this is the afc fitness center in northeast philadelphia on grant avenue. the fire has reached four-alarms and we know of one injury. >> firefighters have not gotten control of the blaze. "action news" reporter, bob brooks is live near the scene of the fitness center with the very latest. bob. >> reporter: rick and sarah let me step out of the way and show you what it looks like right now. for the most part, the flames have been put down. you can see a lot of hoses out here, what's left of the aquatic and fitness center is a shell. the flames have to find the place -- torched this place. we see heavy and gray smoke filling the entire neighborhood. as soon as we got out of the live truck it was the first thing you smell. it was an intense fire. i'll bring up the view from chopper 6 hd you can see the magnitude how big this got and how quickly it spread. we were told by people inside there were 100 people inside the center when this started. luckily we're hearing most people made it out safe. le gm telling us he is very proud tha

just shy of 60 degrees on the first of march in northeast philadelphia. center city nice and warm too. a lot of clouds overhead. see plenty of cloud cover today. sunshine is not very likely today. storms, that's a different story. two rounds of storms. the first one this morning and then this afternoon this line could produce severe weather for our area. look at thunderstorms. racing through. western and southwestern pennsylvania. those storms watch how they move into our area. at 8:00 this morning, future cast, hour by hour shows them racing through harrisburg and moving into berks and lehigh county. 8:00. 9:00 showers intensify. possibly thunderstorm activity this morning. philadelphia may get showers as well. most of the activity is going to be north of the city. by 11:30 this morning. we will get a dry period as those showers exit trenton. and possibly some thinning of the clouds. little bit of sunshine go a long way. expecting record temperature this is afternoon. big warm up. get that warmup even if we don't see sunshine. threat of severe storms com

live in northeast philadelphia, i'm lauren make, nbc 10 news. >>> and as people head back to work andhool tomorrow, the nbc 10 morning team will have all the information you need from the latest weather conditions to traffic for your commute. they'll be on early starting at 4:00 a.m. >>> breaking news tonight. for the first time we're getting a look at president trump's tax return for one year after it was leaked. >> the website d.c. report.org got two pages from the president's tax return form from 2005. it shows the president reported an income of $150 million and paid $38 million in federal taxes. the form also showed no itemizations. tonight d.c. report found irdavid k. johnston slammed the president for his tax proposals on the rachel maddow show. >> if we didn't have the alternative minimum tax and donald trump in writing wants to end the alternative minimum tax, he would have paid taxes at a lower rate than the bottom half of taxpayers, the poor in this country who make less than $33,000. >> johnston says the president would have paid around $5 million or less than 3.5%. the wh

so berry good. >>> breaking news right now a philadelphia police officer is assaulted in northeast philadelphian update on his condition. >>> also ahead this morning at t into a philadelphia subway station, new police, need your help, to track. we will show you photos that they want you to see this morning. >>> say good bye to winter, spring arrives in less than half an hour, but what we can expect to enjoy those spring- like temperatures we will have a cool start to the day-to-day, so everybody get ready. it will look, supposed to be spring but not feeling like spring. >> like that how -- house guest, that won't leave. it is monday, we will get week started right good morningornin. >> it is march 20th, 2017. yes, sewer's counting down. we have 30 minutes until officially it is spring. >> ually each moment we speak it is a little less, then. so what happens is the vernal equinox happens today, it is, the beginning of the springtime, equinox means equal nights, so it is equal day and equal night, almost exactly the same so 6:28 that this happens, and enjoy last few minutes of winter with us and

breaking news in, northeast philadelphia, a police officer is in the hospital after being assaulted, this is the scene on the 12,000 block of academy road right now, incident happened just before 5:00 this morning. we are told the officer is in stable condition with the head injury at aria torresdale hospital, and police say they arrested a teenage suspect who wasd the building so we will bring you more information as we have a crew on the way there right now. >>> also developing this morning a shooting in the logan section of the philadelphia, leaves one person dead. >> as police searched for the person who gunned him down, we're checking with steve because he is details, steve. >> reporter: two men shot and killed here in the philadelphia logan section within eight hours, and one at 7:30 last night and this one called i at 3:15. fire department just showed up to follow-up, the crime scene unit and homicide detectives who have left the scene but they don't want to leave a pile of blood on the sidewalk, sadly i didn't mean to be so gruesome but we're at rustcomb and old york road jus

. >> we want to get you to breaking news out of the northeast philadelphia. there's brand new information on the attack of a police officer a teenager is in custody. jeanette reyes is live on the scene in northeast philadelphia she's been gathering all the details and she has them for you now. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: go to work, tam, minutes ago we got an update from police a teen suspect is in custody after allegedly slamming a police officer to the grounds knocking unconscious. take a like -- live look where the attack happened. three 200 yards away from the wawa academy road where police got a call about a man with a gun. an officer was the first to respond. he then saw the suspect who fit the description. when he went to frisk him a struggle ensued, a violent one. that's when the suspect picked up the officer and slammed him on the grounds injuring his head and knocking him unconscious. the teen fled on foot leading to a manhunt. >> the suspect was found about 20 minutes later by district police hiding in the rear of a business in the 12,000

in northeast philadelphia, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thank you. >>> northeast philadelphia jewelry heist was latest in the string of rooftop burglaries under investigation in our area february 17th thieves climbed down a fan to burglarized john's roast pork in south philadelphia and in montgomery county authorities say a burglar removed a vent cap to break into lansdale meats and deli february 15th. king of prussia costco was burglarized february 6th n that case suspect entered through a sky line. >>> a teenage suspect is facing charges for allegedly body slamming a police officer in northeast philadelphia. authorities say that the violent confrontation unfolded just after 4:00 this morning on the 12,000 block of academy road. police say officer suffered a head injury but treated and released from the hospital. seventeen year-old boy is facing several charges including aggravated assault, and police say that teenager could be linked to a weekend armed robbery, in the neighborhood. >>> and as "eyewitness news" first reported, at noon a teenager was rescued from the banks of

. >> a robbery investigation is underway in northeast philadelphia, the criminal behind it will i recallly could be red handed. >>> the latest on peco's efforts to restore power to customers. >> we're getting one more day of spring this week, let's go over to david murphy an karen rogers. >> reporter: looks like a beautiful today, tonight things change in a hurry. in the northern suburbs up to the poconos there's a winter weather advisory that kicks in at midnight. it doesn't move in until noon tomorrow, we'll have rain change over to snow. we'll have wet snow in philadelphia and down by the shore at some point. surface temperatures will be warm, it won't be a major impact on roads. slippery conditions possible in northern bucks county and north of there. satellite and radar shows you nothing going on, there's cloud cover to the south, we expect sun to start out. looks like we'll stay fairly bright today. 53 degrees currently, too, it's not that chilly out there. jacket weather, but not too bad. a little bit of a breeze at 16 miles per hour currently. 49 degrees by 7:00 a.m. shooting up to

the struggled happened within the last hour in northeast philadelphia. police say the officer hit the ground and suffered a cut to the back of his head. the police and canine officers are looking for the suspect. you can tap the nbc 10 app or stay with us on air for updates. >>> well a fight off of the ice for the u.s. women's hockey team. we'll tell you about the negotiations scheduled in philadelphia that has players threatening to boycott. >>> and taking a stand, a local congressman becomes the first philadelphia republican to speak out against the new health care plan. >>> plus this, a deadly problem on the roads. the new effort to crack down on a growing issue for drivers. >>> a lot of anxious families are watching a wildfire threatening hundreds of homes. residents in 400 homes evacuated for a wildfire burning west of boulder. an additional 800 homes will have to be evacuated if the conditions get worse. the fires is 50% contained. >>> president trump is criticizing north korean leader kim jong-un. last night the president briefly addressed reporte

possibly even northeast philadelphia at 9:30. chance of showers will be increasing at 11:00 for the strength area, still dry for delaware at 11:00 this evening. steadier rain is moving into our area for friday. first thing in the morning, 3:30 a few scattered light showers but the potential is for heavy downpours during the day. steady rain at 12:30 in the afternoon. heavier rain moving in for friday afternoon. and friday evening as well. but not today. 56 degrees this afternoon. cooler with rain tomorrow. 52. theories will ling near to saturday morning. showers in the morning. then clouds thin out in the afternoon, 56 degrees. which clears the way for sunshine on sunday. look at that 64 the high temperature. 50s for monday and more rain again on tuesday and wednesday we'll be dry but clouds come back with more showers possible for next thursday, friday and saturday. >>> thank you, bill. our county by county coverage begins out of delaware county middle school. dow a school aid is under arrest after being caught with a gun and am

let's switch our camera view in northeast philadelphia. another accident on i-95 southbound approaching cottman. police and penndot on the scene blocking the left lane. we earlier had ambulances and fire crews on the scene. they have left, but police and penndot out here. i-95 southbound jammed because of that. take automatic loot be i-95 -- another look, i-95 29 minute ride from woodhaven to the vine you're delayed to approaching cottman. berks county a major accident blocking up a lanes for an hour,ism 176 northbound near route 10. problems on i-95. >> a fight with a group of girls made an you you ugly turn. girl grabbed a can of hair spray and set it on fire with a lighter. another girl was nearly stabbed with a knife. jeanette reyes has the full story, good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, this is a fight that took a vicious turn and police say this is not the first time these girls with encountered each other. one of them had her hair set on fire and the other was nearly stabbed. the disturbing attack happened close

it's still snowing in northeast philadelphia but beginning to die down a bit. but in south philadelphia, and center city we were drying out. some of this out to the north and west with the area of low pressure to our latitude may be drawn back in to points to the south, but if it does happen it won't put much accumulation down. the worst of this appears to be of, that means what you have on the ground now in terms of snowfall amounts is what you can expect. we had diminished snowfall tote ago in the i-95 corridor and parts of south jersey. because of the predawn hours, up to 10:00 a.m. and starting before dawn. the low was so close to the coast it was able to punch up to philadelphia driving rain up close to the city and then that area of sleet and freezing rain that hung over the i-95 corridor for four or five hours, that brought down your snowfall rates or amounts but you got the same liquid in the form of ice and that was worse for the roadways, we have icy conditions on roadways and that is still lingering in parts. up north a little sleet mixing in but mos

academy road and medford road and tory road watch for police activity in northeast philadelphia. not a lot of problems, we're easing into the workweek. we're looking live at the ben franklin bridge we're dry and clear, westbound traffic coming into the city moving just fine no big problem. we have riv man 98 talking about a pothole near wilmington manner, if you're traveling in new jersey, watch for that. temperatures first day of spring got a little less than an hour for its arrival. 29 in quakertown pottstown. a little bit above freezing in saint davids. 36 in center city. better there. suburbs in new jersey, low 30s in browns mills and hammonton. 28 in vineland, new jersey. 36 in dover, delaware, a good amount of sunshine coming your way. yesterday it was pretty high of 51 degrees. matt. >> thanks karen. >>> breaking right now, homicide detectives are looking into a deadly shooting in the logan section. the victim was shot in the head police found him on the sidewalk near old york road at 3:00 a.m. investigators say the man was shot at close range based on on evidence at the s

. >>> good morning, everyone, jessica boyington watching northeast philadelphia right now.nd we're watching some construction. this is the roosevelt boulevard just around woodhaven road. you can see taking out some lanes into the outer drive. now, it's the southbound side of the boulevard just around woodhaven road. the right lane is closed there, again on the outer drive. we'll keep an eye on that. i'll update you on that and the rest of the roads when i come back in the 5:00 hour. >>> a phillies icon is gone. phillies players and fans across our region are mourning philly dallas green. as manager in 1980 made him an instant local legend. that year he helped guide the future hall of famers to the team's first world series title. he did it with his unique smile, often telling players what he didn't want to hear. >> always a lot of hugs and cheers, you know, scolding from time to time from dallas didn't hurt me at all. a great friend at first. great baseball men. not many men have given to the world of baseball what dallas did. >> we didn't win without dallas green. >> dalla

we're live in northeast philadelphia tonight. i'm cydney long nbc10 news. >> thank you. right now at 6:00, president trump's take two on immigration. the president signed a new executive order meant to keep the nation safer from radical islamic terrorists. this new immigration order is more tailored to pass legal muster than the previous one which caused outrage. first it puts a 90 day travel ban on these six muslim majority nations. the previous ordered included people from iraq but this new order leaves that country off. the new order does not revoke existing visas and it restores visas that were taken away because of president trump's previous order. more than 50,000 refugees will be allowed into the country this year and the refugee program will be suspended for 120 days. however, there is no blanket ban on refugees from syria as there was with the previous order. the order goes into effect march 16th. that's a week from thursday. tonight nbc10 news's lauren mayk is live at philly international airport with inside to what this order will mean for people. lauren? >> r

you have the details. >> reporter: jim, workers at this facility here at northeast philadelphia, a second south philadelphia and wilmington, delaware received notices today and pepsi said it would eliminate 80 to 100 jobs due to slumping sales clearly blamed on the new beverage tax. they are down 40% in the city and up 15% in surrounding cities in the weeks since the beverage tax took effect. pepsi said this is not something

line at >> we're continuing to monitor three alarm fire at grant avenue and fordham road in northeast philadelphia this afternoon, chopper three is over the scene where we've learned at least one person has been transported to torresdale hospital. thick while smoke continues to pour from the badly damaged structure at this hour. the fire has been burning at the aquatic fitness center since just around 11:00 this morning. >>> of course we will continue to follow that. in other news this noon, sports illustrated model christie teigen is opening up about her battle with postpartum depression and anxiety. the 31 year old made the revelation in the upcoming issue of glamour magazine, for the pun case describing her struggle. she has one is month old daughter with her musician husband, john ledge end. >> we expect to hear more from lancaster county authorities after two children were hospitalized after drinking some possibly tainted apple juice. >> richard celebrated his tenth birthday friday at the star buffet in east lamb pet err township. his parent say richard and his four year old sister both had a

. >>> a synagogue in northeast philadelphia is dealing with yet another act of vandalism and police are going door to door to find suspects believed to be two juveniles. police also said they believed the latest incident is related to two previous cases since december, plus rocks thrown at temple menorah kenseth high on 4300 block of tyson avenue. juveniles involved were seen on video. police do not believe it is a hate crime. >> it just seem to be two kid, one driving a bike and they stop and they get roxanne where did they get them and they start hauling roxanne flee. >> in the latest incident that occurred overnight, a baseball sized rock was thrown through stained glass windows. they face possible charges of vandalism for all three incidents. police say the district attorney bill determine charges. >>> city of philadelphia is welcoming dozens of refugees from syria fleeing violence of that war torn nation. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is at city hall right now where there was an emotional welcome reception earlier today, joe, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. tears w

it has gotten thicker since we've been on the air at 4:30 this morning in northeast philadelphia. iladelphia international and definitely wilmington, too. we watch the visibility go from five to one in a half hour's time. visibility in dover not an issue or in wildwood. the first round of showers has moved past us. there are more thunderstorms to the southwest. can't rule out a thunderstorm today. most of the day will be looking like this -- clouds and a chance of some thunderstorms. more likely you'll see some showers for philadelphia and the suburbs. 46 degrees in the suburbs. upper 40s for the lehigh valley. delaware hits 51. to start with, we'll warm into the 60s this afternoon. occasional showers. a chance of scattered thunderstorms. and once we get past the showers during the day today, we're in for a sunnier day tomorrow. look at the hour by hour, i'll break it down and show where the showers are most likely in your area when i come back in ten minutes. don't go anywhere. first, jessica boyington has the first alert traffic. >>> thanks. this is the blue route around ridge pi

. >>> in other news act of vandalism at northeast philadelphia synagogue this morning has police looking for suspects, and a motive. a maintenance worker found a baseball sized rock thrown through a side window of temple menorah high on the 4300 block of tyson avenue. police from philadelphia's north east detectives division are investigating. >>> police are also asking for public's help identifying a gunman who chased down and shot a man multiple times in north philadelphia. the violence unfolded last friday night on the 5,000 block of north fifth street, police say that 30 year-old victim is recovering at a local hospital, and if you recognize that gunman in the surveillance video, please give police a call. >>> police have now identified the 17 year-old boy who was shot to death in philadelphia 's cobbs creek section. cheyney was found on the front stoop on the 5900 block of larchwood avenue last night. police quickly rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. no arrests have been made and homicide detectives say they are now looking for suspects and investigating possib

. >>> good morning, happy gateway to our weekend, so we are looking at construction northeast philadelphia, crew is still out there, camera shot at boulevard southbound atwood haven road. boulevard southbound between southampton road and woodhaven road that right lane is compromised, head up not slowing you down too much right now as we push closer to 5:30, 5:45, when they are still out there working like this that might slow us down, more gaper delay then anything else until we move in the 6:00 a congestion problem. we have bridge inspections happening boulevard northbound between fox street and broad street, you can see it pulled off to the right. it will not slow you down too much right now. we were seeing some cars driving bile putting on their brakes just a head up at this point in the morning. this is the accident we have been referring to still out there east norriton valley forge road at water street road this will so you down. no, it is not. if you are in that neck of the wood just head up it is out there because something like that can, and that is more then in the 6:00 o'clock h

right lane compromised still right now, so crews are out there, in northeast philadelphia just a head up there. i-95 south, quick peak i-95 south, and also schuylkill, moving in the eastbound direction past montgomery drive both areas looking just as they should this morning at 5:30. we will see these heat up as we move toward 6:00 o'clock hour and won we drop in the 6:00 o'clock hour and move from there. i-95 and schuylkill thinks evidence of what you will be working with heading out the door now. we have an accident in bucks county, head up on this 136 northbound closed between morgan town flying hills, use an alternate, route 10 or 222, it will be your best bet and then we have another accident, that is still out there, happened earlier, still out there, valley forge road at water street road, so head up for those of you if that is your neck of the wood or neighborhood. disabled vehicle, lots of stuff, northeast extension southbound past lansdale right lane block. we have construction on northeast extension that has been cleared but we have a disable vehicle out there head up, you

they want to remain here in the northeast philadelphia community. reporting live in northeast philadelphia, bob brooks channel6 "action news." jim. >> bob, thank you. >>> 6abc.com has ongoing coverage of the fire at the aquatic fitness center and the order to shelter-in-place. you can also find the latest information, photographs and video from the scene. >> ♪ >>> travel ban 2.0. president donald trump signed reworked version of the travel ban that was struck down by the courts and there are some significant differences this time, even including the signing of the order. just a still picture of trump with nobody else in the photograph. quite a contrast to video of the oval office crowd scene the first time around. "action news" reporter john rawlins has more on the newly proposed travel ban. >> to your allies and partners around the world, please understand this order is part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities that radical islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends. >> reporter: travel ban version two. it wasn't t

let's show you scene in northeast philadelphia just a short time ago. snow squall moved through the region causing a disruption to traffic. now, here's the scene, earlier today in bucks county in quakertown much of the snow accumulated on grass areas and at some point during the day snowfall caused poor driving conditions. and, snow fell throughout much of the lehigh valley today, "eyewitness news" in allentown where the snow was accumulating on trees, and even a few of the cars. we're in the done with the snow just yet, meteorologist kate bilo is keeping an eye on snow squals that are blowing through the area, i guess right now, kate. >> that is right, blowing is the right word because they come in quick, they move out quickly and when on top of you they can produce low visibility, strong wind and heavy snow, at lee for a short period of time, very heavy bursts of snow moving through lehigh valley, portions of south jersey as well seeing a snow squall or two. heaviest over burlington county moving in coastal ocean county right around little egg harbor

. >>> barbecue restaurant in northeast philadelphia became a police dog's best friend today. sweet lucy's smoke house on state road hosted a fundraiser today. workers served up pulled pork and chicken sandwiches. special treats like cotton candy and balloon artists. the couple who owns sweet lucy 's wanted to that i can k-9 office are for doing so much for the city. >>> several dozen kid got a chance to shine today in bucks county. an organization called, tiara 's loving children held a beauty pageant for special need children in langhorne this highlighted all of the kid have accomplished in the face of their physical, and emotional challenges, the non- profit behind the pageant started, first started in new jersey, but has now begun to open up new branches nationwide. >>> now to a real story of self lessness involving two young boys from delaware. they gave up their sunday to hand out run to much homeless men and women in philadelphia "action news" reporter trish hartman introduces to us these exception nal wonderful youngsters. >> reporter: as homeless man sat in the sun on

we have one accident we will get to this a second but first construction northeast philadelphia, as you can see crews out there. this camera shot is boulevard southbound atwood haven road. boulevard southbound between southampton road and woodhaven road that right lane is compromised, head up on that. then we also have bridge inspections taking place boulevard north bound between fox street and broad street, so again, head up as well. accident i was referring toys in east norriton at water street road more to come in the next 10 minutes, jim, over to you. >>> thanks, meisha. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news" latest on the attack in london as authorities raid several houses overnight. >>> also ahead dash cam video shows a brawl between a state trooper and motorcyclist he pulled oversee how good samaritan got involved. >>> meet students behind this prom proposal video getting lots of attention on line we lots of attention on line we are back at the top of the at ikea, we believe that everything you need lots of attention on line we are back at the top of the should be within reach.

. >> a man who was just trying to move some exercise equipment into a home in northeast philadelphias shot during an armed robbery. we have the video. >> plus a fire at a peco substation leaves many without power. what it means for some philadelphia schools. >> some people dealing with rain now, some people will be dealing with some snow possible later. let's go to david and karen. >> we'll start you with the rain. storm tracker6 live double scan right now does have some showers that are popping into philadelphia. we had some earlier stuff overnight. doesn't look like this is going to be around that much longer as it shoots towards the coast but probably by about 6:00 or 7:00 a.m. we'll see that by the coast. then we'll look at clearing. see the clearing out by pittsburgh, that's going to move across the state fairly quickly as well and we are going to wind up with some sunshine reemerging across the region and it should be bright for most day t also going to be a little bit on the windy side. temperatures currently are mild. 61 degrees in philadelphia. just 53 in allentown. but even

we have breaking news for you now from skyforce10 live over a fire in northeast philadelphia. we'll get a picture for you in a minute. we'll tell you where it's happening, along grant avenue and fordum road. there's a plume of smoke. this is afc fitness, ano report of injuries. we'll bring updates as soon as we get them on air as well as on the nbc 10 app. >> you see sky force 10 there, pictures coming from force 10 on the way, zooming in here at this facility. you can see -- we can't see flames, obviously, but there's lots of smoke there. >> heavy black smoke. evidence that this happened, not too long ago, information we got from the assignment desk that this broke out not long ago. at this hour, probably a lot of people are at the gym taking classes or working out. we'll stay on top of that. >> our assignment desk is making phone calls, and we'll get more information on this fire at a facility in the northeast. the workout facility, afc, is what it's called. >>> meanwhile, breaking news, president trump has just signed a new executive order replacing his previous travel ban.

we have had festival planned all weekend, northeast philadelphia irish festival. we hold at ashburner friday, saturday and sunday. live music. we have food specials, drink specials all weekend long. >> lets see what you are serving and what you brought in. this is traditional shepherd's pie. is what your biggest seller would you say. >> ham and cabbage. >> everyone knows it, they are comfortable with it. that is always the top. >> ham and cabbage and corn beef. >> when kid say corn beef and what? no, we we want ham and cabbage >> is what next one. >> we have a basically an irish stew. so we have a stew of potatoes, sausage. >> it looks amazing. >> onions. >> and gravy, that looks good. >> it is irish version of the beef stew. >> my favorite name for food product ever is bangers and mash is what in bangers and mash. >> this we have pork sausage, mashed potatoes and with that we have guinness onion gravy. >> i have to try a little bite of that one. >> besides the irish stuff, you have other things on the menu as well. >> we will do guinnessberger with irish cheddar,

. >> we're following breaking news from northeast philadelphia where an investigation into vandalism at a synagogue is under way. >>> more calls for philadelphia district attorney seth williams to resign as demonstrators block str city streets this morning to make their voices heard. >> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> right now at 11:00, it's a warm and wet monday throughout our area. a live look now at center city, philadelphia. the morning started out foggy and still there is fog in some areas. take a look at city hall, you can't even see the top. the fog is very thick. >> we continue to track showers across our area and a live look at radar where the rain is falling right now. take a look at that. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist crystal cry is in the area. this is not necessarily the end of the rain that we've been on/off seeing and new castle county and in philly and reddingtown, and still the showers through parts of south jersey and passing it in new york as it starts to move off to the east. this round of rain is on its way out. take a closer look to where it's still falling and

of course we are here in northeast philadelphia getting ready for st. patrick's day parade. of siena parish, look at them here, packed in. now saint catherine's is right up the street from the liberty bell and they have marched in the parade for over 10 years. now the theme of the parade this year is soluting our police officers. wait until you see who i have here from saint catherine, first of all, with me is mary. tell us about yourself. >> my name is mary glenn, that was an irish police officer for seven years. >> you were a police officers. >> do i look like one. >> no. >> for seven years in ireland n1985 i met a philadelphia police sergeant in the pub in ireland and followed him to philadelphia, 30 years ago. that is my story. >> well, great, thank you for your service. over here is marlene, marlene, you were a member of the very first all women's police class , is that right. >> that is correct. >> what year was that. >> that was may 17th of 1977. >> wow. so we're soluting the men and women of the philadelphia police department in this years st. patrick's day parade an

>> brad, thank you. >>> sky fox over a five-car crash in northeast philadelphia.his was the scene about 8:00 o'clock tonight at i-95 and academy road. one of the cars involved flipped over on its side. first responders say they took two people to local hospitals. no word on their conditions and investigators are not yet saying exactly what caused the accide accident. >>> a former pennsylvania state trooper is now charged in the shooting deaths of his pregnant wife and newborn baby three years ago. joseph miller arraigned in montgomery county court today on two counts of involuntary manslaughter. miller tells investigators he was cleaning his gun at their east norriton home when it accidentally wept off. but prosecutors say the gun was within 6-inches of his wife's head when it fired. >>> happening now, atlantic city fighting with the state of new jersey. the state is taking over the shore city's and ifs. >> and in the process, plans to slash firefighters and police officers. fox 29's shawnette well son is here with a look at what these changes could mean. shawnett

in northeast philadelphia, lisa nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a man is behind bars tonight after crashing into the side of the house in delaware county. authorities say that a 27 year-old man pulled into on coming traffic on township line road in drexel hill, before losing control of his vehicle and crashing in the side of the home. the man, then ran away before he was apprehended by officers home owner was not home but says that the car crashed, where she regularly parked her car. >> it is quiet but these cars do fly down this street real fast and they do get into a lot of accidents. they do. they are coming off of township line and they fly off the streets. >> authorities located marijuana in the vehicle, the driver faces drug violation charges and traffic offences. >>> police are investigating a double shooting in southwest philadelphia that killed a 19 year-old man and left his 15 year-old brother fighting for his life. teens were shot on sunday afternoon while sitting in a koran eighty-first abe lions. they were able to drive a block and a half before crashing in the u

philadelphia police have some more money for their k-9 units, sweet lucy's smoke house in northeast philadelphiaeld a fundraiser yesterday with proceeding to go support k-9 officers. the smoke shop's owner say you may not notice but the restaurant is named after a dog so they loved partnering with philadelphia police for this cause. >>> it is 4:21. so there was a church service and some people had to have their opinions about what happened there. >> why they say a surmon has left a little disappointed in church leaders but first a busy sports weekend, sean bell >> coming up in sports in a minute flyers holding on for dear life to their playoff hopes, last night they came down to a overtime thriller, see if they could get it done next in sports. >>> good morning i'm sean bell flyers need a miracle to make playoffs really but the guys, well, they are keeping hope alive taking on hurricanes last night at the time, after the tying the game with less than a minute to go, shawn couturier makes a great move takes the shot and brayden schenn right there to cash in on the rebound, flyers four- three. now

hello northeast philadelphia, ride to go work here south on i-95 heavy from cottman in through girard avenue, just volume, i think we will all report to work this morning, make sure boss sees our face because tomorrow, could be a personal day for a lot of people. not just adults but for the school kid. live look at 42 freeway coming toward city, starting to see volume, plan ahead heading to the airport because look there is a ton of folks ahead of you we are looking live, airport, check in, here at philly international. now again if you intend to fly today, and even tomorrow, we were mentioning tomorrow, but here we go already, it looks like some folks we had over weekend seeing storms coming, some airlines did relax their ca we some of the change fees so they are getting out of town early. lets plan to travel check with your airline not just today, wednesday and remember, whenever we will get these big the airlines like to pull the planes out of the impacted philw york, it could take a day recov. so if you, if you are planning to fly would i get with that airline. as we mentioned ear

"eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves joins us from northeast philadelphia with more on this story, alycia. >> reporter: ukee, lawyers involved are calling this a landmark case, saying it is the first civil suit in the commonwealth that goes after a business that potentially profited off of, or turned a blind eye, to human traffic king. for the first time, since the state's human trafficking law has been enacted, lawyers in center city are using it in an attempt to hold this northeast philadelphia motel, responsible for the sexual exploitation of a philadelphia teenager. >> this child was forced into sex slavery. paid to do things with men, double, triple, quadruple her age. >> reporter: lawyers alleged employees at roosevelt inn knew a 14 year-old girl was being held here against her will for two years n that time she allegedly was forced to have sex with more than a thousand men, for as little as $50. >> she's devastate by what has happened to her. she's just, trying to piece her life back together. >> reporter: girl, now 17, wants this hotel to pay for what happened to her, unde

. >>> in other news, people in one northeast philadelphia neighborhood are still being told to stay inside hours after al fitness center went up in flames earlier today. the blaze broke out at the afc fitness center on grant avenue around 11:15 this morning. chopper6 was overhead. you can see how strong the flames were. smoke could be seen for miles. "action news" spoke to a construction worker who was on the roof at the time. >> i'm lost for words at this point. >> reporter: you guys were welding. >> torching, heat welding. >> reporter: heat welding. >> yeah. >> how did you get out of there so fast. >> we had all kinds of ladders access points. >> there were nearly a hundred people inside the club at the time. everyone made it out safely. in the last hour, the owner of the fitness center called the damage to the facility severe and said the gym will be closed until further notice. >> at first, president trump promised a legal showdown over his travel ban but today the president scrapped his former plan and signed a new executive order on immigration. >> the order signed back in january ba

ninety-five looking good out of northeast philadelphia. into that, maybe on the we route,king between q towairport, and no prt all on mass transit. karen back over to you. >> bob, thank you, we have this fatal police-involved shooting that's turned a community in new castle county upside down, trying to figure out what's happening. while police are doing this investigation, steve keeley, had us a picture of some activity theecked, in see what'g on right now, steve? >> all right. look at this new castle county police car. we have been just allowed back in this apartment complex. and look atha shattered glass. hit by somebody or up.finally allowed o let's go back to the this right. and this murder just in februarar asked for bacr there just yet, b report on a ke after somebody tried to run down the cop car all smashed up. other crime scene so it gives you a sense with. so the investigation resumes, only good part for the tenant allowed back in their homes. so let'she tenant about what it was like all night, not knowing when to get. >> in, we

we continue to follow breaking news from northeast philadelphia. >> a police officer is recoveredingthe ground in a parnging lot. the violent struggle began when the officer tried frisking the man. the officer hit his head on the ground anness consciousness. >>> two significant congressional hearings happening today. tesfy before a house panel on russia's role iha democratic officials during the campaign. and he's also going to taef about president trump's claim thata wiretap his phone. >>> president trump picked the federal judge to fill the vacan vacains in the trial of graham spanier. >>> two former penn state guiy the case last week could testify against spanier. >>> happening today in philadelphia, the u.s. women's hockey team will try to score a new salary deal. players are threatening to upcoming world championships until they see progress in the talks. the players say u.s. hockey doesn't offer them a living wage and that the team gets more benefits. >>> now a traffic alert on the pennsylvania turnpike. here's a live look rig e scene, along the turnpike. the easy pass express

. >> fire damaged an apartment building in northeast philadelphia at about 12:30.verybody escaped safely. investigator have not yet said out the fire was started. >> a grieving mother is hoping to bring a conclusion to her son's murder case. here's rick williams with the report. >> he looked after everybody. a lot of good being said about my baby son in the streets. >> veronica austin says the good can't erase the pain she feels about her son, stanley brown's murder. >> how do you go somewhere and don't o come back. >> monday, may 23rd, police responded to a shooting in south camden. >> he was coming to camden with the friend of his also with him at the time of his demise. >> when police arrived they found the 34-year-old lying in the street h with with a gunsh. they rushed him to hospital where he died. there is a $1,000 reward that leads to the arrest and conviction of the prn responsible. all you have to do is call 215546 tips. all calls remain anonymous. austin believes someone is out there that can give her son justice. >> everyone knows, i believe, but no one

special event in northeast philadelphia. >> rst vp philadelphia is holding the fair to put a spotlight on the issue of hunger among seniors. doctors at the fair and cooking demonstrations and diabetes information being held from 10-12 at the center on jameson avenue. center delivers 75,000 meals to seniors every year in philadelphia. bucks and montgomery counties. >>> we do a little bit more than just feed them. everybody who comes into our program is put in touch with a caseworker and we make sure they have access to all of the resources they need. >>> the rst vp drirector said it's more than important than ever for volunteers to make a difference. >>> temperatures in the 40s. not for long. some dropped to the 30s 6789 going to be a cold windy day. not going to see as much melting as the last few days. 48 in philadelphia. well into the 40s in south jersey and delaware. look at some of the suburbs. in morning. winds kick in. down to 36 in unionville. mix of 40s this morning. this afternoon, not one of these temperatures will be in the 40s with cold winds blowing. you'll feel it at the

dry for wilmington, philadelphia, northeast philadelphia.s extend into new jersey at noontime. the showers are out of here this afternoon with breaks of sunshine. we'll warm into the 50s today and even warmer tomorrow. 70 degrees tomorrow afternoon after morning low of 49. it will come with clouds. lehigh valley you may see a shower on the day, during the day tomorrow. not a lot of rain. not a lot of rain for sunday. cloudy skies. north easterly wind. going to be a cooler day on sunday. just a chance of late day showers. better chance of rain on monday. temperatures will be warmer on monday. showers taper off. wednesday and thursday will be dry and mild. bit cooler with another round of showers friday and saturday. warming up and drying out next sunday. >> getting ready to head out the door. stop right there. two significant issues on the schuylkill this morning. start with the westbound issue. >>> we're watching that. this is video taken from a few minutes ago. little bit earlier anyway of the crash on the westbound side of the schuylkill r

antisemitic incident in our backyard. >> i'm thor roll -- makes me sick. >> what homeowners in northeast philadelphiatheir house. ♪ >>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >>> live look at ultimate doppler radar as it's severe weather and the rain move out of our area. this comes after a day which saw record high temperatures in wilmington, delaware. >> but now we're tracking major changes as we kind of shift back to winter. thanks for joining us tonight the a 6:00. i'm iain page. >> i'm dawn timmeney. lucy on assignment. march comes in like a lion and today proved that. but not for everyone. let's get over to meteorologist kathy orr for all the detail. how cold are we talking, kathy. >> it's unbelievable. we're talking about wind chills, dawn, in the teens and single numbers. that is the big switch the big curve ball that's coming in the seven day forecast. ultimate doppler shows just the remnants of what's behind the front it's spotty showers and potentially a little mist and fog this evening. right now temperatures are still pretty mild. 66 in philadelphia. 55 in the

. >> reporter: jim, workers at this facility here at northeast philadelphia, a second in south philadelphia and wilmington, delaware received notices today and pepsi said it would eliminate 80 to 100 jobs due to slumping sales clearly blamed on the new beverage tax. they are down 40% in the city and up 15% in surrounding cities in the weeks since the beverage tax took effect. pepsi said this is not something we take lightly or want to do. and we are committed to working with the union and treating the individuals with the respect they deserve. supermarket owners and bottlers say they are praying the price with layoffs and furloughs. the money goes to fund pre-k programs. >> and the mayor fired back saying that the initiative created 250 jobs. the mayor spokesperson said in a statement. that the soda industry sunk to a new low today. they are holding hostage the jobs of hard working people in their battle to overturn the tax. if the tax went away the company would bring jobs back and they call it a scare tactic to keep other cities from enacting a similar tax. >> if they are still selling so

vandalism and mount carmel cemetery here in northeast philadelphia, was discovered last sunday morningparently visiting his relatives grave sites. when he noticed they had been damaged more than 100 headstones had been toppled, believed tow have happened saturday night after dark. authorities still coming through evidence to try to find the person responsible while community volunteers have been pitching in and cleaning up the damage. people have donated more than $140,000 to make necessary repairs, and as i mention today, the jewish federation every greater philadelphia will host a stand against hate rally uniting people of all faiths again, that's happening at noon at independence mall, and all of this, as the rewards for information that leads to arrest and conviction, has increased to $69,000. karen? >> all right, jenny, thank you so much. >>> there are some people in reading who may be without power for days, and for some time, because they had a big problem there, they had underground fire. it happened last night court street. police say the problem was a cable for the electrical

northeast philadelphia, bustleton it's 32.sdale a little warmer along with port richmond, 34 degrees. we are making some progress today. a few scattered clouds, not the snow shower activity we saw yesterday. we're going to see those clouds stay out of the picture for today, but snow showers, you can see them in central pennsylvania. those will not make it into the area. again, i'll give you the wide view so you can take it all in. an even wider view shows you what's on the way for the weekend. that rain and snow is going to be here starting early on saturday. hour -by-hour keeps us dry toda. lots of sunshine. tomorrow afternoon look at the snowflakes moving in from the west. by 6:00 tomorrow evening, we have some clouds starting to move into the area, but it's the late evening hours we'll see some snow showers develop in pennsylvania. light snow in reading and allentown. then a warmup during the day on saturday. we'll see some rain in the area, but this computer model is showing snow redeveloping saturday night and into sunday

. >> the recent attacks included vandalism at a jewish cemetery in northeast philadelphia.reats at jewish community centers in new jersey. pennsylvania and delaware. here are the other topics trump hit. repeated call to repeal and replace affordable care act. also pushed for tax overall to tax imports and not exports. called on congress to approve a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. speech wasn't all policy talk though. >> perhaps the most memorable moment came when mr. trump spoke to the widow of a navy seal killed in the mission in yemen last month. >> ryan's legacy is etched into eternity. thank you. >>> those moments drew the longest round of applause. she stood with tears in her eyes. the power moment. >>> happening today, philadelphia police recruits will get a timely lesson in our nation's kpap. >> making the trip to learn more about policing community with a different perspective. nbc 10 pamela osborne live from the police academy to explain what this is all about. pamela, tell us more. >>> i talked to the corporal actually leading the recruits on the trip to washing

lastly, we'll end on northeast philadelphia on route 1.ch for a crash there. >>> clouds are still with us, but the rain is done. this is a live view of boathouse row. look closely, you see the flags blowing in the wind. it's the wind that's going to help push clouds out of here and keep us cool to start with. we're in the 40s right now. clouds are thinning out in the lehigh valley. we'll get sunshine. parting from the 40s this morning into the upper 50s and 60s this morning. 61 for philadelphia and new jersey. 63 degrees in delaware with sunny skies through the day. don't forget if you're on the go, you can always get my first alert forecast on today's 101.1 more f.m. >> thank you. >>> we'll have local updates throughout the morning or get it on the nbc10 app. >>> good morning. breaking overnight, three storm chasers killed pursuing a string of powerful tornadoes in texas. 34g

this is going to be moving toward the normal northeast and we're already seeing a few showers well ahead of it in philadelphia and the northeast heading into northern burlington county seeing some showers in abington northampton even zen bensalem and live have it town, flor ren, new jersey, showers of that. few showers ahead of our storm system. coming up we'll time the storms out and show you when the heaviest will be falling. terrible timing for our commut commutes. better last of the weekend and more april downpours in the seven day forecast. under statement when you say april showers. we'll show that you later in the broadcast. >> i guess. thanks, kathy. start your day with the good day team beginning at 4:00 a.m. sue serio will be tracking the rape and bob kelly will have an eye on any problems out there on the roads. >>> developing right now, two wild scenes in two states police tell us are connected. tonight, the suspect is dead and his dad is demanding answers. this started in philadelphia but ended up in new castle counsel, delaware. fox 29's dave kinchen is live at philadelphia police headquarters w

visibility right now for northeast philadelphia. three miles. 2 1/2 miles for philadelphia. blue belfour, wilmington two, doilztown five, trenton three miles visibility. so take your time driving along the jersey shore. just a quarter of a mime for atlantic city and just under 2 1/2 miles for wildwood. so again, that's a little bit of an issue right now but no worries, it will start to imp f improve overnight to tomorrow. allentown 34. philadelphia 38. today's high temperature in philadelphia 42 degrees. so still below average. which is 53 for this time of the year. satellite and radar image pic picking up on some clouds. telling me we have some thick mid and upper-level clouds. we're seeing some light rains not making it to the ground but i am tracking some light drizzle and possibly a wintry mix. i'll time it out for you hour by hour. we do have this weak area of low pressure hovering right around pennsylvania. and notice we have a stationary boundary here. but the good news is we do have this cold front sweeping on through and a high pressure system right behind that. so