Continue to surface. Some of us are below freezing this morning. We have Team Coverage of this arctic blast that is gripping us and much of the nation. Lets get the very latest. We have dave murphy outside to tell you how cold it is. Karen has traffic. Good morning. Good morning. Its flies to have a heavy insulated coat like the one channel 6 gives us. I also have the hear muffs on for the first time. Cold an bit on the windy side. Lets take a look at satellite. A couple thin clouds trying to clear the coast. My twitter follower christian in dauphin pennsylvania up by harrisburg reports 23 degrees. As you look at temperatures across the region we are all suffering a bit. Philadelphia is now officially into the upper 20s as we thought it would be, 23 in allentown, 23 in reading, 26 degrees in wilmington. 26 in trenton. Little better down the shore but there is a wind that is blowing through the region at about 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour right now. Maybe a little higher than that in some sp
It happened in the southbound lanes near old lincoln highway. Were trying to figure out just how badly this victim was hurt. Meanwhile as you might imagine this road is closed in this area. Karen with an update in a moment. First dave murphy with updates on the fog out there. Good morning. Good morning. No fog here on the terrace, thats nice but it is an issue in parts of the area especially closer to south jersey as we take a look at satellite and radar you can see some cloud cover across the entire region right now. Some breaks out to the west eventually we will see some sun. But this morning there is that fog and weve got a dense fog advisory in all those counties down by the coast and another one out to the west of wilmington. There could be counties added to this but for now this is where the fog is at also its worst. In philadelphia the visibilities have started to drop. We were at 10 miles about an hour and a half ago then down to five now down to three but so far thats not thic
With karen and david. Good morning. Good morning. And were starting out with clear skies over most of the region. Take a look as satellite shows you cloud cover out to the west of us. That will dig in as the day goes on but we are starting out bright. Unfortunately its still cold. 15 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. Were still at one in allentown and in millville weve dipped below zero for your temperature. 1 degree below zero right now in millville and 12 degrees in wilmington, seven trenton. Not a lot of wind but obviously pretty raw conditions. Got a test tomorrow and i dont just mean on paper. Its going to be even colder but for now, on your way to school or work, 15 degrees on your Storm Tracker 6 app right now. 16 by 8 oclock and by noon, 27. By 3 oclock 31, so we will moderate a bit. Yesterday we only got to 28. Today well actually see a high of 32 late in the afternoon around 3 30 or 4 00. Now, there is colder air coming in, though, and theres a wind chill wa
Bowlessimpson proposal. Erskine bowles saying the gop offer does not represent the plan, he says both sides are kind of far away from it at this point and that its now up to negotiators to figure out where the middle ground is today. Bowles said that the mid point that i used back in this is where we were last year. So used the mid point of the negotiations, but its in longer the mid point i guess. He also said he is a testimony, but he has separated himself from the administration by saying that they thoo should have taken more of their proposals more seriously. He also said last night that you will see higher marginal tax rates. Higher marginal or effective . Higher mar begin ginal rates talking about last night. Thats part of the 500. He thinks as part of the compromise to get there, youll have to see the democrats get their way in terms of higher marginal tax rates. He also said that the republicans should be able to see higher entitlement cuts, that that should be part of this con
High today at 3 oclock is 78 degrees. Its going to feel very much like summer for at least a time this afternoon. By 6 oclock, still in the mid 70s. As we take a look at tomorrow, karen, we are looking at another warm one with higher humidity and then maybe some thunderstorms chugging in. Ill have details on future tracker 6 coming up in a couple minutes. All right, dave, chopper 6 live on the scene in northeast philadelphia of a multi vehicle accident. Three vehicles involved. You see one of them right here kind of off to the side but police and ambulance blocking part of the roadway. This is cottman avenue right near the roosevelt boulevard and even though we have an ambulance on the scene, not hearing of any serious injuries butter nonetheless a multi vehicle accident right here, cottman avenue near the boulevard. Chopper 6 live on the scene. Stick to tyson avenue to avoid any delay right here but we can see traffic getting by as we look live with chopper 6. Going to the maps right