septa refused.relations sat down. >> what's your on time record right now? >> right now we're about, um, 99% of on time performance. >> are you sure you're at 90. >> yup. >> it's not. according to septa's own records, its monthly on time average as of february 2017 about 87%. >> i think your february numbers show you're under 90% right? >> february numbers? >> yeah. >> you're under 90. >> i'm sorry. >> is that one of the worst on time performances in the rail systems in the country? do you know whether it is or not. >> i don't know if it's in the country but for us it's historically it's bad and it looks bad. >> reporter: it was worst month before. under 80% in january. and after a slight up tick in december, was under 70% in november. fox 29 investigates compiled a day daily list of all train cancellations foreman power or crews shortages posted on the authority's twitter page for the last sick months. the grand total, about 500 tra trains dump leaving riders in the lurch. septa admits 191 of them

again, septa writes experiencing crew shortages.in a says she's felt the sting of canceled trains. >> they canceled the train and the next train is like one hour it's going to be really tough. right, and sometimes they even cancel the lines. so it's hard. i have to find some other way because i have my car park in the parking lot. >> reporter: fox 29 investigates asked to interview a septa official directly involved in regional rail operations. schep at a refused. instead its director of media relations sat down. >> what's your on time record right now? >> right now we're about 90% of on time performance. >> reporter: are you sure you're at 90? >> yup. >> reporter: it's not. according to septa's own recor records, its monthly on time average as of february 2017 about 87%. >> i think your february numbers shows you under 90%, right. >> february numbers? >> yeah. >> you're under 90. >> i'm sorry. >> is that one of the worst on time performances in the rail systems in the country? do you know whether it is or not. >> i don't know if it

the fight you saw happened on the septa platform below us.nning imagine -- can imagine, some students were badly injured. septa is trying to take measures to prevent fights like this from happening. it was chaos on the septa platform at the race and vine street stop this month. more than a dozen kids involved in a fight. those who started it have been arrested. septa's police chief says they'll do more to stop this kind of violence. beginning today, officers will board every market frankfurt and broad line that runs between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. this will happen monday through friday for the foreseeable future. septa police had already been patrolling stations throughout the city in the after-school hours to make sure fights like this didn't break out. as a result of the violence and fights we've seen in the last few weeks, they're now boarding the trains, riding them cur potential violence.ing live, ka. >> thank you.n te it's foggy. that may affect roads. let's find out what's >> first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington on the we're watch

keeping safe, we asked septa if the problem is getting out of control. and mixing it up, two friends take their st. patrick's day tradition to two continents. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. from st. pat are rick's to snow, winter is sticking around for the weekend. the first alert radar shows more snow and rain moving in. cold weather is not going anywhere either. but that did not stop people from heading to mcshea's pub. let's check in. cold, rain, snow to start the weekend. >> that's right, jim. we have a mixed bag for this weekend. temperatures right now are mainly in the mid to upper 30s. however, the lehi valley seeing low 30s and allen town, 38 degrees and reading at 33 and pots town 32, and philadelphia at 37. temperatures will continue to decline, we have a chilly weekend on tap. i'm tracking hour by hour increasing clouds and some rain and a wintry mix as jim just mentioned, moving across the delaware valley. we have an area of low pressured it will bring us a wintry mix in to the over-night hour a dwping ohio valley that will be here tomorrow that

septa wants to hear from you.ta police say fighting and chaos at the end of the school day happens far too often on or near septa routes and they want it to stop. the punches were fierce, the fight was caught on camera by several on lookers. police say it began as snowball fight on the street that escalated to physical violence down in the race 59 subway station. it was tack on students who tend the nearby string theory school. as many as 50 people stopped in their tracks scared, concerned by what was taking place on the public transportation line. fortunately no one was seriously hurt in this fight but septa says for now, it is increasing patrols at known trouble spots and says arrests are coming soon and they will happen quicker with your help. again if you recognize any of those people who were in those suspect photos you are urged to give septa police a call and later today we will put those feet he is up on our website if you want to get another look head to fox29.com. lauren? >> jenny, thank you very much fo

septa calls the fare hikes modest. >> septa requests a lot, but they don't provide great consist merervice, you know? the bus drivers are rude most of the time. >> most of the board members and manages should ride the rails and get an idea what the commuters experience on a day todays basis. >> there were some okay with the hikes. >> it's worth it. i think they should give us a discount for monthly, but other than that, you have to do it. >> computers have to have their chance to have their say. public hearings will be held april 19th through the 25th. jim? >> dan, thank you. no word how the fire started that destroyed two multimillion dollars homes at the jersey shore. they suspect that gas lines were the problem. flames started at seagull drive on avalon at 7:45 this morning spreading to another home. a mother and her newborn baby escaped unharmed. >> the district attorney charged a former state trooper with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife and newborn child. the charges come nearly three years to the day after joseph miller shot his pregnant wife joanna in their h

septa said the attacks are getting more and more common. kids don't even seem to care their crimes are being recorded. >> here's another piece of reality. stuff is happening, directly in front of the officers. directly in front of the officers. >> reporter: last night a large group of girls met at the market station to continue a fight that started at school. police say a 16-year-old was hit with a flaming aerosol can. septa says they'll have an officer assigned to every single subway and l train. they will soon also offer a text line so kids can alert septa police to brewing problems. septa says they don't want to arrest kid but they won't stand for chaos and violence. >> this is happening all over the city. this isn't a septa problem, this is a philadelphia problem with our youth. >> reporter: in center city, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> new at 6:00, a philadelphia police officer is facing animal cruelty charges tonight. this is the pennsylvania spca, she was found starving in a garbage bag in valley park in november. officer michael lon

massive brawl at a septa station in center city next on action news. ♪ action news delaware valleys leadingews program with metrologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. ♪ a huge brawl at a septa station in center city captured on camera and tonight investigators are trying to track down those who took part in the beatings that ended with three people injured it's sunday night and i'm walter perez and sarah bloomquist is off and they are trying to track down the people responsible and christie ileto is live at the race vine station with details, christie. >> reporter: that's right walter septa released photos of people they want to talk to individuals they believe were a part of this may lay that happened just beyond these gates now apparently this started as a street fight and turned into a snowball fight and escalated into a violent attack. chaos erupted inside the race vine subway station. septa released the violent moments caught on a cell phone curtesy of bystanders, in one shot a juvenile wearing a backpack is seen repeatedly punching another teen's head

septa pass he canner is in custody accused of punching a septa driver in the face. it happened at 69th street station around 2:30. no word on what led to the altercation. >>> septa police believe they have identified more students involved in the massive fight last week at race/vine street septa station. >> only fox 29 was office's arrived at nearby benjamin franklin high school to investigate. police are using sophisticated surveillance systems to identify close to a dozen current and former students. several students from string theory charter school were hurt. meanwhile passengers who ride the subway say they are keeping a watchful eye problem,o back out. i have to. i am scared. >> you're a minor they always say weo minors but i think something should happen. >> school district officials told fox 29 they are cooperating with septa police as they do with all investigations officer is injur, a protest outside of a allegheny county jail, protestee a jail window. windows of the several cars. he got inte with some of the to subdue. a representative from protesting for

i mean, i don't want to say it is silly, but it happens here a lot. >> this isn't a septa problem. this is a philadelphia problem with our youth. >> septa police chief thomas says this video and others help police identify the suspects. thursday officers served seven warrants at benjamin franklin high school, one at franklin learning center and two other outside every school. the oldest suspect, a 18 year old man, turned himself into police. >> school dismissal time has become a period for youth violence, causing pain and fear among other kids. >> septa is now responding to this ongoing issue by placing officers on every subway train after school. the agency also plans to roll kearse notify police immediately, when there is trouble. but commuters we spoke to say preventing these kinds of incidents starts at home. >> i have this thing that starts with the parent, and the families, and you know if people would take a little bit more care for, you know, their kids and how they raise them, i think things could be a little bit better. >> and in all 11 teens facing felony, aggravated ass

have the parents like supervise. >> reporter: septa officials and septa police chief tom nestel refused to comment today citing the on-going investigation. could be criminal charges in this case i'm told by the end of the week. school officials do not say at this point what, if any, action they would take against the students since this happened off school property and outside school hours. dawn? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> police in chester county have warning tonight after letters like this one wound up in some west town township residents mailboxes. investigators say the letter of inn fracks claims the resident was caught running it a red light on red light cam and must pay a fine. the paper even has a picture of the victim' cars. police say it's all bogus and the scammers are actually taking those photos from people's driveways. >> thing got heat to do night in center city at the animal care and control team public meeting act. facing cretismay animals are being treated in shelters many are concerned about overcrowding what is happening witness agency's funding. act has been

. >> and also ahead, trang do live with the arrest made after huge septa brawl. trang?ll captured on camera. i'm trang do, with the change in septa's making as a result of the brawl. >>> kind of started turning purple, blue, we kind of not right. >> well that's when his friend strange into action. how the student new exactly what to do to save his fellow classmate from choking, a video in a we've been talking about earlier this morning, we'll have it for in you full detail when we come back. meisha? >> fatal crash on the schuylkill this morning, that's going to leave you with some major backups this morning. also, we're talking about two other accidents and a lot of construction. more on that coming up. first we'll take a quick break, stay right where you >> it is 6:30, what you need to know in your morning minute. >> fatal crash, that has happened on the schuylkill westbound. >> the off ramp to the northbound boulevard, the ramp is closed. you want to avoid this area, at all costs. >>> investigators aren't releasing much about what happened here at this maple shed apar

septa driver in the face thisl t 69th street. this is 2:we do not know what lo that altercation looking for brazen burglars whx figures from the lawncrest jewelry storokthrough roof of the adjoining business er avenue. they smashed through the walim . oncensn estimated one million-dollar. police say security ala the alam company nor store co-owneti. >> we sent a family member over and he dove over to checkct seemed secure so they thought something was wrong with the m. >> reporter: it wasn't warning that you wer >> correct. >> burglars hit the store back in january by break go through the owners replace that had one, secured witt a metal plate but no an either case. >>> septa police believe they have identified more students last week at the race/vine street septa statie there when s arrived at nearby ben frankno i. ed surveillance system to identified close to a dozen s. several students from the spring theory charter school were injured durinke out. meanwhile pass evening hours ride the subway every day say they are keeping a w

developments in that video that shocked our area where a group of teens just goes wild at a local septatation throwing punches, kicking, now police have their eyes set on group of students and police say may be behind that violent brawl. thanks for joining us, i'm iain page. we've got new details you'll hear only on fox 29. our dave schratwieser is live in spring garden night. dave? >> reporter: iain, septa police showed up here at ben franklin high school this morning expecting to walk out with a few students they believe may have been involved in that big brawl on the subway station last thursday. they left empty handed but they've now identified as many as 11 current and former students here who may have been involved in that brawl. thanks to some help from social media, parents and school officials. >> we need to do something. you just can't get away with that. >> reporter: barbara and her friend headed for their train home at the race vine street septa station monday evening still concerned. four days after last thursday's big brawl caught on camera here. >> they always say we can'

strong words from septa's police chief. >>> plus, your chance to be in the room where it happens. hamilton broadway's hottest show is coming to philly. ♪ >> how you can get tickets before anyone else. ♪ >>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >>> shot, killed and dragged. a grizzly murder in philadelphia's overbrook section. tonight police are trying to piece it altogether as they search for the person responsible. good evening, and thanks for joining us at 6:00. i'm dawn timmeney. >> i'm chris o'connell. this all happened just after midnight on the 1,000 block of north 68th street. fox 29's dave kinchen live at philadelphia police headquarters with the latest for us tonight. dave? >> reporter: chris, investigators have been working on this case for several hours. really since late last night. trying to piece a lot of details together. there are a lot of questions and neighbors quite frankly they have. >> y over right hyped your tragedy took pla alleyway behind hishought he raa trash bag. it was actually a man shot in the head several times. >> he wa

. >> reporter: that's right walter septa released photos of people they want to talk to individuals they believe were a part of this may lay that happened just beyond these gates now apparently this started as a street fight and turned into a snowball fight and escalated into a violent attack. chaos erupted inside the race vine subway station. septa released the violent moments caught on a cell phone curtesy of bystanders, in one shot a juvenile wearing a backpack is seen repeatedly punching another teen's head. in a second shot three teens punched and stomped on another individual he was crouching on the ground for cover. authorities are not clear on what started the fight that later turned into this may lay

a septa spokesperson confirms that time period.r the city council president darrell clark says the merchants asked him for help. >> did darrell clark make a tour here. >> did he. >> reporter: why did he take a tour? >> i don't know. you'd have to talk to him. >> reporter: how do you know he did it. >> i was with him. >> reporter: what was the tour about. >> working through suburban stations to see the conditions. >> anybody we can count as being unsheltered. >> the city stepped up its efforts in late 2016 onward. >> i authorized overtime so we can deplore more staff down there where the orange jackets to be present to help the homeless people to converse with the merchants. we met witmer chants. we made more beds available. >> reporter: fox 29 investigates return to suburban station undercover late last week. the homeless remand. but in slightly fewer numbers than back in january. there was better lighting. again, police were present but were not as engaged with the homeless as they were last thursday. when we interviewed jeff linc

attack at a septa station caught on camera. live report is coming up. >>> but first we take live look at the radar. that mess you see right there is head our way. what does it mean for you? a messy weekend. >> i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. spring may be a few days away, but we are in store for some rain, ice, maybe even some more snow. let's get the details from meteorologist mike masco. say it ain't so, mike. >> winter is going out kicking and streaming right now. take look. winter weather advisories being posted to the north and west northampton, lehigh, berks and down towards lancaster county. this goes into effect tomorrow afternoon for the combination of rain, ice and going over to snow by saturday night. now ultimate doppler there's more bark than bite on radar. most of this not reaching the ground and most of this not expected to move north until the overnight hours and pre-dawn hours for tomorrow, but it's this area of low pressure that has my eye has all of our attentions as it moves through the minneapoli

. >>> septa has a new strategy to keep riders safe. and we're getting an exclusive look. >> next, nbc10 takes a ride on the rails for an inside look at how officers are working to stop a recent rise in violence. >>> and at 12 after 6:00, rockwell recovered. a break in a decades' old case of a fame out painting stole -- famous painting stolen from a camden county home. >>> later, a crackdown at penn state. the tragedy that's sparking change on campus and new rules for students. a rainy friday morning. first alert radar, you see more rain headed our way. it will be an all-day rain with heavy raint times. meteorologist bill henley will have more coming up. >>> the fbi will give us more details about a valuable painting recovered decades after it was stolen in camden county. the norman rockwell piece that was swiped from a house in cherry hill more than 40 years ago is now back with its rightful owner. tipster alertede fbi to the painting's whereabouts. the person who had the artwork nect to theft and will not face charges. >>> a photo of

taken in custody, office's rested suspects in connection with the violent brawl on the septa subway train. officer say that they are still looking for one more person, good evening, i'm jessica dean. >>> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in center city with more on the arrests, anita. >> reporter: nicole and jessica after police chief says immediately after office 's arrived at ben franklin high school to serve those arrest warrants, they pulled a fire alarm as an loose and now 10 teenage boys are in custody facing felony charges after a violent subway brawl, last week. ten teenage boys are now in custody in connection to this violent subway brawl at race/ vine septa station around 3:45 on the afternoon of the march 16th. cell phone video shows a group of teens brutally attacking another group, punching and stumping on the victim's head. >> they are being attacked like on buses, and fighting, and i mean i don't want to say it is silly but it happened here a lot. >> reporter: on thursday, police served seven warrants at ben franklin high

. >>> but the big story on "action news" is investigation into a massive brawl, at a septa stop in center city. it actually happened last week at race/pine station and as you can see this one got ugly. "action news" reporter christie ileto is at the station and joins us live with the details, christie? >> reporter: well, walter septa released photos of the people they want to talk to, individual they believe are involved, in this mala that happened just on the other side of this gate. now this started out as a street fight, it turned into a snowball fight and then escalated in to a, brawl. >> unaudible. >> reporter: chaos erupts inside race/vine subway station. septa released the tense moments caught on a cell phone , courtesy of a bystander where the juvenile is scenery petely punching another teen's head. another shot, three teens, punched and stump another individual, and crouching on the ground to cover. septa tells "action news" so far they have spoken to three victims, two of them hospitalized for minor injuries. authorities are not clear on what started the street fight that later

a septa spokesperson confirms that time period.nt darrell clark says the merchants asked him for help. >> did darrell clark make a tour here. >> he did. >> reporter: why did he take a tour? >> i don't know. you'd have to talk to him. >> reporter: how do you know he did it? >> i was with him. >> reporter: what was the tour about then. >> walking through suburban station to seat conditions. >> anybody who we can count as being unsheltered. >> reporter: head of the city's office homeless services says it stepped up its efforts in late 2016 onward. >> i authorized overtime so we can deploy more staff down there. help the homeless people to converse with the merchants. we met with the merchants. we made more beds available. >> reporter: fox 29 investigates returned to suburban station undercover late last week. the homeless remained. but in slightly fewer numbers than back in january. there was better lighting. again, police were present but were not as engaged with the homeless as they were last thursday when we interviewed jeff lincol

one septa rider tells "eyewitness news" that she often sees fights between teenagers on septa lines. >> they be in groups, packs like on buses, fighting. i don't want to say it is silly but it happens here a lot. >> reporter: septa police chief thomas necessityle say many incidents are happening right after school, coming up at 6:00 i will tell you change s septa is making. live from center city, anita o h for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" >>> philadelphia's mayor jim kenney asked other city leaders calling on district attorney seth williams to step down as williams fights federal corruption charges. >> obviously it is a terrible situation and he cannot, he cannot conduct the duties and responsibilities of his office in the current conditions. for good of the office and city he should probably step aside. >> reporter: district attorney , is free, on bail after pleading not guilty yesterday. he is accused of taking more than $100,000 in gifts and vacations in exchange for favors. >>> the eight candidates vying to be the next district attorney of philadelphia will hold their first debate in

police are making arrests for recent fights involving young people at a septa station. a crash that left one woman involved badly hurt. >>> and find out why this statue created to inspire change for women could soon be gone. >> and in other details, fights near or at septa stations in philadelphia happened at least twice in the past week and now police are making arrests. three girls were arrested for allegedly setting another girl's hair on fire. jeanette reyes is live now where the latest incident took place. >> reporter: well rick, the arrest for the first instant den those are happening as we speak, the latest one probably just as or more disturbing involving young teen girls. that is being investigated at this hour. >> this morning police descended upon ben franklin high school in spring garden with warrants for 10 students. because of a fight that broke out. the students are pounding and kicking on their victim one of them crouched over trying to take cover. while that investigation police are dealing with another vicious school fight also at a septa station, this

. >>> plus, you could be paying more to ride septa in the near future.ll tell you what riders are saying about the possible fare hike. >>> now, the details we're tracking rain and snow across the region. the lehigh valley may see snow, but here in philadelphia, you may see the remaining snow from tuesday's nor'easter washed down the drain. let's take you outside, sky6 live hd the irish memorial at penns landing, rain may wash away the snow around the memorial there. meteorologist source source is at the big board with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: hi, gray, the temperatures will have an impact on the snow, as well. we'll go into the mid 40s today, that will start melting the snow, as well. double scan live, you see the broken line, you see the snow showers associated with it, that's a warm front in the process of pushing through. stretches like this, temperatures behind the front all the way in the 40s and 50s through here. we'll get up to 45 or 46 this is lifting to the north. the melting process begins today tomorrow it act

stop, this was happening this morning septa par right now in custody septa drivn the face, this allusy hub at , it was about 2:30 this hour what led to the altercation. >>> philadelphia police are made off with a million-dollar , of j store, the thieves, first broke in through the of an adjoining business. you can see sky foxyro determined, they knew what they were doing when they were go in the bamboo restaurant righ t trestaurant and then they buried through the continue untiling to the kim thanh jewelers, once inside they jewelry. police say security alarm was he store's owner time. just two months ago the very through a back wall. >>> a jury in the trial against former penn state presiden sandusky sex abuse continue to be questioned, this morning graham spanier is accused of two counts ovennd single conspiracy charge. two former pennlea deals are expected to testify, agaisin tr. >>> two children sent to the they thought was apple juice at a hospital officials say that the 10 year-old boy was thursday, his four year-old sister was released over thee tn state hershey medical cente

. >>> if you ride septa in the future, what riders are saying about the possible fare hike. >>> lehigh valley may see snow, but in philadelphia you may see the snow from tuesday's storm washed down the the drain. sky6 live hd looking live over center city. if you have any plans outside today keep the umbrella and raincoat handy. meteorologist chris sowers here with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. chris a little rain and snow. >> reporter: with the temperatures getting into the 40s this afternoon. even the areas that see light snow we're not expecting anything in the way of consume nothing that will slow you down on the roads. there's the good news there. going live on sky6 live hd overlooking the commodore barry bridge, just a few spritzes and sprinkles around the immediate philadelphia area we have showers and snow showers starting to form to our north. let's flip it over to the radar. here's storm tracker 6 live we put it in motion for you. the blue representing where we had the wintry mix of rain and snow, maybe sleet pellets mixed in as well. green is rain a

. >>> more than a dozen teens arrested for two massive brawls at a couple of septa stations. exclusive video here on fox 29 shows several teens in handcuffs being led into the police station. some of these teens now nab at school. septa's chief calling eight mob mentality and fox 29's dave kinchen joins us live outside ben franklin high school where some of those are student there. dave? >> reporter: iain, police tell us ten of 11 have been arrested. they're in custody right now. and when police surrounded the ben franklin high school, we're told someone even pull the fire alarm while police were trying to get their students. it's videoed only captured by fox 29. one by one, a group of teens walked into the ppd's ninth district with assault charges waiting for them. it comes after several days search for the young suspects wanted for this brawl at the vase vine station last week one of many cases of teens acting up in mob mentality freaking out commuters. >> these kids need better home training. we need more police protect, and these kids need better guidance than what nair t

septa's police chief said that violence is not just a septa issue, it's becoming a city issue. >> groups think is overwhelming good upbringing and common decency. these are decent kids who in a large group are losing control of themselves and doing things that they wouldn't ordinarily do. >> septa police also says there will soon be an officer riding every subway and elevated line during the hours after school is isdis monday -- dismissed. >>> republican leaders postponed today's crucial vote on the health-care bill. the prospects for the passage of the american health-care act were grim this morning with many republicans speaking out agains. house republicans plan to meet behind closed doors tonight to consider can the next steps. sources tell abc news a vote is expected tomorrow. >>> the plan is unilaterally unpopular among democrats including philadelphia mayor jim kenney. keby held a -- kenney held a press conference this morning in city hall to sell out the negative effects of the gop health-care plan and what they would have on the city. according to the city, the affordable care a

and through the trees you see the rail line there and that is why septa was impacted. this is the peak of a fire that happened early thursday morning when downed lines sparked the fire at this tree line. >> what we heard was a popping noise in the back of the house. >> listen closely -- you can hear the popping noise from the fire that chuck mcdade describes. firefighter told him to evacuate. and that heavy winds likely caused the wires to go down and make it harder to fight. >> i saw it from the corner of my home. >> there was brush burning behind the houses and we had to shut the trains down because there was fire personal on the tracks. >> septa suspended the regional lines west trenton line for a few hours. but the house was not damaged and other houses in their neighborhood were spared too. >> when it was going up initially i thought we were in trouble. but we are about 60 foot from the fenceline of the property. so i knew the house was okay but everything else out there. what damage would it cause and as you see it took the fence down. >> and back out here live,

but pilot cars are running on the lines -- >> septa updating us on the septa situation. a number of lines were suspended. many delays because of the winter storm and they are trying to get things back up to normal as the commuter situation goes into the evening. of course we'll have all the details online at 6abc.com. as far as social media is concerned, use #6abcaction you have been sharing your photos all morning lon and we want you to keep them coming. alicia vitarelli is at the big board to show what you captured. >> over here at the big board the images we are seeing are pretty but much nicer to look at than be out in. if you stepped outside you know what we mean. sherry shared this shot of her screened in porch saying it's a wall of ice check that out. hopefully she is warm and cozy inside.ow that she sees what ise other side. lauren snapped this picture of trees c in shad beautiful but you see the weight of the ice on the branches and that there i crazy twice and power outages in that area are reported. >> and thisre from philadelphia too young for a snow storm. p

then the budget goes to septa's board for approval. septa is looking for feedback on a proposals bus route. there was a presentation to unveil the new route. the route 49 bus would go from brewery town, fairmont and gray's ferry to university city and create a direct option between 30th street and the ben frankly parkway. >>> some lucky students and their families are celebrating tonight after being chosen for coveted spots at a top-rated charter school. parents and students packed into the gym at global leadership academy charter school waiting to hear their names called. the open spots are filled by a lottery system. each year more and more parents sign their kids up. it's not only about the education but the way their kids are treated. >> treat people like family more than a scholar or more than just a student. >> this year more than 1200 students applied for 81 open seats in kindergarten through eight grade. >>> now a to a health scare. parents were notified of two students diagnosed with pertussis, also known as whooping cough. it

in a septa subway station.ell you who police took into custody following this chaotic scene. >>> da debate. got the highlights from last night's show down in the race for seth william's seat following corruption charges this week. >>> huh-uh. county by county coverage begins in new castle county. a five-year-old fell from a window in wilmington. over the scene last night. not clear how the child fell. >>> chester county, lawyers focus on choosing six alternate jurors in the eric frein trial. accused of opening fire outside the blooming grove barracks in 2014 killing one state trooper and injuring another. >>> million dollars this grant money to beef up security is now able for religious institutions. the counties include mercer, burlington, camden, gloucester, atlantic and cape may. announcement of that grant money follows recent threats against local jewish community centers. three centers in our area were evacuated after receiving threats last month. among more than a dozen other centers threatened across the

the news of the proposed rate hike is not sitting well for those relying on septa to get around. dann cuellar has more. >> i don't like it. >> reporter: that was pretty much the sentiment of most of the septa commuters we spoke with. >> i'm not liking at all. it's hard out here getting jobs and stuff, it's really hard. >> that's ridiculous, right now with the wages not being -- going up with the cost of living. >> reporter: septa is proposing higher fares on buses trolleys, trains and subwayses. cash fair quick trip 2.50. weekly trans passes 25.50. regional rails $40 an 82.50. they call it modest in order to keep rate for medical care and power for trains and fuel for buses. >> they request a lot, but they don't provide great customer service, the bus drivers are rude most of the time. >> some of the people, the board members and managers should come out and ride the rails and ride the buses and get a feel for what commuters experience on day-to-day basis. >> reporter: there were a few that were okay with the proposed hike. >> i believe it is worth it, they should give us a disco

the fight took place at the race vine septa station where one of the passengers took the video. police say fights like this are becoming more common. they are beefing up patrols on the subways every afternoon after school let's out. >>> a man is recovering this morning following a shooting at a playground in wilmington. shots rang out before 9:00 p.m. at #th anticipate pine street -- 7th and pine street. the man ran three blocks before collapsing. the victim is in critical condition. information about a suspect has not been released. >>> a moment a gas station attendant was held up in evesham afternoon at route 70 indeo. marlton. the victim handed over cell phone and cash, but was not seriously hurt. >>> commuters who ride crowded septa regional rail trains will have more options when it comest is bowing 45 double decker coaches. it will cost $137 million. septa is doing that to accommodate growing ridership they will be delivered in 2019. >> it was cold this week, but now we're getting to the good part. >> reporter: we are, today it will be milder anticipate tomorrow -- and tom

we had a disabled vehicle, a septa bus disabled and that just cleared.ne back open. 16-minute jam from thet whitman to the vine and you can see you're moving about ten miles an hour, a minute ago mov hour, it's an improvement. but an early morning jam. slowing on i95 southbound about 21 miles an hour. the roads are really wet. you can expect the speeds to be slower. we have this accident on the northeast extension southbound past lehigh valley. it's blocking the left lane. so that's producing speeds as well it's wet on the ben franklin bridge. westbound traffic starting to slow down as you head between the tolls and eighth and vine, a slow go on the ben franklin bridge. in radnor we have a downed tree, avoid if you can at radnor and conestoga road, stick to sprawl road as an alternate. >>> delaware state police responded to a serious hit-and-run crash. they discovered the victim was hit by two different cars, jeaneatte reyes is live on kirkwood highway in mill creek. good morning, jeaneatte. >> reporter: good morning, this man is that pretty bad shape. h

a teenage boy told nbc 10 that he was near septa's race vine station. he noticed a group of teens throwing ice at children. he told the teens to stop but then he was followed to the septa station and assaulted. >>> this week federal regular laters are crack down on those annoying robocalls. federal investigators say they use a technique called spoofing. and it's part of an elaborate scam to convince american to hand over social security, bank account and credit card information. the fcc will vote this week to allow america's phone companies to block any invalid area code or phone numbers that are likely scammer. >>> light's out doesn't mean you always go to sleep. >> it's true, especially for a pair of toddlers. it's time lapsed video from that nanny cam. have you seen this video? twin toddlers obviously supposed to be sleeping. they both climb out of the crib over to the couch, move pillows around, do a little dance. this went on for seven hours. that's why we sped it. mom and dad slept through most of the pajama party. it's gotten more than 11 million

this is in lower moreland, septa says, that an electrical fire, according to peco, and septa, caused this brush fire here. this is right along the track. there is your railroad tracks, and the firefighters, along the west trenton regional rail lines. so let's go to the maps. location is dale and boyde road, lower moore lands, and i first got alert from someone that was actually on the train. and said hey we're attestor stop mere. what's going on? septa has sent shuttle buses to rescue all of the passengers already on trains in service along that rest trenton line. that person just told me the trains, the buses are packed, but they're there. so again, west trenton regional rail line service suspended a lot of delays on a bun. of the other lines. eastbound on the schuylkill expressway, accident, off to the shoulder there, at the blue route. four car crash on the turnpike, this is westbound at ft. washington. already a delay there because every downed tree westbound out near the norristown interchange. alex and thomas back over to you. >> thank you, bok. we want to get to some breaking

septa tweeted these upclose pictures of eight people.t's unclear if they were involved in the fight but the septa police want to find out what they saw or know about the fight. if you want to take a closer look, we have all of these pictures posted on nbc10.com and the nbc 10 app. the fight happened on thursday. a teenage boy told nbc 10 that he was near the station when he saw a group of teens throwing ice at other children. he told the teens to stop but then was followed to the septa station and assaulted. >>> near lancaster, two children there are out of the hospital nearly three weeks after drinking apple juice at a buffet restaurant that burned their throat. apple juice alone did not cause the problem. officials closed the restaurant for code violations. police are investigating. >>> our area's religious community is standing together and calling for justice after threats of intolerance. >> several religious gatherings were held in delaware and center city last night. the archdiocese of philadelphia asked parishioners to support eac

septa's police chief says, this is has become an every day occurrence after school to the point whereolice and school officials met this afternoon looking for answers. >> all over the city. i mean, if it's not downtown it's at broad and olney it's at frankford a22nd and lehigh. i mean, this is happeniismissalt our city. >> reporter: it is not gois. >> i've had to get off the bus coupleon the bus like they on the bus shaking the bs shaking the bus driver comes. >> they be talzynd i mean so ignoran. i sit there and mine my own business. >> no one was seriously hurt thursday but septa police are beeping you have patrols around known trouble spots and they want to know if any of these faces look familiar to you. >> we haven't made any arrests yet related to the fight downstairs. but they're coming. >> reporter: no arrests yet. young teenagers could face serious charges of aggravated assault, reminder from the police chief as well for parents to know where your kids are after school. dawn? >> good advice, thanks, brad. torments night skyfox over a fire in south philadelphia. this was the s

what about septa' on time average?the report card for railroads. we pressed for answers for frustrated passengers and asked why septa wants a fair hike now? >> is that fair? >> well, it's -- it's -- well, you know, it is fair in the sense of the fact that this is what is needed to, uh --, it is fair. >> reporter: septa spokesperson talking about the fair hike they proposed. tonight what is behind septa's wave of train cancellations, fox 29 investigates tonight at 10:00. iain anybody who rides the trains know this has been happening. while try to dig into it tonig tonight. >> look forward to that, jeff, thanks. >>> time for some spring cleaning along the blue route. crews out there this morning picking up trash along route 476 after a long build up over our kind of mild winter. last month we told you about the increasing amount of trash along this formerly pristine roadway. clean up programs are typically suspended during the winter months. so energies can be put towards salting and plowing and ice and snow make it toug

. >>> changes are coming to septa starting on monday, that's when riders will be able to reload septa key cards. they will purchase the travel wallet frankford line and market line. it allows riders to add value to septa key card. it will be available at all septa locations in the next two weeks. the key cards will replace tokens and paper tickets. >> let's go back to our winter weather coverage. annie mccormick is live in allentown where annie has been telling us she's seeing some of the flakes starting to fall. >> reporter: we've seen a few here and there, matt, we've moved to a location at downy flake lane and lehigh street, get it, flake lane. we're seeing with the lights on there are a number of roads that have been pretreated hoping to make sure when the weather event or the wintry mix whatever it is comes our way it won't affect commuters. coming up from bala cynwyd on the turnpike, we started to see plow trucks on the side of the road to be prepared. as we drove in towards allentown on 309 we could tell it had just been brined. the roadways were pretreated. that's when the roa

septa police tell us they plan to charge students who started this fight that was caught on cell phone video at the vine street station. septa police say they have names of potential suspects and increased number of officers is now on duty during after school hours trying to deter fights and other disturbances. the brawl happened on thursday. this man said he was trying to stop snowballs from being thrown at other kids when he became a target. >> my son was helpless. he was defeated and still kick him like he was an animal on the ground. >> when you're getting jumped you have to stay calm and just cover your face. >> septa police telling us the kids involved in starting the fight could face felony charges. >>> this morning, one man is in custody after a deadly hit-and-run in pottstown, montgomery county. he is now charged in connection with the crash that killed a man two weeks ago. investigators said he hit the man with his pickup truck on pottstown pike. he then tried to sell that truck a day later. >>> police are looking for this man. a woman told investigators that he exposed himse

septa police want it to stay that way.se in the last couple weeks septa police and passengers have witnessed nasty brawls between groups of students and in fact one of them actually led to a girl's hair lit on fire on thursday nearly a dozen students were arrested for their involvement in recent fights and now facing felony charges. the violence among philly teens after school is alarming and not only to fellow students but families and adult riders on these trains witnessing these tightening acts. for that reason septa is now increasing patrols on its transportation lines when school let's out mack being its presence known and stepping in to stop any sign of miss behavior. and yesterday, day one of enhanced enforcement, no problems that we saw. philly pd wants to stay that way. yesterday, police announced a new initiative of their hone a mentorship program between police officers who volunteer their time to mentor philly youth, they're hoping that this one-on-one positive interaction between city children and police help

. >>> we have new details about this fight inside a septa station. >> septa police arrested ten students at ben franklin high school. we showed you the video last week on nbc news at 11:00. tim furlong has more on the break in this case. >> reporter: a week ago, we showed you this video of kids attacking other kids at the racevine septa station. we met one of the victims. >> when you're getting jumps you have to stay calm and cover your face. >> reporter: through video and ip tips, seven boys were identified in the attack. the students didn't make it easy. >> when we visited benjamin frank franklin high school, somebody set off the fire alarm. >> reporter: after a foot chase, they got the tenth kid who tried to escape in north philly. all these teenagers will be charged with felonies, robbery and aggravated asalt. septa says these attacks are getting more and more common. >> this is happening all over the city. this isn't a septa problem, this is a philadelphia problem with our youth. >> reporter: last night a group of girls met at the 46th and market station to continue a fight that sta

runners making that way down the septa bus 21 route along chestnut street racing the bus.l to prepare for the 2017 run for clean air that event is on april 9th. it's cold out there today. in chester some residents talking about the city council meeting to night urging leaders to do something about the violence in their city. this comes after report of course featured in our newscast yesterday where some residents told us they are afraid and that they're not able to sell their homes because of all these problems in violent. when you see news happening take out your phone and shoot it and use the fresco app to zen it our newsroom. >> thank you very much, iain. in your hell, delaware leaders are pushing for change to fight opioid abuse. one proposal would change the state's insurance codes so that addicts can get the treatment they need. patients would be guaranteed at least 14 days of rehab before any review by an insurance company. another proposal calls for the creation avenue new oversight committee that would help identify doctors who are over prescribing painkillers. >>

not a septa or mass transit. >> starting off on the road right now. and that on-ramp. far. heading north or southbound on the blue route. you have no problem. same goes for 422. checking in for drives times there. no problems reported eastbound on the drive time from route 29 to the schuylkill. that's usually where we see problems for the morning time. not yet. not for about another two hours at least. have an eighth minute tulip the. speeds in the 60s. n and remember the delaware river bridge is still closed for structural repair construction. and will last until sometime in april. connecting the new jersey turnpike and pa turnpike. >> about 12 minutes before 5:00 a.m. had add pretty cool and time really windy weekend. >> you were saying you took your family out. >> they weren't too happy. we were loving it. it's great. you feel the oxygen. >> braifd the elements. windchill was brutal. winds picking and you happen cold air feeling a lot lower than it was. kbred morning felt like 2 degrees in philadelphia. now temperatures a little better off. winds have died down. rig