we have an accident right at the tacony-palmyra bridge that's causing an issue.for that at the toll plaza. you might expect delays there. a water main break in morris town, burlington county, stick to central or route 38. public work crews are on the scene. that's a problem in burlington county. delaware county, this is the blue route at i-95 northbound traffic heading toward media, no real problems this morning on the blue route just yet. looking good right there. we're checking the commuter traffic report right now finding the best ways to go to work with waze. if you're from maple shade coming into the city if you're taking the betsy ross bridge it's a 27 minute rude. route 13017 minute ride. take 38 and go over the ben franklin bridge. in trenton, 3 miles. 7 miles at philadelphia international. we noticed thick fog in bucks county an hour or two ago, that's looking better, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> new this morning a georgia man was hailed a hero for pushing a man out of the way of his burning motorcycle. houston used his own sweater to extinguish the bla

the tacony-palmyra causing problems, an does he accident. watch for that if you're heading to tacony-palmyra. >>> nobel committeeed tunisia national quartet for forming democracy. it is made up of four organizations labor unions, leaders of industry and lawyers and human rights activists. the prize worth $1 million will be presented in december. >> a water main break is closing south street and a number of businesses may be without water as crews begin repairs. eva pilgrim is live on the a 500 block of south street. eva if you have to drive through the area, what does it look like? >> reporter: 5th street is closed. the water is coming up through the manhole covers. there's two areas where the water is coming up. it's starting to pool on the sides of the road here. water crews shut off the main last night shortly after it happened around 11:15 when the water initially began flowing from the manhole cover. of course it is still coming out this morning. police have blocked the intersection to traffic. if you usually take 5th up through the cit

route 73 now, see, there we go, route 73, approaching the tacony palmyra bridge. i didn't give him that much. you're good. approaching the tacony palmyra bridge we were scheduled for a 4:10 opening and as you can see no backup right now. so unclear whether it's open. i am trying to look ahead. you can see the ships go by from this camera but it's dark out and you can see no backup approaching the toll plaza. right now good to go, take the betsy ross bridge if you want to get an alternate to get around that. for the rest of the area bridges no problems. no problems for the ben, construction the walt whitman is clear as well. down the p.a. turnpike moving along smoothly. all green, westbound, eastbound, from route 1, the valley forge, the most a 23 minute trip. >> work is under way to remove the remains of a shorehouse that is partly submerged under water. it's not just an eye sore. ahead we'll tell you why the home is lls causing damage. >> a plan is discussed to save the state of pennsylvania $200,000. next hear what may soon vanish from along the pennsylvania tur

quite a ways away but checked in with the tacony palmyra bridge as well, no scheduled openings so if you are heading in that direction no real problems on the length of route 73. on the new jersey turnpike watch for construction on the northbound side between route 73 which is around exit 4 and burlington and mount holly around exit 5. we have two lanes closed until about 6:00 a.m. another hour and a half at least of that. over to the p.a. turnpike, good to go there. you can see everything in the green, 22 minutes, westbound or eastbound from route 1 to valley forge when i come back in the next ten minutes we'll do a check on our philadelphia roads. >> sounds good. 4:23 now. this morning we have new information about that philadelphia toddler who was given 10 times the amount of chemo he was supposed to get. ahead hear what the hospital is saying about the error. as warm as it's been lately it's easy to forget that flu season is here. why experts say this weekend is a good time to take a preemptive strike against the virus. if you want to chat with us behind the scenes here on "nbc 1

tacony palmyra bridge going down after a bridge opening. traffic was stopped right there.sy ross bridge moving okay at this point. burlington bristol bridge is reopened. it was closed overnight for construction. i had warned you about that. the work will continue at 9 p.m. but it's not scheduled to be closed again so it was closed overnight. opened right now. nights they're doing construction with restrictions, not completely shutting it down, matt. >> thanks karen. >>> breaking right now, a man was burned in a fast moving house fire in philadelphia's olney section. flames broke out on the 500 block of geneva avenue just before 3 a.m. the fire spread from the rear of the row house to the second floor. the 47-year-old fire victim was rushed to einstein medical center with burns to his hands and smoke inhalation. fire crews remain on that scene. >>> two narcotics officers, one firefighter and a civilian were all hurt in another house fire, this one in the city's strawberry mansion section. the two officers in plainclothes tried to rescue a man inside. "action news" reporter

for the area bridges, currently the tacony palmyra bridge is closed and on standby for an opening for a ship. we had a 4:10 opening so we're about 20 minutes out of that schedule right now. no problem on the betsy ross bridge, that's your alternate. no problems on the walt as well. out in glassboro, new jersey, also today watch 322 in both directions, pretty much closed in this stretch from main street into route 47, so all lanes closed and detoured. you can take 55 in this direction. ellis street in here, and head to 322 and be fine. >> let's take to you breaking news out of philadelphia's crescentville section. we're seeing this video for the first time at the same time you are. one person was injured in a house fire at geneva and rising sun avenues. no word on the person's condition. firefighters also rescued two dogs from the home. we have video of firefighters actually resuscitating one of those dogs with oxygen. we're giving that video cut for you. we'll show it as soon as we can. monique braxton is on the way there to the scene to gather more information. >> and this is new fro

over the bridge no problems with the tacony palmyra right now.here are speed restrictions on the whitman. down to 35 due to high winds. watch for construction on the ben westbound into the city we're losing a lane. >> 6:34. we're tracking heavy rain moving into the area and for people down the shore, that means a threat of more flooding. matt delucia is live in cape may county. show us what's happening there right now. >> reporter: tracy, on the beach it's very windy right now. you might be able to hear it. let me show you how rough the wind is out here and the conditions are. look at that american flag up there. just blowing in the wind. for a while it was in a straight line because we had heavy gusts this morning. follow me along here along the beach as i try to keep my footing with the wind gusts. talking about the beach erosion because of the wind gusts. not too much along this weech. the water kind of piling up and flooding the sandp in this part of the beach. we have not seen the water coming onto the streets from the ocean. how ever, about

tacony palmyra bridge okay mid span but there is an accident on the new jersey side, right before the toll plaza, so if you are coming in from say the curve right there and tacony palmyra watch it, there is a lot of police activity at the toll plaza as we have been talking about all morning long market street is shut down between third and fourth, so we will go around the block but it is for a good cause. we're soluting the military today here at fox 29, mike and alex, back over to you. mike and lauren, back over to you. >> lauren, yes. >> bob, we have talked about this for a couple hours, it happened last night at 11:00, fifth and south street, water main break causing major detours. >> i'm surprised it is still bubbling, steve, but is it. >> reporter: it is still bubbling as you saw in the live picture and south street still opened as bob kelly pointed out. here's the problem. i showed traffic lights out here thinking they were intentionally shut off since nobody can come up fifth. electric guys just showed up here. so this water is doing some kind of damage perhaps because johnny r

and you will see that follow on both ben franklin and walt whitman and tacony palmyra.in on the the 42 freeway so far so good but slower than normal as you roll through bellmawr, chris and ball mare. >>> and, it is, a and you and your name and i want to you take a gift and surprise her on air. so earlier we did that, and here's how it went... that is trish your mom who called me and said i will sent it fedex in your name and give to it lauren dawn. >> read it out loud right new. >> i can't. >> i can't. >> yes, you can. >> i can't. >> was it about me. >> no. >> my make. >> i'm sorry, sue, you can do the weather. >> we lost her. >> we don't know what is in it. >> everybody is like why are you taking the chair with you. >> all of our devices are connect to the chair so you north blocking us so i had to take the chair. >> the gift was opened. it was really nice with the dish with the quote, so lovely. she's so sweet. >> aim sure she's watching from a atlanta. >> very sweet. >> i hate it when do you that mom, make me cry on tv. >> according to a new study there are braces th

looking good as you roll through maple shade, palmyra, up and down that tacony palmyra bridge.ets go into mount holly, new jersey at route 38 and route 541. we are off to a nice quiet start. i expect major jams. it is like first day back. yesterday being columbus day folks had the day off, some schools were closed, everybody is back to work and back to school today. the here's a live look at route 202 in chester county right here near 252 rolling from chesterbrook up toward king of prussia i-95 through construction at the cottman avenue all of the lanes were opened and construction crews are out of there on both the schuylkill and i-95. left over crew here on the boulevard, they have been repaving overnight so inner drive is still closed from woodward down to rhawn street and left over crew on the turnpike at downingtown, these guys out here fort washington they are getting ready to wrap up, as well, and if you are ready to leave pottstown or collegeville heading east on 422, so far, so good as you head inbound toward the king of prussia interchange. the mats transit the no del

a ship coming northbound, it's the tacony palmyra bridge in the up position this afternoon. we should be able to see the ship in just a minute kind of rounding the corner coming toward the bridge headed northbound so that means in about 45 minutes to an hour we also expect an opening at the burlington bristol bridge. but at this point head for the betsy ross bridge instead of the tacony palmyra if that's your normal route. this is the schuylkill expressway. we had a crash here at the end of the spring garden on-ramp to the westbound lanes. crash is now gone but travel times are still slow in both directions. that eastbound travel time of an even half hour from the blue route into the vine is pretty much exactly double what it ideally should be. >>> on the big picture a crash on 95 as well southbound by cottman off to the side. still slow speeds in the teens in both directions. market street remains blocked by independent mall between fifth and sixth as we get ready for espn college game day tomorrow. that means septa bus routes 17, 33, 44 and 48 remain detoured. those closur

this is moving toward tacony palmyra bridge. >> we have our friends behind the scenes on paris scope watching what happens. lauren is joining us new on the show so getting a kb introduction. >> i made new friends. >> we'll ask people there a trifbia question. it may have something to do with lauren. if you want to join us you can do so. the address is nbc philadelphia. see you there. >> enjoy getting to hoe people. a neighborhood comes together in an outpouring following the death of a boy in camden county. it's not clear what killed the child. an update ahead at 6:00. >> some community fun. invite you to celebrate this saturday october 17th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. on the camden new jersey water front. we're talking about a lot of fun things. don't miss special appearances, mascots and you can also meet and take photographs with some of us in the family. throughout the day we'll all be there and you can see what it's like to be a meteorologist if i can say the term properly. we'll check out the weather maul. buy your general admission ticket with a $4 ticket. [woman] hey, amy! [am

for the rest of the area bridges no problems for the walt, betsy, the tacony palmyra, and no scheduled openings right now. >>> today some of the region's leading experts in education will meet to talk about the challenges facing america's schools. philadelphia school superintendent is part of that panel. that symposium begins at 9:30 this morning in new town square. and everyone, the public included, is invited to attend. >>> mandating school uniforms the topic tonight at the easton area school meeting after a staff survey revealed nearly 90% of people agreed to consider a uniform policy. most parents support it too. the board isn't expected to vote on the issue today. we'll keep you posted. we checked and found out the uniforms have been a topic of discussion at several nearby school districts including nazareth and bethlehem district. they considered but rejected school uniforms. allentown required them since 2013. >>> columbus day is over but controversy about that holiday and the man it honors rages on. next at 4:30, some people want the name officially changed. and as you'll see o

the rest of the area bridges we checked in headed to the walt, no problem, the betsy, the tacony palmyra doing okay, watch out on the ben franklin bridge we're losing a lane into philadelphia for construction. >>> we're following breaking news from kingsessing neighborhood. one man is in critical condition following a home invasion and shooting last night on south ruby street. the victim, a 50-year-old man, is not expected to survive. we're also learning that his wife and three children were at the home at the time, held at gunpoint. the wife said we're poor, we don't have anything. they weren't hurt. nbc 10's matt delucia is on the way to the scene. we'll have a live report coming up in the next half hour. >>> for many people columbus day was a celebration of italian heritage. for others it's becoming a growing controversy and a call to action. a petition launched on change.org is addressed to mayor nutter. supporters want monuments to christopher columbus removed because they claim columbus' role in wiping out indigenous people in the americas should not be celebrated. >> this holiday

the rest of the area bridges, heading into philadelphia no problems on the walt, the betsy and tacony palmyra nice and clear and more updates on these and construction projects to come back in the next ten minutes. >> thanks. it's 5:00 a.m. we're following developing news across airports across the country. thousands of southwest airlines customers are told to show up hours earlier today because of computer glitch. matt delucia is live in our digital operations center with details and what travelers are doing. tell us more about this. >> there is still a travel advisory asking southwest customers to show up at least two hours before the flight. the problem started yesterday just afternoon. this is mainly impacting the service desk inside the airports nationwide and the southwest website and mobile app. we're only talking about southwest airlines being affected here. no other airlines have reported issues with this. right now the airline is using backup systems, there are still delays, and a little over 1 in 10 southwest flights yesterday experienced a delay because of this. there have been lo

the rest of the area bridges, heading into philadelphia no problems on the walt, the betsy and tacony palmyraand clear and more updates on these and

all traffic this way will be headed to the tacony palmyra bridge. so no problems there but you can see wet roadways so be careful when you head out the door. pretty much can't avoid it. for cherry hill township a patch of machine construction on 70 eastbound at penn avenue to the right and center lane are closed. right now that's not a huge problem. later on if the scene is active it will be a problem, over in collingswood construction in both direction between airport circle and 130 so watch for that traffic shift with bridge work. for mass transit, septa 15 minutes late on the warminster line. some 13 minutes late for the airport lines, new jersey transit on time right now. >> you can count on us to track today's wind and rain. >> we're also keeping a close eye on hurricane joaquin. it's a category 4 now, the storm is battering the bahamas. look at this video. we'll show you more damage coming up of the video there, also the work being done on the east coast to prepare for anything that joaquin may bring. >> and a new view from outer space. nasa r

checking in with the rest of the bridges we're clear on all of them, tacony palmyra, the betsy, the benis clear but watch for lane restrictions and construction into the city. >>> it was a deadly air strike shocking because of where it happened. >> a u.s. plane bombed a hospital run by doctors without borders in afghanistan. you know that story. but now there is new information that suggests the crew of the gun ship knew what the target was and questioned the order that resulted in the deaths of doctors and patients. >> plus, he hasn't said he is running yet, but if joe biden does get into the presidential race, we now know what may be in his platform. we'll tell you what a top aide says about biden's top priorities. >> it's a great opportunity for me, i think it will benefit the community. >> santa's not talking about delivering christmas presents. he has a new gig in an alaskan town. a clue, he needed the support of the local voters to get it. your immune system doesn't work the way it did when rock was young. so we made fluzone high-dose vaccine... for people 65+. with a high high hi

tacony palmyra, separate opening at 8:45.offee, keys, heading out front door betsy ross is your best bet because we will go in shut down mode on both sides there. we have sun glare coming eastbound on the schuylkill expressway, finally made its way up and over tree line so we are heavy from conshohocken on in. we have an earlier accident westbound out near king of prussia, causing a backup from the boulevard all the way out to kop. >>> and then for gang in south jersey for shaders, delays, along route 73, keep in mind that tacony palmyra that opening up at 8:45. use betsy ross, delays south on 295 because of an accident near the black horse pike and out in downingtown, eastbound on the turnpike an accident near the downingtown interchange. mike and alex, back to you. >>> did you hear 50cent verse empire. >> rapper is calling out the hit show but now he is having to defend himself after a certain post on instagram. >> i didn't mean what i posted. how many times have i done that. dear fellow citizen, i get that it's hard to say

we have no problems on the tacony palmyra, the betsy ross or the ben franklin. watch for construction, something we're used to for some time. ongoing construction now on the new jersey turnpike southbound to 195, that exit ramp is closed right now. and that's going to be there until about the end of november. katy. >> thanks, jessica. beginning today in lehigh county you'll have two new spots to drop off unused expired medications. county and health officials will announce the placement of the drop boxes at two lehigh valley locations. you can use the boxes to dispose of unused prescriptions and over-the-counter meds. officials say it's unsafe to simply throw out the medication or flush them down the toy lext >>> we've learned about a shortage of life saving medication for kids with severe allergies. >> it's the difference between life and death to not have access to one i can't imagine. >> next, the reason there is an epipen shortage and why the timing could not be worse. >> also coming up, time to get out? "the new york times" says new jersey governor chris ch

no problems on the tacony palmyra, the betsy, the walt whitman is clear and we'll stay in new jersey now, watch for construction on 295 north and southbound between 42 and the black horse pike. more drive times when i come back in the next ten minutes. >>> some fall cleaning is under way at the jersey shore. it's not just dirt and grime they are trying to get rid of. hear how this effort will keep the water safe for next summer. if yesterday's cold snap caused you to crank up the heat in the house, listen to this. we have new details this morning about how you can save money on the winter heating bills that we all look forward to getting. >>> if the you wonder what happens behind the scenes here wonder no more. there is this lovely invention called periscope that allows us to broadcast great stuff to you behind the scenes. all you need is the app, tracy davidson is here doing something to the periscope ipad. a little lower please. there. perfect. don't want to give me the double chin effect. we're vain toxt our address there is nbc philadelphia. i'll see you there. >>> peco customers

we've had some drops but there's been some times where guys are open and we didn't put it on them tacony-palmyraes. combination of both. >> there's small mistake all over the place we've got to do a better job as offense being more consistent it takes 11 guys to be successful. unfortunately there just haven't been enough times we've all been doing the right thing. >> well, we'll see if the birds can get it right. kick off at 1:00 on sunday. high school football we have a winner for the friday football friend so game of the week the results are in. and with 52% of the vote it's cardinal o'hara at academy park. we will see you there live on friday. >>> the philadelphia union hosting sporting kansas city in the us open cup final at ppl park. this one tied at 1:00 after regulation so we have extra time. we go to penalty kicks now. and all tied at six kansas city jordan with a chance to win it. he beats philadelphia native john mccarthy another heartbreaker for the union back to back seasons where they lose in this thing seven-six in penalty kicks. >>> preseason in south philly. flyers with the two m

her family says her backpack and her cell phone were both found near the tacony-palmyra bridge about miles from frankford high school. now, police say they are looking at video that appears to show someone falling from the bridge. if anyone has any information at all about this teenager, police would like to hear from you. >>> a delaware county town is trying to keep the mischief out of halloween weekend. aston township approved temporary curfew for kids and some teens. fox 29's shawnette wilson talked to families about how it will affect their halloween activitieactivities. >> i think it's a little extreme. >> reporter: melissa powell was surprised to learn about a curfew put in place by aston commissioners for halloween weekend. >> the entire weekend, like, it's halloween. at 9:00 o'clock it's a little early to me. that's just me. >> reporter: her 12-year-old son rob has different perspective. >> i think it's kind of acceptable because you can be going and damaging people's property and nobody really wants that. so -- >> reporter: what about the trick or treating part. >> i think i

we are getting ready for an opening at the tacony palmyra bridge, head to the betsy ross bridge as the. and rick and monica, no. >> thank you matt. >>> dozens of people used their free time to help others. they hosted a luncheon, and men and women and two that served for more than 15 years were recognized. >>> and still to come on "action news" tonight, books, books and more books, hundreds of children had new adventures to read about thanks to the generosity of others. >> and the temple football team sets out to make history and we'll head back to spring mountain and adam joseph for the all important weekend forecast. >> it will be a little nippy when "action news" comes right back. >>> time for sports and jaime apody is here and the eagles preparing for the panthers. >> a while since they went on an airplane and now getting ready to play the undefeated eagles. the confidence high coming from a game where they forced turnovers, bringing the number to 16 on the season and olson is cam newton's target, he had 137 yards and a touch down last week. the birds have long had trouble with tig

the area bridges we're scheduled for an opening on the tacony palmyra a heads up if you're headed from new jersey into philadelphia. 720, for now heading out the door take the betsy ross bridge, that's clear, so problems so far. >>> 51 degrees in philadelphia. we're getting ready for a sunny day today. a beautiful one. we certainly saw that yesterday. 71 the high temperature yesterday afternoon. and this morning with clear skies, the temperatures are still falling right now. usually the coldest time of the day is just after sun. might come down another degree but not much more. 41 in pottstown, trenton at 47, wilmington 45 degrees in south philadelphia, that's at fifth and warrington. now in the 40s for northeast philadelphia but a fast turn around. a bit of a breeze blowing. it's come most of the area, those will see a southwest wind that will help with the warm-up. >> look at the president president showing the clouds out of the pick if you are for us. we're cleared for a beautiful day. 52 at 8:00, in the middle 60s at 11:00, that's pretty close to the normal high temperature for thi

direction, no problems on the walt, the rest of the area bridges now, no schedule openings of the tacony palmyra. the ben franklin bridge watching westbound or eastbound. heading out in center city, ben franklin parkway still closed some lanes closed in the area between 21st and logan square. they keep changing those around. they will detour you around the scene. eased off to the schuylkill expressway we have 9 minutes each around trooper road. >> an hour to go before sun rise. at this time of day the temperatures are cooling down. but it is a warm start for most of the area. a live view looking across the delaware, center city, 57 degrees. that's 6 degrees warmer than yesterday. but don't expect a wag warm-up we had yesterday. there is why. northerly winds. it will keep things cool but that being said. plenty of sunshine, a sunny day ahead. we won't see the upper 70s that we enemployed. 56 in millville. 53 and falling. northeast philadelphia is 55 degrees and while it is down to 53 in whes chester, 5 our, look at coatesville, 49 degrees. so it's been chilly out but will be sunny. no sign of clo

25 and we have emergency roadwork in couple spots on route 3 in pal my ray southbound off the tacony palmyra grim and second is in per lynn southbound 7 right lane also blocked there and magnolia for the wawa watch for a crash eavesham avenue. warwick road. >> we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you, matt. >> folk in mercer country were alerted the flu shot they got may be wrongly administered. awe a nurse reused same sir inonly multiple patients. >> lots of season shine. mild temperatures. i'm tracking showers on the wa way. i'll have details on timing in the accuweather forecast. rick. >> cecily. that and more when "action news" at 5 continues any momen moment. news" at 5 continues any momen moment. stay with us ñÑ >> today the camden county free holder board announced operation save a life. to help with the road owe to recover question provides detox and treatment services to anyone who has survived an overdose leaders say it's the first program of its kind in the country and will start next month. a number of first responders were hon odd for using the drug nacan to save

her family says her backpack and her cell phone were both found near the tacony-palmyra bridge aboutschool. now, police say they are looking at video that appears to show someone falling from the bridge. if anyone has any information at all about this teenager, police would like to hear from you. >>> a delaware county town is trying to keep the mischief out of halloween weekend. aston township approved temporary curfew for kids and some teens. fox 29's shawnette wilson talked to families about how it will affect their halloween activitieactivities. >> i think it's a little extreme. >> reporter: melissa powell was surprised to learn about a curfew put in place by aston commissioners for halloween weekend. >> the entire weekend, like, it's halloween. at 9:00 o'clock it's a little early to me. that's just me. >> reporter: her 12-year-old son rob has different perspective. >> i think it's kind of acceptable because you can be going and damaging people's property and nobody really wants that. so -- >> reporter: what about the trick or treating part. >> i think it's a little too dark and t

her family says her backpack and her cell phone were found near the tacony-palmyra bridge about three months from trang forward high school. police say they are looking at video that appears to show someone falling from the bridge. if anyone has any information at all about this teenager, police would like to hear from you. >>> tonight a family is still searching for answers in the police shooting death of a wilmington man. jeremy mcdole who used a wheelchair died after a shooting involving wilmington police officers on september 24th. well, today his family says they still have no idea what happened to mcdole. they held a march and rally in his honor in wilmington today in hopes of getting answers from police. video of the incident went viral sparkinsparking some controverso really what happened during that shooting. >>> a major announcement from the white house today u. s will deploy a small number of special forces to help curdish troops fighting isis in northern 0y this will be the first time americans will be deployed openly on the ground in that country. but officials say americ

coming up a and over into center city philadelphia here's a live look, right here before the tacony palmyraridge. little fender-bender in the background working your way toward the toll plaza but traffic moving nicely there in south jersey. water main break in south philadelphia, yo fifth and south street right at intersection. it happened last night, they are making repairs and still some crews out there this morning. they will be local detours. we've got steve standing by to go live there and out front here today, a along market street fox 29 is soluting the military. we have got armored tanks pulling up, out front market street is closed between third and fourth with local detours throughout the morning rush hour. we will take you outside in a couple minutes. patco high speed line running a special schedule today. watch for possible fog delays. check with the airline to play it safe. chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> we will keep saying it all morning, our show dedicated to day to the men and women who serve and protect our country. >> get on down here. we're right at fourth and ma

on route 73, some volume in that 295 interchange but no problems if you head up and over that tacony palmyrasepta is using shuttle will buses midday between colmar and doylestown station but we are off to a good start. mike and lauren, back over to you. >>> 6:20 on this monday. >>> police investigating a double shooting in north philadelphia victim's two young men, shots were fired at 17th and cumberland around 6:30 last night hitting each of these victims. both guys are 21 years of age. they were rush to the hospital, one in critical condition, no word yet on a suspect or motive. >>> detectives are trying to find a person who stabbed two teenagers in south philadelphia last night after the game. investigators say that a 14 year-old and a 16 year-old were stabbed near 15th and oregon, transported to children's hospital of philadelphia, the 16 year-old is in critical condition. the the 14 year-old stable. >>> and the city of philadelphia is celebrating lgbt history month. >> flag raising ceremony at city hall was attended by government officials and members of the lgbt movement. annual event

right now no problems at all rolling from maple shade through palmyra heading up toward tacony palmyra bridge. ben franklin bridge looking good this morning. in problems coming into downtown. the heads up heading to the airport especially if you intend to fly southwest. southwest, put out an alert for all of the passengers that if you are flying today, they suggest that you check in on line from home, print your boarding passes and a arrive two hours prior to your departure time. so expect delays, this morning, not just here in philadelphia but across the the country on the southwest system. the west on the pennsylvania turnpike in problems, philadelphia over to will valley forge. southbound i-95 looking good out of northeast philadelphia. one left over work crew here on 202, northbound into route 401. good morning from the nuns frome knack lot a there watching us from chester county and they are working on the 19th street bridge, that is closed, that is overpass over the vine street expressway. we are going on a detour here in center city philadelphia and on the pennsy turnpike one li

getting ready for an opening at the tacony palmyra bridge right around 5 o'clock.d out start heading for the betsy ross bridge instead. have a crash in port richmond along aramingo at venango. one on the main line in lower merion along route 30 lancaster avenue close toback lane. had that earlier overturned tractor-trailer accident in bensalem, bucks county this afternoon on the westbound turnpike. it's long gone but coming in from new jersey off the connector bridge some speeds by the toll plaza there just 11 miles per hour. so, still kind of a nasty ride. watching a crash in upper pottsgrove along moy erode at gilbertsville road. fire police helping you around that. one in newark, delaware, along route seven at freedom road with typical slowing on the southbound side of highway one. again all weekend into the middle of next week we're watching out for work along 202 the concorde pike at 95. i'd avoid it, use marsh road or delaware avenue throughout this weekend. we'll check it again brian and sharrie before we start the weekend in the next half hour. >> all right

it's jammed both ways but especially northbound with those speeds in the teens headed toward the tacony palmyraridge. i would stay on 70, 38, some of your alternates instead of 73 this afternoon. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. already we're talking about, oh, i think we have a problem with the waze app. but anyway download the waze app for free and jus trust me you'll be able to see things are getting clogged around 95 around south philadelphia. we'll check it again, eagles traffic in the next half hour. >> we trust you. >> thank you. >> matt, thanks. >>> still ahead our first look at a new presidential poll since last week's democratic debate. find out who got the biggest boost. >> plus the government steps in and announces new regulations for anyone driving a private drone. why federal officials are in a rush to get this done. >> the choice for homecoming king and queen at one local high school leads to an incredible moment. wait until you hear the heartwarming story behind this video. >> ♪ >> there's a new push to keep the friendly skies safe. the faa ha

but our sailboat has gone under the tacony palmyra bridge. everything reopened to traffic there. still not opened though in olde city chestnut street near front. emergency construction going on there, likely through the weekend and then they're hoping to get things reopened. have a crash we're watching this afternoon in conshohocken along ridge pike by the mickey d's. not so little delays along the schuylkill expressway and eastbound turnpike speeds in the 20's and teens. crash in upper pottsgrove along moyer road at gilbertsville road. if you ride the rails this week yeah on the buses instead of the trains on septa's media elwyn and norristown regional rail lines. that busing beginning tonight and then tomorrow. meanwhile in delaware, more construction going on all weekend along 202 the concorde pike especially southbound by 95. avoid that all weekend long. we'll check it again, rick and monica, coming up in the next half hour. >> all right, matt, thank you very much. >>> october is national fire prevention month and in camden firefighters want to make sure residents know thousa

tacony a palmyra bridge is up, i will let you know when that comes back down. that will be in the couple minutes. water main break, i'll have updates coming up in about 15 minutes. erika, back over to you. >>> meisha, thank you. new this morning an apartment fire in lansdale montgomery county. neighbors say fire broke out in the first floor unit at green and west hancock street just after midnight. it took fire fighters an hours to get the upper hand. there are no injuries to anyone but we are told some pets may have been killed in the fire. >>> an act of heroism almost caused three philadelphia police officers their lives. they rushed to rescue a man from the burning row home in strawberry mansion. fire fighter was also hurt. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from the scene with more on this, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. we are told that three officers charged into this home as it was burning here on taylor street as the man was also, still inside this morning. all are recovering from smoke inhalation and related injuries. the

make note of that on route one southbound, and tacony palmyra bridge is up, use an alternate like betsybridge, but it is just a few more minutes i'll update new a little bit. twenty-eight on the schuylkill, 15 on i-95 and 26 on the blue route heading in the northbound direction, back over to you. >>> next update 7:55. coming up next this morning a live report from st. louis where someone is setting churches on fire. i'm erika von tiehl hope you have a good morning. fighting to saveatlanti. chris brown's attacks? the press calls them "embarrassing" political "posturing." the truth? chris brown and will pauls opposed the atlantic city rescue plan, even though it would save thousands of our jobs. we already know they're propped up by north jersey casino interests. and pauls even wanted the vote to allow north jersey casinos "this year." now they brag about helping atlantic county. but there's a word for politicians like that. hypocrite. ♪ >>> this morning, a colorado man is apologizing for his movie-like scene trying to catch a flight by sprinting down the tarmac in denver. in august, mark

check out out the tacony palmyra bridge opened.n glassboro gloucester county water main break has been a problem all morning. 322 is closed. that that's a main artery in that area of gloucester county. closed between main street and 47. not a terribly long distance and take broadway or ellis street to get around that. >> thank you karen. >>> after theback we will check the accuweather forecast. i want a supreme court judge who knows the law. for the past seven years, i've served on pennsylvania's second highest court. and the bar association has given me their very highest rating. i want a judge who understands regular people. i was the first in my family to graduate from college. my dad was a coal miner. my mom- a factory seamstress. i want a judge with integrity. me too. and that's why i'm running. i'm christine donohue. it's time to bring integrity back to the supreme court. blinds to go's 60th anniversary sale is back.plus 1! woo-hoo! right now buy one get one at half price throughout the entire store. blinds. shades. sunscreen

. >> we're out in new jersey seeing delays approaching the tacony palmyra bridge scheduled for a 7:20on time you can see traffic at a standstill now. take the betsy ross bridge to get by. and if you're out the door in new jersey in glassboro on route 322, watch out for this water main break closing both directions between 47 and main street. >> we have information on the house fire in philadelphia where a man got hurt but able to rescue his pets. nbc 10 was on the scene. you can see firefighters trying to resuscitate one of the dogs. we just learned that dog has died. neighbors tell us the owner climbed out of the second floor window with one dog and went back to rescue a second. the man is being treated for burns. much more in other 25 minutes. >>> 37:30 now. it's wednesday morning, october 21st, 2015. t minus 48 hours and counting, people, to our next big concert on the plaza. country superstar carrie underwood. love her. l-o-v-e carrie underwood. she will be here friday so come on down. >> set the timer on the delorean two days ahead. >> exactly. >> get over there. let's take a loo