container line matson placed a $489 million for two 3 container snips u.s.a. shipyard many the high price of $209 million per vessel reflects that the ships la be carrying goods within the u.s. therefore, governed by the protectionist jones act. the fact is that matson's order at $209 million% ship is more than five times more expensive than if those same memberships were procured outside the united states. ships of that size built outside the united states would cost closer to $40 million each. for comparison far larger ships cost millions less at an average of $185 million each. u.s. maritime administration has found that the cost to operate u.s.-flagged vessels at $22,000 a day is about 2.7 times higher than foreign-flagged vessels just $6,000 a day. there's no doubt that these inflation -- inflated costs are eventually passed 0en to shipping consumers. in the -- to shipping customers. in the energy sector, for example, the price for moving crude oil from the gulf coast to the northeastern united states on jones tankers is $5 to $6 more per barrel while mov

including a water main break in ma matson. heading into new jersey right now, lawrence township 206 remains closed between 95 and carter road because of an accident there. go ahead and take princeton pike as your alternate and the area bridges off to a good start so far this morning. no accidents and no delays on any of the bridges. as the morning progresses i anticipate as the snow comes in seeing some problems and seeing some delays and speed restrictions. we'll stay on top of that one for you. >>> penndot says it is ready. they spread salt brine on the highways and heavily traveled roads. penndot has more than 200 winter trucks ready to start salting once the snow beginning falling this morning and stay out until the snow stops. now, this time last year we were digging out from one big storm and getting ready for another. >> what a winter that was. the philadelphia streets department is actually using lessons learned from that brultal winter. nbc 10 katy zacky joins us live from southwest philadelphia with more on this new

we have 400-something students here at matson. >> escalation of new season is not lost on karena. >> i feel more scared. because sometimes when kids have the flu they can die. >> well, as you heard, the flu season is off to a slow start and is just starting to pick up. why officials say there are probably far more flu related deaths than the four reported. robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> the flu reached epidemic levels across the country. coming up see how children are especially vulnerable and what experts are saying about this year's vaccine. that's coming up at 5:30. >> it is going straight to the top. the supreme court decides the law of the land. that includes guy marriage. 14 zats don't allow gay marriage but that could be changing. the issue has roots here. jodi hernandez is in san francisco with new details. jodi? >> reporter: folks here are all above aabove after the supreme court says it'll make a designificant soon. folks have worked hard for marriage equality and are hoping their efforts pay off. >> there's been over a decade of activism that led us to this very momen