now, wilmington should have been the victim of market but they hopscotch over wilmington and went after charleston and said. austin is where, it was the nest of secession. and public and political interest centered there. even the secretary of the navy jenny wells who had proposed taking wilmington in 1862 when the city was still relatively undefended against the week wrote that we should keep wilmington and go after charlestoninstead . >> so they concentrated their efforts militarily on capturing it. poor manpower, resources, naval forces capturing charleston without success. charleston had the largest seizure of the civil war, 587 days and did not fall. even though the federal forces were able to make money, they were uncertain at best. those terms simply transfer their operations 175 miles off the coast to wilmington. by then, wilmington was closed to a major seaport to virginia. and arming and supplying robert e lee's army. in fact, wilmington's importance was so great that it became known as lee's lifeline and the lifeline of the confederacy. this main artery of supply for a lee's

wilmington should have been the next target.but instead they hopscotch over wilmington without the charleston after it instead charleston was where the war had begun, it was the nest of secession, and public and political interest centered there. even the secretary of the navy, gideon wells who had proposed taking wilmington in 1862, when the city was still relatively undefended and defenses were weak loved that we should skip wilmington and go after charleston instead. charleston was satan's kingdom. they concentrated their efforts of militarily on capturing charleston. they poured manpower, resources, naval forces naval forces into capturing charleston without success. charleston underwent the longest siege of the word 587 days and did not fall. even though federal forces were able to make blockade running their uncertain at best, those firms transfer their operations hundred 75 miles of the course to wilmington. by then, wilmington was the closest major seaport to virginia. army and supplying, robert e lees of northern e virginia. in fact, wilmington's importance was so great that it becam

is featuring wilmington, north carolina. recentlys staff visited many sites showcasing the history. was namedhat the city after the first earl of england. when more about wilmington, north carolina all weekend here. >> we are here in the neighborhood called sugar hills. it got its name because of the prominent african-americans who live here that were doctors, teachers, dressmakers, shoe carpenters, was a beautiful neighborhood. it still is a beautiful neighborhood. , it is ae old houses close community. after the civil war, african-americans were flocking to this area because of opportunity. there was a great need for medical help, there was a need for rebuilding. that is why you will find a lot taxrchitectural and carbon -- carpenters, you will find them here. you will find their history here in wilmington. after the devastation of the civil war, wilmington had to be built back up again. walk going to take a through the cobble streets of sugar hill. we will be in the different 1865 until 1890 three. here on the corner, in

wilmington fell on february 22 1865, 2.5 days after fort anderson was evacuated, wilmington feel. ll. lee was no longer able to maintain his army. he was forced to abandon petersburg in early april. and retreated westward, but was run down and forced a surrender by u.s. grant's forces on april 9. and that was only about six weeks after the fall of wilmington. most historians focus their attention on virginia. or in terms of the seaports, on charleston. but wilmington played an incredibly important role during the war. not many people know about ft. anderson. if they hear about the forts guarding wilmington during the civil war, they hear about fort fisher, and understandably so. the largest amphibious operation and american military history till world war ii. but we have this great earthen fort that is very, very important in guarding the city, too. our cities tour staff recently traveled to wilmington, north carolina, to learn about its rich history. atrn more about wilmington c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. 10

how do we capture wilmington? the naval task force commander and the union general is forces captured fort fisher, they said we been here for about two weeks now. and we scattered the confederate positions. the ground on the site of the river is a peninsula and to narrow for military operations. and strongly defended by a line of works known as the sugarless lines. what we propose that you send this reinforcements. will transfer them to the west side of the river, without the flotilla move up of the river provide covering fire for both wings of the army on his site and the website of the cape fear river but really there's only one major obstacle between us and wilmington, and that's fort anderson on the west side. but the main will provide a lot of elbow room for our army. so we can attack fort anderson from the river. we can attack it from the south. if possible we can attack it head-on with protection of the navy, or if necessary we can outflank it by going around the defenses that go all the way to the west and

how do we capture wilmington? the naval task force demand or admiral david porter -- commander admiral david porter and another, they said, we have been here for two weeks now. we have scouted the confederate positions. the ground on the east side of cape fear river is a peninsula, and to narrow for military operations. strongly defended by a line of wharfs of the sugarloaf lines. propose is you send reinforcements, we transferred to the west side of the cape fear river, we will have the people go up the river, providing covering fire for both wings of the army on the east side and west side of the cape fear river, but really there is only one major obstacle between ,s and williamson -- williamson and that is for anderson. there would be a lot of elbow room on the army. we can attack for anderson from the river. we can attack it from the side. if possible, we can attack it head on with the protection of the navy, or if necessary, we can outflank it by going around the fences that go all the way to the end of the p

wilmington fell on february 22, 1865. just two and a half days after fort anderson was evacuated, wilmington fell and when robbie -- robert e lee surrendered his forces because he was no longer able to supply he was forced to abandon petersburg in early april and retreated westward into what was run down and forced to surrender on april the ninth. that was only about six weeks after the fall of wilmington. most historians focus their attention on virginia or in terms of the seaports of charleston but wilmington played an incredible important role during the war, not that many people know about fort anderson. if they hear about the fort's guarding wilmington and the hear about fort fisher and understandably so. the site of the largest amphibious until the day but we -- amphibious operation until d-day, world war ii, but we have this great earthen fort that is very very important in guarding the city. >> are cities tour staff recently traveled to wilmington, north carolina to learn about its rich history. learn more about w

had the wilmington naval reserve in a small cannon. these people shutdown out wilmington with their martial law, strip 13 men women and children. there were black letter carriers that were being beat to death and some white women actually came to the rescue and got the hooligans off them and give them shelter in their home. there were number of other white women who sheltered the black servants in their home in order to keep them safe. this was catastrophic for wilmington in so many ways. a lot of these people there were being chased and harassed and shot at flood the city, swim the river, they were missed treated and hid in the swamp. they went to ground basically every three days wilmington shutdown. you can pretty much marked the end of wilmington sentence as the city of north carolina to the date of this coup. it really wasn't, it was a coup d'État because the next thing they did was round up the alderman and it gunpoint, at city hall, made them all resign and appointed white supremacist on the line. the leader of the violence beco

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for three days wilmington shut down. you can pretty much mark the end of their ascendancy as the city of north carolina to the day of this coup. it was a coup d'etat, because the next thing they did was round up the elder men at gunpoint and made them resign. he becomes a multi-term mayor ater that, he is eulogized as fine figure of chivalry, if you can believe that. no legal action was ever taken to bring these guys to justice. later they went to a statehouse he concocted a piece of legislation that is called the grandfather clause. not just in north carolina but also through states along the mason-dixon. this had huge national repercussions, if the repercussions right here locally for the economy of the city. they took the african-american peoplety and about 1000 that were put on the train and banished from wilmington. these were local leaders, they were preachers. they were funeral directors, they were local politicians, they were the people up to this point who had been the african-american aldermen. wilmington went

but this was catastrophic for wilmington in so many ways. a lot of these people that were being harassed and shot at, they fled the city, swim the river, went out the creek and to the cemeteries. theyent to ground basically and in three days wilmington was shut down. you can pretty much mark the end of wilmington's ascendancy as a city in north carolina to the date of this to and it has been called the right really was acute because the next thing they did was round up the alderman and at gunpoint at city hall made them all resign and white supremacist down the line and waddell, the leader of the violence becomes mayor and becomes a multi-sitter mayor. when he dies, there's a huge funeral procession and he is utilized dies as a finefigure . >> no legal action is ever taken to any of these guys. george brown tree, later judge rountree went to the state and he concocted a piece of legislation, popularly called the grandfather clause. this piece of legislation basically took voting rights away from blacks until 1965. not just in north carolina

we are on 3rd street which is one of the major thorough fairs in wilmington. you are probably wonder why with are we stopping at first presbyterian church on a literary walking history tour. well, the answer is preacher skin. you are probably surprised by that answer. 1874-1882, first presbyterian church minister had a son named woodrow wilson who went on to become the 28th president of the united states. most of the time his father was minister he was away at school. first at davidson college, got sick, with drew from school and came home to live with the family while recouperating and reenrolled at john hopkins university and met another man man from north carolina named thomas dixon. thomas dixon dit a -- did a lot of things and one of them is wrote senational love stories. you don't remember them from the books but because those two books became birth of a nation and the first film screened at the white house. thomas called woodrow and said i made a movie and he said come over and show it to me and that is how that happened. i think a lot of people are ama

you are at the center of the store wilmington. you are standing in the original property of the city jail of wilmington from 1744 to 1768. this property and the stone building you see behind were part of the city jail compound. the house that it's built on top of the jail was built in 1770 by a man that uses the wall of the jail as the foundation for the house. the river was a lot closer, that's why we have a front street and a water street area -- and a water street, which continuously floods today. back then the river would have come as far as 2nd street during high tide. it was really important for him to elevate his house and keep it protected when the floods came through or there was a lot of rain or hurricanes. that meant that when this was a jail, it often flooded with prisoners inside. the jail had been relocated in 1768 after a fire, the wooden roof that would have been above where the houses today was burned. at the time, wilmington had been here for about 30 years and more and more prominent families were moving into to

for three days, wilmington shut down. you can pretty much marked the end of wilmington's ascendancy as a city in north carolina to the date of this coup. it has been called a right, but it really was a coup d'etat. the next thing they did was round of the aldermen and a gun pointed city hall, made them all resign and appointed weiser from assists down the line -- white supremacists down the line. becomes aror multi-term mayor. when he dies, there's a huge funeral and he is eulogized as a fine figure of seven schoharie. if you can believe that. no legal action was taken to bring any of these guys does in fact, george roundtree, later judge, would to the statehouse and he concocted a piece of legislation possibly called the grandfather clause. this single piece of legislation .ook voting rights away it was throughout the south because it was copied by states all below the mason-dixon. huge national repercussions, a huge repercussion right here locally with the economy of the city. of course, it took the african-american com

they are prominent here in wilmington to this day. several streets around town are named after them. many of the oldest families are connected to the wrights. when john left to go back to england during the revolutionary war, he rented the house to one of his good friends wright, his business associate. he rented the house here during the revolution, and when he got part in after the war, he sold it to the wrights. from 1799 until the 1870's, and this became the primary home. three generations lived here, the third sold it. the house was being threaten with demolition. it was in a prominent location, and there was money to be made if you sold it. starting to buy corners in downtown area for their gas stations. in 1930, when the last owner passed, the property transferred to the bank. the heirs wanted the bank to sell the property. to buy thisyou corner and demolish the house. it took eight years for the national society campaign throughout wilmington to purchase this property instead of standard oil. it's an eight years of campaigning

we know arthur miller came to wilmington at least twice. the first time when we came to to wilmington was during the 1930s. he and tennessee williams both went to university of michigan by writing program at the both got jobs working for the works progress administration, federal arts of administration during the depression. tennessee being tennessee decide he would head off on a bicycle and the venture, but arthur miller has been very arthur miller like new england and strain, i signed up for something and do it. he toured up and an east coast collecting folklore that was later archived in washington. one of the things they were specifically looking for was to collect oral history from people i been alive during slavery. in the 1930s you could still make people aware at the very ends of the life you would live through slavery in the united states. that was really sort of one of the last chance if you're going to have it to collect first-person accounts of one of the sadder chapters of american history. and so later on john blair publisher

wilmington north carolina is the main story -- city on the coast here. the exhibit that we are looking at today is called stories, it explores the history of wilmington and power county from the earliest inhabitants up to the 20th century. what people saw when they came here was an ocean of trees, they ,aw these majestic tall trees they became the bedrock of the economy. the trees are called longleaf pines. huge placeo cover a of what becamesouth. they have these long pine needles, big pinecones. they are bigger than anything you would see in england or if you are coming from europe. they are a great source of lumber, but there also a source of labor that you can use to make tar. fear duringto cape the colonial. up to the 1800s. most americans live within 50 miles of the coast. here we have everything things going for us, the river. that allows people to come up to where they live in we have the ocean that allows us to have that. then there is the land resources which are available in the forest. wilmington's economy is based on these pine trees what the

now for something that is not so happy to talk about in wilmington's history. it's actually a very sad part of our history, the coup day top of 1898 when the elected government was overthrown. our library has had a collecon omaterials about 1898 for quite a while.they did preserve these photographs so they would be available and kept safe so what we have here are just a few images that i've pulled from the collection that sort of, the images speak for themselves. this image here is a photograph was taken during the berlin of the cherry hall. interestingly, there are firemen in the crowd helping burn the building that this is the building where the daily record, which was the african-american newspaper that alex manley rented, the press was kept in this building and this is a photograph of the actual press for the daily record after it was burned. you can see how the building just burned around it. so the photographs that are a little more chilling are ones that mark where people were killed. so this portrait or photograph is where, this one was where a gentlema

author phillip gerard discusses his book, cape fear rising. >> and so 1898 wilmington was one of the largest cities of north carolina. two thirds of the citizens were black. they achieved an amazing thing in just a little more than a generation after being enslaved and coming out of bondage with not even owning the clothes on their back, literally. they achieved the status of middle class. they achieved some political leadership and power. they achieved social standing and they achieved economic wealth in large degree here. >> we travel to fort anderson with author as he talks about wilmington's war in the civil war and what happened that place, with his book "to forth a

tour will explore wilmington, north carolina. author philip gerard discusses his book. >> wilmington was one of the largest cities in north carolina. of the citizens two-thirds were black. they achieved an amazing thing coming out of bondage not even owning the clothes on their back they achieved status of middle class and political leadership and power. they achieved social standing and economic wealth in large degree here. >> then we will travel to fort anderson as he talks about the role in the civil war and what happened at this place from his book "to forge a thunder bolt." >> wilmington's importance was so great that it became known as the life line of the confederacy. >> visit what remains of fort

there was a road that went from wilmington and then went through this one gave here. federal forces were attacking this position, a loan 12 pound cannon was here. it's job was to literally load grapeshot as fast as possible and to sweep any attacking force coming across the bridge that would have it in front of the order vacation. for the gunners that were here, it worked out great until you by sharpshooters hosted union forces on the other side of the bridge. they were starting to get picked off one by one. the guys did not want to come back out here because that was instant death. literally were able to push the gun out of the way and move in this way around this area. focal point main for a lot of these union forces that were trying to push into the fortification. started coming up over the sides of the fort as well through the marsh. fort, thisof the would have been the first traverse of shepard's battery. had an eight also inch on the side. you had to cannons in this location. is a reproduction. we do fire this gun for programs a lot. it would have a 32 pound iro

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is in wilmington with more on the situation there, greg? >> reporter: and, ukee, good afternoon, beginning. we just checked dell marv marv a power's web site, still right now, 23,000 customers here, in new castle county without power. that is 11 percent of the total customer they even serve , essentially one in 10. all because of this. isis coating all of the trees, and, also coating all of the power lines. in wilmington delaware snow didn't cause any issues but isis to blame for big problems sure, it looks nice but when it coats trees and power lines , thousands here were left without power. >> it has been horrible. we have our power out, i live, over behind the wal-mart here, and it is, a mess. >> reporter: melissa hitch is one of the 30,000 people, del marva power says that they who electricity this afternoon because of the storm. >> i had to come get some gas, to keep our generator going because we don't know how long power will be out. >> reporter: we found del marva power crews working to fix down line and dell dot crews worked to rep

now for something that is not so happy to talk about in wilmington's history. in fact, that part of our history the coup d'État of 1898 when the newly ected government was overthrown. our library has had a collection of materials about 1898 for quite a while. they did preserve these photographs so that they would be available and kept safe. what we have here is just a few images that i've pulled from the collection that sort of -- the images speak for themselves. this image here is a photograph that was taken during the burning of the charity hall. there's firemen in the crowd burning the building. this is the building the daily record which was the newspaper, the african newspaper that alex manley edited. this is a photograph of the actual press of the daily record after it was burned. you can see how the burning spurned around it. these are little more chilling. the ones that mark where people were killed. this portrait or photograph is where a white gentleman was killed and there's an x right here if you see an a little description at the bottom that says th

wilmington up three. blue hens make a run. cozy, wilmington scores 10 of the next 11. delaware falls 91-82. eagles notes to pass along. the eagles signed watkins to a one year deal and they also placed a second round tender on tight end trey burton that means the eagles would get a second round pick if they don't match an offer to the restricted free agent. to clear water for spring training action. phillies and braves, continues to bang the ball around the yard. roman quinn, it's 1-0. christian walker gets you some living hard knock life. two earned, three hits and two strikeouts, bottom of the seven, koug lynn a fly ball off the right fielder's glove. that's what spring is for to get knows things right. on second with a double. later 5-4, cousins trying to earn a place on this roster giving the phillies breathing room with the base hit to right. that scores another pair of runs. phillies win. 7-4. make a note of it, tonight philadelphia's danny garcia, will fight for the unified welter weight title at barclay's center. he'll

late-day showers at the shore and wilmington. wilmington temperature, 63.is afternoon. the rain moving in to philadelphia. you see it in the lehigh valley, as well. to the west, heavier downpours. and tomorrow we'll get another round of this. today, 7:00 this morning, 40s and rain for philadelphia, pottstown, wilmington, northeast philadelphia. the line of showers moves in to new jersey. at 9:00 this morning, 46 degrees. it starts to taper off at reading and allentown at the m 11:00, you see most of the there's still a chance we'll see spotty showers afternoon, too. then look what happens -- in temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70en morrow, there's a cha you'll need your umbrella, and weld area. not today. 69 degrees, the showers coming through ts this morning. the fog ends this morning. the showers the afternoon. we'll start off dry for on tues. 53 in the morning.afternoon. storms coming through during the afternoon, most delaware and south jersey. we could see strong storms tomorrow. down. the wind picks up. 61. going to be a beautiful day dne, too, t

then you see pink near wilmington. actually at the ground that extends through philadelphia, but what we're looking at is a slice into the

we're along north market street in downtown wilmington. firefighters responded to a commercial building fire, upon arrival they found heavy smoke pouring out of the three-story building. initially they entered the build to battle the flames from the inside, but it proved to be too aggressive they had to take on a defensive outside. more than 60 fire and ems personnel responded from two dozen units and handful remain on scene right now. >> i saw nothing but black smoke and you couldn't see up the block, you couldn't see down market street it was really bad. it was really bad. >> reporter: no injuries reported, but five adults have lost their homes, the red cross is cause of the fire that is still under investigation. reporting live in downtown, wilmington, jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." matt? >> thanks, jeanette. >>> a north philadelphia store owner could be facing charges for shooting the man who robbed him. it happened yesterday outside his laundromat, the robber held up the business threatening the owner with a knife. the other

it's at three miles for philadelphia international and wilmington. one-mile visibility in wrightstown and at the shore. light fog for wildwood. millville seeing improvement this hour. temperatures well above freezing. rain, not a problem. we're not going to see icing, not with 41 in the lehigh valley. fog and 43 in delaware. new jersey, 40 degrees. this is the starting point. rain showers, a little fog. the rain ends, fog will be gone, and temperatures near 70 degrees for new jersey, for philadelphia, for delaware, and the upper 60s in pennsylvania and the suburbs, 64 degrees for the lehigh valley. we'll show when the rain will move out and when the visibility will be improving when i come back in ten minutes. first let's see how the fog is affecting traffic. ja jessica? >> thanks. >>> to the right-hand shoulder, fog not bothering the roads too much. you can see all the lanes are getting by. a 14-minute drive time now on the eastbound side from the blue route to the vine street expressway. average speeds in the 60s. a crash in lymerick on fruitville

in the museum in wilmington, north carolina. these are three items from the museum collection of artifacts. they were donated to us in the 1980's by members of the manly family. they are relations of alexander

. >> a sneaker shop goes up in flames in downtown wilmington. firefighters are on the scene nearly 16 hours later. >>> new this morning, a 17-year-old shot and killed overnight in west philadelphia. >> an airline is defending its decision to keep two girls from flying as they were wearing leggings, as it turns out, the rule doesn't apply to all passengers. >> let's go over to david murphy and we have flashing lights behind karen. >> reporter: it looks like a flashing halo. we have fog around here, there's rain around passing through the northern suburbs, although philadelphia getting clipped with a little shower and might get clipped later on. the shore is dry, you're probably getting drizzle on the windshield from the fog. there's mist on the terrace here, as well. dense fog southern montgomery county, chester and delaware county and points south through south jersey and delaware, this goes until 10:00 a.m. this morning, visibility in spots is below a quarter mile, the latest readings we have coming up, improvement in millville. dover, wilmingt

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there's been more traditional celebrating today in wilmington as well. in wilmington, st. day began with church music, not irish music. mass at st. patricks. >> we ask st. patrick to pray for us. >> reporter: after mass, the st. patrick's day breakfast. this isn't the same as the city's parades. this is a fundraiser. >> over the years, as the needs in the community have shifted we've try today respond as best we can to those needs. >> the people are wonderful, kind, appreciative. we love being with them. >> reporter: this year the st. patrick's center is getting a $150,000 boost. students hold an all night dance to raise money to renovate a house for veterans. this year, the proceeds will help the folks at st. patrick's. >> we're looking to expand our food program, make it more accessible and create more space so we can serve more folks on the east side of wilmington. >> reporter: i tell you what, wilmington is a friendly town. i've had a lot of people inviting me over to their area at the bar and saying they'd buy me a pint. but i'm being a good anchor, a good irish boy,

wilmington you'll be in the mid30s. we climb tomorrow.ou can see in the morning we'll get above freezing across the entire area, even some 40s out there as we have these little rain/snow mixes come through the periodic showers. tomorrow in the afternoon we'll be topping out anywhere from the upper 30s to the low 40s across the area. so let's take a look at your ten day on 10. we're going to be looking at 41 generally across much of the area. a little warmer here and there off to the south and east. cooler north and west. al by the time we get into sunday. we'll see an end to the rain/snow mix in the morning, maybe even sunshine peeking through in the afternoon. spring starts at 49 and that is at about 4:30 in the afternoon on monday. we go on into our tuesday, 49. 41 on wednesday. we could see a rain shower by the way, early on tuesday. 49 on thursday. here's where it gets good. i don't want to leave you hanging. we get into the 60s. we could be looking at strong storms next friday and saturday. we'll have to watch those two days very clo

the worst of which was down near wilmington, delaware.have a problem here at the commodore barry bridge with fog. this is 25 miles an hour speed maximum and they just lowered that speed maximum to 25 miles an hour so now bea e careful as yore driving on the commodore barry bridge. matt. >> will do. president trump shifted is tone as he stood before a joint session of congress for the first time. the president went from bombastic to optimistic confrontational to civil. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in the satellite center with the details. katherine. >> reporter: matt there were a number of themes we heard throughout the campaign. the president also called for unity for republicans and democrats to come together for the good of the country. >> i'm here tonight to deliver a message of unit and strength. >> reporter: during his address president trump encouraged bipartisan cooperation and spoke of his plan for the next four years. >> my economic team is developing historic tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on our comp

how about that wilmington nice and cold this morning.t's frozen solid, amtrak should be moving through without any problems in wilmington, though. the temperatures will be climbing. right now, 23 degrees in lehigh valley. 23 in wilmington. and 20s for south jersey. the coldest numbers have been in the suburb yesterday morning, in 20s. milford is down to 21 a cold start. a little bit of wind blowing. it feels colder. feels like the teens to start with. we'll see sunshine and warm to 36 degrees. some of that snow will start to melt today. 25 is what it will feel like this afternoon. that's a big improvement over yesterday. doppler radar, nice and clear. philadelphia no sign of the snow showers we saw yesterday morning. and we saw for much of the afternoon yesterday. not going to happen today. we are in the clear. the only snow off to the north and west. that's got going to be affecting us. but the next system is in the pacific northwest and moving through in riidaho and into montana. that's a system that's on track for us this weekend. and

middle 50s for wilmington. then the showers come in as the temperatures warm up to 58 degrees at 2:00. occasional showers and thunderstorms and 60s this afternoon. millville will be one of the warmer spots. you'll find warmer temperatures to the south while cooler temperatures are to the north. and then the showers continue into the evening hours, even a chance of thunderstorm activity. little bit cooler. we'll see lots of sunshine, 62 degreeon thursday. and that cooler day on friday, that's mwithorhe ten day on 10. on this es let's check the what are you seeing? a und 24th stbound side here. this isound moving toward 95. we're not seeing any bignow. still a little bit early for that. we do have some things going onn earlier crash out in cherry hill. closed in both directions between forged in this directio. you see lane. covered bridge road is closed in the portion where we have an accident invol here's another part of cherry hill. this isings highway. no problems or delays. roads ar door. we're not seeingcons

they've identify the victim he's a wilmington man.eleased his identity yet as they're still working to contact all of his family. the incident occurred on the road behind me here where greentree road meets the kirkwood highway. first responders worked in vain to save the man. the pedestrian was in the left bound road attempting to you pick something up from the road when what's described as a dark colored new model suv struck him and drove on. the vic the imwas also hit by a second vehicle a pickup, its driver stopped. apartment parentally there was no broken glass or trim at the scene that would help identify the first vehicle. with six lanes of traffic, plus turning lanes, kirkwood highway is not pedestrian friendly. the police say the victim last night was wearing dark clothing and not in a crosswalk. still, news of the fatal hit-and-run today prompted a visceral reaction from those who use this road. >> no, that is not okay at all. they should have at least stopped and checked how he is and call 911. >> just leave him and then hav

rainfall so far philadelphia more than a inch, wilmington more than an inch and a half, allentown 1.21, trenton 1.29 and atlantic city little bit less closing in on an inch of rain. now, with the heavy rain, there is a possibility of some ponding on water -- on roads and also some of the smaller creeks and streams, the low lying areas there could be some flooding so an aerial flood watch posted until 2 o'clock saturday morning. if you live in an area that typically floods, it probably will tonight. so, this is what to expect. the rain lingers into tonight, ponding of roads, reduced visibility, slow it down if you're driving. a chilly breeze, up to about 25 miles per hour and then the winds will shift drying us out overnight. i'll talk more about the weekend and track more rain on the way in the accuweather forecast. monica. >> all right, thank you cecily. >>> in other news one man is behind bars accused of opening fire on the parking lot of a philadelphia gentleman's club. 29-year-old lawrence mitchell is facing attempted murder charges after the incident monday outside delilah's. acco

patrick's day parade in wilmington. emerald city pipe band was there and they'll also be here today. they talked about how cold it was yesterday, just trying to play their instruments. we might see more of the same later today as the folks here play those instruments and make their ways through those parade floats trying to get through this cold weather. you have all the people on the sidelines watching. this parade might go down as one of the coldest in recent memory. like in wilmington, conshohocken held their parade yesterday as well. >> i've never played a parade this cold before ever. >> it's too cold, too cold. i was hoping for 60-degree weather like we had the other day. >> another live look at fifth and market. you see the gentleman with the dogs here, the dogs are bundled up. that one dog right there definitely not liking this cold weather. it is a little brisk. you have to break out the heavy coats this morning. you see fifth and market here again, the police are here as well blocking off this road. if you've

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atlantic city, dover, wilmington in the 30's in pottstown and right at freezing in mount pocono. possibility of a shower, through about lunchtime, maybe even a pop up shower or two later on in the day but we are hoping to get enough sun to get us to 70 degrees by the end of the afternoon and with sunset well after 7:00 there is a good chance of that happening. let's check traffic this morning, we will start off with a house fire, which is happening in kensington this morning, it is waymouth street between allegheny and clear field street. hope i said that one right. lets take a look at the view from the platt bridge this morning. so it is wet, and it is foggy, so, take your time, i-95 at cottman avenue does not look a whole lot better. it hardly looks like i-95, at cottman avenue just see lonely headlights there it is getting worse before it gets better. a pole is down, pleasantville new jersey black horse pike route 40, 322, right there at doughty road, left lane blocked, so with the fog, going to avoid that area as

twenty-six in wilmington. and wind chill we have teens to lower 20's but once again not the single digits that we had just a few days ago. ultimate doppler is dry, quiet , it won't stay that way throughout the day, more melting, 41 the afternoon high temperature but coming up we will talk about a wintry mix, back in the forecast, for the upcoming weekend, and you can see that system highlighted off to the west, we will time that out and talk about how much snow or sleet to expect, bob kelly, yes, i'm talking about more winter weather for weekend. >> no irish potatoes for you. >> no. >> 5:02, good morning, happy st. patrick's day. rough start. i'm in the sure if he hit ice or what happened but it is 202 northbound right at main street, and maybe try to hit that curve hit black ice and wheels go to the right, cars go straight in the snowdrift here. live look from norristown no problems up and over, light wind out there but anything that is still out there still frozen over. little melt down yesterday when sun ca

scattered snow showers for wilmington and smyrna.armer weather after tomorrow morning just above freezing on thursday. then into the 40s. chance of rain showers early tuesday morning and next friday. will come with warmer weather into the low 50s on friday. improving conditions, but you still have to get through the wind, the cold,ing and the ice for today. >> yes it's brutal. thanks bill. >> county by county begins in chester this morning. >>> jury selection resume this morning in the eric frein murder trial. on monday picked first juror to hear the case. accused of shooting two pennsylvania state troopers killing one of them. jury selected in chester county because of extensive media coverage in the poconos. >>> we've been following a string of kidnappings and robberies at delaware apartment complex. now newark police say the woman who reported the latest incident made it all up. arrested brenda, charged her with filing a false report. authorities say she told them a man forced her into an apartment, stole her jewelry on monday nig

wilmington eastward to atlantic city and new jersey a coating to an inch. around philadelphia an inch, and 1 to 3 inches in the northwestern suburbs. and 3 to 5 inches as you head deeper north of the lehigh tunnel into the poconos and a closer snapshot a good chunk of southeastern pennsylvania in the 1 to 3 inches. this is the 1 inch line and this is the 3 inch, if you are closer to this are you near the 1 inch. an then an arctic invasion, over the weekend windchills between 0 and 20 above both saturday and going into sunday behind this snow. as we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 41 degrees tomorrow with the morning steady snow and squalls developing in the afternoon. windy and bitter cold saturday and feeling like the single digits in the morning and teens in the afternoon and sunny cold on sunday and 36 and cold on monday and the normal high is 51 by that point and 38 and a possible nor'easter here on tuesday with snow or rain, we have to fine tune that after tomorrow's event of 36 and still trying to struggle to get to 40 one week fr

. >>> several people were hurt in a crash involving a school bus and a dump truck in wilmington this morning. the bus was carrying students from the delaware school for the deaf when it collided with the truck. the accident happened at the intersection of d and south field streets. the driver of the truck was trapped and extrick catered by first responders. a student on the bus, the driver and an aide were also hurt. all suffered minor injuries. >>> there was much celebration last night among motorists and local merchants when the bridge between the new jersey and pennsylvania turnpikes suddenly opened weeks ahead of schedule. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic started out on the pennsylvania side of the bridge today. >> reporter: trucks and cars are hopping on the turnpike 276 connector between pennsylvania and new jersey once again. the 1.2-mile bridge over the delaware river reopened last night more than a month earlier than expected and drivers are delighted. >> oh, it's much easier. just staying on the turnpike is a lot better than trying to weave through the back roads. >>

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