doses so much for the community. >> oh,d he was invited to six super bowl watch parties certainly pop person is something for which he will be him. >> well the eagles trip to the super bowl is really inspiring fans. >> check out matt from washington township gloss cents at the county showing off his wrapping skills with some help from his little brother james. >> here we come to super bowl 52. we

looking outside, 95 near betsy ross headlights are moving in the the northbound direction. vehicle now since cleared looking good around that area. schuylkill moving in eastbound direction approaching montgomery drive. this is what we are working with on the schuylkill. if you get out there and work today service day i can tell you now you're in good company. it's looking nice basically everywhere we look. we do have a ramp closure due to ice. take it easy. route 29 southbound ramp to market street that closed right now. and yes, it is very, very cold out there. so we will certainly have ice out there. make sure we're taking it slow this morning. water main break rewires here from earlier water main break overnight. high between middle street and washington street. back to you. >> meisha, thank you so much. cold and flu medicine leaves this morning's health watch with so many remedies on the show and finding right one to treat symptoms should get tricky. >> victoria is one of the million americans this season packing doctor's offices in the the throws of nasty cold. >> as y

. >> and a vehicle broke down along 95 southbound by the betsy ross bridge and a lane was blocked there for a bit. we are watching a whole bunch of water main breaks. one in northern liberty as long delaware avenue northbound. right there by columbia avenue. and in west philadelphia. still the one at 59th and callow hill. and a crash in montgomery township single digit speeds to accompany it. 309 northbound side north of stump road where the right side of the roadway is blocked. it's a slow go. and in mercer county a vehicle off the roadway 95 southbound near 31 and all the activity is now on the shoulder. and still three water breaks to avoid in camden, one in gloucester by the rite-aid by the black horse pike and clementon along the white horse pike and one in berlin along franklin airline. and the rails have a 45 minute delay because of equipment issues. >> thank you. >>> a heist in the city of lights that startled hotel guests and staff members. investigators are on the scene an armed robbery inside a famed paris establish. what they believe that the thieves stole. >>> and what happ