because i'll show you backups here, schuylkill eastbound past montgomery.kups leading up to the crash, wherever someone putting on their brakes and looking at what's going on. because as you can see, ambulance out there, a lot of crews out there, a loft flashing lights, so everyone taking a peak at what's going on, slowing you down significantly. like i said you can take montgomery to belmont to circle back to girard it, might help you out just little bit. ninety-five at girard what you are looking at here, plenty of headlight here, we have reached 6:00 hour. we know it will build pushing toward our main hour, that 7:00 hour rush hour. this is where we have overturned vehicle, burlington route 130 at high street. and also, in the world of mass transit, regular trolley services resume, resume around 5:00 a.m. through center city tunnel. these are the routes that were affected now getting back to normal. ten, 11, 13, 34, 36. but you can still expect delays here, also, norristown high-speed line, new schedule starting monday. back to you. >> sinned lows of stu

this is ramp from girard on to the schuylkill eastbound. travelers moving eastbound here and this is on girard. thinks where we have activity, flashing lights, this bus trying to make their way on the schuylkill and then we have a lot of people walking around on foot. so, this is going to be causing problems for those trying to exit off of girard on to the schuylkill until they get this cleared out of the way. we are kind of inching past it, as they are going over barrier and make their way on the schuylkill. just make note this is out there if this doesn't get cleared out, certainly can cause, some slow downs right there. so driver that went through retaining wall, yikes, not too great. hopefully that gets cleared out. nope, this is schuylkill taillights moving in the eastbound direction at the vine, make note of this, looking great, this is a a camera i like to pull up because this gets busy. looking good here. now lets go to new jersey, here we go, 42 freeway north bound at creek road looking good. this is volume level we are seeing if yo

just so you know ill point out, too, where this accident was, schuylkill eastbound ramp to eastboundine, right lane block, but spin out, letting us know we do have wet roadways out, there they can be very slippery. even though we know temperatures are kind of going up little bit. doesn't matter overnight we can get some slick spots, kinds whatever we are seeing this morning, since cleared, great news for those of in you and around that area, being cleared, but just drive slowment take it easy out there, even with maybe even just little bit of wet roads, doesn't matter, it can cause major damage if you happen to spin out like the vehicle d schuylkill, the headlights moving in the eastbound direction past 202, looking good here, as you move in this direction. where i am kind of keeping my eye, moving in the eastbound direction, looking good, though, overall, the schuylkill basically anywhere i look this monday morning so far even though we we've tipped into the five, will hour now, looking pretty good. good news for those you have waking one us. ninety-five at cottman looking good, aro

for awhile there schuylkill east on the ramp was closed that's now all since opened, eastbound and westbound on the vine, looking good. look add. that will almost nobody out on the roads this morning, construction here, 422, this is both moving in the westbound between schuylkill and oaks and eastbound direction between oaks and trooper. make note of. that will you can still see the cones and the flashing light, but overall, they are getting this cleaned up. usually overnight construction will certainly get out of our way sometime soon. talcony palmyra bridge, all up right now, for those of you having to take that, also an accident outside that's just been cleared, where vehicle went in the ditch. madison ford road, went into the ditch, all since cleared, you won't get any of the residual, garden state parkway northbound at route ooh, left lane block, jim, back over to you. >> thanks so. campaign 2016 focuses on wisconsin, which is holding it primary today. >> yes, the cbs news poll shows specifically tight race in both party. the democrats are starting to pay attention to pennsylvania, and

soap, it is slow moving, the schuylkill eastbound, right around girard avenue.ake note of that. 422, past oaks, see what it looks like here, just against the blue sky where the sun is just tempted to push up t looks gorgeous outside. we know we will see some sun before the rain comes in little later. but 422, past oaks, looking good. ben franklin bridge, beautiful shot here with all of the light looking very, very good. because it is so slow moving. not in terms of how fast you're going but in terms of volume levels. look at this, crossing the bridge from the westbound, going in the westbound direction from jersey, looking very nice, you're in great company thinking about headed out to the bridge right now. great news speaking every bridges, emergency work completed on the delaware memorial bridge. so, three southbound right lanes now open. you have just lost that left lane. and that's going to be closed for quite some time. also, speed restrictions that was 35 miles per hour now bumped up to 50 miles per hour. not bad to wake to up on a friday morning, jim, bac

and eastbound, looks like the westbound side just now opening between broad street and the schuylkill, eastbound side, still waiting on that, we'll let you know as soon as that opens up completely. also construction 422 eastbound between trooper and route 23, left lane still compromised by the cones, make note of. that will of course we'll let you know when it all clearance. 422, we are casino of used to this, knows it usually clears in the 5:00 hour. this is where we have some sewer repairs, and this closure looks like it is going to be out there until about noon at the earliest, maybe even later, so this is in mt. laurel, new jersey, hartford road closed between sixth avenue and union mill road. do you have use this alternate up until at least noon, so brings road, mt. laurel boulevard or arc road. route 50 southbound past the a.c. expressway only the shoulder is getting by right now. busy morning indeed, jim, over to you. >> meisha, a still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, another major rock band cancels a concert in north carolina because of their bathroom law. >> but first, here is

they have set up the flares look for the right lane being blocked, the schuylkill expressway eastbound near the vine. going to the vine itself we can see the vine and the schuylkill overall, watch that accident eastbound on the schuylkill expressway heading toward the vine. the roads are damp. slow it downer. looking live on -- slow the down. looking live on the ben franklin bridge. no major issues, light volume. give yourself a few extra minutes. no major issues out there. we have construction in cherry hill, the on going construction where they have the lane shift, 70 westbound near 295 that's a busy area. they are shifting traffic they usually wrap up around 6:00 a.m. >>> two people are fighting for their lives after gunfire erupted in two philadelphia neighborhoods minutes apart. the first shooting happened at wallace street in spring garden. that victim was shot pulling his car out of the driveway. he lost control of the car and smashed into the doors of the nearby church. the victim is in critical condition. the second shooting happened on the 2000 block of castor avenue in port

if you're electing to use the schuylkill eastbound you'll hit traffic from the boulevard eastbound into girard but at least the truck is gone. all three lanes back in business now. on the big picture, we're going to see some heavy traffic coming out of south philadelphia when the ball game ends in just a bit. we're in the seventh right now so a couple innings to go and then 95 will be clogged as will the westbound side of the schuylkill. also watching a crash in north philadelphia along north broad at clearfield by the taco bell. we have that one in cheltenham township along glenside aviatrices mill by vinnie's pizza. watch out for a wreck along norristown road and mckee road and there's still a downed pole in wilmington blocking off haines avenue by edgemoor gardens. stay on lore avenue to get around that. also a vehicle on fire in newport. lek you will they got that fire extinguished. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> matt thank you. >>> public got a lesson in learning about there warning signs of child sexual abuse. widener university's delaware law school and the beau b

eastbound they are in the process of reopening the ramp from the schuylkill eastbound to the vine eastbound. the work on i-95 continues but should be cleared soon, the northbound ramp to the blue route which is blocked, but should be opened by 5:00 a.m. >>> a first look at the business at the big board, xbox 360 no more. mike velocity announced it will stop producing the ten-year-old gaming system. the remaining xbox systems associated with them will be sold while supplies last. >>> united healthcare is pull out the exchanges under the affordable care act. they are small and carry a short term risk. they will only keep the exchanges in a handful of states it is unclear which ones they will be. >>> itsy bitsy games on the dow on wall street. futures are flat before the opening bell this morning. >>> jimmy john is offering one dollar subs at the stores nationwide. you have to get the sandwich in the store no delivers, only one per customer, when you walk into a store in the philadelphia area don't call it a sub call it a hoagie. >>> fbi identify a man wanted for robbing a center city bank. >>

on the schuylkill expressway, ramp from the 0 eebledz -- eastbound side of girard avenue to the zoo. you might want to stay on the mlk drive. don't think i would use the kelly that you because they aree resurfacing work there. northeast extension we started off with a truck fire, it's off to the side. but it's sluggish see. it's a better day at the delaware memorial bridge delaware bound, three lanes are open instead of two yesterday and one wednesday. things are looking up there on this friday morning. >>> let's update our breaking news story we have dramatic video from an "action news" viewer showing a fierce fire in camden. 6 people were hurt during this house fire this morning. the flame broke out in a row home a little while ago, they quickly ended spreading next-door. >>> let's show you the video from the 800 block of haddon avenue. two people had to jump from windows to escape. a total of 6 people were injured. the flames started in one row home and spread to neighboring dwellings. here's from a witness. >>> the fire spread so so fast, when you came out, you tell to put your h

multivehicle accident taking out the right lane, our third problem of the afternoon on the eastbound schuylkill one is the biggest. causing big delays on the eastbound boulevard. work your way over to 95 southbound to get down to the bank for tonight's ball game, because the schuylkill eastbound is a mess with speeds in the teens and less. northbound on ryan avenue stick to the outer drive there. and a wreck at lawn fall road and upper providence, by the min night church a crash at west drive with normal slow stuff at 422. rick and monica back over to you. >> thank you see you tomorrow. >>> it's a sure sign that spring is finally here. -- drum performers helped to kick off the subaru cherry blossom festival, here at the school for the deaf and the students signed the national anthem. the school will receive a grove of cherry trees and they were treated by a japanese folk tale brought to them by sheila hess. >>> a grandmother on her way to see her grandchildren is stranded in the desert for nine days and survives. >>> and the story of inky the octopus who is now roaming the ocean blue after esca

the ramp from the eastbound schuylkill to the eastbound vine is opened as you can see that car movingight there. vine will close again tonight at 11 o'clock and then we'll do this again next week and the week after that and the week after that and we've had construction for several weeks now along 422 and they were working again overnight. still wrapping things up in the westbound lanes here by route 23. i know it's tough to see but just one lane is opened. eastbound crews have cleared out so you're good to go headed towards king of prussia and taking off of two, this is 42 in bellmawr camden county northbound no major delays just yet on this wednesday morning. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> and developing overnight police are looking for the trigger man who shot a man twice in olney. his spray of bullets also pierced a house almost hitting several children. annie mccormick is live at northwest detectives. she's got details. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tamala. that's right, those bullets pierced the house that was packed with 12 people inside including several

thinks where we had an accident, right off of schuylkill eastbound that has been cleared. you cane volume levels starting to heat up on the schuylkill moving in the eastbound direction. blue route, headlights moving in the northbound direction, at route one, you can see them, in the looking too shabby. but then when we look the at taillights moving in, the north bound direction, south wound direction rather it is heating up. blue route is certainly one of of those areas, we are starting to heat up a little bit, still to come we are looking okay, 95 north at 452 take this up to the airport, basically what you are looking at. i would say that is still holding fairly steady, fairly typical, so that is good news. we have an accident in new jersey, 295 northbound at 42 freeway just make note for those in and around that area we know this is an area that heat up quickly n fact we were looking at it early in the 5:00 o'clock hour and it certainly was. that construction on the king of prussia road has been reopened, jim, back over to you. >>> thanks, so much meisha. some heart stop

going out identify, first live look, disable tractor trailer a at schuylkill eastbound approaching city avenue that has been cleared. not that the volume levels are there. there is not. it is just too early. make note it was there the it is all cleared there. we have construction at 95 south between airport and route 420 that has been cleared. a lot of construction moving out of our way fairly quickly this morning. construction on broad street, spring garden street jfk boulevard. great news for those in area. look at this, we have some construction, kelly drive, repaving between sedgley drive and brewery hill drive, both directions, and it sound like within main might ab affect. make note in and around that area construction we are dealing with yesterday, pa turnpike westbound between bensalem and fort washington, that left lane is block, and also in the eastbound side we have had this yesterday as well between morgan town and valley forge, that is eastbound side, left lane blocked there. jim, back over to you. >>> a motorcyclist is struck and killed in port richmond. >> police tell us

eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill with average speeds into the 60s. >> atlantic city plays its handnd loses to the house. but the story is not over between ac and the borgata. we'll tell you what a judge ordered both parties to do. >>> if your child has a runny nose, itchy eyes and is sneezing, is it allergies or a cold? we have the warning signs every parent should know. that's coming up next. >>> welcome back. it is almost 5 a 15 on your wednesday morning. the wind has picked up a little bit out there. we're looking at the flag atop the eraramark building in cente city philadelphia. i believe we'll get into the 50s. >>> the calendar may say april but this frozen fountain in longport, atlantic county shows just how cold it is. some of the most valuable and vulnerable plants are temporarily in a greenhouse there. >>> this is a good question. this time of year, spring allergies can take a toll on parents to tell the difference between a cold and an allergy. doctors say if symptoms such as a runny nose, sneezing or itchy eyes persist or follow a pattern, that's a red flag for allergie

extra traffic on the schuylkill eastbound, extra traffic on 95 southbound.just starting to bunch up approaching cottman avenue. i don't know that i would use the boulevard southbound instead. there are double accidents there at strahle and rhawn. if you are coming south other boulevard stick with the outer drive and just getting word of a crash in bala cynwyd along bala avenue in montgomery by the bmw dealership. awful accident in trenton, still has the northbound lanes of 129 blocked near lalor. 29 or 295 northbound are some better bets n mount laurel a sewer main break blocking hartford roads. briggs road an alternate around that. a crash on haddonfield road. we'll check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> thank you, matt. >> sounds good just saying it. >> sure does. >> much more still to come on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. we're less than 24 hours and countering until the crucial new york primary. coming up at 5:30, the last minute push for support in the empire state. >> first we're getting a better ideas of the devastation after a dead

schuylkill. construction 422 construction west and eastbound on 202, oaks, trooper that is all cleared. we are looking good at the 422. emergency suspension red construction on the delaware memorial bridge, this started yesterday and it the will go on today and will be going on for several days. make note, three southbound lanes closed only one opened, your alternate commodore barry bridge is your best bet. this will affect you coming from new jersey and delaware and most delays we will see on 295 and new jersey turnpike. speaking of the new jersey turnpike right around toll plaza you have also lost a left lane. so a lot going on here. make note. i will reference it all morning licensing and tweeting it out as well. storm repairs in mount laurel was scheduled for yesterday. it is extended on today. hartford road closed between sixth avenue and union mill red until 4:00 p.m. this is your same alternate as yesterday, briggs road to larch. boulevard or arc road. but again that was supposed to end yesterday and it has been extended through to today, brook, over to you. >>> thanks, meisha. y

sky fox up and over that accident i have been telling but on a schuylkill expressway, this is eastboundlkill expressway off ramp to girard after knew, this was vehicle that was sideways across the off ramp here, what does it the say hudson bread. >> bread. >> one of the work trucks there, that was the truck that was blocking. now they have tow truck going here to spin him back around. but sky fox if you can hear me here and roll back and take a lot the delay. even if it is off ramp to girard avenue. lets go to the maps. we are already jammed sol aid approaching city avenue on into girard avenue. again even though off ram is blocked it looks like another car involved there as well, we are bumper to bumper into girard because only two left lanes opened inbound on the schuylkill expressway. here's a live look at that fire location in camden along haddon avenue knew where we are word of six people injured and taken to a local hospital. it is a long haddon avenue knew right at division and there is two bus routes on a detour through camden as well. south i-95, heavy at approaching cottman av

so, that does not bode well for your ride on the eastbound side of the schuylkill this afternoon. it's already a parking lot from approaching city avenue through this point approaching girard. and over there, those river drives, the mlk and the kelly instead because the schuylkill eastbound is going to be a mess i have a feeling throughout the afternoon rush. a carbine the cracker barrel along chemical road at gallagher road. in newark, watch out for a crash along old baltimore pike near salem church road. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. hone you had a nice weekend. were you ever our friends it's barbie girl talking about a vehicle stopped on the road along 95 northbound by the airport. still watch out for that. hopefully they can get that off to the side shortlily we'll check it again brian and monica in the next half hour. >> barbie girl just living in her barbie world. thanks, matt. >>> still ahead secretary of state john kerry makes overseas. >> a possible election if it were between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> yes who is about to

schuylkill eastbound for spring garden looking good, you maneuver into center city looking real good th eastbound and westbound there. the vine, was never closed this morning, great news for a lot of us that take the vine, myself included moving in the westbound direction, eastbound side, basically what you are looking a many looking good, vine looking real nice this morning. burlington bristol bridge was closed, until just a little bit ago. it was closed overnight. it will be closed overnight. all lanes both directions tuesday night through thursday night and again saturday night through monday night. it will be open friday night. but saturday through monday it does close overnight again. that, i would say, lifted around 5:30, your alternate talcony palmyra bridge, brooke, over to you. >> thanks, for pennsylvania and delaware, attention in campaign 2016, shift from the candidates, to the voters. >> well, yesterday estimated 3500 people packed a donald trump rally at west chester university. trump called for both ted cruz and john kasich to drop out of the race. he also criticized the

schuylkill eastbound at city avenue we are looking good. jim, back to you. >>> if you are heading out the door stay updated with katie aes forecast on our sister station kyw news radio 106o. >>> we have a report on problems with philadelphia's child welfare system, a preview of today's remarks from senator clinton and thursday's visit from senator sanders. twitter rolls out a new profile. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio, 1060 on your am dial. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news" incredible video sue a news crew risk their lives to save a map from a wild fire. >>> plus, a cover controversy, why amy schumer isn't laughing, after getting a shout out from a popular magazine. >>> and, raise the the glass, it is philly wine week. pat gallen shows >>> well, it is back to school on villanova's campus after a championship celebration for the the basketball team but the festivities are far from over. how the team will be honored this week. >>> plus, campaign 2016 comes to philadelphia today, we will show you where bernie sa

just a few cars westbound headed towards the schuylkill. eastbound no problems. all lanes opened.overnight construction so in both directions you're looking good and they're not closing the vine overnight this week so that's pretty good. we're looking live on i-95 northbound approaching the blue route. once again we've got construction. you can see penndot with the arrow board blocking the two right lanes today as well as the ramp so watch for that. yesterday they were running late and it caused a big delay on i-95. at this point we can see the construction is still out there but scheduled to clear at 5:00 a.m., matt. >> thank you karen. >>> we'll have the latest results from the primary election in a moment but first we're following a developing story. a judge arraigned a bucks county mother overnight. police say she confessed to causing the wounds that eventually killed her two-year-old child. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at the falls township police department with the full story. annie. >> reporter: and matt, this morning 23-year-old kayla moore is now behind

side the a slow crawl on 422 getting on to the eastbound schuylkill and heading to the conshohocken curve. and expect traffic around your polling places. over in the neighborhood of bellmawr there is a crash on 25 southbound side by the black horse pike off to the side and speeds in the 20s from wood crest station and washington station a pair of accidents to avoid. one along fish pond road. and hurtfield cross keys road and another one at berlin cross keys road. and salem county a vehicle flipped over. and hopewell tree a tree has come down at pleasant valley road. stay on bear tavern road to get around that mess. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. trouble in wilmington for the 95 drivers heading southbound, a crash near maryland avenue, thanks to bob for letting us know about that run. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> okay matt, thank you. >>> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, the midwest is bracing for what could be a rough night of severe weather and the scandal at mitsubishi got a whole lot worse today. the company adm

schuylkill eastbound at spring garden giving you snapshot what it, lou i can, will also the blue route, headlight moving in the northbound direction before route one. also looking good here. again the blue route actually a lot early risers on this stretch. no brake lights going off quite yet. i wouldn't doubt it coming up. bensalem, willow grove, pennsylvania turnpike, left lane blocked, make note of that. jim, back to you. >> we could learn more today about the sudden death after local college student. twenty-two year old who attended cabrini college found unresponsive at a home on the 200 block of more head avenue west conshohocken. officers say someone in the home tried to perform cpr, but the student couldn't be revived. police removed evidence from the home and conducted interviews. neighbors in the area were puzzled and saddened by the news. >> really the only college house, we've got tone know them, we have helped shovel their cars out, and very sweet, never disrespectful or anything like that. >> unexpected, and i had never seen anything crazy going in this general area since i

schuylkill eastbound between king of prussia and conshohocken is not where you want to be and don't sayn't warn you. in coatesville watching a crash in the neighborhood this morning along cranberry lane at strawberry lane. still overnight construction going on on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound past valley forge taking out the left lane there. also on the left lane on the northeast extension northbound near quakertown but our zone approaching the lehigh valley interchange clear. new work zone in lower gwynedd. replacing a deteriorated drainage pike. fenlin road closes. morris road takes most of the traffic around the detour heart road stil -- hartford road still closed. we've been watching the situation at the delaware memorial bridge where emergency construction continues. it's already causing delays this morning coming out of south jersey headed into delaware. you want to led up to the commodore barry bridge where no problems are reported on 322 right now. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> new this morning, criminal charges are expected in connection to flint's water crisis accor

we do have disable vehicle here the schuylkill eastbound at montgomery you can see pulled off to the shoulder. you might have little bit of gaper delay. everyone traveling at 55 miles per hour, peaking what he is going on over there, looks like they're starting to tow that out of the way. overall not a lot of brake lights, looking okay there, 202, headlight northbound direction before route 29. see what you are working with, looking good for a loft you just headed out the doorway any time soon, real good company this morning. friday's tend to be that way, casino of later jump start if you will. boulevard moving in the southbound direction toward the schuylkill, this is what you are working with here, looking good, plenty of headlight out there, but you are still traveling at 55 miles per hour, same thing once you jump on the schuylkill, moving in the westbound direction. a lot going on this weekend, i'll be tweeting this out, penn relays starting 99:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. saturday. broad street run 8:00 a.m. saturday, free trips tort runners, extra broad street line service both forerunn

this is your westbound traffic right here, just a couple cars moving towards the schuylkill. eastboundng all right. no complete overnight schedules that are going to be blocking the vine overnight scheduled this week so you're looking good for the vine with no big worries out there. let's take a look in plymouth township. a couple of problems that we're dealing with currently. first off we have an accident at fayette street at 13th avenue. an accident in springfield township on germantown pike at thomas road. a little wet out there. be careful as you're headed out. tam. >> thank you karen. >>> fire crews in delaware county are on the scene of a multi alarm blaze that they're fighting. flames broke out around 2:00 this morning on dogwood hill lane in chadds ford. flames fully engulf the large house. these images are courtesy of nozzle nut photography. fire crews on the scene reported there was a gas line fire while they were there so utility crews were called out to shut off the gas lines on the property. the structure covered in fire. live on the scene in chadds ford and through the tr

. >> want to go back to the breaking news story on the schuylkill expressway, we told you that all lanes on the eastbound schuylkill were closed at south street because of an overturned dump truck looking live from chopper 6 hd and the dump truck is on its side and traffic still at a stand still and emergency crews are on the scene as well. we are not hearing about injuries as a result of this accident. but the schuylkill expressway i-76 eastbound in the university city area. chopper 6 hd is pulling out to show you the backup all lanes are blocked and traffic is at a stand still at this hour. >> we have another vantage point now, you see the truck across the highway again, again eastbound 76 right near south street right near the university of pennsylvania and childrens hospital. we thought that some cars were squeezing by but that has stopped. they are blocked here all lanes across the highway and quite a backup on the schuylkill expressway, we are looking live, and this large dump truck was carrying gravel, some of it has spilled across the highway, this looks to be quite a long cleanup ahead as they w

schuylkill eastbound approaching montgomery very, very low moving here stunning, and driving at postedhings up nor me. >> talking little about this mass transit, expect delays between philly and wilmington, amtrak sharing the track, wilmington, newark line, and also, out bound service running express from 30th to university to marcus hook, expect 30 minute delays. >> thank you so much. well, been nba star, rapper, even a sheriff. >> he was a rapper, oh, those days. now, shaquile o'neil can have professional wrestler to his resume. shack made surprise appearance during wrestle mania 32 facing offer against dozens of other competitors in a battle royal, as you can see, the wrestlers ganged up on shack, okay, tossing him all over the rope. he fell hard, but kind of dream of mine. i want to wrestle, wrestle mania. do you think we can make that happen? dead serious, kate. >> i your a nuts. >> another big name at the show, my man, duane the rock johnson. the fast and furious star came out with a huge flame throw err. made his way to the ring accompanied by the dallas cowboys cheerleaders, wr

rain, no, go away, disable tractor-trailer, this is where we have it, the schuylkill eastbound, the rampo conshohocken, not causing too many slow downs, but it is busy whether moving in the eastbound or westbound direction, take a look at this, a lot of brake lights going off in the westbound side, schuylkill westbound at city avenue there is after you come off the roosevelt boulevard, look at this, snail crawl here, 95 south, at cottman, not much better, snail crawl, leave your homes little early. give yourselves some extra time, you will need it today, jim, back to you. >> thanks, meisha a next update 7:55, up next, firearm that looks lick a smart phone. i'm jim donovan, make it a great day. >>> alaska air has announced it's purchasing virgin airlines for $2.6 million. yeah. the most money spent on a virgin since my parents bought me a car after my college graduation. thank you. >> thank you, conan. >>> to the cost of top-selling primgs drugs, it's soaring. we'll look at the new investigation and the changes you may need to make before you go to the drugstore. >>> plus the gun that loo

also extra heavy on the schuylkill eastbound because of an earlier accident and earlier disabled vehiclein mind tonight until sunday morning portions of south broad and adjacent streets are going to be blocked for the philadelphia international festival of the arts street fair. that's tonight through sunday morning. also sunday morning the northeast extension is closing. this happens at midnight tomorrow night until 6:00 a.m. pretty long stretch of it between quakertown and the lehigh valley for construction. >>> stay over on 309, they do this sometimes and it's always a little bit of a pain. on the turnpike westbound approaching malvern there's a crash on the shoulder. slower speeds are on the eastbound side between valley forge and norristown. you see the area of red there. and keep in mind if you ride the septa trolleys routes 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36 starting at 11:00 tonight and then lasting throughout the weekend they'll be diverted to 40th and market. from there you can get the market frankford line. and joy your weekend, rick and monica. >> you do the same. thank you, matt. >> thank

here is a look at the schuylkill eastbound start starting to heat up. where we have the minor accident, schuylkill westbound, at vare avenue, pulled all way out to the right shoulder you can see, the cop is there, this is not causing top gaper delay right now, but whenever we have a police officer pulled off, with the flashing light, we usually see brake lights, volume level will not support that but certainly will, if it doesn't get moved out the way. make note it is there. good news, not so dark out there so we can see them right now. sometimes you come around the curve and it is dark outside. authorities see the vehicles. where we get more problems. forty-two northbound, creek road, basically you what look at i would say 42 freeway looking actually really really nice we move into the 6:00 right now. line painting project going on again today this whole week. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the schuylkill is going to be all week long, 202 is going to be today, and tomorrow. jim back to you. >> political spotlight in orm region, stomp for votes ahead of tomorrow

schuylkill eastbound past the conshohocken curve. beautiful sun trying, and very busy roadways, schuylkill, one of the best yes, sir so far this morning if they have to jump on it, just know you have lot of company out there already. looking good, i would still say, fairly quiet. we know it will change as we push deep near the 6:00 hour. overall the ben franklin bridge looking good. >> it will be today, tomorrow, going to be the blue route, the entire lent of the blue route, both directions, wednesday, through friday, going to be the schuylkill, and the friday the vine street expressway, so verbal drive with caution. that will slow you down. crews will be out there. there will be some wet paint out there. mass transit looking good, no major delays at the airport and the wormed of air travel and also flyers versus the capitols game three in the series first home game 7:00 p.m. tonight. >> after the shooting of one of their own. >> officer shot while trying to stop two men from stealing a car. jan carabeo live at penn presbyterian medic

we have a couple of broken down trucks one on the schuylkill expressway eastbound approaching the boulevard. one on the vine is gone. most of the construction has clear, but there's work on the kelly drive, mlk would be a better bet. they are working southbound on north broad street paving in the right lanes. we had a surprise opening at the commodor barry bridge it's back down now, expect an opening at the -- we had an opening at the tacony-palmyra bridge it's back down now it's heading to the triple b. there's work on 195 mercer county eastbound between 295 and the turnpike they are out on the shoulder for the next hour. live on 42 so far so good as you head northbound for 295. this is breaking overnight, four people are on the mend after the house they were in went up in flames. annie mccormick is live for us at the 2900 block of nicholas street in strawberry mansion with the latest on the story, good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, you can see behind me restoration crews are working to board up the home where the fire did begin. it was a one alarm fire it moved quickly,

including this crash on the schuylkill expressway eastbound happened around 30 and street station, they got it pushed off to the side at south street and eastbound is extra heavy from the roosevelt boulevard to this point in south street and a broken down vehicle in the mix and the eastbound schuylkill, they are on the shoulder but it's causing extra slowing, if you are out and about if the strawberry mansion section, look for fire crews, they are attending a blaze at 32 and diamond. still a bit of smoke coming from the building. in avondale a crash along fifth street and fire and police are helping you through the intersection. and a crash if the southbound lanes of 42, in a spot that is busy any way, it's off to the side but you see extra slowing there past 55 on down to lower landing. and a crash in airs town road near 38 and that too is a good spot to avoid. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. one of our friends using waze app talking about an accident near the seminary. >> what a difference a few letters make. >> a minor distinction but a big o

schuylkill eastbound at city avenue, what you are looking at moving in the eastbound direction, certainly we though, that we were even in the 5:00 hour. in the westbound side, just behind these trees, you can see, all the brake lights going off. so the schuylkill, no matter what direction you are going in, now in the 6:00 hour, you are slowing down. the boulevard moving in the southbound direction, approaching the schuylkill, this is what you are looking at there, tapping the brakes, to get on to the schuylkill, 95 south, before girard, this is another area as you move into center city now starting to heat up. so i would say just thinking about leaving your homes, i don't know, just give yourself a little extra time, jim, over to you. >> thanks so much, meisha a now to site that's truly out of this world. nasa just released this stunning video, of the aurora, and aurora australia. >> they're commonly referred to as northern lights. both happen when electrically charged sub atomic particles and earth magnetic field collides with atoms in the upper atmosphere. >> this taken from the interna

schuylkill expressway where we had an accident around the girard avenue on ramp headed to the schuylkill eastbound. we did have an off ramp blocked. again, headed eastbound towards 95 on the vine right here, still looking okay. this is 295 right around the black horse pike over in bellmawr, new jersey. no problems either direction. we had an earlier accident as well. no problems headed through the work zone. >> 6:04 on this wednesday. katy, as you and i have been talking about this morning, big day in philadelphia for anybody watching the democratic presidential candidates. >> definitely. >> we know they'll be here. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be stumping, looking for more support. we're just a few weeks out before the pennsylvania primaries. a lot of eyes are focusing in on pennsylvania. >> we're a few minutes away from a live report. we'll take a quick break and we'll be right back. for years, i was a laboratory chemist, developing drugs to fight deadly diseases. as a scientist, i know there's more that washington can do to help families. i'm running for congress to protect planned p

with that right lane out of commission it's now extra slow on the schuylkill eastbound basically thehrough this point in south philadelphia. several demonstrations going on this afternoon. one's happening right by the airport. some ride sharing drivers out there protesting. also one going on in olde city along market. they're marching between fourth and tenth. not a good time for that. so watch out for restrictions and congestion. and then on south broad street more protestors between sansom and locust. that's the same area in which the philadelphia international arts festival is taking place this weekend. so, that means some restrictions because of the street fair that they have there tonight until sunday morning. also have a crash we're watching in haverford township along eagle road but better news in perkiomen township. today they reopen the graterford road bridge which had been closed for almost two years so go ahead and use it but you know it all can't be good news. to the north in skippack township on monday they close the 73 skippack pike bridge over perkiomen creek and that

>>> yeah. >> reporter: schuylkill expressway expressway eastbound into center city on 76. use the schuylkill expressway or mlk drive reassure facing work continues there with restrictions until 6:30 a.m. in perkiomen township without for resurfacing 29 along gravel pike near high school drive in advance of the opening of the graterford road bridge april 22. that's adjacent to 29. everything will be nice and smooth out in that area, karen. >> reporter: it's chilly in the city, 42 degrees, millville, 30 degrees, 38 in allentown. 34 this morning in reading. so, another cold start, but a nice afternoon. lots of sunshine, warmer than yesterday, closer to average. 8:00 a.m., 43 a few clouds around. 10:00 a.m., 501. bright sunshine, lunchtime, 56 degrees. 3:00 p.m., 61 our high today will be 62 degrees we'll be sitting at that at as you travel out of town, no weather delays. boston 37. green arrow flowing out of town. >>> you can get the system seven-day forecast at 6abc.com/weather. >>> detroit public schools say high amounts of lead or copper have been found in the water system

the delays are just normal rush hour delays eastbound towards the schuylkill expressway. where we're watching a disabled vehicle that is over into the center median. still moving by the scene nicely. as you can see, we are seeing more of a delay heading eastbound towards the schuylkill. more updates when i'm back in the next ten. vai? >> now to decision 2016 and all eyes are looking east in the presidential race with primaries today in pennsylvania and delaware. also maryland, connecticut and rhode island. and front-runners hillary clinton and donald trump are expecting wins in several states, especially in pennsylvania which carries the most delegates. why do these primaries matter? this year more than most. by this time every four years we kbrushlly know w ll lly -- usua the nominee will most likely be. sara winski told us that pennsylvania and delaware could be key in deciding who will win the nomination, especially when it comes to the republican raceç >> every delegate counts. especially on the republican side. you know, we dop the knn't know going to happen or if eit

a few complications for you as you try and head home rick and monica, like this one on the schuylkill eastbound approaching montgomery drive. broken down trash truck is take, out the right center lane. bottom line is on the schuylkill right now 48 minutes either way. should be 14. we had a crash here as well eastbound side near 30th street station. that's cleared out of the way. this was the westbound accident scene by the vine street expressway also gone but basically you're looking at stop and go conditions on the schuylkill in either direction between south philadelphia and king of prussia. it is not a pleasant ride right now. this is -- i believe this is the schuylkill again but we've got a crash as well on 202. it's on the southbound side by skiles boulevard taking out a lane so coming down from west chester you're looking at big delays because just the one lane is getting by headed towards chadds ford. in upper moreland by meeting transmissions watch out for a motorcycle accident along 611. there's a lot going on rick and monica. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> okay. thanks

schuylkill eastbound cleared out but speeds like 11 miles an hour.ehicles on 95 northbound the one close to girard is gone but this one is not. still a broken down truck northbound approaching woodhaven in the right lane so northbound jams from academy through this point. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> matt, thanks very much. >> meantime young athletes had a chance to learn some moves from professionals today. the children picked up some new techniques from the philadelphia union coaches and staff at the talon energy statement in chester. they won this opportunity because of their participation in the credit union's financial literacy program. so, congrats to those youngsters. >> absolutely. >>> for lots of people hair loss can be an embarrassing problem but a new treatment just might help. we've got the details. >> stepping outside, sky6 hd looking live at center city. a beautiful day out there. meteorologist adam joseph is coming up with that exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast next. narrator: listen t

vine street expressway, westbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway, eastbound on the left. you'll see extra congestion on the vine, penn relays, of course we've got the broad street run this weekend organ sunday you'll start to see all the bus detours they begin at 7:30 and last until 1:00 p.m. >> reporter: sunday unfortunately we'll see rain especially in the morning. today we have the kids dressed in jackets and sweatshirt a good idea. maybe both. it's going to be cool today. if you're running errands there's not much different between the morning and the afternoon. 53 by noon, the high is 55. we'll sit the on that for several hours, lots of clouds and sprinkle or shower falling from the clouds. a little better chance of that around the area this evening. i think they will get the phillies game in and i think it's a matter of bringing rain gear and no delay. 66 tomorrow for the penn relays, shower or drizzle. tomorrow if you're heading to the penn relays 64 is the high. it will be cloudy and dry. >>> president obama -- by the way you can get the seven-day forecast a

schuylkill eastbound city avenue looking here, looking good, moving in the eastbound direction, if you look just beyond these trees moving in the westbound direction, coming off the boulevard, a lot of headlight out there. so both moving in the eastbound and westbound, heating up ever so sly literally. it is damp, make note of that. that will slow you down little bit as well. downed pole here. that's all since been cleared. events this weekend talking about this little bit. a lot of rainout there. penn relays are going on 9:00 a.m. starting today and 7:00 a.m. start starting saturday. broad street run 8:00 a.m. sunday. bus detours starting 7:30 a.m., free trips for the runners by the way and also extra broad street line service for the runners and for the phillies game sunday. brooke, over to you. >> big day for eagles fans as the team's quarterback of the future now in place. >> our pat gal send here to tell us little bit about the newest e-a-g-l-e-s em, first rounds draft pick, carson wentz. >> goods morning, guys, now it is real. eagles made serious moves, to get from the 13th pick

schuylkill taillights eastbound direction past the con cons curve, volume, it is all good. for those every you just can't leave your homes any time soon, great company. burlington bristol bridge scheduled to open right at around 5:40, make note of that, coming up in about five minutes or so. see tractor traffic still going by. boulevard headlights looking good here, basically, anywhere i look for busy tuesday morning which they heat up fairly quickly we are looking pretty darn good. we do have jackknife tractor-trailer still out there in new jersey, take a look at this for those of in you this area, new jersey turnpike southbound, delaware memorial tolls, lane still block. in the world of mass transit septa regional rails, patco, running new schedule. check your schedules on line. brooke, back to you. >> more now on the break cents news we brought you little earlier in the broadcast. it was disturbing discovery in west philadelphia. police found a man dead inside his running car. they say he had been shot and killed. neighbors called police after they noticed the man's car

eastbound towards that off ramp. we have police activity there on the scene as well. no big backups yet. the rest of the drive times are looking okay as well. the schuylkill expressway eastbound, the blue route to the vine, a 12-minute trip. pretty much the same with the blue route. updates when i come back on 422. >>> the quarterback of of the future for the the eagles will meet the media in philadelphia later today. the eagles drafted carson wentz. >> the philadelphia eagles select carson wentz. >> commissioner roger goodell introduced wentz who won two national titles at north dakota state. he's hoping to bring an era of winning to philadelphia. >> unbelievable. dream come true. obviously i understand it's just the beginning. to finally make it to this point, a kid growing up in north dakota, not many people get this opportunity. i'm very fortunate. i'm going to make the most of it. >> wentz is known for his armstroarm rdrength, accuracy and toughness. on the front, "wentz for all." and on the back, there's a cautionary head line that reads "better be good kid." >> many fans are beaming with optimism. eagles fans at the link erupted with joy when the b

construction was canceled we have dry roads and light problem, westbound heading toward the schuylkill expressway, eastbound moving okay. that will be closed for construction. north broad street at spring garden we had construction it's clear and both lanes are open in spring guard -- garden, moving better there. >>> septa police are looking for a man who punched an unsuspected trolley driver out the door. the route 10 one trolley. the man in the blue camouflage coat is upset he missed his stop. he was sleeping and missed his stop and demanded the driver drop him off in an unauthorized area. >>> time for look at business. the government is stopping the major merger in the oil industry. the justice department filed a suit to prevent haleburton from merging. the companies plan to fight the lawsuit. >>> the stock market turned in a solid game against a two game slump. >>> if you ordered a tesla model three don't bank on getting a tax credit. anyone buying the plug-in car is eligible for the tax credit $7,000. it's only good for the first 200 cars. twig phased out as it ramps up model three. >>> experts are urg

traffic is slow eastbound on the schuylkill expressway as you head toward gladwyn. let's look at the sunshine. you're driving into it, i-95 in delaware county. beautiful, but, yeah you'll have sun glare this morning. watch for a slow go. it's not developing yet in this area in delaware county on i-95. i talked to police in chester county they are telling he he me about debris on the roadway at 202 at mattlack street. ia truck was driving along and lost its load you'll see debris, paper traveling along 202 in chester. police in camden county told me about an accident 1010 southbound in delran. looks like a fender bender. >>> the big issue is in horsham, blair mill road is shut down, stick to dresher road. >>> let's stay on that, that's breaking right now. a busy road in montgomery county as crews are trying to clean up after the aftermath. annie mccormick is live on blair mill road in horsham. >> reporter: we were told by police that blair mill road will be reopened at any moment between whitmer and welsh. closed for most of the morning. chopper 6 hd is overhead they

schuylkill eastbound, this is what you are looking at, we are looking okay. we are traveling at posted speeds which is great news a lot of headlights we know that we will start to see brake lights go off sometime soon. we have an accident northeast extension southbound before quakertown here in that area make note, that is in the cleared out just yet. kelly drive has a repaving project all lanes are opened but uneven pavement in this area is he use caution. >>> we have a despicable crime surfacing. >> this is awful. her family says scammers are trying to profit off of the tragedy. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live, to tell with us fake web sites people are using to collect donations, jan. >> reporter: jim and brooke you really cannot get any lower then this, can you. as investigators still try to determine exactly what happened here at this wilmington high school late last week officials now say that there are people trying to capitalize on this student's death by setting up fake fund raising accounts. the child is sickened by it all and now spea

an eastbound drive time with no delays yesterday from route 29 to the schuylkill expressway of eight minutes and speeds into the 60s. mass transit also doing okay. i'll be back in the next ten minutes with more updates. >> jessica, thanks. >>> 12 minutes past 5:00 right now. a close call for fans during last night's phillies game. >> the bat is dangling in the screen. >> hear why a new rule implemented this year helped avoid a potential injury. >>> plus this -- >> i made some mistakes, but that's not really the substance of who i am. let me prove to you that i can get back out there and play by the rules. >> community kitchen. we'll tell you about a cooking program helping inmates get back on their feet and back into society. >>> it's a quarter after 5:00 and 48 degrees outside. new this morning, transitioning back into society. in honor of national re-entry month, we're taking a look at how a local program is helping inmates with the rest of their lives. nbc 10's katy zachry is live in south philadelphia this morning with more on the community kitchen. katy? >> reporter: tracy, phil