heads up as you head out the door and take easton road, you might see problems there. looks like that construction on the blue route, southbound ramp to the schuylkill expressway has already clearlied out of the way. good news there. drive times moving through delaware, not too bad, north and southbound, 11 minutes from 295 to 495 and average speeds in the 60s. vai and tracy. >>> happening now, an old building is imminently dangerous and needs to come down. nbc10's matt delucia is live on the scene right now. matt, what are they doing to prevent people from a potential collapse? matt, you can hear us? >> reporter: there is still that danger of collapse. yes, i can hear you. right here at third and chestnut streets, you can see this is the intersection where that fired happened early sunday morning. the heavy equipment has been moved in there. they're trying to keep this area as safe as possible from the event there is a collapse here for two days, firefighters and investigators have been at this spot. it has taken its toll on people who live here, worked here or booked

you may want to use 309 or route one to take the turnpike and you may want to stick instead of eastonoad to moreland road instead. we're outside live route one north at oxford valley here in langhorne. we had a big problem here with people hitting potholes. we had a number of disabled vehicles. they just cleared matt and tam but an indication of what's out there so be careful. >> it is a mess. after the recent school shooting in florida an anguished persistent question remains, how do we make this stop? some say stricter gun laws are the answer but the top cop in upper darby has a very different idea involving arming teachers and school staff. jeanette reyes is live in upper darby with details on his proposal. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, tam. this police official is saying his proposal is really about acknowledging that every second counts and arming school personnel according to him could save lives and stop the threat before police even arrive on scene: after yet another deadly mass school shooting a proposal that is sure to spark some heated discussion. super

easton road southbound between mill road and pennsylvania turnpike still shut down at this point matt>> thank you, karen. a new washington post abc news poll on the gun control debate released overnight. it shows most americans want action to prevent future mass shootings but not everyone agrees on the best way to do it. 77 percent of americans blame congress and 62 percent say president trump is not doing enough to prevent the violence. when it comes to solutions, 77 percent want to address mental health issues. more than half of those polled said there should be stricter gun laws. when broken down by party lines, democrats significantly outweighed republicans in their support for gun control. conservatives favored health screenings and arming teachers in school. the support for banning assault weapons remained flat compared to two years ago. >>> the polls showed less than half of americans surveyed favored arming teachers in school but a top police commander in delaware county what's to do just that saying it is the best way to protect students in the future. "action news" reporter

i'm in easton miss valerie davis the art to you cher at easton middle school is sketching all of the of the parkland school shooting in florida her way of coping and helping others it's difficult to deal with a tragedy. our hank flynn went to easton to meet an arty cher who is feeling the pain and taking action. >> reporter: it's hank i'm in easton with miss valerie davis the arty cher at easton middle school doing a pretreat of meadow pollock gunned down last week in the school shooting in florida. this is miss davis toes way of dealing with the tragedy for herself, for the family and for all of us. >> your lives are like snuffed out. i still can't figure out why. >> it's a meditation artwork valerie davis does her mind wanders as her hand moves with speed and sent she's doing graphite on paper portraits of each of the park land school shooting victims portraits which will eventually find their way to grieving families. >> it's forgotten about it by some people. next week they'll just go on with their lives but these people have to live with this for the rest of their lives. every t

look at easton this morning. that's a foggy view.hat fog will be here to start with, but you can count on some sunshine here for a change this afternoon. easton is not the only spot. we saw some really thick fog in allentown. but just in the last few minutes the visibility improved dramatically now. you can see the visibility out back down under a mile in wilmington. but the thickest fog, and it's holding right now in dover. a quarter mile in atlantic city, and wildwood starting to see a little bit of an improvement. so doesn't look like it's going to last long. the cold weather not to be found this morning. we're in the 40s right now. the lehigh valley just a couple of degrees warmer in delaware.

look at easton this morning. that's a foggy view. that fog will be here to start with, but you can count on some sunshine here for a change this afternoon. easton is not the only spot. we saw some really thick fog in allentown. but just in the last few minutes the visibility improved dramatically now. you can see the visibility out back down under a mile in wilmington. but the thickest fog, and it's holding right now in dover. a quarter mile in atlantic city, and wildwood starting to see a little bit of an improvement. so doesn't look like it's going to last long. the cold weather not to be found this morning. we're in the 40s right now. the lehigh valley just a couple of degrees warmer in delaware. we will get some sunshine today. it will take some time for it to break through the clouds. at 10:00 it'll still be cloudy with northwesterly winds developing. that's a drying direction for us, and that'll help boost the clouds out of here this afternoon. so we're on track seeing all of our neighborhoods warm into the 50s this afternoon.

infact, easton split with the weather this afternoon. slow to clear and has left substantial puddles in many fields across norfolk. further north and west is where we had the best of the sunshine. it has been a cold afternoon and any showers have fallen as no solar light dusting across cumbria. the showers have been isolated through this afternoon but we will continue to see clear skies overnight and that will allow those temperatures to fall away and a chilly night to come in central and eastern areas. by contrast, the cloud and rain will gather towards dawn tomorrow morning and we could see more significant snow bumping into this cold are sitting across scotland. a widespread frost is likely, the blue tones denoting falling below freezing so first thing tomorrow morning we could see five to ten centimetres of snow and icy stretches not out of the question to parts of scotland. snow showers likely across north—west england, wales and south—west england. it will be rain bursting and the rain is likely to stay with you for most of the day

so, route 611 easton road southbound, it is closed between mill road and pa turnpike, your alternates, blair mill road or york will be your best bet. jan, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. well, about 100 student from majori stone man douglas high school are traveling to florida's capitol today where they will urge lawmakers for fighter gun control. >> also learning more about the alleged shooter nicholas cruz, documents reveal in 116 investigators with the state's department of children and family visit dollars the cruz house, investigators noted that cruz had depression, adhd , autism and had plans to buy a gun. they took the 19 year in after his mother's death in november spoke with abc news yesterday. >> before he moved in one of the stipulations he had to get a gun safe. we got a gun safe on the way back from moving his stuff to our house. >> the white house says president trump is open to the possibility of supporting boy partisan legislation to strengthen the federal background checks system, had to hold a a listening session with students and teachers at the white h

now a clear view of downtown easton. and the clouds will clear out this afternoon. to see some sunshine. what is not typical this morning, there's no cold air around. in the 40s right now. the suburbs for philadelphia a delaware at 43 degrees. you'll see a little light fog in wilmington. you can see it from crawly stadium right now. the wind will be picking up out the northwest. that's going to allow the clouds to break this afternoon. start with clouds and fog in the morn, but this afternoon sunshine breaks through. i'll break it down hour by hour and show you how quickly it's going to warm up in your neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. but first let's see if there are any pockets of fog affecting the traffic. >>> starting out in logan where we have a crash, bus actually. police activity on the scene there, too. so we're waeching that for you. also watching 95. our cameras around cottman avenue, not too bad despite this accident scene off into the shoulder of the southbound side. speeds into the 30s, too. >>> this week marks the beginning for students who s

farther to the north easton in the 30s to start with today. in the lehigh valley i think those temperatures really recover. allentown up to 60 degrees and close to it this afternoon for easton. you'll see lots of sunshine and some clouding. this won't be as clear as yesterday, but we'll get enough sun to warm up. a little bit cooler at the shore but still a really nice day considering it's the last day of february. 60 degrees in wilmington this afternoon. this is high scattered clouds. this is not a rainmaker. no, that arrives tomorrow. after it dry morning this rain will be carrying us through the afternoon and right on into probably the early morning hours of the weekend. 7:30 this evening. it's looking nice and dry. just a few scattered cloutsds in our area. it'll still be warm during the evening hours and tomorrow morning we'll start dry. look at the rain moves in right at lunchtime for philadelphia. steady rain in delaware and south jersey. and it's going to bea rainy day for thursday. and then the wind will really pick up and we'll still

and all traffic diverted to northbound easton road. delays in that area that we're watching.nd we're watching the schuylkill expressway. east and west drive tiles, 30-minute trip eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway, high 50s. vai, back to you. >>> jury duty is something that most adults have to face at one point or another. what happens when a minor gets summoned? luke fox and his family recently found out. an 11-year-old. he had a sum mons in the mail. and luke said they were missing a key piece of information. >> they had me selecting the jurors. and they didn't have birth dates for all of them. >> ah. well, luke's mom was able to get to the bottom of the mix-up. and he's been cleared from duty. and luke says he can't wait actually until he's 18 so he can officially serve. good job, luke. >>> coming up from a winning team to a hopeful one, eagles players passing off inspiration to the phillies. >> reporter: i'm pamela osborne live inside a temple university engineering lab. from the concept to the design. to the finished product. we'll take you insid

at 9:00, we expect to see fog in easton. time, that fog lifts and though it's cloudy at lunchtime, this afternoon will break through into sunshine. it will be turning out to be a beautiful springlike winter day. 70 in new jersey. 64 degrees in the lehigh valley. and close to 70 degrees in thee delaware, we could see some record temperatures today. i'll break it down hour by hour and show when you the temperatures will really take off in your neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes but first, let's see how the fog is affecting the roads. jessica boyington with an update from the "first alert" traffic center. >> yeah, bill, we have a few things affecting roads. one, fog, two, potholes. on oxford valley road, northbound, we're seeing big delays. and one then of the vehicles that probably crashed into the potholes is now on the shoulder. ewe' crash on upper moreland, right around mill voted. and olman's township. a lot of cars being reported off to the shoulder because there's a car spill on 295 southbound. either they're stuc

they've shut down easton road near mill road.u're in this area stick to moreland road as your alternate to that one. this is chester county here, 202 near greentree drive. it's damp. we see some fog out there as you're heading out, so just be careful right now. let's look at these visibility reports. three hundred310ths of a mile i, reading and lancaster. on the waze app we have meow meow talking about fog on 276 in bristol township. i think that will be repeating itself wherever you head out and temps 10 to 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. you're in the 40's this morning in the lehigh valley. upper 40's in center city. in new jersey, 56 in hammonton, 55 degrees in dover delaware heading up to 70, very mild today, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> new this morning, a missing uber and lyft driver have been found alive at a los angeles hospital. joshua thebe vanished without a trace. his friends did not provide any further details on how he was located at the hospital or what happened to put him there. the last time he or someone else

raindrops falling in allentown and easton. this is just the beginning. the light rain showers now popping up over northern delaware. it's going to be rainy and will get chillier. temperatures not all that bad. we're in the 50s in new jersey and in philadelphia. the cool neighborhoods in the lehigh valley, 45 degrees. these are the numbers for now. this afternoon, rain coming down, and the temperatures slowly coming down. by this afternoon, 39 in the lehigh valley. 42 in delaware and low 40s for philadelphia, the suburbs, and new jersey. you'll need the rain gear and winter coat, too. numbers will get each colder tonight. i'll -- get even colder tonight. i'll break it down for each part of the area and show when you'll most likely need the umbrella when i'm back in ten minutes. first, jessica boyington has first alert traffic. >>> right. and to start, 422 and our cameras at route 23, this eastbound side seeing massive delays right now. this is norm -- would normally take about 15 minutes. right now the left-hand lane is completely blocked off. one car at

and that's easton. a similar scenario for philadelphia. up to 505 degrees with partly sunny skies this afternoon. that wind out of the southwest is going to help boost our temperatures today. we're in for a really almost april-like day today. most of the rest of the area near 60 degrees. the school spot will be thejurethe jersey shore. first jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> 95 is where we're starting here. our cameras around girard avenue just a typical quiet morning. drive time moving up a little bit but not doing too bad. 17 minute delays for doylestown train 5711 right now. you want to check before you go there but otherwise new jersey, amtrak, patco all close to schedule. >>> investigators remain on the scene of brarking news in burlington county. a standoff in edgewater park ended around 3:30 this morning. happened just after 1:00 this morning. according to authorities one person is dead from a self-inflicted gone shot wound and another is in the hospital. >>> and we're following breaking news not far away from that

so 611 easton road southbound closed, between mill road and pa turnpike. alternates, blair mill road, york road, your best bet. rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. student who survive the deadly shooting are now traveling to the state capitol to demand tougher gun chrome. investigators are also learning more about the alleged shooter, nicholas cruz document reveal in 2016 an investigator with the state department of children and family visited the cruz house and the investigator noted that cruz had depression, adhd , autism and had plans to buy a gun. the cup hole took the boy in after his mother's death in november sat down with news. >> before he moved in the stipulation was he had to get a gun safe. we got gun safe on the way back from moving his stuff to our house. >> president trump plans to hold listening session with high school student and teachers at the white house tomorrow. the white house says the president is open to the possibility of supporting bipartisan legislation to strengthen the federal background check system. >> in new jer

mark easton reports.ustrial revolution took root along the banks of the river tain. instead of building on precious green belt, why not use brownfield sites in struggling town centres? greater manchester's mayor, andy burnham, was elected on a promise to protect the green belt and now plans to promote brownfield hotspots in six rundown towns. we have had an approach where it has been developer led greenfield first, because it has been easier for developers to go over there and i am saying, no, let's come back to our town centres, breathe new life into them and build higher density residential development there. among sites identified in stalybridge, the former police station, an old pub, the pineapple inn and what was once a local shop. the plan is to turn these plots into luxury flats aimed at young professionals who can afford market prices. some are already under construction, build—to—rent apartments with a coffee shop and gym, friends—style loft living on the site of what was once an 18th—century woo

this is upper moreland and easton road is closed between mill road and the pennsylvania turnpike. accident involving a pedestrian. we're hearing there are injuries on the scene so you'll see ems workers on the scene here in upper moreland so watch for this. stick to york road or moreland road as your alternate because easton road is shut down and with poor and visibility kind of hard to see pedestrians and construction workers out there so make sure you slow it down. we're looking outside live at 422 and this particular shot fog not looking as bad right now. no extra overnight construction. this is a live look towards trooper. that's your eastbound traffic heading towards king of prussia and moving fine through the region. let's look at the visibility reports with the fog just 310ths of a mile in allentown philadelphia lancaster and reading so you can see really poor visibility out there. the fog causing a problem in millville, 1.3-mile visibility. so be careful as you head out certainly if you're flying out you want to call ahead with problems like that at the airport as well. ce

up are moreland it's an accident involving a pedestrian that has easton road shut down near mill road. stick to moreland road as your alternate, matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> after the most recent school shooting in florida, an anguished persistent question remains. how do we make this stop? some say stricter gun laws are the answer but the top cop in upper darby has a different idea involving arming teachers and school staff. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes is live for us now in upper darby with details on his proposal. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, tam. this police official is saying his proposal is really about recognizing that every second counts and he says arming school personnel could stop the threat, even before police are able to arrive on scene. after yet another deadly mass school shooting, a proposal that is sure to spark some heated discussion. superintendent michael chitwood is proposing a controversial program called to save our children initiative. it would allow preselected teachers or other personnel to conceal carry guns in school

route 611 easton road southbound closed between mill road and pa turnpike, your alternate, blair mill road or york road. by the way no accident at the pa turnpike southbound there. and also airport talking about this dense fog advisory, because of that, we've got some concellations and delays reported, and speed restrictions in play for three of our bridges, ben franklin, betsy ross and the walt whitman bridge, as well, jim, back over to you. >> lots going on, thanks, meisha. this morning hearing from the family who took in suspected florida shooter, nicholas cruz they say it was the right thing to do after the teen's mother died. the family is also defending their decision to allow him to keep his guns. here's cbs news correspondent hena doba. >> as accused florida high school shooter, 19 year old nicholas cruz appeared in front after judge yesterday for a second time. the family that had been housing him was speaking out. >> james and kimberly snead insist cruz showed no warning signs that he was about to do harm to himself or others. >> in a positive, positive path going. he was go

mark easton, bbc news, stalybridge.and star newspapers, as well as 0k magazine, in a deal worth £127 million. as newspaper circulation continues to fall, the company trinity mirror says it will be able to save money by sharing content and reducing duplication. an asteroid up to a0 metres wide, which was only discovered five days ago, skimmed past earthjust a couple of hours ago. the asteroid was 64,000 kilometres away when it made its nearest pass — less than a fifth of the distance between earth and the moon. nasa says the encounter is relatively unusual, but still too far to be a threat. it is the second piece of space rock to pass earth this week. he was the star who greeted visitors to the natural history museum in london for more than a century. but last year, the model of dippy the diplodocus was removed from the entrance hall to make way for hope the blue whale. now the dinosaur is on the road, visiting all four home nations. his first stop — until may — is the dorset county museum in dorchester. 0ur corresponden

mark easton, bbc news, brussels.rants across the uk and ireland after delivery problems meant a shortage of chicken. kfc said it had been let down by a logistics company that took over its supply chain last week, as our correspondent jon kay reports. nooooo! when you've been promised kfc as a half term treat but there is no chicken. nine—year—old maxine is not happy. angry. sad. and disappointed. and hungry? very hungry! are you more hungry or angry? hungry! it's notjust maxine's local outlet. hundreds across the uk are shut because kf has no c. they've run out of chicken. pretty shocking, really, to be fair. pretty shocking. especially when you're hungry, like, you know what i mean? kfc have blamed teething problems with the new delivery contract. they switched to dhl last week, who say operational issues have disrupted the supply. it's a chicken place, so they should have enough chicken. they should be able to store it. it's a big chain, so it does seem unbelievable, really. all the chicken... there's farmers, sure

mark easton, bbc news.nda spielman, has warned that some parents and religious leaders are trying to "actively pervert" education. she says inspectors are worried about some people using faith to try to narrow children's horizons and they mustn't be allowed to dictate school policy on dress or behaviour. sima kotecha reports from birmingham. you just wrap it around like a long, long scarf. these teenage muslim girls have been wearing a headscarf for a few years now. their reasons are varied. this is one way i feel modest because i'm not showing off my hair or worrying about my makeup or whatever. people who see me, they instantly recognise me as a muslim and also if i see other people then i know that they're muslim if they're wearing a hijab. but in recent weeks there's been a row over whether schools should be allowed to ban the hijab. in london the head teacher of st stephen's primary school was heavily criticised for banning girls under the age of eight from wearing it. she then reversed her decision be

here's our home editor, mark easton.y all the rights of free movement, but what will happen after brexit day in march next year? the prime minister says that moment should mark a real change — new eu migrants should no longer be guaranteed their right to live they will. be tested tweed; ~ , ~ w , ~ ~ ,. that will undermine our economy. the plan is opposed by eu negotiators, but was greeted enthusiastically by the most vocal supporters of brexit. we will have left the european union and the eu can't expect the same provisions to prevail after we've gone. the uk proposal applies to the hundreds of thousands of eu migrants expected to arrive during the so—called transition phase that follows brexit in march 2019. now, during that period, they will have to register with the home office, but they won't necessarily know what rights they will have at the end of transition some time in 2021. today, in brussels, eu citizens living in the uk were telling the european parliament they didn't want to be bargaining chips in the negoti

easton, allentown, doyles town included in that. we have better weather on the way.d full blast. we have detail in the seven-day forecast. >> we have more now in lancaster county, the operation to rescue a boy scout trapped inside a cave. this video just in. the scout was with the group of the wind caves bridge valley road, 200 feet in the cave when he was wedged up to his armpits and couldn't get out. rescuers are involved and the rescue has been going on since 5:30 tonight. the boy is in good condition, we are told. >> an rt cake in mexico yesterday left buildings swayings. alarms went off 72 seconds before tremors were felt. 13 deaths were recorded from a military helicopter crashing into a neighborhood while serving in the aftermath. >> president trump tweeted about the indictments of 13 russian nationals. he slammed the news media for the indict ms. earlier trump said that proved there was no collusion with the campaign. the russians tried to interfere with a variety of media accounts and lured americans to campaign style rallies all in an effort to benefit pres

this is in easton. the whole area is not looking just like this but this is a great example of the improvement we've seen since the weekend. in easton, in the lehigh valley, the area with the most sunshine today. on the other hand, toward the other end of our area, it's still pretty cloudy even though it's not raining anymore. you can see on the satellite, drier air toward the northern area, to the south, it is really clear, all the way back to the rockies once we get past this cloud cover over part of the area now. that will guarantee us a nice sunny day tomorrow. 51 in philadelphia now. 46 in coatesville, one of the cold spots. 52, atlantic city international and allentown. warm spots, warmer because of the increased sunshine. in philadelphia, we will see these temperatures drop but not a whole lot during the night. there we go. by 5:00 a.m., 36 degrees, still above average for temperatures at this time of the year. we'll talk more about that late week storm that will impact the whole area coming up.

to in moscow oh welcome our not quite clearly this is a five hour daily choose is not working in easton and now that even reports that militia backed by the syrian government have ended who tell and this fighting going on if this development is confirmed what we what would be russia's position on it well they would be rather unlikely to condemn it in to strike stark terms you have to remember russia actually maintains the position that the syrian government forces aren't responsible for violating the cease fire in eastern huta they argue that it is purely islamist backed rebel groups who are responsible for on the shelling we've seen arguing that they're attempting to prevent civilians from leaving the area the russian government claims that the rebel groups hope to use these civilians as human shields and you also have to remember that russia has from the get go argue that despite any ceasefire attempts and agreements that the assad government should have the right to continue to move against what both assad and the kremlin say are islam is backed. terror groups that they refer to him

as we go in tight in the northern suburbs we're seeing trace snow south of easton and south of allentown and quakertown. and down through milford, new jersey. doylestown seeing a little bit of that flurry and light snow shower activity new hope, as well. you see the brighter precipitation around lansdale and montgomery county there and bucks county and then the changeover where the blue is occurring. it's all wet here with temperatures over freezing. traffic is getting by fine north an south. you want to take it slow around phadelphia, at some point the number will dip to freezing around 7:00 a.m. or before then, e problems. the number is 38 in philadelphia. that's the top of the 0 hour number. we get the updates once an hour from the national weatherr is on from there. up in a story. all these numbers will be dropping through the morning. in fact future tracker 6 shows you while the snow and rain gets off the coast, rather quickly thisor as 7:00 we're down to or below freezing. in trenton, philadelphia, wilmington and well below in allentown andhave yourself as jd behind the wheel and b

mark easton, bbc news, stalybridge. dinosaur was removed from the museum's entrance hall to make way for hope the blue whale. now dippy is on the road, visiting all four home nations. his first stop until may is the dorset county museum in dorchester. duncan kennedy reports. it's ta ken about 150 million years... dippy is here. i think we're in business! ..and five days to bring dippy the dinosaur to dorset. 0k, dippy‘s 292 bones may be made out of plaster, but this iconic replica of a real diplodocus is still palaeontology perfection right up to his head. hurray! a nice moment. it was touch and go as to whether it would fit in, but it's absolutely perfect, so i'm happy. dippy has been called the people's dinosaur, 105 feet of prehistoric inspiration. wow! no wonder these slightly younger visitors were wowed today. what's the best bit about him? his tail, because it can whack people around. what's so great about dippy? that he's ginormous. he's massive, isn't he? dippy was in the natural history museum since 1905, but t

chris hickson who was athletic director at height school was originally from easton, pennsylvania. aaron feis was an assistant football coach shot and killed after jumping in front of the shooter to protect students, school's football team announced the news on its twit ter account said he shielded students from the shooter when he was shot, he died a hero and will forever be in our hearts and >>> 6:44. it is friday. and and, brush your teeth this morning. do you run water on the bristles on the brush before you put the toothpaste on? i'm a dry guy. >> really. >> i'm pretty sure i'm dry. >> you have to wet it eventually you don't put it dry in your mouth. >> no. >> so i go dry, and toothpaste , and then hit the water. >> okay. >> and little bit of danger in that because toothpaste comes off when the water is too strong. but i go dry brush, do you do wet brush. >> just don't do it at a ankle >> yes, it will fall off. >> i definitely wet brush first. >> if the toothpaste falls off in the sink do you dig it out or start with the fresh squeeze. >> you have to go fresh squeeze. >> it de

temperatures warm up after the rain/snow event last night. 48 is the high in center city. 46 in eastonallentown, looking at 44 degrees. areas that did see that accumulated snowfall, it's going to start melting off. 46 in voorhees today. 48 for ocean city and 45 cape may. 49 in smyrna and a high of 47 in wilmington. >> i just sat with some olympians. >> pretty good. you feel that magazine pick. dylan, thank you very much. >>> straight ahead the highs and lows of the week. the figurer skater and os kerr winner. and the fan club turns out to be one reese witherspoon. >> and the 93-year-old who might not want to rule out the olympics after they are video made her a viral star. >>> and when you say nigeria, we visit the team that is the talk of the winter games. >> what ever made you guys want to do this? [ laughter ] >> it's all coming up on "sunday today." and as we head to break, our photo of the week, the striking image of anxious parents waiting for word about their kids after the shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, on ash wednesday. we'll have more o

look at the glow over easton. warms to 40 degrees at 9:00, 52 degrees at lunchtime. at 36 degrees in philadelphia. it might come down another degree before it starts moving up and low 50s at lunchtime. the winds will be shifting today, too. that's an important change. this afternoon, it will become more southwesterly, and help boost temperatures today. and ensure that tomorrow will be warmer. a preview at the bottom of the screen with the seven-day forecast. this afternoon, can't beat it this time of year, into february it looks like a late march day with temperatures in the 50s. philadelphia up to 56, along with delaware. and, yes, at the shore. we'll see bright sunny skies a nice clear view from ocean city. 50 degrees this afternoon. i'll break it down hour by hour and show you how quickly this part of the area warms up before we head out the door. first, problems on the roadways, jessica boyington is tracking it all with the "first alert" traffic. >> that's right, bill, watching it route 202 right around matlack street. dlully the 322 camera kind of zooms in on th

in aleppo when it was under siege and was going through the kind of bombing that we are seeing in easton welcome hamza now with your first hand experience of the situation a similar situation give us a sense of what people are going through in kuta right now. so it's like. literally in a little time out like back in aleppo like homs. for years. same thing happened all the time with no different yeah. for five years so. everything like that maybe america medications that was a few unfortunate i just sort of city and now this by public. attacks happening for the past ten days it's a disaster humanitarian disaster there now look the pictures that we are seeing are of civilians but the syrian regime says that they are rebel groups based that on day using civilians as human shields what's your response to that. actually it's not making sense at all the. cheap propaganda always used those claims back there was three hundred thousand. people and the regime also claims that like. the fighters are using them as shells but it's not making sense at all because in aleppo back in aleppo there was wel

. >>> easton, north hampton county native was laid to rest in florida with military honors. chris hicksman was the wresting coach at the marjory stoneman douglas high school high school. he tried to save children by running toward the gunfire. >>> uber will is have a new app called express pool. once you're linked up with other people, the app will direct user to walk to a nearby location in order to be picked up. they will be dropped off a short walk from their requested destination, express pool is uber's cheapest option. >>> jeopardy host alex trebek is trading in one podium for another. the pennsylvania state business and industry invited trebek to moderate the gubernatorial debate in november. >> what is an interesting new opportunity. >> you are correct. , he has been to the station a few times, too, very nice man. greet guy, there's your alex trebek report this morning. >>> storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have moisture in the northern and western suburbs moving into the lehigh valley not too much. reading more pronounced shower, there's light nuisance rain

reporter: it's hank i'm in easton with miss valerie davis the art teacher at easton middle school.own last week in the school shooting in florida. my take is, this is miss davis' way of dealing with the tragedy for herself, for the family and for all of us. >> killing, your lives are like snuffed out. i can't -- still can't figure out why. >> reporter: it's a meditation this artwork valerie davis does. her mind wanders as her hand moves with speed and certainty. she's doing graphite on paper portraits of each of the parkland school shooting victims portraits which will eventually find their way to grieving families. >> it's forgotten about it by some people next week. they'll just go on with their lives. but these people have to live with this for the rest of their lives. every time they look at this picture i want to remember someone cared. >> reporter: it had been sometime since the last ones. miss davis had done portraits memorializing 9/11 firefighters, children killed at sandy hook. the victims of the charleston church shooting and others but this particular tragedy took a son

allentown, easton into the freezing temperatures as well. but the snow has ended. there's plenty of rain that's headed this way so it's going to be a very wet afternoon. temperatures will continue to go up and in some parts of the area we're talking about near 60 degrees. 45 in philadelphia by 3:00. so we're not close to getting any kind of icing over tonight. here's the afternoon rush. near 50 in philly, 36 in allentown, 58 in dover. then by dinnertime it's starting to move out. the temperature continues to go up, 35 philly, 39 in dover, 47 in ra hoba, southerly winds and allentown now up to 30. so we're going to be seeing these numbers go up. west cal len at 30, that's a normal cold spot. chefrt springs at 31, doylestown, warrenton 31, they're getting close to the freezing mark too, even in the normally cold spots. so that is a sign of what's happening this afternoon. we already showed you the parade forecast, steve showed you that. now for friday, not quite as cold, the clouds start to move in setting us up for some wet weather this weekend, especially on saturd

it will get freezing everywhere. 38, 37 and 38 in bethlehem and in easton. a chilly night compared to what we've seen over the weekend and compared to what we will see later this week and next week as well. if you don't like cold weather, you will probably like the forecast. here we go, during the day tomorrow, start off with sunshine, clouds increase late in the day, wednesday, valentine's day, it's getting warmer and also getting cloudier. there's a chance, could be a little bit of rain later on valentine's day evening. an early dinner, dry, stay out later, you might get a little wet. then it gets wet for early thursday morning. another area of rain coming in thursday night and into friday. look at that area of rain. that's not very pretty. here's friday night and it's still raining. but it looks like it is going to be moving out by the weekend. valentine's day itself, temperatures above normal. dry during the daytime hours, and jersey shore, 40 degrees. you won't necessarily need a coat on valentine's day evening with 51 degrees at 7:00. there could be ra

in new jersey and three to 5 inches of snow for west chester, up through allentown and also into easton but this, is clearing out overnight hours and then nice day tomorrow, sunny, milder with high temperatures maxing out in the upper 40's. we have got more details coming up at 5:30. >> thanks, melissa. >>> thousands endured brisk, cold wind this afternoon for polar bear plunge in the waters off sea isle city, new jersey this plunge is a 24 year tradition and this year proceeds will fund other local events later this year. >>> some came in costumes and many wore their eagles green and their flags, it is all part of the whole presidents day weekend of fun down at the shore. >>> meanwhile there were ideas galore for making dream homes alive at philly home and garden show inside the expo center in oaks, pennsylvania. 225 contractors and visitors were showing off latest styles of products, six abc webb mobile was there a long with traffic reporter gina gannon who helped introduce page davis, host of the tlc's trading spaces. it looks like this man found a perfect chair and woman as well for

mark easton, bbc news.ven swinford, deputy political editor at the telegraph. good evening. delighted to be here, good evening to you. what do you make of this decision by the prime minister to push back against residency rights, there's an element of tory party politics. eurosceptics are on the brink of going to war with the government. they are absolutely furious. they are openly accusing philip hammond of doing a betterjob than accusing philip hammond of doing a better job than jeremy corbyn accusing philip hammond of doing a betterjob thanjeremy corbyn in opposing the common policy. this policy is red meat that will help the eurosceptics and settle some of their concerns. they are worried if this doesn't happen we will end up with a transition exactly like staying in the eu, still having free movement, still accepting eu law and nothing will have changed. when it comes to that idea that she has thrown the red meat to the lions perhaps to quieten down, will it be enough? it doesn't look like this in itse

bedminster over in bucks county. 43 in fleetwood and areas to the east, 46 right now, areas like eastont the moment. a lot of the rain has subsided for the moment. this one is a violent batch on this saturday evening, where tornado watches are out for areas of arkansas and western tennessee where they're hunkering down here for a violent night of storms, that comes here in the form of rain for later tonight and tomorrow morning, it's tracking hour by hour, tuning in, right after the olympics at 11:00, we're looking at sprinkles here in philadelphia. here's 5:30 on your sunday morning. 11:30, the rain already tapering off. here's the good news by tomorrow afternoon, get outside for a while, enjoy yourself, we've been trapped indoors with this rain for so long. let's take a look at your neighborhood forecast. a variety of temperatures here depending on where you are. 53 in the pennsylvania suburbs, delaware and south jersey, you will be in the lower 60s for the second half of the day, you need to dress for where your location is tomorrow. we'll have the full 10-day forecast coming up at t

. >> ♪ >> hey, it's hank i'm up in easton with valerie the art teacher.a portrait of meadow pollack who was gunned down last week in the school shooting in florida. my take is this is miss davis' way of dealing with the tragedy for herself, for the family, for all of us. >> your life is like snuffed out. i can't soak it in, figure out why. >> reporter: it's a meditation this artwork valerie davis does, her mind wanders as her hand moves with speed and certainty. she's doing graphite on paper portraits of each of the parkland shooting victims portraits that will eventually find their way to grieving families. >> it's forgotten about people next week but these people have to live with this for the rest of their lives. every time they look at this picture i want them to remember that someone cared. >> reporter: it had been some time since the last ones. miss davis had done portraits memorializing 9/11 firefighters children killed at sandy hook, victims of the charleston church shooting but this particular tragedy took a son of easton among the 17 killed chri

you can still see pockets of ice. 33 in easton right now. so be on the look out for those. you'll have to bundle up today. layers of green should take care of it today. it's going to be a cold and windy one. you can see the winds are blowing a few scattered snow showers in central pennsylvania. we won't see the snow here, but we will get the wind. those winds gusting to 30 miles an hour. and since they're coming out of the northwest, that's cold air dumping into the area. despite bright sunshine, look at the temperatures. they stay within a narrow range all day long. 10:00 and 20s this afternoon, but it will be dry. in fact, you can see the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen shows it's going to be dry for most of the week. the exception, wednesday. so mr. mayor, if you're watching and i know you watch wednesday is not the day for a parade. any other day this week, fantastic. >> we're just saying here, just suggesting. but meteorologist bill henley is the expert. >>> just 11 minutes past 5:00 right now on this monday, this super bowl win monday. and we've been he

scan live radar showing we have shower activity north of i-78 northern lehigh valley cross through easton and 33 and another cell at hamburg and farther to the south heavier rain with gustier winds and wind gusts 35 miles per hour. moving due east at 35 miles per hour. and harmony and lindhs dale in the path. it will have heavy downpours and gusty winds ahead of the cold front that brings changes. these are the all time february records, until today philadelphia we missed it by 2 degrees but wilmington 78 degrees and allentown 81 and reading 82 and trenton 78 these areas the warmest february temperature ever recorded. right now mild out there. philadelphia 72 and allentown 75. and trenton 73 and lancaster a rain cooled 68 degrees and cool spot cape may off the water. ocean temperature is 40 and the air temperature currently 52. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the leading edge of this cold front moving in right now. and the front extends all the way down to the gulf coast. and they had severe weather in louisiana. that is where the first of several lows rideing along the front

in easton 40 degrees with sunshine. those clouds will thin out with some sunshine and with southwesterly winds helping to boost temperatures, look at that temperature at 11:00 this morning, 44 degrees. we'll go even higher than that this afternoon. into the 50s for the lehigh valley, new jersey, close to the 50 degree mark in the suburbs, up to 53 degrees for philadelphia. if you're still searching for a gift for your valentine and you're going to be out this evening, you might want to get that person an umbrella. i'll show you when yiy in ten

easton at 32 degrees.ust above freezing in our new jersey neighborhoods and right around freezing at the at dela. we're hoping to be up to 35 degrees. the numbers in blue, those are the windchills in the 20s today. this is why. because we're looking at winds that are mostly around 5 to 15 miles per hour. gusts around 20 to 25 miles per hour for today. hour by hour, as we go through while the winds are starting out in a southwest/west push, they're going to shift as we go throughout today. there's 7:30 on your sunday morning. we've actuallyi'm mping forward to sunday. what you can see is we're going to start to see snow approaching by your sunday morning. what's happening is there's cold air trying to approach from the west and northwest. there's moist and warmer air approaching from the south, and that warmer air is going to win over. by around lunchtime the light snow showers turn over to rain in areas like philly, wilmington and the suburbs. the area of rain is going to stick thro time. it will be a sund

and that's in easton. for philadelphia, you'll see a similar quick warmup. 30s to start with. near 40 at 8:00. and then 50 degrees at 11:00. with winds that will shift out of the northwest. that's a cooling direction for us. we'll see them shift and from the west, so a nice breeze. even though a colder morning but with sunshine for the day. into the 50s all around and at the shore. no sign of any fog this morning, sunshine and 50 degrees this afternoon. i'll break it down hour by hour and show you how quickly those temperatures climb in your neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes but first, let's see how this severe nice weather is going to affect your traffic. jessica boyington has your "first alert" traffic. >> not yet, bill. we're going to watch that later on in the commute. for now, the schuylkill expressway and south side, about five minutes or so ago, we had delays on the westbound side because they were moving some of the cones from that destruction project. so showing you the delays are gone. heading out the door trying to get to the westbound skshgs, you'll be just

. >> reporter: you don't have to that to this rue crew they left easton, pennsylvania, at midnight arriving3:00 a.m. just to be part of this unbelievable experience. >> you got to love it. you got to love the area. you got to love the people. the eagles are i was m this is great good. >> reporter: fans cupping from far and wide deck out in everything eagles matchable. many perched in precarious places just to catch a glimpse of the team as the players they'd their way to the art museum. the early bird definitely getting the worm as far as picking out the perfect place to take it all the action. >> we just knew we had to come down. we got up this morning. bundled everybody up and i call out sick, bird flu. [ laughter ] >> reporter: i think a lot of people had the bird flu today. i suspect they'll be feeling better tomorrow unless they partied too much today. iain and lucy? >> i haven't heard of bird flew forever. that is perfect. >> they'll be some more of that tomorrow. make eight long weekend. i can guarantee you. >> takes little while to recover from the flu. >> like week. especially when

in easton 40 degrees with sunshine. those clouds will thin out with some sunshine and with southwesterly winds helping to boost temperatures, look at that temperature at 11:00 this morning, 44 degrees. we'll go even higher than that this afternoon. into the 50s for the lehigh valley, new jersey, close to the 50 degree mark in the suburbs, up to 53 degrees for philadelphia. if you're still searching for a gift for your valentine and you're going to be out this evening, you might want to get that person an umbrella. i'll show you when yiy in ten minutes. >>> we're starting on the blue route right around germantown pike. that happens a lot because the toll plaza is just a little further south of this camera. because a lot of people come from this toll plaza and pull off on the side of the road. right now i see there's a lot, but right now things moving nicely. speeds into the 60s merchandi. mass transit, some delays. >>> high winds force an vacation today at the winter olympic games in south korea. the strong gusts has can

they'll track the storm and have the lateet easton the xhument as you i get ready to head out the door. >> i can't wait for this. this will be i celebration fit for super bowl alcohol peen. >> how perfect. >> preparations are underway for eagles victory parade. millions are expected to line the parade route thursday morning. >> eyewitness news reporter david spunt is along the parkway. crews are getting ready and what you need to know if you plan to attend the historic celebration. david. >> uk see it is a huge party the last time you saw crowds like this when appropriate francis stood on the art museum steps a live look in front of the art museum. very early stages no pun intend of the stage going up you can seat columns, eagles symbol and several million people expected and officials want everybody to have fun and be safe. >> that fumble happened at the end. i was not on the couch anymore i was jumping up and down in the living room. >> it will begin broad and pattison 11 a.m. making north on broad city hall and down the parkway where 14 jumbo reason toes will be strategically place