as penndot now prepares for a messy morning.he salt barnes are full and trucks parked and at the ready. >> this will be the first test for our guys. >> reporter: penndot says many drivers have already been working for hours pulling 12 huer shifts salting roads and highways for when the icy weather hits. >> looks hick this storm will probably be not a plowing operation. it's going to be maybe some freezing rain or sleet so we'll be treating the roadways with material. >> reporter: stores are salting parking lots and for most it won't look like snow but the snowblowers were front and center at home depot. it's the icy conditions and freezing rain just in time for rush hour that has most concern. >> i have to get up tomorrow morning errly. >> it's supposed to be real bad. we'll see what happens. first one of the year. >> i'm looking forward to it. i have a jeep. i got no worries. >> matt would rather for go the cold weather altogether. >> i would rather be living in florida right now. >> reporter: first winter blast of the season m

as penndot now prepares for a messy morning. the salt barnes are full and trucks parked and at the ready. >> this will be the first test for our guys. >> reporter: penndot says many drivers have already been working for hours pulling 12 huer shifts salting roads and highways for when the icy weather hits. >> looks hick this storm will probably be not a plowing operation. it's going to be maybe some freezing rain or sleet so we'll be treating the roadways with material. >> reporter: stores are salting parking lots and for most it won't look like snow but the snowblowers were front and center at home depot. it's the icy conditions and freezing rain just in time for rush hour that has most concern. >> i have to get up tomorrow morning errly. >> it's supposed to be real bad. we'll see what happens. first one of the year. >> i'm looking forward to it. i have a jeep. i got no worries. >> matt would rather for go the cold weather altogether. >> i would rather be living in florida right now. >> reporter: first winter blast of the season

penndot tells us tonight this is really the first taste of winter that they have seen. first real weather event they have had to deal w they have had salt trucks out on the road. help they want good cover on the highways and roadways through the night, and before all this starts it is ice and freezing rain that is the main concern. as we head in the overnight hours and especially for that morning commute, penndot says at this time last year they had already dealt with several weather events but this year they have been concentrating on potholes. so tonight, the salt spreaders will be out. here's what they have to say. >> we will have a full compliment of drivers out there monitoring the roadways and it looks like this storm will probably be, not a plowing operation, it will be maybe some freezing rain or sleet. so we will treat roadways with materials, mostly salt laying that down trying to keep road from freezing up and getting too slick. >> reporter: these trucks will be working around the clock they are taking 12 hour shifts until this event is over. you can see thes

penndot says take all of the time you need. we hear this all the time every time with a winter situation coming our way but advice can never be repeated enough make sure you have a winter survival kit. make sure you pack your car with blankets, with chargers, with emergency food supply even if you need that and a cell phone charger, very critical. but where we are here in lansdale it is a cold rain and crews are ready if it turns into sleet and freezing rain, guys, back to you. >>> of course, that creating problem, more than 2,000 flights canceled 5,000 more delayed due to that storm system that is moving through midwest. >> more than half of the cancellations are coming out of chicago a's two main airports and dallas area is still seeing trouble with flights following a tornado out break over the weekend. for some people all they want to do is make it to their destination before the end of 2015. >> we were trying to see family in wichita for the new year. hi, grand mom. we are just now stranded in chicago for two days. we will

"eyewitness news" at penndot's control centerment penndot says it has new equipment in trucks to better monitor the locations on area roads as well as how much salt they have to spread. penndot is fully stock with 120,000 tons of salt. >> and, you can keep track of these storms at our team of meteorologists, download the cbs philly weather app. check live radar, get weather alert, also get more information as it is available. it is available now on itunes and google play. >> after warmer than normal december, winter has arrived in western new york. overnight, a wintery mix of snow, ice and rain moved into the buffalo area. creating potential hazards on the road. forecasters around buffalo expect the roads to be motionly wet by the morning commute. that storm has canceled or delayed thousand it is of flights nationwide. >>> well, the storm that's now leaving snow in the northeast and the mid wells, that's the same system that left death and destruction in texas. many spent the day retrieving what they could from what was left after tornados touched down over the weekends killing 11 peopl

penndot crews have been out. they were worried about salt trucks. you will in the need salt trucks here but drain cleaning guys out there today to get the drains cleaned up when we have the floods. now brook lane circle high water as it always seemed to flood out with the heavy rain. we have an accident here on the circle. heading to the airport we have you have wards of four hearst delays in and out of chicago with that snow. some of the plains could be behind the eight ball here. they could in the get them into philadelphia, they are in the able to leave this morning on time. so just check with your airline to make sure your flight is scheduled on time and give yourself time because that heavy rain will impact air travel, and septa buses and trolleys, city lines are running on a maryland filed schedule through thursday so make sure you don't stand out on bus corner any longer then you have to in the heavy rain, gang back of to you. >>> in your money news, americans are definitely in the giving spirit this holiday season according to a report just

"eyewitness news" was at penndot's control center yesterday. penndot tells us, it has new equipment in trucks to better monitor the locations on area roads, as well as how much salt they have to spread. also, penndot is of course fully stocked right now. they have 120,000 tons of salt all ready to go. today is great day to make sure you have the cbs philly weather app on your phone. track the storm and get updated forecast from our team of meteorologists whenever you want t download the app right now for freon itunes and google play. >> now, that same storm system that is hitting us right now has claim at least 24 lives across the country. that's bringing the total weather-related fatalities over the past week to 43. forecasters say there is more bad weather to come, too. kim hutchinson takes to you s hardest hit areas. >> the severe weather system that's already caused tremendous damage, bringing blizzard conditions to the west, and more flooding to the middle and plane state monday. in missouri, rain continued sending already swollen rivers s

but of course penndot they have really been preparing regardless, we have a look at penndot crews in montgomery county last night loading up their trucks. it is almost january. penndot tells us they weren't a able to pretreat the roads because of the all have the rain we have had. usually they put down the brine and so forth but they have not been able to do anything like that. they say their trucks will be ready for first signs of the sleet and freezing rain which we have yet to see up here. we he did driving up the northeast extension some penndot trucks along the side of the road, on stand by but we have not seen them go into action as of yet. meantime, as we come back live the mess important thing penndot says is give themselves enough time going to work, make sure you have a survival kit as well, winter survival kit which means, of course, having food, blankets, having chargers, water and also a cell phone charger, very, very important, a blanket as well. be prepared, this isn't the worst but of course that could come at anytime now with the way this winter weather fluctuates. >

were you you mentioned penndot. penndot crews let's take you to the maintenance yard in hee lehigh valley. we were there just a short time ago. penndot up here telling us the drivers are pretty much scattered through the region. trucks busy at least handful of them at this point loading up with salt. they're not doing any pre treating of the roads at this point, because they say the rain and again that's all we're seeing right now would wash away i didn't of that pre treatment. penndot meanwhile back in the five county philadelphia region also on stand by right now with over we're told 400 plows. they are ready for wintertime as we. they have about 160,000 gallons of salt brian on stand by. there are 26 so-called winter events last year in our area. yes, what a difference it makes. most of us not yet in that wintertime mode but we did find some folks who are picking up salt and other applies up here around allentown. they do seem to be getting rea ready. >> are you ready for this kind of winter again? >> just gettin

earlier tonight we saw the penndot trucks loading up with salt. they'll be out on the roadways applying that salt if it begins to sleet. it's really been an easy winter for penndot with these record temperatures, but for the ski resorts, it's been a difficult one. the young family thought they would have a few days of skiing and winter sports when they booked their getaway to bear creek mountain. instead they got this park lifts, bear ground an quiet lobby he. >> it was warmer yesterdayly we said the heck with it and we had a great time no matter what. >> we he did ping-pong, we did the hot tub, we did the pool, so we had a great time. >> reporter: bear creek public relations director jeff calls this winter one of the worst for seeing in his 10 years with the company. mother nature hasn't cooperated with record temperatures. >> luckily for us we have diversified our business offerings over the years so we have a full service spa two restaurants a hotel so we have other things to offer here. >> reporter: this winter lab a reprieve for penndot. the

. >>> penndot is stocked up with 2100 tons of salt for when the winter weather arrives, now they are sealing potholes and filling road cracks, penndot is doing dry runs to practice their routes. >> they will get familiar with things they will encounter, that may not be visible during a winter storm. can you track penndot trucks online in real time, to find out which roads are treated that is before you head out. tomorrow night the accuweather team is getting ready for winter from the mountains to the shore you can get a look at our new long range prediction and go behind the scenes to see what it looks like to put our forecast together from start to finish, tomorrow night at 7:30 right here on channel 6. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, new video of the man that sparked a violence struggle and gun fire inside of a philadelphia laundry mat, and dozens of children will have their christmas wishes granted this year because of a centuries old tradition. >>> 58 degrees today, that is 11 degrees above average. and it's about to get warmer. the latest addition of the age old melodram

i-95 starting to see backups working your way out of northeast philadelphia, roving penndot crews willwill show you spot, sue has the the forecast stay right there we are coming right back as we say good morning to, where are we, wilmington. >> wilmington, delaware. ything . my giant. what if the holidays were about people again? and the four-letter word that defined the season was l-o-v-e, and not s-a-l-e. that's the world t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods stores live in. where there's no need for sales because we offer amazing prices on thoughtful gifts everyday. let's put more value on what really matters. this season, bring back the holidays. with t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods. you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place. my giant. >>> new high temperature record already happened today between midnight and 1:00 a.m. we had a surge of warm era head of the cold front and we reached 69 degrees. old record was 66 degrees for december 15th from 2008, in 1971. it is outta here now. that makes

. >> reporter: penndot says the days of that catching up are probably just about done. they fear the real winter cycle has come back, this being the start of it. live in south whitehall township, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> and penndot is prepared for our first round of winter weather. more than 440 snow plow trucks will be on call in the philadelphia five-county region, and penndot has stockpiled 120,000 tons of salt at 35 different locations. the snow plow trucks are equipped with computerized salt spreaders that allow the operators to regulate the amount of salt to be distributed on the roads. >>> track the changing conditions of the wintery weather on our nbc 10 app. download it for free to get severe weather updates and traffic alerts on your smartphone. >>> philadelphia's district attorney wants an appeals court to take another look at a local catholic church abuse case after a church official's conviction was overturned last week. d.a. seth williams says he's asking for a rehearing of monsignor william lynn's case before the full state superior court. a three-j

>> reporter: yeah, we're looking live in plymouth meeting this is the blue route northbound, penndot will show us the accident scene. there's a piece of the car, a single-vehicle accident facing the wrong way in the left lane. we just spotted another vehicle up ahead on the right shoulder, not sure if it was related to the accident scene or just stopped to help, traffic is going by this guy facing the wrong way. a little scary until police come and set up flares here. the vehicle facing the wrong way. a piece of the fender up ahead. looks like he hit that and turned around here, no emergency workers here just yet. plymouth meeting blue route northbound approaching mid county. we'll keep that here and see if there are any emergency workers coming up. magnolia we have construction blocking the right lane, 30 westbound approaching warwick road there's a closure of lake boulevard because of construction, stick to laurel road. that one with construction and bridge repair. atlantic city westbound at the egg harbor toll plaza following the vehicle fire from a couple of weeks ago. the blue r

and penndot will use the data reported by app users to improve its road monitoring.aze has more thoni than 117,00 tough users. >>> and filling the rotunda in harrisburg and tom wolf and first lady francis turned on the state christmas tree lights. and there are actually 28 trees around the capitol complex through january 11. and a special guest today, santa claus listening to what the little boys and girls want for christmas. and that is christmas today at the capital rotunda. a beautiful sight. >> and a lot of people complaining to me on my facebook page that it just doesn't feel like christmas time. it is too warm out there. >> it doesn't, it is too warm out there. >> i am track the the first below-normal temperature day on saturday and then temperatures back up. double scan showing we have some showers around, light showers in bucks, montgomery county. you look at the line moving into western berks county, that's a line of some gusty showers right ahead of a cold front. crossing 422 and 322. as it comes together and moves to the east we could get pretty intense wi

penndot trucks loading up with salt and getting into position.ox 29's brad sattin is live in allentown tonight where things could get a slippery in couple of hours. brad? >> reporter: chris, you're right. this was fairly busy place a few hours ago. right now this maintenance facility quiet. those trucks all loaderred up with salt. periodically they've been coming and going but for the most part there's no real activity here right now. we can tell you most of the activity is coming from the sky. it was kind of quite here no rain for few hours but that picked up recently. we're get something gusts of wind root now kind of ugly out here and as soon as this rain starts to freeze, potentially turning into sleet, crews are ready to move out. penndot trucks getting in place across the lehigh valley ready to move on the first sign of sleet or freezing rain. >> not a snow event. so it won't be much plowing mostly putting salt or other material on the roadway to keep the roadway from icing up. >> reporter: it was a cold rain that fell earlier in the evenin

you can see that penndot pulled up here, as well.ed the disabled vehicle off to the sighted to allow traffic to get by 422 eastbound approaching 23. already jammed from oaks to 23 kind of a slower go this morning on 422. the big accident this morning is burlington county, two lanes blocked 130 northbound. >> reporter: showers clipping south jersey and delaware for another hour, hour noof -- and a half maybe. it's going to be windy and chilly high of 49. bundle up. >> erin it's been a pleasure having you. >> happy holidays everyone. >> clearly we are in the holiday spirit, nobody told me to wear red. >> reporter: for karen rogers, erin o'hern, tamala edwards, karen rogers, have a great friday extra great weekend! see you next week. he >>> good morning, america. stunning new details about plots planned by that san bernardino terrorist. his friend under arrest telling authorities they wanted to use pipe bombs and guns to trap and kill motorists on a california freeway during rush hour. how they planned to gun down students in a college

>>> lets switch live to cstie lleto at the northeast extension service plazan allentown christie, penndot has been getting ready ando are many of the folks you spoke with tonight. >> reporter: understandably so monica. we haveeen spotty showers on and off throughout the evening andi tse falling temperatures resident want to make rehey are prepared. >> i don't want to haveny ice fln front ofy u. so we're pting aarently a lot of i. >> reporter: sarah was looking for l residents braced for their first taef winter as tumbling temperatures and stty rn showers in a could sy turn toleet blanketed the hh valley. >> mostlyoing to be yg down material, salt on the roadways, trying to ke the road from icing up. >> reporter: penndot crews stand at the ready. >> checking pressure. >> reporter: pep boys in a allentown is slammed with customers trying to winter ice their cars a lot of pple changing their fids and stuff. check to see if there is any leaks or anything that could caeheir car to break down. tteries. >> reporter: storm that already has sidents wishing imrtant last weekend's l weather. >> i li

. >> penndot is teaming up with the waze app to get you the best realtime traffic data. every morning our karen rogers uses the app as part of your traffic update. now penndot will provide info about crashes road conditions and construction zones to the waze app. in return penndot will use the data reported by app users to improve its road monitoring capabilities. waze says it has more than 417,000 active users in philadelphia. we're all fans of the app and this seems liking that something will make it better. >> it will get you there and it will tell you when you'll be there within like two or three minutes and if you're on the way and it has a better app it will divert you. >> i like how it says in 2 miles there will be an opossum on the side of the road and there it is. storm tracker6 double scan shows you the rain from last night is pretty much gone at this point. a couple of you might still get a little sprinkle but that's not going to last much longer. we have clouds early on over penn's landing and elsewhere. don't those christmas lights look nice around the river

"eyewitness news" was at penndot's control center yesterday. penndot tells us, it has new equipment in trucks to better monitor their locations on area roads. also, they can tell just how much salt they have to spread. penndot of course is fully stocked right now with a 120,000 tons of salt. >> and, with weather like this, make sure to have the cbs philly weather app on your phone, you can track the storm and get the updated forecast from our team of meteorologists being download the app now for freon itunes and google play. >> now, the same storm system that is hitting us right now has claimed at least 24 lives across the country, bringing the total weather-related fatalities over just this past week, to 43. forecasters say, there is more bad weather to come, too. kim hutchinson takes to you s hardest hit areas. >> reporter: the severe weather system that's already caused tremendous damage, bringing blizzard conditions to the west, and more flooding to the middle and plane states monday. in missouri, rain continued, sending already swollen riv

westbound on the schuylkill, penndot's going to be working from conshy to gulph mills.nly one lane will be open. right before the off ramp for 476 yesterday was hot mess. same deal again today. sticky tab on the dashboard maybe use the blue route 476 has alternate to the schuylkill. >> you better have the christmas lights up. snap a picture, keep them coming, showing the best of the best, all the way up through christmas, jacqueline nicholson says her parent won best decorations in fishtown, 40 years ago, in 1975. moyer street there. hope they have updated them since 40 years ago. >> well, to get on our tv station, yes, it will be better than that. >> snap a picture, put to your facebook, twitter, stain gram, use fox 29 lights. show them up through christmas there is friday night, we will pick the best of the best and hit the road. broadcast casting live from somebody's front lawn. >> bob kelly you have heard the store kohl's, flight. >> love it. >> see what they'll do? >> no. >> them ' stay open 170 hours straight. mike, good for you, i know you haven't done any shoppi

be laying down material, salt on the roadways, trying to keep the road from icing up. >> reporter: penndot crews, stand at the ready. >> checking pressure. >> reporter: pep boys in a allentown is slammed with customers trying to winter ice their cars a lot of people changing their fluids and stuff. check to see if there is any leaks or anything that could cause their car to break down. batteries. >> reporter: storm that already has residents wishing important last weekend's balmy weather. >> i liked the 70 degrees but that cannot last forever. >> reporter: penndot says bigger threat tonight will be black ice. they are asking anyone on the road tonight and overnight to take their time. reporting live from the lehigh valley, christie lleto, channel six a "action news". the monday day. >> thanks, christie. "action news" morning team, of course will start at 4:30 for with you overnight developments on the winter storm from here and the rest of the country. plus any traffic concerns from all of that rain during the morning rush. >>> you can get up to the second weather conditions anytime on our

there's penndot vehicles in front of us, state police are on the scene. you can see the flares lighting up the foggy street on i-95 south tinicum township, south of the airport. the right two lanes of i-95 south are blocked. the left lane is getting by. the backups are not too bad, but that will change soon as more cars are on the road. as far as the accident is concerned, the cause is under investigation. we don't know if the fog was a factor in the crash or the weather was a factor. we do know that one car is off the road and we know that one man has died. we don't know whether the weather was a factor that remains under investigation. you want to watch the speeds wherever you are with the dense fog across the area. the visibility does vary depending on where you are, it's reduced to a quarter mile at times, the dozens -- dense fog advisory is up until 10:00 a.m. >> we have more information on the deadly shooting in west philadelphia. annie mccormick has the latest on the information coming in. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, we are

when we checked in with penndot in the lehigh valley, we were told they anticipate today will be more of a salting operation. not a plowing operation. they're really expecting to lay material on the roadways to prevent the roads and streets from freezing up. we're going to check in with penndot as well as area police departments to see how things are moving around the area as it becomes later in the morning and more people are out. fortunately, because there aren't a lot of people on the roadways, there don't seem to be many problems associated with the weather. as we move into 6:00 and 7:00, that could change. reporting live, katy zachry. >>> sheena parveen will keep you updated on the rain. you can track the changing weather conditions by downloading our app free. you'll get updates on severe weather and also the forecast for your neighborhood on your smartphone or tablet. already the rain has caused problems on the roads. had at least one accident that jessica boyington is watching. jessica? >> that accident was on the boulevard. it's clear out of way. it was a quick thing. it was

that came out to just over three events, three winter weather events a week. >> last winter, penndot used 169,000 tons of salt. so far this season, not a spec, and many folks are hoping it stays that way. in dilworth park, natasha brown, "eyewitness news". >> how about natasha on the ice? >> i love it. >> records could be broke then weekend? >> it is craecrae, amazing, just one of those weekend where you just have to find an excuse to get outside. and thankfully i think a loft us still have a lot of holiday preparation still trying to get done, maybe you will have that excuse if you haven't yet gotten your tree, gone to the farm, maybe cut it down, or still yet to put your decorations up on the outside of the house, maybe you just want to sit out on the deck and bask in the sunshine, more like late fall warmth or if that, also, call it say early spring warmth, too. so, let's talk about these temperatures. that's definitely the key here, definitely the big story, the forecasted high today, 65, that should put us on par to tie a record. we expect to break it tomorrow. we expect to brea

penndot will provide info about crashes road conditions and construction zones to the waze app givingo. in return penndot will use the data reported by app users to improve its own behind the scenes road monitoring. waze says it has more than 417,000 active monthly users in philadelphia. >>> and new this morning, a houston man proposed to his girlfriend in the middle of a really busy highway. it was apparently her favorite spot to see the city skyline. >>> friends followed the couple in cars and they stopped across all lanes to block traffic. but the romance was lost on the other drivers who honked their horns and sped by on the shoulder. houston police say they did not receive any formal complaint and in hindsight the man admitted this probably wasn't his best idea but you know what, she said yes. >> kind of sill to do that. >> could be dangerous. >> to risk lives, yeah. >>> more information on what a truck driver says what happened to him when he crashed into a tour bus in the pocono mountains over the summer leaving three people dead. the story at 5:00 a.m. >> pennsylvania state po

this is penndot preparing.hey thought -- they were preparing for black ice, wintry mix conditions out here in this area. they did get some sleet overnight. they wanted to make sure to lay down salt in certain roadways and also just to make sure that they had their fleet ready 12 hours on, 12 hours off for their crews of both salt trucks and also plows. also a number of people went to pep boys to make sure that their cars were winterized in case this ended up being something where they really wanted to make sure that their cars would be okay on the roadways. here's what the manager of pep boys had to say. >> yeah, you got people changing their fluids, making sure they had coolant and stuff, making sure their vehicles are safe, any leaks, anything that could cause their car to potentially break down, batteries. >> reporter: and back out here live the good news is right now looks like it's between 35 and 37 degrees hovering around that which means it's a little bit warmer like david was saying so you're not going

regardless of what happens tonight and tomorrow penndot is ready to keep you save this winter. agency announced today it has 440 snowplow trucks ready to roll. penndot also has 120,000 tons of salt stock piled at 35 locatio locations. 95 municipalities are signed up to help penndot cover the philadelphia region. >>> meantime, at least 11 people are dead in texas following tornadoes and a snowstorm. the national weather service says at least nine twisters touched down into north texas. the tornado that hit garland, texas only the second ef-four to hit dallas county since 1950. the state's governor asking residents to remain vigilant. >> we pray and support those who have lost a family member. we pray and support those who have had their homes destroyed and their lives turned upside down. >> meanwhile texas also dealing with nearly a dozen inches of snow in some areas. officials are urging folks to stay home if they can. of course, you can track the rain and all the winter wet tonight and tomorrow by downloading the fox 29 weather app. look live at radar images and get alerts sen

here in the last 10 minutes we've seen some of the penndot trucks loading up with salt. they'll be on the roadways tonight getting ready in case any of that sleet falls here in the lehigh valley. it's been a really easy winter for penndot but for ski resorts, it's been a difficult one and they need some below freezing temperatures. on bear creek mountain the chair lifts are parked the lobby quiet and the grounds bear. the report is calling this winter one of the worst for skiing. >> it was a week like christmas to new year's we lost this year there's no way to kind of recover from that financially for the company but, you know, we just continue to make efforts to reinforce the other business segments we have. >> reporter: public relations director jeff says the 06-07 and 2011-12 seasons are comparable but by this time they had attempted to make snow. the resorter needs 72 hours to make snow and get the slopes opened. >> looks like there's starting to be some seasonal temperatures towards the end of the week. we're hoping around new year's we could fire up the snow guns.

have plenty of shovels and rock salt in stock, "action news" reporter, eva pilgram is live at the penndotlot. >> is there enough salt? check it out we have plenty of salt here now just waiting for the first snow of the season and in the meantime people across the delaware valley are finding benefits from this mild weather, garland is spread on doorways but the only snow in chestnut hill is the paper hanging variety. last year this shop could not keep the bags of salt for the demand. >> we get a cold snap and everybody will come in all at once and we'll sell a whole bunch of bags. it's at least cold by now. >> contractors are not complaining this gift from mother nature means a longer working season for them. >> we are solar guys and we need to get on the roof and we are fine with that. >> over at penndot, 120,000 tons of salt are ready to go. we are entering winter and a lot could happen. they are using the weather to seal cracks and fill potholes, and they are doing dry runs on the roofs, getting ready for when the snow finally comes. >> they know and they can react. >> all right that wa

that vehicle is right there on its side and penndot crews are cleaning up at this hour.nd a serious crash at east greenville, shutting down 29 jefferson is a good alternate. and chester county, a crash closing down wittford road and three tree lightings tonight, city hall, rittenhouse square and passyunk avenue. and a pedestrian accident at collingswo collingswood. and an opening at the triple b in a few minutes and a crash approaching 70 on the side but definitely attracting attention. it turned into a busy night. >> i can see that. thank you matt. >>> still to come on "action news," the mysterious death of a man in an alaskan city, is a mystery no more. >>> and we have the details on cold play's new gig. and more on the christmas tree celebration. hi cecily. >> hi monica and rick, it's beautiful here at city hall, timing is everything, we got rid of the rain but how long will it stay dry? i'll have that in the accuweather forecast. >> and jeff skversky has eagles and temple news coming up in sports. when "action news" continues in just a moment. grover cleveland here.

penndot is still ready.he as we come back live here, it is, of course, just rain and, many people treat ago this carefully. some people still driving fast. guys, back to you. >> give him about a five. >> that was your weakest one actually. >> thanks, for that rain update, dave. >> thanks. >> 8:04. >>> this is a serious story and we tell it to you to maybe prevent it in your own home. there was a freak accident that happened in a bathtub, that left that little girl in the fight of her life. and now her parents are using this such a scary experience to warn other parents about their children. this little girl is still in the hospital, still in icu at chop. she cannot speak but she's so lucky just to be alive. three weeks ago she was simply taking a bath when her parents say they hear a thump, help check on her, she was under water, unconscious and blue. so they put up a facebook page right now titled, just fight, and they are selling t-shirts, and they want to turn that slogan in this campaign into a foundatio

and a brand new traffic pattern, and ram closure, penndot kick in yesterday, the girard avenue onramp to head north on 95, closed for the next 18 month, got to follow the detour up to castor, or come back and gain access at race street. mike and alex being back over to you. >> how about this? pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, and her twin sister, have been implicated in the exchange of inapropriate emails. >> so the prosecutor linked kane to the scandal yesterday. he says the emails involve people like kane's office, judges, and others, in the state's legal community. the prosecutor says kane, herself, received 11 such emails, and her sister and an employee of the office received 58. the inquirer says kane released some of the emails later in the day after the prosecutor pressured her. which included some racey pictures, referred to ethnic or ethnic groups. similar, that kane cite sized others about, and also received by other state officials. now report says that kane spokesman say the emails were not offensive and they didn't want any discipline. kane's twin sister comes

holiday gift from penndot they moved the traffic from 202 in the frazier area. have two northbound lanes, so it will be congested. heads up as you travel through chester county. things look different than they did on friday when the northbound lanes were moving in the center of the roadway. now they are over on the right side of the newly constructed surface. they will start work on the center lanes and eventually 6 months down the road we'll have three lanes in each direction along 202. we'll have wait for that. in horsham we have an accident investigation shutting down keith valley road near davis grove road. use lime kiln or 611. a couple of works zones along 611 during the midday today in abington they will be working on the old york road portion. cruise susquehanna road. reiglesville they will be closing 611 between durham road and durham street by the tavern. hamilton township, atlantic county. clone avenue will close at holy street. construction on the ac expressway at the tolls following the vehicle fire a few weeks ago. >> happening today, belgium autho

penndot crews, they have been out, trucks have been out monitoring the situation. but so far we have not seen them spreading any solution on the roadways. roads are just wet at this time for your morning commute. live in emmaus, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> hey everyone. jessica boyington with a first alert traffic. one last check. up to a 48 4-minute drive time. watch out for flooding on con much hack en road. >>> we have steady rain moving across the area. the major interstates, you want to be careful driving this morning. we've already seen hours of rain. little bit of a breakthrough the area. more rain could be moving in from the west and later on this afternoon, we will see clearing with temperatures around about the mid 50s for philadelphia. >> sheena, thanks. >>> the "today" show is next. we'll see you for local updates in minutes. >>> you can get updates and track the rain to your neighborhood with the nbc 10 app. thanks for watching. stay dry today. have a great day. >>> good morning. winter's here. snow and ice slamming the northeast right now making a m

. >> penndot yesterday, closed, the onramp from girard avenue, to go north on 95. so all part of the next 18 month reconstruction project tonight gain access, you have to work your way to up castor avenue, come back toward the city and use the race street ramp. it will be rough go specially until everybody get used to the new traffic patterns. mike and alex, back to you. >> a vote could happen today, if it doesn't happen today, might not for weeks. tell us all about this jenny joyce. what's going through, break through in harrisburg? >> reporter: we are hoping, very hopeful after nearly six month budget impasse hearing could be pretty big activity wondered if we'll get this christmas miracle. hearing a budget could be placed on governor wolf's desk by this weekend, a lot of activity coming in in addition to the philadelphia school district according to published reports, the school reform commission is expected to approve five-year contract extension, for school district superintendent, doctor hite which could take us through 2022 additionally. >> if it passes coul

penndot crews still here on the ram at any self. then they are also working downtown here on the vine street expressway, where westbound lanes are open. it is the eastbound side coming off of the schuylkill still blocked between the schuylkill and broad street until about 5:15, 5:30 or so. get bored of an accident out here along 422 retiring by the outlets, out here in limerick. sound like it is on the eastbound side as you're working your way from pottstown on in. but otherwise so far so good coming in from the suburbs, no problems over here up and down 295 and the turnpike, there is still the left over construction here at 295 in bellmawr. and then, later on today, westbound on the schuylkill expressway going down to one lane at 9:00 a.m. before the 476 off ramp. crews were out yesterday. coming back again today. it was a major jam all day, leaving the city, all the way out to conshy. so keep that in mind, maybe use the blue route, 476, if you are headed up toward king of prussia throughout the midday. chris, lauren, back to you.

we saw penndot on the scene with this slowing past that scene.xpressway and you see the slow go here. i know not a great shot but you can see he that accident out here blocking the left lane on the schuylkill westbound approaching south street so watch how slowly people are going past this accident scene. jammed from passyunk to approaching south street and then again from the boulevard to the conshohocken curve we had a westbound accident there that has since cleared, matt. >> thank you karen. >>> now let's check the accuweather forecast with meteorologist, david murphy. david. >> all right matt. off to a cloudy start although there is some sun breaking through the farther south we go through the region. temperatures not bad this morning. 50 in philadelphia. 46 in allentown. and winds are fairly light. here's your exclusive accuweather seven day. a high of 57 this afternoon, a little cooler than yesterday but not as windy and some sun returning. tomorrow clouds in the morning and after the morning rush hour we'll be on the lookout for the arriva

. >> our bill anderson points out in publish report penndot explained there's no way to scan the roadsour jammed areas but they did promise to keep drivers aware of any jams so you can plan accordingly. >>> guns out, this guy kicks in a family's door marches inside and he's not the only one brea breaking in. the one stroke of luck the homeowner says kept someone from getting killed. plus a local executive arrested accused of stealing things from his own company and then selling them online. why authorities say that are investigate didn't even get started until he got fired. >>> all that's left of their home is a burned shell. the popular holiday toy that could be on your children's wish list they say set their home on fire. ♪ >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >>> good evening, everybody. it's been a yukky day, but a bright spot for the gang that uses 422. earlier this afternoon penndot opened up brand new ramps to and from 422 and 363 and trooper road much that's good news for everybody that goes in and out of king of prussia. good news for folks heading out to the outle

back and if you'll be traveling maybe doing some holiday shopping today, northbound lanes of 202 penndotas been working all weekend putting in new traffic pattern northbound between route 30 the bypass and route 401. and in the neighborhood like port richmond and fishtown, it's been a rough couple of days here as penndot shut down the ramp from girard avenue to head north on 95. the neighbors are not happy. they got to work all the way up to castor avenue in order to gain access to that northbound side. enjoy the rest of the day. go, eagles! i'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning to check the jam cams beginning at 4:00. >> ♪ >>> thank you bob. we are following some breaking news this morning. a france bound plane was forced to make an emergency landing in kenya after a device suspected to be a bomb was discovered in the bathroom. experts have retrieved that device and are determining if it contains explosives. kenyan authorities are questio questioning several passengers from that plane though it is not known if they are under arrest. and more breaking news. we know that three wo

yesterday, penndot shut down the girard avenue onramp, to go north on i-95. at stock's bakery, they're crazy over, there how the customers will get out of the neighborhood and back to 95. so you have to follow either richmond street or delaware avenue, the detour will put you at the castor avenue ramp, or you come back toward center city, and you can use the race street ramp to access 95. in is the first morning rush hour that we will have to contend with this new traffic pattern. mass transit though looking good. chris, lauren, back to you. >> bob, 4:34 this morning. >> federal authorities looking into whether fire that destroyed a church was intentionally set. >> dave kinchen in wilmington, delaware, with more on this story, hi, dave. >> hi, lauren, good morning to you. that investigation is ongoing, but one thing certainly clear, this is devastating scene, behind me here, in wilmington. and this, you can see, fire crews are still here. they've been out all night, and into the early morning hours, looking for hot spots here, and federal investigators, as yo

yesterday penndot closed girard avenue onramp to go north on 95. so folks from the neighborhood, instead of using that ramp, you will have to follow the detour route which will put you up to the castor avenue ramp on south and get on race street. no matter which action, jams, with us for the next 18 months, all part of the 95 reconstruction, at girard avenue. chris, lauren, back to you. >> bob, thanks so much. >> 5:04 this morning, federal authorities looking into whether fire that destroyed church was intentionally set. >> dave kinchen live in wilmington with more on. >> this dave, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris, lauren, big part of the investigation, meantime, a new shift of firefighters came on to the scene here, in wilmington to hold this scene as crews were looking for hot spots and really trying to keep an eye on all of the damage here. you say the federal investigators have been called in. this is the second fire to start the new jerusalem missionary church in two weeks. the atf on the case after firefighters got to the scene

lets get back to traffic tie ups, penndot will be inspecting bridges in philadelphia and montgomery countyxpect delays and restrictions on tacony street and route 611. these inspections happen once every two years. >>> a major traffic headache on the way for drivers who use a busy bridge that crosses over schuylkill river. it will be shut down for emergency repairs. published reports sounding the warning that the falls bridge will soon be closed for about a month. it says while cars cannot cross people on bikes and walking will be able to. the city says that the entire rehabilitation project will cost six million-dollar, there is in exact date for the closure just yet but it is expected to happen sometime in january. >>> night have of watching eagles foot the ball turns violent for a group of friend and one of them, has a gun and leaves another person dead. jennifer joyce is live from fill will a police headquarters with the very latest on this, jennifer, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. philadelphia police say shooter is here at police headquarters and talking with homicide

penndot will clean up southbound i-95.hey will work from bridge down into center sit the eye, yep, the construction zone so instead of the normal three lanes it will be down to two lanes, again that all begins at around 9:00 a a a.m. coming up from west chester north bound 20 2a brand new traffic pattern between route 30 and route 401 otherwise mass transit looking good with no delays. chris and lauren, back to you. >>> more questions than answers after a disturbing discovery inside a hotel room. >> elderly man found dead but how he was found that has detectives baffled here. fox 29's jennifer joyce live from the scene at rodeway inn, jen. >> reporter: rodeway inn a at 12th and walnut street, lauren and chris. at this point police have not released the man's identity but we know he is p-5 years old. we are hearing he may have been a prominent psychiatrist in the area, his body was found in the fifth floor hotel room here at the rodeway inn just before noon time. police say he was found face up with the cloth wrapped tightl

. >>> you may want to plan for delays on i-95 south, penndot says lane restrictions will be in effect between bartram and wannamaker avenue in tinicum township. there is receive much work to be done on the bridge repairs. penndot says that if you are traveling in that area between 8:00 at night and 5:00 in the morning how for extra travel time. >>> new this morning philadelphia police investigating a double shooting out of the cities queen village neighborhood. it happened on the 400 block of washington avenue a 21 year-old was taken to the hospital in critical condition, as the 22-year old male was last reported in stable condition. now police are looking for two suspects, connected to that shooting. >> we have a description, of two will males, one was wearing a red hooded sweat shirt, and was tall, the other male was shorter wearing a dark jacket, possibly a north face jacket, and both of those perpetrators were last seen running north through the the courtyard from the four hundred block of washington avenue. >> at the this point police do not know what led to the shooting but they

penndot will be working tonight through the weekend so get ready for some changes there.e and alex, back to you. >> david bow i. >> yes, very good. >> thank you. >> big news out of the vatican, pope francis has approved miracle needed to make mother teresa a saint, saint theresa she has been credited with curing a brazil an man of the deadly brain disease, this would be her second miracle, which is required for canonization. she was previously beatified in 2003 by pope john paul, ii for performing another miracle. italian media is report ago this pope francis will likely hold canonization ceremony for now saint teresa soon to be in september. >> that is wonderful. >> great. >> wonderful woman. >>> here's another wonderful woman, lauren johnson. >> aren't you sweet. bay bail hearing, set for machine morning foreman bought assault rifles used in the massacre in san bernardino, california. enrique marquez is in jail on terror remitted charges. authorities say marquez bought the gun that farouk and his wife used to kill 14 people earlier this month. they say he helped them pl

penndot arrived quickly, because the accident happened as you round the corner. it's a problem everybody needs to merge into the left lane. police are on the scene, traffic is getting by, not a big delay, but heading northbound on the blue route, watch out for that. in lower gwynedd. south of the split with bethlehem pike that crash is blocking the right lane. manner arts there's a broken down vehicle near main street. 295 the ramp to the black horse that ramp is partially blocked. in new jersey, there's overnight construction along 70 westbound and cuthbert boulevard and 70 westbound by produce junction. >>> time for the commuter report, we started with a crash in middletown delaware at boyd's corner road that's cleared out and things look good along highway one. >> texas police officer are recovering from being shot from a nine hour standoff. odessa police say roy garza opened fire on two officers who tried to serve a warrant. several agencies negotiated with him he was place under arrest with a possible leg injury. the officers are in fair condition. >>> a wis

soap, watch for penndot crew. maybe for another 15, 20 minute or so. good morning from philadelphia international airport. no problems here on i-95 getting to the airport, no problems, actually, at the airport, at least at the moment. so looks like we will have nice day to fly in or out of philly. no problems coming in from new jersey, still construction here along 295 at the freeway, until about 5:15, 5:30 or so. you know the drill. the early morning guys, airport i mentioned no problems this morning, so off to good start there. regional rail lines, kick in new schedule over the weekend, make sure to have the new timetable. the big change is with the airport line. and then big project coming our way today, on the schuylkill expressway. same deal as yesterday. they're going to be working westbound, down to one lane, right before you get to 476. so between conshy and gulph mills, that work zone, yesterday traffic backed up from center city all the way out to conshy, all during the midday. it will happen again. so you may want to use 476, the blue route,