schuylkill expressway eastbound near girard.by on the shoulder. for awhile thread some westbound lanes blocked as well as -- they had some westbound lanes blocked as well. we'll be on top of this one in a second nydia and tam. >> that looks like a mess. >>> on thursday president obama will yet again try to comfort families devastated by a mass shoot,. he'll go to orlando this time to meet it families of the victims there. all as officials give us a clearer image of the gunman and what may have played into his moto motive. >> a patron says he saw omar mateen at the club several times over the past two years. abc's elizabeth hur is live in orlando with the very latest. elizabeth. >> reporter: tam and nydia, good morning to you. and yes, authorities say they are learning more about this gunman as they continue to conduct more interviews and try to answer what truly motivated him to commit this horrific crime. from paris to new york and here in orlando, touching tributes for the lives lost. >> to the families and friends of the vict

>> if you're approaching the schuylkill expressway, if you need access to get to the schuylkill headedestbound, heads up. there's an accident scene on the 26th street ramp to the schuylkill westbound. lane restrictions. the ramp isn't closed. nothing too major right now. we're seeing slippery spots from the rain that occurred yesterday. coming on the on and off ramp will be a slippery spot. lane restrictions, left lane is blocked. traffic can still move by the area right now. it's something that could slow you down. the opposite direction not having problems or delays. that was 26th street approaching the schuylkill expressway westbound. and the pa turnpike's northeast extension, there's construction there, the left lane is closed. the pa turnpike, westbound or eastbound, looks great. >>> a summer to remember 100 years later. learn about the 12 days of terror that followed a deadly shark attack at the jersey shore and why the impact is still felt today. >>> community garden. neighbors in several philadelphia communities are reaping mother nature's benefits. next, find out why they owe

schuylkill expressway around girard avenue. course is where we're watching and coming out of center city, coming off the vine street expressway, we'll check in with the drive times there, westbound to see if they're affected by that. eastbound, not yet. 13 minutes. maybe a three-minute increase on the westbound side. we are in the yellow. speeds are dropping into the 40s. that's because they're moving past the scene. westbound from the vine street expressway to the blue route right now, also out in lower moreland township, we're watching on accident on pine road and welsh road. more updates in new jersey. there's construction there. i'll check in with the schuylkill expressway when i come back. >> 4:21 right now. 72 degrees outside. making a difference. if you know an organization in our area that's doing that,e need your help rewarding them with free money so they can do even more good. we're giving away grants, free money to local nonprofits. it's called 21st century solutions. the application is on our website, nbc10.com. th

>> we're watching the schuylkill expressway still. that's because there is a very early morning accident around girard avenue. headed westbound, coming out of the city, one lane is getting by. this accident is now over into the right-hand lane and shoulder. just a little while ago, we pretty much had all lanes blocked with one car trickling through every once in a while. the traffic is moving slowly by the scene. no gaper delay headed eastbound. it's coming out of the city on the schuylkill expressway around girard avenue. watching construction out in new jersey on 295 southbound right around the 42 freeway, three lanes closed there. expressway, we're still dealing broad street and the schuylkill, should be re-opening in a half hour or so. tracy? >>> cab driver stabbed. right now, that driver is in the hospital after an overnight attack. nbc 10's katy zachry is live at cooper hospital. katy, what are you learning about what unfolded? what happened? >> well, i just hung up with someone who works with the cab company. it is five starç

bridge, from the schuylkill river trail.slashing, she recalls her assailant telling her quote you don't know anything. >> anybody coming up close to you, you have to be leary about that. >> there have been safety concerns along this picturesque path before, just last month, reports of two men, in two separate instances, indecently exposing themselves within minutes of each other on the same saturday morning, only one suspect was caught. >> don't travel alone. you know, stay with a group, if you can. >> as police step up patrols, citizens are on guard, as well. the group will soon roll out schuylkill river trail watch, volunteers working in pairs, and trained to spot suspicious activity. >> we are hoping that the schuylkill river trail watch will be another level of, you know, of advocacy and another level of accountability, and watchful eye, you know, on top of what the police department is doing, and working really really hard. >> and as police are working that trail watch, set to start later this month, that victim suffere

the schuylkill to 95. in the 60s. 295, exit 30, no problems in either direction as cars start to make their way out the door you may see small delays headed southbound towards the philadelphia area or trying to get to the bridges or down to south jersey but no problems once you're heading past the deppford area. follow detour around the scene or take route 29 as your alternate. >>> and people came together in camden county last night to show support for the victims the orlando terror attack. they held a march for love in pennsauken. participants were encouraged to wear rainbow colors. >>> a philadelphia nonprofit is seeking doan nati ing doanation children's program was cut. manna said they knew the cuts were coming as human services is moving money from preventive services to more direct services. manna still needs to feed children who may not be getting the meals they need during these summer months away from school. you can give a donation by going to nbc10 dot come. >>> gearing up for a potential gas t

schuylkill expressway jammed in the usual spots.minute ride from woodhaven to the vine, dave. >> reporter: all right, karen we're off to damp starts in parts of the region. we'll wind up with clouds and sun and mainly dry in the afternoon pop up chance or thunderstorm. 78 today. >>> look at the time, "good morning america" is about to start, for david murphy, karen rogers, tamala edwards, i'm matt o'donnell. have a great weekend! ♪ roll all summer with a classic -- dunkin's savory pork roll breakfast sandwich is back. crave it while you can. america runs on dunkin'. this afternoon, refresh yourself on the outside and inside with a medium sweet tea, sweet tea lemonade, or original iced tea from dunkin'. sip one for 99 cents from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. america runs on dunkin'. >>> good morning, america. deadly floods devastating texas. this car carried away by the currents. >> get out. get out! >> at least five soldiers killed. four missing after their truck flips. a search on for survivors and now 46 million from d.c. to new york facing h

vine closed between schuylkill and broad, westbound side is now opened. eastbound side is still closed for those that take vine, that might hang you up ever so slightly but good news westbound side is already opened. route one southbound at fox street we are looking good moving in the southbound direction starting to heat up, brooke, over to you. >>> right now a cabdriver is fighting for his life after he was stabbed in camden. it happened after midnight a at front and state streets. we are told driver was stabbed several times. we have talked to the dispatcher at star cab service, five star car service and tells us that the driver is in bad shape. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is in camden gathering details and she will have an update the live in 30 minutes. >>> turkish, u.s. officials say all signs point to isis behind attack on istanbul's airport, three suicide bombers killed 36 people and wounded 147 others and then blew themselves up. dianne gallagher brings us up to day. >> reporter: chaos at europe's third busiest airport this airport has

i mean it is like jumping in the schuylkill river. dangerous yet safe because they have body guard out there but why would you do something like this. >> this is my fourth year, for team unite brendan and jim are on my team. we raise money for children's hospital of philadelphia, that is number 1j the and j has been title sponsor. i come out for comradery and teamman'sship. >> reporter: one of the reasons you come out is to stay in shape. i want to stay in shape. i want to be with my buddies. we have three from our church, valley view church, competing and it is a a team spirit enjoyable opportunity. >> reporter: wound full. nancy, you were out here ring ago this cow belfor all of the people, j and j raised how much. >> over $400,000 to date and climbing. >> reporter: wow. congratulations on that. this is first leg is over, bulk of the swimmers have come through. as you can see bikers are now on the roads and then finally they will have a 6-mile run. i'm tired just thinking bit, rahel, okay, i have never done anything like this but pe

we have very strange police activity on the schuylkill eastbound i will get to that. other than that things are looking okay. >> everything is dry out there it will stay that way initially for morning commute but we will go outside, really pleasant looking view as we take a live look from witt field elementary school in reading. technically west lawn but it is still quiet and pleasant around the region as a whole. looking closely just in the last hour loop, storm scan three, zoom it out you can see moisture starting to move our way, our modeling is trying to pick up that we end up with a quick shower at some point as we look ahead to the afternoon but what to expect tomorrow, well that end up being our wet day. scattered showers, likely thunderstorm and probably some pockets of steady rain. but back to the day at hand we are kicking things off to a quiet note, rebounding to the low to mid 80's as we should but there will potentially be a quick shower at this point this afternoon and more than anything majority of the region seeing a cloud building in with time as we a

we also are looking at right now, vine street expressway at the schuylkill expressway. g traffic moving well. no delays on the major roads in philadelphia, i-95 moving well, schuylkill and vine street expressway as well as the boulevard. finally, we have, 95 at the airport, traffic is moving well through there right now, in delays, and after heading to the shore points all major roads in new jersey looking just fine. mass transit moving well as well. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, rahel, back to you. >>> well, summer is just officially started but 15 children have already died this year after being found in hot vehicles. now that is triple number from this time last year. general motors is putting new technology in cars to remine drivers to check the back seat. cbs news correspondent edward lawrence shows us how it works. >> reporter: 3408 old riley mercer died earlier this month after being left in the hot car for two hours. her father told police he forgot to drop the baby at day care and went straight to work. these five small chimes could prevent that

accident here look at this pile up, this is a ramp to 26th street in south philadelphia to the schuylkill expressway. typically a sharp curve to begin with, they have got about four or five vehicles, this fellow here sideways across what would be the left lane so leaving south philadelphia, and then that oregon avenue watch for a blockage of the ramps to the the schuylkill expressway. they have been working all night long pulling a lionel richie here on the walt whitman bridge. let's roll video from sky fox working on the walt whitman bridge all this week on the overnight, from 9:00 at night until about 4:00 o'clock the following morning. so leaving new jersey coming into philadelphia a, expect some delays, on the overnight, the good news is they have packed up the cones and they are opened for business, so we are good to go, on that walt whitman bridge. we will get back to my map computer here they are still working on the vine street expressway that is still closed between the schuylkill and broad street even though it did rain last night, they had rain slickers on, they had nothing to

stick with the schuylkill or use the kelly drive instead. no overnight construction on the vine they canceled the work. the vine 676 is open right now. they will close it next week. henry avenue has been reopened they removed the down tree in east falls. use that. the black horse pike is blocked near 130 on the northbound side for construction. watch out for the crews out there until 6:00. >>> breaking news for a second morning in a row we are reporting on a fire tragedy. a man was killed by an overnight blaze in springfield township, delaware county. katherine scott is live at east thompson avenue and granite terrace, the details here. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: we did hear that one man was found dead inside the home overnight. restoration crews are on the scene boarding up the charred out windows and broken windows. there is debris on the lawn after the fast-moving fire in syringe field. let's go to viewer video where you can see the flames in the upstairs windows. smoke poured out. the fire broke out at 12:30 a.m. east thompson

if you take the schuylkill, pay attention.nd girard avenue where we have a serious accident scene involving a septa bus. you can see now, one of the cars is lifted up on to the guardrail as well. a few vehicles involved. there's emergency personnel on the scene. it stretches quite a way and takes out the two left lanes, most of the lanes there as you can see one of the vehicles is over into the right-hand lane. the right-hand shoulder is getting by on girard avenue creating a massive crime time, 75 minutes headed eastbound from the vine street expressway. that should be about a 12-minute trip, typically, with delay, about a 22-minute trip. we're seeing big delays there. average speeds 10 miles an hour. there's a vehicle fire in limerick on ridge pike and arld road. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. >> we have sunshine, a few clouds and just like yesterday, a nice breeze, coming out of the north at 10 miles an hour. that wind has brought the temperatures down into the 50s and 60s along with dry air. the humi

schuylkill expressway looking good at the moment coming into downtown. we will check the jam cams, sue's got your hump day forecast when we come right back. smooth feet that they can't help but touch. discover their secret with product of the year winning amopé pedi perfect extra coarse electronic foot file with diamond crystals. it removes even heavy callouses revealing soft, beautiful feet. and now try the new amopé pedi perfect wet & dry rechargeable foot file. it works on both wet or dry skin. feel it yourself! amopé, love every step. >> we start out with a first look at what the weather will be for good day drives in you friday morning, mayfair, at the corner of frankford and cottman. i'm sure you her that's where we'll be. don't be alarmed, could be couple of sprinkles, stray shower, mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the 60s. now, some of the computer models are saying there won't be any rain. so i'll just prepare you for the worse case scenario, that the rain will linger, rain will start late tonight. we have warmfront headed our way. but t

. >>> develop right now a slashing woman hurt after hurt in the schuylkill river trail. what the slasher said right before the attack. good day is it is finally friday, june 10th, 2016. lauren dawn johnson no shocker here is taking an extended weekend. another one of our friend aim sure getting married in the one of the lower 48 states. >> nice to be here. it is also looking like she had the friend, like going out and being crazy and having a good time. >> that is her every day. she sucks up life. >> today, it is a friday. you know what we're doing on friday. >> we're taking you to every single town, your community all over. today this morning get ready jenkintown because we are coming tour neck of the woods. >> we will be live at town square in the heart of the jenkintown. >> and here's the best part about the whole thing. you could win a brand new car. just sign up and you can win a brand new mazda cx9. >> pretty easy just go to our web site fox 29.com, click on the contest page and home page. we will pick a finalist once a week and on the final show here's the big giv

on the schuylkill expressway matt and tam, progress approaching girard avenue.ent has been moved off to the shoulder. you can see police and penndot out here. with all three lanes open, we are picking up the pace, but we have damage to recover from, because the left lane was blocked. eastbound is heavy from industry avenue into that scene by girard. speeds in the 20s and the backlog is spilling back on to the southbound side of the boulevard. also delayed on i-95, of course, southbound side speeds in the teens and 20s as you work between cottman and girard. better news in east falls, henry avenue is open they have cleared the down trees and wires. getting word of a broken down vehicle 476 eastbound approaching valley forge. doesn't seem to be impacting speeds at this point which is good news, speeds are starting to drop on 422 eastbound around the saint gabe's curve into route 23 in the normal slow spots. we have a crash at butler pike at stenton avenue. broken down vehicle buck road southbound at green hill. in warrington, yesterday they reopened the kansas roa

just make note that is on the schuylkill. also more construction street road westbound blocked between stump road and second street pike, use an alternate bustleton pike is your best bet. the street road eastbound between kutcher road and gravel hill road make note of that and we have gas main repairs route 38 eastbound between 130 and route 702 lanes blocked until 6:00 a.m. saturday, brooke, over to you. >>> there is new information on the massacre in orlando, owner of another gay club said gunman in the pulse nightclub shooting sent a facebook friend request last week. that owner reject it. sources tell cbs news nora salmon the wife of the omar mateen tried to prevent her husband from carrying out the attack. fbi has interviewed her twice and given her a polygraph test. they are investigating whether mateen was a regular at the night club. his wife said they had been there before. evidence the from the cell phone and computer said he was inspired by radical islam is and idealology. they are working together to peace togethe

we're watching the schuylkill expressway. accident scene we were just talking about a couple minutes ago has cleared out o

. >> schuylkill still moving nicely live approaching gladwyn. how is i-95 i'll have that coming up. >> the king brings cleveland the crown, hear from labron james later on "action news." okay, ready? whoa! [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. >> lovely, as you take a live look at the sun high in the sky above the ben franklin bridge, 6:15 out there right now, 67 degrees, it's going to be a warm one. david murphy reminding us, keep an eye on children, pets, the elderly in your cars. >> get ready for summer it arrives tonight. >> reporter: it arrives after 6:00 p.m. summer solstice. 63 welsh road at bethlehem pike, clear and dry, no problems in montgomery coming down from lansdale or ambler, looking good. let's check i-95 one of the first signs of slowing is often i-95 at cottman, that's southbound traffic heading toward center city. moving nicely so far. starting to slow down approaching cottman. looking at a 15 minute ride from woodhaven to the vine. not too bad

and the blue route from schuylkill to 95 is about a 15-minute trip. checking into area bridges, some construction there over the walt whitman bridge two lanes heading westbound into philadelphia. and watch for construction over the tacony-palmyra, tracy. >>> happening today, a vote could change driving habits across the area. for decades, new jersey has had the cheapest gas. the gas tax hike could cost drivers an extra $100 at the pump. it's the state senate's turn to vote on it. supporters say the tax hike will pump much needed money into the state transportation trust fund to repair roads and bridges. now, the proposal also calls for cutting the state sales tax from 7% to 6%. that could save an average family more than $400 a year. >>> today, a man could learn his fate for kidnapping a woman off a street. it is a case that made national headlines. cameras caught the 2014 abduction on video. you see delham barnes dragging the woman off. and barnes pleaded guilty, he's sentenced today and could get up to 35 years in prison. >>> this morning, the famil

a look at the schuylkill, now, the schuylkill, headlight moving in the eastbound direction, this is athe vine, the vine was open last night, as you jump on the vine, there go, jump on the vine looking good, like i said, it was open last night. so for those of you jump on the vine between the schuylkill and broad, looking great. you can see how many vehicles already are jumping on moving in the eastbound direction on the schuylkill. good indicator like i've been saying all morning long, friday, especially gorgeous friday like this, everyone will want to get to work, and get out early. so, that might pose us to maybe have a slightly earlier, i would say, rush hour, usually start kind of at the tip hour of the 7:00. might even start in the 6:00 the see what happens. just look at 95 south at academy, looking good, both direction actions look -- directions looking good. ac rail line back to normal. so i will be tweeting this out, as well, back to normal, talking about that for like a week now, jim, brooke, over to you. >>> thanks, meisha a now time for look at newspaper headlines from acros

breaking news from the schuylkill expressway at this hour. chopper 6 hd is live over a multi-vehicle accident that has the highway shut down westbound on i-76. looking live from chopper 6 hd right now. >>> that's right, all traffic stopped on westbound i-76 near the conshohocken curve. only one lane getting by eastbound due to the emergency vehicles there trying to reach the scene. the crash happened a little bit after 11:00 a.m. and involved at least 7 vehicles. it's unclear if any serious injuries at this time. several people were taken to the hospital and taken away on stretchers. you can see the backup there stretches for quite some distance, again, all westbound lanes shut down on i-76 the schuylkill expressway at the conshohocken curve. only one lane getting by eastbound right now and the backup extends, it appears from this angle. >>> all the way into the city. >>> for miles i would say. we'll keep an eye on it throughout the newscast an keep you updated at 6abc.com, as well. >>> there's also breaking news at this hour the murder of a

let's get a look at traffic. >> including the schuylkill expressway.essica boyington starts there. jessica? >> the schuylkill expressway right around the vine street expressway over in center city, that's because we're running behind schedule with our vine street expressway opening. typically we clear around 5:00 in the morning. but still parts of those ramps are closed. some are open. so some cars allowed to access the vine street expressway right now but basically in between broad street and the schuylkill, we have some closures in place. definitely want to keep that in mooned before you head out the door. this should be clearing in the next couple of minutes. i just saw flashing lights up ahead. they might be coming to lift the signs out of the way. this is approaching the vine street expressway headed eastbound. towards 95, you may see problems, you can still take local vine. construction in new jersey on route 38 eastbound between route 130 and route 70. two right lanes closed there until saturday around 6:00 a.m. here's the white horse pike in be

the big accident of the morning is right on the schuylkill expressway.ls as you're heading eastbound towards gulf mills. you see that vehicle completely on its side and pushed up against the guardrail. traffic is getting by but expect delays coming off of the turnpike. another new accident on the garden state parkway southbound at pomona blocking the right lane, dave. >> a nice day overall building. 67 degrees by 8 o'clock. we're already up to about 63. 75 by 10 o'clock and then we spend a portion of the after plan to iof theafternoon in the. clouds will increase as the day goes on and there's a slight chance of a spotty pop-up shower. most of the day is dry. >> all right. >> we'll send you out to "gma" but we'll see you back here every 30 minutes for updates through 9:00 a.m. for karen rogers matt o'donnell dave murphy nydia han, i'm tamala edwards. we hope you have a great wednesday. ♪ roll all summer with a classic -- dunkin's savory pork roll breakfast sandwich is back. crave it while you can. america runs on dunkin'. this afternoon, refresh yourself

we're starting on the schuylkill expressway around belmont avenue.still an eastbound drive time from the vine street expressway to center city. average speeds into the 60s as well. no problems on the schuylkill right now. we are seeing relatively light traffic. in philly, we are watching for a water main break. lehigh avenue, closed between 13th street and broad street because of the water main break. they're directing traffic around the scene. >> jessica, thank you. >>> crossbow killing, this morning, a woman is dead and police have arrested her boyfriend for the crime. matt delucia is live at the scene in northeast philadelphia. neighbors say this wasn't the first time police have been called to this home. tell us more. >> philadelphia police say they have been here before for domestic violence issues. we're on the 3100 block of willits road. i'll step out of the way. there are cleanup crews here right now. a lot of that crime tape remains in front of the home where this all happened. after the woman was shot, she managed to run next door looking f

bridge, from the schuylkill river trail. seconds before the slashing, she recalls her assailant telling her, quote, you don't know anything. >> anybody coming up close to you, you have to be leary about that. >> there have been safety concerns along this picturesque path before just last month reports of two men, in two separate instances, indecently exposing themselves within minute of each other, on the same saturday morning. only one suspect was caught. >> don't travel alone. you know, stay with a group if you can. >> as police step up patrols, citizens are on guard, as well. the group will soon roll out it schuylkill river trail watch. volunteers working in pairs, and trained to spot suspicious activity. >> we are hoping the schuylkill river trail watch will be another level of, you know, of advocacy, and another level of accountability, and watchful eye, you know, on top of what the police department is doing, working really really hard. >> and as police work that trail watch is set to start in just a matter every days,

live look at the schuylkill expressway quite it this morning. no problems or delays, coming into the the city. vine street expressway is opened, they did not close it last night with construction, coming back from the shore. some folks, again we're in prime vacancies on now so folks maybe stay down an extra night and come right back from the beach right in the office but in problems there at all coming in through bellmawr. still left over crews on route 202 northbound between 30 and route 401, and they are also working on the pennsylvania turnpike, between the valley forge interchange, heading eastbound, over towards, fort washington. in that bellmawr, new jersey interchange 295 and 42 just watch for some new traffic pattern shuffles, as we work our way into philadelphia for beginning of the morning rush hour, but the market frankford line using shuttle will buses to 5:00 as well as broad street subway and using dart system in delaware there is a new dart bus schedule that went in effect for morning rush hour. chris and lauren, back over to you.

approaching the schuylkill, headed westbound, you might see delays.west and eastbound on broad street and the schuylkill. should be closed until 5:00 this morning. that walt whitman bridge construction has cleared. you'll be good to go through. no scheduled openings over the burlington bristol and the ben is clear into philadelphia. tracy? >>> a former montgomery county private school employee is charged in a sex assault investigation. anyplace's katy zachry is live in upper gwynedd. tell us about the man police arrested and tell us what he's accused of doing. >> upper gwynedd township police here say they spoke to the suspect twice before he finally admitted and confessed to inappropriately touching the victim. now, here's a picture of the suspect, 40-year-old marcus forte. he's in jail accused of kissing, touching and fondling a 13-year-old student. the disturbing contact happened both at school where he worked, gwynedd-mercy academy elementary school, where the young girl attended and also at the young girl's home. some of their online and text con

looking really good right around the schuylkill, but this on the schuylkill right here, police activitytually disable vehicle pulled to the gore point, middle shoulder area, schuylkill westbound near the turnpike where that is, you can see, though, not going it cause tomorrow slow downs now, but certainly can if we don't get that cleared out of the way, right here the schuylkill eastbound, or westbound, rather, near the turnpike, looking good. construction pa turnpike between valley forge, ft. washington, left lane blocked, jim, over to you. >> beyonce gets it started in the bet awards in los angeles. >> ♪ >> you should have heard me scream when i realized who it was. she hit the stage with rapper kendrick lamar to perform her song freedom. also won in five categories including video of the year, for formation, but beyonce had to jet over to london so she wasn't able to stick around to except her award, that's okay, her mother, tina lawson, did. >> look at her, her mom looks good? >> very good. >> glad you enjoyed the show. >> good show, any time you can have beyonce surprise me, you kn

no problems east or westbound on the schuylkill right now. we are watching construction over in delaware on 495 headed northbound, the on and off ramps are close around exit 4. that will be there until the 30th. watching 95 through delaware, no big problems here. the drive times are still okay. we're ten minutes north and southbound from ç295 to 495. check in with that vine street expressway construction, make sure that's all cleared up when i'm become in the next ten. tracy? >> the red cross is helping people living at a boarding house that partially collapsed. nbc 10 was in the tioga section of philadelphia where the roof of a building caved in around 1:00 this morning. rain water seeped through the ceiling. the manager told us four adults and a child live at the boarding house. no one was hurt. >>> a bar owner was approached, police tell us the robber took money and ran off. >>> zrim nation by a former philadelphia school superintendent will cost the district more than $2 million. yesterday, a federal jury decide the the late arlene acker

. >> we're watching the schuylkill expressway now. this is around the vine street expressway to show you the ramps are still blocked off. you see they're actually -- looks like they may be moving some of the construction vehicles around to maybe lift some of the off ramps a little bit earlier for the vine street expressway construction in between broad street and schuylkill expressway. it typically clears around the 5:00 hour. we have some construction vehicles moving around. so we'll keep you updated on the full opening of the vine street expressway. for now, some ramps are still closed. take local vine as your alternate. watch for construction heading into new jersey on admiral boulevard, right lane is closed there. big delays a little later on in the morning commute. tracy? >> jessica, thanks. >>> 4:32. everyone made it out safely from this home fire. fire started on the first floor of a house on billings avenue at seventh street. around 12:30, fire companies from four neighboring towns were called in to help put out the flames. >>

especially on the schuylkill expressway.f you take the schuylkill eastbound, a lot of that has cleared out of the way. the vehicles involved with the police officers that i just mentioned a few moments ago have actually cleared. we did have a fire department activity on the scene as well. can't see that from our camera view here, of course. i wanted to take a look at the delay from the schuylkill headed eastbound around girard avenue as well. this is just before that scene. you can see the delays are doing a bit better. let's check out the drive times there as well. it looks like everything still in the green. we were starting to see a slowdown heading into center city. we're now at 22 minutes. not too bad. eastbound from blue route to the vine, 11 minutes still headed westbound, no problems there or gaper delay. there's an accident in limerick, neiffer road. routes 11 and 13 are delayed because of mechanical problems. >>> we're all scrambling around in the bathroom, screaming at the top of our lungs. >> next, a firsthand ac

here are those new apartment popping up here along the schuylkill river between the river and the schuylkillway just outside manayunk there. in problems on the freeway, folks comes toward our camera heading in the city. later in the afternoon we will have the reverse on the way to cape may on the way down the shore, crunch time, usually begins between one and 2:00 heading down toward south jersey. in problems coming up out of wilmington, route one slow rolling through delco, it looks like a good day to fly, in problems at philly international at the moment. looking good up and down i-95 as well getting to the airport not a problem either. graduation grid will be today, five of the big schools holding graduations, shanahan, little flower, bonner prendergast, roman, newman goretti. congrats to the jobs now go get ought job. chris, back to you. >>> stepped up security along the schuylkill river trail, this is scary stuff, woman was attacked and right in broad daylight as well. >> it is such a busy place, so many people that love to take advantage and enjoy this area it happened near stairs to t

on the schuylkill trail during the day and night. >> citizens are part of what makes the city great so working together getting to know who else is out there on the trail can make a big difference. >> more because it is the community coming together and protecting our park and our children and their families and people who use the park. >> other improvements include ge o coding mile markers. if you do have a problem and call 911 police necessity where you are so they can find you and help you out. >>> independent day fast approaching and with that wawa welcome america festival begins. there will be free events for you and your fat limb to enjoy. today includes free museum day at ben franklin museum, that starts at 9:00 o'clock. you can come to the dedication of musial arts flag unfurled this afternoon from two to 3:00. take kid to find out what goes on behind the scenes of the favorite pixar movies at the franklin institute. that is this evening from 7:00 e film finding nemo under the stars tonight at franklin square. it starts at 8:30. >>> a dozen people recovering after the roller

live look at westbound schuylkill, don't say that to chris murphy though, westbound on the the schuylkillis disable truck is as you come around the curve, right at the start of the gulph mills off ramp. look out. i know he has his headlights on here but be careful. this is a stretch with no overhead street lamps right at gulph mills. speaking of street lamps who didn't pay the electric bill all of the overhead lights are out in the whole section of the construction zone here at cottman avenue. so it will feel weird, like something is different this morning at least until we get sunrise between academy road and cottman avenue. so just a head up there in northeast philadelphia. coming into center city vine expressway remains closed until 5:00 o'clock between broad street and schuylkill, normal overnight construction project here. use vine street local or coming off of the schuylkill you can use spring garden, 30th or south street. good morning to south jersey, no problems on the freeway, looking good for gang coming out of the voorhees heading up for shaders in toward route 73 and bridges a

no problems on the schuylkill right now.you're just getting up and you typically tune in to make sure the vine street expressway is open or closed, we're open right now. that construction project cleared out of the way early this morning. westbound and eastbound on the vine street expressway between broad street and the schuylkill is currently open to all vehicular traffic. also watching route 202, no big problems in either direction and ten minutes right now north or south from route 30 to the schuylkill expressway. tracy? >>. >>> how does free money sound? nbc 10 and nbc universal want to reward the people who are making a difference in our community. they are giving away grants to local nonprofits. we call it 21st century solutions and the goal is to support organizations that are implementing new and innovative programs. the application is on our website, nbc10.com. the deadline to apply is august 26th. >>> 4:22. bill cosby and his legal team head back to court in about two weeks and this morning, they're dealing with a

the schuylkill expressway not seeing big problems or delays yet.eastbound and westbound, we're still in the green and 13 minutes, no increase there yet. eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway. and speeds are still into the really high 50s. no problems right now heading in or out of center city. i'll have another update for you on your morning drive when i'm back in tenç minutes. >>> jackpot fever sweeping across the country. >> we'll have the winning numbers from last night's mega millions drawing. plus, angel eyes. >> a new tool that lets parents watch over their newborns at all times. o@ >>> 6:15. eye in the sky is helping parents keep watch over their newborns at a local hospital. nbc 10's matt delucia is live at )(p& center in langhorne. tell us about the angel eye and how it all started. >> we're at st. mary medical center. they got a $5,000 donation to install these cameras of their own at the nicu. a woman from our area has been on a mission to get these cameras into every hospital she can. kelly gallagher started this

time to get another look at traffic and the schuylkill. >> the schuylkill expressway, nbc 10's firstfic reporter jessica boyington is watching that for your work. >> we're seeing delays on the schuylkill, no surprise around city avenue. this is headed westbound where that traffic merging together is starting to really come to a standstill. 21 minutes headed westbound from center city if you're headed towards the blue route area. average speeds are dropping into the 30s. past this point, not moving very well. very quickly anyway. lower salford, a disabled vehicle. watch out for that. on 95 in delaware, no big problems or delays so far. a north or southbound drive will take you at most ten minutes from 295 to 495. >>> we have an update on breaking news. philadelphia police tell us the man involved in the hit and run with an off-duty police officer has turned himself in. here's a live look at the car that man was driving last night when police say he hit the off-duty police officer on a motorcycle and you can see a bullet hole just on top of the wheelwell there at the back of the driver

and police are still searching for the man that attacked a woman on the schuylkill river trail. >>> but the big story on "action news" is the final good-bye to the great of the. boxing legend, muhammad ali. right now a hearse is carrying his body through the streets of his home town of louisville. and thousands are expected to attend his funeral including celebrities and dignitaries. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. stand ougt here all morning long we met so many people from all over the world. so many came out here without the tickets they need to get in the arena. but being out here and being able to pay their respects in ali's home town is all that matters. muhammad ali mapping out his own sendoff. starting with the procession past his childhood home to his final resting place. tens of thousands traveling across the country and from around the world to show the boxing giant the dignity and respect he deserves. >> he is gone but will still live. he will live forever. >> this isn't just a day, this is something that rejuvenates in all of us again. >> capping off the memorial service

we are still watching that accident of course on the schuylkill.s into center city and white marsh accident on west butler pike and}enton avenue. now to you, vai. >>> developing right now, investigators from the gloucester county prosecutor's office and sheriff's office trying to figure out what started this fire in west deptford overnight. >> the fire spread so quickly, the family inside had to jump out their windows to escape the flames. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in front of that house this morning. a lot of damage behind you. throughout the morning you've been speaking with neighbors. what have they said? >> they said there was a lot of commotion last night. the fire chief telling us this morning that the three people who escaped this fire are incredibly lucky to be alive and brand new within the past half hour, i was able to track down cell phone video of that fire as it took place. take a look. you can see flames shooting out of every window and every edge of that house. incredible, again, when you consider that the three people who were

turnpike to the schuylkill expressway. a four-minute trip headed southbound and then northbound as well. speeds high 50s or 60s as well. check out the highways, northbound and southbound, clear there. looking okay into center city. watching construction headed into new jersey three lanes closed on the 42 freeway between route 55 and 295. and the white horse pike, you can see no problems or delays at cross keys road. i'll be back in ten with more updates. >>> hash tag, no drone zone. u.s. park police are launching a social media campaign today to let you know national parks are off-limits. the breakdown in rules what you need to know before the holiday weekend. and then there's this -- those are mayflies, mayfly invasion. we'll tell you about the problems plaguing one pennsylvania town. >>> happening today, a federal agency will remind us about fireworks safety as we get closer to the fourth of july holiday. the consumer products commission will show what to do when fireworks are placed improperly. never try to relight or p

expressway and then stay away from eastbound schuylkill expressway, guys, near girard avenue. >>> wellparentally a young woman is thrown hundreds of feet after she is hit by a minivan, late last night, on that notorious road the boulevard. >> police are saying distract walking by the victim because she was on her cell phone that may have been a factor in this accident. >> but didn't she have the light steve, or what are we hearing. >> reporter: well, yes she has a light but so do vehicles. the speed limit is 40 on the boulevard. do you see how this guy is veering off the boulevard on to adams. adams you are supposed to go down to 25. now every time you come to me is there less traffic but we have watched people veer off of this doing like 80. you can tell look at this guy he has his turn signal, how fast do you think he is going, they have the green light and the pedestrian walk light is on. if you are walking with your back towards the boulevard traffic, here comes suv flying through crosswalk that is why she was thrown so far and killed instantly here at the scene. listen to inspecto

vine street expressway where it intersects with the schuylkill. this is the vine street expressway on ramp, that construction crew just cleared itself, so, now, we see all green lights here really on the schuylkill expressway and the vine street expressway. no problems that is all clear for you at melbourne and downed trees phoenixville pike and springhill and warner lane. over on 42, new jersey you can see no delays there. 95, heading through delaware, we are seeing all green lights, 11 minutes at the most from 295 to 495. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" neighborhood weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> it's 11 minutes before 5:00. we're about 45 minutes away from sunrise this morning. you see the skies are starting to brighten. here's a live view from sea isle city, new jersey. it's go to be a beautiful day. in fact, for each part of our area. really pleasant outside. the humidity is dropped and skies are clear. low 60s in delaware, while philadelphia international at 70. most of the area is cooler. interior new jersey, 63. 63 d

we switch gears, look at the schuylkill, schuylkill taillights moving, at the boulevard, you can seemoving in the westbound direction. eastbound side is not as bad, westbound side looks very, very slow, and also, we did have disable vehicle here now cleared, nine at south past the betsy ross pulled all the way off to the shoulder it, have some pedestrians walking around the siege and such. now that has been cleared, looking okay on that sidement schuylkill tail light moving in the eastbound direction, this is past king of prussia. you can see it is actually looking all right. , but in the headlines, you can see how slow moving it is, serious accident, again, near clayton, new jersey, i may be tweeting it out, right here construction, route 30 eastbound and westbound between business route 30, and chester county airport there is will be going on between seven p.m. and 5:00 a.m. through friday, make note that far, that construction to the wide, see ten on the schuylkill, 20 on 95, pushing in the southbound direction, 31 on the vine, 25 on the blue route, headed in the northbound direct

again the schuylkill eastbound before girard. whipping the camera around, showing you what's going on, we have so much going on here, first multiple vehicles, then the flashing lights, then you have all of these people out of vehicles, so many vehicles involved. that we have so many people now walking around the interstate. so, avoid this area if at all possible. i'm going to show you a back up camera. take a look at this, looking just like parking lot. nobody is moving, maybe a snail crawl trying to exchange lanes, but, with all of those people out on the interstate walking around it, doesn't matter they'll pull up to it, hit someone else's bumper. so it sounds like it might have been little bit after domino effect which is why we have so many vehicles involved, if can you take kelly drive or mlk, you certainly want to do so. you will be sitting in this for quite some time. if you are just thinking about going out, there and you can wait, altogether, just wait until it clears, otherwise take alternate route for sure. admiral wil

spring garden street closed from pennsylvania avenue to the schuylkill.he try rock, philadelphia triathlon. lets take a look at i-95, the at penns landing. ben franklin bridge in the background. major roads in philadelphia looking fine. in problems on i-95, schuylkill, vine street expressway, boulevard all moving well. no delays reported on pennsylvania turnpike or northeast extension. finally here's ben franklin bridge lag from the new jersey side, into philadelphia, beautiful there, and, also, the roads in new jersey are moving well, in delays to report, on the 42 freeway, 295 or 55, new jersey turnpike ac expressway and garden state parkway all looking fine if you are heading to the shore points. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, rahel, back to you. >> melony, thank you. >>> philadelphia police officers connecting with the community. the 17 police district hosted a summer block party in south philadelphia. "eyewitness news" along the 1200 block of point breeze avenue. it looks like fun. fun games and activities for children plus plenty of f

so much construction in schuylkill township chester county. joining the party route 29 is going to shut down. 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. saturday tomorrow between creek and pot house road. stick with charlestown road or white horse road as alternates. >> reporter: we have a cool start to the day, 46 in poconos, 35 -- 51 in allentown. 48 in millville. 7:00 a.m., 63. 9:00 a.m., 66. by lunchtime, low 70s. not as windy as yesterday, breezy and nice. 3:00 p.m., 79. the high is 79. we'll hit that about 4:00 p.m. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, breezy and sunny, 79. watch the jumps from the 70s to the upper 80s for the weekend. summer comes back, with that we have a chance of gusty thunderstorms, saturday afternoon and saturday evening. otherwise, warm and humid. sunday warm and windy not as humid, 89. sunday, partly sunny, we dip to 80 degrees. we stay seasonable after the weekend. when we get off the air you can see the storms by using the storm tracker 6 live radar by going to 6abc.com/weather. >>> a school bus driver is off her florida

>> we're watching the schuylkill expressway. that's right. big problems to report but something to watch out for. disabled truck here around montgomery drive over into the right-hand shoulder. you can see flashers on right here. not really impacting traffic. you can see all the eastbound lanes are still moving by right now and a 13-minute drive time if you're headed eastbound from center city to the blue route to the vine. average speeds dropping into the 50s, but still way up there. disabled tractor-trailer, headed eastbound on the schuylkill expressway. over into the shoulder, we'll, of course, keep our eyesen that for you. there's an accident in cheltenham at central avenue and tookany creek parkway. construction on the new jersey turnpike. >>> today marks ten years since a murder was discovered in gloucester county. and police there still need your help. we'll tell you what is still being offered for whoever can help solve the case a decade after the fact. >>> plussing with years away from celebrating america's 250th birthday but the prep

you'll have full access to the schuylkill expressway and 95.we're in the process of a scheduled opening for the tacony palmyra bridge. take the betsy ross bridge since we're on standby for that 0ing, no problems on the burlington bristol or the ben getting into philadelphia. tracy? >>> we ahave breaking news from overseas, monumental, historic, britain decides to leave the european union. it's a shake-up for world finances, also the end of the line for britain's prime minister who wanted to stay in here's a live picture from london. people in the uk now know they will no longer be tied to the rest of europe when it comes to trade, business and politics. the eu referendum had an immediate impact. the british pound plummeted on concerns that the vote will hurt london's standing as a global financial center. asian stocks lost ground overnight, wall street, futures are down, bracing for the same this morning and just within the last 90 minutes, british prime minister david cameron announced he will resign by this fall. we'll have much more on this