york carlisle, reading, and lancaster, pennsylvania.boasting some 3000 inhabitants lancaster received nearly 400 of the british prisoners. for continental officials in philadelphia, sending their british captives to lancaster made sense. lancaster's inhabitants had been -- demonstrated their enthusiasm for the war in the fight against great britain. congressional officials now trusted that they would faithfully execute continental prisoner policy. for lancaster's diverse insurgents these new captives made for a most unwelcome addition to an already anxious and divided community. in 1775, amid growing frictions with britain, many lancaster residents still retained vivid memories of the brutal and dramatic warfare of the 1750's and 1760's. as a consequence, local security remained a lingering concern. when the escalating conflict with britain, the region's indians maintained a precarious neutrality, but the uncertainties surrounding their future commitments placed lancaster at the crossroads of a potentially explosive frontier. that was n

the pennsylvania district attorney's association and the pennsylvania state troopers association opposed the governor's moratorium. however, philadelphia's archbishop charles chaput supports it. there are currently 186 people on death row, and pennsylvania has not executed an inmate since 1999. >>> a a lot of people are talking about this story today, and we want to hear your take. connect with the the cbs philly facebook page or find us on twitter, at cbs philly and when you use social media don't forget that hash tag at cbs-3 chat. >>> chestnut street was shut down briefly this morning when pieces of a marble sign came loose and crash to the sign a and tonight officials say cold weather could to be blame. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter has more. >> reporter: very scary that that happened. it could have killed somebody. dominic took a long look at the huge chunks of marble that peeled off the building next door crashing on to the sidewalk where she walks her baby almost every day. >> it could have hurt a a the lot of people. >> reporter: fortunately the had marble rained down ar

the light snow is moving through central pennsylvania and into southwestern pennsylvania just south of pittsburgh. and it's going to fall apart to some degree. we'll just see scattered light showers. and before the showers move in the temperatures will move up. right now it's 31 in philadelphia. in fact, that's up a degree in the last hour. trenton is 28 along with mount holly. it's 29 in pottstown. we'll see the temperatures climb during the morning hours before the snow moves in. 31 degrees at 7:00. by 9:00 33. and near 40 at lunchtime. then the chance of some of those scattered light showers will be increasing as we go into the afternoon hours. but with temperatures well above freezing i think accumulation is unlikely. it will be quick and light as well. hour by hour the future weather when i'm back in ten. but right now first alert traffic with jillian mele standing by. morning, jillian. >> good morning to you, bill. new jersey, we're dealing with an accident out of gloucester city. route 30 shut down in both directions at 76 as a result of that accident. details are unclear, but w

that is where the assembly of pennsylvania met, these of prima executive council of pennsylvania, and to give you an idea of the relative unimportance of the congress of the united states, the congress of the united states met in the pennsylvania statehouse. but the soldiers were not stupid. what they but the soldiers were not stupid. they wanted back pay and various promises made to them. the new congress had no revenue. there was no point confronting congress. it was the states that had the revenue. they chose saturday because congress never met on a saturday but the executive council of pennsylvania did. they surrounded the statehouse. alexander hamilton, chairman of the congressional committee to deal with this mutiny that had been going on for five days, got the president of congress to call a special session. the congressmen went into the building because hamilton and the congress wanted it to appear this was a demonstration against the united states of america. this was the horror of republics, the military rising against civilian control. and that the american people seeing th

the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >> new on "action news," new york city has broken a modern record of days without murder, the city that never sleeps went 11 days without a homicide. the city went ten days without a murder last february also during a cold snap. forecasters say the worst weather of the wirmt is ahead this weekend. so homefully people will -- hopefully fema of people will -- hopefully people will stay inside and stay out of trouble. >> reporter: there's the view on sky 6. there's the center city skyline. we have snow showers approaching from the west. we'll flip it over to double scan live. you can seem the shades of white and gray. far western suburbs lancaster reading, west of allentown a few flakes. those are not the squalls, they are the snow showers. the squalls arrive later in the day. 16 in reading # in allentown. poconos, 14, millville, 28 and wildwood 30. there's the arctic front knocking on the door. clouds rush in. overnight low dropped into the teens most location

in both new jersey and pennsylvania.e're awaiting word on where those tickets were sold. as soon as we have the location of where those winning tickets were sold, you'll know it. live for now from winwood, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> looks like i need to meet lucky friends in other states this morning. this is fox street. traffic moving along in both directions. it gets a little congested as drivers head southbound making their way to 76. normal volume on 76 95 blue route. turnpike looking decent. 22 to 23 minutes both ways between ben salem and valley forge. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> clouds are here now. it's a waiting game to see some snowflakes. we'll see some scattered light snow showers during the day today. but i'm not really expecting to see accumulation as the temperatures will be warming up before they get here. right now that light snow is already starting to fall apart in central pennsylvania. the poconos more likely to see a little accumulation especially at the higher elevations. an in

the pennsylvania lottery.our dreams to life. >>> the storm heading our way has shown it can throw a big punch in the chicago area. there were blizzard-like conditions at o'hare airport the storm is expected to leave more than a foot of snow in northern illinois indiana and northwest ohio. >>> no matter where you are you will have to take it slowly for your monday morning commute. >> in areas where we are not expect that much ice and snow like south jersey and delaware there will be pond ing on area roadways because rain is coming down so heavily. the as we go outside, the the view of philadelphia international airport a nice quiet sunday afternoon. wind relaxed. it feels better out there right now then it did yesterday at this time. storm tracker six live double scan we had a few flurries earlier on. that is it. new we are left with clouds. we are expect ago this light snow to redevelop later this afternoon, probably after five or 6:00. 36 degrees dew .25. wind shifting out of the west at 9 miles per hour. tha

she plans to bring the fight to the pennsylvania supreme court. reporting live from the digital operation's center. nbc 10 news. >>> the philadelphia d.a. wants the state's highest court to get involved in pennsylvania's death penalty debate. >> here's where people can differ on the death penalty if we should have it. it's up to the state lawmakers to determine whether it's criminal law and what the punishments are, not the governor. >> he's petitioned the pennsylvania supreme court. he wants the court to reject the governor tom wolf's recent moratorium on the death penalty. williams calls the moratorium unconstitutional. >>> governor wolf's office issued a statement in regards to the pennsylvania constitution. it reads, governor wolf has the power to grant reprieves. the governor took the action to place the moratorium on the death penalty because the capital punishment system in pennsylvania is flawed. it's ineffective, expensive and many times unjust. >>> no showers overnight. and more record cold. when we'll finally get a break and i'm watchin

for the time being of course the last excuse in pennsylvania was 15 years ago. "action news" reporter sharee williams is here and predictably wolf is being both hailed and sharply criticized for his action. >> capital punishment, of course is polarizeing issue and the numbers show the use of death penalty is on decline across the current any recent years. governor says the state needs to study the issue more. he's waiting to hear the findings of a task force on whether the death penalty does anything to improve public saferty or deter criminal action? >> i cannot accept the statement he made today and he's obnoxious. how can do you this to the people that lost a loved one in the line of duty. >> grepen la claire with strong reactions to governor tom wolf and changes in procedure for death row inmates and pennsylvania. governor wolf announced he's suspected death penalty for 186 inmates awaiting execution that includes darian houseer what was convicted of shooting and kill be sinclaire. the moratorium is not expression of difficult gi on death row but the decisio

now, a ticket worth $2 million was sold somewhere in pennsylvania. that means it matched all five white numbers. and $1 million tickets were bought in pennsylvania and new jersey. as soon as we find out where those were sold we will certainly let you know. >>> new from overnight, the fire marshal is looking into the cause of a house fire in northeast philadelphia. it broke out around 1:00 on princeton avenue at montour street. in spite of initial reports of people being trapped inside firefighters found no one in the home. >>> 4:03. and happening later today, philadelphia lawmakers are expected to approve mandatory paid sick days. this is a big deal for a lot of people. nbc 10's jesse gary is live at city hall. jesse, today's expected passage of this measure is a long time coming right? >> reporter: chris, that is right. this journey from concept to defeated bill and now a bill poised on the edge of passage has lasted the better part of a decade. councilman-at-large bill greenly, instead the city of brotherly love followed the trail blazed by san fra

. >>> plus anominee for pennsylvania supreme court withdraws his nomination. why a racially insensitive e-mail could be behind his decision. >>> this man is trying to hijack your jobs and he makes no apologies. >> florida governor rick scott will spend the next two days trying to woo pennsylvania businesses to his state. nbc10 matt delucia confronted the governor about his intentions. >> it's an interview you saw first on nbc10. >> my job is to get jobs for florida families. >> and to do that florida governor rick scott tells me he needs to get companies to move to the sunshine state. he believes better tax rates and employment are some of the key ways to woo pennsylvania companies out of here. and he blames governor tom wolf. >> what your new governor is doing is not going to be good for your businesses. when it's not good for your businesses, that's when people lose their jobs. >> reporter: governor wolf's office fired back calling this nothing more than a political stunt. governor scott did not make a visit when republican governor corbett was in office. bu

and in pennsylvania much less 14%. if you're caught driving under the influence, your rate could increase by 112% if you live in new jersey. 72% for drivers in delaware. 55% in pennsylvania. to see more categories on how much tickets will impact your insurance rates, just go to nbc10.com or the nbc 10 app. >>> you're talking speeding tickets, now we'll talk parking tickets. you almost expect the parking authority to ticket your vehicle if you park in the wrong spot in philadelphia, right? after a viewer issued a ticket by police we started digging into a questionable citation that could end up on your windshield. harry hairston has the first look. >> reporter: parking isn't easy in philadelphia. justin rizio thought he had a good thing on queen street. >> this used to be free parking. >> reporter: until he got this ticket but he was not sure what it was for. the violence code didn't make a lot of sense. and what the officer wrote led to more questions. questions no one wanted to answer. >> he wrote down two completely

the light snow is moving through central pennsylvania and into southwestern pennsylvania just south of pittsburgh. and it's going to fall apart to some degree. we'll just see scattered light showers. and before the showers move in the temperatures will move

if you're waking up to travel the pennsylvania turnpike, we'll check your drive times. both directions are not seeing any accidents out there, so between ben salem and valley forge, drive times are at 23 to 24 minutes. >>> a local college coed is found dead in her dorm room and cops say her death is suspicious. what police say may have happened in her final moments of life. >>> and calling for reinforcements, one of the most violent cities is reaching out for help to stop the climbing crime rate. it's a story you'll only see here on nbc 10. >>> and an icy threat awaits you outside. rain is falling and there's a chance it could create slippery conditions for the morning commute. we have you covered. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. dangerous conditions possibly throughout the day with freezing rain falling now. nbc 10 is here to make sure you know what is coming your way. we'll get to it with meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast this morning to show us some freezing rain, bill? >>> we are seeing rain mov

so many people moved to parts of delaware and pennsylvania was because of the open space. you failed opposition from developers who want to build houses or malice or whatever. has their opposition been surprising to you, as far as the level of opposition, i mean has it gotten to a point where you wanded i have bitten off more than i can chew here? >> absolutely, i grew up in delaware, you're closer to your representatives, kind of like a boy's club. we did come up against a lot of opposition in concord township, because the laws are favorable to developers. i think they don't like that we could be threatening their way. so, yeah, i've been, a lot of times i've been threatened personally. >> really? >> by township officials, threatened to be sued. mailings blasted across the township with all my person information on it to tell everyone to stay away from me, i thought was unorunorthodox way f running the township. sometimes i wondered wow, i didn't expect that, i started to think what am i getting myself into, but when i go back and see all the support i have and the people

in is coming to a head now because a new pennsylvania state law allowing groups like the nra to file lawsuits against local gun ordinances even if they can't prove any harm was done. >>> in new jersey drunk drivers could be allowed on the much sooner than before. the state senate introduced a measure that would change the penalties for first-time offenders. some would lose their licenses for days instead of the current three month penalty. they would have to install an ignition device that measures their bac. >>> delaware has an extra $37 million on their hands. the question is how to spend it. >> one state leader made his pitch for the money today. tim furlong is live in dover tonight. what are some of the proposals for the money? >> reporter: to be clear, it's not really extra money. that would be nice. it's money from financial penalty settlements with the big banks. and delaware's attorney general is asking legislators to use the money to fight drugs and crime. wilmington crime the entire state's problem? >> crime is everybody's problem. >> reporter: attorney general made the cas

that's in pennsylvania. get the tickets and check them this morning.in the satellite center, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> we're on it. >> breaking right now russian president vladimir putin announced a cease-fire deal with ukraine after a marathon of peace talks. leaders of russia, ukraine france and germany are gathered there. the u.s. thought about sending arms to the ukraine to help fight pro russian separatists. the question remains whether ukraine and the rebels have agreed to the terms. >>> this is new fire damage to a house in northeast philadelphia. flames broke out before 1:00 a.m. on princeton avenue. it took them about ten minutes to get it under control, very quick. there were no reports of injuries and no word on a cause. >>> 5:04, east stroudsburg university is trying to figure out what made 42 students sick this weekend. the university in monroe county said it does not appear to be food related. not all the students have been through the dining services. still the school the cleaning the facilities just in case. >>> authoritie

the pennsylvania lottery.eams to life. >> two feminist grooms took to the streets -- groups took to the streets of boston to protest the show by cosby. he canceled the show due to weather. another woman came forward yesterday accusing cosby of unwanted advances in the 1980s when she appeared on his hit tv sitcom. >>> england has honored the best in television and movies. actor eddie redmane won for the best actor. julie and moore had another win for best actress. she is plays an early on set alzheimers patient. 6abc is the home for this year's oscars. hollywood rolls out the red carpet on sunday, february 22. tonight there will be a one-on-one date before we find out who wins next. of watch all the action on 6abc, beginning at 8:00 p.m. tonight. >>> we're tracking precipitation that could cause icy spots on the roads. storm tracker 6 live is live and read to go. >> a triple shooting leaves a man dead in the philadelphia streets what police are learning about the deadly gunfire. you get sick you can't breathe t

no problems on pennsylvania avenue. let's go to the commuter traffic report. scanning around for the biggest potholes you can find. road zombie, part of 6abc's team, thank you for reporting this one pine valley road not far from cherry hill watch for that in new jersey. how about the temperatures, you're right it's cold, 27 in quakertown, 30 in center city. in the suburbs in new jersey, it's upper 30s upper 20s low 30s and 31 in dover delaware. the real cold air comes this afternoon and tonight along with rain or snow showers during the evening commute matt and tam. >> thank you karen. >>> a man and a woman in the path of a high speed police chase helped officers. the crash victims got rear ended by the suspect, they are jumped out of their minivan and went to town on the runaway driver holding him until officers could get to the scene. >>> the sniper trial in evidence could receive crime scene evidence. tia kyle broke down on the stand. the judge would not release her audio, but cameras showed her tearing up as she talked about her final moments with her husb

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this is 309 around the pennsylvania turnpike. good to go on the expressway, turnpike. good to go on the northeast extension, except if you are traveling westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike right around norristown. we have left lane being blocked as a result of the accident causing too much trouble because there is in volume to speak of on the majors but definitely something out there that we have to let you know about. traveling in new jersey we have construction on route 168, nichol will son road and collins avenue until 6:00 a.m. in delays for mass transit. erika. >>> the book was american just a best seller but became a phenomenon. now 50 shade of gray hits the big screen. >> it made world premiere in germany yesterday as part of the berlin film festival. jamie darnan plays christian gray and dakota johnson is his love anastasia. even the author, el james walk the red carpet. fifty shade of gray opens up nationwide tomorrow just in time for valentines day. many adults turn red just at the thought of the racey material in that book. >> a lot of people blush and as

pennsylvania jobs. come up you hear golfer in wolf's reaction to lure companies away. >>> governor wolf will unveil the full spending plan coming up on tuesday on the nbc news and nbc news app. he'll reveal the budget plan as soon as he reveals it. >>> trenton's mayor asking for viable options to fix the school district's $19 million budget there. over the years students left for alternative schools which led to a decrease in revenue. >> the district administration must do more to retain our students in our district. we must promote our successes. talk about our improved graduation rates in 2014 and our reduction in our drop-out rate. >> the district may have to lay off hundreds of employees in order to close the gap. >>> pennsylvania law makers say their proposal to make medical marijuana legal allows thousand of patients to get their treatment. it's important that pennsylvania aallows so-called vaporizeization of medical can marijuana and wants to see a list of qualifying medical conditions eliminates

also just got word of an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike. the left lane is blocked in that area. you do have other lanes getting by but you can expect to see a tap of the brakes in that area. lehigh valley this is 22 at airport road. 8 is clear and so is the north. >>> officials in chester county will hold a grand opening for a pet food pantry. it's called henry's cupboard. a state senator is behind the campaign which is named after his poodle that you see there. that poodle died in december. the pantry is aimed at helping low-income pet owners who might have a hard time coming up with money to care for their animals. today's grand opening will be held at the chester county aspca in westchester. >>> making over miles of a busy atlantic city street the plans to revamp atlantic city that developers say is vital to your safety. >>> and president obama announces plans to take military action against isis. what has to happen before our troops are deployed. >>> 5:44 on your thursday morning. a quiet look here at cape may, beach avenue. 29 degrees

the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >> a new hampshire police department is not happy with a certain weather-predicting marm marmott. they are putting out an arrest for punxsutawney phil. they say he is armed and dangerous. >> i can understand they are cranky. they are having a worst winter than we did last year. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan, we have no precipitation out there, as we looking outside, we are looking cloudier overhead than we were yesterday. today will remain overcast. 30 degrees beneath the cloud cover. wind out of the south at 7 miles per hour, strong enough to give you temperatures in the 20s and low 20s in spots. there are snow showers trying to build in across the state. as we go through the day there's a chance it will make it into the region. overall, 30 degrees by 8:00. 38 by 11:00. 42 is the high around 1:00, 2:00. by 5:00 p.m. we're down to 33. early this evening, we'll be down in the 20s, when you look at lie temperatures, thing of these for your 1:00

a live look in bucks county route 1 at pennsylvania avenue. no cars out there. completely clear. 95 looks good through bucks county and even some of your side street 202 parkway is clear. if you're waking up and taking mass transit, septa is okay operating on a normal schedule today. normal schedule for new jersey transit. amtrak operating on a modified schedule due to the cold weather and patco operating on a normal schedule this morning. tracy. >>> when it's this cold it raises concerns for parents who worry about their kids standing at the frigid bus stop. >> hopefully not standing for too long. our matt delucia is live in center city for us. matt, you've talked to doctors. what are they saying about kids and really the exposure they face when they're waiting on the bus out there? >> reporter: chris and tracy, you would think that there's a specific time limit that you don't want to keep the kids outside for too long while they're waiting for the school bus. but doctors are telling us it's a subjective thing, that parents need to keep an eye on them and decid

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to attempt to lure businesses out of pennsylvania. matt delucia is live for us in university city. matt you spoke to local leaders and the chamber of commerce. is there a chance that some businesses may move to florida because of the warmer climate, more importantly the lower tax rate? >> reporter: well, vai, they don't believe this is going to work, but governor rick scott is here trying to convince local businesses to quote, buy a one-way ticket to the sunshine state. and one of the big rings he says is taxes. florida has no income state tax and a lower corporate tax rate than pennsylvania. the governor will be meeting with companies here today and tomorrow. you have to figure companies leave and so do the jobs within those businesses. but congressman bob brady is accusing florida's governor of grandstanding, but he admits pennsylvania does need to work on business and wage taxes. and that companies taking part in these means with the florida governor might be doing this to gain leverage. >> we're going to take care of our state. i

ninety-five, schuylkill expressway, pennsylvania majors moving well. this is i-95 around allegheny in delays in either direction. traveling to and from the north east in and out of south philadelphia, dell carey all moving well. southbound traffic is coming toward you here no delays. no major problems as well. overall a good morning. ukee. >>> thanks variety tore y college basketball night for philadelphia sports fans including a last second winner from the st. joes hawks. hawks and road island rams seven seconds left as senior chris wilson will drain the three pointer to put hawks ahead to stay. saint guess was down by nine at within point but hawk will never die. deandre had 19. hawks win 65-64. they play at fordham sunday afternoon. >>> explorer upset number 20vcu on the road in richmond. explorer got a big performance from jordan price with 34 points and 18 board in double overtime. lasalle wins 74-69 for dock next up, davidson at gola arena saturday afternoon. great job, john. >>> villanova wildcats a against tough providence friars. ryan archie a

wednesday night, western pennsylvania will get light snow. then thursday morning we see the light snow falling north and west and swinging into the i-95 corridor. not much more than that. today we'll see sunshine. we need it with temperatures like we've got this morning, temperature temperatures will be in the upper 20s. mostly cloudy on wednesday with the afternoon temperature up to 42 degrees. that's on target for normal this time of the year. unfortunately, it's jus one day as temperatures come right back down with a chance of light snow on thursday. even colder on friday. then back into the lower 40s again for one day on saturday. >>> 18 minutes past 6:00 right now, we'll get a closer look into the life of the mother of the modern civil rights movement. the library in congress will open up a treasure-trove of photos belonging to the late rosa parks starting tomorrow. this includes letters to childhood childhoods that date back to 1985. >>> and hear how this man gets to work every single day coming up. >>> 6:22 this tuesday morning. this i

ben franklin bridge looking great, heading in to new jersey pennsylvania, and it is all good. also traveling on the vine street expressway, maybe heading in the westbound direction heading toward schuylkill or eastbound heading to i-95 cutting through center city we have a clear shot. speed sensors they are still high up but we are seeing that slight dip. nothing serious just yet but give it 15 minutes and things will take a turn. moving our way into new jersey we have an accident on 55 northbound at off ramp to route 47. we are getting word that there was a vehicle spun out of control. you want to be mindful of that. in delays for mass transit ukee. >>> in the news, home owner is duct taped and beat when a pipe during a violent home invasion this burlington county. police hope composite sketches will help lead them to the suspects. our jan carabao is at medford township police department to tell us about it, jan? >> reporter: ukee and erika thankfully victim in this case is recovering this morning. in the meantime police continue to search for two suspects however, police did

there will be a possible icing concern, a a across the pennsylvania pennsylvania turnpike, it is mainly rain for philadelphia a and area to the south, especially as this storm system getting and as you wake up on monday morning. you will in the fine a whole lot of snowfall in the city ape points south. accu weather forecast showing you tomorrow, lightening snow developing. high temperature of 38. on monday, foreground hog day we have that snow sleet rain, high temperature in at 41 degrees. in the wake of the system on tuesday some much colder days, there are arctic boundaries moving in, high temperature of 27. temperatures maryland rate mid week, a high of 43. cloud, sunshine on thursday a high of 30. we're tracking a storm off shore for now by then and friday into next saturday temperatures walter will only be in the teens. we will track changes and see how far north this warmer air pushes in. >> thanks, melissa. >>> 2015 philadelphia auto show kick off this weekend giving visitors a glimpse in the near future of the industry. just one of the the reasons why the show is always a a boom

it's a lot. >> there are more than 22,000 bringes in pennsylvania. more than 5,000 have a major structural issue according to the state. 63 are in philadelphia. 115 are in montgomery county and 122 are in bucks county. of those, the $900 million rapid bridge replacement project will replace six. >> any investment in infrastructure is a good investment. >> can the commonwealth do it on its own. >> it would be nice if the federal partners would jump in the pool with us and help out, but we didn't want to wait. >> reporter: help might be hard to find and may the $100 billion federal trust fund runs out that funds replacement across the country. >> the rapid bridge replacement project will fix 558 bridges statewide. that leaves more than 5500 bridges waiting for money. we are already asking two of the most powerful members of congress from pennsylvania what they plan to do to fix the state's bridges. for the investigators, i'm mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >>> ride share service lift is now approved to provide services in all of pennsylvania except philade

they are shipped to 12 states in new jersey and pennsylvania. they include powders dips and other items that may contain peanuts the items are pulled from the store shelves, we have more information posted on our website at 6abc.com. >>> tonight "action news" is going undercover as part of a special investigation wrerk just days away from valentine's day so how can you be sure the gold jewelry are you buying is real. wendy saltzman is here with a preview. >> if you take a look at these earrings it may be impossible to tell what is real gold and what isn't. >> we received a call from this viewer who told us she was sold fake gold. >> it looked good and shiny. fools goal. >> now the test that could show you if you are being short changed. >> isn't that defrauding the customer? >> what you need to know before you buy something that can't what you think. >>> lets check in now with alicia vitarelli with a look ahead to 4:00. >> coming up today at 4:00, we are following up on an "action news" exclusive for you last night we showed you how a dozen cour

and pennsylvania is 14%. and if you're caught driving under the influence, your rates could increase by 112% if you live in jersey. 72% in delaware. 55% in pennsylvania. to see more categories on how much tickets will increase your insurance, go to the nbc 10 app or nbc10.com. from moving violations to parking violations you know you expect the parking authority to ticket your vehicle if you park in the wrong spot in philadelphia. >>> but after a viewer shows us a ticket written by police, we started to dig deeper into a questionable citation to end up on your windshield. harry hairston has a first look. >> reporter: parking is not easy in philadelphia. justin rizio thought he had a good thing on queen street. >> this used to be free all day parking. >> reporter: until he got this ticket but he was not sure exactly what it was for. violation code didn't make a lot of sense. and what the officer wrote led to more questions, questions no one wanted to answer. >> he wrote down two completely different things so

pennsylvania pennsylvania turnpike eastbound a approaching bensalem right lane blocked as a result of construction. we have a down tree accident situation traveling williamson road which is closed between dove lake and youngs ford, all gulf road is being your alternate, back to you. >>> as katie and vittoria just told us commuters may be dealing with snow this morning. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from the the cbs-3 mobile weather lab in allentown, tracking the weather up there, good morning. >> reporter: we are in downtown allentown right now and snow has started to fall ever so slightly now heading in to downtown allentown. the roads are a bit wet this morning. snow just started to fall about a half an hour ago or so. the so this is what you will see in this area. so the snow, of course, isn't sticking at all just making the road wet. the temperature in the cbs-3 mobile weather lobbies right around the freezing mark 31 degrees right now. these road are well treated. they are in the slick at all at this point but temperature is below freezing. we did a brake check

there have also -- there has also been a reported case this week in central pennsylvania.se, most doctors especially pediatricians have been urging parents to vaccinate their children arguing the benefits outweigh the risks and have add many of the reasons parents are choosing not to vaccinate have not been scientifically proven. politicians are now becoming vocal on the issue. new jersey governor chris christie telling reporters he did choose to vaccinate his children but qualified that statement by saying parents should have a choice. >> it depends on what the vaccine is what the disease type is and all the rest. what i was saying is you have to have that balance. >> reporter: now the governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate later altered those statements a bit saying "there is no question kids should be vaccinated. "recently president obama called the science behind vaccinations" indisputable. however in 2008 it seems he was a little less of a staunch believer saying many people including himself was suspicious of a possible link between vaccinations and autis

bob casey spoke about the problem at the university of pennsylvania today. he says he has sent a letter to the state health department. >> one of the best ways to -- to convince those who are skeptical or those who want to take a different path or a different course is to highlight and to emphasize the value and the benefits of a vaccination. >> senator casey says public education is key to more childhood vaccinations. he plans to work with state officials over the next few weeks to come up with a plan to get more kids vaccinated. >>> school may not be in session today, but the teachers are learning a healthy attitude at this charter school. global leadership academy in west philadelphia had a professional development day and focused on healthy eating fitness and overall wellness. there were massages there was yoga, art stress relief workshops, too. >> no doubt about it, we're in the grip of winter right now. take a look at the wind whipping through those flags along king's highway. as we go into sunday that is going to be the day to watch. we do have snow c

we can see traffic moving nicely here on route 1 at pennsylvania avenue.ween the trenton-morrisville bridge and the pennsylvania turnpike. we do have one pretty big problem here and this is the 30 bypass westbound. they've been intermittently closing it so it's closed again between 340 and reeceville road. we have this accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer. it was carrying lots of paper. it went partially down an embankment so the reason they've shut it down is because they got the tow truck out there and they're going to try to pull it out and that's why you've got closures back up here. business route 30 lincoln highway or the pennsylvania turnpike westbound good alternates to deal with this while the tow truck is on the scene and hopefully clearing that out pretty soon. let's take a look at your commuter traffic report. this is the one you get to be a parter of when you download the free waze app. most of the talk all these icons about potholes. you know they're everywhere on the roads and the waze app can help navigate it. this is libby part

there are nearly 200 people now on pennsylvania's death row. sentenced to die by lethal injection but there have been no executions in the commonwealth since 1999. all now on death row are getting a temporary reprieve. today governor wolf said his moratorium will remain in effect at least until he gets a report from a state senate panel that has been studying the topic for about four years now. the pennsylvania state troopers association called the governor's move today a "travesty" saying it is right for prosecutors to seek the death penalty for cop killing suspect eric frein accused of ambushing and assassinating trooper corporal bryon dixon back in accept in the poconos. various local d.a.'s are also blasting the governor who says he's not expressing sympathy for the guilty on death row but "the decision is based on a flawed system that has proven to be an endless cycle of court proceedings as well as ineffective unjust and expensive" f a pair of veteran did he first lawyers today this response. >> as a defense counsel i have my problems wit

at the pennsylvania convention center. annie mccormick was there as the little ones got behind the wheel. >> a lot of people come to the philadelphia auto show to take a look at the exotic cars like the ferraris behind me. a lot of people come out to look to see what they want to buy. doors open kicking off day one of the philadelphia auto show's 9 day event. >> it's rockin' you can feel the vibe. >> reporter: thousands are expected to pack the pennsylvania convention center to peruse 700,000 square feet of automobiles from 40 manufacturers. >> it's a tradition we starting pointed three years ago. >> reporter: kids not old enough to drive are thinking ahead. and so are the adults. >> my father-in-law said you get the best deal at the auto show. >> reporter: $2.5 million in sales are influenced by this show. you can see why it's important to the dealers. >> reporter: there are many back who want to get the test drive on all the elements. >> this has 285-horsepower. >> reporter: lower gas prices are giving consumers more mon

rs and reinvesting in education the plan from pennsylvania governor tom wolf, to put money back in public schools. >>> and now the fallout from the controversy in a rocked little league baseball this morning the jackie robinson west team that beat philadelphia's taney dragons was stripped of their title. other officials are now suspended. little league baseball says that the league violated rules saying who could and could not be on the team. >> reporter: a south suburban little league team was the first to raise the red flag months ago accusing jackie robinson west of cheating and now the feel good story of summer has a foul ending. little league baseball has stripped chicago's sweethearts of their title. jackie robinson west was the first all african-american team to win the championship. and the coach has been suspended and district administrator mike kelly removed from his position and they say that the ruling is disappointing. >> it is a sad day for everyone. for the city of chicago as well as the kids. the coaches did the best with the kids and they had their best interests at heart

. >>> there is a death penalty debate in pennsylvania now. lawyers for convicted baby killer say they have some new ammunition in their argument against a death sentence. >>> it's a cold one and the wind certainly is not helping. 15 degrees here at nbc 10. thanks to that wind it feels like it is one degree below zero, and it will feel even colder tomorrow morning. we're being traing the ingtracking the potential for record cold. your hour-by-hour forecast when we come back. >>> 5:38 and a very cold start. a little bit of a breeze right now in philadelphia. here at nbc 10. but it's a stronger wind blowing in much of the rest of the area. gusts to 25 miles an hour now in philadelphia. the temperature just dropped to 15 degrees. windchill is one degree below zero. it's never going to feel warm today. 10:00 this morning, your hour-by-hour forecast, 18 degrees in philadelphia. 19 at 11:00. and this afternoon, those strong gusty winds keep a lid on the temperatures. they'll be going nowhere. but we could see some scattered light snow showers blowin

how are officials in pennsylvania spreading the word about preventing measles?> reporter: chris they will handle this all by phone. there will be a call-in for members of the media and health care professionals. this action comes amid concern that the california outbreak could make its way here to pennsylvania. in december at least 40 people who visited or worked at disneyland in orange county california contracted measles that has spread to a half dozen states with 92 confirmed cases in california. >> this is a major public health concern. partly because we have fairly large groups of people lots of times pockets of them who don't believe in vaccination, and this is the kind of infection to jump into and area like that and quickly go from person to person. >> reporter: dr. lawrence of mainline health says we are the victim of a successful campaign since the '60s that wiped out measles in this coverage but the rest of the world is ravaging the disease which sometimes makes its way to the united states. he supports vaccinations for children. coming up next hour w

. >>> and the pennsylvania lawmakers will soon be carrying the life reversal drug overdose. today officers have administered the drug 26 times saving the lives of two dozen people. >>> we are tracking a few snow showers this morning and the snow showers will just be here to start with this morning. they will be clearing out this afternoon, but we're looking at a cold day in spite of sunshine this afternoon. and a frigid night tonight, but temperatures are plunging overnight tonight. right now 17 degrees in allen allentown. northeast philadelphia, 24. and it's 10 degrees in atlantic city where skies are cleared. you can see just a few flurries moving through the center city area. this is the comcast building with a view from the melon bank building. more significant snow showers are farther north and west but even those are looking pretty light. you can see them moving through chester county upper montgomery and bucks county as well. these scattered light snow showers may, in some areas, give a little bit of a dusting. and then they will clear out. the sunshine this afternoon

central pennsylvania now. it's going to take a little while. but it's coming. if you get into this darker blue stuff, you're getting a burst of snow. the visibility goes really bad. can you get a half inch or an inch in a short period of time. and then it's gone. followed by the wind and the cold. here's that band as we see 7:00. so the computer models have it pretty well. and moving straight into delaware by 8:00. it's going right through much of delaware new castle county and getting into the lehigh valley and the poconos. by 8:00 it's coming through the philadelphia area. now, not everybody's going to get hit. but probably more than half. at least from philadelphia west we will. you'll get that little burst. everybody's going to get this, the cold air. it's going to feel like single digits north and west by 10:00 tonight. by tomorrow morning, it's zero or below zero for the feels like temperature. and during the afternoon, it's still going to feel like it's below zero. of course, the wind is going to continue to increase. and the temperature is not going any

nothing too major happening on the pennsylvania turnpike right now. as far as 95 goes that's southbound near girard avenue. we are seeing the normal building volume we are used to see seeing. >>> this department fire was sparked and what they decided not to do to prevent the spread. >>> and i am told that your previous information was denied. >>> new this morning, we have more information on the massive apartment fire that displaced several people in new mexico. the maintenance workers are blamed for starting the fire and he never called 911 when the fire started. investigators said the worker accidentally sparked the fire in edgewater when trying to fix a leakly fire in a first-floor apartment, a leaky pipe in a first-floor apartment. >>> one bill will require health care coverage for people transitioning through hormone therapy or surgery. another measure would require college campuses to allow students to live according to their gender identity even if it doesn't match the sex on the student record. that would apply to locker rooming, restrooms and

we think that it's a travesty for pennsylvania. our members are outraged, very disappointed. >> reporter: late today philadelphia d.a. seth williams blasted the governor's moratorium saying "the people who are the most grateful are the guiltiest cruelest and most vicious kill owners death row." >> there are broken areas in the system. broken areas in the system can ultimately get a person to death row and ultimately have their life taken we need to sort of parse out what those broken areas are first. >> reporter: late today pennsylvania district attorney association condemned the governor's move today as "a misuse of power". at the courthouse in center city vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> an atlantic county fugitive accused of staging a boat crash surrendered to authorities. 45-year-old andrew biddle of egg harbor township vanished in july after a boating accident in longport. the disappearance came shortly after biddle was indicted on theft charges. biddle surrendered yesterday. he was released today on $50,000 bail. it is

. >> he's done it before in pennsylvania. this is not the first time. >> reporter: biddle disappeared the night of july 20th when this man, justin bells, allegedly told investigators he survived the boat crash but claimed biddle had vanished. police believe biddle fled to avoid prosecution on theft by deception and fraud charges, connected to the boat sales company where he worked. justin, i have some questions for you now that andy biddle is back. when i called bells today, a man said i had the wrong number and hung up. biddle's lawyer says he doesn't know where his client was and didn't ask. law enforcement sources tell me they believe biddle spent some of that time in florida. >> what you have here is a situation where this is a conspiracy. >> reporter: a mystery on the water no more after a re-emergence that could soon trigger a new wave of charges. ted greenberg, "nbc10 news." >>> the death penalty is on hold tonight in pennsylvania. >> governor tom wolf issued a moratorium. the governor says the system is flawed. wolf s