we have downed wires in hatboro. look for it as montgomery avenue at york road. all lanes are blocked, stick to moreland road to get around the downed wires. hopping over to pottstown, we have a disabled vehicle 422 westbound at route 100, look for that to be a little bit of a problem this morning. we're seeing a touch of yellow here showing that. it's blocking a lane and causing slowing right there. this is the boulevard, southbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway, no problem just yet, moving very nicely. i've been on pothole patrol, on the waze app saying there's a pothole on federal street watch tore that one. temperatures are dropping, 47 in quakertown and pottstown. 51 in coatsville. 56 in center city. won't be mild like yesterday, 60 degrees on the boardwalk in atlantic city, and 60 in dover, temperatures will drop through the day and when you factor in the winds, it will feel like the upper 0s or low 40s. >>> developing now, a mysterious illness spread to three flight attendants on the alaska aircraft plane. the captain reported that the m

also watching down wires out in hatboro. and north york road.king in to give you a heads-up at philadelphia international airport from their twitter account few delays and cancellations reported around 6:15 this morning. check before you go. >>> 6:41. new scam targets local college students. >>> trick e-mail that has a hidden secret. >>> plus more than you bargained for. response team has a warning about those enticing free product trials. >>> crash earlier this morning. suspect escaped from police cruiser. staying on top of the scene throughout the morning. >>> 6:45. lehigh university is warning students about an e-mail to trick them into giving out sensitive information. the e-mail is titled new development and falsely claims to be from university's president. includes a file. students should delete that e-mail. >> it's full speed ahead for plans to build a new transit center at wilmington m track station. tell us they're finalizing a deal to build transit center next to station. it will provide a one stop connection to buses and taxis as well

also, downed wires in hatboro, montgomery avenue blocked between york road and penn street. you will have to use this alternate. monument avenue, probably your best bet, another heads up on that. then just dealing with some construction. good news this morning, we haven't had any accidents. this is one of the construction points, turnpike eastbound between valley hill and norristown. two left lanes blocked there. some more construction for you still out there. route nine closed at tilt on road n have probably be lifting right around 6:00 a.m. until then we have to use this alternate, garden state parkway or shore road, probably going to be the best bet. then looking at the wide rightful, jan, seeing all green, so that's looking good on this friday. >> good news, thank you meisha. members of one. northeast oldest synogogues taking stands against recent act of vandalism. rocks smashed several windows of temple menorrah in talcony friday. talcony's town watch meeting last night, synogogue members discussed what to do about these potentially hate filled acts. it was the second t

in hatboro we had down wires that have cleared, montgomery avenue moving nicely now. >> let's go back to the boulevard and breaking news. a man in police custody managed to break out of the back of a police vehicle and took off running down the boulevard with his handcuffs still on. "action news" broke the story before 6:00 a.m. we have a live reporter on the scene, bob brooks on the scene in the somerdale section. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, tam, the investigation is underway, you can see that behind me, we have a break in the traffic, we have a good vantage point of what we can see. the suspect after he was arrested smashed out the rear window of the police cruiser and took off cuffed that's what we were told by police, there was a crash, you can see the black cadillac, it was between that cadillac and a white suv, let's bring up video from chopper 6 hd because the traffic it might give us a better vantage point. after the crash, the police responded there was an investigation. and the suspect was placed under arrest. while the investigation was going on, again at

in hatboro, drivers were taking time on the snow covered roads there.ms showed few commuters on the snow today. today's winter storm affected people from h north carolina to massachusetts. north carolina is under a state of emergency. some parts of the tarheel state were hit with ten inches of snow. there that's crippling. there was sleet and ice making roads treacherous. in virginia half a foot fell and connecticut a travel nightmare. 20 cars plus three tractor trailers and a tanker collided causes road closures for miles. some children stayed at school last night. >> we got the call that they weren't sending him home. it was a robo call updated throughout the night and told that they are going to remain for the remainder of the night. >> the snow is still falling at this hour at cape cod expected to amount to a foot after midnight. >> these guys didn't let a little snow stop them from getting in a swim. they are members of the georgia tech swim and dive team snowed in at their hotel virginia tech and couldn't make it to the meet. they had fun outside

reporting live in hatboro, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> state police are trying to determine if a piece of debris that damaged a car on the vine street expressway came from a construction site. the driver says she was traveling under the overpass near 0th and the parkway when a foot long piece of metal crashed through her car. it hit the windshield and bounced and shattered her back window. >>> former president, george h.w. bush remains hospitalized in houston, texas. the 92-year-old was taken to the hospital for shortness of breath and he is responding well to treatment and bush is expected to go home in a couple of days. >>> president obama is getting ready for hi final news conference as commander and chief and the president is expected to speak from the white house late this afternoon. the obamas are expected to have a quiet day tomorrow before they welcome donald trump to the white house on friday. >>> temple university school of media and communication is now called the lou klein college. today's official name change honored a broadcast pioneer that holds a special plac

. >>> front page of the intelligencer hatboro horsham begins kindergarten registration february 6th youngstersill be signing up for a full day of of school. district officials are moving, full speed ahead with implementation of the program for the 2017/18 academic year. >>> that is a look at some newspaper headlines there around the delaware valley. >>> well, remember how nervous you were when you took your first driving test. >> i do, it feels like just yesterday. well, one woman in but, that is how it ended, woman's car ran a yellow light mere dmv, it happened in costa mesa 40 miles south east of los angeles. it hit the curb and smashed in other cars in the parking lot and no one was seriously injured but it is unclear if that, young person, actually got the hurt drive if she pass that had i failed my first one because i didn't put parking brakes on. >> i did not fail but i took my driving test right before college, summer before college and person was asking about college and i started to say, just keep driving. >> that is good. >> i almost failed. >> okay. >> watch her on the roads. up nex

. >>> the next couple days in hatboro installing new gas main along warminster road so from 9:00 untilwould avoid that. jacksonville road or 263 york road would be some alternates. also have more work today and actually each day this week here in west goshen chester county along 100. installing a gas main here so phoenixville pike i think would be a better bet and in nether providence more work on the water main will close wallingford avenue during the mid days. possum hollow and woodward road possible alternates. the commuter report in delaware along 295 and south coming off the delaware memorial bridge watch out there's a pothole as you head toward 95. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> overnight turkey confirmed that a man wanted for a attack in a nightclub on new year's eve is under arrest then say he's confessed. police say his fingerprints matched those lifted from the crime scene in turkey on new year's day. the man is uzbeky national and authorities say they think he may be part of an isis cell. 39 people died in that attack. a delaware man joseph rock survived it. >> app grand

. >>> getting around is still a bit dicey this morning, if you're hitting the roads in hatboro, montgomeryounty, drivers were taking their time as you should balls the roads are covered with -- because the roads are covered with snow and ice. the action cam at york and moreland road where a few commuters headed out. >> is not surprising the cold roads resulted in accidents, route 202 near route 1. good news nobody was hurt. painters crossing shopping center lost power for a short time until crews made the necessary repairs. >> you know who loves the snow. >> chris sowers? >> and the little ones and chris, too, the timing of the storm was almost perfect unless the kids wanted a day off from school. >> they got to go sledding and jeanette reyes has more and the scary commute for drivers. >> reporter: what do you think about the snow, do you like it? >> i like it. >> reporter: the mom and daughter spent the afternoon making a snowman. what's a snow day without hitting the slopes, however small they may be. >> this is the first major snow day, how you liking it? >> pretty good. >> reporter: th

then we have downed wires today hatboro, montgomery avenue right now is blocked, because of it, and between york road and penn street. looking at this alternate, monument avenue, a lot of alternates that you will have to take today. but use them. otherwise you'll find yourself in a pin itch. >> new this morning, police now on the scene of overnight shooting in south philadelphia. they tell us the victim was struck in his stomach at 25th and ritner streets around 2:30 this morning. that man is now in stable condition. >> and that shooting was just one of several reported in the city overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter anita o live at police headquarters now with more on what has been an extremely violent night. anita? >> reporter: that's right. jan, police say an up tick in the temperatures are leading to up tick in violence, we do know that there were multiple shooting scenes overnight, two people are dead, and at least seven are injured. you're looking at video from one of the faith al shooting scenes on the 4500 block of melrose street in frankford. it happened just after 8:30 last nigh

our rainfall totals, that is pretty decent totals here looking at a half this much, in most spots, hatboro, eagleville, cherry hill, and levittown looking at about a half inch or little bit less, a third of an inch here or there. not a ton of rain but just enough to make it a pain to be out and about today. quick look as we look live from the palmyra cove nature park shows what should be the sky line visible in the distance there but you cannot see it because we have had low clouds, a lot of fog, 43 degrees in palmyra right now. heaviest rain is out, we have a chance for a few more showers and this batch of moisture starts to move east overnight it is weakening so we are not expecting much more in the way of steady rain but few pockets here and there. out and about later tonight the we need windshield wipers still. cold blast is coming as we head through your wednesday, things looking good, transition day, but i sometimes like to call bonus take because front will pass through but temperatures won't respond to that front until thursday, and then we will see highs rising to the 50's. then o

twenty-three from kyle higgins , he is in hatboro area with just a few clouds. 23 degrees.ly a heck of a lot colder. down in delaware we will go where jason is reporting, 26, under pretty clear skies here but he actually has a hint of breeze making it tiehl more like the teens right now. that wind isn't terribly harsh but noticeable and i can attest to thank outside on the sky deck. the lets get to one more at 24 right the now there john sal machine who sent in a handful of, numbers at the 24, welcom ing everybody out there with a good man and just the same, cold, i mean that sums it up. we are expect to go eventually see this disturbance rolling in right thousand it ising this but snow, back through the mid mississippi valley, ohio river valley and it will stay that way as it rolls our way because that cold air has really set the stage for this to bring us some snow. and here's the interesting thing, it isn't, doing enough to produce any winter weather advisories. we don't have any advisory. we are only talking about .2 inches. we have an active arctic pattern in place her

and from 9:00 until 3:00 today and tomorrow they're installing a gas main in hatboro so restrictionsminster road. i think jacksonville road or york road, 263 would be better bets and each day this week in west goshen just north of west chester they're working along route 100 pottstown pike so the flaggers will be out there. i would avoid it. use phoenixville pike instead. the rest of the days this week in nether providence delco we've got work that's going to close wallingford avenue for water main installation. woodward and possum hollow gets you around that and in woodbury again today starting in just about 45 minutes cooper will be blocked at evergreen. red bank and broad are your alternates there. tam. >> all right, thank you, matt. >>> overnight turkey confirmed that a man wanted for a nightclub attack is under arrest and they say he's confessed. police say his fingerprints match those that were lifted from the crime scene in turkey on new year's day. the man is an uzbeki national. authorities believe he's part of an isis cell. 39 people died in this attack an delaware man jason