that is where the assembly of pennsylvania met, the supreme executive council of pennsylvania, and to give you an idea of the relative unimportance of the congress of the united states, the congress of the united states met in the pennsylvania statehouse. but the soldiers were not stupid. what they wanted was to demand that pay and various other promises made to them. the new congress had no revenue. there was no point confronting congress. it was the states that had the revenue. they chose saturday because congress never met on a saturday, but the executive they surrounded the statehouse, and alexander hamilton, who was the chairman of a congressional committee to deal with this mutiny that had been going on now for five days got congress to call a special session. the congressman went into the building, because hamilton and congress wanted it to appear this was a demonstration against the united states of america. this was the horror of the republic, the military rising against civilian control. and that would appeal to the american people's feelings and they would come to the defen

pennsylvania lawmakers will hear testimony on a bill to legalize medical marijuana in pennsylvania. the health and judiciary committees will hear arguments on the implications of making medical marijuana legal. they will also talk about the impact that legalization would have on health care professionals. the hearing is this morning at the pennsylvania hospital in center city. >>> some voters in philadelphia will head to the polls today for a special election. democrat sarah delricci and republican white are looking to represent northeast philly. the seat was left vacant after brandon boyle was sworn into congress in january. >>> and new this morning, a waiting game involving life and death. a camden man said if he had not received last-minute health a state law would have kept him from marrying his dying bride. matt delucia is live in camden. matt, people are now working to change the law because of this man's story, right? >> reporter: that is right, chris. it was here at cooper hospital last month as omar estevez was sitting besides his dying wife. when his wife was told she had

the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you mr. president. i rise to address the same issue that senator brown raised, the issue of trade and i want to thank him and commend him for not only his leadership on this issue for many years his time in the u.s. house of representatives and now in the senate for the last eight years but especially his work and his focus on this issue most recently because we're moving into a period now of great debate about trade promotion authority and trade agreements that will be debated and -- debated here in the senate and throughout the country so i want to commend him for that. what senator brown spoke to was a basic economic insecurity that so many americans feel, and it didn't just arise in the last couple of years. this is a long-standing problem and a long-standing threat to people's economic security, and trade plays a role in it. i should say trade agreements play a role in it. i spoke the last time when senator brown and i were here about the concerns i had about these trade agreements but also the spe

voters in pennsylvania to head to the polls for a special election. democrat sarah delricci and mar tina white are hoping to fill the vacant seat in pennsylvania's 170th legislative district which represents northeast philadelphia. the seat was left vacant after brandon boyle was sworn into congress in january. polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to:00 p.m. for voters in the district, 8:00 p.m. >>> bob menendez defended himself again amid corruption charges with a political opponent in florida. he insists he's done nothing wrong. >> i'll say the same thing i said two weeks ago when there was a different press report. and that is that i have always acted appropriately and legally. >> senator menendez has acknowledged that he accepted three flights on a private jet from the florida donor but said he has repaid nearly $70,000 for the flights. >>> the former trump plaza owners are facing thousands of dollars in fines. trump entertainment resorts was fined $3,000 for failing to tell the state about a customer attacked on the property last june. the company was a

there's more coming at us from central pennsylvania. and mostly in the northern areas it looks to be headed north to the lehigh valley and the pocanos where we get icing there. in southeastern pennsylvania much of the area is above freezing. but we still have to keep our eye on that with a close call. we'll have pottstown at 33 degrees. allentown is still at 31. today we've got early light icing followed by clearing. and look at the temperature by this afternoon. into the 50s. now for a check on the roads this morning, we'll go to nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. >>> good morning to you glenn. good morning to you at home as well. if you are taking septa, we have an alert. the market/frankford line is running on delays. they didn't tell us how big of a delay, but keep in mind it is running with delays. a live look at the boulevard at fox street. both directions are quiet as you can see with the roads dry. nothing to deal with there. and in delaware the majors are really quiet. 95 traveling through wilmington it is not

this is a live look in pennsylvania. delaware county, specifically. the blue route right at mac dade boulevard is quiet in both directions. but notice the roads are damp out there. so be sure to use caution if you are heading out. and keep that in mind, you still could run into patchy fog and also some damp roads. drive times on the pennsylvania turnpike still pretty average between bensalem and the valley forge interchange will take you between 22 and 23 minutes. no problems on the area bridges. chris? >>> all right. well, a glitch in the billing system of south jersey gas has a lot of customers fuming. their monthly bills are much higher than usual. the utility company said this problem has been going on for several months now and customers have been getting estimated bills well below what they actually owe. and that problem is now costing customers anywhere from the high 100s to more than $1,000. >> we are all looking at our meters and going, wait a second. you know they are triple reading us here. they misrepresented me by about $275. >> and the b

the trailer has a pennsylvania license plate xht-6246. if you've seen it, call police. >>> a serve forarch for a wanted person in delaware led police to a bunch of lizards and bowaa constrictor. they found them trying to destroy a large amount of crack cocaine. also in the apartment were 16 lizards and a boa constrictor. the reptiles are considered deadly and extremely dangerous. owning the lizard is illegal. authorities also removed a child from the home. >>> people in wilmington will have a chance to weigh in on the future of the city at another town hall meeting tonight. at a meeting earlier this month residents questioned the mayor and city leadership about public safety education and public works issues. tonight's meeting will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 at the neighborhood house on "b" street. >>> as if it wasn't cold enough yesterday, it's even colder today. the clouds certainly have not helped. we continue to search for spring. we've got one day of it coming. a taste of 70 perhaps 70 degrees coming on thursday. and we're also tra

they have. >> you have to expect that hillary would be a very, very strong candidate in pennsylvania, and that would help the ticket. >> if she gets past her e-mail. >> given the rough time that governor wolf's probably going to have with republicans -- they're already calling his budget smoke, mirrors, and confusion. >> it is. >> would you think that that election in two years may be leaning republican because of maybe some of the battles that are going on in the state in pennsylvania? >> i'm gonna say absolutely. >> and i'm gonna say absolutely not. >> don't talk to the other republican in the room. >> that's where i'm at. >> so then a democrat would say, "well, you know, i'm just gonna sit this one out." >> i don't think so. i mean, my perception, even taking off a partisan hat, is that wolf is still coming across as having good judgment, trying to be fair, trying to reach to the other side, and i think the republicans are coming across as obstructionist. >> let me just say this. i don't think that he's been transparent and all this stuff. when you meet with republican leadership,

this is a live look inside the university of pennsylvania palestra. of a long line waiting to pay their final respect also. "action respects. "action news" annie mccormick is outside the palestra. >> reporter: eva, officer wilson was a hometown boy an 8 year veteran of the force. he he died in the line of duty serving the 22nd district. this morning mourners filed through the university of pennsylvania please extra to pay respects to officer robert wilson iii. earlier commissioner ramsey, mayor michael nutter and the men and women. 22nd district led a procession with full honor and a horse-drawn carriage carrying wilson's coffin. two gunmen attempting to rob the game stop barged in unaware wilson was inside in full uniform buying a game for his son. they opened fire, and wilson's hero i can -- his or heroic actions saved many lives. wilson leaves behind two young boys. officers saluted wilson's family. today, friends family and fellow officers from around the region are touched to see the outpouring of support. >> this is what brings police officers t

. >>> now and at 11 o'clock tonight, my one-on-one interview with pennsylvania governor tom wolf. at 11:00 we will delve into the personal side of the governor, subjects you may have never heard before and certainly pictures you have never seen before. but now some issues have governance that are already making headlines. wolf is infuriated district attorneys like seth williams by placing a moratorium on the death penalty. at least until a legislative report comes back examining how capitol punishment is implemented in pennsylvania. but for certain people, this is an intensely personal issue what do you say to the families of crime victims who see this as almost an assault on their ability to find closure. >> closure is one of the things we don't get with the current system. it's decades in some cases before the appeal process is exhausted. and it seems to me, i'm not a psychologist, but it seems to me that that's not a really good way to get closure so if it's closure that you want beyond how the current death penalty system actually gives any victim's family that. >> we need a h

that's a lot in pennsylvania. but the height of the home fires really came in january when the snow and the cold weather really set in across the state. >> according to reports from the u.s. fire administration 620 people have died in house fires since january 1st of this year. here are tips to keep your family safe. keep children pets and anything famable three feet away from any heating equipment. never use a cooking range or oven to heat your home. use flashlights instead of candles during power outages and install smoke alarms in every level of the home. and test them once a month. plan and practice an escape plan. >>> and firefighters responded to a different kind of emergency at the jersey shore. yesterday this a comeraccoon got his head stuck in the tree. neighbors spotted the animal in the tree and firefighters came to the rescue using a chisel to widen the hole and free the animal. and once he was freed firefighters say the raccoon took off running and seemed to be doing just fine. probably headed to the

pennsylvania has the lowest minimum wage in our area. delaware's minimum wage will go up in june from $7.75 to $8.25. new jersey is the highest at $8.38 an hour. >>> we're just a little more than six months away from the world meeting of families and a visit from pope francis to philadelphia. today organizers of the event announced who will lead the 15 committees to help with planning. the committees will cover issues like lit you arical development visitor business and finding enough host families. pope francis will visit philadelphia during the last two days of the world meeting of families september 26th and 27th. the pontiff will celebrate mass on the ben franklin parkway the last day ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ >> step back into the sinatra era. the philly pops spreading the news about its upcoming season of concerts. leaders say the orchestra has been able to turn the tide after a bankruptcy filing in 2012. a brand new feature included next season will be a salute series honoring and entertaining those who serve the community. >>> w

i got word that construction on the pennsylvania turnpike is clear. your timeline in both directions about 22 minutes. no issues there. in pennsylvania, the overnight construction typically clears around 5:00 a.m. new jersey 6:00 a.m. if you're headed to the airport, this is a good time to go. it's good conditions out there and no delays being reported right now. vai? >> thank you, katy. >>> police have charge add 20-year-old man in the murder of a lehigh valley mother. he stabbed the woman in her drive way in the upper macungie home. she was killed just hours after she tried to end the relationship barnes had with her 14-year-old daughter. they say barnes drove her car to has a dal road in south whitehall township where he buried her, attempted to bury her vehicle in a pond and then returned to her home. the 14-year-old was with him the whole time. he's also charged with statutory sexual assault involving the teen. >>> it's 5:02. sky 4 10 was overhead. >>> two temple university students are free. the arrests stem from an altercation in northern liber

attorney general kathleen kane is facing at the pennsylvania state court. she was on hand for her hearing, prosecutors claim it's not true. john rawlins is live now with more. >> that hearing happened a half hour ago, did a montgomery county judge overstep his authority to investigate attorney general kane are is attorney general kane trying to position herself above the law, that brought people to the chambers today. >> i am consciously hopeful and grateful that the court took the time to listen to this case for me and for pennsylvania. >> kathleen kane's lawyers are claim that william carpenter, was outs side of the law when he appointed a

she said she was in north carolina on the day of the disappearance in pennsylvania and had witnesses to prove it. >> thanks for your time. >> i think she gave us something like four or five alibis where she was at. one, she was at a private club, one, she was out buying feed for horses. one, she was at a tanning salon. >> but andrew had another surprise for investigators. he remembered that patricia called his home just three days before his wife and son disappeared. joann answered the phone and when patricia identified herself -- the two argued. >> look, andy has told you to stop calling here. we have a baby now and are happy together. just leave us alone, stop calling here. >> patricia denied making that call and her home telephone records confirmed her story. with brunette hair, an alibi and no evidence she called their home, investigators feared they had hit a dead-end. many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that

and so is the pennsylvania turnpike. checking your travel times on route 202, it's average start starting. >>> a man is in custody after he tried to firebomb a home around 2:30 this morning on palmetto street. the police caught the suspect a few blocks away thanks to a witness who saw him running from the scene. the atf and homeland security were notified. nobody was injured. >>> today kathleen cain will be inside a philadelphia courtroom to watch a supreme court hearing about her criminal case. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside city hall where the hearing is going to take place with what to expect today. katie? >> reporter: kathleen cain is going to be inside city hall here today because she wants to hear the arguments against her. so later today the state supreme court will consider whether a judge had the authority to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the attorney general. the investigation centered around whether cain's office gave secret grand jury materials to a newspaper. the grand jury run by special

mount holy or moorestown or riverton or even on the pennsylvania side, and levittown, if it is snowing now it will end up as snow because it will be over rather quickly, that is good news. lets check with our eyewitness weather watchers ande what we have to say. in south jersey we have mix with rain and sleet and then as you move further north closer to the river we're talking about mainly snow. bob reporting snow in burlington township with a temperature of 31 degrees. let's check out pennsylvania because we have had impressive snow amounts here 31 degrees, so below freezing. this is reported by carolyn in philadelphia. the temperature is still quite coal, march lion refusing to stop roaring. snow is wet, heavy. be careful shoveling. good news if you wait long enough tomorrow will be 50 i think you can let driveway go that is good news. lets look at northern delaware where it has change over to rain steve, and others are reporting rain and temperature of 33 degrees. the lets look outside, because

at college at the university of pennsylvania he even punted. the bethlehem native bednarek was a machine gun shore flew 30 missions on b17 bombers. he was elected to the hall of fame in 1967. the iron man died early this morning after a brief illness in an assist ted living facility in richland pennsylvania. he was 89. former eagles coach dick vermeil recalled his friend fondly over the phone with me today. >> to me he is the pennsylvania pennsylvanian of the century. there are other philadelphia eagles great players, i don't think that any of them really represent philadelphia more deeply then a person born and raised in pennsylvania. he went to church every morning. anyone who deserves to go to heaven they will put an escalator there for him. >> eagles owner jeffery laurie sent out this statement that read philadelphia fans grew up expecting toughness effort and workmen like attitude there this team. so much of that image has its way in the routes chuck played his team. chip kelly says the way he played the game with the even less passion and

it was caused by compressed tanks of natural gas and at one point authorities considered closing the pennsylvania turnpike and peco shut off power to the plant that also cut off 900 customers in the area, power was restored two hours later. the business was started by peter george prits more than 60 years ago his four sons took over later one of them bob prits looked on today as fire investigators from the state and county started picking through the ruckle. members say this might be the end of the business and were not willing to talk about it on camera. >> it's early in the investigation and there is no word yesterday on how this fire might have started. if arson is expected on a fire this size they usually call in federal atf agents to help with the investigation, but so far they are not involved here. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> all right david thank you. >>> church deacons in burlington county are figuring out when they withhold services after their church went up in fire. the eastern bible church is on fire here, it's a quaker meeting house that dates back to 1811, one pastor li

pennsylvania has the lowest minimum wage of our three states. delaware's will increase in june from $7.75 to $8.25. new jersey's minimum wage is the highest at $8.38 an hour. >>> bucks county officials will hear from verizon on its proposal to build a new cell phone tower in humville. officials are expected to make a decision during tonight's meeting. that meeting is scheduled for 7:30 tonight in the borough hall in humville. >>> death penalty debate front and center in harrisburg. inmates filed a lawsuit over the drugs pennsylvania uses for lethal injection. the suit claims the mix of drugs is illegal. last month governor tom wolf put a hold on all executions in the state while the process is reviewed. >>> prison officials have moved about 35 inmates from a berks county officials after several recent escapes. they say public safety concerns prompted the change at warnersville correction center. the inmates are now held at york county prison. >>> today in the boston marathon bombing trial, focus turns to the police officer murdered in the hours

it's right near the pennsylvania turnpike. we're told right now that no one has been hurt in this fire. as you can see lucy talk about it, scott william tack about it winds are about 15 miles an hour. maybe gusting up to 30. and these flames are out of control. they are trying to get some water on that but this thing is nowhere being contained right now. >> here's the thing we're looking at here. this explosion, this call came in about 30 minutes ago. this is right near the turnpike. we're in the middle of rush hour hour. >> right. >> luckily the roads are okay. but, you know, when you see something like that on the turnpike your ice will veer over that way. you're going to look and see what is going on. hopefully there will be no problems from this but i also wonder because the winds are out of the northwest scott william says what kind of obstruction any other drives down wind are going to have and then, of course, rom area. what is happening with the residential area as we all know these winds when they're ripping up to 30

the back edge of it already in western pennsylvania. but a band of some heavier rain starting to move into the philadelphia area itself. and the rain/snow line still north of allentown and right near the poconos. so mt. pocono up here getting some of that heavy snow and some areas will see the changeover as we go into the evening. the temperature contrast is amazing. it's 32 degrees in mt. pocono. and yet it's 58 degrees in philadelphia. at the same time. that's a pretty strong front in between there. and it's in the 60s in delaware. so, some of that colder air will be moving down as we go through the night. the rain will be moving in take the umbrellas. and some of that rain may be on the heavier side. much cooler weather by 10:00. but we have much warmer weather later in the week. we'll see how warm with the seven-day in a few minutes. >>> fire at an ocean county university's largest dorm now being called arson. the county prosecutor's office says someone set fire to paper flyers and decorations on a dorm room door. fire scorched the

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two pennsylvania lawmakers proposing a bill to amend the law. the new bill would add penalties for people who publish unauthorized pictures of people they don't know. the current law only applies when the victim has a relationship with the person who publishes the photos. >>> new information at 11:00 on a mother found murdered inside a philadelphia home. she was found shot inside a house on spruce street in west philadelphia. police say her body was found underneath a burned mattress. we have learned the victim is 29-year-old geneva owens who you see pictured here. police are still looking for her killer. if you know anything, please give them a call. >>> a 15-year-old accused of murdering a man walking his dog has surrendered to police. high school freshman tyfine hamilton is accused of killing james patrick stuhlman. nbc 10 was there as police searched hamilton's family home in west philadelphia earlier today. >> how much money can you possibly have walking your dog? at most, you have your keys with you. but you're walking your dog. what are y

this is just south of the pennsylvania pennsylvania turnpike. police say no one was in the building when these flames erupted shortly after 5:00. we will of course have much more on this coming up on "eyewitness news" at the ten and 11:00 o'clock. >>> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on the cw philly and we are back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. >>> stay tuned for the "cbs evening news". charlie rosies sitting in for scott >> rose: their homes were wrecked by sandy. now they say they're victims again of fraud. also tonight, prime minister netanyahu defends his controversial address to congress, saying the survival of israel is at stake. the l.a. police chief says his officers opened fire on a homeless man after one cop yelled "he has my gun." and the search for the inner larry david. >> i would say larry david is the guy you see on "curb your enthusiasm." >> rose: no. >> yes. >> rose: no. >> captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> rose: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm cha

again, this is on wyandotte road near the pennsylvania turnpike. if you have family members coming home from this area tonight, you can rest assured there's going to be a bit of a delay. we will stay on top of this story and bring you more information coming up in just a few minutes on nbc 10. >>> we continue to watch breaking news from sky force 10. this is a sheet metal plant that has been on fire now for at least the last half hour or so. it is the trico metal products in the 2300 block of wyandotte road in upper moreland willow grove area of montgomery county. these flames still very very intense. the good news here no reports of any injuries and it does look like the fire is contained to this one business. >> of course when you're covering a fire like this weather certainly plays a part in particular the wind. i know our first alert team of meteorologists have been watching the winds over the past hour. why don't we check in now with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz to bring us up to date. glenn, what have you seen with the winds

a toddler found face down in a pennsylvania stream pore than an hour after he disappeared. next the incredible recovery that doctors say they've never seen before. >> we are waiting now for snow and rain to move into the area. just cloudy skies over boat house row. it is the first alert weather day. we will have challenging conditions especially later on. right now it is 35 degrees here at nbc 10 at 4:37. . >>> pot hole patching is expected to wrap up. penndot crews have been resurfacing route 1 city avenue. the patchwork stretched from the delaware county line in haverford to lower marion township in montgomery county. a plan to patch up the bridge in philadelphia is now in the works. city councilman david oh introduced a bill to focus on bridges not only by the city. the bill would allow the streets department to take action if the owner of a dangerous bridge refuses to accept responsibility. the bill would allow the city to fine the bridge owner or take legal action if needed repairs are not done. >>> 4:40. happening later today, governor tofrl wolf will be in philadelph

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update from police rock creek at pennsylvania it's closed off. pushing people off to p street. 95 virginia looking good. 66 into and out of town no problems there. a live picture of 270 coming up. >>> thank you. >>> take a look at the surveillance video. it shows philadelphia police tasering a man twice on train tracks. you can see the man was jumping up-and-down on the divider between the busy tracks yesterday. he refused to move to the platform. that's when officers used a taser on him twice. the man eventually got up and walked away. police did catch up with him. took him to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. >>> an oregon father is facing multiple charges after he was caught blowing marijuana smoke into his infant child's mouth. a friend caught 22-year-old christopher klain on camera. witnesses have seen cling blow smoke at his child more than once. he faces up to 20 years in prison. police say the 1-year-old is safe now. they are not releasing that video. >>> president obama says his health care overhaul is working better than antici

central pennsylvania family is under investigation after a person dies after being bitten by a rat. >>> on the scene way to school you can throw a coat on the kids some precipitation might come in so you want to bundle them up. i'll have the latest on radar and future tracker 6 showing you the arrival and departure of this evening's snow that's coming up. # i see the snow. >> reporter: i know, it's still winter. until 6:45 tonight it's okay that it snows. >> and it's 70 degrees, right? >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we are starting to moisten up the atmosphere by going in a little bit tighter you might be seeing a little snowflake in southern chester county and southern new castle county, delaware. it might have have a problem hitting the ground but it's on its way here. probably in the morning commute if it starts early today we'll see slushiness develop. as we look outside, we have sky 6 looking at cloudy skies, of course over the region, there we go and tranquil conditions as there isn't a whole lot of wind out there. temperatures 36 degrees right now in philad

the pennsylvania lottery. (woman) yeah, cash ka-pow. (man) top prize of $100,000. (foreground woman) the leis are a nice touch. (male announcer) want to see your dreams come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning. the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >>> jerome allen is one of the greatest players in penn history. unfortunately he will not be one of their greatest coaches. allen has reportedly been informed he will be fired after the season which conclude tuesday a at the palestra. his players learned of the situation before tonight's game with cornell and then went on to win their ninth game 79-72. afterward allen would not speak of the matter but what he did say, spoke volumes. >> i will say this, in my attempt to be like marshawn lynch, i'm just here so i won't get find. if you can read between the lines then you will save your breath. >>> senior day at temple will cummings in the hunt for his coach, before the game. then he got a parting gift. cummings had a career high 23 a

pennsylvania pennsylvania was just a above the national average. >>> on health check at 11:00 do you have diabetes and not know it fact is that is the case for one in three americans who have the disease. but a new study found that improvement is on the way on the diagnosis front. researchers are crediting that to the affordable health care act known as obama care. more patients are going to the doctor now that they have health insurance. in a study of 26 state with newly expanded medicaid coverage diagnoses of type two diabetes was up nearly 25 percent. >>> it may not seem like spring yet with the temperatures still will well below average but doctors say that allergy season is arriving. the asthma center started its pollen count testing and found tree will pollen at high levels specifically mapel and juniper. experts expect grass pollen to start circulating next sometime in april. >>> so now is the the time to talk tour doctor to make a plan. most allergy medications are more effective to prevent symptoms before they start. >>> it seems to me that we're kind of losing on two front

take a look at the pennsylvania turnpike. an accident slowing some things down on portions of the pennsylvania turnpike westbound. 31, 33 is your drive time between valley forge and route 1. >>> snow winter weather could impact the evening commute for a while now. >> it can. nbc10's jesse gary is live in center city where it really is a slow go out there. jesse, describe things where you are. it's coming down steadily. >> reporter: steadily all day, heavy, wet flakes and that's adding to the slushy mess that's on the sidewalks here. this is all slush. it's heavy and thick. you heard glenn talk about the ice coming tonight. a difficult reminder that no matter what the calendar or clock may say, it's still not spring. >> it's sad this is the first day of spring. >> reporter: jerry logan may have had help clearing his mini but what he really wanted was heat from warmer weather. >> i'm ready for spring to come for real. you know, this here is -- it's winter. any time we get this much snow it's winter. >> reporter: the start of sp

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the pennsylvania game commission installed an eagle cam focused on the nest in december. officials say the eaglets won't be ready to fly on their own until late june or early july. >>> i'm nbc10's vince lattanzio with this nbc10 digital exclusive. are you looking for a job? 130 new jobs are coming to the area. a large restaurant is opening up shop at the king of prussia mall and they're looking to hire servers, hosts, cooks and more. find out how to apply and when the restaurant will start dishing out food in this digital exclusive story from our partners at the philadelphia business journal. available now through the nbc10 app. >> thank you. >>> rebuilding the beach, it's a vital job to protect the always vulnerable coastline. but progress comes with a cost especially one jersey shore community. why business owners in ocean county aren't happy about a beach replenishment project. >>> i continue to track some light rain and fog for tonight. wait until you see the track for tomorrow. it will finally feel like spring, but just don't get used to it. >>> coming up on "nbc10 n

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so the pennsylvania lottery changed the name of "the daily number" to "pick 3". it's that easy to play. pick 3. easy to play. simple to say. it doesn't get much easier than picking two things. you pick two, and... you're basically done. that's why the pennsylvania lottery created pick 2. just pick two numbers. done. pick 2. easy to play. simple to say. >>> there are sweeping patterns of discrimination in the police department in ferguson missouri the feds say, a new report alleges that police are more likely to stop blacks rather than whites and to use excessive force against blacks unarmed teen, michael brown was killed by a white police officer there setting off weeks of protests. >> a bill to keep the homeland security department is headed for the president's desk tonight. they approved the $40 billion bill to fund the agency they are trying to attach exceptions to the measure to undo president obama's immigration orders. but republicans backed off today's bill was passed with no conditions and the president is expected to sign it as soon as possible. >> time

. >>> pennsylvania state police are on the scene of a shooting near allentown. we have launched skyforce10 on the way to the scene. police from montgomery county are assisting. we are working to get you more information. we don't know how many people were shot or the conditions or the victims. as soon as we get more information, we will keep you posted on air and online. >>> a pedestrian is struck overnight on route 130 in burlington county. a driver hit a man walking near fairview street. this happened around 10:30 last night. an ambulance rushed the victim to cooper hospital. no word on his age or condition. the driver did stop. there's no word on charges in the case. >>> a man being treated for burn injuries in a house fire in gloucester county. crews were called out around 1:00 this morning. the man has burns on his feet legs and stomach. he was rushed to the hospital. >>> dozens of people are out of their homes after a fire raced through an apartment complex in northeast philadelphia. matt delucia is live on the scene. road closures still in effect people o

significant damage to the house in blue bell, pennsylvania. the bus driver was taken to the hospital for observation. police are trying to figure out what caused the bus driver to lose control. >>> the dallas cowboys are coming under fire for signing greg hardy to the contract. he was put on trial last year for domestic violence charges, but the cowboys and team owner jerry jones are showing no remorse. jones enlisted the help of his own daughter to deflect criticism but it has done little to silence the outrage. >> we are prepared for him to come to the cowboys and we are prepared with the resources and the support to make that transition. >> you can rob a department store and now you can beat a woman and play with the star on your helmet. >> hardy played just one game for the carolina panthers last year. he was arrested in may for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. a judge found hardy guilty of assaulting and threatening to kill her but the case was later dismissed. observers say they think there was a probable settlement between hardy and his gi

at the university of pennsylvania palestra. the funeral will immediately follow the viewing at 10 a.m. there will also be several road closures detours and changes to septa routes during officer wilson's funeral tomorrow. use our "nbc10 news" app to get the information you need to plan ahead. >>> skyforce10 live over breaking news at joint base mcguire dick lakehurst. officials have found two suspicious packages. they evacuated the facilities until they can determine what's in those packages. we'll keep you posted on this story. >>> updating you on breaking news that skyforce10 has been over in gloucester county. we learned one person has been taken to the hospital after this house fire in woodbury heights. the fire started here along barlow avenue about an hour ago. >>> now an nbc10 first alert weather. tracking heavy rain moving into our area just a matter of hours from now. this system will dump a saturday soaker across the delaware valley. >> hopefully you had a chance to maybe enjoy your lunch outside, go for a walk maybe

and we have been talking to the pennsylvania state police. this is 95 northbound at yardley langhorne road. earlier both lanes were blocked because of a tractor-trailer and car accident out here. it looks like we saw the barricades set up still blocking the right lane but some cars are getting by on the left side. so that's good news for drivers out there heading northbound on 95. so you can see here that traffic is slowing down approaching this accident scene. and it looks like the left lane is getting by here approaching yardley. for folks traveling elsewhere, take a look at the drive times 95 southbound from woodhaven road to the expressway at 14 minutes. also looking good on the schuylkill expressway and 422 in montgomery county. >>> a pennsylvania road will be named after a state trooper killed in an ambush shooting in the pocanos. the town of dunmore is showing the road to be named after corporal michael dixon. trooper douglass was also wounded in the shooting. eric frein said this was an assassination. he pleaded not guilty to terroris

chris christine maddela is following that. >> 295 in jnlgnew jersey, the pennsylvania turnpike not a lot of volume. but plymouth township is where we are watching this crowd on germantown pike. a portion of this is closed near hallowell road and pleasant road. it's a small section but there's no real good way to get around that section of germantown pike closed. the best way to get around it is to take sandy hill road and wind around the road closure. we'll keep an eye on it to see how long that section of germantown road remains closed. >>> the nationwide battle to stop bullying may begin in bucks county. we'll expla inin a live report next. >>> and some more tough news for the gaming industry in atlantic city. new numbers show casinos took a big hit last month. we'll tell you what experts say is the biggest factor. >>> here's a different approach. governor jack markel is helping districts reassess the tests they require at the local level and is changing them to state required. the new test is more difficult and for the first time it will assess students' writing and critical think

tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 why some people are pennsylvania paying for a relationship with a man or women of their dreams. >>> philadelphia is two hundred days from pope francis stepping in the city and meeting millions of people expected to come see him. today we have learn the papal visit has been designated a national special security event, meaning that secret service, home land security and fbi will all be playing a role. our pat ciarrocchi has more. >> reporter: pope francis has become a magnet, his wednesday audience draws tense of thus toss st. peters square. meanwhile philadelphia is waiting for millions. a life sized cut out has become symbol of what is to come less than 200 days from right now. >> it is just the beginning. >> reporter: philadelphia's power elite met to support committees draft todd handle every aspect of the world meeting of families. beginning september the between the second, and capped off with a two take visit here by pope francis. >> there will be a high level of security the entire week. in order to pull off an event of this nature they can

in pennsylvania, so far in philadelphia picked up 2.2-inches of snow at the airport. skippack 4.2, the same for allentown. drexel hill in delaware county three and a half inches. hough's church 5-inches. so far in that 3 to 6-inch range as predicted. delaware and new jersey one to 3-inch range. claymont 1.7 the mcguire air force base three an half, sewell 2.5. ewing just over 2-inches of snow. temperatures are at or above freezing area wide. we're not looking at icy conditions it's more slush conditions especially on those secondary roads, sidewalks and the parking lots. but we will say hello to spring tonight at 6:45 p.m. i wish it looked like this out our window right now. but the positive thing here, daylight is increasing along with those air temperatures. by 7:30 tonight the precipitation ending close to philadelphia. but notice by 11:30 temperatures will be dropping below freezing north and west and that is where we'll see that slush refreeze over to solid ice across much of the area, if not in fact the entire area overnight. but tomorrow when the four day at 4:

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upper 30s across pennsylvania up to trenton. but by 9:00 tonight we should all be dropping below freezing and that's where we'll see anything that's melted today refreeze again. tomorrow evening big area of weather off to our west. this will be traveling across the country. by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening, we'll see a big area of ice move through, so a lot in the forecast for tomorrow evening's commute. this will start as early as afternoon hours so we're looking at potentially dangerous travel. coming up we'll take a closer look at the timing of this and also more snow coming later this week. >>> flying ice is a danger we've been dealing with a lot this winter. nbc 10's doug shimell has been examining the problem. doug, what have you found? >> reporter: well we talked to charlie mcclenahan, we profiled him a month ago when his vehicle was damaged by a chunk of ice. he saw it come off the back of a truck and he stayed with the truck, calling in a description to 911 operators. he said he thought that would have removed

and my one-on-one sit down with pennsylvania's new governor tom wolff. tonight we're not talking policy but personal experiences and yes, that is tom wolff cecily. >> the weekend is here and now get ready for an unwelcomed visitor winter is making a come back. i'll explain in the accuweather 7 day forecast. >> and ducis rogers with a career performance by a sixer star rookie. when "action news" continues tonight pass >> an eight year ordeal over for amanda knox her sentence overturned conviction overturned. she served four years in prison for conviction in 2009 two years late area quitted and last year convicted again. could have face aid new trial. a short time ago she spoke from her no seattle. >> i'm incredibly grateful for what has happened. >> for justice i received for the support that i have from everyone from my family, friends, to strangeers to people like you, it -- you saved my life and i'm so grateful. >> when asked about what she would say to the family of marry death kercher roommate killed shed is "i'm the lucky one." >> and liftoff. >> th

even on the pennsylvania turnpike itself. let me head back for a second and give you an idea of i-95 jammed entirely northbound and southbound in and out of the penns landing, all the way through to the the northeast. we will have breaks but not the for long. lets continue over to a few majors like the schuylkill, vine, pennsylvania turnpike, extension, 202, 42 two we have speed restrictions of 45 miles an hour and that goes as well with some of our area bridges of 35 miles an hour. the best thing to do in weather like this is give yourself more time. take a look at the red are. it is just doing all of the talking for me. traveling our regional rail you are doing okay, some trolleys, however experiencing up to 15 minute delays, jessica. >> all right. rough go, vittoria, thanks very much. >>> some of philadelphia's brightest students are showcasing their creativity. temple university hosted 36th annual george washington carver science fair today. "eyewitness news" in north philadelphia where these students used their science m