my name is bob franklin. i'm not sure how i control this. >> my name is bob franklin, the department manager for customer access for bart. my contact number is listed. any other phone number. 510-464. 4343. -- 6133. if you have any questions, you can contact me for any questions you may have. my contact information is also listed on bart's website. the main reason we are here today is to provide fleet update. since we've come before with information publically about the layout of the enter -- interior car configuration. we recently had a change. here is a picture of an old fleet and we also have a larger diagram that's useful for any of the council members or people in the audience. this diagram is distorted to comply with the captioning services. but basically the previous layout has a wheelchair. there is three doors in the new bart train compared to two at our current fleet. the previous design had wheelchair designated area in doors 1 and 3 and end doors on each train. and there is also a pole in the cent

overturned tractor trailer blocking traffic from new jersey into philadelphia, over ben franklin bridge, a live report from mr. bob kelly is straight ahead. wries. >>> welcome back everybody. we are looking live at the overturn tractor trail their a awaits your arrival, copping into philadelphia on the been franklin bridge. this happened about an hour ago, and, tractor trailer, coming over ben franklin bridge didn't make the turn, the way, quite intended, on its side, two people, taken to a local hospital but this is causing major havoc for everyone coming into philadelphia, this morning. that uses ben franklin bridge. instead of the typical four lanes of traffic, there are only two lanes. although traffic is moving pass our camera here when we get to the base of the bridge, is there a huge, backup, that originates over on the new jersey side, coming n lets go to our penndot cameras, our jam cams, my traffic camera as you can see all the the headlights here, four lanes, are just stack and pack traffic, coming in towards philadelphia a. again, if you are typically using, and, ben franklin, admiral wilson boulevard,

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franklin. otherwise, mass transit looking good. chris, lauren back to you. >> bob breaking news this morning, when firefighters were finally table do a room to room search of the home in bucks county, they found the body of a 58 year old man officials were called to the 6600 block of point pleasant pike in plumbstead township. just before 8:00 last night. they stayed on the scene throughout the night keeping watch over hot spots it was not immediately clear how that fire started. jenny joyce headed to the scene. live report from her coming up at 4:30. >> new for this morning row home fire broke out overnight 13th street, crews responded to the second floor fire around 11:30 last night it had the heavy flames under control, in just about 15 minutes. no one was hurt in the house. fire and there is no word exactly what caused this just yet. >> four kids are recovering after being hit by a vehicle in gloucester county, new jersey, skyfox over the 400 block of chestnut avenue, in woodbury height just after 8:00 last night. you can see it crumbled bike right there at the

read it and weep bob killie friday morning dance party danza way from the ben franklin we have an overturn tractor trailer on the ben franklin bridge, same spot as about a month ago, right at the base coming into philadelphia a. this is a live look here with all of thee mergecy crews on the scene, again, ben franklin tractor trail are coming into town when you make that sharp right turn around the lightening bolts we're on our side here. this just happened a few moments ago so ben franklin bridge will be a hot mess coming into philadelphia this morning. we will try to get a better camera angle and get one of our news vans over there leaving new jersey right now a avoid ben franklin coming into philadelphia, work your way down to the walt whitman and betsy ross take it from experience, this isn't going to get clean up anytime quick. i don't know what it is carrying or if there are any injuries. bottom line avoid ben franklin coming into philly, use the walt whitman or betsy ross as your alternate. we will go for a ride here on the 42 freeway where again we are whack with heavy downpours alo

franklin bridge. we have this shot. bob kelly is working on the shot of the bridgette self.orking on it. >> we're working on it. >> the guy that you met yesterday, his name is tom, he started his walk around the world, in westmont, new jersey. he wanted to walk by studio before 10:00 o'clock but he will not make it. he is on the ben franklin bridge right now. he will walk around the world. >> walking takes time mike. did you give him a time when he had to be here. >> here we go. >> there you go. >> okay. >> do you see a man. >> there we do, on the right-hand side. >> he ising the wrong way then. >> plus he is pulling a big cart big white cart. >> we didn't see a cart. >> hold on. >> come on. >> can we move the the camera the at all. we cannot move it. >> we cannot zoom out. >> we're lucky we got there. >> bob, you are disappointing me today. >> start of the five-year journey today. he will need a lot of foot massages. >> it will take him five years to walk around the world. you don't see him. >> nope, i don't. >> i need to be looking for that cart. >> we will check mike. we

franklin himself. the host of tonight's ceremony as always the retiring cbs news chief washington correspondent bob shieffer. >> well, who are honored here have really done something. you know, these are people who have made differences in people's lives in a really significant way and they don't get their names in the paper all that much. >> among the laurie yachts tonight was john huntsman sr. saluted for his philanthropic efforts in the battle against cancer. >> millions of people spend countless hours on fields made of artificial turf but are they fields of danger where kids play all kinds of games and adults gather to watch? now some local communities are taking action because of safety concerns. health reporter stephanie stahl investigate the potential danger danger. >> they're everywhere. athletic fields covered with synthetic turf. beautiful and practical a big hit until kids like 10 teddy shapiro and his family started asking questions. teddy has cancer after decade playing soccer. >> it's a rare form of bone cancer called osteo sarcoma. i couldn't really really move after the surgery and pain was

franklin bridge. a lot of traffic under it. bob will talk about that.alk about the cool night at the ballpark. i think thunderstorms should be pretty much over with by the time the game starts. phillies versus marlins again 7:05. expect chillier temperatures, and it will be windy out there, as well. so make sure to have nice warm fleece on. if you have ticket to the game tonight, our cold front, not here yet. it will be later this afternoon, that means, more thunderstorms are coming. there is some chilly air associated with this front. and an indications of frozen precipitation, in northern pennsylvania, northwestern part of the state, snow, you can see that up in michigan, right now, we're not specking anything like that, but there could be some scattered frost around tonight in the higher elevations, now, a look at future temperatures, precipitation. we get to early high of 67 degrees, by lunchtime, here come the thunderstorms being bob, about 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon after the temperatures plummet. so, it is chilly tonight at the ballpark. tempera

bob kelly has your latest on the roads. anything going on at all? >> nothing realliment some left over construction, ben franklin bridge looking good coming into downtown philly no problems or delays here. roads are little damp from the rain that we had yesterday. up to northeast philly we go. live look, at i-95, where they've been working all night long at the cottman avenue interchange, a combination of northbound lane closures, at cottman avenue as well as the the cottman avenue on and off ramps are blocked until about 6:00 this morning. coming out of malvern, chester county, no problems at all up 202 little slow going right here at the schuylkill expressway interchange right near the conshy curve. there you go. just changed back to 54, checking the speeds, instantly there. if you are leaving northeast philadelphia and i should say center city headed north to northeast fill that i cottman avenue work zone, again until about 6:00 that off ramp is blocked, philly international looking good this morning, if you are headed down to the airport getting out of town no problems or delays at all just watch for the con

bob kelly this is what we call sweater weather. >> sweater weather yes, 5:47. good morning ton a wednesday live look at the ben franklinew construction pattern went into play. >> come out of the toll plaza out of philadelphia, only three lanes open some emergency work that went into effect. indefinately now leaving south jersey we have quick traffic jam, all nine lanes that far toll plaza going into only three, and then once you make it up to the upside mid-span it opens back up, so give yourself extra time coming into philly. big back up on the benny beginning today. updating situation on the roosevelt boulevard, nasty accident now confirmed, it is a fatal crash upper drive closed northeast philadelphia. going outside to our steve keeley, who has made it to the scene of this accident. steve, what can you tell us? i see the crash right behind you there. >> you mean the rest of the northeast philadelphia seeing horrific crashes on this boulevard, this car the worse car i've ever seen. you can easily understand, why this is a fatal crash. soap what you are looking at that wheel that's the gas cap above the wheel. so the

bob kelly. >> hey sue 5:49. good morning everybody. monday back to work and school and no problems, just yet this morning on the ben franklin bridge comingnto philadelphia we had earlier openings, some of the other spans but everything is back to normal new getting ready to head for a bridge in, east whiteland route 401 at hill brook circle, that is the stretch between valley hill and 202, watch for an accident. police are on the scene there. get ready later on tonight the the vine street expressway, make over gets underway. remember this is a two or three year long project that is actually going to eventually repair and replace all of the overpasses, that go over the the vine street expressway. here's what will happen tonight at around 12:00 midnight until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, they will close the the eastbound lanes of the vine expressway between the the schuylkill and broad street. they will put into play concrete barriers moving all the traffic over to the left, over to the center side of the roadway, creating a construction zone on the right-hand side. now those lanes on the vine will get tighter, they will still have three al

otherwise, bridges, ben franklin, little slow coming into downtown, and mass transit running with no delays. >> 8:03, bobendez will appear in court to answer to corruption charges. >> yes, all overall of the papers for sure. he says he's innocent. so we'll see how this plays out in court starting today. steve's over in jersey now. star ledger, the editorial headline, resign already and spare us the drama. this is absolutely fun reading. i have to admit that. >> sounds like the live of famous hollywood movie star. the golf says it is the real life of con men. two, 61 year old, new jersey, us senator and his rich eye doctor friends from west palm beach florida long way from the jersey shore, both accused of giving each other gifts and favor ores and using the us taxpayers time, money and staff, like indictment says, helping the 61 year old not so young buddy get a whole lot of a lot younger female acquaintances even though the guy is married. student and tourist visas from places as far away from ukraine, brazil, and the dominican republic, girlfriends, actresses, models, you name it, that's the descriptio

win action over that ben franklin or walt whitman but otherwise bridges look fine and mass transit running with in delays, chris and lauren back over to you. >>> thanks, so much bob. 3 >>> a new bird may be flying toward the coupe philadelphia eagles expect to sign tim tebow today. >> he has been out of the nfl since 2013 and has lots of fans who continue to follow him. fox 29's teave keeley live from the novacare complex with more on the new quarterback coming to town. >> reporter: despite this being a non-news story every fox affiliate for some reason want a live shot of me standing out in the rain in south philadelphia with nothing but darkness to show, and nothing but silliness to talk about. i'm doing my best to a avoid being in any compilation video by jon stewart or jon oliver about tebow mania circus but playoff games won since 2009, team tebow one as a starting quarterback, eagles zero as a franchise. he has that up on the team here. tebow still has lots of fans and lots of determination, for some is reason, to make it in the nfl and one of those fans chip kill hoy wants to see how tebow fits in some new unusual plays outside of being a quarterback or th

bob, we have little jammo with the traffic computers? >> little traffic jam over there. >> i hate when that happens. >> i hate when that happens too. live look at the ben franklin bridge my e-zpass didn't work coming over the bridge here this morning. little bit of delay. no problems at all getting ourselves started here, getting the cup of cough are coffee, we get better as the hour goes on. but an accident up here in bensalem. mechanicsville and street road, that busy intersection, you got the tv bank, the shopping plaza there on the corner, one accident on mechanicsville road, has some downed wires, and those wires are live. they have a peco crew on the way to the scene there they need to cut the power so that they can deal with the accidents. so right now, a lot of police and fire and peco activity, at this intersection, mechanicsville and street road. so use knights road or byberry road heading through bensalem this morning. and norristown, accident at elm and willow. weather delays coming our way i'm sure today, at philadelphia international airport. so do check with the airline before you head down there. septa ewing shuttle bus service, until 5:00, so t

bob kelly good morning. >> sue good morning, everybody. 4:31. happy monday, back to work and school. we are looking good on the bennie in, problems at all downtown on the ben franklin bridge we had an early quick opening at the burlington bristol a half an hour ago but everything is back to normal now across the bridge coming into downtown. looking good on the the schuylkill expressway, in problems, just yet, along i-95, same deal leaving the the suburbs like out chester county montgomery county no problems on 202, 422 or coming in toward mid county but a new project begins today here, in phoenixville. this is a hot mess. valley forge road goes into shut down mode right over the pickering creek. right there just outside of valley forge state park. so the detours pushing everybody on to 422, heading westbound out to egypt. egypt road over to bridge street. they will do the vice verse a not only do they have a pretty long detour here as far as distance-wise but part of the detour pushes more traffic on to route 422 in both directions in an area that is pretty jammed solid to begin with during the morning rush hour. shuttle bus services on the market frankford and sub

franklin avenue, also, a fire, in north philly, with some local detours around germantown and pike street. otherwise mass transit looking good. with no reported delays chris, alex, back over to you. >> bob, thank you. developing for you right now we now know the name of the 22 year old college student who is seriously injured after a hit-and-run yesterday in north philadelphia. >> investigators have found the vehicle that was involved in the incident. let's get to jenny joyce live at temple hospital where the young woman is fighting for her life this morning jenny? >> well i talk to the victim's father, short time ago he's relieved to know police are making progress in this case,'s as he stands by hoping his caught here is in critical condition makes progress too. family members identify the victim as 22 year old rachael paul senior, set to graduate next week. a goalie on the school's lacrosse team, now at temple university hospital fighting for her life. police recovered car they say hit her mitsubishi gallant. they know who they are looking for but haven't made any arrests following the hit-and-run which happened just before 7:30 last night. at the intersection of diamond street and p

bob kelly. >> good evening everybody. if you're coming into philly late tonight into early tomorrow morning, only three lanes open out of the toll plaza all because of emergency work here on the ben franklinridge a allow extra time during tomorrow's morning rush hour, and grab your converse and let's go. penn relays kick into high gear tomorrow. taking over franklin field and that will leave us with delays on the schuylkill exiting at university. we'll check the jam cams and your thursday forecast. see you tomorrow beginning at 4:00. ♪ ♪ >>> a california woman who says her cell phone was smashed by u.s. marshall plans to take legal action. she was shooting video as she executed warrants on her block and the marshall asked her to stop recording that she was interfering. when she told him she had ever right to record on a public street he grabbed her phone and broke it. you can see him kick the device. marshall's office is now investigating. >>> the baltimore police department wants to correct wait calls inn act kuras cease in people think happened when its officers arrest add man loo lay died. 25-year-old freed dee gray passed away one week after having his spinal cord injury. it proved to