. >> that's one of many promises from horsham township's very first african-american council member, the first in the municipality's 300 years. >> where are those dollars placed this. >> veronica hill mel bound, in a orientation session, preparing to be sworn in following a very tight election night. >> what was that like? >> i didn't believe it. i woke up that morning, and my husband said to me. many congratulations. and i said why are you saying this? he said you won. >> the busy healthcare executive said she new stepping up for change would not be east. >> i exactly. can you not sit back and talk about it, you have to be the change that you want to happen. it is an enormous responsibility, how much, i have some very talented people on council with me. >> one of those marking another major milestone with hill mel born, bill garber, he will be joining her a as the first democrat elected to the council since the mid 70s. >> i think the challenge for veronica and i, as democrats, is to continue to strengthen and enhance and already great community. >> we need that vision. we need that

it's a little hard to believe actual until 2017 but horsham is getting its first ever african-american person. joyce evans joins us live in the studio with the story. joyce? >> reporter: listen, guys, it is hard to believe given the number of african-american who's have lived in horsham township for quite sometime now. area known for rolling hills and the old willow grove naval air station. soon to be known for something more as we found out at orientation day. decades before the declaration of independence was even signed just 10 miles away the township of horsham, pa, was incorporat incorporated. and while they celebrated 300 years this year, horsham is marking yet another major milestone. >> where are those dollars placed. >> veronica hill millbourne is preparing to be sworn in as horsham township's very first african-american council person. following a very tight election. >> what was that like? >> i didn't believe it. i woke up that morning and my husband said to me, congratulations. i said why are you saying that? he said you wouldn't. >> reporter: busy health care executive say

if you're coming in from ambler or horsham and about to hop on 309. you're good to go there. i-95 they will be shutting down lanes from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., monday through thursday, this week, southbound between academy and the betsy ross bridge. if you're getting out early and traveling on or about 5:00 a.m., we'll help you with that, they are starting a construction project and reducing lanes. we had an accident schuylkill road east coventry township popped up and cleared quickly. no problems there. we had snow showers that moved through, they were light, mostly thin flurries, but we did see a batch toward the west of the city that dissipated. if you're in southern delaware or new jersey, you're still getting the flurries near dover, fortescue, millville, cape may, sea isle city, mays landings, be extra careful as you head there, jennette. >> thomas fire burning in ventura county is the 5th largest in california history. officials announced yesterday containment has dropped from a 15 to 10%. residents in santa barbara about her has done evacuations. the thick smoke is sp

there's a disabled vehicle in horsham at welsh and tennis avenue. also watching in belmawr in jersey, the northbound side, 295 to the 42 freeway northbound. that area at 76, too. that is all closed or blocked with a construction project. we'll check in with the schuylkill when i come back. >>> thousands are rushing to get out of the way of this massive wildfire that's threatening a city of more than 100,000 people. matt, the fire has claimed a life. tell us more. >> reporter: that's right, that person was trying to evacuate, but they got into a car accident, and the car overturned. firefighters trying to save as many people as possible, trying to get everyone to evacuate. the fire has covered more than 15 square miles and is quickly moving to heavily populated areas. you see the dramatic pictures. the fire started yesterday and is powered by the strong santa ana winds. some gusts have topped 15 miles per hour. firefighters have been fearing something like this could happen, and it did. the wind has been pushing the fire about 60 miles northwest of l

all wait through willow grove and horsham and trenton area.er here, so you can get an idea into south jersey. again, it is this band right here that is producing the heaviest snow at the moment here, langhorne look at the purple showing up. willow grove, jenkintown, willow grove, horsham, florence and bristol all see snow at this point. let's go farther out here. see we're showing the lighter shades of gray. that would represent very light snow or just flurries at this point. now it's steady, but it's on the lighter side. places like glassboro, woodstown and bound in a -- buena seeing light snow. the back edge is into western porks of new castle county. baltimore washington, d.c., it's not doing anything. all this is pushing east 20 to 25 miles per hour. here's the wider view. you can see there's another round still to come over south central portions of pennsylvania, much lighter, though. it's not as steady. broken up as snow showers. once that pushes through over the next couple of hours that will be it. the system will be done, it will hit

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horsham is getting it first-ever african-american council person, veronica hill mill born, you're aboutparing to be sworn in following very tight election, now the town has been around for nearly 300 years, and has only just reaching this milestone. busy healthcare executive said she new stepping up for change would not be easy. >> when i attend community events, i don't see the diversity that exists within horsham. that's one of the first things i want to it. >> i want to reach out to other constituent groups within our community and make sure we're inclusive of all of horsham. >> she is not the only fern in her family to answer the call to serve the public. just two years ago, her husband, doctor michael mill born, became the first african-american coroner in the area. >> it is 4:23, boxers or briefs? things got real interesting during a interview between president obama and prince harry. the hard-hitting questions the prince asked the former president. >> villanova looking to keep it that way against depaul they look at biggies play, 15 seconds left in the first half, bronson from de

. >> horsham is getting it first ever african-american council person.l millbourne is preparing to be sworn in following a very tight election. the town has been around for 300 years. has only just now reaching this milestone. the busy healthcare ex second tiff said she new stretching out for a change would not be easy. >> when i attend community events, i don't zero don't see the diversity that exists within horsham. one of the first things i want to do. i want to reach out to other con still eye end groups, make sure we're inclusive of all of horsham. >> veronica hill millbourne is not the only first in her family to answer the call to serve the public. just two years ago, her husband, doctor michael millbourne, became the first african-american coroner in the area. >> coming up on 6:40. sylvester stallone went all out for christmas this year. >> else the mystery bid here bought the rocky statue used in rocky three. seventy-one year old he dropped $400,000, 403,000 to be exact, that is a 12 and a half foot, 1800-pound statue shipped to stallone's house

horsham is getting it first ever african-american council person.onica hill mill born, you're about to meet her, preparing to be sworn in following a very tight election. there she is right there. the town, the town has been around for about 300 years, and only just reaching this milestone. the busy healthcare ex second tiff said she new stepping up for change certainly wouldn't be easy. >> when i attend community event, i don't see the diversity that exists within horsham. that's one of the first things i want to do. i want to reach out to other constituent groups within our community and make sure area inclusive of all of horsham. >> not the only first in her family to answer the call to serve the public. just two years ago, her husband, doctor michael millbourne, the first african-american coroner in the area. >> 5:22 this thursday. prince william, or prince harry? the hard hitting questions president obama was asked by none other than prince harry. the answer, you'll have to wait for it coming up. >> ♪ >> ♪ we just moved in about four months ago

area. 52-year-old kevin williams senior was hit and killed on his bike as he crossed route 13 near horsham street in bristol borough. the mercedes may have been racing another car when williams was struck. >>> for some, it's a ritual to leave this until the last minute, for others, it's an unintentional but necessary scramble. there are plenty of deals and discounts. retailers want the remaining inventory off the shelves and under your tree. shipping deadlines were earlier, which means procrastinators need to finish up in stores. >> it's crazy, but nice, everybody seems excited. >> i work under pressure, without pressure. but i get it done. >> a lot of stores are offering the option to pick up instore, you can buy the gifts online, run to get it and avoids the madness of last minute shoppers trying to pick out that perfect gift. >>> crews spent the day in northern lick erts trying to fix a water main break. tenants had to find somewhere else to go tonight for hours, water flooded girard avenue between front and howard streets. it even seeped into cellars, damaging hot water heaters, in all

if you're coming in from bam -- ambler or horsham or gwynedd you're moving just fine. westbound on the turnpike near fort washington we had an accident pop up, westbound toward bluebell you're dealing with this one on the pennsylvania turnpike a new accident coming in. lower merion, montgomery avenue at bryn mawr avenue the accident is causing an issue. i-95 crews between 29 and 579 they are blocking a lane this morning. let's looking at visibility reports five miles in atlantic city. 3 in lancaster, reading, 8 in trenton. you may see a touch of fog this morning. temperatures, though, not as cold as yesterday morning. it's 40 right now in quakertown. 40 in coatsville, 43 in malvern. 46 degrees in center city. in new jersey, it's 37 in browns mills. 45 in hammonton. 49 in cape may. 45 in dover. heading up to 52, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> first responders risk their lives everyday to keep people safe. the brave efforts of police officers in illinois in this case they were captured on dash cam. a raging car fire several officers run into a flames to save a man trapped

here in horsham, a snow plow and a car collided on county line road. it happened just before 8:30 this morning near route 611. nobody was injured but officials say it certainly appears that the slick conditions played a role. >>> and slick conditions were also a factor in the huge pile up on the schuylkill expressway in montgomery county today. lee 15 cars were involved forcing officials to shut down that stretch of the road. "action news" reporter janet reyes is live on i-76 with exactly what happened jeanette. >> reporter: well walter waking up this morning it was press toy look at the snow outside fairly easy to brush off the car but boy does it be slippery. it caused two major accidents and that slowed up, plow trucks as well. >> it is, just grab a coffee, normal will day for me, it barely snowed. >> reporter: for those people like ryan cella this morning's snow fall was hardly intimidating. >> most of the road had been plowed through worse pass was my driveway. >> reporter: it was enough to cause slick conditions and major problems on the roadways

live in for fort washington and traffic is moving better if you're coming up from ambler or horsham andre moving okay on 309. the big accident this morning is here in delaware county. we've been talking about this one. a driver lost control, single vehicle accident, flipped over ran into a utility pole. it's really serious and they've had to shut down west valley road here between manchester road and brookhaven road. stick to knowlton road as your alternate. let's head over here on i-95. some construction scheduled. they're moving lane closures here on i-95 northbound between the vine and cottman from 9:00 until 3:00 today. don't you love when they have those rolling closures out there with the roving work crew. you'lling be dealing with that all day long. goodness me matt would say. 44 this morning in long wood. temperatures are already above our average high for this date. that's a good way to start in december, right? 43 degrees in center city and new jersey it's only 38 in browns mills and tuckahoe but we're at 46 in glassboro. 39 degrees right now in dover, delaware. headeded up to

like this fire tonight in horsham that engulfed an entire home. crews tell us battling fires in these temperatures is always tough especially with fire hoses freezing and everyone moving a little bit slower. >>> do you want more proof that's it's cold outside? take a look at this picture. an icy mess in south philly after a water main break flooded the corner of 32nd and reed streets. it left a van practically incased in ice. crews from the philadelphia water department have been on scene working to fix the problem. the break luckily didn't force any neighbors out of their homes. >>> not everyone is hating this cold stretch. the big freeze is heating up business at ski resorts like this one. the chair lifts stayed busy in bear creek mountain resort in berks county. steven fisher shows us how it's the beginning of a busy holiday weekend there. >> reporter: mother nature has cooperated with ski resorts so far this year. today in the lehigh valley temperatures hovered around 20, which is good news for bear creek. all this snow that they just made, th

no delays, accident county line road norristown road in horsham. and an accident here. also, some construction up in new jersey, ewing township, i-95, this is between route 29 and route 579. should be out of here by about 6:00. rahel, jim, back to you. >> pat, the ever positive pat gallen, thank you. >> i try. >> also positive, the eagles are division champions. >> taken heavy locals, carson wentz is out, possibly with a torn acl. he'll have an mri later today. third quarter carson wentz dives into the end zone, for touchdown, he was crunched between two defends cents and went away limb willing. he stayed in for four more plays, eventually, toss ago touchdown to alshon jeffrey. not long after that, he left for the longer room. and after the game. he was carted to the bus with a brace, wrapped around his knee. back up quarterback nick foles finished the game, wentz's toughness, impressed, head coach doug pederson. >> just shows how tough he really is. to be little banged up at that time, and then to on fourth down to make that throw, anal sean to make that catch. again,

. >> "eyewitness news" at hatboro horsham high school where they were loaded in cars and suv by memberscouncil. meals are handed out to 50 families throughout the district in need of support this year. it is all part of the feed a friend program in an effort to make holidays a lot brighter for others in that community. >>> very nice. everybody in the holiday spirit. >> let's do it. >>> thanks so much for watching us here at 6:00 on "eyewitness news". "eyewitness news" returns at 10 on the cw philly and back here at 11:00. >>> tune in for our special the best of brotherly love at 7:30. up next, "cbs evening news", tonight, the nation learns a philadelphia eagles defensive end chris long and yes chose to give his entire salary this year to charity. from new york here's jeff glor take care family we will see you tonight. .>> glor: a christmas attack foiled. the f.b.i. says an ex-marine planned to target san francisco. also tonight, for the first time, secret service agents drill at the white house for a possible attack. as millions head out for the holidays, some were forced to evacuate th

for now you're dry here in fort washington and no big problems if you're coming in from ambler or horsham looking good right now. on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound at street road we do have construction crews. they're out here blocking the right lane. as well as blocking two lanes here on 495 northbound at edgemoor road in delaware. still seeing speeds of 65 miles an hour. that will probably change in a little bit. here's storm tracker6 live double scan. you can see some showers out to the west. a few sprinkles near dover and salem county in new jersey. you have to go pretty far north to find cold enough air to get a few snowflakes here. you can see no problems in philadelphia, coatesville, malvern, norristown even doylestown, it's up north of mount pocono near lake harmony where we're seeing some of those sprinkles right now. let's look at the temperatures for the region. so, it's 29 degrees in lake harmony. that's why you would get something slippery up there but even in bethlehem you're in the upper 30's, quakertown 36, pottstown 34. but malvern 37. 43 degrees currently in center

there's a disabled vehicle in horsham at welsh and tennis avenue.watching in belmawr in jersey, the northbound side, 295 to the 42 freeway northbound. that area at 76, too. that is all closed or blocked with a construction project. we'll check in with the schuylkill when i come back. >>> thousands are rushing to get out of the way of this massive wildfire that's threatening a city of more than

this is in horsham. there might be police activity there. lane restrictions in general. welsh road around tennis avenue. back to you. >>> a massive wildfire is taking aim at homes in southern california. thousands are rushing to evacuate as crews try to get the blaze under control. overnight we learned that at least one person has been killed. nbc10's matt delucia joins us live in the digital operations center. matt, officials have been warning that this could happen. >> reporter: because wildfires like this are fueled by strong santa ana winds. some gusts have topped 60 miles per hour. that plus the fact that you have all the vegetation and brush that hasn't burned for decades, and there's been a drought. a very bad combination. we are seeing more mandatory evacuations going into effect. we've also seen, take a look, some dramatic images coming out of california. the fire is moving very quickly. moving into heavily populated areas. we did mention one person died while evacuating while their car was overturned. the wind has been pushing the fire about 60 miles west of lo

also watching a crash in historic history -- in horsham by upland. >> thank you. >>> the eagles are nfcrback carson wentz out of action. doctors say wentz tore his acl in the game and won't return this season. wentz and the team are back in philadelphia, and he is scheduled to have an mri today. head coach doug peterson will hold a conference at noon. nbc10 and the nbc10 app will carry it live. >>> meanwhile in camden county, the red cross is helping nearly two dozen families find a home this morning. fire heavily damaged the apartments in gloucester township last night. a police officer injured while helping people escape is expected to be okay. no one else was hurt. we'll have another update coming up in 25 minutes. ♪ >>> we're back. it's 7:30. it's monday morning the 11th of december, 2017. and christmas is now two weeks away. >> no, it's not. >> giddyup, everybody. it is a baport behind roy moore in robocalls across the state. >> i need alabama to vote for roy moore. it is so important. >> as moore and one of his accusers speak out. >> i did not date underaged women. >> he is unfit

watching vehicles that don't want to run, there's one to avoid in montgomery township horsham road 202, 309 at hatfield township we're looking live southbound lanes where the dv is taking out the left lane. everyone is swerving to get around the car that doesn't want to run. slowing on 309 southbound saturday a crash east norton, white hall road at germantown pike. speeds are dropping along 422, now 22 miles per hour heading toward king of prussia eastbound. we have a wreck kenneth square baltimore pike. delco they had to turnrun road stick to lenny road. >> fire broke out at a family home in brooklyn destroying a second story, killing 40-year-old mother and three children, two boys a little girl. one teenage boy was injured when he tried to jump to get away from the blaze, he another teenage boy and father are in critical condition, again that 40-year-old mother and 7-year-old son and 3-year-old little girl were found dead upstairs, the family asleep when the fair broke out. the new yk fire victim said the victims are jewish and dealing with the tragedy right now during chanukah, as w

now, on both of these cases, the abington fire and here in horsham, residents escaped without any injury. here one firefighter was treated on the scene for a minor injury. officials are asking you if you're starting fires, using heaters, do it safely to prevent fires like these from starting in the first place. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> a family suliis alive this evening because of quick thinking. one neighbor across the street saw what was happening and ran over with his ladder. >> i had an extension ladder in front of my house and ran over and grabbed it and ran across the street. >> a crew from cherry hill came to the scene with food and items to help the victims and firefighters stay warm. one firefighter had a small injury. >>> right now, fire crews are trying to figure out what started a fire that killed ad2-year-oad 2-year-old boy in sussex county. seven other people were hurt but they're expected to be okay. >>> right now, for the first time we are hearing the frantic police cars made during a shooting near the state capitol building in harrisburg. >> he's walking out towa

watch for a crash on horsham at horsham and dresher road. you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news in montgomery county this morning. crews battled a house fire in swanksville and believe they got everyone out okay. the fire broke out before 6:00 a.m. this is a live look at the scene on summit avenue. we have a crew on the ground. medics took at least two people to the hospital. we're working to learn their conditions. we'll have another update in 25 minutes. join us every weekday morning from 4:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome back. 7:30 on a wednesday morning. a snowy wednesday morning. check out warners, new york, near syracuse. they're getting some serious snow this morning. >> they are. it's cold all around, isn't it? we're in the 30s. >> didn't you feel it when you walked out this morning in new york city. we don't have snow, but we have cold and christmas trees. >> been waiting patiently. we have a lot happening today. let's get to a check of the headlines. starting with a political earthquake in alabama. >> stunn

deanna durante is live in horsham where firefighters spent most of the day fighting a fire. >> reporterhad firefighters battling this fire for more than three hours. this wasn't the only trouble spot we found today. jackhammers are used to dig to the root of the problem. icy covered streets in south philly, the result of an icy road. in montgomery county, firefighters used plenty of water to battle a two alarm house fire. crews from all over montgomery county lended a hand. and yes, the water froze here too. the fire broke out in the basement and clutter helpheed hl the flames. officials are taking a close look at the heating elements. >> people don't realize, but heating fires are the second leading cause of fire and deaths in homes in the united states during the winter months. >> reporter: in both of these fires, residents were lucky. escaping uninjured. but this cold snap is prompting new warnings to make sure fireplace and stoves are safe. >> not only with the fireplaces overloading them, but using the wrong type of woods, like pines with heavy sap that builds up on the liners and

horsham on northtown road and herman watching for an accident. can stay put. people in palmer township say the home is operating without permission. right now it does not have an occupancy permit as it cares for two women with autism. they say they have a right to be there. neighbors fear it will bring down property value and draw other home businesses to the area. >>> later this morning, the battleship "new jersey" will commemorate pearl day with a ceremony in camden. the actual anniversary is this thursday, december 7th. >>> we'll have another update in 25 minutes. join us every weekday morning from 4:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. cancer challenges us. to find smarter solutions. to offer more precise and less invasive treatment options than before. like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy. see how we're fighting to outsmart cancer at cancercenter.com/outsmart >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up raging wildfire. thousands evacuated as fast-moving flames tear across southern california. officials call the intense fire pretty much unstoppable. >>> p

moves that i expect to see that i mentioned bucks county because toll brothers is there they are from horshamhe home market should be doing well they said new jersey is good and they actually united statsed thm crushing it in hoboken. >> talk to me in a year. >> we'll see. >> if salt -- >> we'll probably still be talking about t-mobile but i wanted to follow up on yesterday and beginning of the show carl was talking about buybacks, 1.5 billion was the headline number from t-mobile in terms of the buyback but they also are talking about deutsche telecom which owns 61.5%, increasing its stake and they say -- they understand deutsch telecom is considering plans to purchase additional shares and shuch would take place through december 31st 2018 in accordance with sec rules and so forth. they didn't take the leverage up as much as some people thought they would they are about three to four times leveraged right now. >> that was a stock that has -- i don't want to hear that. you shrink the float -- shrink the market capitalization or buyback stock and you have deutsche bank -- deutsche tell buy mor