live for now in university city, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> monique, thank you. 5:47.housands of people who voted by absentee ballot in montgomery county are hoping those ballots show up in time to be counted. as of yesterday, nearly 9,000 absentee ballots remain unaccounted for. the county judge extended a friday deadline to tonight for election officials to receive the ballot. the county said a surge in applications coupled with administrative changes caused the delay in ballots being mailed out. one official who resigned this fall spoke to nbc 10 investigator mitch blacher about the uproar in his former officeç >>> 5:48. speaking of the polls, people are just getting up and wondering what do i wear? who do i vote for and what do i wear? >> bundle up this morning. the voting thing you're on your own. weatherwise, i can help you out. it's cold to start with. there's a breeze blowing. you'll need to bundle up right now. dress in layers so you can peel them off during the day. we're expecting a huge warmup. nice breeze blowing, just enough wind, a light wind so the temp

. >> developing this morning, police are looking for the armed robbers who burst into a university city restaurant at closing time. >>> rocky carson wentz gets his -- rookie carson wentz gets his first win after half-time. >> i want to take a nap during half-time, and i was happy when i woke up. >> reporter: it wasn't a perfect win, but a win is a win, they are 5-4 this season. you can see clouds welling up from the south along with rain. 37 degrees currently as you step outside in philadelphia. 29 degrees we have dipped into the upper 2oth century in allentown and -- 20s in allentown and reading. it's on the cold side, a heavy coat is due this morning. wind are light, we have don't have any big deal windchills out there. in the afternoon, put the coat over your shoulder perhaps. 35 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 47 by 10:00 a.m. noon, 55. 3:00 p.m., 62 degrees that's the high today before we zip back down to 54 at 6:00 p.m. by the time you leave the office or leave work it will be cooling down. we have rain arriving tonight and continuing through a portion of tomorrow. i'll have that on future t

live here in university city, dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, dann. as we saw for the first time since the weekend, protesters marched through center city, philadelphia. the demonstration against donald trump and what they call police injustice tied up rush hour traffic along market street. police made four arrests. there were more protests tonight in connection with the presidential election. in ardmore, competing rallies outside the lower marian police department. students from two colleges shouted slogans against the police saying they are part of the white supremacy and they believe president-elect donald trump has aligned himself with them. >>> we know the presidential election enflamed emotions, perhaps like no election, no other election in our lifetime. that situation can seep into our every day routines, like breakfast at the neighborhood diner. "action news" reporter, jeanette reyes is live at the trolley car diner. jeanette, what is the story there? >> reporter: jim, this alleged assault set off a social media fire storm. in fact, it led to

reporting live at university city. i'm pamela osborne. "nbc10 news." >> you can count on the entire nbc10 to keep you covered during the septa strike. our coverage continues this afternoon at 4:00 when we will get you through the afternoon rush. >>> meanwhile this morning, we're following breaking news in south philadelphia where police found say burned body overnight. and now they're trying to figure out just how that person died. nbc10's matt delucia is live. matt, do police think this is a homicide or something else? >> that is thing with go at this hour, vai. a big mystery right now. the investigation is still under way. we're at pashiunk avenue. there were people driving around this area around 2:30 this morning. they saw something on fire. they called 911. it wasn't until the firefighters got here that they saw it was a human body engulfed in flames. now, the body was on a mattress and burned so badly that at this point it's unclear how old this person is whether it's a man or woman. police do describe the spot in the overpass as a

if you're trying to get to university city, trying to get to university city station, you can take itlwyn line, the new york line airport line they're all running and that's one way to get to university he city. if you live in north philadelphia can't take the city buses not running broad street subway not running right now. but if you can get to the north philadelphia station right here at broad and lehigh several areas will service that and that can take you here to jefferson so you can get into the city by taking there so watch for that if you can get to the broad street. how about if you're in northeast philadelphia. if normally you take city buses not an option but if you can get on the trenton line, the trenton line is running and they have lots of stops like bridesburg tacony holmesburg. those are options how you can use regional rail if it's something you don't normally use but you have to starting today with the septa strike. how is it affecting the roads? we expect more people on the roads. they're going to be more congested. we're looking live at 202. 202 is fine right now.

chopper 6 hd was there as the man standing on the roof of the university city apartment building landed his drone last night. police followed the drone to evo building at cirrus center south and the police took the man into custody. >>> police pulled off a million dollar drug bust, but say there's more out. two men stormed a freight company in sharon hill and stole one of two boxes shipped from california. box left behind contained marijuana and cocaine. while checking surveillance video police discovered a man was robbed of a similar box in the parking lot. over the next two days similar boxes arrive, darby police arrested donald coot who police say came to pick them up. >>> a south jersey mother met a violent death in mount holly. police are looking for her ex-boyfriend who stabbed her in the home. this is causey who forced his way into the home and stabbed her several times. funk the know the whereabouts of are rashawn causey call 911. >> the new jersey transit train that slammed into the hoboken station has been diagnosed with salim apnea. he arranged for an expert to test him. afte

use stations like north broad and university city they are accessible via regional rail. but expect crowding and jove crowding on the regional rail trains. chopper 6 hd high in the sky over 16th and vine, the vine street expressway underneath and extra traffic on the roads this afternoon. and the parking lots are full. this is delco by 452, both southbound and northbound accidents, got a guy in the median and the lane blocked towards delaware. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this trying tuesday afternoon. a crash reported in preliminary ounl township by ridge pike by the overpass. that is causing a parking lot there as well. >> thank you matt. you and karen rogers doing a great job helping drivers. we are posting everything around this strike at 6abc.com/septa strike. we have live updates as events happen and a full list of plans released by city government, schools and any businesses. and "action news" gets an early start again tomorrow to make sure you are up to date on the strike and its impact. join us starting at 4:00 a.m. >>> we are following a deve

>> reporter: well, good morning, i've got to tell you, it's a bit of a ghosttown at university city this morning. not a lot of movement or with negotiations. the biggest hangup seems to be pension reform. last night, septa released a statement saying on several occasions this week, their negotiator felt progress had been made. but septa is saying the union brought things to a halt. they're also asking the union to ensure the public that if a deal is not reached by tuesday, the strike would be suspended for election day. if not, septa says, it will enjoin in the strike. the union representing septa workers hasn't spoken until talks broke down overnight. but we do know in addition to pension reform, the union wants to keep health care affordable. they're also demanding steadier schedules for employees. in many ways, the strike has crippled the city. more than 900,000 people have been left trying to figure out alternative ways to get around. >> i know someone who does work for septa. i'm rooting for him. i want him to have what they deserve. but i also need -- i need to get to my children.

live for now in university city, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >>> thank you, monique. etic program at villanova university. the philadelphia business journal reports talk sports which manages nova's market and media dealings brokered a multiyear deal with a bank. it includes promotions, a chance to travel on the road with the defending men's basketball champions. >> how about that? >>> 4:46. 41 degrees outside. let's get you to work with a check of route 73 in south jersey. >> jessica, what are you seeing? >> everything looks great so far. both of our jersey roads and p.a. majors, even into delaware. everything looks quiet right now. route 73 around 295 in mt. laurel. this is what we're looking at here. no problems in either direction. a couple of cars moving around. if you move further down south towards absecon, a traffic signal is down around route 30 westbound around illinois avenue. all lanes are detour. route 9 would be a good alternate. that's referred to as new road. that could be your alternate. not a lot of traffic through the area right now. here's the blue r

. >> nbc10's pamela osborne is live in university city. pamela. >> reporter: well, things are pretty quiet at this particular station right now. the biggest hangup between the union and septa seems to be pensions. both sides did meet again later this morning, overnight. so far, they have not been able to work out a deal. late last night, septa released a statement saying on several occasions this week, their negotiator felt progress had been made. but septa is saying the union brought things to a halt. they're also asking the union to assure the public if a deal isn't reached by tuesday, the strike will be suspended by election day to get people an opportunity to get to the polls. if not, septa says it will enjoin in the strike. we haven't heard from the union since the talking ended. in the early hours of this morning, the union wanted to increase pension packages. they wanted to keep health care affordable. and they're also demanding steadier schedules for employee. many in ways, the strike has already crippled the city when the buses, s

. >> reporter: hearts are hurting in university city after racial threats were made against black freshmennnsylvania through an anonymous messaging app called group me. earl illy this morning penn officials announced a student at the university of oklahoma has been temporarily suspended from the school based on information gathered in the case. the hateful racist messages may not have originated at ou but the midwestern school and the fbi are investigating. the now disciplined student to determine his exact involvement. >> that's frightening about the internet it can be bounced all over the place. why target penn and who knows where it started. i feel like the election almost encouraged people to kind of make think it's okay to say these types of comments. >> reporter: ou president issued a statement saying that the university has "made it clear that we will not tolerate racism or hate speech that constitutes a threat to our campus or others. u penn freshman maggie, says the school community feels personally attacked. many still shaken. >> i was at the football game last night. my mom and

watching university city for some construction. 33rd street is closed between market street and archtreet and that will be there until friday the 11th. >> it's 4:11 right now. we knew pennsylvania would play a huge role in the presidential election. across the state, every vote counted. >> we take a close look at how each county in our area voted in the race for president. >>> also, celebrating another term, pennsylvania senator pat toomey beat out his democratic rival. up next we take you to both campaigns for their reaction. at longhorn, tonight's special: great steak pairings. a center cut sirloin with a choice of bacon-wrapped shrimp, baby back ribs, or parmesan crusted chicken. you can't fake steak. longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. >>> 4:13. 52 degrees outside right now. donald trump will be the 45th presidentç of the united state. the billionaire businessman pulled a historic upset on hillary clinton by winning pennsylvania and other key battleground states. clinton conceded to trump in a phone call just before 3:00 this morning. nbc 10 got local reaction to the trum

. >> nbc10's drew smith reports from university city, where community members gathered for a common goaladition now in its 16th year. >> these are just not my friends, right? these are my brothers. these are my family, and i'm blessed. >> reporter: matthew started this in 2000 when the phi kappa sigh fraternity decided to feed the homeless on the night before thanksgiving. he's no longer a student, but he keeps coming back. >> this fits very well with our mission and our motto. >> reporter: the prep work began at 6:00 a.m. on all 17 floors of this residence hall at drexel university. cooking nonstop except when the smoke alarms went off. >> false alarm. so we had to evacuate and then come back in and keep going. >> reporter: the long day all leads up to this moment. the fraternity members and their friends serving the homeless at a church. >> this city has given us so much. drexel has given us so much. at some point in your life, you have to come back and give that back. >> reporter: tomorrow, many plan to sit for a similar meal with their immediate family, but they now consider these pe

you're taking a live look at university city where protesters have gathered they have been marching through center city, protesting the election of donald trump on tuesday. they are not happy with those election results, our joe holden has been there on the ground during this peaceful protest, police telling thaws so far it has been peaceful, we will see how this continues throughout the night, joe holden will bring us reports and check in always at cbs philly.com. >>> tonight at 11:00, a taste with tori inspired by across the pond, vittoria woodill sits down to learn how one woman mastered sweet way to get through life. see how she's sharing witt others and why you need to bring your best manners to the table, that is tonight at is 11:00 on "eyewitness news". >>> i have seen a lot of things in the golf course in my travel in my days but this is not one of them. >> no. >> they were and, necessity tournament at gary player country club. they came close to a ball, and ran off, before snatching it up. >> um-hmm. >> it is a hazard there on the golf course. >> yes. >> traveling pack. >> right in

university's and city leaders speaking out. i'm ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live on penn campus with reaction from students there. alex? >> reporter: about 150 students were targeted in this. many of them tonight sat in a private meeting with top university officials to discuss the pathway forward. >> i didn't know. >> reporter: this is a freshman. like the match of her black peers, messageses began appearing on her phone. she and over 150 others have been added to a group with the title that used the n word and included an event invitation for a lynching. she asked we not show her face >> i didn't think my school would be the school that has to go through it. >> reporter: the university said we have increased campus safety and reaching out to support the affected students. we want them to know the entire pan community stands with them. mayor jim kenney expressing in part it is heart blaking to see this type of activity here in the birth place of our democracy and the city of brotherly love. students stood out in

here in university city it's the first vote and vacc day. shots are being offered to voters when selecting their presidential candidate. students willing on hand to talk to people about protecting themselves and the faculty will administer the shots. i did some checking this morning and founded if the philadelphia health department reported 107 flu cases across the state in october. so the university of the sciences wants to make sure no one is diagnosed with the flu this november. on this election day, they also want to make sure that you do your civic duty and boost yourself against the flu. live for now, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> monique, thanks for that. >>> 6:15. let's get you to work although we've been talking to people on facebook live are you going to go to vote first or to work first? no matter where you're going, we'll get you there. >> jessica boyington, j.b.! >> j.b. is here. we're not seeing any delays anywhere yet. watching around route 29, from 29 to this point to the schuylkill, a seven-minute trip. we're watching the

this is iowa city, home of the university of iowa where protesters stopped traffic. scene in dallas, texas. >> protesters were back on the beat in philadelphia. "action news" reporter, dann cuellar is live at city hall. dann? >> reporter: jim, this time it was the quality coalition and dump trump coalition making their voices heard. people who are upset with the outcome of the election. about 250 protesters took to the windy streets of philadelphia denouncing the election of donald trump. >> after tuesday, it felt like i was living a joke, except the joke was on all of us. >> i just couldn't believe it. back to this nonsense. it's unreal. i don't know what we can do. not much, but i just wanted to participate. >> i know a bunch of people who voted for trump. because i wasn't able to vote, i'm going to stand-up for my rights. >> reporter: member of the lgbtq were there. >> the vote for trump was a vote against my life. many people i love around me. i don't want to stand for it. >> everything is love. love is love is love. i can't live in a world that love isn't accept

. >>> police are looking for the armed robbers who burst into a university city restaurant. >> carson wentz gets his first win since two losses at link financial field. >> let's geoff -- go over 0 to david murphy with weather and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we'll have sunshine early and you can see you can clouds creep up from virginia, we'll see increasing clouds in the afternoon. 38 degrees in philadelphia. below freezing not too far away in wilmington. 33 in trenton. 29 degrees in allentown and reading and lancaster have slipped to 27 degrees. not a lot of wind this morning, so we don't have to worry about a windchill only 7-mile an hour breeze in philadelphia. some spots were calm, but it's certainly on the chilly side. 35 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 47. by noon up to 5. we can -- 55. we can lose the heavy coat at that point. 3:00 p.m., 62 degrees. 6:00 p.m., cloudy and 54. we're a waiting the arrival of rain overnight tonight. that rain will hang around for tomorrow morning's commute. i will let you know when it ends, karen. what you got on the roads? >> reporter:

so university city and center city. the video, the sounds every chant every those whose choice was not the winner. donald trump graduated at penn in 1968. no pride in that with this group of 500 on the university of pennsylvania campus where they gathered, then walked through the campus chatting we will not be silence, not my president. same sounds, same sentiment, and center city and few other american cities. (protests). >> i think we don't want to combat hate with hate. and protesting in this way, i think, is a little bit -- sends more after powerful message. >> i think a lot of people are here morning, i know, i definitely had a rough disappointing day, but, you know, i'm here because my friend are here, and we're all here together. >> i believe the united states has made a terrible mistake. i think that americans have been very naive. >> and double the size of what we saw in penn, here at city hall, walking up north broad, all the way to temple university, despite that driving rainstorm, these people determined the

city that left 6 people injured. >>> police are looking for the armed robbers who burst into a university cityon wentz gets his first win since two losses at link financial field. >> let's geoff -- go over 0 to david murphy with weather and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we'll have sunshine early and you can

. >> developing this morning, police are looking for the armed robbers who burst into a university city restaurant at closing time. >>> rocky carson wentz gets his -- rookie carson wentz gets his first win after half-time. >> i want to take a nap during half-te,

in university city, some penn students opted for short leaves as they walked in a colorful arch of changing leaves. >> but it may be the last time this season as winter weather is on the way. >> like a drastic change, it goes from being real hot, real nice to super cold and windy and rainy and messy. >> right now we're seeing a lot of people out here with their hands in their pockets or they're holding on to coffee or hot chocolate in just think it's only going to get colder. reporting live from peller's village. andrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >>> to keep track of the changing weather conditions and get interactive radar any time, just tap on the nbc 10 app. >>> you hit a baby and kept going. and didn't even care to think nothing. you left my baby helpless in the street. >> a mother in mourning, following the hit-and-run death of her 8-year-old daughter. friends and family gathered to remember jayana powell at a vigil this afternoon. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal was there and has the latest on the search for the driver. >> all she wanted was love. >> my baby. >> the family of 8-year-old jan

. >> reporter: hearts are hurting in university city after racial threats were made against black freshment the university of pennsylvania through an anonymous messaging app called group me. early this morning, penn officials announced student at the university of oklahoma has been temporarily suspended from the school based on information gathered in the case. the hateful racist messages may not have originated at ou but the midwestern school and the fbi are investigating the now disciplined student to determine his exact involvement. >> that's frightening about the internet it could be bounced all over the place. why target penn hasn't knows where it started. that's the anonymity makes it frightening. >> i feel like the election almost encouraged people to kind of make it think it's okay to say these types of comments. >> reporter: th ou president issued a statement saying the university has "made it clear that we will not tolerate racism or hate speech that constitutes a threat to our campus or othe others. u penn freshmen maggie, says the school community feels personally attacked many

a slow grind through university city. this might be the impromptu -- would typically be served by septa under ground. in certain areas, the roadway impact of this strike are definitely pronounced. i'm george spencer, nbc10 news. >> let's get an idea how bad those delays are on the rails and the roads this afternoon. >> an update -- this evening commute is going a bit better than it has for the first few days. about 20 minutes delay across all lines. we're seeing significant delays on the schuylkill, but it's almost 6:30 or so. so into center city, this is where it looks like. average speeds at some spots are into the 20s. >> the left lane blocked if you're taking maybe back roads and trying to avoid some of the highways, kelly drive also seeing delays as well. >> as long as this septa strike lasts, we're on early at 4:00 a.m. to get you through the morning rush. and we're back again every evening from 4:00 to 6:30. go to the nbc10 app for your septa survival guide. >>> with your help and god's grace, we'll make america gr

. >>> police are looking for two armed robbers who held up a restaurant in university city. the men walked into the mad max at 2:00 a.m. the restaurant was closing for the night. it's unclear if they were able to steal anything. nobody was injured. >> the week starts with bright sunshine and mild temperatures. looking outside sky6 live hd showing you the ben franklin bridge. a great day to be outdoors. rain heading our way. let's go over to david murphy at the big board with more. david. >> reporter: sarah you can see a couple of clouds starting to pop up in advance of the rain on storm tracker 6 live double scan. you can see the bulk of it is well to the south, but it is moving in our direction. clouds in advance of this will come in quickly in the afternoon. the rain itself will hold off until later in the evening hours for most of us. looking at the cloud cover you can see it's pushing in from the south and it will continue to get thicker over the next several hours. temperatures that started out around the freezing mark across the region this morning have bounced back ni

monique braxton is live from university city this morning with the details on this and reaction from students. monique? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. from what we learned from this investigation, university officials have been able to trace messages to an account from oklahoma. now it is quiet on the campus of university of pennsylvania but a much different reaction as they hunt for who is responsible. this is part of what one person received via text message from trump disciples. over 100 students were september racial epithets and photographs of african americans hanging from trees by nooses from users identifying themselves as daddy trump. some messages sent from a social media app to the students in the form of an invitation called daily lynching. we spoke to students who attended a town hall meeting here. >> we are going to find and hunt down african americans at the college, they said that, they made an event saying it is lynch day. >> it is very cowardly and i just want you to know that black students here and black people are very resilient, this is not going to break our spirit.

. >>> people were trying to stay dry this morning along woodland avenue in university city. a live look at what's happening right on boathouse road. the lights are there, but it is rainy and continuing to be wet. >> a little dreary out there. nbc10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here now. >> glenn, how long is this rain going to stick around? >> just another couple of hours, most places have already seen the rain end. we can see the tops of the buildings and the philadelphia skyline, so conditions there have improved at least a little bit over the last couple of hours, but we're finding that this rain is moving very slowly, it's moving kind of in a circular way, rather than moving straight out to the east. that means low pressure is off to the east and is going to take a while for that to move out. it's fairly small area as you see, but it's secentered right top of us, and this rain is on the heavy side, not as heavy as what came through philadelphia a couple of hours ago, but it is a batch of some heavy rain moving through the area, the heavie

traffic grid locked that will occur later today with the septa strike and lucy loop operating in university city. what is not running today is none of the city buses or trolleys, in market frankford line service and this broad street subway service. there are parking options that the ppa put in effect, flat rate ten bucks for ten hours, you cannot beat that at select garage is here in center city. we have list of those select garages on our web site at fox 29.com, have a contingency plan, anyone who has lived through other strikes like i have in 05, last one in 09 was a rough one, day one was rough, day two was worse. get a car pool plan together. think about the options, cab, uber, lyft, here's an opportunity to try new services today. maybe the bike. check with the employer or flex hours and check with your employer about shuttle services. if your company is big enough they probably had heatings on how to get their employees into the building. for example the city of philadelphia has an employee shuttle service that will run the exact same route as the market frankford and broad street subway.

. >> i'm heading up to university city from south philadelphia, i've been walking for the past few days. >> around 50:00 a.m., officials from -- 3:50 a.m., officials made announcement at union headquarters. we're please to announced tentative agreement with union 234. it took # days to get the workers bark to -- back to work. >> it's great that we got it done before election day. we don't have problem with people voting. >> the election was one factor, i think the riding public that we had was more important. >> reporter: both sides would not talk details, but did say they were working within their budget and no new funding. state representative and congressional candidates dwight evans is one of several lawmakers credited for keeping all sides at the bargaining table. >> i think thrrp number of things that happened that made us realize we have to get this done. >> reporter: this is a tentative agreement that means it needs to get a ratification by union workers and the national office. septa board has to vote, but for now appears that both sides consider this a done deal. annie mccormi

long distance runners pound the pavement of several neighborhoods, like fairmount, manayunk, university city and old city. for kimutai cheruiyot it was a two-hour 15 minutes and 53 second trip, a record breaking finish and a first place title. a seenic course first female finisher taylor ward of alabama said was beautiful. the 26-year-old win was pretty sweet >> i can't describe the. something i've always hoped to do once in my lifetime and to be able to do it today was huge. >> reporter: she said the win was certainly a challenge in this race, it is cold, windy, those dedicated supporters on the sidelines don't have the easiest jobs today. lots of layers, some shivers in between selfies, even still fans showed excitement. >> i'm here supporting my husband he's running his second marathon today and i was here yesterday. i ran my first 8k >> not necessarily the ideal conditions. just keep pushing through. >> reporter: one man who knows about pushing through it. wayne runs the race as a pacer >> my group this time is 345. my responsibility is to run even paces at 8:34 from the very start to th

fox 29' brad sattin is in university city tonight with the story. brad? reporter: dawn, the school is reactioning firmly here tonight saying "we will take every possible step to counter act this appalling bias as the university continues to investigate african-american students on campus are certainly on edge tonight. 300 students came together tonight with the university president to offer each other some comfort following a day that left many shane. >> they feel hurt. they don't know who to trust. they don't know what to do. >> reporter: someone possibly the school says tracked to oklahoma was able to get into a closed facebook group of penn freshmen and through anonymous messaging app center them a racist filled post covered with the n word, threats of violence and lynching with references to daddy trump and trump disciples. >> there were basically events in there, for example, n word lynching that was made an event in there. there was someone saying hello n word to basically other things like that. and the black freshmen were very very shaken up. >> r

someone went out of their way to get the information and that is what i'm hearing is most scary university cityrooks action news. >> protests over donald trump's election continued for a fourth night in philadelphia dozens of people marched down market in center city and held signs and chanted some walking arm in arm protests took place across the country. this is video from earlier today in indianapolis but tonight things became unruly two police officers injured when protesters threw rocks at them and in los angeles 10,000 protesters marched in what officials say was the largest anti-trump rally so far in new york outside trump tower about 2000 protesters gathered there today and police had barricades outside of 5 avenue shops to protect from damage and michael moore entered the trump tower asking to see the president elect and he was denied and trump was up stairs in his penthouse reportedly going through possible choices for his white house team and his campaign manager smoke spoke to reporters and may go on a victory tour and was with 60 minutes to be broadcast tomorrow and during the inte

fox 29's joanne pileggi has been on this story all night and joins us live from university city.oanne. >> reporter: lucy, this is where they brought little eight-year-old jay anna and where she was pronounced dead of her injuries. her broken hearted family here at chop earlier this evening. they are begging that the driver turn himself in. while police continue their search for the hit-and-run driver. >> she's happiest little ever girl ever she has manners, always happy, always laughing of laughing. >> reporter: today a hit-and-run driver changed all of that eight-year-old jay anna powell and her brother were crossing lansdowne avenue in overbrook after school when they were struck by a car. >> she was eight, innocent on the way home from school. >> what they said it knocked her 20 feet in the air. we understand accidents happen but now you just killed an eight-year-old child. >> reporter: grief, shock and anger the family cannot believe the driver sped away. >> you took our princess from us. our princess. she's gone now. >> reporter: police picked up evidence from the scene. nei

reporting live in university city i'm pamela osborne, "nbc10 news." >> meanwhile the strike is having a huge impact on the 60,000 students who use septa do get them from and to school. among of in science and mathematics. we talked to an 11th grade here washingtoned 52 blocks to get to school yesterday. for the rest of the week, he said he's staying with a relative who lives closer to the school. >> it's not an option not to come. >> i think there should be something really in the contract that they cannot shut the city down and hold everyone else hostage. >> officials at the school reports the septa strike affects their students at the high school the most. the students and administrators aren't the only one impacted. a look at who else is suffering because. strike. make sure you have the free nbc10 app to help you get through the strike. great resources. septa details, survival guide. don't leave home without it. you'll also find information about alternative transit services and contingency plans. >>> decision 2016, both candidates are focusing on battleground states. both hillary

minutes after we arrived at children's hospital in university city, we met the family of the 8-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run this afternoon. >> if y'all come up and tell me where the car is, they say it's a gray altima nissan maxima, i got 20 grand today, tonight. >> reporter: the girl's uncle said he's offering a $20,000 reward. a tragic start to the weekend and upcoming thanksgiving holiday. loved ones shared these pictures of the victim. police haven't released her name, but relatives say it's jayona. >> whenever you see her she's smiling. >> reporter: philadelphia police shut down part of lands down avenue at 63rd street after the hit-and-run. we learned the girl was walking home from school when a driver sped through the traffic light and struck the girl and her older brother. a witness says she heard a loud crash, then saw the aftermath. >> her book bag flew open. it was all over the street. and her shoes. >> what they said, it knocked her 20 feet in the air. my grandson got hit, but he got throwed into the car. >> reporter: police say the driver continued south on

♪and best wishes from the lottery♪ >> scary moments april side a university city cell phone store.urity camera. this happened last month at the t mobile store at 34th and chestnut. police say an armed man pulled a gun on workers and demanded money from all the registers. police say he forced all the workers to the back of the store before taking off with the cash. >>> philadelphia da seth williams is rolling out new protocol for investigating police involved shootings. >> he says the da will conduct independent -- diss trek attorney' office will conduct independent investigations to make sure that their work is transparent. >> these new procedures strike an important balance between protecting our community, protecting police and protecting the public. >> williams says those procedures include having someone from the da' office present at the scene of police involved shootings. he also says information will be made public win 60 days of the investigation being completed. >>> philadelphia's first responders and top government officials gathering to say goodbye in west mt. airy tonig

however, i am told by our news desk there was a group over in university city that was unrelated where one person was put in handcuffs, and i'm told that person who was put in handcuff was a donald trump supporter. reporting live here in north philly, i'm brandon hudson, nbc10 news. >>> despite the protests, the presidential transition is under way. the trump administration is preparing to take over the white house. >> the work is happening in washington and new york. nbc10's keith jones live in our breaking news center with an update. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump will visit the white house tomorrow to talk with president obama about the transition of power between the two administrations. tonight, top trump advisor, senator jeff sessions, said that trump's team has reached the end of the beginning on his transition plan. they spent the day in meetings plotting the course. campaign sources tell nbc news trump was too superstitious to talk about transition plans before he won. but now team trump is mulling over potential cabinet members. according to nbc news, mr. trump is

. >>> and in university city, academy of natural sciences hosted wild wizarding weekend.y also got to take in the unearthed exhibit. that runs through january 16th. >>> tonight is game night at the linc. the eagle host the packers. birds coming in to the contest with a 5-5 record, all five wins have come at home this season. the quarterback match-up nascar son wentz facing air are not ron aaron rodgers. both believe they can get in the playoff race. >> we're all smart guys. we realize what is at stake and where we're at in the season. we have six games left and we will put our best foot the forward. >> i feel like we can run the table. i think the offense is starting to click a little bit more. we just have to put together a game where we're consistent from the first snap to the last. >> kickoff is at 8:30. and at halftime, the eagles will in-duck jeremiah trotter and merrill reese into the team's hall of fame. both men were beaming with pride at a special luncheon yesterday. >> this was the greatest honor that i've ever received. it's amazing to be honored for something

"eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff on campus right now in university city, with the disturbing details. >> reporter: well, ukee, all of this took place on app called group me. it is a a popular messaging forum where use kearse add other people to the staple message thread n this case, though, after can american student on campus were invite today a group about lynching, the title included the "n" word. as you can imagine, much of what you are about to see will be disturbing. now, for example, an event was posted in the group, announcing a quote, daily lynching scheduled for today. the group also included pictures, someone posted under the name trump daddy, another it, along with derogatory comments about black student, and a comment made by donald trump regarding grabbing genitalia. student tell us every african-american freshman on campus was added to the group. the name donald trump is mentioned throughout the thread, new president-elect is an u pen alum. many student we spoke with feel like this is a backlash from the election, and some were too upset to speak on camera, as

this is the last day for the construction in university city, 33rd street is closed between market and arch street. we can expect it to be rear by tomorrow morning. and this is route 38 in new jersey around haddonfield road. maybe a car going either direction. and we'll end with mass transit. everything pretty much on time or close to schedule for septa which again strike is obviously over. so everything back in business through center city with no problems there. new jersey transit, patco and amtrak all running on time. >>> check your home. a company is now recalling millions of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms nationwide. we'll tell you why officials are saying to stop using these alarms immediately. >>> plus video you'll him see on nbc 10. local firefighters rescue two dogs out of a pond. we'll tell you how they ended up there. >>> and a live look at the battleship new jersey, a ceremony is being held on the ship at 11:00 this morning to honor veterans. veterans can tour the ship free today there 9:30 to 3:00. this year, i want the best bird for my family and my wallet. nature's pro

florida, he goes to penn, although he is not ready for school again but he is happy to get back to university city. >> i'm looking forward to seeing my trend, yes. >> reporter: look at airport check this we have seen no crazy lines offer anything like that, which people are really enjoying, as they travel back to their destination. other thing they are loving is excellent weather outside, making it, a nice compliment, as they helped home. sarah, reporting from the philadelphia international airport bob brooks, channel six "action news". >>> turning now to accu weather. clear skies for all of those travel tours day, didn't turnout to be a bit on the chilly identify but just what you would expect for late november. meteorologist melissa magee joins us with the first check of your accu weather forecast, hi there, melissa. >> hi there sarah pretty seasonal across delaware and lehigh valley, good news on our sunday we had more sunshine. yesterday's high of 50 and today we came in at 50 degrees. average for this time of the year is 51. certainly wasn't bad outside today. right the now with the win it is

. >> reporter: contingency plans are in place forester workers and those around university city.huttles will run. philadelphia school district students are expected to be in class they will be excused if they legitimately can't get there. a union source says there will not be an extension beyond midnight so time is running out to avert a strike and some riders just want it over. >> the people who can't get to work the people at septa are not making any money by being on strike. christmas is coming up. can't help in the long run. >> reporter: again to recap maybe glimmer of hope again a septa executive telling us moments ago things are a lot better than they were yesterday. we are expecting update within the hour. again, 12:00 o'clock drivers 5,000 or so of them could walk you have at job. so were will be staying put here and bring that you update just as soon as we get it. lucy. >> we'll check back in. brad thanks much we're staying on top of this one as you heard brad tell you. bob kelly will have you covered in the morning for the potential commute nightmare. go to fox29.com fo

so it's questionable how helpful it is but nonetheless if you want to get for instance to the university citytion you can take the elwyn line the newark line the airport line so maybe you're not used to doing that but you could do that to get there. also if you're up in the northeast you could take the trenton line, there are stops all along holmesburg torresdale you can get to any one of those symptoms. in north philadelphia you can't take the broad street subway of course but what you can do is get to the north broad station broad and lehigh and you could take that into like jefferson and there's no market frankford. that's probably one of the big problems. there's just no way to get east-west in the city but you can get on the regional rails at 30th and get off at jefferson. a lot of people on twitter yesterday were asking me about patco. patco is running, that's this red line right here so patco is running. you can take patco but if you normally take patco and then hop on something else your connections aren't running and that's probably one of the biggest issues so we're watching for del

. >> reporter: walk in the stairs on lois severn's house in university city and you can't help but smile. >> i love life. that's all i can say. >> reporter: welcome to lois lane where severance's love of life is obvious when you look around her house at the family phot animals, her hat collection. the 81-year-old self-described hippie loves elvis and the stone and the beatles. what do you look for when you add to your collection? >> something cheap. >> reporter: eccentric no doubt. if you think she has her head in the clouds in her dining room, you'd be correct. st. lois is a long shot running for president. people and they smile at me. >> reporter: it might have something to do with her smile stickers. so far she's handed out more than 25,000 all over the country. matt goodman is her smile partner. you have a campaign message for the american public? >> joy, joy, peace, love each >> smiling yet? lois' ambitious campaign pledge is to hand out 1 million smile stickers. >>> going to look at what's in the news right now, a south carolina man accused of kidnapping a woman and keeping her cha

speaking in university city last night, mayor kenney said these acts have noplace in philadelphia. >> as mayor, i tell you i will that stand up against hate crimes. >> the mayor also responded to president-elect trump's campaign promise to crack down on sanctuary cities like philadelphia that rearouse -- refuse to enforce immigration laws. mayor kenney says he vows to unhold the constitution by holding people in jail without a warrant. >> music legends will are receive the marion anderson award. patti labelle bell and ken flee gamble and leon hough will receive the award tonight. the award is named after the famous opera singer and recognizes artists for their humanitarian efforts. >> i'm sure they had a hard time picking one. they said listen let's give them to all. >> we have a little bit of lane in parts of the region this morning. storm tracker6 live double scan shows that you it's mostly to the eastern half of the region. philadelphia starting to get clipped with a little bit of that and in a moment i'll show you how it is on the move possibly pushing over a better portion of phi

university city coming over the bridge, there's construction, 33rd street is closed between market streetstreet. that will be until friday the 11th. we'll have that closure until then. route 202 looks okay. we're in the greene, 11 minutes both directions from route 30 to the schuylkill expressway. speeds also into the 60s. more updates on the roads and the rails when i come back. >> jessica, thanks. 4:11. new jersey governor chris christie broke a record this week. >> probably not one he's very happy with either. hear about his all-time lowest approval ratings and what he could do next if donald trump wins the white house. >>> also -- >> i'm matt delucia live at the national constitution center, from the jams to the insults to what you can remember from this election. i'm sure this will be memorable for quite a while. we'll look at some of those big memorable moments and talk with the folks here about how this could have a big impact for years and even decades to come. we'll have that live report after the break. ahh... who attributed a reporter's questions to her menstrual cycle. trump: