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WCAU NBC10 News Today At 6am December 23, 2015

Picture of this scene. Its an overturned tractortrailer, injuries reported on the scene as well. You can see traffic is still moving through the area right now which is the good news. With that investigation under way and tractortrailer overturned and several Police Officers on seen this will be for sim time. At the same time the left lanes closed east and westbound. Well keep you updated as the morning progresses. For now thats something to watch out for. Vine street expressway were good to go around the around 24th right in here toward the schuylkill. You can see moving along nicely. Were good there. Our drive times, were doing great into center city on the schuylkill and 95. The blue route to 95 only 14 minutes. Rosemary. Police are looking for the gunman who shot three men outside after bar in north philadelphia. This happened just before midnight at 27th and lehigh avenue. The victims are between the ages of 18 and 30. All three were shot in the legs. They are all expected to recover. Police are trying to track down doss of propane tanks. Its a story first on 10 and we continue to follow it. Matt delucia is live at northeast detectives and matt, the concern here is what the stolen propane tanks could be used for. Reporter absolutely. These are not the size that you or i might use for the grill or barbecue. They are very large tanks, so investigators are trying to figure out who took these and why. Local Law Enforcement agencies throughout the area after the 43 tanks were stolen. One on the 2300 of Church Street and this happened last week. Surveillance video captured a man loading the tanks into a dark minivan. Here is why there is so much concern. More than half of them are large enough that you need a fork tlift move them around. They are heavy. They are typically used for applicati industrial applications. The attempted times square bombing for one involved smaller propane tanks so it has been used for terrorism in the past. There is more of a Police Presence. The unit is working on this. There has not been a direct link to this being involved but investigators are locking at all possibilities because they dont know quhi these were stolen. They want more information as to whats possible. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Police are looking for a thief who stole 350,000 of loose diamonds. He swiped them from a guy carrying the gems in a bag over his shoulder. The intersection is about three blocks from jewelers row. Today a judge will sentence a bucks county man convicted of manslaughter in the death of his 2 yerltd son. Cocoa wallaces son died from a fatal dols of a painkiller. Prosecutors stay wallace admitted to a jail house informant that he killed the boy to get back at the childs mother who he believed was it cheating on him. A funeral will be held for eli mccarson. The 30yearold died when his cruiser crashed on the way to a call. He had just graduated from the State Police Academy earlier this year. Governor christie had ordered that all state buildings fly their flags at half stof. A homicide source says the police have a person of interest in custody on a parole violation after they investigate the death of a psychiatrist in a hotel room. Housekeeping dound dr. Howard baker on the floor of his room at the roadway inn. He was naked with a belt around his neck. His back pack and wallet were missing. An autopsy determined that he was strangled. Video shows that two men visited his room sunday night. The second man was seen leaving with dr. Bakers back pack. This morning pennsylvanias budget stalemate could finally be headed toward resolution. A bipartisan spending bill cleared a procedural hurdle in the state house yesterday, which raises the possibility that a spending package could land on governor wolfs desk today. But lawmakers still have to approve other elements. Today ties the record for the longest pennsylvania has been without a budget. Its 6 05. Philadelphias District Attorney says his office is vindicated after a state lawmaker retracted her claims of a prosecution. Representative bishop announced that shed resign and plead no contest to bribery related charges. She was one of six state leaders investigated. Attorney general Kathleen Kane refused to prosecute the cases saying they were racist. The d. A. Seth williams who did bring charges criticized kane for making those allegations. She, however, created this false narrative, the fiction, that this was racially motivated so for her to pour the gasoline on that fire erodes the publics trust. Williams said he wasnt able to defend his office against racist claims basically the bishop case was resolved. A good report card. What the Justice Department is giving Philadelphia Police for making progress in curbing the use of deadly force. You may tlaul commissioner Charles Ramsey asked for a federal review after increase in police shootings. The feds recommended more than 90 changes in the review. Ramsey announced that almost all of those changes are being made. Changes to training, tactics and third party investigations. Incoming commissioner richard ross says he hopes to have all of the recommendations fulfill bid the middle of next year. People forget i have been number two or eight years so ive been part of this from the beginning since his tenure so i want to highlight that for a reason that people expect this dramatic change in leadership, i talked about this in terms of passing the baton, we got one of the greatest Police Chiefs in the country. According to the Justice Department Progress Report data show as drop in officers using deadly force despite more of them facing gun fire from suspects. Its 6 07, 56 degrees in philadelphia. Here is a live look at Philadelphia International airport. A lot of activity there this morning. Its in the mist of the most hectic travel time of the year and today is projected to be the busiest travel day of the christmas season. Plenty of people are already on their way to their holiday destinations. Aaa predicts more than 100 Million People will take a trip this Holiday Season that could set a new record. Well check in with Monique Braxton in our next half hour. In the meantime, you can always check on the security line wait times by going to the nbc 10 app. Could be traveling nightmare later today with some fog in the area. Some light fog visibility right behind this banner. It formed along there it is a little fog there. The temperature 57 degrees. Northeast philadelphia, 93 humidity. And weve got some rain in the area. But no sign of anything else. The temperature just too warm. That is rain thats moving through delaware and south jersey and more is on the way for today. So neighborhood by neighborhood forecast, yes, fog to start with, its thickest north and west but rain moving in. 60 degrees at morgantown, pennsburg 59 and 56 degrees in bethlehem. The sunshine on hold today gets your rain gear ready. Youll need an umbrella at new afternoon and youll see rain continuing at the shore. 62 the High Temperature in cape may, millville and symrna. Fog will disappear as the morning progresses but the rain will appear and move in and get a little heavier this afternoon. 62 in wilmington, 63 in philadelphia. And 60 in malvern. If thats not warm enough wait until you see the record on the way for Christmas Eve and christmas day. Thanks. Nine minutes past 6. We continue to watch that serious accident on the Atlantic City expressway. Jessica boyington has more for us. Its on the Atlantic City expressway. You can see an active Police Presence. We do have an overturned tractortrailer in the way and on the westbound side of the Atlantic City expressway taking out the left lane on the eastbound side. Right now we have both sides affected but all traffic moving through the area around route 54 at 28. You can see in our map system were also in the green. Again, overturned tractortrailer, left lane closed east and westbound around hammonton. Protecting religious beliefs has one state changing what goes on marriage licenses. It all stems from the kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Two months of work gets you this. A gorgeous Christmas Display from sky force 10 and wait until you see it from the ground. There is no snow here but it looks like christmas with this unbelievable light display. About a half Million People have seen the video already on our facebook page. Started putting lights up. The more i put up the better it looked. You kept going. Tom smith and his family have been doing this for 33 years and the display kept growing and growing and growing. The home is now adorned with nearly 700,000 lights over two acres. Its gotten so big police have to direct traffic around the house. And this fessty display has a special meaning for tom, not only can people see the lights from 95, he hopes his parents can see them from heaven. If the you think your display is good let us know. You can post the video on our nbc 10 facebook page. This morning there are close to two dozen new members of the Camden County police department. Do you solemnly swear. 20 recruits took the oaths yesterday among them a mother and stepson who went through the Police Academy and then graduated together which is a first for the department. Help the community and show them that its all about love and family. Its always an adventure around. I look forward to it greatly. The chief says there are already six sets of parents and sons in the department. One of tvs real housewives of new jersey will be free from prison just in time for christmas. Theresa will be released from federal prison today. She will return to montville, new jersey where she will be on home confinement until early february. She has been behind bars for nearly a year when she and her husband pleaded guilty bankruptcy fraud. Her husband is set to begin serving his sentence in march. Take a look at this video in to nbc 10. It shows a man being pulled alive from a pile of rubble more than 60 hours after a massive land slide in china. R rescuers found him this morning. A mountain of waste and mud collapsed. In the u. S. A new order in kentucky will no longer require the names of county clerks to appear on marriage license forms. The governor issued the order yesterday. Youll remember that Clerk Kim Davis refused to give licenses to samesex couples. He said it was again against her religious beliefs. She went five days in jail back in september for failing to perform her duties. The governor says the new license forms are to assure that the religious beliefs of everyone in kentucky are honored. The Obama Administration cities 2016 signup season for the president S Health Care law is already going strong. Officials say that halfway through the enrollment season more than 8. 2 Million People have signed up or renewed coverage through healthcare. Gov. More are signing up and the number of young adults is on the rise. Open enrollment ends january 31. Already some trouble spots out there. Jessica boyington has been watching that problem. Right. Thats in hammonton, new jersey right now. We are watching this crash which is an overturned tractortrailer. You can see getting through the area and again its out in hammon tan around 28 at fourth 54. Its at any the westbound side. You can see police activity. Traffic is moving through. It is also taking out the left lane eastbound and as you can see right in here we are still in the green whether youre headed east or west approaching that scene. Everything is moving along but still something to watch out for. On 95 right around cottman avenue we are starting to see that normal delay in here. Thats southbound and even through the work zone were still moving along toward center city. Woodhaven to the vine street expressway you can see the average Miles Per Hour there about 57 Miles Per Hour so were behind schedule about this time we start to see big slowdowns on 95. In the next half hour or so well see. That mass transit a great alternate. No problems for new jersey transit. Some businesses are welcoming the warm weather, ski resorts cant wait for the temperatures to take a tumble. Cam camelback opened on tuesday. If you look you can see there were some skiers out and about or weve seen them the past few days. They had about 300 skiers yesterday. Colder weather would probably get more people in the mood to hit the slopes. It was cold enough for them to make the snow but now look whats happening the next couple of days its going to get warmer. And thats bringing moisture. We have skiers. We wont see them. Very thick fog. Look at the temperature, 57 degrees with height fog at philly international. This is the only ice youll see in the entire east coast. Nothing but rain and the temperatures will be warm. Vets will, also mount pocono a mile and a half. Fog will disappear during the day and rain moving in and through it all warm. 60s this afternoon. Today a big travel day, so is tomorrow. And tomorrow the east coast for Christmas Eve is on track for record warm temperatures and some scattered showers. Cant rule out a thunderstorm. Cooler in wichita, plenty of sunshine there. Out west that it might be a little dicey getting around. Rain and snow is a windy rain for san francisco, 52 degrees. Steady snow, they need it in the sierra nevada, and in the Pacific Northwest the rain and snow combination, snow extends into idaho an portions of Salt Lake City in for snow. Low 60s for los angeles. Well be warmer than that. 63 degrees this afternoon. Look at tomorrow. Scattered showers are possible thursday, cant rule out a shower christmas day. 68 degrees would tie the record on christmas day. And a cooldown with steady rain saturday and into saturday earning for the eagles game. Near 70 degrees on sunday. A chilly rain monday and another warmup tuesday near 60 degrees. 21 post 6 00. The travel rush is on. A live picture where the lines are growing. Well check win Monique Braxton. It was an emergency. It was an emergency. She was nervous. An elf leads to panic for a girl and a call to 911 and a visit from police. Christmas is coming early to kids around oyr area thanks to septas annual yule toy drive. Try saying that five times in a row. It starts at 8 00 this morning when santa septa elfes will deliver them. Septa has been holding its drive for 34 years. And good morning everyone. Your first alert traffic at 6 25 now. Were looking at 78 around 100. You can see a little fog there but all lanes moving along nicely in both directions. We have updates for you on the Atlantic City expressway overturned tractortrailer. Im going to cover that when i come back. For now a check on todays unusual forecast with meteorologist bill henley. Unusually warm and foggy and a little rainy too. Temperatures are in the 50s at 6 25 and dense fog in the area. With rain moving into the region. Youll need your rain gear today. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast is coming up. Reporter good morning. Ill matt delucia. Police are trying to track down stolen propane tanks. Why police are concerned. Ill have that next. [gus singing] dashing through the snow careful on the ice keep scratchin, cousin joe. [cousin joe singing] oh gus, youre much too nice [gus singing] a gift for uncle dave, and 1 for auntie jane mom and dad and grandpa zack all get a scratching game [everyone singing] oh, instant games instant games instant games for me 6 new holiday instant games from the p. A. Lottery keep on scratchin the breaking news were following is on the Atlantic City expressway this morning, two lanes blocked but traffic is still moving. Well get the details in a few moments. Christmas rush is ochblt were not talking shopping, were talking travel. Here is a live picture from philly international. The crowds are growing. Take it slow if you are hitting the roads, the fog has rolled in and more rain is on the way. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Im tracy davidson. The warm temperatures are here. Its 56 degrees in philadelphia at 6 30. Lets get you up on the warm temperatures, the fog and the rain with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. Its all related, the warm air is bringing in the moisture giving us the fog. Weve seen zero visibility in spots to start with. It has eased a little but still dense fog for coatesville and trenton. Down under a mile in wilmington at the airport. Philadelphia international is reporting 4mile visibility. Shouldnt be a problem. Here comes the rain, moving into delaware, central and southern delaware into south jersey. Light showers on and off this morning. 57 degrees at 8 00, not much at 11 00 but a at 2 00 at 63 degrees. And climbing. A little bit more than that today. Warmer weather is on the way for tomorrow. Were talking record temperatures once again. Ive got your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back. Lets see, well, you probably dont have rudolph to help but we do have Jessica Boyington with your first alert traffic. Not rudolph yet. Another day or so. Flight you have me. Were out in hammonton, new jersey were watching a pretty serious accident scene on the Atlantic City expressway. A live picture from that scene. Thats right around exit 28 at route 54, we have an overturned tractortrailer. You can see several emergency vehicles involved. Police activity. Its on the westbound side as you can see. Cars are still moving through that area right now. But were are losing a lane in the westbound lanes and the eastbound lanes right now. For that accident investigation. Left lane clos

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