jersey turnpike, evesham road 130 are alternates.ington newark line 27 minutes behind. this week on the ac rail line you'll be on the buses instead of the trains between center city and cherry hill. they are working on the delair bridge. >> reporter: we're on or about 30 degrees across the region. the windchills are making it feel like the upper teens and low 20s. by 7:00 a.m., more of the same, temperatures in the 30s, windchills in the 20s. by 3:00 p.m., 39 degrees, it will be on the chilly side, but a little bit better, unfortunately, strong, gusty winds will make it feel like the upper 20s. 34 by 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., if you're heading out for dinner and a movie. 32 degrees windchills in the 20s. >> yoga may help reduce blood pressure in people who are at risk. some practiced yoga and made lifestyle changes and others made lifestyle changes exercising eating healthier. those who practiced yoga had lower bloop than those who -- blood pressure than those who did not practice yoga. >>> the flyers scored three goals in the span of 72

right lane is block and we have more construction out there on the new jersey turnpike pennsylvania turnpike connection eastbound just before delaware river bridge toll plaza and that left lane is to still blocked, so we will let you know when they pick that up. also, construction, on lincoln drive southbound this is starting to day, it is closed between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. between wissohickon avenue and ridge avenue. your alternate is it, schoolhouse lane or mid veil avenue and just a reminder we have been talking about this this week, schuylkill river wall repairs. mlk i am bound closed between sweet briar drive and art museum. this will be 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 o 5:00 a.m. through january 20th. joe and rahel, back to you. >>> volunteers are getting in the holiday pitter by helping families in need in south verse i. >> salvation army community center in camden hosted a holiday dinner. chefs with the campbell's soup company served meals for more than 350 camden residents. the get together also included cariology, a tree lighting and pictures with santa. >>> investigators wantalvation army v

and turnpike users will be paying more. 6% more. jose often commutes to valley forge and is not looking forward to higher gas and tolls. >> i live in philadelphia and i take the 309 coming to the turnpike from king of prussia and back home. >> as for a longer run to go from valley form to harrisburg, the cash toll 9.84 and $6.91 come january 8th, $10.35 cash and $7.32 easy pass. one more change for 2017, pennsylvania is finally getting rid of these little odd stickers you used to put on your plate here. the peel and stick them on here. apparently with modern computer data bases they are obsolete and redundant and not printing them will save penndot $3 million a year. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight. hundreds of the top -- and eagles quarterback carson wentz gives a powerful christmas gift to his defensive line but it's raising eyebrows. >> and not much in the way of cold winter air, we are talking about bringing in extremely warm air for the seven-day forecast. >> we'll hav

also, a lot of construction on the pa turnpike, pa turnpike past downingtown, right lane blocking thatrea. another place on the pa turnpike eastbound, between willow grove and bensalem, that one is pulled all the way off to the shoulder. northeast extension northbound between mid-county and quakertown, the right lane is blocked there. so you can see, a lot going on on the pa turnpike, here as well. northeast extension northbound between quakertown and lehigh valley, right lane blocked as well. talking about this construction basically the entire morning, but just heads up. also, talking about this one, 95 northbound, coming up in a little bit. jan, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. president obama and his family lit the national christmas tree for the final time outside the white house last night. >> three, two, one. >> (cheers). >> the president encouraging americans to care for the sick and the hungry this holiday season. actor angora, and performances >> "eyewitness news" at the philadelphia ronald mcdonald howls for their annual lighting. fralinger spring band performed music

turnpike, upper merion, a car around henderson road.alley forge to route 1, 22 minutes and speeds into the 60s. we're also watching for mass transit delays. amtrak and northeast corridor running about 30 minutes behind from new brunswick to trenton. and police activity reported on 295 in both directions. right around exit 1. those ramps are closed right around route 130 right now, if you're trying to access delaware. and you usually do through 295, take the new jersey turnpike. and that will get you there just fine. vai, back to you. >>> a community will come together to honor a new jersey state trooper who was killed in a crash this week. nbc10's matt delucia is live outside of the state police bear ricks in belmar. matt, what's the latest? >> reporter: those who live near the ft. norris barracks were trooper williams was stationed. this loss has hit them hard as the rest of the state police here. at belmar, you can see that the flag is flying at half-staff this morning and still a lingering questions of why this crash happened. we did

vehicle fire on the eastbound side of the turnpike past valley forge. no issues on the 476. the blue route southbound off ramp to route 30 villanova has reopened. the crash has cleared out. no issues on the schuylkill expressway, the boulevard or i-95. the vine right here is open after overnight construction. we've seen a little bit of slowing brakes on the westbound side, but at the moment doesn't look too bad. finally overnight construction on the new jersey turnpike southbound in salem county has cleared. we have downed wires blocking the ramp from southbound 295 to hook road. you can get to route 40. word coming in of problems on the northeast corridor, amtrak police activity 30 minute delays between trenton and new brunswick. if you ride njt or amtrak your train might be late. >> a frantic search is underway for a driver who hit a 12-year-old boy in new castle county delaware stopped and fled from the scene. the child is suffering from multiple broken bones. annie mccormick has the latest at new castle police department. >> reporter: the little boy is in guarded, but st

the turnpike conditions as other could make the roads even safer. driving with the safety engineer with a commercial truck driver in the seat in the self driving mode. i think we will get as we see more and more of the testing, the meile show up, the reports we get from the companies doing the testing showing it's been done safely, then we will be ready for regular operations. take my have a self driving truck? the computer can save fuel and with the added safety features they could help lower insurance costs are the turnpike condition is evaluated with the test into the while the roads as early as next year. machines are taking over. i've noticed many machines in this weather area. >> we don't not use any of them. >> all which is why he is employed. he is one of the reason and there, interpret what the machine spits outspread bdm or so glad you are. where they're saying? to give they are saying that finally the atmosphere has caught up to the calendar. it feels like december. go figure. of brain up on this webcam in geauga county for a little while

you want to get to 40 off the noon turnpike, you can do that, but southbound construction there, as well. >> frantic search is underway for a driver who hit a 12-year-old boy in new castle county delaware and fled the scene. the boy ask on the mend after suffering from multiple broken bones. annie mccormick is live at new castle police department with the latest. it makes you angry when you think about what will happen with this child for the holidays. >> reporter: his mom said he will not be home for christmas. this was a witness who said the car stopped and took off. like you said the little boy was many surgeries ahead. this is 12-year-old brian richards a 7th grader who is active in sports. new castle county police say monday he was struck by a hit-and-run driver as he tried to cross the unit block of 413 in minquadale. police released a photo of a red chrysler 300, 2004, 22005. the drivers side mirror should be missing. the passenger side mirror should have yellow tinted glass and possibly the word auto dim printed on the glass. >> he has a brain bleed, two broken legs, i'm hoping s

that plus a lot of construction, pa turnpike westbound, see if i can get this, pa turnpike between downingtown, valley forge, right lane blocked in that area, also route 42 northbound between route 130 and walt whitman bridge. one to two lanes blocked there. so around 5:00 a.m. we will be take being a lot more construction coming up in the next 15 minutes, jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, you work for it, it is paid for, but how many americans are missing out on vacation time? >> no, not you, jim, not you. >> and, it is toyfest drop off day. how you can be part of the tradition when "eyewitness news" continues. >> sister station "kyw news radio" 1060, also, today, pennsylvania electoral college does its duty despite the shouts of protesters. a warning from others who may want to try to smoke marijuana during pregnancy, and democratic national convention organizers are helping thousands of philadelphia school children open up new books. >>> you can check in two, three, four times a day on "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. >>> well, a

no other major problems along 295 or the new jersey turnpike. nydia. >>> the arrest of a black woman and her two daughters by a white texas police officer is getting national attention. protesters gathered in fort worth last night to demand justice for jaqulyn craig and her daughters. craig called police after she said a neighbor grabbed and choked her 7-year-old son for littering. in cell phone video the officer asked craig why she had not taught the boy not to litter. an argument ensued and her daughter and craig were forced to the ground in handcuffs. the officer is on restricted duties while the internal affairs department investigates. >>> new this morning a little boy survived a scare on a ski lift. the bag on his back got stuck leaving the child dangling above the slopes hanging from the straps. >> what i need you to do is take deep breaths. we know your a arms are hurting, but take deep breaths. >> they hurt so bad. >> reporter: members of the ski resort kept the boy calm while they got a ladder and put him in a harness and lowered him t

pennsylvania turnpike. route 309 if you're headed through montgomery county, north or south, in both directions it's looking pretty good, and there are no issues to report on the pennsylvania turnpike right now. looking at an overview of our pennsylvania roadways, some of the majors here. 95, 76 and 476. everything is in the green. that means there are no incidents on any of these majors. average speeds are where they are. coming up in a bit, we'll take a look at how traffic is faring in delaware. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 37 degrees at 4:39 and the temperatures are falling but will likely stay above freezing all day long in philadelphia. and we will get some sunshine, too. it will be a brighter day than we saw yesterday. 37 degrees right now, down to 36 at 8:00 and then warming through the 30s, into the low 40s this afternoon. the wind will be picking up during the day, but stronger winds will wait for tomorrow. suburbs will see a few scattered clouds but mainly sunshine. 32 now. once the

here's a live look at the turnpike near downingtown.k at least high valley interchange, the grassy surface is what is taking that snow precipitation. even in downingtown here, just snow on the grass. now the key is whether or not your driveway, your secondary road have been treated, penndot, new jerseev the pennsya turnpike, even the major roadway we have seen are wet, it is thatry road in the neighborhood where you have to be careful. road conditions are changing within a half mile to a mile along that dividing line. we have an accident lincoln drive at city avenue and we are ready for some christmas lights. check oumount laurel, new jerse. we are decorated looking good, looking good. that is what we're talking about when we say send me your pictures. snap a picture and post it to facebook, twitter, instagram and use #fox 29 lights where i can ten to show lights here on tv and least share them on our social media networks and of course every week we pick a different home to broadcast live from somebody's front lawn one night this week.

. >> reports of the pa turnpike northbound extension being closed. a string much green where it once was red. we had pamela osborne stuck behind this accident scene. she actually confirmed with us she was able and they were allowing some traffic to squeeze by. for now let's stay on the northbound side. ifnd y lehigh valley, watch for that accident scene. you want an alternate, that's route 309 over there. it might be in the process of starting to clear or at least allowing traffic to move watching the schuylkill expressway around girard avenue. 13 minutes into center city. and lastly we'll end with this up at norris town. marshall street right around the railroad crossing there. we'll have an update on the hen i me back. >>> thank you, jessica. let's take you snowing a little bit more a half hour ago when we came on the air. it's mostly stopped as bill said at here's a live look at camelback. no skiers, of course. they'll come a little bit later in the day. >> they missed the good part. >> right. they'll have snow when they get weather team called fo

as we look live to the cameras other crashes causing big problems inner loop at little river turnpike left lane of hov lanes blocked right lane getting buy and all lanes crawling and big delays through annandale as you pass little river turnpike and as you forward cameras again crash gets out of way 66 eastbound two right lanes mocked at 13 that's causing big delays as well we're show past that scene and packed up to 234. metro on time and we very police activity in district closing m street between 2 and 23. busy day we'll keep you updat back to you guys. >> now that christmas is over you'll wonder what you do with your tree. holiday ands and wreaths will be collected through january 27. >> all right. fairfax county christmas trees will be collected during the first two weeks of january and if you live in montgomery county put your tree on the cushion your recycling day and in prince george county trees will only be picked up mondays it's important to remove all decorations and do not put the tree in plastic or cloth bags. >> press obama thinks he could have would be against donald t

they are all adding up john rawlins live along the pennsylvania turnpike to break it down four us. >> reporter: as far as impact anybody that buys gas or drives the turnpike is impacted and another that doesn't cost money, it's how pennsylvanians do with their license plates. first non-economic change coming the end of those odd little pennsylvania license plate stickers, with computer data bases they are obsolete they will save penndot 36 million there's a year. and now there is an option for two year registration as twice the cost. now the money side. come january the pennsylvania gas tax goes up. >> and 8 cent increase to wholesal wholesalers. >> it was 31.2 questionses a gallon and it went up a dime and no change in 2016 but in 2017 it's due for the increase of 8 cents. >> oh joy. need to carpool more often i guess. >> the upside the tax goes to transportation improvements. >> so this gas tax increase is part of that act. the funding mechanism to improve and get to our roads and bridges that desperately need attention, vine street bridges were able to move forward and faster. >> a

we are more construction pennsylvania turnpike connection eastbound for delaware memorial bridge youane that left lane is still block. i will confirm as soon as that clears, back over to you. >>> now we have a really great story, for you. remember that intense apartment fire we brought you live tuesday morning? well, now you we're hearing exclusively from two philadelphia police officers. >> they helped catch children dropped from that burning building in frankford, reporter trang do is here with an interview you will not see any where else, trang. >> not one but two babies saved, crazy. these officers were on patrol when massive fire broke out as people slept. they were first on the scene, and had to act fast as children's lives quite literally hung this is balance. >> i'm sore right now. >> reporter: officer kevin ward is recovering from the niece injury he suffered during a dramatic rescue he suffered early tuesday morning. had you you ever seen anything like that before all of the panic. >> no, that was the worst i have seen. >> reporter: cries of people this distress led officer

construction pa turnpike. talk about, that pa turnpike past downingtown, right lane block, still out there. another place on the pa turnpike eastbound between willow grove and bensalem. that will one is pulled now all the you with a off to the shoulder. another one northeast extention northbound between mid-county and quakertown that right lane is block, there and some of these areas close you down even just shoulder or right or left lane slow you down, absolutely it can. onramp from lansdale intermittent lane closures here. okay right now. but as we push deep near the 5:00 hour specially toward the 6:00 it will slow you down. happy free, jan, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. >>> now, for look at some of the newspaper headlines, all across our region. >> the cover of the trentonian with update on the story from wednesday. twenty-seven year old amber dudley from collingswood is identified as the gunshot victim driven to trenton police headquarters who later died. authority say dudley was pass inning near lift

we're seeing problems, so much so that pennsylvania turnpike issued a weather emergency on the turnpike asking folks to slow down to speed limit now on the turnpike, it is 45 miles per hour. people urged to reduce travel if possible especially now as we're seeing that turnover and icy conditions beginning to accumulate. one last thing, we were at a chick-fil-a getting breakfast. the parking lots in untreated areas are iced over. even if you're just walking somewhere, be careful out there. randy gyllenhaal, back to you guys. >> thanks for that. good advice. salt just outside the front door. let's look at 76 from the camera at city avenue and presidential boulevard. it is raining now on the schuylkill. traffic is moving fine. be careful. icy mix could still be coming down in spots of philadelphia until 10:00 this morning. let's check in with tim furlong, live at 30th street station. tim, we saw you first at 5:00. snow was coming down. then it turned to freezing rain, then rain. what have you got there now. >> reporter: it looks great. you can see i am a drenched mess chl . it is that dren

then of course dealing with some construction, pa turnpike between downingtown and valley forge. right lane blocked there. rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. now for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the cover of the trend john yan, demand for affordable and the are hype, why 110 apartment sitting vacant in trenton? despite a waiting list of mo r than 2,000 perspective tenants, trend toss hugging authority says many of the applicants can't come one security deposits, in some cases they're offered to five to six perspective tenants until one can come up with the cash to move in. >> and the reading eagle state regulators urging patients of dental practice be tested for help tight c, and even hiv. >> this after an investigation into the center for family and specialty dentistry turned up serious deficiencies in the offices. at this point no patients have reported becoming ill. >> from the times herald, elementary school student making the holidays a bit brighter for the homeless. coleman err third graders stuffing socks with toiletries and candy

. >>> 2017 will bring a 67% hike in tolls on the pennsylvania turnpike, with the hike the turnpike will have raised its tolls 9 times in the past nine years. the chunk of the money goes beyond the turnpike to penndot and public transit. >>> the houston chronicle reports texas base ice cream maker bluebell to ease the costs into place since the deadly listeria outbreak. bluebell had to shut their plant for four months. >>> the stock market opens today hoping to end the year on a high night. the dow closed 19,800. both the nasdaq and s&p 500 are down, as well. >> i hope they work it out with bluebell, you got to try that ice cream when they get it together. >>> 4 -- 4:54 a.m., a little girl gets a special gift in kansas. >>> a police officer is getting extra attention when he caught a teenager smoking we'd, what he did after that's getting a lot of praise. >>> the rap group run delaware valley mc is suing walmart and amazon accusing them and other retailers that some products that traded on the group's name without permission. amazon and walmart did not respond to a request for comment. >

this is on the turnpike eastbound approaching bensalem. want to expect these delays eastbound on the pennsylvania turnpike. as we go to the waze app we're hearing from it's me baby, a member of the 6abc commuter team telling us about an object on the road on east walnut lane in philadelphia. how about these temperatures? it's cold out there so it's a good thing we're starting off dry. just in the 20's. 25 in martins creek, 26 in pottstown, below freezing in coatesville and kennett square. 38 degrees in center city. in new jersey just flirt browns mills, 36 in vineland but 41 in dover. headed up into the 40's with rain this afternoon, matt. >> okay, thanks karen. >>> new this morning, a supermarket employee in reading was shot when a customer's gun accidentally witness off inside the store. police and paramedics were called to the weis markets at north 13th and rockland streets yesterday afternoon. the customer said he was standing next to man when the man's gun fell to the floor and went off. one of the workers was grazed by the bullet. po

sixty minutes on 295 or 17 on the new jersey turnpike. >> seventeen. >> that is way to go. >> turnpike is your alternate. do you think it is cold? how about a water main break. pennsauken route 130 northbound water all over route 47. so that will be an icy mess throughout the morning. mike and alex, back to you. >>> disturbing, discovery inside have a bucks county home, blood and then a woman's body. >> it looks like, some guy has killed his hotter, steve's on the story lower makefield. >> reporter: you can see in the dark lights on in all of the rooms and blood where we're told in most of the rooms signs of a deadly struggle throughout this house all lit up for investigators that were here all night last night for hours and then left the crime scene command truck here parked out front still guarding, you can see by a patrol car and yellow police crime scene tape, flapping in the win as the street is still shut down. investigators plan to be back, reason they left here, it was to take 30 year-old zachary cope, in for arraignment late last night. he lives here with his five two-year old

this is on the pennsylvania turnpike.well as a number of delays involving trains plus, done with your shopping, but thot shipping? >>> that breaking news, traffic trouble for both drivers and commuters on the rail today. sky force 10 was over a truck fire. lanes were blocked for much of the morning. >> and in montgomery county, major delays for septa because of wires down on the track. wares kaued a power problem that crews are trying to fix. jessica has been staying on top of this all morning long for us. >> what's the latest? >> good news. we'll start with what happened earlier this morning. we dealt with a tractor trailer fire on the eastbound side of the turnpike. this is video from what the scene looked like. clearly a mess. traffic was backed up for miles on the eastbound side because all of the roads and lanes were closed there, so all traffic was being diverted off and we had a lot of alternates posted for you r, but if you look at the maps now, so much better. this is the general area it was in. just a little red

the next time you're on the turnpike look in your mirror an q do not mean some guy in the car, but a self driving truck named otto. it is a truck tested nationwide and could be familiar site as roosevelt leftwich tells us about it. >> it is a truck named otto tha they man riding shotgun, otto is basically a normal volvo semi. the kid thing faster than the driver and maybe on the road to the future. it uses radar and other high tech that could allow it to drive without the human or >> because of all the sensors akin perceived distances and speed much better than any huma so i can always maintain a safe buffer between the truck and th traffic ahead of it. >> so far so good, otto has clogged thousands of files on the nation's highways here to california holy varies modes like a very trailer and a department of transportation tanker team is in constant contact wit the california due to record every decision made , the more testing, the better, so the software can learn about different driving conditions in the ohio turnpike is a great testing ground, become out different states like ohio

there's overnight work on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound past downingtown in the right lane. and westbound in bucks county, bensalem, right lane also out should not be too much longer. >> a bucks county driver called police telling them that a man had flagged them down to make a startling confession, an admission a partially dressed man made when they caught up to him. katherine scott is in lower makefield with all the details. >> reporter: police say zachary cope stabbed and attacked his mother inside their home. he was taken into custody yesterday. as we go to video he was questioned by police. he was arraigned charged in the death of his own mother on lower hill top road. neighbors say the mother and son lived there alone. they were called there after zachary copy wearing shorts and flip flops stopped a car and told the driver he killed his mother. officers found the body of rebecca cope inside the kitchen at 3:00 p.m. >> it was apparent she suffered blunt trauma to the head and stab and cuts wounds to her body. >> i'm shocked i wouldn't think anything like this would happ

out west, both directions of the turnpike closed at carlisle. fatal accident on the atlantic city expressway, westbound, at exit number four, lanes are opened, police are on the scene there, that happened at 5:00 o'clock this morning. watch for come minute necessity delays at philly international, snow, in chicago, and cancelled a lot of the nights. your plane may not be there when you get down there this morning. it will take a day or two before it gets back to normal. the eastbound on the schuylkill, half an hour southbound i-95 jammed up from woodhaven into downtown, mike and alex, back to you. >>> from public office, to prison potentially. former congressman chaka fattah is about to learn his fate. >> yeah, that is where sabina is on this story just down the street here in the pouring rain, hi there sabina. >> reporter: good morning, guys. former congressman chaka fattah, served about 21 years in congress. he could be serving the next 20 years, in federal prison. now prosecutors are poised to ask the judge for a lengthy sentence for the form

70, water main break, and now eastbound side, heading in to new jersey, right at the new jersey turnpike, one lane is block, with the water main break itself. and then icy conditions on the opposite side, westbound, heading in towards, cherry hill. that accident we talked to you about involving the police officer broad and snider, more details on that in a moment and a accident westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike, at the downingtown interchange, both market frankford line and subway, using shuttle buses until five, karen and thomas back to you. >>> 4:03. it is bone chilling cold, sue and bob just mentioned, before you head outside bundle will up. of course philadelphia's homeless services has declared a code blue effective through wednesday december 21st, city officials are urging concerned citizens if you see a person living on the street please call homeless outreach at 215-23-2984, number once again (215)232-1984. and burlington county also declaring a code blue emergency. you can call contact, the burlington county for a list of a railable shelters, and additional code blue inform

just north of the pennsylvania turnpike it switches over to freezing rain. all interior sections of south jersey and the state of delaware you have flipped over to freezing rain. we've zoomed into the southern portion of the viewing areas first. delaware bay area, above freezing. plain rain along the immediate coast, plain rain. the wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain now most of new jersey and getting into philadelphia and areas pretty close to the pennsylvania turnpike. let's go a little bit farther to the north. there is the pennsylvania turnpike stretching through norristown, south of reading. snowing in quakertown, allentown and milford. even there you will start to switch over from snow to freezing rain in the next half-hour, 45 minutes or so. temperatures are cold, now, again i know it's kind of deceiving, you're thinking we're so far below freezing why is it raining? the reason for that, again, you get a couple of thousand feet aloft, a couple of thousand feet up, temperatures are below freezing. once the snowflakes falls it hits the milder air and

to get to delaware this morning, take the new jersey turnpike. rosemary and vai, back to you. >>> thank you, jess. 10 minutes to 5:00 on thursday morning. obviously you have to get up a little earlier to scrape or turn on your car. >> let's get to erika martin with the "first alert" forecast. >> you know, vai and rosemary, after winter starts out on the 21st of december. however, meteorological winter already has. if you look at the bottom of the screen, you'll see your local forecast. that's pretty much the story for tomorrow as well. neighborhoods right now are seeing lots of low 30s. andorra, 31 degrees. fox chase, 35. summerton, upper 20s for lehigh valley. of course, chillier, we may be tracking lake-effect snow later today. and the good thing we have going on right now is that the winds are westerly and mild. suburbs seeing mainly 30s. malvern at 34. so future temperatures starting us at 4:00, getting us through the next couple hours at 7:00 a.m., that's mainly low to mid-30s across the screen here. upper 30s to mid-40s by 10 :00 a.m. now,

taking the new jersey turnpike. we'll end on the 42 freeway. also new jersey. drive times here, different speeds than what we saw yesterday. an accident on froot freeway. four minutes, to the walt whitman bridge. speeds also into the 60s. >>> thank you. a man is in critical condition after a drive-by shooting in west philadelphia. and police are saying where this happened is unusual. because the corner of 57 and haverford is very busy. it's well lit and there's a lot of businesses there. witnesses say the man was hit, standing on the corner around midnight. the car drove up and someone started shooting. >>> today, neighbors in a local community will honor a fallen new jersey state trooper after he was killed in a head-on collision. >> nbc10's matt delucia is live outside of the state police barracks with the details on the memorials that happened. >> reporter: and the big question what caused him to go off the road and hit the trooper's patrol car head-on. here at belmar barracks, you see the flag is flying half-staff. check out some of the 911 calls monday nig

the pa turnpike looks good as well. at least in terms of 23 minutes and the drive times westbound from route 1. average speed into the 60s. doesn't nieecessarily mean you have to go that fast. ut atlantic city expressway. popping up a few accidents this morning. one in hammon closed. katy and vie, back to you guys. >> live team coverage of this wintry mix. >> here's a look at conditions along germantown pike and plymouth meeting. a lot of cars out there. in minutes we'll check back with meteorologist bill henley and krystal klei in what you can expect today. >>> changes for the mummers. find out what mummers of every club will be expect today do before they march on new year's day. >>> the "nbc 10" first alert severe update is brought to you by colonial generators. never lose power again. >>> snow is lightening up in the pocono mountains. that's the live view from camelback mountain. steady snow is about to come to an end. the rest of the area, most of the rest of the area is just seeing some rain. the only rain/snow mi

this is route 42 by the new jersey turnpike.und traffic and you can see how jammed it is. those taillights. how about the travel time. a 29 minute ride from the a.c. expressway to 295 and that's because we have an accident past 295 blocking the two left lanes. how about the schuylkill? yup, jammed here, too. eastbound from city avenue to past montgomery. you're looking live at the boulevard an accident in montgomery blocks the right lane with emergency workers on the scene dave. >> all right karen. on the big board 41 degrees by 8 o'clock. 43 by 10 o'clock. 45 by noon. lots of clouds this morning and a few sprinkles around some low lying cloud cover giving you some drizzle on the windshield. by 3 o'clock though we get up to 50 and that's probably the warmest high we'll see for the next several days so maybe this afternoon is the one where you use to get out to the market or maybe finish up those christmas lights something like that. 43 by 6 o'clock. hopefully some sun coming back later in the afternoon. on the big board at the a

further to the west, another construction zone on the turnpike right before downingtown. right lane remains blocked. >> manhunt is over, we're learning that the berlin christmas market attack suspect anis-amri has been killed in police shoot-out in milan. the shoot-out took plates at 3:00 a.m. during routine police check. the italian news service ansa said amri pull out gun from his back pack after asking to show his identity papers killed in the ensuing shoot-out. the police officer was injured, italian interior minister said the man killed is without a doubt, shadow after doubt, ani-amri suspect in the berlin truck attack monday that killed 12 people. >> deadly apartment fire has left one person dead, displaced nearly two dozen people, authorities responded to the scene just after 1:00 a.m. four # hubble street pottstown. victim found on the second floor. eyewitness told about 20 people are not back into their houses no word on the cause of the fire. >> new this morning, woman shot at home invasion in the kensington section. police say a 20 year old woman opened the doo

when i see you in a bit, we'll take a look at how your speeds are on the pennsylvania turnpike and we'llo into new jersey and delaware and see how the roads are there. vai? >> all right, thank you, katy. >>> new from overnight, police are investigating what they are calling an5zub execution-style, deadly shooting in philadelphia's frankford section. officers found a man laying on adams avenue with several gunshot woundsa>iÑ just after 1 this morning. authorities say evidence shows the gunman fired 28 shots at the victim, some from just inches away. so far, no arrests. >>> 6:02. police are also trying to figure out what led to a deadly crash in philadelphia's cobbs creek neighborhood. a driver slammed into another vehicle, then hit a tree on cobbs creek parkway early this morning. the driver was taken to the hospital where he died. >>> happening today, bill cosby returns to court in his sex assault case. it follows yesterday's hearing that included outbursts by lawyers and by cosby himself. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in norristown. pam, tell us more about what happened yesterday. >>

breaking news updating the situation here on the pennsylvania turnpike. a picture, sent to us from the turnpike, the eastbound lanes, forced off at downingtown, the reason, a tractor trailer fire, fully engulfed, carrying cardboard. so this is taking place on the eastbound lanes between downingtown and the route 29 slip ramp which is right here this charleston, chester county. there is our sensors picking up the delay, inntently. would i say 4 miles of stuck traffic that is already made it past that downingtown interchange, they are stuck, dead in the water, as fire fighters try to work their way from the opposite side, again, all eastbound lanes forced off downingtown, detour would be 100 south over to route 30 and then north on 202. even if you don't use the turnpike, 100, 30, 202, we will see a lot of extra volume and problems on the trains this morning, all i am bound trains running with 60 minute delays on the regional rail lines, because of equipment problems in jenkintown. you have to board on the out board platforms and all a of the other rail lin

no extra overnight construction on the pennsylvania turnpike because of the holiday. a couple days ago on the big picture we're looking good sitting pretty along the blue route 476, the schuylkill, roosevelt boulevard and 95. but of course just off of 95 ah they didn't work yesterday because of the holiday on the water main break so we dollar still have restrictions along columbus boulevard. southbound side just the left lane is getting by once again here at queen street and i would expect throughout the day today the crews will return to work on the water main break so later on you could have a complete closure. right now left lane is opened on this tuesday morning, matt. >> thank you, matt. a lehigh valley mother is now describing how she and her family survived being stuck in a snowy wilderness near the grand canyon. it took rescuers 36 hours to find them in two separate locations. "action news" reporter katherine scott live in our satellite center with the full story. katherine. >> reporter: matt this all starter on thursday afternoon. this family was stuck in the

. >> we have new information this morning on a deadly crash along the new jersey turnpike.te police now say a tractor-trailer driver was killed in westampton township burlington county last night. he had stepped out of his disabled big rig which was parked on the side of the road between exits four and five and then that is when a pickup truck struck him and rear-ended the trailer. there's no word on that driver's condition. >> developing this morning, investigators in berlin say the driver who rammed a truck into a crowded christmas market did so intentionally. 12 people were killed and nearly 50 people hurt in what is now being investigated as a possible terror attack. abc's angelica spanos now reports. >> reporter: thousands were enjoying the open air christmas market in berlin when the festivities turned a horror scene. >> it went just past me, past my girlfriend. >> reporter: monday night a truck barreled into shoppers just a few days before christmas. >> it missed me by 3-meter, missed her by five. it came into the open, hit the sides of the barriers and then carried

still dealing with two accidents here eastbound on the pennsylvania turnpike at valley hill. eastbound working your way toward willow grove interchange, again, construction crews have been still out there. here's a live look at ben franklin bridge, what a nice, pretty shot, different from this time yesterday, but how pretty, how long will it stay press i sueby has the answer in 15 seconds. >>> in the pocono mountains it smells like thought meg and snow. there is a winter weather advisory there 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., for carbon and monroe counties. now what is happening is high pressure still in control for this morning but here comes some rain that will roll in later this afternoon and this evening, the timing of the rain, looks like, anytime after 3:00 or 4:00 o'clock there is 10:00 a.m. still just cloudy, 1:00 o'clock you see rain this delaware and then by 3:00 o'clock it is edging into philadelphia and suburbs coming from the southwest, and if you are north you'll get it last but temperatures cold enough in the mountains to get accumulating know today. for rest of us, it

the new jersey turnpike near the delaware memorial bridge. if you're heading through to delaware, no problems right now. and we'll end on 95. that's moving through delaware. so, checking with those drive times. 11 minutes at the most northbound from 295 to 495. average speeds into the 60s. more updates, of course, on all this stuff when i come back in the next ten. >> jessica, thanks. >>> it's 5:18 and 40 degrees. check out this video from a tornado that hit the atlanta area wednesday afternoon. this is security video from a school. >> it shows how the powerful winds swept through and knocked down a tree. the storms left damage across northern georgia. luckily, bill, we don't have to worry about any of that. we just have cooler temperatures this morning. about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday, right? >> yeah, we saw those storms wednesday night and into early thursday morning. now they're out of here. and the chilly air has finally arrived. remember how mild it was to start with yesterday in the 50s? not this morning. it's a cold morning with

that route 70 water main break near the new jersey turnpike, so break itself is on the eastbound side but the water has caused some icing conditions, also on that westbound side, so see crews out there throughout the morning rush hour, two alarm fire southampton burlington county ridge road at pemberton road and as we go for a ride westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike out toward downingtown just watch for a crash, also a work crew near morgan town and the accident, karen just mentioned in south philadelphia involving a police vehicle just watch for detours around broad and snider this morning. karen and thomas, back to you. >>> no big surprise we get cold every year but we tell to you prepare yourself to head out the door. philadelphia's office of homeless services declared a code blue effective through next wednesday. city officials are urging concerned citizen to see a person living on the street please call homeless outreach at number you see on your screen. >>> burlington county also declaring a code blue emergency, you can call contact the burlington county for list of availabl

accident on the pennsylvania turnpike, still shot from the turnpike it is eastbound right at the philadelphia bensalem off ramp and that is causing delays for everyone leaving say willow grove, heading east in towards that philadelphia interest change. that fire location frankford and sellers from the early morning hours. crews are wrapping up hoses but septa detoured bus routes three and five. later this morning this will hit you like a stale babe he will, martin luther king drive will go in the closure mode. we have jump in the news van to give you an idea was happened here. this is us coming in the city on martin luther king drive. schuylkill off to the right. there is river off to the left. what happened was the least containing wall that holds up the bike patton to the martin luther king drive collapsed and fell in the water. and then dirt over last month is slowly trooped in the water as well, eroding right where those, do you see where lady in it or range right there that walking patties what has basically disappeared. crews need to shut it down, resure that retaining wall and they wil

south on the new jersey turnpike, an accident at exit number four, route 73 here, in mt. out in the neighborhood welsh and put letter pike, no problems on the pa turnpike at the moment. 422, eastbound, accident right at armand hammer boulevard for the gang out of pottstown. who is hungry? today local neighborhood spot, morning glory diner, ready, monkey bread french toast. needy say more? tenth and fitzwater, see you there, right across from the playground. we will be down there live starting at 9:00. thomas, back over to you. >> like when i get home, i'll open my life to my mother. i will live my life for her. whatever she wants me to to do. >> living for mom, that's what dante rollins said i'll do now that he's home from prison. freed last night after serving ten years for crime he didn't commit. all charges have been dropped against the 29 year old, including, the attempted murder of a young boy. jenny joyce live in center city this morning, with more on his future plans. good morning, jenny. >> good morning, thomas. home for the holidays, like you said, after nearly t

more construction pennsylvania turnpike eastbound past downingtown that right lane is block there, joe and rahel back to you. >>> a man is in critical condition after a drive by shooting in west philadelphia. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at the scene for us this morning, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. not only was one business in this area opened at the time of this shooting, but philadelphia police are calling this intersection one of the shore busy intersections in west philadelphia so certainly more people were out here and could have been injured when this gunfire erupted overnight, fortunately though only one man was injured and taken to the hospital and expected to be okay. so take a look at the video police are calling this a drive by shooting. it was around midnight when police found a 59 year-old man shot in the hip at 52nd street and haverford avenue. eyewitnesses tell police that a dark colored car a nissan hacks man passed by that man standing at corner and as he drove by someone fired at least one shot. when police arrived they took the

that means speeds are in the 20s as you come south of exit 2 on the new jersey turnpike southbound. i would start heading for 295 southbound instead. in salem and gloucester counties, you see the green and yellow colors indicating wet precipitation, on the berks county/montgomery county border it's blue indicating frozen precipitation. an accident 100 douglass road. boyertown along big road near new hanover township. 30 bypass is very wet. you can see the spray coming off the eastbound vehicles as they pass 322. we're not jammed, but you have to keep the speeds down because it is wet at best and slippery and slick at worst. >> breaking news, it's just coming in, a nasty rollover crash injuries two people in delaware county. the driver of an suv lost control on colonial road near glendale road in havertown around 3:30 a.m. the vehicle rolled down an embankment and wrapped around a tree and landed on its roof. the driver and passenger suffered multiple injuries they are in the hospital in stable condition. >>> a new jersey woman and her great granddaughter have been found safe. they d

it will actually run parallel to the pennsylvania turnpike.that approaches tonight light rain and snow will overspray the area, after midnight. one thing i want to stress this is a very minor system. we're not expecting a lot of rain and we're certainly not expecting a lot of snow for the areas that will pick up the light snow. future tracker 6, we'll start out with some sunshine and increasing cloudy as the day goes on. the clouds lower and thicken throughout the evening. 3:00 a.m., the light purplish color that's the snow on future tracker. it's north of the pennsylvania turnpike. in the immediate philadelphia area it's all rain. temperatures will be a little bit too mild. 6:00 a.m., north of the turnpike, light wintery mix, snowing in the lehigh valley and the poconos, rain for everybody else. by 9:00 a.m., the tail end of rush hour, this is gone. monday, it's a combination of sun and clouds, giving way to sunshine. monday is not a bad day, just a four or five hour window of light precipitation across the area. overnight tonight light rain

more construction on the the pa turnpike will slow you down. coming up maybe deeper into the 5:00 hour, right lane is blocked there downingtown and valley hill road. also, more construction in bucks county, 95 north at route had 13. right lane blocked there. and then we have even more construction, northeast extension southbound between quakertown and mid-county. alternate lanes opening there. might slow you down as you flip flop around. more construction 422, and we'll get to that in a about ten minutes. >> still ahead: amazon getting into the grocery game, we'll have live report from wall street on that. >> ride sharing app uber getting criticism this morning. how you can protect yourself from what some folks are calling >>> stay updated on "kyw news radio" 1060. also, the philadelphia school district grabs surround vale on proposal for earlier start to the academic year. people are petioning mayor jim kenney,, to ban rat poison after the death after rail tail hawk, and the average age of stroke victims getting younger, dealing with medical i

actually areas north of pennsylvania turnpike. good news, the warm front lifts through quickly even areas that start as snow it will flip over to rain as the temperatures climb into the upper 30s and low 40s. everybody else is rain through late morning. we'll see clouds and sunshine. what you need to know, northwestern suburbs we're starting out mixture chaining over to rain -- changing over to rain. there will be slushy roads in the pennsylvania turnpike region. chester and montgomery counties. i-95 corridor, raw, chilly rain. south and east of philadelphia, look for rain and temperatures in the mid 40s. the only areas we're expecting accumulating snow will be up here, the lehigh valleys and the poconos we'll post one to three, i'm leaning closer to the one as opposed to the three him we'll allow for the three. these areas turnover to rain monday morning. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, sun and clouds, cold, blustery. 38 degrees will feel like the upper 20s throughout the day. overnight tonight, speaking of 20s we'l

turnpike between those two exits, right lane blocked there. up to the northeast extension we have a blocked lane, right one, between quakertown and lansdale. guys, a lot of construction this morning. >> what's new, pat. >> all right, thanks so much, pat. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, a check on business news. live from the new york stock exchange. >> ever wanted to make a phonecall during a flight? well, we will tell you about new technology that could actually eventually let you make those phonecalls on an airplane. at ikea, we believe everyone should be able to afford a welcoming home for the holidays. and that nothing should get in the way of a good conversation. we believe that room for one more shouldn't cost more. and that you can make a place for everyone. spend your holiday overjoyed and under budget with ikea. >> help make the holidays brighter for some children in our area through our "joy of sharing" toyfest event this weekend. >> we will be collecting toys tomorrow at the philly pops christmas show. >> and on sunda

construction the pennsylvania turnpike westbound at delaware river bridge. sixteen minute stoppages, that can start to slow you down. also, but more in the 5:00 o'clock hour would i say. more construction on the pennsylvania turp pike westbound between washington and norristown that right lane is block there jim and rahel, back over to you. >>> a new news this morning a deadly ambush leaves a man dead in west philadelphia. >> now police are looking for clue that is could help them track down the killer. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at 51st and market, good morning, trang. >> good morning. >> reporter: this 51st street still blocked off as officers continue to process this scene but take a look down the street here. the car involve was park a couple cars down there where you see a number of police cars gathered. so many unanswered questions at this point. police do not the know identity or motive of what appears to have been a targeted act. here's video of the scene from earlier this morning, this happened just after 1:00 a.m. police received a

lane so two different accidents on the turnpike eastbound.er than that you're looking okay matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. breaking overnight new jersey state police say a trooper involved in a head-on crash in millville has died. trooper frankie williams was on route 55 responding to a call when a car crossed the median and slammed into his cruiser. the driver of the car was also killed. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at cooper university hospital in camden where doctors could not save that trooper, annie. >> reporter: matt, that's right, trooper frankie williams was just 31 years old. i want to give you a look at this video. this is video from last night after he was pronounced dead at cooper university hospital. here you can see camden county officers saluting the trooper as his body was escorted away from the hospital. well, 7 o'clock monday night that trooper williams was heading to a call on route 55 in millville. according to police, a man driving a toyota corolla crossed the center median hitting williams in his car