there's some down near mill veteran and sea isle city. that's drying out. i see a green speck north of wilmington, but that's about it. taking a look outside, we have a the commodore barry bridge down to the south of philadelphia near chester. some clouds early we are expecting a quick return of sunshine, today will be a warm, nice day. 65 degrees is the current temperature. in philadelphia, 63 in wilmington. we slipped a degree in allentown. 64 in millville. down the shore in cape may, a little cooler 58 degrees there. showers did pop through where matt is down on the parkway. they are pushing toward the east and the stuff to the south is sliding off the coast. i think the next 60 to 120 minutes the last of the showers will be out of here. we transition to partly sunny skies. warp in the lehigh valley we're going for a high of 82. yesterday most of you in the lehigh valley valley area stopped in the 70s. down the the shore an improvement, yesterday we were stuck in the 60s, today, 71 on the beach, milder, sunny, nice. in philadelphia we'll add a couple of

you may have to plan an alternate route if you travel near sea isle city and avalon because bridge connectinghehe two towns is now closed. fox 29's chris o'connell explains why it shut down and when you can expect it to reop reopen. >> reporter: it is not a good sign for commuters down the shore. especially those here in avalon or sea isle and i mean that in quite literal way. take look at the sign here behind me. ocean drive closed to traffic. shut down because of cracks found in the townsend's inlet bridge. the question, will it be open in time for the summer rush? >> it's pretty damn important if you want to go to the supermarket or cvs. >> reporter: parade of drivers in avalon and sea isle city being turned away from ocean drive. the toll bridge over townsend's inlet one of three ways to get off the island is now closed until further notice. the closure was after county engineers say an underwater inspection revealed cracks in at least two steel bridge support pilings 20 feet below the water line. >> it's an old bridge. it was built in 1939. um, it's steal. steel doesn't do so well in mar

approximately 12 in sea isle city. 82 in dover, wilmington, philadelphia, trenton, 80. 81. atlantic city at the airport, 83. look what's going on in cape may, you've got a bay breeze kicking in, it's 67 degrees because the bay waters are in the 50s. a little bit cooler down there. as advertised it's warmer here than down in florida. even the carolinas are not as warm as what we're seeing right now. 835 in washington, d.c. 82 in philadelphia. 78 in charleston and is a savanh and 71 in charlotte. flip it over to the radars, showers and thunderstorms blossoming in the last couple of hours. at this point nothing turning severe, but the storm prediction center has an eye on this part of the country. this will slide east in advance of a cold front that will push through overnight tonight. as it works through the delaware and the lehigh valley, it starts to lose some of its punch and the result will be a couple of showers. you can see the model is not impressed at all. very hit or miss between 8:00 p.m. and so p.m. north and west. by the time it slides through the city there m

pushing past sea isle city, atlantic city the last few raindrops there.se are the showers from overnight. already moving out of the area. that's it for

. >> easter celebrations got an early start in sea isle city. there was an easter egg hunt today.ldren scrambled to pick up as many treats as their baskets would hold. the event was held for children under 11. >> students and teachers at central bucks east battled it out tonight in a lip sync battle raising money for cradle to crayoncrayons collects suppliesr children in need. >> hundreds attended a fundraiser at the country club for peets sakes helping families facing cancer. they have been doing this for 18 years. ♪ ♪ nfl fans have to pay to seeeed . the service will run $99 a year. last year thursday night streamed live on twitter. that was free, right? >> the deal between nfl and amazon is good for one year worth $50 million. that's five times as much as twitter paid for the same rights. you can see thursday night football on television. not for free because you are paying for cable service. that's that story. moving on, phillies game two of the season in cincinnati. >> you can't win a game if you don't score a run. >> this is true. >> jeremy hellickson may have started the op

rain we have a little bit left in ocean county around toms river, around stratford, we will go to sea isle city we will see light rain there and in ocean city and cluster of thunderstorms at eastern shore of maryland probably will move off shore before we get into delaware, it looks like lingering, maybe within more hour at the shore and then rain is out and we have room for sunshine. it will be another warm one, and then by tomorrow, we will be complaining about the heat and humidity. cold front saturday night into sunday with the chance of the very oldy morning or overnight showers and then that is out and then it should be more comfortable day on sunday, maybe a little sprinkle or two but not a big tiehl. don't cancel any plans because even if there is a chance of showers it is very light. sixty-five in philadelphia, 68 in dover. 56 degrees in mount pocono. we could get close to this record on saturday, tomorrow with 88 degrees, forecasted, 90 is the record high temperature. wand fairing we got in the 80 's yesterday? yes, we did with a high of 81 degrees. today is 83. close to the 90-degree

ocean drive the bridge between avalon and sea isle city closed because of safety concerns and tonighthere's a mad scramble to fix this bridge before the peak tourist season. parade of drivers in avalon and sea isle city being turned away from ocean drive. the toll bridge over townsend's inlet one of three ways to get off the island is now closed until further notice. >> it's pretty dam important if you want to go to a supermarket or cvs over in sea isle. it means an extra, i don't know, 15 miles to go. >> reporter: the closure was after county engineers say an underwater inspection revealed cracks in at least two steel bridge support pilings 20 feet below the water line. >> it's an old bridge. it was built in 1939. it's steel, steel doesn't do so well marine environment and it's a rough inlet to be working in. >> reporter: it wasn't the first time the bridge has been closed. in fact it's been shut down four times in the last five years for maintenance and repairs. >> it turns it from a 15 minute ride to work to probably a 40 minute ride. >> reporter: closure a major inconvenience for

out of the east this picking up at times, an 11 miles per hour breeze in atlantic city and 14 in sea isle city. and a comfortable 9 miles per hour breeze in philadelphia and 17 in wilmington the easterly component to the wind helping to give us the cooler feel for today that is for sure. we are staying below average, 5:00, 59 and sunny breaks. and 7:00, 57 degrees. if you liked it warm we have that in the seven-day forecast. if you like rain we have that too over the weekend. all the details coming up in the seven day. >> thank you karen. >> secretary of defense jim mattis met with saudi arabia's king salman. for a saudi led coalition fighting rebels in yemen and denounced north korea's missile launch as a reckless act of provocation and that the -- >>> published reports say that form news is preparing to cut ties with star commentator bill o'reilly. the reports are in the wall street journal owned by the same company that owns fox news. o'reilly is under mounting pressure after revelations that he and 20th century fox settled multiple sexual harassment complaints. a final resolution of o'reil

the winds sustained at 9 miles per hour in the city but stronger along the coast. 11 in sea isle city right now. pollen forecast is way up the next several days, keep on taking the allergy medicine, as you head off for your evening commute. lots of cloud cover and temperatures reach the low 60s by 4:00 p.m. and lots of cloud cover through the evening at 6:0058 and 7:00, 57 degrees. we get a warm-up tomorrow and details on the accuweather forecast in just a minute. >> thank you. >>> it's a big day if old city where the museum of the american revolution is celebrating its grand opening and former vice president, joe biden, is part of the ceremony taking place across the historic neighborhood all morning. katherine scott is live now with more on the city's newest museum. >> reporter: hi sara, that ribbon cutting is about to take place. the crowd is standing for a beautiful rendition of america the beautiful and joe biden just left the podium and they spoke about the poshs of this museum for the city and for the country. the opening was certainly grand for the museum of the american revol

we are sustained at 7 miles an hour in sea isle city. sixteen in the city.hteen in reading. 12 miles an hour in trenton. and wilmington. satellite six with action radar. you can see we have dry quiet conditions high pressure situated to our south and we have an area of low pressure over new england. because we have this low to the north and high to the south, it was a little bit on the breezy side today but the wind will relax later on tonight. so underneath moon lit sky over next 12 hours we will drop down to 33 in the suburbs and 38 degrees in philadelphia for overnight low. here's future tracker six waking up at 8:00 on sunday in the a bad start. 40 degrees is number in philadelphia. thirty-nine in reading. forty-three in the poconos. at the coast in cape may. and in wildwood we are in the upper 40's. by 3:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon easily climbing in the middle up toker 60's across the delaware and lehigh valleys. thinks just the beginning. we have got a summer preview on the way as we get into early next week. jet stream moves all the way to the nort

you can see near sea isle city it's damp. in cape may, smyrna, delaware it's damp and west of wilmington. let's go outside and show you what it looks like because sky6 live hd is looking live in penns landing where we have lots of clouds. we'll see breaks in the clouds in allentown. south of the city you're stuck in the clouds. a degrees in philadelphia. 45-degree dewpoint. a lot of moisture is running into somewhat drier air mass and kind of falling a part. nonetheless it's going to be damp and gloomy and cool the next couple of days. the pressure is holding steady. the winds are easterly. when you have the easterly component to the wind, the ocean temperature is 52 you're bringing in the moisture you've got more cloud cover and that's what we're seeing. satellite and radar showing the rain that's trying to spread up through the region. i want to go wider here. here's the area of low pressure you see the spin in the atmosphere. that's going to take a couple of days to draw up here, today and tomorrow all this moisture works

. >> easter celebrations got an early start in sea isle city. there was an easter egg hunt today.scrambled to pick up as many treats as their baskets would hold. the event was held for children under 11. >> students and teachers at central bucks east battled it out tonight in a lip sync battle raising money for cradle to crayoncrayons collects suppliesr children in need. >> hundreds attended a fundraiser at the country club for peets sakes helping families facing cancer. they have been doing this for 18 years. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, payment, withdrawal, or transfer each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're alright with simply right checking from santander bank. ♪ are you feeling alright, baby? ♪ from santander bank. ♪ ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable

ten miles in philadelphia. 14 in wilmington and dover. 21 in sea isle city that's sustained winds right now. 14 miles per hour in atlantic city. you see the motion of it out of the east/northeast that's pulling in the damp air off the ocean. satellite and radar showing this batch of showers that's been working its way up. here's the next batch it was starting in cape may. that's going to lift near philadelphia. the heavier stuff to the south and west. look at the moisture, double barrel area of low pressure it will be tracking up the coast, we'll get an inch of rain tomorrow. today we had the showers, periods of rain in and out, tomorrow it will be heavier. here's what it looks like through the afternoon. normally we would be in the upper 60s. today the upper 50s. cloudy and cool. damp at times, 2:00 p.m., 57. 4:00 p.m., 59. 6:00 p.m. dipping down from that 56. 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m., lots of clouds, maybe a shower around, we do expect it to get higher in the lehigh valley. you will be in the low 60s. 59 degrees in the city, 56 for your high in allentown. cooler than we normally see. thi

sea isle city seeing showers. it's escaping cape may now. morris river, corbin city, the atlantic city area, seeing a few rain drops that move into burlington county. these are moving to the northeast, though. you see it's already starting to dry out. they're clearing out, and that's going to make way for sunshine and a big warmup. 60s now. this time of year, we should be closer to the 50-degree mark. we're 15 degrees above that this morning in philadelphia. lehigh valley and suburbs in the 50s. delaware now drying out. 63 degrees. still some showers in south jersey. rain cools down to 63 in clayton, washington is 64, along with adco. rain showers didn't cool things down too much. in fact, where it's dry, lumberton, cooler, 58 in hopewell township. starting off warm, and going to be summer-like. going to feel like june for the end of april. 65 degrees at 7:00 in philadelphia. 77 at 11:00. then into the 80s at 3:00 this afternoon. it will likely go a little bit warmer than that, up to 84 today. sunny skies for the suburbs. the clouds are alrea

jersey shore drivers you may have have to plan alternate route if you're traveling near sea isle citye bridge that text connects two towns just closed. >> not good timing much the town sent inlet bridge is getting a emergency repairs after inspectors found a crack in one of the peers. get this. a driver noticed the structural problem yesterday. cape may county says part of the peer also is showing movement. >> it is serious condition right now as it is, but it's only one peer that we have to work on. so, you know, we're working under an emergency. we'll get a contractor out there shortly. as soon as we get the development of the plans. >> lots of people getting ready to head to the shore. foster says the bridge should be reopened by memorial day. hopefully. just in time for the summer ru rush. >>> a new jersey high school senior has got some options an big decision to make soon. she's been septembered to all eight ivy league colleges. in addition to those eight, she also got into stanford. aunt achiever i guess. she says the tough decision now is which school to pick. >> i got into ha

. >> it was a similar scene in sea isle city, a little less crowded, but still plenty of people soaking up that sun around some even taking a dip in the ocean. >> to chester county, this was an especially special easter sunday for members of the calgary fellowship in downing town. now, this was the first service back inside its own building in 16 months. now back in january of 2016 the roof collapsed under heavy snow, and so for the past 16 months the church has been holding services inside a school gym. in philadelphia two men are in the hospital after a shooting just before 11:00 this morning in southwest philadelphia. it happened on chester street. one man was shot in the chest and the other in the arm. police have yet to make an arrest. >>> new information tonight about a chase, a crash and carjacking in upper darby. tonight a man is being held on $1 million bail and facing ten felony charges as a woman and her 6-year-old neese are still in the hospital. nbc 10's aundrea cline-thomas is outside the hospital where the 6-year-old is being treated and the man behind this all is also in

getting that break the rain is returning encompassing cape cape may county and that will head into sea isle city have an area of low pressure off to our south. the stronger thunderstorm activity is closer to that center of the low down as we look towards the virginias. again we'll just see light showers working through over the next several hours but more inclement weather is in store as we head into monday and tuesday but for overnight tonight, shower activity wrapping up as we head into our sunday. we will get some times of sunshine in store especially across northern parts of the area but then a cloud deck does quickly return as we head into that sunday evening and then as we head into monday, we'll see some shower activity returning from south to north. other models painting in this area of precipitation moving more northbound earlier in the day on monday and then on monday night we will see widespread shower activity and through the day on tuesday. periods of rain and some could be heavy at times along with some embedded thunderstorms so monday and tuesday not looking so great. high tempera

maybe you're heading northbound, moving toward sea isle city. route 422 looks great. we'll end with drive times, eight minutes only on the eastbound side from 29 to the schuylkill. an average speed into the 60s. >> thanks. >>> happening today, philadelphia's fire commissioner will speak out about new details in the death of a firefighter. joyce craig was the city's first female firefighter to die in the line of duty. a new report details what led to her death inside. it includes photos from inside the burning west oak lane home where she died in 2014. nbc10's pamela osborne joins us live from the fire administration building in northern liberty. the fire department says the death has led to changes. tell us more about that. >> reporter: that's right. the commissioner is prepared to talk about those changes later on this morning. changes the department has made as a result of this. officials say fire lieutenant joyce craig died because a hose that supplied her with oxygen had burned through. in addition, the nefrinvestigat uncovered problems with how colleagues respond

if you're trying to get to sea isle city, no problems so far. roads look good. >> thank you. >>> a jersey shore candidate is on the defense after a controversial video surfaced it of him. >> you know, it definitely seemed like a setup of some sort. >> we'll show what he said in the video that's gotten him kicked off his own party's ticket. >>> deadline nearing. we talk to a financial expert about what you need to know before tax day. >>> and asking a stranger, someone you don't know may help you find the perfect online profile picture. ♪ "turn around... every now and then i get a little bit hungry and there's nothing really good around. turn around... every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air... turn around, barry. i finally found the right snack."♪ "each with one hundred fifty calories or less, try our chocolaty brownies, tangy lemon bars, and creamy cheesecakes. fiber one, >>> 5:45. >> an official caught using crude language when speaking to a woman. take a look. >> you [ bleep ] me. are you any good? >> po

starting on the garden state parkway, we're watching through the cape may toll plaza headed toward sea isle city. if you're headed further southbound, looks like there's police activity fresh on the scene through the toll plaza. we'll keep an eye on that, and i'll double check. either way, you see it's not messing with the roads now. everything looks good in both directions. watch for construction at least that's supposed to be clearing on mlk between the art museum circle area and sweetbriar drive. they're forcing traffic off at sweetbriar drive. that was supposed to be there until 5:00 this morning. about right now, pay attention to some construction crews in the area. and you can take the schuylkill expressway as your alternate because that's clear for now. eastbound on 29 -- from 29 to the schuylkill on 422, just an eight-minute trip. average speeds there into the mid 60s. >> thanks. >>> following breaking news of an all-out fight to get an apartment building fire under control in pennsauken. one firefighter is injured. nbc10's matt delucia joins us live on scene. what can you tell us? >> re

atlantic city right now, sea isle city, ocean city, after plan looking at showers and north and westeading and looking at showers across parts of the area. as we focused in and expand the view you can see some of that moisture will be continuing to move up from the south. so raining around washington d.c.. some of that will head in our direction. temperatures rights now only 53, atlantic city, 54 wildwood and 57 currently in wilmingto wilmington. 55 currently in allentown. as we move to places like cinnaminson. 52. bordentown 50 and camden 53 and sea isle 51. grab umbrella. keep it handy for scattered showers today. running errands and headed to brunch likely looking at showers. 62 the high today and 63 for tomorrow. tomorrow will be the drier of the two weekend days. below average temperatures for now but a warm-up in the 7 day forecast and we'll talk about when it expect more in the way of sunshine. lauren. >> maybe for the big crowds and nfl drafts. thank you so much. we have a warning for temple students after a man shot several times in philadelphia not far from the campus. jenn

emergency repairs have forced the closure of a bridge connecting sea isle city and a of lon.found a crack in one of the supporting piers. the damage is 30 feet under water. officials hope to finish repairs before memorial day. >>> now we'll send it over to karen rogers. karen hopefully things are looking better elsewhere. >> yeah, we've got some fog in spots. we've had a a lot of problems with bridges in the area. here's the ting in bucks county. this is i-95 at the scudder falls bridge its no the everywhere but we're noticing visibility in some areas a quarter of a mile or so-so you need to be careful as you're traveling right now with this low level moisture. and into new jersey it's causing a problem on the new jersey turnpike. if you're traveling between exit 5a and 7a, we do have speed restrictions of 45 miles an hour and within this area is one of the spots where i noticed quarter mile visibility. mass transit we continue to have issues with that train derailment from sunday so the northeast corridor on a modified schedule with amtrak. new jersey transit continues on a

engineers closed the townsend's inlet bridge connecting avalon and sea isle city in cape may county.pectors found a crack in a support beam. other beams are wearing out, too. there was no timeline for when the repairs will be finished. >>> new details now about what caused two septa trolley cars to crash into each other back in january. federal investigators say a faulty emergency brake button is to blame. more than 40 people were hurt in the collision in the city's palatin neighborhood. both were heading west on lancaster avenue when one rear ended the other. >>> and men's basketball champion after falling short to villanova one year ago. the title came gown to the wire with the tar heels and gonzaga. the sticky defense clinched the sixth championship in north carolina school history. >>> and dawn staley is showing her philadelphia pride. the former basketball star that led south carolina to the national championship sunday. here she is giving a shout out to her roots on north broad. >> i got to go back to my temple days. those are the guys that really believed in our vision, and we

. >> commuter alert, bridge that connect avalon and sea isle city is shutdown indefinately. cape may county closed the town sent inlet bridge avenge nears found crack under water in one of the piles that supports the bridge. it is unclear how long it will take for those repairs. >> meanwhile, a dangerous situation on the pennsylvania turnpike state police are looking for two men who reportedly through rocks and steel at cars. police say two damaged six cars, including this one, with a shattered windshield sunday afternoon near levittown. investigators say the men hurled the items from grounds level, while standing behind a concrete barrier by the westbound lanes. >> i noticed a guy stranding beside one of the concrete barriers with a rock, throwing it across the barrier, and he hit my windshield t could have killed me very easily. >> now, if caught the two men face a criminal misdemeanor charge for propulsion every misaims. >>> two women in the philadelphia fire department have shattered another glass ceiling, now the first to fill their high ranking positions. >> linda long

it connects sea isle city with avalon.e to finish repairs before memorial day. >> were your time now 5:57. back in the game. hundreds of people at a local sports clothing company have just learned their are safe. >> setup for the nfl draft in philadelphia is starting to have an impact on the roads. we'll run down the parking restrictions that took effect overnight next. >> ♪ i'm val. the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. i represent the money you save for the future. who's he? he's the green money you can spend now. what's up? gonna pay some bills, maybe buy a new tennis racket. he's got a killer backhand. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. >> ♪ >> "action news." dells leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tam tam, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6 o'clock on this wednesday apec. tam is off, jeanette reyes joins us. here's what's happening. >> the search is on for the two killers who shot three people to deck near a in order school.

starting on the garden state parkway, we're watching through the cape may toll plaza headed toward sea isle city. if you're headed further southbound, looks like there's police activity fresh on the scene through the toll plaza. we'll keep an eye on that, and i'll double check. either way, you see it's not messing with the roads now. everything looks good in both directions. watch for construction at least that's supposed to be clearing on mlk between the art museum circle area and sweetbriar drive. they're forcing traffic

. >> in other news, emergency repairs have shut down the bridge linking avalon to sea isle city. cape may county closed the towns lent inlet bridge avenge nears found crack under water in one of the peers that supports the bridge. bridge is shutdown indefinately. pennsylvania state police are looking for two men who allegedly through rocks and reinforcement steel at passing cars on the pennsylvania turnpike. this is the damage to one of toast carls. it happened sunday afternoon near mile marker 337. that's near levittown. investigators say the men hurled the items from ground level while standing behind a concrete barrier by the westbound lanes. >> and a guy standing beside one of the concrete barriers with a rock, thrown it across the barrier, and he hit my windshield t could have killed me very easily. >> morons. six cars were damaged. police have vague description of the two men if caught and hopefully they will be they face criminal misdemeanor charge for propulsion every missiles. >> investigators are trying to pinpoint what sparked this fire that destroyed bucks county barn

jersey shore, sea isle city, 75. same number for cape may. atlantic city 74. you travel inland.k at millville, 80s, speed well, 84 degrees, a delightful finish to the weekend him -- weekend. feeling like june later this afternoon. we have unfortunately, cooler weather on the way and a chance of rain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. guys. >> a sea of worshipers gathered at st. peter's square to hear the message by pope francis. >> in the wake of attacks on coppic churches inpt. coptic christians will be targets of militant in egypt. during mass last night, he under the faithful to keep hope alive for a better future. >> vice president mike pence is in south korea to rally support against north korea and his weapons program. this morning pens spoke to troops stationed in south korea. he said a failed missile test was a provocation and reminder of the risk they face. he would hold meetings with south south korean prime minister and japan. it was a medium range missile that exploded 4 to 5 seconds into the flight. north korea paraded the weapons through the streets o

. >> new tonight a bridge linking avalon to sea isle city is closed for repairs after engineers foundack under water in one of the piles that supports the bridge. the bridge is shut down in levelly. >> a bomb blast tears through a subway train in russia. there's been no immediate claim of responsibility for that attack which came as president putin was visiting the city. it is believed islamic extremism could be behind the terrorism. hours after the blast police found and diffused an explosive device at another train station. >> an historic showdown is in the works on capitol hill over president trump's supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. democrats have enough votes to mount a filibuster. senate republicans are vowing to use the so-called nuclear option on friday and change senate rules. that means gorsuch will be confirmed with just 51 republican votes. >> i concluded that judge gorsuch doesn't share a mainstream view of the constitutional rights as they apply to individuals. their right to liberty, they're right to privacy. >> we will not have a successful filibuster of a supreme co

. >> new tonight a bridge linking avalon to sea isle city is closed for repairs after engineers founde of the piles that supports the bridge. the bridge is shut down in levelly. >> a bomb blast tears through a subway train in russia. there's been no immediate claim of responsibility for that attack which came as president putin was visiting the city. it is believed islamic extremism could be behind the terrorism. hours after the blast police found and diffused an explosive device at another train station. >> an historic showdown is in the works on capitol hill over president trump's supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. democrats have enough votes to mount a filibuster. senate republicans are vowing to use the so-called nuclear option on friday and change senate rules. that means gorsuch will be confirmed with just 51 republican votes. >> i concluded that judge gorsuch doesn't share a mainstream view of the constitutional rights as they apply to individuals. their right to liberty, they're right to privacy. >> we will not have a successful filibuster of a supreme court nominee because i

you get into cape may, the villas, dell haven, wildwood, sea isle city, these areas in the upper 60s 70s thanks to a sea breeze. philadelphia, 84. trenton, 83. allentown, 78 degrees. for today let's start out with the northwestern suburbs, downingtown, 66. lancaster, 66. kutztown, 65 degrees, increasing clouds for the i-95 corridor. temperatures around 66 or 67. and then south and east we go cooler on the water this afternoon thanks to the ocean breeze, sea isle, 58 degrees. cape may, 57. you go half-hour inland, millville, 64. south for the nationals phillies game, 1:05 p.m. nationals park expect clouds and limited sun and high temperatures in the mid 70s. easter sunday looks absolutely gorgeous, one of the warmest easter sundays in 20 years. 4:00 p.m., 85 degrees, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, a nice quite weekend, 67 degrees, mostly cloudy today. sun and clouds tomorrow, 85. monday, sun and clouds, 75. tuesday, dry, partly sunny, 67. wednesday, thursday, friday, it begins to turn unsettled we get an upper level low that sits over top of us, lots of clouds and clouds

. >> emergency repairs have forced officials to close the bridge connecting sea isle city and avalon. expecters found a crack along the toll bridge along ocean drive. the damage is 30 feet under water and the hope is that it can be repaired by memorial day. drivers have to use route 9 or the garden state parkway. >>> preparations are beginning along the ben franklin parkway and making congestion worse. "action news's" sara bloomquist, is live in fairmount this afternoon with a look at what is going on and how it will affect all of you. >> reporter: hi brian, the first of the parking restrictions affecting the nfl draft start at midnight tonight and go until the middle of may. the first own pennsylvania avenue, but this is just the beginning, many more start next week. >> you can't park here? are you kidding me. >> not kidding. see the signs? here are the orange cones. parking will be restricting on the 2400 block of pennsylvania avenue, this map gives you a better idea of the stretch. >> i am here four days a week a park here. >> nancy is in the apartments in the fairmount section and

. >>> money repairs forced officials to close the bridge between sea isle city and avalon.y found a crack in the pier at the toll bridge along ocean drive. the damage is 30 felt under water and the hope is that the repairs could be finished before memorial day and drivers have to use route 9 or the garden state parkway instead. >>> lets see how the transit is going tonight. matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> for drivers down the shore, trying to avoid the closed bridge not looking bad at the garden state parkway the worst speeds are 50 miles per hour. not too bad at this point. same cannot be said in lawrence township. mercer county route 1 an overturned vehicle accident with lots of police on the scene taking out the left lane, are you jammed coming north on 1, stay on 295, you are better off there. and slow speeds along 95 and the schuylkill expressway and at least our crash on the walt whitman bridge new jersey ground is gone but delays linger, the slow speeds on 95 northbound side at the girard point bridge and a broken down pickup truck on the northbound side of

chester county we zoom in too cape may county in new jersey, and around dennis township, around sea isle city, delaware, around bear, delaware. and the south of that, around middle tile. so that's where we're seeing some rain this morning, more will be spreading through the area over the next couple of hours, 52 degrees in philadelphia, only get to 60 today. and then high of only 57 tomorrow. remember how saturday was? i think that's the way we will be tomorrow. it will rain on and off all day. 68 degrees on wednesday. rain end in the morning, it starts it get better. seventy-eight on thursday. eighty-five on friday. what? eighty-nine on saturday? well, that's almost 90 degrees. now, that's a little ridiculous for april, but we will see thousand plays out. the point is of course, ladies, that we will be warming up over the weekend. >> yes, that's what we're looking for, for the draft. >> for the draft, perfect timing. >> so the mural arts program has been asked by the nfl to get involved in the draft. philly murals so much a part of our city so people come to see philly they need to see our m

it is 52 in sea isle city, mullica 54. fifty-one in mercerville in new jersey.ll only be 58 degrees, not much warmer then we are right now, on and off rain, throughout the day, heaviest downpours in the afternoon possible thunderstorms as well, and we could end up with an inch and a half or so of rain when all said and done, bob kelly, yuck >> 6:34. here we go as promised ramp from the vine street expressway to the parkway will go in shut down mode. here we go. there is no access from the westbound vine to get up to the parkway when it dumps you at the art museum and right at franklin institute. so now everybody is seeing the barrier and there is only one option and that is go all the way up to the schuylkill expressway and then goe or west and flip the u turns. i can only imagine the conversation that are being had in those cars right now as folks are being faced with those detours off of the 676. even if you are not going to the ramps and trying to get through town it is difficult over the next couple of days. road are wet. we have wipers on. that water main b

we saw a brief shower move through just south of sea isle city. the main action is inland. pottstown, you're getting rain. it's quickly moving toward reading and coo tstown. allentown area is dry for now. trenton is drying out, but hopewell township is getting rain as it just clears burlington and abington this morning. that's for now. this is later this morning and this afternoon. the system that was here yesterday will be swinging in bringing wind and rain. you'll need the rain gear. temperatures, they're going to be holding steady for most of the day. 54 now in the lehigh valley. still waiting for rain. that's why the temperature has creeped up. 53 in delaware. and 53 in philadelphia. high temperatures will be in the 50s later on today. 55 degrees with new jersey seeing rain. a chance of some thunderstorms. there's a chance you'll see some of the storms develop in delaware. most of the day we're going to be looking at rain. town pours set for this afternoon -- downpours set for this afternoon. i'll break it down to show when the heavier rain showers will likely reach you

the ocean drive bridge connecting avalon and sea isle city closed until further notice, found crack on two of the bridges support pilings. emergency repairs on the town sent inlet crossing will begin right away, could take weeks or even longer to finish that. cape may county officials say the goal is to have the bridge open by memorial day weekend. >> we're very concerned. we got to get this bridge reopened. here we are, we're in spring, coming up on memorial day weekend, and the businesses are really hurting when that bridge does close. >> this is the fifth time in four years the bridge has been closed for maintenance or repair problems. >> also, some more travel troubles, for anyone who takes the train into new york city t could be days before full service is resumed at penn station in new york following a derailment on monday. three cars derailed on new jersey transit train, as it was approaching the platform. amtrak says a switching machine was damaged. service cannot resume on these tracks until they fix it. it was the second derailment in less than two weeks at that station, no s

that bridge which connects sea isle city and avalon has been shut down for repairs.ow, this comes after inspectors found a crack in one of the peers. a driver noticed the structural problem yesterday. cape may county engineer dale foster says part of the peer also showed movement. >> it is serious condition right now as it is but it's only one peer that we have to work on. so, you know, we're working under an emergency. we'll get a contractor out there shortly. as soon as we get the development of the plans. >> foster says the bridge should be reopened by memorial day weekend just in time for the summer rush. hopefully. >>> nj transit commuter cos see delays for several more hours after yesterday's derailment at penn station in new york. nj transit operating on limited schedule until at least tomorrow morning while repairs are made. officials from both nj transit and amtrak are working around the clock. the track shut downs are affecting traffic up and down the northeast corridor. thankfully no one was hurt in that derailment. >>> well, we've had some hope but on the

those of you heading to sea isle city have to cross over. no problems or delays so far.have more updates for you for the rest of the morning when i come back. for now, we'll check the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >>> looking good as we get closer to sunrise, about six minutes away. 47 degrees, mainly in the clear. at 6:25, the neighborhood forecast ahead. >> reporter: the nfl draft is coming, but the road closures are coming first. we'll break it down coming up after the break. >>> plus, what -- whether you buy for a former leader of the free world, ask another one. the gift that bill clinton gave to george bush that will add creative flair to his wardrobe. vanessa: i got hurt and was given painkillers. by the time the drugs ran out, i was addicted. it happened so fast. i ended up on the streets, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. i was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. when i realized i needed help i didn't know where to go. but i got help and you can too. you're not alone. help is within reach. call 844 reach nj or visit r

over the next few months for drivers down the shore, the ocean drive bridge connecting avalon and sea isle cityclosed until further in the. engineers found cracks on at least two of the bridges support pilings. now, emergency repairs on the townsend inlet crossing, that will take place right away, but it could take weeks even well a whole lot longer to finishing. cape may county says the goal is to have the bridge fudge i shall by memorial day weekend. >> we're very concerned, weaver it get the bridge reopened. we're in spring, coming up on memorial day weekend, the bits cents are really hurt whg the bridge does close. >> by the way this is the fifth time in four years the bridge has been closed for maintenance, or repair problems. >>> also, we've got some more travel troubles to tell you becomes if you ever take the train up to new york sit. rail officials say it could be days before they get the full service resumed at new york penn station. following this minor derailment, they had on monday, what happened was there were three cars in the middle of one of the new jersey transit trains that w

along with sea isle city. 61 degrees right now in wildwo wildwood. upper 50s for cinnaminson.potty shower. temperatures once again into the low 50's and then for tomorrow, we'll keep those clouds around. 64 degrees. still a shower chance out there but take a look at the weather authority seven day forecast. we're talking that unsettled pattern for the weekend and early next week there could be a coastal system that kind of lingers. so, yeah, we stay unsalted. but look at wednesday 75 degre 75 degrees. next thursday 82 and what about mid 80s by friday of next week. so it looks like unsettled weather next several days, but better weather to kick off the nfl draft. guys back over to you. >> we like better weather, sco scott. diet soda dangers. why scientists say it could be messing with your brain? >>> and what was that? the crazy animal scene running down the street in las vegas. an burglar breaks in to a philadelphia apartment. what the woman who lives there said that sent that burglar ru running. congressman macarthur promised to protect our health care. but when right-wing po

chopper three over towns end inlet bridge earlier to day it connects sea isle city and avalon and cape may county. monday engineers found a crack 30 feet below water in one of the peers that supports the bridge. they hope to have it fixed by memorial day. >>> people in philadelphia are commemorating at as nation of the reverend doctor martin luther king, junior. he was assassinated in memphis tennessee, 49 years ago today. a group walk across ben franklin bridge to commemorate doctor king's a as nation this morning. reverend david brown says it is also a day to promote peace throughout city. >> good time to connect with other people, all of the neighbors in philadelphia, and some of the volatile and polarizing times in which we live it gives us an opportunity to renew our commitment to work for peace in our neighborhood. >> annual bridge walk for peace is the longest, running commemoration of the assassination of doctor king. today marks the 50th anniversary of doctor kick's famous speech, beyond vietnam where he denounced america's presence in vietnam. >>> a local school nurse is bein

pushing past sea isle city, atlantic city the last few raindrops there. these are the showers from overnight. already moving out of the area. that's it for showers today. you won't need the umbrellas. take the light clothing and sunglasses, seeing sunshine and a quick warmup. 62 degrees now in new jersey. the lehigh valley at 58. some areas of light fog in delaware. 60 degrees. the clouds are breaking over crawly stadium, wilmington. 66. any fog will disappear like that as temperatures climb. 77 degrees at 11:00 this morning. warming into the 80s this afternoon. 82 in the suburbs. 84 in philadelphia. look at the 80s. one exception to the 80s, that's the shore. it will warm. there it is, up to 74 this afternoon. i'll go through it hour by hour and show you how quickly the temperatures take off when i come back in ten minutes. first, to the traffic. on a friday, jessica boyington is standing by. jess? >>> i like that better. this is my morning. good morning, everybody. 422 is where we're watching around trooper road. eight minutes now in the eastbound side

upper 50's atlantic city kind of zoom in and show you mid 50s beach haven. 53 degrees right now sea isle city. cape may point checking in at 55. upper 60s as you move toward cinnaminson and bordentown. so we'll take you hour by hour. temperatures pretty comfortable but grab those light jackets. we'll fall to around 56 degrees at 9:00 o'clock. continuing hour by hour low 50s by 10:00 o'clock. and then overnight temperatures yeah it will get a little chil chilly. 42 degrees atlantic city. 43 pottstown. 47 in philadelphia. but the bottom line for your upcoming east weekend, take a look at tomorrow. 66 degrees a seasonal saturday. and then temperatures soar look at that expected high temperature on sunday. 84 degrees. coming up we'll have the travel forecast, that pollen update and talk about some areas that could see a little bit of rain for a part of holiday weekend. back over to you. >> all right, thank you scott. happening now, a horse that made a break from its stable in philadelphia's strawberry mansion section is back where it belongs tonight. while on the lamb it galloped through the city

we have cloud skies and showers popping up pushing off the coast of cape may, wildwood and sea isle city. there's the view, lots of clouds this morning, expect to see that through the majority of the afternoon. 59 degrees today. periods of rain. tomorrow, we catch a break, 63 sun, more rain arrives monday and tuesday, temperatures in the 50s. a few minutes. >> great reminder, rob, thank you. we miss you in here. ron is going to struggle through his newscast this morning. >> i think he's coming back in a little while hopefully. >> what's popping? >> well, good morning to you, dan and paula. good morning to you. welcome back from hawaii. >> thanks. >> and good morning, everyone. we're going to begin in florida where at least 800 homes have been evacuated as firefighters work through the night battling a large brush fire officials are calling suspicious in origin. residents of indian lakes estates south of orlando under mandatory evacuation orders, flames rising as high as 150 feet in the air and spreading to at least 600 acres. authorities vowing to find out who is responsible. >> i can te

we have 52 sea isle city. low 50s a along the boardwalk. high pressure moving out to see.arm front will advance during the day today. we'll keep some of the clouds, but it looks like the majority of the holiday weekend will be dry. and then tomorrow out ahead of this cold front, if you will, temperatures are going to sore due to winds out of the south and west. but by 5:00 most of the showers and thunderstorms still off to the north and west of us. once again most of us staying dry until late on sunday evening. as far as those temperatures for today, 66, increasing clouds for the philadelphia area. and then take a look at that planner for easter sunday. sunrise services, temperatures already into the low six 30s, 77-degrees by brunch. by the afternoon, look, 84-degrees for the high temperature. we'll go hour by hour across the area and watch how those temperatures really start to warm. by 9 a.m. on easter, 72 philadelphia. we're looking at 71 sploipt, 72 in wilmington. the rain stays well to the north and west and look at the temperatures by the afternoon. 5:00 84, 83 tren

you can see not too far just north of the sea isle city on the garden state parkway and rain in lancaster county and less in coatsville a sprinkle or drizzle there heavier rain this afternoon and it is on and off throughout the day. evening rush could be sloppy and then tomorrow evening thunderstorms popping up after on and off showers throughout the early part of the day, everything lingering until wednesday morning and by wednesday night it is out of here and then we will get ready for dramatic warm up. sixty today. sixty-eight on wednesday which is pretty seats nal we are up in the 70's on thursday and friday and saturday we are in the upper 80's. we will be complaining about the heat and humidity guys before you know it. >> it is almost amazing how we will get colder weather and it is raining and then literally right before the big moments of the draft. >> roger goodell purchased this forecast. >> he had enough money too. >> power of the nfl in our country. >> i was just looking over history of temple football. there has been about 50 players who made it to the nfl >> could there be n

sea isle city, at this point, you're getting hit with them.showers throughout the day. and it will be a little bit of cool unless we get some sunshine. the pennsylvania suburbs, we'll be in the mid-50s today. the lehigh valley, you'll be in the low to mid-50s. any sunshine, we hit the 60s across the area. rosemary? >> thanks, tammy. >>> new this morning, philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who took off on a bicycle after the shooting. it happened on susquehanna avenue in north philadelphia just before 12:30 this morning. the victim is in critical condition. because the shooting happened near temple's campus, the university sent an alert to students in the overnight hours, telling them to use caution and to avoid the area. >>> now to new details about a philadelphia youth soccer coach accused of raping one of his players. immigration officials tell nbc 10 that francisco prado-contreras was in the u.s. illegally. this week, police arrested him on statutory rape charges. they say the teenager came to him looking for a job, but instea

we have 47 sea isle city and 47 degrees right now along the boardwalk. we'll take you hour by hour.degrees. temperatures top out in the low 60's, a nice afternoon. we're look, at upper 50's though down the shore. 61 degrees for the lehigh valley. the seven-day forecast shows you that rainfall for monday into tuesday, upper 50's, low 60's, kind of nasty both days there t then we turn the corner wednesday and look at 80's in time for the nfl draft. back over to you. >> scott i wish you could hear sean's stomach growling over here. >> i'm reading about food and my tom is tha stomach. >> it looks cooks and some say even tastes like ground beef. there's a newburger on the market that has no meat at all. to me, it's not a burger. >> yeah. >> scientists in los angeles have been working on perfecting the meatless burger. according to ethan brown, ceo of beyond meat his team has created a meatless burger that he says has both the flavor and the texture of real meat. >> we take materials from plants, we take protein we take fat, et cetera, from plants and we run them through heating cooling a