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boyington got the job. >> boyington arrived back from the hospital. him the number and he picks out all the replacement numbers. >> lieutenant emrick and ed harper were picked for the first group of 28 pilots assigned to vmf-214. when did you guys first meet each other? >> we were roommates in flight school. we went out on the same ship and ended up in the same squadron. >> and now that squadron needed a new name. >> we were not going to try squash bucklers. somebody said we should be called boyington's bastards. and the press people came around and said, you won't get the publicity you want. somehow it evolved that we would be called the black sheep unit. >> and boyington got a new name, too. where did pappy boyington get the name pappy? >> we were calling him pappy and grandpa. all kinds of derogatory names and finally settled with pappy. >> in the next three months, under pappy boyington's adepress save leadership, the black sheep claimed 94 enemy aircraft shot down. >> he preached when you see a japanese, pick out one and kill it. that's our missi

jessica boyington with you right now with a check on the roads. we have a problem on the schuylkill expressway. if you're approaching the king of prussia area, watch on the westbound side. you see one lane getting by with an accident over into the right-hand shoulder. a big stretch there. we'll see delays. i'll check in with drive times coming up. for now, let's check today's forecast with meteorologist krystal klei. >>> here's a look over cape may. we've got high clouds this morning. as we go later into the morning and afternoon, that may turn into some spotty showers, as well. we'll track it out for you hour by hour, day by day coming up. >> thank you. >>> passion is a huge part of playing football, especially at the high school level. >> but passion turned to punches, pushing and shoving at the jersey shore. ahead, what happened before a game that turned two rival teams into explosive anger. >>> also, just call him batman. quite a night at the ballpark. next, how he and the phillies took control and ended a very long night. i'm danny. you're da

first, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> thanks. starting on the vine street expressway, for a while we haven't had this problem. it's closed between broad and the schuylkill expressway. here's the cameras around broad street and -- this is just around broad street. approaching to 24th street, seeing traffic at a halt. this is the westbound side moving toward the schuylkill expressway. speaking of the shiktchuylkill expressway, to the western part of the schuylkill. when you're from the blue route to the p.a. turnpike area, they have lane restrictions. westbound drive times and eastbound still okay, although this is not totally that portion of the drive times that you need. heading up to the blue route, about a 60 mile-per-hour average speed. 12-minute trip there. eastbound from the blue route to the vine into center city is okay. also watching mass transit, amtrak, septa, new jersey transit, and patco on schedule. >> thank you. >>> as you heard from meteorologist bill henley, hurricane jose will be impacting the jersey shore and de

>>> good morning, everyone, jessica boyington with you with a last check of the roads. we're starting on the schuylkill expressway. our cameras around route 202 look okay for the most part. you can definitely see both directions starting to see volume, a crash to the right-hand shoulder, as well. again, route 202. watching the 42 freeway at 41, slow moving northbound. >> thanks. we'll look at the ten day on 10. 89 the forecast high today. another very hot and humid day. an isolated chance of a shower, a better chance down at the shore in delaware beaches. 78 the temperature on thursday as the cool front moves in. our temperature drops down. look at this -- a secondary cold front really going to take us down a notch. looking at low 70s friday. 73 degrees. that continues saturday, 71. sunday, 72. we could see a spot shower on saturday. but i think the temple game will be just fine. check that out -- your next workweek, dry, 70s, looks like fall. >> we're out of -- >> wow. >> jessica's favorite time of year. >>> we'll have a quick look at camel back, sunrise coming up. w

first, jessica boyington and first alert traffic. >> thanks. cherry hill on route 70 and kings highway. so far, so good. no problems at the intersection. roads are dry, too. a good drive on route 70. 95 through delaware is okay. looking on our drive times here, everything's green. 11 minutes northbound. from 295 to 495, not seeing any increase. all speeds into the 60s in the northbound and southbound sides. also we'll check with mass tlansity. service -- transit. service will be detoured for 40 and 42 this morning. patco, amtrak, and new jersey transit on or close to schedule. >> thank you. >>> bill henley warning viewers hurricane jose causing problem as it moves closer to shore. >> it's whipping up waves and causing a rip current danger. katy zachry with more. how's it look now? >> reporter: i don't know if the camera's picking it up, but it's lightly misting here in atlantic city along the boardwalk. a very slight wind. conditions yesterday resembled more of what hurricane jose is doing well off the coast. people notice, if you look at our v

right now, traffic with jessica boyington. >> thanks. starting in conshohocken, at first we're checking out the blue route around ridge pike. everything looks good so far. you see maybe a little delay somewhere. everything's moving. good to go there. and chester county, watch on unionville road at honeysuckle road for a crash. another at creek road. back to you. >>> it's 6:30. we continue to track a now-weakening hurricane irma this morning. in the past few hours, the winds dropped from 85 to 75 miles per hour. makes it barely a category one. more than five million homes and businesses are without power right now. and miami international will be closed today. limited flights beginning tomorrow. >>> you may have seen images like this on social media. irma sucks the water from the tampa bay yesterday. and dogs were playing where there is normally feet of water there. people also rushed in to help stranded manatees. it happened so quickly when canals and bays emptied out. water has been coming back with storm surges still a threat along the

back to you. >> jessica boyington.> eagles' running back darren sproles is injured and out for the season. he had said that me may retire at the age of 3 -- he may retire at the age of 34. he tweeted, "the comeback will be real." stay with us, your official eagles station, for updates on sproles. sproles broke his arm and tore his acl in the same play, this play, in fact, on sunday. we managed to walk off the field on his own power. the coach said the birds will miss sproles' versatility. >>> and eagles' quarterback carson wentz tweeted, "everybody be praying for my man, darren sproles." >> nice. >>> we know baseball can be a very festive sport. this video proves it. >> the cubs' russell leaped into the stands and sent a fan's tray of nachos flying. he made it up later, delivering a fresh tray from the dugout. russell also posed with the fan for a selfi which made the rounds -- selfie which made the rounds on social media and made that guy's night. >> a st. louis fan. they became good friends. nice. >>> next, the top h

jessica boyington with you now with a check on the roads. we're starting in west stepford. 295 around route 130. traffic is smoothly sailing there. the northbound and southbound sides, no problems. we have an accident. i'll highlight you on where it is when i come back. >>> 5:57. new york city police calling this a the gentlemanic accident. a 9-year-old boy -- a tragic accident. a 9-year-old boy died after a goal post fell on him yesterday. he was in a youth league and made contact with the goal post, knocking him out. he died at the hospital. family members and neighbors were heartbroken. >> he was a wonderful boy. a wonderful boy. >> i can't picture how it happened. did it fall back? i don't know. >> investigators trying to figure that out. they'll be talking with witnesses. >>> the american academy of pediatrics has issued its first recommendations on tattoos and piercings. the academy advises teens and parents to check that a salon is regulated by the state and that it practices infection control. also be sure your teen's immunizations a

jessica boyington with a check of the roads.atching the blue route's northbound side moving through conshohocken. on the northbound side, we have a crash. they just turned the camera around at ridge pike to show you some of the backup and delay. watch coming off of the off ramp up here. we'll see it in two seconds. accident on the northbound side. >>> a last look at the ten day on 10. some humidity ticking back up. we'll cool temperatures a little tuesday, wednesday, still warmer than average. a slight chance of a shower wednesday into thursday morning. and then we start drying out with cooler conditions, too. fall finally returning to the forecast here for friday. 73. 71 saturday and sunday with a chance of showers, as well. >> there's fall. there it is. we have to wait a little bit longer. >>> thanks for joining us this morning. we'll have local updates throughout the morning. you can always gets realtime news, weather and traffic, on the nbc10 app. >>> good morning. the president versus the players. ♪ the bombs bursting in ai

jessica boyington with you now. one last check of the roads.nd the biggest problem now is the clearing of the accident on the roosevelt boulevard right before the schuylkill expressway. i'm looking at roberts avenue here. we could see the residual delay. starting to move through. the southbound side still a little bit slow. we're also watching a crash in lower moreland on countyline road at longfellow. watch for police activity through the intersection. >>> less than a minute before 6:00. we've got sunrise this morning at cape may. a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. a few thin clouds there. sunshine from sunrise to sunset this evening. sunset is the same time this evening. 6:56 this evening. 12 hours of sunshine. we'll see it all. warming temperatures from the 50s in philadelphia to the 70s. most of the areas in the 40s now. everybody will climb into the very low 70s today. the humidity stays low. the wind that was gusty yesterday has died down or will stay lower today. >> good. >>> sad to say good-bye to summer. we get so much in

with jessica boyington. >>> we're watching the boulevard now. our cameras around 9th street. we actually have a construction project underway here. on the southbound side. in between 9th and summerdale avenue, lane restrictions. they're partially blocking the intersection. some traffic is moving by here, maybe the outer lanes. for now, definitely watching some of this construction project. hopefully that clears by 5:00 or so. we'll keep our eyes on that for you. also watching the schuylkill expressway. there's a construction project in between belmont to gulf mills, lane construction westbound. a 12-minute drive time westbound from the vine and center city to the blue route. speeds high, into the 50s. >>> 4:00 a.m. 52 degrees. breaking news in wilmington. a house fire kills a man and leaves his wife in critical condition. a third person who rushed in to help was not seriously hurt. the call came in around 11:20 west 37th street. we have an nbc crew at the scene talking with neighbors describing the emotional scene. we'll have a live update at 4:30. >>> as we told you, irma is

first to jessica boyington. >> we're watching the vine street expressway and moving through center city. cameras at 8th. this is westbound. moving toward the schuylkill, you see no big delays now. that's typically where we see the delays first. watching the bridges, in the middle of the opening at the burlington bristol bridge. that was scheduled for 5:20. clear on the tacony palmyra and ben franklin. we'll end with mass transit. minor delays for septa's thorndale train, running 15 minutes behind. newark train from 1295 run being 17 minutes behind -- running about 17 minutes behind. amtrak, patco, and new jersey transit on or close to schedule. >> 5:32. 52 degrees outside. >>> we're following a story in wilmington. a house fire kills a man after he rushed back in to try to save his wife. the call came in around 11:20 last night. nbc 10 talked with the man's son who said he was trying to save his wife when she died. she's in the hospital, but we're told she's alert. a third person who tried to help wasn't seriously hurt. we have a crew on the scene. katy zachry will have a live update co

jessica boyington with a check on the roads. watching 95 at girard, northbound.ve the accident scene. there's no shoulder, moving through the work zone. police activity and people trying to rescue the crew there, trying to get that out of the way. again, big delays on the northbound and southbound side at gerard. >>> keeping an eye on jose, spinning showers into the area. jose is weakening, but getting closer to us. the wind will be increasing. the shower threat especially along the coastline will increase during the day today. 60s and 70s right now. seeing some rain in new jersey. the chance of showers inland will be greatest, though, at the shore. 72 degrees. wind and rain, the wind's not so bad now. wind speeds right along the coast at 15 miles per hour. those winds could top 30 miles per hour. we could see gusts to 40 miles per hour this afternoon for the delaware beaches and the jersey shore. i think the biggest threat for now is the flood risk this morning. especially this evening. >> when high tide comes. yeah. >> thank you. >>> local updates throughout th

jessica boyington with a check of the roads.ky force 10 over top of the scene on 95 around girard avenue. northbound, looks like we have four cars involved in an accident here blocking the left lane. and you see traffic is really slow moving by the scene for right now. the only good thing we can pull from this is it's not moving toward center city. that's why we see most of the big delay in traffic at this time. right now, northbound to woodhaven, a 17-minute trip. not seeing tons of delay. the average speeds slowing because of the accident scene. 41995 miles per hour for the average speed. moving into center city doing okay. >>> a minute before 7:00, we're monitoring hurricane jose. a weakening storm. it's still a powerful hurricane with 85 mile-per-hour winds. those hurricane-force winds, the whole storm system stays off shore. it will spread wind and rain and clouds into our area during the day today. and especially tomorrow. we're already seeing the clouds. no rain just yet. that's a possibility later this afternoon. the tem

now to traffic and jessica boyington. >>> we're starting on the vine street expressway right now. moving through center city. cameras around 8th street. we were open all morning. didn't deal with the construction projects here. heading to the off ramp. if you look back here, this is the traffic coming off of the ben franklin bridge. no big problems or delays. heading westbound toward the schuylkill, you'll get there just fine. watch for the crash in pottstown at armand hammer boulevard. the p.a. looks good. all green westbound and eastbound from route 1 to valley forge. just a 21-minute trip. >>> take a look at the impact from hurricane irma. this is from marco island. you see the heavy rain and wind battering the trees there. here's what we know. storms are a category 1 with winds around 75 miles per hour, down ten miles an hour since we went on the air at 4:00 a.m. irma creating heavy rain and a threat for storm surges along the coastline as it moves north. more than three million homes and businesses are without hour. utilities cut off power ahead of the storm in several places

first, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> thanks. starting on the 42 freeway. cameras at creek road. i'm checking out the northbound side. seeing delays. i don't have anything reported yet. i haven't seen that there is a crash or anything, but i did see it looks like an n.j. dot vehicle. i haven't heard whether or not there is a crash, but you see delays moving that direction. approaching here on the northbound side, moving past creek road, you'll head toward 295. toward that point, we might see delays a little bit sooner than normal. i'll keep my eyes on that and watch moving through center city. here's the vine street expressway around 8th street. here's eastbound toward 95. the westbound side toward the schuylkill, not seeing any major

washington and ben salem. >> jessica boyington, thank you. >>> crawling, hiding, and out in force. the bugs invading a local apartment complex. what's being done to fix the problem. >>> and dangerous search. who you should stay away from looking up on line and the hazards it could pose to your computer. effects in the wake of a derailment. >> the derailment saturday along the market-frankford line is the third this year. our investigative reporter talked with septa's director of operations about what septa is doing to keep you safe. >> we've taken every precaution possible in light of all the incidents recently to make sure everything is running as safe as it can. >> septa has changed procedures and is working closely to get feedback from employees who work the system every day. he also says they'll invest in more training. all three accidents this year remain under federal investigator investigation. -- federal investigation. >>> surveillance video shows the moments a tour bus crashed. new information, and the driver shows a history of problems. this happened yesterday in queens.

jessica boyington with you with a check on the roads.ing, this is actually the schuylkill expressway headed to the vine street expressway. right here the on ramp blocked as we can see it's closesed on the vine between -- closed on the vine between broad and the schuylkill. typically clears at this time. you see the flashing lights at the sides. we'll see this clear soon. i'll have updates for you on that and more on the roads when i come back. >>> in bucks county, ben salem police need your help in identifying this alleged thief. he stole more than $3,000 worth of phones from the t-mobile at mechanicsville and street roads. he's taken phones from the same store five other times this year. >>> and these red boxes are being set up across pennsylvania to fight the opioid epidemic. yesterday governor tom wolf announced the opening of 55 prescription drug take-back boxes set up at police stations across the state, open 24/7. authorities say you can use them to safely dispose of unwanted prescriptions. >>> in atlantic city today, the battle of

jessica boyington has you covered with first alert traffic. jessica?> good news now, it it's open. the vine, we're watching around broad street. looks like a good drive. both directions, westbound and eastbound moving to the schuylkill expressway, good to go there. this should be clear already, but i wanted top update you in case, oak boulevard around welsh, there might be residual police activity or something there. for now you should be fine once head out. 422 eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill, no delays or problems yet. remember the route 23 off ramp from 422's eastbound side is still closed for construction. that's not affecting the drive time as you see here. average speeds there also into the 60s. back to you. >> jessica boyington, thank you. >>> we continue to track hurricane irma as it churns through florida now. and following the storm, new video captures a man facing the hurricane's stream winds head on. >>> plus, off to a good start. the eagles soar to a win there their first game of the regular season. where y players say the victory -- w

jessica boyington with you. starting things in new jersey at the garden state parkway on the cape may toll plaza. one car moving through either direction. so far, so good. northbound and southbound on the parkway is a smooth drive. the schuylkill expressway, watching some construction there in between the blue route and p.a. turnpike. we're not seeing any increase in the drive times still, even with lane restrictions there because of the construction project. they typically clean it up around the 5:00 mark, too. we're probably right on schedule with that. and we're coming up to that time now anyway. 12 minutes on the eastbound side, moving from the blue route to the vine. speeds there still into the 1996. we'll end with the bridges -- into the 60s. we'll end with the bridges. clear on the ben franklin, walt whitman, the burlington bristol bridge and tacony palmyra, scheduled opening so far so good. into philadelphia, nice and clear over the ben and the walt. i'll have updates when i come back. we'll check in wit

jessica boyington with you with a check on the roads. we're watching a water main break out in lansdale on broad street around allentown road. they have the intersection closed down for cleanup. and directing traffic around the scene. take welsh route, 63, to get by the scene or follow the detours you have posted. route 422, a crash eastbound near trooper road. we're seeing the massive drive time. 24 minutes on the eastbound side. 29 to the schuylkill. speeds down and into the 20s. in harbor am, watch for this -- history ham, wash for this crash at cedar hill and horshham road. >>> today 81 is the forecast high temperature. mostly cloudy conditions with peeks of sun possible. already seeing that this morning. we stay dry today. into tonight, spot showers are possible, mostly near delaware. spotty showers will continue your wednesday, your thursday, your friday, and your saturday. this is thanks to moisture from irma. the temperature trend, near average. around the low 80s through friday and saturday. the temple game should be all right.

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first, jessica boyington with first alert traffic. >> thank you, starting off through center city, the vine street expressway is closed this morning in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. that will be there until about 5:00. about another hour for that. we're looking at cameras around broad street where they're diverting traffic off of the off ramp now. you see that police activity up ahead with that blockage. that's on the westbound side. the eastbound side is closed, too. both directions moving through center city for another hour or so. also watching the schuylkill expressway, we look okay for the most part, eastbound from the blue route to the vine, a 13-minute trip. heading further out west, looking at the westbound drive time, looks fine either way. you will see from the blue route to the turnpike an ongoing construction project. >> 4:01. 72 degrees. >>> right now tropical storm jose is churning off our coast and bringing high waves, flooding, and dangerous conditions. the impacts are being felt from the delaware beaches to the jersey shore. nbc10's matt delucia j

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that's for starters. >> check in with jessica boyington. is looking at the schuylkill and gladwyne. >>> yes, approaching gladwyne in camera here. closer to belmont avenue right now. what you're dealing with when you're heading out the door because of a crash at gladwyne on the westbound side. westbound traffic you can see the off-ramp right there around belmont completely dead stop. traffic barely moving at all. check in with drive times too. eastbound side looks better. westbound look at this. 57 minutes. take you an hour to do a trip that typically takes you about 15 minutes or so. specially in the beginning of the rush right now. pretty big delay right now. from the vine to the blue route. average speeds lower than the teens right now. we headed back towards that central area where you're running towards the 42 freeway. watching that and checking back with the the schuylkill when i come back in ten. >> 69 degrees outside. live look outside. that's our camera from the adventure aquarium looking over the river at the skyline. you really ca

route 73 and the expressway this morning. >> jessica boyington has you covered. what are you seeing? >>> route 73 around the a.c. expressway looking good. this is the expressway here. both directions okay. same goes for 73. we're not seeing a lot of traffic out there. it's still early for that before that morning rush and everyone back to school this morning. also watching out in pottstown, a crash at high and arma armand hammer boulevard. at the p.a. turnpike and 309 looking good. the northbound and southbound sides of 309 empty now. the good thing is roads are dry here. i'll end with 95. drive times are okay. 13 minutes now on the southbound side from woodhaven to the vine. speeds into the 60s. >> thanks. 5:17. cool morning. >> not quite 60 degrees. let's check in with meteorologist krystal klei and the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. >>> look ag the cool and clear -- looking at a cool and clear start. a nice forecast. i've been saying this day after day after day. no complaints for us. if you look at the radar and satellite wide view, there's the

first a check of route 70. >> jessica boyington has that. jessica?> watching that through cherry hill now. route 70 around kings highway looks like a good drive. empty for the most part. just a car or two moving through. east and westbound, roads are dry. the 42 freeway looks good, too, moving through philadelphia to the bridges. northbound from 55 toward that point, a five-.trip. not seeing -- five-minute trip. not seeing problems. we're pretty high there. bridges on standby. maybe in the process now on the way up for this opening over the burlington bristol bridge scheduled for 5:20. we're clear on the tacony palmyra and ben franklin bridge. checking with mass transit, too. septa running 23 minutes late at thorndale. a minor delay. check before you go. other than that, new jersey transit, amtrak, and patco on or close to schedule. back to you. >> thank you. 18 minutes past 5:00 a.m. >>> our friends down south, florida, certainly georgia, not out of the woods yet. here in our area, looks like a perfect day for us. >> let's find out what's to come wi

right now, we'll go to traffic and jessica boyington. >>> starting out moving through center city on the vine street expressway now. we're open, and we've been open so far all week long in both directions westbound and eastbound. our cameras around 24th showing the easy drive, easy commute through center city. again, both directions look good there. and we're also watching the schuylkill expressway. i've been following construction projects, one near south street. around the 30th area, too, if you're headed eastbound. another one on the westbound side near route 202 approaching the scene. we have lane restrictions in both directions. now, drive times up affected because it's so early. we're not seeing much moving through the area. both should clear by 6:00 no matter what. for now, you can look at both sides, 12 minutes for each drive time east and west from the blue route to the vine street expressway. back to you. >>> it's 5:02. house sitter, mother, and now murder victim. shawnique carter was found beaten to death inside a south jersey home over the weekend. now police are searchin

but first, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> and bill to start, we have sky force 10 live over the top of the scene out in bucks county for a crash involving four vehicles. we can see how big it is and where it is closed. it's right around wool spun drive. people were taken to the hospital there as well. so now that we know that intersection seems to be sort of back open even though there are cars on the scene there you should be able to get by. it's right at the end where route 1 is. also watching in burlington for a crash on 295, the northbound side right around burlington at exit 47, we're seeing northbound delay right here. if you want on alternate take the new jersey turnpike for now. >> thank you. >>> we are tracking hurricane maria. the storm is back up to a category 3 as it moves through the caribbean. >> right mow the storm is passing the dominican republic. people in puerto rico will wake up today without power and surrounded by widespread devastation after maria hit the island yesterday as a cat 4. there's very little cell phone service and officials say it

jessica boyington with you with breaking noews out in wilmingto, delaware. southbound side right before 495, we have a crash that's blocking all of the lanes in that southbound side. we're starting to see mass ifz ba -- massive backup and delay and also some gaper delays. take 495. it's fi it it's nice and clear. right around city line avenue on the westbound side, slow. >> and folks today we do have temperatures climbing into the low 80s and even though we did start off with some patchy fog, everything is starting to improve as the day progresses so i'm going to add some sunshine in the forecast. looks like we could get a chance of scattered showers, not very organized later this afternoon. i am going to keep the threat of an isolated thunderstorm on friday but for this upcoming weekend, i like it. low 80s with a mix of sun and clouds. plenty of sunshine for saturday and sunday and it looks like we will start off the following work week nice and dry with a mix of sun and clouds. upper 70s, possibly some low 80s. this is a nice stretch even though we do have

jessica boyington with you now with the check on the roads.ing the schuylkill expressway. here's our cameras around montgomery drive. now the disabled vehicle started to cause more problems than we've seen within the last half hour or so. here on the eastbound side, traffic moving toward center city starting to back up pretty much behind the scene. two lanes blocked on the left side. one lane blocked on the right-hand side. the right-hand shoulder is open as is the off ramp. the eastbound side dealing with problems. westbound looks good. watch for construction on the boulevard. we watched this yesterday, too. northbound between 9th and summerdale avenue, part of the outer lanes blocked until 9:00 this morning. another 20 minutes or so. it will be a half hour before that clears. by the time you get out the door, the inner drive is still open. you can get by the scene. the p.a. turnpike looks good. 22 minutes at the most on the eastbound side from valley forge to route 1 with speeds into the 60s. updates on the schuylkill expressway, that's when

we'll find out how the roads look. >> jessica boyington is looking at that and 309. what are you seeing? >> so far, so good. around the p.a. turnpike, both directions look nice. roads are dry. everything's moving along. 95 looks good, too. moving toward center city, 13 minutes for the drive time on the southbound side. woodhaven to the vine street expressway. speeds still averaging into the 60s. so we typically don't see any big delays at this point on 95 until about 6:30 or so. we're about an hour still away from the delays. admiral wilson boulevard at the ben franklin moving that way. moving through new jersey to camden, over the problebridge, problems. the burlington bristol bridge, tacony palmyra tax, also clear. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. >> thank you. >>> 16 minutes past 5:00 a.m. we're getting a little bit of everything today. a little fog, little mist, rain later this afternoon, i think. >> and meteorologist bill henley is watching two storms, right? >> yes. one that's going to be affecting us for the next few days. then maria could be i

first, jessica boyington with first alert traffic. >>> watching through center city, the vine street expressway back open. our cameras around 24th street are showing that. traffic is moving in both directions here, westbound to the schuylkill. here eastbound to 95. no more problems moving on the vine. 95, speaking of that, this time moving through delaware, we're okay. northbound drive time from 295 to 495, 11 minutes there. speeds are still up and into the 60s, as well. we'll end in new jersey on the garden state parkway. this is moving through the cape may toll plaza. both directions north and south, no problems. >> thank you. >>> this morning we are tracking trouble in the tropics. we start with hurricane marjose packing problems for the jersey shore and delaware beaches. >> in atlantic city, residents are worried about high tide and for good reason. if the water rises over the next few days, their homes will be in trouble. nbc10's brandon hudson spoke to families living on arizona avenue just by the by. >>> nerve-racking coming up the coast. so far, so good. they say it's going t

now to traffic with jessica boyington. >>> watching 95 now. our cameras are on the betsy ross bridge. earlier we had on the southbound side construction. we had lane restrictions on the southbound side. now it's cleared. southbound toward center city, still looks good. 422 looks okay, too. you see with the drive times here, an eight-minute trip in both directions. eastbound specifically, we like to watch in the morning. we see that delay moving toward the schuylkill expressway from 29 toward that point now. again, just an eight-minute trip. average speeds into the mid 60s. now we'll end on the 42 freeway moving through deptford. here's the cameras at route 41. you see the northbound side here. that's moving up toward philadelphia. no problems right now. back to you. >>> it's 5:02. happening now, a lehigh valley college community is in mourning. left with questions about the mysterious death of a student. mccray williams, a freshman at lafayette college in easton, was taken to the hospital sunday and died the next day. >> nbc10's matt delucia j

right now go to traffic with jessica boyington. >>> we're starting on 95. this morning watching construction project on 95. just around the betsy ross bridge. the construction project is clear. we were having single file traffic moving through. seeing southbound delays. right now not so much. just seeing southbound typical volume moving towards center city right back there. northbound right now looks good too. checking in with the 42 freeway in jersey looks good there. northbound from 55 to walt whitman bridge moving to philadelphia. speeds into the 60s. five minute trip. easy drive there. losing camera here. 76 around market street. northbound right in there moving towards philly. no problems there. vai and tracey, back to you. >>> breaking right now. new information on powerful hurricane irma. it's latest track predicts it could hit south florida, possibly in the miami area late this weekend. >> hurricane irma made first land fall early this morning in the national hurricane center says the eye passed over ante gentleman and barbuda. irma is category five

first, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> and bill, moving through center city, we started to clear this last bit of the closures. the schuylkill expressway ramp to the vine street expressway. you see they're just getting out of the way now. some of our first cars starting to move through and heading to the vine. earlier, we were closed -- right now at least until this exact moment. you see the cars, being held back there, moving through. being let through because earlier we were closed between broad and the schuylkill on the vine eastbound and westbound. the p.a. turnpike looks good westbound and eastbound, 22 minutes on the westbound side specifically from route 1 to valley forge. speeds into the 60s. mass transit looks good so far. on time for amtrak, septa, new jersey transit, and patco. >>> 5:01. we're tracking tropical storm jose this morning as it churns closer to our shoreline. jose is creating strong waves and has closed flooding along the shore. this is video from wildwood where huge waves are seeping into the streets. >> meteorologist bill henley will continue to

jessica boyington with you and a watch of the roads in new jersey.te 38 in morristown at nixon drive. you saw a car move through there, both directions eastbound and westbound, not doing too bad with not any traffic. roads are dry now. in mansfield township, a different story. watch on the new jersey turnpike's inner drive southbound side around the p.a. turnpike. that's exit 6. moving by there. might be a little slow just to get by. everything's still open. you can take 295 as your alternate. >>> there weekend was hot. it's -- this weekend was hot. it's going to be hot gaechbagai. why is it so hot in fall? a dome of high pressure will keep everything out. no stormy weather, no rain, no cool air moving in. we just keep bumping up the temperatures. here's the bus stop forecast. we'll go neighborhood by neighborhood. in philly, 7:00 to 9:00 a.m., the rise from 70 to 76 degrees. mostly sunny in the afternoon. 88. as the kids are coming home, they'll need the heat. in the suburbs, 66 at 7:00 a.m. 87 by 3:00. mid to upper 80s, as well, for the lehigh vall

right now, talk about traffic with jessica boyington. >>> watching 95 right now. construction project. it's taking out some lanes on 95. just around the betsy ross bridge. single file traffic moving through here. police activity blocking off left hand or right hand shoulder lanes there. again, southbound side. that's moving up towards the center city area. with the construction project in place in one lane seeing a little bit of delay. pa turnpike looks better than that. not dealing with construction projects here. 22 minutes on esh siastbound si mass transit looks good. new jersey transit and patco all on or close to schedule. vai and tracey. >>> jessica, hurricane irma has begun it's march through the caribbean islands. monster storm made first land fall early this morning. >> people living on that island said phone lines went by as the eye passed. people huddled in homes and shelters. here's the very latest. irma is category five storm. packing 185-mile-an-hour winds. nas released view of huge hurricane irma from space. it's on path to impact florida over the w

right now, we'll talk traffic with jessica boyington. >>> we're starting on the roosevelt boulevard in the outer drive of the southbound side. our cameras around 9th street, still watching the clearing of some of the construction project. inner drive moving through on the southbound side here. if you are heading toward the schuylkill expressway, you'll get there just fine. right now there's not a lot of problems or delays. it's only 4:30 or so. watching the schuylkill expressway, too, construction on the westbound side. in between belmont and gulf mills. not really making any problem with this drive time. you see that here. 11 minutes westbound from the vine to the blue route. speeds into the 60s. we'll end on the garden state parkway, moving through south jersey, at least toward the jersey shore. here's the cape may toll plaza. north and south, no problems. >>> breaking overnight, flames ripped through a wilmington home. neighbors tell us the man who lived there got out safely, but then he rushed in to try to save his wife. nbc10's katy zachry joins us live. he rushed in to save his w

jessica boyington has first alert traffic. >> welcome back. >> thanks. starting out now on the new jersey turnpike, mansfield township. there is a crash here. something you can get by. the inner drive around the p.a. turnpike, around exit 6. the traffic is still getting by the scene. it's just the inner drive that has an accident. injuries reported there, as well. something to watch for. i'll keep my eyes on that for you. we're watching the rest of new jersey. 295 around the cameras at the black horse pike. everything looks good in both directions now. here's northbound, here is southbound. moving toward maybe the 42 freeway, you'll be good. if you're heading on the southbound side. and speaking of the 42 freeway, we're good in both directions, too. northbound from 55 to the walt. a five-minute trip. speeds still into the 60s. >> 4:12. >>> police say a serial bank robber has struck again. >> take a good look at this picture. yeah. we'll tell you why the fbi says what he wears each time in each crime is an important clue. >>> from the social network to sa

first, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> starting on the roosevelt boulevard at 17th, looks good so far. inner and outer drives, everything's moving north and south. the blue route looks good, too. we're watching the northbound and southbound drive time, as well. 14 minutes from 95 to the schuylkill expressway in both directions. speeds also into the mid 60s. we're watching the construction in cherry hill, new jersey. route 70 at kings highway, moving through the intersection looks okay. you're not seeing backups. cones and lane restrictions with construction vehicles on site. typically this lasts until about 6:00. about another half hour for that. i'll keep my eyes on this and update you for the rest of the morning when i come back in ten minutes. vai? >> thank you. >>> happening now, troubling in the tropics. two major storms are swirling which could have an impact on the jersey shore down to the islands of the caribbean. >> hurricane maria has regained strength and is once again a category-5 storm on the island of dominica. the results could be catastrophic. we've

jessica boyington with you and a check of the roads.e're watching the schuylkill expressway to start. we're closed right now on the westbound side. right here looking at our cameras at 30th street. still blocked. i did see some construction vehicles move out of the way. hopefully they're starting to clear this up ahead of schedule. in west potts grove, this is supposed to last until 5:00 where we have a construction project westbound on 422 which is being detoured at route 100. we're seeing traffic being detoured off on route 100 for now. checking with the 42 freeway. i'll end here, no problems or delays on the northbound side from 55 moving toward philly and the walt whitman bridge. speeds into the high 50s and moving okay. i'll have updates when i come back. >>> 20 minutes before 4:00, we are cool this morning. 57 degrees right now in philadelphia. the temperature feels different than yesterday. the wind has died down, too. it's just at five miles per hour. it's still a north or northwesterly wind, dry air that will continue to come i

right now, we'll go to traffic with jessica boyington. >> 295 is what we're starting

jessica boyington. >>> we're starting on the schuylkill expressway this morning and cameras at south street. if you look this side, the bottom corner of the screen, there is actually some construction signs up, making everybody get over to the right-hand shoulder. this is actually the eastbound side near south street. every once in a while the camera refreshes like that. one lane getting by. they have cones out, as well. a construction project there. on the eastbound side of the schuylkill. also an accident in lower gwennid at evans road, at 2:30 that came into the system. watching that, too. watching 95 southbound from woodhaven to the vine street expressway. speeds there still into the 60s, and a 13-minute drive time. >>> right now police are searching for a killer after a housesitter was found murdered in a house in gloucester county with children inside. nbc10's matt delucia has more from woodbury. what do we know? >> reporter: police in woodbury are still trying to find this woman's killer. meantime, as you can imagine, their family here is very angry. take a look. this is 26-ye

jessica boyington was up for the challenge. she shows us what it's all about. >> reporter: i checked out crossfit rittenhouse at 21st in center city to try my luck military style. the owner and head coach explains. >> crossfit program is used by military personnel as well as law enforcement. and so they use it as a training program to get themselves and prepare themselves for their jobs. >> reporter: don't be scared or intimidated. >> go! >> reporter: he says you don't have to be a star athlete or in the military to take part in a workout. >> crossfit is for everyone, from the elite athlete to people who haven't worked out before to anyone with injuries. you can come in, and the whole point of crossfit is that it's universally scaleable. you can modify the workout so everyone can do it. >> reporter: the head female coach gives us a woman's perspective on the workout. >> i found crossfit and was instantly drawn to it. the focus here is not just how many calories did you burn. i want to drop a dress size. focusing on goals that a

and we'll look at 202. >> jessica boyington, what are you saying? >> yeah. 202 and route 29.r, so good. both directions okay. you can see cars making their way out when we approach the 69:hou69 6 69:-- the 6:00 hour. seven minutes the drive time moving from this point around 29 to the schuylkill expressway. speeds still into the 60s. we've been watching a crash this morning at lower gwynned at welsh and evans road. checking with the admiral wilson boulevard. here is the ben franklin bridge toll plaza. this is moving through camden. coming from jersey, heading up over the ben franklin bridge area, just fine and good to go heading out the door. approaching the ben franklin, tacony palmyra, the burlington bristol bridge, with no openings now, also clear. >> thank you. >>> a cult favorite for fixer uppers is going off the air. its final season, "fixer upper." joanna and chip gaines announced they need to take a break from the hdtv show. they're healthy, the marriage is fine, all is well. they just want to spend more time on their family and business. the show launched in 2013. it

now to traffic and jessica boyington. >>> starting on the schuylkill again. watching a construction project, it's clearing a little bit. there are a little behind schedule, either way, one lane getting by westbound from route 202. right here we are seeing more of a delay than we were a second ago. you can see the cones in place. the eastbound side looks good now. there's also construction, a little bit further west on that eastbound side out of the view of our cameras. watching the blue route. drive times 14 minutes northbound or 15 at the most. not much of an increase there. speeds into the mid 60s. southbound in the schuylkill to 95. i'll end with bridges. we look good so far over the ben, the tacony palmyra, and burlington bristol bridge, both clear. no scheduled openings at least so far. >>> 5:32. now to breaking news in north philadelphia. neighbors found a murder victim in the bushes nearly an hour after two other victims get help. police were called to perth street around 1:00 is a.m. where they found two men shot. they were conscious and talking and t

jessica boyington is staying warm in the first alert traffic center. jessie?>> yes, and bill, we're watching the schuylkill expressway. the sky outside may not be warm. the construction project westbound around 30th, closed there. i'll tell when you that closure is going to be lifted coming up. >>> gunfire in the suburbs. police are looking for the person that opened fire in a chester county community. what we're learning about the shooting. >>> grieving. people come together to mourn the loss of a teenager and a mother in two separate acts of violence. >>> and seal of disapproval. a judge rules that a religious symbol on a local county flag is unconstitutional. love to hear what you think about that coming up. >>> it's 4:30. good morning, this is "nbc10 news today" first look at 4. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm rosemary connors. plenty to talk about including the weather. it is absolutely feeling like fall. meteorologist bill henley with more. >>> yesterday it was a warm one. not this morning. temperatures have dropped. running from 15 to 20 degrees cooler than