but here in bristol almost two thirds of voters wanted to stay in the eu.river taxi, many thought it was a bleak day. idea where it is going, it has no idea what it is doing and is not in control of negotiations from now on. the brexitjourney may now be underway, but among remainers we found a sense that all is not lost. so it is going to happen? i do not believe it is, i believe the narrative will change and people's voices will be heard eventually. but they were heard in the referendum? a very mild squeak. it was so close. it was almost 50—50. people may change their minds at the end of the day and then article 50 could be revoked. you're notjust clinging on? it is not a case of clinging on but campaigning on the things you believe are important. traders have sailed into bristol docks for centuries from all over the world. this boat builder has seen orders increase since the referendum due to the fall in the pound. we do not need immigration to come in and take work away from the unskilled. and forjohn the boss, this is a good day for the uk. the main rea

we'll wash the burlington bristol -- we'll watch the burlington bristol and the rest on the roads and slippery spots when i come back. >>> we're following several developing stories this morning. first, georgia officials say there's no way to tell when an atlanta highway will reopen. though they say it will be at least a couple of months following a fire that triggered a collapse of the overpass there. take a look at the flames that consumed part of the i-85 last night. investigators don't know how t they ruled out terrorism, though. here's a live look at the scene in atlanta where you can still see smoke this morning. the highway is a major route that carries a quarter of a million cars every day through atlanta. >>> well, it's not fire, but too much water is the problem on the east coast of australia. tens of thousands of people evacuated their homes after rain-swollen rivers flooded entire towns yesterday. the rain came from the remnants of a powerful cyclone. no deaths are reported, but emergency workers in one logged more than 100 flood rescues. >>> 5:04. today philadelphia's ind

we've been looking forjust two minutes just outside bristol.les on an ordinary road. according to this report, if you really wanted to fix up all the local roads across england and wales, it would cost £12 billion and take more than a decade. bus companies say their customers and drivers face being jolted around by poor roads. steve's been driving a bus around bristol for nearly four decades. i'm just upset because when they do repair them, it doesn't last very long. we talk about it all the time in the canteen, amongst drivers, our concerns about the safety for our customers and obviously how we have to behave on the road. we actually position the bus to avoid the potholes because some of them really give a big bash. the government says it's chipped in an extra £1 billion recently to help fill the holes but campaigners aren't impressed. every so often the government gives out a pothole fund. it is kind of reacting to a crisis, but i think we need to actually plan longer—term funding and have a greater proportion of what drivers actually pay in

steve keeley in bristol where traffic is flowing, steve. >> reporter: yeah, you hope that night marries over by making it a new nightmare by sliding on this if this thing gets coated with slush today but is there the neon sign, and in the foreground now opened and they are not talking about the latest pace shop in bristol. e pennsylvania turnpike to the new jersey turnpike opened and then in the background you can see, in the dark, is there the headlights and big tractor trailer, headed toward lovely new jersey. just before 10:00 last night something that had not happened here in 61 years since may 23rd, 1956, day bridge over delaware river connecting both pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes, first opened to traffic. they had a big grand opening celebration then, "good day philadelphia", not on the air then so we don't have any file tape to show you but second opening not so grand last night, ahead of its planned april opening, the earliest, do you remember how that sounded. that didn't sound too good back in the wintertime after the big crack was first found and closed it on january

coming back to my maps here, watch out for, one lane, alternating on the burlington bristol bridge. we had an accident that happened about 10:45 or 11:00 o'clock or so last night damaged some of the guardrails so they are making repairs, early this morning, hopefully we will be ready to go when we get in the height of the rush hour. 422, schuylkill expressway, in the bad at the moment but wipers are on intermittently we will have that ponding on the roadway, just one of those yucky days, give yourself some extra time and be ready for instancetent delays on all major roadways, during the rush hour, and also expect delays, on the regional rails, as well as buses, trolleys this morning. karen, back over to you. >>> lets begin right now with some breaking news, there has been a man shot, six times and he managed to drive himself to the hospital, police are trying to find the gun man right now. lets get to steve keeley at temple university hospital with the very latest on this, steve. >> reporter: pretty good driving job too. this is a five minute drive because we went to the scene from

sos sos is live in bristol with a closer look. this will bring a smile to a lot of faces katherine. >> reporter: yes, tam, this is a huge relief for commuters. the bridge opened and it opened ahead of schedule. so the commuters can cut down time they were taking to get to and from work and get back to the normal route. i know you remember back on january 20th, the bridge abruptly closed after a painting crew found a fracture under the westbound lanes of the pennsylvania side in bristol township. 42,000 vehicles use the bridge everyday which connects the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpike. the drivers were forced to find another way around. earlier this week, crews ran a series of load tests, 8 dump trucks carrying 40 tons were driven across the bridge while sensor detected the bridge's reaction. results showed the bridge can support the weight of live traffic and last night the bridge opened back up. >> it's good, it's more convenient to get around. >> the fix we were hoping for is the fix that worked. if we had to go to plan b

gloucester comfortably saw off bottom of the table bristol 32—14 in the night's only premiership game visitors with england wingerjonny may sealing the bonus point win for gloucester in the last minute of the game. bristol, who have only won three matches all season, sitjust behind worcester, seven points from safety. a couple of games in the pro 12: ulster held their grip on fourth place with a hard fought 27—17 win over newport gwent dragons. it was a tight game at rodney parade but three tries for ulster, the pick of them from full back jared payne, was enough to see them over the line. hot on ulster‘s heels in the table are llanelli scarlets. they scored four tries tonight in their bonus point win over edinburgh. including two from fly—half rhys patchell. 26—10 the final score. it's been a busy night in rugby league's super league and we have a new leader in hull fc. but at the other end of the table, things have gone from bad to worse for bottom side warrington who've lost every game this season, beaten tonight by st helens 31—6. this the pick of saint's five tries, adam swift fi

i will go over burlington bristol bridge in the 50-ton truck bring go over that bridge. >> reporter: original plan was to reopen this connector bridge by mid-april but i just got off the phone with the official from the turnpike authority, and she tells me that this project has sped up and they could open up the bridge sooner but definite date has not yet been set. we're live there bristol pennsylvania, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you for that. >>> today is first official day of free agency in the national football league. that means teams across the league are making big changes to their roster. >> eagles nor different they have made additions and also some subtractions. cbs-3 sports director don bellies here to break it down. >> officially a new year for nfl starting to day at 4:00 p.m. guys. >> lets do it. >> money to burn, this is day when nfl teams typically spend and spend and spend some more. today eagles addressed one of their biggest concerns. the bird signed former bears wide out alshon jeffery to a one year 14 million-dollar deal. this is a massive

we have an opening scheduled for about this time on the burlington bristol. scheduled for 5:50.hould be open right now. nice and clear on the ben franklin. and i haven't seen any openings scheduled for the tacony-palmyra yet. sometimes, when we see the burlington bristol opening we'll have the tacony-palmyra not long afterwards. county line road around forrest road and a crash at east norriton and evergreen after, an accident scene. we'll talk more about majors when i come back. >>> a sixers star is sidelined. we'll tell you why joel embiid will not be returning to the court this season. >>> and setting up to fail. giving kids a tougher time in the classroom. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ any any any any ♪ did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money? a recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of $990 dollars more. so don't trade in... sell it.... to we buy any car. learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com ♪ find out how much your car is worth at

a blustery night out there for some of us, piccadilly across southern parts of the uk, around bristolome of us, particularly across southern parts of the uk, especially the south—west, around the bristol channel. breezy inland too. and really, the weather is going to be very unsettled over the next few days. lots of clouds, lots of weather fronts out there in the atlantic, ready to come our way. this is what we've got through the early hours. here are the winds, quite strong in the south. some rain and hill snow across more central parts of the uk. and then we've got temperatures near freezing across the north, with some showers as well. now, the good news is that the winds will ease, eventually, through the course of the morning. it will still stay relatively breezy, and you can see there's a bit of cloud and rain again across parts of the midlands wales and the north—west in the morning. but i think by lunchtime, most of the uk should be enjoying fine weather. so this is a snapshot of thursday at 3pm in the afternoon. predominantly sunny, really a very pleasant day, quite breezy, th

burlington bristol bridge scheduled to open 5:10, heads up on this, also accident new jersey turnpikeore height town. that's pulled all the way off to the shoulder, this is just a string of things to come. my hinting suspicion, jim, over to you. >> coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," alarming new study shows increase in traffic deaths, but not drivers who are being killed. >> plus, residents in australia are dealing with rising flood waters after this week's cyclone, we've got up a date. >> and we're learning more about wednesday's deadly crash involving a church bus in texas. find out what eyewitnesses reported seeing just before the wreck when we come back. honey nut cheerios gets their delicious taste from honest ingredients. like real delicious honey and real oats. okay that's still honey. huh, there we go. we're back to honey again. who's directing this? that guy. figures. try new very berry cheerios. the taste of real fruit in every bite. so berry good. >> soggy start to your friday morning, this is a live look at center city from our cbs-3 studios. katie says

bristol mustered three tries of their own but their chances of survival are slowly slipping away as theymber eight billy vunipola returned from injury as saracens secured a 35—27 bonus—point win at newcastle. vunipola could now feature in the rest of england's six nations campaign after playing 72 minutes at kingston park. after last night's emphatic victory over david haye in london, tony bellew has revealed he broke during the bout. tony bellew has revealed he broke his hand during the bout. the much—hyped british heavyweight showdown at the 02 ended with both fighters injured and considering their futures in boxing. our correspondent andy swiss reports. for the man who was once in a rocky movie, it really was a hollywood ending. few had tipped tony bellew and soon it was the heavier david haye packing a punch. but then a twist, in the sixth round, haye stumbled, injuring his ankle. he could hardly move and bellew sensed his chance and haye was down. but not yet out.

let's head tojon kay in bristol.n, brunel‘s famous ship in bristol docks. tempting as it is to bring this bell, all is does is squeak, sadly. thousands of people come here every week to have a look around the history. on this historic day this seems like a good place to come to assess what the future is. bristol is an interesting city, because politically it is very mixed. there are conservative, labour lib dem, green says. last year, this city, by 60% plus, voted to remain in the eu. today we have been on the water and around the docks to find out how people are feeling. the ss great britain, built by brunel. but where is great britain heading now? out. out, but here in bristol nearly two thirds of voters wa nted bristol nearly two thirds of voters wanted to stay in the eu. on the river taxi, many thought it was a bleak day. the government is barking ona bleak day. the government is barking on a journey and it has no idea where it is going, it doesn't know what it is doing and it is not in control of negotiations fr

richard westcott, bbc news, bristol.in since it was introduced in 1983. the new coins are thinner and lighter. but watch out — some vending and ticket machines may not accept the new money straight away. simon gompertz reports. here is the new pound coin and it does have some special security features apart from being 12 sided and two coloured, it's got very small writing on it and it has a sort of hologram with a £ sign at the bottom and a specialfeature inside which means coin machines can recognise whether it's genuine or not and that's important because there are so many fakes with the old pound coin. but there is a problem for some businesses actually getting ready for this and here's one of them, amusement arcade in southend. john, what's your problem with converting the machines to take the new pound? for us, the biggest issue is obviously all of our coin mix in all of the machines needs to take the pound coin. how much does it cost? well, at the minute we got 800 coin mix so upwards of £12,000 just on reprogrammi

we're also seeing lane restrictions there and construction over the burlington bristol. benjamin franklin bridge is nice and clear. other than that there's no traffic moving out approaching the bridges. we'll check in with more of your drive times when i come back. >>> about 13 minutes before 5:00. that system that's out in the midwest has been wreaking havoc there. that's maybe -- >> moving our way. bill has been telling us about this. >> we'll get heavy rain tomorrow. could see the first showers this evening. during the day you are dry. you don't need your umbrellas. you may need a jacket or winter coat. cold this morning. little bit of breeze blowing in cape may. temperatures are in the 30s even at the shore 34 degrees right now. it's 41 in philadelphia. philadelphia international airport, many neighborhoods have dropped to the 30s and still falling. some neighborhoods even in the city in the 30s. west mount airy, chestnut hill, northeast philadelphia, parkwood, while it's 42 in port richmond and 42 in penns port we'll see sunshine this morning. a good deal of sunshin

just be careful when traveling down bristol pike there. >> dan kent, live for us in sky force 10. we'll keep an eye on it as will dan and we'll bring you updates as we get them. >>> i will not sugar coat this, this is a disappointing day for us. >> u.s. house speaker paul ryan calling it a healthcare setback this afternoon. republicans pulled their bill that was meant to repeal obamacare, just minutes before a vote was set to happen this afternoon. this is the first major legislative defeat for president trump. he says republicans pulled the bill because they lacked the support to get it done. >> we were very close. it was a very, very tight margin. we had no democrat support. no votes from the democrats. they weren't going to give us a single vote. it's a very difficult thing to do. >> let's go sto erin coleman. as the situation continues unfold, erin? >> the president said in the end it could turn out to be a good thing the bill was pulled. he said he would be open to working with congress on healthcare again if obamacare quote, explodes. by early this afternoon it became clear

and opening set, for 5:50, so all traffic stopped right now on the burlington bristol bridge. and they've been trying to paint the bridge, the paint tarps are blowing all over the place, along the burlington bristol bridge. just be careful coming across that span. couple every situations here, new jersey, south on 295, downed tree, near route 206. and i just got this tweet from jenny the bus driver. she said make sure the parent know that some of the buses could be late as they have to divert around any of the closed roadways in the neighborhoods from the downed trees or the downed wires. septa says, ten minute delays this morning, on the market frankford line because of switch problems at 69th street. route 100, downed tree, right near moyer road. i think we were just here with our news van, deliver ton heights, at milan sick more, where a tree pulled down a string of wires. so, we're without power, a lot of folks without power here this morning, one tree, can do a lot of damage to a big development in our neighborhood. in lower merion, electrical fire, sick moran linden, all

live in bristol, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." tam. >> thank you katherine. >>> new this morning, an incident at a montgomery county community ice rink sent one person to the hospital. chopper 6 hd was over the arena last night. here's what we know, hatfield police responded to the ric. they rink. they have not commented on what they found or the condition of the person in the hospital. >>> 5:38, a hail of bullets moved into a moving car that wounded two men inside. the vehicle crashed into an apartment building at 9th and butler around 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon in the philadelphia hunting park section. the driver and passenger were shot several times. the victims were two men in their 20s are in critical condition. police don't know what sparked the shooting, but they are looking for a silver ford caught on camera fleeing the scene. >>> time for accuweather, the snow/rain line is hovering around the lehigh valley right now? >> reporter: yes, it is starting out as rain and we'll show you why. we have snow to the north and rain to

the betsy ross bridge and burlington bristol are clear. back to you. >>> today two former aides to new jersey governor chris christie face sentencing in connection with the bridgegate scandal. last year a jury found bill baroni and bridgette kelly guilty of plotting to cause traffic jams near the george washington bridge. now they will learn their fate. nbc10's matt delucia is live in our digital operations center. tell us about the possible punishments. >> reporter: they face up to 46 months in prison. almost four years. it's been close to four years since the incident on the ft. lee side of the george washington bridge that created the bridgegate scandal. bridgette kelly and bill baroni were convicted in november of wire fraud, conspiracy, and misusing the bridge as retaliation against ft. lee's mayor because he declined to endorse governor christie's bid for re-election. prosecutors said the two shut down several toll lanes at the george washington bridge in september of 2013 intentionally causing a major traffic jam in ft. lee. governo

katherine scott is live in bristol with the latest on the bridge's reopening. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam and matt, the bridge opened ahead of schedule. this was a huge relief for commuters they can ditch their detours and get back to their regular routes. january 20th, the bridge abruptly closed after painting crews found a crack on the westbound side in bristol township. 42,000 vehicles use the bridge everyday which connects the new jersey, pennsylvania turnpike. earlier this week crews ran a series of load tests, 8 dump trucks with 40 tons were driven across the bridge and sensors detected the reaction and the bridge showed it can support the weight of live traffic and late last night, the bridge open back up. >> it's good, less traffic it will be more convenient to get around. >> the fix we were hoping for was the fix that worked. if we would have had to go to a plan b or plan c, we could have been looking at 9 to 12 months. >> they have temporary sensors they will remain in place, over the next few months they will install somet

now, we have construction over the burlington bristol. single-lane traffic in both directions from an earlier crash. and on the way back down for its earlier scheduled opening, that was there around 5:10 this morning. we'll watch that. the taconi palmeira bridge and clear. >> thank you. 5:33. >>> breaking news, we'll show you a house fire here in delaware county. this is on hill road. you see firefighters on the roof there. got ladders up against the home. it's a two-alarm fire. we're told everyone did get out. we're working to find out if anybody was injured. they're still working on the fire. we'll continue to make calls and get updates on the situation. we'll bring you information as we get it. >>> new from overnight, police are looking for a gunman after a shooting in north philadelphia left a man in very critical condition. the shooting happened after 2:30 this morning across from the home on north colorado street. someone in a pickup drove the man to the hospital. the truck crashed into the front step of a house along the way. >>> t

clear on the bend and burlington bristol. vai and tracey.ing that is broken in our country can be fixed. every problem can be solved and every hurting family can find healing and hope. president trump showcased softer town in address to congress last night. laid out ambitious agenda. defending controversial policies and outlining a bold plan. >> he started by denouncing recent threats against the jewish community. >> recent threats targeting you wish community centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last week's shooting in kansas city, remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. >> the recent attacks included vandalism at a jewish cemetery in northeast philadelphia. bomb threats at jewish community centers in new jersey. pennsylvania and delaware. here are the other topics trump hit. repeated call to repeal and replace affordable care act. also pushed for tax overall to tax imports and not exports. called on congress

aubrey and bristol. they look a lot like taric and christina.five thing down. >> knock it out of the park. >> taric and christina's much-publicized divorce left fans wondering about the fate of their show. hgtv tells us they're currently in production with new episodes set to air this summer. >> that is great news. >> aubrey and bristol, they're not here to take over. actually, their show was in production long before the el moussa's split. >> two years in may since we first started films. >> their home base sin city. one of five new flip or flop spin-offs. >> vegas glam is what i call it. that's my style. the chandeliers, the crystals, faucets, hardware is like the jewelry of the house. if you don't have that kind of stuff, you've got a plain old house. >> the original series is among the network's highest-rated shows. that's a lot to live up to. so could we be facing another high-profile hgtv relationship meltdown? >> a green mosaic, geometric pattern tile. i spent $19 a square foot on the material. >> our relationship is so solid. we just wor

lets get you over to "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos in bristol who has been on this story about the bridge for a while now, greg, what is very latest. >> reporter: that is latest there, ukee, pennsylvania and new jersey turnpike commissions announced they will reopen this connector bridge at 10:30 tonight. this is weeks ahead of schedule. this announcement happening in just the pennsylvania 45 minutes or so, of course, this is a huge relief to some 42,000 drivers who use this each and every day, forced to find a detour when commissions closed the bridge january 20th a cracked beam toys blame for the closure. nor pennsylvania seven weeks crews work to make rye pairs. before those repairs could could be made engineers constructed eight, 80-foot towers which supported the 1.5-s completed. a spokesperson says that two missed drilled holes each about 1 inch across and filled with welding material were the primary factors which led to this crack but turnpike commission says an exact cause will likely never be determined. once again delaware river connector bridge reopening tonight at

burlington bristol bridge is scheduled to open up at 5:58. so in a couple minutes, that is going to be going up. cameras blowing around in the wind this is what we are seeing in a lot of our camera shots, blowing around, flags are whipping around like katie mentioned, debris, it is whipping around as well, just take it easy and thinking we have a high wind warning until 10:00 a.m. to check those flight status on line that is a very good thing to do. down tree route 100 northbound road is blocked, use an alternate gilbertsville road is your best bit there right now. also, another down tree this one fell in the house. we have down wires around here as well, mill street at sycamore avenue. that is not it we have more down trees 295 southbound past route 206 that right lane is block there, and then also we have another down tree 206 southbound blocked at route 73 is your best bet there. more to come in 10 minutes or so. rahel, over to you. >> busy morning. >>> do you wand fur those apps for ducts cleaning is too good to be true. >> many scammers

watch the burlington bristol. single-lane traffic with construction from an earlier crash that happened this morning. the betsy ross and taconi palmeira are clear for now. >> thanks. >>> you can count on the nbc10l troubles the storms create. you can get the live first alert radar to see what's moving in to your neighborhood specifically. the app is a free download. >>> it is deadline day for indicted philadelphia district attorney seth williams. he is due back in court today to answer a judge's demands. nbc10's katy zachry is live in the digital operations center with more on the decision williams needs to give him. what can you tell us? >> reporter: seth williams needs to show the court that he has a new attorney for his federal corruption case. lawyer michael diamond stein said he could no longer represent seth williams for free. that's diamond stein right there. the judge told womens he needs to -- williams he needs to get a lawyer to of accepting cash, crips, and gifts in -- trips, and gifts in exchange for h

checking in with bridges, the scheduled opening for the burlington bristol, that was scheduled about 5:350. checking in with mass transit, the market frankford line, delay, ten-minutes to be contact. around transportation center. vai back to you. >> jessica, thank you. >>> developing overnight a democratic call for our nation's newly appointed attorney general to resign. this comes as a new report says jeff session hs had private meetings with a russian became. katy, what's the ag saying? >> vai, sessionsization the allegation against him is false. yet, top democrats accuse him of perjury. here's the moment in question, in january, sessions was asked in his confirmation hearing for attorney general, what he would do if he learned anyone it's in trump camp had ties with russia in the course of the presidential campaign? >> i've been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. and i'm unable to comment on it. >> well, we now know that sessions had two separate interactions with russia's ambassador to the u.s. during that time.

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burlington bristol bridge scheduled to open about now.ight now because it is hard to see, it is foggy, but scheduled to open 510:67:89 we had accident new jersey turnpike northbound before height town. that's since cleared. actually had few accidents this morning, the good news is all of those accident, actually clearing very quickly, so that's the great news. however, they're happening, letting us know that our roadways aren't going to be that great today. so, jim, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. and now for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the news journal, 47 year old jamie baker has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. l delaware woman pleaded guilty in february to killing her husband by lacing his steroid injections with anti-freeze. the victim, james baker, was a competitive weight lifter. >> and the reading eagle, buttonwood street bridge set to open next week, bring closed since july of 2015. vehicles will once again travel the span on april 7th, following a 10:00 a.m. ribbon cutting. >> from

burlington bristol bridge just completed the bridge opening.e have delays there northbound on the new jersey turnpike an accident at exit number eight and so far, so good, fingers crossed on mass transit, karen, back over to you. >>> we have a major development in the investigation into russia's possible connections to the trump campaign. wall street journalist reporting that the president's ousted national security advisor michael flynn is offering to testify to congress in exchange for immunity deal. lets get to doug lou said inner washington with this big bomb shell on this, doug. >> reporter: good morning. this is michael flynn, former national security advisor oust ed from the trump administration, real question is what does he know and what is he willing to say and will there be some kind of a deal, his attorneys certainly hinting at that saying, or suggesting that he has a good story to tell and he might be willing to do that, if he gets some kind of offer of protection from an environment of a witch hunt environment is what the attorney

20th after a painting crew discovered a crack under the westbound lanes on the pennsylvania side in bristol township. 42,000 vehicles use the bridge everyday which connects the pennsylvania anne new jersey ney turnpikes -- and new jersey turnpikes. the drivers were forced to find another way around. crews ran a series of load tests 8 dump trucks carrying 40 tons were driven across the bridge while sensors expected reaction reaction. the bridge can support live traffic and late last night the bridge opened back up. >> it will be more convenient to get around. >> the fix that we were hoping for was the fix that worked. if we had to go to plan b or plan c we could be looking at 9 to 12 months for are that. >> reporter: so the temporary sensors will remain on the bridge money torlg -- monitoring the loads and the stresses in the coming months they will install a more permanent system to monitor the bridge katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> jury selection will continue today in chester county for the trial of eric frein for the killing ever trooper dixon and the wounding of trooper doug

watch for construction over the burlington bristol from an earlier crash. single lanes in both directions. also there's a scheduled opening on stand by for palmeira. could be back down now. i'll check on that and be back in ten minutes with updates. >> thanks. >>> new from overnight, a police in affiliation left a man in -- in philadelphia left a man in critical condition. it happened after 2:30 this morning across from the man's home on north colorado street. investigators say someone in a pickup truck drove the victim to the hospital. the truck crashed into the front step of a house along the way. >>> today philadelphia district attorney sethil fourth to tell e if he's found a new lawyer to defend him incase this after his previous lawyer ditched the case saying williams did not have the money to pay him. katy zachry is live in the digital operations center. tell us more about the hearing. >> reporter: earlier this week, the judge was direct in his orders saying he is not delaying the case as williams searches for a new attorney that he can afford. when w

gloucester leading bottom of the table bristol 13—6 in the second half.eason — and it doesn't look like they'll be getting win number four tonight. gloucester winger charlie sharples scoring the only try of the match so far. meanwhile in the pro 12 llanelli scarlets looked to get their top four hopes back on track at home to edinburgh. they could finish the night in the top four if ulster lose at newport gwent dragons. ulster ‘s leading 20-17. and gwent dragons. ulster ‘s leading 20—17. and in super league, warrington wolves are looking for their first warrington wolves are looking for theirfirst win of warrington wolves are looking for their first win of the season at st helens. 18—0 down at half—time. saints have scored three tries. this is the pick of them, finished off by adam swift. warrington pulled one tribe back a few minutes ago. the other scores so far, huddersfield giants 12—20... that's all the sport for now. an employment tribunal has ruled that a self—employed cycle courier for the firm excel was actually "a worker". andrew boxer argued that

there's also some construction over the burlington bristol bridge.atch for lane restrictions approaching the bring. benjamin franklin bridge is nice and clear. pennsylvania turnpik ndelays. drive times eastbound and westbound 23 moments from valley forge to route 1. >>> 4:30. happening today in delaware the general assembly is expected to introduce a bill that would make the recreational use of marijuana legal. if passed the bill would tax an the state. at right now no stat o tobacco, some sayhy littler on today

in rugby union's premiership, gloucester comfortably, saw off local rivals bristol 32—14.s point win for gloucester and bristol's hopes of avoiding relegation straight back to the championship look slim. they're seven points adrift at the bottom of the table, with four games to play. in the pro12, john andrew's late try, secured a crucial win for ulster against newport gwent dragons. the 27—17 victory means ulster stay in the fourth and final play—off spot. scarlets are also chasing that play—off place. they'rejust three points behind ulster after getting a bonus point in their 26—10 win over edinburgh. britain's johanna konta is through to the third round of the miami open tennis after winning here match. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. the european union celebrates its sixtieth anniversary on saturday. all but one of the 28 leaders of the eu nations have gathered in rome. britain is, of course, missing. the six founder members — italy, france, germany, the netherlands belgium and luxembourg — could not ha

bridge remains closed for that structural defect there, so all of the traffic using that burlington bristol as the main alternate, alex and thomas back over to you. >>> thanks, bob. >>> we are following early morning shooting in east mt. airy. >> four people injured, one in critical condition, jenny joyce on the scene this morning with the very latest. >> good morning. shooting happened right outside 7165 bar and restaurant on germantown avenue around 2:15 this morning. take a look at a bullet hole in the front window of the restaurant a total of eight shots were fired and four people were struck by bullets. police say that the bar was lively at closing time, a live band performing minutes before the shooting happened. apparently a fight broke out inside the bar, people involved were ushered outside, that is when shots were fired. one of the victims is a feast mail bar tend shore went outside to break up the fight she was struck in the leg. one man was shot in the side and also the leg, a third was hit in the hand. all three are in stable condition, police say that when they arrived on the

very gusty around wales, the bristol channel.ng the south coast and inland you could sit 40 the south coast and inland you could sit a0 or 50 mph gusts, wind strengthening into the midlands. that might keep you awake. wind and hill snow into parts of northern england. we could see some accumulations, the welsh hills, the peak district. the potential of some of the sleet and snow all means if you are driving overnight, wet or windy weather, that is not going to be very pleasant. to the north of that rain band, northern ireland dry for a time. we could see rain and hill snow feeding in later in the night. frosty from north—east england and scotland. wintry showers in the north and north—west of scotla nd in the north and north—west of scotland with the risk of ice. tomorrow, quite a windy start, particularly early on across east anglia in south—east england. we will keep a few showers in western scotland. a lot of fine weather, the best of sunshine across central and eastern parts of the uk. a little less cold in the south. some ra

and the channel, the bristol channel and the channel islands.king an island, at least it looks mild and it should be dry. mild is important for the spectators walking to and from the match. 0vernight, little change except in the north and west. we have more substantial rain. the cloud around a colour temperature is hardly drop at all. northern ireland and scotland will have a much brighter day tomorrow. the northern england and wales and the south—west, it will be quite cloudy. we could see some brightness coming through. that clears out of the way. we get weather fronts coming in for the second half of the weekend. potentially some cooler air coming in. depth look at the rain on sunday. i do and think it will be a wash—out but there will be bands of rain moving through. it will feel cooler, tens and 11 is. round about the seasonal average. definitely, cooler, tens and 11 is. round about the seasonalaverage. definitely, it looks like saturday for most of us will be the drier day of the weekend with some sunshine. 0n will be the drier day of the

the games at blackburn, bristol city, derby county and fulham all ended in 1—1 draws.etween ipswich and wolves. there were wins for brentford and qpr. confirmation of newcastle's draw there. second placed brighton took advantage with a 2—0 win at bottom side rotherham. it finished 1—1 at sheffield wednesday. england women are hoping to win the shebelieves cup for the first time. they're currently playing germany in washington in their final game. england started well and their best chance of the first half fell to manchester city striker toni duggan. germany are the current european and olympic champions, and they went ahead just before the break, anya mittaarg firing them into a 1—0 lead. that is how it stands. the usa and france play a little bit later. less than ten minutes in that match. zlatan ibrahimovich claimed that bournemouth‘s tyrone mings jumped into his elbow over the weekend, but manchester united's top scorer has accepted an fa charge of violent conduct and will be banned for three

in rugby union's premiership, gloucester comfortably saw off local rivals bristol 32—14.pes of avoiding relegation straight back to the championship look slim — they're seven points adrift at the bottom of the table, with four games to play. in rugby union's premiership, gloucester comfortably saw off local rivals bristol 32—14. but scarlets are also chasing that play—off place — and they're just three points behind ulster now, after getting a bonus point in their 26—10 win over edinburgh. britain's johanna konta is through to the third round of the miami 0pen tennis, after beating aliaksandra sasnovich. we're going to return to football now, and a very special little boy who will be at wembley tomorrow, for england's world cup qualifier against lithuania. you may have seen him before, five—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who's suffering from a rare type of cancer. he's going to be a mascot tomorrow, and this is how his mum gemma told him he'd also be reunited with his herojermain defoe. guess who is going to the england match next week? who? jermain defoe. hooray

by the way burlington bristol bridge went up and is back down.bout those winds high wind warning in effect in philadelphia until 10:00 a.m. check those flight status on line to make sure wind isn't disrupting anything at the airport. we have not heard of anything yet but not bad idea to check number anyway. oversized commercial vehicles right now heads up if this is you, banned from the pennsylvania turnpike between reading and new jersey, northeast extension between mid county and manhenning veil i will tweet information out, due to those high winds. we have a bunch of down trees around this area we will be covering all of these in your neck of the woods coming up in the next 10 to 15 minutes. jim, over to you. >>> great new way to get a new petties adopting one from the shelter or rescue but sometimes it can be difficult to find a specific breed or size. well, new there are several websites and apps making finding the right match much easier. life is better now for this snoozer, in december, a rescue group found him wandering the streets. last

hejoins me from bristol. thank you for joining hejoins me from bristol. thank you forjoining us.chq has spoken publicly about this at all, does that suggest to you, from your knowledge of working there, that there is a lot of anger about this? i think what it shows is, there is a need in an extraordinary set of circumstances, i think, to almost, this is notjust about assuring the public, this is about getting the message straight to the president how absurd these claims are. and i think the fact that breaking with long—standing tradition to make this statement does emphasise the need to kill this nonsense story off as quickly as it possibly can. and is it a damaging, has it been damaging, the fact that these are two nations that are supposed to be allies, that this was even out there. i think the fact that it was allowed to go from a bizarre claim on fox news straight to the white house press machine without appearing to have lodged withoutappearingmave—lodged any degree of common sense with any degree of common sense seems interesting. i think the seems interastiwrtfiflrng. , . in

the 35 year old's leaving bristol to join newport gwent dragons on a two year deal.r. the double olympic gold medallist joanna rowsell—shand has announced her retirement from international cycling. she said he'd achieved everything she'd ever wanted to in the sport, including five world titles, four european titles, a commonwealth gold and two 0lympic golds. she said she'd enjoyed a fabulous career and would continue in cycling as a coach. english cities are queuing up to host the 2022 commonwealth games manchester has joined liverpool and birmingham in expressing an interest after durban was stripped of the games yesterday because of financial difficulties. manchester staged a successful games in 2002 with what is now the etihad stadium hosting the track and field events. the velodrome, home to british cycling, and the aquatics centre are also still operational. their offer to the commonwealth games federation could also see the city provide some of the venues in a multi—city bid. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the even

burlington bristol, scudder falls or trenton morrisville bridge are your three options there. hey, who moved bus stop? septa moved it. fifteenth and market street bus stop, they moved up a block to 16th and market for all of the buses that served that area, today is bus morning rush hour with the relocation. it is all part of the construction there in center city. so keep that in mind waiting for bus this morning. pay attention to the signs, actually. brandywine creek road still closed at green val which bridge problems, mass transit we are off to a good start, karen and thomas, back to you. >>> nearly 400 nurses and technicians are on strike this morning at delaware county memorial hospital. they walk off the job on sunday, many nurses say they are fighting for more than just a pay increase. our steve keeley in drexel hill with the details, steve. >> reporter: no picket line overnight here on lansdowne avenue but they promised to picket at sun up, planned two day strike by these 370 nurses and hospital technicians here at delaware county memorial hospital right next door to u

liverpool were 2—0 winners at home to notts county, and manchester city got a last minute 2—1win against bristolve on bbc radio 5live at quarter to 3 tomorrow. lewis hamilton believes mercedes have a fight on their hands with ferrari, after watching sebastien vettel win the opening race of the formula one season, at the australian grand prix. a badly—timed pit stop cost the british driver, as vettel won in melbourne. nick parrot reports. those of you who thought formula 1 in 2017 was called to be another mercedes cakewalk, think again. lewis hamilton started on pole position but he had constant pressure “— position but he had constant pressure —— pressure from sebastien battle. and in the correct strategy call ended up getting the ferrari driver effectively. for sebastien battle, has effectively finger hadn't been seen for 18 months until today. mercedes have dominated formula 1 for the last three years, lewis hamilton the favourite to win the race. when he emerged from the first corner in the lead, many might have thought all bets were off. new rules have been brought in to make the course past

richard westcott, bbc news, bristol.oin since it was introduced in 1983. the new coins are thinner and lighter. but watch out — some vending and ticket machines may not accept the new money straight away. simon gompertz has been taking a closer look. here is the new pound coin and it does have some special security features, apart from being 12 sided and two coloured, it's got very small writing on it and it has a sort of hologram with a pound sign at the bottom and a specialfeature inside which means coin machines can recognise whether it's genuine or not and that's important because there are so many fakes of the old pound coin. but there is a problem for some businesses actually getting ready for this and here's one of them, amusement arcade in southend. john, what's your problem with converting the machines to take the new pound? for us, the biggest issue is obviously all of our coin mix in all of the machines needs to take the pound coin. how much does it cost? well, at the minute, we've got 800 coin mix so upwards

traders have sailed into bristol docks for centuries from all over the world.away from the unskilled. and forjohn the boss this is a good day for the uk. the main reason i am pro—brexit was sovereignty and the second reason, i want to open us up to the rest of the world. back on the ferry and mike the skipper says it is time for both sides to back the government as it steers its way through the negotiations. the thing is it is now a fait accompli and we've got to get on with it. whether we like it or not. but in this pro remain city many are nervous today. and expect the next couple of years at least to be tough. welcome to the largest brewery in leeds. the team here produces 70,000 pints a week. business began ten years ago and the idea of brexit made them nervous. but not any more. the boss believes article 50 will make things clearer. it is going to be in some ways quite nice for negotiations to begin so that businesses and ordinary people across the country will actually have some idea of what the vote to leave the eu is actually going to look like. high on