first, let's check in with nbc 10 traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> overturned vehicle on 95. we'll have skyforce 10 over the scene in just a moment. 95 northbound approaching the commodore barry bridge. it is look blocking the right-hand lane. police activity on the scene as well. updates to are you to come in the next ten minutes or so. out in kensington air emergency go avenue at lehigh avenue still an accident wean have police activity. your best bet to get through the area frankford avenue. if you're out the door on the schuylkill expressway right around spring garden street you can see the schuylkill starting to gather a little bit of volume. everything was moving east and westbound. we have the spring garden street off ramp closed to the schuylkill expressway right now. your best bet is to take girard avenue to get around the area. that will there be until about august 4th. >>> preparing for the pope we rm 351 days away from the pope's visit to philadelphia. you have just 18 hours left to get the septa papal passes. matt delucia is live for us at the ft. washington trai

jessica boyington is watching it for us. , remind us where it is. >> we're looking at our cameras from south street but the accident scene is right at university avenue. all lanes blocked. you can see the traffic backup behind the scene. every once in a while we see police activity flying by on the eastbound side. the accident is on the westbound side where all lanes are blocked and a big backup behind that scene. more updates to come for you out in abington, we are still seeing an accident scene on edge hill road and tyson avenue. heading out the door on 95 through delaware, everything is still moving there. 11 minutes at the most, headed northbound or southbound from 295 up towards 495. currently no problems or delays for mass transit. coming up in the next ten minutes, more updates on the schuylkill expressway. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 20 minutes before 5:00. a rainy view looking across the delaware. this is an improving view, some of the heaviest rainfall is just moving pa

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. jessica?>> bill, on the vine street expressway, we're not dealing with much in terms of traffic right now. it's still early for that. but i just want you to watch out for this work zone right in here. that's around our 24th street cameras. off of the exit ramp is not block off any lanes. it's on the eastbound side. this drive time, still two minutes, no problems from the schuylkill up towards 95, the westbound lanes are doing great as well. as for burlington township, we're still watching out for this accident investigation for a deadly accident scene from route 130 northbound right around beverly road, all lanes are currently closed and being detoured throughout the area. as for mass transit, patco and new jersey transit are doing just fine. today, septa's passengers between west trenton and woodbourne will be shuttle bused through the area. chris? >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of montgomery county where a fast-moving apartment fire forced dozens of people to leave their homes i

forecast neighborhood-by-neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes but a check of traffic with jessica boyington who has a look at your first alert traffic. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, bill. >>> on the vine street expressway this morning, where we are watching out for some ongoing road work that is actually on the eastbound side. this from our cameras around 24th street. eastbound right in here you can see no lanes actually being blocked and traffic allowed to move through the scene. three minute drive time eastbound or westbound. 30th street station, no problems so far not morning. once you get to the schuylkr% @c expressway you're okay as well. you can see right in here all of the cars are green. so if you're heading eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway only 12 minutes there and same thing if you're head westbound into the king prussia area. we can watch for an accident scene. overturned vehicle in new jersey on the admiral wilson boulevard on the westbound side right around baird boulevard one lane is blocked there. that is actually the right-hand lane. left

first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is standing by. jessica, what are you doing over there? >> i don't know what everybody is doing today. everybody is having a hard time with my name. jessica boyington here. wee start things off on the vine street expressway. tracy is laughing over there. >> i started this. >> yes you did. >> heading westbound in here towards the schuylkill expressway and 30th street station. you can see everything moving along just fine. a three-minute drive time headed up towards the schuylkill expressway. the schuylkill expressway speaking of that, everything moving along through conshohocken curve. no real problems there. out in horsham, north bethlehem pike and welsh road. great alternate so far for the morning. septa and the patco speed line are running on time with no delays. tracy, back over to you. >> jessica, thanks. 5:03. >>> a police officer was injured in an accident. nbc 10's matt delucia is live on scene. you've been gathering information the past hour. bring us up to speed here. >> within the past 30 mi

katy zachry, nbc10 news. >>> jessica boyington here with your first alert traffic.ing a problem on the blue route. cameras right around germantown pike. on the northbound side an accident involved here. police and crew just got to the scene to get it cleaned up and out of the way so watch out for that. also watch out for an accident out in delaware on 13 southbound which is closed at south carter road. you can use route 1 southbound to get through the area. >>> a cool start this morning but look at that! we have got sunshine! my dear friend chris cato asked for another summer beauty and we are on track for that today! right now, 64 degrees. doesn't center city look great this morning? the pocono mountains looking pretty sweet too. the hills are glowing in sunshine and that will warm the temperatures up. 50s and 60s right now and cooler than yesterday at this time for most of the area. that 65 in philadelphia will warm into the 80s this afternoon and the breeze is still coming out of the northwest or north/northwest, enough wind to bring in the dry air so 81 degrees

right now, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. jessica? >> bill, we are watching 95 right now. we're starting to see a little bit of an increase in the southbound side which is pretty typical for this time. everything is still moving. this is our camera live at girard avenue. southbound where the headlights are, you can see right there, we're still dealing with the low drive time. 14 minutes from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway, average swedes there of 58 miles per hour. everything is still moving. if you're heading out the door on to the blue route, drive times are no problem. you can see right behind here, the cars are moving along green's nice. 15 minutes north or south from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway. and mass transit doing great so far for the morning. we have no delays for new jersey transit, septa or the patco speed line. if you're heading out the door, currently no weather-related days. we have a nice fly day coming on. chris? >>> we're still on the scene of breaking news this morning in the kensin

jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. jessica?e're looking live at route 309 where it's relatively empty around the pa turnpike. a good thing going there, northbound or southbound, no problems. coming up at 5:30, we check in with new jersey roads. >>> 5:25. police in philadelphia are investigating a drive-by shooting that injured three people. >> matt delucia is live outside the hospital where the victims are being treated. matt. >> police say this was one bold drive-by shooting. all the details, coming up after the break. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> the asian markets closed down this morning and investors fear the ripple effect will be felt on wall street. >> pennsylvania's attorney general caused a crowded courthouse to do a double take and it had nothing to do with the charges against her. we'll tell you why her appearance had some people a bit confused. >>> clouds and scattered showers moving out of the area, a stretch of warm weather moving in. the big question is how long will it last? it is just about 5:30. good morning. we

jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. jessica?we're still watching the schuylkill expressway where we had an earlier jackknifed tractor-trailer. all lanes blocked on the westbound side. i'll tell you how to get around it, coming up at 5:30. >>> and part of that problem has been towed out of the way, jessica but part of it still remains and traffic is not moving yet. yn update coming up right after the break. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >>> breaking traffic news this morning. 76 westbound at university city just re-opened. it has been closed for more than an hour because of a jackknifed tractor-trailer. nbc 10's jessica boyington is tracking the backup and how you can get around it. jesse gary is live at the scene. >>> also we're watching this this morning. this may have led to that accident in fact. rain coming down. we can see it here in this camera, focused on the comcast camera in center city. rain is falling through the area. we're tracking that live. >> a look at the radar showing that rain moving through. there's a change for

let's get a check of your first alert traffic with jessica boyington. jessica? >> bill, we're out in new jersey. if you're heading out the door on the 42 freeway, this is what we're covering for you. at the atlantic city expressway, right in here, the northbound side. that's what's headed towards the philadelphia area. if you'reç heading towards 295 you have to make it to north jersey, pro problems at this time. if you are heading down the shore, headed southbound towards the atlantic city expressway, this is where it splits off towards the black horse pike towards the ac expressway. no problems there. heading out the door on the schuylkill, a great trip right through the conshohocken curve. as you can see, eastbound, westbound, 13 minutes at the most to get into the center city area from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. as for mass transit, we want to check before you head out the door this morning. as we're starting to see delays. warminster, art and newark all having about ten-minute delays. >>> another sad day for the thin blue line in

nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has details. jessica?>> starting to trail off just a little bit, chris and tracy. we're on 422 right now around trooper road where we have an eight-minute drive time. to real backups on the eastbound side. from 22 up towards the schuylkill expressway, this is trooper road. that whereas around. eastbound towards the schuylkill is where we typically see the delay. we're moving along right now. that's no problem. out in the lawncrest section of philadelphia, an accident investigation scene is clearing up. but the roosevelt boulevard on the southbound side between adams and whitaker avenue. they are directing traffic through the area and around the scene. if you want to avoid it, take wyoming up to castor avenue and you should do just fine. the rest of our majors, 95 southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway, a 13-minute trip. the schuylkill is doing okay if you're headed up towards the blue route. no problems for delays for mass transit. >>> it is not the normal prize you would find

jessica boyington is watching the roads for you. jessica?> if you are heading to the shore early you'll be fine around route 73. you can see both lanes on 73 or the ac expressway are all doing great, all lanes open. not a lot of traffic in the area. on the 42 freeway heading into philadelphia, if you do have to head to work, five-minute trip northbound from 555 to the walt whitman bridge. for the rest of the area bridges, we're doing okay on the tac pal, the ben and the betsy ross. coming up, we'll do massç transit. >>> officials have identified three firefighters that were killed while battling a wildfire in washington state. and the spreading flames are forcing more people to leave their homes. what crews are up against as they work to contain the fires. >>> a hunt to a man who robbed a post office. we're looking into why he did it. oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's

jessica boyington is back with that. jessica?till tieing things up on the schuylkill expressway due to this accident. it's from our cameras around south street. the accident is taking place around university avenue. you can actually see on the westbound side all lanes completely blocked, tractor-trailer involved. another vehicle involved right there. all lanes blocked on the westbound side. we also have police activity on the eastbound side taking out a lane. quite a backup behind that already with rain falling on the scene. a little bit of aç mess out there. we'll have an update coming up in the next ten minutes or so. heading out the door on to 202. 11 minutes if you're heading northbound or southbound. rain actively falling from 30 up towards the schuylkill, no problems there. also an accident scene watching that out in abington, edge hill road and tyson avenue. mass transit, currently in problems or delays. >>> the idea of rail service in the lehigh valley is picking up steam again. the mayors of allentown, bethlehem, easton

right now, jessica boyington has first alert traffic. jessica? >> bill, still watching an accident scene on the blue route on the southbound side between broomall and saint davids. the drive times, you can see the southbound side from the schuylkill is a 15-minute trip. no problems on 95 or the schuylkill. 13 minutes heading into center city on both of those majors. heading outç the door into new jersey on the 42 freeway, northbound right into here is where we normally see that traffic in the morning hours. but we still have a five-minute drive time just beyond that point from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge. these are our cameras around the new jersey turnpike in runnemede. that's where the area bridges, we looked at the walt whitman approaching that scene on the 42 freeway. the tac pal, the ben, the betsy are nice and clear. we'll come up with more drive times for you, most of the philadelphia majors, in the next ten minutes. >>> a late-night fire gutted a house in mantua township, gloucester county, holly brook drive. investigators say

the tow trucks on scene there. >> let's get an update from nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyingtonjessica? >> we know traffic is moving through the area right now. the accident investigation scene still under way. a very active scene with the police activity there as well. as you can see, the vehicle absolutely mangled. it's a deadly scene as well. again, that's the boulevard on the southbound side between whitaker and adams avenue. now they are directing traffic around the scene. you should be just fine. if you want to have an alternate just to be safe, take wyoming to castor and then jump back on the boulevard there. you'll do just fine. out on 95 through cottman avenue, we're doing okay. all lanes open on the southbound side. that's a 12-minute drive time between woodhaven road and the vine street expressway. we are losing out that right-hand shoulder on the northbound side, we are losing that left-hand lane for that ongoing construction as well. traffic still moving throughout the area. as for mass transit, currently no problems or delays for new jersey transit, septa and the p

jessica boyington has her cameras positioned everywhere. if there is a problem out there, she will see it. >> i will find it for you and that is confirmed. right now, we are doing okay aa. in here westbound, eastbound into the center city area right now is no problem. from the blue route up toward the vine street expressway a 12-minute trip. p.a. turnpike cars moving nicely and through the work zone, we don't have any delays. it will take you 23 minutes from there to valley forge. coming up next, i'll next in with mass transit. >>> federa funeral director telr side of the story after a disturbing discovery in philadelphia's strawberry mansion neighborhood. what she told us about finding bodies in a garage. >>> 4:14. federal prosecutors now accusing indicted congressman chaka fattah to influence a potential jury pool. they said fattah should not be allowed to use his good works in court. keith jones spoke with the congressman by phone last night. >> i would never do anything improperly illegal. >> reporter: congressman chaka fattah speaking

nbc 10's jessica boyington is watching that. jessica?ris and tracy, it's true, we have relief on the blue route on the northbound side approaching broomall. you can see brake lights and backup. this drive time was about a 50-minute trip a few minutes ago. now we're going to 22 minutes. nsh from 95 up towards the schuylkill, lanes are getting by. take 320 or 252 to get by the scene now. they are now letting traffic through the area of that accident scene. whitemarsh, they there was an accident there. and septa, shuttle bus service between woodbourne and west trenton. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 18 minutes after 6:00. a çnice, cool start. we were completely clear overnight, now we're seeing clouds move through philadelphia. that's the view from the loews hot hotel. 9 clouds will be on the move, 68 degrees, warming to 90 degrees this afternoon. during the heat of the day, we could see scattered showers. ball game this evening, phillies and the mets, not all that likely we'll see showers. just

let's check in with jessica boyington. jessica? >> we're looking at 295 in runnemede, new jersey around the black horse pike. everything moving along, even through the work zone where we are losing out that left-hand shoulder. part of the right-hand lane as well. all vehicles moving. the on ramps are moving there as well. the drive time still doing okay despite damp conditions. southbound from 38 up towards the black horse pike is still about a 13-minute drive time. if you're heading out the door on the schuylkill actively raining right here. slippery spots all up and down the schuylkill. the drive times relatively unaffected so far. a 13-minute trip at the most if you're headed eastbound from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway for the morning. out in springfield, watching an accident scene on church road and heather road and another accident on montgomery county stump hall road and valley forge road. be careful out there. >>> breaking overnight in west philadelphia, three people are in the hospital after a police

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. jessica? >> bill, we are watching a multivehicle accident scene here on 95. right around ridley park. so you can actually see on the northbound side right here road flares actually blocking off all the left-hand lanes and shoulders. only that aren't shoulder is getting by on the northbound side. you can see we have a fire engine on scene. police activity and several vehicles involved up in front of that road blockage right there. the southbound lanes are doing just feign. if you're headed to the philadelphia international airport, give yourself extra time. as rush hour begins and it's in the next 20 to 25 minutes where we start to see the volume increase. that's where you'll start to see the delay. the schuylkill expressway right through the conshohocken curve, that moved along nicely. the average speed still 60 miles per hour. we still have a 1 -minute drive time. things are moving. out in kensington, watch out for the water main break on huntington and tulip street. follow the local detours

let's check the roads with jessica boyington. jessica? we're still watching that accident scene out in bucks county, york road and sugar bottom road. take almhouse road or route 611. you can see some in the center median right there on 295, all lanes are still moving. we are losing the typical left-hand shoulder. still a 13-minute trip from 38 up towards this point at the black horse pike. a five-minute trip headed up toward the walt whitman bridge into philadelphia. >>> your commute could get smoother because the state is spending more than $3 billion on transportation projects. most of the money will go to road repairs. also on the board, improvements to the ramps at i-95 and route 141 in new castle. the expansion of the rail station in newark. how's this for a wawa shopping list, a shorty, a coffee and an ice cold beer. it's about to become a reality. >>> this morning we have great news to share about this face. >>> ever wonders what happens behind the scenes here at nbc 10 news today during the commercials? see for yourself and intera

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, bill. we've on the vine street expressway where we're clear in terms of traffic. right now we are watching out for a work zone on the eastbound side, you can see that right in here, not actually taking outç any lanes. it's off of the off ramp. you can see the drive time is okay, 59 to the schuylkill expressway, that's the westbound drive time, a three-minute trip. it's the same heading in the other direction. watch out for that. drive times around the philadelphia area, if you're on 95, no problems headed southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine, a 13-minute trip. no problems on the blue route. if you're head the southbound, that's a 16-minute trip there. mass transit, currently fro problems or delays. chris? >>> breaking news in montgomery county. where a fast-moving apartment fire force ed dozens of people leave their homes overnight. katy zachry is live in king of prussia. what's the latest there? >> chris, if you take a look behind me, a portion of the fire is still burning a

let's check in with nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. jessica?e good news is, right by this scene we don't have a lot in terms of traffic and backup. it's the eastbound schuylkill expressway. right approaching the vine street expressway. you can see several vehicles right here in the center median. as you can see, traffic still moving by that scene. that's okay. the westbound side is where we're seeing most of the volume and backup right now. 422, you can see rain actively falling there. major delays, adding ten minutes or so from the eastbound trip up towards the schuylkill expressway. >> new from overnight, a hit and run driver still on the run in gloucester county. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in glassboro. matt? >> details on the investigation, chris as well as what police are working on at this hour, coming up after the break. introducing longhorns steaks that sizzle for $12.99. like the new smoky bacon sirloin. and the parmesan crusted sirloin. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. >>> i'm matt delucia live in glassboro. a man

right now, let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. happy friday, jessica. >> happy friday is right, bill. we are deal willing ongoing construction on the schuylkill expressway. for right now, we're on the spring garden street ramp. from the eastbound schuylkill expressway, that part of the ramp is closed. let's check out the drive times for the actual schuylkill expressway. you can see right here, right through the curve, moving along nicely still even with the ongoing construction spots. 13 minutes eastbound from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. if you're traveling mass transit, so far for this morning, no problems for new jersey transit, septa or the patco speed line. >>> 4:02. new from overnight, twoç famils and a firefighter is hospitalized after getting sick from carbon monoxide fumes. it happenhood in island avenue. seven people, including the firefighter and two children were taking to presbyterian hospital. everyone is expected to be okay. >>> the bakery behind the bread use for your cheese steaks or hoagi

right now, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. jessica? >> we're on the schuylkill expressway right now. right around girard avenue where we're starting to see cars move through the area. nothing really stacking up yet. we have a 12-minute drive time if you are headed westbound from the vine street expressway up towards the blue route, average speed 59 miles an hour. time reflected there. if you head out the door in northeast philadelphia, watch out for academy road. we still have an accident scene that's active. comly road and red lion road, there's an accident scene. take knights run road. here's academy, knights run runs directly parallel. northbound, southbound, if you're heading into philadelphia, four minutes only from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge and the walt is doing okay. as for the rest of the area bridges, they are, too. >>> we continue to follow breaking news from overnight out of south philadelphia. a wild story here. two women are safe after being carjacked and kidnapped at random. the suspect is still on the run. th

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic on a friday morning, jessica. >> on a friday morning in the last month of the summer had is actually a good thing for commuters. we do have to head out the door. we pretty much avoid a lot of delay and jam up for friday morning, right before the weekend, especially you can see a three-minute drive time. headed westbound, westbound lanes right in here from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway. they still haveç cones out in e area on the eastbound side. not blocking off any lanes. watch out for that, though, heading through it the area. if you're out in philadelphia and moving along on 95 or the schuylkill expressway, the blue route, everything is moving along just firn. t patco, new jersey transit and septa moving along just fine this morning. >>> let's get to the breaking news, a man running from police, car jacked a driver, taking the victim's passengers on a wild ride. those passengers are safe now. the bad guy is still on the run but he left behind the perfect clue. nbc 10's katy zachry is live in south philadelphia. all right, katy

jessica boyington with your first alert traffic.far, we're having a good run with most of our majors. you can see that reflected on route 42 around the atlantic city expressway. the only part we're starting to see volume in on the 42 freeway is just approaching the 295 interchange. we'll check in with more areas that are picking up volume, the typical places on the schuylkill expressway and 95. coming up in the next five minutes or so. for now we get a check on today's forecast with bill henley. >>> jessica, sunshine and just a gentle breeze blowing. the wind will be picking up as the day goes on, which is great news. that's dry air. the humidity is lower this morning. little bit of a breeze out of the northwest at 5 miles an hour in çphiladelphia. that's more dry air that's going to be coming in for this afternoon. >>> new from overnight in berks county, an apartment building goes up in flames leaving dozens of people homeless. we'll take you live to the scene with an update. >>> and it's about time. the first gop presidential deb

jessica boyington and the first alert traffic center happy friday jessica. >> it's so happy and almostkend here route 309 is exactly what we want to see when we look at a road around norristown road. no problems whatever direction you're headed. we'll check in with the schuylkill expressway coming up at 5:30 to see if that looks the same. >>> i'm monique braxton live in south philadelphia where two people are recovering from facial injuries suffered during a home invasion. we'll have more details from the scene. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >>> we have new information about breaking news. a home invasion we're following out of south philadelphia. we will tell you what police are now saying after gunmen stormed a house and robbed the victims. we're live on scene. >>> another major development in the high-profile case of a south jersey boy who went missing more than 20 years ago. it's a story you'll only see on nbc 10. >>> and the sun is just about to start to come up. this is a live look from the poconos. it's friday. let's find out about the forecast for today and the all-important weeken

jessica boyington has that. >> we are on 202 right now.around mill lane where we are seeing the road work. either direction if you're heading northbound or southbound no problems. lane restriction on the southbound side and left-hand lane where it makes a merge on over into two lanes squeezing by the area. you can see no backup behind that scene. something to awatch out for. 95 is seeing increase we always see southbound wood haven road to the vine 20 minute trip now and adding seven or eight minutes to that. center city area on the schuylkill starting to see that delay as well eastbound 16 minute trip. no problems on the blue route. >>> a philadelphia hero is leaving town. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: i'm matt delucia live in center city. if you're planning to be one of the hundred thousand people expected to make that pilgrimage from camden into philadelphia doing that long walk during the papal visit, we have done that for you. we are going wrap that up right after this break. introducing longhorns steaks that sizzle for $12.99. like the new smoky

let's get an update with jessica boyington. jessica?is and tracy, we still are watching video from the scene of a deadly accident. now it's an accident investigation scene. you can see from the cars and the mangled vehicles involved that the seriousness of this accident. again, 130 because of this is closed on the northbound side. that's at beverly road. now all lanes right now are closed and detoured. they are automatically detouring all cars off on to campus drive. so now if you get off of campus, head back on to salem and pop right back on to 130 right beyond that scene and you'll do just fine to get around that. as for the 42 freeway out in new jersey, things are moving along. we're starting to see the traffic heading northbound from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge. that's about a five-minute trip. no real problems or delays there. we're starting to see the typical delays for the morning. the tacony palmyra, no problems, the ben franklin bridge and the betsy are all clear. no problems on the walt whitman bridge as you can see

jessica boyington has a look at your first alert traffic. >>

if you're heading out the door, jessica boyington has a look at your first alert traffic. jessica? >> that's what i like to hear, no 80 degrees today. we head out the darr to the vine street expressway around 24th street. we have some ongoing road work right in here. that's actually on the eastbound side. so headed towards 95, you can still see your brave time unaffected by that. two minutes headed eastbound from the schuylkill up towards that point. this is just something to watch out for. you are headed westbound towards the schuylkill expressway or 30th street station. heading out the door in the philadelphia area, if you're heading towards center city on 95 southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway, 13-minute trip, the blue route is doing just fine. mass transit, we're okay for patco or understand under. a heads up, we are shuttle busing passengers for septa between west trenton and woodbourne station. we'll check in with the accident scene burlington township in a few minutes. >>> fire burned through at least six apartments evernighd;hr' kig of pruss

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> bill what we're dealing with is ongoing construction here on the schuylkill expressway. so on the spring garden off ramp you can see crews actively working in this area right here. now, vehicles are allowed to drive back and forth past spring garden street but not allowed to access the schuylkill expressway from this point. right now, not a lot of problems because there's not a lot of traffic around the area. for now, take girard avenue and you'll be just fine getting by the scene. let's take a look at the drive times on the schuylkill expressway itself right to the conshohocken. all the cars are green. 13 minutes headed eastbound into the center city area or 12 headed westbound as well. no real problems there. still watching the accident scene in furlong, bucks county york road. closed in both directions due to a u.p.s. crash at sqp) bottom road. take almhouse road or 611 depending on which area you have to go. >>> 32 people getting help from the red cross because of their apartment complex fire. it started just after 1:00 this mornin

we have something better. >> jessica boyington. >> we have jessica boyington.here she is. >> you know what, guys, we cannot get relief on the schuylkill expressway. the schuylkill eastbound around girard avenue, the exit is being blocked with a downed tree. the schuylkill eastbound around 30th street has reports of flooding and an accident as well. this tractor-trailer still off to the right-hand shoulder but traffic moving through the area as well. if you're heading out the door in bristol on the 2,400 block of durham road, there's a tractor-trailer into a guardrail. obviously a lot of weather-related issues so far this morning. on the pa turnpike, rain actively falling on the scene, 23 minutes west or eastbound from route 1 up toward valley forge. no delays for new jersey transit, septa or patco speed line. >> the people watching us on r periscope gets to see what happens behind the scenes. >> we're talking to viewers and answering questions on the news we're doing. >> periscope is not just for submarines anymore. >>> speaking of sea-going vessels, if you eve

let's get you updated if you're getting ready to head out on the road. >> jessica boyington is our go-to person for all things traffic related. jessica? >> yes, we're actually doing okay right now in terms of looking at most of the majors. on 422 around trooper road this is trooper road in through here. that wraps around on to the eastbound side of 422 towards the schuylkill expressway it's typically where we see problems or delays. an eight-minute drive time from 29 up towards the schuylkill expressway, heading out the door on the pa turnpike road work is lifted so far for the morning. 22 minutes at the most headed eastbound from valley forge up towards route 1. area bridges are clear. if you have to get to philadelphia currently no problems on the tac pal or the walt. we're still watching the two right-hand lines being blocked with ongoing construction heading into philadelphia. >>> the philadelphia read summer program will hold its annual red carpet awards show in spring garden. the six-week literacy program helps students into school-level reading and prevents the so-called summer sl

jessica boyington is here with the latest on that accident. >> i'll take all of it, chris.'ll look at this scene happening live right now out in philadelphia on the roosevelt boulevard, an overturned vehicle, deadly accident scene as well. police activity on the scene. for right now it is on the southbound side of the boulevard and traffic is being directed through the area and around the scene. if you want to avoid that area in general, take wyoming avenue and turn on to castor avenue. that scoots by the scene. more updates in the next ten minutes or so. we also have an accident scene around washington avenue on 95 northbound. the schuylkill expressway doing great so far this morning. you can see everything is moving along east, westbound, 12-minute drive times in both directions. >>> if you won the right to buy a regional rail pass for the pope's visit, listen up. there's another important deadline happening today that you need to know about. we'll tell you all about that, next. >>> and we have new information about this deadly plane crash out west. initial news reports s

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. easy for me to say, jessica. >> we are doing okay so it's a good thing. we like to see this on 202. empty roadways around route 30 coming up at 4:30. we will check in with the schuylkill expressway and see how that is doing. >>> we are live outside citizens bank park where a few hours ago, the end of an era for chase utley fans. coming up, we will show you the classy send-off by the second baseman. >>> number 26 traded. this morning, philadelphia fan favorite chase utley is headed to his hometown of los angeles. we are live with reaction from philly fans. >>> new this morning. a runner found dead at a local park. investigators believe the heat and humid contributed to his death. >>> another steamy start if you take a live look outside. 76 degrees. late today the heat and humidity may give way to showers and storms. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. we could use rain out there too. it's dry the past feud. bill henley is standing by with his first alert forecast. >> it is steamy ag

jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. >>> we're drying up, roadways are okay. blue route arnold golf road, northbound or southbound, no problems. coming up at 5:30, more updates and drive times around the philadelphia area. >>> it's not just hospitals in center city philadelphia preparing for the world meeting of families. we go inside lankenau medical center to see what new bedside service they're offering that's helping to treat patients from around the world. >>> at 5:26, a live look from cape may, still wet roads. the storms moving off but lightning strikes reported. matt delucia is on his way to reports of a lightning strike at four homes. as soon as he gets on scene we'll get you updated. oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow inte

right new, jessica boyington has a look at first alert traffic. jessica? we need somebody to clean this camera lens off right here. still, things are looking smooth on the blue route around county line road coming up at 5:0. we'll check in with the schuylkill. >>> and overnight, philadelphia police chase a suspect throughout the city. they witness him carry out a carjacking. coming up, what key piece of evidence police say the suspect left behind at one of the scenes that could lead them directly to their guy. ava and i needed a little vacay. but we needed to watch our spending. meaning i needed to watch nikki. she's the spender. i'm the saver. so, mobile banking from td bank helps me keep track... for both of us. she was just browsing... we gotta go. i'm ava. i'm nikki. and we bank human at td bank. what? >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >>> police are looking for a man that crashed a stolen car and carjacked another vehicle with two women inside. he left something behind that could lead police right to him. >>> plus, a jewelry heist caught on camera. we have ne

but first a check of traffic with jessica boyington. >> out on 95 right now. around cottman avenue. 62 miles per hour is your average speed. southbound from wood haven road toward the vine street expressway so doing okay there. 42 freeway in new jersey you can see the cars moving along clean up towards the walt whitman bridge five minute trip there and northbound from 55 and no problems heading southbound as well. took a look at the walt whitman bridge and approaching that scene is doing okay. no problems with the rest of the bridges. >>> it was expected but still going to be tough for a lot of fans to swallow. one of philadelphia's most beloved athletes is headed out west. chase utley arguably the greatest second baseman in phillies history is now a los angeles dodger. katy zachry, we heard from chase last night and it was pretty emotional. >> he really had some heartfelt remarks for the fans which you'll hear in a minute. first there was this classy good-bye. take a look at this video. tip of his cap, longtime phillies second baseman chase utley said good-by

right now, jessica boyington is standing by with your first alert traffic. jessica? >> we're on the 42 freeway around the runnemede area and the new jersey turnpike exit. right in here northbound, if you're headed towards philadelphia or 295, you'll move along just fine. a five-minute drive time northbound from 55 up towards that point at the walt whitman bridge. currently no problems on the walt as well and the pa turnpike is moving along great. so even through the work zone, most of those are clearing out of the way as it's 5:00 in the morning now. westbound, eastbound, no problems. nice and smooth, 23 minutes from route 1 up toward valley forge. if you're heading out the door on patco and new jersey transit, so far you'll not have a problem. septa, ten-minute delay for thorndale train 1052. tracy? >>> the philadelphia police department is mourning one of their own this morning. katy zachry is live outside the 12th district where the officer worked. >> reporter: we know officer lamar poole worked for the philadelphia police department for nearly two decades. this m

nbc 10's jessica boyington is standing by with a look at 295.fully everything is nice and smooth out there at 4:11 a.m. >> we have ongoing construction we've been facing over the summer months right now, just to watch out for with small lane restrictions. you can see right here, lane restrictions right in there on the north and southbound side. some flashing lights with work crews active or at this time. 13 minutes still if you're headed southbound from 38 up towards this point at the black horse pike. we're not dealing with i allot of traffic. it's early for that. if you're heading out the door on to the 42 freeway in new jersey northbound from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge, that's a five-minute trip. the rest of the area bridges are doing just fine. if you have to head into philadelphia from the tac pal, the ben or the betsy, you'll have no problems. >>> more firefighters from south jersey will join the battle out west. and the men and women on the front lines those wildfires are getting much-needed supplies, including cans of water th

jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. jessica?>> we're checking out the schuylkill expressway right now. we're doing just fine, around girard avenue, you can see right in here, headed westbound no problems. westbound drive times 12 minutes from the vine street expressway up towards the blue route, an average speed of 60 miles per hour there. eastbound right behind here, doing just the same, 12 minutes there as well. no problems right now on the schuylkill expressway. but heading on over into new jersey we do have an accident investigation scene out in burlington township. route 130 northbound right around beverly road is where we'll see all that police activity and all lanes are currently closed and being detoured through the scene. you don't need an alternate right now. follow the detours and you'll do just fine. if you're heading out the door on 422, eastbound from 29 up towards the schuylkill expressway, an eight-minute trip, no problems or delays. if you're heading towards the schuylkill. mass transit doing just fine. no probl

right now, jessica boyington has first alert traffic. jessica?ill, still watching an accident scene on the blue route on the southbound side between broomall and saint davids. the drive times, you can see the southbound side from the schuylkill is a 15-minute trip. no problems on 95 or the schuylkill. 13 minutes heading into center city on both of those majors. heading outç the door into new jersey on the 42 freeway, northbound right into here is where we normally see that traffic in the morning hours. but we still have a

jessica boyington has first alert traffic now. >>> accident seen in bellmawr, new jersey.ast where this backup is trickle down here. the two right-hand lanes blocked so right before you head toward 295 and these are our cameras around the new jersey turnpike. you can see seven minute drive time and as soon as this updates i'll say about ten minute delay there and northbound 55 towards the bridge you're getting right now average speed 42 miles an hour. still behind that backup for about ten or 15 minute trip as the morning progresses. p.a. turnpike everything moving along nicely and 22 minutes at the most heading eastbound from valley forge through route 1. citizens bank park a phillies game at 1:00 versus the

let's get a check of your first alert traffic with jessica boyington. jessica?ll, we're out in new jersey. if you're heading out the door on the 42 freeway, this is what we're covering for you. at the atlantic city pr

jessica boyington is watching that. jessica?> chris and tracy, that's right, we're on 422, we're moving along, right around trooper road. this is trooper road right in here. cars moving along, headed eastbound is where we normally will see the delay for the morning hours. an eight-minute trip headed eastbound from 29 up towards the schuylkill expressway. no problems there. if you're heading out the door on the pa turnpike, west or eastbound, 23 minutes is the most from valley forge up toward route 1. brave time for the rest of the philadelphia area, still doing great. no problems on 95, the schuylkill or the blue route so far this morning. tracy? >>> 1 minutes past 5:00 right now. 74 degrees outside. preparing for the pope. more than 100 immigrant women plan to walk nearly 100 miles for a prayer vigil outside the white house ahead of the pope's visit. the week-long walk begins september 15th in york county. one of the walkers is a woman from norristown who turned to the church after her husband was locked up in the york county j

right now take a look at the roads with jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. >>> we are on the schuylkill expressway right now. we are doing great in terms of the drive times around montgomery drive. whether you're heading westbound or eastbound you can see it's a tie right there. 11 minutes from the vine street expressway up towards the blue route so no real problems there. ongoing construction not tying things up. the blue route here. 14 15 minutes at the most southbound from the schuylkill expressway up towards 95. mass transit no problems currently delays this morning. a beautiful day to come especially right now not dealing with any philadelphia international airport delays. coming up we will check in with more new jersey roads. >>> happening today, thousands of commuters could find out if they have won papal rail passes on septa. the transit agency will start e-mailing the winners of its lottery. 20,000 passes went unsold in monday's lottery but doesn't everyone who entered is a guaranteed winner. septa is still designated train stopeds stops sold out and what is r

we check in with jessica boyington. she's keeping an eye out on the roads this morning.sy as people go about their friday. >> usually this early in the morning it's construction cleared out of the way, smooth sailing and actually in the summer, it's smooth sailing on a friday because a lot of people take off to have a long weekend. >> thursdays, fridays, we typically see the slowdown of our morning commute. right now we are watching an accident scene on honey brook. both directions closed. that's right in here, between 322 and ash road. 322 itself isn't actually closed. the vine street expressway looking okay if you're headed westbound towards the schuylkill expressway. drive times for the philadelphia area are okay as well. 95 southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. takes you about 13 minutes, 12 minutes on the schuylkill headed eastbound from the blue route towards the vine. the blue route is looking okay there. still looking out for that accident scene on 95 on the northbound side between academy road and woodhaven. 12 minutes on the nort

but first a check of traffic with jessica boyington. >> out on 95 right now. around cottman avenue. 62 miles per hour is your average speed. southbound from wood haven road toward the vine street expressway so doing okay there. 42 freeway in new jersey you can see the cars moving along clean up towards the walt whitman bridge five minute trip there and northbound from 55 and no problems heading southbound as well. took a look at t

make sure everything is going to be nice and smooth for your monday morning commute. >> jessica boyingtonatching that for us. jessica? >> we are doing okay so far. we're actually relatively light on a lot of our majors, starting to see a little bit of that morning impact on the schuylkill expressway. right around girard avenue, 16 minutes headed eastbound from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. we do have an accident scene in new jersey on willingboro. watch out for that. all lanes have re-opened on the roosevelt boulevard. expect residual police activity on the southbound side due to an earlier accident between adams avenue and whitaker avenue on the inner drive. mass transiting with currently no problems or delays there. no problems on the new jersey transit, septa or patco today. >>> we'll take a look back at the hall of famer frank gifford, his accomplishments on the field and in the broadcast booth. >>> fading hope. we'll tell you why the chances of finding two missing boys at sea have become even less likely now. >>> the sports world is mourning a legend. pro foot