Getting by so we are seeing a southbound backlog. What happened overnight was they were trying to install a new sign using a crane and the sign ended up weighing 15,000 pounds more than they expected to. So, reports are that the sign fell from the crane and then had to be cleaned up. Thats why 95 was closed overnight in both directions here just south of 413. As we come out here you can see the southbound backlog that remains with that one lane being blocked by 413. Were parked in the ongoing Construction Zone. Especially if youre coming southbound along 95 in bucks county this morning i would still think alternates. Come down one to woodhaven and from woodhaven get back to 95 southbound or if you want to stay local use hulmeville road or state road. 13 bristol pike has been kind of busy. Coming southbound i would still avoid 95 northbound. Things are clearing up. On the big picture so far not so bad on other chunks of 95, the boulevard, the schuylkill and the blue route, most speeds s
Bribery. Vernon odem is outside the courthouse with details. Reporter sarah, good afternoon, it was about a two hour hearing the mighty congressmans fall from grace is complete, a decade in prison for one of philadelphias most powerful politician. Chaka fattah left the court after receiving a sentence of ten years in prison. We respect the courts decision we do not have a comment on that, i do thank all the witnesses who stepped forward, i want to thank the over 200 people who wrote letters to the court on my behave. This is is a circumstance in which the court has made a determination of this phase of the process has come to a conclusion. Reporter this morning the judge heard multiple backers urge him to consider his good work over 37 years as a public official and show him mercy. Fattah was kicked in june of 18 criminal counts racketeering bribery Money Laundering and fraud. Prosecutors surged the judge to sentence him to urge the judge to sentence him to 2 the years in 22 years in p
This is a live look at i95 where crews are started pretreating the roads. The First Alert Weather Team is making sure youre ready for the doubledoze of weather. The cold air is starting to come in. Weve seen the west winds gust up to 30 miles an hour during the afternoon. We were up to 54 degrees. Were down to 49 now. Allen town is down to 43 degrees. Why is the temperature dropping . This is where the air is coming from. Its 17 degrees in chicago right now. 3 in minneapolis. In the middle of the afternoon and 1 below zero in bismarck, north dakota. Middle of the afternoon temperature not windchill. The arctic air is hiding straights in our direction. It gets movdified a little bit. We wont get near zero, but the arctic air, once its here, it will last through the weekend and into monday. Thats about as long as its going to last. To give you an idea of what is going to happen in the next few hours. In philadelphia the temperature dropping to 35 degrees by 10 00 and feeling like 25. Fee
And they could complicate your friday morning commute. Live look at wilmington, delaware. Temperatures theyre falling. In about 24 hours or so we could see the snow falling here as well. Some of us could see at least a couple inches out of this whole thing. Nothing of course we havent seen before. I mean we are in pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, right . But its probably a good idea to dust off the old snow shovel. Good wednesday evening to you. Im lucy noland. Im iain page. Whats coming our way could make for a tricky commute. Lets get right over to meteorologist kathy orr. Kathy, youve been timing this whole thing out. Absolutely. First we have to talk about the cold because thats going to set up this whole scenario. Right now in philadelphia 38. 24 in the poconos. Allentown 32 and trenton it is 36 degrees. Overnight temperatures falling into the 20s. The poconos 14. Philadelphia 27 and allentown 22. So the cold is coming and tomorrow morning wind chills will be mainly in the teen
But look to the west. Chicago 10. Minneapolis zero. And International Falls 16 degrees below zero and that is the temperature. So we will have some wind overnight. Combine that with some cold temperatures in the 20s. We find ourselves with wind chills in the teens come tomorrow morning. And during the day, we dont recover all that much. By the afternoon wind chills still mainly in the 20s for your thursday. Staying real cold for friday as well. We have two systems to talk about. One is a developing area of low pressure off the coast thats late tomorrow into friday. We have some snow with that. Then that moves out. Then saturday night another storm follows its path this more offshore but theres a good bet saturday night to see some snow along the coastal planes, southern delaware, maybe getting a little bit farther to the west inland saturday night depending on the track of that system. But tomorrow night the storm were focusing on or the snow is going to accumulate in philadelphia abou