pennsylvania new jersey turnpike connector bridge is reopened. help you in the morning commute. let's go to storm tracker 6 live double scan you can see we're dry along the i-95 corridor. no problems even in allentown, reading are or lancaster just yet you see the snow pushing in. it's in harrowing burst and pilots 309 north of allentown, you'll -- it's in harrisburg and pottstown, 309 north of allentown. we'll have snow showers coming through the area, watch for that, most areas will see wet roads with temperatures that will remain above freezing, matt and tam. >> the accuweather team is tracking a late winter system that could slow your morning commute. >> although our area and new jersey might not see snow until later, it is coming down in other areas, annie mccormick is live in allentown with a look at conditions there, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamala, in the past hour we started to see flurries, nothing significant, but an idea that the snow could be on the way. the temperatures are significantly lower than yesterday with the

if you're hopping on the turnpike there's trouble up ahead. we'll talk about when "action news" continues on this monday morning. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. go to getfios.com or call 1.888.get.fios get the best. get fios. lit up on this monday. check it out, 27 degrees on city avenue. starting out really chilly, but by that were we'll have a high temperature of 352 degrees, a bit of a recovery today. >> a lot of people are bundling up grabbing the coffee. >> gabbing, as well. >> reporter: what will they face they go out, we don't have a lot of to gab about on the traffic front. as we kick off the workweek, looking good on the blue route by plymouth meeting nor

delaware river turnpike bridge. we'll explain why crews get ahead of schedule with repairs for a major crack that shutdown the span for more than a month. >>> woman accused of murdering adopted daughter heads to court in bucks county. preview of the hearing. >>> that breaking news of course the weather that we're tracking this morning. good morning, this is nbc 10 today. i'm rose mary conners. >> i'm vai sikahema. winter has returned to our region and snow threatens to make a mess of the morning rush hour. team coverage beginning with meteorologist krystal klei. accurate nbc 10 neighborhood weather. >> good morning. hard to believe yesterday we were in the 60s. now we're talking temperatures that are dropping to 30s and snow moving through. already moving through the northern edge of viewing area. radar showing green a little further shout. this is rain starting to makes its way into our area. what's going to happen is for some of us, south will begin as rain. we should all see that turn over to snow as the cold air

there's also a little bit of precipitation right along the new jersey turnpike that's just popped up. that's over in northern burlington county. out to the west in gettysburg and the other side of baltimore there's showers and developing thunderstorms. this one is also producing lightning. this is pattern we're in. we are going to be under the threat of some off and on showers and perhaps some thunderstorms and you kind of get that picture as you look to the west. there's a couple of those thunderstorm cells, a few more showers farther west of pittsburgh an little bit more back down there in virginia. it is more or less all on the way here through the day. we also have a little issue with visibility. visibilities over a mile at our reporting stations but that gray area shows you some patchy fog potential out there. temperatures are mild. 51 degrees currently in the city, 51 in wilmington, 49 in allentown. 48 in trenton and the 48 in cape may. winds are light this morning. and as we roll through the day we got a little change in the forecast. it now looks like it's going to be basicall

. >> the delaware turnpike bridge is open ahead of schedule. >> if snow is not your thing we hope you spring forward with the preview of the philadelphia flower show. >> funny how things formcoinci. here's david and karen. >> reporter: we have snow in allentown, we'll see rain at the outset. it's in the berks county, lehigh county and lancaster, as well. it will be another couple of hours before it gets to the i-95 corridor. the big area of concern will be in the northern tier where the roads will get slushy as could untreated sidewalks as you walk around later. we have a winter weather advisory it's shifting to the south, it covers all montgomery county and bucks county, philadelphia, chester and delaware counties not included in this advisory. they have extended it until 2:00 p.m. because the snow is arriving later and the bulk of it taking longer to get out of here. it's the northern areas, the farther north you go, the better chance you have of getting slippery roads conditions as the snow builds in later this morning. 45 in wilmington. wet roads in the i-95 corridor and south for

connecting the new jersey turnpike and the pennsylvania turnpike together. take a look at this. we are green right now. not seeing any delays. no need to hassle for alternates. that's always great news for morning and evening commuters. have another update within the majors when i come back within the next several minutes. >> see you shortly. >>> snow, started falling in the poconos last night. you can see from this live picture at camelback resort. still falling. the slopes will be coated with fresh powder today. >> good news for skiers. now moving to our region. pamela osborne live in storm force ten. checking conditions. pam, tell us what you're seeing. >> we actually just got into town right now and i'm going to give you a look at the road conditions right now. everything is still dry. now, we've been everywhere today. we've been on 76, 476, u.s. 22. we were also just on 378. what we've been seeing are a few lighters periods of few snow flurries in the sky. i should also let you know that we've seen a lot of trucks. salt trucks sitting on the side of the road there. also wai

we hop on the turnpike. way easier now. >> reporter: the bridge was closed january 20 when a fracture was discovered in the super structure beneath the westbound lanes on the pennsylvania side. good weather helped speed up the installation of a permanent splice. reopening means the 42,000 cars that use the connector every day can now stay off of local roads. >> it was just block the traffic. everybody wanted to get through the red light so i'm glad its a relief. >> about 20 minute detour before and now i can just go straight through. >> reporter: pretty happy about that. >> very happy. >> we're ahead of time, okay, i like it. sounds pretty good. [laughter] >> i have high hopes for tonight. >> reporter: jennifer williams manages gray's liquor store on route 130 in florence right near the jersey access to the turnpike bridge. since it was closed, her business dropped 50 percent and she stopped restocking the shelves. >> it's a relief that it's opened so much earlier than they initially thought it was going to

e pennsylvania turnpike to the new jersey turnpike opened and then in the background you can see, in the dark, is there the headlights and big tractor trailer, headed toward lovely new jersey. just before 10:00 last night something that had not happened here in 61 years since may 23rd, 1956, day bridge over delaware river connecting both pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes, first opened to traffic. they had a big grand opening celebration then, "good day philadelphia", not on the air then so we don't have any file tape to show you but second opening not so grand last night, ahead of its planned april opening, the earliest, do you remember how that sounded. that didn't sound too good back in the wintertime after the big crack was first found and closed it on january between the yet. >> thanks to a lot of hard work by aloft people on both side of the delaware river and also, thanks to a little bit of luck with the weather we were able to open well ahead of our projected april reopening of the bridge. >> yes, it is just smooth one hour drive i have been having one and a half hours, on

the pennsylvania turnpike. great news for everyone that lowball commuters that take the bridge in and out of area. no measure stress conditions. no more searching for alternates. this is reopened. always great news in traffic land. it's friday, but we are tracking some of that snow that crystal was talking about that will start to pop up. accordingly to. we're looking at a down utility pole. route one between parker'sville. it is closed. it will be affecting photographic in and out of that area. i will be providing alternates later on in the show. take a look at center city. schuylkill at the vine. clear conditions this morning. another update in the next ten minutes. >> francesca, thank you. the snow is coming down in the poconos as crystal was telling us a few minutes ago. another live look at camel back ski resort. that system is creeping in to the lehigh valley and then expected to hit philadelphia and the suburbs. nbc 10 pamela osborne is live on the road for us. storm 4 ten this morning. pam, tell us wher

slowing on the westbound turnpike. don't forget we have a ban on oversized vehicles on the turnpike because of the high winds. jamming up on the vine street expressway, you see what the winds are doing to the camera. westbound traffic jamming from the parkway to the schuylkill expressway. tacony-palmyra bridge expect an opening for the southbound ship in the next half-hour, stick to the betsy ross bridge again. again, all these cameras you see the effects of the wind. you have to watch for downed trees, debris on the roads, downed tree 295 southbound past 206 in the right lane. >> breaking right now, the high winds also brought down a tree on a house in delaware county at least one person was hurt. katherine scott gathered new video of the damage inside the home and joins us live in clifton heights. katherine? >> reporter: matt, the good news is that tom foley tell us us hee is -- tells us he is doing okay. he has cuts and bruises, but is lucky to be standing and talking with us. the free fell on north sycamore avenue

the bridge which connects the new jersey turnpike and the tea burn tyke was -- pennsylvania turnpike was abruptly closed when a cracked steel truss was discovered on the pennsylvania side. 42,000 vehicles cross the bridge everyday, drivers had to find another way many adding time to the commute in the process. last night the eastbound lanes opened at 10:00 p.m. and westbound lanes opened at 10:45 p.m. earlier this week, workers ran a series of load tests to see if the repairs worked. 8 dump truck also -- dump trucks carrying 40 tons went across the ridge and the sensors showed the bridge can support live traffic. >> we are very fortunate that everything seems to be going our way a, things that typically go wrong in construction even the little things, they just, i don't know i guess you could say the bridge gods were on our side this time. >> reporter: indeed, well, last week, officials estimated it would be another month before the bridge opened and of course the opened last night ahead of schedule and everybody is happy about it this morning. live in bristol, katherine scott channe

brad. >> reporter: more problems with the pennsylvania turnpike. of course, coming off that seven-week closure of the turnpike bridge over the delaware river and now this. the good news as you mentioned the delays aren't going to be nearly as long and there is an end in sight. expect new headache if your rush hour commute has you getting on or off the northeast extension the blue route in montgomery county. maintenance work on the overhead toll equipment above the fast lanes on the left will close those lanes for the next three weeks. this will slow down drivers from the blue route headed east on 276 and in both directions of 476. >> the traveling public all of our motorists approaching the mid-county interchange should definitely be aware of, you know, stopped traffic even slow-moving traffic during this time. that should be any time night or day especially monday through friday during the morning rush hour. >> this means all traffic will have to go through the toll booths. your ez pass will work there but os passers converge with cash drivers goe

when turnpike will get busy. i will let you know when that clears but just a head up. just a reminder delaware river bridge is closed until at lee april. we will deal with these alternates, for the next, i would say, little bit, and we know that these get very busy. we will talk about that in the next 10 minutes. jim and rahel, back over to you. >>> we are following breaking news out of salem county where

the eastbound lanes of the del care river turnpike bridge opened minutes ago just in time for a snowy commute in the morning. the bridge connecting pennsylvania and new jersey has been closed for seven weeks. brandon hudson joins us. >> you can almost hear the cheers from drivers. this opened several weeks ahead of schedule. >> reporter: a lot of happy drivers, jim and jacqueline. a lot of them coming off the eastbound lanes of this bridge. this bridge was supposed to open in april. you can see some of these signs are still here to warn people about these ramps. you can see some trucks, you may see some cars coming in from the eastbound lanes. most people we spoke to tonight, they're happy about this news. but we met one person who didn't mind this being closed. as turnpike crews replaced signs in the delaware river bridge entrance, we met someone who didn't mind it being closed. he's a pizza delivery man. he could make deliveries faster. when they reopen the bridge, how long will it take? >> it might take 20 minutes. on a friday night, forget it. >> reporter: he knows he's in the min

turnpike connector bring -- pennsylvania turnpike bridge is reopened. it will alleviate the congestion on i-95 and route 1. live on the schuylkill expressway, approaching bell month completely dry. as david said, temperatures above freezing, no problems on the roads just yet. the snow is starting to creep boot lehigh valley. we have a little while before it hits the i-95 corridor. the big picture no major issues. blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95 moving just fine. we go over to 202 at baltimore pike, 202 is looking good, stick to that, instead of baltimore pike southbound you see the cones set up, baltimore pike is shut down southbound. you want to would you want for that as you head out, between passionville road and briton bridge road. >> we sent mobile 6 out looking for snow, it found some. we're at the hampton inn. i don't know if there are any rooms available right now. we've been travel running through the poconos, along 2095 bit further north in the lehigh valley. definitely snow falling right there. as car mentioned, it's starting to reach

-- and new jersey turnpikes. the drivers were forced to find another way around. crews ran a series of load tests 8 dump trucks carrying 40 tons were driven across the bridge while sensors expected reaction reaction. the bridge can support live traffic and late last night the bridge opened back up. >> it will be more convenient to get around. >> the fix that we were hoping for was the fix that worked. if we had to go to plan b or plan c we could be looking at 9 to 12 months for are that. >> reporter: so the temporary sensors will remain on the bridge money torlg -- monitoring the loads and the stresses in the coming months they will install a more permanent system to monitor the bridge katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> jury selection will continue today in chester county for the trial of eric frein for the killing ever trooper dixon and the wounding of trooper douglass in pike county. the judge excused nine potential jurors yesterday, opening statements are scheduled back in pike county in early april.

pa turnpike looks okay. according to drive times here. 22 minutes in both directions west and eastbound route 1. valley forge with speeds into the 60s. >> let's talk more about roads and getting them ready. continue team coverage. live along the pa turnpike. road crews are gearing up for storm, right? >>. >> they are gearing up. i'll tell you it's early for the salt. see how much salt is behind me here at this yard in plymouth meeting and this area will be gt getting quite a bit of use over the next couple of days trucking coming in and out and loading up for the pa turnpike. take a look at video we shot yesterday. a lot of people are getting ready as well. the usual trip of course to the hardware store to grab the shovel or sock rock salt. true value store yesterday. putting out items for spring. you know, fertilizers, garden supplies. over the weekend, they had to bring back the winter tools of the trade. >> luckily, we have a lot of overabundance of inventory we didn't get to use at all this season. we ha

good news turnpike connection bridge is opened for business.for everybody from the bristol side to the burlington side, so, three cheers and ring the belfor crew that is did a great job getting that up and running. there cruz just picked up the cones here at bellmawr 295 and 42. but as we see the road conditions, it is starting to change here because of the weather, be careful, in all of the work zones, again, it is tough to see those lane markers, there could be some barriers that are moved around and that of course will be the case not only through the day, but as scottie mentioned it will not get warm. so anything that is left over tonight, we will have that re freeze, each and every night we will have to go through that five step program. media elwyn trent than line running with delays, no problems on the buses, trains, trolleys and here's a live look at the freeway. we are seeing volume popping here, i like to say patches of ice, working their way in to erd the walt whitman bridge. >> picking up this friday morning, bob, thank you. 5:19. d

and turnpike will have to slow down and pay through the tollbooths. the shut down is necessary to perform some system upgrades. it's ez-pass computer equipment is 16 years old. new federal regulations dictate those changes. >> i think that's going to be a big impact on everyone. >> so i would assume probably the same things going to happen with the turnpike. >> turnpike says the effect of the closures shouldn't create much of a problem for drivers. the purn tyke says it won't forgive tolls during the three week closure, though. if you get stuck in a noneasy pass lane the turnpike does now take credit cards. mitch blacher is live in skyforce10. you've been keeping an eye on the traffic. how's it moving? >> reporter: jim, continues to be pretty smooth. we got to hope that this is what the traffic looks like for the next three weeks. the good news is the traffic's been flowing a little bit of slow down as drivers approach the toll. tomorrow the southbound side of that express ez-pass lane, that is then closed as well and we'll see how the traffic is then

stick to the turnpike connecter. at the moment.ass transit looking good. >> a little bit of light stuff in or around philadelphia. there's another badge that will last most of the day. on the bus stop cloudy skies, rain at times, especially in south jersey. temperatures in the low 40's, and a bit of a breeze adding to the uncomfortable damp female. 41 by 7:00, numbers not going that far, 48 is high. periods of heavy rain building in especially as we go later in the morning and through the afternoon and night. all of this starts to die down in the overnight hours, by early saturday morning it's done, be careful flooded areas on roads and also near creeks and streams. don't walk or drive through any flooded areas today. no delays at most of our major airports, atlanta popped up. there's rain in philadelphia and also up the coast at jfk. tam >>. >>> if you have soy nut butter in your pantry. cdc said it doesn't matter when it was made. an e coli outbreak ringling,ed to soy nut butter was found in new jersey. 12 people had to go to the

connecting new jersey turnpike and pa turnpike until sometime in april. until further notice let you know. watching 202. and drive times here. 10 minutes in both directions north or south. average speeds also into the 60s. katie and vai, back to you guys. >> thanks for the update. new from overnight. driver of this car expect expected to be okay. the crash happened around 11:30 last night. police tell us the driver lost control. went up a hill of dirt and ended up on the roof. >> at the jersey shore overnight, police investigating a shooting in atlantic city. nbc 10 on the scene. police say a person was shot just before 1:00 this morning. there are conflicting reports however. about the person's condition. working to get those details. when we do, we'll bring them to you. >>> mean while, today president trump is expected to sign a travel ban. not before sparking widespread demonstrations. >> also caused chaos at airports across the country. matt delucia live for us at the philadelphia international airport. tell us more about this new travel ban and how i

what a hot mess yesterday on the turnpike that overturned tractor trailer. it had it closed mess of the day. good news for morning rush, it is opened, both directions between philadelphia, and willow grove interchange but that turnpike connection bridge that remains closed that structural issue we have been dealing with for a couple months. burlington bristol, scudder falls or trenton morrisville bridge are your three options there. hey, who moved bus stop? septa moved it. fifteenth and market street bus stop, they moved up a block to 16th and market for all of the buses that served that area, today is bus morning rush hour with the relocation. it is all part of the construction there in center city. so keep that in mind waiting for bus this morning. pay attention to the signs, actually. brandywine creek road still closed at green val which bridge problems, mass transit we are off to a good start, karen and thomas, back to you. >>> nearly 400 nurses and technicians are on strike this morning at delaware county memorial hospital. they walk off the job on sund

live look king of prussia, headlights heading westbound out in toward the turnpike right here near kingf prussia mall no problems downtown, crews did not work last night so vine expressway is opened, for the morning rush hour as you come in and out of center city. they have moved the bus stop. septa because of construction in center city here 15th and market bus stop has been moved a block away to 16th and market. that will hit you like a stale bagel this morning make sure if you are standing out there bundled up, pay attention to exactly what corner you have to be on for your bus to pick you up. airport regional rail line first couple trains running with minor delays but mass transit off to a good start, karen and thomas back to you. >>> 5:03. 400 nurses and technicians are on strike at delaware county memorial hospital. they walk off job on sunday. many say they are fighting for more than just a pay increase. our steve keeley in drexel hill with the very latest, steve, good morning. >> reporter: when they are on the job nurses work 24 hours a day. when off the job they do not walk pic

turnpike connector bridge is opened.t catch late news last night and you are just waking up, the turnpike connector bridge is opened for business, traffic moving across it and that is a welcomed changed, forsch who crosses the turn pike bridge from bristol into burlington. that will ease things up in the neighborhood as well. i just check with the airport have the first couple flights looking good but that heavy snow coming our way is already impacting, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and other airports. so expect delays at philly international, as we check ahead with the airline if you tend to fly or drop somebody off or pick up throughout the day, starting to see slow downs on the schuylkill, eastbound about 21 minutes into downtown. so far, so good on route 202, and we're looking good on the regional rails, septa says they all are going to use express services, today, i'm chuckling because i'm getting my coup to talk about the st. patrick's day parade route which is on sunday we have a new route for you. we will start off a

the turnpike shut down is causing major traffic delays in the area. we have posted the detour information you need right heading out at 6abc.com. >>> the white house is demanding a congressional investigation into weather former president obama abused powers during the presidential election after donald trump went on a twier fire -- twitter firestorm accusing his predecessor of wiretapping. one of the tweets reads -- abc's brian ross explains donald trump has not revealed where this alleged information came from. >> reporter: the gloves are off this morning following president trump's accusations against president obama's alleged actions and his integrity. only one of these two men will be proven right, as president president donald trump has used twitter to take on meryl streep arnold schwarzenegger, the news media and saturday night live. but his early morning accusations from his palm beach club says his phones were wiretapped by the obama administration are by far of much greater consequence. terrible, just found out obama had my wires tapped just

no oversized vehicles on the pennsylvania turnpike. looking live in plymouth meeting, the blue route, mid county tolls no other problems other than the ban on the pennsylvania turnpike. salford township, ridge road is shut down at moyer road stick to camp green road. downed trees a problem sycamore avenue at mill street at clifton heights. katherine scott has been talking about this one, fell on a house. stick to bishop avenue. 295 southbound a tree blocking the right lane past 206. other than that, you can expect debris or problems on the roads. here's smooth 215 on the waze app talking about i-95 southbound near allegheny, we have an object in the road there. i think you will see a lot of that kind of thing. look at the winds, 44-mile an hour wind gusts in millville. 38 in reading, 32 in allentown. 49 in beach haven nearly 50-mile an hour wind it's a big deal. you can feel the car blowing around a little bit. it's not terribly cool yet 50 degrees the winds making it feel cooler than that. high in the afternoon 49. >> the only case wh

our warehouse is around the corner so we hop on the turnpike. >> reporter: the bridge was closed whenracture was discovered in the super structure between the westbound lanes on the pennsylvania side. good weather helped up the renovation. 42,000 cars who use the connector everyday can stay off local roads. >> i'm glad it's a relief. >> 20 minute detour before, now he can go straight through. are you happy about that? >> ahead of time, i like it. >> reporter: jennifer williams manages a liquor store on route 130 in florence near the jersey exit near the turnpike bridge. her business dropped 50% and she stopped restocking the shelves. >> it's a relief that it is open >> reporter: dunkin' donuts next-door said business was up. pennsylvania turnpike said 276 bridge is the most scrutinized structure in the country if not the world they say it is safe and people who depend on it and drive on it couldn't are happier. nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. including shelter me. >> reporter: i'm monica malpass this is

turnpike. a deadly shooting and a dramatic arrest all within a couple of hours of each other. the two separate investigations still up folding tonight. good evening i'm ukee washington. >> i'm natasha brown in for jessica tonight at first it was thought the two incidents on the turnpike might be connected and we now know it's not the case. >> the dadly shooting happened molly pitcher in cranberry middlesex county and it was followed bay rest in salem grove county and david spunt is live tonight with more details. >> we have shorts fired. >> new jersey state troopers rushed to the scene of molly paper service area in cranberry township before 3:00 thursday afternoon and a state trooper opened fire shooting and killing a man sitting inside this pickup truck. >> we rolled it up and saw it and she the cashier said somebody got shot. >> they will not say what led to the shooting. 70 miles away 90 minutes later chopper 3 caught police chasing this car south own the turnpik turnpike. five miles north

here it's mostly snow covered in fort washington along the turnpike at 309.'s go even farther west in upper uwchlan chester county now it's completely snow covered. this is 100, the turnpike over top right here near the downingtown interchange, so, yeah, as you go farther north, farther west you're finding that snow coverage and you really have to drop the speeds. one last life look mount laurel burlington county this is 73 right at 295. mostly wet here. little slushy on 295 northbound by 73 there's a crash but that's off to the side. matt and tam. >> thank you, matt. >>> now let's get a check of conditions out in south jersey. katherine scott is live in runnemede, camden county and she's been under that umbrella for most of the morning. good morning. >> reporter: it is just pouring rain here, tam, good morning. yeah, and the treated surfaces, look at the blacktop right here, you can see rain puddles on the grassy surfaces like here there's still snow from earlier and then black horse pike finally that has been plowed multiple times this morning. now the plow

delaware river turnpike bridge links bucks and burlington counties. last night crews reopened the span weeks ahead of schedule. just in time for snowy commute in morning. over the bridge last night. first driving made their way across. we learned the repair crew worked 7 days a week to reopen the span. the january crews fountd a crack in a support and to ensure safety. ran a test by having loaded trucks drive over the bridge. arraigned in kourtd. accused of murdering adopted daughter. hunters found 14-year-old grace packer dead in the woods of north eastern pennsylvania. in october. her mother reported her missing months earlier. police cesar ra packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivan raped and killed grace then dumped her remains. investigator believe the couple planned the murder for more than a year. >> jury selection continue in the trial of eric frein. he's accused of deadly ambush involving pennsylvania state troopers. lawyers began questions potential jurors yesterday. judge asked about knowledge of the case and views on the death penalty. frei

this is live under the pennsylvania turnpike, an icy patch.e have issues on the turnpike a weekend closure, we'll talk about that when "action news" continues on this friday morning. hi hey i'll take one of those new fast play games. oh, you ready for a rush? uh, sure! ♪ i'm pretty excited for you right now. ♪ fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game, get your ticket and see if you've won. i won! fast play, please! fast play. play fast. win instantly. everyone, it is st. patrick's day, we're taking live look of the irish memorial on penns landing which commemorates the great famine in 1845 where a million irish people died from lack of food. the survivors ended i am grating here and becoming a part of the nation's history. >> a vibrant population and part of our city. >>> let's go over to matt pellman. >> reporter: i rang in this year 2017 in a pub in dublin. i got to learn about the famine and a great country it's a neat place. we have a couple of issues, live in norristown, along 202

turnpike. there's an ambulance on the scene there as well.ight be injuries here which means it will stay there for a little time. the good news it's over in the right-hand shoulder. traffic is getting by in the two left-hand lanes. you can see this lane isn't actually blocked off but traffic -- they're naturally moving over to the left-hand side which is a good thing. starting to see a little bit of a slowdown there as well. i-95, we're seeing delays, woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. about a 29 minute trip. if you're heads towards center city, watch together delays also a disabled truck approaching the vine street expressway area heading in the southbound area. you might pass that. the northbound side, look at that, looks great, speeds in the 60s. sunglare as well, 295 around route 130. you can see no problems or delays, definitely, either direction there, you might run into visibility because of that sunglare. so be a little careful. rosemary, back to you. >> thanks, jess. >>> south jersey, a golf cart and a rooflt ster. >> oddl

so, you can see there, this s the turnpike road.ormally you are either here or here in the lanes but we're driving stra middle and y. you can see that snow. now, weeen behind atpoints goin6 to this part of the treenehind t different sn lk abouthe snowplow trains how you suld give them theirdiso they need to do but a couple that we've seen here on the turnpike actually have another smaller vehicle behind them with a sign on it saying to slow down, to stay behind them. so, conditions are not good. it's taking us probably additial half hour to what it would normal take us uping tt you know, we'll be on the ground and we'll give you those reports as well but for now reporting live along the pennsylvania turnpike, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." matt and tam, back to you. >> safe driving. thank you so much annie. we'll see you in a little bit. >>> a snow emergency is in effect in philadelphia. the city began icketing and together cars on snow routes at midnight. septa says buses will operate on weather related detours and regiona

remember that connects the new jersey turnpike and the p.a. turnpike still closed. rosemary, back to you. >> thanks, jess. >>> 5:11 on this thursday. a south jersey police chief is under fire. several of his own officers are making the accusations. what they say their boss did to them and what they're doing now to try and stop it. >>> also ahead, too close for comfort, living on the water, you'd expect to see plenty of action out there, right? for one couple, an encounter with a cruise ship was too much at this point. >>> on capitol hill overnight, republicans on a house committee voted to repeal penalties on people who don't have health insurance and to end subsidies to buy insurance. nbc reports from washington on efforts to get all gop lawmakers on board with the republican proposal. >> reporter: the most conservative of the republican party blasted the american health care act. >> this needs to be changed in a dramatic way for it to have a chance to pass in my judgment. >> reporter: the plan didn't go far enough to end medicaid entitlements and give away too muc

slow speeds on the turnpike and 295. 35 miles per hour is the max on the new jersey turnpike and it looksmebody's actually behaving there -- no, just jumped to 45. now they're speeding. matt and tam, back to you. >> slow down. thanks so much matt. >>> some of us are seeing snow, sleet, rain. let's go to "action news" reporter katherine scott in runnemede camden county and see what she is seeing. kathere. >> reporter: matt, we've seen a little bit of everything this morning but really since about 3:30 what we've been seeing here is rain, pouring rain. it is very messy. the wind gusts have also picked up here. if you take a look at black horse pike here in runnemede you can see the road surface looks wet but it's mainly clear. we've seen plows come through here, quite a few of them earlier where there was this slushy mess there. that slushy mess is mainly gone. now, some of the side streets, some of those less traveled streets might be a different story so you do want to keep that in mind but again, since about 3:30 we've seen mainly rain there. but before this, there was snow early on. a l

we'll havewe have a few wet s ta turnpike getting into is here. a lot of is not reachingnd quaker and lansdale, very, nuisance stuff this morning. 32 ino, 30. we're close to the freezing markup throughr northern portioe viewing area, lehigh valley, far northwestern suburbs there could black ice mainly with the snow that fell with the tuesday and wednesday's system that pushed through. smyrna, 41, woodbine, 41. vineland, 38 degrees. forecast for today, whatever you're seeing out your window this morning all of it changes over to plain rain showers this afternoon. otherwise, lots of clouds, it's a milder day we lose the gusty breeze, 45 degrees is the forecasted high. we're tracking another band of precipitation overnight tonight. when i come back it will be in the form of snow i'll track it on future tracker 6 and have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we would like to reminds you can get the seven-day forecast at any time of the day on our website 6abc.com/weather. >>> your time, 7:02. police are looking for the suspect who sexually as

jersey turnpike. problem free and we're good to go in the clear this morning. reopening of delaware river bridge and have more updates within the next several minutes. rose mary. back over to you. >>> snow started falling in the poconos late last night. live look now from camel back ski resort. see the flakes coming down. the system is creeping closer toward our area. it was all quiet last night at the pen dot yard. trucks didn't pretreat the roads because rain will fall first here and wash away the assault before is the snow starts. not expected to lead to any school closures. >> that's not fun for the kids, but definitely not fun for adults either if you have to be out and traveling. >> snow come as shock to system. yesterday afternoon folks enjoyed temperatures in the 60s as they pent time outside. now a great time to download the free nbc 10 app. it's your chance to get realtime information and updates on the snow. plus the first alert forecast where you live. >> it is 4:05. for the first time if

also, we've got some concrete repairs here, pa turnpike, e-zpass express lanes closed.this will be closed until april 10th. what's going to happen we will start to get some long lines around the area, so factor in some extra time for those every you traveling through that area, also, we have an accident, with downed traffic signal in this area. willingboro, new jersey, route 130, cooper street. two lanes blocked. both directions. northbound and southbound, do you have use alternate 295 or the new jersey turnpike will be your best bet, jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you shall meisha. two alarm fire at virginia school for the next couple of days, the fire at baker elementary school just southeast of richmond started sunday morning. firefighters arrived within two minutes to call and found black smoke coming from the roof of the school. under control in about an hour. the fire affect more than 400 student. >> trying to figure out whether i will be able to work, or my son can go to school. if he ain't in school i can't go to work. >> no injuries, and they blamed it on an

not too ts flying north of the pennsylvania turnpike, o. a couple of zooms we'll take you into buena, egg harbor, er light stuff, as wer, all go farther to the air. that's left behind. a war front i push -- warm front is in the pu. it's cold enough north of the tt sn snow pellets mixed in. tempat 40s it will melt away thenor'easter produce. 29 in pottstown. warrington, 3 36. philadelphia we city, 40 degrees, upper 30s be south jersey, low delaware, villas cape may 41. mills, have rain showers pushing through the rg that will push by to the south. that right there,ure pushing wef detroit that's an upper levelwi through overnight tonight and showers for parts the too, doesa big deal. tracker 6, by late and snowflakes nicks -- mixed in and allentown. everybody, a cold rain, kind of aveng, you start to see theth the winds will shift out oflullk into the regcen.his time around, the heart of the upper d you on the radar. you can see the darker shades oe washington, that's where the heavier snow s. high.sunny skies by clouds, nus overnight tonight

turnpike. a deadly shooting and a dramatic arrest all within a couple of hours of each other. the two separate investigations still up folding tonight. good evening i'm ukee washington. >> i'm natasha brown in for jessica tonight at first it was thought the two incidents on the turnpike might be connected and we now know it's not the case. >> the dadly shooting happened molly pitcher in cranberry middlesex county and it was followed bay rest in salem grove county and david spunt is live tonight with more details. >> we have shorts fired. >> new jersey state troopers rushed to the scene of molly paper service area in cranberry township before 3:00 thursday afternoon and a state trooper opened fire shooting and killing a man sitting inside this pickup truck. >> we rolled it up and saw it and she the cashier said somebody got shot. >> they will not say what led to the shooting. 70 miles away 90 minutes later chopper 3 caught police chasing this car south own the turnpik turnpike. five miles north

that also we have got construction on the new jersey turnpike take a look, new jersey turnpike northnd at route 322, right lane is block , that is blocked until around 6:00 a.m. that is just about the time it starts to get busy. i will let you know when that clears. right now it is still out there and it will get busy around that area today. northeast extension north, or southbound rather between lehigh valley and quakertown for those waking up in that construction that construction project is just been cleared a lot of this construction that we were seeing overnight, or morning construction is now actually starting to move out of our way which is good news. then we have got this township line road between greenwood avenue and washington lane. this is closed between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. your alternate church road. lots of construction today, rahel, over to you. >>> berks county district attorney john adams say reading police officer acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a residents who refused to put down a sawed off shotgun. adams say that 61 year-old michael stout was he

northbound on the new jersey turnpike accident at exit number eight hightstown interchange and heavy rain right now south jersey, so that instantly will slow us down, for our morning rush hour. good news, they have been working, all night long on the e-z pass express lanes at mid county. they opened up the northbound lanes yesterday, they expect to have the southbound lanes, opened, this morning, here's video from sky fox over mid county interchange, guys up there with the cherry picker making final adjustment plugging in thewe should be goor morning rush hour with all of the express lanes back opened, and that will be good news for everybody, that is heading to the poconos this weekend, just check in with mass transit and airport, so far, so good, karen, back over to you. >>> we will begin right new with this breaking news we know a man has been shot six times, right now police are looking for the gun man in this case this was the scene where it all happened on north colorado street in north philadelphia, about 2:30 this morning. and pickup truck and drove that man the victim to the

on the turnpike, we have gone back and forth on it a bit. noticing the salt spreaders outgoing north as well as we did see a plow north as well. not seeing it south. here and there, we are seeing cars and trucks on the turnpike. you see a truck in front of me with its hazards on. we see cars and trucks on the turnpike heeding the warnings and going slowly. as you heard, new jersey transit, commuter rail system on a weekend schedule. the bus service has been shutdown. you know, there has been a state of emergency declared in new jersey which means everybody should stay off the roads. it looks like a winter wonderland out here. it is pretty. it is untouched snow at this point. don't be fooled. it is slippery. dave and christine. >> it is nutty. the other day it was a beautiful 70 degree day and crocus up and daffodils up. alison, thank you. philadelphia is under a snow emergency. ryan young is there for us if philadelphia where it looks where it looks wet. you still have hours foto go, i suspect. >> reporter: the guess the good news is the las

over the next year, it is being removed along the pennsylvania turnpike. >> it produces a, you know, a backup, a problem. you know? we don't want that. we want things to work the way it's accepted. nice and smooth. gets the traffic moving slower. >> reporter: that's the fear amongst drivers saying the change will be confusing and the pennsylvania turnpike commission expects drivers to get used to it as they upgrade the technology. if your e-z pass doesn't register -- >> doesn't seem to always do that and then i get, you know, the mail that says that i have a fine or something. >> reporter: to avoid problems, commissioners advise mounting the e-z correctly and keeping the account up to date. another tip is checking your account monthly just to make sure that the charges are accurate and may be helpful to set up notifications on the account. nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> philadelphia police had to juggle two competing demonstrations in center city today. supporters of president trump held a make america great again rally on independence mall and planned to march to the art museum and

turnpike connector bridge remains closed to vehicle traffic as they try to take care of that structuralroblem. again, all of the detours, folks using burlington bristol , we have five bridge openings yesterday, which makes it tough for that alternate. trenton makes bridge or of course scudders falls. market frankford line no problems, to report, we are using the night owl bus services until 5:00. september on's regional rails getting off to a good start no problems lansdale airport or the media elwyn line and new jersey transit's river line using shuttle buses between walter rand and the entertainment complex, all due to some sewer work right there along the track, karen, back over to you. >>> thank you, right now we are following breaking news that has been happening in east mt. airy just happened two hours ago. we know at least four people were injured in the shooting on germantown avenue. one is in critical condition. is there a car crash. lets get out to the scene with jenny joyce to explain what we know, jenny, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there were a lot of people inv

no other problems on the turnpike. than that rain you see moving through ss trasit's looking good, too, dave. >> all right, ren, on the big board speaking that of rain it really is breaking up w. it looks like we'll probably see a lot of this just evapathe main shower activity pushing through philadelphia and getting very close to the shore. i think by about 7:00, maybe 7:30 at the latest we'll be basically dry. could certainly happen by 7 o'clock. some of the kids might want an umbrella if you're stuck in one of those light showers in your neighborhood but generally speaking we are looking at quick drying and this afternoon they will not need that. 53 degrees by 7 o'clock. 58 by noon. dam is going to be mild. you can see how the sun bursts back fairly quickly this morning. a high today of 63 degrees. very nice. one thing i will tell you, though, it is going to be windy. right now we have wind in the 20's even up to about 30 miles per hour. nydia. >> all right, david, thank you. >>> you can find the seven-day forecast

. >>> plus e-zpass users may soon notice a signal switch at tolls along the pennsylvania turnpike. we'll tell you about the change that some worry could have drivers hitting the brakes. >>> welcome back. here is a look at the radar and satellite picture. cloudy conditions are spreading across the board. we'll hold tight on those throughout the day. a mostly cloudy forecast for the next three days. today it will be cooler as we see outside. a few sprinkles in and out. monday, temperatures start to warm up. looking at a.m. rain showers and morning fog possible. tuesday warming even more. but more fog in the morning. in the afternoon, yes, another round of rain. so we're still talking three days of that rainy period before we finally do start to dry out on wednesday. we'll have more details in a few minutes. >>> 12 minutes past 10:00 on this sunday. two of philadelphia's fallen heroes are being honored for their bravery thanks to the creativity of some neighbors and colleagues. we'll show you this work of art next. >>> we've got a warning for you this morning. it involves people prete

if you use them expect delays along 476 and the turnpike, express e-z pass lanes closing. we have construction on the schuylkill expressway eastbound at gulph mills we can see it blocking a lane. we have crews on the scene, it is early yet traffic blocking one lane, it could be out there until 6:00 a.m. you'll see delays with the construction at gulph mills. overnight, jfk boulevard and 20th construction street stick to market treat. >> cell phone video captured a huge brawl at a septa station in center city. investigators are trying to track down those who took part in the beating. jeanette reyes filed this report from septa headquarters. >> reporter: this morning, disturbing cell phone video of a brawl that erupted at the race vine street station on thursday. the video taken by a bystander shows one of the victims crouched on ground and covering his head as multiple juveniles kick and stomp on him. here you see another teen this one with a backpacker pounding on another man in the head, a bystander attempts to stop the attack and shoves the juvenile, but the swings keep

the turnpike commission says that now turnpike toll takers can take credit cards but they're saying that these upgrades are necessary and will last until april 10th. reporting live in plea muj meeting. >> our coverage continues with mitch blacher. >> how does it look there from the sky? >> reporter: i want to take you down back to the toll plaza. you can see it's flowing pretty well. the best way to go at this point looks to be those left hand toll lanes, those seem to be flowing the best. if you get over to the right lane that seems to slow down a little bit more than anything. as we go down 476 northbound, you can see pretty normal rush at this point. slow down looks like it starts about a half mile back, but flowing pretty well at this point, guys. >> all right. thanks for keeping an eye on it, mitch. >> i want to hit some breaking news now. this is in overland park kansas. huge flames here. this complex we are told under construction. we don't have any word on any injuries but lot of firefighters at work right here. flames throughout that area. similar to what we saw in raleigh last

what you'll soon see on the pennsylvania turnpike. why some are worried it could cause confusion on the tolls. >>> people across pennsylvania have been getting letters in the mail about changes happening to e-zpass tolls along the turnpike. usually when e-zpass drivers go through the tolls they get a green light or some indication their transponder registered. the signals are against federal guidelines. over the next year the turnpike will be removing them from toll plazas. people are worrying some drivers may slam on their brakes when they don't see the green light. >> it produces a backup, a problem, you know. we don't want that. we want things to work the way it's most commonly accepted. >> the turnpike commission expects drivers to get used to the change. to help avoid problems, they advice drivers to properly mount their transponders and monitor their accounts monthly to make sure they're being charged accurately. >>> joe biden! >> paying tribute to beau biden. the former vice president honors his late son and raises money for ch