>> bob's coming in right now. >> this is a live look, the 476 onramp from mcdade boulevard. there, partially blocked, now, this happened about an hour ago, we got that vehicle up on the embankment. what we're trying to confirm, you see the tarp over the car, that typically means that's a fatal accident. we haven't confirmed that yet, though. but his is the first shot we've seen from the chopper, again, one vehicle, up on to the embankmentment looks like it went head on into that tree there. so, it doesn't look good from what we're seeing right here, as far as for the people in that vehicle. but, traffic impacted, the onramp from mcdade, they are allowing folks to get on from the neighborhood. but this is impacting traffic, not only north on the blue, but also, southbound, on 476, as well. we're bumper to bumper from pretty much route one, all the way down, so we're going to keep an eye on this one here. we will keep, unfortunately, doesn't look good as we look live from skyfox there. coming out of the upper left, that's traffic headed south. so if you can stay leaving saint

blue route northbound jammed past mcdade boulevard. this is an accident in area where it's dry. south jersey and delaware, snow-covered roads building in we have an inch and half of snow on the ground. an inch and a half in delaware. in williams town, new jersey, which is up north in south jersey, we're seeing coating there. my twitter follower, pete. thank you for tweeting that in. we have an coating to an inch around i-95. a little bit more in south jersey, we'll be back with the top stories. >> eva pilgrim is live in malaga, new jersey in the thick of the this morning's snowfall. it's gone from nothing to it's really coming down, eva. >> reporter: it's coming down pretty good. i can show you the road behind me. it's sticking to the road. we're on harding highway and delsea drive. we have seen several salt trucks go by, so they are working on the roads this morning to take it a little bit slow as you head into work or run whatever errands you have this morning. eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." thanks eva, you can see how it's sticking to the roads. joan tweeted this pictur

northbound blue route backed up from i-95 to mcdade.reating the back up there, as well. a terrible accident scene chopper 6 live in hd over the scene. you can see the emergency workers blocking that ranch right now. let's go to other camera views you can see the traffic backed up with police and emergency workers on the blue route. other problems around the region. norristown, montgomery county we have icy conditions on airy street and rescue crews on scene at smith and oak street. there's black ice i think causing these proximate. >> let's go outside to david murphy. >> reporter: take look at temperatures. if it wasn't for the wind, the temperatures would be bad enough. 14 in philadelphia. 13 in millville. with the wind blowing the windchills making it feel like below zero. that will be the case for most of the day. it gets worse tonight and tomorrow and better on saturday. >> download the storm tracker 6 live app and watch when the temperatures dip as low as they will for apple and android devices free. # (vo) after 50 years of design

the roads are clear, the roads are dry, this is delaware county, the blue route at mcdade boulevard nooblems coming from villanova broomall or springfield. looking good there. we have a fire location watch for it at watson road in sharon hill, delaware county. we're not expecting widespread traffic problems, but something to watch for as you head out early on. flying northeast extension construction is clear speeds 65 miles per hour looking good from the lehigh valley and quakertown. construction on 168 between collings avenue and nicholson road no big problems as you head out. >> the fbi has launched it's own information into the killing of three young muslim in north carolina. a neighborhood gunned down all three people who were college students at a home north carolina chapel hill. else a self described gun toting atheist with a reputatioion for bullying his neighbors. the victims' families are certain the three were targeted because they are muslim. they were laid to rest yesterday. more than 5,000 people turned out for their funeral. >>> an alabama police officer is facing charges

. >> reporter: this is delaware county at mcdade boulevard. no problems. because of the holiday septa city buses and trolleys run lg on a modified weekday sunday. new jersey river line on a sunday schedule and northeast corridor enhanced holiday schedule. >> reporter: windchills are well below zero. this is the kind of cold that can give you frostbite. 15 to 30 minutes in the lehigh valley and in philadelphia not much longer that. not only do you bundle up, but cover up, and avoid being outside for prolonged permits -- periods of time. the high today is 21. >> the oscars are this sunday, already there are lots of party and good times not to mention the stunning goodieags. best norm -- supporting actors will $150,000 worth of gifting. you can watch the oscars sunday night on 6abc, the live coverage the 7:00 a.m. and the 8:00 a.m. neil patrick harris takes to the stage at 8:00 p.m. >>> we're watching breaking news from the scene of an overnight gas explosion that's ahead at 6:00 a.m. >> welcome back, you're taking a live look here out across center city. bit

. >> reporter: looking at mcdade boulevard, we can see a slick spot or two. problems elsewhere on 476 an new accident coming in. >> fashion hits and misses on the red carpet. we'll show them to you, "action news" will be right back. >> 51:28 getting ready for another big day at philadelphia international airport. we have 33 degrees on the thermometer on city avenue that's going down and that could mean bad stuff for the roads with the left over snow. >> as i backed out of the driveway, there was a shiny patch and i slid coming out on the road. >> reporter: testers are beginning to fall. it becomes more of an issue the morning commute progress. let's talk about the problems in the area, speaking of slipping and sliding we have an accident coming in on the northeast extension southbound between quakertown and lansdale. expect slowing through the area, watch for that. we've been talking about the problems in bucks county with annie mccormick on the scene with the s.w.a.t team situation where they have the levittown parkway shut down, bristol pike, stick to pen v

good morning to you, we'll take a live look in delaware county near the blue route and mcdade boulevard. things are quiet in both directions. the route 30 bypass is free of the accidents. same situation on route 202. your drive times on 202 are looking average between 10 to 11 minutes between route 30 and 76. chris? >>> 4:33 as we follow breaking news out over the philadelphia neighborhood this morning. an apartment explosion rattled people awake to force them out of their homes. matt delucia is live there in chestnut hill. matt, what is happening now? >> reporter: well, chris, pgw and the philadelphia fire department have been out here to figure out the cause of the natural gas explosion. just behind me you can see the damage left behind me with the windows, wall and doors blown out into the street. ten people including a 2-year-old child were forced out of their home this morning. fortunately, nobody was injured. this happened shortly before 2:00 this morning here in chestnut hill. folks tell me there were several apartments in this building. the red cross came out here a while ago to

good thing at 4:52, we go outside and check out really not a loft volume on the blue route around mcdade. southbound northbound, no problems there, as well. over on 95 at cottman, you can definitely see some possibly slippery conditions here. you can see the roadways are actually pretty shiny specially in the northbound lanes there where the heads lights r southbound where we see most of the problems specially volume wise headed toward the center city area. we also lose out that right hand lane due to ongoing construction, not really giving us much of a problem so far. seeing no problems. we do have some out in new jersey new jersey new jersey turnpike southbound lanes between new brunswick and hightstown. this actually is a accident investigation from last night. take route 130 southbound to get on by that scene for the time being. otherwise, outside of marlton new jersey, past route 73, another crash push over to the right-hand lane. do have speed restriction out on the bridge, 45 on the commodore barry, 45 on the ben franklin bridge, due icy conditions. now katie little dryer today. b

. >> mcdade boulevard in the area still had plenty of slush and ice on it early this morning. crews have been busy all night trying to clear the wintry mix off the streets and parking lot. i had to take a different route in this morning but i was told most of the secondary roads are messy. >> reporter: we have slush and icy patches and now that the rain is falling on to top of that it's making conditions worse. allow yourself extra time to get where you have to go. in the meantime that's the ben franklin bridge. we'll get into the 40s we'll get up to 42 degrees, give or take, clouds and sunshine. it's the morning where things will be tricky where we could see leftover ice. we're seeing it actually, up by trenton. we'll zoom in there first. this is double scan live, jackson mills reporting light rain and dreet and farther to the south trenton going -- to plain rain. may also landing light to -- mays landing light to moderate rain. we'll start drying out over the next hour or two. 27 degrees in allentown. this is where the issues are because temperatures are below freezing. read

and mcdade boulevard is looking good in both directions with normal volume out near route 1. and 95 congested to center city from woodhaven to the vine will take you 28 minutes. >>> i need to spend a little extra time bundling up this morning. it's very cold. we have clouds moving through but unlike yesterday nothing is falling from the clouds. and they will thin out. we'll see sunshine. and this is what we're starting with. 20 degrees right now in philadelphia. the northwestern wind at 14 and feels like 7 degrees. a very cold start. even colder in the pocano mountains. you can see the snow on the delaware. skies are starting to brighten up with a lot of sunshine out there. if you're heading to the slopes it will be cold throughout the day. look at the teens, coatesville pottstown, trenton, toms river all in the teens right now. westchester down to 16 degrees. glenmore 14. 137 17 degrees in phoenixville. that's without the wind. the wind at these locations will make them feel like the single digits. we are watching the high clouds moving into the area to start with. they won'

. >> mcdade boulevard in the area still had plenty of slush and ice on it early this morning.rews have been busy all night trying to clear the heavy wintery mix off the streets and parking lots. >> outside now to meteorologist chris sowers and accuweather. good morning chris. >> reporter: good morning to you, nydia, this is one of the problems you'll have removing the snow. yesterday was the light fluffy snow for the most part and then it flipped over to sleet and freezing rain and rain. this is what the bolders of snow look like. look at the bottom. this is very very heavy. that right there that weighed a good ten 15 pounds, it will be very difficult to remove the snow from the walks and driveways. take it easy, take it slow, remember to bend at the knees and take you're time. there's no rush to get all that snow off the walks. >>> we're seeing slush and parking areas are iced. the target parking lot looks good, most of the snow is off but there's slushy patches out there and there's a lot of slush on monument. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing the moisture is coming t

watching a couple of accidents in del coy one on rodman avenue at darby road and one in darby at mcdade avenue by the sunoco mini market and normal volume at the blue route and a crash along fern drive at butler pike. lets grab the ipad on this hump day afternoon, lets see what is cooking down in the great state of delaware if you are headed toward the delaware memorial bridge, a vehicle stopped on the shoulder, that is no big deal. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> now to the latest on that incredible crash near los angeles that happened when the driver of a pickup truck drove on to train tracks and abandoned the vehicle, 12 people were injured, four of them kritly cly. many the pickup driver jose ramirez is charged with felony hit and run for leaving the scene, they believe he accidentally drove his trucks on to the tracks. >> it was not stuck or bottomed out, it had actually traveled down the railroad track itself. in a statement to abc news, the attorney lashed out to law enforcement saying that the arrest is the unfortunate result of law enforcement trying to cast bla

outside we go, live look at the blue route 476 right near mcdade boulevard the headlights headed downard the airport again temps below freezing, so anything that looks wet or any of the chunky ice could still be a problem for us this morning. ben franklin bridge looking good. if you are coming into downtown philadelphia, no problems or delays at all. and we will go for a ride here on the 42 freeway, starting to see some brake tap work your way in toward the black horse pike head in the toward bellmawr construction zone, no problems there and we're in the 50's on the schuylkill expressway. looking good between conshohocken, south on 95, no problems through the work zone and good news for the gang on the boulevard. what a mess it was yesterday that water main break all lanes are open for the morning rush hour. so we'll take it up there in the great northeast. chris, lauren, back over to you. >> bob, thanks so. after weeks of political un rest, state department closes the embasy yemen embassy staff had been relocated. yemen's been in crisis for month, and shiite rebels recently took over

blue route right around mcdade boulevard, see little bit of volume.thbound where you see most of the problems. over on the ben franklin bridge, starting to really see some back up here, and the westbound lanes headed on into philadelphia. from new jersey, all lanes open though, fortunately westbound, but eastbound losing out one lane, right-hand lane due to ongoing construction erika over to you. >> thanks so much. next update 8:25, next on cbs this morning et's nancy odel on the oscar red carpet and back stage. your local news continues with us on ththe "cw philly". i'm erika von tiehl. hope you have great morning. >>> it ismond february 23rd 2015. oonz welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including winners celebrating their first oscars. nancy o'dell returns with more of the best moments from last night's ceremony. but first here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> branches brought down by inch-thick ice in many cases, and power lines too. >> icing concerns from texas stretching east. >> you can see from different surfa

. >> blue route northbound right at mcdade boulevard.le that went off the road and partially up this hill. we are seeing congestion. very slow moving traffic passing that scene. blue route northbound at mcdade boulevard. septa, norristown 15-minute play inbound. vai? >>> happening today, the atlantic city casino crisis a judge is expected to rule on whether the former revel casino can scrap a deal to sell to a developer. both sides are still negotiating, trying to come to an agreement before the judge's ruling. revel owners moved to block the sale of glen straub after he missed a deadline to finalize the $95 million deal. >>> also today opening statements are expected in the murder trial of the woman known as the black madam. winslow is accused of causing a woman's death by giving her an illegal silicone injection. prosecutors say she was unlicensed and untrained when she gave a 20-year-old british woman the injection in 2011 at a hotel at the airport. >>> it's 8:00 on" today" coming up fat and happy the mother of five who says she is bo

live look at the blue route, 476, right near mcdade boulevard. again, everybody's headed back to work this morning, back to work, back to school. and watch for the black ice, in the neighborhoods, we haven't had any report on the major roadways, but the neighborhoods, the on and the off-ramps, if it looks wet, it certainly is iced over there this morning, with our temperatures hope their at 15 degrees, some good news for the gang in the northeast, they just reopened levick street here at torresdale, had been closed for most of the morning, from an early morning fire. but, watch it, as go through the intersection there, it is all iced over, philadelphia streets department crews just put down a layer of salt. so, that's going to take some time to kind of work it way in. one for the shaders, route 73, in maple shade, new jersey, the sun begins to pop out with little sun glare, this morning, but, for the most part, on the majors, on the pennsylvania side, good shape. it is south jersey here, jackknife tractor-trailer, right at exit number two, of i-2

we have an accident northbound past mcdade boulevard where a car ran up on top of the barrier tam. >>atlantic city, you can see the haze create bide the snow. >> reporter: -- by the snow. >> reporter: no snow on the terrace. we have it down the shore and in delaware. we'll catch it up around the i-95 corridor, as well. heavier stuff obviously to the south. we're looking at a winter weather advisory ending around 1:00 p.m. in delaware and south jersey, 1 to 3 inches on average. >> when we're not here keep an eye on 6abc.com. we'll see you in 30. # >>> good morning, america. right now, the identity of jihadi john revealed this morning. you saw him in those brutal execution videos. that's his family house in london. >>> also right now, police in houston hunting for a serial shooter on the loose. >>> and the supreme court hearing argue manies in the case accusing abercrombie & fitch of discriminating against a young woman turning her down for a job for wearing a head scarf. >>> we do say good morning, america, on this thursday morning. one more alarm clock. one more early alarm clock. als