pennsylvania lawmakers. this morning a quint committee is holding a hearing at city hall. state representative maria donnatuci introduced a bill allowing work tours get paid sick leave at a rate of one hour of leave for every 40 hours work. another bill in harrisburg would overturn the cities sick leave law erika. >>> still ahead revel new owner hits a new roadblock why the building won't be ready for busy summer tourist season. >>> have you even this man? local store where he is accused of taking pictures up a woman's skirt. also this... >>> girl says to me give me money, i stop, looked at her and say that will happen. >> pennsylvania ice cream truck driver risk his life, to stop a robber, hear what he did when a woman pulled up with a gun on him. >>> enjoy the sun today. katie says it will go from steamy to stormy. she will let you know when wet wet's lives when we do traffic and weather together on the three's, we will be right back. new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressi

we have some breaking news for anyone traveling on the pennsylvania turnpike. if you are commuting in the westbound direction before bensalem not too far from street road right lane is block as a result of the overturn tanker truck. we have word that possible fluid is leak on the road as well and with that right lane being blocked causing a little bit of traffic throughout this area with it being only 4:35 we are not seeing rush hour but as we need to attend to this incident there are still vehicles commuting on the turnpike and it is causing a problem. we will continue to keep you updated how it is affecting pa turnpike and continue to affect pa turnpike this morning. again we will continue to keep you updated on that n regard to the rest of your majors at this time, well, i-95, schuylkill, traveling on 476 and rest of our majors in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware with the exception of the pa turnpike they are still just sleeping. speed sensors high up in the 50's. traveling on i-95, and 202 right around chesterbrook we are really experiencing a mute rid

the rain is in western and central pennsylvania. and moving towards our area it will be here after midmorning and will stay into the afternoon and possibly even some rain especially delaware and south jersey as we head into the evening hours. heading out the door. look at the chill, wrightstown, 51 51 in wilmington pottstown at 49 wild philadelphia international is 56. down in the lower 50s for roxborough and northeast philadelphia. light wind clouds and showers arriving by 10:00 this morning. 59 degrees at 10:00. rain will be falling at 1:00 just 60 degrees. much cooler today. we'll go neighborhood by neighborhood with the forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. thursday morning, let's see what's happening on the roads, jessica boyington in the "first alert" traffic center. >>> we have a busy thursday morning so far. we are

the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >> reporter: init was touch and go for a while but we made it to friday, congratulations. the weekend is almost upon us, and so far we're going pretty well on the schuylkill expressway. as you head eastbound toward center city this morning no construction in your way not a lot of traffic in in your way the road is dry kelly drive lincoln drive, in the clear. our construction on the pennsylvania turnpike, that i mentioned a little bit ago. eastbound between fort washington and ill will low grove has -- willow grove has cleared out. a disabled vehicle along nash avenue in upper moreland land has cleared. there's construction in galloway township route 30, pomona road going until 6:00. would you want you watch -- watch out for that at marla's mexican restaurant. construction 130 northbound past hollywood avenue. that card this weekend -- nascar this weekend rev your engines. >>> port smith police say an officer noticed a car in a wooded area wednesday night. th

westbound pennsylvania turnpike, blocked approaching downingtown. stick to 202 southbound to the 30 bypass westbound to route 100 northbound to get around the closure. this will cause huge problems all lane blocked westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike. exton, 30 bypass, clear. >> reporter: we're dry right now, with rain to the west. 48 in saint davids. 48 in woodbine. 50 in browns mills. low to mid 50s from hockessin to dover, delaware. as you go into the morning and afternoon there's chance of light rain. 57 degrees by 9:00 a.m. noon, 61 there's a chance of a sprinkle. the steadier rain farther south you go toward the shore. 60 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 63 failure early in the day. by -- fairly early in the day. cool and damp today tam. >> charges have been upgraded for the suspect in the disappearance and death of a nursing stiewrnt. student. dylan adams faces charge of murder. his brother and friend have been indicted on the same charges that adams faces. investigators found bobo's remains in tennessee after she went missing. >>> a teenager

an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike. we'll find out what exactly is going on with "nbc 10's" first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> all lanes are blocked on the pa turnpike due to an overturned tractor-trailer in bristol. all lanes blocked between delaware valley and bensalem. all of the slow going completely red and jammed. east bound currently having no problems. still dealing with a sinkhole in berlin, new jersey on the white horse pike. closed headed towards haddon avenue, chris. >>> hackers have once again infiltrated the federal government, and this time it's the irs that's been hacked. next, the way the criminals cracked the system and how you can find out if your information was stolen. >> reporter: and, chris, when temperatures reach 90 as they're expected to do later in the area. many of us take it easy and stay inside. that is not an option for some people whose business only heats up. >>> it's 4:15. on to decision 2016. another candidate is entering the race for president today. he's a familiar fa

that will do it for us here at ppl park in chester pennsylvania. the the toronto final toronto fc shuts out philadelphia union one to nothing. we thank you for watching union soccer here on six abc. for tony le marsi jill lloydon, peter pathas and our entire cry i'm jp dell acam acamra. now we invite to you stay tuned for "action news" and enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva respimat does not replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva respimat. discuss all medicines you take even eye drops. if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells you get hives, vision changes or eye pain or problems passing urine stop taking spiriva respimat and call your doctor right away. side effects include sore throat cough, dry mouth and sinus infection. nothing can rev

speed sensors high in the 50's in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. just a lot of good news for the most part. unfortunately in vineland we have an accident investigation at orchard road at elm. delsea drive and walnut road would be good alternate in that air were. >>> 5:35. in business news another controversy from a company with headquarters in our area. >> and cupid could be watching out for you. >> um-hmm. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee. wall street is looking for a rebound today after suffering its worst day in three weeks. the dow jones lost 190-point yesterday, the nasdaq fell 56. now it came despite good economic data that the economy, consumer confidence is up, so are sales have of new homes. investors don't necessarily like that though because strong data means the fed will stay on track to raise interest rates by the end of the year. >>> lily pull either is apologizing over the issue of fat shaping. insuring magazine published photos inside the company's

but the line of showers moving into western pennsylvania. that's the line that we're going to be watching. it will turn stronger as the day goes on. hour-by-hour forecast before the storms get here we'll see some sunshine but mostly cloudy. 72 degrees at 7:00. by 10:00 it will be nearing the 80 degree mark. 1:00 this afternoon, 84 degrees and climbing. we'll be watching for storm developments thr

no birds tested positive in pennsylvania. state officials decided to suspend all poultry competitions at state approved fairs and the pennsylvania farm show. nationwide the avian flu killed 34 million birds in 15 states and that does not include pennsylvania, new jersey or delaware. pennsylvania does have a history with this disease. in 1983 and '84, an outbreak killed 17 million birds, worth $65 million. today, the poultry and egg industry is responsible for $13 billion in economic activity throughout pennsylvania. >>> bad news for drivers heading to parts of the jersey shore for the memorial day weekend. the heavily traveled townsend inlet bridge will be closed as crews finish making repairs. the bridge connects sea isle city and avalon. it could stay closed for another three weeks. that means drivers will have to take a much longer detour. here's how you do it. head inland and take route 9, also called shore road and go around townsend's inlet. >>> what a fantastic day to get outside. nbc 10 at dilworth park as people got

wet weather moving in through western pennsylvania, it looks like it is making a beeline granted, our western counties might get clipped by this but overall we expect wet weather to move in from the south to the north. now, with that said if you are in the poconos, in the lehigh valley, you are generally going to find nothing more than just clouds here today but these are rain deficit as they stan, since may 1st specifically. we could really use a good drenching rain in allentown where you're two and a half inches below where you should be for monthly precipitation total. this is at the point where we're not having any major drought concerns necessarily but enough i would say hey let take a rain and enjoy it. because as we look forward in the forecast we have very nice weather for the holiday weekend. today lower 60's at best, not the a lot of movement on the thermometer and with more cloud then anything it will feel cool to you and you might want to think about having that umbrella in toe for midday vittoria. >> thanks, katie good morning everyone. traveling right now on our majors w

fighting in those rateses both here in southwest pennsylvania and across pennsylvania, i know what it's like to be an underdog. four years ago -- well, no one gave us much of a chance. but we won 11 states. [ cheers and applause ] we got 4 million votes. and it's not just because i stood for something. it's because i stood for someone. the american worker. [ applause ] i promised then, as i promise you now i will take money and powerplay out of washington and put it back where our constitution says it belongs. in the people who earned it. [ applause ] [ chanting ] rick rick, rick! the last race, we changed the debate. this race, with your help, and god's grace, we can change this nation. [ cheers and applause ] join us! join us! rick santorum.com, and let's take back america! god bless you! god bless america! [ music ] >> and rick santorum, the former two term senator from pennsylvania officially becomes the 7th republican presidential candidate in the 2016 cycle. and maybe as many as a dozen more are still to come. rick santorum will perhaps have a more difficult time than he had four

(female announcer) cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. play for fun. cash for life. >> a state advisory panel is eyeing draft legislation that would post a fee on single bags in delaware. delaware already encouraging the recycling of plastic grocery bags by having stores provide bins where customers can recycle them. >> reporter: looking live at 42 in belmawr, traffic is moving well in both ways. 42 the black horse pike southbound is closed in washington township. we'll talk about the crash there coming up. if you're traveling between delran and mount laurel. the pave work continues and long creek road. stick with rancocas road. so far so good on the mass transit front karen. >> reporter: we take a look at the travel weather around the region. yesterday we saw problems with the low ceilings in philadelphia. we have clouds around and fog no delays, i would keep an eye on that if you're heading out. in boston, cloud cover, 65 we're not seeing delays throughout the east coast. we're looking at rain coming to atlanta. you may see delays later. 68 in readin

a new list is out ranking the best towns in pennsylvania. see which took the top spot and why. >>> also baking in the hot sun. abnormal heat, and a lack of rain are hurting the crops, and in some spots the drought risk is rising. ahead, how officials are conserving water across the driest parts of new jersey. >>> a stretch of southern california coastline is still closed to night after something mysterious washed up on the beach tonight. look at globs of what looked like tar. awe authorities say that the cleanup could stretch into next week as they try to figure out what the substance is. they range from the size of a golf ball to football and enough of them to fill a dump truck, too. and popular beaches outside of los angeles remain closed as the crews continue to cleanup. >>> continue to warn the public to stay out of the water, and to stay behind the lifeguard towers so they don't get in the way of the operation. >> the investigators say they can't rule out the possibility that the oil spill from last week in santa barbara may have moved

but this was clear across a pennsylvania. so, i had to go back and start learning about why chesapeake was leasing so far across pennsylvania, and i did. and that really got me onto the second stage of learning about fracking, what was going on, and it really brought me into these questions of, should we be doing this? because that's the question my mother asked me. should we sign release? and how can you get the benefit of all of this oil and gas and minimize the risk and inconvenience, the downsides to it? these are very important questions. i will posit that i do not think those questions happen answered in the united states yet. i think we are still grappling with it in texas and texas is about to pass a law looking at that very issue. who should be regulating it? the states or the cities? that's important, because one of the questions i know we're going to get to is, why hasn't shale taken off outside the united states question mark its transformative in the united states and county, but outside the united states, it rea

the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >> we are following a developing story overseas an unbearable heat wave in india has led to more than 1400 deaths. the high temperature reached above 116 degrees in some parts. people say it feels like they are walking around this a if you are anyways. light rain brought relief to some people and more relief will come in the form of monsoon rains later in the week him but unfortunately another hot spell is expected to follow that. >> reporter: that's devastating news when you talk about the weather it impacts people so much in our parts of the region we're talking about a scattered storm around not that much of a big deal. storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region, we're dry, we had storms yesterday we're looking at a current shower out west near gettysburg keep an eye on that. let's go outside and show you when it looks like, sky6 live hd looking live at philadelphia international. we had all ciefts problems with the low -- kinds of problems with t

very much in pennsylvania. i'm proud of the work being done in pennsylvania. i look forward to seeing it continue. >> he said finding a cure for cancer, heart disease and alzheimer's should be the government's top priority. >> mosquitos season is here. texas has its first human case of west nile virus. health officials say this case comes more than a month early yr ethan last -- early ier than last year. protect yourself with insect repellants containing deet and remove standing water in and around your home. virus symptoms include stomach pain, fever and rash. fewer americans are smoking. a new government report are shows cigarette and tobacco use dropped between 2011 and 2013. 26 states show a significant decline. the data shows some people may be turning to smokeless tobacco. rates of using that form of tobacco dropped in only two states and went up in four. let's look at the numbers in the area. in pennsylvania the smoking rate the is 21%, down one and a half percent. in jan down to 15.7%. delaware is downer more than 2%. >>> this weekend the hol day fun i

so if they did it in one well in ten, that proved not to be good enough because in pennsylvania, for example, there are no standards for water wells and it is well known that 40% of all private water wells in pennsylvania would not pass epa standards. and it is very easy for the public to identify a well that they have problems with and immediately blame it on industry regardless of whether that actually happened, so as russell has mentioned water well standards. the second of course importance was well construction, and just to amplify a little further the early wells drilled in pennsylvania by more than one company were wells in which a production string was passed down through several thousand feet of upper rock without being cemented. at the time that industry first came to pennsylvania, industry did not realize the extent to which this three to four thousand foot interval of section was gas charged in itself, not gas from marcellus necessarily but other gas from other layers. and that came into the open well bore, went up several thousand feet and right into ground water. so tho

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i'm watching clouds in western pennsylvania. there's a line of showers that could turn severe for our area this afternoon. this morning they're pretty quiet. the severe weather threat for pennsylvania and into new jersey and delaware including wilmington, philadelphia trenton. most likely we'll see the storms late this afternoon into the early evening hours. keep an eye on the sky for strong storms developing this afternoon. before they get here warm and humid conditions. 80 to near 90 degrees. it will feel steamy through the day today. tomorrow, another steamy day and a chance of more storms in the afternoon. the threat sticks around into friday. but a break from the storms on saturday. not the heat though. 88 degrees on saturday. showers and thunderstorms a possibility as temperatures hold in the 70s for sunday, monday and tuesday. we'll be right back. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather. >> steamy start, the wind is blowing and it's a southerly wind. that's where we're getting the humidity. riding in on that wind that's

continue rain falling in western and central pennsylvania. that's going to be in our area later this morning and afternoon. even a chance of rain. it's dry right now, but it's chilly. pottstown, 49 degrees. 50 in pottstown. south philadelphia is right now at 56 degrees along the delaware river trail. a chill in the air that will stay with us right on through the day. grab an umbrella and jacket too. 59 degrees continuing into the afternoon hours keeping the temperature into the upper 50s and 60 degrees. neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. right now, checking in with jessica boyington, "first alert" traffic. no sunglare out there, jessica. >> no sunglare. we're starting to see volume bill. right now, we're watching a disabled vehicle being towed out of the way on 422. these are the cameras around egypt road. not affecting the drive times. still no problems on the schuylkill expressway. you can see a car being towed out of the way. just something to watch for as you head out. checking out i-95 drive times no p

i would avoid the pennsylvania turnpike westbound. they may need to block it again

shuster: that's what pennsylvania and virginia did, put a percentage on the barrel. fawn: it backs it up rather than bring the user down to miles actually driven. it's the same concept. rep. shuster: similar concept. as i said, they have done it in pennsylvania $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion in the next four or five years. they filled their hope in transportation funding. that's what i learned from the four or five d.o.t. secretaries. we have done our share. the federal government has to step up. fawn: let's talk about how you are engaging with secretary fox who from what i understand has had very good conversations with you. has he asked for anything in particular in the surface bill. we all know that he wants something long term and robust. they propose $478 billion, aren't getting that. rep. shuster: didn't pay for it small detail. fawn: is there anything that you the two of you can do to make sure that when you get the green light, everybody is on the same page? rep. shuster: nothing specifically you have asked me for, keep streamlining and doing the things that ma

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and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> u.s. secretary of state has arrived in sri lanka to help with reform. it's the first time a u.s. secretary is visiting sri lanka. >> one week after a deadly earthquake hit nepal, thousands in remote areas of the country are still waiting for aid. the quake leveled houses and villages like this one on your screen. homes that are still standing are badly damaged and unstable. there is some help that's starting to arrive but not quickly enough. one aid worker blames bureaucracy for the slowdown. >> government is probably thinking they're going to do a great job but all this bureaucratic stuff and they have not been able to do anything out here at the moment. >> the earthquake left nearly 7,000 people dead and 14,000 others injured. nepal's government is now appealing for international aid. if you'd like more information on the relief effort we have a l

they're growing reminders that thousands of bridges across new jersey and pennsylvania need help. a new study by the nonprofit national transportation research group says rural roads and bridges are leading to high fatality rates. the group is funded by businesses and labor unions involved in transportation, engineering and construction. the report says in pennsylvania, you're more than twice as likely to die on a rural road than on an interstate highway or city street. the study released tuesday said 18% of the state's rural roads pavement is in poor condition. >> we have become a nation of -- it's not just partisanship that paralyzes washington it's fear of losing their job. >> co-chairman of building america's future a bipartisan coalition of past and present elected leaders committed to improving america's infrastructure even if it means raising taxes. as the nbc 10 investigators have reported, pennsylvania has more structurally deficient bridges than any other state. this latest study found the commonwealth also has the most structurally deficient rural bridges. 1/4 of them n

down pennsylvania avenue. however, in that particular parade the united states colored troops were not allowed to march in the victory parade, so what we're doing today is we're correcting that oversight and the uscts will march in victory today down pennsylvania avenue. we've been planning this for about 18 months. and trying to get, reach out all across the country to get participants. i think we'll have over 1500 people today that includes not only soldiers but descendants of some of the soldiers also are going to march today. >> my name is lisa grandbury. i'm from tennessee, a small town about 25 miles east of memphis. today i'm here to honor my great-great grandfather. he was from tennessee. so he enlisted in the u.s. colored troops regiment in 1863. >> could you tell us a little bit about your ancestor what you know? >> what i know about him. he mustered in 1863 in tennessee, and he mustered out 1866. he was with the fifth and ninth regiment and in the battle of bryce's crossroads and had expeditions in

we'll keep watching this and update the situation on the pennsylvania turnpike. coming up. >> and a gps mishap lands two drivers in handcuffs. more on their interesting adventure when "action news" returns. >> ♪♪ >> 6:42. some of that typical early morning cloud cover when it gets a little warm there at the jersey shore. that's atlantic city where they're getting up to 82 today. closer to philadelphia look for 87. >> warm. let's head on over now to matt pelman to talk about -- what, is that funny for you. >> warm, cookies. >> that is warm, humid weather. >> delicious cookies now. i better get some. vending machine here i come. but for now matt and tam let's talk about this truck accident that we have been watching all morning long on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound. chopper six was overhead just a bit ago. this is a mile approaching the bensalem interchange. that's the exit for route one. the crash just involved that tanker truck. one vehicle accident. happened about 3:45 this morning. you can see the truck ran off the road. tow trucks there now getting r

i would avoid the pennsylvania turnpike westbound. they may need to block it again as they deal with the situation and pull the trash truck out of there, it was fully engulfed. it was a mess of a scene on the turnpike westbound. i want to take you to the maps and show you how to get around it. 202 southbound to 30 westbound to route 100 northbound to avoid the delay, a good two mile delay even though traffic is squeezing by on the turnpike westbound just one lane approaching downingtown. other problems out there an accident involving a deer warrington, county line road near 611. i-95 southbound jammed traffic from academy to cottman and the betsy ross bridge to girard. we have a salem accident fatal a single single-vehicle accident, the accident brought down wires in pits grove township, salem county. i talked to the police they said they have to deal with the down wires. salem county is not heavily populated. landis avenue is the major thoroughfare. stick to almond or lebanon. two lanes blocked on garden state parkway southbound beca

pennsylvania's minimum wage is the lowest of our three states. delaware's will increase next month to $8.25 an hour. new jersey's is the highest at $8.38 an hour. >>> we go live now to sky force 10 and breaking news. we've learned of a shooting. this is 34th and wallace in philadelphia's mantua's section. so far no arrests. police there are investigating. we'll make sure we keep you apprised of any new developments as a result of this shooting investigation taking part in the mantua section of philadelphia. >>> remember this now. this was the scene from sky force 10. it's nearly 100 acres burned across south jersey yesterday. and as it gets hotter the threat of wildfires is expected to explode. how lawmakers in washington are working today to make sure forest officials have what it takes to put out the flames. >>> and a warning about the video we're about to show you. some might find it disturbing. a wild scene captured in the wild. look closely at this deer. that's an arrow in its mouth. how people in one new jersey town are working to help the

terry i think phrase the pennsylvania experience very well, and since then pennsylvania, and ohio. increasingly able to west virginia and iraq is getting more powerful, far more productive. the techniques that are using to exploit the rock art by the way of wells are capable of doing these astronaut greats that in the gulf of mexico where things that could happen are now being experienced in a single well per well in places like ohio west virginia and pennsylvania. >> is at the primer had not been written? a great introduction for mr. gold and his book "the boom." i understand that this may be a love it personal for you as well and i have just a personal for me it's great to be on the end of asking you questions rather than answering them. sabrosa, why don't you tell us a you got into? >> i will definitely get into the personal in a minute of my story is a classic example of how it's better to be lucky than smart. when i was starting off at "the wall street journal" looking around for the become a joint the energy team. not for any particularly good reason. other than the fact i wa

the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. >> this little guy showed up on a san francisco sidewalk. earnl rescuers -- animal rescuers trapped him and took him to a marine rescue center. of sea creatures warm up in places where they do not belong if the ocean gets warmer and the food supply dwindles. >>> jill dugger is concerned about the way she carries her infant son. her son is tucked in a baby sling and is below her breast line. the sling should be higher resting on her chest. the 23-year-old is a trained midwife. >>> hollywood is getting ready for the the biggest boxing match in years and laying down bets. many pacquiao takes on floyd mayweather. they are expected to make $100 million each. >> 4:57 a south jersey man expects to learn his fate that caused a 3 car crash that killed a 9-year-old boy. >>> there were tense moments for what was mostly a peaceful protest on the streets of center city. we'll get you the details when in connection with comes right back. there's over two hundred thousand

the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. hello again here some of the stories we're following on "action news" at 12:30. in towns big and small america pauses to pay tribute to the sacrifices of the men and women in uniform. >>> president obama says we must never forget the sacrifices as he attends the wreath-laying ceremony at the arlington national cemetary. and people down the shore try to get in the last hours of a great holiday weekend. >> americans are devoting time to honor the nation's war dead those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. [taps playing]. >> the action cam was in bear delaware for the veterans memorial cemetary. stars and stripes flew over the ceremony. president obama joined military members an their families at arlington national cemetary. he placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he talked about sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform many who died for our country's freedoms. it's a sacrifice that may never be forgotten. >> we are acutely aware as we speak our men and women in unifor

first lets update you on the pennsylvania turnpike. we have an overturned tanker truck, that was temporarily blocking all lanes but now only right lane is block. westbound before bensalem. they are making progress, however, traveling in and around this area have bucks county you will notice delays on the pennsylvania turnpike this happened a few hours ago. they had been working on it but not quite yet cleared n regard to rush hour i-95, it is heating up around cottman. out of the north east down through vine street expressway. we are moving in patches. it will only continue to grow thicker than that. schuylkill expressway is pleasant. not too far from montgomery. westbound around city avenue i would anticipate that pocket is starting to form. we have construction traveling in delaware, 295 at a i-95 off ramp to route 41 is closed, from 9:00p in m to 5:00 p.m. traveling in and around this area be mindful of that later on erika. >> vittoria, thank you. >>> we are following developing news overseas where officials from fifi soccer's gover

camera's run by the pennsylvania game commission. officials believe the problem here is well eagle waste. that's how we're going to put it. they hope tomorrow's rain will clean it up. meantime viewers of the cam are having fun with the development. they figure the eagles are tired of the attention and this was their way of trying to get privacy. >> can't blame them. can't blame them. if you'd like to check out the live camera yourself you can find a link on the nbc 10 app. john? >>> our eagles picture pretty clear with chip kelly. they continue to shake up the personnel department. and we'll hear from him next. >>> i'm john clark. chip kelly has the team for workouts. evan mathis is not there. sam bradford is the birds' starting quarterback. and chip says they have talked to him about a contract extension. bradford is making $13 million this season mark sanchez resigned for two years $9 million. but sanchez believes he can compete and win the starting job. he's going to be on the comcast network's breakfast on broad tomorrow morning.

the pennsylvania lottery benefits older pennsylvanians every day. meet one today. visit theshelterpetproject.org. adopt. >> ♪♪ >> we're getting more details about a big accident causing problems in woolwich in that gloucester county, new jersey, right on the new jersey turnpike northbound. it is blocked now between exit one and exit two for 322. we're hearing it's involving two tractor-trailers and a tour bus. the tour bus wasn't carrying any passengers. one of the tractor-trailers we understand was carrying paint and auto parts so a messy scene right here an tractor-trailer caught on fire in the trailer of the truck with the paint and the auto parts so what a messy situation right here. heavy duty tow trucks are trying to make their way to the scene through the backlog and the closures right now. it all happened just after 3:30 this morning so not that long ago. southbound past exit two fire activity blocks the left lane but it's northbound that all traffic is blocked. 295 runs parallel. you can hop on 295 to avoid the problem right there. outside live in anot

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during an event near his childhood home in cannon, pennsylvania pennsylvania, the former senator from pennsylvania told supporters he will seek the republican nomination. this will be santorum's second run for the white house in 2012 he lost nomination to former massachusetts governor mitt romney. >>> right now 4:40. congress of course is on break but police want you to be aware of scammers selling tickets for concert that don't exist. the most recent case that this happened is in new jersey. >>> many saw thunderstorms and heavy rain yesterday. we could see some storms again today. katie will look at the forecast on the other side. we wil >>> death toll is rising from the severe weather in texas and oak a authorities say at least 20 people died from storms and floods. emergency officials in texas are urging 250 people to leave their homes as more rivers rise toward flood stage. >>> this morning one man is in the hospital after that wicked round of thunderstorms yesterday. officials tell "eyewitness news" he may have been struck by lightening. neighbors say they heard a loud boom and t

and that is james wilson of pennsylvania. see james wilson, age 45, born in scotland, lawyer and politician. would go on to serve on the supreme court. james wilson's central contribution to the constitutional convention was his theory of popular sovereignty. remember the preamble to the constitution. "we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union." the original draft said "we the people of new york, virginia new jersey." it listed the states individual -- the states individually because there were those at the convention, who following the model of the articles of confederation, had thought that we the people of each state worse off or had sovereign authority. that has huge consequences because if the people of each state are sovereign, it would have taken unanimous approval to ratify the constitution, which after all, violated the rules of approval of the articles of confederation which did require unanimity. and nothing could get done. also, if we the people of each state were sovereign, then any

most of us in pennsylvania we have stars out. 58 in millville. 53 in allentown. winds are light it's comfortable out there. as we head out to get the school bus, 55 by 6:00. 58 by 8:00 a.m., clear and comfortable. if you're in south jersey and delaware, you'll have the dense fog to look for. 63 by 9:00 a.m. 84 by 3:00 p.m. lots of sunshine, high of 85 degrees, probably around 4:00 p.m. and then 79 degrees by 6:00 p.m. pollen is up high today karen so allergy sufferers will have to he'd -- heed that. when we come back the weekend call. >> reporter: when we look live at i-95 at cottman it's clear no problems with fog. the overnight construction is cleared, looking good on i-95 heading toward center city. we have a couple of issues on the vine street expressway, the construction has cleared there as well. kelly drive is closed between strawberry mansion drive and the fountain green drive for the dad vail regatta. closed until 6:00 p.m. on saturday. stick to mlk or use the schuylkill expressway instead. delaware county, a closure between main street and 4th and 5th s

all majors are quiet in pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey. traveling the the pennsylvania turnpike east and westbound we have construction between valley forge and fort washington, so you will want to anticipate some 20 minute stoppages between those point until about 5:00 this morning. erika. >> thank you. >>> happening today eight year-old aniyah curry will undergo surgery to remove a bullet still lodged in her skull there a drive by shooting this weekend. a gunman opened fire on that little girl and her family as they double parked at 53rd and haverford saturday night. they think the gun was upset about the car blocking traffic so he fired in the rear window. now, the family is pleading for whom ever is responsible to turn himself in. >> she's eight years old. she didn't deserve it. she didn't. she is an innocent child. >> it wasn't minor this is a serious incident. she is still in pain right now. she could have died. >> aniyah's three and four year-old sisters were also in the back seat. they were not the hurt. >>> philadelphia police hop

in pennsylvania 83.6% buckled up. again, down slightly from the year before. jersey drivers and passengers saw the biggest drop in seat belt use. nearly 3.5%. about 87.6% wore a belt. compared to 91% a year earlier. officials plan to vigorously enforce click it or ticket laws. >>> from our trenton bureau the new jersey state senate is trying to undo governor christie's cap on salaries for school superintendents. the senate passed a bill yesterday that would lift the restrictions. the administration put the restrictions in place four years ago. the cap varies by school district size. the most superintendents cannot be paid more than the $175,000 the governor gets every year. >>> well there are several new developments to tell you about in the deadly train derailment. >>> today, another victim announced plans to sue. and as we wait for a ruling from investigators, big changes are being proposed by train engineers. what they want to happen inside the cab of every train. also ahead. >>> the days of waiting for someone to fill up your tank in new jersey may be numb

for all of new jersey all of eastern pennsylvania. the conditions favorable for a quick spread of any kind of fires. but this front may put at least a brief interruption into that issue. there's not a whole lot of moisture with it as you can see now. the severe threat tracker for tomorrow is pretty low for just about any kind of severe issues. the high wind being the highest threat. we've got that warm weather with the southwest wind and here comes some of those showers tomorrow. maybe even a thunderstorm. and then the wind shifts into the northwest. and there's wednesday morning, we may still have a few showers around. but we're still not talking about enough rain to completely get it out of the we still need rain that we're going to be talking about by the weekend as you'll see. clear, unseasonably warm tonight, 64 in philadelphia 56 north and west. tomorrow very warm day. scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. highs in the mid and some cases upper 80s. and much cooler wednesday with one day of an east wind and a few showers

>> i'll tell you, there are 27 counties listed by the pennsylvania depth. p. d.e.p. it feels like it should be on there. >> we had, i don't know, 22 snowfalls. figured that cycle would continue. >> it has not been like this in plumstead in 48 years. >> three or four weeks ago, we had to start irrigating. never in my career or my father's career have we irrigated this early. >> in a normal spring that usually get about an inch of rain every 1 to 2 weeks and not have to start irrigating till august. what little rain has fallen has done nothing. >> these quick thundershowers dumps 1/2 inch or more of rain really doesn't do us any good at all because the ground is so hard, the water hits that hard surface and runs off. >> and just to the north on the back of lake the spillway that fills an area that is an unofficial swimming area is bone dry. pennsylvania's fish and boat commission says this is how the spillway looks most of the summer and doesn't start to dry up until august or september. at the farm, if the lack of rain keeps up they'll start worrying about running the

some areas of south jersey is seeing clouds thin and sunshine returning to pennsylvania and we'll see a return of at least some sunshine. the big story is the change in temperature and now it feels out there, we are up to 72 degrees at the noon hour in philadelphia 73 in millville and 71 close to the coast and still in the 60s from trenton to allentown and look at the winds turning to the south and that will reintroduce humidity into play and now check out dew points, anything over 60 degrees is humid we have bumped from 61 to 63 in philadelphia over the last half hour, and upper 60s that is an indication of humid conditions building up from the south, i know it doesn't feel that bad in the lehigh and delaware valley but things will change. today's high is 84 degrees depepding on breaks of sunshine 75 is the average high no matter where we enup it's above average and 58 is the overnight low and things begin to capitol hill down a bit. if you look at the temperature plot on stormtracker 6 live double scan we have a cold front to the west, and on the other side of it much cooler air and

if you join the pennsylvania national guard pennsylvania will pay for your college education. why shouldn't we do the same thing for people who volunteer to be firefighters in our state? >> "nbc 10" investigators have found that seven states encourage volunteers with tax breaks. in pennsylvania tax breaks disappeared six years ago. >>> new york senator chuck schumer is demanding changes at airports nationwide. after more than 200 passengers who are stuck in philadelphia following an overseas flight. those passengers were headed to jfk from london friday night when they were diverted to philadelphia because of fog. once here crews held them on the tarmac for three hours. and then when they finally got off the plane, the passengers learned they have to sleep in the terminal until customs agents arrived. >> people have to sleep in the philadelphia airport simply because a couple of customs people weren't there doesn't make sense. i'll be asking people to do that. >> british airways issued an apology. they bussed the passengers to work. >> legendary pop star prince held a rally fo

(female announcer) cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. play for fun. cash for life. >> ♪♪ >> 4:42. good morning everyone, it is tuesday, time to go back to work and school for lots of folks out there the unofficial start of summer was yesterday and it's going to feel like it today. >> let's find out more about that with dave murphy. good morning. >> yeah, it will get warm, well into the 80's today. looks like we might miss that 90-degree high but it will be a bit more humid than yesterday. storm tracker six life double scan though shows you we're back to work under dry conditions and back to school as well. as we take a look outside we have a little bit of bump in the camera down in atlantic city as we're off to a bit of a breezy start there. and we are expecting a 10 to 20 miles per hour breeze throughout most of the afternoon. now, in philadelphia 66 degrees, still fairly comfortable. your dewpoint down below that 60-degree threshold for humid air. winds are out of the south at 8 miles per hour. but they'll get a little bit more breezy as the day

this man left the pennsylvania hospital today without a human heart. what's keeping him alive and how he plans to celebrate his release. >>> making sure that you know there's a medical emergency, can we get to people? can we get in and out? is there an evacuation plan? should there be any for that sort of thing? >> philadelphia's top cop commissioner charles ramsey spoke exclusively with nbc 10 just yesterday about preparing for the pope. the police commissioner talked about plans to keep everyone safe when pope francis visits philadelphia in september for the world meeting of families. so how does one department plan for an event that as many as 2 million people are expected to attend? >> let's take that question to a security expert. four months away from the pope's visit. matthew horace joins us live. an extensive background in security. the chief security officer at fjc security services. it's a company that focuses on prevention and protection. horace is a former federal agent at age 25. he also has national security experience. let's start right