this is the 100 block of east willard street.know if this is a home or some type of business there. there are both at that location. but some heavy flames coming from and structure in kensington. chopper will remain over the scene and we'll get some more information for you later. this is some video that chopper took earlier where you can really see the intense flames coming from this and again, some of those firefighters right there on what looks like the roof of this structure trying to pokÉ holes perhaps and vent this out try and get it put out but a raging fire that is dissipated a little bit as we saw live from chopper. again, the kensington section. we'll keep an eye on it. >> let's go do karen rogers. it's been a busy morning on some major commuter roadways. >> it is busy if you're in that area instead of east willard you can take westemoreland street instead. let's take a look at the vine street expressway. we've got this accident involving two trucks partially blocking the right lane so the vine a little extra heavy west

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or one more from bob willard. >> the topic here is who inspired lincoln, but i wonder if you would be willing to broaden it a little into what inspired lincoln. i've always felt two trips to new orleans are sort of the equivalent of junior year abroad for today's students and i wonder what are your thoughts about those two trips and implication? >> great point. sydney, you've written -- >> according to his cousin, i went on a trip with him and informan informants, this had enormous influence on lincoln. lincoln was, i guess, the original huckleberry finn. he went down the mississippi on a boat, on a raft twice as a -- and the first time on his way there he stops in lewouisiana a at night attacked by a group of slaves who try to steal their goods. he bear as scar from it, a wound on his head his whole life. he gets to new orleans and he's in a state of shock at what he says. new orleans is, i believe, the second or third largest city in the united states. it's a teaming -- it's the most co cosmo poll tin city. it's been held by various powers and a lot wondering around, a lot of differ

>> this is row home on east willard street. look like attempt to go get in there and handle it. do not know of any injuries. you know of course when there is a row home fire, always concern you don't want it to spread to some the other homes connect today t also, some firefighters on the roof there. >> see little bit of smoke. we will get more, better view of it, in about 25 minutes when the sun comes up. we will get back to it. >> shows what they're dealing with, flashlights, so they can even try to see to fight it. >> here is sun believable story. new jersey woman is being held in jail for beating her husband to death with a fire extinguisher. forty-two year old cynthia hensley and her 74 year old husband, lived at this home on hancock lane in willingboro. police say she hit her husband several times in the head with an extinguisher. her attorney maintains she act in the self-defense. investigators are still trying to determine what the motive was. >> philadelphia police say one of the officers, controversial tatoo, remember

chopper 6 hd caught the flames from east willard street in kensington and the blaze broke out before 6:00 this morning and police believe it started in a vacant home and spread to neighboring homes on both sides. the red cross is helping the families that live there as investigators search for a possible cause. >>> turning now to accuweather, milder conditions have arrived for the first day of february, it's mostly cloudy the scene here at the jersey shore as we look live from atlantic city from sky 6 hd meteorologist, david murphy, joins us outdoors with the first check of your forecast. >> we are off to a cloudy start across the region, sunny breaks across the area and stormtracker 6 live double scan picking up a couple of patches of real light precipitation, a couple of light showers down in south jersey. every now and then in atlantic county we get a dasher shade of green and the lighter shade of green should not last much longer and some moisture down south and another batch up north heading towards the lehigh valley and maybe clipping reading. that is light but it's out there.

chopper three over the 100 block of east willard street. investigators say the fire started in a row home just about 6:00 this morning. no one was hurt. >> we've learned the identity of a 92 year old woman killed in the house fire yesterday morning, on byberry road in bensalem. julia died after she was trapped in a first floor bedroom. a man who escaped the home is in critical condition. firefighters say a large amount of belongings inside the home complicated the fire fighting effort. >> well, president trump has made his decision, judge kneel gorsuch will be is picked to fill the vacancy court seat. weijia yank on capitol hill with a closer look at the 49 year old chances of winning confirmation. >> vice president mike pence escorted judge neil gorsuch to the capitol hill for meeting with senate leader mitch mcconnell. >> we are all thrilled and looking forward to getting the confirmation process started. >> president trump names the 49 year old as his nominee to fill the late and the ton scalia seat on the supreme court. >> i promised to

fire crews there still on the scene, on east willard street.his is live look, we don't believe there are any injuries but the stop store is missing. >> big story. last night about 8:00. alex holey? >> the white house is planning a major outreach effort now. to get kneel gorsuch as the next supreme court justice. senate democrats mobilizing their resistance to president trump's nominee. judge gorsuch is expected to begin meetings with lawmakers on capitol hill today. >> yep. >> i pledge if i'm confirmed, i'll do all my powers commit, be fateful servant to the constitution laws of this great country. >> he is 49 years oldment and he currently sits on the tenth circuit court of appeals in denver. he is solid conservative pedigree that has earned him comparison to the late justice anthony scalia. and that's what they were looking for, what donald trump promised, this was big part of the election. the president would pick who is going to be the next supreme court justice. >> 's big fan of judge scalia, call him the lion of the court. >> we are geari

had metastasized so drastically the party was able to field its own candidate for the presidency, willard fillmore, who went on to run one of the most successful third-party candidacies in history, reese evening in appalling 23 per -- 23% ofng an appalling with a platform dedicated to excluding foreigners. that must have rattled lincoln. two years later, he gives the house divided speech and becomes the nominee of the republican party, which is a new kind of thing, the one and only party candidate from the senate to challenge stephen douglas. that are sobates famous -- justly so -- would barely touch on this subject. one or two passing references, and usually it was douglas teasing lincoln about being abandoned by the know nothings at the 1855 legislative contest. what a month -- but a month before the debates got underway, lincoln delivered a response to douglas in chicago. it was such an important occasion that when douglas agree to the debates, he excluded cook county because he thought this was already a debate. it was just a week after independence day. that must've been rattling aro

then when he went back to the willard e met john tyler who is chairing the old tenants peace convention in an effort to make policy before lincoln was inaugurated. and pierce was alive. don't know if you met him. none of these people seemed to lincoln to be as powerful and influence as could overshadow him. five ex-presidents. what should we take about him thinking he could do better? >> these are the guys who had screwed up. [laughter] >> thanks a lot. [laughter] >> there must be more to this story. [laughter] >> sometimes less is more. [laughter] >> when his train passes near we went in lancaster, pennsylvania for lincoln to look out the window and see the actual home of the former president, he has the same reaction he did when he was in mount vernon. he doesn't even look out the window. it is almost as if he will not allow himself to be overcome. >> he has no love for van buren. he campaigned against him in the 1840's for harrison. van van, used up man. then van buren turned into a free soiler. lincoln with the massachusetts 1840's for harrison. to campaign against the free soil par

tell but crews are on the scene of the fire right now, this ace i live look near 100 block of east willardhiladelphia's kensington section. they have been there since 6:15 this morning. we do not know if anyone has been hurt, when this fire broke out, stay with "eyewitness news" on air and on line for updates as we learn more. >>> meanwhile washington d.c. area schools are on high alert as search continues for ollie the bobcat who escape from the national zoo. >> zoo keepers say they are this is known to be aggressive to humans but as a precaution local schools are holding all activities, indoors. ollie was last seen by zoo keepers around 7:30 monday morning, officials believe she may return to the zoo on her own for food and shelter. >>> today in minnesota a sled dog marathon is set to finish. >> thirty-third john bear marathon started on sunday and in the town of two harbors. here we can see competitors resting at a checkpoint probably well deserved with their k-9 companion. they travel almost 400 miles and just four case to day they will even the race. >>> these frozen trees may look pr

sky force 10 showing the flames shooting from the home on east willard around 6:30 morning. no one was hurt. >>> it is breezy but mild outside especially for first day of february. give you a live look now at center city, philadelphia. the airmark building. first alert meteorologist crystal with the forecast. >>> hi. we're looking at a pretty nice start to the day for the 1st day of february. the temperatures already -- this is warmer than we saw yesterday. 49 in northeast philly. we're at 47 in philadelphia. not bad, wilmington at 48. 46 atlantic city. and allentown even at 46 degrees. yesterday we had a few flakes passing by the area. we're looking at warm air that's settled in. as a result, temperatures this afternoon will also be warmer than what we saw yesterday. although it will be a short-lived warmup. here's radar and satellite. we're going to stay mostly dry. we see the clouds that are over us. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions expected. and as we pull the radar out, you see there's still activity over parts of pennsylvania. if anything, we maybe will see cl

[laughter] one more from bob willard. >> the topic here is, who inspired lincoln, but i'm wondering if you could broaden it more to what inspired lincoln. the trips to new orleans were the equivalent of junior year abroad for today's students. what are your thoughts about those two trips? >> great point. cousin, who to his went on the trip with him, this had enormous influence on lincoln. guess, the, i original huckleberry finn. he went down the mississippi on a raft twice. on his way there he stops in louisiana and at night they are attacked by a who tries toes steal their goods. he bears the scars from it is a life. he gets to new orleans and he is in a state of shock about what he sees. new orleans is then the second or third largest city in the united states. it is the most cosmopolitan city in north america. it has been held by various powers, held by spaying, france. there are a lot of free blacks. different languages. but there are also slave auctions of all kinds openly on the street, including selling young girls for obvious reasons. and for this boy from the inntier who had b

are still on the scene of the house fire in kensington, chopper three is over the 100 block of east willardrs say fire broke out in a row home just after 6:00 this morning. there are no reports of any injuries, and the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> now lets turn to katie for a look at today's weather. >> good morning, jim. we are looking ahead to overall a quiet day and beginning of the quiet pattern generally seeking with no storms in sight. you will notice breeze in the just today but for really next couple of taste. at the moment we have sort of the half and half tore cast here some cloud over the southeastern half of our area more sunshine further are north and west you go, it the is story here to take. we will call it partly sunny but you'll fine gusts out there as high as 30 miles an hour. notice some breeze for sure although it is technically milder then average, you will see that reflect in the seven day as we flirt with 50, normal high on this day is 41, so not bad but come tomorrow foreground hog day more sunshine still blustery back to more typical temperature re

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