lower merion police are after him.t's for a rather nasty crime. >> you got to hear what he did in a library stairwell. dave schratwieser joins us live at lower merion police headquarters tonight. dave. >> reporter: iain, low merion police released surveillance video of that man who defecated in the stairwell of a local library. they call that criminal mischief. tonight the folks at the library called it disgusting. >> gross. >> reporter: library in lower merion was packed monday night and buzzing about the release of this surveillance video showing a man roaming through the library moments before police say he entered an open stairwell here and defecated. >> i think it's really sad when you hear something like that. >> it's pretty indecent and actually the library does very good job. it's a new building. public bathrooms are very nice. >> reporter: lower merion police released the vitter yo of the man as he walk through the library on south brain mauer avenue. eric green was stunned to hear the news much he's been at t

. >> reporter: all right, dave, we're starting with a problem in lower merion, disabled vehicle here, was watching as this guy was running across the highway jumping over the wall trying to fix the vehicle. be careful of this guy as well as the disabled vehicle. nearby in conshohocken yet another disabled vehicle this on washington street at popular street. on the boulevard right now it is reopened, this is the boulevard at the schuylkill expressway it is reopened after major accident investigation from last evening we have been talking about, everything this morning moving okay on the boulevard. a quick look at the vine street expressway, still closed in both directions should be cleared by 5:00 a.m. >>> other news, a 29-year-old man who caused a wrong-way crash on the boulevard has died from his injuries. police say the dwriefer sped off after -- driver sped off after a domestic dispute. his girl friend's 52-year-old mother was in the back seat. the driver was going the wrong way when he crashed into the other car with venice brown and his daughter annette inside. >>> i don't know h

things are moving better in lower merion. we have a big accident on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between street road and delaware valley we're hearing it's involving four vehicles. we have emergency workers coming to the scene with the new accident happening right now, watch for that, some restrictions and slowing possible as they come to the accident scene. a water main break on bear tavern road on i-95 we're hearing that's blocking a lane, too. let's check the commuter traffic report we're going into new jersey, looking good, 295 this is the new jersey turnpike if you're traveling from gloucester county, you're heading up maybe you're going over the ben franklin bridge or walt whitman bridge, we're not getting any reports of any problems. if you're continuing up towards cherry hill nobody is reporting any problems here, it's kind of quiet on the waze app. this morning you've got a good commute so far. the temperatures 4 degrees in philadelphia. 39 in millville. no weather-related problems impacting your morning or ev

randy gyllenhaal is live in lower merion township. cold weather like this can be really dangerous. >> reporter: officials here in montgomery county issued a code blue that could extend through much of the week. they want people to remember just one thing -- the number 30. it takes about 30 minutes to get frostbite out here. this on the first snowfall of the winter. >> here we go. >> reporter: there wasn't that much to work. >> so cold. >> reporter: but emma and daniel made do with the dusting on the ground. >> put this in there. >> making snowballs, tiny ones but after an unusual winter they'll take what they can get. >> yeah, it is like one day it is really warm and the next day a blizzard. >> reporter: some had enough snow that you had to clean off the car but not so much to cause concern driving. the real issue, officials say, is the approaching cold. arctic blast that could turn dangerous for the most vulnerable. >> hoping it would be a little warmer but it started snowing. >> reporter: jameel is homeless and didn't have socks tod

this is 422 eastbound in upper merion. we have an accident between trooper and route 23, right lane is blocked and it is just a mess here. they are trying to clear it out but right the now 422 eastbound right lane blocked between trooper and route 23 due to a serious accident. >>> take your time on the area roadways they are quite slippery. we will move the traffic come here to the blue route approaching mid county tolls, no delays or problems the blue route where we have delays, is on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound, between bensalem and willow grove. multiple accidents in the left lane and in the right lane, there. you do have a a lot of jam ups. we wish we had a camera that we can show you of this but we have a lot of jam ups on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound through bensalem and willow grove due to multiple accidents, weather related so take your time this morning. also, since we are a's speaking of weather-related activity we have speed reductions on the new jersey turnpike between delaware memorial bridge an

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nbc 10 was at merion elementary school in merion station. see everyone was wearing thick coats. they've got hats on as well as gloves. that's the smart play. first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here now with the forecast. it will warm up, glenn, probably just not enough to take the coats off. >> not totally. you won't need the heaviest dhoet afternoon or tomorrow because we are seeing a significant warmup. we have a lot of sunshine out there right now and then is helping to push the temperatures up. 36 in philadelphia, 38 northeast philly. we only got up to 29 yesterday for the high so we're already a good bit warmer than yesterday. we're into the 40s in southern delaware and extreme south jersey. we're 10 to 15 degrees warmer than at this time yesterday and tomorrow is going to be even warmer. a lot of sunshine this afternoon as temperatures get into the 40s. we have some snow flurries that came through the poconos earlier this morning. they pretty much have gone but the system we'll be watching for tomorrow night

i know they have done this in lower merion before. if there is a test. they will have them get up, wiggle around dance around and get them to shake it out because teachers are aware that kid need to get up and move. >> okay. i'm on board witt. jen is on game. sue. >> it is great because teachers otherwise would be spend ago this time to tell them to sit down and be quiet. >> are you into it. >> i'm's into it. >> we're all on board. >> doctor william hite, are you watching the show this morning. we want these changes, we want them now. >> i think hees dealing with other things. >> it might be easier to fit those in, because a lot of times they complain that they cannot fit in a whole time. fifteen minutes may be one extra one, besides the traditional recess they could fit tonight. >> real fast what were you doing in the hair salon, is what coming up. >> we are at maxi salon in marlton and we will do a mom squad segment. we will talk about kid stinky feet. in one has smelly feet here but doctor dana is here. the she's a mom and podiatrist. >> i could use t

doug is live in lower merion township. doug. >> reporter: if you think this bitter cold has been a shock to your own system, it is even worse for your heating system. >> about two hours, and i realized that the temperature wasn't right. realized that there was something going on. >> reporter: it got cold fast in her house. >> we have to dress, keep socks on, my main source is the heater. i have heaters downstairs, heaters in every bedroom. >> reporter: she knows it's not ideal, but the kitchen stove has also been a prime source of heat for the last four days. it got to the point where she had to call philadelphia's heater hotline to get it fixed. >> what kind of problem you have? >> i don't have any heat. >> reporter: repair tech ron gibbs says the warm winter fooled a lot of people. >> i think people just got a little lax there, because we know it's coming every year, so when it changes like this, that's when the calls come in. >> reporter: it turned out to be a blown fuse in the furnace, a relatively simple fix, but she

lower merion, disabled vehicle on the ramp from the schuylkill expressway eastbound to the blue routethbound it's blurry every time we see it. there's the disabled vehicle. earlier i saw a guy walking around the highway, which is pretty dangerous. hopefully he is safely inside and someone comes to help him. it is on the ramp which is tricky there. we had an accident at tookany parkway that just cleared. in the commuter traffic report we're seeing what's going on, coming from broomall, this is the longest distance to travel, going up the blue route to the schuylkill expressway, it's the quickest amount of time, 26 minute ride but not reporting problems, 30 degrees in philadelphia. that's not bad for this time. year. up 0 in south jersey, today's high, 46 degrees are increasing clouds and feeling cool with the clouds, testers above average. >>> philadelphia police officer jesse hartnet a five year veteran is recovering in the hospital from three gunshot wounds to the arm. richard ross said a man dressed in several layers of clothing walked up to the officer's we can in west philadelphia

you could find similar conditions in lower merion on lancaster avenue and vassar and belmont but thisnothing, like what our neighbors in areas of berks and montgomer montgomery countis received last night. there were near whiteout conditions on route 422 as the season's first snow of the season came in with a gust and left almost as soon as it fell. >> looks like blizzard weather. it's like -- for me it looked like it was dusty at first but now it looks like it's more of -- kind of like blizzard. i could hardly see. >> love the winter. done really think that it's been winter until now. >> reporter: and traffic conditions are changing throughout the area. of course you want to keep listening to karen to get the updates on that. one thing i want to tell you is crews in the city of philadelphia are heading out and spreading salt in different areas within the past two hours they have been out here at this intersection at ford and cranston. they did lay down salt here giving more traction. of course the more traveled the roadway is the better it's going to be for when you head in. for now

. >> yes, we have an accident upper merion this just happened, it is just came in the traffic center,422 eastbound between trooper and route 23, right lane is block, as you can see, and it is just a pretty big mess there with this rain. so reduced visibility, we have a lot of things going on this morning and plus easy to have an accident. like this. so take your time out there on the roadways, again, this is 422 eastbound between trooper a and route 23, right lane blocked by a serious accident and this is in upper merion. we will move traffic cam from here 422 to the schuylkill at spring garden and if you look at the light fixture you can see rain just pelting down and coming down very heavy at this point on this portion of the schuylkill so again, take your time, as you can see folks are doing just that, despite the rain, the schuylkill is behaving itself through philadelphia and its suburbs. we have some speed reduction toss tell but one on the commodore barry bridge, other on the new jersey turnpike between delaware memorial bridge and 195 and speed reduce there had to 55 miles an

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also many townships in montgomery county already issuing snow emergencies, including upper merion and abington township, which means you have to remove your cars from the streets. reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> and if you lose power during the winter storm, nbc 10 and our parent company comcast can help. plug-in and power-up stations will be set up for you to add some juice to your cell phones and tablets. that service is free. >>> and check the nbc 10 app and nbc10.com for a list of locations. >>> you're watching nbc 10 first alert winter weather coverage. >>> all eyes on you, glenn. >> heaviest of the snow is going to occur by washington. the closer you are to washington, d.c., more snow you're going to get. finger of heavy snow coming towards wilmington and eventually philadelphia, ten to four inches in philly, more in northern delaware, so that is a lot of snow. and you can see that we've seen in the suburbs heaviest snow coming in as the fluffy type up towards the lehigh valley and then farther to the south, you get more snow. so the closer you are to philly, mo

moving toward lower merion, philadelphia, shortly after the 7:00 o'clock hour. so as we talk about the expected snowfall accumulations with this, not anticipating a whole lot coatin coating on the grassy surfaces berks county moving up to lehigh valley as wells the pocono mountains maybe up to an inch. but you have to watch out if you're on the roadways due to that reduced visibility with that blowing snow. so it will look briefly like a blizzard is about to happen with that squall line as it moves from west to east. so that arctic front, the burst of snow, bitter cold for the middle of the week but temperatures rebound and then we talk about another chance for some rain in that seven day forecast. but here's the setup that arctic air is headed in our direction. right now temperatures 10 degrees above freezing at 42. the normal high for this time of year is 40. but it's 42 philadelphia. once again teens as we move toward the pittsburgh area. but look at the single digits even below zero right now in international falls. so that's some of the colder air that's mo

and time, 6:21 allentown, 7:02 norristown, 7:28 merion, 7:42 in philadelphia. it's been fairly consistent between 7:30 and 8:00 in the philadelphia area, and there it is. 8:00 on the future cast. 40 degrees, but the temperatures about to drop. yeah, there it goes down to 34 in one hour. 29 in pottstown. yeah, the colder air is coming in right after the snow, and then it's going to stay cold. and it's going to dry out. and by later tonight, it's cooling down, by tomorrow morning it's feeling like it's in the single digits again. winds gusting over 35 miles an hour. even in the middle of the afternoon feels like it's in the teens. that's the way it's going to go. and as we go through the night tonight, there's the temperature, there's the wind chill in philadelphia. there it is by 7:00 a.m., 21, feeling like 7. it's not going to warm up a lot during the day tomorrow either. snow showers, windy and colder, 22 for the low in philadelphia, 19 north and west. during the day tomorrow, windy, much colder, gusts to 35 miles an hour, wind chill in the teens. temperatures

. >> and merion. >> and tell us what it is like.f he is going to be going there for the rest of his life, what kind of conditions would he have to endure? >> he is locked up completely by himself 23 hours a day, and he has his own little facility they let him out of the jail, but he is caged by himself. no human contact at all. >> and one hour a day, tom fuentes, he can go out to get fresh air, is that right? >> basically, and that is it. again, it is like a dog pen where he has his own space to go out to get it, but it is not to comi comingle with any other prisoners or any other outside contact. >> and windows in the little ce cell? >> i don't know. i haven't been to that facility, but just knowing what merion, illinois, is like, probably not. and john gotti gave a great, and wrote some comments about his time there at florence, and it is pretty horrible. >> hold on for one moment. cnn correspondent martin savidge is with us as well and he was with the mexican police as they were hunting for el chapo, and right now, martin, i know

thirty in ardmore at lower merion high school. thirty at snyder high school in bensalem. hainesport 31 degrees at the moment. take a look at winter alerts. the most of these go in effect late friday and continue into sunday. you can see winter storm watches from portions of kentucky, west virginia, into new jersey. here's your blizzard warning for baltimore, washington d.c. that is very scary stuff over that area. blizzard watch in effect meaning blizzard conditions could occurred. blizzard has nothing to do butch snowfalls but sustained period of strong wind and low visibility. it can happen just blowing snow around can happen if you have snow on the ground had gets blown around. but could be white out conditions in that area this weekend. temperatures across the rest of the region right around freezing at the moment. that is where they will stay through the the end of the week. fresh injection of arctic air and that is one thing you want to watch. we have warm ocean water temperatures. here's the mix line. it looks to stay off shore until saturday afternoon but this is

now, as for lower merion, lancaster avenue and also vassar and belmont they also saw some conditionsa light coating came down but like we said as we're going to get through the morning some of those areas are going to melt away. we need people to go to work. back out here live again you can see there the light coating that is still over ford road on that side. you can -- and as people are heading over to the bus stop in an area we're at at ford and cranston one of those things they're going have to have is good shoes and good footing so that they can have traction and layer up. if you're waiting for the bus stop you might be getting the heart of some of those winter temperatures and also some of those wind gusts that are coming through this morning. for now reporting live in wynnefield heights, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> cut right through you. thank you annie. >>> dangerously cold weather is a dire situation for the homeless. if you see a homeless person outside call the outreach hotline at (215)232-1984 to get them help. we've posted code blue information on 6abc.com

. >> reporter: meet dad walt kerr by day he's a detective with the lower merion police department.n snow days he's on duty at home playing with his sons daniel and justice tin in freezing but fun way. >> i started about 10 years ago as you can see we have quite a hill. on the cidar of the fence it's about 300-foot drop to the perkiomen creek when we had big storm run year i start building little banks and the neck thing you know we have a luge. >> that happened. >> that happened. that's what it's about. you work, you support your family and you come home and you have fun. >> reporter: what's the quick quest time someone has gone down. >> we've never time it but i'm sure we'll do that tonight. >> reporter: that's exactly what we're going to do tonight. here we go. competition. get ready. kids, are you ready? >> yes! >> you ready for competition. walt you're up first. very nice. >> time? >> i wasn't timing that one. >> kids -- (laughter). >> goggles are on. >> here he is. >> 6.96. >> how about mom julie? >> oh, yeah, mom. how about cbs3 photographer. yes! >> 5.71. >> nice. >> me next

coming in from lower merion this morning and if you're coming into the city we're not get anything reportsproblems. an easy 24 minute ride. you should be good to go but give yourself enough time, you shouldn't have any frost on the windshield i don't think today but you will certainly need to warm up the car and get it started. it's only 17 degrees right now in philadelphia. it's five in mount pocono. how about when you factor in the winds, they're an issue once again today making it feel like it's just 3 degrees in philadelphia but minus one in allentown, minus three in reading, minus 15 in mount pocono. brutally cold and staying in the 20's even this afternoon, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> a hit and run suspect failed attempt to get away from the scene ended in a brooklyn canal. the driver crawled out of the vehicle before it became sub merged in there water. new york city police arrested him for reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of a crime. the driver's accused of sideswiping a sedan just as a mother was trying to secure her one-year-old baby into the car. mother and ch

. >> reporter: meet dad walt kerr by day he's a detective with the lower merion police department. on snow days he's on duty at home playing with his sons daniel and justice tin in freezing but fun way. >> i started about 10 years ago as you can see we have quite a hill. on the cidar of the fence it's about 300-foot drop to the perkiomen creek when we had big storm run year i start building little banks and the neck thing you know we have a luge. >> that happened. >> that happened. that's what it's about. you work, you support your family and you come home and you have fun. >> reporter: what's the quick quest time someone has gone down. >> we've never time it but i'm sure we'll do that tonight. >> reporter: that's exactly what we're going to do tonight. here we go. competition. get ready. kids, are you ready? >> yes! >> you ready for competition. walt you're up first. very nice. >> time? >> i wasn't timing that one. >> kids -- (laughter). >> goggles are on. >> here he is. >> 6.96. >> how about mom julie? >> oh, yeah, mom. how about cbs3 photographer. yes! >> 5.71. >> nice. >> me ne

we saw conditions change in roxborough, in manayunk along ridge avenue, also in lower merion along lancaster avenue and at vassar and belmont. we also saw some slick conditions over there as well. like we said, throughout the morning as more cars do head out we're hoping to see more wear on the ice to make eight little bit easier to head on through. well, we did get snow in some part so your area where it looked absolutely beautiful, sometimes blizzard like conditions in berks county and montgomery county. there's kids in pottstown that actually enjoyed last night's snow. take a listen. >> oh my god they were like let's go for a walk. >>> i want to go for a walk. then she's trying to grab her jacket, the boots and everything. [laughter] >> reporter: and back out here live we're enjoying it when we can get it, right. we really haven't had it much at all this season. now here at ford and cranston the other thing to look forward to as you head out today if you're not a driver that's heading out, you need to put on a couple of layers because if you're heading out to the bus stop that's definitel

you can find similar conditions in lower merion lon lancaster avenue and vassar and belmont.s is nothing like what our neighbors in berks received last night. there were near whiteout conditions on 422 as the season's first snow of the season came in with a gust. >> looks like blizzard weather. for me it looked like it was dusty at first but now it looks like it's more of like blizzard. i could hardly see. >> love the winter. don't really think that it's been winter until now. >> reporter: and this is all we got right here in wynnefield heights but i will take it hoping for some more snow that's at least what i would like. but right here you'll see more city of philadelphia salt trucks coming through certain areas before the morning commute does pick up. of course as more people do hit the roadways, it is going to be easier to travel. you can see he there passing through. there will be a little more traction on the roadways. if you're heading towards the bus stop like the one behind me, you want to layer up because it's definitely cold out here as well. reporting live from wy

. >> reporter: scenes like this are always too familiar to narberth ambulance crewness lower merion, who know the challenge of responding to emergencies like car wrecks in the the snow. >> once in a while snow is inn convenient for some people it cannot be inconvenient in the medical, emergency. >> reporter: ar davee says while bunk rooms will be filled with crew ambulances will be loaded with blankets and medical supplies to keep patients warm, both outside and inside. >> we also have iv fluid that actually has a warming trend. so that not only can we warm you from the outside, but through iv therapy. >> reporter: the the chief advises if you need medications or oxygen, stock up before the storm. finally, the chief asks when it is safe, when you're shoveling make sure you shovel out that fire hydrant near you home, it is very important that it means extra minutes for fire fighters, if is there a fire in your neighborhood. live from the berwyn firehouse i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that is so crucial, walt, thanks very much. >>> they are getting ready for major win

first, lower merion and west lancaster avenue and also horse sham. look at schulykill road.t four-minute drive. >>> from our south jersey bureaus, a fire destroyed a vacant warehouse last night. on federal and 17 streets. firefighters quickly got the fire under control. no one was hurt. >>> charges may be upgraded for the atlantic county mother to smothered her baby who was high on drugs. they charged the mother with child endangerment. she was under the influence when she rolled over on to her 8-month-old. the baby died friday at the hospital. >>> and former philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey starts a new job today, ramsey is now a public safety counsel sul about for the wilmington police department. the announcement was made this morning. ramsey served as co-chair of president obama's task force on 21st century policing. >>> and pennsylvania lawmakers head back to work today on a budget the house meets later today to vote on funding for some of the state's universities. the budget stalemate is now in its 7th month. governor wolf approved much of the spending p

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. >> business is booming at liberty gas station at merion station and customers can fill up and buy bags of salt. 50 pound bag that cost just under $10. >> like pot cakes. >> bags of salt are a must have after a winter storm. some say the snow is bound to come and expect several inches. >> 12. >> it's not going to be the mother of all storms. >> the big snow, it's going kill us but it's the weekend, and no snow day for the kids. >> the salt selling frenzy continued in upper darby at clydes. and folks are keeping an eye on the forecast and no matter what old man winter brings, preparation is key. >> i have seen a couple of bad ones and i am ready. >> what would preparations be without stocking up on food. >> i got salt, that is pet friendly, and two gallons of milk and eggs and bread, a couple of days before the storm is set to hit, this wegmans in cherry hill is packed with shoppers filling their carts with food necessities, and thousand they are waiting for the snow to start falling. >> i am avoiding tomorrow because there will be a lot more people. it's busy today but it will be a lot

. >>> rain will be at the merion theater february 11th to the 14th just in time for valentine's day.to 6abc loves the arts. for 6abc loves the arts, i'm karen rogers. >>> time 7:52. in "healthcheck" this morning, it's the first diet craze of the new year. it caught the attention of one celebrity. it's called the taco cleanse. it's the creation of four young authors from texas. they discovered eating vegan tacos for a month is good for you. they offer 75 sound recipes. jennifer aniston says it sounds pretty good and she might start stocking up. we'll be right back. at longhorn steak like this doesn't need anything else. which is why we don't just add, anything else. longhorn steaks that sizzle for $12.99. the new smoky bacon sirloin. the new spicy grilled jalapeno sirloin. and the parmesan crusted sirloin. all with hand chopped salad & unlimited bread for $12.99. tonight only at longhorn steakhouse. you cant fake steak. and for lunch try our new steak and bacon cheddar melt. or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at $7. so we know how to cover almost alanything.ything, even a stag poo

. >> vince cantrell has a history in new jersey and pennsylvania and in lower merion township and isonvicted felon. sources say the investigation into him and a number of his associates has expanded into 30 complaint cases. cantrell remains free on bail and he may be looking at lengthy jail time here. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> temple university has put its students on alert in the wake of an on campus robbery, it happened near the health sciences campus in north philadelphia, investigators say someone robbed a woman that was not a students at knife point and made off with her purse and cell phone and she was not hurt. a crash turned deadly in gloucester county, two women were in the car when the driver lost control and ended up in a wooded area, chopper 6 hd was over the scene at 7:30 this morning. all of this happened on the northbound lane of route 55 in elk township, the passenger passed away from her injuries and the driver is being treated at the hospital. >>> high school students at roxborough high school learned a valuable lesson on staying alive. a safe dr

and one at lower merion at the exon station and luckily the flooding at the brooklawn circle has subsidedt they are working to remove the snow along the schuylkill expressway and i think that might be the crew leaving right there as we watch live, this is 202 over top the schuylkill expressway and we see big westbound delays on 76 from the curve on out to 202, because of the snow removal. they got finished clearing out the snow on 100 northbound and everybody reopened there and the crash in cherry hill blocking a61 has cleared and in galloway township look for a wreck on the garden state apartment way approaching 30 and taking out the left lane in this location. >>> here is something we don't hear about often, jetblue says it is adding leg room to all of its jets, the airline wants its planes to be more suspicious and modern and entertaining. there are inseat power outlets and free wifi. passengers will be able to use it before the plane reaches 10,000 feet. all the 130 airbus planes will be redesigned starting next year. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph, joining us now and we are talking r

>> quiet for the most part but we have a few things going on in lower merion watch out for an accident scene at waverley road, probably close to clearing out. everything on 95 is moving along nicely, 12 minutes from woo woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. on the schuylkill expressway, we have a 30 minute drive time westbound into the king of prussia area. moving into new jersey, we're still watching cherry hill township on route 70 westbound. there's poles down and they're closed from repairs from an earlier accident. keeping in the new jersey, this is on route 42 freeway. you can see a five-minute drive time northbound from 55 to the walt whitman bridge. no problems over the bridges but volume eastbound new jersey off of the bend. >>> happening today, vice president joe biden will be in philadelphia to kick off his mission to cure cancer. his first stop is at penn medicine's abramson cancer center. we know the vice president lost his son beau to cancer last year. beau biden died from brain cancer back in may and that's when he entered a period of painful public mourning foll

but watch out for ramp closures on 95 northbound and 95 southbound: there's an accident in upper merion on country line road and devon park drive and in cherry hill, new jersey, there are fallen power cables on church road tying it up in both directions tying it up in maple avenue and haddon town road. no delays. you can take septa, patco, new jersey transit or dart and you'll be fine. vai? >>> philadelphia police say a man is dead after stealing a car, driving the wrong way on the roosevelt boulevard and crashing. in an effort to escape he jumped off an overpass in east false. >> laying on the exit ramp having cpr performed on him at this time. he ain't going nowhere. >> police radio captured the molt officers found the suspect laying on the ground after falling more than 30 feet. authorities say he was speeding northbound in the southbound lanes of route 1 before the crash. the accident sent three other people to the hospital and caused massive backups during the evening rush hour. >> how long did you wait? >> like two showers in. >> been an hour and forty minutes. i cannot believe it

. >>> authorities in lower merion closer to figuring out the person behind some disgusting behavior at the public library. surveillance footage shows the man suspect of defecating in the stairwell at the the library. he is first seen walking through light bare i and then to the scene of the crime. officials sent out e-mails to people who use the the library, alerting them to the incident. >> i think it is insane that someone pooped on the stairs when we have a lovely bathroom about ten steps away from the the staircase. >> unbelievable. very strange. >> police say they have gotten a number of leads and could name the suspect as early as this morning. he faces criminal mischief charges. >>> 4:22. eagles making more moves for next season, will our quarterback stay or go? howard eskin has more on the future of sam bradford. >>> plus. >> pokemon taking over super bowl 50, why we may be talking about the the cartoon character, more than the game. >>> also. >> your winning lottery numbers. >> thank you you. >>> good morning, i'm howard eskin. eagles have players that they want to sign, zach

in lower merion, there are people out there on montgomery avenue we see a few people walking, but everybodying our advice staying in, make another cup of coffee and get hot chocolate, keep it on "action news" and stay in it's the safest thing you can do. >>> so many people all our viewers have helped us in covering the snowstorm already sending us pictures and videos. join the action at 6abc.com, that's the e-mail address or use #on twitter 6abc action. we'll be back. >>> welcome back this is new on "action news," the action cam was in atlantic city this morning as firefighters rescued people from the 400 block of drexel avenue. the street has turned into a river of icy water. the national guard had to use humvees to help firefighters evacuate people safely from their homes. >>> let's turn to chris sowers outside, the coastal flooding looks like it is getting bad already, chris. >>> this is the first of three high tides that we're concerned about, as we flip it over to double scan live and set it in motion, the main reason we're seeing the flooding, the area of low pressure is off to the so

. >> nbc 10 here at a playground in lower merion today. the mild temperatures brought a few kids out to enjoy the swings. it's always nice when you don't need the gloves. a lot of kids, i'm sure, enjoying being able to be outside and not be freezing today. there he goes down the slide, but we are going to get colder into the end of the weekend, so for now we are staying mild tonight and tracking rain moving in. we have rain overnight tonight and some of it is going to be heavy. live look in the poconos, blue mountain ski resort looking down at the skiers and snowboarders right now, but come tonight the rain will move in and for the poconos we expect it to be changing over to wet snow there. i'll show you that in a second. otherwise we have another cold blast coming in time for martin luther king day for monday, very cold and windy and that wind is going to make it feel like the teens again. the average high 40 degrees today, got to 53. tomorrow once the rain leaves we'll be in the low 50s, but look at the drop sunday, upper 30s, and by mon

a wreck in lower merion along haverford road at andover road and of course the veep, vice president joersity city at penn this evening so right now expect restrictions along civic sent boulevard and then in a few hours when we see him move back toward the airport we'll see closures once again on the schuylkill, the platt bridge as well as night. because of his visit four of the septa bus routes are running with detours routes 30, 40, 42 and lucy route. we have a crash in plymouth township on ridge pike and by the sunoco in whitpain a wreck along 202 dekalb pike at 73 skippack pike. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the 5 o'clock hour. >> matt see you then. >>> meteorologist adam joseph standing by with that exclusive and wet accuweather forecast coming up next. >> ♪ >> yes, it's going to rain a little bit but it's friday. you made it to the weekend. you get a couple days to enjoy it. >> some people have three days to enjoy the holiday weekend. it starts wet but first thing when we wake up tomorrow morning most of the rainy is out of here so overall it's a dry weekends despite at

on to 422 eastbound in upper merion, this is between trooper and route 23 an accident just cleared here we had a ton of accidents this morning as rain was quite heavy but 422, now is in good shape. again, you know there is reduced visibility so dent rush things and take your time this morning. couple traffic notes a 5-mile an hour speed restriction in effect on the new jersey turnpike between delaware memorial bridge and 195 and speed reduced to 35 miles an hour on the commodore barry bridge due to the weather. that is the latest from the traffic center i'm ann evans now nicole back to you. >>> pope francis first book will hit store shelves this week, the the name of god is mercy, that is title, a 100 page conversation with italian journalist andrea, it will be released in 86 countries tuesday to kick start the pontiff's holy year of mercy. in the the book the pope insists that his new infamous, who am i to judge comment about gays was nearly repetitious of the church's teaching on homosexuality. >> the pope says he was merely reciting what the catholic church says which is that gays sh

nbc 10 on old lancaster avenue in lower merion township where this pup put on an extra layer to keepday. do not leave the animals outside tonight. you definitely do not want to do that. it is going to be very cold again, the wind is going to be up, so it's going to keep feeling colder. aside from this we're talking about a winter storm as we approach friday night and going into saturday. closer look at the timing, though, as we get closer to the end of the week, then we'll have a better idea exactly when it will be moving in friday, but there is a little model uncertainty, small shift in the track could mean a change across the area as far as who sees the heaviest snowfall. we expect snowfall, accumulating snowfall across the area, but it's really a matter of who's going to get the heaviest. it is still windy outside, here's a live look, 28 degrees right now in philadelphia, winds are sustained close to 15 miles an hour, gusting closer to 25 and 30 miles an hour, making it feel like 17 degrees in philadelphia. and this feels like temperature, that's been the big story over the past f

. >>> lower merion police say they have made a 10 a tiff identification of the man accused of of defecatingnside a public library. you saw this story here on fox 29 yesterday. police say the man pictured here entered stairwell of the library in bryn mawr and relieved himself in a stairwell. police have not released the name of the man as of yet. >>> hover boards of course were hot gifts over the holidays but some may be wishing santa had never left the gadget under their tree. fox 29's joyce evans is here with a look how dangerous they can be. joyce. >> like anything that's cool and brand new, people have got to have it. but doctors say what they're seeing as a result of it injury after injury. they say hoverboard fun can go really bad really fast. >> i'm not a big fan. >> reporter: andrew mill sap's mom and dad said no to one of the hottest gifts over the holiday season. >> we joked mr. and mrs. safety so we're always the ones that don't let our kids get that stuff. (laughter). >> reporter: so the 14-year-old took another approach. >> i was at new year's eve party and someone there brought

risk for showers, that is expected to happen by late-morning here and find outside in bourne 39 , merion 33, marshfield 33 , under partly to even mostly cloudy skies and couple breaks in the cloud cover left south of the pike, boston cloud and he 31, wayland 23 and worcester 29 and same in shrewsbury to 20 in townsend, only 10 in keene and end up filling in for all of us and 39 and increasing clouds i was mentioning, even couple rain drops by lunchtime and this afternoon watch out for pockets of drizzle and not everybody rain showers and break that down and less than ten and, julie, let's get back to you on where roads stand right now. how are things looking. one is on 93 south through medford, average speeds about 14 miles per hour as you approach somerville. pike though moving along fine, and weston tolls and volume, this is the heaviest we have seen through brighton right now. expect we will stay this way through 9:15 and then started to >> sara: >> jessica: police going through that video and other pieces of evidence some from the victim's car as soon as possible man jumped out of hi