here in center city these workers can atest to that. they're out here repairing after an emergency fire that came up from a manhole. we'll up date you on the clean up next.

♪ >>> right now at 11:00, a center city jewelry store heist.t is the third time this week a well-known store in the city has been targeted. and tonight, some business owners are demanding more acti action. >>> and spring tree preview this weekend but for some the spring weekend could end in a little snow. also, snow and rain neck week. we'll time it out and i'll tell which you areas are most at risk for seeing some snow. >>> and developing right now in brush fire in west deptford gloucester county you can see the flames from chopper three near the sunoco eagle point facility on crown point road. crews are on the scene working to get things under control. it's you unclear right now what starter the fire. developing now a two harm fire at a condo complex in florence burlington county. at the toll gate condos on florence toll gate road. officials tell us they have gotten the bulk of the fire under control. one person was taken to the hospital. >>> good evening, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. we begin tonight with a rash of thefts from c

we begin tonight with a rash of thefts from center city stores. the most recent happened along jewelers row. thieves gotta with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewels. our natasha brown is live in center city with more on the growing retail opportunities want business owners would like to be doing to protect them from crime. natasha? >> reporter: several retail burglaries just recently certainly has some store owners rattled. they want more police presence. especially in light of the fact that there's a recent retail surge in center city philadelphia. center city philadelphia has become a bustling retail destination. shoppers gliding in and out of new stores like century 21 on market street. >> with that ease comes the ease of criminals targeting high you have-end stores in the overnight hours friday, thieves shattered windows here at century 21 store stealing display items like clothing and accessories. the newly opened bloomingdale's outlet at liberty place became the target of nine masked thieves who gotta with with to thousand dollar

. >> we are starting off in the center city area. the vine street expressway around 24th street, no problem either direction. hardly a car in sight. the rest of our drive times are okay. we're in the green on the schuylkill and 95, heading into center city and the blue route is fine. southbound on the schuylkill, 935. if you are in center city or traveling around there, watch out for construction on locust street eastbound, closed between 15th and broad. tracy? >>> philadelphia police arrested the mother who was caught shoplifting at a center city macy's and left her 4-year-old child behind. mahogany cherry was charged with theft and child endangerment. she's been on the are for two weeks. police say terry tried to steal more than $1,400 worth of men's clothes when she was stopped by security, she ran away and left her child behind. >> leaving your child behind, abandoning your child, that's what you're doing. >> terry's been arrested twice before for shoplifting. the 4-year-old is now in the care of her father. rallies are planned a

concord to center city, 18 minutes, lake norman to center city 16 minutes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: looking ahead, thank you, chris, as we ntioned earlier, charlotte city council members will once again take up the issue of an ordinance designed to protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. and the battle has gone beyond charlotte with governor pat mccrory now weighing in on the issue. wbtv's mark davenport is live now at the mecklenburg county government center, so mark, what is the governor saying about the upcoming vote? >> reporter: christine, the governor says he is ready to support immediate state intervention in the ordinance does pass tonight. wbtv we got our hands on the email he sent over to city council members outlining the way that he sees things and his stance overnight. look at that email as i read from the email for you. the governor emailed to charlotte city council members he said the nondiscrimination ordinance could

, 277 looking fine. 77 through center city also no problems there. widen out take in the overall commute, 485 looks good. 77 coming from the north and south, no problems there and then a check of drive times, leaving matthews, 74, 13 minutes, 48-miles-per-hour. arboretum area, 16 minute commute and concord to center city currently running at 17 minutes, 68 miles an hour. that is a check of your morning traffic, john and christine, back over to you. >> john: remembering a war hero. >> christine: why the death of this soldier from south carolina is getting national attention. that is all new in the next half hour at 5:30. be back in about three min lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month >> reporter: governor pat mccrory is not happy an lbgt ordinance could be passed tonight. coming up i'll read you excerpts from emails from him to council members. >> christine: authorities are investigating a string of car break-ins targeting firefighters in our area. prevent the thefts now. >> john: thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning now 5:30 i'm john

shut down birch. >> these activists in center city are demanding the release of about 100 immigrants alling on a center to shut down immediately. federal officials say immigrants will stay in the facility while the county appeals the ruling. >> families do not need to be detained and behind bars while they undergo their immigration ç process. it's unjust and inhumane. >> the state says the facility was linsd as a child residential center, not as a federal immigration facility. >>> residents near los angeles, california had a close call after a small plane made an emergency landing on their street. the pilot told a local newspaper he was approaching a nearby airport for landing when the wind blew him off course. he crash landed and smashed roofs and windshields of parked cars on the way down. one of his wings were torn off. there were no reported injuries. >>> a woman jumped out of a third floor window to escape a house fire in philadelphia. skyforce 10 over the scene last night on frankford avenue in homesbur holmesburg. >> they said she just jumped. the steps broke and whatever, she

. > welcome back here the top stories, peco crews are on the scene after an underground fire in center cityit forced the evacuations of several building, it left 90 customers in the dark. >>> a snake caused a shock at a septa train station inside a trash can at university city this morning. no word on how it got there. >>> chopper 6 live on the scene of this water main break, 63rd street shut down between haverford and master street effecting the routes ten and 15 trollies. i want to show you an accident in bridgeport on dekalb pike causing issues there. >> reporter: it's cold, we have temperatures in the teens and windchills in the single digits. the winds will not be as strong as yesterday, but strong enough to give us windchills. tonight the arctic air arrives, a snow squall is possible and tomorrow and sunday bitter cold. >>> we're ready! at least i am. >> reporter: good for you. >>> for karen rogers, tamala edwards, david murphy, i'm matt o'donnell. have a good weekend >>> good morning, america. bitter blast. record-breaking cold this valentine's day weekend. wind chills as low as 30 b

the demonstration here in center city set for 5:30 tonight. there is another demonstration across the river at the cherry hill location, as well n center city, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> a big announcement from the obama administration today. they are smith ago plan to close detention center at guantanamo bay in cuba. speaking roughly an hour ago, president obama said guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. >> it is counter productive to our fight against terrorists, because they use it as prophaganda in their efforts to recruit. it drains military re sore -- resources, with more than $450 million spent last year alone, to keep it running. and more than 200 million in additional costs needed to keep it open going forward for less than 100 detainees. >> now those detainees will be transferred to facilities both in the u.s. and in other countries. the proposal is part of owe bamm's last effort to make good on his un fulfilled 2008 campaign promise. >>> all eyes on nevada today. as republican voters there pick who th

that story later on "action news." >>> 5:45, taking a live look, center city philadelphia, 20 degrees city avenue. much colder in other spots. ladies and gentlemen, fire up the electric >> reporter: show of hands who didn't want to get out from under the covers? looking live right here, chesterville, route 100, stopped at the lights, the roads are dry no problems coming down from pilots, chester springs or looking good this morning, it's cold, you have to warm up the car, but no big problems. we have fire department activity in delaware county. watch for the crews on west bridge road near oak wood drive they are causing restrictions in the area. we have construction on valley forge road blocked near morris road stick to bethel road in montgomery county. if you're coming in from morris town new jersey, 21 minutes no problems looking good. man, is it cold out there, 8 degrees in martins creek. 7 in fleetwood. 9 in coatsville, 13 in saint davids. 18 in the city itself. in some of the suburbs in new jersey you're in the teens. 16 in cinnaminson, 14 in hammonton. on the boardwalk, it's 18

we'll keep an eye on things, 21 minutes from rock hill, concord to center city, 19 minute commute, lake norman southbound at 17 minutes. guy, back over to you. >> john: breaking news at 5:03, crews in charlotte fixing blocked roads and several power outages. >> christine: ashton pellom has been with crews all morning, live in charlotte with more, so where are you and what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning, christine, currently on i'm sorry, hawthorne lane near central avenue. the road is currently blocked off there is construction site flooding right now. i'll step behind the camera and give you guys a better look at the moment. i'll zoom in a little bit hopefully you can see a little bit, you see the water just flooding in the streets, that is what's we're dealing with right now. police were out here blocking this a little bit earlier. we took video of when i first arrived on the scene. cop cars blocking off has been blocked off since 3:00 this morning, officers were out here blocking this road off to make sure no one comes down here and gets trapped in. they tell me the road w

. >> "action news" reporter christie lleto is live in center city with a preview of the local oscar buzz, hi there, christie. >> reporter: hey there, sarah, hollywood meets philadelphia at the low es hotel in center city. 300 people are making their way, down the area, and they will go upstairs for the oscars watch party and it is all, here, for a good cause. it is more than watching the oscars the event raises money to support homeless families and veterans in the delaware valley. through, rides and silent auctions. and helping people in need. and, while you everything a great time and having the fun, just know that people, and people here, a and are really in need in the delaware valley. >> and, they have some amazing auction items in there. i did see a grill, i could use for sure. organizers say that they are, definitely on track, to surpass last years numbers. they are looking somewhere around $200,000, raised for this years. reporting live from center city christie lleto for channel six "action news". >> very good, thank you christie. >>> if you watched the show, remember we here at

matthews to center city, 12 minutes, 51 miles an hour. providence road from the arboretum area at 20 minute commute and concord to center city, 20 minutes and 66 miles an hour. back to you. >> john: coming up, help for pregnant women in need. helping women and their babies (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) >> reporter: the no. 1 priority of law enforcement officers are to make sure you're safe. in a few minute as story how gaston county deputies are helping out their own. >> christine: a new push to improve education for kids here in mecklenburg county, what one county commissioner is saying about implementing universal pre-k. >> john: thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning on this wednesday, february 17th, good to have you along with us at 5:30 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine

a few scattered clouds over center city.at's a live view from center city where it is 40 degrees. we'll see the temperature come down a little bit more before sunshine warms us up and we're back in the 50s again this afternoon. there you could see the scattered clouds as they move past here the nbc 10 studios.ç not much wind. what we have seen in the wind department is that dry air coming out of the north. that has cooled things down for doylestown. 33 degrees, 36 in pottstown. wilmington 37. 40s in much of new jersey. audubon is 40 while pennsauken is down to 39 degrees at this hour. radar? well, we heard rain overnight. the rain showers came through. they're now offshore. not much left of those. the next round of rain, we can see it in the south. that will come our way as a coastal system. it will bring in warm air. the center of the system stays way to the west, so warm air surges up. we'll see rain by tomorrow morning in delaware and south jersey. then early in the afternoon tomorrow, the rain will start falling in phil

a "action news" reporter jeff chirico joins us live from broad street in center city with the details, jeff. >> reporter: sarah, there is a real danger for anyone who spend any significant amount of time out here. agencies across the city are responding, this home less shelter behind me, for instance has extended its hours, and so too have animal welfare officers, hoff been inundated with calls. we're with philadelphia animal control as officers make an all too common discovery, pinky here, shivering, locked outside, food and water bowls empty. >> he cannot spend the night out here, too cold. >> we will contact the spca, about this dog in the yard. >> i see it all the time. you would be surprised how many people leave their dogs out in the cold. >> reporter: as these officers and police working overtime, responding to dozens of calls, of pets left outside in the dangerously cold weather. >> we have been extremely busy, i mean we're just going around the clock. >> reporter: in center city home less line up waiting for broad street ministries to open up their door. hours extended on giv

you can see partly cloudy skies metro school camera in center city. but the trees are still russelling, wind gusts 20 miles per hour. 20 to 25 in the piedmont. boone gusting to 50 miles per hour. in the mountains you stay in the upper 40s near 50. rest of us 25 to 30 mile per hour winds, still very windy and likely to be other trees and power lines that come down through the day today. the winds will die down as we go in the evening hours. our forecast, 41 charlotte right now, we will stay close to that here at daybreak,42, at 8:00. a lot of wind through the day. snow tips in the mountains, that part of the forecast plus the seven day forecast in a few minutes. outbound lanes of queens road remain blocked because of a fallen tree near edge hill park and east morehead street. mark davenport is live at the scene this morning watching for any progress because a lot of people travel queens road, mark, is there any word when that scene will be cleared? >> reporter: christine, still no word right now from crews that will be coming out at some point this mor

concord to center city, 18 at southbound 24 minutes. most of the majors are still in the green but we are starting to see volume delays on 77 northbound coming across 485 and we are stylisting an still listing an accident at ramah. >> brody: a michigan shooting suspect, mass shooting, suspect will appear in court. >>> 20 killed in that fuji cyclone over the weekend. winds of 177 miles per hour. the death toll now at 20. >> also, how about this headline expect development in this one, russian leaders requesting permission to carry out surveillance flights over the u.s., they want to use cameras that they have on board aircraft we will see what comes of that. >> christine: finally, throwing fish is an old college hockey tradition. than expected. this fan trying to throw a fish over the glass but the fish didn't make it over. another try, fan dropped it before getting it finally on the ice. >> brody: i saw that before i went to bed, too funny. game end in a tie. more live b captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is monday, february

concord to center city, 19 minutes and lake norman southbound, 15 and 66. looking at the mapping system, most of our major highways continuing to run in the green. looks like we may have a few slow-downs on outbound providence road as you make your way past fairview and sardis, head toward the rush hour. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: the countdown is on to the south carolina primary, in less than two weeks voters go to the polls. the republican primary is february 20th in south carolina. >> christine: they will try to earn your support at a forum at winthrop university. mark davenport outside burns auditorium, the site of the forum. what can folks expect tonight who are attending? >> reporter: christine, they can expect fan fare, very very quiet on the campus of winthrop university right now. it will not be the case in 12 hours from now. that is when the event will start, starts at 6:00, goes until 9:00 tonight, the doors open to burns auditorium at 4:00. people will pack to see some o

now center city we have two separate accidents, the first inbound, you'll find delays there. as we hop out to the west just a bit, this is west trade street at graham, an accident scene there, not seeing any significant delays along graham, but emergency crews may be on the scene. the john belk, brookshire both looking good in terms of traffic flow. the live look at independence expressway heading inbound toward 277, no problems there this morning and your drive times, up from rock hill, 22 minutes, concord to center city, 18 minute commute and lake norman southbound at 16 minutes and 64-miles-per-hour. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: 5:32, looking ahead for the 11th consecutive year the ciaa tournament is back in uptown charlotte, expected to bring in about 150,000 fans. wbtv's mark davenport is live in uptown charlotte with more so expect this year? >> reporter: john, ciaa commissioner jackie mcwilliams has been planning all year long to make sure this year is the best the tournament has ever seen. she t

that's your southbound traffic headed towards center city and moving nicely here.tbound on the vine street expressway starting to notice a little more volume here as you head towards the schuylkill eastbound as well. not terribly slow just yet but you can see how you're jamming up westbound as you head towards the schuylkill. no overnight construction on the vine. we've had a couple of house fires, though. this one in marcus hook delaware county. crews are on the scene on ward street. this extinguished house fire in magnolia. you may see crews on hollywood drive near evesham avenue. stick to fresno to avoid problems. 42 northbound traffic right here and still just a 13 minute ride from the a.c. expressway to the walt whitman bridge. some building volume here. several southbound traffic stops this morning so watch your speeds as you head southbound. we've seen police on the side quite a bit out there so no speeding there in south jersey, matt. >> thank you karen. >>> new on "action news" the mother accused of snatching merchandise at a center city retailer then runn

behind schoolbus a taxi cab and an suv a few of the many factors in this mess you see from skyfox in center city. >> on top of all of that, gaping hole in the td bang near city hall with several people being treated for injuries. good evening, i'm karen hepp in for iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. what exactly happened here? fox 29's bruce gordon in center city tonight with the investigation. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, ladies, traffic just getting back to normal at this hour. some five hours after that wild crash that saw a schoolbus and two other vehicles kareening through a busy center city intersection. the real miracle here the injuries weren't more numerous or more severe. midday madness in center city ends with three vehicles mashed together outside, make that partly inside td bank branch at 15th and jfk. spectator cos hard believe the site. >> first thing your reaction when you saw this? >> wow! i just hope no one was hurt. >> eyewitness coutts suggest taxi cab may have clipped a septa bus right lanes of westbound jfk right across from city hall. the cab careened through the intersection at

it you're heading into center city it's a 62 average speed trip and 12 minutes. those are our cameras are the expressway. if you are heading into center city, we had an underground transformer fire that happened last night on walnut street and now that's still closed this morning between 19th street and 22th. mass transit was effected yesterday because of that today we're okay. >> on a bitter cold morning like this you want to limit your time outside unless you have to work outside and that's what some crews are doing in center city right now as they work to repair damage caused by that fire that jessica mentioned. we're live at the scene. what's it like out there. >> since we last saw you 30 minutes ago it feels even colder out. it hasn't stopped these guys who is been working out here on aen open manhole here. we're here on 22th and walnut street. people who live on this block captured video of the smoke and frames. they said this started from damaged underground lines lead together a transformer. people had to evacuate on this block. some tried to wait around

pushed over to the left there causing a backup on the vine and heading north on i-95 out of the center city. forty-two freeway starting to see volume in towards philadelphia a from atlantic city expressway through bellmawr, crash in conshohocken crawford and front street. we are starting to see delays on 202 and i-95, as we roll through wilmington. here's a look in front of the dover speed way just a light drizzle and as that rain starts to move north that will change the road conditions for the morning rush hour. east on the schuylkill already about a 20 minute trip, southbound i-95 about 21 minutes out of the north east. over here in magnolia where steve has been hanging out, hollywood drive and evesham road the scene of the fire with local detours in the neighborhood. if you are expect to go fly out of philly international i just check with the airlines there could be delays once that rain starts to hit the airport area mike and alex, back to you. >>> mother is now in custody after leaving her young daughter behind as she shoplifted from a department store. >> she was just four years old

this morning, things are looking pretty good in center city. there you go the john belk over to the brookshire freeway, again, in center city. no significant problems this morning. overall, our major highways are continuing to run in the green, that includes 77, 85, and 485. now over to wilkinson boulevard off billy graham parkway, we do have an accident near mulberry church road, if wilkinson inbound is part of your commute be aware of that. that is a check of traffic guys, back to you. >> john: the battle continues over the student assignment plan for charlotte-mecklenburg schools. in on the debate coming up. >> christine: big news expected from charlotte-based duke energy, a look ahead to the release of the earnings report. >> john: good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning, now 5:30 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow on your side letting you know first about school delays for this thursday morning, alleghany, ashe, avery and watauga county schools on two-hour delay. the full list is at wbtv.com/closings

arboretum area on highway 16, providence road, 15 and 41, concord to center city, 19 minutes, average speed, 66-miles-per-hour. that's a check of your a quick break and be right back. >> reporter: the ciaa tournament tips off here in the queen city later this morning. i'm mark davenport, coming up i'll tell you what you can expect this year. >> christine: expect a soggy commute as you head out the door this morning. we're on your side with how much rain you can see this a.m. and which areas will be hit the hard hardest. >> john: good morning, thanks for waking up with wbtv news this morning on this soggy tuesday, 5:30 i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. let's get over to the first alert weather center where meteorologist al conklin is tracking every movement of the rain system. >> al: still getting rain for the vast majority of the viewing area but seeing erosion on the edges, that is fully expected we should see a tapering down of the rain deeper through the morning. right now much of mecklenburg county while the streets are wet, it is not raining right now. york cou

a of live look outside at center city philadelphia. now but we're tracking rain later this morning and through the afternoon. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley in the weather center. >> the clouds right now, dry, however right now. cape may is warm.

we're live in center city, katherine scott, channel6 "action news."t. >> thank you, katherine. >>> also new, this is the mangled aftermath avenue police chase in wilmington, delaware. the people in the car fled a traffic stop at concorde avenue and market street at 10:00 last night. the driver then crashed into a tree and at least two parked cars while going the wrong way down a one-way street. police arrested two people in the car. a third person got away. no police officers were hurt. >> ♪ >> going on to politics now republican voters in nevada will caucus tomorrow. right now polls suggest donald trump will win there just like he won last weekend in south carolina. ted cruz marco rubio shrugging it out for second. trump had a moment in las vegas. >> he's walking out like a big high-five smiling laughing like to punch him in the face i'll tell you. >> trump said wanted to punch a protestor in the face after a man was escorted out of his rally last night. trump also accused the man of trying to punch the security officers forcing him out of the rally,

and then go down to drexel and center city areas leading to university city, they will be blocked too. so, bob will figure out alternative routes but those schuylkill expressway ramps on the other side there you can just work your way around to locust and all that but but that will be a huge headache come the morning rush hour if this is still block off. we will go to the video now and show what you happened in the evening rush her last night around 5:30, and good thing nobody was over this grates. whenever you see one that means there is peco power equipment underneath to get aired out. you can see why they have it as a grates because sometimes this stuff burns up. lines heating up to the transformer caught fire. we seen this occasionally. don't know the cause yet. maybe the power lines get burst just like pipes do in the cold but boy, black smoke, be in got hurt but made an interesting picture, cause sod troubles around rush hour and then had shall's power go out just a a couple blocks off rittenhouse square. you cannot stay in these high rises with no power. that ace begins the

we will check the drive times, matthews to center city, 13 minutes, 49 miles an hour. providence road from the arboretum area, 18 minute commute, concord to center city, 18 at 67-miles-per-hour. that is a check of the morning traffic christine, over to you. >> christine: thank you, chris. politics, isis and hollywood. >> john: john kerry met with major studio executives to get ideas how to counter the message of terrorists. that story is later on "cbs this morning" at 7:00. >> christine: some of you will be happy we're talking about the game and some aren't. duke and unc renewing their classic rivalry. lived up to the hype, a thriller to the end on tobacco road. wbtv is always on your side, in it's 1616. >> john: 19 after 6:00. there are several school delay in our area this morning. this is a complete list, not just select few. alleghany, ashe, avery and watauga county schools are all on two-hour delay. >>> let's get over to kristen miranda right now, live in the alert center with just interesting video just in the newsroom. what have you got here? >> kristen: sometim

this morning dozens forced from their homes and businessness center city. steve keeley is live where crews are working to get this back under wraps, right steve. >> reporter: those crews walk working out in the cold all night. qued owes to the guys on the water main break from the water department and these guys, i don't know how they dig in this ground but they have been working none in stop since rush hour. to give you a sense how much trouble this is, they have the hole over there between 21st and between the second. they dug a hole here. all these lanes are under ground. it is so hard to do this job. then they have power generators in here between 21st and between the second and that is why that road is shut off by all this going on. let's show you why if you didn't see this during dinner time news last tonight because were you traveling. look at that black, thick smoke coming up onto the center city sidewalk before the sun went down. that put a scare in everybody, and as this underground wire, that lead to the traps former, you smell that plastic, do y

. >>> developing right now, ambushed in center city. man is shot during attempted robbery in one of the city's busiest neighborhoods. good morning, it is tuesday, february 16th, i'm erika von tiehl. we want to check in with katie and meisha a i know you are both rather busy today, ladies, good morning. >> no dwindling thumbs today. >> no, certainly won't be, already seeing the camera shot, katie what's the storm say for me? i have to say felt warmer, you know, a lot warmer today than it did yesterday. >> absolutely starting to see surge on the they are mom term, i can tell this much, when i drove in, i saw the temperature really quickly, even just from driving say through the fairmount park section of the city in toward the vine street expressway. temperatures stat dollars to go up very rapidly. i really want you to keep close watch on your car thermometer this morning, especially if you're north and west of the city e temperatures are on the uphill climb. but still going to find the colder spots, by comparison, where it may still be aw

coming back in center city the john belk, brookshire, no problems but the ciaa tournament in town this week and you will warner cable arena and again, queens road a portion there outbound blocked off at henley place because of the big tree down where mark davenport has been giving us reports this morning. that's a check of the morning commute, guys, back over to you. >> john: thanks, chris. we want to let you know ashe county schools are now on a three-hour delay. ashe county schools on three-hour delay. >> christine: another school closure since the top of the hour, mitchell county schools are closed for today. if you're with us earlier you heard avery county schools are closed. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. would be school closure updates. watauga county schools just reporting they are closed f

commute and concord to center city, 21 minutes, 67 miles an hour. that is a check of traffic, john, back over to you. >> john: cam. >> christine: why she chooses to steak obstacles head-on, later on "cbs this morning." wbtv, a man attacked several people at this restaurant in ohio, coming up, we're learning more about the weapon investigators say he used. >> john: school delays to let you know about this morning. avery, mitchell and watauga county schools all operating on 16 minutes after 5:00.yotzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzsr` ?aenga?t >>> you're planning your day with wbtv news this morning. >> christine: 19 minutes after 5:00. >> john: kristen miranda has new details coming in the alert center. what have you got, kristen? >> kristen: we don't often talk about celebrities. we want to you look at who is getting out of the car. andclooneyand his wife. they met with the german chancellor. they are talking about syria. yesterday at the berlin film festival sometimes it takes hollywood a minute to react to what is happening in the news but stories need to be tol

a live look at conditions in center city philadelphia. traffic out there as people are trying to make their way home. nbc 10 is keeping an eye on the roads for your drive. >> right to first alert meteorologist sheena parveen for an update on conditions in your neighborhood. >> we're seeing the snow falling at a good clip in the philadelphia area. we have rain mixed in farther south, but here's what the radar looks like. there you see the picture again. it's falling that this band moving through will be providing accumulation through the area, so you see the darker purple moving across 76, 95, 676, and this is that more moderate snow falling i showed you. down to springfield to gloucester, west deptford, norristown and notice this darker shade, moving into montgomery county and through reading and berks county. that is the moderate snowfall. it extends north and west on the lighter side. but phoenixville seeing a good clip of snow. we have the rain/snow line across salem, wilmington seeing light snow fall and this rain/snow line is to the

. >>> dozens are people are in the dark this morning after an under ground fire broke out in center city. >>> police looking for a woman who left her daughter behind while she was caught shoplifting. >>> we're in the mist -- midst of round one of the cold. it is overnight tonight into tomorrow when the arctic air arrives. we'll get sunshine when the clouds start to filter in later on. 18 degrees in philadelphia. 11 in allentown. 12 in reading. 16 in trenton. 15 in millville. even though the winds are not as strong as yesterday there's a breeze blowing feeling like 7 in philadelphia. and 1 below in allentown. we'll have severe conditions for the weekend. on the bus stop, clear, cold, 16 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 17 degrees by 8:00 a.m. aicialghts of -- a little bit oa breeze out there. 22 degrees by 11:00. 1:00 p.m., 26 degrees. 28 degrees is the high at 3:00 p.m. notice how the clouds get thicker as the day goes on. as we head into the night we could have a flurry or snow squall that could put down coverage on roads in a hurry. lots of information coming on the cold for the weekend. that's ah

there's the view as you look at the center city skyline. we have a crystal clear afternoon around the delaware valley. it's a nice looking day, it is very, very cold. temperatures in the single digits and teens and windchills in some locations are actually below zero. is a in -- 15 degrees in philadelphia. 14 below is the dewpoint. minus one these are actual air temperatures in the poconos. 10 in allentown. 11 in reading. 15 for philadelphia, 18 in millville. trenton ten feeling like 4. feels like 1 below in allentown. minus 3 in reading and lancaster. this will be the last of the cold stuff. tomorrow things start to improve. temperatures get above freezing and by tuesday we're in the mid to upper 50s, it will feel better in about 48 hours from now. satellite and radar, nothing going on as we have the polar vortex retreating to the north up in canada. there goes the cold air. the warm front is knocking on the door. under beneath this front -- underneath this front, temperatures are in the 50s and 60s pushing to the north, because the low wi

right now our metro school camera in center city, overcast but not raining. 50 in charlotte, 44 statesville, hickory, 45 salisbury, 46 shelby, warmer air going to flood in very quickly, from the south and our temperatures will be heading up. 55 is what i'm forecasting at 8:00, a wet commute for a lot of us. showers in and out. mid-day is the time frame i'm most concerned, an hour either side of noon could have intense thunderstorms, then the front itself will be moving to the east, still close to 70 late this afternoon. the storm itself is well back to the west of us. this cold front sweeping through mid-day when we're focusing in right now. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is chris, first alert traffic. chris: al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. if you're getting ready to make your morning commute be aware roads in many cases are wet out there. taking a live look, this is i-77, west boulevard, rolling through center city this morning, you can see the dampness, the spray coming off the

. >> the hunt is on for the gunman who shot and tried to rob a man in center city.re live with how the victim tried to escape. >> music's biggest nights has many highs and a few low blows. we'll break down the spectacle that was the grammys. >> that commute could be a tough one this morning. here's david and karen. >> we have had the advisory lifted south of the poconos out to the west of reading. there's some slight concerns with freezing rain this morning. however, even though there's no active advisory in through here we got to warn you that it wasn't that long ago that temperatures were down below freezing. we still have lingering ice especially on sidewalks, side streets from the i-95 corridor up to the north. i even had a little bit of slipping and sliding on portions of route one on the way in to work a little earlier this morning. temperatures are rising. things are going get better but we still have to be careful out there. even in allentown we just now tipped up above the freezing mark and reading you're still below it so i can't stress enough how in and a

>> we're good through center city right now, tracy.n see behind me, these are our cameras right around third street. no problems in either direction. cars starting to really come out and about this morning. but all lanes open in every direction. we used to have ongoing construction on the vine every single morning from 4:00 to 5:00 in the morning. we'd be shut down. definitely looking up from those points. no construction there anymore. drive times okay, the schuylkill expressway and 95 are okay heading into center city. the drive time on 95 a 14-minute trip. southbound from the schuylkill to 95, that's a 15-minute trip. mass transit doing great so far. septa's new spring schedule, watch out for that. otherwise, no delay. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> coming up on 11 minutes before 5:00. the temperatures are coming down. winter cold is making a comeback this morning and it's riding in on these gusty winds. here's a live view from center city. the winds have been gusting to more than 35 miles

nbc 10's matt delucia is live at the apple store in center city philadelphia. it's one of many locations across the country where protesters will gather today. good morning, matt. >> good morning, vai. the court of public opinion today. people are planning to protest more than 40 apple stores throughout the country including this one here in center city, the one on walnut street. organizers say they are not protesting apple. they're actually on apple's side on this issue. the company has been in a fight with the courts and the fbi over an effort to get a so-called back door entry into iphones, in particular, the fbi says it wants to get into the cell phone one of the san bernardino shooters. many apple users say that would be the beginning, would set a press didn't and this poses a severe privacy risk for everyone. apple is contesting a judge's order to build that software. one of the organizers with fight for the future, the group organizing this rally believes these nationwide rallies will send a message to the fbi and the government as a whole about their co

keeping in center city, the transformer fire, walnut is closed between 21 st and 22nd right now. am track and also running with no delays. this morning. i'll be back in ten minutes with a check on your morning commute. >> thank you. just ahead doing their part, we'll show you how a local football team is stepping up and helping those effected by the flint water crisis and how you can help too. vmt it's 5:43. someone stole 18,000 colors in cash while a technician was restocking an atm. he was working on the machine yesterday. the worker left a box with the cash inside his unlocked truck. someone swiped the box along with the technician's cell phone. so far no word on any arrests. >> decision 2016, a debate between bernie sanders and hillary clinton is now in the books. last nights debate covered health care, foreign policy and race relations. the two candidates saved some of the best exchanges on the issue of how wall street issues campaign funding. clinton referred to president obama. >> he was the resip ent of the largest number of wall street donations of anybody running on the

now i'm live in center city, matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> it's 5:03. today a recovery high school will host a pennsylvania lawmaker who's introducing legislation to make those types of schools more accessful to students who need them. take a look at the most recent numbers. their survey estimates that within the last month in pennsylvania, about 9.2% of kids between 12 and 17 used an illegal drug, which is about 89,000 kids. the national average is around 9.4%. the bill to be introduced today by state representative jonte lore would create a four-year pilot program for recovery high schools like the bridgeway school. the schools provide help for students who dealt with substance abuse. >> and so recovery high school environment provides a safe haven where they're going to school with other kids who are working on the same issues. >> rebecca bonner who you just saw said many can't afford tuition. it would provide funding for the state and home school district to make it more afford jooablff >>> state lawmakers say these are real problems facing philadel

and center city philadelphia are jet to see the worst wind gusts. if we go down to south jersey, they have drop tropical disturbance in places like south jersey and hammonton and burlen and medford lakes and buena, you have yet to see the wind gusts. if we go tighter we can get an idea directly of the live radar image where this storm is headed. route 611 dropping south of doylestown at willow grove and the turnpike, these are areas picking up the heavy rain and on the live scan look how quickly this is moving toward the east. this is a live update of where the heavy downpour is and areas closer now to the arrival of the strong wind gusts, perhaps pushing 60 miles per hour, if we go down farther south to jenkintown and pushing into northeast philadelphia and these are areas looking at the strong wind gusts and rancocas another 15 minutes away and if you go out wider, areas to the north as well. allentown is the worst of this, and easton about to get the worst of it in doylestown. highlights in red with the heavy downpours, possible rumbles of thunde

. >> sentencing day for catherine knotts, local woman involved in a center city attack, live with what she could be facing. >> good morning, it is february 8th, i'm erika von tiehl. >> i'm jim donovan. getting things started today with a check on weather and traffic can katie and meisha. >> good morning, happy monday. kicking off brand new week. i'm sure a lot of people are still sleeping after the big game last night. >> roads right now are quiet. katie, one thing i noticed how cold it is outside. >> it is chilly. we will definitely keep the chill around here the next couple of days. expecting new area of low pressure to develop, see some activity just over my shoulder. that's going to come into play for the shore towns specifically, so let's start actually off further inland where you are going to end one quiet beginning to the day here. live look spring garden and broad, intersection, there actually being take from our very own station headquarters on "skycam 3", all is calm, collected, although when you go to storm scan3 things start to get little ominous down toward the shore town

the football star was seen with his lawyer in center city after meeting with authorities. >> "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live at central detectives with more on what mccoy's lawyer is now saying. diana? >> reporter: ukee and jessica arc lot of peg laying over where and when this might happen. now finally after two weeks, lesean mccoy is finally talking to the detectives about this drunken bar brawl. he didn't have much to say to us tonight. but his attorney now says he didn't do it. lesean mccoy leaves his attorney's office tuesday after talking to prosecutors and police about a brawl on the eve of super bowl sunday. that left two off duty police officers in rough shape. >> he'd love to talk to you. he'd love to talk to you. but i'm not letting him talk to you. >> reporter: right after the brawl now two weeks ago "eyewitness news" caught up with mccoy and he had nothing to say. >> because there's on-going investigation and you're going to have another question for me, right? but i'm not going to answer any further questions because that's not what we're supposed to do. we d

we've got a little issue in center city. not actually snow so that's not the issue.utside. the roads are just wet for the most part but in center city a malfunctioning traffic light. you there see the flashing lights police are on hand assisting with this. this is on this eighth street at race street. so give yourself extra time. you have to go slowly with that traffic light not quite working. you kind of see the road surface at that point. it's mostly just dry right there. mass transit, everything lab on time. in delaware the overview slowing no big problems on 95, 495, 202 or route 13. you're good to go dave. >> overnight snow showers delivered a coating to maybe a half inch in some spots karen so no problem there. main roads anything that was pretreated is doing fine this morning. we have a second round of snow showers beginning to build to the south and rest. they're build in during the rush hour. temperatures down around the freezing mark in some spots. be careful of slick conditions. dressing the kids warmly this morning for temperatures near freezing. blustery

the football star was seen with his lawyer in center city after meeting with authorities. >> "eyewitnessews" reporter diana rocco is live at central detectives with more on what mccoy's lawyer is now saying. diana? >> reporter: ukee and jessica arc lot of peg laying over where and when this might happen. now finally after two weeks, lesean mccoy is finally talking to the detectives about this drunken bar brawl. he didn't have much to say to us tonight. but his attorney now says he didn't do it. lesean mccoy leaves his attorney's office tuesday after talking to prosecutors and police about a brawl on the eve of super bowl sunday. that left two off duty police officers in rough shape. >> he'd love to talk to you. he'd love to talk to you. but i'm not letting him talk to you. >> reporter: right after the brawl now two weeks ago "eyewitness news" caught up with mccoy and he had nothing to say. >> because there's on-going investigation and you're going to have another question for me, right? but i'm not going to answer any further questions because that's not what we're supposed to do. we don

this is a live view from center city where temperatures have been staying above freezing. now it is 39 degrees in philadelphia with the northeasterly wind at 10 miles an hour, nicely above freezing for the city and at the shore, we've seen rain drops so far. you can see them on the lens. is this a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. it doesn't look very wet on the recordway, does it? light rainfall to start with. winter weather advisories to the north. the pocono mountains, northampton county, just not north of the allentown area. this is where we could see a mix of rain, sleet, freezing rain to the north. in the doylestown area, temperatures will be climbing. this is 8:00 this morning. 36 degrees in newtown and for norristown, the temperatures climb as the rain moves in. so making things looking mainly rainy. there's a slight chance it could be a bit of freezing rain to begin with. i don't think that looks like much of a threat this morning. it won't last long if it does happen. the temperatures climbç as the rain moves in. rain will be too steady for anything

we're still seeing an injury accident right in the heart of center city. that is east 4th at south mcdowell off 277, if that is part of your morning commute, expect that you will see emergency crew there's for the next little while. roads are wet, i-77 northbound coming toward you at lasalle street, southbound toward center city, traffic running along fairly smooth. central avenue, flooding problems at the corner of hawthorne lane, that intersection has been blocked off because of the flooding there and the roadway near construction site. taking in the overall charlotte commute this morning, most of the major highways are continuing to run in the green and one other accident to point out, this is johnston, highway 521 at john j. delaney in the heart of ballantyne. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: a gas price war had gallon of gas. coming up in the 6:30 half hour, we'll tell you where and how this happened. >> christine: pennies, okay. kristen miranda getting you some video you haven't se

that's your eastbound traffic headed towards center city. coming up from conshohocken or gladwyne you've got a good looking commute so far and the speeds on the big picture really reflecting that. don't forget in east falls falls bridge remains closed until april 1st and long term construction closes monument road out there in wynnefield heights near ford and belmont between those areas. in mercer county on 295 both ways between 33 and route one we've got construction that's blocking a lane. that will be out there for another half hour. hopping into new jersey this is 42 northbound here at creek road. an easy 13 minute ride from the a.c. expressway to the walt whitman bridge. no big problems out there just yet, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> and developing overnight police are investigating a shooting in atlantic city. one person was rushed to the hospital from the 1100 block of north ohio avenue just before 2:00 this morning. the city's major crimes unit has been called out to the scene and we also know the corn interis thercoroner is