i talked to septa.said there are 500 people aboard that train and those 500 people have been evacuated off the train and beinged asked to walk to a local parking lot and septa will put them on shuttle buses and get them back to the next nearest station or back to make a connection with the broad street line. police activity between jenkintown and glenside. we will update as we move through the morning as we have sky fox over the scene there but again, septa's regional rail lines three of them fully suspended: warminster, glenside, and lansdale doyletown. all of the other rail lines are running with 45 minute delays. scottie, looking at the forecast. >> weather by the numbers scale of one to 10 we will give it a six. temperatures to start are not that bad waking up to numbers in the mid 40's, and even upper 40's for some locations down the shore. we will give today a six and we will see a front this afternoon and this evening dropping those temperatures tonight. wind chills by this time tomorrow will be

cricket avenue the return to go back to the septa regional rail station and watch for ice in kensington the scene of the abandoned church fire overnight and cornwall and f is the intersection to avoid. and a water main break this morning in may fair. frankford at tyson, i expect ice there as well. still watching a crash in college villa long 29 at 422 by the movie. police are helping you around that. a nasty morning on the septa regional rails, our infrastructure does not do well with temperatures this cold. not as bad this afternoon in that all the lines are running but many are running with 10 and 20 and 30 minute delays. good chance your train will be late and good chance you don't want to stand on the platform any longer than you have to. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> still to come on "action news" tonight. saying good-bye to 2017 by shredding the paperwork from the

a busy septa line. a confused driver made a wrong turn and put him into the path of a crowded commuter train inbound through philadelphia. it was train versus car and it was in emergency stop and managed to drag the cadillac 400 feet before coming to rest. and the thought that the driver for some reason turned off the roadway on to the rail line says septa's jim fox. >> and elderly man that made an accidental turn that navigated off the roadway and drove into our right of way. the automatic crossing signals, bystanders were able to get the confused driver out of hi car. no one on the crowded train said to be injured and four passengers with disabilities were given assistance in exiting. prior to impact someone called 911 about the car on the tracks. and the message was relayed to septa just as the crash occurred. and the authority pointed out at septa crossings there say emergency number posted. the goal is to call 911 and the septa direct line. >> they can call the number and go to the septa e control

and septa getting into the holiday spirit and how commuters are festive this year and coming up later, while many children look forward to santa's yearly visit, an 11-year-old has become one of his jolest elves and how his giving back to children in need, >> welcome back, everyone, fire fight rerdz making prog guess on several wildfires burning in southern calvas and major flare-up of the largest fire forced new evacuations and santa barbara county. cbs news correspondent kenneth craig reports. >> firefighters faced intense flames early this this morning as the massive thomas fire reached city of carpenteria in santa barbara. crews attacked the blaze from ground and air and were unable to save every home. after a week on the lines firefighters are tiring. >> the firefighters that have been out here since day one. they said this has been one of the most trying and worst nirz they've ever been on. >> with fire burning down they ordered hundreds of more residents from homes this morning and not knowing if their properties will still be standing when they return. >> this road divides from

up-mine delays for septa's trenton train, 9701. jersey transit, amtrak, and on time. >> thank you. >>> staying in the dangerous cold. an expert breaks down justowor outside during the frigid deep freeze. >>> and what a unique way to welcome in the new year. a look at the one-of-the-kind events area. >>> and beware of neighborhood noise. the new fireworks law that makes it easier to ring in 2018 with a real actual bang. your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like giant's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 1,300 items. eat well for less. only at my giant. we're in the middle of a brutal and bitter cold spell that will stretch through next week. this is the live look at center city where peopleye's eve plans say can i still do those new year's eve plans. the plans include fireworks, ball drops, parades, all things that mean being outsi

septa riding on modified schedule, septa, trolleys, new jersey transit, same deal, because of the holidayd big delays last night on couple of the regional rails. hopefully that won't carry over into the start of our morning rush hour, we're still waiting to hear back from septa as to whether those signal problems have been repaired. thomas, back over to you. >> let's hope not. bob, thank you. 4:33, back to the scene, we follow this breaking news out of kensington, vacant church caught fire overnight in the freezing colds conditions, certainly, making it very difficult for fire crews. steve keeley on the scene this morning, steve? >> reporter: well, look, the city has got some streets department trucks out here, and while bob was talking they were salting the street. he was mentioning on the air live, as it happened, so there you see the reflection, where he's laying that salt, a sheet of ice, so it is treacherous out here, even wrapping up after this fire, and they're going to be out here all around this fire. chris, come over here, look down the side street. it is water flowing still on

we will put 50 b septa bus's long the route.an see people get oy wish y could stay on it longer because they will use centers. look at that bus door and think about thoseumts, big costumes, how do they get on and off buses o or stan on the , they are probably room fancy brigades where they play indoors at convention factors. a lot of things. mummers have in problem being a lead't they, for some reason and thinks a new one.rt this tradition, 22 times postponed because of weather, twcause of r one and depression but never cancelled because it has been ba first in mummers history. >> hey steve is t pole right next you, i triple tg that. >> come do with having my tongue stuck today, what diseases a preole there. i wouldn't even touch witt my glove hand. >> you have a play, you have your co pay covered. >> we need to you fin report back. >> safe bet not to stick your tongue on that thing. >> i think a lot of dogs have us and street have used it. >> just the half. >> we will not convince him. >> get hank flynn that guy in yesterday, h

. >>> and first, hundreds of people were evacuated from a septa train in montgomery county this morning. after the train hit an unoccupied car on the tracks. no injuries were reported and the crash caused major delays for septa riders during the morning commute. bob brooks is joining us from glen side with more. >> reporter: the big question mark is how did this car come to be on the tracks and what is what investigators are trying to get to the bottom of right now. from chopper 6 hd you knew the impact was bad but an up close look how fortunate it was no one was inside of the car. at 7:15 a.m. the septa train collided with the car between the stations. >> it was about 7:15 something around there i heard something and i didn't think much of it. this time of day with the commuter traffic it's busy. >> that is mike he works at bio technologies next to the tracks. >> i'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, i watch on a daily basis those cars going around the gates. and you can hear the horns in the distance. >> 500 passengers were on board and luckily nobody was injured but some disabl

>> so far septa is in pretty good shape.doing on the roads with our buses is slowing speeds down a little bit just to follow some basic safety guidelines for this type of weather. and of course as the day goes on we'll continue to monitor closely the conditions of the roads to determine if we need to make any other changes. the rails and also subways, everything isun time right now. we would advise anybody going out to catch septa plan for a little bit of extra time. your bus or your train might be running a little slower than normal. but right now all our normal services are up and running. >> we know sometimes, andrew, when the temperatures really dip and especially when you get snow on top of it sort of this one-two punch that the rails can become frozen just like any other surface out there. anything that you're doing to make sure that doesn't happen and doesn't slow down transportation in the coming days? >> well, for the most part just running the trains as we're doing today. that helps us keep the rails warm and also

septa also says.ss service all trains making all stops this morning, and here is the location of that fire, we've been covering all morning long up in swenksville summit avenue, just off of route 29, with a lot of local detours through the morning rush hour. mike and alex, back over to you. >> as we told you, we have a crew on the way to swenksville, quite a ways up there. so we should be to the scene in just a little bit. but the fire is out now. now, we're concerned about the people that were living in that home. >> we saw flames when we first got there with skyfox this morning, what was it, about 6:10. plenty of flames, but knocking it down, now it is 8:04. two hours later. since we had skyfox over there. so that is a live shot. steve's almost there. the camera crew, as you can tell obviously already on the grounds there. again, the concern is about the hospital. >> because you know it was a family and earlier there were reports that children might have been involved. but we don't know. so trying t

. >> plus, septa's making sure everyone feels the spirit of the holiday season. how they're giving back to children in need this year. chelsey? >> and we are keeping a very close eye on the holiday weekends, because a lot of you will be traveling, or headed out somewhere, and having some holiday festivities. so, we're talking about rainy conditions on the way mainly for saturday. we dry out on sunday, sunday, in fact, christmas eve, looks like rather good travel day, but then we're tracking another system, that potentially bridges some areas some snowflakes, especially north and west of philadelphia i'll have more coming up in your full forecast, that's next. >> dropping cold coins in red, but on tuesday teg california bl ringerment someone dropped pure gold coin in and the ounce worth whopping $1,300. salvation army says the donationl meals. >>> tracking old saint g bit easier. >> norad is testing new they are year, now use smart home digital assistants like alexa, to see whenan norad has been tracking santa whereabouts for the last 62 years. >>> a huge showing

septa riders get ready.hose tokens you used to get around on trains are finally going the way of the dinosaur as of january septa says cashier booths and vending machines on the frankford and broad street lines will begin to faze the tokens much the next big step for the septa key fare project. septa will remove the sales with token sales ending on or about march 1st. schoolbus driver in lakewood, new jersey, now faces drunk driving charges. and to make matters worst arrest happened with children on board. police say they got call about road rage incident 8:30 this morning in the chestnut street and vermont avenue. authorities say when they spoke to the bus driver they smelled alcohol on his breath. his speech was slurred and his eyes blood shot. prosecutors charged the driver 54-year-old angel cologne with driving unthe nouns and endangering children. >>> in your money, the treat yourself mentality extending to the holiday season. new research says nearly a quarter of americans admit to buying themselves ch

. >> a driver is hospitalize after his car slams into the back of a septa bus. >>> deep freeze, the across the region. you've notic. >> we've been outside alet's gy and matt pellman in for karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: good morning we'll see people darting from the car tohe>> reporter: it's cold this morning, we have cloud cover off to the east of us, not a whole lot over head. we'll increase in sunshine. 16 degrees in philaden trenton. 13 in allentown. 12 in millville. 16 there and 19 in cape may. of course, once again, the wind is the story and how that'smaki. current windchill down to 4 in philadelphia. right now in wilmington, feels like it's 1 below zero. niece are much more severe conditions than the last couple of mornings. 3 windchill in allentown. zero in reading, 4 in millville. with the clear skies we've seen the tempts drop and even a little bit of wind makes it especially uncomfortable. as we go through the day we expect it to stay cold. sunshine, but it won't help. 10:00 a.m., in the teens. 21 by noon. i'm expecting a high of 23 and whenou consider the windchill it

problems on septa this morning , shuttle buses being used instead of the trolleys on both 101 and 102 between 69th street down to media. so bundle up because you'll be standing out waiting for buses , trains, longer this morning. septa running on a modified schedule for both buses and trolleys cross the board, trenton regional rail line running wit a 20 minute delay , parade route monday morning scheduled to start at 9:00 at city hall loops around city hall and then go straight down broad street to washington, septa if you are using mass transit runs on a sunday schedule for monday new years day and of course bus's licensing broad street will be detoured with cross traffic. outside live look at route 309 fort washington no problems this is blue route 476, out of mid county and schuylkill and 95 looking good, but penndot did put down that salt brine solution so we are ready for whatever mother nature will serve up late tonight and tomorrow. >>> we talk about this. septa wants to make sure you have a save new years eve they are offering late night regional rail services to help people g

septa workers decorated buses, part of annual con tells.employee comradery, gets riders in the spirit. >> all for it there. well, time now 4:50. time for business news check. >> diane king hall joins us from the new york stock exchange, good morning, diane. so the bit coin now gaining more legitimacy with the launch of futures trading. what's the early reaction to this? >> good morning, rahel, jim. that's right, bit coin has a strong start in its first day on futures trading, first bit coin kicked offer last night, contract opened at $15,460, we're late for this one, guys, by this morning, it surged past 17,000, launch of future trading gives bit coin the potential to win more widespread usage. meantime stocks jump on friday , do you rallied 117-point, nasdaq gained 27. >> i remember when it was just a dollar. >> diane? >> i remember when it was so cheap. >> remember? >> still, i just don't trust that thing. >> welshing everybody else -- >> oh, well,. >> same! >> jim, aim he with you. >> so now i understand new survey millennials aren't sav

. >>> septa getting into the holiday spirit.ia holiday festival and jennifer joyce has more >> smiles so big. >> it's really cool. we walked inside, we love it. >> reporter: several have been transformed for the holidays at the hands of is a drivers and maintenance crews excited to show us around. >> set the tone and this is my super favorite part. >> reporter: it's so cozy >> a friendly and fun competition between bus district, callowhill driver turned decorator confirms it's also a bonding experience. she was in that charge of balloons and bright colorado seat covers. septa employees he donated money and time to this spirited project >> i feel like a three-year-old in a disney store. i'm so excited this is my favorite time of year. i enjoy doing it >> we're trying to change the culture in the organiation and get people to be more united and what we do here is an organization. >> spreading holiday cheer to passengers and passers by, the septa busses also serve as another free festive photo opt for families >> busses are amazing

. >>> plus changes for septa commuters what you may want to know before you take your next septa ride when "eyewitness news" septa's key card has grown so popular that the transit agency will begin to phase out sale of tokens early next year toke hens in january will no longer be sold at vending machine at market frankford and broad street line stations tokens will continue to be sold at major septa sales offices, regional rail stations and third party retailers until further notice >>> 4:51. time for a check of business news. >> money watch's dianne king hall joins us from the new york stock exchange. if you are wondering fur older model iphonies running slower then usual you are not imaging things, we knew it, what are they saying? >> i know, i know, it is true. jim and rahel, so apple confirms it. it slows down the performance of older iphones to reduce power demand. the phone's ion batteries have problems supplying as they age in a statement to cbs news apple said lithium batteries become less capable of supplying demand when in cold conditions have a low battery charge or as they

i'll end here, no problems so far even for septa. usually we at least see one t ten-minute delay, but none yet. amtrak, septa, new jersey transit, and patco on time. >>> a local college student bounces back after a shocking stroke to return to the court. >>> and telling his story. the boy at the center of a viral video about bullying is talking about the outpouring of worldwide support. >>> halladay will pitch in pennsylvania once again. the son of the late, great philly announced his plans to return to p.a. >>> a player on the st. joseph's university basketball team has compelling story, and it has nothing to do with hoops. >> her career was almost sidelined completely after a medicalmong. matt delucia shows -- medical emergency. matt delucia shows how she made a comeback to the court. >> reporter: august 23rd, 2014. it was a big day for avery mars. the day she moved into her dorm at st. joe's. a basketball recruit with her eyes on a championship. a day she'll never forget. >> i remember it was like a gust of wind hit me from the ri

septa says the contest promotes employee comradery and gets customers in christmas spirit.ilitary families also were sharing in the holiday spirit at a party hosted by the philadelphia philly anticipates liberty uso. the second annual joy of sharing event was held this afternoon at the diamond club citizens bank park and attending by more than 200 families and they enjoyed d.c. and dancing and drs up gifts as well and special time together for everybody. >> is and we do i have areminder as well. cbs3 joy of sharing toy fest is in full swing right now and we invut you to take part. bring a new unwrapped toy to studios 1555 hamilton street and toys will be donated to children in need all across the region and you can also visit cbsphilly.com/toy fest for a complete list of toy drop-off locations. and also details on upcoming toy fest event around the area. you see the toys piling up keith them comeen and keep them coming and you don't keep the cold weather going though get rid of that. >> there's nothing i can do about. it old man wawnter has been like off the season. >> rele

and septa was alerted by the stranded car by 911 operator at the time that its own crew reported the collision. and they pointed out posted at septa crossing a rail line emergency number they hope it will use 911 and the direct line and could save precious minutes and seconds. >> call 911 and the number at the crossing and address both at the same time. >> again, a look at that posted direct phone number here. it's also a location code of some sort. a blue sign below the warning lights. i have to admit i never noticed those sorts of signs bef and there something good to know going forward. live in glen side. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> and police want people to be on the lookout for thieves posing as utility workers a woman was robbed on the 7700 block of roosevelt boulevard boulevard. she let two men posing as employees into her home. if you are not sure call 911. >> gas company and peco are linked in with the 911 system if you call and said i didn't call for service and there are people here representing themselves as working for the ultimate ilt company and they want

it happened in newtot.m septa with the bus driver none of them seemed to be injured. toover in srtni.espons the girl was spending the nig the 9200 block of gu to determine if aexistingtion or food allergy is to blame. >> if you the last two da cold, this morning will chill you to the core. it is part of the a arctic blast that is sweeping across the northern half of the country. in minnesota the cold froze an entire waterfall. look at that. in wisconsin coast guard was breaking ice in green bay. the great lakes are digging out from record snowfall. in upstate new york, firefighters had to tunnel their way into a home to rescue a woman who is trapped inside. >>> while we're not expecting a lot of snow, delaware department of transportation is not taking any chances. trucks were out brining roads in an effort to prevent slick streets in the coming days. >>> good idea, right david? >> reporter: especially with the snow coming in on saturday. storm tracker 6 live showing no snow this morning. as we look outside, this is a shot live on the action cam franklin square in phi

a 33-minute delay for septa's newark train. that's significant. train 216.ew jersey, amtrak, and patco on time. >>> today exelon will conduct a siren test connected to the lymerick power plant. they will sound this afternoon for about three minutes. the sirens will sound in parts of montgomery, chester, and berks counties. they're designed to alert people to emergency alert systems, tv, or radio stations for information in the event of an emergency. >>> "nbc10 news today" is once again taking the show on the road. we want you to join in on the fun. this wednesday we're heading to the wawa on east commons boulevard in new castle, delaware. 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., we'll be serving free coif, taking selfies -- free coffee, taking selfies, and heighting the community. >>> a safer stop for septa riders. the sneak peek at the market/frankford line that passengers will see this morning. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington checking in on the roads and bridges, too. the platt bridge looks good so far. you can probably see light fog for your morning drive. r

this is the next step for the septa key fare projectment septa will remove the remaining token machines across six week span with token sales ending on or about march the first. will they become collector items? the machines and the tokens? >> oh, you think so? >> not really. just too many of them of the. >> you think your iphone continues to get slower as it gets older, it is not your imagination. >> or i always think that like my phone messes cents up whenever a new iphone comes out, trying to get us to buy a new iphone. i'm on to you. well, now apple is admitting older iphones, they do slow down. but, this is their explanation. you ready for this one. >> yes. >> they say the slow downs are deliberate, but they claim it is not because they want you to buy a new phone, they say it is to protect your phone, that's why they do it. >> oh, okay. >> apple recently released feature that slows own the iphone pros cents esters when working on aging battery, they say it is to prevent your iphone from malfunctions and slowing down. >> so they do it for you, guys. >> who do they do it for you? >>

i haven't seen any delays reported for septa, we're on time for septa and new jersey transit and amtrak and patco on schedule. >>> 6:12, coming up, apple admitted yes, it's slowing down your old iphone. but the tech giant says it's for your own explain. we'll explain. >>> and now the end is near. the expiration date and you may have to find a new way. coming up in 15 minutes. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> it's 6:16, the search is on for the driver who hit a bicyclist and left him for dead in bucks county. police say the driver was racing when the crash happened tuesday night. police say kev

then septa on modified schedule with buses and trolleys. here, new years eve special late night service on regional rails. so take advantage, won't you? guys, back over to you. >> good advice, patrick, thank you. now for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the delaware county daily times, chester based city team ministries is busy giving away fresh produce to churches and shelters in the region. and taking in mass donations of clothe as this bitterly cold temperatures grip the philadelphia area. >> and from the press of atlantic city atlantic county human society keeping animals warm during the cold snap. that includes, insulated and electrically heated houses for cat on the property. >> and from the wilmington news journal, a group of sussex county resident and monday story proponents hope to open new charter school in sussex counties by the fall of 2019. it hopes to serve at least 26 an elementary school student, in its first year. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware val

. >>> septa helping to bring joy to children in need.his morning, septa workers loaded bags filled with toys on to several busses parked outside of the transit agency's headquarters in center city. the gifts were delivered to several charities and churches. septa employees collected 18,000 toys, bikes games as part of their 37th annual toy drive. >> cool mule. that's very good. >>> kate talking about the temperatures going up and down here. >> warm and rainy and cold and a little snowy. next week, what's going on, still on the weather roller coaster, it was a beautiful night in yardley. it was our holiday fest. i was at shady brook farms earlier. they put on quite an impressive light show every year, you drive through, or you can ride in a wagon more than 3 million lights and more than 350 individual displays again you can explore in the comfort of your car or in that open air wagon ride. once you go through the two-mile stretch, there's fire pits, you can roast marsh, there's a complete farm shop. at great location and very quick to get

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the next time you take septa it will be easy to get into the holiday spirit. >> snowy sprint. no winter coats for this group and they did it all for a very good cause. >>> good sunday morning to you. i'm first alert meteorologist steve sosna giving you updated and fresh snowfall numbers. south jersey last night didn't have any good new info for you. overnight new information came in. here are the totals. ewing 5.7 inches of snow. west cape may, 5 inches. cherry hill and camden, 5 inches. 4 inches in mays landing. atlantic city 3 inches. i'll be showing you snow totals throughout the morning here. it's dry and in some spots down right cold. 25 in reading. 23 in lancaster. whatever was out there yesterday whether it be slush or snow, it's been compacted, it's probably ice this morning. that's why we're giving you that heads-up with the first alert through 10:00 this morning to give yourself plenty of extra time. this is what it feels like outside this morning and if you're up in the poconos, layer up. it feels like 5 degrees. 21 in philadelphia and 21 in millville. we're talking

septa running modified schedule, same deal with new jersey transit.e you got the new timetable, because it is cold out there. sue has got the forecast coming up in 15 seconds. >> 7:46. we've got little action on ultimate doppler radar, mostly in the baltimore area, little bit north of there. and just some flurries flying around, and don't be surprised if you see a little squawl or flurry maybe in new castle, or kent county in delaware, and we see couple showing up around upper pittsgrove in new jersey, not big deal today. jump ahead to saturday morning, we see one of the computer models, possibles of scattered snow showers, not necessarily amount to go anything. early call saturday morning cents possibility, there but didn't look look like anything major, 22 degrees if philadelphia, 25 in wildwood, one, in mount pocono, that's the actual temperature. factor in the win, 14 if is what it feels like, and feels like 13 below, up in the mountains this morning, now, for tonight, expected to be even colder, with these below zero windchills. and that's why a

septa will operate on a sunday schedule. you can find more details at 6abc.com. >>> five divisions of mummers cast votes yesterday narrowly approving the greenlight. it is not only the performers and spectators they have to keep in mind, but their instruments. >> would you be disappointed if you didn't play on new year's. >> yeah, if it's a week later it's a whole other week of suspense you have to wait, it drags out the process. >> reporter: warming tents will be available i long the parade route to help keep parade goers from freezing. >> meanwhile, last minute practice tombs for fancy brigade. they will be performing two shows one at 11:00 a.m. and one at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. the keep up to date on the 6abc app. >>> a new law allows the purchase of a full line of pie row -- pie -- pyro technical devices are allowed to be sold to regular residents of pennsylvania. >>> the jack pot rolled over to $440 million. a ticket in new jersey did women a million dollars. the next drawing is wednesday night. $343 million is still out t

septa uses shuttlemorning betwet and media all due to some morning. septaise both trenton, line buses and trolleys are running on a modified schedule as new jersey transit and cha of last year will join us live at 8:00 toow hard it will be, here's parade routecits around city hall and south on broad and end upand septa systee running on a sunday >> s.>> 7:18. >> eagles will play their final game of the regular season sunday at a frigidlincold then on the playoffs and if you want to beuy those tickets. >> they go on sale at ticket master next t at 10:00 a.m. we went know who eagles will face o until after the playoff games, so block off your day and make get those tickets. >> how much will it cost in case you are break down just how much these ticket will cost. generalces 105 to $18.oo only ia four ticket limit per a first come tickets will be first serve basis. parade to the party in times square many of plans that for ne , right. >> but best thing to safe from d bringing kid out what are signs you should be looking for willlcm just drink you'll be fi

there are half-hour delays on the septa regional rail lines. board we have cold quld.ladelphia below zero in reading, lancaster 3 degrees in philadelphia. four in millville. as we roll through the day it will be cold, high of 23 degrees today. windchills in the much of the time. we'll be back with the top stories. do you need the most trusted battery this holiday? maybe not. maybe, you could trust the world would be just as happy without them. (screaming) or, you could just trust duracell. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ > top stories 6:56 a.m. fire erupted at an abandoned church in kensington section. firefighters evacuated two dozen homeless people living inside the buildings. >> reporter: major traffic troubles on the rails. half-hour on wilmington newark and media/elwyn line and river line suspended because of switching problems. >> reporter: folk you look at these numbers, you have to up that skin for any extended period of time. >> goodness me,ublely on socks and edwards, davidrphy, mai, i'm matt have a great one everybody.ttle. >>> good morning,

. >>> septa helping to bring joy to children in need.his morning, septa workers loaded bags filled with toys on to several busses parked outside of the transit agency's headquarters in center city. the gifts were delivered to several charities and churches. septa employees collected 18,000 toys, bikes games as part of their 37th annual toy drive. >> cool mule. that's very good. >>> kate talking about the temperatures going up and down here. >> warm and rainy and cold and a little snowy. next week, what's going on, still on the weather roller coaster, it was a beautiful night in yardley. it was our holiday fest. i was at shady brook farms earlier. they put on quite an impressive light show every year, you drive through, or you can ride in a wagon more than 3 million lights and more than 350 individual displays again you can explore in the comfort of your car or in that open air wagon ride. once you go through the two-mile stretch, there's fire pits, you can roast marsh, there's a complete farm shop. at great location and very quick to get

finally planning on using mass trans to it day both septa, septa and patco have modified schedules, that goodies news for new years travelers because while septa will operate on a normal sunday schedule late night trains will be added and patco lines are free from 8:00 tonight until 4:00 tomorrow morning. in the cbs-3 traffic center i'm amanda mueller now back to you. >>> thanks, manned a. >>> well, we all know new year l on new years eve but some other cities around the u.s. have unique ways of bringing in the new year as well and our region noise different. bethlehem, pennsylvania for instance has been proud of its candy, city dropped 400-pound peep at midnight, len in pennsylvania drops bologne, it is a wreath with edible bologne inside. hammington, new jersey calls itself the blueberry capitol of the world so it is only fit ago this they plan to drop a giant blueberry, at their inaugural, new years eve bash this year. the blueberry is 10 feet in diameter, and the drop takes place right in front of the town hall. >>> elsewhere around the country now in indianapolis, home of the indy 5

township line is your best bet , modified schedule on septa's busts and trolleys, same deal with newsit. it is cold out there. make sure you have the right modified schedule before you are standing outside on the corner. we have had delays of 25 minutes for most of the morning on the subway equipment problems at fernrock and i think cold temperatures, will give the trains a run for their money especially older trains and septa's regional rails running with delays, airport warminster and doyletown. how cold will it get? maybe s word in the forecast, sue has got tonight 15 >>> you think it is cold now? just wait until after this cold front comes through because that will send re enforcements from the arctic so christmas cold, continues throughout the rest of the week, throughout the rest of the year, and as far as precipitation is concerned, another clipper system expected to come through similar to what happened christmas morning. probably friday into saturday if we get it at all. nothing right now, it is really all about the temperatures. 27 degrees in philadelphia. eleven in the mou

. >> the end of an era the septa tokens a staple of life in philly for decades. of the past. welcome to 2018. >> oh, no. [ laughter ] >>> it's about time. >> say it isn't so. take look at the weather map. we have rain to the south that's going to stay there. cold air to the north. which will win for the christmas weekend? we'll take look michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. with twice the crispy caramelized peppered bacon. dunkin' sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back. experience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. america runs on dunkin' week off from new year's ne

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septa running modified schedule on it buses and trolleys, because of the holiday week, new jersey transit trains and buses doing the same thing. early morning church fire, the old ascension parish church in kensington caught fire. steve keeley has all of the detail, but we're iced over in the neighborhood here, f street between ontario, westmoreland, just be real careful, not only driving, but walking this morning around fire scene. steve keeley weighed in, like knew snorkeling mask you put on now. >> high tech? >> must be nice. >> look at mike going high tech on us already. >> i know. thanks, bob. coming up on 7:04, so like bob was talking becomes overnight fire at an old vacant church, in kensington, firefighters were dealing with this in the in this cold temperatures, plus, it sent about 19 homeless people out into the bitter cold, and like we mentioned this weather certainly a factor in fighting this one. >> crews doing amazing job overnight, steve keeley following the early investigation here, steve, good morning. >> , it is called snorkle mask, the snorkle on top of your head, the r

what septa and city police are doing to keep people safe from a terror attack. >>> good morning. this is "nbc10 news today" first look at 4. i'm katy zachry. >> i'm via sikahema. 4:31. tracking a few showers in places. we'll get right to meteorologist bill henley. >>> the showers are in the lehigh valley and pocono mountains. most of that not reaching the ground, if not all of it not reaching the ground. there's a chance of snowflakes in the pocono mountains. you're more likely to see a few raindrops with this one. the atmosphere is still warm. the numbers are above freezing this morning. raindrops over lancaster. each there it is dry. ten degrees above freezing in the suburbs. six degrees above in the lehigh valley at 38. most of the rest of the area is starting off in the 40s. philadelphia, delaware, south jersey, 40s to start. the showers will be moving through this even, scattered and light, raindrops here and there. then we'll get breaks of sunshine this afternoon. the temperatures staying in the 40s for many neighborhoods all day. not a huge warmup. we'll see a breeze kick

tokens will continue to be sold at major septa sales offices, regional rail stations and third party retailers up until further notice. septa says demise of the token is attributable to the success of the reloadable key card. >>> decking the halls one local business owner is spreading cheer and giving back in a very big way. justin udo shows us how one woman brought the north pole to north philadelphia for a community in need. >> merry christmas. >> it came ice sculptures, santa claus and reindeer yes, you heard that right reindeer are part of the north pole to north philadelphia christmas toy give away. >> i got over a hundred bikes, 500 toys to give away, so, all these toys for the kid. we got power cars. batman. robin. spider man. we got bikes. we got toys. we have dolls. we have everything. we have a whole toy store here >> reporter: the owner of the country cooking soul food restaurant in north philadelphia orchestrated the event. >> i know how it feels to not have. it is bad when you need and you don't want to ask nobody. so this is for everybody. >> reporter: hundreds of kid s

septa's uniformed personnel have been increased in the subway system and regular police on the streets of center city as well. >> we have a lot of layers of security we're constantly training. we do a lot of outreach. we kind of say the same thing for every active shooter every terrorism event but really is true. >> whenever there's an incident somewhere else in the country every police department is concerned that it's a -- it's a organized effort, maybe an attack in multiple cities so we -- we immediately implement a higher visibility posture and we did that today. >> reporter: regular septa riders are vowing not to be intimidated. >> if i'm in an area where i can't observe everybody at all times i'm concerned. >> i used to live and work in new york so you just know that that's the kind of thing that could possibly happen so you're just more dill gender about things. >> reporter: at 30th street station amtrak as usual makes no effort to conceal the fact that they're on high alert holiday season or not. in center city, shoppers today are showing no hesitation to come downtown if this

modified schedule on septa buses, trolleys, this morning, same deal on new jersey transit.so make sure you have the current schedule, you don't want to be standing outside any longer, than you have to this morning. alex and thomas back to you. >> thank you. talking about those temperatures and being outside, do you have think of the firefighters. because there was overnight vacant fire, vacant church fire in kensington it, sent 19 homeless people out into the bitter cold without a place to go. >> our steve keeley on scene, crews did amazing job, steve, good morning to you. >> reporter: philadelphians, love their eagles, but we all know the top teams don't get as much praise, and that is the fire department and police department. you can still see officers out here, the fire department, boy they are the superbowl team for sure. look at this massive church. look at the bell tower even in the dark you can probably see that at home. and look how high up the steps go on this side. this is westmoreland, which is reopened, where you see a vehicle coming at us. chris will move to t

watch for police activity there on the scene. >>> septa has the holiday spirit.ve buses. you've got a ginger bread house complete with a fireplace inside to the holiday machine with the scooby doo greeter. septa decked out eight buses in center city this weekend asking riders to vote for their favorite. >>> if you are looking to get away, now is the time to act fast. >> next, why travel experts say there's no time like the present to book a vacation and save money at the same time. >>> also -- [ cheers ] >> something to cheer about. plenty of worries for eagles' fans, but meet the local champs back in town. >>> new at 5:00 a.m., alarming statistics surrounding something inside your house. the deadly dangers of window blinds and why the biggest threat is something you can't see. >>> check out this scene in bethlehem township. the line was out the door at the chris kindle mart. folks getting treats, and we found those who make the trip every year to those who came for the first time. >> i decided this year was the year to check out what's here and get in the spirit

septa says resulting delays were minimal because the line was already operating on a holiday schedule:57. next and new this morning, fire forces two people out into the cold overnight. now police are trying to figure out if this was set intentionally. >> if you overindulged shoshana has you started on you new year's resolution. we'll be right back. >> ♪ i'll take that. hey, l'eggo my eggo. i don't see your name on it. really? ba bam! know the rules. keep your eggo. l'eggo my eggo. okay. >> ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday december 26th. matt is off. jeanette reyes is joining us. >> well, it was an ugly game but the eagles pulled off a win with a last minute field goal. the team grinded out a tough win at home which means the team will be getting home field advantage throughout the playoffs. >> also an update on the recovery of that baby girl attacked by a raccoon inside her north philadelphia home while she slept. >> and bund

thanks to a group of septa workers. >> a stray dog is in good hands after rescued by group of septa workers>> let's introduce to you jermaine name after one of the workers who actually saved him pup recently found roaming the tracks near 69th street, the terminal there. septa workers feared he could get worse even killed possibly so they set up trap to get him out of harms way. >> it was always a -- we got trains here, power, and anything could happen, co-run across the street. >> well, jermaine now recovering at keystone vet hospital in havertown. vets say he has a partially amputated leg likely due to electric shock or being hit by something. a go fund me page has been set to up raise money for the surgery that he'll need. for that info go to our website cbsphilly.com. >> poor pup. well, time now 4:49. time for check on business news. >> and money watch's diane king-hall joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jim and that the tasha. well, we've got this for you. this one could be music to a lot of investors ears. spotify could be going pub

. >> skyfox over something septa riders won't see forget. a packed train heading into time on the warminster line slammed into a car sitting across the tracks near rice's mill road. septa says the senior citizen driving the car had abandoned it after making a wrong turn. septa buses ended transferring passengers to get to them to where they needed to go after the crash. some disable passengers needed a little extra time and van took them from the scene. nobody is hurt. everything got back on schedule fairly quickly. >> police in newark, delaware, nabbed two guys wanted for bank robbery. david may and justin thompson police say yesterday around wound of 1:00 in the afternoon thompson robbed td bank on the 200 block of east delaware avenue. police say later that same day they found the pair in car with cash in the back seat. they remember both arrested. check out these pictures from fire this morning in wilmington. the fire began around 2:30 on 200 block of north franklin street. two-story building was empty by the time crews got there. no res

in between the end of our morning rush this morning and now we have some major issues today on the septa regional rails. they were downed wires that halted the train in one of the tunnels. and people were stranded on the train and it happened at 9:30 this morning and feeling the repurcushions this afternoon. up to 40 minute delays across the board on septa regional rails for the ride home and a number of trains canceled because of crew shortages and it's cynwyd line is shuttle buses and ride a paoli thorndale line instead. kind of a mess to start the day on the regional rails and patco the emergency track schedule has been lifted. things are back to normal on the patco high speed line and on the roads it's busy southbound blue route, 476. and a crash on the passyunk draw bridge that cleared. and this spot the vine street expressway an accident at the gore point past broad street jammed past the schuylkill and westbound toward 76. and northeast philadelphia burkes county border wreck on woodhaven eastbound by route 13 is off to the side. lets grab the ipad and check the ways home with the