The incident. Not causing a backup yet but something to watch out for. 95 around the vine street expressway and ben franklin bridge no problems northbound or southbound but the total drive times here on 95 southbound from wood haven road to the vine street expressway where see that delay in the morning. Northbound on 95 as well 11 minutes. Blue route cars moving. 15 minutes at the most heading southbound up to 95 from the schuylkill expressway. We are following breaking news in the holmburg section of philadelphia where one person was hurt in a fire. It started on oakmont street. We are working to find out how it started and how badly the person was hurt and new information as soon as we get it. Preparing for the pope and the papal shutdown. Commuters and neighbors are bracing for major road closures when pope francis visits philadelphia next month. Lets begin with the ben franklin bridge. No cars will be allowed on it from friday, september 25th, to monday, 28th. If you need to cross
Take her into custody anxious to learn anything they can about the killers motive. Police say a desperate escape led to an unthinkable crime in bucks county. The father is charged with fleeing the scene of the crash that killed his son. Warming trend continues. The sun is really going to heat things up over the next few days. Good morning everyone. Its 5 31 on this wednesday october 4th. Matt pelman is here, karen rogers filling in for david. Good morning to you both. October or june . Feeling more like june, thats right. Its kind of hard to remember what month were in. And temperatures going up even more tomorrow. So, lets take a look right now at your satellite and radar. We are clear, we are dry. Weve got this bubble of High Pressure right over us so nothing happening in our region as you look out to the west weve got this front thats going to be moving through and impacting us a little bit come tomorrow. Right now, though, those temperatures, lets check them. Dipped to 45 in allent
Eighty to 100 jobs gone from the local pepsi payroll, officials insist philadelphia s sugary drink tax, it is to blame n a statement to Eyewitness News teamsters local 830, Union Representing the soda industry workers, wrote quote our worst fears have been realized. Pepsi is reporting a 40 percent drop in Philadelphia Business since january 1st. The day that the tax went into effect. Pepsi employers 423 people in philadelphia. And we spoke to soda Union Treasurer danny grace by phone eventually this will catch up with us that the loss in sales, you know, dictates loss in jobs. The company evidently feels that you no longer sustain the losses that they are getting. Reporter numbers out just last week show that the tax raised 5. 7 milliondollar in jana loan, and that is more than twice the original projection. Mayor jim kenney was not available for on camera interview but spokeswoman said in a statement that the soda industry sunk to a new low, they are literally holding hostage the jobs
Eighty to 100 jobs gone from the local pepsi payroll, officials insist philadelphia s sugary drink tax, it is to blame n a statement to Eyewitness News teamsters local 830, Union Representing the soda industry workers, wrote quote our worst fears have been realized. Pepsi is reporting a 40 percent drop in Philadelphia Business since january 1st. The day that the tax went into effect. Pepsi employers 423 people in philadelphia. And we spoke to soda Union Treasurer danny grace by phone eventually this will catch up with us that the loss in sales, you know, dictates loss in jobs. The company evidently feels that you no longer sustain the losses that they are getting. Reporter numbers out just last week show that the tax raised 5. 7 milliondollar in jana loan, and that is more than twice the original projection. Mayor jim kenney was not available for on camera interview but spokeswoman said in a statement that the soda industry sunk to a new low, they are literally holding hostage the jobs
We made it through the gateway. Yes. All right. Well, looking outside we have very wind i conditions walking in the building. Because of that im looking at roads, down trees every where, we will get into that in a moment. A lot of debris, driving up to the station, we have construction right around our own building and i hit and almost bulldozing a bucket from one of the construction sites, it was nuts, now. Heres a shot outside ben franklin parkway. We will see flags blowing harshly through the rest of the morning. We had a wind advisory issued yesterday that has been upgraded, folks to a high wind warning. So the gusts are out there. It is very noticeable, it is making it feel harsh outside as temperatures are not even bottoming out just yet. So, were expecting at this point gust that is could still peak as high as 50 to 60 miles an hour. Heres a high wind warning outlining counties not included here we are in the wind advisory, but basically difference we will see worst of the wind