"nbc 10" first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. jessica? >> bill we are watching the pa turnpike on the westbound side due to an overturned tractor-trailer in bristol. earlier crossed down all lanes. now luckily you can see slow traffic by the scene because we only have the right lane blocked. we'll keep you updated on that as that accident cleebs up and gets out of the way. berlin new jersey, a sinkhole closing the white house pike ramp near haddon avenue. roosevelt boulevard around fox street no problems headed southbound to the schuylkill expressway. drive times are up. no problems there at all. heading out, mass transit we all are running with no delays for amtrak, new jersey transit and septa. more drive times coming up. chris. >>> breaking news from overnight. swiss authorities arrested six high ranking fifa suspicion of taking millions in bribes. federal prosecutors in new york are expected if announce federal corruption charges. the fbi says fifa had corruption in hosting the world cup. u.s. authorities believe the bribes were agree

jessica boyington in the "first alert" traffic center. jessica. >> we're doing a live check in at new jersey. looking around the new jersey turnpike around the black horse pike. no problems or delays there. we do have a road closure in new jersey. i'm going to tell you where coming up. >> reporter: i'm katy zachry live in hammonton. it is one of the best things about new jersey in the summer. the produce, unfortunately, some of your favorite fruits and vegetables could be suffering this season. i'll explain. >> announcer: this is "nbc10 news." >>> it is a law that affects thousands of people who work in philadelphia. today, the new push to protect paid sick leave in the city. >>> dealing with dry weather. weeks without significant rain is taking a toll on local farmers. we're live with a look at that impact and what it will mean for you at the grocery store. >>> and another round of summerlike storms could move through the area today. heat, heavy rain and thunderstorms. it's just about 5:30. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today.

jessica boyington is watching them. jessica? >> this is what happens as rush hour begins to get underway. roosevelt boulevard between hyland avenue and route 14. more details to come and see any lane restrictions as well. we're dealing with the tractor-trailer that's run off the road on high street in west chester. police activity not on the scene. something to watch out for. it's over into the bishs. southbound traffic being allowed to move by the scene. as we check out the rest of the drive times slowing in normal spots in central city. just under half an hour. just over 15 minutes if you're headed on the schuylkill eastbound from the blue route out towards the vine street expressway. we'll check in with mass transit and see how that's doing coming up, vai. >>> preying on people's generosity to get rich. next the four cancer charities federal authorities say already helped themselves. >>> some hurricane sandy ravaged communities are getting a fresh start by getting on the auction block. we'll explain. >>> come to your tv if yo

jessica boyington. >> thank you bill. good morning, everyone. out on the schuylkill expressway no fog. right around gla dp agladwyn. no road work or construction to watch out for. parkwood though there is a closure here. police activity on the scene of woodhaven road and byberry road due to a downed pole and wires taking out part of the roadway. take academy road to get by the scene. we'll update you

jessica boyington and the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> bill we're monitoring an accident on 95 right past woodhaven road. it's pushed over into the left-hand shoulder. police activity on the scene there. slow go by the scene. out for the stotesbury cup regatta, kelley drive will be closed. take the schuylkill expressway to get through. black horse pike no problems. headed southbound you can see through the work zone. not active. 12 minutes southbound from route 38 up towards the black horse pike at that point. as for mass transit, amtrak still suspended service from philadelphia into new york city and modified service between washington and philadelphia. we'll check in with septa and see how that's doing coming up. >>> this breaking news. the king of the blues has died. famed guitarist bb king died in his sleep at his las vegas home early this morning our time. 12:40 to be exact. king told -- sold millions of records and was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. the 15-time grammy winner suffered from diabetes and had been in d

let's check in with jessica boyington. looks like trouble behind you. >> not a whole lot of trouble but construction. so it's not really setting us back too much for drive time

let's check in with jessica boyington. looks like trouble behind you. >> not a whole lot of trouble but construction. so it's not really setting us back too much for drive times. you can see a little bit of volume. they aren't taking out any lanes. they are in the shoulder. part of the off ramp at 295 around the black horse pike. you can see northbound lanes moving fine. 13 minutes headed southbound from this point. as we head out the door to check out the rest of our drive times, no problems heading into center city. if you're on 95 or the schuylkill expressway. the blue route headed southbound free and in the clear as well. 15 minutes from the schuylkill up towards 95. as we check it out 95 out in delaware, the drive times currently free and in the clear. 10 minutes or 11 minutes if you're headed northbound southbound from 295 up towards 495. >>> 5:01. decision 2015 the race for mayor. these two candidates will face off for mayor of philadelphia in november in what many believe is a foregone conclusion already. jim kenne

jessica boyington and the "first alert" traffic center. forget about the sunglasses today, jessica. >> definitely starting to pick up with volume as we head out the door on i-95. no sunshine in the area. this is the northbound side right here. a little bit of volume starting to gather. you can see the drive time hardly affected by that. moving out of that right-hand shoulder. and we have good news out in lower merion lancaster avenue and remington road isle reopen. you don't have to worry about an alternate anymore. that accident has cleared out of the way. now rutgers camden commencement at 9:00, expect delays around the camden water front area. >>> we begin with breaking news overseas. reports say that isis militants are now in control of historic ru

jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we're out on 422 around cider mill road. disabled van over in the right hand shoulder. crews on the scene trying to get him out of the way. you can see the roadways next to that aren't gathering any volume. as we head out to 202, still drive times are doing okay 106789 minutes or 9 minutes northbound or southbound. route 30 on the schuylkill expressway checking in on drive times. we'll send it over to meteorologist brittney shipp who's looking at a beautiful shot of cape may. >> it's just gorgeous out. we are seeing cloudy conditions at the shore. more sunshine here in the city. as we head into the rest of the day, mix of sun and clouds. temperatures want to stay above average or average for this time of year 77. today a high of 87. by 11:00 a.m. 78. by 2:00 p.m. 84 with wind speeds shifting out of the south 5 to 10 miles per hour. i am tracking weekend changes. we'll have rain on sunday. i'll go over all the details in my forecast. vai. >>> following breaking news this morning. phila

jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, bill. looking live at route 202 at paoli pike. we are going to check in with amtrak and septa. >> reporter: i'm matt delucia. the investigation continues and you see the scene behind me. so does the work to repair the tracks. we'll have an update coming up after the break. >>> "nbc 10" breaking news. >>> legendary musician bb king has died. this morning we're remembering the life of the king of the blues. >>> clearing the cars and repairing the rales. count on "nbc 10" for all the overnight developments in the deadly derailment. >>> a cool start to the weekend. changes are in the forecast. "nbc 10" first alert weather team is tracking showers and much warmer temperatures. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. it was a little cool coming into work. let's get to "nbc 10" first alert meteorologist bill henley with the day's forecast. bill? >> good morning, vai. another cool start similar to yesterday except we have clouds starting to move into t

right now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. what's going on jessica? >> we have a quiet morning so far. out on 295 in new jersey to check out the drive times there. you can see no active work zone around the black horse pike. that's definitely a good thing. not a lot of volume. still free and in the clear no problems 13 minutes headed southbound from 38 up to this point around the black horse pike. as we head out through the p.a. turnpike check out the drive times, currently no problems. westbound, eastbound, still 23 minutes. >>> certainly not a quiet night in terms of violence overnight. gun violence in philadelphia and camden has police investigating a total of four shootings, two of those deadly. in philadelphia's mantua neighborhood, a man died after being shot in the head. police found him near a basketball court at 41st and athens street. they're still searching for the shooter. a few minutes earlier a man was shot at 17 and luzerne. medics rushed a man to the hospital and he died. philadelphia police are looking for who

jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> bill, we have good news out in quaker town. first, we had an accident car fire on the pa turnpike on the northeast extension. on the southbound side approaching lands dale. that was taking out part of the right-hand shoulder and lane that's cleared out of the way. good news there. montgomery county in limerick we're dealing with a vehicle accident on west ridge pike and north township line road. watch out for that. sun glare on i-95 around cottman avenue. not a lot of volume in the southbound lanes. definitely a good thing. use extra caution with sun glare. 13 minutes southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. update on the accident in point pleasant beach. roadway is open but we have a downed poll in the scene as well blocking the right hand lane and shoulder right around broadway. rosemary. >> thanks, jessica. >>> later today president obama will place a wreath at the tom of the unknown. they will host an observance at the memorial amphitheater. since the civil

"nbc 10's" jessica boyington watching traffic for us. a couple of jams. >> a couple of jams but everything is pretty typical so far. relatively light out on the vine street expressway. i wanted to show you this camera right here. westbound lane five minute drive time from 95 towards the schuylkill. westbound generally where you would see a jam at this time towards the schuylkill expressway. still moving along just fine. as we head out the door and check out the rest of the drive times, 95 we can't get away from this. a heavy trip there. starting to slow down a little bit on the schuylkill headed eastbound from the blue route. no problems on the blue route. mass transit a good outlet. there are a few accidents though. i'm going to show you them in a few minutes. chris. >>> more trouble in atlantic city. just ahead, the cuts that some people say could put their safety at risk. >>> and one runner was sweating it out during the blue cross broad street run and it had nothing to do with the intensity of the exercise. what he lost on the race c

jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. good morning, jesse. >> we've seen better days. blue route in upper darby. dealing with an accident in the southbound lanes. you can see it right up ahead pushed over into the right hand shoulder. show going. as we head out the door to crescentville, there's still a vehicle fire on monitor street near mayfair. take route 1 or whitaker avenue. into mount laurel, new jersey mount laurel road is closed between haynes road. that's due to an earlier accident. now a downed pole blocking the area. take elbow lane to get by. >>> sky force 10 live over breaking news we're following out of burlington county. these flames are from a brush fire in pemberton near route 70. county officials tell us the fire is contained to a four acre area. no buildings on fire or in any danger. no one is hurt. >> breaking news overnight where four people are dead after a gunman opened fire here. this happened late last night in the town of menasha, wisconsin. the shooter is among the dead. a fifth person was hurt

right now, checking in with jessica boyington, "first alert" traffic. no sunglare out there, jessica. >> no sunglare. we're starting to see volume bill. right now, we're watching a disabled vehicle being towed out of the way on 422. these are the cameras around egypt road. not affecting the drive times. still no problems on the schuylkill expressway. you can see a car being towed out of the way. just something to watch for as you head out. checking out i-95 drive times no problems there. southbound towards the vine still about a 14-minute trip. but we will see some volume starting probably kind of soon and heading up through 9:00 in the morning. for the rutgers camden commencement on the susquehanna bank center we'll see delays around the camden water front. >>> thank you, jessica. >>> philadelphia police are looking for a person who shot a man and left him in the middle of the street. that shooting victim was then run over by a suspected drunk driver. the victim is now dead. katy zachry is live at headquarters. >> reporter: hi, vai, i've been checking

first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> good morning. a few problems is right. we're in the

right now, let's get a look at traffic, jessica boyington. any problems, jessica? >> we are having problems out in new jersey. every time one clears another one pops up on the turnpike side, south of exit 7 a. there's an extent traveling through that area in washington county, still mop touring the black horse pike. on the southbound side we were dealing with all lanes being blocked earlier this morning. some traffic getting by between washington and friesville yod.road. these are westbound lanes headed towards the schuylkill expressway expressway. still no problem on 295, up towards the schuylkill. vai. >>> patco will roll out six of its next generation train cars that come complete with upgraded seats, heating and cooling systems. the cars will go into service at patco's station in cherry hill shortly after 10:00. they're just the first in a $194 million project to remodel all 120 cars in the patco fleet. >>> and today, septa will take the next steps in the project for the lansdowne, montgomery county. the board will get to develop the rights to a new train stati

"nbc 10" jessica boyington doing it. jessica. >> if you want to get up three hours earlier you won't ever see any other volume. south street, no problems. these are the eastbound lanes in there headed towards center city area. 13 minutes headed from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. no problems there. as we move forward to lower merion been out there since 3:30. you want to watch out on west wynwood road and spring avenue. mass transit, everything running on time there. as we move forward on route 202. 11 minutes northbound from route 30 to the schuylkill or southbound in the opposite direction. >>> a hot topic involving governor chris christie has to do with him and nothing to do with a bridge. talking about the pensions. >>> how boxing fans are now turning on prize fighter manny pacquiao. >>> if you felt sucker punched by saturday night's fight. some pay purview customers in las vegas are filing a lawsuit claiming that floyd mayweather's victory over manny pacquiao was not a fair fight. the lawsuit

jessica boyington has that. jessica. >> thousands and thousands of people affected by this amtrak suspension, and the derailment. from philadelphia to new york city, again, all services suspended and they're dealing with modified service between washington and philly harrisburg and philly and new york city to boston as well. septa is having some delays and suspensions as well. trenton line still suspended this morning. and the market/frankford line is currently making all stops to accommodate for more passengers. and also extra cars to accommodate for passengers as well. the trenton line as it's suspended, we have alternates if you normally try to get to the center city area take route 84 or 60. you can head for frankford. and then head for the market/frankford line after that. you can go to nbc10.com for more alternates. >>> some experts say the deadly derailment could have been prevented by a sophisticated sensors on the rails and the railcars. it's called positive train control or ptc. if the train is going t

jessica boyington has that. >> thank you tracy. we're out in new jersey this morning at the black horse pike. right around the black horse pike in the southbound lanes. only about 13 minutes for your drive time right there. through the work zone doesn't seem to be active right now. that's definitely a good thing. out on the pa turnpike the drive times are doing well. no problems westbound from 1 to valley forge. 23 minutes if you're headed eastbound. a check on mass transit the septa trenton line is still suspended. check "nbc 10" for more information and alternates. the atlantic city rail is being restored this morning starting with outbound 4608 at 4:33 a.m. is being restored. >>> 11 minutes past 4:00. we are following breaking news for a missing marine helicopter in southeast asia. >>> plus, free and clear. six narcotics officers acquitted along with the charges against them. >>> plus learning the details of the first lawsuit filed against amtrak just two days after the deadly derailment from port richmond. . >>> it's 4:14. brea

jessica boyington watching problems out there at this early hour. jessica. >> thanks, guys. it is a little early. we're not dealing with much in terms of volume. we are seeing ongoing construction. looking at the vine street expressway around 24th street where you can see only one lane getting by on the westbound side. you can see drive times relatively affected. 95 from the schuylkill expressway expressway. as you head out for the rest of the drive times, currently no problems on 95, the schuylkill or the blue route in any direction you're headed. bellmawr, new jersey we are dealing with an accident with some small volume on the scene because only one lane is getting by on 295 northbound around the white horse pike. an accident to watch out for upper moreland and knock hills. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> about half an hour before sunrise this morning. the temperatures are falling at this hour. blue sky, live view from the melon bank building. 6 degrees warmer in philadelphia compared to yesterday. 63 degrees. a little bit of a

jessica boyington has a look at your morning ride. >> i'm not going to comment on that. don't get her a mug. don't do it. good morning, everybody. still dealing with an accident scene in gloucester city on 76 eastbound. right after the 42 freeway turns into 76 approaching the walt whitman bridge. that's where this accident is around route 130. the right lane and right shoulder are closed with police activity on the scene there. we'll keep you update when had that is open. the vine street expressway around 24th street still active on the scene there. one lane getting by on the westbound side. eastbound having no problems. you can see drive times relatively unaffected. under 5 minutes if you're headed from 95 or to the schuylkill expressway. as we take a look at the rest of the problems. wood haven up towards the vine street expressway. i'll check in with mass transit at 5:00 a.m. >>> a different search strategy. forget browsing the internet from your desk. how technology is changing the way you get your information on the go. >>> plus -- >> you know we said it before. it

let's check in with jessica boyington to see how

let's check in with jessica boyington. jessica, what can you tell us? >> what we can tell you is that there is good news on the new jersey turnpike. you can see on the northbound side between exit 1 and 2 which is in between 40 and 322 they are allowing that right hand shoulder to get by. all lanes still closed. this is an intermittent closure. at the same time we are allowing this lane to go through. that doesn't mean it will be like this this morning. as we clean up the accident scene you want to take 295 too get on by. especially since we're so close to the heart of rush hour. as you can see on the schuylkill expressway on the conshohocken curve starting to slow down. 18 minutes headed westbound from the king of prussia area. 17 minute trip if you're headed from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. eastbound lanes right there. you can see some slow go. we do have good news for mass transit. all service resumed and normally for amtrak new jersey transit and septa. we'll keep our eye on the new jersey turnpike accident and the reopenin

jessica boyington is watching traffic. what are you seeing jessica? >> tracy, we're watching an accident investigation on 295 on the northbound side around route 73. slow going by this scene as they block off the center lane and left-hand lane. still 12 minutes from the black horse pike up towards 38. you can see something to watch out for for this morning. as we head out to upper merion montgomery county there is an accident on jasper road. use caution traveling there. schuylkill expressway the drive times are free and in the clear. no problems eastbound to center city. vine street to center city only 11 minutes. >>> investigators this morning are looking into the deadly crash of a military aircraft. they're looking at what went wrong into an osprey that slammed hard into the ground. >>> tough talk from the secretary of state towards north korea. we'll tell you what john kerry had to say during his visit to south korea. that's next. >>> it is 4:13. a live look outside. another warm and muggy day. temperature 70 degrees. bill is tracking showers. we'l

jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. good mornings jessica. >> good morning, bill. this is what we like to see in the morning, route 309 at susquehanna road no volume no construction, no problems. smooth sailing. we're going to check in with the rest of the drive times at 4:30. >>> a philadelphia student hurt when a chunk of concrete came flying through her school bus window. next, her mother says she was targeted. >>> "nbc 10 news" starts now. >>> get ready for near record heat. summer is taking over today. we could hit 90 but thank goodness it will be short lived. a drastic cooldown is ahead. >>> we're following breaking news in nepal where another major earthquake just shook the already devastated country. we have new information from a red cross worker in the area. good morning. it's 4:30. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. a muggy start already this morning. you'll notice it when you walk out the door. the humidity is there. >> sm merummer preview. clouds moving into the area. a few

it starts early. >> to get around that jessica boyington can do that for you, jessica. >> i will start on that in just a second vai and tracy. good morning, everyone. on the schuylkill expressway around city avenue. starting to see just a little bit of volume on the westbound side heading towards the king of prussia area. it's still a quiet friday. westbound from the vine street expressway up towards the blue route a 12 minute trip and 13 minutes headed into the center city area. popping over to kelly drive, that's closed. that will be closed from 7:00 this morning until testimony. that's in fairmount park between strawberry mansion drive and fountain green drive. you can take the schuylkill expressway or if you want to avoid that take 33rd street. no problems for new jersey transit, septa and patco. i'll check on new jersey roads coming up in ten. >>> now your "nbc 10" weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good morning. we're going to see a very nice end to your work week. temperatures touching into the low to mid 80s. we'll stay that way as we head into your mother's day week

right now jessica boyington is watching your first alert traffic. good morning, jesse. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. we're getting word of an accident on 252. just beyond the camera not setting anybody back too much. no volume even behind that. something to watch out for over on the right-hand shoulder. currently no problems on 95 through the work zone southbound. only 13 minutes no problem from the schuylkill into center city for the blue route. as we head forward to long crest, still dealing with a vehicle fire on monitor street near mayfair street. take route one or whitaker avenue to get by. >>> new from overnight. here's what we're following. police want to find out who shot and killed a man around 10:30 last night. >>> 5:30. leaders in baltimore say it is time for the city to get back to normal. the mayor lifted the curfew. hundreds of people stayed for peace at a rally and they continued to fight for change. >> we going to keep on marching. we going to keep praying not just for justice for freddie gray but for every freddie g

jessica boyington has an update. jessica. >> we've had this scene out here since very early this morning where we have an overturned tractor-trailer that is now upright. so it's some good news. making progress. we are dealing with a massive backup behind that scene in bristol on the westbound side between delaware valley and bensalem. you can see tow trucks and crews on the scene trying to get that cleaned up and out of the way. we have police activity there as well. all lanes blocked off currently at this point and every once in a while they're allowing a car or two to get on through on the left-hand side. still some major backup behind that scene as well. then over to our maps we can cover other things going on in the area. out montgomery county norris town main street hamilton street a car crash out in the area. major jams on 95 right around girard avenue. on the southbound side specifically right here you can see completely bumper toz%8v bumper over half an hour from woodhaven road towards the vine street express

"nbc 10's" jessica boyington watching traffic for us. what about it jessica? >> pretty quiet, chris and tracy. as we head out to the blue route around germantown pike, hardly any problems. no problems northbound as well. as we take a look at the rest of the drive times, no problems 95 southbound. 12 minutes from woodhaven to the vine street expressway. eastbound a 13 minute trip there. the blue route southbound we just looked at a second ago, that travel time there is 14 minutes from the schuylkill expressway up towards 95. now a check on mass transit. currently no problems for septa, new jersey transit and the patco speed line. pine town road east and westbound near barton drive take camp hill road to get through the area. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> another warm muggy start this morning. a few scattered clouds in the area and we are on our way to near record heat. the record for the state is 91 degrees. we'll get very close to that this afternoon. it will be a breezy day and riding on the winds tomorrow will be

jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. jessica? >> bill back to work on 95 looking live around the gerrard point bridge. the northbound lanes has a disabled van on the shoulder. crew trying to get him out of the way. just something to watch out for. not backing up with any volume. 12 minutes northbound or southbound on 95 from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. still watching strawberry mansion and the closures around the building fires. 29th and diamond street closed. now around the area we're dealing with ridge and diamond, 29th and ridge and susquehanna and 29th. take kelly drive to get by. we're watching an accident heading home from the shore in middletownship on the garden state park way taking out the center lane on 10. vai. >>> thank you, jessica. breaking news on the strawberry mansion area. early morning fire destroyed three homes. matt spoke to the fire commissioner, matt what did you learn? >> reporter: vai, he told me at this point no injuries reported either to anyone in this area or to anyone out h

jessica boyington has that. jessica? >> yeah we're checking out a point on the jersey shore. getting an early start on route 73. near the atlantic city expressway. a few cars. it's a little early for that. northbound/southbound still moving along just fine on route 73. on the pa turnpike we'll check the rest of our majors. no problems westbound. 22 minute trip from route 1 towards valley forge. rest of our drive times through the philadelphia area 95 southbound from woodhaven road towards the vine street expressway, 13 minute trip and 13 minutes if you're headed into center city on the schuylkill. tracy. >>> there's a new twist in the death of blues legend bb king. next, his daughter's claim that it wasn't an accident. >> reporter: tracy, a new study shows that the deer tick population in pennsylvania is exploding. coming up what you need to know if you spend any time outside. >>> it's 4:15. following breaking news just into the "nbc 10 news" room. this is from strawberry mansion. firefighters battling a fire that spread to two homes. investigators tell us there were people i

let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, bill. right now looking through the work zone on 95 right around state road. the southbound lane doing just fine. you can see all lanes free and clear and moving along just fine. 14 minutes headed southbound from woodhaven road up towards vine street expressway. as we do a check on our drive times out on 202, the same story there. northbound or southbound from 30 up on the schuylkill expressway. for a check on mass transit, the good news is amtrak's northeast corridor service has resumed the light rail service. they're dealing with a suspension from

boyington is watching all the cameras for us what's happening, jessica? >> we're going to take a look at 295, the black horse pike. you can see an accident taking out part of the right-hand shoulder. about two lanes squeezing by if you're headed southbound. no real problems headed northbound. you see the drive times not affected by this road work. at this point at the black horse pike, still no problem there, only about a 13-minute trip. and we are just getting word of a disabled vehicle out on 422 westbound on the ramp to egypt road. you'll see some problems with travel through that area. lower merion still watching an accident scene in lancaster avenue and remington road. you can take wynnewood road. and the rutgers camden commencement, expect delays around. >> thank you jessica. we're looking forward to the memorial day holiday this weekend. >> yes, we are. >> we're not even there yet, we're already hearing about fourth of july celebrations cancelled in one camden county community. >> and we'll tell you why leaders in this particular town say it's too

what do people need to know on the roads, jessica boyington? >> first we're doing a check fast on all new jersey roads. route 73 around the exit ramp for route 38. traffic no problems. southbound some good news there. in berlin new jersey there's a sinkhole on the westbound ramg p. that is closed to head towards haddon avenue. an accident investigation scene on elm road. if you want to get by that jump on route 55 if you want to take a highway or south orchard road to get through that area. still monitoring the accident on the pa turnpike in bristol northbound. all lanes are being blocked right now, possibly for the removal of that overturned tractor-trailer. as they're moving it around between delaware valley and bensalem you'll have some back up behind that scene. >>> 5:52 now. happening today. the wilmington city council will host a ground breaking ceremony for a new park honoring former resident and former resident bob marley. one love park will have new playground equipment, improved lighting or gated front entrance. those are a few of the

jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, bill. looking live at the platt bridge. you can see no problems headed westbound. that's where the headlights are coming in. taillights, no problems. eastbound, we do have some delays for mass transit. i'll tell you where they are coming up. >> reporter: and president obama is coming to camden today with a very specific message. coming up we talked to one person the president will be meeting with. >> reporter: i'm matt delucia live at 30th street station. i just spoke with some of the passengers who are getting ready to board the first amtrak train heading to new york after last week's derailment. i'll have that coming up. >>> this is "nbc 10 news." >>> preparing for the president. today president obama will pay a visit to camden. we are live to explain the reason for his visit. >>> and back on track. a live look from 30th street station where the northeast corridor is reopening today for the first time since tuesday's deadly derailment. >>> and

jessica boyington has a look at a tuesday morning commute. what's going on out there, jessica? >> bill, would he do have some road closures out in the strawberry mansion area due to the building fire. 29th and diamond streed is where the fire actually is right now. that's closed. would doe have some closures around the area to watch out for as well. ridge and diamond. avoid the entire area. there may be residual closures. take kehllley drive. from wood haven road to the vine street expressway currently no problems. about a 13-minute trip. taking a check out on 422, drive times currently no problems. headed eastbound, that's really where the morning commute generally jams up from 29 up towards the schuylkill. no problems. just about an eight-minute trip. we'll check in with mass transit coming up. >>> we are following two breaking news stories. first, a fire that jessica just mentioned in the strawberry mansion section near 29th and diamond. here's a live picture from the scene. fire started in a three story row home and it spread to another home. in the past 30 minutes you can

jessica boyington. >> thank you bill. good morning, everyone. out on the schuylkill expressway no fog. right around gla dp agladwyn. no road work or construction to watch out for. parkwood though there is a closure here. police activity on the scene of woodhaven road and byberry road due to a downed pole and wires taking out part of the roadway. take academy road to get by the scene. we'll update you on the cleanup. head out the door in new jersey. walt whitman bridge this morning northbound from 55 up to that spot still only a 5-minute trip. the same if you're headed southbound. speaking of area bridges, we just looked at the walt whitman bridge coming off of 42. no problems on the betsy and clear on the ben franklin bridges except for the right hand lane being lost. we'll check in with 95 and some times coming up in 10. >> breaking news in mercer county where crews appear to have control of an apartment complex fire in east windsor. "nbc 10's" matt delucia is live on the scene. matt, what have you learned and what's happening now? >> well trac

i'm jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. slow going through the work zone here on the vine street expressway right around 18th street. you can see you are losing that right hand shoulder. only one lane getting by for the predominant part of the morning. now we can't recover some residual delays there as we head out to new jersey. ocean heights avenue is closed in both directions at english creek road. your alternate is to take the garden state parkway or the black horse pike. i wish i had good news for you. for now over to bill henley with a lot of it. >> getting some sunshine to start with jesse. live view from the link this morning. temperatures have cooled down into the 40s. 47 degrees here at "nbc 10" at 6:25. there is a chance of a rain drop or two. we have some showers overnight in delaware and south jersey. they have since pushed to the south. >>> well tens of thousands of runners, of course and tons of fans are headed to philadelphia this weekend for the blue cross broad street run. "nbc 10's" matt delucia is live wi

but right now, let's check in with nbc10 "first alert" reporter jessica boyington. what's going on jessica? >> we are

now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. anything happening? >> looking live. expecting quiet on route 309 northbound. southbound no problems. no problems at that point on the p.a. turnpike but we will check in with a tractor-trailer that's overturned on the p.a. turnpike. i'll tell you where it is coming up. >>> "nbc 10" breaking news. >>> the world's most popular sport is embroiled in a corruption scandal this morning. while you were sleeping top fifa officials were arrested on their illegal influence on the world cup. >>> tracking the chance of severe weather as we look ahead to a steamy and perhaps stormy afternoon at 4:30. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. you'll feel the mugginess. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley and the first alert forecast. >>> chris, we are starting off steamier. it will stay with us all afternoon. the humidity was low. overnight that has changed and

first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, bill. we're flowing fine on 95 around broad street. everything moving along perfectly this morning. don't want to jinks it. 12 minutes from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. northbound from the vine street expressway up to woodhaven road pretty much the same thing as you can see in our cameras. no problems or volumes as well. 42 freeway in new jersey still a 5 minute travel time headed northbound from 55 towards the walt whitman bridge. no problems southbound. northbound is where it tends to jam up. bridges, no problems there as well. all bridges free and in the clear. we are still dealing with ongoing construction on the ben franklin bridge. not a lot of volume so far. head westbound into philadelphia we're losing one lane. check in with more drive times coming up in ten. >>> at 4:32 now. following updates on breaking news out of nepal. another earthquake here. four people are now confirmed dead after a strong earthquake hit the country today. a 7.3 magnitude quake hit near the

let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. good morning, jesse. >> good morning, bill. we're covering bridges first. the platt bridge around i-95. no problems there or backup. as for the rest of the area bridges, betsy ross and walt whitman bridge clear. ongoing construction on the ben franklin bridge. down to three lanes as opposed to the normal four for the morning rush. expect some volume to pick up a little bit later on in your commute. in cheltenham, reports of hazardous road conditions. as we check out mass transit, definitely a good thing. they're all running on time there with no reported delays. back to you guys. >>> new from overnight in atlantic county a person died in this crash in egg harbor township. officials say the driver of the car crashed into a tree on ocean heights avenue. a second person in the car was air lifted to a nearby hospital. investigators are looking into how this happened. >>> there is also new from overnight, a woman was injured when a fire started inside her home in kingsessing. firefighters

jessica boyington has that. >> it has been a good thing most of the morning. we picked up on an accident on 95. this is approaching girard avenue. see mainly the backup. the two left-hand lanes are being blocked only allowing one lane to get by. every once in a while a few cars are allowed to push on through. these are the southbound lanes as well. but you can still see the drive time hardly affected by that at all. just minor delays 14 minutes headed southbound from woodhaven road towards the vine street expressway at this point. and checking our mainers out in new jersey on the 42 freeway, still five minutes if you're headed from 55 northbound up towards the walt whitman bridge into philadelphia. some good news still for mass transit no problems for septa, new jersey transit or the speed line everything running on time. more drive times in ten. >>> and if you're driving in north philadelphia today, keep this in mind. today and tomorrow actually be ready for some heavier traffic. that's because of temple university's commencement events. they will cause heavi

right now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. jesse. >> good morning, bill. starting to see clearing of road work. ongoing construction. this is the camera around 20th street in the westbound lanes. one lane is squeezing which.by. not affecting the drive time, 5 minutes from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway. the rest of our drive times, no problems on the majors. no problems on the blue route. as we head out the door to cheltenham we're getting reports of hazardous road conditions on east town line road and walker road. >>> so we're counting down to the blue cross broad street run when thousands of people will hit the streets sunday morning. "nbc 10's" matt delucia is live in olney at what will be the starting line. matt, tell us more about what still has to get done. >> reporter: tracy, a couple more days left. come sunday morning it will not be clear. it will have 40,000 runners. a very big event out here. 40,000 people will be out here plus their families and supporters. we spoke with the blue cross broad street run rac

i'm jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we're out on the schuylkill expressway where we're seeing problems around spring garden involving a school bus accident. no children being reported on that bus. good news there. 21 minutes westbound. >>> warm and muggy today. a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and again tomorrow. and then back to springtime for wednesday, thursday and friday. look at this the holiday weekend looks like a winner with bright sunny skies for saturday, sunday. afternoon closer to 80 degrees. looks like it will be a little warm injury and still very nice for memorial day. >> timing is everything. >> "today" show is up next. >>> get updates with the "nbc 10 news" app. thanks for watching. >>> good morning. deadly brawl. a fierce gun battle erupts between rival gangs inside a crowded restaurant. >> nobody was doing anything and they start shooting people. >> at least nine people dead. more than a hundred others in custody. this morning the story of innocent bystanders forced to take cover i

i'm jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. you're looking at live the schuylkill expressway at montgomery drive with a disabled vehicle over in the left-hand lane. slow going behind that scene. you can see 18 minutes starting to slow down on the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. an accident montgomery on welsh road and north wales road. we'll check in with i-95 coming up. we'll see how this morning's forecast is looking with bill henley. good morning, bill. >> nice and mild to start with. good morning, jesse. mostly cloudy. there are some breaks in the clouds. see a little bit of sunshine before the chance of showers returns, but really you don't have to bundle up this morning. 67 degrees right now at philadelphia international. northeast philadelphia is in the upper 60s as well. pottstown, wrightstown, doylestown, millville all starting out in the 60s today. >>> and we are following breaking news this morning. a row home collapsed that forced neighbors outside in a philadelphia neighborhood. "nbc 10's" katy za

i'm jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. as we start things off right now looking live on the schuylkill expressway, right around city avenue. these are the westbound lanes headed slow towards the king of prussia area. now we are just getting word of an accident montgomery county in upper dublin. bethlehem pike and west pennsylvania avenue. now another incident we've been following all morning out in parkwood on woodhaven road and byberry road. police activity on the scene. take academy road to get on by. i'm watching some of the jams in our cameras here. i'm going to tell you where the jams are coming up in just five minutes. for now we're going to take a look at the center city camera with meteorologist bill henley. good morning, bill. >> good morning, jessica. clouds hanging over the city. cloudy start and foggy in some spots. a little bit of mist too. fog will clear. the temps will be climbing with some breaks of sunshine. look at the start we're getting. 66 in doylestown, wilmington 76. south philadelphia is at 70 degre

time to get an update from jessica boyington. >> good morning, everyone. a disabled vehicle on 93 in broad street. 14 minutes still for your total drive time headed southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. we do have a road closure at radner king of prussia road. it's closed between radner

"nbc 10's" first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. jessica? >> chris, we are checking in on new jersey through the work zone on 295, we have a pretty active scene. black horse pike southbound side flashing lights. lane restrictions and the shoulder is being blocked. part of the northbound side as well. dealing with some lane restrictions. not affecting your drive times, just something to watch out. 13 minutes from 38 up towards this point at the black river pike and no problems headed northbound as well. we are still dealing with a sinkhole for emergency repair. the white horse pike westbound avenue to haddon avenue is currently closed. berlin, take local detours posted around the area to get through. as for mass transit there's no problems for septa, new jersey transit or amtrak. >>> answering to congress. the next step that begins next week. and what passengers are hearing about the luggage that was damaged in the accident. >> these ads created quite a controversy. the new steps that the transit agent sid is taking to make sure it doesn't ha