we have a pile up on the schuylkill expressway at gulph mills. this is video just from the traffic center. you can see on the screen many vehicles involved here and it looks very serious. it is all happening in the westbound lanes of 76, again these lanes all block all shut down between 476 and gulph mills. the eastbound lanes are also stop and go as emergency officials are responding to that scene. ann evans is following latest development and joins us live from the traffic center ann, good morning, what can you tell us. >> reporter: now schuylkill is shut down in both directions nicole east and westbound at gulph mills. schuylkill westbound shut down between blue route and gulph mills schuylkill eastbound shut down right at gulph mills and the westbound lanes, we have a multi vehicle accident here. it is a chain reaction accident. about ten vehicles are involved. so far, again details are still coming in but about ten vehicles involved in this accident the. icy conditions might have played a role in this. folks calling us saying that the condit

again, the the schuylkill expressway shut down in both directions between blue route and gulph mills. this just in westbound delays also westbound closure between gladwynn and conshohocken due to an accident as well. we will move traffic cam again to i-95, this seems to be terrible accidents every where and this portion of i-95 as i-95 south between girard avenue and vine street expressway. it is closed due to a very serious accident as well. icy conditions reported in this area as well. on to the blue route, this is blue route at conshohocken, the blue route at conshohocken is hut down between conshohocken and conshohocken norristown exits and shut down due to serious accidents. further northbound on the blue route a closure between exit three and media swarthmore and exit five, route one and southbound closure exit 13 saint david and exit nine broomall ape closed due to crews salting the the roadways in these area. once again this is blue route northbound we are looking at right now and it is closed between exit 16 schuylkill conshohocken exit and exit 18, conshohocken norristown ex

between gulph mills exphlt blue route. -- and the blue route. we have learned that one person is dead. police under drivers to stay off all major highways. this is a major pileup involving two dozen vehicles we're learning one person is dead. >> icy conditions are a problem in delaware. state trooper suffered minor injuries after his car was hit while investigating another crash. it happened on 495 northbound by naamans road. the trooper has been taken to christiana hospital to be treated for his injuries. >>> because of the icy conditions most of the bridges across the rivers in the areas are closed. ben franklin bridge, walt whitman bridge, burlington bristol. tacony-palmyra is open, but speeds are restricted to 25 miles per hour. patco will honor nj rail passes between philadelphia and camden. penndot is trying to get the roads under control. septa is reporting that buses trains trolleys and ctc services are operating with delays due to the icy conditions. septa is causing everyone to use extra caution while walking to and from stations and w

the schuylkill is closed in both directions around gulph mills.r of disernts disernts -- accidents in other places conshohocken the blue route, i-95 at columbus boulevard. the walt whitman bridge, the ben franklin bridge tacony-palmyra and burlington bristol bridges are shut down. please send your photos, do not take them or send them while you're driving use hash tag 6abc ice. >> let's get a check on the weather. terrible conditions out there. >> reporter: i'm going to urge everyone who lives in these highlighted counties to stay home. government camden, northwestern burlington temperatures will rise around 9:00, 10:00 a.m. this morning. that's when when the ice will melt. ment areas above the white line is we're seeing the heaviest rain. the shades of blue is moderate freezing rain pushing into camden and burlington gloucester reporting moderate freezing rain. temperatures are hovering around 30 31 degrees the magic number is 32 we have to get the numbers above 32 to see the ice melt. cumberland atlantic, cape may county reporting heavy rain. pl

it's at 76 and gulph mills road. can see all these cars here piled up this picture sort of looks fake this is very real caitlin. cars are slipping and sliding all over the highway of course it's causing a major backup. major headache in that area. so people are sending us their tweets. be very careful. we have sabina headed to another accident. we have pictures of that one. it's 95 at allegheny that's another accident. you can see the car there in the center of your screen looks like it slid right into the median and the wall and other cars are involved as a result of that. be careful if you're out on the roads this morning it's slippery, it's slick and it's raining and it will keep raining, right, caitlin. >> dangerous lauren you can see the rain falling right l this is why freezing rain is such a big issue. you just see rainfalling. you do not know how slippery it is or isn't until you take to the roads so many cars hit the road at 7:00, 7:30 that's just when the freezing rain was falling icing up on the roadways t

we had an overturned vehicle at gulph mills.ch out for slick spots a number of accidents a couple of involved overturned vehicles. be careful as you head out. old focialg road -- old forge road a disabled vehicle there. a vehicle fire, if that's not enough going on. this is in burlington county, new jersey right on the new jersey turnpike southbound near exit 5. watch for crews on the scene approaching exit 5 you may see lanes restricted in that area. let's take a look at the temperatures. although it's dry we're below freezing everywhere and well below everywhere. 26 in the city. in the teens like in the suburbs. atlantic city, near there. 25 in millville. 25 in reading. we're seeing areas of black ice just here and there. use caution with the nasty accidents. we're dry in the region until later on tonight. down to the south we see a lot of moisture with a nor'easter heading our way expect snowfall later on tonight. >> this is new on "action news," a paralyzed man said san francisco police try try tried to him out of the wheelc

the westbound lanes are shut down off the gulph mills exit. one lane is reopened on the eastbound lane, some traffic is making its way through there. a nasty wreck at the mills exit, 56 vehicles involved, 30 people injured. so many people were injured state police have to bring in septa buses to get the injured to hospital. one person was killed. on the blue route, west chester pike another bad accident involving a tractor-trailer, a couple of vehicles went underneath. two people were killed in that accident according to pennsylvania state police, west chester pike there was another accident involving several vehicles. if you were out this morning you know how treacherous the roads were. this was a flash-freeze event and hundreds of accidents reported and talking to drivers they said it was a big mess. >> there was a car stopped and i put on the brakes and i high plained up the hill and two other cars spin out of control. nobody hit each other but they spin out of control. it was an icy mess. >> reporter: so really, some bad conditions, especi

we have a pile up on the schuylkill expressway at gulph mills. traffic center. you can see on the screen many vehicles involved here and it looks very serious. it is all happening in the westbound lanes of 76, again these lanes all block all shut down between 476 and gulph mills. the eastbound lanes are also stop and go as emergency officials are responding to that scene. ann evans is following latest development and joins us live from the traffic center ann, good morning, what can you tell us.

. >> we have an accident an overturned vehicle at gulph mills eastbound toward conshohocken. it looks like it happened at the end of on-ramp. that's the vehicle completely flipped over. traffic is getting by, watch for that accident with the emergency crews responding to the scene with an accident involving an overturned vehicle. north coventry township, route 100, one in plymouth township, fire police are directing at the scene ridge pike at north lane. we have an accident at kelly drive at lemon hill drive it is cleared. the roads are not terribly icy with a couple of accidents involving overturned vehicles you have to wonder especially the one on the ramp if that's not part of problem with temperatures below freezing. >> let's get to the breaking news arson investigators are looking at two suspicious car fires all within a one-block raid us. katherine scott is live in tacony with the breaking details. >> reporter: good morning, tam that's right, the two car fires are around the corner from each other. we're standing near one that's in the back alley of the home on dittman.

police officers monitoring this is the ramp from gulph mills on toward the eastbound side of 76. but if you are head in the this area, do you want to be mindful this is out there. if i could just point out take look at the roads still going to have slick spots on the roads travel out and b be extra careful. we'll continue to keep you updated on. >> this really aren't any major delays on any other majors right now. err dismay. >> vittoria, thank youment breaking news now from talcony. arson investigators on the scene of two car fires in the same neighborhood. this is the 6300 block of ditman street in talcony where one car fire spread to another car and to a home. there was another car fire at torresdale and robbins. >> a vicious attack on a high school student on septa trolley is under investigation. the attack was caught on camera. a 17 year old girl suffered a broken broken nose and other injuries. >> and police in new castle county are searching for clues in the deadly hit-and-run there. an unidentified man was hit by several cars while trying to cross i495 in edgemore last ni

>> unfortunately, 76 eastbound has an accident near gulph mills. but the good news now is it's cleared. route 70 near cherry hill things are dry. looking at the 42 freeway between route 55 and the walt whitman bridge five minutes in both directions. speaking of bridge, the walt, betsy betsy, commodore barry, all the speed restrictions in place this time yesterday because of the weather, they have since lifted. moving into pennsylvania there is an issue in plymouth township, ridge pike and chemical road traffic lights are out. it's a major intersection creeping into the thick of the morning rush. so police are out there directing traffic. for mass transit riders in philadelphia to take septa, the market frankford line, if you're boarding the train between 40th street and 15th street board on the westbound side. >>> i have issued a first alert for the nor'easter coming in tonight and will be with us into saturday. hazardous travel. accumulating snowfall that will changeover to sleet and freezing rain before becoming all rain in philadelphia. right no

and i would really just suggest, instead of use that gulph mills onramp, definitely try and jump on the eastbound side of the schuylkill before you get to that point. just to be safe. as we maneuver now over to 309, right around the pa turnpike, no delays in either direction. again, not seeing return hour just yet. it is really only that schuylkill incident that's causing a delay so far. however, things can totally change. you know that. erika? >> as always, vet tore crashes thank you. our sister station wcbs in new york report delayed 911 call, gave this massive fire this happened remember in new jersey at apartment complex. that delay apparently gave it a head start. now, this is all that's left of the avalon at edge water in bergin county. we've learned that fire was started by a maintenance worker, using a blow torch to fix a leak. wcbs reports they tried to put the fire out themselves and did not call for help for 15 minute. that blaze displaced more than a thousand people. two civilians, two firefighters sustained minor injuries. ukee? >> our time now 5:37. in business news this m

stick to 320 gulph mills interchange for the schuylkill instead. an accident at gladwyn roles hill road an -- rose hill road at maple road. a few problems at this hour. >> new on "action news," a fire forces a philadelphia family out of their home a few days into the new year. the fast-moving fire ripped through the home on the 3000 block of lee street in the feltonville section late last night. the fire caused extensive damage but it appears the christmas tree somehow survived the flames. the red cross is helping three adults and 6 children. no word on what started the fire. >>> the man accused of a pennsylvania state trooper and trying to kill another last year is scheduled to face a judge. the preliminary hearing will determine if there's enough evidence to hold eric frein for trial. else accused with killing brian dixon and wounding alex douglass. chad perdelli will be at the hearing look for his live reports later today. >> police are on the hunt for the killer of a young limo driver murdered on the job in west philadelphia. katherine scott is

are being blamed for this deadly pileup on i-76 at the gulph mills exit. this massive morning accident in montgomery county involved about 60 vehicles. one person was killed, 30 more injured. it was hours before all lanes of the schuylkill expressway were back open. >> meantime two other drivers were killed in this accident on the blue route. a tractor-trailer jackknifed there causing drivers to be stuck for hours as crews tried clear that icy road way. >> we're also following a developing story. several shots fired from a speeding vehicle outside vice president joe biden's delaware home. was it a ran doom act or a targeted attack? >> but we will begin with the weather today. officials across the area taking to social media warning the public to stay off the roads. good afternoon to you, i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in gulph mills with the latest from the scene. david. >> reporter: jessica i heard from state police about 20 minutes ago the victim identified at 31-year-old eric blaugh. he was driving wes

one man was killed in a 60 car pileup near gulph mills and two others were killed in an accident blue route in delaware county. >>> other news, joe biden will participate in martin luther king de service activitys in wilmington. secret service personnel are investigating gunfire near joe biden's home yesterday. >> school, churches and civic organizations will honor leg receive dr. king by giving back to our puffs knows winter is hard on your face. the start of sneeze season. the wind-blown watery eyes. and of course, the snow angels with your little angels. that's why puffs is soft. puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better. so you can always put your best face forward. a face in need deserves puffs indeed. try puffs softpack today. it's the flexible pack that fits anywhere. >> look that picture the driver of this suv is thankful to ab live in oregon a shape reaction cosh involving 40 vehicles had this man trapped between two tractor-trailers saturday. he describes a moment his suv was cruncheded leaving him enough room to

this is a live picture of the schuylkill expressway at gulph mills, i-76 is closed because of debtedly accident that injured many people. 30 vehicles were involved, this is one of the major accidents we're covering this morning. >> here's a list of all the roads close the schuylkill at gulph mills in both directions. turnpike is closed to the new jersey state line. and 202 is closed northbound to route 401. betsy ross bridge is opened eastbound into new jersey but not in the other direction. the ben franklin bridge and the commodor barry bridge are open in both directions at this hour. we want to go to the bill kapone with the pennsylvania turnpike commission. bill can you update us? >> the turnpike is closed, we anticipate being able to reopen it within in the hour, i can't be be much more specific than that. we feel conditions will be such that we can reopen, east/west section from morgantown to the delaware bridge to the new jersey line within the hour. >> so the roads are getting better. >> we had accidents and vehicle accident scenes to address and get the vehicles off the roads a

the on-ramp from 76 eastbound in gulph mills with an overturned vehicle. crews are out there trying to upright the vehicle. it is not causing any delays on 76 as i can show you from the drive times. drive times between the vine and blue route in both directions are 12 to 13 minutes. so looking really good. it just might delay how fast you get on the 76 eastbound if you're entering from gulph mills. in plymouth township traffic lights are out and have been for some time with police in the intersection directing traffic around that. keep that in mind because of the morning rush picking up that busy intersection. and in upper gynedo we have sumneytown road partially blocked. >>> we'll take you county by county for a look at what is happening in your neighborhood. >> we are starting in kent county where dover wants to join the list of cities to insure every military veteran has a roof over their head. last june the obama administration called on ending veteran homelessness. robin christianson has looked at ways to tackle that issue. >>> in lehigh county in tim

as they say drivers get up to the gulph mills exit it remains shut down to the blue route. a nasty accident on the schuylkill expressway at 7:00 a.m. pennsylvania state police tell me three dozen vehicles were involved as a chain reaction of multiple accidents. one person was skilled and many others -- killed and many others injured. a bulls was brought in to take the injured to area hospitals. now, just down the road on the blue route there was another accident where two people were killed. penndot said this was a flash-freeze event. at this time more than 140 penndot trucks are on the roads darwin to go apply salt and get the roads dry. again, with the salt being applied to the roads, you have the increase in temperatures, the roads are slowly getting better. but, again authorities are urging people to stay off the roads if you can. live along the schuylkill expressway, chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >> we have some breaking news, now the betsy ross bridge is open from pennsylvania to new jersey but it is still closed in the opposite direction. the betsy ross brid

. >> looking live at the schuylkill expressway at gulph mills. all lanes are open and traffic is moving again. this is a streaming shot. it is a far different scene from this morning. 60 cars and trucks crashed on i-76. drivers started losing control right around 7:00 this morning closing the schuylkill expressway for hours. and one person did die. good evening i'm lucy noland. >>> i'm iain page. penndot says it had 150 salt trucks this morning but the rain was freezing on contact and the schuylkill was not the only problem. on i-476 in delaware county a tractor trailer jackknifed and several cars could not stop in time. two people were killed. around the same time this morning on i-95 another pileup. we've got live team cover of the crashes and we'll hear from the witnesses. but first let's get to meteorologist caitlin roth. caitlin, can we expect a refreeze later tonight. >>> we are worried about that iainism i've already seen reports north and west of the city of very icy surfaces. people sidewalks, driveways even a lot of the back roads where

one crash took two lives in delaware county the other pileup on i-74 near the gulph mills involved 60 vehicles and killed one person. denise nakano is learning more about the victims of the crash. roads are still bad in some areas, right? >> reporter: pretty dicey. real concern for the morning commute. i'm here on strawberry mansion bridge where bridges freeze quickly and the highways where we saw two deadly crashes. >> icy road conditions wreak havoc on major highways causing deadly crashes on 476 the blueroute and sschuylkill. >> you don't know what's going to happen in the next minute of your life. we're flabbergasted. >> his next door neighbor died in the crash on 476 in marple township, three cars including one belonging to brennan from lansdale were unable to stop in time. he was heading to the airport on a business trip and driver from dover, delaware died at the scene. >> he was very outgoing. when he walked into the room you knew tom was in the room. >> in this nearly 60 car accident on the schuylkill and upper mer on. 31-year-old eric blow got out of his car when he was stru

what is going back on the schuylkill expressway that nasty accident eastbound on the schuylkill at gulph millshicle. you can see it where the emergency vehicles are with their flashing lights and it is only within lane that it looks like maybe two lanes getting by around that accident scene as it has been moved to the shoulder it appears. we will keep checking on that for you. i-95 at cottman avenue everything looks fine, traffic moving along very nicely and north coventry chester county a at the route 100 there is an accident there. finally in plymouth ridge pike at north lane and accident where police are directing traffic for you there. lauren? >> all right, sue. we have all heard this over and over again this week, deflate gate denials now. tom brady and bill belichick stepped to the mike claiming they had no knowledge of the deflated balls in the afc title games. take a listen. >> i don't have an explanation for what happened. i have told you all i can tell from you my point of view and anything coming from the investigative side from the league need to be direct toward them. >> i have no

. >> it is hard to believe the scene out by gulph mills, steve is close to i-95 where we had trouble yesterday. he is in bensalem. >> reporter: that caught us by surprise anybody, anybody, up and out yesterday you thought the forecast called for a warmer day saturday and then just rain unfortunately the ground was still so cold that rain froze as soon as it hit that ice cold pavement and caused treacherous conditions without much warning at all. the headline making crashes we had yesterday it was so awful, everybody has a warning today, but everybody started reporting on all of this and we saw the salt trucks outside immediately when we all woke up and drove in starting at 2:00 o'clock. you can see in the distance at the intersection of hume villain street road there. there goes another run from the penndot salt truck. so great work by those guys come in on the a holiday. guys probably watch both football games, didn't even sleep, came into work and doing great work today because we do not have the road crashes that we had yesterday, and a let me show you if you missed them here are

this is on the schuylkill expressway at gulph mills and you head eastbound toward conshohocken at the end of the on-ramp you can see a car flipped over on its roof. a mess of a scene horrible accident. both lanes are open right now but i wouldn't be surprised to see closures with people responding to this. in montgomery, ridge pike an accident police are directing there. >> reporter: temperatures are below freezing at 9:00 we expect to be at 30 degrees. sun early but clouds increase as the day goes on. we'll get up to a high about 40 degrees around 2:00. back to the upper 30s by 3:00, the mid 30s by 6:00 p.m. dry until later on this evening. on the wide view on radar you can see the large area of precipitation all rain at this point continuing to push in our direction, between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. it will arrive in the region it will begin as snow before changing over to rain in the overnight tomorrow morning. not much else going on around the county. we have rain and snow in texas. any airport all green on the big board sure enough there's rain reported in atlanta but everybody else i

schuylkill expressway, an accident, pushed over into the right hand shoulder, this is approaching gulph mills you can see police activity on the scene trial to -- trying to get that cleaned up and out of the way headed eastbound into the citiment ukee, back to you. >> thank you next update at 85:00, a up next on cbs this this morning the affordable care act one year later for more local news weather traffic and sports we're on the "cw philly" you can find us on these channels. i'm ukee washington, good morning, eveveryone. ring ring! progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself. and try progresso chili. slow-simmered, homemade taste. just tell us your budget and the "name your price" tool helps you find a whole range of coverages. no one else gives you options like that. [voice echoing] no one at all! no one at all! no one. wake up! [gasp] oh! you okay, buddy? i just had a dream that progressive had this thing called... the "name

seeing you can watch the snow coming down, king of prussia the schuylkill expressway approaching gulph mills, the flurries are coming down steadily, be carefully as you head out. >> let's get to the main breaking news story. french authorities say they have surrounded two brothers wanted for the massacre at the satirical newspaper. >> the men are holed up inside the business where they have taken someone hostage a hostage negotiation is going on in the northern town. >> that town is near charles de gaulle airport. hundreds of police have streamed into the town where they have the brothers surrounded and holed up inside a business. >> reports of shots fired in the town, we know the brothers violently carr jacked someone early in the day french police have not confirmed in any of these situations if anybody has been hurt. the new development comes 48 hours after the attack on the charlie hebdo newspaper there. that's where a dozen people were shot and killed. two gunman fled by car after the attack. stay with "action news" for the latest on this developing situation. >> an argument over money

looks like we are about to get on the schuylkill expressway there at gulph mills. now, remember, things are wet right now as we take another look at i-95 at penns landing it's kind of, i think it's great they were at least getting a little bit ever rain in the beginning, it might wash off all the white residue they get from all the salt. you can find the latest information from accuweather including the storm tracker 6 live radar the forecast for the day and the weekend ahead at 6abc.com/weather. >> a bullet went through a front window of a home. philadelphia police are looking for the person who fired the shot. fortunately the bullet missed people inside the home in south philadelphia. police have not said if the shooter was aiming for the people in the home or if they were the intended targets. >>> more than 1 million people joined together in solidarity in paris, france to denounce the terror attacks. we learned overnight secretary of state kerry will travel to paris on thursday for counterterrorism talks. the talks took on a new sense of urgency as the islamic

at least 30 others injured on the schuylkill expressway near the gulph mills exit.an ice covered roadway. >> i saw a lot of people just not paying attention. driving way too quick. >> 10 minutes later a bunch of cars piled everywhere. so i had to back away. >> clearing the path through the wreckage was no easy tasks with salt trucks finally opening the westbound lanes eight hours after the initial collisions. we spoke with penndot's gene blaum sunday night about the man hour it took to hundreds of miles of slick roads cleared. >> we had 146 trucks salt throughout the region this morning and into the early afternoon. >> by the time temperatures warmed enough to mel the ice hundreds of accidents had been reported throughout philadelphia montgomery, bucks and delaware counties. some proving deadly. on this night drivers happy to put a dangerous morning behind them welcoming the site of salt trucks leaving a safe path ahead of them. well as kathy did mention a short time ago, the big concern now as the temperatures drop overnight is refreezing. so you do have to watch o

first lets start off with the schuylkill expressway that ramp to gulph mills and eastbound lanes an accident blocks out that right hand shelledder there over on the ben franklin bridge in and out of the city currently no problems. all lanes are open. speaking of going in and out of the city, as we just talk about the president is coming to town for democratic congressional retreat at sheraton in society hill. additionally we will expect rolling closure on i95 between platt bridge and vine expressway. that means it will be closed when presidential motorcade is moving through and opened backup afterward. starting at 6:15 north bound lanes and 8:30 in the southbound lanes, chris and yes, sir contact back over to you. >>> jessica, thanks very much. >>> lets check on the president now and his progress. this is video from philadelphia international airport from just a moment ago air force one touching down late this evening. the president is heading to the sheraton society hill where he will meet house democrats so keep an eye out there he will wrap up his visit the late tonight on "eyewitness new

we start things off out on dry roadways on the schuylkill, right around gulph mills eastbound headedowards the city westbound no problems there, as well. otherwise out in new jersey, not really a lot of volume really starting to accumulate here in the northbound lanes everything moving great. so if you are headed toward philadelphia, the surrounding area bridges possibly to 295 you should have no problems doing so, southbound lanes headed towards the a.c. expressway doing just fine there, as well, erika back to you. >> thank you coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", following several breaking stories including a fire that forced a family out on the coldest night of the year. >> now, snow is headed our way, as well, we're tracking that, and much more, we'll be right back, good morning these little angels build in softness. and these little angels build in strength. and that little angel says "weeeeeeeee!" 60% more sheets than charmin. everything you want and the value you love. angel soft. at perdue, we pride ourselves on the freshness of our chicken. well, not that kind of

that's eastbound traffic approaching gulph mills, you have snow coming down making it slick in spots. new castle county a water main break murphy road westbound and two lanes 2 oh, 2 -- 202 northbound. this is exton, 202 they are slowing with the snow on the roadway. >> french police said they are closing in on the two mothers who murdered a dozen people on wednesday. they are holed up in a business and taken one person hostage. shorts have been fired at police now authorities have asked the residents to shelter in place in the meantime and a school has locked all the students inside for protection. hundreds of police and armed cars and helicopters have surrounded the building where the hostage scene isic at thatting place. -- where the hostage scene is taking place. this follows a police chase north of paris ris -- with two men matching the description of the suspects. >> the search is on for a gunman who shot a man several times in a parking lot overnight. katherine scott is live at the scene in northeast philadelphia. go togood morning katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam the

slow here on the schuylkill expressway eastbound from 202 to this point at gulph mills to the conshohocken curve normal afternoon volume here, in plymouth township, a crash at coldwell lane and in hatfield a crash along 309. and a wreck in roxborough along roxborough avenue at henry avenue has cleared out. our slow speeds on 95 have not cleared out. this is the southbound delay entering the work zone at cotman avenue it should be 14 to get from woodhaven to the vine street expressway. and 35 miles per hour the max at the ben franklin bridge but at least they have reopened the pedestrian walkways. >> thank you matt. >> five montgomery county high school students are hoping to win at the pennsylvania farm show this year, they are using their own experiences for inspiration to plan their floral designs the judging starts tomorrow and katherine scott reports. >> vibrant colors and lush green and all the details, it's crunch time before the pennsylvania farm show. students are making sure their entries are just right and meet all the specific criteria you want to make sure you have the list in

pileup left one person dead and at least 30 others injured on the schuylkill express way near the gulph mills exit a mappingled mess as far as the eye could see as car after car collided with each other over an ice covered roadway. >> i saw a lot of people not paying attention driving quick. >> ten minutes later bunch of cars everywhere. >> clearing a path through the wreckage was no easy task with salt trucks finally opening westbound lanes nearly 8 hours after the initial collisions. we spoke with penndot gene blum with the manpower it took to get hundreds of miles of roads cleared. >> we had 146 trucks out salting throughout the region and into the early afternoon. >> by the time temperatures warmed enough to melt the ice hundreds of accident were reported throughout philadelphia montgomery, bucks and delaware counties. some proving deadly. on this night drivers happy to put a dangerous morning behind them welcoming site of salt trucks leaving a safe path ahead of them. >> refreezing is a concern. watch for black ice spots. meantime penndot is out throughout the night and well into the mor

thirty-one year-old eric allen blah was kill in the chain reaction in the the west bun lanes of gulph mills just before 7:00 this morning. more than 50 cars were involved in this pile up. up to 30 people were sent to the hospital and the schuylkill west was shut down for more than six hours. >>> on the blue route, two people were killed in another pile up, this one involving the tractor trailer you see right here. this is the the west chester pike in broomall, delaware county. victims have been identified as thomas michael brennan of land dale and jason anderson of, dover, delaware. four other people were injured. >>> in the garden state state police handled more than 400 crashes and for a time, new jersey transit suspended all bus services. situation was worse in central and northern new jersey, as compared to south jersey. still commuters were forced to navigate highways, littered with damage vehicles and spin outs and crashes. new jersey turnpike and pal said parkway were among highways shut down in passaic, this fire truck was spinning its wheels as you can sianni pedestrians had a hard

impacted more than two dozen vehicles and shut you on the expressway in both directions between gulph millsperson is dead. police under drivers to stay off all major highways. this is a major pileup involving two dozen vehicles we're learning one person is dead. >> icy conditions are a problem in delaware. state trooper suffered minor injuries after his car was hit while investigating another crash. it happened on 495 northbound by naamans road. the trooper has been taken to christiana hospital to be treated for his injuries. >>> because of the icy conditions most of the bridges across the rivers in the areas are closed. ben franklin bridge, walt whitman bridge, burlington bristol. tacony-palmyra is open, but speeds are restricted to 25 miles per hour. patco will honor nj rail passes between philadelphia and

then on the schuylkill expressway at gulph mills, 56 vehicles trucks cars, suv's, everything around their curve, 6:40 in the morning, 20 to seven, still dark outside, just as that rain was starting to fall and freeze right on the road surface and the 31 year-old guy who got killed there got out of his car. he was one of the first guys in the accident and made that mistake of getting out half his car and other cars came along and one hit him and that is how he got kill. stay in your car in a accident unless you are in a real bad spot and then get off the road as soon as you can. don't be out checking out damage because there will be further damage fit is on a icy spot and other cars coming your way. that is our warning here from street road in bensalem and again, the the real warning is as soon as you walk outside, watch out, unless you have a lot of salt in your driveway and walkway on the steps. if you go into this place watch out too because hopefully i won't fall today but if i am going to fall i will be able to admit it as embarrassing as it will be. >> i fell hard too. it is never pr

ahead now through to the schuylkill expressway, 76, at the onramp, to the eastbound schuylkill from gulph mills. you will notice the traffic is still getting by, which is a great thing. and they finally have uprighted an overturned vehicle. all of this on the shoulder, but caused quite a gaper delay, mass transit you're in the clear. ukee? >> vittoria, thank you. developing right now the 72 hour dead lane set lie isis militants in exchange for the two japanese hostages has come and gone. on tuesday isis released this video threatening to execute the men unless japan paid a $200 million ran some. now, the time line for that ultimatum expired around 1:00 a.m. our time. as every right now the fate of the hostages remains unknown. >>> vice president biden is leading the us delegation to today's funeral of saudi arabia's king abdullah. king died at 09 years old yesterday. he was powerful us ally, joined washington in the fight against al quaida, south to modernize the muslim kingdom. erika? >> ukee, philadelphia police trying to track down a suspect in the attack after high school student on septa t

everyone, traveling on the schuylkill expressway, we start with you there, if you are traveling around gulph mills eastbound direction, we are starting to see delays forming this rush hour unfortunately. so, by the time you get here, it will be double slow. so eastbound schuylkill expressway, expect areas out of king of prussia making your way down conshohocken, also going to find the westbound pocket approaching city avenue out past gladwynn, then delays around the vine street expressway. ninety-five is also a slow spot of the 95 southbound, out of the area of cottman, all the way down through the vine street expressway, you know how it is, and if you are traveling around south philly the wing bowl is today. expect some higher than usual delays around that area. if you are traveling in new jersey, we have an accident in bellmawr, 295 southbound approaching the 42 freeway could end count area lane block and. traveling northbound on the four it, anticipate some delays around the area of 295-6789 mass transit you're in the clear ukee? >> developing right now, peco energy crews will shut down power o

and then the 60-car pileup on the schuylkill expressway near the gulphs mills exit. eric alan blau was having car trouble, got out of his vehicle and was hit by another car causing a chain-reaction crash. 30 people were hurt and 76 was shut for several hours in both directions. >>> here's video of the pileup on the blue route in delaware county. that one also deadly with a dozen cars involved. two people killed. thomas brennan of lands dale and jason andover were killed in the crash. no matter what the weather situation, get up to the minute information by downloading the nbc 10 first alert weather app. a free download in the first alert app store or on nbc10.com. >>> for an update on breaking news we have been following out of montgomery county an apartment fire there where katy zachry is live for us. >> reporter: crews are inside lynwood gardens, an apartment complex here. and as we push into the building where the fire broke out at 4:30, i can tell you that the fire is contained i'm told to the unit on the extreme right-hand side. it's a two-floor unit. i'm told t

so you're seeing extra slowing us a approach gulph mills through this point at conshohocken on in towardhing a pair of issues in camden county in collingswood a crash along the white horse pike and water main break in audubon park. in burlington county, pair of grabs, one here along 541 atwood lane road in west amount ton and in moorestown haines mill road at tom brown. tomorrow broad street subways will not stop southbound at allegheny. they need to make repairs there so that's going to last for an undetermined amount of time. no southbound trains stopping in allegheny. >>> the next stop to the north is eerie so maybe use that one instead. have a good weekend rick and monica. >> you two. >> thanks matt. >> the family of a delaware mom who seemingly vanished renews its plea to the public to help bring her home. >> another blow to atlantic city today as officials continue to try to pull the city out of a financial freefall. adam. >> a nor'easter is knocking other doorstep in delaware and near washington and baltimore you can see all the different types of precipitation from snow to ice to

also nice ride on the schuylkill expressway, this shot not too far from 476 gulph mills area f you areng eastbound and westbound, again, no delays, not just around your western suburbs, it is everywhere. making your way around the roosevelt boulevard area, making your way around center city making your way down toward the walt whitman bridge, i mean, really fantastic. speed censors high up in the 50's all over, not only in pa, but it is in new jersey, as women, notice 62, if you are traveling on 295. you do want to be minds full of this fire location, however, still closing lancaster avenue between 40th and 41st, so your best alternate is haverford avenue or 42nd street. ukee? >> vittoria, thank youment checking headlines manna cues in the sexual assault in center city in broad daylight faces a rain. >> this morning. the assault took place in a parking garage at 17th and callowhill yesterday morning the suspect faces rape and attempted murder charges. the victim is in hahnemann hospital. >>> also firefighters have returned to the scene of an early morning fire, in west philadelphia. a

not too far from gulph mills.hey have cleared that out over to the shoulder but we are dealing with the residual delays on top of rush hour traffic and that is just, um, um um not good. moving over towards another area in philadelphia we have a house fire at grover's avenue between 67th and 68th just a avoid that if you can. we have a house fire on 15th street between girard avenue and poplar. girard being your best alternate. we have a down pole closing still durham road, between smith and pineville. pineville being your best alternate. watch out for delays on i-95 and schuylkill. mass transit is okay. >>> rush is on to save a south jersey school from closing. >> odds seemed long but "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry explains they are very close to reaching their goals. >> going wonderfully. >> reporter: william robbins faced the challenge, restoring $250,000 by this week or close st. paul school by the the end of this year. >> who would have thought we could get to $250,000. the just amazing. >> reporter:

that's your eastbound traffic headed towards gulph mills so some few flurries flying by but you not reallyow slowing on the roadway here and there because it's so light. such cold air mass the snow is so light it's blowing around so it could be slick with temperatures in the low 20's. we need to be careful for that but not causing a problem yet but that light snowfall starting there on the schuylkill expressway. here on 95 approaching cottman we're looking dry right here but that's your southbound traffic. pretty heavy past academy to cottman and again from the betsy ross bridge to girard. looking in your area bridges use extra caution on your bridges and we're already seeing a pretty slow go. you see that traffic coming into the city at this point so volume building here but looking okay at this point on the ben franklin bridge. in new jersey, taking a close eye on 42 and we can kind of see the flurries as the headlights fly by. can you see how it's kind of blowing around other roadway? that seems to be the problem today. right now it's not accumulating on the main road ways but it's blow

we just had an accident cleared, from the westbound lanes of the schuylkill this is right at gulph millsl expressway this morning. just watch out for possible icy patches especially on the neighborhood and your secondary roadways. so we will move the traffic cam this morning to the ben franklin bridge actually the walt whitman bridge, but no delays or problems on the walt whitman bridge this morning. it is in good shape. so is ben franklin. we have icy patches on the betsy ross and commodore barry bridge. those speed have been reduced to 35 miles an her on each of the area bridges. so keep that in mine. we will move the traffic cam within more time and this is 202 at allendale road right here near the king of prussia mall n delays or problems on 202, again, just drive carefully this morning and watch out for icy conditions especially on secondary roadways. note from septa on its broad street line subway south bun trains will not stop at the allegheny station due to emergency construction. on the route 34 trolley it is shuttle busing between 61st street and baltimore avenue and 40th stree

schuylkill expressway, an accident, pushed over into the right hand shoulder, this is approaching gulph millsed up and out of the way headed eastbound into the citiment ukee, back to you. >> thank you next update at 85:00, a up next on cbs this this morning the affordable care act one year later for more local news weather traffic and sports we're on the "cw philly" you can find us on these channels. i'm ukee washington, good morning, everyone. >>> here's a look at indianapolis this morning, looking good which is celebrating a new cbs affiliate. we love when that happens. we'd like to welcome wttv. welcome. they started off with bang this weekend showing the hometown team, the indianapolis colts, wild-card win over the cincinnati bengals. and guess what? we were there. we were there in terms of the cbs family. that's what i mean. we were there. we like it -- >> happy to welcome you. >> we are. we like it when people come to play. welcome to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour are you a man spreader? what is a man spreader? we'll take you aboard a new york city subway why many wome

. >> representative mike versace, says crook lane is in the gulph mills section of upper merion and it is indeed very crooked. >> look at that. >> it is crooked, crooked rain is crook. we can continue. >> we can go on now. >> 7:25. you just want more money in your bank account. >> in, i want less money good this year you have a good chance because mike you ask, every year, every year he asks for a raise. >> so why is 20 15a good year to ask for a raise. >> well, it is good because more small, medium sized businesses have more room to give their employees a raise. if you work in a big company you may in the be a at a advantage but 38 percent of small to medium sized businesses in the u.s. are now more likely to give a raise to their employees. that has to do with a lot of factors. we're talking about lower energy prices, stronger jobs numbers but wage get just simply has mountain been there in a long time. this can be good news thanks to a survey from pnc bank. >> here's the thing though, they may have more money, we can ask but that doesn't mean they will give it. >> that is true. >> b

live look at the schuylkill, gladwynn, gulph mills, no problems or delays at all. schuykill is wet, it is opened but in new jersey as we mentioned the travel ban has been lifted, but just be careful because here's a live look at i295, and again, we will still have some snow coming down: the roads are wet. rock salt doing its job. no problems, 422, 202 working toward king of prussia, new jersey transit, they are back into gear here. light rail service had has resume, bus services operating, and the big training will be operating later on this afternoon. mike and alex, back to you. >> got a tweet here saying new england is being punish because they cheat todd get in the super bowl. >> some people say this was a deflated storm. >> nice one. >> good. >> and new york. >> and new york didn't get punish as bad because they are not cheaters they are just bad a at football will but they don't cheat. the isn't that accurate. did you see time lapse video from brooklyn. look at this, that is brooklyn, one of the 25 bureaus in new york, look at the storm, it came in yesterday a

live look at the schuylkill expressway, starting to see slow downs for gulph mills in toward the curve with the sun hitting you in the forehead. update ago this accident on the new jersey turnpike, only one lane opened, in both directions, in the area of exit number three. a tractor trailer earlier this morning whacked in the overpass and then broke apart spilling in the north and southbound lanes. if you use the turnpike through this stretch this morning your best bet toys use i295 instead. north on the freeway coming in toward philadelphia, a crash right here near route 544, for the gang on the philadelphia side, south on i-95, 13 miles an hour and we're jammed cottman into girard. schuylkill running slow, within the city limits and then we have that sun glare out near the curve. then later on tonight about 8:00 o'clock into 8:00 o'clock tomorrow night, penndot will put in a new traffic pattern. and, one lane, northbound, girard to allegheny, from and center city, and even sixers fans on the way home will run into that jam later on tonight. mike and alex, back over to you. >>> all ri

we have a water main break lower merion spring mill and lower gulph road stick to montgomery avenue insteadnd landed upright all easton road, plumstead bucks county. avoid the area and expect crews on the scene. >>> let's go outside and take a live look atlantic city, david murphy you say you'll feel the temperatures fall throughout the day. >> reporter: you are, we'll go up a little bit to about lunchtime, but the winds are getting stronger they will get stronger later and we'll see temperatures falling through the afternoon. right now we've got a snow shower off the coast finally over south jersey. there's another little guy pushing through reading and falling apart toward allentown. 35 in philadelphia. 31 in allentown. better than yesterday. the seven day from accuweather shows a high of 38 that will come up quickly later this morning or midday. the numbers will crash at the same time the winds pick up. i could see us being in the upper 20s by 6:00 p.m. and the 11 the overnight low and strong blustery winds cold tomorrow, and chance of snow sunday evening into monday morning. >> counting

prevent something like this from happening again there was a pileup on the schuylkill near the gulph mills exit mangled mess as far as the eye could see as car after car collided with each other along a ice covered roadway. >> i saw a lot of people not paying attention and then quick. >> ten minute later i had to use a back way. >> clearing the pack through the wreckage was not too much of a task. we fawkd with jean gene blum about how long it took. >> we had 146 trucks assaulting throughout the region this morning and in to the early afternoon. >> by the time temperatures melted the ice hundreds of accidents were reported in montgomery delaware, and bucks county. driver happy to put it behind them welcoming the it of suit books past pearl ahead of them. >> refreezing is a concern. you want to watch for any bloling spots. penndot will be throughout the night and movie hours in saeption of the schuylkill. natasha brown on tw philly. >> oosy roads also us causes deadly accident in montgomery county marple road broomall. two cars driven by thomas brennan lansdale and jason and joan of dover.