so this would be on the new jersey side of the burlington. again all north bound lanes remain closed this morning with this accident investigation. new lets go to the maps in this stretch of burlington, new jersey route 130, the the north and southbound kind of separate so although north is still closed southbound is opened, owe watch for local detours through the neighborhood there this morning. at route 401 an accident at hill brook not far from the phoenixville pike, watch out for some police activity there. an early morning fire in germantown had has sharpn ack blocked at emlen so until they can clean up firehousees we are going around the block have the the eastbound schuylkill looking good. nifty 50 in downtown with no delays on the schuylkill expressway and mass transit looking good as well. mike and alex accounts back over to you. that guy is in custody following a brief standoff with police in west philadelphia this morning. the this is at forty-eighth and parish streets. police had initially been call to the scene report of the sexu

expect this to be closed for a while in burlington township, new jersey. this happened right on 130 northbound. 30 northbound remains blocked at 541 that's high street. you can see the investigators out there on the scene at this point. stick to broad or 2935 to avoid the -- 295 to avoid the closure of 130 northbound. 42 this is northbound traffic a creek road no delays coming up from turnersville or blackwood roads are clear and dry. in east whiteland township we have a serious accident involving an overturned vehicle cop conostoga road closed between phoenixville pike use swedesford road. that's two serious accidents this morning. 202 in king of prussia no major problems. >> a smoky fire forced a family out of their home in camden county overnight. it broke out only the 100 block of spruce street in belmawr at 11:30. someone inside the house smelled smoke and woke everybody up before the smoke alarms went off. investigators say the fire started in a drier. the family is staying with relatives. >>> we are following the latest developments in the case of a

burlington bristol bridge just completed an opening this morning. a little backup on both side but otherwise rest of the bridge lease fine. coming from south jersey, 42, 55, 295 in good shape and mass transit running with no delays, chris and lauren back over to you. >>> lets get to breaking news a barricade situation in west philadelphia steve keeley is on this one for us. steve, what do we know so far. >> reporter: it peacefully ended thanks to west decks hostage negotiators there was no hostage and a it took ten minutes to talk a guy out where a woman met this guy at the bar, he went back too this condo complex at the forty-eighth and brown here in west philadelphia. and she reported to police outside that she was sexually assault that had this guy pulled a gun on her and stole 20 bucks from her. inspector scott small man in charge in duty tonight, tells us how this all peacefully wrapped up. this guy had a gun came out without the gun so you have to get a search warrant to go in and looking for the gun but this woman is now at svu. how did you d

along burlington jacksonville road that is where that strong cell is. we will see these popping up throughout the evening. damaging wind a threat throughout the evening period, also hail. we have seen that popping up. threat of the isolated tornado. lets talk more about the possibilities of that, and ingredients involved in the severe weather tonight. we will send it outside to my collogue kate bilo, good afternoon, kate. >> yes, if you stepped outside in the last couple hours it is a completely different day. sunnies out. it feels almost humid outside as dew point rise. the behind me in center city i'm seeing towering cumulus cloud an indication of differential heating as cloud start to build in the atmosphere. i will post that picture in my wetter feed in a few minutes. take a look you will see what i mean. it has warmed up nicely. 75 the the airport. seventy-six in dover. that is evident the to the south as well down toward washington d.c. and richmond temperatures near 80. storms have plenty of heat to work w dew points high in the 60's. they have p

burlington route 130 still closed due to dump truck accident. alternate is old york road or broad street. that's a look at your ride this morning back to you. >> justin, thanks so much. she said she in it to win it. hillary clinton on her way to iowa for her first presidential campaign. she took off from her new york home, hours after announcing her bid for the white house. cbs news correspondent susan macinnis reports. >> hillary clinton got into a van, on a road trip, stopping to meet this family at a gas stop. she announced she is ready to run again. >> i'm getting ready to do something too i'm running for president glenn dollars months of speculation after making her announcement sunday in a campaign video. the video hints that the strategy she'll use in her second run for president. >> every day americans need a champion. i want to be that champion. >> instead of massive rallies she intends to start off with a voter send trick approach trying to connect with every day americans in small groups, in small towns. >> clinton message will be fam

the steadier rain is in burlington county and moving through baltimore.that's what we're going to see moving into our area this mo. hour by hour forecast shows those showers in south jersey and moving into wilmington delaware county that's by 7:00. then some steady rainfall from chester county to philadelphia and into burlington. ocean county at 8:00. the line of showers slowly pushing to the north in the trenton area at 10:00. just light rain this morning, but there's a chance of heavier rain on the way. the extended future weather when i'm back in ten. >>> all right, big. 20 minute ss before 6:00. we could see problems near west oak lane this morning. >> i'll fill you in on this in a second. taking a live look at interstate 95 495, right at naamans road across the delaware border not a lot going on out there. not a lot of volume at this hour. things are moving along quite nicely. speaking of 95 in delaware we'll take a look at the drive times right now. 11 minutes if you're heading northbound from 295 to 495. about the same ten minutes in the other dire

city north of burlington bristol bridge. >> i didn't think it would stop, it was coming towards me. >> you could tell it wasn't turning at all and it was not adjusting or making an attempt to turn. >> andy was fishing with his friends jeff when he shot the pictures when the steel freighter came to stop in the mud feet from shore. >> the water came crashing through and it hit the wall and it came over. >> it scared the heck out of us. >> it ran aground because it lost propulsion and nobody was injured but it took the tow boats several tries to get to it turn around. >> they said there is a big ship aground in the delaware. >> students came to witness the sight and this is photographs shot by one of the school employees of the ship lodged in the mud. >> it looks like it would have hit the basks in burlington city. >> what you are looking at is the mud kicked up as it slammed into shore thankfully the mud stopped it people are coming by to get a look but the ship is long gone, the coast guard is investigating and the boat will remain docked in paulsboro until figure out why this lost p

those two counties are among the nine counties designated hardest hit by sandy, but burlington isn't. tedd greenberg tells us how a court battle is now brewing. >> nobody could have told me how bad it is. >> reporter: they believe they have become victims of sandy twice. first from the storm that severely damaged most of their home. then the aftermath. >> i feel like i'm in a black hole. >> reporter: all because of where the house falls on a map. >> we can't move forward. >> reporter: next month the couple is going to court to fight an order by the state of new jersey to repay $10,000 in sandy relief money, a so-called resettlement grant that the department of community affairs says they shouldn't have gotten. why? they live in bass river township a coastal section of burlington county wedged between ocean and atlantic counties. those two are among nine new jersey counties designated as hardest hit by sandy. but burlington -- >> it's not fair. >> reporter: -- isn't. >> we're going to go over top of you and pass you by. it wiped me out like everybody else >> reporter: while stand anyth

burlington township specifically burlington city along route 130 north and southbound right at high street there's a pretty serious accident so it's blocking traffic north and southbound. you can take broad street around that. taking a live look outside, 95 in delaware county at route 420. drive times at 476 and naymans road. >>> breaking news out of west philadelphia. a man expected of assault overnight is arrested after a brief standoff with police. jesse gary is live on the scene with the details. what can you tell us jesse. >> reporter: tracy, right now investigators want to get inside the apartment and do a thorough search looking for the weapon he used to threat enthe woman earlier this morning. there is a philadelphia police van still sitting in the parking lot waiting for the warrant from special victims. we'll take a look at the video. the man was brought out shirtless in west philadelphia. taken over to special victim's where he's going to be questioned. investigators say the 43-year-old man met a 34-year-old woman at a nearby bar. they went back to his condo at north 48th in wes

right there on the new jersey side of the burlington bristol bridge.ire location we told but this a few minutes ago sharpn ac k closed at emlen as they wrap up the firehousees and complete the the investigation. traffic detoured through the neighborhood. new closure this goes into effect today. it the will be a big one. it is valley forge road the bridge over pickering creek right there through valley forge state park. the big problem is that the the detour not only is it the way out of the way, but it includes route 422. so all that extra traffic being pushed on to 422 west out to egypt work your way back through phoenixville of course, you'll do opposite heading eastbound. give yourself some extra time. i know signs have been up a couple weeks alerting you to the closure that will begin today but anyone that you use that stretch even for the school buses, and even if you are dropping the the school kid off today you will get hit with that detour. later on tonight make over begins on the vine street expressway, we will start to see, the construction b

"nbc 10" live in burlington county where engineers are trying to stop this home's backyard from swallowing it. >>> plus "nbc 10" first alert radar tracking showers this morning but stronger storms and a chilly change are on the way for later today. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today" on this wednesday, i'm chris cato. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert forecast. bill it's a little cooler this morning. >> temperatures running 10 to 12 degrees cooler. mostly clear skies but that's about to change. already seeing showers moving into the allentown area. dry in philadelphia. mostly clear. that's the view across the delaware. rain showers to the north and west. upper montgomery county. see, it's very light rain showers moving through pottstown. in reading a few rain drops as well. nothing heavy, not yet. that can happen this afternoon with thunderstorms but it's going to be a mainly dry morning. 49 degrees at 6:00. near 60 at 9:00. the temperatures keep on warming thanks to southwesterly winds. they'll be up to 20 miles an hour at noontime. then a chance of storm

we're also learning this morning that slager grew up in burlington county, new jersey. with more on that head out to "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao who joins us from his old high school in medford, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. officer slager attended lenape high school burlington county in the late 90's and graduated in 2001. today he sits behind bars charged with murder. in 1999, michael slager was a sophomore at lenape high school this photo from an on line year book. now 33 years old a very different picture. slager, behind bars accused as a a police officer of shooting and killing an unarmed a man. this graphic video captured what happened and has cat palleted the south jersey native in national headlines. on saturday police say slager fired eight shots at walter scott in north charleston south carolina. >> when i saw my son running i saw the policeman behind him, i could not take it. >> you make a bad decision, i don't care if you are behind the the shield or just a citizen on the street you have to live by that decision. >> reporter: news has s

. >> it says the woman a burlington resident walking back from her house late at night and she's stopped in her track when she sees something. at a gas station it's that. a 3-foot-tall statue. it was painted to look as if it were a muslim woman in garb. >> holding an assault rifle sitting here in the bushes. >> it looks like a female jihadi. >> i tell you if i had a spray paint can i would destroy the sucker. >> she posted the video to facebook and it quickly got 15,000 views over the weekend. >> i took a ride from the gas station where the doll was found in the police department in burlington city and it's only two blocks away. >> pretty creepy, just like it looked in the video. >> we urged the community not to stereotype or take any misconceptions from this and let the investigation pan out. >> painted statues like this are often use as military targets. when detectivives started to look for clues a big one showed up. a man from langhorne pennsylvania, stopped at the burlington city police department and confessed to dumping the statue next to the gas station. he said he found it in th

slager lived in burlington county back then. the now former police officer faces murder charges in the the shooting death of the unarmed black motorist. >>> exclusive video of keonna thomas arrested last week. thomas faces a federal court a appearance today a accused of trying to join isis. >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev is guilty on all count in the the boston marathon bombing. same injury that i quick tsarnaev will decide his punishment this week. he could be sentenced to death. >>> your time is 5:17. get ready to check your fridge, three on your side with the recall on popular snacks. >>> also what went wrong in the plane crash that killed a local businessman and several other people? we are learning about the final moment in the cockpit and the the pilot's mistake that led to this crash. we will be right back. happening today the former revel casino in atlantic city is getting it power cut off. a ac r revel energy's partner which is their utility service say cut off will be effective at noon time today. a lawyer for power plant said

this in central parts of burlington county moving towards woodland.ounty seeing heavier rain moving in toward middletown. south of 95. it should be remaining south, moving into salem county. this one will continue to bring rain into parts of south jersey. i think it should be the end of it, the last batch of rain we see around the i-95 corridor. then we'll see more clearing as we go through the next few hours. as far as today's storms, earlier this afternoon we have storm reports. all the blue circles, this is wind damage from burlington county, parts of philadelphia, even into new jersey and new castle county in delaware even parts of the lehigh valley. one of the highest wind speeds we saw today was at philly international airport. 71-mile-an-hour wind gusts. damaging winds. you saw the video trees have been down this afternoon because of it. coming up i'll show you where those showers are headsing that we have now and also the cool air moving in. some areas will be in the 30s tomorrow morning. straight ahead. >> see you soon. let's go to nbc10's ge

. >> reporter: we have an early morning accident in burlington township blocking 541 high street stick to broad street with an early morning problem in burlington county. >>> tacony-palmyra bridge scheduled to go up at to the betsy ross bridge instead. this is i-95 cottman northbound traffic heading toward academy the overnight construction that blocked the northbound ramp is cleared, we can see traffic moving nicely. you're moving with no delays at this point. pennsylvania turnpike westbound we have construction blocking the left lane. the crews are out there this morning, one more look on the turnpike, westbound at downingtown construction out here, as well. it's blocking the left lanes traffic is moving fine, 55 on the map right now tam. >>> thank you karen. >>> we're following breaks news right now, a man held police at bay for hours in west philadelphia. this started around 2:30 when a woman told police she was assaulted near 48th and brown street. the woman told officers that the suspect fled into a nearby apartment building. the man surrendered before # a.m. without incident. no

at this point otherwise in burlington county we're looking good. you matt. >>> this is new video showing the devastation caused by two landslides in the brazilian city of salvador. at least 12 people were killed yesterday after heavy rain triggered the ground give way sweeping away a number of hillside homes. rescue workers and residents searched through the debris for survivors as rain continued to pour down. >> happening today the u.s. supreme court will begin hearing arguments that could determine the future of same-sex marriage. the justices will consider whether gay couples have a constitutional right to marry and for any state to recognize that marriage. 37 states including pennsylvania, new jersey delaware and washington d.c. allow same-sex marriage. >> it's 6:16. when we come back the city under siege. we continue to follow the breaking news out of baltimore and six things to know. the creator of the wire speaks out about the violence in the city where the groundbreaking show took place. david. >> cool conditions out there this morning with

adam joseph is on an outdoor adventure live at johnson corner farm in burlington county where they areting ready for easter. hey adam. >> reporter: all things easter here at the farm, today until this evening and then for the next few days, you can go outside like we did for the easter egg hunt. everyone is inside and i'm looking at his lips and his lips what is all over your mouth? what did you eat? >> ice-cream. >> what is on your lips? >> water ice. >> they are all standing in line not to be on tv but they are waiting for the big man of the weekend, the easter bunny. can i hear a yell for the easter bunny! >> easter bunny! >> let me get a picture with emma with the easter bunny you stand in line and upload it to the social media sites look how adorable she is look at the temperatures we were outside easter egg hunting, it was beautiful out there, 66 in philadelphia wilmington at 65 degrees, allentown coming in in the 60s and parts of southern new jersey in the 60s, you look at the shore it's cooler and 46 degrees right now in atlantic city. take a look at the winds the south-southwe

thinks a all happening on east front treat in florence township burlington county. new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live at the scene with these new developments, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, no exact timetable when the the families will, being prohibited from being in their homes any longer but we know family that lives to my left in this house are gone for the night. they are not coming back. they told us before they left that this is just a heart breaking situation. >> this is our home. we have put a lot of effort into it. i have put love in this house. >> reporter: lynn and chris owe odell are afraid their home is sleeping away. after heavier rain caused more erosion to their crumbling backyard, the the local officials decided wednesday they have to leave. >> i have the the potential when we walk away, we could be walking away for good and losing everything. >> reporter: florence township has several experts look at the erosion and determine both the odell's house and one next door could sink down advancing cliff. >> right now at this point in time the enginee

. >> reporter: the action cam heading to the scene a serious accident in burlington county new jersey, blocking 130 at high street. stick to broad or 295. tacony-palmyra bridge is open right now at this point you might want to head to the betsy ross bridge instead while traffic is stopped in both directions on the tacony-palmyra bridge. on the schuylkill expressway past the boulevard roads are clear and dry light volume that's the eastbound traffic heading toward center city no problems if you're coming in from king of prussia conshohocken or gladwyn you've got a good looking ride, so far on the schuylkill expressway. we've got this fire location in germantown, you want to watch to this sharp neck street. you want to stick to upsal as the alternate. >> a smoky fire forced a family out of their home in camden county last night. it happened along spruce street in belmawr. someone in the house smelled smoke and woke everybody up before the alarm went off the fire started in a drier. the family is staying with relatives. >>> we're following the latest developments in the case of a philade

a chilly start and rain here into new jersey and burlington county. scattered light showers, nothing heavy about the rainfall just yet. but there are steadier showers moving into delaware at this hour. these showers are going to be on and off this morning. won't be an all day rainfall but we could see this move through the philadelphia area at 8:00 and 9:00. and then into the trenton area. then to the south, philadelphia will get a break from the rain at lunchtime, then it will be falling for dover, cape may and moving toward atlantic city. keep the umbrella handy. you may use it at times today. not an all-day rainfall but nice and mild for the day with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. looking at this weekend, before we get there it's going to get colder. the timing of the chilly wind blowing when i'm back in ten. >>> it is 5:10. we are still live on the accident scene here. >> let's go to christine maddela. looks like the flashing lights are still out there on the scene. police officers are still on the scene here of stenton avenue. you can see the d

in burlington city there is a crash on route 130 at high street.bad enough to block traffic in both directions. when i see you in a few minutes you can have an alternate to get around this. it looks like it will be out there for some time. >> a crash involving a septa bus and other people that has since cleared. that have at broad street near jefferson street. you can go the entire expanse of broad street no issues there. live look outside, 95 at academy road where it will take you 16 minutes to go between woodhaven and the vine. the pennsylvania turnpike, about 22 minutes. >>> the savings continue at the pump. why gas prices continue to drop and who's getting the biggest break in this area. we'll have that for you. >>> one small step for man. the mission to bring espresso to the international space station next. you wish your dog could fight off fleas and ticks. but since he can't... you rely on frontline plus. because frontline plus unleashes a deadly killing force to kill fleas and ticks, plus flea eggs and larvae, preventing a new infestation.

burlington township bob walker has 48 degrees one of the warmer spots this hour. egg harbor township, barbara duncan coming at 40 degrees. 43 in reading. 40 in lawrenceville. and gets a little bit cooler in middletown delaware jason checks in at 42. there's a streak of 30s show up from our weather watchers newark delaware. walter 39 degrees. 38 in levittown this hour and perkasie cool spot construction

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they want to see increased voter turnout to answer the question. >>> in burlington county two people went to the hospital after a hazmat situation at an apartment complex. it happened last night at the edgewater manor apartments in edgewater park. the victims were exposed to some type of chemical. officials evacuated some of the apartments and we are working to find out the conditions of the victims. >>> nine minutes after 5:00. tracking some showers and some thunderstorm activity in the area. here's the rainy view from here at the nbc 10 studios. rain is falling. also in the pocano money tins mountain temperatures are just above freezing. the rest of the area is above freezing, but you can see light rainfall falling at the ski area of big bear. snow and ice on the ground. at this time the steadier showers are moving through the pocano mountains. and heavier downpours are spreading through allentown. we have a few scattered light showers in the philadelphia area. and one area of thunderstorms that rolled through cumberland county. and now it's racing through mullica and near galloway

threatening two homes in burlington county. this is happening on east front street in florence township. a couple, who lives in one of those homes say they watch the land slide develop overtime, but the erosion really pick up steam over the past few months. >> the rain was just, water was just pouring through there and it was just a steady stream of the water down to the river. >>> after the most recent round of storms, municipal a workers found an abandoned storm drain leaking accelerate ago this erosion problem. >>> well, happening today the world pause toes honor mother earth. >> it is 31st anniversary of the very first earth day. new york city is setting goal to reduce waste output by 90 percent by 2030. i believe the forty-fifth anniversary that started in 1970. zero waste plan including an overhaul of the cities recycling program. >>> philadelphia region is also holding earth day celebrations, check out the list on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> if you getting out to do activity planting a tree, bring your rain gear,

last few showers moving through burlington county. heavy rainfall and light rain into atlantic county gloucester camden. the allentown area just to the northwest of allentown moving towards lehigh a moderate shower there. light rain for allentown not going to last the day. in fact there's the tail end of this wet weather. just a few sprinkles moving through d.c. and heading towards baltimore. behind those sprinkles clearing skies. we'll see lots of sunshine today but tomorrow we'll look to the north. this big storm over canada will spin showers after noon. it's coming from canada so it will drive the temperatures down. today, clearing skies and lots of sunshine. keep an umbrella ready for tomorrow. 68 afternoon showers and a chance of a thunderstorm. here comes that cooler weather from canada for thursday, friday. morning temperatures in the 30s. a bit warmer this weekend. >>> and some breaking news. the aftermath, bill of all those heavy rains in the last few minutes. we just arrived on the scene of some flooding in philadelphia that

the the officer grew up in burlington county. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from burlington count which more on how residents are responding jan. >> reporter: erika and ukee behind me is lenape high school. the officer slager roamed halls here in the late 90's and graduated in 2001. now he is behind bars a accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man in south carolina. take a look at his picture. "eyewitness news" caught up with neighbors who knew michael slager growing seven here in south jersey. they remember him as a nice young man. this is his 1999 lenape high school year book. he was a sophomore. now he he is making headlines for a graphic video. slager is charge with killing walter scott. he fired eight shots at scott unarmed on saturday in north charleston but neighbors here remember slager who was a friendly kid, went to high school and lived in the area before joining the coastguard and then eventually north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> we moved here when he was ab

this is happening on east front street in florence township burlington county. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us where engineers are expected to survey that area later today. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. homeowners, have been watching this problem develop for years. land underneath their homes here literal willly crumbling and falling into the delaware. you cannot tell from the front but the the problem is way out back there and it has gotten worse in the past few months. lets show you video now. yard's condition neighbors say has worsen in the past two weeks. there are two hems here roughly 10-yard. these homes on the 500 block of east front street in florence township. homeowners say in recent months these recent heavy rains and snow have worsen the the problem here, loosening that soil and cause ago this dramatic drop that we saw just yesterday. homeowners say they have reach out to the township and the response that they say they got was that it is their problem to fix and that is until this recent erosion uncover so

officer slager attended lenape high school here in burlington county in the late 90's. he graduated in 2001 and as you mentioned he is sitting behind bars accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man in south carolina take a lot this video in his old neighborhood. "eyewitness news" caught up with neighbors who knew michael slag inner south jersey. they remember him as a nice young man. this is his 1999 lenaim high school picture was a some of the more then. now he is making headlines for a graphic video. slager is charged with killing walter scott. police say slager fired eight shots at scott unarmed on saturday in north charleston but neighbors here remember slager growing up in mount laurel. they say he was friendly and lived in the area before joining the coastguard and then north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> we moved here when he was about 12 i guess and left about five years later and went in the coastguard but nice kid the whole time he lived here. >> reporter: another neig

burlington county new jersey where a school bus crashed into a home. chopper 6 hd was over the scene in mount laurel a short time ago, there was children on the bus at the time but it's not believed there were serious injuries happened. the children were taken to a local school after the incident. we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. >> an underground explosion affects power in one delaware county neighborhood. last night's blast sent folks nearby running luckily nobody was hurt. and peco works to restore power. david henry is live at the scene in radnor township with the latest. >> hi rick, we have eight buildings with 29 customers still without power out here, you see the peco crews are working on the manhole that exploded last night. it was a close call last night for the shops and restaurants especially those dining out here sitting right next door to the manhole that exploded. >> everybody was panicked and screaming and running and terrified. carline and her family were here when it happened. a series of three explosio

burlington new jersey route 130 closed at high street due to at. alternate old york road. also westbound on the pa turnpike before morgantown, left lane block, still construction going on this early morning as well as delaware memorial bridge, mass transit, looking good. ukee, we send it to you. >> thank you sir n sports, phillies sent haran to the mound they open six game road trip starting at mets in flushing, new york, tough locals for the fighting's yet wild pitch then, add on an insurance run. the phils manage to get one run closer, but they lose an extra, one extra, four to three, was the final score in favor of the nationals. >>> well the sixers host the bucks at the well in south philly tonight. first trick back to south philly for michael carter williams who was traded to the bucks earlier this year. he is headed to the playoffs for the first time. the bucks just clinched their post-season spot. >>> and, congratulations to your 2015 masters champion. twenty-one year old jordan spieth, he finished at 18 under par. record he shares now with tiger woods. spieth led t

one of them over here in medford burlington county along skeet road. we will check it again see if we can skate through this afternoon without too many problems, brian and sharrie in the next half hour. >> sounds good matt. >>> still ahead here at 4 o'clock today, two big name candidates about to jump in the race for the white house. we'll tell you who is in and when and where they'll make it official. >> plus, prosecutors in south carolina reveal the next step in the investigation into an officer charged with murder. >> and they held people prisoner in a tacony basement as part of an elaborate scheme to steal their money. why the case that shocked the region was back inside a courtroom. >> ♪♪ ♪♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there waiting for someone to reach out and take it. ♪♪ and the ones who do. these are the kings and queens of america. ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> a south carolina prosecutor says she is working on getting a grand jury to indict former police officer michael slager. slager has already b

the delaware when a ship was out of control and heading straight for the shore just north of the burlington bristol bridge. that ship is a bulk carrier, or freighter registered in liberia, it's 623 feet long and when it ran ashore just feet away from the river front walkway, the waves kicked up on the side of the ship and the water kicked up on the promenade here. imagine what that must have been like see that boat several stories high and two football fields long coming ashore. some said it looked like the titanic coming at them. it lost pro -- they pulled it out to the channel pointing it in the right direction south, that was no easy task because of mud here, the ship is on administrative hold anchored or docked as they figure out why it lost pro pulsepulsion i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you nora, we want to thank our "action news" viewers for sending in that video and remember whenever you see breaking news join the action email pictures and videos to jointheaction@6abc.com or just use #6abcaction on social media. >>> and more breaking news right now, new jersey

if are you trying to get from bucks to burlington. i wouldn't head this way, burlington bristol bridge going up in a half hour for a northbound ship. and in burlington county a crash on 295, southbound past route 20 6 but the good news is it's off to the side. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. the veep was in town and we are expecting him to make his way back to philadelphia international airport there say possibility they will close the plat bridge and head for 95 and the girard point bridge instead. >> we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> here at the big board now with more on the shipwreck called the deadliest ever in the mediterranean, police have arrested three smuggler they say used a three tier boat to transport immigrants from tunisia. the death toll is close to 900 now, men, women and children from africa and syria are losing their lives as they were locked in the vessel that capsized when the cargo ship came close to rescue them. overnight a few survivors came to cecily only 28 people were rescued. >>

. >>> the news just keep getting worse for the owners of a home in florence township burlington county. their back yard is collapsing. the action cam is taking these pictures here. the engineers said it's no longer safe to stay in the home. they were ordered to evacuate the home on east front street. they fear the house and one next-door are in danger of sliding into the delaware river. both sit on the hill top along the banks below. this news was heartbreaking. >> when we walk away, we could be walking away for good and losing everything. that's hard to take, but the same tone we're both standing here grace of god. we haven't gone over and they are finding us at the bottom of the cliff. >> the family said the backyard and the next-door neighbors have been slowly collapsing for two years, on monday the heavy rains came and mate it worse. engineers covered that a capped off stormed soar drain maintained by burlington county was leaking underground and it's undermining the soil. >>> happening today the penn relays get underway the nation's oldest track and field event. believe it or not,

for the most part light showers in burlington county, even parts of central delaware. winds gusting all day long to 28 mile per hours in philadelphia. up to 38 mile per hours in mt. pocono 30 mile per hour win gusts in dover. this wind will stay with us throughout the afternoon. we're still seeing winds gusting 31 miles per hour in mt. pocono, 32 miles per hour in philadelphia. it will be a windy day. showers in place right now. clearing skies as we head throughout the afternoon. clearing and windy today 55 to 58. right around normal for this time of year winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 miles per hour. we'll talk more about today's forecast the easter forecast and then rain in your seven-day in just a few minutes. >> looking forward to it. >>> a new survey shows that the u.s. has more than 61,000 structurally deficient bridges and pennsylvania has the most of any state in the country. the american road and transportation builders association says that legislative action needs to be taken now to begin improving these bridges or the problems could get much worse. str

. >> they found a capped off sewer drain, once maintained by burlington county was leaking underground and that was undermining the soil. >> that tl is always the possibility depending on the weather and additional rain or even the wind. >> that means the o'dells who love their home above the delaware river must now evacuate. >> we walk away we could be walking away for good and losing everything that is hard to take but by the same token we are standing here grace of god and haven't gone over and they are not finding us at the bottom of cliff. >> the firefighters expected the site and the township has put up fencing to keep the curious away. >> it's horrible. i just wouldn't want it to happen to me and i feel bad for these people. >> the o'dells began moving out important papers and other items. they are heart broken. >> we'll move forward and we'll be okay, it's a lot to comprehend and take in. >> now, local officials are formalizing the orderers to vacate the properties and this involves an elderly man in his 80s that lives in the brown house behind me burlington county officials te

take a look at this, east front street and florence, burlington county, you see that crumbling ground, a has gotten dangerously close to those two homes. we will keep an eye on. that also, breaking news at 5:00 a school bus with children on board crashes in to a home in burlington county, new jersey. chopper three over lenape court in mount laurel where we're told no children on that bus were hurt but the bus driver did sustain some minor injuries. it is unclear what caused the driver to end up off the road. >>> breaking news right now a disturbing discovery police say a first grader brought bags of heroin to school. "eyewitness news" reporter matt river is live at william cramp elementary in west kensington with exclusive breaking details matt. >> reporter: jessica, we're told that first grader actually showed off those baggies and school officials believed to be heroin during his lunch period to the other students. we are told that some of those other student did the right thing, and told school officials about what was happening. the school district says that the first grader broug

yesterday officials in florence, burlington township, ordered the families you have to clear out.beautiful they could look out over the delaware river but a ravine has been swallowing up the properties for years. on monday, engineers discovered a leaking storm sewer drain maintained by the county, they think this was likely losenning the -- loosening the soil. these homeowners are heartbroken. >> i put a lot of time love in this house. >> when we walk away we can be walking away for good and losing everything. that's hard to take. by the same tone we're both standing here, grace of god. >> where do you go, how do you rebuild your life. that's a hard transition. the township said they will do everything they can to help the people. they have fence the the area off. you might imagine there are a looky louis who want to going over and take a look. >>> penn relays start the first racing beginning with college and high school competitions today. this man will be taking the track over the weekend. george scott is 94 years old and training for 100-meter dash. he'll compete in a race for

junior's announced it's taking its baking operation from new york to an operation in burlington. the company expected to finish that move by july. hopefully, samples for all of us, right? >>> a judge's ruling will keep general motors from having to face billions of dollars in claims tied to defective ignition switches. landon dowdy has the business news with cnbc news. >>> good morning to you. a federal judge for gm with hundreds of claims that allows them to unlock potentially billions of dollars in damages for defective ignition switches. however, plaintiffs can file claims for accidents that happen after june 2009. >>> and turning to wall street futures point to a higher open today. stocks closing at 3 as commodities rose and the dollar fell. boil is the $56 a barrel. that's the highest this year. the dow 75 points. the nasdaq up 33 to 5011. rosemary back to you. >> thanks so much landon. >>> now your nbc10 "first alert" weather. >>> a pleasant start this morning, we're in the 40s and 50s. most of the area seeing just a few high clouds. and the breeze it's a bit stronger above

. >>> meantime burlington city police are asking for your help finding a serial vandal targeting theers released these pictures today. they say this man sprayed graffiti on several locations in the downtown area a week ago including the new jersey transit town center station. if you can identify him, please burlington see police want to hear from you. >> it's been a busy afternoon on the roads, matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center with, oh, what's happening with you now. >> with me personally things are going fine. >> on the roads. >> same could not be said for the drivers heading northbound on 476. that northeast extension you probably still don't want to do it. speeds like just 9 miles per hour coming out of the mid-county tolls. the whole way on up to lansdale. the good news is the crash there that caused the massive delay is gone but the delays sexual are not. -- certainly are not. off the lansdale interchange a crash on sumneytown pike near green lane road and problems here on 95, northbound side by the ben franklin bridge, we have what appears to be an accident. we j

this is the scene along route 130 and high street in burlington.not clear how it all happened but the 26-year-old driver of the car was rushed to fueled medical center. >>> he's in critical condition. the driver of the dump truck was treated the scene for minor injuries. >>> a kensington restaurant is now at the center of two police investigations after being targeted by thieves in the past week. surveillance cameras here at dos segundo show a young man walking in and heading downstairs. police say once in the basement the suspect forced opened an office door and swiped a bag of money. last monday cameras captured a woman stealing a backpack from this same restaurant. a customer left that bag which contained load gun and a knife in it. if you recognize either suspect please call philadelphia police. >>> also a reminder you can join the action whenever you see breaking news or weather happening near you. become part of the "action news" team by e-mailing us your photos and videos to join the action at 6abc.com. or use the #6abc action on social medi

the steadiest rain is in central burlington county near woodland right now. 60 degrees in wrightstownelphia is in the low 60s. most of the rest of the spots are in the 50s including roxborough at 58 degrees. stand by for a cloudy day and grab the umbrella. scattered light showers this morning with temperatures staying mild. 60

the moment a cargo ship went aground near the burlington bristol bridge. and then just as it nears the shore, the ship hits the bottom and quickly comes to a halt. now lets switch to the scene, the cargo ship is 600 feet long and was carrying steel from liberia to florida, and there were no injuries tugboats worked to get that pointed in the right direction again the coast guard was notified as well address the new jersey state marine police unit. >>> and in the last hour, criminal charges are filed against new jersey senator, robert menendez he was charged on conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to use his officer to improperly help melgan's office a doctor in florida. >>> a 32-year-old man died in the custody of vie license police and now the cumberland county prosecutors office and the new jersey state police are investigating. john rawlins live now on state street with a memorial is growing. john? >> even the police chief here in vineland is calling what happened here a tragedy they are trying to figure out what happened when officers including a k-9 un

there is no suspect or motive in the shooting. >>> four families are out of their homes in burlingtonnty. officials think barbecuing is the blame. the flames broke out on church street in mount holly. fire officials think it began on the back porch and it spread to the back wall and up to the second floor. everybody was able to get out safely. >> a 3-year-old girl remains in the hospital after a vicious to dog attack in west philadelphia. police say the little girl was at the grandmother's house when the 82-year-old left the dog out of the laundry room. that's when the dog attacked. >> we're making the assertion that the dog got jealous and the dog attacked the child mauling it about the head area. >> the girl was rushed to the children's hospital in philadelphia, she remains in critical, but stable condition. police say the grandmother tried to protect the toddleer and was hurt. the family said the dog was never a problem before. no charges are expected. >>> it was a close call for college students on a bus trip in massachusetts. >> the it took seconds before the students got out and

it's really light rain and there is another band that extends from burlington county to northern atlanticd route 9 right now and that is moving to the north and east. what happened to april? today's high in philadelphia 52 degrees, that is 17 degrees below normal and 52 is the average high for the middle of march, when we are in fact still in winter and right now temperatures are dropping down into the 40s, philadelphia 49 and allentown 44 and reading 43 and trenton 46 and millville 52 degrees and sea isle city 52 degrees it feels colder thanks to the wind gusts winds gusting 31 miles per hour, and 30 in allentown and wilmington the winds gusting up to 23 miles per hour. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the reason why there is low pressure spinning here west of maine you can see snow associated with that and that is pulling down cold air and it's self-destructing sunshine any sun that heats the earth causes it to bubble up and a few wet snowflakes in the northern and western suburbs mixing in with the rain. the big news weather-wise is the cold, temperatures dropping within 2 t

that's a coastal area of burlington county. burlington county was not on the list of hardest hit.t month henne and lily gomez will have to go to court to feet a state order to repay the money. it's a so-called settlement grant. the gomez's say they've spent the money on repairs a long time ago. they only hope the courts will make an exception for them. >> this town suffered and we were left out. >> i feel i'm being discriminated against. >> we got the same damage everybody else did. >> the department takes action to recover grant money awarded in err ror and that's in accordance with the guidelines. >> you're likely to find trash on new jersey beaches. along with the seashells and sand castles, they're not trash, visitors may have encountered a whoopie cushion a parking meter and awe stun gun. those were among the 350,000 items of trash picked up last year. the most common form not quite as fascinating and not surprising pieces of plastic. >> we all need to do a better job of caring for our national beaches and oceans. >> a parking meter? >> he was not happy with the tickets he go

we're talking about these two homes in burlington. the homes are on the delaware river in florence township. we showed you this video yesterday. the engineers determined that the houses are in imminent danger. they asked both families to evacuate. one family said it's a nightmare. >> it's our home. i put a lot of love into this house. >> we have to keep a stiff upper lip, whatever you want to call it. the going to be hard to leave. >> now, the township says it's too soon to blame a county storage pipe that was exposed during monday's stormy weather. that pipe might be leaking. florence officials are working with officials to determine what is the cause of the problem. >>> a blast knocked out power earlier this week, early yesterday morning, pico cold us that it fixed the cable that knocked out electricity monday night. cell phone video after the explosion. businesses on north wayne avenue still have a lot of damage to clean up. >>> 5:16 now and on to decision 2016. there's word this morning that three more republicans could be enterin

all the blue circles, this is wind damage from burlington county, parts of philadelphia, even into new jersey and new castle county in delaware even parts of the lehigh valley. one of the highest wind speeds we saw today was at philly international airport. 71-mile-an-hour wind gusts. damaging winds. you saw the video trees have been down this afternoon because of it. coming up i'll show you where those showers are headsing that we have now and also the cool air moving in. some areas will be in the 30s tomorrow morning. straight ahead. >> see you soon. let's go to nbc10's george spencer in gloucester county where that tree came crashing onto that house. >> was anybody home when that happened? >> reporter: not in this particular house but neighbors are nearby. witnesses say this sounded like a car accident. the fiercest part of the storm just arrived. when they looked out their window and saw this. easily the tall estest tree on this block crashed into their home. the tree crushing through the top floor of the house. ripped down power lines as it fell. witnesses say the wind and rain ha