. >>> big announcement from camden, new jersey, long time mayor dana red says that she will not, seek reelection. "eyewitness news" reporter, cleve bryan is in camden with more on the mayor's decision that was just announced a short time ago, cleve. >> reporter: marriedd said at the end of this year she's comfortable with leaving office with camden heading in the right direction and in good hand. >> i cannonsly say that this has been the most satisfying experience of my life. >> reporter: after two terms dana redd will end her run as mayor of the camden. >> i truly hope i have in the let any of you down in my efforts because i know, i gave my heart, i gave my best, and i gave everything i had to give to send camden off. >> reporter: redd regarded as mayor who oversaw rebirth of camden. >> it has gone from one of the most poor, dangerous cities, not only in new jersey but in the country and that was on a tremendous economic up spring. >> reporter: 2 billion-dollar of investment has come during her tenure, including new state of the art 76ers practice facility, subaru motors new headqua

>> reporter: well, camden community charter school is practically brand new, just opened less than four years ago and school officials tell us they are reviewing their legal options after just finding out that their charter has been revoked. the up outing of their children was stressful thursday as parents, grandparents became aware that the camden community charter school will close in june. >> it is still hard, you cannot do that. >> i don't think they should because kids need school. >> reporter: every five years charter schools must apply, camden community was one of the 21 charter schools statewide up for recruise and only one reject. state education officials say that the school's were among the lowest among charter schools in camden and bottom 6 y schools. they conclude that the school is not providing its students a high quality education. >> we need to review this. teachers are great. they enforce the kids to learn report rorrer school denied an interview instead releasing a statement firing back at the state by saying today's decision to revoke the camden community charter sch

fox 29's dr with more from camden tonight. dave. >> reporter: iain the power was out den app buildings for 36 hours. folks tell me it was real hardship for parents and their children and in some cases theyy warm. tonight just before 6:00 o'clock, pse&g restored the power and i just got a text message from neighbors telling went back on. >> i'm so glad that the power is back on. >> reportel in camden the lights came back on, but for a couple of cold das inside her cress berry apartment after tuela of wet snow and high winds took down power liny food was startio defrost in there. so then i didn't heat. >> reporter: tam mean her daughter bundled up and tried to stay warm. they had no heat as the temperature teens. >> i turned the oven on. die havence yesterday early in e morning. >> reporter: brandy houston and her five children braced the cold without power around 7:00 o'clock tuesday morning. >> we freezing. the k going on. my one girl clinging to me scared to death. >> reporter: son is-year-old. another of her children has ast

and gray hall is live outside of camden city hall.ray hall is live with more on her decision. >> reporter: that press conference is still happening right now as we speak. i can tell you that the mayor says that camden is a city of hope and promise and she said that some eight years ago when she took this job the goal was to make the city safer and better, and for many she tackles the impossible and feels she was successful. take a listen. >> from the first moment i raised my hand to take the only of office i started tackling what many thought was again, impossible and impractical. my journey began with assemblying a dynamic team of dedicated public serve antss would like me had no hidden agenda or self serving agenda. we wanted nothing more than to see camden succeed. >> she was in charge since 2010, but dana redd says after two terms it's time for a change. she will not seek re-election. a camden native mayor redd knew the challenges she faced when she ran for office. for years camden ranked as one of the most dangerous and poor city

he invited all camden county mayors and cooper hospital closed door meeting. virtua is not invited. >> we're not interested in back room deal making when lives are at stake. >> you've sent got a letter from virtua. they want a seat at the table, do they have one? >> not tomorrow, no. >> virtua was cut out of covering advanced and basic life support and cooper took over. virtua still z-js with that ruling. >> reporter: focus is on smart and text 911. it's not about two hospitals -- >> it's not about that at all. what's the best system we can all put in place for the residents of camden county. >> individual towns have the authorities to choose their emergency response providers. not one complaint has reached them. cydney long nbc10 news. >> now to our first alert forecast and a wet monday. umbrellas up, rain moves on as rain came down on university city earlier today. drier in center city tonight from our kimmel center camera but we are tracking possible thunderstorms for tomorrow. you can see the system on the first alert radar, chief meteorologist glenn "hurr

camden: well, i think it is accommodation of both.ary mnuchin and start and the president, for that matter, promised they would do everything in the power of the executive to cut back to britain, but its alsooing to take legislation. there has to be synergy between the executive and legislative to move the big items. wonder if what we're talking about is more regulation because we have bifurcated regulations. regulations that apply to big banks and relations that apply to community banks. and my right in reading we'll see a more fine form of regulation? camden: i think what you will see is tiered regulation. regulations need to be scaled to the profile of the entity being regulated. fortune trillion dollar bank, you should be regulated one way. if you are a 4 million -- $400 million community bank, you should be regulated in another. those are different business models and should be regulated accordingly. you look at the big banks and the size of the budgets for legal costs and they might have an easier go of it handling this long per

she was born and raised in camden. since 2010 she's refused to back down from her motto camden will rise. but she says there's still work to be done. >> while we have not yet claimed victory, we can see the difference that the men ask women of the metro division is making in our neighborhood and throughout our business corridors. but more importantly, they gauge our residents and headache them feel safe outside of their homes. >> mayor redd is credited with stabilizing camden's finances and bringing in businesses like subaru and 76ers practice facility. >>> $15 million was approved to help people unemployed. the move would improve services from the unemployment compensation centers. the state laid off about 500 people who worked at those centers. the layoffs came as the senate and nor fought about unemployment funding. >>> a west philadelphia handy man will spend loif behind bars for killing a graduate student in 2015. the 58-year-old was sentenced in the death of jasmine wright. prosecutors say he worked in it her bui

a revolutionary war commander, the only remaining camden county commander, the only remaining camden county home of a revolutionary war commander. contracted by the transportation department showed up before sunrise friday and tore the place down. >> with the british didn't do was come and burn down the house of this revolutionary war petrie. our transportation department visited today. >> they showed up a day after the historical society file for an injunction to block it. there was a combination of moment in building behind trying to save it. they went to court on thursday and on friday morning the bulldozer showed up. >> the nj dot would've presented the arguments in court and had every opportunity to do so. and said to the most carly think possible knocking down the house and hiding behind. >> let's go back to thursday. he had 3000 signatures of people who wanted to save it. a 50,000 dollar grant from camden county to move the house to another location. there is a big effort to save the place. >> this home was a symbol of captain harris sacrifice. he mortgage this home to finance

ben franklin bridge no issues between camden and center city.s transit 12 minute delay on the airport line regional rails otherwise we're on time across the board. >> reporter: let's talk about this day, 36 is the high temperature, dry an sunny, but cold. 8:00 a.m., 2, 10:00 a.m., 26. 3:00 p.m., 34, 6:00 p.m. we'll have sun and clouds and 36 degrees because it's a time change. here's what to expect with the major winter storm. it arrives around midnight tonight, rain and snow line is key. that will depend on where we'll see the highest numbers, we'll have to watch that line closely because we'll get mixing of sleet in philadelphia. we'll see how much that affects our numbers. we'll see thunder snow, perhaps rates of one to two inches an hour, locally the highest months will be in the far northwest, 16 inches the sleet mixes in. we have not changed our numbers, we're looking at i-95 corridor, 8 to 12 inches, more the farther north and west you go, tam. >>> here's another thing to look forward to, karen. we'll find out if the bachelor has found lo

the project would bring more than 850 jobs to camden. the company hopes to get the green light at a meeting next week. >>> with the cold temperatures today, tomorrow, we need a little bit of reminder spring is just around the corner. you can get that first glimpse of spring at the philadelphia flower show. randy gyllenhaal is live at the pence convention center. >> reporter: good morning, rosemary. freezing cold outside. i can tell you when we were walking over it felt like 10 degrees outside. once you get inside the pennsylvania convention center it feels and really starts to smell like spring out here. i recommend coming down to the flower show. it officially opens at 11:00 a.m. this year's theme is holland opening the world. it celebrates the country of holland and all of netherlands. holland known for their bulb flowers. they have beautiful daf dfodilsn display. they have beautiful wind mills that are well-known throughout the netherlands. holland is a country that is really well-known for horse ti kansas culture. yesterday a big gal

. >> reporter: she's not backed down from her motto that camden will rise. >> my heart is full. we'll miss her greatly. >> residents who lost loved ones on dangerous streets. residents who couldn't get jobs. >> since e we could point to one thing, she's uplifted the spirit of the city. >> residents like william and butler who chose to move to camden and pursue a dream from the heartlands of iowa. >> there were robberies in the neighborhood. there were break ins. >> but the break tlu happened on her watch. stabilizing city finances from bad credit to the new home of subaru and the 76ers practice facility. >> her legacy is revitalization of cam deb city. not only in terms of the economic development that we have seen $2 billion worth of private investment in the city and the creation of those jobs, but community policing. >> the creation of a regional police force in 2013 drew president obama's recognition taking camden from one of the most dangerous cities to a community policing model. obama added ink to the artwork for the historic visit. >> we want people moving here and enjoy

she's live there in runnemede, camden county.good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam and matt. yeah, we've seen a bit of everything here in new jersey this morning. it started with a bit of snow, now we are just seeing pouring rain here. i'm going to get out of the way so you can take a look at the intersection that we're at here in runnemede. we're at black horse pike and constitution drive. a plow train just came through a couple minutes ago and pushed away some of the slush that was in the street here. but, yeah, really for the last 30 or 40 minutes we've seen rain its just been pouring rain here in runnemede. we have seen cars out on the roads. you can see some right now and they seem to be moving along okay here but there are certainly slippery conditions. over the past few hours, conditions have really varied greatly depending on where you are and what's falling at that exact moment. earlier we saw more snow in this area, maybe a couple inches you could sweep off your car. then came the changeover to a wintr

this is what's moving before the walt whitman bridge and 676 slit through camden. heading toward philadelphia for right now, you'll be just fine. >> thank you. >>> a decades' old mystery is solved. we'll tell you about the valuable painting that's been returned 40 years after being stolen. >>> bringing the phone book back. the modern change to an old-school device. >>> and new at 6:00, a doll likeler. a toy -- like her. a toymaker creates a gift for a little girl battling cancer. we'll tell you about the special connection. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington watching the roads. we are watching problems. the schuylkill expressway, we're moving our camera on cue there. on the westbound side, just between university avenue around south street. we're watching this camera right here. we'll have updates for you. hopefully they'll get it set when i come back in the 6:00 hou hour. >>> let's take it state by state and county by county for a look at stories across the area. >>> in montgomery county, prosecutors in the bill cosby case want to use the comedian's own

camden county police shared this video with "eyewitness news". it shows moments an unidentified man threw the cat in the air. police believe the incident may have happened in center ville or east camden. if you have any information on who that man is, you are asked to contact the police. >>> there is a new stop on the road to least coverry for those suffering from a drug addiction in south jersey. governor chris christie was on hand for grand opening of the victory bay least coverry center in laurel springs n january, we introduced you to the owner of the center aj solomon a self described recovering addict with a vision for helping others suffering from addiction. >> we need to talk about the problem. we have to. people are aware. i would like to live in the solution. victory bay recovery center we are helping people get sober. they might have a life after this. >> solomon says recovery center will treat 40 to 50 patients at a time. >>> casey anthony back in the news, judge in her case says he thinks he knows who killed anthony's he's daughter.

these phones are -- bones are at lee 200 years old and in a locked lab in rutgers camden. despite cold snap and morning snow dusting archaeologist where is back as sun rose, digging up more from the mid 1700's. >> weather will get war next week so we want to make sure that we, see while it is still workable that we are trying to finish up this project. >> reporter: kimberly moran is forensic archaeologist with rutgers university and met us at snowy site of the first baptist church burial ground. so far her collogues have uncovered three dones wooden coffins and hundreds of remains but snow slowed things down. >> some work is just not possible, it is just too muddy , some removal of the coffins we cannot subject it to these sorts of conditions. >> reporter: in many cases the coffins are in such bad shape that crews are recovering only skeletons. we cannot show you on television but many skeletons are in near perfect condition, one hat a full head of hair, moran calls the preservation remarkable. across the river in camden, moran took us to the forensic lab on the rutgers ca

this happened in camden county. the white horse pike was closed for almost four hours after this crash in oakland. sky force 10 cap firefighters retrieving the victims from their cars. this happened at the intersection of the white horse pike and capital. four people went to cooper hospital. one in critical condition. police and firefighters had to rescue several people who were trapped after one of the cars caught fire. we spoke to a witness who heard the dprash a nearby diner. >> i heard the biggest boom. like a grenade launch that went off. it surprised me. you could hear it for miles. it was crazy. one car sitting on top of the other car. >> just a sad situation. it's real sad when you come on something like this and you don't know if it's your last day. >> investigators are now trying to get in touch with some more eyewitnesses to the crash to figure out exactly what happened here. >>> 6:04 right now on this saturday. this morning a philadelphia tow truck driver is accused of using his truck to steal cars and t

camden says he was taught to spot the signs of an embolism in his physical education class. he was rewarded for his quick for dinner. >>> at howard university today local families were getting ready for summer by taking a water safety lesson. the sorority and usa swim partnered for a second year in a row to bring swimming lessons and water safety to communities where not everyone knows how to stay afloat. >> we really want to make sure that all children know water safety. and as we know, african americans and other minority families, they disproportionately drown. so we just really wanted to come out and say, listen, this is important. we need you to know how to swim. >> when you listen to statistics about commutes that 70% of african americans don't know how to swim and 60% of hispanics don't know how to swim, we wanted to bring the community in and basically teach them basic water safety skills and make it a fun activity day today. >> t olympic medalist in the 2004 u.s. olympic team. she knows. >>> today the first day that cherry blossoms on those yoshino trees reached pea

. >>> we have new information on a deadly crash involving five vehicles in camden county. >>> escape the bitter cold and head to the warmth of holland. philadelphia flower show opens its doors today. meteorologist chris sowers is tracking the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. oh, boy, winter has been hitting the gym, he doesn't want to give up. >> reporter: he is upset. we held him back all winter long and now he is ready. let's tell you what's going on. it wasn't a bad week we had a couple of days days three in a row where we topped out in the 60s. the arctic front barreled through, and we had snow had -- up to 6 inches. this is what you would see in january or february, not the middle of march. we're a week away from the start of spring. feels like minus 12 in the poconos. 11 in millville. 7 degrees in trenton. we'll struggle to get into the low 20s. allentown, 17. poconos feeling or 5 above zero. very, very cold stuff. satellite and radar showing clear skies for now, but we'll see the puffy cumulus clouds build during the day. we'll see partly cloudy skies, very, very cold

this is how it looked in oakland camden county. two cars crashed, one bursting into flames and five people were rushed to the hospital. live at the scene is jeff chirico. what happened now? >> terrible accident, jim. the pike has reopened within the last hour after the nasty crash around 6:30. it injured five people and we have unconfirmed reports of one fatality. an action viewer sent us drone vehicle. five vehicles were involved, two front ends mappin ends mangled. when we arrived one was smoking from an earlier fire. police are not saying what caused the crash or giving us information about the extent of the injuries. one man was at a diner when he heard it happened. >> i heard the smash and came running down the street and people were running all over the place. i seen the fire trucks coming down. it was craziness. >> again, at this point, we have unconfirmed reports of one fatality. police are not saying anything about this despite repeated calls to authorities. we have no idea whether weather had a factor in tonight's crash.

elsewhere in camden county, belmawr, not a bad ride along 42. a few northbound headlights zipping along toward 295. crossing from new jersey into pennsylvania no issues in morrisville, bucks county, route 1 off the trenton morrisville bridge. one toll lane is blocked for construction, i don't want it to give us major delays. in abington there's a crash saint john of the cross at woodland road and one at airport road and highland boulevard. >> we're waiting on snow coming our way overnight tonight and into tomorrow. these folks are saying i'm out of here, lots of folks getting to the ticket window heading off to warm places like hawaii and florida. of course if you have a flight this afternoon, this evening, and tomorrow it's a good idea to call ahead to your respective airline and before you head to the airport take a look at flight tracker at 6abc.com. matt. >> tam, thanks so much. >>> time for look at business, fewer americans are rushing to file tax returns. the internal revenue service said it received 5.7 fewer returns compared to last care

. >>> an investigation is underway after twin infants were found dead in a camden county apartment. a woman at the pine apartments in lindenwald called 911 yesterday morning saying her 2, 7-month-old daughters were in the breathing. there's been no ruling on the cause or the manner of death. the camden county prosecutor's office is heading the investigation. >>> a 12-year-old boy who died trying to save his father is being hailed with a medal. he escaped a fire in february last year, but ran back inside because he thought his father was still there. he didn't know his father jumped out of a second floor window. the carnagie medal is awarded to those who display acts of outstanding heroism to save lives while risking their own. that's what he did. >>> dozens of headstones were toppled or damaged at mount carmel cemetary last time. they will install additional fencing and repair stones along with additional lighting. >> david and i were talking about putting the trash out last night, it is brutally cold out here. >> reporter: colder now, tam. we are without precipitation, as we look o

and now, they're in a locked lab at rutgers in camden. despite the colds snap, and morning snow, archeologists back as the sun roast, digging up more coffins from the mid 1700s. >> apparently the wet letter get even worse next week, we really want to make sure that, you know, while it is still workable, that we're trying to finish up this progging. >> kimberly moran the forensic archeology, and met us at the snowy site of the first baptist church burial grounds. so far her colleagues have uncovered at least three dozen wooden coffins, and hundreds of remains, but the snow slowed things down. >> some of the work is just not possible. it is just too muddy. some of the removal of the coffins, we can't do, we can't really subject it to these sorts every conditions. >> in many cases the coffins are in such bad shape that crews are recovering only skeletons. we can't show you on television. but many of the skeletons are in near perfect condition. one had a full head of hair. moran calls the preservation remarkable. across the river in camden, m

law enforcement authorities were dealing with a tragic mystery in lyndonwald camden county and win girls both artment to find dead. gray hall is live in the 500 block of biller avenue. what is the situation there? >> reporter: tonight this community is grieving, two babies are gone and investigators must figure out how tost their lives. >> they are months old and they are -- >> and you say neither one of them are breathing. >> no! >> this captures the heart break of a mother trying to save her 7-month-old twin girls, making the panic plea for help from the pine apartments in lyndonwald. >> are the children are they on their back? >> i put them on their back. -- >> the mother told the dispatcher that she tried for 15 mines to revive her babies but were unsuccessful. -- they are not breathing. they are not breathing! >> shocked residents witnessed this heart-wrenching scene as the young bodies were removed from the apartment. >> i happen to be driving by and saw the coroners van and i recorded the two babies being taken out of the apartment, it was devastating. >> not clear what happened i

sources tell "action news" that two infants were found dead this morning in camden county. "action news" reporter gray hall is livederw pine apartments in lyndonwald. >> reporter: it has been difficult at this point to confirm much information but as. sources are telling "action news" two infants were found dead but that was not confirmed by the prosecutors off nor the police department. but the victims are under the age of 1 and they needed medical attention. this is surderound around we believe is apartment 5105, it came if this morning at the pine apartments. it was for medical attention, we believe some individuals inside were having respiratory issues, not sure what was going on inside of this aparor who was i ch time we talked r earlier. >> makin going on widespr with the complex or anything like that.again, tw, ery sad i feel parents, i want to see if i can find out any information on what was happening. >> reporter: so back out live this investigation continues and sources telling "action news" that two infants were found dead inside of the apartment and that has no

this is how it looked innd camden county.wo cars crashed, bursting into and fivee wererushed to th. live at the scene chirico. what happened now? >> terribleccident, jim. the pike has reopened w last hour after the nasty crash around 6:30. it people have unconfirmed reports ofne fatality. action viewer sent use vehicle. five vehicles were involved, two when weed one was smoking saying whatier fire. caused the crash or giving us information about the extent of the injuries. one man was at a diner whene heard it happened. >> i h smash and came running down the street people were running a place. i the fire trucks coming down. it was craziness. >> again, at this point, we have unconfirmed reports of one fatality. police are not saying anything about this despite repeated calls to authorities. weave no wr had a factor in tonight's crash. oakland new jersey, jeff chirico, "action news," jim? >> the community came together to remember the little boy who was struck by a pick up earlier this week in morris county. five-year-old lee's

we're hopping into lindenwald, camden county. matt wanted to go to white horse pike white horse clementon road. no problems in camden county, coming in from pine hill write used to live. new jersey turnpike northbound at 322 we have the right lane blocked for a while, that's because of construction crews out there. they shall be wrapped up shortly. 42 that's northbound traffic coming in from turnersville or deptford. no issues there, either. we have not heard from my good friends schoots, why are you not a member of the 6abc team. i talk about you enough. no issues on the roads. temperatures 50 degrees pretty mild not bad. egged up to 61. spring today, winter comes back tomorrow. >> at least 22 girls were killed by a fire that spread to a girls section of an overcrowded children's section in guatemala city. kids rioted trying to escape and they set mattresses on fire. guatemala is observing three days of mourning. >>> we have video showing the aftermath of a terrifying crash in in him in them. a police officer's body camera shows

camden county prosecutors say a leg. top of a skull and several small bones were discovered this week on shore line near pine point park in north camden. now investigators are trying to identify those remains. the discovery is the second time in a week a human leg was discovered on the delaware shore >>> certainly was a cold day out there have not while the temperature has been going down over the last few days, you can feel the chill today. runners we saw on kelly drive were bundled up from head to toe. almost everyone wearing jacket, gloves and something to keep them warm. layers, we're told, are the key. >> it's actually pretty nice when you're running in this direction and the wind is pushing you along. >> i have two hats on >> dedicated runners and walkers. those taking in a morning stroll were bundled up. everyone says warmer weather spoiled them but the cold is a reminder that spring isn't here just yet. >>> if you thought it was cooled today, bundle up winter is back for the evening as well. lauren casey is in th

now, the camden county prosecutor's office also in on this case, so far, has only confirmed that thedead at virtua hospital in nearby voorhees 8:30 yesterday morning. >>> and she's tearful, that it is just hurt. because i have a one year old, so it is just very hard to just imagine what she's going through, the crying that she did, only a mother would cry like that. >> she has the babies with her all the time. she takes, as far as i could see, they've always taken good care of the kids. >> i'm thinking, all right, one baby i can understanded. >> all of these parents every infant aunt year old, just worried, every time they would go in and see their baby sleeping or rolling on their stomach. >> then the parents every twins, double worried, saying, you know, when twins are together, the chances of this happening almost double, as well. that would be a rare occurrence for sure. but certainly, it is not rare for sids to happen in cases where a kid is under a year old. now, the family friends of the twins' father told the courier post, that the father called them yesterday morning, asking

. >>> the harrison house in bellmawr camden county may have been demolished. another fight brewing. on top of as alexandria hoff explains those who worked to safety home say they were wronged again >> this photo taken the morning of march 2nd summed up the community heartache when camden county's loan revolutionary era home was suddenly leveled. dedicated in 1764 the little timber creek in bellmawr, the former hug harrison glover house had a coveted location. more recently the same location served its demise in the way of oh of the massive realignment project it was torn down to make room for a sound barrier >> they need to be held accountable for actions. >> reporter: preservationist who were blindsided by the demolition were hit again on their way to pick up artifacts salvaged from the home's rubble >> we get a call from the dot one of our elected officials got a call and said well, we're not going to give the doors to you >> the new jersey department of transportation backed out due to pending litigation but the original question remain, did the dot have cause to level the home?

. >>> to a developing story now out of camden county. wrenching discovery inside an apartment. a mother finds her twin baby girls not breathing. they later died and now detectives are trying to figure out how and why. our dave kinchen is following the investigation. >> reporter: complete heartbreak coming from alex degree ya garnet a camden county mother who found her infant twin girls unresponsive at their home in the pines apartments in linden woman. the anguish unforgettable site for neighbors. >> she was screaming like she was crying really bad and they put her in the back of a cop car and i saw them like bring out bags, you know, body bags and stuff. >> reporter: first responders rushed to the apartment this morning on a call of infants with breathing problems. emotional 911 call has a woman describing them as turning purple. >> they're crying she did only mother would cry like that. >> reporter: this is a picture of the seven month old twins identified by neighbors from a post on facebook. neighbors struggle to grasp the reality of

it is revoking the charter of the camden community charter school. it's only been open for three and a half years. the school must close by june 30th. the school says it's extremely disappointing and completely unwarranted. >>> still ahead at 5:00 tonight, the hard rock casino coming to atlantic city. how the local boy now turned ceo plans to transform the taj mahal. >>> plus, a special surprise for children. a look at the first lady's guest appearance. where things come from? how they get here? what they're packed in? it's a lot of stuff. and these things add up. that's why we recycle. [vo:]it's nice to know that raymour and flanigan is proud to be a leading recycler- 17 million pounds of recyclable materials every year. turned from trash into treasure. so in the future, we will all have a more beautiful world. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> could your career choice predict how much you'll sleep? >> according to a new study from the centers for disease control and prevention, the answer is yes. researchers looked at the average amount of sleep in people close to 100 occ

in camden, there's a crash here on 676 right around 76. where that splits off to get to the vine industry -- to 676 before it becomes the vine street expressway over the ben watch through the rthbound. area. here on 42, this is moving through stepford around our cameras at route 41. no problems or delays so far. definitely more traffic moving on the northbound side heading toward philadelphia. >> thank you. >>> septa has a new strategy to keep riders safe. and we're getting an exclusive look. >> next, nbc10 takes a ride on the rails for an inside look at how officers are working to stop a recent rise in violence. >>> and at 12 after 6:00, rockwell recovered. a break in a decades' old case of a fame out painting stole -- famous painting stolen from a camden county home. >>> later, a crackdown at penn state. the tragedy that's sparking change on campus and new rules for students. a rainy friday morning. first alert radar, you see more rain headed our way. it will be an all-day rain with heavy raint times. meteorologist bill henley will have

freeholder bill, with the camden county military service medal.s homemade plane went off the runway crashed this afternoon at the trenton robbinsville airpo airport. fresco user detective dan shot the video. police say the 79-year-old pilot, 79 years old, was trying to land and lost control. he's got some minor injuries to his face. when you see news happening take out your phone and shoot it and then make sure you use that fresco app to send it to our newsroom. lucy. >> thank you much, iain. philadelphia st. patrick's day parade only three days away, right? for the many irish dancers set to kick up their heels on the new root the parade marks one time of year they're dancing for the sheer fun of it and being lord of the dance something so steep in tradition takes whole lot of commit many. ♪ >> welcome to the mchugh school of irish dance. where children ages four to 17 learn the storied steps of their ancestors. she taught irish dance for 22 years. before that, she danced competitively placed sixth in the nation. >> we competed all over. we were i

what is going up sneer camden tower. who is behind it, south jersey power broker. approved over 200 million in tax bakat will be on this ground. the tax breaks are spread out over ten and and $86 million for strong and insurance company which he said in a statement one of the foremost in the world. now christie administration has given our tax breaks like they are going out of style. they tallied up all the tax breaks given out by the governor in the 7-point a years of office andnd the record set is more and all the previous governors combined since the program started in 1996. what do you think about this? let us know at chasing news. tweet me. watch for camden tower and the waterfront in 201. 2019. bill: so a priest walks into bar. ashley, the me the rest. reporter: well, bill, what is better than finding a four-leaf clover on st. patrick's day. s patrick's . >> woe. >> let me tell you. i came to st. ann roman cath lirk church in par nis ny, new jersey, where i sat mas. afterwords i shook things up with father david pings who has quite the extra ford nary journey

. >> ♪ in camden today raising aware fess about drug overdose.and volunteers out in front of the camden county police department handing out purple bags inside hygiene products and cards with information about what to do in the case of an overdose. many of the volunteers from the camden county addiction awareness task force and members of sheet metal workers local 19. >>> big day for pal students shopping for the right prom dress girls from 22 pal centers across the city came to the cozen pal center in north philadelphia. volunteers donated dresses and time. and pal officers were there to help students find just the right look for the big dance at absolutely no cost. and not just the dress but the makeup, the jewelry, the shoes. everything. so good for them. >> sean, what are you talking about coming up in sports? >> iain, apparently the nba has a resting problem much the players are cytosting and the fans and the commissioner are not happy about it i'll tell you why all those folk need to calm down be quite next in my sports commentary. ♪ >>> se

the snow showers extending from cape may and into camden and gloucester counties. a lot of neighborhoods that will not see the snow showers and then as we go to late afternoon hours, the showers taper off and this evening, which clouds start to move off. sets the stage for a wormer day tomorrow with some melting. look at that when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> melting is keyword. 5:11. let's get you to work. >> jessica boyington looking at route 42 in south jersey. >>> starting off en route 42 around route 41. watch for shoulders that are a little compromise the. as you see on the roads. really clear. did a great job of clearing most of the majors. secondary road and over into the off-ramps and the on-ramps that we're seeing the problems. here's an example. in camden. disabled vehicle on 676 headed southbound. that ramp is partially blocked there. disabled vehicle out in lansdale on south richardson avenue. right around courtland street. seeing a ton of disable vehicles as well. end here nine minutes eastbound route 2 to schuylkill. average speeds still in the 60s.

. >>> local marine received special honor in camden county. and plaque in belmar. currently a member of camden county sheriffs department there. >>> in montgomery county, basketball players took part of a tournament. this is the annual four or four for the cure tournament to benefit the als. >>> about quarter to five right now on your tuesday. get to weather in just a minute. starting out a little bit nicer than yesterday. temperature wiz. >> check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >>> starting on the schuylkill. cameras right around the roosevelt boulevard. headed westbound. here is headed eastbound. check in with drive times now. no problems. 11 actually very light. blue route to vine street expressway. speeds in the 60s there. plymouth watching a tractor trailer pretty much ran off the road. headed southbound just before the mid county tolls. the right lane the blocked. traffic is still getting by the scene for right now. route 70 in cherry hill township in new jersey. see police activity here. downed traffic signal. d

. >>> twin baby girls who died inside a home in lindenwold, camden county, last week will soon have a funeral. the girls' family had lay them to rest on saturday. at the worcester funeral home in clementon. both baby girls were unresponsive inside a home last wednesday. investigators are looking into how they died. >>> turning to president trauma pops first 100 days in the white house the white house is blaming conservative for the failure to push through the house gop backed health care bill. the white house will be all about action with mr. trump pl planning to sign series of new executive orders. fox news correspondent joel waldman has nor from washington this is will save lot of jobs. [ applause ] >> reporter: president trump signing a few new labor and education bills into law today aimed at rolling back obama error regulations. but the president must also deal with fallout from another bill he won't be signing any time soon. the gop backed plan to repeal and replace obama care after it imploded friday. the white house downplaying the black eye suffered by the president. >> we're

freeholder bill monthane presented him with a camden county military service medal. great to have you back. >>> well, talk about wind blown here, coming up on "good day philadelphia", the weather , that will literally swept little girl off her feet >>> talk about some wild video coming out of ohio, a little girl was literally, you saw it right here, swept off her feet madison gardener was just trying to open up her front door when wind grabbed hold of her. she had a great grip and she shouted for help for her mom and you can hear the song right there in the background. family posted this viral video accompanied with come fly with me from frank sinatra on facebook. i guess you can laugh bit, right. >>> more wild video heart stopping crash on a busy high washings luckily no one was hurt there. take a look there construction pipes flied right through a driver windshield in arizona on interstate 17 in phoenix. police say piped were on the back of the flatbed when they smashed rate through windshield, again, that driver amazingly was not seriously injured. >>> apparently

the reason, school officials say the test scores were lowest among all the charter schools in camden. the decision leaves nearly 700 students in limbo. >> for me to start another place and school it's you know i'm not happy about that. >> i don't know for nobody else but they give good report cards every month in perry. for them to close the school i don't know what's going over there. >> camden community charter schools plans to fight the decision calling it extremely disappointing and completely unwarranted. >> and well the plot thickens for the os ar flub heard roun the world. >> last night we told you the two accountant responsible for the mix-up will never work accord my again and ahead at 11 how the families are mixed up. >> and you go to the gym to stay in shape. are you practicing goodet cat. nicole brewer with the dos and don't and never, evers. >> and also, fire up the ovens in south jersey. why hundreds of women are making holla at the same time. taste with torrey and tradition that dates back century sfwlz and live look at the poconos, meteorologist kate bilo is tracking s

there's a beautiful shot of the camden warm -- waterfront. the temperatures in the teens, windchills in the single digits. radars are staying clear. next chance of precipitation, monday into tuesday, that's the nor'easter heading this way. old man winter has returned. 51 degrees monday which is where we should be for this time of the year. 67 tuesday, thursday, 68. we had snow friday, temperatures dropped and now we're down to 21 degrees in philadelphia. that's one of the warmer locations. teens north and west. allentown, 17. 8 degrees in the poconos. 17 in trenton, and then low to mid 20s, south and east. cape may, 250, dover and mill, 21. those are the air temperatures, now you factor in the breeze out of the west northwest now it feels like 9. 7 in allentown, 8 below in the poconos. you need to add a few layers if you're outdoors, if you're heading north to do skiing, windchills below zero, add a few layers, don't forget the gloves, hat and scarf. we have clear skies, we'll cloud up this afternoon, because the air is so cold we'll have a c

. >>> happening now in camden county, investigation into how twin baby girls died.heir mother found them motion less bodies in their family's apartment this morning. our dave kinchen joins us live outside that apartment in lindenwold tonight, dave? >> reporter: iain there are still so many questions here and there's so much sadness here as well. >> the grief is overwhelming to alex degree ya garnet a mother who found her twin seven month old girls respond seasons sniff their crib according frantic 911 call where a woman says the infants had turned purple. they're deaths investigated by the camden county prosecutor's office. >> i was getting ready for work and i saw the young lady coming out the house crying hysterically they put her in the back of the a cop car. >> reporter: paramedic rushed to the 500 block to the pines apartment complex in linden woman. the 911 call has a woman being instructed on how to perform cpr on the babies with no sign of them ever regaining consciousness. later investigators could be scenery moving bags of evidence from the house. >> this

. >> brandon hudson is joining us live from camden with the latest on this terrible crash. brandon? >> reporter: jim and jacqueline, in the last 50 minutes, we spoke to a witness who said the impact was so big, he could feel it in the building he was standing in. it shook the building. you can see white horse pike, this part right here, in fact open tonight, but you can see some of the sand used to clean up this large accident. for the most part, this wreck shut down part of white horse pike. it injured several people, injured one person who was involved. i want you to check out some video. at least five cars involved in this accident. police and firefighters rescued several people who were trapped. we're told five people went to the hospital. moments after we got here, we spoke to a witness who heard the crash from a nearby business. >> i heard the biggest boom. it was like a grenade launching that went off. and it surprised me. you could feel the tremor for miles. it was crazy. one car sitting on top of another car. >> it's just a sad situation. it's real sad when you come on to s

but police believe this may have happened in centerville or east camden. if you happen to recognize this person, call police. >>> at the jersey shore, the cape may county sheriff's office wants federal authorities to change sheriffs for immigration law. they already participate in the immigration and customs initiative. in january, president trump signed an executive order to expands the mission to help deport undocumented immigrants. >>> governor john carney wants to eliminate discrimination. the governor signed an anti-discrimination policy. the governor hopes to have the new policy in place by april 1st. >>> eight minutes before 5:00. in lehigh valley, police and prosecutors have a tank force to track down a armed robber who targets cell phone stores. in the past few months, robbers tied up employees and stole electronics from verizon and at&t stores in the area. >>> football institution is on the move. pennsylvania big 33 football classic will no longer be played at hersheypark stadium starting this year. it pits players against national stars will be

on may 23rd, police responded to a shooting along the 400 block of south 30th street in camden. >> he camden with a friend of his, who was with him at the time of his demise. >> when police arrived they found him lying in the street suffering from a gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital where he died. >>ible he was at the -- i believe he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> >> reporter: the friend with brown has not provided any information to police. the citizens crime commission is administering a 1,000-dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. call 215-546-tips. all calls will remain anonymous, austin believes someone is out there who can give her son justice. >> everybody know, i believe, but no one is talking. camden is 26 miles long and everybody knows everybody. >> reporter: for crime fighters i'm rick williams channel 6 "action news." fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and ph

. >> monday, may 23rd, police responded to a shooting in south camden. >> he was coming to camden withhe friend of his also with him at the time of his demise. >> when police arrived they found the 34-year-old lying in the street h with with a gunsh. they rushed him to hospital where he died. there is a $1,000 reward that leads to the arrest and conviction of the prn responsible. all you have to do is call 215546 tips. all calls remain anonymous. austin believes someone is out there that can give her son justice. >> everyone knows, i believe, but no one is talking. >> i'm rick williams, channel6, "action news." >> in delaware county they held a ceremony to thank the animals that serve the community. four service dogs were recognized. stoney creek veterinary hospital hosted the kay non canine veter. >> a toddler who locked himself in the car happened to be in the right place. his mom stepped out of the vehicle and when she turned around, zayne has locked the door and hopped in the front seat. >> i thought it was funny until i realized he had the keys. mom's phone was also in the car and

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philadelphia, camden, wilmington area, ranked 65th that's where we were the last time. i'm not surprised, when you go down south, food is tasty, lots of butter big portions. >> still ahead, hair spray is used as a weapon during a fight between two groups of girls. >> jeanette reyes has details of an after school brawl at a septa station. good morning. >> reporter: go to work, guys, it's a disturbing fight that happened less than 24 hours, police say an interesting choice of weapons being used, live report coming up after the break. >> former players and fans are remembering dallas green the first manager who led the phillies to a world series win. he was a delaware native who played 13 years of professional baseball. he took over as manager in 1979 and the following season he led the phils to a world series win. green's family was struck by tragedy in 2011 when his 9-year-old granddaughter was killed in the shooting with gabrielle giffords. dallas green was 82 years old. >> atlantic city paid tribute to a resident who was hailed as a hero. he broke up a fight between tw