we have another accident here, the blue route northbound past mcdade boulevard. pulled all the way off to the right shoulder. then we also have some construction to talk about this morning, as well. we have crews out there on 202 northbound, boot road, that right lane compromised there, also more construction, mlk drive-in bound, between sweet briar drive and art museum. that's going to be closed until right around 5:00 a.m. the next ten, 15 minute or so that should be clearing of the in the world of mass transit real quickly media elwyn shuttle bussing both saturday and sunday between elwyn and university city due to cobbs creek for repairs. heads up on that, make sure to check the schedules on line, jim, rahel, back to you. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, the next time you need a beer, ask alexa. >> also we're talking about the soda tax numbers in philly. much more on this morning's money report when "eyewitness news" >> 4:48ment time for business news. >> hena daniels joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchange, good morning,

northbound past mcdade, an accident taking out the right lane. not the greatest start, david, homefully things improve. >> reporter: -- hopefully things improve. >> reporter: we have showers near pittsburgh. kind of nice it's not raining right now, because if it was it would be freezing rain. there's a concern about that up in the poconos as late as 1:00 p.m. temperatures will take a while to improve up north. if we get showers they could freeze up on the roads. 33 degrees in philadelphia. 32 in reading, and wilmington, we're off to a cold start there's not much wind out there, we don't have to worry about windchills, a 6-mile an hour breeze currently. 4 degrees by 7:00 a.m. we'll have a period of the day that's cloudy, including at noon when we are at 48 degrees. showers are possible, especially up north of philadelphia. 54 by 3:00 p.m. the high today will be 55 degrees, we probably hit that at 4:00 p.m. and hold that at 7:00 p.m. not a bad evening to go out with your favorite significant other, perhaps. when we come back we'll talk about a warm

delco, watching a crash on the blue route, 476 northbound side north of the mcdade boulevard. the good news that accident is gone. both lanes reopened. cross that off the list, 476 back in business looking better. this is in the process of wrapping up in mercer county overnight construction blocking the ramp to route 1 southbound to whitehead road that is cleared out of the way. millville, cumberland county 55 construction southbound near 49. >> reporter: we have clouds sweeping in, if you get early sunshine it will be fading behind the clouds, you can see mixed precipitation developing in northwest pennsylvania. there's a winter weather advisory in the poconos and points north. this kicks in at 8:00 a.m. anne ends at 1:00 p.m. because of light freezing rain possible. surface temperatures maintaining sub freezing conditions in the poconos in early afternoon. we're above freezing in philadelphia, only boy a degree, 33. 33 in a allentown. 29 in trenton. 31 in wilmington. 26 in millville. not a lot of wind out there, we won't bother you with windchills, but you want the winter co

this is mcdade cara school of dance. hi to her because her name is peg. >> good morning. >> these are your two sons. >> and brian. >> what time did you get here. >> 7:00 a.m. >> i have to say, this place, showed up and they are here. >> didn't i tell you, i said everybody is looking at me like they will be opened up at 7:00. >> they were outside waiting at 7:00. >> you know what is cool, it is a family place. you look around you have mom, dad, grandparents, it is a tradition and even the little guys you saw over there. >> really cool. >> whole group of ladies that they do this every year and they are so happy to see you. they also have breakfast. they have irish breakfast and they have continental breakfast. you will do breakfast with bob >> free breakfast and we will highlight all of the irish traditional breakfast thaw can have, coming up at 9:20. >> we want you back there. >> okay, here we go. macdade cara school of dance starring bob kelly. they are still getting here. you have until 10:00 a.m. ladies and gentlemen,

instead of fairview and mcdade stick with 420 and baltimore pike to the north. and three downed telephone poles and 282 is still blocked. and a water main break in king of prussia continues to block nor road and gulf road is busy and allen dale road is an alternate there. the storms affected us and we see a number of traffic lights not working properly 47 and 83 and route 9 at sea isle boulevard and a crash at chapel street at old baltimore pike. >> thank you. >>> well, today is ash wednesday and pope francis marked the day with the traditional ritual of placing ashes on it's heads of the faithful he did so at a sixth century church considered one of the most beautiful in rome and they gathered saying this time of penance is a journey of hope. >> and churches through the world are holding the ash wednesday services, it's action cam at the lutheran church in haddonfield. and the pastor offered the imposition of arcs and this marks it's first day of lent the period of 40 days before easter not including sundays and christians that observe len use it for a time of

this is mcdade boulevard we watch live as the car is towed away. currently blocking a lane they are clearing the scene on the blue route with the early morning accident. an accident in lower merion, montgomery county haverford road at medford road. live on the vine street expressway no problems, no overnight construction no delays. the action cam was on the scene, a large sinkhole happening in port richmond an issue for the morning commute. there you can see the crews have boarded it up and set up the barriers diverting traffic. this is east clear field street near frankford avenue in port richmond. one more issue a water main break in south egg harbor, main street, stick to old mays landing road. >>> this is breaking overnight, gunshots in east mount airy section, at least four people were taken to the hospital. katherine scott is live on the 7100 block of germantown avenue. she has the details on what's geeing on here, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, police say four people were shot, three of them were customers inside a

a crash 476 northbound by mcdade has cleared. no need to worry about that. elsewhere on 476 we'll have construction this weekend they will close the northbound lanes saturday night into sunday morning. yeah, they are doing this once again. northbound lanes blocked between lansdale and quakertown, saturday into sunday, at that point you want to stay on 309 as the alternate toward the lehigh valley. >>> happening now, london police have taken two more people into terrorist attack outside parliament. several thousand gathered to honor the victims and their family. cochran was one of the people killed. he and his wife were on the bridge. kahlid masoood crashed into the people on the bridge. >>> a philadelphia police is accused of putting a pitbull into a trash bag and dumping it in park the dog eject emaciated and barely alive. the dog which was named cranberry was micro chipped and. >> for somebody like that to be perpetrating the crime is something that gets me. >> cranberry has recovered and been adopted by someone in the malvern area. long has suspended from

. >> listen closely -- you can hear the popping noise from the fire that chuck mcdade describes. firefighter told him to evacuate. and that heavy winds likely caused the wires to go down and make it harder to fight. >> i saw it from the corner of my home. >> there was brush burning behind the houses and we had to shut the trains down because there was fire personal on the tracks. >> septa suspended the regional lines west trenton line for a few hours. but the house was not damaged and other houses in their neighborhood were spared too. >> when it was going up initially i thought we were in trouble. but we are about 60 foot from the fenceline of the property. so i knew the house was okay but everything else out there. what damage would it cause and as you see it took the fence down. >> and back out here live, there were residual delays on septa and there are expected to be no delays later on today or impact from the evening rush. annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> turning to accuweather now and the strong winds are starting to die down a bit as we go throug

and mcdade cara will be part of the parade, of course, on sunday, they are back here dancing, are you ready for the parade. now let me ask you because it wille up any extra for the >> extra tights. me too. we will see you on of you out the spirit, i love it. airport what he says >>> 9:46. tomorrow morning. itor these counties northndsnow. above average tn hour sustain our st. patrick's day parade forecast, bundle up, everybody. it will only be a high of 36 forecast, we will just to have now kind of can see faison juste a rag doll. we been told that the hen we heard detail saying that the actuallyt video, things areay up. he he ever done sometng matter of he has. i am not, saying domestic issues, another issue that happened, at a wrong guy tove the spitting incident on and has to face just yesterday talked aboutrucei said that robin be around whe the phone these visits , the ange like the plald >> now it isas of dfs turf julin cl upper hand in this entire thing but at a true. >> it isrs s. that is a tmz live at 3:00 p.m. >> watch it, hopefully we will have more fun stuff, to talk about

the route 102 trolleys are stopping at mcdade boulevard because of flooding between there and the sharon hills station. alternative shuttle services are being used. >>> and slippery roads are leading to accidents all around the area tonight. this car flipped over along lincoln drive in east falls. luckily no one was hurt. francesca ruseio is tracking major trouble on those roads tonight. francesca, where is the worst? >> everywhere you go. i'm going to be very honest with you. all of the majors were very rough right now. traffic is crawling in the teens and 20s in terms of travel speeds. we've been talking about street flooding. take a look at the schuylkill expressway. this is eastbound, and we're looking at it from montgomery drive. it's going to take you 47 minutes. westbound we're doing okay. again, a report of some street flooding along conshohocken road between station and diamond avenue we remain closed still at this time. so, again, we've been talking about street flooding, accidents, slowing down. here's another accident in york wood at hillside africa. again, take it very slow

we had another accident here on the blue route northbound past mcdade. that's now just since been cleared. but we do have construction crews out there this morning, 202 northbound between boot road route 30. that right lane is compromised i'll let you know as soon as that clears, not done so yet. and we have some more construction here we're wait to go clear, mlk drive-in bound between sweet briar drive, closed until about now. >> meade with a elwyn shuttle bussing saturday and sunday after repairs between elwyn and university sit, check the schedules on line. >> police are on the scene investigating a death that took place last night at apartment complex in maple shade. that's where we find "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo liver with the latest on the investigation, jan, good morning. >> they do confirm they're investigating at least one death after a body was found here, you can see, liver on the scene this morning, that there is still a large police presence here, right behind me, that's the crime scene unit van, and then if we go to our right y

same story at the blue route, although still looking good here at mcdade. headlights moving in the southbound direction, you can see southbound, northbound, doesn't matter. still located on the blue route. vine not closed overnight for the construction, looking good, but starting to get little bit, i don't want to say busy, but certainly building levels pushing in the westbound direction, you can see a lot of brakes lights going off as you jump on to the schuylkill. heads up. westbound side, you're certainly starting to heat up. eastbound side still looking okay. we do have accident here with the downed traffic signal, willingboro, new jersey, route 130 cooper street. all southbound lanes blocked. two northbound lanes blocked, use the alternate, 295 or new jersey turnpike, and also, just heads up, concrete repairs, pa turnpike mid-county toll plaza, and because that far, e-zpass truck lanes are closed. and they'll be closed until april 10, that's certainly going to slow you down starting in the 6:00 hour. jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. there are no

. >> chuck mcdade and his family were forced to evacuate their home at red lion and dale. and the line was suspended for an hour and all the homes were spared. >> when it went up initially i thought we were in trouble. >> gusted sent tree branches flying through a bedroom window. >> and the tree came from over on this side of the house, and it came over the top of the house and whipped over and came through this window. where i was laying. >> he was treated at the scene for cuts to the head and body. >> luckily foley's wife fell asleep on the downstairs sofa and as predicted by the meteorologist he felt the wind beginning to subside. more comfortable this hour to be out and about. >> sara thank you. >> in other news today dozens of people rallied to expan sanctuary in philadelphia and those that face deportation. >> the defy trump and defend philly rally happened this afternoon. it's in response to president trump's immigration policies and called for an end to stop and frisk as well as other policies that they say profile minorities. >>> and mayor jim kenney laid out his

and large at the 7-eleven and reports of downed wires in woodland delco by the dunkin' donuts at mcdade boulevard. and more downed wires in chester county are shutting down 282, creek road i would use fairview to get around that. that is three downs telephone poles. in valley forge national park, and a water main break is blocking more road off 23, and speaking of tattoos, right by norristown tattoo a crash at main and after. and a crash at southbound 295, off to the side and still slowing as you come down from route 73 and near the shore look for a down tree along cape may county past 657 near southville corner the right lane it blocked. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you. speaking of the shore, how about avantage point. the dark clouds off the coast today. adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather forecast. where's the car? it'll be here in three... uh four minutes. are you kidding me? no, looks like he took a wrong turn. don't worry, this guy's got like a four-star rating, we're good. his name is randy. that's like one of the most trustworthy names! orderi

. >> chuck mcdade and his family including grandchildren were forced to evacuate and the west trenton line was forced close and hoaxes were spared. >> we are 60 feet from the fenceline of the property so se there? and as you can see it took the fence down morning the wind took down a tree sending it into the bedroom and on to the bed with tom foley was sleeping. >> it came from this side of the house and over top of the house and whipped of and came through this window where i was laying. >> he was treated at the scene and in shock but otherwise okay. >> it's pretty scary. >>s wife was spared sof and t wins are starting to subside making it easier to be out and about this evening. still may want a hat. sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >> we turn now to an abc news special report o as w mentioned before there is news surrounding the attorney general. >> the two contacts he had with the russian ambassador one in fn the edge ofepublicaconvention t reportedly in senator sessions office on september 8th this is when reports were swirling with reports of pos

in order to make sure that everyone knows the right route, we're going to walk it today with the mcdadea school of irish dancers, and have little fun along the way. >> ♪ >> here's the deal. the beginning of the parade this year starts right here at 16th and jfk boulevard. right across the street from suburban station. you want to come in from the suburbs, take the regional rail, boom, train lets you off right there. you come right upstairs. this is where all of the groups will line up along jfk boulevard right here at 16th street and we need a handy map. so here we go. sixteenth and jfk is the staging area for all of the groups. and then we will walkies toward city hall, and work our way eventually all the way down to independence hall, and our fox 29 tv station. so you ready to dot walk? >> yes. >> where are we? fifteenth and jfk. here's what's going to happen, another great area, look at this, right here at the corner of city hall. so whether we get to city hall, what do we do here girls? make a right. that way. so we go here, we go up to the next corner, then make a left. so basicall

vine street expressway and also look for disabled vehicle at the blue route on the northbound at mcdadee from the expressway to the schuylkill. >>> and now sh, police found tw people inside of the home after a fire. we are working to find out the conditions. >> this morning in pemberton, an early report of people trapped, and we are waiting to get details of the rescue. >> and police found a dead man underneath his minivan in overbrooke. the man had been shot, and then police si that the vehicle hit the victim lie manage the alley. oh, you ready for a rush? uh, sure! ♪ i'm pretty excited for you right now. ♪ fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game, get your ticket and see if you've won. i won! fast play, please! fast play. play fast. win instantly. pennsylvania is getting the law requires many to get their child abuse clearances. are you one of them? if you're a coach sunday school teacher a scout leader camp counselor many people who work or volunteer with children may need their clearances. pennsylvania means business when it

there's a crash in ridley township at mcdade boulevard at holmes road. school along washington street extension at windsor road. this is problematic, because people are using that in lieu of car road which was closed for long time construction burlington county a crash is closing down route 68, route 545 the alternate there. >> let's head outside to david murphy with a look at accuweather good morning. >> reporter: all right, tam we're off to a sunny start, but it's cold. 33 degrees in philadelphia not much wind that's nice, this afternoon, 5 # increasing clouds. 63 tomorrow, 63 on wednesday, and 61 on thursday. we're colder for the weekend, saturday and sunday, we're keeping our eye on a system that could bring i say snow during part -- us snow during parts of the weekend. it's a long way out, we'll watch it. >> we'll see how it shakes out. that's it for us, back to "g.m.a." ♪ with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, payment, withdrawal, or transfer each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're

we're going to walk it today with the mcdade school of irish dancers and have fun along the way. ♪ here'sl. the beginning of the parade this year starts right here at 16th and jfk boulevard. right across the street from suburban station. you want come in if the suburb, take the regional rail. boom, the train let's off right there. you come right upstairs. this is where all the groups will line up along jfk boulevard along 16th street and we need a handy map. 16th and jfk is the staging area for all the groups. and then we're going to walk east towards city hall. and work our way eventually all the way down to independence hall, and our fox 29 tv station. are you ready to do the walk? ♪ 15th and jfk. here's what's going to happen. another great area, look at this, we're right here at the corner of city hall. so when we get to city hall, what do we do? we make a right. that way. we go here and go up to the next corner and make a left. basically we're going to go around city hall, you girls ok? with me? let's go. ♪ i think we get the police officer here to do the irish jig. everybody practic