septa is focused on distracted commuting this morning. if you find yourself engrossed in your cell phone, texting, e-mails, you may have a conversation with a septa office tore day who wants to let you no he about the importance of staying aware of your surroundings. in london, the the phrase is mind the gap, here in philadelphia today you may hear septa remind to you stay back from the edge. the it is septa's recent safety blitz aimed at riders who get distracted and fine themselves too close to the yellow line. >> let's go, guys. >> reporter: this campaign comes as septa steps up police patrol due to recent violence. during peak hours after school when students flood the system septa doubled the number of officers hoping to prevent brawls like this one recently caught on cell phone video involving teenagers. >> kid being kid but we want to keep them going. because you let three or four stay, three or four turn into zero or 20. >> reporter: recently a 17 year-old female student was punched by a man on the trolley and police are still on

septa is stepping up those patrols here, calling it a safety blitz aimed at distract driving. a distract commuting rather. they are reminding riders not to be so engrossed in reading, social media, phones that they cross yellow line and step off a platform and on to the the track. the this is called stay back from the edge. police officers and safety officers will be out here at somerset station which serves septa's market frank for line reminding folks to be aware of their surroundings. meantime septa a a police stepped up patrols in light of the violence during peak hour when students flood the system septa doubled number of office are on patrol hoping to prevent brawls like this one recently caught on a cell phone. >> we have about an extra hundred officers on duty throughout our is tell and various locations. usually where we have a lot of schools feeding into the system that is where those officers will be. >> reporter: police are still searching for this man who sexually a assaulted a physically assaulted a a woman at septa's jefferson station monday avenue. anyone with

heading to septa right now, septa officials just tweeted this in the last four minutes that norristown speed line service is suspended until further notice but there's no reason why. i want to pass this along. the rest of mass transit is looking good so far this morning with no other accidents on the highways in pennsylvania. delaware roads, expect to see slippery icy conditions. as far as the rest of the majors in new jersey, we are seeing an accident on 295 northbound approaching route 30. >>> icy conditions is the headline this morning. be careful heading out the door this morning. steps, sidewalks and roads may look wet but can actually be coated in sheets of ice. nbc 10's katy zachry has been experiencing that live in wayne, delaware county. katy, how are the roads and sidewalks there? >> reporter: hi tracy. that was a good checklist you went through. steps, sidewalks, the side streets, this is like a mini ice skating rink i'm standing on right now on the sidewalk right along lancaster avenue. so the curves i can tell you i've been testing out throughout the morning. the curbs are

septa we have a few new schedules in effect for new city, frontier and victory division. if you are traveling any three of these be mindful of that. in regard to mass transit as a whole there are no major delays ukee. >>> in sports flyers get a point on the road against the the canadiens but they could have had more. matt read scored in the first minute of the game to give the fly guys an early lead but that was all the the offense that the flyers generated and the canadiens scored in the third period to send the game to overtime. ray emery stopped 39 shots on the night but canadiens would win tonight overtime. your final score was two-one. >>> emery will be between the pipes for a while now because you we are getting reports number one goalie steve mason, has a knee injury and he had that knee scoped yesterday. flyers are saying he will be out two to three weeks with the lower body injury. now mason left sunday's game with the capitols and had to be helped to the locker room. one report says it is his third minor operation on the very same knee. >>> college hoops now tem

he sued septa.r, the agency settleed for 240 grand of the just $10,000 short of the maximum payment allowed under the law. >> do you think $240,000 is a significant amount to pay out since this agency is funded both with tax dollars and riders fares. >> it is a significant amount and we, you know, hope that in most situations that our employees act properly where we're not libel. >> reporter: and what about rogers promotion? about seven months after epps went tumbling, nikola rogers moved up as septa and got a pay hike. she's now a trainer. teaching others how to safely drive septa buses. >> she did have an 11 minutes of poor judgment and because of that, you know, we accept liability. >> reporter: you don't think that mistake or that judgment call that she made has any impact on the fact that she's tried to train septa bus drivers. >> not at all. >> future bus drivers you think she's fine there. >> she had 16 years as an excellent employee before that incident. >> reporter: septa's williams says ro

look at this septa station. it is shut down. you can see why.moke is pouring over to the elevated tracks right here at this station. >> my goodness. >> it is affecting septa, as well as an hunter elementary school in this intersection. we have made calls to the school advertise trick h in confirmation if there is a delay or if school is closed at this point but we will keep you updateond that because it is really in this area. there are a lot of hoses in those roadways block ago lot of traffic in this area. it will be hard for kid to get to school going to hunter elementary school. >> fur kid go to hunter elementary school, you will in the go for hours. >> hunter is a block away from this fire location here and hunter is at the intersection of front and york which is right there. >> and it was a two alarm fire at payless on the opposite side of this building. this is an abandon building through the black of pay less. the it could be more on two alarms. this is totally destroyed. >> as sun comes up, the smoke is actuallying ago way from our chopp

authorities have released new photos after man they say attack a woman in a septa station. live with the details on what led to this disturbing crime. >> plus, shocking video after grocery store robbery a guy with a gun goes right for a woman working at the counter. the store's owner speaking only to fox this morning. and, sue welcome back. >> well, yes a little less eventful this morning than it was yesterday with all of that ice around. the uneventful weather will not be lasting long. we have another clipper on the way and some arctic temperatures to tell you about coming up in your weather authority forecast. chris? >> sue, thank you $485 million up for grabs tonight. the fifth largest jackpot ever for powerball. oh ya do you have your tickets yet? more importantly will mike jerrick bring more tickets in for you all? you always get in on this. he's giving you guys nice tickets. >> he hands picks the people that he gives tickets to apparently. >> oh, great. >> good day everybody, it is hump day wednesday february 11. also today bob kelly's birthday. happy birthday, bob. >

septa is focused on distracted commuting this morning.urself engrossed in your cell phone, texting, e-mails, you may have a conversation with a septa office tore day who wants to let you no he about the importance of staying aware of your surroundings. in london, the the phrase is mind the gap, here in philadelphia today you may hear septa remind to you stay back from the edge. the it is septa's recent safety blitz aimed at riders who get distracted and fine themselves too close to the yellow line. >> let's go, guys. >> reporter: this campaign comes as septa steps up police patrol due to recent violence. during peak hours after school when students flood the system septa doubled the number of officers hoping to prevent brawls like this one recently caught on cell phone

the car also hit several parked vehicles according to septa. the driver of that car ran away from the scene there in northern liberty in philadelphia. nobody was hurt. >>> also new from overnature philadelphia water crews are repairing a broken main in sultanville. water started gushing out of the pipe here on rising sun avenue around 4:00 this morning. we have been checking with the water department to find out if anybody is without water this morning and when this problem may be fixed. >>> we learned overnight that more than 80 homes now have their water back after a water main break, this is in south philly. this was the scene at rittner and south lambert streets last night as firefighters had to drain water from the basements of several houses. nbc 10 spoke to one of those home owners. >> you have 100-year-old mains, when they start replacing them maybe we won't be having these problems and the city won't be putting out all this money. >> crews repaired the 6 inch main before 1:00 this morning and water service was restored to the homes in

often and says she's thankful for the septa cameras. >> as a septa rider, i want to be assured that protection is top priority. >> if you're on accept tashgs you are on camera. we have 13,000 cameras throughout the system. and it's monitored 24/7. >> reporter: a special victims unit lieutenant told me green has done it before and is likely to commit crimes like this again. right now svu is working to get a dna sample from green to see if he may be linked to any other open cases. >> we have this individual off the street. >> reporter: and they want to keep it that way. i talked to special victims unit lieutenant this afternoon and i asked him what they're going to do considering green's extensive criminal history. he told me they are going to ask for a high bail so green will not get out of jail before his court proceeding. christina della, "nbc10 news." >>> we broke the freezing mark today. as we go through tonight, temperatures will drop below freezing again. 7 p.m. tonight we'll be in the mid-30s around the philadelphia area. by 9:00 we're at that freezing level. by 11:00 tonight

he sued septa. year, the agency settled for 240 grand just 10 thus san dollars short of the maximum payment allowed under the law. >> do you think $240,000 is a significant amount to pay out since this agency is funded both with tax dollars and riders fares. >> it is a significant amount and we, you know, hope that in most situations that our employees act properly we're not libel. >> reporter: and what about rogers promotion? about seven months after epps went tumbling, nikola rogers moved up at septa and got a pay hike. she's now a trainer teaching others how to safely drive septa buses. >> she did have an 11 minutes of poor judgment and because of that, you know, we accept liability. >> you don't think that mistake or that judgment call that she made has any many packet on the fact that she's tried to train septa bus drivers. >>> not at all. >> future bus drivers. >>> she has -- >> she's fine there. >>> she has 16 years an an ex license employee before that incident. >> reporter: septa william sa

i just talked to septa as well. they have bus routes detoured through the area bus routes three, 14, 15-b, the 17, the 48, the 54, the 58, the 60, abe of course, the market frankford line using shuttle buses between the berks and the huntington station. a as we pull out you can see a better view from sky fox. this building, adjacent to the york dauphin market frankford line train station there. as you can see the smoke we're getting folks tweeting from 95, the the schuylkill, even from center city that they can see the thick black smoke coming up, and blowing in towards the the city. that smoke is blowing west, over the neighborhood, up towards the boulevard, up towards the the schuylkill expressway, and they are in the upper right would be what is the train station. you can see how tight those buildings are all together and as steve mentioned we saw fire fighters. it is contain. it looks like it is just a two story f there was a collapse they are back far enough that they don't have any injuries. inside these old b

septa officials hope this resumes at 7:00 this morning. so we'll keep an eye on that and let you know when to expect that. >>> it is not just the roads to be careful of this morning but as you step outside the sidewalks could be covered with a sheet of ice. katy zachry is live in wayne, delaware county where what are conditions like katy? >> reporter: a lot of us know how treacherous the first steps of the morning can be. we saw this firsthand. i can tell you near lancaster avenue, many of the primary roads and the majors the interstates, are looking pretty good because penndot and local street departments have been salting the last few hours. but don't be deceived you can see what looks like a thin layer of very light layers of snow. this, in many cases, overall is very slippery. be aware of that. as i said to you a few minutes ago, there are a few things you don't want to be without this morning. the ice scraper, because there's definitely a layer of ice on your windshield. you're going to want to allow extra time if you're commuting aro

just more information from septa. i'll bring in on the phone ron hopkins from septa headquarters, good morning are you there? >> yes bob good morning. >> morning. give me idea exactly tell our folks what's happening? we have downed wires across one of the regional rail trains? >> yes we had an inbound train over 500 passengers coming from warminster. and pass rosalynn station we did have the wires come down and the train became disabled. so right now we have a train that's standing without power you know, on our warminster line. >> now, ron, what's the game plan here? i actually received a tweet from one of the passengers on that train who said that they're sitting here stuck. and the back and forth with her couple of times. she said the mood is kind of calm. everybody is calm, cool and collected. they were told that their wires are on top of the train. now, are those wires hot? are they live at this time? >> the wires are live, i mean, we have weaver de-energized but still have power in them. until we grounds the wir

septa is planning on building a major parking structure and a new train station. however, some residents there say, they worry about how much traffic it's going to bring into their own neighborhood. right now is cruises by ninth and shaw. come this fall the area will look they ve different. septa's plans call for an entirely new station to be built here. >> it will be more congested. >> the construction, all the noises will be a little hassle. >> reporter: the train now runs through the backyard of those living along ninth street. >> it will be a positive and negative. as far as the noise, that will take away from our peace and tranquility. the positive side of that it will provide transportation for maybe us because we're so close. >> reporter: some worry the new station is going to bring in more people and that means -- are you worried about traffic coming in? >> that is definitely a concern for all of us. >> reporter: septa says the hope is this new station will attract construction and they hope those will be walking here not driving. when it comes to those dr

woman was brutally attacked at a septa station. just down the street from us. and the man who raped her is on the loose this morning. >> it happened at the jefferson station. let's get to steve keeley live there now, bought she is just asking for direction steve? >> well, what happens is when people here have been attacked in center city, especially in the middle of the day at lunch hour, they wonder why didn't anybody see or hear anything? well it, didn't happen in the station itself. it happened in a place that nobody goes where the public's not supposed to go, beyond the metal gate that says employees only danger keep outright near the electrified train tracks. so, police have surveillance video of the two up here on the sidewalk, outside on the street, in chinatown, at lunchtime monday. the woman changed her first version of what happened, and how it start and that could be because of all of the tram an of being beaten up so badly, and that has her still in the hospital two days later. the video shows the man about 25 years old and the woman going into the

. >> and then these attacks difficult to watch, septa riders beaten on separate occasions. now those attacks and others like it have prompted septa to act and we are live with how they plan to protect passengers. >>> a flight that passengers won't soon forget philadelphia airplane makes an an emergency landing. >> young fan has spoken and they pick a sixers new mascot. big blue and fury. meet franklin tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> i'm jessica dean, here are the day's top stories, police identified the man killed in the new jersey turnpike crash at darryl williams of bordentown. the authorities say, they blame icy roads for multiple crashes involving 40 vehicle unless cranberry township last night. parents of the kayla muhler are heart broken. isis sent a family with the e-mail with the photo the owe telling them their daughter is dead. isis claims a jordanian air strike killed the 26 year-old american taken captive while working with humanitarian groups. >>> crews are making progress but portions of roosevelt boulevard near red lion road remain closed after an e

today she stood with septa displaying a new hot line for them to call. >> there are lots of things to do to prevent suicide but this is an important one more than 20% of the deaths at septa are ruled a suicide. in september suicide prevention month septa began working with local municipalities to put up the sign. >> we hope the sign will spark interest in this important issue. >> the installation of these signs at the langhorne station, the hot line number is posted at all septa locations. >> this is a topic people don't like to talk about but septa took it on and said we'll help. >> you the hot line is open seven day a week 1-800-273-talk is the number. >> at the last moment that is the last life line, can you talk to someone that could talk you down. everyone has cell phones today, it's simple make that one more call. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >>> health check tonight, the word cold is going to take on an all new dimension tonight. ali gorman is at the big board with reminders on how to stay safe. >> hi guys i am not looking forward to this, it's dangerously cold have yo

septa. >> that's right.epta officials sent out a tweet in the last few minutes saying if you're taking the regional rail lines, expect delays up to 20 minutes on the trains. keep that in mind. the septa trolleys are operating on a separate schedule. bus route 35 is suspended with a lot of buses on detour when it normally slows. a full list of detours is on nbc10.com. new jersey transit system wide cross-honoring. northeast carter has a modified schedule. patco is operating on a snow schedule with trains running every 15 minutes. new castle county and kent county operating on a fixed route regular service. but theaking you to a live look outside, we are seeing a lot of volume out there. so a lot of people are heading to work this morning as they normally would because this is a heavy volume on 76 right near montgomery drive. you can see both directions pretty slow moving at this point. so that's what we're seeing on 76. we have the normal volume on 95 southbound as well, especially in the center city philadel

a teenager tacked on a septa trolley, thankfully, that man was arrested but septa said that despite videos like this, is violence up or down in our system. we will go right to the heart of septa and ask their top people, in the studio today. >>> and jen freddie's out of the studio at the the philly auto show. look at you, girl. >> thank you, thinks a xc91, one of three in the country but what do you think of this matt finish. the in the so shiny, tell me how you feel bit on twitter the in the so shiny, tell me how you feel bit on twitter and i will tell you narrator: gas prices are down, helping middle class families. but now, the white house wants to impose title ii regulations on your internet meaning new government taxes and fees. every month: you'd pay more. 11 billion dollars a year in new taxes and fees. internet freedoms can be protected with the white house and congress working together, but imposing new tax increases through public utility style regulations will hurt middle class families let's protect the internet we love without regressive taxes and fees. no to title ii. >>> any

regular service is scheduled today on the septa trains the trolley, the septa bus route 35 is suspended. and a whole lot of buses are on detour. the full list is on nbc10.com. coming up we'll update act tram new jersey transit and dart. >>> and we'll check in now on the other roads. this is a live look here at interstate 76 and also 676. the on-ramp there right where the art museum is we continue to keep warning drivers to take it slow this morning. if you have to drive because the roads across the city still have not been plowed. now to delaware with a live look at i-95 from wilmington on top of blue rock stadium, the cars are driving rather slowly there. that's good they are taking their time getting around. >>> and a live look here at our camera across the way here in camden, new jersey. new jersey transportation officials say the salt won't work as well in the extreme cold as they warn drivers to look for icy spots throughout the, mo. now to cape may county where matt delucia is standing by with a live look at conditions in wildwood. matt? >> reporter: well, vai, just behind me a pl

. >>> well, a brutal attack on a septa trolley in philadelphia, while most passengers jumped out of the way, one picks up his cell phone and starts recording. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones tells us what you should do if you find yourself in this situation. >> reporter: it all started here when a group of teens got on a trolley together right here at the septa stop underneath the clothespin. then minutes later, they were fighting. >> the fight was brutal a group of teens attacked and beat up one male and a 17 year-old girl but they were kick several times, punched ape slapped. other passengers sat by and watched, in one got involved and trying to break it up, a move backup by septa police. >> there is no reason to make it any worse then it is or to jeopardize your safety. the best thing you can do is be a good witness for us. use that even if to call 911. >> reporter: trolley operate the or contacted septa police, officers boarded at forty-ninth and lancaster avenue in west philadelphia but by then suspect had runaway. leaving behind the two victims who were interviewed by pol

and septa has the norristown speed line suspended. they just sent out a tweet saying service will resume at 7:30. the problem is they are dealing with equipment issues. i'll keep you updated on that. and the northeast extension, drive times between quakertown and the pennsylvania turnpike pretty average at 21 to 22 minutes. >>> i don't know if anything can top hip-hop, but the sixers are going to try. the 76ers will unveil a new mascot and we confirm it's a fluffy new dog franklin who apparently gets his hair in sandwiches there. so franklin will become the third mascot in sixers history. the rabid character hip-hop was retired four years ago after pulling an acl. he was intimidating. then there was big shot. >> i don't remember big shot. >> he stepped down in 1996. franklin taking the reigns now. >>> look at this weaving out of traffic and then taking off on foot. cameras caught a dramatic chase outside of los angeles. and wait until you see how this one ends. >>> and we are just days away until the deadline now. penalties that you'l

if you're riding septa -- >> just bundle up warm. that's all you can do. >> reporter: -- fellow riders were heralding seat warmers on the broad street line. >> they have seat warmers in there so when you get in there, get all warm and everything. >> reporter: we found everything includes the trains themselves. septa is keeping as many as possible in tunnels overnight. some may have speed restrictions depending on conditions. septa so far has no train modifications to its normal train schedule. it will run as scheduled tomorrow. the bus schedule is slightly modified. the "nbc10 news" app has all the information on it. we're live at 69th street terminal, mitch blacher, "nbc10 news." >>> and in the meantime our meteorologists are tracking the snow and the cold and as mitch told us, thanks to the impns app nbc10 app you can track it as well. it has an enter akinteractive radar and hour by hour forecast. sign up for closing alerts on the "nbc10 news" app. we'll send you a text or e-mail directly to your smartphone. >>> i wouldn't be surpr

one and about septa's safety record at crossings. sometimes the warning bells and dropping gates catch drivers by surprise. >> the first ring of the bell some people will slam on their brakes and then gate will come down on their car. >> reporter: fortunately joe page says in 50 years he has never seen a serious crash at this grates crossing next to his shop but at this east falls crossing a driver had to be rescued from her crumbled car, suffering from serious injuries. >> a second or two from the time the gates, the bells lights begin, to the time the gate start to go in the down position. >> reporter: septa chief safety officer scott sour told me if your car gets stuck like this one on a csx track in newark delaware. >> get out, get everybody out. >> reporter: fortunately the driver by this car struck by a trait in west deptford last summer survived. he cautioned drivers not to stop on the rails if they are stuck in traffic, ahead of them. >> they don't happen that often. but when they dot results are catastrophic. >> reporter: se

. >> right now we are following a developing story impacting septa lines in the city, live wires fell on to a train carrying 500 people this morning and service is disrupted for repairs, happened in rosalind after 8:00 this morning septa says the wires were deenergized before everybody was moved on to a different train "action news" report, chad pradelli is gathering more information for us and he'll update the information in a live report at 12:30. >> authorities believe they identified a terrorist in videos showing isis beheadings he was known only as jihadi john and we learned he grew up in london and studied at the university of westminster. marcy gonzales has more. >> the executioner, identified. a former u.s. intelligence official, confirms that the masked man seen in several barbaric videos, including three americans being beheaded is muhammad emwazi. >> it's really hard to imagine the trajectory. >> the "washington post" reports he is a native of kuwait who group in west london. >> he is in his mid-20s and went to syria to join isis just three years ago and authorities have kn

according to septa officials 50% of the fatalities on septa's rail system each year are ruled suicides, the life line is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. coming up tonight at 5:00, you'll hear from family members dealing with suicides of loved one and why they think this hot line could make a difference. until then back to the studio. >> rick, thank you. >>> philadelphia is celebrating abraham lincoln's birthday with a parade through center city, they marched down broad to city hall and it commemorates lincoln being born on this exact date 206 years ago on a farm in kentucky. there he is. >> very cool. >>> still ahead, a huge name is headlining musikfest find out who just agreed to play the steel stacks this summer. >> and we get back to our coverage of our big story. the democratic national convention coming to philadelphia. we'll have more on the fnt boost. [alarms blaring] ohhhhh... whoa whoa whoa! who's responsible for this?!? if something goes wrong, you find a scapegoat. ...rick. it's what you do. ahhhhhhhh! what'd you say? uh-oh! kelly! if you want to save fifteen percent

all passengers septa says have gotten to their destinations. live in center city doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, doug. >>> police are investigating several deadly shootings overnight in philadelphia. two men died after gunfire in grays ferry. nbc 10 was at 27th and latona street. the victims were shot around 2:30. investigators found at least nine casings at the scene fired from a 9 millimeter weapon. so far, police made no arrests. >>> police looking for clues in another deadly shooting in north philadelphia. investigators say someone fired 11 shots at a 34-year-old woman driving a lincoln town car. this was on west westmoreland street. she was hit, she passed out and crashed into three parked cars. the woman later died at temple hospital. police do not have a motive or suspect in the shooting. they are checking surveillance cameras in that neighborhood. there have been 40 homicides in the city so far in 2015. there have been 44 homicides at this point last year. >> lives lost and by february is tragic. i mean that's a lot of people t

septa personnel told us it would be a while. they didn't tell us two hours but they did the best they could. >> my car was mostly calm we were wondering when we would get moving again but it was a more fun atmosphere than you would expect on a train. >> the malfunction is still under investigation, they expect the repairs to be done at 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon and that could create more delays during the evening commute and they have more buses being brought in between glenside and warminster. live in glenside chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >>> the trial for the black madam, will be turned over to the defense today. padge winslow is expected to take the stand. vernon odom was in court all morning, he is live in center city with more now. >> reporter: the so-called black madam, the rear end enhancer is due to take the witness stand in her own defense sometime this afternoon she may be the only defense witness in this case. the hip hop performer, padge winslow, a.k.a. the black madam is battling third degree murder charge

septa passengers are shaken up tonight.en is live at jefferson station in center city. you've been talking with some of the passengers night, dave report roar that's right lucy the evening rush right now. a lot of people very shaken up about this as they take trains out of jefferson station here at the end of the business day but never less, they are happy that this person is off the streets. this man 26-year-old reginald green is now arrested on attempt the rape aggravated indecent assault recent lated charges accused of a brutal attack on 2784 old woman inside jefferson station monday afternoon. >> he basically basically pummeled her. he beat her with his fists. kick her repeatedly she suffer injuries to her face. >> philadelphia police say the woman did not know green but met him on the 1400 block of arch street looking for directions. >> this young lady is not from the area. happened to be down there unrelated business. happened to be in center city. and ultimately resulted in extended period of time together. >> report

septa transit chief thomas nestel called it horrible and sad. he described the trolley operator as extremely distraught. >> when you walk on the scene and it is silent with 50 men and women from police and fire, that is a sad story. >> reporter: investigators tell us they are looking at video from the trolley. they were talking to witnesses. the sad reality tonight is that a two-year old girl is dead in a tragic accident n west philadelphia, pat ciarrocchi cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> new details tonight about that deadly crash that claimed the life of long time 60 minutes correspondent bob simon. we have now learned simon, a passenger in this lincoln town car was not wearing a seat belt. reports show driver has been quick of two moving violations over past year and was cleared of nine sus is pensions for previous violations. but for many of us here in the cbs family tonight is about remembering his career and the incredible stories that he told from all around the world. >> he had been from the arctic circle to the an arctic circle will and eve

septa says that faulty equipment had been row placed about two years ago. so they couldn't to investigate exactly what went down. iain back to you. >> sabina, thank you. happening right now, police searching for the man who robbed a local laundromats. surveillance video from early monday morning shows the suspect breaking into a tanning salon at the strip mall on oregon avenue in packer park. he then used a common hallway unside the mall to break into the back door of the oregon laundromat. he's seen stacking up differ things before losing with them threw a side door. authorities have not said what was taken. anyone with any information is asked to call police. >>> developing now search for suspects after very violent overnight here in philadelphia. three people killed in separate shootings fall a master hours and a fourth shooting victim lucky enough to get away from two men who want his car. early morning violence has brought the homicide total to 40 here in philadelphia. not even two full months into the year. fox 29's dave kinchen has the latest on the

septa will build an entire new station here. some people worry about what that will bring to their area. >> be more congested. >> the construction, all the noises. it will be a little bit of a hassle. >> as far as the noise is concerned with be that will take away fromç our peace and tranquillity. >> septa says they hope the new station will attract transit oriented construction. because it's nearby people can walk rather than drive to it. they also plan to build a parking deck at the lansdale station downtown. septa says they are working with the borough to fit more parking in with development plans for the river front. >>> if you're looking forward to camping outside after we get past this winter you may want to check out an event in atlantic city happening this weekend. the annual new jersey rv and camping show started yesterday at the ac convention center. experts say this is a good time to shop because there are great deals on rvs. this show by the way runs through monday. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> okay.

. >> there are septa surveillance cameras. also across the street there's an automotive repair business that has numerous exterior surveillance cameras. >> while we know his age, police have not identified the victim yet or said which limo company he worked for. we'll keep you updated on this case. live in the digital operations center tracy davidson "nbc 10 news." >>> and philadelphia police are investigating another case of a man who was shot to death inside a car. this was happening around 12:30 this morning at 26th and lehigh in north philadelphia. the victim was shot several times. investigators believe this was a drive-by shooting. no word yet on a motive. >>> and in bucks county investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire in warrenton. a lot of heavy smoke there. you can see crews fought the flames for a half hour before getting things under control. two firefighters also rescued a cat. look at the video there. nine lives, no doubt. and no one was injured. >>> exactly one year after her body was found, aut

philadelphia police have just announced they have made an arrest in a sexual assault at a center city septa station this week. and here is a live look at the news conference. it is still under way. philadelphia police special victims unit with captain john darby. police say they arrested reginald green late last night. he is facing several charges in connection with the attack. and investigators say they were helped in the case because of surveillance cameras in the jefferson train station. and the philadelphia police credit septa police with recognizing green as someone that they have spoken to before. >> information was developed almost immediately via the video surveillance. and the fact that septa police recognized this male as someone they had made contact with in the past. >> and, of course we'll continue to follow this story, look for a live report coming up in about 30 minutes. >>> and we have more breaking news this morning, just within the past few hours, president obama sent a letter to congress asking them to formally authorize war against isis. the draft resolution says the mil

septa tells us all of those passengers were in philly by 9:40 this morning. let's take a look at some video that we got for you just as this line began running again. initially they had buses running from the glenside station to warminster and then again as i mentioned the trains started running but that wasn't in time for a lot of passengers that we talked to voicing their frustration over all of this. again, septa telling us as they now have a cause for those downed wires. we'll hear from them. we're also going to hear from a frustrated passenger who told us she missed all of her classes at temple today because of this. let's listen. >> normally my day i'm home before 3:00 perfect because i have a whole day to finish my homework i just literally i haven't been home yet. >> and back here live now septa tells us that they are still investigating again the trains are up and running but it was weather the cold weather that caused those wires to snap and fall on top of that septa train. that train now being towed to a septa yard so investigators can continue the

front street is blocked off and septa is not making a stop at the nearby station. they are bypassing that station. we'll bring you an update on all this in a few minutes. >>> the largest steel worker strike in years has spread to another state. the members are picketing in louisiana now at an oil refinery outside of new orleans. they were already picketing in texas. they are upset about what they call unfair labor practices including obsessive overtime to create safety issues. shell oil says the walkout sets the wrong tone as they try to negotiate a deal. some analysts say this is one of the reasons gas prices are going back up. >>> and consumers planning to sale on the norwegian cruise line are about to get hit with a higher daily fee, but it's just raising daily service by charging a dollar more per person per day. so a family of four will pay about $360 in service charges on a typical seven-night cruise. passengers staying in suites will have to pay $14.95 per person per day. the price hike takes effect march 1st. >>> and a new jersey man hit the internet jackpo

septa does a great job updating the status of any issues they are having on twitter.r twitter we'll look at the retweets this morning. this shirt it doesn't even blow in the winds. this is insanity out here, if you don't have to be out here, don't be if you do, bundle up, cover up as much as you can you! we're here at fern rock, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> thanks for your experiments this morning eva. >>> before you bundle up download the storm tracker 6 live app you can gets the hourly and seven seven-day forecasts plus a look at live radar where you are. >> police are looking for the gunman who ambushed a man in philadelphia. police say a man was shot and killed inside a car on 2600 block of west silver street around 1:30. the gunman fired 7 shots at close range through the windshield. >>> breaking overnights a man who police found running from his house while he was on fire is now fighting for his life in the hospital. officers reported the incident on the 3100 block of leap street in kensington. the victim is a 29-year-old man in critical condition wit

but, police say septa cameras captured the suspect on video and septa officers quickly recognized him, as a suspect that they had stopped or cited 28 times over the past five years. >> he has got 11 prior arrests including an indecent assault, at least one indecent assault. >> reporter: police say they have now taken green's dna to determine if he was involved in other assaults. at jefferson station walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> septa meanwhile has increased the number of officers it has patrolling the transit system. "eyewitness news" at somerset station in kensington this morning. more safety officers were on hand reminding riders to be vigilant while waiting for public transportation. they called this campaign stay back from the edge and septa is concerned that too often riders were distracted and come dangerously close to falling off the train platform. >>> school bus collide sending within person to the hospital in delaware county. that crash happened at second and lloyd streets in chester. in word yet on the the severity of the injuries but the man's driver, who w

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i just checked septa's website, and no significant problems to report on septa. if you're heading out on area bridges, we're not reporting any accidents or delays there. so the bridges are looking good. and no accidents on the majors in delaware or new jersey. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> it was cold yesterday, but today it is cold and windy. the pocono mountains have seen a few scattered snow showers. and some of those may be riding in on the wind during the afternoon. so we could see some isolated snow showers today. the big problem is the cold. it is cold. look at the boathouse row. that is snow and ice on the schuylkill this morning. and the flags on top of the boathouses are getting a workout this morning. and the wind will not die down during the day. and it won't die down tonight either. so the temperatures will be plummeting and the windchills will be even lower tomorrow morning. at least we've got some sunshine now. the sun just starting to come up. that's a live view from cape may where it feels like it is one to two degrees with the wind

septa is playing by a set of rules that can lead train engineers to be exhausted. the federal government wants to change the rules. jesse gary is joining us live from philadelphia's 33rd station in center city. that's a hearing today to address this policy why snow? >> reporter: that's right. three years ago they asked and now they are receiving a certain waiver on safety rules. the local brotherhood of locomotives and engineers and trains believes this waiver puts public safety at risk. specifically the union claims the affected employees work 14 hours a day and only one day off per week in most cases. they say the engineers have their sleep interrupted by calls from septa and this causes fatigue to impact safety. union members point to other regional transit systems with workers to have shorter work days and workweeks. the unions wants the waive rules reinstated. we are looking into safety rules during a three-year period. we'll have septa's response coming up next hour. jesse gary "nbc 10 news." >>> all right. 4:08 now. the group tasked with finding solutions to

at the jefferson septa a station, we also know at this point that a woman came up to the septa concourse here notified another passenger that she had been attacked appeared to have been beaten and suffers from injury to her face. rush to a nearby hospital. investigators are combing through surveillance to see if there is anything there to help in this investigation. sources say this woman went down in the station with another man, willingly in, to a secluded area near the tracks. she was not a passenger waiting on a train at the time. police are also saying that she appears to have been physically assaulted. they have found no evidence of the sexual assault at this point but again, all of this is under investigation. philadelphia police handling the investigation, we're going to stay on top of this and bring you very latest throughout the evening as we get more information reporting live from center city natasha brown cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, in a cash a. >>> also breaking news tonight death of the millersville university student today, was ruled a homicide. eighteen year-old

. >>> are septa trains safe? that's what federal railroad officials asked. a federal hearing in delaware county this morning looked into a request by septa to reduce rest time for train engineers. septa was granted a rest requirement waiver back in 2012 and now wants to extend it. the union that represents workers says engineers work 14-hour days and six-day work weeks, putting passengers at risk. for its part septa says there have been no safety issues and they say they've hired more engineers to reduce the six-day work week. the june disagrees saying engineers are overworked a practice they believe will continue if septa is allowed to bypass these federal regulations. >>> septa has had 20 months to fix these issues the temporary waiver was grand upon and now their time is up. >>> there's no word on when the federal railway administration will issue a ruling on that waiver. >>> pennsylvania governor wolf said he's going to fight to raise the minimum wage. the proposed law increases the hourly rate from $7.25 an hour to $10.10. it would happen over a two-yea

. >>> and what is this cold weather doing to septa's on-time percentage for buses and trains. i'm doug shimell. we look at that coming up. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪ >>> breaking news now showing you that house explosion we've been showing you all day. >> close up pictures as this blast happened. these pictures came into our news room in the past few minutes. we're joined from the digital operation center with a closer loom. >> that's right. you know when you see that explosion, you'll understand how the only thing that was left of that house was the foundation. now, take a look at the video again here. this is dash cam video. as it happened. this is from the dash cam from an officer that pulled up right before that explosion. several people were hurt here including two gas workers who right now are in critica

. >>> welshing developing news right now a ride on a septa trolley turns dangerous when a fight breaks out. a passenger pulled out his cell phone and recorded the incident and posted it all on you tube for to us see. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live from center is city with what investigators are saying about this tonight. todd? >> chris, police tell us that the teens that they all know each other they got on the trolley together right here at septa stop underneath the clothespin and then just minutes later, the brawl breaks out vicious fight that was caught on a cell phone camera, you can see group of what appears to be teenagers punch, kick and slap one male and a 17 year-old girl. >> unaudible. >> reporter: septa police boarded trolley around forty-ninth and lancaster avenue in west philadelphia, after the trolley operator contacted the police. but by then a suspect had runaway, leaving behind a two victims who were interviewed by police. >> they explained to the transit police officers that they know the people that they were involved in the fight with and that they

i'll tell you the septa guys have been in since overnight. when the temperatures get this low, the trains, buses all have issues. they operate on air pressure. the air right now is so bitter cold, they have been in since the overnight trying to get things warmed up and trying to make sure that the lines are ready to go, so when you go to stand on the platform or the bus station you don't have to wait too long. >> in this kind of cold things contract. we slow the vehicles down to make sure that we're not coming off the wire and yeaght a -- creating a problem. >>> so because of that, you can expect 5 to 10 minute delays on the rail system. check septa's twitter feed they are constantly updating the wait times for you. i sprayed this down ten minutes agates solid. that's the side we sprayed it's already starting to get crunchy on that side. it doesn't take long for any moisture to turn to ice that includes sweat. if you're coming outside be prepared for that, try not to stay tout there very lock, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> all you c

and reopened after 3:00 this afternoon just in time for the evening commute. >> septa riders say that the morning commute on the warminster line was going smoothly when -- >> heard a loud boom and the train stopped. michelle and the roughly 500 passengers found themselves without power and not moving because of a power line mishap after 9:00 am. >> the power connects the power to the train dominoed and fell off there was five or six looked like hangars hanging off the train. >> it was quiet and everybody was cooperative. >> engineers and septa crews when to work while passengers waited and the power was eventually shut off and they trekked to another train and finally arrived to jefferson station in center city at 10:30 more than to hours late. >> i just lost my feed. there. >> go ahead. can you hear me -- >> lets go to the next story. the pennsylvania house, passed a proposal to privatize liquor across the state most state owned liquor stores would close 800 stores and private licenses would be sold. and some food stores would be edge to sell wine and beer as well and the plan may pa

. >>> update tonight on attack at a septa concourse in center city. police are now telling us that a woman was sexually assaulted yesterday at the jefferson station stop. she told police she was walking with a man scene here when he led her on to the track and sexually assaulted her. she was taken to medic at the hospital. if you recognize this guy you're asked to call police. >>> a pennsylvania state police corporal facing five counts of reckless endangerment tonight for his role in a deadly firearms training accident. fox 29's jeff cole joins us in the newsroom tonight with a look at these charges. jeff. >> reporter: truly crisis here. corporal richard schroeder was training troopers on a firearm at the end of september last year at the public safety training campus in plymouth township. he was showing the group of the trigger mechanism on a gun when he pulled the trigger discharging it and killing 26-year-old trooper david dead doctor. the montgomery county prosecutor's office says that grand jurors weighed charges of homicide involuntary manslaugh