also taking on pennsylvania congressman joe sestak, taking on pennsylvania's freshman governor pat toomey. we were talking about this immediately. it's very rare, and i have to point this out, that i have to look up physically to somebody. i'm 6'3", you're -- >> 6'8". but we are a contrast in styles. i wish i could look at sharp as you do. >> but to your credit, much more casual and comfortable. to the voter, i think that's something that's more appealing. >> for good or bad, i am who i am. i dress how i dress. i come from a real hard, blue color working town. that's why i wear work shirts every day. i represent that ethic and those people. to me it would be almost inappropriate to wear a suit and tie like a typical politician because, you know, those -- that's just not our ethic there. >> certainly not the cookie cutter image for your stereotypical politician. let's talk about something very uniquely braddock. your tattoos. >> sure. this is 15104, which is braddock zip code. this is a much more somber arm, if you will, and these are dates when people have lost their lives in my community

from what i understand the pennsylvania staff is out there.hey're doing everything to get the people there. guess what. it's supposed to be good weather. so sometimes iowa this time of the year is a little iffy. it might look like we had last weekend but it's warmer and sunny. i think there's going to be a massive turn out and there's a lot of interest. and i see a lot of interest in both sides of the aisle in this presidential election. >> how important is iowa for her? is it a must win? >> it's not a must win. it would be great because barack obama won it in 2008. i think she wants to win it. i think she's out there. i think she's talking about the issues. she's found out what the issues are in iowa and she's really focussing on that. she's looking at that and looking at new hampshire. she's really focussed on there. she was in philadelphia last night. she made it quite clear that iowa is very important to her. on. >> on the republican side, there was a report ted cruz talking to folks, talking about donald trump, his rival saying for he won

marino of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 580, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. marino, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. marino: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. marino: i offer this amendment with my colleague, mr. chaffetz, as an amendment to the bill. it makes a small number of evisions to clarify provisions , reform section, headings and mprove typeography and grammer. it was an agreement reached by the oversight and government reform committee. i ask my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. does any member seek time in opposition? seeing none, the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. marino: i yield back the remainder of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylv

the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery- with top prizes of a hundred grand. it's the best game yet. 'cause you're on it? well... keep on scratchin'! the republicans in harrisburg were fighting each other over the state budget. that's right. each other. the republican state senate passed a responsible budget that "begins" to fund education but the republican house of representatives has insisted on a budget that fails to fund education and balloons the deficit. call your legislator, tell them to pass a budget that's right for pennsylvania. >>> this is sportsdesk brought you by xfinity. it will change the way you experience tv. >> i'm john clark from comcast sportsnet. day 15 of the eagles' coaching search. birds put in a call to hugh jackson before he was hired by the browns. doug peterson interviewed sunday. he can in the be hiredful the chiefs are out of the playoffs and he thinks the eagles are done with their interviews. >> gosh, it went great. a great opportunity to see howie and mr. lurie and sit down with them. a lot of respect for the organization and

the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery- with top prizes of a hundred grand. it's the best game yet. 'cause you're on it? well... keep on scratchin'! >> good morning. a look at your drive times. a look at the pennsylvania majors, this is 76 eastbound as you head eastbound into center city philadelphia from the blue route to the vine only going to take you about 12 minutes, 95 southbound you're looking good as you head into center city philadelphia and the blue route north and southbound you have an easy drive there. taking a live look outside this is 422 at trooper road. 422 is going to get busy into the next half hour but right now both directions running smoothly. no issues to report there. >> happening today the good skate program returns to winter fest at the blue cross rink. there is a look from penns landing. tuesday through thursday different philly public school students come to the rink to learn how to skate completely free. great way to get out and get on the ice. >> well, hot pants used to be all the rage. >> but in minnesota this winter the opposit

the snow is in central and western pennsylvania. so we'll stay dry this morning. actually see some sunshine, too. 26 to start with, look at the fast warm-up by 9:00 this morning, 33 degrees above freezing at 9:00 with southeasterly winds becoming south-southwesterly at lunch time. those winds at 20 miles an hour will deliver the warmer air. 43 at noon time, that's before the showers move in this afternoon. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood to show you where snow showers are more likely some more likely than others. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> that's right. we're watching the 42 freeway in new jersey right around runnemede around the new jersey turnpike, exit ramp northbound from 55 to the walt whitman bridge. average 59 miles per hour. it's northbound lanes headed into philadelphia to get to the walt whitman bridge no problems there. 295, construction there to watch out for. otherwise everything is doing great. we're open on the vine street expressway again for the second time this week, normally we're closed between

bulk of activity stays north of the maryland, pennsylvania border there and into southern pennsylvania we will see snow showers perhaps light rain showers mid to late afternoon through early evening rush hour. yes, it is possible that north and west you could get enough to coat the grass for that kind of things and again we're not talking about widespread accumulations i notice the temperature 45 here in the city the player we'll have to worry about ice early. maybe later tonight. >> dress rehearsal if nothing else. >> thanks, suck. >> good morning to erin. welcome back. >> good to see you. >> you too. >> 6:07 problems in prince gorge county. two car accident before 193 and accident really slowing thing down, bw parkway south three cars. big accident blocking several lanes. one lane squeezing by and avoid bw parkway inside the beltway and take 1 southbound that will save significant amount of time this morning axe side from that frederick 2700 southbound side and typical volume building 70 to truck scales. let's look live outside and show you ow the muter shape is shaping up. light vol

. >>> a live look right now outside in pennsylvania. this is south whitehall township, snow falling furiously in the lehigh valley. this is where the bull's eye of this storm shifted today. in new jersey people leaving their homes to try to escape rising floodwaters. a look in wildwood tonight. it could bring in another devastating wall of waves. in delaware, wilmington where several more hours expected as that person there shoveling some of it. good evening, everyone. i'm jim rosenfeld. >> look outside. winter storm we've been warning you out all week is living up to or exceeding expectations. >> here are headlines. we just learned the blizzard turned deadly in the area. an 88-year-old montgomery county man died as he was shoveling snow in lower providence. as far as power outages, 30,000 people in the dark in south jersey, the majority of them in cape may county. pennsylvania and delaware reporting a handful of outages. high tide just after 7:00 tonight so floodwaters at the shore are on their way back up. >> our team of reporters spr

freezing rain in central pennsylvania. the time it moves into our area, the temperatures will be climbing. rain showers possible this afternoon from mt. pocono, allentown and quakertown. each of these locations warmer than yesterday. morning drive for doylestown, trenton and mt. holly, scattered light showers are possible. should be dry during the day at the shore. rehoboth 50 degrees and near that for cape may. vineland 45 and evening showers possible in vineland, more likely during the afternoon evening commute for narberth, philadelphia and williamstown. and then warmup over the weekend. the seven-day forecast when i'm back in ten. >> 5:39. we've been warning you all morning about icy conditions. plan for extra time because you don't know what you'll face on the roads because of the melting and refreezing. >> we have matt delucia in stormforce 10 and jessica boyington here in the studio with us to take a look at the roads across our region. what are you finding? >> we are finding a lot of crew on the scene, trying to ge

it's called the pennsylvania packet. it was printed in the pennsylvania packet newspaper on september 19, 1787. two days after the constitution was signed. the pennsylvania packet was a newspaper that was owned by john dunlop and david claypool. dunlop had a great gig. did thehe printer that original copies of the original declaration and the constitution. on the side he ran one of philadelphia's biggest and best read newspapers. it was the" pennsylvania packet." it's all for fourpence. what is so exciting about this document is it is the first copy that we the people of the united states actually read and saw. that is why some scholars believe that this copy is even more constitutionally significant than the one in the national archives. the constitution did not become the supreme law of the land when congress proposed it in independence hall. it took the ratification and the assent of the people and special ratifying conventions to give it the weight of supreme law. an order to become ratified the head of the national

the death penalty is under debate in pennsylvania as well.last year govern tom wolf issued a moratorium and appointed a task force and is waiting their report. supporters are fighting his decision in court. new jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007. >> here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc 10 news" at 5:00. police are investigating a shooting in north philadelphia. it happened around 1:30 this morning. the victims are recovering at a hospital. he was shot while driving on north eighth. police found a minivan nearby with a bunch of bullet holes but no victims inside. instead police say they found drugs. >> might remember this. an 86-mile stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike slated to be closed today. it was and the reason, that right there, crews had to rescue a tractor-trailer that went over an embankment in bedford county. it happened during this weekend's blizzard. traffic diverted off of the turnpike at the breezewood interchange, the same stretch that was closed sunday. more than 500 cars, trucks and buses stuck in th

and all of pennsylvania. we're talking about taking it from the four states that have certified, been certified by the federal government as having completed their mine reclamation, and spread it out among the states that have not done so completely at this point. and continue to work on it. further, this is money that is not being taken from the tribes. i'm not sure where that idea came from. it is money that is given to the states, not the tribes, and therefore it makes sense to send it to the communities where the mines are still causing trouble and are still being reclaimed. so, mr. chair, i urge a yes vote on the cartwright amendment to h.r. 1644. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. all time for debate on the amendment has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. cartwright: mr. chairman

. >>> now to an update on pennsylvania's budget battle. governor tom wolf and the state legislature are the target of a new lawsuit now. the pennsylvania school board association has filed a lawsuit that claim it's illegal and unconstitutional to withhold state and federal school aid during the budget impasse. the group is asking commonwealth court to prevent the state from withholding that money and seeks damages. just last week governor tom wolf freed up $3.5 million in emergency funding forv schools and social services. that action by the government prompted montgomery county to cancel a planned $75 million loan. we're told the county's finance director received about $20.7 million in payments yesterday. much of that money will go into the county's pocket. the rest will help pay the bills for human services groups. pennsylvania's been without a budget since july 1st, that's nearly 192 days. >>> it took three years and two arrests, but tonight the families who lost loved ones in this deadly building collapse have gotten justice. how a ju

let's enforce them. >> reporter: what is exactly law here in the state of pennsylvania? if you are looking to purchase a gun. we checked with that licensed firearms dealer. he says here in pennsylvania if you are purchasing a firearm you do to have go through that federal background check and that check is conduct by the the state police. we're live from chester county, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> and stay tuned for much more, on the president's executive order on gun control. scott pelley will have very latest on the "cbs evening news" at 6:30 when we sign off. >>> philadelphia's new police commissioner is weighing in on the the conversation about gun control. commissioner richard ross was sworn in earlier today and he did not waste outlining his vision for the city. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter joins us from police headquarters with more on that, walt. >> reporter: ukee, ross has moved into his new office here moments after being sworn in he made two things very clear. he was deeply grateful and fully supported officers who risked their lives

cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. you could win a thousand dollars a day for life. >> that sounds you hear overnight presumably will be the ran outside. >> yes, exactly. [laughter] >> sure. >> most of it will be falling when we're sleeping. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that the rain is really knocking on our door. we're dry right now in philadelphia but the showers are breaking out in sussex and kent county, delaware and heading towards cape may and the rain will continue to overspread or region from the southwest to the northeast through the evening hours. so, the accuweather highlights show that, yes, we do get an overnight soaking before temperatures really take a tumble on monday. rainfall totals, this is a coastal storm, it's fast moving so the heaviest rain will be along the coast where we'll likely see more than an inch of rain. around philadelphia but a half inch and a little bit lower farther north and west. and what this storm will do is open the door for an arctic front that will deliver a taste

cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. you could win a thousand dollars a day for life. >>> happy new year. people the world over ring nothing 016, including in our area, what a wonderful evening. >>> plus, also, we're gearing upright the new you for the mummers parade, there is a group that will be out there to protest, maybe planning some disruptions, we will explain that. >>> plus, also we will have a a new mayor next week, but where our jim kenney says he is not a progressive. all right. good day everybody. it is friday, tgif, it is the holiday, new years day, welcome to the show. the chris and lauren are off today. the it will be a pretty nice start. the it will be a weather, sue serio, it is working out in everyone's favor. everybody is happy walking around. >> weather or alcohol, rights. >> we have all lived through, i think that does play a part. we have all lived through new years eaves that were bitter, cold with really dangerous weather with snow, ice and all that, but very tranquil last tonight weather-wise, so

, but part of pennsylvania received 3 feet snowfall. >> this is a picture from pennsylvania took a woman hours to shovel through the two and half a half feet of snowfall, she borrows her neighbors snowblower but they were out of town so she did it by hand. >> this perspective of the snow before an aftershock of the picture on the left was taken saturday night, on on the writer right from sunday morning, the big apple was buried under place of inches of snowfall. >> a view the view from outer space, picture of the blizzard that hit the northeast, a nearly full moon looked full moon lit the clouds above and they were lit from below by city lights along the east coast. >> , we have no story to talk about because it is almost pristine. >> feel like something is bound to happen. >> it is quiet . there's although those nuances, so you need us to pacino . the new york city snowfall, king and snowstorm since new york city has been keeping records from the 1800s . we have got some high decorative clouds, and sunshine, look at this giant slurpie hit in the 5-mile crib cam and what happened within

. >> into it wasn't just pennsylvania getting a taste of winter weather this was a scene in collins woodcamden county new jersey. most of our region looking like winter tonight. even if it didn't last long. ukee washington. >> hi i'm jessica 16. diana rocco is live in philadelphia city hall. snow falling heavily for a short time . . . hi it's hard to believe it's almost mid january and this is the first final the season we are really starting to see snow. it didn't accumulate here on city streets for many. coupled with the cold reality of winter is starting to set in. first case taste of winter has hit our region from allentown to lancaster county. where snow was coming down so hard during rush hour, visibility was poor and inches mountting on philadelphia, pennsylvania turnpike. making driving slow. john lynch and shane in a came down from drexel sill hill to make the most of what felt like a cold winter night at the skating ring outside city hall. >> too cold. >> reporter: penndot was preparing for a second round of furs reese moving in loading trucks and spreading ducks. the shelves a

average speeds in the 50s on all of the majors in pennsylvania. in new jersey this is a live look at the 42 freeway at the new jersey turnpike, traffic is smooth in both directions but along the 42 freeway right where you hit up with 95 -- 295 southbound, the ramp to 42 north is closed until around this hour, typically construction in new jersey lifts around 6:00 a.m. so we'll let you know when it does in fact lift. vai. >> thank you. bitter cold conditions across our area this morning with temperatures in the teens right now as bill told us nbc 10's matt delucia is live for us in ambler, montgomery county. matt, cold commute this morning. >> reporter: cold commute indeed, vai. i can tell you standing out here you want to jog in place a little bit to move around to get the blood flowing. about 16 degrees here right now, feels like about 1 degree, zero degrees, depending on where you look at. wind really isn't too bad out here right now. a little breeze now and then. but really once that wind you get a gust that's when you really start to feel the

we are stuck here on the pennsylvania turnpike. and we have been here since about 6:15, 6:30 yesterday. >> axelrod: have you had any law enforcement knock on the door of the bus and check on you? >> yes. about 6:00 a.m. this morning, they came back again to bring us some water and to check and make sure that everybody was okay. >> axelrod: you've been at this now nearly 24 hours. is it still an adventure, or is it starting to get a little bit scary? >> it is getting to the point where we're a little bit-- have a little bit of cabin fever, but we've been watching our movies and rewatching them. so we're doing okay. >> axelrod: coach umme saleem-beasley, who is making lemonade out of lemons. thank you for being with us. >> you're very welcome. >> axelrod: ice has been the problem throughout the southeast, causing widespread power outages. hre than 85,000 people have lost power in north carolina alone. mark strassmann is in charlotte. >> reporter: across the carolinas, more than 7,000 utility workers spent saturday turning the lights

both pennsylvania senators will be in philadelphia today. they will be talking about that ambush, that attack that happened last week and how to pre vent future terrorist attacks in the city and our area. i will have more on that when we see you again coming up in the next 30 minutes. for now, i'm live on drexel hill. >> a hit-and-run crash with a police cruiser lands a driver under arrest. investigators say that driver ran a red light in kensington, slammed into a police car and jumped out of his vehicle and took off running. coming up in a live report in our next half hour, we'll tell you who you the officers managed to make the arefs, how they are doing following the crash. and police find a man shot along jeffrey road and marco loan and willow grove t. shooting happened last night before 7:00 t. man is being treated at the hospital about four miles away from a shooting scene. nbc 10 caught a minivan being towed. it matches the description of the police, the vehicle police were looking for in the shooting. no word yet on any arrests. and

>> in pennsylvania and new jersey, dave, is it you? you wouldn't be here. would you. >> reporter: not only do i have nothing, my nothing has nothing. it didn't really work out for me. i was going to buy a couple more hats, i can do that anyway. here's what we know. we know that we have some millionaires in pennsylvania, somewhere and in new jersey somewhere but we do know this. a massive crowd outside of a 7-eleven in suburban la where california lottery officials say a winning ticket for that big 1.6 billion dollars power ball jackpot was sold. maybe someone in that crowd. it's a huge crowd. officials say winning tickets were sold in tennessee and florida. that means there are three winner for the 1.6 billion dollars jackpot. there was a $2 million match five power play winner sold somewhere in new jersey. we don't know exactly where. and two, $1 million match five winners were found in jersey and pa somewhere. exact locations are not known. i'll tell you what. i would have taken 5 grand if i oh could win that much. what's interesting is power ball lottery

on the way bacc -- they got stranded for hours on the pennsylvania turnpike. kw-wl's shirley descorbeth has been following this story since last night. she joins us live with the latest. shirlrey? well, i'm happy to report everyone is safe and accounted for. late last night, one of them cotacted me a said they had beben stuckckin the same spoo..for five hours! those five e ours turned to more than fifteen hours and counting. i caught up with them over the the pennsylvania turnpike -- all because of winter stormonas. "we e ot stopped at uh, 11 five buses filled with adults and kids went to board member of protest during g e annual "march board member of leon jensen, says they cut the coming, we kept looking at the weather. we kept timing, trying to time when we could get back, governorr tom woll updating media -- saying there are 500 cars stuck. turnpike. we're trying to...we're doing our best to address that situation." as for those stranded -- they bond with one another...even coming together for an outdoor mass. "a bunch of us got together and they're celebr

you can see the snow pretty much stays in those mountains in southwestern pennsylvania. if you ever drive from philadelphia to pittsburgh, you know what i mean. it is not like traveling in the middle of the country here. a pattern change. we've got the chilly air overnight. and then things are going to change. jet stream changing its pattern, colder air back into the west. warm air surges up the east coast as we head into the end of the weekend and early next week. go into the 50s and maybe even 60 degrees before all of this is over with. 18 for the low in philadelphia tonight. 12 in some of the coldest suburbs. and remember watch out for anything that might be frozen tomorrow morning. the sun for much of the day, clouds late in the day, gone a lot of melting. sun's rays are stronger in late january than they are in late december. temperatures into low 40s. and then the seven-day forecast, cool down a little bit on friday and it's a windy day, too. then we start warming up during the day on saturday after that chilly morning. we'll be in the teens in the suburbs. the res

both pennsylvania and new jersey have $1 million winners each. we're still waiting to learn the location of where those tickets were sold. as soon as we know, we'll tell you. we do know where one jining jackpot sold. that was in california. right here at this 7-eleven in chino hills, a small town outside of los angeles. boy, did they celebrate last night. outside and pour nook the store. two other jackpot tickets were sold if tennessee and florida. no one in our area can claim such a fortune. they understand, but they're still excited to hear the news. >> i'm not disappointed. i mean, it would have been nice, but i'm not disappointed. do the old fashioned way, eastern it. keep going to work, do what you got to do. >> and here's another look at those winning numbers for you. . now all three states have laws saying the winners must be identified, so we will get to know who they are. coming up, we'll take a look at how quickly. >> katy, thanks. >>> happening now, people in bucks county are having robs with their land line phone service. frontier cus

overall, i think the courts in pennsylvania do a good job.ast majority of the prosecutors are first rate. this is the first kind of scandal like this that we've had. we've had one prior attorney general sent to prison in modern history. but that involved a campaign problem. not something directly to do with his job as attorney general. >> dr. terry madonna, thank you for being here. i mentioned previously the district of attorney is seth williams. seth, thank you so much for joining me. there are a lot of us at home who are wondering, why are you taking a political hit by having some of the individuals who sent these e-mails on your payroll? when, in fact, they didn't do it on your watch, they did it before you hired them. why haven't you cut them loose? >> well, you make a very good point. but, again, the indicted, suspended attorney general, you've heard months of hyperbole from her about these e-mails. and this comes at the convergence of sex, racism. you would think she was a champion against those. but as you've stated, and clearly put o

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the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery- with top prizes of a hundred grand. it's the best game yet. 'cause you're on it? well... keep on scratchin'! >> coming up on 20 minutes before 6:00. you are heading out into a cold one today. ice is refreezing this morning as the temperature comes down, right now in philadelphia right at the freezing mark. at 32 degrees. the wind is steady. it's at 15 miles an hour. so make it feel like it's in the 20s. we'll see sunshine, clouds farther north and west will stay o carrierringr0 when i'm back in ten minutes. >> bill, thanks for that. 20 minutes before 6:00. let's get you out the door to work. if you travel the schuylkill expressway jessica has a look at that. >> schuylkill right around montgomery drive, you can see behind me cars moving along nicely with no problems so definitely starting with a good note. westbound our drive time from the vine street to the blue route is 11 minutes and 12 minutes into center city from the blue route to the vine and average speeds are up there in the 60s as well. watch out in bristol on

track where snowplows are in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware.there's a dropdown menu, choose greater philadelphia region. it zooms in. look for the plow icon, check it off and wait for the trucks to pack up on your screen. new jersey and delaware have similar resources. you can see them all on the nbc 10 app. >>> we want to know if your street is plowed or not or is it really icy, are the sidewalks cleared? send us a picture or video. it's easy, by doing to our nbc 10 app. click on see it, share it. or tweet us. deanna durante has been checking out the tweets, reports of snowy and icy conditions this morning. let us know exactly where it is. >>> we found several damaged beach homes yesterday at the jersey shore. the sea al lis lapping close to those houses. the township is trucking in sand to rebuild the barriers. >> we'll start with 600 truck loads. we can probably use 600 truck loads every three days. >> we're one storm away from having another major disaster. >> in north wildwood, crews are trying to fix a beach in the -- a breach in the dune

rothfus from pennsylvania. >> thank you. i am going to talk a little bit about the surplus lines insurance, you mentioned in your testimony that there is a growing appetite and surplus lines market to provide flooding sure, private flood insurance coverage and pennsylvania has had some success with surplus line carriers offering flood insurance, taking a national perspective do you feel comfortable with surplus line carriers writing private flood policies? >> i do. in fact in pennsylvania one of the things we're trying to do as a department is figure out how we can do a better job letting consumers know this option exists, that is how comfortable i am with surplus policies. >> talk a little bit about the regulation of the surplus lines insurance. how do regulators monitor financial health of surplus lines insurance? >> absolutely. as mr. kelly indicated surplus lines carriers are licensed in the state of their domicile so in that state they are meeting the capital and surplus requirements the carriers are meeting. and so eve

. >> into it wasn't just pennsylvania getting a taste of winter weather this was a scene in collins woodounty new jersey. most of our region looking like winter tonight. even if it didn't last long. ukee washington. >> hi i'm jessica 16. diana rocco is live in philadelphia city hall. snow falling heavily for a short time . . . hi it's hard to believe it's almost mid january and this is the first final the season we are really starting to see snow. it didn't accumulate here on city streets for many. coupled with the cold reality of winter is starting to set in. first case taste of winter has hit our region from allentown to lancaster county. where snow was coming down so hard during rush hour, visibility was poor and inches mountting on philadelphia, pennsylvania turnpike. making driving slow. john lynch and shane in a came down from drexel sill hill to make the most of what felt like a cold winter night at the skating ring outside city hall. >> too cold. >> reporter: penndot was preparing for a second round of furs reese moving in loading trucks and spreading ducks. the shelves at ace ha

and it's just moving into central pennsylvania right now. during the afternoon temperatures will be in the 40s. 8:00 this morning the hour by hour forecast shows cold enough for snow, but at that hour it's well to the northwest as we go through the morning the temperature climbs significantly. by lunch time. and above freezing as the first snow dlak starts to move in. during the afternoon. some scattered snow showers north of the city and in philadelphia with temperatures in the lower 40s, we'll steve rain mixing in with the snow. as we go into the late afternoon and evening hours the temperatures start to come down and this is when we could see light accumulation. that's at 8:00 this evening. and those snow showers moving through philadelphia. a chance of light accommodation. a dusting. the 7 dap forecast to show you what's next when i'm back. >> tuesday morning and relatively it's been a quiet morning. >> you're going to jinks it. am >> i try not to put that out yet but it's true. we have no accidents really to talk about, nothing major th

in montgomery county, pennsylvania, where we are right now, the measuring stick shows 22 inches. jim, among the reports of problems in this area, there are ambulances with patients inside of them that have actually gotten stuck in the snow. >> axelrod: david begnaud up to his knees in it in pennsylvania. thank you. david mentioned that 85-mile stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike that is closed tonight in both directions. among those stranded are members of the temple university women's gymnastics team. earlier i caught up with their coach umme saleem-beasley. coach, i'd ask you how's it going, but i don't think it is going. >> no. we are stuck here on the pennsylvania turnpike. about 6:15, 6:30 yesterday. >> axelrod: have you had any law enforcement knock on the door of the bus and check ow? >> yes. about 6:00 a.m. this morning, they came back again to bring us some water and to check and make sure that everybody was okay. >> axelrod: you've been at this now nearly 24 hours. is it still an adventure or is it starting to get a little bit scary? >> it is getting to the point where

this hour, come tomorrow morning the snow is in northwestern pennsylvania.then it's on our way during the afternoon, you can see light snow coming into the area, a mix of rain and snow for philadelphia. the temperatures will be warm, the warm-up ahead of that snow so we may get the snow but if there isn't accumulation it will be north and west as the temperatures balance into the evening hours. maybe a dusting. today cold, bright sunshine, gust ef winds. high temperatures in the low to middle 30s this afternoon. a cold morning tomorrow down to 24. there is the 34 in the afternoon. aus ahead, we might get some snowflakes but as far as accumulation doesn't look likely. cold with the wind blowing wednesday, a high of 31 degrees. 41 on thursday, a warming trend higher for friday and saturday. near 50 degrees. temperatures right back down on sunday. a high of 40 degrees. >> 10 before 7 now. as you head out the door let's get you covered. >> got to make out flashing lights on the schuylkill. >> we have a little bit of a weird camera thing but you can see it so i'm

we have six heads of the cancer centers in pennsylvania.ey'll talk about prevention, about all kinds of the newest treatments. this is a session you can sign up for at philly.com/cancerevent and it will be for caregivers, lay people, it will be a chance to ask the most brilliant minds in our region about cancer care. >> i've asked you to chime in but what do you see the long term effect being as a result of this next week. >> i would hope we would expose the latest science to the community. the most exciting areas having to do with what the characters of the tumors are at a discrete molecular level and how the body's immune system can be used to fight therapies, including one that we treated to better manage the tumor from the host standpoint. >> karl l? >> one of the speakers is tom white head whose daughter emily was diagnosed at age five with an aggressive form of leukemia. she's the first pediatric patient in this clinical trial and she's been three years cancer free. our staff writer maureen mccullough is writing about her in the sunda

cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery.d dollars a day for life. >> live look at doppler radar right now. we're watching major winter storm that's on the way. so powerful we have a blizzard watch in effect for our area. the fox 29 weather authority is working hard right now. on the timing and snowfall amounts. meteorologist kathy orr and scott williams with what you need to know in just minutes. >>> first, though, are you ready to battle the elements? it's been a mild winter so far. so here's reminder of what you're about face. you got to get the snow gear out, right? but of course we need, what, coats, gloves, hats, stuff like that but tonight doctors are warning us that they could actually put us at risk of getting sick. >> fox's linda schmidt takes look how that winter gear could be loaded with germs. >> reporter: we all have winter coats. our scarves as well as our gloves. but just think about it. how many things you actually touch with your gloves in the course of a day. and doctors say if you're not washing your winte

today pennsylvania officials are addressing those concerns. >>> also, new this morning, a woman jumps out after third floor window to escape a fire. more on her dramatic escape. >>> and, get your motor running. head out to the auto show. it opens tomorrow. we are taking you live inside a live look right now for a sneak peak at all of the cool rides. >> good morning, it is friday, january 29th, i'm erika von tiehl. tracking some scattered snow showers, for later today, lawyer send in for katie. justin is in for meisha a you know you got us covered, guys. >> good morning, we had the melting once again yesterday. yesterday, such a nice day. again, heads up. we've been saying it all week, refreezing process continues, watch out for the areas of black ice, rumors about big storm for today, not happening, lauren, inbetween two systems, but still, could get snow shower, what's up with that? >> passing snow shower, yes. much different story than what we were watching this time last weaning. -- week. temperatures, at or below freezing, across much of the area. we do again have to watch out for

the temple university lady owls gymnastics team home from their snow bound ordeal on the pennsylvania turnpike. they never made it to their destination, a tournament in pitberg, and they were stuck on the turnpike for 30 hours, and keeping in touch with their home base, and six abc, by social media. >> everything is a learning lesson and just letting them understand that we cannot control every situation all the time and that is something we have learn from being student athletes, that you have to kind of make changes when changes occur. >> reporter: ladies had no idea how closely their situation being followed here at home. back on campus they call their snow bound experience valuable and uplifting. >> it was quite an experience. we were not really expecting this much snow and getting stopped on the road, but, the team really bonded this weekend and it is definitely something to tell next generations. >> the chemistry was there with the team but we just got closer, and bond a lot more this trip. unfortunate thely we didn't get to the meet but it was a great bonding experience. >> nob

increased toll prices are in effect on the pennsylvania turnpike, pennsylvania turnpike commission says tolls are now 6 percent higher. the hike impacts cash and e-z pass customers but e-z pass customers save 35 cents using that speed service. i have to tell you real quickly, i went up to massachusetts for a couple days, i drove over the george washington bridge. >> okay. >> guess how much it is now. >> how much. >> it used to be $10. it is 15 bucks to go over that bridge now. >> man. >> i know. >> officials say toll increase is needed to pay back money borrowed for penndot, and fund will go toward road improvements for that. >> i should have saved that little anecdote after i said about the tolls. it is a new year. i had a week off. i will get up to speed. >>> d.c. police officers leaves a positive impression on local musicians, we will tell you why, straight ahead. apparently, people think i'm too perky. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. arctic air is blasting us with the lowest temperatures we

in pennsylvania a gallon of gas costs $2.18.delaware it's $1.90, and south jersey it is $1.82. >>> and you may be shopping for a new ride for the new year, but experts say you should really be shopping for new insurance instead. linda from our sister station in new york adds up the reasons why. >> you're not going to see this on the road all the time. >> reporter: december is peak car shopping season. >> all lexuss have the voice reck sognition recognition. >> reporter: you may be losing out when it comes to car insurance costs. that's according to the financial blog nerd wallet. >> drivers can save about $859 each year. >> reporter: that's nationwide. according to the new survey of 1,000 drivers, in some states we're paying 30% more than we need to for car insurance, the equivalent of $469 a year, and there's one being reason why. >> a lot of them, about 70% of them, had distinct carryover for over four years. >> had this for a long, long time. >> they get comfortable and don't want to go out of their way. >> reporter: instead