tacony palmyra bridge is one option with the turnpike connection bridge. this is just on the overnight and then it is hard through the weekend. we will remind you throughout the week here. so, outside we will go to another construction project, that time of the year, 95 northbound the ramp to the blue route, north, 476, all closed with police and construction crews, again, that ramp scheduled to remain closed until 5:00 o'clock. we are good to go in northeast philadelphia, we're just damp depending upon where you are waking up, some of us did hear thunder boomers last night, others slept right through it. so road are still damp from last nights rain and as sue mentioned things could get dicey throughout the day-to-day. lane shifts into the work zones coming in from new jersey on 42, and 55, just be careful because when roads are wet it is tough to see those temporary lane markers. i know they were out there yesterday painting some new lines for everybody on the blue route, i-95 and schuylkill and hopefully that paint will help folks see when the headlights

so those of you taking the pa turnpike all good there. burlington bristol bridge all lanes blocked until 5:00 a.m. both directions. talcony palmyra bridge probably your best note. all lanes block on the burlington bristol bridge. construction just about clearing out of your way, between 95, mcdade, left lane compromised right now, but just not enough vehicles out there to slow you down at all. ninety-five south past the airport, one lane block there, and 95 to the blue route still closed, jim, back over to you. >> thank up, meisha a headed out the door stay updated when katie's forecast on sister station "kyw news radio" 1060. plus, coverage of today's primaries continues. how high schoolers are learning about the democratic process. the company fight to go let users take selfies at the ballot, and the debate surrounding who should be allowed to funds medical studies. check in two, three, four times a day on "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. >> meanwhile, coming up in the next hour of cbs-3, "eyewitness news", we have the president

skyforce10 live over the deadly crash on the pennsylvania turnpike. it's been causing traffic problems for the three hours. we are live there along the turnpike to tell us how the cleanup is going. >> reporter: jim, i can tell you the tractor trailer here is still on its side and mangled car on the side of the road. a corporal with the pennsylvania state police came over minutes ago asking us to be careful with the zoom on the lens telling us it's not a pretty sight. look here, the tow trucks out here, the emergency vehicles because the coroner has not yet arrived and must investigate this fatality, it stay as this way, out on the road for three to four hours. let's get to skyforce10 live above the turnpike eastbound as this is the residual. the backup that's been stranded since the accident before 3:00 afternoon. going on three hours now, and with one lane sneaking by to allow vehicles in. it's important to note eastbound pennsylvania turnpike remains closed at willow grove, and local authorities say the backup is spills into bensalem on to street ro

we're looking live in fort washington. 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike and on the turnpike all the overnightion is clear. no problems on 309 so it's a little damp out that but it's nothing too bad just yet and we're not seeing any major issues. on the burlington bristol bridge expect an opening for app northbound ship. about 5:40. you'll want to stick to the turnpike connector instead, dave. >> this morning's rain behaving a lot like yesterday's rain in it's light precipitation. your roads have a chance to dry out and between these light showers and then they get wet again. however the difference will be a little later this morning when steadier rain has a chance of coming through and the rain probably hangs out a little bit longer than yesterday. if you're dressing the can kids i think rain gear is a real good idea for the morning. they won't need it this afternoon. it will be cool o but a light jacket probably works. at the airport not looking at any major delays today. that's good. there is rain in atlanta though. that will be an area to watch and of course in the northeast we have these

it is a rough right tonight on the new jersey turnpike. shannon stone channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> right now governor cuomo applauding the new $15 an hour minimum wage. they are marching down to the republican gala. some verizon workers who went on strike yesterday have joined them as well. >>> unsafe and unprofessional, that is the u.s. military. that is what it is saying about the russian fighter jet that u.s. warship. at one point coming within 30 feet of the vessel. >> reporter: it was a scene reminiscent of the cold car. >> look on the deck. >> reporter: russian fighter jets flying dangerously close to the navy destroyer the uss donald cook as it navigated international waters in the baltic sea. the planes passing 30 feet away from the ship again and again flying at le altitude, even >> it is wholly unsafe. there is no reason to be that low, there is no room for error and lots of room for disaster. >> reporter: the u.s. navy captain judged the russian action unsafe and unprofessional, but he took no action, beyond trying unsuccessfu

but northbound new jersey turnpike, as you can see here, at a crawl.everybody over to the left. skyfox, can you zoom on in? i don't know if you guys are able to listen to me, just to see what this guy is caring? looks like either sheet rock, dry wall, maybe some concrete there? as we get live look there, yes. >> first it looks like mattresses but too big. concrete? >> you agree it looks like? looks like the sounds barrier wall, you know, that you see them put up. hopefully the driver is okay. but, boy, what a clean up here. so, looking live there, again, bellmawr, new jersey, let's go to my traffic cameras. because we had a shot of the jammed toll plaza here, so folks are jammed trying to get on to the turnpike, others are stuck in that delay, and they're trying to get off. so that's going to cause a major back up here in bellmawr, new jersey, the best option would be heading north on 295, if you are coming from say, swedesboro, or paulsboro, so avoid the northbound new jersey turnpike this morning, exit three, this is another accident, north 95, sue b

pennsylvania turnpike eastbound is opened between willow grove and bensalem.alking about that horrible fatal accident involving a tractor-trailer. happened yesterday afternoon but had closed the turnpike for awhile but everything is opened if you need it for your morning commute. you're not going to see a problem there. also here pennsylvania turnpike westbound past valley forge we had construction out there blocking the right lane. so, look for some slowing in that area. we're dry currently through the area. those storms that had rumbled through in the overnight hours, they're off the coastline at this point and it's mild in its wake. 59 degrees in philadelphia. 54 even in allentown, 63 in millville, new jersey today. we're going to see sunshine and some clouds and chance for some gusty storms later but you can see temperatures 10 to 20 degrees warmer than they were yesterday morning. tam. >> okay, thank you karen. >>> new here on "action news" police in texas are searching for a fire bug caught attempting to set a car and a louse on fire while the family was

and also, pennsylvania turnpike eastbound, eastbound side between downingtown and valley forge that left lane is block here as well. we will have another remind inner a bit. jim, back over to you. >>> verizon has activated a strike readiness team in anticipation of the work stoppage this morning. >> 40,000 east coast land line phone and cable workers plan to go on strike at 6:00 a.m. union members have been without a contract since last august. they want to freeze pensions make layoff easier and relie more on contract workers. verizon says non-union workers are ready to fill in when workers walk off the job. our jan carabao is working on the story and her live reports coming up at 5:00. >>> philadelphians got a chance to comment on the soda tax proposal. many turned out at the a public hearing on mayor jim kenney's budget. mayor want a 3 cents per ounce tax increase on suing ary beverages. some would fund universal prek. many held signs condemning the proposed tax. >>> meanwhile pennsylvania governor tom wolf says he will sign a medical marijuana legislation if it gets to his desk. penns

queens and headed south on the turnpike. the humvee was traveling with another vehicle and reservists from that truck tried to help before medics arrived. traffic was stopped for the rescue and backed up the turnpike for miles as two of the soldiers were taken away by medevac choppers. >> the humvee has been used by 1989. it was first used in panama. it's scheduled to be replaced by something called the joint light combat tactical vehicle but there will be humvees in circulation in the army, in use in the army for many years to come. reporting live, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a deadly motorcycle accident in new jersey. it happened on the northbound side of route 21 in clifton this afternoon. the identity of the biker who died has not been released. a refrigerator was seen on the but it's unclear if it was involved in the accident. all northbound lanes were shut down. the road is back open though tonight. >>> meanwhile the highway to the lincoln tunnel is back

officials may try to increase truck parking in areas alongside the turnpike.her idea is to have emergency supplies stashed in strategic locations so they can be quickly given out to stranded drivers. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 19 minutes after 4:00. no snow but it's certainly cold enough for it. our skies are clear. very dry air, the temperatures have come right back down and a little lower than yesterday. that's down 3 degrees compared to yesterday. 30 degrees at philadelphia international with a light wind at the airport, the rest of the area reporting calm conditions. we will see bright sunshine and a warmer day today into the 50s this afternoon. won't see any wet weather today but that's just today. we've got a rainmaker that is on the way. you can see it's to the west, moving through the midwest. chicago, some heavy downpours there and to the north, that's snow. the cold air is going to push out of the way with this coming storm. but we will see rain and the first of it will be here tomorrow morning. those s

this is on the new jersey turnpike.er live on the scene on the new jersey turnpike northbound here between exit seven and 7a so if you're heading northbound near robbinsville this is what you're dealing with right now, traffic is getting bile at this point as we can see they've mostly pulled it off to the side but when they pull the tow truck, i'm not seeing a tow truck yet so when they pull the tow truck up we'll have to see if it takes a little more time then need to block lanes to do that. now it looks like four cars now that chopper is wider there, four cars involved, two ambulances so a terrible situation there on the new jersey turnpike. here we are on 422, no big problems here. we're at the saint gabe's curve. that's the eastbound traffic. still moving okay. still a seven minute ride in both directions between oaks and 202. we have a new accident coming in to us in lansdale though you want to watch for it on broad street at main street so a new accident. you may see some restrictions right there. we had these low

and also, more construction pa turnpike westbound between bensalem and willow grove. that left lane is blocked, jim, over to you. >> thanks so much, meisha. phillies play the padres again, after disappointing start to the home schedule. >> phillies tied the padres in the six yesterday on strange play. this pop up is called an in-field fly. but when the infielder misses the ball, the phillies runners take off, and the tying run scores. but, the third out is made it third bales. manager pete says it shouldn't have been an infield fly. phillies rally is over, padres won four-three. >>> we enjoyed opening day, though. >> a lot of fun out there. >> indeed. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, forget college. day care is costing parents big bucks. >> we'll show you how our area ranks in a new study. but first, here is a look on what's on tonight on cbs-3. >> adam teal, the city's new fish commissioner, former virginia deputy secretary of public safety and homeland security. >> officials have found elevated lead levels in the water at two hamilton township mercer c

we have construction on the pennsylvania turnpike in chester county. three spate spots between morgantown and valley forge so you're swerving around there. watch out for the crews. in burlington county on north still have construction that's running late on the new jersey turnpike northbound. inner drive is still blocked and now you can see speeds are just in the 30's approaching the turnpike connector so they're late. they should be out of there soon but for now watch out for the delays and the construction crews on the new jersey turnpike northbound on this wednesday morning. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> we're following breaking news. in the next half hour local verizon workers will walk offer the job. contract talks have broken down so now union members are using the pick line to tell management can you hear me now? "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live near that picket line at ninth and race in chinatown. good morning. >> reporter:. >> reporter: good morning, tam. already we're starting to see some people organizing ahead of that str

so we had big backups on to 295 and the new jersey turnpike. right now we're not seeing those delays yet. we are starting to see, of course, rush hour beginning to get under way. we are seeing more cars getting out the door. the good thing is that two lanes are now open from new jersey into delaware. yesterday we only had one lane open. we saw major, major jam-ups as well. we also have construction on the new jersey turnpike right around exit 1 at route 40. that's going to tie you up as well. you can take 95 and head southbound into delaware as well. this is the garden state parkway. we're looking around summer's point coming out of the toll plaza. we are seeing some construction. down to one lane. you can see they have cones in place through this construction zone. a sign right over here that is flashing and making cars merge over to the left-hand side. >> all right, jessica. thanks. >>> 6:41, 46 degrees outside. hail to the queen. >> a big birthday today for queen elizabeth. we'll tell you how she's celebrating. >>> plus -- ♪ -- yeah, the que

this humvee was part of a two vehicle caravan traveling turnpike. the other vehicle pulled over to help but was not involved. help. >> i saw it was a military humvee and three soldiers were trapped. i ran back to my truck, i got my jack, i ran attempted to try and jack the front of the vehicle up. >> it looked real bad, but i didn't see any major injuries the truck. >> reporter: and we are learning that humvee was coming this happened. starting to move again here in the southbound lanes. but a lot of questions here >> that was mallory hoff reporting. this is causing major traffic problems on the new jersey turnpike. residual delays out there. 7th man no one stone is live in news copter -- shannon stone is live in news copter 7. >> reporter: what we are left with is the southbound lane getting through. the inner roadway has all lanes open, but an interesting phenom no one happening here. we are going to bring you all the way back to the -- happening here. as you look at the picture you can see the inner roadway delay roadway. you have a 3-mile jam de

chopper6 is live over breaking news along the new jersey turnpike. construction in the southbound lanes right at the delaware memorial bridge is causing some major delays. >>> not a fun morning out there for the folks who are trying to get through all of that this morning. >> matt pelman has been watching this all morning. what's the late of the matt. >> yeah, and all afternoon yesterday, too. that's when it started matt and tam. they're working on the suspension ropes which kind of sounds like an important thing to do at the delaware memorial bridge. so, it's necessary work but it means that just one lane is getting by heading from carneys point into new castle county. from chopper6 hd you can see the delays coming off of 295 southbound off of the new jersey turnpike, out of salem county headed into new castle county because at the bottom of the screen you can see all but one lane, that far right lane is blocked because of this emergency construction. they're not giving us an end time on this yet. they're saying this could last for several days even

accident on the new jersey turnpike. a humvee, filled with soldiers flipping over and the injuries are serious. i'm bill ritter. >> and i'm liz cho. two soldier are his in critical condition after their hum industry blew a tire and flipped over. traffic right now is backed up for -- humvee blew a tire and flipped over. traffic right now is backed up. jim? >> reporter: bill a humvee can weigh more than 7000 pounds if it is armored and this one was. they have been used effectively in the mountains of afghanistan, but this one was just jersey turnpike today, carrying four soldiers when it suddenly flipped over. it was a horrific accident. the army reserve humvee flipped over in one of the outer lanes of the new jersey turnpike. one female soldier, her leg crushed beneath the vehicle, at the scene. >> i saw that it was a military humvee trapped. >> it looked real bad, but i didn't see any major injuries, but there was brood from the truck. >> reporter: pictures taken by motorists show soldiers struggling to get out of the hu

the turnpike was shut down for most of the afternoon and in the overnight. they have made all of the final clean up, the guardrails are repaired and all eastbound lanes are opened, this morning, heading in toward philly bensalem. however, we still have a close another of the burlington bristol bridge, closed, they say until 5:00 o'clock. so they are running a few minutes late here. this is something that will happen every night for the next couple of days and then the entire weekend, a closure of that burlington, tacony or connection bridge, they are your two best options and a few extra minutes to go witt. down in wilmington still delays around this water main break at shiply and wilson. accident fey yet and 13th in conshohocken. so far so good on 202 working your way south but again some road have received those thunder boomers last night and still wet so things could be slippery rolling out of the driveway. chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> you decide 2016 candidates both side of the presidential race are hoping for your vote today in both philadelp

here is live look at the new jersey turnpike, already, a 2-mile back up, heading into the span. here's the still picture from skyfox, from a few moments ago. major jam. again, instead of the four lanes, we only have one on the delaware memorial bridge, leaving new jersey, heading into delaware. here's the deal. if you typically use the delaware memorial, pack your patience, let's go, we will use 322, the commodore barry bridge, that puts you into pennsylvania, and then follows south i-95. that will get you down into wilmington, further south of wilmington, but this is going to be with us for the next couple of days. you don't want to mess with this, the cabling holding the whole darn thing up. then later on tonight be ready for hot mess for the rush hour. along this 95 corridor here, south philly, two games: flyers-phillies at 7:00. then just north of center city, at the philmore, which is in fishtown, and right off of the girard avenue ramp of 95, the hillary clinton event, i like to call it motorcade madness. and that start time 6:30, that's also going to detour the route 15 t

the new jersey turnpike southbound around route 40 at exit 1. the left lane is going to be closed there. >>> laughton just trying to reach for the puck as he was being torqued around. >> a scary moment for the flyers last night. layoffton was checked and slammed his head against the boards. he was taken to the hospital. now, the team tweeted an update around 11:00 last night says scott laughton will be staying overnight at jefferson hospital for precautionary reasons. all tests came back negative. got our fuingers crossed laughtn will be all right. >> the flyers were able to pull off a win in front of the home crowd and stay alive for at least one more game against the capitals. katy zachry is live this morning at the wells fargo center where the team and the public will honor founder ed snyder today. >> reporter: tracy and vai, there's a big tribute planned for ed snyder later today at the wells fargo center behind me. what a thrill for the fans and the team to honor the flyers founder on the heels of a win. the wells fargo center will open at

on the eastbound side on the pennsylvania turnpike as well. we dealt with this yesterday between morgan town and valley forge that left lane is block here as well. now, we know that can as we progress through the morning. brook, back over to you. >>> washington state woman says snacking on potato chips, saved her life. >> that is right christine ate ruffles chips every day. earl they're year a sharp ridge of the chip poke her in the throat causing her to go to the hospital. well, doctors then found a tumor on her tonsil and diagnosis her with cancer. if it weren't for the chip she may not have felt the tumor for a while. >> i just eat them by the bag full as you you can see. >> potato chip was a blessing in disguise. i probably wouldn't have found out for another year. >> she says her husband called the company to tell them about the story. company then sent them t-shirt, lunch bag and a thank you letter. >>> interesting. hey, you never know what will happen when you open up a bag of chips. >> you never know. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness new

stick to the turnpike connector instead. on the new jersey turnpike as you're heading southbound at the delaware memorial toll plaza an accident involving a jackknifed tractor-trailer. crews are out that right now. they're blocking the right lane so expect some slowing on the turnpike southbound. matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> we continue to follow breaking news in west philadelphia. a call went out for medics to arrive at a scene where a man was slumped over in a car and police got there and realized that man had been murdered. they found the man in his 20's shot to death. police suspect that the body had been lying in the running car for hours. the investigation is unfolding at this hour. stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for updates. >> this is also new. a fast moving fire damaged two homes overnight. the flames broke out on the 600 block of north 42nd street in west philadelphia just before 3 a.m. crews knocked down heavy flames on the first floor of a home and some smoke led to damage next door. no injuries h

another point of construction here pa turnpike westbound between bensalem and willow grove, left lane block, so a loft construction to deal with overall things looking good, brooke, back to you kenly fill two top administration positions today. mayor kenly officially introduce adam teal as the city's new fire commissioner. teal was the deputy secretary of public safety and homeland secretary in virginia, before that severed as the fire chief in alexandria, virginia, the mayor will also announce blanch is taking over as the city's prisons commissioner. she has work in the city prison system since 1995, named a deputy commissioner last year. >> well, the philadelphia flyers organization is mourning the death of ed sniderring. >> flyers owner and founder lost his two year battle against cancer. pat gallen joins us now, with the legacy snider has left behind. >> affecting a lot of people around hockey and the spore wormed. few owners as important to their franchise as ed snider was to the flyers. not only did he help found the organization back in 1967, but snyder never wavered as both it

good news for the turnpike commuters, the turnpike connection bridge, two of the three lanes are still opened. i came through here yesterday and you can see just charred ruble in the far right toll booth from that tractor trailer accident earlier in the week n warrington, county line road remains closed over the little neshaminy creek as they make repairs to the bridge. baseball is back. phillies preseason game tonight at 6:05. so that will throw some extra jams into our afternoon rush hour, septa is also running sports express trains for the phillies fans later on this afternoon. chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> 4:18. shot on duty a virginia state trooper has died following a shooting a at a greyhound station in richmond. four people, trooper, two civilians and suspect in the shot at the bus station just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon. state police were conducting a training exercise at the bus station when a man approached a trooper, pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest. two troopers return fire and that man later died at the hospital. >> we were at the parking lot and

. >>> we have new details in a horrific crash involving an army humvee on the new jersey turnpike. the vehicle with four soldiers inside flipping over. all of them inside in serious condition. jim dolan at the hospital in new brunswick. >> witnesses say the front right wheel of the vehicle just went flying off at 60, 65 miles per hour on the turnpike, and that 7,000-pound humvee flipped over, landing essentially on top of the four soldiers trapped inside. right wheel came flying off the army reserve humvee, the driver lost control. it flipped over right there in the southbound lanes of the turnpike, trapping all four soldiers inside and instantly severing the leg of one female soldier. in eyewitness still photos, you can see one soldier's legs dangling from the wreckage but he couldn't get out. >> we're going to need some fire apparatus. emts are coming northbound. they're going to be standing by. >> a military humvee, and there were three soldiers trapped. >> it looked real bad but i didn't see any major injuries. there was blood in the truck. >> reporter: soldiers left for queens

speaking of the new jersey turnpike right around toll plaza you have lost that left lane. you will to have use an alternate. you can see crews right here with one lane we necessity that will cause significant, delays out there. it is dark right now. when it gets light we will see these guys but right now it is still very dark. down to one lane that will be slow moving indeed. alternate commodore barry bridge on. that vine street expressway is all opened in the westbound side and eastbound side and also, storm main repairs going on yesterday supposed to end by noon are still going on. ill have an update in ten minutes. >>> stay updated with katie's forecast on our sister station kyw news radio 1060. >>> also how to help a child questioning his or her gender, new bill governor wolf signed to help people with disabilities save money. >>> and a new high tech greenhouse in strawberry mansion. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. >>> coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", it is do or die tonight for the flyers. >> hear wha

pennsylvania turnpike between downingtown and valley forge, left lane block there. also on the left bound side, been sale he will and virginia drive left lane blocked there jim and brook, back to you. >>> less than one hour and counting until union work are a at verizon walk off the job. >> the communications company now says that they are ready to handle a strike. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live in center city where picket lines are expect to be up real soon, jan? >> reporter: brook and jim, good morning, that is right. verizon says it is prepared for a possible strike, more on the company's strike readiness plan in just a minute but union says it has been negotiating in good faith for months now and now they are ready to take to the picket line in order to secure a fair contract. workers here at the verizon on ninth and race streets along with 39,000 others from massachusetts to virginia are prepared to go on strike wednesday morning a rally like this one during the last strike in the summer of 2011 is planned for 8:00 this morning here in center ci

if you're on the new jersey turnpike, travel the new jersey turnpike for your morning commute out inarney point township. watch for a jackknifed tractor-trailer over into the right lane. all lanes still open. 295 can be your alternate. that's clear. tracy? >> a debate is heating up over certain rights to use a bathroom. we'll show you the new rule a school in north jersey just passed and how hundreds in north carolina are protesting over the same issue. >>> i'm matt delucia, live in the digital operations center, following decision 2016 why one candidate's children will not be allowed to vote in an upcoming primary. that's next. narrator: why have president obama and vice president biden endorsed katie mcginty for us senate? because she's a "champion for working families." katie mcginty will take on the republicans and protect social security and medicare. and mcginty will work for equal pay for women - because families depend on it. for the april 26th democratic primary, president obama supports katie mcginty. katie: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message, because it's your tu

after that fatal accident from yesterday pennsylvania turnpike is all back opened. i just got off the phone with police saying that the accident investigation is cleared so all lanes opened eastbound between willow grove and bensalem. so, no problems taking it today if you need to. we do is have some construction on the turnpike blocking the right lane and look for it westbound past valley forge. we had an accident here with debris all over the road. it was creating a mess in plim among township but it is cleared, road back opened, they picked up the debris and now you're good to go tam. >> thank you karen. >>> we continue to follow breaking news right now. fire crews in delaware county are battling a gas line fire thethat engulfed an entire home. flames broke out on dog hill lane in valley forge. these images have courtesy of nozzle nut photography. that fire quickly went to a second alarm since tanker trucks were needed to fight that plays. let's go live to the action cam. we see utility crews were called out to shut off gas lines on the property we still see fire

however, they're still working on the turnpike westbound near willow grove.t lane is still out of commission on this wednesday morning. matt. >> thank you matt. >>> breaking right now verizon workers are preparing for that biggest strike in nearly five years. union members are set to walk off the job in less than an hour. they have been working without a contract since last summer. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in chinatown where the picketers will be gathering. annie. >> reporter: matt, that's right, nearly 40,000 employees at two dozen separate locations around the east coast including here in philadelphia are set to strike around 6 o'clock this morning. they had been working without a contract since august. to give you an idea of what it could look like, take a look at this video. this is video from a strike in 2011 that lasted about two weeks. many are hoping to avoid that but we're getting close to the wire. the workers are at odds with verizon. many of them are members of two unions of communications workers of america and the internati

most delays on 295 and new jersey turnpike, by the way at the toll plaza, new jersey turnpike, you have lost that left lane. so your alternate is probably the commodore barry bridge. you can see crews are working right now, still very dark, so use caution and volume levels increase, we are going to see significant slow downs being that only one lane is opened, looking at 95 south at cottman, looking at how pleasant this looks, nice and opened roadway there. this is where we had sewer main repairs yesterday and it has been extended, closure until today in mount laurel. hartford road is closed between sixth avenue and union mill road. your alternates are the same as yesterday. briggs road, larchmont boulevard and arc road. >>> a fire destroys a bucks county home this picture from the lieutenant david back shows the fire at its height at 11:00 last night on the 2200 block of pal mean owe drive. bucks county news feed video shows fire fighters, controlling fire about an her later. fortunate thely, in one was hurt but so far, no word on the cause. >>> this right here is new video just in fro

so just note that pa turnpike, you are all good if you are just thinking about going out there. another thing i want to draw your attention, to burlington bristol bridge, all lanes both directions are block until about right about now. but it is not open yet. talcony palmyra bridge will be your best bet. make note of there is as well, i'll let you know, back in 15 minute, another update. but right now burlington bristol still closed construction the blue route northbound between 95 and mcdade, left lane still blocked. also 95 south past the airport, one lane still block here. another point of construction, 59 north ramp to the blue route closed, and 95 north between route 320 and the ramp to the blue route right lane is block. also, this is where we had the accident. fayette street, at 13th avenue, conshohocken, lanes are block, debris in the roadway, also with the storms that we know we'll have, probably more debris out there. just be careful of that. accident cleared here, germantown pike, at thomas road. a lot going on this morning, so if you are just waking up with us leave

good evening, i'm maurice dubois. >>> traffic on the turnpike is moving again. but the backups are lingering. several hours after a crash left a trail of destruction, cbs 2's tracee carrasco reports from buns brunswick. >> reporter: traffic is starting to move but that serious accident involving four soldiers part of an army reserve unit out of queens shut down the road. the wreckage on the turnpike, over near exit 8a. they tried to remove them from under the jeep. four soldiers injured, don't know the extent of their you can see two medical helicopters landed on the turnpike. all of the victims are at robert wood johnson university hospital. drivers pulled over immediately and tried to help. >> we and a few other guys trying to see if we can lift this humvee up because there was actually two guys in the truck. it was upside-down. once the firefighters came, once fire trucks came from monroe township, they -- i don't know what they did but they used some brick or some type of wood i guess so they just lifted it up i guess a little bit. >> reporter: there was a 1

many drivers treat hemp today turnpike like a speedway. >> reporter: that 20-year-old woman that was with the suspect has a broken ankle. he was taken to the hospital. the suspect was caught an hour after the crash just down the road. reporting live from franklin square brian cbs 2 news. >>> new video released from kony island that sent a woman to the hospital. a man opened fire thursday. a woman walking nearby was hit by one of the bullets in the cheek. she is expected to be okay. >>> in new jersey police bullet that hit a seven-year- old boy inside his home. faces attempted murder and weapons charges. police say back in february pope opened fire on rosa parks boulevard and warren street. several bullets went through the window at the boy's home hitting him in the shoulder. the boy is recovering from his injuries. >>> steve lankford tells us what saved them from carbon monoxide poisoning. >> reporter: four generations, one big family, all sound asleep here following a late night celebration of passover. >> the aid harm sounded. 24 of us sleeping in the house because of the passover

the other two are critical. >> the military humvee flipped the new jersey turnpike south near exit 8a in south brunswick. emergency crews rushing to the aid of the four u.s. reserve soldiers part of the 535 unit based in fort dutton betweens. the scene causing concerned drivers to pull over. >> my first instinct was to run over to the scene and make sure everybody was okay, if there was anything i could do. >> harris telling us by phone that he along with others tried to free the soldiers trapped beneath the wreckage as they waited for help to arrive. >> me and a few other guys that were on the scene were trying to see if we could lift this humvee. >> emergency responders were eventually able to pull the soldiers from out underneath the vehicle. witnesses say the female soldier's leg was severed in the accident. >> i just hope that the lady that was amputated makes it out alive and those two guys. >> two medical helicopters the wounded to the hospital as traffic backed up for 12 miles, finally moving more than three hours later. >> reporter: and again this morning we can tell you two

the pennsylvania turnpike, left over work right here near fort washington, otherwise, we're in good shape on the northeast extension. in problems on the schuylkill, through the weekend, we have a couple of regattas in town, it will be super nice out, folks will try to hit kelly and martin lieutenant are king drive. watch for pavement project with that uneven surface and manhole covers are sticking out there. folks are hitting them at too high rate of speed there and knocking their front end out. we had five cars with flat tires, yesterday, during the evening rush hour. city hall they are doing that paving right the there on broad street, and, as northbound lanes of the new jersey turnpike, watch for an accident up there at exit number eight. mass transit looking good, chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> philadelphia police are looking for person responsible for, the stabbing of the man in the chest overnight. this happened in the southwest part of the philadelphia, on the 6500 block of dicks avenue just after 2:00 a.m. the victim was taken to penn presbyterian hospital and is expect t

if you typically head south on the turnpike, use 295, this morning.hat will move you around that delay. otherwise, no problems, on the boulevard, looking good on i-95 but we are starting to see rain rolling through, and this is 202 at welsh road, starting to see some drizzle and road will will get wet, slippery and it will be ayuky morning rush hours but depending upon where you begin and end your trip you may not see any rain at least for the next hour or so. market frankford broad street subway using shuttle buses until 5:00 o'clock. keep in mind using regional rails they have a new schedule in place that kicked in over weekend so make sure you are on time there. with the drizzle will and rain could come possible weather delays down at philly international. best to check with the airline before you put the bags in the trunk. lauren, back over to you. >>> z ika worse then first thought. cdc says zika virus is linked with illnesses that attack the brain and spinal cord. virus is also believed to cause pregnancy complications including a birth defect w

this is ben salem, again, eastbound lanes of turnpike, one person dead, one lane, as you see, getting by minutes ago, still getting by, but traffic backed up for miles. working to find out conditions of anyone else involved in the accident. we'll bring that to you as soon as we get did. >> a live look out there right now. hopefully you enjoyed the great weather at the board walk because we're in for changes. >> let's find out more about the changes. straight to our first alert meteorologist to find out what to expect tomorrow, glen? >> the first change is rain. it's going to be warmer and the changes after that is going to be wet and colder. not very cold this afternoon. up to 75 degrees in philadelphia. lehigh valley, delaware 75, 71 in the p.a. suburbs and 74 in new jersey and near 80 degrees coming tomorrow. we have high clouds through the area now, but there's no rain anywhere close by, so you don't have any kind of threat for this evening. a couple showers could sneak down later on tonight or first thing in the morning. and the planner? the temperature is not going down very much

the eastbound pa turnpike, the off ramp to the philly bensalem interchange. typically heads ease bus of the with us i interchange, route one, sharp turn before into the toll plaza skyfox on the way, we'll take you there the minute they arrive. delays on the route 102 trolley this morning because of some equipment problems. some debris on the trenton morrisville bridge causing delays, accident south on 309 at norristown. not as bad today as it was yesterday on the delaware memorial two. lanes open into delaware. but still, i'm going to keep my fingers crossed. i don't think it will is that i that way. construction through tomorrow. allow some extra time. adjust your travel time. or maybe use the commodore barry as an alternate. alex, back to you. >> thank you, bob kelly. snap chat backlash. did you see this yesterday? the office catching heat for feature rolled out one of it filters. and then tomorrow is earth day. we want to do our part to help the environment. why don't you join us, it will be from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. earth day shred willing event at par

expected accumulations if you are north of the pennsylvania turnpike, this is all going to be snow. it will be wet snow and it will be accumulating on the grassy surfaces. most of that will be melting on the pavement. if you get right along the i-95 corridor, it's going to be a mixture of snow and rain. when it's precipitation heavily rating heavily it will be snow, when it's lighter it will be rain and south and east of i-95 this is mainly going to be a rain event. taking a look at the time line it will be arriving between about 6 o'clock and niney 9 o'clock i9 o'clockin the morn. steadiest between 9:00 and five:: 5:00. we could have wind gusts of 45 miles per hour and what that wind will do is pull down some very cold air so a freeze watch has been posted. 11 o'clock saturday until 10 o'clock sunday so you know the drill. if you have any outdoor plants you do want to cover them up on saturday night because it is going to be very cold. i'll talk more specifically about how much snow to expect where you live coming up in there full accuweather forecast. rick. >> all right cecily. th

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we have this delay on the new jersey turnpike. we were talking about this, you can see how much it changed. traffic is moving much better because of afternoon earlier accident. we'll show you right over here where it was. new jersey car lanes north near exit 14, right in front of newark airport. subway service running on or close to schedule and we have this problem in suffolk county. sunrise highway eastbound near north road, this is an overturned vehicle. we are going to look at the cross bronx expressway. news copter 7 was above this. eastbound side near the sheridan expressway we have a disabled truck. john del giorno was showing us the delays go back to the george washington bridge so very heavy delays off the george into the sheridan expressway. alternate side of the street parking rules are suspended today but the metered rules are in effect. >>> 6:37. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, a flight forced to make an emergency landing when it is struck by birds. >>> new details on the investigation into prince's sudde

pennsy turnpike, new jersey turnpike, in problems or delays, at least, at the moment. all of the trains are getting out of the gate, first ones out of the gaeton time, septa, patco, new jersey transit, now big game, two big games tonight in philadelphia. they had a big game tonight. flyers/capitals game number three of the playoffs in the playoffs. at the same time across the street phillies taking on those dreaded new york mets. the both teams set to go at 7:00 o'clock. monday rush hour jammo in and out of the south philadelphia. even if you are not going to the event you will feel that impact during the evening rush hour. septa has added extra sports express trains on both market frankford and subway going to the games, chris and lauren back to you. >>> a victory in harrisburg for medical marijuana advocates. governor wolf sign the bill legalizing the drug for patients. governor wars surrounded by supporters during the bill signing yesterday afternoon at the state capitol. the bill lets patients take marijuana in the form of the pill, vapor, ointment or liquid but th

the southbound on the new jersey turnpike an accident right before exit number one. heading for delaware memorial bridge use 295 out of the gate here this morning. otherwise, not bad at all. roosevelt boulevard looking good. i-95, turnpike looking g we will zoom in, 309 and 202, just outside of five points, again, the roads starting to get wet. you can see the glare off the road surface so that rain inching its the way into our viewing area and that will impact our commute times. market frankford broad street subway they have just started to rolling the trains this morning and regional rails are operating under a new schedule this week. keep that in mind. it is summer schedule and watch out for possible weather delays throughout the morning, at the airport. lauren, back over to you good thanks very much. >>> philadelphia mayor jim kenney will formally appoint two top city jobs. dave kinchen live with who is coming into our city and what positions they are, hi there, dave. >> reporter: two big jobs that help round out the rest of mayor kenney's administration. some pe

turnpike. now there's just one lane open again. it's in the express lane. local lanes are fine. there is a delay building into the express lanes, a quarter mile, maybe a little more. crews are on the scene trying to get that truck uprighted at this time. >>> thank you so much jim. and then let's head to manhattan, talk about some closures. 1st avenue will be closed from 42nd to 48th street as well as cross streets in the area that's due to the signing of the paris climate agreement that's happening at the united nations. alternate side parking is in effect today city wide. >>> thank you. an update on tuesday's primary problems. the top board of elections official in brooklyn will not be on the job today. more than 125,000 people in brooklyn found they'd been dropped from the voter rolls. snyderman and city comptroller scott stringer have opened separate investigations. >>> now to the new york city corruption scandal and the federal probe into mayor de blasio's fund-raising. it now involves a gr

and i would use the pennsylvania turnpike, and then on the westbound side of turnpike or use westchester avenue. on the eastbound side we had a broken down vehicle by montgomery and that got pushed off to the side and another portion is of 76 the pennsylvania turnpike past morgantown there is a crash in the left lane and a crash in limerick. and what a mess it is here on the delaware memorial bridge, emergency construction is just letting one man by getting into delaware, you have major jams on southbound 295 and the southbound turnpike and slow at the commodore barry bridge but better than the delaware memorial. we'll check it again at 5:00. >> thank you matt. >>> still ahead, don't be stuck with a dead cell phone battery ever again. we have tips to keep your phone charge as head in what's the deal? . >>> adam joseph is joining us now in the midst of a great week. >> about seven days now including today without a drop of rain or precipitation, a couple more days and then we get more rain here. we need rain but we see shots like this from the action cam, we'll take the sunshine and dry w

and they are still working on the turnpike between willow grove and the philly interchange. chris, lauren, back over to you. >> thanks so much, bob. chris is doing some hinkie homework over here. he stepped down after one of the worse tenures in nba history, talking the sixers. >> that decision outlined in 13 page resignation letter. steve keeley live in center city to break this all down for us, hi, steve. >> reporter: all right, i pulled out my highlight err, finally gotten through all 13 pages since assigned this story at 2:51 a.m. are you ready? here's my highlight of all 13 pages, new zealand's flight less birds the moa measuring in at 10 feet 400 pounds had the life ramming around the south island for great run. then the first explorers washed a shore in canoes and that was that. >> wait, wait. this is in his resignation letter? >> reporter: that's mid page seven. he follows that up with a line, i still miss blackerries keyboard but the 2007 iphone debut rendered it nearly obsolete to all but a few of us kreemugeons. >> what? >> yes. then follows that with watch what's

heading over to 78 express lanes heading eastbound before the turnpike tolls there. there is an accident involving an overturned truck block at least the left lane. head over to the local lanes if you can to avoid this. heading over to long island, here's the l.i.e. and an accident out there, westbound out by exit 41. you can see it on the shoulder. plenty of curiosity delays as people drive through the area. head to the northern state parkway if you would like to avoid this one. things moving along nicely there. just slowing down making their way around the bend. and you do need to move your car, alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. more weather and traffic ahead on the fours. >>> thank you. 5:47. we're getting an idea of how much the fbi paid to hack the locked iphone used by one of the san bernardino shooters. speaking yesterday in london, director james comey hinted the bureau paid a third party more than $1 million. >> how much did you pay for this software? >> a lot. >> really? >> more than i will make in the remainder of this job, which is

i heard bit, and that turnpike commission is now making sure that doesn't happen again. were you telling me about this. >> exactly. officials say tractor trailers block both lanes trapping more than 500 cars behind them on a 16-mile stretch. now the plan is to stock emergency rations, increased truck parking and evaluate access ramps. >>> and check out this home video from last weekend's storm, surveillance video from the farm in cape may county shows wind gusts knocking over this 32-foot trailer. it's backup now but barn owner says wind got up to 74 miles an hour, strong enough to also, damage parts of his farm. he thinks that it will cost about $5,000 to fix. >>> wonder if anybody was inside that thing. i hope not. >>> well, time is 4:42. meisha is watching the roads this morning. >> i am, things are looking good. roadways nice and dry but we know it is cold out there. i always get worried about someone getting a slick spot, i was getting texts last night the about that. >> we should be dry a at this point. >> there is no wet weather in the forecast until tomorrow. we'

. >>> now to the crash on the new jersey turnpike today, it injured four army reservists, their humvee overturned near south brunswick. the accident caused a massive traffic backup during the afternoon commute. cbs2's tracee carrasco reports on this. >> from chopper 2 you can see the crushed military humvee upside down while cell phone video shows a closer look at the wreckage and debris scattered along the new jersey turnpike southbound. that military vehicle carrying four army reserve soldiers part of near exit 8-a. drivers who saw the single vehicle accident pulled over immediately. >> my first instinct was to run over to the scene and make sure everybody was ok, anything i could do. and sort of help. >> reporter: terra harris tells us he and other rescues -- tried to rescue the soldiers before help arrived. >> me and a few other guys on the scene were trying to see if we could lift this humvee. >> reporter: emergency responders finally able to lift the vehicle off the soldiers as medical helicopters landed on the turnpike. two men are in serious in critical. along with a woman who