again, dekalb street main street and markley street. we'll keep you updated on the closures as they change. >>> and now we'll take you to the scene of the apartment fire. this breaking news overnight. skyforce 1300 is live over the scene of this apartment building fire. two people were injured and many others forced out into the cold. they are being sheltered now up. the fire broke out at 12:45 on swede street in norristown in the heart of the downtown area. jesse gary is live on the scene for us with an update. >> reporter: chris, we just talked to the fire department and will get a briefing from the fire chief in just a little bit. we'll bring that to you when that happens. two or three people have been injured here. you can see most of this smoke has stopped although that little smoke just started as i was talking, but most of that heavy, thick smoke has stopped. although it looks like it's starting to kick back up now. this fire began earlier this morning when the flames were shooting from the roof. 21 residents displaced by this fi

we are dealing with the norristown fire and closures in that area swede marshals, dekalb, americaly and main are your best alternate at this time erika. >> thank you vittoria. >>> 5:36n business news, how you can be julia roberts for a day. >> and how ups is changing things this holiday season. >> holiday season already. >> it is early, i know, jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, hey jill. >> reporter: good morning. the ups is raising price these year. the company's ceo says they are adding surcharges for residential deliveries on peak days like during the holiday season. ups spent millions on extra workers and updated equipment for who will take rush in 2014 and that cut into profits. it has been a strong start to february here on wall street. crude oil prices jumped pushing energy stocks higher. the dow jones soared another 305 points on tuesday nasdaq was up 51. >>> coca cola wants to you drink your milk. the soda maker is rolling out a premium milk that the company says has more protein and calcium then regular milk that will sell for double the price of the regul

taik dekalb street or markley to get around it. and we are not reporting any other major problems this is a live look near i-95 near allegheny avenue clear in both directions. >>> we have a traffic problem here jillian. pothole problems it's that time of the year when the pavement opens up to threaten major damage to your car. in one hour last night, we saw four drivers pull over with flat tires after hitting a stretch of potholes on city avenue. penndot says it has responded to about 20% fewer pothole complaints so far this season come parped to the same time last year but for every pothole there's the potential headache for drivers. >> this is my fourth tire change just mine. >> fourth tire change right here in this stretch? >> yes, you can see from this parking lot. >> that bumpy part of city avenue plaguing drivers is directly next to a stretch that was resurfaced last year. penndot says it will resurface that bumpy part some time this year. >>> to another problem now caused by the weather, the streets department in philadelphi

take dekalb street main street or markley street. in addition to the closure on swede, we have marshall closed airy street is closed near swede and markley street and chestnut street is also closed. leave yourself extra time if this typically is part of your commute as you could run into a lot of closures in the area. >>> we'll talk more about the fire with breaking news overnight and skyforce 10 over the deadly apartment fire in montgomery county. three people were also hurt including a firefighter. other reports say the fire broke out at 12:45 this morning along swede street. nbc 10 was the first on the scene and jesse gary is live on the scene. in the last half hour, he was given an update from the norristown fire chief. tell us more jesse. >> reporter: the chief says firefighters were able to pull this fatality out of the building. they were trying to do cpr and rushed that person to the hospital but were pronounced dead at the hospital you can see off in the background they are continuing to spray the back portion of this five-s

airy street closed between swede and after and marshall street closed between markley and dekalb.umber of closures due to that apartment building fire, tam. >> we'll stay with that. it's breaking this morning. crews are on the scene of that multi alarm blaze in norristown. the flames moved fast injuring two people and forcing others out of their homes. let's go to annie mccormick. she's live near the scene. >> reporter: good morning, this fire i'm told is still not under control. let me take you to the scene behind me. you can see there's multiengines and ladder trucks that still remain out here. at this point we know more than 20 people are out of their homes because of this fire. take a look at this video. this is video of the flames bursting from this apartment the norris apartments about six stories. we're told that there's more than 20 units in this building. on the basement we're told there's a chiropractor's office and at the time there were many people that were inside. now, we don't know the extent of injuries at this point. we're still waiting to talk to the fire chief w

take dekalb street main street or markley to get around that.oak street and chestnut and marshall we have road closures. and we have bus detours. i'll bring you that information when i see you at 6:30. >>> it's a cold start this morning. we're watching some clouds move through the city. we were watching for a few flurries but the light snow showers have fizzled this morning. now it's spotty in philadelphia and warmer in the last hour, 28 degrees in philadelphia with the pocano mountains back to snowmaking with the snow showers for this morning disappearing but there's a chance for light snow again tomorrow morning. right now it's cold doylestown 19 degrees. pottstown, 20 degrees. and it's up to 27 degrees before the sun rises in will bigton. camden 24. while it is 24 degrees in glendora, we are warmer at 27 degrees. still cold this morning, but as far as snowflakes it did not make it to the ground for most areas. and they are thinning out quickly. we do have clouds with us but those, too, will be clearing out and we'll see enough sunshine to war

dekalb main street all good alternates.septa bus routes 90, 96, 98, 131 they're running but running with detours. it will take you a little extra there in norristown. we're live on the schuylkill expressway looking at this jammed traffic westbound from past the boulevard to gladwyne and eastbound heavy at conshohocken and again at girard. getting a number of new accidents in. so this one is on the turnpike eastbound at bensalem in bucks county. expect some slowing there. two new accidents in new jersey where we did have those snow showers moving through new jersey turnpike southbound approaching exit three we've got an accident here blocking the right lane. so watch for that right on the turnpike. and this one involving an overturned vehicle. it's here in lawrence township mercer county just coming in to us on the ramp from quakerbridge road to route 1 northbound. that ramp is blocked because this accident where this vehicle flipped over. we continue to tweet all the latest with hashtag 6abc. snow showers exiting the coastl

swede street shut down at west march shaft you can use dekalb as your alternate matt and tam. >> breakingt of norristown. fire crews there on the scene of that massive four alarm fire at an apartment complex. >> the blaze broke out before 1:00 a.m. firefighters had to rescue a number of residents. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at the scene. annie reporter: matt and time the fire broke out just before 1 o'clock this morning. at this point we're cold about 23 people are out of their homes. that includes the people that live in that apartment building and also next door. take a look behind me. you can see there's still a heavy response here. there's still flames we're seeing in the top of the building. at this point we are told that they believe that this fire may have started in the basement or possibly in the second or third floor of the building. another resident telling us that she heard that this may have happened in a trash chute. take a look at this video. this is video of intense flames that broke out again just before 1 o'clock this morning. we're told that this is

your best alternate within to take dekalb markly or main street. i would avoid that activity if you can this morning, ukee. >> vittoria, thank you. >>> a class act right here coach herb magee will try for career win 1,000 again saturday. legendary coach and his philadelphia university rams came up a basket short last night. herb's rams playing wilmington you in a sold out gallagher center. herb spent his entire career at philly university, formerly men as philadelphia textiles. they have time for one more play but nick swish are's three ball off the mark. they win 72-70. >> if that goes in i'm the happiest man in the world. a, because we won. b, this is over. i'm in the used to all this be in asked me any questions after the game except where are you going herb. this is tough. it is tough on the kids too. >> good game last night. sixers and nuggets last night home coming for pride of chester jameer nilsson. former saint guess hawk in soul fit a as randy foy. sixers spoiled home coming thanks to the great night from thomas accounts who chipped in a

dekalb and man markly and main street is your best bet traveling mass transit in, major delays erika. >> thanks, vittoria. >>> developing right now a deadly train crash in new york, a commuter train slams in the suv stopped on the tracks, killing the driver and six others. >> that collision, set off an explosion and fire, don champion joins us from the scene where national transportation safety board investigators i understand don are on their way don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning ukee and erika. national the transportation safety investigator will be arriving here later to help with this investigation. looking behind me we are getting our first clear look at the first car or train involved in this accident here. as you look closely here you can see how charred the interior of that carries. we are told this collision happened when an suv for some reason got stuck between two railroad crossing gates that came down. more than an hour after deadly collision, smoke billowed from the front car of the metro north train heading to suburb an new york at rush her on tuesday evening.

stick to markley street or dekalb streak and main street as your alternates to deal with these closures in norristown. we're watching for snow showers. not seeing a problem yet but we'll keep a close eye matt. >> let's stick with the fire breaking right now. we have learned one person died as flames devoured the upper floors of that six story apartment building in montgomery county. others were hurt and many more are homeless. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live on the scene in norristown with what we know. annie. >> reporter: yeah, matt, we just spoke to norristown fire chief tom o'donnell and he confirmed there is one fatality also three people injured including a firefighter. we're told as far as the injuries go the firefighter has minor injuries to his hand. one was a medical condition and the third person suffered smoke inhalation. take a look you can still see the heavy response that is out here at this scene. this all happened just before 1:00 a.m. in the 600 block of swede street. take a look at this video. this is video of notice flames. we're told that the fire is u

we're looking at montgomeryville, 309 at dekalb pike.e have slush on the roads, you need to expect to hit that. take the speeds down, looks wet but we're getting accidents there. part of the slush on the roads. church road shut down at easton road from from mortar falling from an overpass. glenside avenue will get you around it. here's an accident where a vehicle slid into a pole in burlington county, 563 white horse road look for that to be a problem. in burlington county a transformer fire and church street is closed near saint davids drive, we had an earlier fire and down wires on route 70. it was shut down and reopened between brace road and 295. on the commuter traffic report we saw people talking about icy conditions on south woodbury road. that was from our 6abc team members there in gloucester county. the snow came there yesterday it's raining there now though, hash tag 6abc traffic. it's a great way to get all the traffic conditions. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing most of the area has transitioned over to rain, it does

this is dekalb pike and welsh road.'re looking for slick spots you can see that off to the sides of the road. with light precipitation it may be slick, you need to keep the speeds down. volume is light. pennsylvania turnpike, 65 miles per hour no problems, no overnight construction, if you're heading up north be careful about any slick spots though. area bridges are looking pretty good, they are damp at this point, no speed restrictions just yet. we're looking fine on the ben franklin bridge right now. at the betsy ross bridge we're seeing 35 speed restrictions there because of poor visibility. you can see low visibility in some of our shots matt. >> a teacher in new york city is accused of raping a mentally disabled student and prosecutors say it happened 6 times in a week. the 29-year-old was a substitute at the boy's school in the bronx. her attorney said no physical evidence or social media conversations support the claims. police are looking for surveillance video from the property. the school has fired her. at per

this is nap road at dekalb pike and they are moving camera around because we are looking at an accidenthere compromising it looks like pushing to the shoulder as much as possible but traveling again nap and dekalb you will fine this intersection being compromised as a result of the accident. now again we are not seeing rush hour too much out there, so it is not causing a major delay but it is something that could potentially set you back this morning. over to the schuylkill expressway in delays in either direction, eastbound traffic moving fine westbound moving toward, in delays, if you are traveling on i-95 i would anticipate that rush building on the southbound side around cottman and girard. watch out for accident in eagleville closing ridge pike, try to avoid this stretch if you can, ukee. >>> here's what is going on this morning. philadelphia a police are at three crime scenes after gunfire three people dead a fourth person is wounded. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now with the latest on the investigation, jan. >> reporter: good morning. homicide detective hard at

in east norriton is there an accident at germantown pike at dekalb pike.he disable car north bound taking out left and center lane. penndot crews on the scene as well right around wissohickon avenue, just use some caution. >> take it the slow, thanks very much. >>> "cbs evening news" is just a couple minutes away. >> scott pelley joins with us a look ahead, scott. >> here's the the "cbs evening news" tonight, isis executioner is unmasked, we will tell you who has been behind the beheading of americans. >>> republicans are fuming over pot now legal in washington. >>> and we have to do it, llamas on the lamb, the round up, tonight on the "cbs evening news". >>> reports say that the eagles will part ways with offensive lineman todd herremans. todd was the longest tenured eagles player with trent cole they came in the nfl together drafted in 2005 by the eagles. sometimes it is a money issue. bird will save 2.8 million for 2015 but they could take a cap hit of 2.4 million. it is not the money. often the team decide that the player is in decline. whatever the re

if you are traveling generally around that area you will find other closures but dekalb street or main street would be your best bet. the mass transit is still in the clear erika. >>> we are following breaking news in taiwan where a plane crash killed at least 15 people. frightening crash was captured on a dashboard camera. you can see the plane coming down sideways that clipped a taxi and a bridge. right before it crashed in the river. new 13 people have already been pull from the water, 30 are still missing. the the crash happened shortly after take off but there is in word on what officially caused it. >>> developing right now, the the the the national transportation safety board has dispatched a go team of investigators to the site of the deadly metro north crash in new york. >> seven people tied when the train slammed in the jeep cherokee on the tracks. in west chester county just north of new york city about 20 miles. the vossing gates came down on the jeep. the train pushed it several hundred feet down the track and burst into flames. the driver is among the dead. >> the third r

in norristown still have the building fire at dekalb street and the water main break along church street ain crash along the southbound side of the oxford bypass past 896 and regional rails running with 20 minutes delays because of cold and doylestown running on a supplemental schedule because of maintenance. get that at 6abc.com. >> thank you matt. much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. fiber may be the key to weight loss, ali gorman has the key to a new study. >> and in our next half hour, one snowplow operator in new jersey didn't get to finish the job after his truck was swallowed by a sinkhole. and meteorologist, melissa magee, has details from accuweather. c c. >>> fire continues to burn in west virginia after a train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in west virginia and lit up the sky with a fire ball. hundreds of families were evacuated and two water treatment plans were closed after the derailment yesterday afternoon the national guard took water samples to see if it seeped into a nearby tributary on "action news" at 5:30 tonight. overseas the fighting con

no problems on 309 at dekalb pike we're clear and dry. we have an accident coming in i'll have the details coming up. >> the guy who claims he had the most epic selfie of the year, thinks he has done it again. that's next in tech bytes. when we go to the store i find my box of honey bunches of oats, and i'm checking to see if i packaged it. he says "it has a certain code that's my line, this is the date." if the last 3 letters were p22, that's me. >> welcome back you're taking a live look through sky 6 over the platt bridge. 6:13 32 degrees, on your list of things to do today by hand warmers and long underwear. >> or become a hermit for the next three weeks. >> reporter: if you're not a hermit and driving to work, we have a couple of things to avoid. two accidents on route 13, at memorial drive and 273 two new accidents right there. in deptford township, gloucester county we had a spinout accident 55 to 47 that cleared. now we have another accident in tall minute son buster road at old morris road. it's clear and dry. it's busy on i-95. i

heavy snow right now coming down through dekalb, into chicago, into joliet, as well.tions are really starting to pick up here in terms of blizzard conditions, so we are seeing whiteout conditions, strong, gusty winds and power outages reported right now. so this is the blizzard warning that we've been talking about. it will go until midnight. heavy snow elsewhere is pushing through detroit and the leading edge now is coming into the pennsylvania area. we'll start to see

around it washington lane is the intersection to avoid a building fire in the heart of norristown in dekalb and a water main break in king of prussia, along church street and walnut street. ain crash at the oxford route 100 bypass and one at old kennett road, and lakehurst ocean county a bad overturned tractor trailer accident is closing 70 this afternoon and union avenue is a possible alternate around that one. >> thank you. adam joseph is back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. any warped up a bit. >> its 10 to 15 degrees warmer, any degree is an improvement. but

and the dekalb and putnam county sheriff departments have come up with a creative way of getting peoplegive themselves up. >> as sheriff i was looking for innovative ways to do my business. every sheriff's department in the country has numerous warrants that are outstanding. people become difficult to find. >> the inspiration, a fake giveaway used by the federal marshal service years ago. >> we sent out letters to someone telling them they won a laptop computer and they would need to show up, claim their laptop computer. >> these people have been call -- conning us for all these years, it's time to con them. >> they made a new business cbi computers. as cameras roll, detective powell runs through the details. >> we've already got customers outside waiting to be arrested. the way that the operation is designed is in the location we'll have two to three cbi employees at this point. >> the office is staffed with members of local law enforcement acting as cbi employees. once the officers confirm the identity of the person coming to claim their prize, another employee leads them to the room

heavy snow right now coming down through dekalb, into chicago, into joliet, as well. the conditions are really starting to pick up here in terms of blizzard conditions, so we are seeing whiteout conditions, strong, gusty winds and power outages reported right now. so this is the blizzard warning that we've been talking about. it will go until midnight. heavy snow elsewhere is pushing through detroit and the leading edge now is coming into the pennsylvania area. we'll start to see snow in the new york area over the next couple of hours, then it will move into new england after midnight. the rain-snow line is still through indianapolis and pittsburgh, so we are experiencing freezing rain through the next several hours. roads are going to get very slick through the overnight. there's a look at your 48 hours, snowfall forecast. back in an hour with another update. now back to regular programming. >>> they're all american girls raised to believe that the suburbs are safe. >> just because you make a hundred thousand dollars a year and you live in a fancy house doesn't mean

bad conditions through rockford and dekalb. visibility at a quarter miles an hour.ot exactly whiteout conditions but certainly get to that point where blizzard warnings are in effect through parts of chicago area. here is a look at winter radar. we do have icing stretching from indianapolis all the way to pittsburgh. snow and icing will make it to i-95 area by midnight. back to you, richard. >> thanks, domenica. following news after the execution of hodge, jordan offering to swap al qaeda prisoner for prisoner held captive by isis. part of president obama's budget unveiled tomorrow. paid for by tax on u.s. companies amassed in other countries. now back to "caught on camera." >>> so far we've shown you stories of brave rescues of individuals trapped in frightening situations, but what happens when a natural disaster strikes a major american city devastating whole neighborhoods? it will take heroic efforts by rescuers to save as many trapped victims as they can. a mall parking deck collapses. >> we have one man that is under a parking structure, a crush injury. >> and

i'm currently public safety director in dekalb county, georgia, and also serve as the national president of -- my career started actually in 1977 in florida, tallahassee, orlando, and subsequently in dade county where i left i think, about 1992, decided to go back to school and become a clinical psychologist and i'm still trying to determine whether that was a good idea or not. but nevertheless, that training certainly has helped me a great deal in moving through this profession and helping this profession change, as well, too. but with that being said i think over the last 35 years and i remember back in 1980, and many of you may remember the riots during that time, and those riots actually grew out of a whole lot of years of distrust and quite frankly, police brutality that had been occurring throughout that community for a long period of time. and the reaction of that community after the loss of a life in the hands of police officers really changed the course of that community and changed the course of that police department, as well too. and being an alumnus of miami-dade police depa

stick to dekalb street main street and markley street.hat happened in trenton after a police officer was hit by a car. the driver hit the officer in the leg and kept going. the driver's car was found a short distance away in hamilton township after he hit several parked cars along the way. they found the suspect with a gunshot wound but it is unclear who shot him. the officer and the suspect were not seriously hurt and both are being questioned by the authorities. >>> and the delaware county couple whose pet ferrets attacked their baby is set to appear in court today. bernie and jessica are facing charges after their 1-month-old girl was mauled while strapped in her car seat in upper darby. >>> you can get the latest on the news and weather on the nbc 10 app. see you back here in a half hour. >>> fighting for her life. whitney houston's daughter moved to a new facility days after being found unresponsive as new details emerge about her troubled personal life. then 50 shades more. we reveal another never before seen clip from the steamy ne

i'm cedric alexander, current public safety director in dekalb county george, and president of noble, national organization of black law enforcement executives. my career started in 1977 in tallahassee and then the orange county sheriff's office, and subsequently to miami-dade police department, where i originally finished my career and decided to go back to school and get a doctorate in clinical psychology, where i practiced psychology for a number of years before returning back into police as an administrator. i like to say welcome and thank you all for being here as well too, and looking forward to what testimony you have to share in regards to the health and well become of officers across the country. thank you. >> good morning. my name is jose lopez. i'm the lead organizer of make the road new york community based organization in new york city, in new york state. most of my work focuses on issues of police condition ability, housing rights and worker rights. our youth power project is currently partnering as well with the public science center, doing research on the impacts of th

where you see some of those brighter whites just south of dekalb county, that's where we're looking at could be 1 to 2 inches per hour. that's what's in store through the rest of the evening. even into south bend and ft. wayne, we're looking at that heavy snow right past dinner time. it all starts to get better by about 12:00. then that's when the northeast will get in on this. so after midnight the storm pushes in to the new england area. the leading edge of that snow right now is pushing into central pennsylvania. here's how it looks on futurecast. by 7:00 tonight, we're still dry through new england and down through new york. the snow is basically out through central pennsylvania and upstate new york. as we move closer to midnight new england, you'll get in on the snow. then new york is in that rain/snow line mix. it will start out as snow in new york city about 8:00 9:00. after midnight t switches over to sleet and freezing rain which is going to be very problematic for the morning commute. up through new england, boston up to portland and even up to bangor, monday is going to be p

currently i'm the public safety director in dekalb county, georgia, where i've been for the last two years. prior to that, i served five and a half years with the department of homeland security. as a federal security director there at dallas-ft. worth international airport. prior to that, i had an opportunity to serve as deputy commissioner of criminal justice in the state of new york and i'm also a psychologist, clinical psychologist. i trained both at the university of miami and the university of rochester, respectively, and both departments of psychiatry there where i received clinical training. my police career started back in 1977 in florida, and prior to going back to school to do doctoral work, i spent a number of years with the miami-dade police department. for me, this entire journey and having an opportunity to be part of this task force was most rewarding, very honestly, for me about this is to be able to serve on this panel with such a distinguished group of diverse individuals that represent this country, in every sense of the word and to me that is honorable and i'm ju

if you're in this area stick to markley dekalb or main street.ing septa bus routes 90, nine in this case, 98, 131 all running but with detours bust number of crews out there and expect icy conditions around the immediate area with this large. let's go to the mapp maps. we not only have that issue but we're dealing with a problem. we're hearing several accidents reported on lincoln drive because of icy conditions specifically watch out between wissahickon and city avenue. salt crews have been dispatched to the scene but still several accidents on lincoln drive with the problem there. looking live dry in chester county, 30 bypass jamming eastbound approaching 340 to 113 matt. >> thank you karen. >>> it is cold enough for icy conditions out there. it's 30 degrees on city avenue and that's a live look at atlantic city. dave murphy with the accuweather forecast. david. >> few flurries down by the shore, matt. otherwise it's just cold. 28 degrees right now philadelphia. 34 in wild what the. but up in allentown only 18 degrees not much wind. this aftern