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WCAU NBC10 News Today At 6am January 27, 2017

Its moving. Since wednesday morning we did get a report about a sinkhole. Marked it with graphic. Were starting to see closure still hanging on. Alternates for the local commuters as well as anyone traveling out and about in that area. So again, this is until cheltenham at brook and argyle road. Si sinkhole reported. Connector bridge still closed until further notice. Take exit 359. Towards Burlington Bristol bridge. When i come back, well take a look at the majors. 6 01. New from overnight. Police investigating an accident in which one of their own officers was hurt. Cruiser and another car collided earlier this morning. Officer is being treated for head and neck pain. The other driver was not injured. This morning, republicans in congress will wrap up annual retreat in philadelphia. This as thousands of demonstrators hit the streets last night to make voices heard. Nbc 10 Pamela Osborne live for nus center city this morning to explain more of what happened. Reporter good morning. Retreat is going to end with a breakfast that scheduled to kick off at 8 00 this morning right here at the loews hotel. Gop leaders wrapping things up today. We know President Donald Trump and Vice President mike pence were in town yesterday and this was the scene across the city.  thousands of demonstrators hit the staetreets. Some making way to Police Barricade outside of the loews hotel. When mr. Trump did speak, he said something mayor jim kenny responded to late last night. Here in philadelphia, murder rate has been steady. Terribly increased. Did digging and while there are ten more murders this year than this time last year, the murder count in 2016 was one of the lowest in the past ten years. I think its also pretty sad when the president of the United States is denigrating Police Officer who is put their life on the line every day. Prime minster of the uk at times saluting mr. Trump for his vision, but also reminding the gop of the u. S. s responsibility around the world. You can hear more of the president s speech in philadelphia plus see more images of the rally right now on nbc10. Com and free nbc 10 app. Engineer and Train Derailment that killed 8 people two years ago is suing amtrak. Brandon boston seeking more than 50 million. Amtrak failed to address reports that people were throwing projectiles at trains. Investigators did conclude boston train was never hit by a projectile. Instead found he was distracted by reports a nearby train had been hit. Document reveals new details about last aprils amtrak crash in chester that killed two maintenance workers. New documents say the engineers tested positive for marijuana. Also shows the track would have been out of service was not used. Nbc 10 spoke with attorney representing one workers family. While the developments are new t death remains raw and painful for his family. These are folks who loved each other, who cared for him and he cared for them. In a statement, amtrak says, quote, drug use in the workplace is not acceptable and not tolerated. One employee testing positive for drugs or alcohol is too many. Amtrak adds its reinforcing drug testing program. Jersey shore police chief is taken to social media to warn parents about changes to a state law that could affect their kids safety. Richard busby posted rare warning about a sex offender in the community. Post went of wednesday after 20yearold Christopher Wilson was released from jail. Arrested for allegedly offering a 12yearold girl a video game system in exchange for sexual favors. Judge allowed wilson to go free after just a week under the states new bail reform law. Its ridiculous. I dont tuns system. The people in this community again look to us for safety and guidance. If i cant provide that, then i cant do my job. The chief says he cannot officially name the previously convicted sex offender because the man is appealing status under megans law. Process could take months to finish. 21 School Districts in new jersey report they have elevated levels of lead in drinking water. The state Education Department has now released names of those schools. Last year governor Chris Christie and legislature approved 10 million for lead testing. Schools have until july to complete the testing. Today former pennsylvania mayor will learn if he will spend time in prison. Sentencing hearing will take place for steven reid. Pleaded guilty to gathering wild west artifacts he bought with public money for a museum that was never built. Seven term democrat lost after drawing criticism for money he spent on the related items. Almost 6 10. On your friday morning. Lets take a look outside. This is a beautiful shot. Not bad, right, on this friday morning. Little bit after six. Blue cross river rink. May be packed a little bit later on today. Meteorologist has the most accurate forecast in town. Its going the be easier to keep the ice frozen over the coming days. The temperatures in the 50s last couple of days, not repeating today. Theres a chilly wind blowing this morning. Live view from philadelphia. Already seen the winds gusting more than 20 miles an hour. Allentown more than 30 miles an hour. 29mileanhour wind gusts at this hour. Now wilmington is getting 31 mile an hour wind gusts. Temperatures in the 40s. Making for a cold morning to start with. Sunshine well see some of that this afternoon. Well still get the winds this afternoon at the shore right now gusting to 18 miles an hour in wildwood. Windchills, feels like temperatures are now below freezing for allentown. Pottstown and redding down to 33 degrees. Wilmington feels like 31. Feels like middle 30s. A cold breezy morning at the bus stop. Its going be a chilly wind. 30s for allentown, quakertown. Wilmington, see sunshine. Along with philadelphia. Cloudy skies going to persist for most of the day in the Lehigh Valley. Berks county. Redding 34 degrees at 8 00 this morning. See a few snowflakes trying to develop. Just a flurry is possible. Those are on the move. Thats the wind blowing them through. The more impressive showers are to the west. Not going the make it over the hills if you want to see snow falling. Looks like youre going to have to hit the road. Central and western pennsylvania. Its going the be cold enough for snow. Today, 41 degrees. The temperatures are not going to move much. Steady winds. Even though well see sunshine this morning. The winds will hold the temperatures into the 40s this afternoon. And as we go into the afternoon, there will be more clouds around. Mostly cloudy skies in millville. 41 in allentown. Redding mostly cloudy skies. Clouds thin out this evening and the cold ir air finally starts moving in. Will be freezing at redding at 9 00 this evening and down to 35 degrees in philadelphia. Youll feel that cold wind blowing. Even this evening for parts of the area. Chilly weather and temperatures in the 40s for philadelphia this afternoon. The wind blowing in the suburbs and well send clouds in late in the day. Thats a better chance of clouds blowing into the Lehigh Valley. 39 degrees this afternoon. The delaware forecast is looking sunny to start with. 38 degrees at 9 00. Low 40s at 1 00. The wind will still be blowing in the afternoon. Thats when the clouds will move into the area. New jersey, sunshine and 37 degrees at 9 00. Then to very low 40s this afternoon. Typical for january. At the shore, see sunshine well into the afternoon. Late in the day start to see some clouds. Take a look at the ten day on ten. Show you when you can expect to see snowflakes in our area when the colder air arrives. See you shortly. Thanks bill. Just about 10 minutes past 6 00 on this friday. Time of morning we start to see traffic pick up. One more day until the weekend. Get through it. Francesca is here to help you get around. Absolutely. We did get a report of road closure. Down utility pole. Starting to see yellow. Once we see yellow and red, its going if be because of this road closure on route nine between  zion and tillson road. We do have accident in lower pottsgrove. Hasnt cleared. Charlotte street and maugersville road. Most of the majors in new jersey. 295 turnpike and 42 freeway. Accident free at this hour. When we come back, going to take a look at majors as well as schuylkill expressway. Southbound traffic on 95. Katie, back over to you. Thanks. Buyer be ware, thats the lesson a local mother learned after she bought travel insurance. Just ahead, nbc responds shares her story and why reading the fine print could have saved her a lot of money. Good morning, matt delucia live at convention center. Philly auto show starts tomorrow. Head to the year to show you the cars of the future. Back to the future dlor yan. Also check out other cool vehicles. If this isnt your cup of tea want to buy another car. Tell you the top three tips to consider. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Well be seeing plenty of new innovations at the Pennsylvania Convention center. Matt delucia live for us this morning. Driving a car of his own. Not sure i want to buy that one. Reporter this is probably the only thing i can afford. The golf cart. Cant afford the vehicles weve seen here all morning. At the philly auto show. Opening tomorrow 9 00 a. M. See all sorts of new cars that you can get, now and cars you can get in the future. See the technology out there. Giving you a look at the floor. This isnt open to the flick just yet. Got the black tie tailgate coming up later on tonight. Right now talking about really cool things here about, you know, if you want to buy a car, what can you do and what should you think about right now. Well, the first tip im going give you come to the auto show. Here youll see toyota booth. Right next to honda booth. You dont have to drive from dealership to dealership. Youre going to literally walk from display to display to see the cars you want to see. Take a look at camry right here. Some of the tips you want to look at, first of all, what is your budget. Seems like a simple thing. Budget is important obviously. You want to spend the money on things important to you. Want an exterior look on your car. Great. Technology package because you listen to music when you drive to work. Multiple ways to listen to music. Driving kids around. Want to upgrade. Blind spot avoidance, things like that. All cool things to think about. Opening tomorrow at nine. Get down here, stays open until february 5. Got time to come out here to Pennsylvania Convention center. So if youre in the market for a car, go ahead and do it. Im going to get back in my fair one here. This little golf cart. See you later. Live after the pa oh, this died. It died. Roadside. I killed the only car i was able to drive. Were going to wrap you right now, matt. Thanks for that. See you later. 6 16. 42 degrees. Now to border battle. President donald trump continues to spar with mexicos president of the border wall. Issue mr. Trump addressed during his speech in philadelphia yesterday. Fight is over mr. Trumps campaign promise. Wall on the u. S. Mexico border. Proposal that could cost as much as 15 billion to build. President trump insists mexico will pay for it. Mexico says the docountry will t agree to that. Yesterday the president scrapped a plan to white house. Also President Trump said that was a mutual decision. Unless mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. Yesterday the president floated the idea of 20 import tax to pay for wall. That would mean American Consumers would be footing the bill. Possibly in the form of higher prices on cars, produce, and alcohol. About ten minutes before 6 30. Before was get to weather, update you on traffic. Francesca ruscio watching cameras for us. Rosemary, katy, king of prussia area. Not a whole lot happening right now. Doing okay on route 202 and also looking at the rest of the majors. New jersey and schuylkill expressway and two mornings ago we got a report of sinkhole in cheltenh cheltenham. Marked it with graphic. Still affecting traffic in and out of the area. Legal commuters and people traveling about in cheltenham heres a good alternative. Where youre starting to see red, indicates still affecting traffic. Very hazardous Road Conditions in cheltenham. Take a look at 95. Southbound travel times from wood haven to vine. Still doing good. Now lets check in with meteorologist bill henley. The most accurate forecast in the region. Bill . Cold start in Camelback Mountain area. Wind is blowing. Look at flag. Watching for a few snow flurries. Take a wide view of this camera shot so you can see the whole thing. There you go. Not a sign of any flurries right now. Snow showers really not far away. The clouds, theyre making the Lehigh Valley and the suburbs, philadelphia, as well. Those clouds that have prevented really cold air from taking ahold this morning. 40s right now. Lehigh valley and suburbs. 42 degrees in philadelphia. Delaware, youre 41. And south jersey, 40 degrees, nobody is really cold. All in the low 40s. North, princeton at 39 degrees. Florence in the low 40s. We will see sunshine today, but not expecting a big warmup. Thats because the wind will be blowing. Its blowing off of some colder air that is to the west. Producing snow. Even into the midwest. This snow is trying to move our way. Trying to blow into the area, but really not going to reach us. Might be a flurry or two. Thats it. Mostly see clouds at times this morning and this afternoon. A few more clouds that will be blowing through as the winds will be with us all day long. The temperature trend is getting back to winter after a couple days in the 50s today. 45 degrees. Its colder for saturday and sunday. Even colder next week. The normal High Temperature is 41 degrees. Were going to spend days below the normal temperatures, but its going to be mainly dry. No sign of any wet weather for friday, saturday, sunday. Monday might see a flurry. Mainly cloudy and 36 degrees. Colder than normal on monday. Colder than normal on tuesday. And cold enough for a few flurries on wednesday. Drive for the rest of the workweek is next weekend. Im watching for chance of snow late on saturday. Wintery mix possible sunday and an ex weekend even colder than this weekend. First weekend in february. High temperatures in the 30s. 6 21 right now. Number in the billions. Thats how much officials with the School District say they need to repair school building. Just ahead breaking down what the money would go to. How many schools need the work. Plus, the president. Explain why new jersey lawmaker is asking President Trump and congress not to ban a popular moneymaker for the state. Concerned the Trump Administration could get rid of Online Gambling in new jersey. Asking the president and congress not to ban internet gaming in the state. Trumps nominee for attorney general, jeff sessions, say head would like to look closer at the ruling that cleared the way for Online Gambling in new jersey, delaware, and nevada. Atlantic city casinos had benefitted from Online Gambling. Quick thinking 911 dispatcher in North Carolina saved a woman after someone locked her in the truck of a moving car. Im inside of a car trunk. They talked briefly then the phone got disconnected. Dispatchers could not reach her so one of them decided to text her from hisuvef cell phone. He found out the type of car she was in. And where she thought the driver was going. Eventually Police Spotted the car. Rescued the woman and arrested the driver. It was the only way i know would not get her in trouble. This is a prime example of technology being used to the fullest at someones greatest time of need. Those Officials Say 911 centers need to add the ability to receive and send text messages. So they can better respond to situations like this. Good morning, everyone. Francesca ruscio here. Giving the blue route love. Looking at it from baltimore pike. Headed northbound from the boulevard southbound from 95. Have to catch a flight at Philadelphia International airport, you will not run into any problems or delays. Were doing pretty well in travel speeds in the 60s. When i come back take a look at the rest of the majors. First a check of on weather. Chilly wind is blowing. See the banners moving in the wind. 42 degrees. Not all that cold for this time of year. Windchill is a factor. Feels like temperatures are in the 30s. Forecast hour by hour for your neighborhood just ahead. Plus up in the trees. May not look like it, but this macaw needs to be rescued from there. Tell you about a pretty extensive team toefeffort to tr bring him down. Right now on nbc 10 news today. Making their voice heard. Thousands took the street to philadelphia to demonstrate during the republican retreat that wraps up today. Setting the record straight. Thats what mayor jim kenny says hes doing following the president s remark on the murder rate. In need of repair. Schools need a lot of it. Just how much it will take to make all the fixes. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. Im katy zachary. 630 right now on this friday. Just a little bit cooler today than weve seen. Enough to notice. It is. Meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate forecast in the region. Bill, fill us in. Wind making it feel could r cold this morning. Feels like temperatures 35 in philadelphia. Feels like 19 in the poconos mountains and blow freezing for wilmington. Actual temperatures really not that bad. Low 40s for suburbs in new jersey. 42 in Lehigh Valley. 41 now in wilmington. See some sunshine this morning. Tempera

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