reporting live in norristown bob brooks channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, bob. >>> deldot crews were busy loading trucks today in preparation for the wintry mix tonight. here at the deldot yard in christiana front end loaders were stocking trucks with salt and tanker trucks were filling up with brine. with both snow and rain in the forecast we urge you to stay with 6abc.com/weather throughout the weekend you can use storm tracker6 live radar to track the snow and that changeover to rain and check in with our meteorologists on associate. you can follow each of them on facebook and twitter for their regular updates. >>> authorities have identified the woman found dead in her home in conshohocken this morning. police say 60-year-old katherine wanamaker suffered multiple stab wounds. police responded to the home at 909 hallowell street at 5:14 this morning for a report of a disturbance. authorities say a suspect is in custody awaiting arraignly. they have not identified who that suspect is. >>> authorities are still looking for the cause of t

activity in norristown, we'll keep watching. an issue elsewhere on 202 i've got it for you when "action news" continues on this friday morning. >> if you are just waking up, 5:45 a.m., friday morning, thank you for waking up with us, taking live look at philadelphia international airport. it is getting up to 41 degrees, a chilly one today. improvements for the weekend, david murphy will have more on that. >> let's check in with matt pellman some people have to work, a few lucky ducks are starting off their new year's. >> reporter: we're not jealous, not at all. >> not us. >> reporter: if you're waking up, good news on the roads. if you're heading into work along 202 chester county, the northbound side between 29 and chester brook boulevard we have a broken down vehicle off to the side. police assisting and penndot out there, too. northbound lanes open heading toward king of prussia no delays. 2016 was the year we got rid of 202 near exton because we got the third lane. 2016 was a great year for 202 drivers with the third lane ad

. >> and light snow coming down including here in norristown and temperatures are stuck in the 20s and making it feel even worse, and heavy gear is a must. david murphy is tracking the deep freeze in the accuweather forecast. >> you definitely need the extra gear if you are outside for an extended period of time. and we are on the lookout for snow squalls and right fow stormtracker 6 live double scan is not showing a lot of that but a burst of snow moving down in the direction of allentown and bethlehem, pennsylvania. up north an area to watch. if you get caught in a snow squall it could put down a quick half inch of snow than could get roads going south in a hurry. if you see that be careful. wide view on satellite shows a fair amount of sunshine and now clouds mixing in and as we go through the afternoon it looks like a clouds and sun mix. 24 degrees the temperatures are steadily dropping since before down when we were in the upper 30s. and 21 in reading and the colder air coming in from the west where you see the lower numbers and the windchill of course, is big time. 7 is what is f

it is chilly at the norristown transportation center. it is in effect at montgomery county through monday morning. it is chilly. we have a little breeze here. that makes it a little bit colder as we take a look at the norristown transportation center. some of the guy vs. their hoodies on. a lot of folks are waiting inside where it is warmer right now. take a look at some video. the homeless folks are stuck outside. of course, you have all these efforts going into place to try to get some folks who are inside right now. this gentleman out here just gave me a hat and a scarf. thank you very much, sir. i'll give this back to you in a moment here. you have the kindness of people out here right now. we've also talked to some folks who are just out and about waiting for this cold weather to get milder at least. one guy waiting for summer. take a listen. you got the scarf. you got the hoodie? >> i'm going to get the gloves today because then i'll have everything. >> reporter: are you ready for winter? >> no. i'm ready for summer. >> reporter: y

the actor will be back in norristown.issue, whether prosecutors can call 13 other accusers in an effort to show the actor had a pattern of drugging and molesting women. cosby was charged with sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand at his cheltenham nome 2004. district attorney kevin steele argues 13 women's stories are relevant because they establish a common scheme or plan. some of the women are said to have only known cosby for a few days. others had ongoing relationships with him. but the defense is trying to keep them off the witness stand questioning the relevance and their credibility. they say the commonwealth is trying to use these women to bolster their weak case. the defense had wanted to question the women in person but the jump didn't allow it. again, the hearing begins today here in norristown. it is expected to last until tomorrow. we're live in norristown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. back to you. >> all right, katherine thank you for that. >>> and three men are rec

we are live in norristown, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >>> a delaware dry-cleaning business is cleaning up after heavy damage after a sports car plowed through the front of the building. police say that a 66-year-old man pressed the gas instead of the brake and crashed his porsche box ter into the laundry mat. he was cited for careless driving. >> a man with a knife held up a local 7-eleven store overnight and got away with cash. he targeted the store on city avenue in wynnewood. the man came in and threaten aid clerk with the knife at 2:00 this morning and took money and ran across city avenue. they are work on a description of the suspect at this hour. >>> turning to accuweather the conditions are turning much colder as we get close toward an extremely bitter blast of winter, getting gray out there, and it feels pretty chilly but this is nothing compared to what we are dealing with in a few days. david murphy is here with a first check of the forecast. >> the coldest air we are expecting is on the other side. even of the snow, you can see the chillier air is beginning to w

live at the county courthouse in norristown. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a 28-year-old man in serious condition after being shot in the face outside of a gentlemen's club earlier this morning. two men were getting into their car at german town avenue when a would be robber approached them and fired. the second man returned fire and then drove his beganon to temple university hospital where police impounded the car's evidence. no word on the victim or suspect. >>> detectives in burlington county says that the victims in willingboro last night were teenagers. police investigated the scene, 16-year-old ian perry was killed on the porch and another 16-year-old was wounded at his home. there was no weapon found and no suspect in custody and the motive for the shooting is under investigation as well. >> no arrest yet in a triple shooting in west philadelphia. it happened at a convenience store at 15th and delancy streets, a man and another man believed to be in his 20s were shot in the legs, all three v

we are live in norristown, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:03. defense secretary, ash carter, is in afghanistan on an unannounced visit. video from his visit to india. 'ri he arrived at bagram air base and will deliver a pre-holiday pep talk before speak wg the afghan president. this is expected to be his last trip to afghanistan. >>> also, some breaking news out of asia. today south korea's parliament impeached president park geun-hye. park is accused of getting caught in a corruption scandal. she apologized saying she was sorry for her negligence. they will decide whether to accept the impeachment and formally end her presidency. >>> back in our area, a court hearing for former presidential candidate, jill stein's request for a presidential election recount in pennsylvania. >> katy zachary is outside the courthouse. explain what is going to happen? >> reporter: that federal court hearing is scheduled for 1:30 inside the building behind me. time is not on our side. we are just four days away from the federal deadline for states to certify their

. >> we've got a situation out in norristown on markley street, which is 202 out in norristown.e got the camera moving all around. we've got disable vehicle, lots of flashing lights, couple of cops out there, justice able vehicle being pushed offer into a parking lot. they're finally getting this out of the way. it has the two northbound lanes actually closed right now, so again, markley street norristown, they push that finally out of the way. the vine, looking eastbound, toward 95, and toward ben franklin bridge. looking beautiful this morning. no delays, you are cruising through the city. 202 though as we flashback, they're still there, 202 northbound, the ramp to 422 eastbound has a disable car, not slowing anything down just yet. but if you are headed offer to the ramp make sure you take a little bit of precaution going through there, also, the mass transit checklist, a lot to check in on for this weekend. patco actually giving free service on new years eve. they have the special schedule throughout the weekends. the river line has extra late night service on new years eve,

today and tomorrow the actor will be back in norristown.t issue, whether prosecutors can call 13 other accusers in an over to the show the actor had a pattern of drugging and molesting women. cosby was charged with sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand in 2004. district attorney kevin steele argues the 13 women's stories are relevant because they establish a common scheme or plan. some of the women are said to have only known him for a few days. others had ongoing relationships with cosby. but the defense is trying to keep them off the witness stand questioning the relevance of credibility. they say the commonwealth is trying to use the women to bolster their weak case. the defense had wanted to question these 13 women in person. the judge rejected that idea. the hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. we're live in norristown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. >> thanks, katherine. >>> new this morning, a man with a knife held up a 7-eleven in wynnewood overnight. it happened just before 2:00 this m

jenkintown, norristown coming down at a good clip. berlin, glassboro, woodbury seeing the mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain. farther to the north we go, lehigh valley, snowing moderately. kutztown in the snow band. fleetwood, same thing. quakertown, boyers town reporting moderate to heavy snow. that rain line will lift north as temperature progress. warrington, 22. vineland, 28 degrees, when i come back in just a few minutes, i'll take a look at future tracker 6. we'll show you when you change over to ice and rain, i'll have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. gray. >> look forward to it, criminals, look at this here, holiday decorations look festive with the light snow falling overnight. the action cam was in collingswood, early this morning, as the snow covered haddon avenue. as chris mentioned this will not last. bob brooks joins us live from king of prussia, montgomery with a look at the conditions at this hour, bob. >> reporter: gray, good morning it is cold out and the snow is coming down. it's getting nasty on

nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in norristown.m, tell us more about what happened yesterday. >> reporter: well, tracy, in the past, cosby has typically sat silent in the courtroom, but as you mentioned, that was not the case yesterday. there was one point where the judge asked a question to the attorneys and cosby himself blurted out the location of a hotel to answer that question. keep in mind, lawyers for the 79-year-old actor say cosby is suffering from vision and memory loss that leave him unable to defend himself in his upcoming sexual assault trial. but back to what happened in the courtroom yesterday. this was an all out fight between the prosecution and defense. the prosecution is hoping that the judge will allow the testimony from 13 other cosby accusers to be heard in the case involving a 2004 encounter with andrea constand. they argue that the testimony of these women support constand's story and help establish a pattern that cosby would meet younger women, befriend them, gain their trust, isolate them, drug them, and t

already some delays out of the gate on the septa system, paoli line and norristown. here's really what happened yesterday. monday hot mess started out with equipment problems from the cold weather. then a wire felon top of the train in jenkintown around 7:00. that eventually led to delays through the morning of up to two hours, union work rules, engineers sitting in those delays, kept the guys from coming back and working for the evening rush. that led to cancelled trains during the evening rush hour. septa said they got it under control and minor delays, so far this morning, fingers crossed, an accident in limerick at lewis and at oaks just off of 422 and a fire location in northeast philadelphia at unruh and gillespy. mike and alex, back over to you. >>> thanks, bob. developing right now, they think the attack this berlin was terror attack. >> sure looks like it. is live look have of the christmas market what is left of it in the berlin where 12 people were killed and dozens more judge injured after a big truck plowed into people there >> as you can see they are st

norristown, moderate snow. reading looks like they are in a heavy snow band at this point. same thing with lincoln and honeybrook. one last zoom will take us to the jersey shore, this is where temperatures are moderating a little bit. that's the green, it has switched over to rain, for places like fortescue and gandys beach. cape may, villas, rain. sea isle city you have flipped over to rain, as well. you're picking up an icy mix in vineland, millville and mays landing and hammonton. use caution out there this morning, even though a lot of main roads have been treated, we're still seeing accumulations on those roads. you've got the ice pellets from the sleet. now we have temperatures below freezing that's not melting anytime soon. a lot of roads are covered, back roads especially are a mess. anything untreated will be a mess over the next couple of hours. temperatures holding steady in the 20s north and west. pilots, 22. warrington, 22. center city, 27 degrees. glassboro, 28. vineland 28. gandys beach, 29. you're saying all of them are below freezing why is it raining or sl

we had an accident i-95 southbound the off ramp to columbus, that accident cleared, an accident norristown, marshall street looking better. the accident in hammonton still out here, there were three different accidents blocking the two right lanes, at times we're seeing slow speeds on the ac westbound past route 54 in hammonton. we're hearing there were horses that got away from a farm, they are running away. police were trying to corral them on the atlantic city expressway, the sight of all this caused three different accidents. >>> let's begin with a developing story here, a series of heroin overdoses claimed 6 lives in philadelphia. police believe they got their hands on a bad batch of the drug that is circulating the city. katherine scott has more. >> reporter: matt, that's right, 6 overdoses all last night in the same general area. police continue to investigate. let's go to the video from the kensington area him all the overdoses happened, five happened in kensington, all within blocks of each other. the latest fatal case that police confirmed was a man in his 30s on the 600 block of

washington, norristown two, lanes blocked. further to the west, another construction zone on the turnpike right before downingtown. right lane remains blocked. >> manhunt is over, we're learning that the berlin christmas market attack suspect anis-amri has been killed in police shoot-out in milan. the shoot-out took plates at 3:00 a.m. during routine police check. the italian news service ansa said amri pull out gun from his back pack after asking to show his identity papers killed in the ensuing shoot-out. the police officer was injured, italian interior minister said the man killed is without a doubt, shadow after doubt, ani-amri suspect in the berlin truck attack monday that killed 12 people. >> deadly apartment fire has left one person dead, displaced nearly two dozen people, authorities responded to the scene just after 1:00 a.m. four # hubble street pottstown. victim found on the second floor. eyewitness told about 20 people are not back into their houses no word on the cause of the fire. >> new this morning, woman shot

behind me in norristown you see those massive piles of salt. several trucks have been backing in and out getting things ready so if that freezing rain comes they can combat it. right now the goal is to get ready. earlier today crews in philadelphia were loading their 70 trucks. they have more than 50,000 tons of salt at their disposal. the temperatures already well below freezing and if freezing rain comes they want to be ready. and want you to be careful. >> just give yourself plenty of space between you and the sneak front of you. if you see a salt truck stay out of the way so they can work and if you don't have to go out stay home until the freezing rain stops. >> reporter: it's not just the city taking action from chopper6 earlier today we saw penndot crews dumping salt on route one in langhorne bucks county. crews just ask if it does get nasty out you give them time. >> freezing rain it's very difficult to combat. it's just throwing salt on there and hoping that the temperatures go up as quickly as possible to defrost everything. >> report

this morning and 4:00 this afternoon in norristown. the increase would add about $66 a year to a $300,000 home. county commissioners will take a final vote on december 15th, two weeks and two days. >>> and in delaware county, radnor township will unveil a new whoosh app. they'll send the driver a parking message if the parking is about to expire. >>> and later today, ground breaking for the botanical gardens. once complete they'll cover 37 acres. it will add thousands of shrubs and trees to once what was farmland area. >>> and vanguard workers will donate toys, clothing and other gifts to the delaware valley children's charities. >>> and montgomery county kicks off its efforts for dogs and cats. the annual spca holiday drive begins today it will run through january 3rd. you can drop off toys, pet food and other items at the county courthouse in norristown. >>> 4:47. 58 degrees outside. let's get to you work on this sort of wet morning. >> jessica boyington has a look outside where it does look wet. tough for the morning travelers? mayb

accident in norristown reported around the railroad crossing and marshall street. you might be detoured there. just a little bit slow. route 30 over in new jersey, white horse pike around 295, we aren't seeing anything major happening here. definitely watching for slippery spots. definitely see that the roads are a little bit shiny. that means slippery as well. stop here in hammonton. atlantic city expressway traffic is headed westbound. back towards philadelphia. that's where you're going. around route 54 the right lane is only closed there. more updates on these when i come back in ten. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >> a damp start this morning. we have issued a first alert for the lehigh valley, berks and suburbs. it's gotten colder overnight. we're seeing a rain/snow mix in the lehigh valley and berks. most of the suburbs seeing rain. farther north suburbs seeing a mix. this is not going to be causing too many problems. it will be awfully quick to end, too, between now and 6:00 if not before then. we're going to see it taper off and improving condi

at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> tonight, a change that could impact your wallet. the federal reserve is raising a key interest rate in response to a strengthening economy. the quarter-point increase is the first in a year and only the second since the recession. could affect everything from mortgage rates to credit cards and student loans. stocks had their worst day in two months after the announcement. the fed is expected to raise rates three more times next year. >>> today marks four years since the sandy hook massacre in connecticut shook the nation. >> and this afternoon, there was an emotional local tribute. 26 shirts were on display on the front lawn of the presbyterian church of chestnut hill. each has a name of a victim. today, a dozen people read the names of the children and staff members killed at sandy hook elementary to mark the somber anniversary. >> names of 6 and 7-year-olds, it's just terrible to consider that someone would do something like that. >> the memorial will have a home at the church on germantown avenue for the

we're live in norristown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news.. >> katherine thank you for that. >>> reason police are trying to figure out who fed rat poison to a pair of puppies in jackson ocean county. late last month 76-year-old mike's six month old beagle becky got seriously ill. the vet determined becky had been poisoned. they found evidence of rat poison in the system of becky's little brother jimmy. becky and jimmy are now on the mend. >> they're sick. there's something wrong with them. you know, who would ever think of that, poison an animally. >> the dogs got sick a couple days after someone filed a noise complaint about barking. if you think you might know something about this story about these poisonings please contact jackson police. >>> a pair of thieves nicknamed the binary bandits have had a change of heart amount man an woman have been stealing ones and zeros all right front of homes in east kensington. megan haley caught one of the binary bandits on surveillance in september stealing the zero he from her home on amber street. th

another one just cleared pennsylvania turnpike westbound between fort washington and norristown cleared as well. we will talk more in 15 minutes. rahel, back to you. >>> we will see you then, meisha. now for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> on the cover of the trenton ian a retired amtrak supervisor admitted to soliciting and accepting $7,000 from items from a vendor as a reward for spending $185,000 while he was a building and bridges supervisor. sixty-eight year-old lewis, of fair less hills faces ten years in prison when he is sentenced march 27th. >>> from the news journal a quick thinking smyrna high school senior using chr to save the life have of the child. teresa was having run watch her sister at chick-fil-a when she saw a toddler was struggling to breathe. she performed cpr and others called 911. >> you go, teresa lynn. >>> from the times herald the thompson family of norristown moved in their new house just in time for the holidays all thanks to the collaborative efforts of the habitat for humanity in montgomery county, dow chemical company and many other l

more construction on the pennsylvania turp pike westbound between washington and norristown that right lane is block there jim and rahel, back over to you. >>> a new news this morning a deadly ambush leaves a man dead in west philadelphia. >> now police are looking for clue that is could help them track down the killer. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at 51st and market, good morning, trang. >> good morning. >> reporter: this 51st street still blocked off as officers continue to process this scene but take a look down the street here. the car involve was park a couple cars down there where you see a number of police cars gathered. so many unanswered questions at this point. police do not the know identity or motive of what appears to have been a targeted act. here's video of the scene from earlier this morning, this happened just after 1:00 a.m. police received a call about a man shot on 51st near market. office's arrived to find a man in his 20's or 30's sitting in the driver's seat of the block 2015 toyota camry park with the engine running, and he had multiple gunshot wo

. >> happening today, bill cosby back in court for pretrial hearing in norristown. prosecute remembers expected to argue assault allegations against cosby by other women, should be included at his criminal sexual assault trial. cosby is charged with drugging and assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand in january of 2004. the trial is tentatively set for june of 2017. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo will have live outdate from outside the courthouse in about 30 minutes. >> president-elect trump is ready to pick oil executive as his secretary of state. sources close to the transition team say he plans to announce his choice of exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson this morning. tillerson nomination facially to nice bay partisan challenge, he does have close ties to russian president vladmeere putin. mitt romney was also contender for the cabinet position. romney tweets, it was an honor to have been considered for secretary of state of our great country. on facebook he went on to say my discussions with president-elect trump have been enjoyable and

live in norristown, matt delucia. >> 6:34 on this friday. job seriously. >> that's how they remembered fran fran frankie williams in a memorial vigil. he died hours after a car crashed into his cruiser. the driver, lloyd rudley, also died at the scene. they prayed for him at the leesburg vire station and lit candles. they remembered him as a kind and motivated man. his mothering thainnked the wom and men that worked with her son. >> i appreciate what you have done for me. every time i fall down, you pick me back up. thank you. >> police say rudley's car was going the wrong way when it crossed the median and hit the trooper's cruiser. he was responding to a call of an out of control driver, which turned out to be rudley's car. former congressman, chaka fattah is looking for leniency. you may remember he was found guilty of using government grants and charity funds for campaign and personal expenses. in a court filing, his lawyers have asked the judge to consider his years of public service when deciding his punishment. prosecutors are recomme

nbc 10's pamela osborne is live at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown. pam, cosby spoke out in court yesterday. tell us what happened in the hearing. >> reporter: yeah, there were more than one moment yesterday in court where cosby shouted out the answers to the questions that were actually meant for prosecutors. keep in mind, lawyers for cosby say the 79-year-old actor is suffering from vision and memory loss that leave him unable to defend himself in his upcoming sexual assault trial. but back to what happened yesterday in the courtroom. it was explosive. this was an all out fight between the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution is hoping the judge will allow testimony from 13 other cosby accusers to be heard in the case involving a 2004 encounter with andrea consta constand. they argue the testimony of these women support constand's story and help establish a pattern that cosby would meet younger women, befriend them, gain their trust, isolate them, drug them, and then sexually assault them. cosby has denied the accusations and the defense is

reporting live in norristown, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> quest diagnostics, the north jersey firm many of us depend on for drug tests and lab work, is the victim of a massive hack attack. quest has dozens of testing facilities here in our area, including this one on city avenue. the company is notifying customers that hackers breached its online portal, swiping the personal information of nearly 40,000 of its patients. police are investigating. a cybersecurity expert told us the hackers were likely out to steal identities. >> medical companies are prime targets to this kind of attack. people want the information because they'll not necessarily need it right when they steal it, but they'll sell it to the next highest bidder on the black market. the information's valuable because you can create multiple personas and health care claims and prescription claims off of one identity. >> for its part, quest says it is addressing the security breach and is taking steps to prevent it from happening again. >>> experts say companies and individuals should practice what they

"action news" reporter katherine scott is live now outside that courthouse in norristown.'s going run down the details. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, bill cosby is expected back here today for another pretrial hearing. this one focuses on whether the prosecution can call 13 other accusers to testify at trial. this is a big issue for both sides and we expect a battle. this trial scheduled for the spring is for charge that is bill cosby sexually assaulted former temple university employee andrea constand at his cheltenham home in 2004. prosecutors want to call 13 other women to testify in an effort to show cosby had a pattern of drugging and molesting women from the 70's to the 90's. some of the women are set to have only known him for a few days. others had ongoing relationships with cosby. district attorney kevin steele argues the 13 women's stories are reel advance because they establish a common scheme or plan. but the defense is crying foul saying the commonwealth is trying to bolster their weak case. cosby's lawyers will try kee

temperatures pen to the is gearing up for this latest blast of winter, "eyewitness news" was in norristown today where trucks were loading up. crews are ready for the conditions, that are expected, "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is in norristown right now where it is shaping up to be busy night for penndot it looks like, alex. >> reporter: in our region loan penndot stockpiled 122,000, tons of salt, and with that, have over 450 plow trucks, ready to do work. crews are working in shifts of 4:00 p.m. to midnight and midnight to 4:00 a.m. and so on, for the preparations, that actually started yesterday, when brine was laid down on state roadways to help with anti icing. the penndot says that for this kind of weather event, the timing is almost ideal, being that this falls on a saturday and it is true rush hour won't be impacted. but given the season, they add that is there still concern about drivers, out holiday shopping, and or traveling, early tomorrow. >> our crews will be working throughout the night into tomorrow morning, keeping roadways passable but we urge motorist to use

delaware county, phoenixville, norristown, franconia right across 476 and 76, all these areas through montgomery and bucks counties, especially upper bucks county near richland and even through the lehigh valley seeing that heavier rain right now. that's going to continue sliding through the area, eventually moving into parts of new jersey. then we have this area of rain. that's also going to move through as we go overnight tonight. so here is what future weather looks like. 2:00 in the morning, still the rain around. you may still be hearing some brief heavy rain as you're sleeping. but take a look for the morning commute. finamoweing. it's just going to be windy and quite a bit cooler. a closer look at the foron at sixers have just four up. wins on the season. fortunately for the team's fans, all four have been at home. >> yes, but tonight the sixers' quest for win number five was cut short before the game even started because tonight's game against sacramento was postponed after some kind of slippery substance developed on the playing surface. after nearly an hour delay, the league

we are reporting live in norristown this morning. jan carabeo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news", jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, jan. train service back to normal this morning after a person was struck and killed by an amtrak train in wilmington, delaware. state police say the train was traveling southbound around 8:00 last night when it hit the victim at ten lewis circle. that's a mile south of the wilmington station. victim died at the scene. police at this point have not release that person's identity. >>> police russia person to the hospital after a shooting in burlington county. police were called out to plum tree lane in willingboro, just after 8:00 last night. so far we're hearing one person was injured and taken to lords medical center. police are currently looking for a shooter and also trying to figure out a motive. >> a rash of burglaries has chester county community on edge. five churches and in coatesville have been burglarized in little over a week. police do believe the break-in's are all connected. they say this time of

he's at the penndot yard in norristown tonight. brad, i see the salt piles behind you. >> reporter: yeah, we see it this time of year every year, of course, penndot telling us they are ready to go here in norristown. we know city and state crews gearing up for what could certainly sounds like it's going to be a wintry mix through the course of the night. penndot as you mentioned wrapping up this news conference a short time ago some of the highlights of what they toll us they have 336 trucks ready to go across the five county area. it comes to about 122,000 tons of salt. it is all hands on deck tonight despite this not being a major snowfall, there are still almost 3,000 lane miles that will need salting and possibly plowing as well just to give you an idea last year penndot went through almost 60,000 tons of salt. we also paid a visit to the city of philadelphia street crews there. they're geared up with about 50,000 tons of salt on stand by. the city did not real dollar any pre treating of the roads. they figure that the brine, t

we're reporting live from norristown, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now back to you. >>> meanwhile happening today a bucks county man charged with killing his own moth ever head to court. police say 30 year-old zachary cope, confessed to the murder. five two-year old rebecca cope was found dead inside of her home in lower makefield, the cause of death is unknown, and investigators say his mother appears to have been stabbed. >>> philadelphia police are searching for an armed, dangerous robber in feltonville. take a look at this surveillance video. it shows suspect barging in the deli on rose hill street saturday afternoon. he shot the clerk as you just saw there and ran off with money and lottery tickets. now on sunday evening the same guy walk into a nearby corner store, shot the store employee in the leg and then stole money. we spoke with neighbors who say despite all of this they still feel safe in their local stores. >> it is hard for me to feel unsafe, even though i know what goes on, at the same token, my home. >> both employees are expected to

for now live in norristown, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", rahel, jim, back to you. >> thank you. president-elect trump expected to announce rex tillerson has his nominee for secretary every state today despite concerns about his ties to russia. >> the decision comes mrs. trump reveals by social media how he would handle the future of his business. hena daniels live in new york to explain it all. good morning, hena. >> reporter: good morning, guys. president-elect trump also tweeted after 11:30 last night he would leave his businesses to his grown sons, and executives, before the inauguration. this after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle endorsed investigations, into the cia belief that to help mr. trump win. >> president-elect donald trump hinted at his secretary of state announcement in a tweet late monday night. days after praising exxon mobile, ceo, rex tillerson in a interview with fox news. >> much more than a business executive. i mean, he is a world class player. >> the development came moments after top contender mitt romney it, during the campaign, confirmed in a

this is in the norristown area. a look at 95 the schuylkill and majors in new jersey. >> thanks, francesca. the nbc 10 response team is standing up for you. some of the highlights as our viewers are getting what they're owed. plus final destination. we'll explain how nbc 10 helps stranded students at philly international get to an overseas holiday trip that they've been planning for years. good morning. going to warm up today. clear and dry. we'll be back in a moment with the full forecast. >>> a milestone for our nbc 10 response team. we are celebrating eight months since the launch. >> nbc 10 responds reporter harry hairston has a look back at some of the favorite moments of viewers helping viewers. >> it started with nicky, her story the first to air on nbc 10 response. >> do any of these make sense. >> her utility company opened her cash and when she got nbc 10 response involved she received her check. >> thank you, nbc 10 response. >> his story each and every week, each and every week looking for help. >> i fel

we are live in norristown, katherine scott channel6 "action news.>> katherine thank you for that. >>> it is 6:06. police are trying to figure out who fed rat poison a pair of puppies in jackson ocean county o76-year-old's mike beagle becky became seriously ill. the vet determined becky had been poisoned. they found rat poison in becky's little brother jimmy. becky and jimmy are now on the mend. >> sick. there's something wrong with them. you know, who would ever think of that? poison an animal. >> he says his dogs got sick just a couple of days after someone filed a noise complaints about barking. if you have any information on the poisonings you are asked top contact jackson police. >>> seems a pair of thieves nicknamed the binary bandits have had a change of heart. a man and woman have been stealing the ones and zeros off the front of homes in east kensington. megan haley caught one of the bandits on surveillance in september stealing the zero from her home on amber street but then her husband found a garbage bag filled with the ones and zeros out

in norristown, pottstown, all these areas, west chester, by 8:00 a.m., you could still see ice falling. then before 9:00 a.m., should be mainly snow falling and accumulating and then we'll see ice. even upper bucks county and berks county as well. farther to the south near philadelphia, we should already be seeing a change over to rain, but the ice is going to be the biggest problem on the roads in the morning, so wait to leave until after 9:00. >>> drew smith is live in norristown where penn dot is preparing for the freezing weather. >> this is fully stocked, this is as much salt as you'll see all season. they are ready for this. they say this all started on thursday when they started their deicing program. tonight this is going to be a busy place. the timing they say is good because it's going to be happening in the overnight hours, and because it's a weekend, but that doesn't mean it's going to be a quiet weekend here. they're mixing that salt with sand and they have been treating since thursday with that anti icing program. the salt trucks will begin to roll out around midnight whe

santa arrived in norristown this morning. >> he was joined by police officers as they stocked the shelves of the salvation army. >> reporter: making a grand entrance on a flatbed sleigh, santa and his helpers had a special delivery for the school veg salvation army in norristown. law enforcement officers from montgomery county unloaded toys and food they collected. in its 21st year, the drive is a well oiled machine, from the manpower, to the equipment. while the toys are of course for christmas, the food will go much further as the salvation in norris town feeds 1,500 people every month. >> this food isn't just for the holiday, this lasts them all year almost through september. >> we can't do this without one another. and that's what the salvation army is all about, doing good. >> reporter: the holiday cheer reminded everybody what the season is all about. >> wishing you a merry christmas and a merry christmas to all. >> and to all a good night. >> that will get you in the spirit. >> it really will. >>> we are working on several stories for nbc10 news at 5:00. >> next at 5:00, a new act

there's also a crash out in norristown at west marshal street and we'll end with this accident in upperaryland to ramp 202 northbound. it's not blocking any of the major lanes. it's pretty much in the center median where the ramp and the schuylkill expressway split off. it's two points that split off into the shoulder. >> just a few minutes now before the start of the "today" show. >> let's find out what's coming up at 7:00 with hoda ktob and matt lauer. good morning to you. >> good morning, ladies. we're going to have the overnight developments as to what caused the chain reaction loud explosion. >>> and '80s pop star richard marx helps subdue a passenger on the flight. we'll get that story. >>> the clock is ticking. some last-minute shopping, shipping, and deadline rules that you need to pay attention to today when we get started on a wednesday morning right here on "today." ladies, back to you. >> the clock is ticking down. we'll see you guys at 7:00. thanks. >> see you. >> see you. >>> here's a good one. a student in delaware used what she learned in school to save a life. >> she su

as we show you a closeup view there's norristown, phoenixville, pilots pottstown, reporting light lane, the impacting they highway 322 near honeybrook. temperatures is the big story here, the way the numbers crash. 60 degrees the temperature the last hour. now we're down to 39. less than 300 miles away. 31 in pits, 4 -- in pittsburgh, 34 in charleston. teens and below zero across the high plains. the way the rest of the afternoon plays out, starting out in the 50s, but quickly dropping to 47 by 2:00 p.m. 38 by 6:00 p.m. at this point the windchills are in the 0s. by 10:00 p.m. we're to the freezing mark. windchills in the 20s. when i come back i'll let you know how cold it gets and how long it lasts in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> the strong winter storm moving across the nation's mid section left it's mark in time for holiday travel. many flights have been canceled some flashing lights in upstate new york and new england have been called off. if you're flying check with your airline or phl.org. >>> the snow caused dozens of accidents even with seasoned drivers. tod

one person was rushed to the hospital after they fell from a roof in norristown. chopper 6 hd was over haas avenue. police have not released the extent of their injuries or why they were on the roof or how the the accident happened. >>> it is a festivous miracle. construction on i-95 212 million expansion project began in 2012. it widen the highway between cottman and bridge street interchanges. there are on andoff -- on and off-ramp. >> it was a nightmare. good that they are done. >> however, other construction projects north of center city are underway while others are about to begin. penndot will finish there by 2028, about 11 years from now. >> the superintendent fortunate upland school district is leaving his job. the district hired shannon three years ago with hopes of turning the troubled district around. in time time, reading levels went up but they are financially in trouble and going under state control. >>> the man in question who was in tunisia is already known to police. here's abc's maggie ruly. >> reporter: a rare search for this man, germany warms

you'll pay 1.50 less though ride the rales between norristown and 69 street station.us fare, to and from the mall; dropping 50-cent. down from 2.25 per trip. >> i love paying less. >> isn't that great? >> good news. >> 5:26. high school marching bands from florida spending a second night here in philadelphia. >> not too bad. things could be worse, but didn't plan it that way. we'll tell you why they were stranded, and how they're trying to get to rome and back. >> weaver some weather. so who will get snow. who will get rain? where and how much? sue, is tracking it all, and she's also watching the roads. >> just waking up, good news this morning, good news for the loved ones here, the great grandmother, her great granddaughter. went missing christmas eve. they've been found, hundreds of miles away from home. so we will have all of the details on this one. >>> also ahead this morning, we are remembering hollywood legend, debbie reynolds. more on her life coming up in just a moment. great to have you with us everyone, i'm thomas drayton. >> i'm karen hepp. we have a busy

and heavier than normal past norristown because of a disabled vehicle taking out ther lane, 18 miles per hour cox ago way from valley forge in lower providence a crash at egypt roa fire in westchester avoid church street at this hour. we'll check it again in the next half however. >> thanks matt. still ahead on "action news" the dangers of driving in a winter storm. a deadly pileup on an icy highway. >>> tonight we are exploring the benefits of a full body workout designeded to build muscle and boost your metabolism. we'll be right back. i work 'round the clock. i want my blood sugar to stay in control. so i asked about tresiba®. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® is a once-daily, long-acting insulin that lasts even longer than 24 hours. i want to trim my a1c. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® provides powerful a1c reduction. releases slow and steady. works like your body's insulin. when my schedule changes... i want something that delivers. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ i can take tresiba® any time of day. so if i miss or delay a dose, i take it when i remember, as long as there's at least 8 hours between

lets get out to sabina in norristown outside courthouse.ring set to take place in a couple hours here, sabina. we will be learning obviously sabina is gathering latest details as she mentioned in a couple hours, both side will be battling this out. cosby his defense saying this should not go to trial. we will have more on the allegations and what to second actually, lets go out to sabina, good morning. >> reporter: this latest hearing could be make or break for cosby's defense, perhaps even the prosecution a judge is expect to rule on whether prosecutors will be allowed to call up to 13 of cosby's past accusers to testify in the sex assault case against him. state need to convince court that the testimony from the 13 other women is relevant to trial even though case is now focusing on just one accuser, andrea constant. prosecutors hope to show cosby had a pattern of drugging and molesting women. defense, of course will push back hard and the testimony, new last year you will recall he was indicted on charges he assaulted constand at his elk

chopper 6 hd was over the 300 block of haas avenue in norristown. police taped off the front lawn and blocked traffic during the investigation. they did not release details of the investigation or the extent of the injuries. >>> superintendent of the upland school district is stepping down. gregory shannon submitted his resignation. he turned around the district, but they are still in financial trouble and under the control of the state. >>> plans for the port of philadelphia are expected to bring in thousands of new jobs. tom wolf announced the $300 million initiative yesterday. improvements will be made to the port's infrastructure in the effort to lure new business. >>> an elementary school in harrisburg helped grant a christmas wish for two siblings. ♪ >>> michael and marko moved from puerto rico so michael could be treated for palls. they missed their grandmother, so they brought her to the school yesterday. >> i was the only one working in puerto rico, she was the one raising my sons. >> the school raised enough money to play the boy's aunt fr

also here an accident in norristown, marshall street we know carson and markley. on the waze app i found someone talking about an accident in chester on 4th street him look for that to be a problem, as 7t. i want to show you storm tracker 6 live double scan, as david has been showing us it's just rain in the i-95 corridor. as you go to the north, allentown, light snow,i-78, i you're traveling near kutztown you have an icy mix. if you're traveling near quakertown an icy mix. as well as flemming ton and sommerville in new jersey. you have light snowfall on and off ending in easton. light snow in allentown. the rest of the area just rain, but slow it down, tam. >>> developing overnight a drive by shooter executed a rookie new york city correction officer. the 42-year-old was shot sitting outside a car in brook gunshot wounds to her head and torso. the correction officers association issued a statement saying the corrections family is shocked and grieving, thehoific. >>> a plane took off fro an extra passenger on board. a woman went into labor forcing the pilot to lan

one to two inches, limerick, norristown, warrentown, bed minister. and two to four inches plus the icing in greenwich, allentown, hellertown, three to six inches in the pocono mountains, and the wild temperature changes from the 20s night, going up to 62 degrees by sunday morning, and then way back down into the 30s by sunday night. >>> hey, i'm danny pommells, csn, coming up, we're talking baseball despite the temperatures outside. to keep warm the fliers are outside and the eagles have laid out a plan for carson wentz. that's next. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> good evening, i'm danny pommells, csn, the temperatures outside don't really have anybody thinking about baseball. the phill

we have two lanes block there by police, so watch out for their part of norristown this morning. we have a tow truck, taking care of that disabled vehicle right now. so, sunday, mummers parade, the big roads that will be closed, because of that parade it is jfk boulevard between 15th and 20th, forget about it , between 3:00 in the morning and 6:00 in the evening on sunday your alternate is arch street. market street, between 15th and 16th, it is going to be closed from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. race street is your alternate there. plan accordingly for new years day. the patco high speed line they are on a special schedule between philadelphia and lindenwald because they expect people to get out of town early for new years weekend. we still have the water main break at penns landing, southbound columbus boulevard at queen street with one left lanes blocked, been there all week long, we do expect it to be fixed today so we can say happy new year but is what the forecast? we will find out in 15 seconds >>> in the wake of what happened yesterday, the rain that we had in the morning, we

fox 29's jennifer joyce has the story for us from norristown. >> reporter: for many people live christmas tree is the centerpiece of a joyful bright traditional family christmas. >> the smell, the cleaning, kids love to just, you know, decora decorate. >> the smell, the atmosphere. the feel just uniqueness of it. >> reporter: and this year the holiday staple is free for these families. surf pro of norristown and manayunk along with the police department work together to find local families and church who's can benefit most from this $3,000 give away. >> there's so many out there that can't buy a tree. the simple thing to be able to go out with your kid and pick a christmas tree. >> one by one parents and children pick out the perfect pine. >> pick a perfect one. >> reporter: serve pro crews pass fastened 100 trees to the roofs of cars, trucks and suvs. symbolizing of everybody getting together and being together as family again. >> reporter: lenay allen says her family was nominated for a free tree because her brother is an active member of the national guard. and this year they're hostin

"action news" reporter bob brooks is live at the penndot yard in norristown.ly tynan and accuweather. >> jim this is a two part storm system each part occurring on each day of the weekend and double scan live showing the first is a warm front that's create something snow across the midwest. this is streaking to the east and this will be filling in in the overnight hours. so, there is a winter weather advisory, goes into effect at 10 o'clock tonight but i really think most of the action occurs in the wee hours of the morning and then these advisories will be expiring from the south to the north as we get a changeover to first ice and then rain as the system pulls in a lot of very warm air. temperatures right now certainly anything but warm. it's 24 degrees in philadelphia, another brutally cold day.