in norristown, crash on route to 2 northbound around main street. watch for delays on that northbound side. back to you. >> thanks, jessica. >>> an emt worker is run over and killed by her own ambulance. god, bro. >> oh! >> watch it, watch it. >> oh! >> the new video that captures the moment the man stole the emergency vehicle in new york city. >> i'm not angry. it's the job i signed up for. i knew it was a possibility. >> atlantic city police officer shares his story months after being shot. what he says could fete in the way of his recovery. >>> smart devices are supposed to make your life easier, right? not for one student. why her name is causing so much trouble. >>> 13 minutes past 5:00 now on this friday morning. breaking news update. no word of anyone being hurt at this apartment building fire in raleigh, north carolina. flames ripped through the five-story building. people evacuated nearby buildings while crews got things under control. investigators will be looking for the cause of this fire. >>> cell phone video from new york city where an

again norristown 202 north at main street. jersey, creek road, approach 295, looking there, looking pretty darenow removal still. pa turnpike virginia drive in norristown, then also have construction out there, as well, old york road at butler avenue, roads blocked there. all the way until 7:00 a.m. to the tip of our rush hour. >> thank you, and today we celebrate saint patrick's day. >> at the white house the water in the fountain has been died green in honor of today. the staff at the white house is ahead of yesterday's visit. today it seems everyone is a little bit irish. two of the world's largest parades, one in new york city, the other in savannah, georgia. >> coming up local company launches hiring spree. >> coming up, businesses looking to fill wendy's doesn't put up with mushy fish sandwiches like some do. their north pacific cod is breaded in crisp, flaky panko for a big... that's deliciously different. i love it even more than the sea. hey, don't get all mushy on us. it's dinner time and you worked overtime. so you

also in norristown, disabled vehicle on west main street around markley street. watch for that.. turnpike having slow-moving maintenance work. watch for some vehicles on the westbound side now between woodlow grove and ft. washington. from route 1 to valley forge just a 23-minute trip. we'll end here on the bridges. they look great. tacomy-palmyra, clear, ben franklin and betsy ross as well. we'll be back in ten minutes with a check-in with mass transit. >> jessica, thanks for that. >>> quarter to 5:00 friday morning. we made it to friday. it was a long week with the storm earlier. >> it has been. i like the way that today is shaping up. let's check in with bill for the most accurate forecast in the city. bill? >> not a bad start. there are cold starts with suburbs in the 20s. most of the rest here is running warmer than yesterday. 28 in south jersey, philadelphia at 31 degrees, 27 in delaware and 25 in the lehigh valley. that 22 degrees will turn around. we'll see numbers in the 40s this afternoon. and many of the suburbs are warmer already. euclid township, also 27 in elroy. w

norristown, 202 northbound, at main street. the vehicle went straight off the road, came very close to where that pole is. so just heads up for those of you headed out this morning, take it ice, travel at posted speeds, no speed restrictions that i'm aware of. i wouldn't think so. so travel at posted speeds for sure. also, we've got some snow removal here, pa turnpike between virginia driver and norristown, ah, still traveling at posted speeds, but you won't see it progress through the morning, if our crews are out, there be mindful of them. construction clues out there, as well, 611 old york road, bullet letter avenue. these lanes will be blocked until 7:00 a.m. so right in the heart of rush hour when that begins. they'll just be moving out of the way. then we've got a downed tree here. downed tree, and wires delaware, faulk lands road closed between woods road and marilyn drive. alternate is kirkwood highway, see you in about ten minutes. >> new this morning, philadelphia police are building a time line after a man is found s

roberts road is blocked right now at bethlehem pike so we will have to use an alternate around norristown road is your best bet. i'll confirm when that clears up but that is still out there we are dealing with construction this morning. this construction particularly , in delaware is on route 141, so 295 north at 95, 295 split that has just been cleared. for those who heard me 10 minutes ago, good news that construction has cleared. we do still have construction on the northeast extension southbound between lehigh valley and quakertown, left lane blocked in that area and we have some more, still lingering out there, new jersey turnpike north bound at route 322, right lane is block , that will be lingering until 6:00 a.m. right before 6:00 a.m. when turnpike will get busy. i will let you know when that clears but just a head up. just a reminder delaware river bridge is closed until at lee april. we will deal with these alternates, for the next, i would say, little bit, and we know that these get very busy. we will talk about that in the next 10 minutes. jim and rahel, back over to you. >>>

live in norristown, john rawlins channel6 "action news."im. >> john, thank you. >>> let's switch live to lehigh correspondent walter perez in emmaus lehigh county. walter, what's the situation there. >> reporter: well, jim, penndot lehigh valley is ready as well with 70,000 tons of salt yet to be used, penndot will begin deploying its 209 vehicle lehigh valley fleet early tomorrow morning. penndot officials say make no bones about it, driving around tomorrow especially in the morning will be flat out dangerous. >> we always encourage not to travel during these events but that's one of the big ones. we do that want to strongly encourage people if you don't -- if it's not absolutely necessary, please stay home and wait until things are a little better. >> reporter: with the lehigh valley expecting more than a foot and a half of snow, under blizzard-like conditions, albright's hardware in allentown was busy today as employees here worked number double time to pull the salt and snowblowers out of storage after giving up on winter two weeks ago.

use an alternate, norristown road will be your best bet for now. i'll let you know when that does clear. we have more construction on the northeast extension, north and southbound at quakertown left lanes blocked there northeast extension southbound before lansdale, left lane is blocked there head up on that but overall since it is still so early these will not slow you down to be mindful if you are leaving later in the 5:00 o'clock hour. new jersey turnpike northbound at three to two that right lane is block. that is blocked right up until 6:00 a.m. it will get busy in the later 5:00 o'clock hour. we have construction in delaware, 295 northbound is closed at i-95, 295, that split right there because construction is being done, on route 141. just a head up again, a lot of these construction projects lingering out there hopefully they will clear out there around 6:00, if they linger we will talk about that as well. jim and rahel, back over to you. >>> thanks, meisha. we will begin with breaking news this morning. manhunt for a driver, police say sla

screen and christie lleto is in allentown expected to get hid very hard and chad pradelli is in norristown janette reyes is live at the salt yard in juniata park and first we go to metrologist cecily tynan and adam joseph cecily let's start with you what is the latest from accuweather? >> showing the snow is breaking out right on schedule philadelphia areas south and west most of it is on the light side and we do have a little bit of some mixing in with sleet, south of dover and cape may beginning to see a little bit of rain, i want to show you the water vapor imagery so what this is it shows the moisture content higher in the atmosphere and the atmosphere works from the top down so this shows that piece of energy all cross the midwest and shows earlier that low pressure that was across the gulf coast that is now beginning to form off the carolina coast and see it coming together that is called phasing with the northern branch of a jet scream phasing with the southern branch and cold from the north and warm from the south creates a nor'easter and showing it is coming together, the storm ri

you can see the slick spot right here, that led to a crash in norristown, 202 markley street norristownide main treat at the dan hour bridge. watch out for the activity with the crash. we're trying to get rid of the snow to avoid the crashes on the westbound pennsylvania turnpike. on the big picture, no problems on i-95 the vine the schuylkill expressway or the blue route. in delaware, still have the downed trees from the storm blocking faulk land road, kirkwood highway the alternate. >> time for a look at business and great news if you're looking for a job. wawa is putting up the help wanded sign, they are hiding for the their spring hiring campaign. they workers all in the next 3 months. some locations will hold opennouses on wednesday march 29. everybody is happy when they see wawa workers, good coffee and good hoagies, looks like a fun job. >>> dollar general is hoping to improve service by paying their employees more. they are going to open 1,000 new stores and remodel existing stores. >>> the dow fell by 15 points, the nasdaq ended up less than a point. this morning it is looking

i saw as many as yesterday morning and the ice has led to a crash in norristown, 202 the northbound side of markley street at main street by the dunkin dunkin' donuts and mcdonald's, as well. traffic can get by coming away from the danhour bridge. they are trying to avoid that trying to get rid of ice and snow on the pennsylvania turnpike. snow removal crews are in the westbound lane near fort washington. on the big picture, speeds are good across the board on the schuylkill expressway, the roosevelt boulevard and i-95. let's check this spot, the vine street expressway in center city. traffic is moving fine in both directions. here comes an emergency vehicle, i don't think we have any problems here, no overnight construction. heading toward the vine on our good buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge. everything is good for vehicular traffic. foot traffic is not allowed on the ben franklin bridge walkways are closed because of icy conditions. >> a driver in the city's overbrook section realizes that something is beneath his minivan. that something turned out to be a man who was shot. katherin

this is northbound 309 right near norristown. and look at the glare on the road surface, that's ice, gang. and that's obviously what this fellow slid on and kissing the snow drift here. hopefully we'll be okay there. live look at the 42 freeway, again, depends where you begin and end your trip. same deal as yesterday, again account temps hovering below freezing anything that's out there is either iced over, chunky ice, don't wear your good shoes today, bole ' have to cream over the snow clumps at the intersections, look out in the work zones like i-95, coming down southbound between allegheny and girard, there is no shoulders, no place to put the snow, so there are big chunks of it in the left lane. that's going to come up on you fast. here is mass transit. septa says they expect regular service today on the market frankford, broa broad street subway, still many buses suspended, some on detour. your best bet go to the system status at septa.org. click on your bus. you'll know exactly what's going on today. same deal with the regi

, light nuisance stuff for the most part, darker green and yellow showing up west of norristown it is pushing toward lansdale and up toward quakertown. if we go wired toward the northern and -- wider toward the northern and western suburbs, we have patches of yellow. there's one allentown bethlehem and another batch will follow, allentown and bethlehem could get clipped with this later on. a twitter follower asked me what does it look like on the shore on the boardwalk, you're basically dry, but cloudy. most of the rain in the northern suburbs this morning. everybody has to allow for some of that through the morning hours and we generally dry out later. 42 degrees in philadelphia. the wind relatively light at 8 miles per hour. so not much wind. midday, most of the rain is to the east additional shower activity. we get into the afternoon, while there's a sprinkle or shower around we are busting out sunshine in parts of the region. we expect the day to get drier and brighter and by 11:00 p.m. tonight partly cloudy skies and dry. we're in the 40s at 10:00 a.m. with rain. noon, 55 and dry

we had a vehicle that slid and ran into a traffic signal in norristown 202 at main street that cleared out. we have a broken down vehicle on the northeast extension northbound past lansdale that's off to the side. overnight construction on. nex is gone. on the westbound turnpike they are removing snow in the westbound lanes near fort washington. watch out for the crews there on this friday morning. >> we're starting with breaking news, a man in overbrook was backing his minivan out and hit something in the driveway dragging it 100 feet until he stopped and realized that something was someone. it was a man at some point in the night had already been shot. katherine scott is live at police headquarters with the latest on what we know. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: that's right, a man was shot in the rear driveway and hit by a minivan and dragged 100 feet. he was pronounced on the scene. the driver is not considered a suspect in the case, he is cooperating with police. let's go to video to overbrook. shortly before midnight police were called to the rear driveway of north 68th str

route 309 around norristown road. partially blocked right now with accident scene. one car involved. pretty much got to ramp and spun out. some of the major -- most of the majors at least are really seeing really clear conditions, but some of the ramps we're seeing some of that snow and ice over into the shoulders. that's where people hit those and lose control of their vehicle. now we have police activity here on the scene. got to get this guy under control. watch out for a lot of this today. also disabled vehicle so another disabled car out in lower merion on franklin avenue around west montgomery avenue. right near 295 near that point moving through cherry hill. no major problems. you can see definitely snow into the center median. watch for icy spots getting on and off the ramp. that's the parts of the roads we're going to really watch today. as well as the secondary roads and more details on everything that goes on for the rest of the morning when i come back in about ten. >> thanks jess. >>> these documents show president trump's tax return for 2005. >> we'll

crash in norristown on route 202 northbound around west main street. and katy, back to you guys. >>> a second grader in collegeville got a special surprise, very special surprise at school. >> reunited with his dad, who had been deployed overseas. [ picheers and applause ] >> 7-year-old owen and his have been living with their grandparents in collegeville since october. now that his dad is home, they will move back to colorado with his dad this weekend. a few parting word for his classmate. >> thanks so much for making owen welcome while he's here. it's tough to travel around, have to change schools often. >> after the reunion, he took time to read to the class and answer their questions about being an air force pilot. very nice. >>> journalists get caught in the middle of a volcano erupt n eruption. take a look at this. what a horrifying scene. they kept their cameras rolling. >>> and calling for action. growing concerns in new jersey about lead found in water. >> coming up, all new at 6:00, what can you add to your diet to help relieve some of the te

sanford harling the third was a student in norristown. >>> delaware county daily time haverford highchool students are petitioning to end a graduation color dress code. seniors had marched in commencement exercise west young men wearing red gowns and young women wearing yellow gowns. some students say that the dual colors system in loaning fits life, in the 21st century >>> and that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >>> well, a virginia teen's prom proposal is pulling heart strings of the so many people it has gone viral. >> they have not seen it, check this out. >> would you go to prom with me. this came from rachel solder a senior and she asked tyler a sophomore with intellectual disabilities to appear and tyler said yes. rachel said, she was glad that tyler didn't turn her down. >> we will dance. >> it will be a lot of fun. he loves to dance, so it will be so sweet. >> so sweet. >> it will be a lot of fun. >> tyler has got some moves looking forward to showing off his moves and rachel said he will be the life of the parity >> clearly. >> obviously.

your alternate norristown road will be your best bet, there. also, we have construction that is still lingering out there until 6:00 o'clock hour mark. new jersey turnpike northbound at 322 that right lane is block, that should be lifting right around 6:00 a.m. i will confirm it as soon as it does but it is still out there we have sewer installation route 30 and art more avenue and rittenhouse place this is closed for almost 24 hours. 6:30 p.m. today and that will be there until 5:30 p.m. on friday. around this area will to have use an alternate montgomery avenue is your best bet. in fact, it is your best bet and will be busy as well. we have some more construction township line road between greenwood avenue and washington lane, this it is closed between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. this will be lingering out there until may 26th, but for those just hearing this for the first time your alternate is church road. it will be closed between 8:00 g pennsylvania our rush hour until 3:00 p.m. and lingering out there until may 26th. these construction proje

tree turnpike westbound approaching norristown blocking the right lane. slowing on the westbound turnpike. don't forget we have a ban on oversized vehicles on the turnpike because of the high winds. jamming up on the vine street expressway, you see what the winds are doing to the camera. westbound traffic jamming from the parkway to the schuylkill expressway. tacony-palmyra bridge expect an opening for the southbound ship in the next half-hour, stick to the betsy ross bridge again. again, all these cameras you see the effects of the wind. you have to watch for downed trees, debris on the roads, downed tree 295 southbound past 206 in the right lane. >> breaking right now, the high winds also brought down a tree on a house in delaware county at least one person was hurt. katherine scott gathered new video of the damage inside the home and joins us live in clifton heights. katherine? >> reporter: matt, the good news is that tom foley tell us us hee is -- tells us he is doing okay. he has cuts and bruises, but is lucky to be standing and talking with us. the

reporting live in norristown bob brooks channel6 "action news." jim. >> bob, thank you. >>> philadelphia police nabbed robbery suspect after a brief chase this morning. police captured the alleged bandit on delaware avenue near orthodox street in the bridesburg section of the city. police say the suspect held up the prudential bank on the 8000 block of frankford avenue in holmesburg at 11 o'clock. a tip from a witness helped police track the suspect's vehicle. the man is now in the custody of the fbi. >>> investigators still trying to figure out how and why a car was in the path of a freight train this morning. nobody was injured fortunately in this head-on crash in tioga-nicetown in philadelphia. the car somehow got stuck on the snow covered tracks. it happened near the 3400 block of westemoreland. the car was damaged. the train was not. >>> in atlantic city, they have launched a campaign against the state of new jersey's plan to lay off police and firefighters in the financially crippled city. "action news" reporter john rawlins was in atlantic

it's all quiet tonight at the norristown penndot yard, crews could not treat the roads because there's rain on the way first, and it would wash all the salt away. >> that's not fun for the kids but definitely not fun for us adults either if you have to be out and traveling. >> reporter: this mom knows it probably won't mean a snow day off, but it will be a shock to the system. check out outdoor happening happening tone in manayunk where some people were out wearing shorts. >> the weather has been a little off. >> reporter: this woman is matching spring clothing with winter ones. not a total shift in seasons yet. and it looks like that was a good idea. >> we have knits left, ladies. so we're happy for the snow to come back and get some more of these beautiful things out of the store. >> reporter: families soaked up the last of these upper 60-degree temperatures on belmont plateau. after this frisbee game, they had some adjusting to do at home. >> have to kind of reprepare the house, put the thermostats where they need to be to prepare for this. when the weather is already warm and warmi

trolleys and norristown high speedline still running. 13 buses suspended.ersey transit on a maryland if i'd schedule. amtrak northeast corridor still on a modified schedule dave. >> a couple spotty showers around. this one looks like it's sliding along the bucks county-montgomery county border a little bit more in burlington county. they'll be gone shortly. if you're dressing the kids dress them up warm. it's cold with wind chills down around 10 and this afternoon wind chills in the single digits and teens then as well. temperatures across the region right now 23 degrees in philadelphia f-one in allentown. again the wind chills worse and as we go through the day it stays windy and cold a high this afternoon of 29 degrees. we'll probably have to wait until 5 o'clock to get there. a couple afternoon snow showers may pop this afternoon the winds are going to be strong. tam, be careful of more falling branches especially in neighborhoods that got sleet and freezing rain yesterday. >> good to keep in mind. and let's take a look at some of the photos and videos t

snow removal still taking place, pa turnpike westbound, through virginia drive and norristown, again, snow and ice still today, not as much of a problem, but still a problem. jim, rahel, over to you. >> thank you, some good news, the sun finally beginning to melt, philadelphia's icy sidewalks. >> but if you're wacking around cen wore bit ice from above. live in center city where there are several incident of falling ice since sunday, trang? >> good morning, jim, rahel. we had cameras out here all day yesterday, and it didn't take long for us to capture ice falling from buildings, in fact, out here in front of the lowe's hotel, police closed off the sidewalk to protect pedestrians from falling ice. >> look out, look out. >> people walking around center sit have i to worry about ice on the ground, and from above. >> so there was couple of pieces that dropped about a minute ago. and they came down with a crash. >> he chose to walk this is the street to avoid the falling ice. >> it sounded like it would break windows. >> melted some whatever had frozen onto buildings and rooftops, after t

pa turnpike westbound from virginia drive norristown.here we have some snow removal taking place, so heads up on that. jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you shall meisha. the ice slowly melting after tuesday's nasty snowstorm. >> well, that sound like a good thing, actually causing some concerns in center city. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live on market street where, trang, ice has actually been falling from he'd becomes. that can't be good. good morning. >> well good morning, rahel, jim. it didn't take very long for our cameras yesterday to capture ice falling from buildings, police had to close off this portion of market street behind me in front of the loews hotel as a precaution to protect pedestrians from falling ice. >> look out, look out. >> people walking around center city have to worry about ice on the ground, and from above. >> so there was couple of pieces that dropped about a minute ago and they came down with a crash. >> bill from jenkintown chose to walk this is the street to avoid the walking ice. >> found dollars

here's a live look at 309 right here near norristown road. watch for an accident off to the side. will notice difference in the road surface. they were putting down that salt/bri i inn solution. i pass i had a tanker truck putting down the brine this morning on the schuylkill expressway. live look here everybody coming into work this morning will get that workday in so we can take a snow day tomorrow. plan ahead heading to the airport. lets go to the news van, already down here, this is at the security checkpoint. it is at philly international where folks are heeding our message to plan ahead, the storm, already coming through chicago, so that will leave delays for any flights, coming through chicago heading toward philadelphia, and when we get a big storm like this the airlines, reshuffle all of the flights, they do not want to have their planes stuck in the path of the nor'easter, that is philly, pittsburgh, new york, all the way up in to new england. check with the airline today, and reschedule your flight, otherwise, you could be here until thursday. not that we wouldn't mind

this is a rough start in norristown, thinks 202 northbound at main street a one vehicle crash here. maybe some black ice, it looks like the guy maybe went to try to make the turn here and that is what we're talking about black isis out there and smacked in the light pole and got snow all over, snow, debris, all over the roadway, this is in norristown north on 202 at main street, northeast philadelphia looking great, no problems or delays at all but right here watch it at that far right or left lane, sun came out for maybe an hour yesterday, just enough to melt things a little bit but then that quickly it refroze on the overnight so black ice, every where out there this morning especially on those banks on and off ramps. faulkland drive atwood road down tree no problem getting out of the airport maybe for the weekend. looking good. do you think it is cold? imagine, rowing on the river this weekend. the first of the regattas, come into town, manny flick regatta row, row, row your boat, not me saturday at 6:00 is first regatta on the river so they will close the kelly drive, hot chocol

so two things working down in delaware, and in norristown, a house fireere, north hills drive at glennley drive. could leave with us some local detours for the school buses for the morning rush hour. otherwise, the septa buses running with no delays. karen, back over to you. >> thank you so much there, bob. we do begin with this breaking news, it comes from new castle county where police are investigating an officer-involved shooting. we know one man is dead. g righe keeley with the latest on what's going on. steve, what are you showing us? >> you can see, investigators are scouring this car. that's a focus. this is the second crime scene. if you weren't just joining us, this is the one we've been showing across that appears to be in a park. and a team of investigators, chris, stay tight on that as possible while i describe this. and these team of investigators, the men in the suits we showed you the last time, walk from this scene, to this scene. and so you can see the car doors are open. a tenant you'll hear mentions a car being shot up, a police car being shot up, where we are on th

there is one nearby along swede road at herbs mill road by norristown bell credit union.e a crash on the southbound side of the new jersey turnpike near 7a. one lane of the inner drive blocked there. deptford township a wreck on 55 northbound approaching 42. jammed there because the left lane is blocked. but we'll check it again, rick and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> thanks, ma it's. >> matt. >> meteorologist adam joseph is coming up with that exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. >> we have some breaking news to pass along from the city's northern liberties section. chopper6 is over a two car crash that happened just about 15, 20 minutes ago here in northern liberties. this is the intersection of seventh street and girard avenue. two cars crashed. you can take a look at the damage there. no word yet on why the cars collided. police are on the scene as you take a look at a cruiser in the middle of your screen there. no word on any injuries but the seven what asian is under -- situation is under investigation. we'll bring you more information as it becomes

live in norristown, john rawlins, channel6 "action news."k to you all. >> john, thank you. >>> the city of philadelphia is not under a blizzard warning but a snow emergency will go into effect at 9 o'clock tonight. septa will have addition additil staffers to monitor conditions. the city will begin ticketing and together cars on snow routes beginning at midnight and tomorrow trash and recycling will not be picked up. residents with tuesday pickups are asked to hold everything until next week. >> philadelphia international airport has been heavily impacted. more than a thousand flights have been canceled out of phl including all flights out of philadelphia tomorrow on southwest airlines. american airlines has canceled all of tomorrow's flights through 5:00 p.m. all major airlines are offering to waive change fees because of the storm ahead. >> in new jersey many eyes are on the shore and what might happen to beaches once this winter storm moves in. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live in ortley beach with more on that tonight. hi, n

stick to norristown road. >> a driver lost control and crashed into a house in south jersey. from the action cam east line street in pens grove, new jersey. you can see the hole inside the house. it shows the basement steps. there were four people in the car. one was injured. police are looking for the driver of the car. two people inside it is house were not injured. officials of the salem county prosecutor's office are heading to the scene to investigate the crash. >>> another breaking story involving a crash, two state troopers were among the injured when the high-speed chase ended with the officer cruiser smashing on top of an already roll over car. annie mccormick is live at the belmont state barracks. >> reporter: we got an update from the barracks both state troopers that were taken to the hospital have been treated and released and okay. in the vehicle they were pursuing the driver was injured and is still in the hospital in stable condition. take a look at this video. there you can see the state police cruiser ended up on top of the vehicle it was pursuing. the chase

, because eastbound approaching norristown a crash taking out two lanes and the schuylkill is busy but better than the single digit speeds on the eastbound turnpike. the pace on 295 in cherry hill as you head southbound the crash is gone as is the disabled vehicle and slowing in both directions, crash on 42 southbound has cleared as has the one in marlton and medford. and the water main break from earlier this afternoon blocking arm street. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> much more to come on "action news" wednesday night. a budding partnership in south jersey is pairing school children with shelter animals and a whole lot of books. why this new program is benefiting everyone. >> but first trouble on the high seas for a group of seasoned sailors that got caught in dangerous conditions and needed to be rescued. >>> and another beautiful day a lot of fine and high of 6414 degrees above normal and we'll talk about below normal temperatures and a round of wet snow in the accuweather forecast. >> oh boy. plus jaime apody with eagles and college hoops and flyers in sports. tomorrow's the

paoli thorndale line, norristown line running with delays.y minute delays on new jersey transit's northeast corridor trains and again, weather related, obviously these trains are not taking too kindly to the below freezing temperatures this morning. no a or b express service on the market frankford line, planning ahead if you plan to get to the airport, folks are scrambling now, for their travel plans, already a jammo down at the ticket counters at philly international, chicago o'hare, running with 45 minutes delay, jfk also has arrival delays, and when wilt it start? how much will we get. sue has it, and sue serio has more in 15 seconds. >>> lets take a lot map we have been waiting for now, i have just tweeted this out and said it is not set in stone, especially south of philadelphia, how far we see the mixing of snow, to sleet and rain will determine the final totals but eight to 12 inches is what we are going for in the city about look at descrepancy. north american model has gone down to 6 inches, we are still at a foot for global and eur

we have an accident in norristown. so far no report of problems or delays. it is passable and travel speeds within that area are green, so it is not effecting traffic within that area. we have an another at horsham and norristown. take a look at the schuylkill, katy. everything is good to go in the green. we've rebounded back into the 60s. back over to you. >> thanks so much for that update. >>> today is ash wednesday marking the beginning of the season of lent for christians here and around the world. if you can't make it to church today, some state leaders are offering ashes to go. churches will send clergy to public places to administer ashes and invite people to pray. other churches will do the same thing this afternoon. >>> you can check out hundreds of boats at the atlantic city boat show now through sunday. it's happening at the atlantic city convention center. this is video from last year's show. from kayaks to yachts, all the latest boats and new technologies are on display. >>> if you're ready for some football, center city, philadelphia, will be t

live look from norristown no problems up and over, light wind out there but anything that is still out there still frozen over. little melt down yesterday when sun came out but that quick it turned into a black ice. wilmington faulkland road atwood road watch for a down tree and then croups are moving some of the big snow piles around on the turnpike, so it is a moving crew, from valley forge through norristown all the way over into willow grove but otherwise mass transit and airport looking good, karen, back over to you. >> bob, thanks very much. we are following breaking news right now coming to us from the overbrook section of philadelphia. police are investigating a homicide after a man was shot and then gets run over and dragged by a car. he didn't necessity anything about that. lets get out to steve keeley who can explain what we know, steve? >> reporter: it was a maroon dodge minivan and you can see it parked where it was eventually supposed to get to, the gentlemen backed in here in the back alley of his house which faces north 68th street here in the overbrook section and way

we're transitioning over to pottstown, we're seeing showers in norristown. this is in association with a warm front which is lifting to the north. the temperatures are close to the freezing mark right now, but all these locations are climbing into the upper 0s, low 40s this afternoon. warrington, 33. quakertown, 29. martins creek, 26. tanersville, 30. look at the mid 30s in the southwest already. across interior sections of south jersey it is milder. 39 in vined. 39 in gandys beach. 41 south of there. smyrna and dover, 41. cinnaminson, 36 degrees. on and off rain showers for the city of philadelphia and the immediate suburbs. quakertown, it will start out as light snow, that will go over to rain showers, as well. that's round number one, insignificant today, another insignificant event arrives overnight into tomorrow morning i'll have that information coming up in the seven day in just a few minutes. >> look forward to the update, chris, thank you. >>> i would like to remind you can find storm tracker 6 live double scan radar at 6abc.com/weather. >>> your ti

fox 29's dave kinchen live from norristown with more on penndot's plan tonight. dave?er: chris, i guess you can say it took awhile for the winter to finally get here but penndot says they're ready. they're stocking up right here at the penndot regional headquarters in the norristown area. ready for this winter storm this is video of crews loading up salt in one of hundreds -- hundreds of their trucks. in fact ben dot says it will throw everything it has at this storm. we're talking more than 400 trucks out spreading salt and doing some plowing as well. the salt spread will start once the snow comes down we're told. the crews will be working around the clock to keep the roads passible. but they say keep in mind if you don't have to drive, don't. >> definitely would rather they stay home especially the way it looks right now during the am hours anywhere from ten to 4:00 o'clock even before that as early twos to 3:00 a.m. you're looking at two to 3-inches an hour that could be blinding conditions. >> reporter: we can tell you supply is not a problem in terms of salt. penn

lower gwynedd township we have a downed tree roberts road at bethlehem pike stick to norristown road. live on the schuylkill expressway, so far so good. >> now to the breaking news, a police pursuit end in the crash and injuries a pennsylvania state trooper, one car rolled he over and the trooper's vehicle ended up on top of it. this happened in the city of chester. annie mccormick joins us live at the belmont police barracks where the trooper works. >> reporter: drawing video when we get to it, the trooper is in the hospital with a wrist injury. one of the passengers was taken to the hospital in stable condition. take a look at the video this is following a pursuit a state trooper was following a vehicle, his cruiser ended up on top of the vehicle. the trooper was after. the chase started at midnight when troopers noticed the vehicle swerving on i-95 at the girard point bridge, after pulling the vehicle over and the police approached the driver the driver took off south on i-95. the pursuit went on in the city of chester and ended at mass son and east third. three people were in the

kept handy around wilmington for the next 15 to 30 minutes, philadelphia appears to dry out and norristown and reading and lebanon, and experiencing pass through showers andal ebb town is seeing most of this stuck break apart to the north. over the next hour we'll see an improvement in that. 56 degrees this morning when we are at 44 and that is a darn sight better than yesterday stuck in the 40s. the increase in temperatures is on going, winds at 3 miles per hour. they have been generally out of the south through the morning. as a result you see the down south numbers are popping up away from the cool ocean water. 63 in millville and 67 in wilmington and we expect the number in philadelphia to continue to pop into the 60s. allentown and places in the lehigh valley stuck in the 50s. in terms of rain there doesn't look like a lot more in the afternoon but after dinner time a little more of that comes through off and on. i think the next big wider spread rain occurs overnight foo tomorrow morning. lehigh valley forecast, 59 degrees and mostly cloudy and damp for an hour, hour and a half. down

. >> students at the high school in norristown held a mini-thon tonight. fundraiser for the diamond fund to help families dealing with childhood cancer. students are hoping to raise $45,000. sixers a strange score tonight, something we have not seen in a while. >> blow out. they have seen plenty this season. sixers and mavs, noel makes his return to the wells fargo center. later in the quarter, rashaun holmes on clean up duty, 15 of his 1 points in the first half. sixers up at the break. >> robert covington finishes on the fast break, piece of cake for the sixers, leading 31 points. sixers win 116-74. >> to villanova, a tougher challenge lies ahead. the cats draw wisconsin in round two of the tournament torment set for 2:40 in the afternoon. jeff skversky has more from buffalo. >> villanova faces a team that has won more than any other in the country. the wildcats can't shoot themselves in the foot like they did against mount st. mary's. >> chris jenkins says he didn't know he was in a shooting slump in his first tournament game since hitting these shots t

norristown, lansdale probably picking up more of this short orange line. well. philadelphia in a lull having given up this precipitation which is now pushing through browns mills medford lakes berlin looking like it's about ready to dry out and wilmington, delaware, also seeing a little bit of a sprinkle there as well. keep in that mind that in the wake of any of this you are looking at some wet roads which have tendency to put spray on the windshield and slow you down a tad. then that latest batch of showers is now moving off the coast but of course there's a couple of more rounds coming in. by the end of the rush hour i think most of that is probably done. 44 degrees is your current temperature in philadelphia. winds out of the west at eight. these numbers a lot milder across the region and this morning than they were yesterday morning. so maybe you can ease back on that heavier gear. the future tracker6 showing you that between now and noon, the clouds stay fairly pronounced but as we get into the afternoon, not only are these morning showers over, but

for now reporting live in norristown bob brooks channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you bob. >>> in new jersey one person was killed in an early morning house fire here in burlington county. now an investigation is under way into just how those flames started. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live on the scene at cornell avenue in pemberton township with that story. hi, nora. >> reporter: hi, monica. at this point police are telling us that he do not think that this fire was suspicious but they are still working to determine the exact cause. meanwhile neighbors here in pemberton's lake valley section say they did not know the victim well and were horrified to wake up this morning to see flames shooting out of the second story of this split level home. >> oh, the blaze was just so intense. >> reporter: this is home video of the deadly fire as it raged around 5:30 this morning on the 400 block of cornell avenue in pemberton. neighbor gus ramirez shot it on his phone. >> the flame was about 5 feet above the chimney shooting straight out. >> report

disable garbage truck, 202 south, norristown near main street, now since cleared. so looking good here norristown, schuylkill eastbound approaching spring garth end, look at this gorgeous shot. push in the eastbound direction, toward center city, kind of froze never time right here. just barely inning around. but you get the idea what you are working with both moving in the eastbound or westbound side. really want to show that you. who it is one of my favorites. gorgeous around there at spring garden. also some construction we are remind you of this, talking about this last week, reminding again today both in the traffic department and up at this desk, 15th and market, bus stop now, 15th street station under construction, and because of that the bus stop relocated to 16th and market. this will be out there through october. between this -- i'll be tweeting this out for you, reminder we look talking about that for quite some time. more construction route one we are talking about coming up in the next 15 minutes, jim, rahel, over to you. >> family looking for answers

use an alternate norristown road is your best bet around that. also still dealing with some construction, so they did change time on this, new jersey turnpike north bound at route 322 that right lane is block. now they are saying that will linger out there until around noon for those taking new jersey turnpike. it will be out there all morning long and then aramingo avenue ramp to i-95 reopening friday morning, big thumbs up there, jim and rahel, back over to you. >>> we are following breaking news out of salem county where police say a driver slammed a car full of people in the house overnight. >> driver then got out and took off running. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in penns grove where a manhunt is underway, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. home owner's son tells me this isn't first time that car has plowed through his parent's yard n this case police are still looking for that driver who ran off abandoning his car and four passengers inside that car, thankfully no one inside the house or inside the car wa

is said and done in philadelphia, interior south jersey, one to 3 inches north and west of say norristownnorth of the pennsylvania turnpike and into the lehigh valley, temperatures right new 33 allentown, mid 20's in the poconos and two to four in the lehigh valley. for wilmington an inch or so of snow is possible at high temperatures, around 40. for the upcoming weekend, it is going to be cold, we are looking at 33 on saturday and for the parade, highs in the 30's bob kelly but feels like temperatures in the teens and 20's. >> more concerned about the wind speed with my kilt. 6:17. good morning, everybody. we are looking live, hold on to your coffee cup here, the turnpike connector bridge, delayed laugh there from everybody thinking about that. here we go. we're opened for business. we are looking live from sky fox, turnpike connector bridge , been closed last several weeks, they have opened it up late last night, this is first morning rush hour, that folks are able to navigate the bridge and i'll tell you i had to go through detour a couple times in the last seven weeks. this is a welco

the ramp from norristown road to 309 northbound so we see crews on the scene trying to help them.shing lights out here and in some spots a little slick out here. you need to be careful as you're traveling and i think tam described it right. you can drive on a main road look pretty good and a i'd street is icy. on the big picture we have that vehicle fire here so watch for that one in lower merion on cherry lane at glen road. otherwise looking at the blue route moving pretty nicely in the 50's. schuylkill 40's and 50's and mostly in the 50's on i-95. we have a disabled vehicle here in upper providence township on old state road at meadow green drive so watch for crews on the scene with that that disabled vehicle. outside live in plymouth meeting this is the blue route at mid-county tolls. northbound traffic headed to the northeast extension. on the northeast extension we have 45 miles an hour speed limits still at this point between plymouth meeting and clark summit. i want to ick at a you to storm tracker6 live double scan where we are mostly dry through the area. we can see just

downed tree on the pennsylvania turnpike, this is westbound, right near norristown, taking out the right, all of the rain we had, the grounds is all soft. so some of these older trees that aren't really deep rooted it, will take nothing to just knock them over. i had a situation just couple of weeks ago, my son standing on the bus stop, and tree came over. missed him by couple every inches. so ten minute delays on the market frank for line due to switch problems. west trenton line service suspended because of downed wire. and a lot of the regional rail lines are running with delays this morning, alex and thomas back over to you. >> thanks forgetting us around, bob. 6:34, waiver of threats and vandalism at jewish cemetery uniting religious leaders of all. >> comes as rewards to capture the van as it grows. jennifer joyce, live from mount carmel cemetery in wissinoming with the updated number on what the award is now. >> good morning, allege ex, that award is up to $69,000 for information that leads to arrest and conviction of these van as, as you guys talked about, there is going to be a

it's already wet on 422 near norristown, malvern, coatesville is wet and this is headed towards the city all right, karen, thank yo you. >> ♪ >>> developing overnight, strong storms swept through parts of the midwest causing a lot of destruction. in missouri several homes were damaged by a possible tornado. the fire chief in oak grove near kansas city says possibly a dozen people were injured. search and rescue operations are also under way to make sure no one is trapped. the city has canceled classes for today. >> president trump's secretary of housing and urban development is explaining the comments he made about slaves and immigration. while giving his first speech to hud staff yesterday, ben carson said this about the determination of immigrants. >> thank you so much. there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships worked even longer even harder for less. they, too, had a dream that one day. >> carson released statement overnight saying immigration and slavery are two different experience and should never be intertwined nor for gotten. carson also hoped to prog

we have a downed tree shutting down roberts road at bethlehem pike, stick to norristown road while they deal with the downed tree. i-95, the source of a a bunch of accidents yesterday, so far so good. southbound traffic heading toward center city. no problems coming in from langhorne or bensalem. construction crews on the northeast extension northbound at quakertown. might be a little slowing at the scene there. matt and nydia. >> a driver lost control and crashed into a house in south jersey, here's a live picture from the scene of the action cam. this is the unit block of east line street in benefits grove, new jersey. that's where the car went in right there. you can see the hole on the side of the house, shows the basement steps. four people in the car, one swrird, in addition to that this, police are trying to figure out who was driving the car. the two people inside the house were not injured, officials of the salem county prosecutor's office are heading to the scene to investigate the crash. >>> breaking, two state troopers are among the injured when a high-speed chase epidemic e

. >>> we have a crash at main and markly, at the intersection of norristown, you can see the debris andt would have been, the turning lane, and the officers , police cars are not involved this fellow is here, in the heart of the norristown outside we have all traffic stopped now, eastbound on the schuylkill, ouch. he rear ended the left lane of d schuylkill expressway juste of conshohocken. one of those fender benders all around the same time we had a thick fog eastbound schuylkill expressway all traffic stopped right nowe of conshohocken and we are bumper to bumper, all the way in, toward approaching, that belmont interchange and then blue route, that is a mess as well. an accident near saint david, couple disabled trucks down near broomall interchange and we are dealing with really thick fog and 25 minute delays at philly international because of the fog delays on the lansdale doyletown line how long will it hang out. sue has answer in 152nd. >> we have action on ultimate doppler radar all of these thunderstorms just popped up in the last half an hour, moving across part of the cheste