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WCAU NBC 10 News Today At 600a February 11, 2015

Now well check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning to you, bill. Skyforce 10 just getting into the scene of this accident we have been following this morning in Chester County. This is the route 30 bypass westbound just past route 340. And i mentioned the fact that it involved an overturned tractortrailer but the traffic was getting by. It looks like this one just overturned off the highway. This is the first time i sam seeing this. So you can see that tractortrailer southbound off the roadway. The right lane is blocked because of the emergency officials responding to the scene, but as you can see in the live picture, the left lane is still open with traffic getting by with one lane out there, but it is not too early. We are not seeing a big delay there in the morning eastbound on the route 30 bypass. Take route 30 so get around that accident. A portion of roosevelt boulevard remains closed following flooding from a water main break in the middle of the highway. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live at the repair site in the bustleton section of the city. Jesse, you mentioned in todays repairs and how it will impact drivers. Tell us about that. Reporter no fire right now. Just one inner northbound lane is closed and you can see it there with the clones next to it and the flashing arrow. The Water Department Officials Say a total of two will be shut down and one southbound lane will be affected by the work in a few hours. The break in the castiron transmission main made a watery muddy commute for all customers. One of the coldest departments said the crews will begin their final repairs after the bulk of the morning commute and hope to finish before the evening rush hour begins. But be aware coming out here one lane is closed right now. And people are really moving pretty quickly and get to the cones and have to slow down particularly if they make a mix of left turns. Bear that in mind as they try to get this work completed. Live in bustleton, jesse gary nbc 10 news. 6 03. Happening today a local High School Football coach will face dui and hitandrun charges. Joseph gallagher has a formal arraignment today following his arrest in november. Authorities say the longtime Haverford High School coach was drunk when he left the scene of a crash in prospect park. Gallagher took a leave of absence from the Football Team but is still a fulltime teacher. This morning a woman is out of the hospital after being sexually assaulted in center city in the middle of an afternoon. The 27yearold woman was lost and stopped to ask this man from directions inside the jefferson station. The man walked with her into the track area and pulled her into a secluded spot to beat her and sexually exploit her. A woman who rides in the afternoon says she found herself in a corridor. They are scary. I have had to run down a few away from a guy chasing me. Riders we talked with called for more security at septa stations. Meanwhile, Police Hope Someone Recognizes this man and will give him a call. A man who murdered a bucks county prosecutor who had just gotten to his accident. He was talking to his secretary in the parking lot when someone walked up behind him and shot him in the back of the head. The secretary did not get a good look at why he targeted the attorney. And today Governor Tom Wolf kicks off the schools that teach tour in Chester County. Youll find out about the Medical Center in thorndale and talk about the proposal for natural gas drilling. Governor wolf has said the tax could generate more than 1 million and could be reininvested in public education. In the atlantic casino crisis ashs bankruptcy judge could decide today if revel can keep a 0 million deposit from the developer who wanted to buy the property. Revel was going to sell it for 95 million but yesterday the casino canceled the deal after the deadline passed monday night. Meantime today, we know this is happening today for sure straub will ask a different judge to extend the deadline. Happening today, well learn more on the upcoming bike share program. We expect mayor Michael Nutter to reveal the name of the program and its corporate sponsor. Riders will buy monthly membership passes to allow them to use the citys bike. We also have a website that you can go to and check out our mobile app. And clear skies and cold this morning. Were down into the 20s in philadelphia. And the immediate suburbs, its going to be near 40 this afternoon. In fact, we are in for the coldest weather of the winter so far. It is 18 in allentown. 27 degrees at the airport there. And Atlantic City the airport is 35 degrees. This is now less than an hour before sunrise. This is a view from the nbc 10 studios with a few, thin clouds. And theres the breeze that is going to be a bit stronger than this morning than this afternoon. With clear skies and less wind this afternoon, we will be in for a nice warm up today. 30 by 30 in quakertown sunshine will be bright for trenton and dover. Atlantic city, a high of 38 degrees. The wind is dying down to allow temperatures to come up for west chester, chester and glasboro. Very close to normal this time of the year but it doesnt last. The weekend snow is possible on valentines day. Cold on saturday. But look at the bitter winds bringing in temperatures for the teens for sunday afternoon. You have the sevenday forecast to show you how long the cold will be around when im back in ten. 6 07. And skyforce 10 is launching this in the area hovering over the accident. The route 30 bipass in thorndale. Its the direction that accident is in that is important to note. Reporter this is the westbound side of route 340. Typically in the morning eastbound is where we see a big backup. Now i do anticipate slowmoving traffic on the southbound side. And as you can see, only one lane of traffic is getting by. At least thats not where we see the bulk of the morning rush hour delay. Every morning we are used to seeing that. The route 30 bypass near 340 is where you are going to see it down to one lane of traffic. Expect to take business route 30 as your alternate. The pennsylvania turnpike is looking good at 22 minutes between bensalem and valley form. Nothing too major happening on the pennsylvania turnpike right now. As far as 95 goes thats southbound near girard avenue. We are seeing the normal building volume we are used to see seeing. This Department Fire was sparked and what they decided not to do to prevent the spread. And i am told that your previous information was denied. New this morning, we have more information on the massive Apartment Fire that displaced several people in new mexico. The maintenance workers are blamed for starting the fire and he never called 911 when the fire started. Investigators said the worker accidentally sparked the fire in edgewater when trying to fix a leakly fire in a firstfloor apartment, a leaky pipe in a firstfloor apartment. One bill will require Health Care Coverage for people transitioning through hormone therapy or surgery. Another measure would require College Campuses to allow students to live according to their gender identity even if it doesnt match the sex on the student record. That would apply to locker rooming, restrooms and sports. Bryn mawr college will start accepting transgender and lip cant applicants. The college reck nipzsognizes that conceptions of gender are changing. They will ask for an applicants gender and more information if the gender is not clearly reflected on the application. And a new plan to demolish hundreds of buildings in camden. The contractor that won the job last month has pulled out last month over liability concerns and the cost ofs a best toast s a bess a best s as a asbestos removal. They will bring down 62 abandoned and unsafe buildings in the whitman park and cramer neighborhoods. And the city will tear down another 531 buildings during phase two. And the city is looking to stabilize more than 1,000 other abandoned homes. Camden also requires owners to register their property and pay fees while its left vacant. And nbc news announced that it suspended nightly news anchor Brynn Williams for six months without pay. This comes a week after williams apologized on air for inaccurately saying he was in a helicopter hit by a grenade when covering the iraq war in 2003. Lester holt will continue to fill in for williams. And today marks three years since Whitney Houston died. And the legendary singer was found in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room. The coroner listed it an accident drowning listing cocaine and Heart Disease as contributing factors. And theres a new development involving the only child of Whitney Houston and bobby brown. Investigators are looking into a reported fight at Bobbi Kristinas home a week before she was found face down in a bathtub. 911 was called last week to report a neighbor saying there was a fight at the up totownhome. And police in san diego arrested a man suspected of shooting a tv sports anchor there. And heres the alleged gunman accused of shooting kyle kraska outside his home in san diego yesterday. The sportscaster was wounded in the stomach and leg buzz is expected to recover. They have not said if he knew his attacker. And lets go back to the scene of that accident with skyforce 10 hovering over it in thorndale. Nbc 10 first alert reporter jillian mele has an update. Good morning. If we have any good news of the situation, traffic is getting by the scene. We are not seeing a really big delay, so thats good news for drivers. Unfortunately, we have quite a mess on the route 30 bypass westbound just past route 340. You can see the tractortrailer overturned off the highway itself. So the right lane is blocked there for crews who are rep responding to the situation. And the left lane is where we are seeing traffic get by the scene. If you want to avoid this area this morning, business route 30 is going to be your best bet. We are not seeing that heavy yol yum volume that were used to seeing just yet but i expect to see that rise in the next 50 minutes. The eastbound side at trooper, we are seeing pockets of volume but thats something we are used to at this hour. Traveling on the northeast extension, no accidents or delays to report there. Drive times are average near 21 to 22 minutes in both directions on the northeast extension between quakertown and the interchange with mid county the pennsylvania turnpike. The p. A. Turnpike is clear right now as far as any incidents go. If you are traveling on the air bridges, everything is looking pretty good. The sun is coming up one minute before 7 00. Well see bright sunshine. But without it the temperatures are still getting cold. And the pocano mountains are in the teens and allentown is in the teens. They are making snow with bright sunshine during the day. 27 degrees right now in philadelphia with the windchill feeling like 17 degrees. Thats with a northerly wind at 12 miles an hour. But the wind will be settling down during the day and were getting some breaks at times. This is a live view from here at the nbc 10 studios of the sky here starting to brighten. And like yesterday afternoon, we will see brilliant sunshine, at least to start with before some high clouds start to move in this afternoon. Out the door this morning, 27 in wilmington, Philadelphia International and northeast philadelphia at the airport there. While pottstown is down to 19 degrees. Rightstown is not warmer at 23 degrees. And willow grove, 23 degrees. Bluebell 28 degrees. Collegeville, 20. Eagleville, 21. And farther north and west Pottstown Limerick airport, 19 degrees. Cold temperatures around to start with but the sun will be bright and well see a nice warm up during the day. Satellite shows no sign of clouds for us just yet. For tomorrow though its a different story. You can see the clouds moving through the ohio valley and into michigan. Well see some of the high clouds move in during the afternoon, but theres also some snow behind these clouds. Very light snowfall in Northern Michigan and southern michigan. Just scattered light snow showers. They will likely see some scattered light snow showers in our area for tomorrow. And mostly cloudy skies. So it will feel a lot warmer today with the bright sunshine and less wind this afternoon. Temperatures will climb into the upper 30s to near 40 degrees this afternoon. Its cold tonight as clouds move in. Well drop down to 23 degrees and gusty winds are blowing through in the afternoon. Might see a brief daytime snow showers, but i dont expect it to amount to much of anything. The areas that do see it are a half inch or less. A dusting is more likely 37 degrees on thursday. Then behind the gusty winds, a bitter blast of cold air on friday. 12 in the morning, 23 in the afternoon. Clouds . They will be here for valentines day with a chance of some light snow showers, especially later on. 28 is the high on saturday. That will feel warm compared to the frigid winds blowing on sunday. 18 in the afternoon and 9 in the morning. It will feel below zero to start with on sunday morning with the wind. Less wind on monday so it will get colder to start with. 7 degrees. Then 23 degrees on monday afternoon. And later tuesday, a nice warm up compared to what we will be through this weekend, 38 degrees is the high after a morning low of 13. Thank you, bill. More weather news boston and most of massachusetts is going through a snow overload. And theres more snow on the way. So much snow is piled up in the city crews have resorted to dumping into the area waterways. The heavy blanket of snow was too much on the roof of this piano store. Records indicate boston got 6 feet of snow over just the last 18 days. No relief in sight. The city is bracing for more snow. Two Philadelphia Police officers are charged with a vicious beatdown caught on surveillance video. Im not the same anymore. I think i will never be the same again. Now for the first time we hear from the victim. 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Most of the mall except for two Department Stores will be torn down to make way for an upscale town center with Apartments Stores restaurants and move thee theaters. Its expected to take two years to complete the project. In Chester County free late night parking in west chester is coming to an end. The borough will soon install automated pay stations at the Downtown Parking garages on high street and chestnut street. Officials passed the move on monday. They will also install extra cameras as a safety measure. The Department Director says the parking garages will be staffed overnight for anyone who needs help. So far theres no word on when the new system will be up and running. And good morning, im jillian mele. If youre waking up and taking the schuylkill expressway you can see the lines of yellow near the coshocton curve. That means we are starting to see the pockets of busyness that we are used to. 14 minutes between the blue route and the vine. Those numbers will continue to go up as we continue toward 7 00. Skyforce 10 is showing the skies pretty clear, a couple clouds but another cold morning, bill. Temperatures are in the 20s where they normally are this time of the year but theres much colder air on the way for the weekend. So today youll have to bundle up. But we will see sunshine and a nice warm up. Right now pottstown is 139 degree 19 degrees. And right now its 24 in philadelphia. And the u. S. Is using air strikes against isis over the past few months but now the u. S. Could send Ground Troops to fight isis. And powerball fever. The fifth largest jackpot is up for grabs. Just about 6 30 this wednesday morning. Could stopping isis mean entering another war . Whats happening today in washington that could up our aggressiveness against the terrorist organization. And the countdown is on tonight. People across the country are hoping and buying lots of powerball tickets. We check out powerball fever in our area. And its cold outside right now. Of course in just a few days we could see the coldest day of the winter so far. Good morning welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. Well find out about this mornings weather with bill henley and the firstalert forecast. Bill . Temperatures are in the teens and 20s with a little bit of a breeze blowing. The good news is our skies are clear and well see a lot of sunshine. This is a live view from skyforce 10. Clear skies overnight with temperatures really counting down. Right now in philadelphia 27 degrees. While pottstown and allentown, the pocano mountains are in the teens this morning. 20s across delaware and south jersey with the wind thats blowing. Its up to 12 miles an hour. Not terribly strong but just enough to make it feel like 18 in wilmington and millville. 17 is the windchill in philadelphia. But were waiting for sunshine. It will b

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