she had nicknamed the leg "cuthbert."irginia, cuthbert, and her radio escaped over the pyrenees into spain. she was chased by klaus barbie, the butcher of lyon. when she got out, she radioed to -- she was incarcerated for about six months after being captured by the spanish, and when she got out, she radioed to london that she was safe, and mentioned in her message that cuthbert was giving her problems. she had never informed london of the nickname for the leg. she got back the message, if cuthbert is giving you problems, have him eliminated. she was eager to get back into france to continue fighting the war. in march of 1944, the office of strategic services inserted virginia hall back into occupied france two months in advance of d-day. while there, she would take cheese that she had made into the local village as part of her cover for counting german troop movements and drop zones for the engagement. -- for the invasion. early in the morning and other times late at night from a , different barn each time, as the painti

route 70 has been reopen at cuthbert boulevard, that is good news traveling through cherry hill trying to use route 70 to get toward the benny. here's i-95 where i want to show you the new pack pattern as you head north on i-95 between girard and allegheny avenue. notice barrels are here blocking what was that left lane, so it is just that slight three lane push over to the right. now by the weekend, penndot will be replacing these barrels, with concrete barriers, and then we will have that center lane, eventually that will be the the work zone. coming north on i-95 we will put that into play, so we will pretty much a construction zone from race street all the way up to allegheny avenue. the major roadways, boy you'll feel the difference. it the is hot out there. humid. ac cranking. 422, schuylkill expressway, in the bad coming toward philadelphia at the the moment. one accident in allentown wilson and farming ton avenue. natasha, back over to you. >>> developing right now philadelphia police have two people in custody and they are looking for a third after an attempted break in at a c

she had nicknamed the leg "cuthbert." genia, cuthbert, and her radio escaped over the peer and ease into spain. she was chased by hans, the butcher of lyon. radioed tot out, she london that she was safe, and mentioned in her message that cuts burt was giving her problems. london ofver informed the nickname for the leg. she got back the message, if he is giving you problems, have him eliminated. in march of 1944, the office of strategic services inserted occupiedhall back into france two months in advance of d-day. while there, she would take cheese that she had made into the local village as part of her cover for counting german troop thements and drop zones for engagement. other times, late at night, from a different barn each time, as the painting we have in her collection shows, she sent 37 intelligence messages back to london. at the end of the word -- of the war, president truman invites her to the white house to receive the only distinguished service cross presented to a female during the war. this is one of our hig

. >> route 70 is closed in both directions near cuthbert road. fox 29's dave kinchen is live near the scene with the very latest for us. dave? >> reporter: still a very active scene out here. i'll step out of the way. we actually do have some good news. parts of eastbound route 70 have opened. some of the lanes have opened up. we've seen some cars coming our way, but westbound a different story. it is still blocked. traffic is being redirected to cuthbert of the now you can see another view from skyfox just how large this whole thing is. a lot of emergency vehicles responding to these live wires dealing with this situation creating a lot of headaches tonight. >> wires puffed smoke into the air as they lay down across a shut down stretch of route 70 in cherry hill. traffic backed up as police redirect drivers trying to get around the mess -- >> the lights start flashing. alarms going off. everybody had to evacuate pretty much. >> dozens of guests at the crown plaza hotel forced outside on a warm night with the main power system down. >> the electr

. >> route 70 at cuthbert boulevard now looks good. this is a live look at the 42 freeway.that's drivers passing creek road. area bridges are in the clear right now. although we have construction on the eastbound side of the ben franklin bridge. it's not causing slowdowns, though. the vine street expressway looking good out here. girard avenue, traffic moving by this construction zone. we're not reporting slowdowns on 95 either. >> new from overnight, philadelphia police are searching for the person who opened fire on a man while he was sitting on his front porch. this happened around 11:00 on west spencer street near 21st and germantown. police say the victim was smoking a cigarette when two people came by, one of them asked him "what are you looking at"? >> the victim didn't make any comments that we're aware of. for some reason, these two males, one of them pulled a gun and fired at least six shots. >> one of them hit him in the thigh. he's in stable condition. both men took off. >>> we're expecting test results from a montgomery county apartment complex. that's where po

this wire came down across the highway near cuthbert boulevard. it caught fire in both the east and westbound lanes. the roadway had to be closed for time which, of course, led to big traffic backups. but at this hour one lane in each direction is getting by. it is still unclear why those wires came down. >>> chopper three over a house fire in harleysville, montgomery county torque night. this happened in the seven -- around 7:00 o'clock in the 600 block of northfield lane. police say the people inside that home did get out safely. there is no word on how it started. >> some dramatic new video could shed light on deadly house fire in wilmington. a neighbor captured this cell phone video of the house as it was engulfed in flames on bird street last night. one man died here, and two women were injured. family members say that 49 year old francine wallace suffered burns over 80% of her body. they believe that someone doused this home with gasoline and then set it on fire. >>> well two people are dead in bizarre accident in wilmington manor, delaware.

late last night we had a downed pole and wires in cherry hill along 70 at cuthbert boulevard. everything was shut down. this morning everything is reopened. they got that downed pole and wires taken care of so no need to worry about the situation on 70 at this point it's nice and clear and down in cape may courthouse, well, that's not the case. not nice and clear. there's a downed pole and wires blocking route 47 in both directions north of 612. that's carter street there in cape may courthouse. i think i would stay over on route nine to get around that. the garden state parkway also nice and clear if you're lucky enough to be down the shore on this wednesday morning. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> a heat advisory has been issued for much of the delaware valley. the heat index is expected to hit the mid 90's. the soaring temperatures have sent thousands of folks accident occur i didn't know to the shore. >>> ocean steel beaches are crowded with people taking a vacation week and others driving to the shore for the day trying to beat the heat. plenty fun along the bay for gr

all lanes were blocked in both directions on route 70 near cuthbert boulevard. fire fighters had their handful. folks were late getting home last night. but we have some good news we are opened, route 70, all lanes are opened in both directions rolling through cherry hill heading in toward philadelphia. another set of down wires, watching us down the shore route 47 out of wildwood here at route 612. use route nine to stay away or pushed through neighborhood. crash in pot town wilson street is block at farming ton avenue and they have put that new traffic pattern into play here last night i-95 northbound lanes moved off to the right between girard and allegheny. in delays at the moment. mass transit looking good. erika, back to you. >>> developing right new philadelphia police have two people in custody and they are looking for a third after an early morning attempted break in at a church in mayfair. police say young would be burglars used lad tore get in the church of grace, in the 3300 block of welling ton street. bless you, natasha. >> thank you very much. >>>

downed wires late last night in cherry hill along 70 at cuthbert boulevard. they're out of the way. everything is opened there this morning but a downed pole and wires in cape may courthouse continue to block 47 both ways north of 612. stay over on route nine to get around that one. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> let's get back to that heat and humidity that karen has been telling us about. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in philadelphia with more on the current conditions. katherine as soon as you step outside you can really feel it. >> reporter: you can and of course it's early yet. it's early, the temperatures are high and they're just going to go up from here. we're at the art museum steps where a lot of people are squeezing in early morning workouts and we're starting to see people run up and down the steps here, some people doing push-ups, just earlier the better today because it's going to be sizzling out there whether you're outside for work or play. yesterday we hit 90 for the first day of the season and today it's going to get hotter and our bodies might

skyfox over the scene last night, right near the cuthbert boulevard bridge. the wires were shutting down on route 7o witnesses say they saw a transformer explode before those wires came down and knocked out power to nearby hotel. the crowne plaza forcing dozens outside. >> lights started flashing. alarms were going off. everybody had to evacuate pretty much. >> pse&g says about 2700 people without power for a time. but it is now all back on. so good morning to cherry hill, it is not clear what caused that incident. >>> happening today at 5:06. fox 29 has learned philadelphia district attorney seth williams will be holding a press conference this morning. he'll be making an announcement on the controversial sting that ensnared four area legislators, and former traffic court judge. this is that controversial case, that exploded in bold headlines earlier in the year when it was revealed attorney general kathleen keen had declined a prosecute the legislators and the former judge despite recordings of them allegedly taking cash and gifts. kean argued the investiga

wires fell on the highway near cuthbert boulevard just before 9:00 last night and damaged the road. the highway was closed while the crews made repairs. traffic was allowed on one lane in both directions. again this morning, route 70 is completely re-opened. >>> also new from overnight, philadelphia police are searching for the person who opened fire on a man who was sitting on his front porch. this happened around 11:00 last night on west spencer street near 21st and germantown. police say two men came by, one of them asked the victim what he was looking at. he pulled out a gun and fired six shots. the vick was hit in the thigh. he is listed in stable condition. both of the suspects took off running. >>> happening today, we're expecting test results from a montgomery county apartment complex. that's where authorities say a suspect wrote a letter laced with the poison ricin. you may recall the standoff in march between police and 19-year-old nick lag hellman. you're looking at hellman's arrest at the eleanor court parms in hatboro. he allegedly bragged to a co-worker he made a scrat

skyfox up over the scene last evening, this is cuthbert road, traffic diverted, while things were cleaned up. pse&g says 2700 people without power for a time still back on. not what sure what caused the wires to fall. >> ac cranked up for so many of us. to the developing story out of malaysia. crews right now searching for more than two dozen missing boat pass inning, wooden bode caring 97 indonesian migrants, officials say the boat left the shore on the outskirts of call along purr illegally. crews recovered two bodies while 35 other passengers remain missing. tens every thousands of indonesians work illegally in mal asia. often risk dangerous boat rides to return home. >> my gear quan government officials suspect terrorist group boca haran may be behind deadly suicide bombing at world cup viewing center there. this is some file video. but at least 14 people were killed in a blast, last night, boca haran does not claim responsible for this attack. but that group has targeted other soccer viewing centers, killing at least 40, boca haran is that group behind the miss being kidnappings of n