we have an accident here the schuylkill eastbound ramp to 26th street. ll things are holding okay. the schuylkill, 53, 55 on on 95, dropping little lower than that, 15 on the vine. >> cbs this morning coming up neglect, but first we want to leave you with the fantastic villanova university singers. our jim donovan is joining them. hope you have wonderful valentine day. >> ♪ captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is friday, february 12th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders battle for the minority vote in a heat debate. republicans sharpen their attacks before tomorrow's face-off. >> donald trump says the pope does not understand america's immigration issue. we are in mexico ahead of the pontiff's visit. >>> and controversy crashes a massive surf competition. why no women are paddling into these waves. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >>> the kind of criticism that we have heard from senator sanders about our president, i expect from republicans. >> that is a

some spin outs, hydroplane, so just use your best discretion today, very slow moving, see schuylkill eastbound city avenue. what you are looking at a lot of snow still coming down. and just down these stress, the schuylkill westbound, take a look at how bus that i is. no longer traveling at supposed speeds there friends, slowing down quite a bit. eastbound heating up as well as you can imagine there on the schuylkill. snow, 95 south past cottman, we were looking at the light, in one of the traffic cameras, you can see, and you can almost see it just up here, that snow, and how fast it is coming down past that light. and take a look at this, this is 95 south. past cottman. yikes. we are just breaking into the 6:00 hour, already, it is just a sea of brake lights out there right now, so give yourself couple of extra minutes, you will need it. fuel spill west chester pike newtown square at ellis avenue, make note of that. we know that will certainly slow you down, also speed restrictions in play, new jersey turnpike and garden state parkway down to 45. 495 in delaware, you are to 55, make note tha

eastbound delays. because of the water main break police on the scene and icy conditions in west philadelphia. we have another issue, this is the ramble from the schuylkillxpressway eastbound to 26th street southbound. we've got a few vehicles off to the side. police and penndot an accident was blocking the ramp altogether, now they have pushed it all into one lane. the right lane blocked on this ramp. be careful as you travel. another new accident coming into us in douglas township. this one on philadelphia avenue at berk street. we're dry this morning unlike yesterday when he had the snow showers that were causing problems. man is it cold. 9 in quakertown. 8 in pottstown. 18 in center city. feels colder when you factor in the winds. 1 in hammonton. we dropped a little. only 11 in vined. vineland. 14 in glassboro. >>> 6:46 a live preview of "g.m.a." is next, while david murphy is getting us read for more extreme cold. >> reporter: we're looking at the colder numbers across the region you can see them north and west of 23-8d anne south and east of the city. everybody looking around the teens and single digits. we'll have a look at the day planner forecas

ramp 422 eastbound at the schuylkill expressway this is the ramp 422 eastbound schuylkill expressway and 202. multi-vehicle accident four vehicles involved including a box truck. i was watching as they tried to tow a vehicle away. eastbound jammed from oaks to 202. it is a mess this morning, dave. >> reporter: down around the freezing mark right now across the region, karen and windchills in the 20s. looks like we'll probably be in the 20s by 8:00. high today of 38 degrees, fair amount of sunshine, breezy and chilly. windchills will make it feel like the 20s and 30s even at the best of times. for karen, david, tam, i'm matt, "g.m.a." is next. >>> good morning, america. dead heat. a brand-new national poll shows ted cruz and donald trump tied as trump takes aim at jeb bush. >> this guy, why doesn't he just give up, go home. go home. go home to mom. >> and hillary clinton trying to avoid another upset striking a pose in "vogue" just two days until the next big showdown. >>> breaking overnight, president obama will travel to cuba, the first president to visit in more than 80 years and th

westbound to the schuylkill expressway, eastbound to 95 you're good to go and no construction projectsactive at this point. heading to the actual schuylkill expressway eastbound from the blue route to the vine, average speeds all in the 60s and we're 11 minutes into center city. no problems on 95 into center city. the blue route is doing just fine as well. mass transit, no problems or delays so far this morning for septa, amtrak, new jersey transit, d.a.r.t. and patco. >>> heavy rain and record high temperatures are possible today. with mounds of snow still on the streets and sidewalks, there's also the threat of flooding. katy zachry is live in warrenton to explain more. >> it's early february. as bill said, we're talking about record temperatures, temperatures in the low to mid-60s. normally we'd be celebrating that but take a look behind me because this is a reality for so many people, whether it's in your yard, whether it's in your business. mounds and piles of snow. of course, with the record temperatures, much of this snow is going to melt. couple that with the rain that we're go

the schuylkill eastbound at girard. 309 so you dider ton. that's another area we're taking a peak in delaware county 95 at 322. i was looking at that camera seeing if i could see any flooding or pooling on any sides of the road. basically when i flip to these camera shots. the roadways are looking damp. but we're not seeing anything like real pooling that you can actually get in some real serious problems. what we are seeing though is we are seeing pooling under bridge on those side streets, especially in those side areas, those smaller side streets up in the suburb camera shots. that's where we're seeing the bulk. where we are seeing flooding is new jersey route 130 at route 47 all lanes blocked, use an alternate, 295 and 130 between route 322 one lane is blocked that. erika >> stay up to date with katie's forecast with kyw news. late developments a chester chester murder case, where his son be charged. a would recall record at me. we'll test the resolve of sword swallowers. why he thinks matt damon will not come home with an award. check i

schuylkill eastbound about a 14 minute trip into center city. southbound i-95 wood have tone downtown a 14 minute trip there as well. we're in good shape coming in from the suburbs. slow go here through king of prussia between downingtown and valley forge on the turnpike. look out, malvern prep for gang heading through paoli pike and warren avenue. construction crew coming our way. and, got a pick from the gang, from one of the previous parade, the pope was in town. not really pope but some outfits for irish sweaters, all deck out, for st. patrick's day. if you have a picture of your family or getting held i for st. patrick's day parade send it to us, use the the hashtag fox 29 irish and, it is all part of the st. patrick's day parade, which is here on fox this year, march 13th, sunday afternoon from 12:00 to 3:00 and rebroadcast it on st. patrick's day itself on march 17th. chris and lauren back to you. >>> man accused of shooting and killing a virginia police office are on her first day of the job is due in court today. police say officer ashl

schuylkill eastbound at city after new looking good but a lot of vehicles slowing you down.t beyond those streets in the westbound direction it is same thing there coming off the roosevelt boulevard. either way on the schuylkill right around city avenue it is heating up. it is looking very bus think morning. the beautiful, kind of snowy, winter shot here 422 past oaks but it is slow, in longer traveling at posted speed in that area as well. we will back out of the way so you can soak this in that snow letting you know how cold it is, nothing will melt. i want to call your attention to the very serious accident here fatal accident in bristol route 13 bristol pike at otter street all lanes still blocked use an alternate state road, new rodgers road, erika, back over to you. >>> classes are in session at ursinus college today but many students might the not show up. a nasty illness is going around campus causing at least 100 students to get sick. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joining us from that campus with more on the what the school is doing to curb the out break. j

this is the schuylkill eastbound near bell machines lag good there and traffic something i look at right away and it doesn't look like too much on the schuylkill. we have an accident at route 30 eastbound ram the to 202 eastbound. not causing too many slow downs f this doesn't get out of our way it could. we are looking light in our area another accident north of wilmington delaware, will foulke roadblocked all directions all lanes at silver side road. use an alternate around this area such as marsh road to wilson or wilson to marsh, either way but in and around this area just know that will stop new your track and you will need a alternate around. that flooding in new jersey, route 47 blocked near route 130, use an alternate such as 295. another pint of flooding in new castle county delaware, airport road and 95, possible lanes blocked in and around that area as well. erika, over to you. >>> 5:37. in business news this morning the most romantic city in the u.s., just to time for valentines day. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange and she has that and much

thanks katie good morning everyone, take a look at this, the schuylkill eastbound past the boulevard.s happening, there is a ton, a pile of gravel in the road. and everyone is driving up to it, slamming on the brakes, trying to move over, now actually seeing some vehicles trying to drive over it, it looks like clean up just getting this out of the way. that was causing a back up. look at this, delays at city avenue just because of the grounds level on the road. inner lane, one lane, erika, over to you. >> thank you, next update 7:55, i'm erika von tiehl. have a great (vo) shop all makes, models and all with worry-free ownership. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... shift your thinking about buying your next one. >>> the oscars is this sunday and marks the official end of black history month. >> it's been announced that vice president joe biden will be a presenter at sunday night's oscars. yeah. yeah. so diversity problem solved! >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour, norman lear who created tv

24th street, no backups or delays or construction happening westbound if you're headed to the schuylkill, eastbound95 right now. drive times are up with no problems. if you're heading into center city from the schuylkill or 95, you're still good to go. average speeds on 95 headed southbound are 70 miles per hour. actually, let's go slower than that. that will be a good idea for this morning. 295 over new jersey around 38, no problems either direction, heading this direction, southbound towards the black horse pike. you'll have no problems if you're getting to philadelphia or the 42 freeway at that point. more updates when i come back in the next ten. >>> now it a developing story. police are investigating a violent home invasion that happened just about two hours ago. drew smith is live outside northeast detectives. what are you learning about the victim and the three people that police are looking for? >> reporter: right now we know the three ran away from the home in separate directions. the man who lives there, though, went to the hospital. right now police are interviewing him. he was surprised

we can see that in a lot of the camera shots, disable vehicle out here, the schuylkill eastbound at girardl when you we look at the speed censors, to that in just a moment, looking slow on the schuylkill. ninety-five south at cottman, also looking pretty slow, no longer traveling at posted speeds, at the wide here, 12 on the schuylkill eastbound, 22, 95, moving in the southbound direction, 9 miles per hour heading towards the vine, 19 the blue route headed in the northbound direction, overall, slow friday morning. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. next update at 8: 25, coming up on cbs this morning, we meet one of the biggest music acts nominated for grammy nicks week. stay for. that will i'm erika von tiehl. have a great morning. ♪ >>> good morning. it is friday, february 12th, 2016. two days before valentine's day! welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is more real news ahead, including the rough and tumble republican campaign. we will talk with party chairman reince priebus ahead of tomorrow night's gop debate here on cbs. first, here's a look at today's "eye opener" at

but eastbound schuylkill all of the lanes are open. some flooding in chaddsford there is along creek road, just off of route 926. flooded out on the brooklawn circle, route 130, and route 47. also, 295 south, the ramps to the 42 freeway, have been flooded on the overnight. i know crews are working trying to get that water out of there, at least unclog the drains, and anywhere we have an active construction zone, there is that tendency to get the flooding a lot quicker than on regular roadway. route 44 down here in paulsboro, right at grove street, flooded out. also route 322, at 130, on the new jersey side of the commodore barry, and watch for the windy conditions today. and the construction signs, anything that's not lockdown with some sandbags, could have ten did i kensy to get flipped over to the travel lanesment back to you. >> good advice, bob. meantime, heavy winds, rain last night, crazy flyers what a mess, and the left over, as well. >> steve keel any south jersey checking out conditions. how dot roads look there, steve? >> rep

center city, of course, they moved this camera down but right in here, westbound towards the schuylkill, eastbound towards 95. around 24th street, no problems to get to 30th street station as well. the rest of the drive times are okay. actually seeing slowdowns on 95. we'll have to check out what that's about. there should be no road delays rye now. maybe something happened within the last few minutes. we'll check with that and we'll get you an answer. >>> an allentown police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound. the officer was shot along godfrey street and the suspect then barricaded himself inside the home for hours. that standoff is over and we're learning new details about the suspect's link to a murder investigation. nbc 10's katy zachry is live in allentown to explain. katy, i know we got that new information just within the past half hour. fill us in. >> reporter: we are getting new information by the hour on this case. you mentioned that stanoff. during the standoff, many people in this apartment complex you're about to see were evacuated. we're told they are now back in their apart

spring house area, what you are dealing with, leave homes early today, will need to do so, schuylkill eastboundt city avenue looking good, just beyond those trees. you can see the schuylkill westbound at city avenue, coming off the roosevelt boulevard. a lot of headlights out there. very, very smart indeed to leave your homes early this morning, seeing a lot of people do that, if being parks seeing volume levels build quicker thon friday than we tip he cannily do, because fridays are usually very kind of quiet day until around 6:00 a.m. so, that is actually good news, ben franklin bridge, moving in the westbound direction, from jersey, actually looking nice and quiet. it is very slick, it is very wet out there, leave your homes little early. do have speed restrictions in play, ben franklin bridge, betsy ross bridge, and the walt whitman bridge, they're all 35 miles per hour right now for slick conditions, and wet roadways, make note of. that will again i'll say it all morning long, visibility, as well. we saw how hard the snow is coming down. downed tree west bradford township glennside road al

schuylkill eastbound approaching spring garden looking good. looking mellow. starting to see levels just slowly start to heat up right now, as we will expect to see them specially as we push into the 6:00 hour. right now, right around spring garden looking good there. tac-pal bridge back down, so is the burlington bristol bridge for those every you thinking of taking the bridges, the ben franklin bridge, just sought that minute ago, in the westbound direction from jersey, looking good there. route one southbound fox street. looking good both directions whether northbound or southbound early risers hitting the roadways here, as well. and again like i said we usually see this casino of early rush on a friday, not so much a rush, everyone traveling at posted speed, early risers wanting jump start to their weekend specially valentine weekend, don't blame them. construction, walnut st. between 19th and 22nd, is blocked. soap, if you are in and around this area, you will have to use alternate, samsung or spruce street probably going to be your best bet. and also, co

also crucifix g some lights here in the schuylkill eastbound at montgomery all cleared too, suing looking good, and we would expect that on a monday even though mondays tend to be fairly busy. construction delaware route 13 northbound ramp to 295 that ramp closed, i'll let you know when that lift of course. ninety-five northbound ramp from delaware avenue closed nine # a.m. until march 21, make note of. that will 95 northbound the ramp like i said this one closed delaware reopens 9:00 a.m. today. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. if you are headed out the door tune in to sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 for date -- katie's updating forecast. >> and, where the presidential candidates stand in the polls ahead in tuesday's super tuesday primary. >> and did the oscars help bolster the weekends box office? check in two, three, four times a day "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dime. coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", new twist on breakfast staple. we're take you inside the area's newest bagel shop to make philly style bagels including special ingredient that goe

vehicle stopped on the road along the schuylkill eastbound by broad street.er a good thing to have a stopped vehicle in the middle of the roadway so watch out for that as you head towards the walt whitman bridge. we'll check it again brian and sharrie coming up in the next half hour. >> matt thank you sir. >> still ahead today the latest in the fight between apple and the fbi. the many charge of both entities traded open letters over the last 48 hours as they continue to face off over the phone that belonged to a terrorist. >> and the investigation continues into a deadly fire as we get a new look at the flames. we're also hearing from people who knew the victim. we'll have a live report coming up. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> today the battle continues to wage between the fbi and apple. the feds are now defending their demand that the tech company unlock the iphone belonging to the san bernadino shooter. in a new blog posted at fbi director comey continues to argue syed farook's phone may contain critical additional clues in the investigation including weather others were i

we did have an accident it looks like it has been cleared, schuylkill eastbound approaching belmont, the left lane was block because of that accident that has been cleared: that accident hats been cleared. we have construction here 95 south at girard. right two lanes are block. we cannot the see it, we will let you know when it does clear but make note around that area not slowing you down too much, it is just too early. vine looking good, west and eastbound early risers already out there good morning everyone if you are just grabbing your dutch of coffee with us we're so happy you are here. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. >>> a philadelphia cabdriver is robbed in queen village picking up a fare. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from jefferson university hospital. hopefully that cabdriver is okay, justin. >> reporter: erika, good morning. that cabdriver is doing just fine. he is out of the e walking and talking. the his cabbies still here right behind this police cruiser. the it is being held by police because it is now a crime scene. we will take you t

live look at the schuylkill expressway eastbound, disable right here, and looks like kind of either in the right lane or the shoulder there, what's tough, is that it is eastbound, right in that stretch, where there is no overhead street lamps. so i can see them pretty good. the headlights are coming toward us. but anybody that's leaving king of prussia, or conshy, coming into the city right now, heads up on that right lane. otherwise, we're in pretty good shape. speedometer readings looking good along 202, no problems up from wilmington, up toward the airport, but we have an early morning crash, that has been causing problems along route 130. >> the beginning. rush hour, again, all northbound lanes were closed, they've just been reopened good news, cinnaminson up through delran, two crashes along south jersey roadways, like route 55, northbound little mill road. and route 47, right at garden road. so coming from south jersey, headed up toward bellmawr, this morning, going to be little tough. watch for fire location strawberry mansion, detours around 29 and ridge. >> bob, thanks so much

reporter: if it is remotely related to baseball i'm into it. >> reporter: this is the schuylkill expressway eastboundt bell month, off to the right shoulder, looks like like two to three vehicles involved. schuylkill expressway eastbound to the vine seeing a delay, 28 minute ride. regional rails looking good. patco, new jersey transit, dart everything on time. we have bus schedule for the city front tier and victoria routes so grab a schedule. >> reporter: we have light wind blowing in from the north. it's chilly out there with the temperatures in the 30s to start out. not too bad, but mild later on. we'll go for a high of 51 degrees around 3:00 p.m. you can see how the numbers will get from 40 up to the 50-degree range. we'll have to wait until late tonight until we're back in the 30s, this afternoon lots of sunshine and light winds. get stuff done today, because tomorrow rain arrives and the next several days look to be on the damp side. >>> officials in the south pacific island of fiji overnight said the death toll has risen. at least 18 people are dead after the cyclone made landfall saturday nig

that's your westbound traffic headed towards the schuylkill. eastbound moving okay. slow it down with the wet roads. no overnight construction so that's helping us out there on the vine as well. checking the blue route approaching the schuylkill looking pretty good here. that's northbound traffic headed towards conshohocken. coming up from springfield or upper darby expect those wet roads light rain coming down but no major issues just yet there. one accident we have and it sounds like a serious one in skippack township collegeville road at lywiski road. look for fire police and emergency workers all on the scene with, that matt. >> thanks karen. we begin with breaking news. rescuers have located the wreckage avenue small passenger plane that crashed in nepal. the plane took off from a resort town west of kathmandu heading north to a starting spot for a mountain hike. the flight was only supposed to last about 19 minutes. contact with the plane was lost about eight minutes after takeoff. officials confirm all 23 people on board were killed. it is unclear what caused

we have just gotten reports in from the schuylkill the schuylkill eastbound into the city from the westernbs just a mess. flooding there. very very slow travel so if you're heading out tonight, hopefully you're not. i would avoid it if you can but the schuylkill looks like a mess heading into the city of philadelphia. let's take look at corm scan three. you can see right now most of this is starting to move out. we still have few pockets to talk about much this one storm over mercer county an few strong storms down the shore as well, filling back in over delaware. i don't expect anything severe her but another round of showers could fill in over portions of southern new jersey so spots like vineland and millville could see another shower or thunderstorm before this is all said and done. but thing are certainly winding down for philadelphia. that is good news. we don't need any more rape. we got our fair share of it. you can see this line of showers and storms right down the coast and into portions of southern delaware. do want to zoom in on one spot just north of philadelphia right up towa

now what we are looking at right now the schuylkill eastbound, at city avenue, eastbound direction is right here, the tail light, looking okay. but if we look just past the trees, you can see, moving in the westbound direction, this is many coming off the roosevelt boulevard in the southbound direction, then you hop on the schuylkill. >> this have low you down, wed roadways, now also visibility issues. we can see evidence by the camera shot seeing a lot of brake light go off already. >> route one northbound pulled out to the right lane, i'll circle it for you here, see the flashing light, normally this wouldn't be any big deal, an accident, it is still early in bucks county, route one northbound at route 213, when we have slick conditions, visibility issues and snow coming down, it only takes one person to see the flashing lights. >> it can cause problems out there. for the most part give yourself couple of extra minutes, we just have to get through this morning commute then we can enjoy our friday, jim, over to you. >> philly pops are playing tribute to carol king this weekend. >> i

again look at this, schuylkill eastbound at city avenue, one of the areas that will heat up quickly, already is, for being still in the 4:00 hour, plenty of headlight and tail light out there already and you can see this snow is just whipping by this camera lens. again, visibility, visibility, visibility. it is an issue. take a look at the vine, westbound, eastbound, visibility playing issue, still very wet right there. it is looking so quite he on the vine, good news, those it every you at home listening to there is try to get out there as early as you can. speed restrictions in place on these four bridges, ben franklin, betsy ross, walt whitman, commodore barry bridge, down to 35 miles per hour there. and also, too much salt on the roadway. we don't tip he cannily hear that when it comes to snow. doylestown pike eastbound at county line road, large pile of salt here blocking some of the roadwayment make note of that, as well. it will be a busy morning, jim, over to you. >> thanks, meisha, a very much. let's get you out to the street level for real time look at conditions as you hea

schuylkill eastbound approaching, love this shot another favorite shot. i love seeing that city. looking beautiful here. the nice and dry too. it is just very cold. can't rule out black ice in certain areas especially bridge decks an inside street, side streets, overall, things are looking good here. plenty of headlights popping up on the schuylkill. we can see that all morning long. schuylkill heating up, blue route southbound past, the plaza looking good here as well, looking nice, steady, traveling at posted speed, call your attention to this a fatal accident confirmed in bristol route 13 bristol pike at otter street all lanes are block they are you will have to use an alternate. it is going to be state red to new rodgers road make note for those in and around this area i will have details as we progress through the morning but just know that is confirmed fatal accident. construction i-95 south ramp to delaware avenue is closed until february 24th. erika, back over to you. >>> 5:50 right now. what is most you have ever paid for a cup of coffee. probably no where near $15. we w

we have just gotten reports in from the schuylkill the schuylkill eastbound into the city from the western just a mess. flooding there. very very slow travel so if you're heading out tonight, hopefully you're not. i would avoid it if you can but the schuylkill looks like a mess heading into the city of philadelphia. let's take look at corm scan three. you can see right now most of this is starting to move out. we still have few pockets to talk about much this one storm over mercer county an few strong storms down the shore as well, filling back in over delaware. i don't expect anything severe her but another round of showers could fill in over portions of southern new jersey so spots like vineland and millville could see another shower or thunderstorm before this is all said and done. but thing are certainly winding down for philadelphia. that is good news. we don't need any more rape. we got our fair share of it. you can see this line of showers and storms right down the coast and into portions of southern delaware. do want to zoom in on one spot just north of philadelphia right up toward

slow going tonight on the eastbound schuylkill expressway. flooding and a tree down, as well, eastbound side. >>> check out the heavy rain tonight in lehigh county down in sheets on the streets of trexler town. windshield wipers not much of a help and look at the trees, swaying in the strong winds. accompanying the downpours. back to the team storm coverage in a moment. >>> but now to the personal health battle for pennsylvania's top lawmaker. governor tom wolf is battling prostate cancer, made this announcement this morning with his wife. he says the doctors caught it early and the treatment won't affect his ability to do his job. >> convinced and by people who have looked at this and by other people that i have gotten this early on and not that -- it's very treatable. >> every reason to believe and to know that this will be dealt with. >> the governor's expected to start treatment in the coming weeks. wolf did not elaborate on the treatment but no chemotherapy. >>> new information tonight in the sexual assault case against bill cosby a. penn

think he left for work he would be shoveling stone on the schuylkill expressway, just to get all of the stone off to the shoulder. this is eastbound lanes of the schuylkill, right at route one which is city avenue. dump truck dumped its whole load of stone on the eastbound lanes at route one. >> would you call that a rocky start. >> it would be a rocky start. a major speed bump coming in the city. if you are getting ready to leave your hose only two lanes opened there maybe kelly drive would be a good option. we are looking for potholes, take a look at this one sent to us, do you think chris murphy can pick this one up. >> fix me. >> fix me. >> put a big spray paint sign around it. >> that is good. >> send us a picture of the the pothole you want to us take care of. use that hashtag fox 29 potholes and we are sending chris murphy out, to take care of that today. >> if you want to have some fun. >> yes. >> google, pothole art. people make art with potholes. >> yeah. >> it is kind of fun. we will put some pictures up later. 7:37. >>> a stop at a gas station when this, this, now watch the guy on the ride, watch his pants. look at thi

this is a hot mess out there in south philadelphia, this is the schuylkill expressway, eastbound, the ramps, to philly international airport, passyunk avenue, and it is a three way split. we have equipment on the scene here right now, what started out as just two or three vehicles it the looks like it could be more than that. if you are trying to come into south philadelphia, that is your ramp there for i-95, and philly international airport. by the way, if you get to the airport no delays looking to get out of town someplace warm. alex and lauren back to you. >>> we're going to florida. >> let's do it. >>> lets get back to breaking news out of west philadelphia where water is flooding an area and causing trouble for commuters. >> they are told to stay away the area. dave kinchen is standing by. dave, what is happening right now. >> reporter: right now we have better look at what this appears to be right here. we are still waiting for confirmation from the philadelphia water department but we can see is there a malfunction here with the fire hydrant just gushing water there was a proj

accident eastbound here on the schuylkill expressway right now. this is eastbound, right another belmont avenue. heads up. if you are headed out the front door and coming into philly right now, in that stretch where there is no overhead street lamp. luckily getting flares down, police officer here, because i was holding my breath therefore minute or so, hoping we didn't get another crash, somebody comes around the curve little too fast. coming in to philadelphia, on the 42 freeway, northbound, some left over work crews, right near the black horse pike. they're also still working south on i-95, northeast philly between girard avenue and allegheny avenue. again, slowing down into center city. what a difference a day makes, don't have any white flakes sipping around the cameras this morning, the ben franklin bridge, looking good, but again, with the temps hovering as we said right around 25 degrees, anything that is left over, that looks wet, could be laying there in the form of black ice. so the on and off-ramps, any of the less traveled roads, even

schuylkill. roads are finally dry eastbound from the blue ridge. everyone's moving along nicely. you can see we're in the green. 18 minutes or 16 minutes from the southbound side of schuylkill. transit delays, no problem this morning. you can take amtrak or new jersey and you'll have no problems. >>> thanks. we're following breaking news. a passenger stabbed a taxi cab drive overnight. matt delucia has more. matt, you talked to the cab driver. how is he doing right now? >> reporter: he's out of the hospital. he suffered stab wounds. you see the cab parked in front of that police car outside the hospital. he escaped with only minor

. >> what you're looking at now is schuylkill eastbound city avenue. you can see moving in westbound direction hoy busy it is over there on the schuylkill. both directions heating up now coming off the roosevelt southbound an as you gets to schuylkill westbound. looking busy to give you heads up there. malvern, 202. taillights moving in direction approaching 29. looking good here. everyone traveling. delaware county 9 5 north at 452 getting slower start. looking good. we have this accident involving entrapment in shelfont. one lane is blocked in and around this area. use best discretion if you have to drive that area. construction here reminder here falls bridge closed until friday april 1 use city avenue bridge and the boulevard as alternate. >> philadelphia police are trying to figure out why a half-dressed man was run on the boulevard when suck and killed last night. chopper 3 over the scene harbison and mayfair. he was in outer lanes when hit and impact landed him in inner lanes where he was struck by a second vehicle. >>> bill cosby will be in cour

big puddles in the typical spot like the ramp from the schuylkill eastbound to passyunk and northbound to broad street. and the crash on 95 northbound on the vine is off to the side but looking at 15 miles per hour. and the overturned vehicle crash on grays ferry near washington avenue and darby fourth and main is an accident scene heading westbound and several accidents on the tun pike one is blocking the lanes. and there say crash in upper motherland to watch out for at cheltenham road. i'm ready for rita to open her doors again. >> a sure sign of spring. matt thanks. meteorologist, adam joseph, standing by with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> the creeks and streams overnight as we look at double scan live radar it is breaking apart, wilmington and trenton to the north and west and still rain and pockets of moderate rain and some areas in maryland that we'll watch and try to go into our southern zones here in the next couple of hours. as we look at double scan, rain in fortescue and cumberland county and slides into the central and southern parts of cape may county

least this afternoon most of our highways are dry and we slowing down nonetheless, from the schuylkill eastbound to girard heading into south street the traffic is starting to stack in the eastbound lanes and a crash involving a pedestrian in pottstown this afternoon along beach and charlotte at dino's grocery, a broken down vehicle on the ramp from the turnpike that reopened now. and police activity in holmesburg that is shutting down eastern avenue. a truck slipped over on highway 1 southbound, shut down between 95 and christiana right there by the mall, want to throw you a bone and let you know about that, the truck was carrying dog food. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. because of the overturned truck carrying dog food and a stand still on highway 1 passing 95. those are your traffic kibbles and bits, we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. >>> still ahead one local company is looking to fill 4,000 jobs this weekend. we'll tell you what kind of positions are open and how to apply. and a cruise liner damaged at sea is finally com

schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction before girard, one of the areas start too long see actually build even in the 5:00 hour. now that we are in the 6:00 hour certainly going to really start to build now. mondays, tuesdays, some of the heavier travel days through the beginning of work week, so what we are seeing on the schuylkill starting to build there. ben franklin bridge, just so you know, walkway now has just been advised that it is closed not that i am too sure anyone would be walking the wawrinka they are any morning specially how, but the walkway on the ben franklin bridge closing. we look at it in terms of volume levels, starting to build little bit. but overall looking pretty good. 422 taillights moving in the eastbound direction at valley forge also another area keeping my eye on, another area that is building right now. plenty of tail light out there. so, for those every in you any area give yourself couple of extra minutes this morning, you will need it. >> slow down. >> our mobile wet observe lab out and about checking out the roads. >> we now justin alw

the schuylkill expressway, to get to 30th street station, no problems there. eastbound on 95, we're doing okay as well. this is right around the black horse pike on 295. no problems in the work zone in either direction. southbound from 38 to this point at the black horse pike. if you head up to princeton and your morning commute. route 206 in princeton township is closed in new jersey from mountain avenue to princeton avenue due to an earlier accident. >>> the pennsylvania emergency management agency is activating the state's emergency operation center at noon today ahead of the impending winter storm. this means additional oversight, planning and support.ç the roads are clear now. snow is expected throughout the day and freezing rain could come tonight. that can cause problems on your drive if you're working today. even with fewer people on the road because of the presidents' day holiday, road crews are getting ready for a messy winter storm. matt delucia is live in lansdowne, delaware county. >> penndot are planning to hit the road with some 200 plow trucks and vehic

and we're back in the green for most of our drive times, just a little slow on the schuylkill eastboundrip. adding about six minutes to your morning commute if you're head sboog center city. >>> thank you, jessie. a philadelphia police officer is injured after a traffic stop in southwest philadelphia leads to a foot chase. the suspect was caught but the officer hurt his knee. >>> and love park is about to get a facelift. today officials will break ground on a $16.5 million redesign of the iconic center city destination. the plan includes more green space, a new fountain and dining in a renovated welcome center. i'm vai sikahema. we'll have a full hour of news coming up in about 30 minutes. and of course you can always get the latest news and the weather with the nbc 10 app. we'll send you back to the "today" show. have a great day and see you in another half hour. >>> it's wines day wednesday. ready to play our weekly trivial game "who knew?" valentine's day is sunday. we thought it would be fun to have you sing along with popular love songs. >> yea! >> yea. hoda is across the street at

just 18 miles per hour in the typical slow spot by the betsy ross bridge ain crash on the schuylkill eastbound side past girard avenue. as we look live at penndot, one vehicle is left off to the side here ibm as you head toward the vine street expressway but it's off to the side. not causing an extra heavy delay and westbound a 27 minute ride already be that is a 13 minute delay. montgomery county from burnt road to the pike, no issues on the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike but on the westbound side of that turnpike past bensalem, a crash on the shoulder attracting attention. and speeds in the 30s from the delaware valley interchange. and they are blocking two lanes at the black horse pike southbound near nicholson road. and lets do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. we have a pothole on 95 southbound through wilmington watch out for it. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> all right thanks. >>> still ahead atlantic city makes a decision whether or not to keep the miss america pageant. >>> and apple says that what the fbi is doing is dangerous.

and a little extra slow on the schuylkill eastbound from montgomery on into south street.rnoon with a crash there so that got us off to a bad start. still watching an accident in cheltenham close to the bethel deliverance church along cheltenham avenue at greenwood street. in horsham by the corner bakery and the lowes watch out for a wreck along welsh road at blair mill road. word also coming in of a crash in quakertown this afternoon along 309 west end boulevard between ninth street and independence place there by big bites barbecue which sounds delicious. no issues for you on the northeast extension if you're traveling northbound toward quakertowquakertown or the lehih valley. in westville gloucester county high water along 130 so it's blocked at 45. 551 broadway the way to get around that. and by the total wine and more in new castle county we had a crash along route seven limestone road. that's out of there and 95 through wilmington looking a whole lot better than it was this morning. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> very goo

as we say expressway, westbound, eastbound, looking good, no overnight construction, we're dry in the area, the vine is looking good with all lanes open. on the schuylkill expressway, eastbound traffic as you head toward center city. construction crews you see the flashing lights on the right shoulder. we should expecting that to clear out. all lanes open and looking good as you head out on the schuylkill expressway, rather right volume. >>> philadelphia police are looking for the gunman in a drive-by shooting as bullets left two boys hurt. our katherine scott is live outside the 17th police district with more. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, the mayor had already planned to be in the area this evening, to attend a meeting about reduce be gun violence. it happened last night, two teens were injured in a drive-by shooting. one was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the other one is stable. surveillance video shows the victims standing outside a chinese restaurant at 31st and tasker in grays ferry, likely waiting for their food. a white or silver car approaches the corner an scwun inside opens fire. a 15-ye

vine street expressway you can see the fog, that's westbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway, eastbound just a few cars. no overnight construction everything is open. watch for the fog as you head out, tam. >>> thank you, karen. >>> pgw and peco are on the scene of a gas main break that forsed people out of their homes. let's go over to annie mccormick live on 31st street. >> reporter: the good news crews say they have located the gas leak and break it is something they are working on right now. it should be fixed in a matter of time. in the meantime residence out here this area of north 21st street are staying warm at a restaurant nearby. you can see the crews out here and the tape that is up. the crews have been out here since 1:00 a.m. the four inch broken main was found 7119 north 21st street. pgw and peco responded at 1:00 a.m. when the crews came out here you can the meters detected high levels of natural gas. they had to locate the source which took a lot of time. an alert neighbor coming home smelled the gas and called for help and authorities say they are glad she did. >>> take

speaking of the schuylkill and 95, let's check in with the drive times there. eastbound the schuylkill from the blue route to the vine street expressway, a 13-minute trip. 13 minutes also on 95, headed southbound towards the vine street expressway. the blue route still doing okay as well. when i come back in the next ten, we'll have another check on your morning drive. >>> more trouble on the high seas for new jersey-based cruise ship. coming up next, hear from passengers aboard the anthem of the seas about a one-two punch aboard that ship. >> leonardo dicaprio. >> a winner at last. ahead, we will look at who won oscar gold in the biggest categories plus how the show reacted to a hollywood protest. >>> welcome back. 4:12. double trouble. the royal caribbean cruise ship that cut short a recent voyage because of bad weather, it's done it again, due to sickness and a storm. anthem of the seas is headed back to the port of bayonne in new jersey. the cruise line said it has seen several cases of norovirus every day for the last week. nbc 10 spoke with a couple on board celebr

we're dry this morning, this is the schuylkill expressway eastbound traffic heading toward broad street. overnight construction is clear. all lanes open, you're looking good, i want to show you the big picture, we've got a lot little things going on. tacony-palmyra bridge they delayed the opening at 5:50 southbound ship you want to watch for that. on the boulevard adams avenue in the outer drive we have a disabled vehicle causing an issue. in center city walnut street is blocked between 19th and 22nd street. if it remains closed during the morning commute it's going to be a problem. the water main break is an issue, as well, obviously with temperatures like these not a good thing, 63rd between girard and master street and girard avenue is closed between 62 and 64th. >>> arctic air is coming to the area where the delaware valley is bracing for the cold. katherine scott is at the frankford transportation center wear that knit hat that's looking good. >> reporter: the temperatures are dropping, the winds picking up, in rittenhouse square people piled on the layers zipped up there heavy coa

this is schuylkill moving east at city avenue an area that is heating up in the only in the eastboundirection but on the westbound side coming from the roosevelt boulevard southbound. looking busy, a lot of you leaving your homes early, smart thing to do on a day with some fog and wet rose ways for sure. taillights moving in the northbound direction. vehicles in this area, anywhere we look that started early. disable tractor trailer, past lansdale that right lane is block because of that you will want to use caution, definitely construction in cherry hill route 07 eastbound, that right lane block until 5:00 p.m., over to you. >>> health officials are closely monitoring the zika virus, months keith owe born virus is spreading at an explosive rate with florida's governor now declaring an healthy mergecy. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao, is joining us on the set. now that it is here at home people are understandably concern. >> we have seen cases all over the country. in fact, florida new has nine confirmed cases of the zika a virus. one of the concerns there is that those patient

make note of that and schuylkill eastbound ramp from glad win we have minor flooding in or around thatrive northbound take a look at this, flooding, north at rittenhouse street, gypsy lane and also in the same area, disabled vehicle kelly drive outbound. those of you in or around that area. going to slow you down in the of course we got flooding, route 42 near king high highway all lanes blocked in jersey. >>> the storm moved through the philadelphia area, "eyewitness news" toured some of that damage and justin finch we can see what's behind you finally a big downed tree caused problems out there; right? . >> reporter: good morning, a big problem indeed, a tree fell down here on meeting house road between greenwood and fox chase road. that area is now closed. we're waiting on peco crews to show up and take a look at damaged wiring back there. which will hopefully get the power that's out in some of these areas back on line here. the likely cause is strong winds as we saw in lawncrest last night. let's take you to that video. strong winds are being blamed for this blown-down burger king

vine street expressway starting to notice a little more volume here as you head towards the schuylkill eastboundwell. not terribly slow just yet but you can see how you're jamming up westbound as you head towards the schuylkill. no overnight construction on the vine. we've had a couple of house fires, though. this one in marcus hook delaware county. crews are on the scene on ward street. this extinguished house fire in magnolia. you may see crews on hollywood drive near evesham avenue. stick to fresno to avoid problems. 42 northbound traffic right here and still just a 13 minute ride from the a.c. expressway to the walt whitman bridge. some building volume here. several southbound traffic stops this morning so watch your speeds as you head southbound. we've seen police on the side quite a bit out there so no speeding there in south jersey, matt. >> thank you karen. >>> new on "action news" the mother accused of snatching merchandise at a center city retailer then running from officers while ditching her daughter at that store is now behind bars. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in

schuylkill. roads are finally dry eastbound from the blue ridge. everyone's moving along nicely. you can see we're in the green. 18 minutes or 16 minutes from the southbound side of schuylkill. transit delays, no problem this morning. you can take amtrak or new jersey and you'll have no problems. >>> thanks. we're following breaking news. a passenger stabbed a taxi cab drive overnight. matt delucia has more. matt, you talked to the cab driver. how is he doing right now? >> reporter: he's out of the hospital. he suffered stab wounds. you see the cab parked in front of that police car outside the hospital. he escaped with only minor injuries. as i mentioned, just a couple of stab wounds to the hachbltd this could have ended much worse. here's what happened. the cab driver picked up a passenger. they go a couple passengers when he says he has a gun and demands the cabbie's money. he pulled out a knife and managed to get it through the partition between the front and back seats. he held a knife to the driver's neck and there was a struggle and the driver got stabbed in the hand. the c

schuylkill right now. we're still doing okay. we're about a half hour away from big rush hour hit. 202, the eastbound side, if you're heading to centerw this spot on the schuylkill expressway, no problem, 13 minutes eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway. average speeds still are up there. no problems heading westbound as well. we have one day of this ramp closure, 95 southbound at exit 7a at route 52. northbound/southbound from 295 to 49512-minute trip there. horsham, road obstruction reported with police activity west county line road and meeting house road. i'll be back in the next ten minutes or so in the 6:00 hour with another check of your morning drive. >> thank you, jessica. can the keys to your next car be in your hands? we'll show you the new technology that's combining two of your daily essentials into one. >>> life in the city. hear where philadelphia now stacks up against other major cities in the world when it comes to quality life. >>> this nbc 10 first alert winter weather update is brought to you by buckmans, your cold weather experts. ♪ we built our factories here because of a huge natural resou

vine street expressway, no overnight construction, westbound heading toward the schuylkill expressway, eastbound looking just fine. we have an accident 130 northbound on the high street watch for police on the scene causing restrictions there. >>> we begin with breaking news, a philadelphia cab driver is recovering from an armed robbery attack. annie mccormick is live at jefferson university hospital where the victim was treated, annie. >> reporter: matt, luckily the cab driver is okay. but at this hour police are looking for the suspect, in fact behind you can see where the cab is over there a police cruiser is behind it, they are holding that scene waiting to helpfully get more evidence from the cab as they continue to look for the knife-wield be suspect. the center city cab driver picked up a fare at 4th and katherine at 1:00 a.m. the suspect said he had a gun an pulled out a knife. >>> when i get to 4th and katherine he attacked me with the gun, he said i have a gun. give me money. >>> a struggle ensued between the cab driver and the perpetrator the cab driver was cut two times in his hand.