settlement on the cape fear river. after the american revolution brunswick faded into oblivion and the entire site was sold for $4.25. twenty years later during the civil war confederate engineers picked to the site to build a line of artillery batteries to protect the western land approaches to wilmington and the river approach beginning in late march, they came here with a couple of companies of confederate soldiers and enslaved african americans and they started to clear the site and build the fort. the fort iran from cape fear river one and a quarter miles west westward to orton pond, this this was actually a lake 5 miles long and they used orton as a giant moat. general william t sherman's army captured savannah. after capturing, occupying and destroying to atlanta, general sherman marched his 60,000 men army the entire breadth of the state and captured savannah on december 21. he printed that presented the city to president lincoln. he wanted to transfer the army savannah to petersburg one last push against rober

settlement on the cape fear river. after the american revolution brunswick faded into oblivion and the entire site was sold for $4.25. twenty years later during the civil war confederate engineers picked to the site to build a line of artillery batteries to protect the western land approaches to wilmington and the river approach beginning in late march, they came here with a couple of companies of confederate soldiers and enslaved african americans and they started to clear the site and build the fort. the fort iran from cape fear river one and a quarter miles west westward to orton pond, this this was actually a lake 5 miles long and they used orton as a giant moat. the earthworks iran to the lake and then you had another 5 miles of extended area that was. that was built over six weeks and for the remainder of the war in the area where were standing now the fort was greatly expanded and strengthened and artillery compartments were built where heavy guns were placed to.downriver in case enemy vessels ever breached the

the exhibit is called "cape fear stories." it explores the history of wilmington and north hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. here, some came people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the region's economy. the trees are called longleaf pines. you can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge united states. they have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. people came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. most americans lived within 50 miles of the coast. we have three things going for us, the cape fear river, which allows people to come up to where wilmington is. we have the ocean that allows us to transport people, and then we have the land, the resources that are available to the , thets and the land longleaf pine forests that were here when europeans first cam

fort anderson, which was the largest confederate fort in the lowercase fear in the interior -- lower cape fear in the interior. it had western land approaches and river approaches to the seaport of wilmington. they got good intelligent that the attack on wilmington was coming october 1864. they knew that the attack was planned against fort fisher, and so for anderson's garrison was largely depleted to send reinforcements to fort fisher. you might have had a company or two of troops here. there would be two attacks on fort fisher. 1864.s in two and a half weeks later, they returned with a slightly scaled-down naval task force, more soldiers, and this time they were determined to capture the fort. bombardment,s of the second of the civil war, union forces attacked late in the afternoon january 15, and overwhelmed the confederate defenders. ,utgunned, outmanned, exhausted they put up a good fight, but the fort fell that light -- night. forces turned their guns sites up river to capture wilmington. that is when fort anderson came into play. jennifer -- the general abandoned the fort at the mo

. >> welcome to wilmington north carolina on book tv located on the cape fear river along the carolina coast, the city was founded in 1737 . due to its proximity to the ocean, wilmington serveds an important trade route during the civil war and was the last atlantic seaport of the confederacy until it fell to union troops in 1865. today, wilmington has a population of 112,000 and has become a popular tourist destination with people looking to experience the city's history and nearby beaches. with the help of our charter communications cable partners for the next 90 minutes, we learn about the cities history from local authors. we begin with author chris pineville on fort anderson in the battle for wilmington during the civil war. >> i rolling thunder. [cheering] [applause] >> we are standing on the parapet of fort anderson. it was the largest confederate fort in the lowercase fear in the interior, that part of the western land approaches and the river approaches to the seaport of wilmington.the fourth was initially started in march 1862, construction ongoing throughout the war. are sti

fox 29's chris o'connell has what's going on from the cape may courthouse. >> reporter: cape may countyriff has his way his officers could be depth pew advertised of federal immigration agents part of a controversial federal probe that has some residents here claiming the county is gone too far. >> open your hearts with love and understanding for human beings. >> immigration battle hitting home in cape may county. >> my country and your country and i'm fired of being ashamed. >> reporter: with signs in hand dozens came to blast the plan that would allow cape may county correctional officers to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants that come through the county's jail system. under the so-called 287g program three officers at the county jail would undergo four weeks of training to become agents for ice. >> it's unnecessary for the sheriff's department or any local law enforcement officials to become sort of junior g men. >> we're all immigrants. we do have an obligation where we have rights to stand up for each other especially the more vulnerable ones. >> cape may county sheriff dela

the ground on the east side of the cape fear river is a peninsula. it is too narrow for military operations. it strongly defended by a log of works known as the sugar works line. what we propose is that you send us reinforcements, will transfer them to the west side of the cape fear river and will have admirable provide covering fire for both lines of the army on the east side and west side of the river but really there's only one major obstacle between us and wilmington and that's fort anderson on the west side. the main will provide a lot of elbow room for our army. we can attack fort anderson from the river, we can attack it from the south. if possible we can attack it had on, with the protection of the navy or if necessary, we can outflank it by going around the defenses that go all the way toward more orton pond. that's when the battle occurred, february 17, 1965. -- 1865. atmel porter -- admiral porter's flotillas gunboats almost 30 of them would unleash a bombardment over two days on the fort, about 4000 shots on the fort. one of the vessels w

. >> the cape fear region is the southernmost coastal region of north carolina. becauselled cape fear when both were approaching it was very difficult to get into port, it was fearful to land. that is the story told. wilmington north carolina is the main story -- city on the coast here. the exhibit that we are looking at today is called stories, it explores the history of wilmington and power county from the earliest inhabitants up to the 20th century. what people saw when they came here was an ocean of trees, they ,aw these majestic tall trees they became the bedrock of the economy. the trees are called longleaf pines. huge placeo cover a of what becamesouth. they have these long pine needles, big pinecones. they are bigger than anything you would see in england or if you are coming from europe. they are a great source of lumber, but there also a source of labor that you can use to make tar. fear duringto cape the colonial. up to the 1800s. most americans live within 50 miles of the coast. here we have everything things going for us, the river. that allows peopl

in cape may courthouse, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >>> not raining in cape may quite yet it looksike but on your radar we got rain. live look at wilmington, delaware, riverfront. showers are moving on through right now and tomorrow severe weather could ring in march. meteorologist kathy orr is here with your first forecast at 11:00. look at that action behind you, my goodness. >> this is the first round. this is actually a warm front coming through. this is going to help make it warmer tomorrow, and then the threat of severe weather comes tomorrow afternoon. you can see on ultimate doppler more showers moving in. so if the rain is light where you are, you could hear it pinking on the window little bit later as heavy rain moves back in. in old city philadelphia light showers, temperatures still wa warm. 57 degrees. it's not going to move that much. high temperature 68 that's 20 degrees above normal. temperatures around the region in the 50s at this late hour with that strong westerly wind you know something is going on when it's still 50 degrees in the poconos. tomorrow we fast for

week on "global 3000" wehead to panama to meet children on amission to save the mangrove forests.on cape verde, women have resorted to risky and badly-paidwork just to survive. but we start in the west bank,where the long conflict between israeli settlers andpalestinians is again headed for boiling point.the united nations' plan for the partition of palestine datesback 70 years. the state of israel wasenvisioned as a homeland for jewish people who had survivedthe horrors of the holocaust. but hopes for peace were quicklydashed, as violence broke out between israelis andpalestinians. the conflict has raged on fordecades, fuelled by israel's continued settlement expansionin the occupied palestinian territories.there are now around 200 israeli settlements with some 600,000inhabitants there. the un considers them illegalunder international law. but construction work continues.>>ma'ale adumim, situated on a plateau 7 kilometers east ofjerusalem, is the largest israeli settlement in the westbank. the new us administration couldhave a big impact on what happens here in the future.at present, it

actually standing where the crest of fort anderson, which was the largest confederate fort in the lower cape fear in the interior that guarded the western land approaches and the river approaches to the sea port of wilmington. the fort was initially started in march of 1862, construction was ongoing throughout the war and they were still working on it when it was attacked in february of 1865. the fort was built on top of the old sea port of bronswick which was the leader in colonial times, in fact, it was the first enduring settlement on the cape fear river. at the american revolution it would fade and the entire site was sold for 4 at any time 35 and 20 years later during the civil war confederate engineers picked this site to build a line of artillery batteries to protect the western land approaches to wilmington and the river approaches. so beginning in late march of that year, they came here with a couple of companies with confederate soldiers and enslaved african americans and they start today clear the site and build the fort. the fort ran from the cape view river 1 and a quarter miles

troops across the cape fear river. general grant was to capture not just fort fisher, he needs to capture wilmington. time that the federals were being defeated at fort fisher in the first to track -- first attack, there was an important victory to the south. sherman's army captured savannah. occupying,ring, 1864,yed when a in sherman marched his army, the breadth of the state and captured savannah december 21. he presented the city to lincoln as a christmas gift. general grant wanted to transfer sherman's army from savannah to petersburg for one last push against robert e. lee's army, an expanded army. so, wilmington became so important that grant left virginia and on january 28, he consulted with the leaders who had captured fort fisher. how do we capture wellington? and the naval task force commander and the union general he captured, alfred kerry, they said we have been here for two weeks now. and we've scatter the confederate positions. the ground on the east side of the river is a peninsula and too narrow for mil

cape may also looking at some heavier rain. all of this is associated, as you can see it going right up into south jersey, with this large storm system, which is taking its time. the center of rotation, to move across the area. that won't happen until very early tomorrow morning. so we could see another one to two inches of rain tonight. when i come back in 15 minutes, i'm going to take you neighborhood to neighborhood to show you exactly how much you're going to get at your house. guys, back to you. >>> taking a live look at i-95 in wilmington from our camera at trolley stadium. damp and cloudy conditioned for anyone driving that busy stretch of road. tim furlong live in storm force 10. >> tim, where are you right now and tell us about what conditions are like. >> yeah, we're near the 95 corridor. but this is a railroad bridge here. this spot gets flooded out a lot in days like this. it usually takes a little bit longer than this, though, and that's a lot of water right there. i've seen it go up almost to the underside of the

thisa look at cape may. that's a steady rain, and the wind is blowing. a live view from the marquee de la fayette raiho gear. showers, tapering off to scattered showers in the neighborhoods. in delaware and south jerksz seeing steadier rain. now, philadelphia just getting light rain showers. nothing heavy about what's coming down in trenton another. moderate showers moving through cumberland county, middletown, . it extends to the shore. atlantic city, along with cape may is getting that rain. >> is just the beginning. more showers lining up to the southwest. these will be moving in this morning. the heavier downpours i'm concerned about this afternoon. they are on track to arrive during the evening commute. we will get plenty of rain even before the heavier showers

ambassador smith: it is at our house at the cape. eileen: the house at the cape, so it was used for research now. ambassador smith: yes. the doll collection is there. it is all set up. you probably know about it, don't you? eileen: does everybody know about your doll collection? no, that is what they are here for. ambassador smith: they had the idea that they would ask other ambassadors if they would like to buy a doll and name it for wherever they were representing in the united states. and they would sell the doll as dressed in the native costume. they wanted to give it to their daughter jeanne. so they sent it to a lot of embassies all over the world. becausee very excited they went to hundreds and hundreds of countries all over the place. they brought it home and they were very excited about it. and it is they are at the cape if you want to come visit. eileen: there you go. there you go. my final thingh: in the book made me think of that. one day we were looking -- the house at the cape looks out to the sea. there.uses is to come

we take a live look at cape may along the jersey shore. clouds are clearing out for this, the last full day of winter. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm ted greenberg. 10:00 a.m. on this sunday morning. thanks for being with us. right outside in our area up here in philadelphia, the clouds are started to move out. much sunnier and blue skies. >> you know, ted, things are starting to look a lot better in areas like philly and parts of the suburbs. you go south and we still have clouds and even farther south we still have just very light rain that is still falling. that's over parts of delaware here. we did see more of a steady rain as we looked early on, 5:00, 6:00 a.m. lingering near cape may and suffolk county. this is moving out as we speak. in the next half hour expect if you are in delaware, you will see all rain cease in the area. it's still cold this morning. these are your feels-like temps. 32 in allentown and only 27 in pottstown. atlantic city at 29 for the current feels-like temperature. so, it feels

and you can see this live shot of cape may.he flags blowing hard, the ocean is really churning up there. and we're seeing the last of the significant rain as you can see. right there near toms river, we have lightning activity out there with it, it continues to move to the east and it is just about to move offshore. it's even going just north of barnegat light. as we take a look at the wider view, you can see the line, it was creating quite a bit of wind damage in maryland in the hours ahead of the time it came through here. and the front itself is still back to the west. so what happened is, we have southwest winds ahead of it, and we have northwest winds behind the front. when the winds come together. the air is forced to rise, and that helps create the thunderstorms. one of the ingredients in the severe weather. when the storms are that far out ahead of the cold front, you kind of lose that feature. and that's why the storms have weakened. we're near 70 degrees in much of the area. peeks of sunshine in some places, it's turn

in the cape fear river valley. there is a fear of her uprising. there was a terrible nightmare of the landed white gentry. they had very repressive laws against both free blacks and slaves. when general sherman came and invaded north carolina from the south he liberated some 25000 enslaved blacks with the army. he gutted the head of navigation with cape fear. he put all those people on votes and mule trains and brought them to wilmington where they were then processed to the freedmen's bureau. many stayed here and in a 1998 wilmington was one of the largest cities in north on a period of the 17,000 or so citizens, two thirds of them were black. they had achieved an amazing thing in just a generation after being enslaved. they had achieved the status of the middle class, they had achieved political leadership and power, they had had achieved social standing and economic wealth to a large degree. it got the reputation of a great place to come if you are black. african americans were skilled artisans down at the milk

not dropping below freezing. 37 in philadelphia. 36 in trenton. 37 in millville. 39 for the high in cape may. high pressure nudges off the coast. we have a warm front that approaches on friday, during the day friday you're dry, 43 degrees, sunshine, followed by clouds, and the chance for a little mixed precipitation friday night, just a slight chance i want to warn you about that, a lot of people might be going out friday night, be careful on the roads. brisk and cold, 37 is the high. tomorrow, st. patrick's day, 4 degrees. friday night there maybe mixed precipitation up to the north and west. saturday, passing shower, 47. well below average. sunday, partly sunny skies, 46. monday, spring arrives, it's a spring chill, 46 degrees for the high temperature. tuesday not as cold, 50 degrees, might start off with morning rain. even at 50 degrees, it's 4 degrees below average. by wednesday it is chilly again, 45 degrees is the high. second full day of spring feeling like winter. karma since we had spring in the winter. >> it's pay back, we were waiting for it. we got it. >> we will really appre

live in cape may this is the garden state parkway at the cape may toll plaza.can see we kind of dried out here, not seeing any major problems. they got a lot of rain and a lot of wind. storm tracker6 live double scan showing a couple light snow showers. if you look close its not anything more than a dusting were it in mount holly on route 38 and 206 near tabernacle you're seeing that as well as near riverside and florence. as we look near route 100 if you're just near boyertown you're getting a little snow dusting there as well as on the northeast extension. i want to show you these temperatures because we are currently below freezing everywhere. 26 in cape may, 23 in millville, 21 right now in allentown so anything that wasn't cleared certainly it's solid frozen. feels even colder. the wind chill right now is 10 in philadelphia, matt. >> thanks, karen. new this morning a masked gunman killed a man in the city's kensington section in what police are calling a targeted hit. the 27-year-old victim was shot in the bedroom of a rooming house on the 3100 block of re

and 32 in the city and 26 in the poconos and the coast in cape may 35 and 34 in beach haven. as we go throughout the rest of the day the snow is coming down and down to a half mile in millville and same in atlantic city. starting to come up in allentown and reading where the snow is moving on off to the south and east in those regions. future tracker 6 showing auto couple of left over snow showers today and 6:30 tonight a snow squall could move in meaning a quick, heavy burst of snow before we clear on out later tonight. the snow is starting to taper and winding down into the next hour or so. expecting a heavier squall tonight and turning windy and refreezing is possible where slushy accumulation was picked up. >> thank you. >>> you can count on 6abc.com/weather as the storm moves through and access to the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan with the latest on what comes next and follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. >>> jury selection continues tonight in chester county for the trial of erick frein, it's 33-year-old is charged with the 2014 ambush killing o

cape may, temporarily a threag and more showers to the southwest. this is all coming into play this morning. this is going to be here this afternoon. and this line of showers will produce heavy down powers. we could see more thunderstorms, too. we could wind up with two inches of more -- or more of rainfall by tomorrow morning. hour by hour, first thing, look at the rain coming back for allentown, reading, wilmington, dover, and at the shore. the entire area seeing rain during the afternoon hours. at 4:00, this is when we'll get the heavier downpours. in chester, delaware, and northern new castle county in delaware. watch how it spreads at 4:00 and 6:00 this evening. the downpours from lancaster county into chester, into delaware and south jersey. moderate rainfall extends to trenton and the shore and into the lehigh valley. heavier downpours this even, at 9:30 this evening, look at rain from mercer county through ocean and burlington counties and atlantic county in new jersey. it is lighter rain, but we could see moderate showers in philadelphia. t

reeds beach, cape may, wildwood and stone harbor and lightning with it, and a heavy downpour towards east and farther to the north at landed dale a height steady soaking including allentown. and this morning we have some really intense thunderstorms that rolled up over the i-95 corridor. this is the radar showing the rainfall estimates. this is east and west of i-95. many areas reporting an inch of rain when are running an inch below normal for the year. this is much needed rain and our psyches need the sunshine and we'll be back in the bright sunshine tomorrow. full day of sunshine and with that sunshine tomorrow afternoon temperatures will bee rebound up into the low 60s, the pick of the week will be tomorrow. right now it's damp and cool and philadelphia 52 degrees down from the high of 54 and could not shake the easterly flow and allentown 51 and cape nay 52 and wilmington 57, satellite 6 along with action radar showing low pressure to the south and moving off the coast now, what this will do is take the moisture with it. and the showers extend to western pennsylvania, it will be

and it just hit cape may. we just showed you that a little while ago and rehobeth beach and we still have more coming into philadelphia. these are smaller ones than what hit us earlier today. a few more back to the west. and the problem there is it's going to add some moisture to the roads as the temperatures drop. pottstown is 29 already. allentown, 31. these numbers continue to go down. and watch what happens as we go through the night tonight. this is in philadelphia, temperatures going down below 20. feeling like single digits. after 68 yesterday. how about that for a change. then, not only the weekend, we'll talk about a potential winter storm for next week. >>> all right, glenn, the sun peeking out after the snow in plymouth meeting late this afternoon. it's not really helping with the cold. randy gyllenhaal is tracking the freeze in four counties. that's coming up in a few minutes. you can track the chill all weekend on the nbc 10 app. >>> right now at 6:00, the den penalty, prosecutors might fight for

cape may throughout your delaware hours, the next several hours.ou can see this setup as dropping to the south. it's going to thin out as it continues to fall to the south throughout the next several hours. but there's a closer look. most of the action is through delaware. temperatures this morning are lifting a tad. you may see a few flakes mix in as this line continues to drop through suffolk county and offshore as well. cape may county is getting clipped a tad, so much it has a rainy shot. a look at neighborhood temperatures. we've jumped from the shore to berks county. 34 degrees. 33 for the t, near freezing at current reading. now we're looking at new jersey neighborhoods.swe swedesboro, 36 degrees. hopewell township wind forecast, gusts about 25 miles already noticing it this morning. winds are 10 to 15 miles an hour and coming from the north. frot east helping keep temperatures pretty constant. you don't see a big warm-up. we start to north-northwest that will pump in cool air flow. as we see the shift down from the west, that's when we can

the current conditions out here, in cape may it's 44. dave showed you the rain.t's down to the south and east. 35 millville, 32 philadelphia. you're getting a mix of sleet in between millville and philadelphia. but just 27 degrees in allentown and reading, 19 degrees in mount pocono. so getting a mix of rain sleet and snow depending on where you are and the temperatures really reflecting that. winds are starting to pick up now. 26 miles an hour wind gusts currently in cape may but a 32 miles an hour wind gust in wilmington, 23 miles an hour wind gusts in trenton so we're seeing these gusty winds begin and those winds are going to be more of an issue as this nor'easter progresses up the coastline. here's where you can expect region by region today. the lehigh valley, northwest suburbs heavy snow, on one to 2 feet. philadelphia along the i-95 corridor snow, sleet and then changing back to snow, eight to 12-inches over there. in central delaware and southeastern new jersey, some snow changing to rain. we're seeing that process already begin right now so really depen

cape may, 39. toms river, 40. atlantic city, 40 degrees, mostly sunny, chilly. windchill values 35 to 6 degrees colder than the actual number you see there. by 2:00 p.m. in philadelphia, even though the actual temperature is probably around 37 or 38 it will feel like 32. you can see how we're clieng out of the of the deep -- climbing out of the of the deep freeze. windchill values barely above zero. overnight tonight it gets a little bit better, but cold. 17 in reading and allentown. 250 in philadelphia. 18 in millville and 20 for both cape may and atlantic city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 39 today chilly out there, 352 improving improving -- 52, improving, increasing clouds. tuesday, breezy and milder, showers possible, but not a washout. wednesday, sun and clouds, mild 59. thursday and friday, low 50s, saturday is colder, 44 degrees with rain and drizzle. there's the possibility of wet snowflakes mixed in north and west of the city. >> winter still trying. >> still trying to be winter. >> in this morning's kid health matters, a local boy and

then we go down to cape may. you're looking at a light rain right now but things are kind of quieting down. we do have a little break in the action, but there is more to come because you notice this whole area of rain that is still off to the west of us. this is being driven by an area of low pressure. so we're going to get these sporadic showers and heavy downpours overnight. just not as consistent as we've seen all day long. here's that area of low pressure. here's what's going to happen. we'll go hour for hour for you. you can see we have a steadier rain over in jersey through the evening hours. then by the time we get to about 11:00 tonight, it is just scattered showers across the area. maybe cold enough in the poconos to see a little bit of a freezing rain. we get into tomorrow in the afternoon, and you can see that we pretty much don't have any rain in the area, but we are going to be saddled with cloud cover. we're not going to get away from that, sorry. how much more will fall tonight? well, we're looking

cape may county. through tuesday. 6:00 p.m.e are expecting wind gust ranging he60-65 possibly 70 miles per hour. storm warning has been issued along the jersey shore. until tuesday 1:00 p.m. because of the track of this coastal system as itts way up the eastern sea board. here is a live look at satellite image rather. low system develop from west to east. it will meet up with system developing just off carolina coastline. work its way up across eastern sea board. we are expecting again snow to start to develop later tonight. after 9, 10:00 p.m. hour by hour forecast. certainly showing snow moving in after midnight. notice seeing purple and apply here. that's giving us sign we have snow. notice to south of us moving to parts of county and cape may we are seeing some snow. wintery mix and then rain favoring cape may county. that's because the coastal system will bring us some warmer air. especially along the jersey shore. our by hour continues this system. not clearing at least until late tuesday. for the most part. final band, s

if we go in closer southern cape may county, just the tip of cape may beginning to dry out after overnightrs. llewes delaware also getting rid of some of that. won't be too much longer for you folks down south with the rain. we have sky6 dry as a bone at the airport. you can see the camera starting to bounce a little bit as we're looking at winds in the process of picking up over the next couple hours and temperatures on the way down. right now it doesn't feel that bad as you step outside. 48 degrees in philadelphia. winds out of the northwest at 8 miles per hour, though and up there in the northwest there's a lot colder air and it is on its way down as soon as seven or 8 o'clock this morning you'll definitely feel a difference out there as temperatures drop. there's also a little bit of cloud cover out to the west but we expect that to break apart and we are looking at a predominantly sunny day but it is going to get cold. we're going to drop from the upper 40's down to close to the freezing mark, maybe even 32 on the nose by 8:00 a.m. and still very cold by 10:00 a.m. so you can see how

suffolk county, rain and light rain through cape may. this will drop south as we go through your morning hours. we pull this out and it will start to be cloudy but the clouds will thin o sunshine near afternoon. mid-40s by midday. in the suburbs, 31 at :00 a.m. 34, 1 is:00 a.m. we get sunshine and even low 40s are possible around the lehigh valley by later on. in delaware, 33. still going to be rain at 7:00 a.m. but will thin out. 3:00 p.m. in new jersey, 45 degrees. the clouds will linger because everything is dropping to the south. today is a day you can get outdoors if need to. then temperatures pick up in your worwe>>we have a travel al drivershe interchange. both directions will be closed at 6:00 tonight and remain closed for three weeks. crews will upgrade overtaed electronicing tolling equipment. during the project, drivers can use the traditional ez pass lanes next to the express lane. >>> would you go -- >> a testy town hall. a pennsylvania congressman got an earful at a meeting. >>> the sec secret service is dealing with anothe

a live look right now at cape may county. first alert meteorologist crystal klein joins us now. >> this is another one. thunderstorms were in the forecast today, chances of snow by the end of the week. here's a live look outside philadelphia, you can see this is from philly looking over into new jersey. kind of gray, but it is dry at this point, we are no longer tracking rain in philly or anywhere in our viewing area, we've dried out already, the line moved through very quickly. we're talking from 2 to 4, and it was gone, the whole thing, we did see some of our strong wind gusts south, and areas like sussex county. but again, everything is out now, except for some trees that are down across those areas. we've got clearing ahead, and still some spotty storms, even down the south, you see some thunderstorms that are moving through. it may affect our area as we go overnight, most of this would be limited to the southern zones and not nearly as strong as what we saw earlier today. here's the hour by hour forecast, the clouds are

look at cape may you're not out of the 20s. 29 down there. dover, 31. lancaster, 30. you factor in the winds it's a completely different story all of a sudden the numbers get colder. feels like 23 in philadelphia. 18 in reading, 21 in dover. a very blustery 25 in millville. satellite and radar along action radar, lots of sunshine expected today, high pressure sitting overtop of binghamton, new york, the air sinks underneath the areas of high sinking air is imo get any clouds. we are expecting bright blue skies the rest of the way. it will be blustery and cold mostly sunny that is the call from accuweather, better than yesterday, but still on thechils around 39 or 40 degrees, when i come back in just a few minutes we're talking warmer numbers in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, many of us into the mid 50s tomorrow, mid 60s by tuesday. of lower more handle township where parts of the pennsylvania turnpike remain closed at this hour after a tractor-trailer accident and fuel spill. the turnpike is closed between the willow grove and bensalem and exits, state

cape may, 45.tures dropping into the 20s overnight tonight. 26 in millville. 23 in allentown. 24 in reading, 29 degrees in philadelphia. but spring arrives officially tomorrow morning at 6:29 a.m., from that point on we're already starting to increase the daylight hours, we're increasing the average temperature, as well. by the end of the month we'll see the average high in the mid to upper 50s and we get into april, the average is in the 60s. it should start feeling better, speaking of 60s there's one at the bottom of the screen. 47 today, combination of sun and clouds, spring officially arriving tomorrow, 53. the rest of the exclusive accuweather forecast doesn't look all that bad. very mild tuesday, 57 degrees. wednesday, somewhat chilly, 43. friday the return of clouds and maybe a period of wet weather, 55. there's that 65 for saturday that is looking good, even i would say that. nice to his that again, thank you chris. >> time for the social corner, many dads and daughters have a special relat

cape may, 45. reading, 39.entown you'll start melting the snow up there, too. 38 degrees, even the poconos climbing above freezing today. overnight tonight, temperatures stay above the freezing mark or at least close to it north and west. that's key because it will help with the roads and things like that. you won't see too many slick spots, maybe a couple couple. the light rain you're seeing throughout the day today flips back over to snow showers, a slushy coating possible mainly north and west of philadelphia and mainly on grassy surfaces. again this is looking like a nuisance event at best. bridges and overpasses slick sidewalks parking lots. it should be limited. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, showers, wintry mix, 45. sunday, partly sunny, breeze, 48. spring arrived monday, sun and clouds, 53. tuesday, milder, 57. wednesday is quiet, but it's colder we have 40, but with the winds it will feel like the 20s. that's a colder day. thursday, 44. friday, high of 48. not bad just nuisance stuff. wh

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and then down toward cape county. this is over delaware bay. that's a pretty good thunderstorm headed in the general direction of cape may county. here's the steady, rain. it is on the lighter side. . so it's going to be adding to your problems. the northwest wind tomorrow is going to be drying things out. and allowing for lots of sunshine. even when you get up in the morning. redding at 61 degrees after a low temperature in the 40s. which is not bad. what a change from what we have seen today. as we go into thursday, the clouds will increase during the afternoon. and then friday, here comes this next system. this is not just a few showers trid. this is an area of steady rain. some of it on the heavy side. much of the day into friday night. this storm is going to track to our south much like this last one did. and there's saturday morning. this particular model still has some rain in. other models do have it drying out saturday morning. as you can see, the rain friday, some of it heavy. the thunderstorms down south. saturday morning rain and th

cape may, 37. allentown, a pair of 3s.the wind it feels like the 20s, so you need to bundle up. small area of low pressure continues to work out to sea, over the last few frames you see the cloud deck thin out, we'll see the process continue over the next several hours. future tracker 6 showing cloudy skies this morning, mostly sunny this afternoon, it promises to be a nice finish to the weekend, yesterday it was so gray and gloomy and miserable with the showers, today is the complete opposite. the windchill will make it feel chilly from time to time. tomorrow we'll see a decent amount of sunshine, and that sun continues through each and everyday, that number right here will continue to climb. you'll like the numbers in the seven-day forecast in just a moment. sun to clouds, breezy, 47 degrees is the forecasted high. with the winds gusting out of the north 16 to 2450 miles per hour, -- 16 to 25 miles per hou, the 47 will feel like the 30s. lots of clouds this morning, lots of sunshine this afternoon, 47 degrees is the high

cape may, new jersey, we did see rain.he roadways were slick earlier but looks like they're drying out. gray skies overhead but the clouds will be breaking as we progress through the morning hours. by the afternoon, mostly sunny conditions are expected. pretty nice day across the board. although still feeling colder than it should. 30 at 11:00 a.m. and 38. these are the feels-like temperatures. will feel about 40 this afternoon. still better than what weave seen the last few days. mid-30s in let's high valley valley. delaware, new jersey and the shore, starting to feel like rate near 40 degrees by 3:00 in the afternoon. more details on your work week and beyond coming up. >> thanks. >>> tickets went on sale friday for philadelphia's newest concert event, the hoagie nation festival. nbc10's tim furlong traveled to nashville, tennessee, to talk to one of the organizers who's a familiar face if you love rock 'n' roll. >> reporter: kind of weird hi to go to nashville to find the heart and brains of this hoagie nation fess val

high wind warning has been issued for atlantic burlington and cape may until tuesday 6:00 p.m. coming up we have more information regarding the storm. >>> see you then. 10 minutes past 5:00 a.m. monday, march 13. >>> route 30. jessica boyington has that. >>> watching route 30. white horse pike. moving through the intersection here. no problems or delays. everything looks good so far moving around in berlin new jersey. looks different elsewhere. route 73 in both directions. again in between fleming pike and atlantic city expressway still closed for the cleanup of that crash there. head down that direction. taking the detours around the scene with police activity there. directing you around will be fine. not seeing heavy volume still in the 5:00 hour and morning rush. take the white horse pike or get on atlantic city expressway. 422 looks okay. check in with drive times here. nine minutes eastbound from schuylkill. end here in crash on county line road. >>> 11 minutes past five right now. villa nova wildcats are the team to beat. how the team reacted after learning they were rank

cape may, 1 to 2 before you flip to rain. atlantic county, 2 to 4 before you go over to rain. that's the latest thinking on the storm. melissa magee will have an update on "action news" starting at 6:00 p.m. temperatures in the mid 30s, overnight tonight, cold once again, temperatures in the teens and 20s, winds beginning to diminish. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a whole week looks cold. remember the normal is 52. look at these numbers, 34 today. brisk and cold. increasing clouds tomorrow, 38 degrees. highlighted tuesday because of the approaching nor'easter, snow heavy at times, 36. leftover snow showers, 34. thursday, 36 degrees, friday, 42 and saturday, 46. looks like it might stay this way through the end of the month. >> thanks, chris, love you too, buddy. >> when a fire broke out a dog in ocean county new jersey saved his owner who was sleeping and our new jersey correspondent nora muchanic said the loyal peach was returning the favor. >> reporter: jim of jackson hassles loved his dog marley perhap

freezing mark in wilmington, 39 in cape may. not much wind, but windchills running a little bit below freezing. later on today, high clouds popping through. generally speaking it look bright. we'll call for sun in the lehigh valley, relatively light winds today 50 degrees. she shore, light winds and sun mixing with clouds and high of 51 with the wind running out of the northwest fairly light overnight. overnight tonight, clouds get thicker we see sprinkles and showers popping through in the overnight hours and future tracker 6 suggesting perhaps a little bit more of this as we move into tomorrow morning. it's a cloudy start as well. we expect the clouds to filter out and later in the day the return of sunshine. tomorrow will be milder, 40 degrees is the overnight low. more clouds, spotty showers, this low is not as cool as this morning, of course. tomorrow afternoon we're all the way up to 59 degrees for the high. there is cooler air lurking off to the north and west for wednesday, but it does look like we'll get fairly mild on

reading, allentown trenton feeling like zero. 4 in millville, feels like 7 in cape may. if you look at satellite and radar we're clear no clouds out there, high pressure in control. the high is sitting right here. the winds below in a clockwise fashion around the high sort of like this. what's happening because the high is

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things look calm now as we look live at cape may. rain is heading this way. you can see the system heading our way on the radar here. let's go to chief meteorologist glenn schwartz. this will be drenching rain. >> a few showers now, but it's going to be hour after hour with first alert for the entire viewing area for the entire day friday. and friday night and won't be heavy all the time, but some of it will be. . the afternoon rush is going to be worse because the rain is going to be heavier. plus all the l hours of rain ahead of that will help make for more localized fl ed flooding. every time this sort of thing happens, it's cloudy and 48 in philadelphia. we have up to 52 today. we're in the 40s elsewhere with a few spots of a a little bit of rain at the moment. and at the shore, you just saw the picture of cape may. it's 43 degrees there. the wind is on shore. so it's cool. 43 in holgate. winds going to be howling out of the southeast. we had a couple showers move through philadelphia and some of the northern suburbs now just exiting. e lower bucs county

still scattered light showers in cape may county.f us, it's been thinning clouds we've seen this morning. and some still breezy conditions. the blank spots are areas that aren't reporting gusts because the winds aren't strong enough yet. millville to wildwood, atlantic city up to bell mar, 25 gusts. today close to 15 miles an hour sustained. the guses, the burse of stronger winds, up to about 25 miles an hour. this isn't a windy day but enough to mess around with your hair, blow maybe some stuff around in the backyard. just a heads up, it will be a breezy one for your sunday. makes it feel a little colder than it is actually as well. right now we're in the 30s in our new jersey neighborhoods. it feels more like the upper 20s. 35 in pittman. washington township at 34 degrees. mt. laurel checking in at 35. lumberton, 35. hopewell township at 34 degrees. we'll boost these numbers up in the afternoon to 40s across the entire region. temperatures climb today even tomorrow. 47 in philly today. 45 in the suburbs. low 40s for the lehigh vall

if fort fisher fell, this was the keystone of the defense on the cape fear river. you would actually pull a ship into the harbor most times. they did not have boats that were me -- that were meant for these beaches. you had to jump over the size of these boats. in 1864the soldiers were going to be pumped over water.e the waves would throw these boats over. it would throw their equipment out into the ocean. and then they promptly would have to try everything else. imagine these muskets being used. there are single shots. is of your ammunition completely flat. your gun is going to be worthless. this was a major undertaking. when they got to the fort, they ablezed they would not be to be attacked and captured with the forces at hand. the order to with draw was given. the soldiers were sent back to virginia. it was a major blow for grants and for lincoln. they realized that to stop the war, wilmington had to be captured, and lincoln told grant he was going to have to capture fort fisher because they would not allow another failure at fort fisher. inew commander was cho