norristown is by far the biggest problem now. swede street is closed between oak street and airy street with a few alternate routes including dekalb street main street and markley street. in addition to the big closure on swede street we have other closures in the area in response to the fire in this area. airy street near swede street and barbadoes street. expect chestnut street to be closed as well. as i mentioned the majors they are looking good. a live look at the boulevard near cross street. all is quiet in both directions. >>> thank you. after decades on death row -- actually, this is the update from the fire in norristown where we just learned one person has died. >> the fire did burn out of control for some time. we do have the fire under control at this time. it is not out. we did have three civilian injuries. sorry, two civilian injuries and one firefighter injury. they are all moderate in nature. there is one confirmed resident fatality. the cause of the fire right now is under investigation by state police. the montgo

a lot of closures in norristown. one is on swede street closed because of chstestnut here. >>> and we have a deadly fire in montgomery county. >> we were the first on the scene and the flames from that fire turned deadly. we'll bring you an update from the fire chief on this scene to see what started that fire and get a live update for them coming up. >>> at 6:42 we are following several breaking news stories for you. first, we have an apartment fire on swede street. we have learned that one person was taken out of the apartment building and pronounced dead at the hospital. three others were injured, one was a firefighter, and they are said to be okay. >>> and in mercer county investigators are piecing together what happened overnight in trenton. a police officer was hit by a car, the driver kept going and the suspect's car was found a mile and a half away in hamilton township after he hit several parked cars and the suspect was shot. but we don't know who shot him. investigators are talking to the officer and the su

lets talk about the norristown area for just a moment because traveling in norristown we are still experiencinghat earlier apartment fire that has been ongoing for quite sometime. as a result of the apartment building fire we are dealing with a few closures that is swede between airy and oak west marshall between markly and dekalb and airy between swede and as for. traveling in this area i would suggest being completely a avoided but if you have to commute around norristown your best alternate within to take dekalb markly or main street all better ideas. if you are traveling in new jersey on the southbound side of the new jersey turnpike we have an accident approaching the area of 168 right lane is block as a result of that accident. traveling on route one northbound we have an overturn vehicle at quakerbridge and ramp blocked as a result of this erika. >>> if you are wondering what that noise was just so you know touring vittoria's report it was a childhood favorite toy and those popular building bricks legos they are transforming in their own works of art. this week art of the brick will be o

big problem, though, four alarm fire, overnight in norristown. steve keeley standing by, it sounds like it may be picking up again here in norristown, swayed and marshall is the location, but there are closures along airy swayed, stay with elm or main, to steve in just a minute for update on. that south on the northeast extension an accident just south of the lehigh valley a accident took down the traffic lights in mt. laurel, along route 73 southbound, right at church road, just south of the new jersey turnpike, the market frankford broad street subway all aboard, trains are running now during that 5:00 o'clock hour. and so far so good for our morning rush hour. good morning to bellmawr, new jersey, the headlight on the freeway coming in toward philadelphia, light volume right now, but again keep in mind the same drill you know the deal, the on and off ramps. if it looks wet, it is ice at 24 degrees, and live look, at the schuylkill expressway, looking fine at city line. no problems at all for the gang heading out of town, all the bridges look f

this is on swede street in norristown. that fire may have started in the basement and filled a trash shoot to the upper floors. >>> also breaking, frightening cell phone video shows an air liner crashing a across a highway in taipei taiwan. plane crashed in the river at least 15 people were killed with that death toll expected to rise. >>> developing story right now, driver of the suv and six people on a commuter train were kill in the fiery collision in the town of valhalla, north of new york city is i. the national transportation safety board is investigating. >>> 5:13 right now. katie, you were mentioning some snow today. >> we are finding on it there nothing major. the just a couple flurries or snow showers nothing that has a chance to accumulate. tomorrow we will see our next round of accumulation coming in. you can see that modest round of snowy mentioned. it just isn't much. we are talking about a few flurries. this is just on the southern most edge have of, we will call it the a disturbance. it is an area of low pr

that's right there as jillian just showed us in the heart of norristown. a lot of businesses and buildings around this apartment fire. nbc 10's jesse gary is live to tweet us what happened here. jesse? >> reporter: this apartment building is about five stories as you see the smoke rising in the back of the building. there's a partial collapse. the fire marshall says they have set up a collapse zone around the back wall as they try to make their way back there, but you can see where the flames are located right now in the back portion of the building. two or three people were taken to area hospitals from here. we do not have an injury update on that yet. 21 people were forced out and are sheltering inside a septa bus. the red cross is opening norristown high school as a temporary shelter right now. we'll try to get with the norristown chief in just a bit to get more information and have an update coming up in 30 minutes. jesse gary "nbc 10 news".." >>> now to more breaking news. this from mercer county. a trenton police officer barely escaped serious injury

now to the street closures, a big one in norristown. swede street is closed near oak street and airy street. and some of the other closures include marshall street blocked off near dekalb and markley, airy street is closed between swede and barbadoes. >>> and pothole problems have returned. in one hour last night, four drivers pulled over with flat tires after hitting a stretch of potholes on city avenue in overbrook park. something that ends up being quite costly. >> my fourth tire change today. it's just mine. >> reporter: fourth today just from this stretch? >> yes. you can see this in the parking lot. >> the bumpy part of city avenue plaguing drivers is actually directly adjacent to the stretch resurfaced last year. penndot says it will be resurfaced some time this season. >>> now to another problem caused by the weather, the streets department in philadelphia is behind on picking up trash and delays will continue this week. the department claims the backlog on last week's storm. residents should still put out trash and recycling ou

and the closures remain here in norristown. this is going to be all day-er i think here with the four alarms, airy, chestnut, swede marshall, all closed just block away from the courthouse, even if you have to go to montgomery county courthouse today in norristown, i would give yourself extra time, just block away, the fire activity, you want to use elm or main, and septa, has it four main bus routes through norristown, on a detour. mike, alex, back over to you. >> did you hear anything about something about the betsy ross bridge? >> betsy ross bridge? >> i did not. do you having? i'll check on it. >> thank you. >> he's on it. >> 7:49. if your kids like to play with leggos, are leggo bricks, singular, i guess, you got to watch this segment now. the world's largest display, and it is right here in philly. >> hey, quincey? >> we've been talking, and his story is amazing. you were a lawyer. >> right, practicing law. >> went to ny (. >> yes. >> and then you say, okay, i'm a lawyer, i'm accomplished, i want to start making leggos? >

now we're live in norristown.s." >> having problems with roads being detoured. 95 we had some snow showers light that moved through parts of the region. we're dry here at allegheny but jammed here past academy to cottman. >> snow showers pretty much done. it's cold now, 28 in philadelphia, not a lost wind so as you look at these numbers, not a lot of wind chill to deal with and today we are getting nicer. 46 noon with a mix of clouds and sun, above average for one of the first times in the last 10 days or so. last time we were this warm was about 10 days ago. >> enjoy it while it lasts. >> nice change, david. >> yes. >> that's it for us. for karen rogers matt o'donnell dave murphy on tamala edwards. we'll see in you 30 minutes with updates. >> have a good day. >> ♪♪ >> "action news" is sponsored in part by the jeff d'ambrosio auto group. destination downingtown minutes from king of prussia and the main line featuring chrysler dodge jeep ram mitsubishi fiat and vw. if you want it for less you got to see jeff >>> go

i know steve's been reporting live from swayed and marshall in norristown.tay with elm or main in to or through norristown, this morning. for the gang up in allentown southbound on the extention accident just south of the lehigh valley, in mt. laurel, southbound lanes of 73, just passed the new jersey turnpike, at church road, the right lane taken out making repairs from an overnight accident. shuttle bussing on the market frankford and subway until about 5:00. no problems on mass transit. outside to live look, good morning, 422 nice and quiet as we head around the curve there heading in toward egypt road. all of the bridges looking good and no delays at the airport. chris, lauren, back to you. >> mr. kelly, thank you zip. some students in delaware county could be back in school before labor day this year. >> usually gosh, lots of sigh's and gloom in the studio here. usually student return after labor day but because it falls so late this year, something might have to change. fox 29's shawnette wilson has the story. >> this is the traditional ends to summer

again, people that are displaced from this fire are able to go to norristown high school.s cut off to a number of homes on the 600 block of swedes road. there's septa buses on hand here for people to wait to keep warm while they figure out what to do next. for now reporting live in force turns annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> annie, thank you very much. >>> also breaking this morning a plane loses control clips an elevated roadway and plunges into a river in taiwan. more than a dozen people are believed dead. >> it's a frightening scene all caught on camera. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live in our satellite center. good morning. >> good morning. it's terrifying video matt and tam. the plane carrying 58 people crashed only about five minutes after takeoff into a river in taipei. at least 15 people have died and there's a desperate rescue effort going on right now. take a look at that video. that was dash cam video of that car traveling over the bridge and you can see as that plane wing just clips the taxi traveling over the bridge there. now, you can se

they have it is up a shelter at a norristown high school. this is still a developing story. we will get you more information and send it straight to you. live from norristown, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> right now just past 4:33, lets get back to katie good morning. >> we will look at sky cam three, we have a handfull of cloud rolling through the the area and very light snow in some spots as well. but currently at the least over center city things are quiet and it will stay that way throughout the course of the the day. we will see cloud, sun, and a mix of the two. lets talk about that snow. the it is very light. we will go to storm scan three and take you there. what we will fine going next to storm scan three we are fine something very light snow currently over maryland border into lancaster county. a a lot of this is having a hard time hitting the ground. we're getting clipped by the the southern most edge of the disturbance moving through so most of you, at least through delaware and southern new jersey will in the find anything out of this just a couple

back to you. >> firefighters still on the scene every deadly fast moving fire in norristown apartment building. >> in fact just had another hot spot 45 minutes ago. steve, what are you seeing now? >> the mother veteran firefighters out here had been to next act building before. unfortunately, the exact result, a fatal fire second time, same building called the norris here, right in the middle of the historic district. and it was a historic building. you can see the front of the building, way different than the way it was rebuilt on the side there rebuild interesting previous fatal fire t did have modern day sprinkler system, but chief explaining to me how even with sprinklers fires get into the voids and spreadment look where the firefighters are down on the first floor here, started they believe in the trash, in the basement, all of these old buildings, i lived in one. even modern billing where you live in you go throw your trash down trash chat. they think something caught on fire going down from the trash chat into the trash. and the fire spread from the basement all the way throug

the first skyforce 10 over this apartment fire in norristown. there are injuries with a shelter set up. we are awaiting updates from the fire chief on the scene. we'll go to jesse gary in just a minute. >>> just about a quarter to 5:00 this morning. we want to update you on an apartment fire where nbc 10 was the first on the scene. skyforce 10 has been live over the scene all morning. now you can see the smoke here from swede street. part of the building has collapsed and we are working to find out the condition of those injured. and officials are setting up a shelter at norristown high school. >>> and we have new details about this accident that left at least one police officer hurt. that officer was standing outside of his cruiser and was sideswiped by an oncoming car. the driver of the car left the scene and was found about a mile and a half away. and now we're learning that the driver was shot but investigators at this point aren't saying who shot him. the officers were not seriously injured. >>> and then we have this story breaking from ove

the red cross has set up a shelter at norristown high school.re told there are a number of people in this building that have physical disabilities so they're making sure those people are okay, comfortable, getting a hot meal. again we don't know the extent of the injuries of people taken from this building and we also don't know exactly how many were taken to the hospital. we're waiting to hear a briefing. you heard the fire chief right there declining to talk to us right now on camera but we're told there's expected to be a briefing within the next five to 10 minutes. we'll have much more information for you hopefully in the next half hour. for now reporting live in norristown t-annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." >> we know you will. thanks annie. >>> also breaking this morning at least 15 people are dead from a crash of a trans asia flight in taiwan. >> right now rescuers are working to pull those survivors out of a submerged plane wreck which is right now in a taipei rivers. this took off this morning on its way to a nearby island. auth

we have fire location in norristown closing a few of the streets there. so dekalb, markly main street a better idea if you are traveling at the the intersection of swede and marshall. ukee. >>> vittoria, thank you. >>> daughter of the late whitney houston and singer bobby brown remains in the medically induced comb a meanwhile her father is at the bobby christine's bedside and setting the record straight right now. brown's lawyer issued a statement saying bobby cristina was never married to nick gordon even show she made at nuns. last year and since referred to him as her husband on social media. the 21 year-old was reportedly found by gordon and a friend face down in the bathtub in her home on saturday. >>> suge knight was rush to the hospital after pleading not guilty to charges of attempted murder and hit and run. former rap mogul is accused of a fatal hit and run in amount on california. he complained of chest pain f quick knight faces life in state prison. >>> the word this morning is, grammys, we will find out sunday night which music stars take hom

in norristown we have been talking about this apartment building fire. we've got a number of closures that we're dealing with. swede street closed near airy street. airy street itself is closed near swede. marshall street is closed near markley. stick to markley street or dekalb streak and main street as your alternates to deal with these closures in norristown. we're watching for snow showers. not seeing a problem yet but we'll keep a close eye matt. >> let's stick with the fire breaking right now. we have learned one person died as flames devoured the upper floors of that six story apartment building in montgomery county. others were hurt and many more are homeless. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live on the scene in norristown with what we know. annie. >> reporter: yeah, matt, we just spoke to norristown fire chief tom o'donnell and he confirmed there is one fatality also three people injured including a firefighter. we're told as far as the injuries go the firefighter has minor injuries to his hand. one was a medical condition and the thir

. >> firefighter his to use ladders to save the residents in norristown last night. annie mccormick joins us live on the scene. >> reporter: well rick and sara, authorities have not released the name of the resident who did die in this fire. there were others injured including a firefighter but they suffered minor injuries and are okay. it's still an active scene here and the montgomery county district attorneys office continues to investigate. >> flames tore through the apartments just before 1:00 a.m. and in a few hours it hit four alarms and multiple companies assisted norristown firefighters. >> there were rescues done inside with firefighters and outside with aerial devices, crews had their hands full when they got here. >> one resident made it to the hospital but later died. two others were hurt including a firefighter. buildings on the block were evacuated. >> they were banging on the door and they said get out now. >> fire officials believe it began in the basement possibly after something went down the trash shoot the sprinklers and alarm system activated bu

it ripped threw 14084 old building on sweeter street in norristown montgomery county just before 1am.irefighters say it burned out of control for four hours before crews were finally able to get a handle on it. fox 29's dawn tim money knee is live at the scene tonight where investigators are looking in to a cause. dawn? >> reporter: well, iain, fire investigators know that it started on the second floor. they just don't know how it started. that's what they're trying to figure out this evening. but take look. the damage here is extensive. we're talking in excess of $2.5 million. as fourths who lived here, they escaped with just the clothes on their backs and a few personal belongings. this is absolutely devastating. if you can imagine waking to the smell of smoke at 2:00 o'clock in the morning and running for your life. >> reporter: that is exactly what officials say more than 20 residents of six-story norristown apartments on swedes street faced early this morning as a fierce fire raged out of control. this is cell phone video of the four alarmer. >> we were getting multiple reports

that led to douglas earhardt of norristown they first thought they were two different enterprises but phone records showed otherwise. in the analysis our detectives found links and a call to the d.a. from a man over what crystal meth did to a loved one. >> i put him in touch with our team and he was able to identify the men supplier as douglas air hard the d. arc as the arrest of the norristown men produced what is on this table guns, drugs money and a small bottle of horse tranquilizer to be used with heroin. >> this is toxic in its own right, when you look at the poison that people are putting in their system. these people do not care what they put into our community. a horse tranquilizer being used as a cutting agent. >> all face significant bail and all remain in custody at this point. a large number of people facing lesser charges in this case, we have photos of all 32 people at 6abc.com. live in norristown, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the speed limit will soon go up on parts of i-95 in delaware after del dot (s a study on vehicle speeds officials say

route 309 northbound past norristown road. we have an accident here, police are on the scene left lane car possibly spun out on the guards rail, slushy conditions going on, prime example, just to take it easy specially around some of the turns. look at the ben franklin bridge, not whole lot of traffic this morning visibility has dropped little bit. just mainly wet roads. but there are speed restrictions on the area bridges. travel times across the region, little slow in some spots, moving pretty good on 95, 295 and the turnpike, also moving okay at this point. slow on the area bridges 25-mile per hour speed restrictions on the ben franklin, betsy ross to up 35-mile per hour speed restrictions for the walt whitman bridge. further north go better chance to find some icy conditions, still accident in milford township, tractor-trailer right lane on the pa turnpike, right around the quakertown exit, and up into the lehigh valley interchange, another accident, and in rich land, another accident california road near keystone road. no

the septa norristown line has suspended service due to equipment problems. and we are hearing about a large water main break on the southbound side of the boulevard out near red line road. i'm going to gather details and bring that to you coming up in a few minutes. now it's a live start outside with icy conditions across much of the area. but of course not up there, bill. >>> temperatures are cold enough for icy spots to stay put through the morning commute, but then we'll see improving conditions during the day. i'm still tracking some wet weather. freezing rain in portions of delaware and into south jersey. though it's starting to thin out and recede a bit, right now it's in sussex county and southern kent county that is seeing that light freezing rain. and cape may, watch out for icy spots below freezing. and we have been tracking only freezing rain there. >>> scary moments for passengers aboard a flight from philadelphia to houston. details of the crash landing to leave one person hurt and dozens shaken. >>> and be careful this morning. your front steps

our coverage of the apartment fire in norristown continues at 6abc.com. you'll find the latest from the investigation as well as pictures from the scene as firefighters battled the flames it's all there at 6abc.com. >>> a routine police stop overnight ended up with two people in the hospital including a trenton police officer, two officers approached a parked car and the driver started to speed towards police and they opened fire, the suspect, jeremiah sanchez struck one of the officers with his car and that touched off a nearly two mile chase and sanchez was caught in nearby hamilton after hitting at least four other vehicles, he faces attempted murder among other charges and the officer was treated and released. >>> a philadelphia man filed a lawsuit against a tsa agent at philadelphia international airport and the city of philadelphia because of what happened at an airport screening check point two years ago. live at the airport tonight is "action news" reporter david henry, you have the full story. >> reporter: well jim we all dread the inconvenient b

hey, matt. >> reporter: hey, natasha s looks a little empty here at the salt yard in norristown.hat's because it is. all the trucks that were here a little bit earlier now have started to make their way out onto area roadways. we've got some video to show you that we shot a little bit earlier here at the salt yard. stop me if you've seen this before. a salt truck getting filled up ahead of the trip out onto streets and highways in our area. let me run through a few numbers. this is the 11th winter event that penndot has had to deal with so far this year. they've used over 50,000 tons of salt on area streets and highways. but they do have 80,000 more on hand ready to go. penndot tells us they did send crews out thursday and friday brining and salting area roadways so they do believe that they are prepared for this storm. still, they are warning drivers to be careful out on the streets tonight and tomorrow morning. today super bowl sunday we encourage motorists to exercise extreme caution and tolerance as they make their way home from their super bowl parties or wherever they're wa

that apartment building is in a busy part of norristown. there are streets in the area still closed. >> reporter: a couple of blocks away from the county courthouse. all streets around this area are blocked off. the motorists should make sure they allow extra time if they have to come to the county seat for business this morning. in the meantime fire investigators remain here on the scene. we can tell you they are examining the rear of the structure, believing preliminarily that the fire began in the rear near a trash dumpster. now firefighters took about 6 1/2 hours to totally extinguish the flames. close to two dozen people are now homeless. >> the hallway was just pitch black with smoke and as soon as you took a breath of air, your lungs filled with fire it felt like. >> reporter: that's when he realized he couldn't escape the raging inferno without the assistance of firefighters. one of the first responders captured this video of steve's rescue from the fourth floor amidst billowing smoke. >> credit goes to the firefighters who brave th

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live at the penndot salt yard in norristown diana? >> reporter: jessica, i'm standing in one of the many barns here in norristown where a few hours from now trucks will be loading up and heading out on to the road. they are expect to be between eight and 9:00 and start heading out for morning commute is what they are concerned about but they are expecting snow to fall between 9:00 and 10:00 o'clock tonight. because of the low temperatures they say it will be a little different this time. they are dropping salt but it is also a mix of aggregate the to keep those road from being too slick for that morning commute. penndot says they are ready so far this year they have only used about 88,000 tons of salt compared to last year they were already at the 140 by this time. that is the very latest from norristown, i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thanks for the the update. stay one step ahead with the winter storm with the the cbs philly weather app. it is absolutely freeze and it is available now on itunes and google will play

and in norristown everything is reopen, swede and marshall and area streets. and a crash in olney on f street near the boulevard and a wreck here from mercer county into buck county on 95 southbound, at the moment they have all the southbound lanes of 95 closed coming into pennsylvania from mercer county. use route 1 as an alternate. >> thank you sir. much more to come on "action news" tonight. as the measles outbreak continues the concern moves from kids to adults what you can do if are you worried about being protected against the disease. >>> and federal investigators get a look at the wreckage between a commuter train and a suv in new york. what they are looking for at the scene to determine what happened. >> and meteorologist, cecily tynan is back with the full accuweather forecast. >>> federal investigators are examining the burnt out wreckage of yesterday's collision between a train and an suv. the fast moving train carrying nearly 700 people on board slammed into an suv that was stuck on the trucks it struck a fire so intense. it struck the commuter tr

but up in norristown, 202 northbound at main street, traffic light malfunction if you are familiar with the area see the train tracks there, by the mcdonald's, even when things are moving smoothly, bad intersection if you know the area, but again do you have use common sense right here with the traffic lights out, could be a little bit after mess, so keep this to in mind moving through the norristown area. vehicle fire again westbound route 422 still have police activity there good news westbound, pretty light as far as the volume guess. stacking up, though, eastbound, we will take you to the bridges, and again talking about speed restriction on all area bridges, and major highways, down to 25-mile per hour restrictions for the benjamin franklin bridge, betsy ross, walt whitman at 35, burlington bristol open expecting talcony palmyra to open in about an hour. accident in woodlands at 563 near white horse road. no delays with mass transit. ukee, back over to you. >> thank you. slip and slide, that could describe the morning commute. >> oh, ya. pennsylvania governor tom wolf says be extra

. >> john rawlins live in norristown. you talked to people that managed to get out of building safely. >> hi guys, yes we are at the shelter where many of the survivors were brought, here at the high school in norristown, set up by the red close they had 30 people originally and two people said it was a distressing disoriented experience. they spoke not of the flames which they would see later but the thick smoke that confronted them when they first knew there was a fire. >> we saw the hallway and the smoke coming from the fourth florida, we knew we had little time to get out. >> survivor eric bent described how thick smoke filled the apartment building quickly and he managed to grab these valuables in the bag but that was all. it was not clear where the fire was coming from. >> they couldn't find the source of the fire and they had to flood the whole downstairs and then the shoot. the fire started in the trash compartment i understand. >> angela davis got critical life saving guideanceguidance. >> i went back in to get m

in norristown i'm cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> take a look at this a burglary suspect steals a shotgun from the check cashing business in port richmond. surveillance camera captured the break in on the 2700 block of kensington avenue on monday. investigators say suspect stole counterfeit money that had the business rather had collected over the years if you recognize the suspect you are asked to call philadelphia police. >>> former democrat city councilman jim kenny made it official today, throwing his a hat in the race for philadelphia mayor. kenny made at announcement a at mayor's reception room in philadelphia a city hall. resee lane last week in preparation for the month. >> he need to have his own vision. we will go to harrisburg and ask for money and we will go to and beg for money and do what we need to do to get what is due to us but there is no super man in harrisburg fly into solve our problems there noise super man from washington coming into solve our problems. your problems are what they are and we have to get our arms around them and deal with them. >> on the de

reporting live from norristown annie mccormack channel six "action news". >> thanks very much, we have dodged lots of bullet. >>> "action news" will begin early tomorrow to help you navigate your machine morning commute. join math the math tam, david and karen for latest on the weather conditions, for traffic delays and possible school delays and closings. "action news" begins tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. >>> freezing temperatures overnight created potentially dangerous conditions in philadelphia after a water main busted, water gushed from a ruptured main in the 1200 block of montgomery avenue, near girard in the fishtown section. it happened right in front of the 26th district philadelphia police department. pgw crew is a arrived within an hour to shut off that main. a police officer had to block the road as water quickly turned to ice. crews are out there this morning, repairing the leak. >>> new at noon the the search is on for a man who ran out of the pennsylvania state prison today. the inmate is john williams devon of bellefonte bellefonte, and investigators say he pulled a fire alarm

now septa, norristown speed line has just suspended service. we are told because of equipment problems. so we're not sure exactly how long this is going to last but that's something to keep you updated on throughout the morning. now it comes to the weather conditions we're dealing with this morning, especially from the freezing rain and slippery spots in portions of delaware that's where you can really expect to see some slippery conditions out there. so you need to slow down and take your time. heading down to the louisville area, we are in the midst of the area where we are seeing the freezing rain that bill has been talking about this morning. and, in fact this is what it is looking like for drivers in delaware on route 1 outside of louis. the roads are still wet, but again when you see wet conditions, you could also see ice. so slow down and take your time. >>> remembering a teen this morning found dead in her dorm room. this morning, how the campus is coming together and new information from her family. >>> and the school district at the c

here's a live look at at 202 in main street in norristown again untreated road surfaces will have ice and on top of that they could have a coating of snow so it could be deceiving underneath that snow is a icy road surface. here's the 42 freeway headlights toward philadelphia. it is a milk bag this morning. for the next three hours we have to watch out for freezing rain and again that light snow that felon top of that. all of bridges this morning have speed restrictionness play, one accident north of 295, this car went off of the roadway, so an example of the major roadway with some slippery conditions, route 37 there at exit number four and expect delays this morning into the airport most likely an icing deicing operation will be underway at philly international, chris and lauren back to you. >>> cools, government offices closed for a second day in boston following another snowstorm. this is third storm in two weeks shattering snow fall record for a 30 day period in boston. some part of the new england saw 2 feet of snow making matters worse. it could see more snow, on thursday. my p

norristown high speed line services suspended until at least 7:00 this morning and watch for slippery spots on the platforms and on the bus stepping on and off the buses. here's a live look where on and off ramps all it will take is for your tires to catch that slippery, what looks like it is just some snow but underneath the the snow is last night's freezing rain. live look at i-95 starting to see delays heading in toward cottman avenue in toward center city philadelphia i just check with the airport so far so good but i think we will start to see delays at philly international as deicing program may be needed to get those planes up a and out at philly international. mike and alex. back over to you. >> 6:20. this morning we have said good bye to a piece of las vegas history. >> you're looking at the implosion of the hotel. it happened just a few moments ago 200 room 12 story hotel reportedly opened in 1970 and was once called debbie reynold hotel. current owner is looking to build a 60 store hoy tell tower. >> i have been in that. >> of course you have. >> and guess who i met in the

it's light and spotty in jenkintown and willow grove and norristown. be careful as you head out with the temperatures in the many areas below freezing, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> at least 25 people are dead after a riot and stampede outside a soccer game in egypt. fans clashed with police ahead of the match with top level clubs east of cairo. fans say the violence began when only one entrance was opened. the stampede was triggered by police who fired tear gas at the tightly packed crowd. >>> police in austin, texas shot and killed a man who allegedly fired on their helicopter twice. officers encounter sawyer flash carrying several guns in the street. fearing public safety, s.w.a.t teams turned out and tried to negotiate with him. he fired up at a chopper. when he took aim at the chopper a swat officer shot him. >> the sixers fails the wearer -- face the warriors tonight. >>> the flyers won the game, but lost goalie steve mason to another injury. he left in the second period with a lower body injury. the team haves not revealed what it is. wayne simmo

we had problems with septa's norristown high speedline.ce in about a half hour. all morning they had it shut down. norristown high speedline still shut down. expected to resume in about 30 minutes. i just got off the phone with police in salem county new jersey and they say the entire county is iced over. you really need to be careful. they're responding to about seven different accidents and you have to remember this is a county that's not that heavily populated. so for seven accidents already at 6:30 in the morning you know this is a big problem. one of the spots woodstown dare town road near avis mill road. they warn you everywhere throughout the region is iced over and you might remember on double scan this is one of the areas we have been showing you over the past hour where we saw that freezing rain move through and now you see the problem right here on the roads matt and tam. >> thank you karen. >>> we want to keep talking about the situation up on the new jersey turnpike that we have been telling you about this morning. >> yeah you

we have an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound past norristown watch for possible reconstructions there. otherwise the construction is clear between willow grove and bensalem. all lanes back open in both directions there. >> breaking overnight, we know three people will be slitting the 564 million-dollar powerball jackpot. eva pilgrim is live in the satellite center with the winning numbers and where the winning tickets were sold, eva. >> reporter: that's right, matt, we have three winners this morning, don't put your tickets away just yet. there are people in our area that might want to check them one more time. here the winning numbers 11, 13 25, 29, 54 and the powerball was 19. the three tickets were sold in north carolina, texas and for the first time in lottery history, puerto rico. we know the three winners will split the $564.1 million prize. they will be walking away with $127 million appeals that's the cashout. the texas ticket was sold in princeton at apple tree food matter. as for where the tickets were sold in north carolina and puerto rico we have to wait for that inf

right now they're just outside of norristown and starting to move into philadelphia proper and trackingo the southwest. mount laurel will be next. same thing for burlington. gloucester county will see a few snow flurries and light snow showers. as we head into the rest of the afternoon, we'll see on and off spotty snow showers pushing even into your 5:00 hour. temperatures are going to stay right below freezing in doylestown. 27 for allentown. closer to freezing for philadelphia. so today was below average, but we're gearing up for an arctic blast which is going to drop our temperatures. we're going to continue to see wind speeds picking up tonight, continuing into tomorrow. these are bitter cold winds, combined with arctic air so you are really really going to feel the difference as we head into tomorrow. and really it is going to start to be pushed into the rest of your afternoon. arctic air will be in place for us friday morning at 8:00 a.m. and it is arctic air will redraw all the way down to parts of washington, d.c. and then look at sunday even more far reaching. we are going to s

fox 29's dawn timmeney is live at the scene in norristown. dawn just a tragic day. >> reporter: tragic indeed, lucy. as you mentioned one person is dead. three are injured. includeing a firefighter who suffered an injury to his hand while searching for people inside this building. 21 people are out of their homes after flames just raced through all six floors here. you can see the damage is extensive. the fire chief says it started in avoid space on the second floor adjacent to a garbage chute and it was tough to stop as it ripped through every floor floor. this is cell phone video shot by a firefighter showing just how fierce this four harm fire was as it ripped through the norristown apartments on street. we had fire on all levels from the basement all the way up to five. >> reporter: the call coming in just before 1:00 o'clock this morning. crews using long ladders to rescue residents from windows and fire escapes. dozens and dozens of firefighter firefighters fighting the claims as they roar out of control. >> we're getting multiple repor

the fire started at the norris apartments on swede street in norristown. a viewer gave us video trying to get the people out of building safely, they tried to get one person down the ladder. one person died at the hospital, three people were hurt including a firefighter who burned his hand trying to save someone inside. dozens of others cannot get back in their homes this afternoon. john rawlins is live now with more on the many people affected by this. >> reporter: let me bring you up to date on the latest the bureau is bringing in a demolition company, the top floor of this building is unstable and the demolition is trying to take the fourth floor down and that work we are told could start as early as this evening, as for the people that lived here about 30 people wfr displaced half of them with the red cross those that survived describe the confusing smoke filled escapes. >> the smoke was coming in a way that if you laid eyes on it you knew it was serious, had you to run out. >> edward is thankful to be alive today he had just gone to bed when he heard

to the montgomery county courthouse, they are taking the call seriously, vernon odom is live in norristown with a clue that could help them track down the suspects. >> it's a busy day at the courthouse in norristown, last thursday, major threats and disruption and nerves on edge and now authorities have a surveillance video that may help them catch the instigator. this man approaching the old fashion pay phone is in deep trouble. they are looking for him in connection with two phoned in bomb threats. they stopped short of calling him the prime suspect. >> he is a person of interest and we believe he has information on what happened. we hope that someone sees the still photograph and recognizes him and gives us information. >> the first came at 8:32 in the morning to the norristown police and the next call came to county public safety officials from a mobile phone and he said there were bombs and explosives in the courthouse, after a two hour evacuation no explosives were discovered. >> a senseless act such as this and a dangerous act in my opinion does nothing but disrupt justice and delay

philadelphia norristown exton media about three or 4-inches.to six for bridgeton hammonton and then far southern areas that's where we could see as much as 9-inches of snow. again, it's a light fluffy snow because of those temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees. the snow doesn't have a lot of water content in it. so the snow ratios are up to 20 to one meaning 20-inches of snow to an inch of liquid. not going to see an inch of liquid. it will be less than a half inch but it's going to be very easy to shovel if you have one of those leaf blowers, that would be a perfect tool to remove this from your drive way or sidewalks but it's very bad for making snow men if the kids happen to be home tomorrow. snow develops overnight tonight. it's bitter, 10 to 14, the heaviest snow comes in after midnight. and the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, the morning rush tomorrow will be on the messy side. but the sun will be returning late morning in the afternoon of 30 degrees. a snow shower or two around wednesday as another arctic front pulls pulls in from

reporting live in norristown, christine maddela, "nbc10 news." >>> fewer fighters battling another fire in germantown in philadelphia. it began on the inland arms apartment on the eighth floor. they're working to figure out how this fire started. no one was hurt. >>> now to sky force 10 over a crash involving a police cruiser in dell county. police told nbc10 that another providence officer was hurt when his car slid on the ice, hit a pole. the officer was trapped in his yuser because his doors wouldn't open. the officer was responding to this, this massive fire about a mile away. the smoke and flames started just after 9:00 at this home along washington avenue. fire crew hs to rip out the walls of the house. no one was hurt here a relative of the homeowner says nbc10 that she rushed to the fire after seeing it on the news. >> i saw the house. i know that house. it wasn't until i got here and realized it was my step-grandkids' house on fire. so i just wanted to make sure everybody was okay. >> the officer hurt in the cross is being treated at kroezcrozier medical center. >>> two cars cr

we have an accident on the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike in norristown blocking left hand lane. in delays for mass transit erika. >>> only on "eyewitness news" we want to show you dramatic rid ohio from a police chase. officers sped through streets of chester montgomery counties yesterday trying to catch a man wanted for a robbery at coventry mall. at within point the driver in the red jeep forced the man in on coming traffic on ridge pike in limerick. sources tell eyewitness naus that suspect was in the caught. >>> a driver involved in a high speed police chase in dallas is behind bars this morning after police say he pick the wrong mini ran to crash into it. art alexander is accused of plowing a stolen dodge challenger into two cars sitting at a red light. when he tried to get out runaway a mother and boyfriend confronted him and roughed him up until police arrived. >> well, weirdest thing i have ever seen in my life my mom taking down a high speed chase down in the middle of the street. >> all i could think about is my kidneys here. this is a place you are supposed to g

and septa has the norristown speed line suspended. they just sent out a tweet saying service will resume at 7:30. the problem is they are dealing with equipment issues. i'll keep you updated on that. and the northeast extension, drive times between quakertown and the pennsylvania turnpike pretty average at 21 to 22 minutes. >>> i don't know if anything can top hip-hop, but the sixers are going to try. the 76ers will unveil a new mascot and we confirm it's a fluffy new dog franklin who apparently gets his hair in sandwiches there. so franklin will become the third mascot in sixers history. the rabid character hip-hop was retired four years ago after pulling an acl. he was intimidating. then there was big shot. >> i don't remember big shot. >> he stepped down in 1996. franklin taking the reigns now. >>> look at this weaving out of traffic and then taking off on foot. cameras caught a dramatic chase outside of los angeles. and wait until you see how this one ends. >>> and we are just days away until the deadline now. penalties that you'l

he uses a pay phone on 7-eleven in norristown. he walked here. there's no car to look for. just him. >> no, i'm sorry. i don't recognize him. >> reporter: we showed the video to locals and regulars of the store. >> wow. unreal. >> don't look familiar to me. >> reporter: do you recognize this guy at all? police say the guy made a number of calls outside the store. two from this pay phone and another from a cell phone. the times of the calls and the location match those of two calls made last week reporting the courthouse had explosives inside. as a result, the building was evacuated and the swearing-in of a county official was moved due to the threats. >> we've released photographs from the 7-eleven, video from the 7-eleven from two different times in the hopes someone will recognize this individual and let us know who it is. we would simply like to talk to him. >> reporter: the owner of the store says she doesn't know this guy and says he never came into the store last thursday morning but police are hoping you recognize him and you'll call him. now, police aren't talking a

they canceled the norristown high speedline until further notice so you got to watch for that.'s go outside this is i-95 at cottman the overnight construction in the process of clearing and although we're watching some slick spots we're not seeing anyone slip or slide on i-95 southbound. the big traffic nightmare was on the new jersey turnpike and the action cam was on the scene. matt and tam talked about this and you can see this live picture and this is other new jersey turnpike. it is up in middlesex county in cranbury township. a multi vehicle pileup, a fatal accident that occurred about 9 o'clock last night. still affecting some traffic. so, what they're doing in this area, this is where the turnpike has split off. you've got the inner lanes and the outer lanes so at this point the outer drive is still blocked but the inner drive is opened at this point and that's between exit nine and exit eight. you can avoid it by sticking to one southbound or 130 southbound but if you're traveling up, if you're up north and traveling southbound on the new jersey turnpike you can still

this is in norristown coming into us on hall's avenue at oak street an water main break, a couple ofere. this one in salem county closing route 48 at 130 and one in camden county in west berlin. this is franklin avenue at mount vernon avenue. and you want to watch for the track being blocked here. you could stick to walker avenue as your alternate for that one over there in west berlin. i have been tweeting this out o with the #6abc traffic a good way to see what's going on before you head out the door. it's 15 degrees right now in philadelphia. we're headed up to 32 today better than yesterday. the real cold air comes tomorrow so we'll take this 32 but watch for a couple snow showers or snow flurries later today, matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> there's a bit of a twist in the case of a las vegas mother killed in an apparent road rage incident. investigators have revealed tammy meyers went in search of her attackers before she was shot. it happened thursday night after she gave her 15-year-old daughter a driving lesson. police say on their way home the pair were confronted by

just to the north of norristown near lansdale you see a little bit of that pink highlighted as well.t's especially heavy snow and we're getting some of that in northeast philadelphia, too. so across the immediate region on your more heavily traveled roads you're looking at that heavy stuff stuff. out in allentown nd reading the snow is begin to thin out a little bit. harrisburg drying out at this point and gettysburg very close to that. it may be a case where very quickly during the rush hour we start to see the intensity slacking a bit. i will go down to the south parts of cape may atlantic county also heavy banding of snow and these are the areas where we thought we were going to get the heaviest accumulations. you have to deal with this stuff out to the west that still has to break through and looks like down the shore you'll be stuck with that heavier snow a little longer. we are evolving towards some improvement. at this point we're still looking at pretty significant snowfall. as we look outside we have sky 6 and we are trying to see the ben franklin bridge. you can kind of pic

philadelphia trenton norristown, media closer to that three or four. 6-inch line is right above here bridgeton to millville and south of that 6-inch line dover, wildwood, cape may, sea isle city it could be 9 inches by tomorrow morning. in fact in the morning tomorrow 17 at 7:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m. 20 degrees. slow morning commute. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast sunshine breaking out tomorrow afternoon. pretty nice at 30 degrees. snow showers wednesday with the next arctic front at 32. by friday morning, one in philadelphia we were three this morning. below zero in the suburbs. another arctic attack comes in, 19 thursday friday but moderation coming over weekend, 40 by sunday with wet the snow or rain before we go back to 34 on monday. meteorologist david murphy will be in at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow with the very latest on double scan. >> thanks, adam. >>> today's brutal wind chill didn't keep everybody inside, kid had a great time slapping the puck around near their backyard in mount laurel with friends lou carrasquillo abass built this for his hockey living twins. they are