earlier this year the monroe county board of county commissioners took action that sets new standards for determining elevation of future county road improvement projects to account for future sea level rise. this is a problem my district is already facing. the 2015 king tide led to flooding that lasted more than three weeks in several neighborhoods, causing damage to hometowns homes and businesses and leaving my constituents unable to move freely to and from their homes. mr. speaker, few cities or counties around the united states are as advanced in sea level rise planning and implementation as monroe county. i'm grateful for their leadership and am committed to continuing to support their efforts any way i can here in washington. from advocating for transportation infrastructure research grants that will help ensure we have the best engineering at our disposal, to working with my fellow members of the climate solutions caucus to discuss and build consensus for proposals that will mitigate the effects of rising sea levels. it is critical we continue to work toward a infrastructure pa

saturday monroe county and generally light icing and still could lead to slick conditions up in the poconoegion. so showers around tonight. rain intensifies and just through the day tomorrow if you're out tomorrow morning you think, wow, it's miserable out here and by lunchtime it's worse and by evening commute that will be worse of. it it gets worse throughout day. good news is most of the weekend is dry. after a shower saturday mornin morning. and but we have another rainstorm to talk about next week. late monday into tuesday. so, the grass is going to be loving all the rain. but we have to be out in it. it's not going to be a cake walk. >> it's even worse. >> it's getting worse. >> okay. kate. >> don up next in sports. >> one philly breaks down in tears. we'll tell you why. plus, fights and slap shots. flyers and islanders get feisty in south philadelphia. >> lot of action going on tonight. >> the list is impressive and if you have a goal and assist and fight somebody that's called a gordy hall hat trick. flyers channeling an all timer tonight. islanders and dale weiss out early scores

flood watch in effect for today and tonight for that area and monroe county under a freezing rain advisoryatures below freezing at higher elevations and travel will get very tricky. plenty more rain on the way. even the possibility of some thunderstorms whicin wia right e had some steady rain as we look here around dover, delaware, and, little bit to the north of that, that is lower, new castle county and that rain stretches in salem, cumberland counties in new jersey. here's where we will see pink in mount pocono, so you have to be careful traveling around in the pocono mountains on untreated surfaces for sure. then we will have rain in vineland, millville and little bit left over at new jersey shore. don't worry more is coming. it will be the lightes area, time period, where there is lightes rain because it will get heavier and heavier, maryland rate, throughout the afternoon, say lunchtime on and then just in time for evening rush hour heaviest rain will arrive through the evening, so if you are planning a day out, a night out, make sure you are prepared for possibility. we could get as

that will sneak in the poconos and that is why we have a winter weather advisory for carbon and monroe countiesthis afternoon but for us today, 55 d a few cloud around but all and all a little bit milder then yesterday and we have milder temperatures in the seven day forecast, coming up, karen. >>> breaking news this morning , so much breaking news but we have a shooting death of a man in east oak lane, we know this happened last evening at intersection right there of fifth and 65th street s, detectives are trying to figure out who did this and why they did that. >>> more breaking news out of maple shade, new jersey officials right now investigators at fox meadow apartments, two people have died there. we still do not know how or how many details, steve keeley is working this one, steve. >> reporter: this just happened at 9:00, so dot math. eight a burlington county prosecutor's office has a command vehicle here and since stuff like this, no serious crimes, in deaths, mystery deaths happen in these sleepy suburbs just over the bridge from philadelphia,paments, defeo the prosecutor's office, for

check it out, heavy snow coming down, monroe county.affic news. >> how around traffic? mike problems over there. >> yes, let's talk about what's going on outside. i can tell you right now the snow coming down, visibility issues will play a factor have, to add little extra time to your commute. good news, seeing string of action, one of those accidents had actually moved out of the way. but i want to gave you a live shot here. a look at the 42 freeway, creek road, pushing in the northbound direction 295, see how busy it is going there. not only are you traveling slow at this point, because lot of places get being speed restrictions? play. first, weaver this accident route one baltimore pike, hickory hill road, right lane blocked. take a look at this, how slow moving it is, traveling 10 miles per hour, i guarantee slow, when you actually pull up to the area. another accident here: new jersey turnpike between the pa turnpike and nyc, 20 miles per hour drop, will really slow you down in those areas. basically, just take it easy out there. l

there will be an area for northern lehigh county, northern north hampton county, carbon and monroe counties where you could find 16 to 20 inches of snow. something to watch as we get closer to the storm. the rain/snow line will be key in the location of the mixed precipitation, it will impact the snowfall totals on the lower or the higher amount. thunder snow is likely, one to two inches per hour. we could see 20 inches of snow north and west. sleet could be mixing in at the height of the storm before it changes over to snow. sun to clouds, we're dry, 36. heavy snow sleet and wind on the way tomorrow. big concern at the coast, as well. high of 34. cold with a leftover snow shower after the storm, in the 30s the rest of the week. >> we'll get an update in the next half-hour, and every hour throughout the day. a quick break when we come right back. stay with us. he wouldn'help me.itting us. i'm scared. it hurts. he told me not to tell. make the call. make the call ...before it's too late. suspect it? report it. make the call. 1-800-932-0313 paid for with pennsylvania taxpayer dollars. the sto

it triggered a 48 day manhunt for frein and they searched pike and monroe counties for weeks. when frein was captured. police say he confessed and the self described survivalist and military reenactor, told investigators that the fatal shooting of dixon was an assassination and wanted to start a revolution and quote, wake people up. >> jury selection is a slow process here and questions were asked of the jury by the judge today. they need to pick a jury of 12 and six alternates as well. and of the jurors here in chest ever county they are questioning, 71 of them are aware of the case because of television and prosecution is seeking the death penalty in this case and the 104 were asked do they have moral qualms of posing such a sentence. of those number 38 said they would have problems imposing the death penalty in any case. live in chester county, channel 6 "action news." >>> two pennsylvania state troopers were hurt and two are in custody after a chase and crash on i-95. this is where it all ended at the intersection of of madison and east streets in chester, the suv sped off

we have a winter weather advisory for carbon monroe counties from 8:00 to 1:00 p.m. of the possibility of the rain that will get being a little bit frozen up to the north. we have got 47 degrees around here by lunchtime topping off at five, little bit more comfortable then past couple of days sunset time 7:17. seven day is coming up. >>> police are investigate the shooting death of the man that happened in east oak lane, late last evening at intersection of the fifth and 65th streets. police are trying to figure out who dit and what a motive may be working on that one and also there is more breaking news this one comes from new jersey out of maple shade where investigators are at fox have found two people dead.y lets get out to steve keeley with what we know so far, steve. >> reporter: just less than 10 minutes over betsy ross or tacony palmyra bridge here fox meadow on route 73 next to that relatively super new wawa here across from the maple shade water tower. 9:00 last night. seven and a half hours ago where police here found two dead in this first floor apartment

temp drop there and that means we'll have the risk for freezing rain in portions of especially monroe countys we go through so this is just going to intensify overnight, showers leading to some steadier rall. your morning commute is wet. pockets of steadier rain here and there and it's just light to moderate rain for the most part for morning commute and then increases in intensity. another noon raining -ly the heaviest yellow and orange shade are here indication of heaviest rainfall rates and that comes in tomorrow afternoon. 3 p.m. it's pouring. 5 p.m., it's even worse and that's just going to slow down the evening commute. heavy rain maybe a rumble of thunder and this starts to lift out ybe this timw night and here's 11:00 tomorrow night still dealing with shift north and eat and even 2 a.m. still wet weather and this surday maybe late day gets out breaks of sun 5 p.m. clearing and gradual clear as this storm moves out this weekend. so, breaking it down. periods of rain. heaviest in the afternoon. one an a half to 2 and a half inches and over three in a couple spots her d poor drainage fl

ocean county included as well and winter weather advisory to the north in the mountains and in monroe county there is a freezing, rain advisory, this is where it will get tricky in the mountains with the temperatures close to freezing and travel could be quite slippery, up there, throughout the day-to-day and what we have, it is a lot of rain on the way, if you are in the dry spell right now don't rest on your laurels because more is coming, we will see where heavy downpours are, we have heavier rain, south of philadelphia, across, the river, in new jersey, parts of the camden county and gloucester county and we will move down to the shore and we will see quite a bit of rain in cape may county and parts of the delaware getting rain, as well in the southern two counties of delaware. looking at the future cast it is with us on and off throughout the day-to-day particularly heavy rain, after lunchtime through the evening commute and you know, i friday evening commute is a mess, in good weather, so, just factor in all of these heavy downpours after a day of rain, the ponding, hydroplaning on the

part of river road in monroe county will be shut down for the next several weeks that drivers don't squashmphibians. the national park service closed the road during mating season in 2003. i'm telling them to keep it clean. the road closureses in february or earlier or before. >> we're thinking about st. patrick's day, they are thinking about valentine's day. >> reporter: let's look at the roads, i-95 at cottman, that's southbound traffic at your right, heading toward center city, moving nicely, we've got light volume on a friday morning we're dry currently on i-95. david will tell you about snow showers coming your way, but looking good for now on i-95. no major problems as you step out the door. >> reporter: cold below the freezing mark, 7:00 a.m., 33 degrees, you will want the winter coat as you head out the door. 3:00 p.m. we'll get a high of 40 degrees. it's not overall that bad of a day to go out to the market or get stuff done. during the afternoon we'll have wet snow showers coming through, obviously with temperatures as mild as this, these will not do anything to the roads other t

the snow showers parts of delaware like we didn't have enough today, as far as snowfall total, monroe county picking up 19 inches. lehigh county picking up over 15 inches, bethlehem 14, drexel hill five and a half inches of snowfall, more coming up in a little bit later in the show. also along the i95 corridor we saw snow. we saw sleet. we saw freezing rain, we saw an ice accumulations delaware three ten. of an inch of ice, county buy t.2, winds speeds don power lines, check out some of the rainfall totals, two, three, four inches of rain in atlantic city, breaking a daily rainfall record, and everyone despite the precipitation you saw, saw the gusty winds, well into the 40 miles per hour range, upwards of 60 miles per hour along the coast, the concern, the falling temperatures, temperatures down into the 20's, for tonight and tomorrow morning, slush and snow freezing and icy conditions on untreated roads, use extreme caution through the day tomorrow, high temperatures aren't going to get above freezing >> if you plan to dig your car out. the snow is hard as ice because of the temperature pl

allentown picking up close to 5 inches of snow, it is starting to taper off as well, sailorsberg monroe county 6 inches of snow king of prussia montgomery county three and a half, chester county picking up close to 4 inches of snowfall and delaware county and wayne over 3 inches of snow what to expect this afternoon that widespread snow will come to an end from west toe over the next couple of hours but then we will see snow squalls re develop in the afternoon with some gusty wind, and temperatures near 32 degrees. that means tough conditions, still, as we look ahead to our evening commute. >>> all right, lauren, thank you. >>> in other news this noon republican plans to repeal and replace affordable care act has cleared two house committees and could be up for a vote in the full house in the next few weeks. today president is meeting with the group of g.o.p. committee members and white house to drum up support for the legislation. vice-president pence is meeting with anti abortion groups, to reassure them that the bill will defund planned parenthood, democrats say that will hurt woman. >> wom

we also have in monroe county a freezing rain advisory in effect. lets look at radar plenty of rain on the way, snow to the north of us, in upstate new york and new england if your traveling taking you north this weekend you have to be aware of that. for us it is mild enough, just barely that it is only rain that we're seeing on radar. we will go north. that is where we will probably see some freezing rain around mount pocono area, higher elevations have temperatures around freezing. we will get down to newark, delaware home to the blue hens and they are getting rain this morning as well, down in southern new jersey cumberland county get something very moderate, steady rain and some moderate rain in cape may, and in new jersey, as well. so, for this morning, we will have the showers, around but the really heavy rain,ov afterne rain and then we will have those heavier downpours, toward the evening, just in time for evening rush hour, so be prepared for that, and here's a new computer model, just predicting possibility of e places aren't medicine tro

but overnight tonight even though it looks liken up in the poconos we will have rain n carbon monroe countyatching us there watch out for freezing rain at on set. every where else is just rain but chilly raw rain and that will continue through the day. notice, about this same time tomorrow, the whole region may not being enveloped in heavy rain but that will happen with time though and we will at lee have some rain to track through morning drive but p.m. rush that likely end up with the war of it. look at this rain coming in. this is a model. these pockets may be more, you know, scattered or in different placement but everybody will get hit by this and it lasts a good portion of the day. umbrellas in short are required, and even in the saturday morning this may still be lingering extra showers before skies gradually begin to clear. here's the bullet points. period of rain, heaviest coming in the p.m. hours at leann inch, locally an inch and a half plus and there is a possibility of the initial icing in the poconos. we will do nothing better than lower 50's for highs, a raw feeling, you will

70's but with that light freezing rain tomorrow we have a winter weather advisory carbon and monroe counties from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. heading in to next week that stalled front will stick around, sunday, monday, tuesday we are trending more cloudy, showers around each day possibly a thunderstorm on monday, doesn't look like a total wash out not talking heavy flooding rain any of these days but scattered showers sunday, monday, tuesday, at lee temperatures will be above average so it is a little bit of the trade off here. fifty-four tomorrow with the midday shower and then sun returning. saturday generally dry further south more sun you'll see heading on the to the poconos pick up a shower. sunday times of light rain, monday, showers, tuesday, showers, could be a sprinkle wednesday so it is typical march pattern for end of the month but we are not talking about anymore days in the 40's or nights in the 20's. >> we will take that. >> thanks kate. >>> don's up next with sports. >> we have action on the ice tonight flyers have plenty of reasons to play hard, playoffs are on the line

winter weather advisory remains for carbon, monroe counties for the next 45 minutes due to that precipitation that will taper off as we head into the next hour but in mount pocono temperatures are sub freezing but south, points and south ande those temperatures starting to climb up, as a warm front is currently making its way through the area. temperature change over the last 24 hours, because of the boundary, in millville we are up 22 degrees from this time yesterday, and we're up 15 degrees in dover. as we head in the next couple of hours, conditions are actually going to be improving we will see cloud starting to break down a little bit for 5:00 o'clock hour near friday evening not too bad temperatures in the 50's so much more milder then what he we were feeling for yesterday evening but this warm front, it will get really confused as we head in the next couple of days, it will come back as a cold front tomorrow and then back as a warm front on monday and then back as a cold front on tuesday, so we will have time to rain, drizzle, even some thunderstorms possible and break down the time fr

through lackluster in terms every moisture content, watch for icing up around i80, poconos, carbon monroe countye winter weather advisory at 8:00 a.m. starting at 8:00 going until 1:00. quick shower shower at midday, that's t beyond that point, we are eventually going to see another front move in. that will stall to the south. that is what's going to help bring in additional disturbances down the road here, so essentially every single day bridges chance for rain, from different system moving through. none every those disturbances look like major at all. but, right into next week, with the stalled front, trend is more clouds than sun, showers around, pretty much every day, though some days drier than others, even thunderstorm threat coming our way for monday and tuesday, at this point i don't think severe threat but storm threat nonetheless. this is for you, rahel, our very own anchor running the love run sunday. >> i sure a.m. >> she will kick it out of the park, i know a lot of you are, as well. other people tweeting yesterday what's the deal with the rain sunday? here is the deal, see shower i

also, the temperature up at mount pocono, three it, you have freezing rain advisory specific to monroe countym., kids are getting out of school, you're headed home for nice relaxing weekends, it will be slow drive. you're going see very soaking rainout there. and it is widespread. no one will likely be immune. later tonight, things begin to ease up little bit. but it is not even until tomorrow morning, that we can say there is back edge to this. we should actually ends up with some sunshine by the time we hit saturday afternoon. out on the roadways here, very poor visibility is a concern. watch for road spray for now. but the heavy rain will slow you down too. and one of jim's fans on facebook actually reminded us, not only do you want to keep your vehicle distance, but using your wipers, turn the lights on, that's actually a law. make sure do you that, puddled, ponding a concern. weather having a huge impact on your commute here today. soap, tracking weather very much going together. by tomorrow showers still out there. as we said early in the morning, skies will start to clear, sunday, deep

temperatures and once again there could be some sleet, maybe some freezing rain in carbon and monroe countiesarly on your friday. so friday morning it's a cold start right around freezing along the i-95 corridor. upper 30s down the shore but watch that moisture kind of moving in between, say, nine and 11am you can see the pink that is the mix precipitation there as those temperatures will be right around freeze for sections of pocono mountains. we might see a sprinkle move tour the i-95 corridor but not a lot of moisture with this system. mainly just cloud cover to start and then afternoon sunshine look at those temperatures recovering nicely into the low and perhaps even mid 50s across the i-95 corridor. that will be right around average for this time of year. and then temperatures soar as we head toward your saturday. look at 3:00 o'clock. 73 in trenton. what about 71 doylestown. over to pottstown but notice the cooler temperatures down the shore. so it will be milder inland. but yeah only 50 at 3:00 o'clock saturday in atlantic city low 60s perhaps in wildwood. but look at the 70s elsewher

posted for monroe county.s way up in the poconos, but the reason i bring it up, i was just looking at thermometer readings, this goes until 6:00 . currently the temperature at mount pocono 32. so you will have to deal with possibility of maybe some sleet. but specially freezing rain, especially in the highest terrain, too, if that's where your travels take you. trust me, this is no picnic for anyone. we're looking at cup old of inches out of this before it is said and done. temperature at best gets in the low 50's, so it is raw, really chilly outside. the flooding concerns continues all day long. there is at least couple of bright spots in this forecast. tomorrow, we should brighten up through the day for some late day sun. sunday is the gem of the weekend. but there is actually two more systems to track. one monday night into tuesday, and possibly again by thursday. so it is like the every other day plan that we're on here it seems, meisha. >> what do they say? april showers bring may flowers, not quite april

the snow showers parts of delaware like we didn't have enough today, as far as snowfall total, monroe county picking up 19 inches. lehigh county picking up over 15 inches, bethlehem 14, drexel hill five and a half inches of snowfall, more coming up in a little bit later in the show. also along the i95 corridor we saw snow. we saw sleet. we saw freezing rain, we saw an ice accumulations delaware three ten. of an inch of ice, county buy t.2, winds speeds don power lines, check out some of the rainfall totals, two, three, four inches of rain in atlantic city, breaking a daily rainfall record, and everyone despite the precipitation you saw, saw the gusty winds, well into the 40 miles per hour range, upwards of 60 miles per hour along the coast, the concern, the falling temperatures, temperatures down into the 20's, for tonight and tomorrow morning, slush and snow freezing and icy conditions on untreated roads, use extreme caution through the day tomorrow, high temperatures aren't going to get above freezing >> if you plan to dig your car out. the snow is hard as ice because of the temperature pl

snow cover from anything that was nature made is really starting to dwindle, even across carbon, monroe countyeft at this point. our temperatures will remain pretty mild for the most part. interesting, still couple of of mounds of snow left outside pleasant valley middle and high school. what you will notice, you can actually see the campus, obviously the sun not up yet. under the lights you can make out the buildings and the parking lot. you won't enable to do that everywhere, as go into philadelphia. even the city, we have very poor visibility across these regions shaded in the gray because there is a dense fog advisory posted for very poor visibility, that's easily times. so you will need to slow down for that reason also the showers moving through. but just talk about the severe weather. the system that brought it in. nothing severe here. just going to have to deal with more news and travel with fog and also the showers. i think the shower actually linger into good portion of the early afternoon. then weaver another rounds of rain and storms headed our way. right now bringing very heavy th

clouds, notice the pink though, just cold enough, again, winter weather advisory up in carbon monroe counties, the rest of the poconos for but this is just a shower in the city. then it is gone. so unless you're trying to dine he will frost co-for lunchtime i think you're good. there are supports that don't even get any rainout of us here today. tomorrow the clouds quickly thicken, north of they. cy, and point south i think you stay dry just with clouds. but meantime today, it is beginning to rebounds. so expect some sun to be filtered through the clouds, 54 degrees the expected hi, later tonight we drop down to 47, under partly cloudy sky, quite mild at that 47 agree low. that's what sends us up to seven open by tomorrow. we are going to stay pretty mild for the standards into next week, notice it, doesn't actually brighten up, until wednesday, mesh. >> katie thank you so much for that. good morning, there is really no easy transition for this. we are just getting sad words into the traffic department right now this accident on the schuylkill is fatal. it is indeed fatal. this is an accident

north and west already winter weather advisory posted for monroe county, lehigh county down towards lancaster county up for tomorrow into tomorrow night and believe it or not for accumulatioaccumulateing snow nt of philadelphia. see the precipitation back to the south and west? this is running into a lot of dry air. i don't think it will fall from the sky. at least until after midnight. but the problem child for this weekend up toward the northern plains and midwest. this is an area of low pressure that's going to come sweeping off the great lakes. come into the area as we go into tomorrow afternoon providing us snow and rain mixture, but then things take a turn for the worst as this storm comes off the coast, brings in lot of cold air from northern new england back into the adirondacks and allows for snow to fall across the delaware valley. so look at fox future cast tod today. around 5:00 in the morning we'll watch some snow showers developing far to the north into the west but as we go through the afternoon it's a cold rain. it is nasty all day. north and west you'll get into some wet snow

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the rain is blossoming to the northern and freezing rain in the higher terrain in the poconos in monroe countye morning, scattered showers south of philadelphia and steady light to moderate rain especially north and west of the city in the morning rush hour. and things intensify in the afternoon that is when we see it pouring here in philadelphia down to the shore as well as the lehigh valley. the yellows and oranges and we continue to see torrential rain into friday night. if you have friday plans in the city or suburbs you'll need a golf umbrella you can turn to the side. because it's a driven rain. we are talking about impressive amounts many locations picking up a couple of inches of rain friday into saturday morning, some areas could see over 2 inchs of rainfall. so we are talking about the commutes tomorrow and it will be a tough go both in the morning and afternoon. but especially in the evening rush hours that is where we give the red light with heavy rainfall and ponding on the roadways that will kind of really pull the traffic and speed times down quite a bit here during that rush th

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it depends on your location and dealing with heavy rain and 7:30 tomorrow morning, up near monroe countynd there could be freezing rain tomorrow morning and for the rest of us the rain starts to increase across the area here so we'll be wet for your morning rush and it looks like light to moderate rain and the heavy rain pulls into during the afternoon hours and the evening commute at 5:00 it will be pouring buckets around here and ponding on the roadways for the evening rush and definitely want to allow extra time and not much in the way of improvement at 11:30 tomorrow night as the steady and heavy rain pushes through, a raw east wind that drives right through us. 10 to 20 miles per hour. and inch nature to two inches of rain and heaviest in the afternoon and evening and watch for the delays with ponding on the roads but as bad as we feel like we'll have it. imagine being in the central and southern new england from boston to burlington a half foot to foot of snow for the month ahead. as we look at the four day at 4:00, a wind driven rain at 49 and cloudy in the afternoon and not the b

rest of the day to day lasting into tonight, and we have, a freezing rain advisory in effect for monroe county, this area, really rest of the higher elevations up here where is there also winter weather advisory to the north of monroe, anyway these places will be experiencing temperatures that are pretty close to freezing and they could be very slippery so watch out for freezing rain and worse then the rain we will be getting. even if you are getting a break right new there is a whole lot more rain then that is on the way. as we head in closer we will see new castle county delaware right around bear getting rain , and a lot of southern new jersey. here in philadelphia, it is a little bit dry at the moment and we will see a lot of rain along the new jersey shore from atlantic city down to cape may heavy downpours there as well. so there will be a possibility of some minor flooding, at high tide at the shore but war will be probably north and west of philadelphia, as far as heavy downpours. we will get a taste of the big system coming in. here we are at 1:00 in the afternoon and we are seeing he

waking up watching us right now we're watching it move in, north and west, in particular, carbon, monroe county toward the poconos, starting to try and snow as we move toward sections of allentown, also into berks county. dry, quiet outside of our studios, and temperatures still well above freezing. take a look at this, 45 degrees right now, wind out of the northe at 12 miles an hour, look at that feels like temperature factoring in the wind, it feels like upper 30's so temperatures dropping, cold front, it has already moved through. we're talking 27 in the poconos. upper 30's in the pottstown area temperatures right now millville, right around 43 degrees. so here's the bottom line as we go hour by hour, by 9:00 o'clock we are looking at that snowfall in philadelphia, temperatures around 36 degrees , by noon, temperatures, still in the upper 30's but yes, we're still dealing with that snowfall. in the afternoon even, we could see a snow squall across the area, temperatures top out right at 41 and then by 7:00 temperatures in the upper 30's. as we go hour by hour watch the clock and watch that p

shower mixed with maybe some freezing rain, especially in the mountainous regions of carbon and monroe county freezing rain advisory. but for our general viewing area, it is dry. those brief showers are mainly to the north and west. and then that front excels north of new york city in the afternoon. sunshine returns tomorrow afternoon, and with the return of sunshine, breaking out friday afternoon into the early evening hours, those temperatures will bounce back to near normal in the middle 50s. but struggling out of the 30s and 40s in the morning with those clouds being very stubborn. they on saturday, high pressure is to our north. this is going to push a front through the second half of the weekend. but it doesn't for saturday. and that means saturday warm, 18 degrees above average. a lot of the high clouds. if you're thinking of heading to the shore, bring a jacket. only 50s right along the immediate shoreline because of an earl wind. the -- easterly wind. this brief shower, late returning sun, 55. very warm saturday. cooler at the shore. sunday, a cool breeze sets in. an easterly wind cl

but there is winter weather advisory that takes effect as of 8:00 this morning for carbon monroe countiesrth. headed up to i80, watch for little built every icing. wouldn't be much. meisha as you well know, you don't need much icing for there to be some slick travel issues. >> yes, i know, just little bit can reek havoc. thank you so much, good morning, everyone, happy friday to you. so if you are just waking up with us, it has been very busy morning in the world of travel. particularly, disheartening news, a fatal crash here on the schuylkill westbound, the off ramp to the boulevard. that ramp is closed. we have live chopper three over us right now. you can see, i will say, they're making progress, it looks like the crews are getting this remedy, and one drive, tos is being towed out the boulevard, is going to be your best bet around this. you want to avoid the area at all costs. but if you can't, your alternate like i said is going to be kelly drive to the boulevard. now another accident that's out here as well schuylkill eastbound asbell month avenue. you can see the flashing lights, b

i thank monroe county ducks unlimited for their conservation efforts and i will work to ensure that future generations can enjoy our precious resources just like we do today. a point of personal privilege i welcome my newest granddaughter born less than two hours ago in africa. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> permission to address the house the one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. >> mr. speaker, a few weeks ago i spoke in this chamber about the threats made against the jewish community centers and this week we have taken bipartisan action to address these threats. as members of congress, we have a responsibility not only to speak out against hate, but to take real action to put an end to bigotry and violence. i joined with a bipartisan group of my colleagues introducing the faith-based center protection act and i thank senator heinrich. our bill provides $20 million in additional funding to the department of homeland

continues to 1:00 for carbon and monroe counties in our neck of the wood. it does include northern and central pennsylvania, as well, and then we will see the threat, for some scattered showers and temperatures will be very close to freezing at that time in our far northwestern suburbs, meaning that the threat for freezing rain or freezing drizzle. here we go at 10:00 a.m. mostly staying to the north. is there pink around poconos, ice, possibly less than .5 of an inch of ice out there. not much but as we head through the afternoon, couple of stray rain showers, could even impact the city. then by 2:00 we will clear it out, get some sun back, saturday more cloud then sunshine but warm, it is cloud which a couple of rain showers , and poconos. further south you go better chance you have to see some sun on saturday. what to expect for your friday , mainly southern poconos between nine and 1:00 light sleet and freezing rain, up to a tenth of an inch at best. half that for most of us. there is a big rebound. we start today in the mid 20's in philadelphia but by

for ocean monmouth the shore for weekend get away we do also have freezing rain advisory for monroe countyifferent resort towns here, off to chilly very raw start here in philly, it is 39. luckily, that is just mild enough that we don't have to worry about any freezing on contact when the rain returns. however, it is so dreary outside. that the day ahead, promises to bring obviously rounds of soaking rain, i -- heavy, and very widespread, too, no one will be immune to this. interestingly, we've got additional chances for some pretty soaking rain down the road here. next rounds looks like it would commas early as monday night. lingering into tuesday. and then, beyond that point, even thursday meisha, promises more rain, so, spring is here. it is coming in with a bang. >> yep. it certainly is. thank you so much, katie. good morning, tgif. never fun waking to up hear news of all of the rain coming down, and then have to leave early. but you will have to leave early. take a look at this, look at the schuylkill eastbound past university ave. we had disable bus here that's been cleared. but you

but there's a winter weather advisory for freezing rain up in the poconos, monroe county, 8:0g through0 p.m. saturday afternoon. but for most of us we're looking a morning shower north andest of philadelphia. most areas will stay dry. that brief mixing in the lehigh valley. light icing in the poconos. behind it temps go into the 50s with sun returning friday afternoon. alicia, when i come back, we'll talk about 70s to start this weekend and then a big cooldown the second half. >> i like the sound of the 70s, adam. thank you. >>> brought in more money than expected. the city's preliminary numbers showed department collect $6.4 million for february sales. so far, the tax has brought in more than 12 million of the $91 million goal for the year. opposition remains stiff with boths. heco and coca-cola now distributing smaller sized products in the city. >>> all right. let's get a first look at the "action news" traffic report. >> let's get people home tonight. matt pellman in the traffic center with a look the at commute. >> uh-oh. >> and what do you say we send them away schuylkill express

the camelsville university lady tigers are also coached by monroe county girl, ginger kohl vin. the camelsville lady tigers have been one of the most dominant college girls basketball programs in the naia over the past 20 years. camelville university is one of kentucky's finest educational institutions and i'm very proud that camelville is in the first congressional district of contract c thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. kennedy, for five minutes. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, a few months ago a woman from my district walked into my office and told me about her daughter. a young lady diagnosed with acute mental illness at just 4 years of age. a decade later, the stories that that young mom shared would break your heart. stories of countless e.r. visits endless fights with insurers and courts. her little girl being boarded at a hospital for 21 days while they searched up and down the east coast to find a bed where she could stay. at 14 years old

monroe county, poconos, 42 inches of snow. katie yesterday recalls delivering papers in the blizzards. >> you were working? >> i was working. >> kate, do you remember the blizzard. >> oh, my gosh of course i remember the blizzard. i'm weather geek. i was here. that will was a stormy first had my graph paper and my yardstick and taking hourly measurement out in my front yard, i was so excited trying to see how quickly, i remember off school for an entire week, amazing. good thing with the storm it is not the blizzard of 93. not getting snowfall apartments, all thanks to the rain snow line south and east of the rain snow line, snow totals are reduced. north and west, we're seeing the heaviest snow that jackpot zone in the lehigh valley and the poconos as we've been talking about. let's look at temperatures from our weather watchers. see the difference here, two's head north and west of the sit, 28 degrees right now as we check in with our friends barbara lane in willow grove reporting snow. dew point of 26 degrees, so that air i

the opposite e of the state to the southeast corner where funds support the health department in monroe county. so what are we voting on today? plain and simple -- this is an effort to take away women's family planning and other health care services. right now title 10 funds are awarded solely based on the provider's ability to serve the patient, as it should be. republicans want to discriminate against certain family planning services, certain providers, and reduce access to this care, frankly, based on politics or their own personal beliefs. the vote this afternoon is very simple. it's about basic health care for women. a vote yes is a vote against women in michigan and all across our country. a "yes" vote will -- a yes vote will take away health care for millions of americans. i strongly urge my colleagues to vote no. thank you, mr. president. i suggest the absence of a quorum, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the

making it to the ground, more temperatures, once we get the rain, it is not the case in carbon, monroe countiester weather advisory. for us 55 degrees. 10 degrees warmer. yeah. seventy tomorrow. back to seasonal temperatures. normal high is 56 for this time of the year. then we're back in the 60's on monday but with showers again, just like sunday and even a chance of showers on tuesday, wednesday of next week but at least temperatures are going in the right direction. >> yes, they are. >>> you go there friday, we are honoring era macing person in our community, who is may going a difference by going the extra mile each day. how do we do that? we surprise them and tell them you go there. >> jen fred getting ready in south jersey. she has a couple hints on who we are honoring this morning. hi there, jen. >> i love surprising people but i hate surprising the people because they are always surprised, it is so much fun but then it is not always so much fun. it is crazy. here is where we are. we're in gloucester county if that gives an idea. before i give you these very important tips about who this

but rain showers, i've seen couple of speckles every pink showing up, the far northern counties of carbon, monroeno region just in general here. but otherwise, it is just too warm right now for us to have to deal with anything other than rain showers. and so much of the snow has had a chance to melt away. certainly around philadelphia, your commute is looking so much more quiet, in that regard, you don't have much snow, even on the side after highway at this point. let's walk through future weather. this thing is initializing very, very poorly, however, what i did want to show you is how things will be clearing out. so there should and lot more speckles of green on future weather for 4:00 a.m. specially by comparison to what we currently have on the radar. but with that said, you're still going to find clouds. still going to find some scattered showers, even tail end of the commute, things do begin to clear out with every passing hour from that point on. so by noontime, starting to see the breaks in the clouds, back toward the lehigh valley, berks county, for example, and then the rest of the day

county at 13.3. there were place necessary carbon, monroe that ended up with upward of 2 feet of snow like mount poconoelf. pike creek, new castle county 4.4. we had gone three to six there that verified as did buena vista. even though it was mainly rain and freezing rain, of that storm system. it started off with 1.1 inches of snow. we called one to three. it was a forecast that was changeable, but it still ended up producing what we had called for. i will pat my own self on the back on that one. looking at storm scan three residual cloud and moisture, wrapping around, the storm system, as it continues to make its full exit. what that will mean is cold wind from the northwest, cold air being funneled from the northwest and additional snow squalls, or showers throughout the day. there is a winter weather advisory extended since eight, for most of the southeastern pennsylvania, we will talk about the wind in a second. it is mainly toward second half of the day but as early as late morning, parts of the the counties surrounding the delaware valley could have a few snow showers. note is what happened as w

6:45, a winter weather advisory already up for tomorrow morning for the counties you see highlighted, berks, lehigh, carbon, monroe, the northern part of montgomery and bucks. now, as future computer models come out, we could see this extended little bit further south, but where we expect the most accumulation tomorrow morning. we're talking by 4:00 a.m., the snow is spreading. it changes quickly from rain to snow, you see, temperatures are still little bit above freezing, but, it is a quick change-over with cold air rushing in. so it is starting to spread in by 4:00. and by 7:00, we're in the thick of t now with the grounds still mild, warm, after mild days, we will see in the philadelphia area, lighter accumulations, and probably, mostly on the grass. but we've got to keep an eye on it, it will be slippery regardless, we see this continuing all the way through the morning rush hour. finished by lunchtime at least around 1:00. then we have the possibility of snow showers, rain showers, and snow squawls throughout the rest of the afternoon as we get into the lower 40's, your adventurous friday. so the latest compu

plus the 51 monroe building in downtown rockville where montgomery county's child support offices are housed. police scoured the area. later cornering the man along falls road near i-270 in rockville. traffic was blocked for hours as a remote controlled bomb squad robot made its way to the man's black v.w. sedan. opening doors and scanning the underbelly. a technician then removed items from the vehicle's trunk before giving the all-clear. >> part of this may stem from a divorce. kevin: police say the man was livid about the ruling in a recent child support and custody case and the ripple effects on his life. >> he may be claiming he is not eligible for a tax return as he may be behind in child support payments. kevin: now police tell me detectives are still interviewing that man. once criminal charges are filed they will release his name and we'll learn a lot more. live in georgetown, kevin lewis, abc7 news. >> new information tonight, fairfax county police named the officer involved in the chaotic scene in january when a man shot two of his brothers and set a town home on fire in he

county. chopper6 was over the scene on cross keys road near johnson road in monroe township last night. ed why the person was hit or whether the driver will face any charges. >>> delaware county authorities are worried an admitted child sex predator had other victims they're not aware of. media police say 20-year-old hugh taussig-lux pleaded guilty to 12 crimes against children. they include sexually assaulting four girls and supplying teens with drugs and alcohol. investigators say he preyed on children at the underage parties he hosted at his east baker street apartment in media over the past two years. >> wikileaks presented information that it says exposes the cia's hacking tools. if authentic this leak would be one of the biggest breaches in the spy agency's home. the documents describe secret methods for bypassing or defeating encryption and antivirus programs on computers cell phones and even smart tvs. the white house and the office of the director of national intelligence have declined to comment on the authenticity of the files. the report raises privacy concerns and the potent

. >>> police in gloucester county are looking for the death of a person hit while crossing the street in monroe see they flew over the area as officers went to the scene. >> they will reunite with the dispatcher who helped them. they will recognize 7-year-old rocco and dispatcher wade stein for their acts of heroism. >>> now to camden county where the battle ship new jersey is being upgraded to save energy. they will announce lighting and heating changes that will save the iconic ship more than $200,000 a year. the upgrade includes a switch to natural gas heat and energy efficient l-e-d lighting. in montgomery county, trip in the toll plaza will be slowing down for about three weeks. starting later this month crews will close the easy pass express lanes so they can work on upgrading them. regular toll booths will remain open during the work. >> 4 i:48 degrees, winds are starting to pickup. >> jessica is looking at the roads. looks like we have an accident there, jess. >> we're busy this morning already. usually an early start to problems isn't that typical. in hamilton township, the new jersey

. >>> in santa clara county, an officer is now on paid leave after he shot and killed a man. it happened around 5:00 last night along deborah drive and monroe street. investigators say a woman called police because her son was behaving erratically. when officers arrived, things apparently escalated after attempts to tase the young man. the names of the officer and shooting victim haven't been released. >>> a court battle is looming for the trump administration over the new version of its travel ban. the new ban which was introduced by the president this week prevents all refugees as well as travelers from six predominantly muslim countries from traveling to the united states. a growing number of states are suing to block it. >> this new executive order contains many of the same legal weaknesses as the first. and reinstates some of the identical policies as the original. >> oregon has joined washington state and minnesota in filing suit against president trump's revised travel ban. hawaii has filed its own lawsuit against the ban. >>> arnold schwarzenegger may be back in politics. sources tell politico the former governor is considering a ru

county an officer is on paid leave after he shot and killed a man. the shooting happened around 5:00 last night along deborah drive and monroe street. investigators say the suspect's mother called police because her son was acting erratically. it is unclear what happened when officers arrived. but they tried to tase him first. then an officer opened fire and killed him. the man is in his 20s. no police officers were hurt. >>> two people are recovering in the hospital this morning after a gunman opened fire on an east bay highway causing a traffic nightmare during the evening commute. the shooting happened on i-80 in richmond near the san pablo avenue exit. kpix 5's christin ayers has the latest. >>> a minivan riddled with bullets on 80 in richmond windows blown out. the bullets started complying around 3:30. >> we have one officer inside, multiple gunshots to the head. >> copy. other victim with multiple gunshots. d before we can open up those lanes, so at least a couple hours. a couple of hours turned into several...stretchi ng well st the evening c rstate 80 remained >> reporter: neighbors heard the gunfire from their homes. >> fi

. >>> developing now in santa clara county an officer is on paid leave after he shot and killed a 20-year-old man around 5 p.m. on deborah and monroe. investigators say the suspect's mother called police because her son was acting erratically. it's unclear what exactly happened when officers arrived. but we do know they tried to tase him and then an officer opened fire and killed him. the man is in his 20s. no police officers were hurt. >>> frustration in san jose. victims packed city hall demanding answers. did anyone admit making a mistake? kpix 5's maria medina is live in san jose with more on what happened. >> reporter: this is what is left of many people's homes. it's a pile of debris. dozens packed city hall demanding answers yesterday. now, a new scathing report admits -- the city admits that they failed to warn people of the rise in water before that water reached their doors. they reride on the santa clara water district when it said that coyote creek could handle the amount of water being released from the reservoir a conclusion they now say was fundamentally flawed. >> i have really bad cough, my back hurts when i cough.