Falls. Thmc clouds are affecting traffic. Jessica boyington has first alert traffic. Bill, so far were typically up for a quiet friday. Were starting to see jams on 95, the schuylkill expressway, some parts of new jersey on the 42 freeway. Right now we are taking a look at the xx examine on girard avenue. The eastbound lanes, all traffic moving. Lanes open, a 13minute drive time from the blue route to the vine street expressway. Average speeds of 59 miles per hour. The westbound lanes are doing okay as well. In Montgomery County on 422, everything is moving along there. You can see all of the roadways are green, eastbound from 29 up towards the schuylkill expressway. Thats where we typically see the jam in the morning time. Only about an eightminute trip. We are getting reports of a road obstruction still out in lower providence on Feather Bed Lane and woods edge road. Watch out for that. An accident scene out in upper merion, river road and east fourth street. Still 20 minutes delays
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Well get to the impact of that big selloff on wall street in a moment. But right now weve got late details coming in from france where two americans are injured and are being called heroes in a shooting attack aboard a highspeed train from amsterdam to paris. Without the intervention of the americans were told casualties could have been far worse. French Officials Say a man opened fire with an automatic weapon in whats being called a possible terrorist otack. Nbcs keir simmons is on the story. Reporter the attack left three passengers injured including two americans. At least one of them a member of the u. S. Military. A womans bag is left splattered with blood after a gibman reportedly opened fire aboard a highspeed train from amount ststerdam to paris. The French Interior minister at the scene say the two americans intervened to stop the attacker who was reportedly armed wi
U. S. Stock futures hit a sixmonth low this morning. Wall street had its worst performance in 18 months thursday driven in part by a dramatic drop in the chinese stockmarket. A report founds chinas factory activity fell at its fastest pace in more than six years. After the devaluation of the chinese currency, there is worry that the slowdown in chinese economy could cause a slowdown. Thursday all indicators were down. The dow lost 358 points, the s p fell 43 points. The nasdaq dropped 141 points. Asian markets tumbled fall follow wall streets selloff. The shanghai composite lost 4 . Meanwhile greece is apparently headed for another national collection. Tsipras said hes stepping down and calling for early elections. He said he got the best bailout possible from the eurozone countries. Cocacola plans to Start Publishing information about its health and nutrition efforts. Coke was criticized recently for funding a group that many felt promoted the companys message. It gave 1. 5 million th
Weve been dealing with that for about three years of him on the ground. The latest on the late etc. Njury to rg3, next. Now, abc 7 news at 11 00 on your side. First at 11 00, a bizarre chain of events leaving a d. C. Mother dead and a 12yearold with gunshot wounds. Tonight a new accounting of what happened as a teenage suspect appears in court. Only on 7, the suspects mom tells us what led to the gunfire. Jay, what did she have to tell you . Her e told me kevin lee, son, didnt start the fight. She points the finger at the victim. A wild confrontation tuesday in southeast led to the shooting tenika fonta nembings lle. The mother of a suspect said she started throwing sticks and rocks at defendant lee and his friends. He didnt go over there to shoot her. He went to speak to her about her bad child. Lees mother said she watched as a verbal argument between the two escalated with fontanelle the aggressor. She was tapping my son. My son was trying to stop. By the time i got up there, she pu
From abc news, this is world news now. Happy friday, everyone. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. Congrats making it to friday on the cusp of the weekend. I dont eat hot dogs but youre looking forward to the hot dogs. I havent eat in hours waiting for this. Cant wait. We begin this afternoon this afternoon . We begin almost. Already looking forward to it. This morning with those firefighters killed in washington state. A silent procession of emergency vehicles rolled through the town of twisp, washington, late yesterday honoring the three men who died wednesday. They were part of a special unit that goes into dangerous areas to scout the wildfire situation. Thats what they were doing when they died. Heres more everywhere abcs lauren lister. Crews face fast moving winds and worsening conditions as they continue to battle a wildfire raging in central washington. The blaze turned deadly near the town of trips. It hurts deep. But the job goes on. Three firefighters including 20yearoldia