the new trail will connect phoenixville to the schuylkill river trail.s all the way to philadelphia. the trail will serve as a recreation and transportation path that connects the local community to its neighboring towns. when it's finished, the schuylkill river trail will travel in total 130 miles along the river from potsville to the city. a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for 4:00 today in xl phoenixville. >>> all public parks in one delaware county townw3 will soon go smoke free. commissioners approved the smoke free initiative. mothers complained about peopleqe1 smoking atok playgrounds around their kids. officials think this can set alp good example for kids while providing a safe smoke free e1 environment. >>> now your "nbc 10" firsteq$ @r(t&ho dy start. check this out. the wind has just gotten stronger in the last few minutes. this is live view from the lowe's hotel. you can see the camera shaking in the wind. gusting in philadelphia. steady winds at 20 miles an hoánok gusting to 33 miles an hour. so rain is coming l the rain isn't particular

this afternoon they opened up a brand new 2-mile stretch in phoenixville chester county. the new segment not only extends the trail but closes a gap which means the phoenixville section now connects to more than 60 miles of existing trail and the 26 miles from phoenixville to philadelphia. >>> seven dogs arrived in our area today from puerto rico as part of a rescue mission. and they could soon be up for adoption. "action news" was at philadelphia international airport this afternoon to welcome the dogs to the area. then they were driven to atlantic city where the humane society will take care of them in the meantime. >> they have to be evaluated down there humane society of atlantic county, but as long as everything checks out, i would think within a week or two they'll be available for people to call down there and give them a home. >> the canines were living in poor conditions in puerto rico and the nonprofit island dog inc., teamed up with other animal welfare groups like the spca and animal aid u.s.a. to help get these dogs to a loving home. >>> coming up on "action

pickering creek outside phoenixville will shut down in the morning.e are looking for alternate routes. nbc 10 is live in schuylkill continue to township. doug this will impact more thanlp just drifrsz. >> reporter: exactly. not just about every driver that uses this routeçó is going to be affected. but justçó about everything you drive by is going to feel this in one way or another. they are trying to squeeze in as many trips over the bridge before it happens.t(xd what was the first thing that went through your mind? >> back roads. but you know, it is what it is. the bridge needs to be done. >> reporter: the 19,000 drivers a day could see thei]xd crumbling concrete on tj route 23 bridge overe1 pickering creek on the southeast side of phoenixville and teel beams underneath with concrete xdones. they evenfáko put6z p a temporary stop light on 2nmte 29 leadi into phoenixville to help handle the eight month long detour while the bridge is closed. >> i just adapt. >> reporter: the staff and owners of valley forge tre forria are very aware of what an eight

examples route 422 to oaks, egypt road to route 29, to bridge street to phoenixville. those who use and live off this section of route 23 know congestion and slowdowns are coming. >> i know that it's going to -- a lot of friends of mine work in the king of prussia area so it's going to have some problems. you're going to have a lot of angry people in the morning in rush hour. >> it will be a little inconvenient but you have to live with it. they have to do the bridge. >> reporter: so valley forge road between phoenixville and valley forge will be closed down between more hall drive and mcavoy lane. extra police will be deployed because motorists are expected to go through neighborhoods to get around the closures. >> my grandson rides up and down the street on the bike. >> reporter: it's going to be that way through the end of the year probably. >> that's what i heard i know. i'm not looking forward to it at all. my nice quiet neighborhood isn't going to be nice and quiet anymore. >> reporter: not for awhile, jim. another aspect of this as you look at a live picture of

the other big accident chester county conostoga road is closed at phoenixville pike stick to swedesfordvoid that accident, an overturned vehicle. downingtown, 30 bypass, eastbound as you head toward exton, building volume between 322 and 113 matt. >> we begin at the big board with hillary clinton campaign kickoff. the democrat is wasting little time getting her word out for the second bid for the white house. she is on a road trip to iowa. clinton posted this photo to twitter she is posing with a family in lamar clinton county, pennsylvania. the former first lady and u.s. senator should arrive tonight in iowa. her team promises a more accessible more more engaging candidate. her launch showcases what she calls everyday marriages. >> she shows the hopes of latino voters and black voters and women. you get the sense that hillary is trying to resurrect that coalition. >> attack ads were released before her announcement critical of her response to consulate response and her e-mails during the secretary of state. >> we must do better than clinton, obama foreign policy. >> marco rubio is expe

it will connect phoenixville to the schuylkill river trail, a 26 mile path that stretches all the way to philadelphia. officials say the trail serves as a recreation and transportation path that connects the local community to its neighboring towns. when it's finished the schuylkill river trail will travel 130 miles along the river from potsville to the city. a ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 4:00 today in phoenixville. >>> public hearings on septa's 2016 budget begin this week. septa is holding two public hearings in each of the five counties where the transit service operates. officials say public comments will be considered before the budget proposal goes to the septa board for a vote. for a complete list of the public meetings and some more comments on them head to nbc10.com or get the information on the "nbc 10 news" app. >>> speaking of septa, let's get some help for those of you traveling mass transit and on the roads. >> what's going on out there, jessica? >> we'll check in with mass transit. first, an accident i got word of on route 1 southbound between ridge avenue

egypt road to route 29 to bridge street to phoenixville.ive off the section of route 23 know congestion and slow downs are coming. >> a lot of friends of mine work in king of prussia philly it's going to have problems. you'll have a lot of the angry people in the morning and rush hour. >> it will be inconvenient, but you have to live with it. they have to do the bridge. >> reporter: valley forge road between phoenixville and valley forge will be closed down until the end of the year. extra police monitoring to be paid for by penndot will be deployed because moorists are expected to go neighborhoods. >> my grandson rides up and down on the bike. >> reporter: it's going to be that way through the end of year. >> that's what i heard. my nice, quiet neighborhood isn't going to be nice arena quiet any more. >> reporter: vernon odem channel 6 "action news." >> there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. in "healthcheck" it's the largest kidney transplant chain ever completed in the u.s. and one delaware woman had a ha

egypt road to 29 to bridge street to phoenixville.lding of the bridge will last until late this year. >>> in the case month the pennsylvania ballet pay tributes to one of philadelphia's a most celebrated choreographers. karen rogers has 6abc loves the arts. >>> sky6 live hd looking a beautiful picture of atlantic city. blue skies and beautiful day shaping up. not as warm as yesterday but david murphy will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. >> sunday, sunday, sky6 live hd looking live over center city for us, on this blue sky sunday morning, as we wake up. 58 degrees, it will be a beautiful spring day meteorologist david murphy here with us. it's not going to be steamy like yesterday. >> reporter: yesterday it was very warm. it was around 80. it will be like that in a couple of months. storm tracker 6 live showing us we have high clouds over the shore and the rest of the region. they will allow sunshine through. that picture we just showed you in center city a lot of sunshine breaking through. mo

coatsville reporting 35 degrees. 42 currently in phoenixville.little warmer than it was earlier this morning now at 42 degrees in trindyfn township. hour-by-hour forecast showing by noontime clouds moving in and look to the north. see those spotty showers? that's a possibility for allentown at 1:00 this afternoon and then those showers likely going into the trenton area and upper montgomery and bucks counties at 2:00 and the chance of some of those spotty showers continuing into the mid afternoon hours. even reaching down to philadelphia. that's 3:00 this afternoon and can't rule out some showers even arriving in delaware. then by later this evening those showers start to taper off at 9:00 this evening. we'll see clearing skies overnight tonight and pretty nice warmup for tomorrow. >>> 16 years later there's a new effort to find a former franklin and marshall college swim coach who's accused of spying on young women. >>> i'm matt delucia live in hunting park. she's accused of punishing her kids by locking them in a basement. now she is the one in

for the gang coming through phoenixville, rough go won't get any better.alley forge road, closed over the pickering creek. they replace that bridge. tough part about this detour, it is not an easy way -- there is no other easy twi get across the creek except for going all the way back to 422 putting all of that extra volume onto an already packed 422, so during the rush hours it is tight there through phoenixville they've been working on the turnpike for most of the night. heads up if you are coming in on the benny only three lanes on the ben franklin bridge, beginning this morning emergency work on the far right lane, the big clog is going to happen through the toll plaza. you got what seven eight lanes of the toll plaza, usually funnels into four, we will funnel into three. and then once you get to mid-span it will back -- open back up to four lanes. but expect a bigger and a quicker jam on that ben franklin this morning. so either get a move on earlier, or use the walt whitman bridge as the alternate. chris, lauren barks to you. >> bob, young girl in ou

and route 23, phoenixville, valley forge road, the bridge over pickering creek again that closure wento effect on monday. and it has made things tight for the rush hours because part of the detour route puts all traffic onto 422 where there is already jammed for morning rush hour, chris lauren back to you. >> we continue to follow developing story out of bucks count. >> i firefighters discover man's body inside a burning house, fox 29's jennifer joyce now live at the scene jennifer good morning. >> good morning chris lawyer edge live here at the fire company which is just block from this scene. now, fire officials tell us they don't know how this fire started. and they also don't know why this 58 year old man wasn't able to make it out of his home after the fire and the smoke cleared. that's when fire officials did find his body, skyfox over the scene last night point pleasant pike, plumbstead township the call was brought in with heavy smoke and fire shooting out of the back of the home. fire crews battled the fire for about an hour, but they say, they didn't discover the man's body u

a new closure goes into effect today this is a big one in phoenixville, this is valley forge road, which is route 23, same route 23 that takes you to valley forge park closed beginning today over the pickering creek. they will rehab that bridge, that is about 45 years old or so, but the the big problem is they are pushing traffic as part of the detour on to 422. so we will see the signs that you'll go out to egypt, get off at egypt road over to bridge street and back on 29th. it is a long detour. part of the detour puts all that extra volume on a already busy stretch of route four to 22. this time tomorrow we will see the the new construction crews outside on the vine street expressway that make up, which will be closing down vine street expressway late tonight into this time tomorrow morning on the the eastbound side. that gets started later on tonight, chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> 4:50 is the time on this monday morning. the pentagon says they will file an official complaint with russia through diplomatic channels for what they called aggressive behavior by russian pilot. u.

some will head to 422 expect extra traffic between the phoenixville area and the national parks area. a lot of people will be taking 29 up to egypt road and 29 to 422. depending on where you're going run 29 to the turnpike. keep in mind the interchange there is on e-z pass only interchange. it's great time to download the waze app so you can see what's happening on the alternates routes. >>> investigators say an unattended cooking fire sparked a fire in california east of la. cooler temperatures and low winds helped firefighters attack the blaze. evacuation orders were lifted before dawn yesterday. the fire is 35% contained. >>> and firefighters got to the scene of a burning house in idaho and said they heard what sounded like calls for help inside. once they got the fire on attained they found the calls were two par rots. when the blaze broke out they started screaming fire fire, they were given oxygen, but expected to fully recover. >>> former heisman trophy winner tim he tebow is expected to sign with the eagles today. he is expected to be on hand for the start of their off season

route 422 to oaks, egypt towed route 29 to bridge street through phoenixville.nd live off this section of route 23 know congestion and slow downs are coming. >> it's going to be a nightmare because it's the way to get to the king of prussia mall, it's the way to get to valley forge. it's just going to be a nightmare. >> there's many ways to go. but i mean it's -- remember that accident that happened? i don't think we want that here. >> reporter: you can live with it. >> yeah, i can live with it. >> reporter: valley forge road between phoenixville and valley forge will be closed between more hall drive and mcavoy lane until the end of the year. speaking of as the lady said living with it penndot estimates it will take less than a moo for motorists to make adjustments in their travel plans. live in schuylkill township, vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> thank you vern. >>> authorities are trying to determine how a construction worker foal his death in university city this morning. it happened at the site of the future evo at cira center south. it's an apartmen

i would expect a little extra traffic along 422 between phoenixville and valley forge national park. more thing to watch out for is a downed tree in northern delaware closing route 100 close to wilmington country club, stay on 52, kennett pike. >>> charges are pending against a white house fence jumper. the secret service spotted the suspect late last night. agents took the jumper into custody. the package turned out to be harmless. officials said they may now top the white house fence with spikes to discourage these types of incidents. >>> the baltimore police department is investigating the death of a man who was injured during an arrest. he suffered broken vertebrae on april 12. protests broke out when activists learned hissed death. they will look into any criminal conduct by gray and whether any argue officers should face criminal charges. >>> the fbi will update it's results of an homegrown terror investigation. several young people were arrested in minneapolis and san diego yesterday and suspected isis sympathizers. they had either trafficked to syria traveled to syria or plan

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valley forge road between phoenixville and valley forge will be closed between moore hall drive and mackvery lane. >> we're talking rain, rain, rain in that order. >> during the morning. >> then few breaks of sun in afternoon and storms tomorrow evening it will be masty monday coming up. > at least it's not the weekend. >> stormtracker 6 double scan seeing moisture moving in on the light side. not everyone getting rain yet. temperatures are right around the ocean temperature. 46 winds east and millville 50 and allentown 50 reading 50 and wilmington 49. that easterly flow will moisten up the atmosphere. what a change last night felt like summer evening. it's 2 degrees cooler in philadelphia -- 22 degrees cooler in philadelphia than this time 24 hours ago. trenton and beach haven 20 in wilmington and moisture will move n double scan live showing a big storm system. complex. the first thing we'll do with is warm front moving through overnight that brings us heavy rain for morning commute and break in the action and that cold fronts has been responsible for tornadoes moving through tomorrow even

and glenn more is back down into the 30s this morning, along with phoenixville down to 39 degrees rightw while it's 40 in chester springs. so it's a cold start this morning. much chillier than it has been. the chill is going to stay with us over the next couple of days. you see clear skies. there are clouds off to the north. some of these blowing into the area and that wind is going to stay with us tomorrow, too. today, tomorrow the breeze is blowing and it's going to stay chilly. 10:00, winds increasing at 14 miles an hour. those steady winds will stay with us into the afternoon hour. toms river and cape may will have 22-mile-per-hour winds at that time with higher gusts. so stand by to bundle up. sunshine will be bright to start with. 42 degrees, the winds will start to kick in at 9:00. the stronger winds and by noon time more clouds will be around, we'll see 50 degrees this afternoon. we'll show you when we're expecting it to warm up on the seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. >>> 4:21 now, let's get a check of the roads, nbc10's traffic reporter jessica boyington is w

septa spring and phoenixville were both at 62 degrees. so a warm start.nd in some areas of chester county, it's warm even with the rain falling. light rain showers are now moving through areas north and west. coming out of the clouds and during the day, we could see heavier downpours. just a few light scattered showers, but this is what is going to be moving in at times during the afternoon hours. the heavier rainfall is moving through kentucky and in west virginia at this hour. so we've got some time for the heavier downpours. and you'll be able to use your umbrella today. don't use your sunglasses. cloudy skies throughout the day. the showers and thunderstorms will be on and off. by tomorrow morning, the last rain drops are falling. there are the gusty winds to keep temperatures in the 50s all day long on saturday. and bring us some colder weather for the easter egg hunt on sunday morning. 37 degrees sunday morning. and 60 with lots of sunshine. and less wind but we are still breezy on sunday. a mild day for the phillies home opener. 65 degrees on monda

. >> reporter: that store where all would crystal work all kinds of fast in phoenixville.hat's where you can track down crystal when she's not training on the schuylkill river trail. >> i think everybody who works here is a big fan of hers. she's an amazing athlete. she has boat loads of talent but her work ethic is impressive to all of us. >> reporter: crystal's parents plan to watch the race at home now that nbc 10 is broadcasting the race live. >> it is so exciting. especially because i know i have a lot -- especially my parents who have never been able to watch me race since there's so much going on, they just wait until they hear how i did afterwards. i'm sure they'll love being able to watch me friends, family who have taken an interest and followed me with my running i'm sure they'll be excited. just any runner general who loves this race. we always wished for more coverage. it's exciting to hear there will be more coverage this year. >> that was nbc 10's jacqueline london reporting. right now on the nbc 10 app, check out our on the mile series. we are counting down

this was the scene earlier today at the winter brook apartments on phoenixville pike. firefighters worked quick toll try to douse those names and hot spots. no one was injured. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. >>> a good samaritan was able to rescue his neighbor from a burning home in chester county. it happened on the 500 block of vincent avenue in east vincent township today. the good samaritan says the victim was able to make it out of and on to the porch and he quickly jumped into action. >> flames were just coming all the way around the porch. i made several attempts i couldn't get up. i jumped through and through her on my back and got her down off. >> the neighbor rescued from the home is going to be okay. >>> well state of the art technology is taking crime fighting to whole new level in one local city. >> it is being credited for lead leading to a drastic decrease in gun violence. "eyewitness news" gets special access to see how it works and why police stay this technology is making the streets safer. >>> plus, we'll bring you all the detai

phoenixville at 30. a cold start this morning. but it's going to be a quick turnaround with no clouds. zero cloud cover to start with. but there will be high clouds moving in this afternoon. that's the beginning of a change for tomorrow. we'll be dry today. but the wet weather that's moving through iowa right now, heavy downpours, showers, remember nos, that's the possibility for us. we'll see the first wet weather first thing tomorrow morning. but not today. leave the umbrella at home grab the sunglasses and plan on a big warm-up. in the 50s yesterday. ten degrees warmer this afternoon with gusty winds to 30. if you're making weekend plans, a few showers saturday morning, then they're drying out. 58 degrees with gusty winds on saturday. still a bit breezy for easter sunday. but it will be warmer. the sunshine, 60 degrees. full seven-day forecast with a look at the phillies home opener coming up in the next half hour. >> all right, bill we like those 50s. thank you for that. 4:21 now. let's see how things are moving on the highway

this was the scene yesterday at the winter brook amounts on phoenixville pike. firefighters work quickly to tamp down those hot spots. no one was injured. the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> well the boys of summer are back in town. phillies hometown fans get their first chance to see them in action later tonight when they do citizens bank park will have new security measures. that's where "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now to tell you more about it, justin, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, ukee. that's right, game one of two of the on-deck series between the phillies and the pirates here at the park, soft open for the season, also for safety, under these red covers here are new way to walk safely into citizens bank park. starting friday, fans surviving the citizens bank park will see the phillies new play for safety. walk through, first stop, even before tickets taken fans can expect to empty their pockets and have the bags check too. and may require additional screening. >> you only need to take out your cell pho

the valley forge road bridge in phoenixville is being torn down. video video takes a look at the changes you'll see come monday. >> reporter: it's going to be a mess. it's going to be a mess. >> reporter: that's the kind of pessimism we found an busy friday afternoon on route 23 at the landmark valley forge road bridge over pickerring creek. the bridge is 48 years old an in bad shape. it has to be torn down and replaced. monday morning penndot will tear it down. >> well post detours for passenger vehicles and trucks, there are two separate detour routes. this will have a major impact on traffic. there are detour routes to congests highways. route 432 to oaks. those who use and live off this section of route 23 know congestion and slow downs are coming. >> i know it's -- a lot of friends of mine work in king of prussia, philly, it's going to have problems. you're going to have a lot of angry people in the morning and rush hour. >> it will be a little inconvenient. but you have to live with it, they have to do the bridge. >> reporter: valley forge ro

. >>> the landmark valley forge road bridge on route 23 in phoenixville is being torn down because the 48-year-old span is in is great need of repair. penndot begins the rebuilding process shortly after the demolition. it's expected to last until the end of the year. >>> still ahead "action news" saturday morning out of a job the flyers are looking for a new head coach now that the coach has been given the pink slip. >>> a gorgeous day ahead eva but we have the issue with pollen not only today but tomorrow it's running extremely high. keep the medications handy. we'll be back with the afternoon call and the rest of the weekend just ahead. (brad) my friends, i give you... ...the apartminternet. the new apartments-dot-com is bigger. stronger. faster. and bigger. it's got so many more apartments than on, on that old internet. how do we do it? we're powerd by web five-point-o. what about web three-point-o and 4-point-o? we skipped them. 'cause they're not good enough. the new apartments-dot-com. change your apartment. change the world. >> a suicide bombing overnight killed at least 30 peop

and pockets of steadier rain in montgomery county south of sodderton crossing the blue route and phoenixvilleith the bulk of activity. hammonton and millville and tuckahoe showers from the north and we'll see more showers on and off through the next couple of days. when you get rain it helps with allergies and i have had a sore throat for days now the reason why, pollen from the trees is high and mold is high and weeds and grass have not really pollinated yet, but if you have allergies you have likely been suffering when we get the rain it clears out the air. the cold air is coming down from the north and allentown 56 degrees and trenton 53 and philadelphia is relatively warm and 67 degrees and millville 61 and the winds coming out of the northeast are in the 40s tonight than is where we'll stay for the next few days, occasional showers and drizzle and it turns chillier and allentown 40 and millville 42 and cape may 45 and wilmington 43 degrees, future tracker showing 48 degrees in philadelphia 11:00 with scattered showers and then for your morning commute we see lots of clouds and occasional

. >> reporter: phoenixville high school is trying to answer 17 confess as part of the physics world cup. five students will travel to thailand to present their findings, the u.s. has not been represented since 2007. when it causes motion in the brush. >> reporter: mr. jennings found out about the competition after the organization followed him on twitter. many other countries have funding and special class time for the experiments. >> materials that are shinier will project a better circle. >> reporter: but these students are doing their work in their own free time with the tools they can find. >> we've known each other for a while, it's almost like we're hanging out. >> even if you're not right it helps you learn more. >> thailand is not a hop skip and a jump. we decided that any student that qualified should be able to to go not just those who can afford it. >> reporter: like every other problem they have encountered they are working to find a solution for this as well. they started a go fund me page to make sure everyone can go. >> we are a big team. >> reporter: they have big dreams

at route 401 an accident at hill brook not far from the phoenixville pike, watch out for some police activity there. an early morning fire in germantown had has sharpn ack blocked at emlen so until they can clean up firehousees we are going around the block have the the eastbound schuylkill looking good. nifty 50 in downtown with no delays on the schuylkill expressway and mass transit looking good as well. mike and alex accounts back over to you. that guy is in custody following a brief standoff with police in west philadelphia this morning. the this is at forty-eighth and parish streets. police had initially been call to the scene report of the sexual assault. police, you know, called in the swat team, after the the guy said he wouldn't come of the his house but ten minutes later he decided he would come out of the house. police say woman and the man met at the a bar and they are now trying to sort out exactly which story is correct, the guys, or would the man's. >>> 6:05. also new this in morning, nobody was hurt in the germantown fire this morning. the blaze started around 3:00 he

white land, we do have the accident still going on, connestoga road between back ton hill road and phoenixvilleernate swedesford road. also septa regional rails, new jersey transit the patco speed line, all reporting no delays, as well as the airport. that's a a look at your ride this morning back to you. >> thanks, new video isis claims to have destroyed iraqi city, that stowed for 3,000 years. cbs news correspondent charlie dagada report. >> city stood for 3,000 years reduced to dust in a matter of seconds. that what this new video from isis purports show show, it cannot be independently verified. but legitimate there is crater all remains of the ancient city of miamiroad, one of iraq's greatest arc logical treasures. >> appears to confirm reports that isis destroyed the site south of mozul weeks ago. the video shows militants dismantling al bass tore act far as lost by block. the menu sledgehammers and jackhammers to take down walls, and power tools, to cut through stone. >> god hon orders us to remove all of those statues, one jihad i can said. >> in february, isis showed similar scenes of

yesterday morning so it's a good deal warmer for westchester. 48 degrees. 46 in glen moore and phoenixville at 48 degrees. warmer start and pretty nice warmup throughout the day. there they go the clouds blowing out of here on the wind that brought them into the area yesterday. the clouds will clear out and sunshine bright today. going to stick around for tomorrow, too, but there is some wet weather before we get to the weekend. for today though sunshine. a bit breezy. just a few scattered clouds. high temperatures in the upper 60s. for most areas topping out near 70 degrees in philadelphia. less wind tonight. not as chilly tomorrow morning. back in the low 50s. 74 degrees tomorrow afternoon. beautiful day wednesday. things start to change thursday. clouds come back into the area. chance we'll see some afternoon showers on thursday and a storm system starting to develop off the coast. could give us rain and wind on friday with a high of just 59 degrees but -- this is a big but, a big turn around this weekend. a warming trend that will have us in the 70s saturday and sunday. great news for t

you can see around allentown moving toward the phoenixville area even toward norristown looking at someteadier showers and that activity will continue into the evening. but look at the temperatures. still pretty mild. 67 degrees. but some colder air is going to be moving from the north. you can see it's already in the low 50s for wrightstown. mid 40s in sections of the pocono mountains. so high pressure off to the north. that will channel in winds out of the east northeast pumping in more moisture. you can see by tonight we're looking at scattered showers. but those temperatures are going to be dropping into the 40s 40s and will likely stay in the 40s even for high temperatures. i'll have the timing of that mess coming up. back to you. >> all right, scott, thank you. torments developing story now. widespread power outages in the nation's capitol. the white house state department and the capitol among the landmarks affected by what officials say was an explosion at a maryland power plant. the event is not believed to be a terror attack. emergency management officials saying about 8,000 r

is jammed during the morning and afternoon rush hour to begin w if you use this stretch through phoenixvilleou have been alerted to the signs. they have been blinking a couple weeks. they shut it down yesterday at 10:30 after the morning rush hour so today, this morning it is the the first morning that folks will have to have deal with that. lights out traffic lights on the boulevard at masher with no cross traffic. all this rain and high tied were flooded on route 130 at brooklawn circle right there in front of the diner so traffic using 295. we had a gas main break in glassboro route 322 blocked at route 47 as sue mentioned phillies marlins first pitch 7:05. that will throw extra volume for our evening rush hour chris and lauren back over to you. >>> mayor of baltimore and the police department say they will find the answer as to why a man died of a several spinal cord while in police custody. >> yesterday protesters call for the officers involved to be charged with murder. twenty-five year-old freddie gray was rush to the hospital with spinal injuries after being shot by police on april 1

all the way back to 422 and that's pushing all of the volume that would typically roll through phoenixvillealready busy route 422. so that's adding extra volume to both our morning and our afternoon rush hour. penn relays, lays them up, 10:00 o'clock first race down here at franklin field both today and tomorrow you'll see a lot of extra volume in and out of university city heading to the event. so give yourselves some extra time. then of course as caitlin mentioned, phillies baseball in south philadelphia septa adding extra trains on the subway for all of the sports fans. chris, lauren, back to you. >> following breaking news from overnight, off duty philadelphia police officer ought walking his dog forced to drop into action. >> shot would be robber several times. steve keeley on the scene now live at police headquarters, steve? >> reporter: well a philly police officer gets done, putting his life on the line, while working as soon as he gets home, like all dog owners do you are met with the dog so happy to see you at the door so happy to finally go out to the walk and go to the bathroom.

rolling through phoenixville keep in mind route 23 still closed and detoured over that pickering bridgeek construction, a all that extra volume push on to 422 the morning and afternoon rush hours are tighter then normal because of the that extra volume on 422. coming from south jersey in problems a at all heading up and over the bridges. mass transit looking good. chris and lauren back over to you. >>> former delaware county school employee attempt to commit a murder charge this morning. the ex-cafeteria worker at hebrew store school will in radnor entered the school at 9:45 and attack a former co-worker. more more fled the scene but police caught up to him a short time later on a septa train. school was put on lock down. school officials a student were never in danger but they admit the their security procedures were not followed. the rick tim was hospitalized in serious condition. >>> prosecutors say toxicology results show off-duty new jersey police officer involved in the deadly wrong way crash was drunk and very trunk. tests conduct have after the march 20th crash reportedly show t

so all that extra traffic being pushed on to 422 west out to egypt work your way back through phoenixvillef course, you'll do opposite heading eastbound. give yourself some extra time. i know signs have been up a couple weeks alerting you to the closure that will begin today but anyone that you use that stretch even for the school buses, and even if you are dropping the the school kid off today you will get hit with that detour. later on tonight make over begins on the vine street expressway, we will start to see, the construction barriers go into play and then later on tonight at in midnight into tomorrow morning they will have the eastbound lanes of the vine expressway closed between the schuylkill and broad street. otherwise mass transit looking good, chris and lauren back over to you. >> 5:17. authorities plan to filed child endangerment charges against a mother after her two-year old son fell in the cheetah exhibit. this happened at the cleveland zoo over the the weekend. the boy is okay after his parents jumped in and pull the kid to safety but investigators say several witnesses saw

now this was the scene yesterday, at the winter brook amounts, on phoenixville pike.efighters worked quickly to tamp down those hot spots. no one was injured. that fire, the cause is being looked into. >> here we go, that time, pro baseball back in south fill. >> i love this time of year. >> this season there is also tighter security, even before you show them a ticket. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at citizens bank park, with this stepped up security, justin, good morning. >> erika ukee, good morning new season, new reals here at the citizens bank park here. when you come here, starting today, tomorrow, new routine for you. go through these mag in a tomorrow terse here, covered with the red cover there. you will go in there empty your pockets, as well. all before taking your seat here at the park. >> ♪ ♪ starting friday, fans arriving at sit sent bank park will see the phillies new play for safety. walk through mag tomorrow terse, first stop even before tickets taken, fans can also expect to empty their pockets and have those bags checked too. may

. >> reporter: that store, where else would crystal work all kinds of fast in phoenixville.where you can track down crystal when she is not training on the schuylkill river trail. >> well i think everybody that works here is a really big fan of hers. she is an amazing athlete. she's got boatloads of talent. but her work ethic is really impressive to all of us. >> reporter: crystal's parents plan to watch the race at home now that nbc 10 is broadcasting the race live. >> it is so exciting. especially because i know i have a lot, especially my parents who have never actually been on the watch. there is so much going on. they just wait until they hear how i did afterwards. so i'm sure they'll love to be able to watch me. friends, family who are -- have taken an interest and followed me with my running. i'm sure they'll be excited. but just my runner general who loves this race and we've always wished there is more coverage. so it's so exciting to hear that there is going to be more coverage this year. >> and she makes it look so effortless, doesn't she? and can talk while she r

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for folks in phoenixville, valley forge road closed working your way over that pickering creek.his is a big one for the weekend. it was opened last weekend. everyone using this stretch for baseball, soccer, weekend activity. you have to work yourself over to 422, and that is how detours take you. penn relays taking over franklin field we will see extra volume heading in to that area using the exits for university south or 30th street to get into the the field there. phillies at home with the weekend series against the braves and the ppl park crew hosting mens lacrosse beginning tonight through the the weekend. we will see extra volume on that stretch of 95 all weekend long, mike and alex, back to you. >>> bob, joe from chadds ford is watching and says, hello, to you. >> hello, joe. >> he has a private company called promoted in chad worth. >>> you may notice changes next time you walk in abercrombie and fitch. the the new look their workers are trying to find out. >> like you said will the men have have their shirts on? >>> it is 7:23. my daughter, i will in the name which one,

morning volume, plus a loft folks pushed onto 422, because of that closure, of valley forge road, in phoenixvilleback over to you. >> being that you, bob. on this earth day, our fox 29 shred event continues at parx casino in bensalem. so friend fred, chris murphy, guys are there, what are you up to now? >> i'm here with eddie. now, eddie brought boxes and boxings of paper. eddie, thanks for coming out. >> you're quite welcome. a pleasure. >> what are you recycling today? >> you know, old business papers, retired now, so getting rid of everything that had to pertain to the business. >> what line of work were you in? >> over the road trucker. >> eddie, one of many that have come out this all started at 7:00. it will go until 10:00. not just recycling paper jenn fred. >> no, we're not. >> leck tron innings, a well. >> go check out tito and carl. >> so here is the deal. we have not gotten many cell phones, just what, two, three got earn cpuu's, other things, electronic wise, not taking the old school tv's right? >> old school, like hard glass front face television. >> flat screens okay, and mike, let