that was the new jersey turnpike. now an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound past norristown, that's exit 333 dave. >> visibility an issue. most of our light showers are beginning to die away but we've got fog with visibility under a quarter mile in some spots. so be careful of that. temperatures in the 60's. we're going to go for a high of 84 later today. it will get warm and humid. a couple more spotty showers this afternoon. >> okay for karen rogers, matt o'donnell dave murphy i'm tamala edwards. have a good good tuesday. >> ♪♪ (gong) blend kikkoman into your burger patties to beef up their savoury meaty flavour. (taiko drum beat) (taiko drum beat) >>> good morning, america. breaking overnight. dangerous flash flooding. half of foot of rain falling in the south, wiping out roads in hours. trapping drivers. >> dispatch this vehicle is completely under the water. >> at least 20 water rescues and more heavy rain on the way. >>> new this morning -- bloody battle. new video of the chaos from that deadly

the new jersey turnpike accident earlier all lanes closed. that's between 40 and 322 which is exit 1 and 2. take 295 to get by the scene. we expect the cleanup to be there for quite some time. out in malvern we're dealing with a road closure on north warren avenue. that's between east king street and old lancaster road. you can take west lancaster ave. or paoli pike depending what side you're coming from. schuylkill expressway drive times are free and in the clear. no problem around montgomery drive. westbound towards the king of prussia area you can see 11 minutes from the blue route to the vine street expressway. no problems there. good news for mass transit. amtrak, new jersey transit, septa all have normal service resumed this morning. >>> 5:34. it is primary election day across pennsylvania. voters will go to the polls in 90 minutes. polls open at 7:00 a.m. the most anticipated race in philadelphia, the democratic nominee for mayor. lynn abraham, nelson dias jim kenny, jim oliver milton street and anthony williams. they will face melissa

continue to follow breaking news. a problem that's shut down the new jersey turnpike. we got the picture from the scene on the breaking news on the turnpike. it comes from our social media discovery app banjo. a tractor-trailer caught fire and two people are hurt. >>> impact on traffic. all northbound lanes closed right now. "nbc 10's" jessica boyington is following that for us. jessica? >> with all northbound lanes closed that's going to be a major, major travel disruption this morning as we head out the door into woolwich township. new jersey turnpike closed on all northbound lanes between exit 1 and 2 which is 40 and 322. for now take 295 to get by that scene. we'll have more updates to come on the openings of the new jersey turnpike as we head out the door to the schuylkill expressway around girard avenue everything is moving along okay. westbound from the vine street expressway up towards the blue route, 11 minute trip. 13 minutes around girard avenue east bound from the blue route towards the vine street expressway. moving forward from the pa turnpike, rain falli

>> 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 reopening of those roadways coming up. >>> thank you, jessica. >>> rethinking tactics.

red flag warning at noon today for state of new jersey. temperatures as we stan they are all over the place, the true back end of the front hasn't completely crossed through yet. still mild, wildwood, up and down shore points but that northwest breeze is kicking in. while you don't necessarily have a cooling impact of the on shore flow you will still feel cool breeze kicking in here across the region not just at the shore and we are expecting a much cooler by comparison temperature of 70 degrees and just a low climb from here. back to the lower 80's by week end but a few more cloud and potential for some showers if not a thunderstorm looking ahead to the weekend as well. vittoria, now back over to you. >>> thanks very much, katie. good morning everyone. we are taking a live look at chopper three over the scene of the breaking news story the amtrak derail many. i will step out of the way to get a better look. i was driving into work this morning and i listened to mayor nutter during his press conference over kyw news radio saying that one o

still causing problems right now on the new jersey turnpike in gloucester county new jersey. looking outside live in delaware county, this is i-95 at the commodore barry bridge. we can see the reduced visibility. we've got fog here. some of the roads a little bit damp because of that. on the big picture some malfunctioning traffic lights. in cross traffic on the boulevard at bustleton avenue. that's a new problem this morning, matt. >> thanks, karen. >>> it is primary day in pennsylvania. polls across the state will open in less than two hours with democratic voters choosing their nominee for mayor of philadelphia. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live with our coverage at city hall. katherine. >> reporter: matt, after tax the democrats should finally have their candidate in the race for city hall. the republican mayoral candidate in philadelphia is running unopposed. but there are other races in today's pennsylvania's primary. polls open at 7:00 a.m. in philadelphia f-all eyes are on the race for mayor this primary day. candidates were out making their last minute c

fortunately, new jersey has three. we have a responsibility to uphold the cause and issues for people like us all over the state of new jersey as well as representing everybody within our district. it means that i get called to come to suffolk county or cumberland county to meet with a woman's group or an african-american group in addition to doing the things within your district -- the things within my district i'm doing. it goes from mercer to middlesex and a little bit of union. host: you mentioned your dad's service. where and when and why did you get involved in public service? rep. bonnie watson coleman: i have always been involved. i was a career state employee in the executive branch for 28 years before i decided to run for my father's seat. my father died. he always wanted one of his children to take on this position and we always told him no. you already compromise or anonymity. when he died, it was a way of honoring him and the work he had done. we used to tell him that that was his ministry. when he died, h

as we check on incidents out in new jersey on the new jersey turnpike, there's an accident still on the northbound side south of exit 7a on the inner drive on the right-hand lane. use caution in traveling through. still dealing with emergency road work repair in berlin. on the white horse pike on the westbound headed towards haddon avenue, take the local detours to get around. >>> investigators think they know who's behind the hacking of an irs website. plus today in torquenew york we'll get a sneak peek at the observatory. >>> and changes to the center city mall. and the redevelopment plan moves forward. >>> new this morning, in the past 90 minutes, russian president vladimir putin spoke about the investigation and rage involving soccer's governing body fifa. heization the united states is meddling in fifa's affairs trying to take away russia's world cup. yesterday, authorities arrested 14 fifa officials on accusations. the next world cup in qatar will go as planned. >>> the family of a girl you see being attacked in these images has filed a $10 million lawsuit. the 9-year-old girl was

new jersey law says it's not. yet children can take their oxycontin vicodin valium whatever they need in school and my daughter can't take medical marijuana. so we think it's a violation of the law in terms of her equal protection under the constitution. >> reporter: barbers told me they were forced to sue the maple shade school district because their daughter is being denied the medication she needs to combat the painful and damaging seizures she experiences when she doesn't take the medical marijuana. >> pinching, kicking screaming and yelling and literally trying to hurt people. when she gets her fourth dose of medical marijuana all of those bad behaviors are gone. >> reporter: school district attorneys say they can't just ignore the law and allow the medical marijuana to be taken on school grounds so the legal battle in politicking will continue. meanwhile people like johnny are forced to deal with the consequences. >> fox 29 weather authority now. >> it is warm out there. we went right from spring to summer a

so, this is the new jersey turnpike. it is officially still blocked between exit one and exit two so why do you see this traffic's sneaking by? 4 miles of backed up traffic. they've been stuck out there since 3:30 this morning. and they're just now allowing some of those people to get off to work here and they're all going on the shoulder very slowly past the scene with the fire still coming out here. the smoke on the tractor-trailer. so, a horrible scene. we've got police. we're hearing that we have tow trucks coming to the scene right now as well. this is fire crews here, fire crews now off to the shoulder southbound an the new jersey turnpike so southbound is getting by. northbound it's a mess. they're allowing 4 miles of backed up traffic just to squeeze by this scene. the action cam live on the scene right now in woolwich township gloucester county. i want to show you maps and get an idea of where this is. so here's the accident scene blocking all traffic northbound between exit one and exit two for 322. what you ca

new jersey governor will do the honors. the ceremony on the boardwalk at andrews avenue starts at noon. >>> tomorrow morning "the battleship new jersey" will hold a celebration. this is the 72nd anniversary. the ceremony will conclude with the wreath being tossed into the ocean to remember former members who have passed. >>> there will be a memorial service at the grave side of continental soldiers. this is the army's 1776 encampment in bucks county. >>> from our delaware bureau the holiday weekend means the opening of the city pool. the prices run pool will open tomorrow. you can enjoy fun from tomorrow until monday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. all other city pools will open june 13th in wilmington. we'll have more events coming up in the next half hour. some free. >>> 4:16. capitol hill senators are scrambling to finish their business today to avoid having to work through the holiday weekend. on their agenda the renewal of the patriot act. this expires may 31st. >>> republicans on capitol hill are slamming president obama fo

the original draft said "we the people of new york, virginia new jersey." it listed the states individual -- the states individually because there were those at the convention, who following the model of the articles of confederation, had thought that we the people of each state worse off or had sovereign authority. that has huge consequences because if the people of each state are sovereign, it would have taken unanimous approval to ratify the constitution, which after all, violated the rules of approval of the articles of confederation which did require unanimity. and nothing could get done. also, if we the people of each state were sovereign, then any state could choose to leave the union on its own if it chose. but wilson disputed that we the people of each state were sovereign. he insisted that we the people of the united states as a whole were sovereign. this he said was the difference between britain where parliament had sovereign power and could do whatever it likes, and the united states where the people and not parliament were sovereign. and the r

the new jersey state police base camp where 150 new jersey state troopers are staying to help. i got shown around. >> one of the assets was a mobile command post where they can talk to each other and connect radio traffic with the baltimore city dispatchers. >> well i went back to pennsylvania in the middle of the afternoon and what i can only tell you was a carnivallike atmosphere. i should have gotten a black lives matter t-shirt. david blaine was doing magic tricks. it was almost like a carnival atmosphere for just just a bunch of humanity hanging out together, positive vibes for sure. i returned to the state police base camp and waited to see where things would go. right as curfew started they headed out. >> on foot or in vehicles. >> follow them into the city right to the center of the action pennsylvania and north avenue. >> there is a curfew. >> it seems that the curfew last night worked. no incidents. all the troopers made it back safe. as far as we no baltimore was mostly quiet. >> new york city last night. actually at the right moment right in the middle of the city.

jersey and new york. sample was inadvertently sent to a u.s. air base in south korea those raps were supposed to receive dead anthrax spores. officials say that there are no suspect or confirmed cases of anthrax as a result of the ship. but contact with anthrax can cause sickness and even death. >>> the irs believes the identity of the hackers who stole personal tax information from the agency web site are from russia. criminals stole the information of more than 100,000 u.s. taxpayers. officials say that the irs believes they were in russia based on computer data about who accessed the information. >>> head up if you own a scooter or motorcycle and live in south philadelphia, thieves are ripping them off. now philadelphia police are hoping surveillance video will help them catch the culprits. take a look here these clips show three men in hooded sweat shirts loading two stolen motorcycles in the the back of the white van. police say nearly 20 scooters and motorcycles have been stolen over past month and

by 10:00, much of new jersey is in it. and then it spreads into philadelphia area and other parts of pennsylvania. and that's why there's a dense fog advisory for much of new jersey and delaware for tomorrow morning. more on what to expect for mother's day weekend and the latest on ana with the 7-day in a few minutes. >> thanks, glenn. all right. buckle up for this one. this is something you don't expect to hear except on maybe a soap opera. a judge ruled that a pair of new jersey twins have different dads. the case played out, a judge ruled in the paternity fight that the man the mother wanted child support from only has to pay for one child. that's because the dna test showed he is the father of one twin but not the other. now, it is rare for a woman to give birth to twins with different dads but it can happen when the woman has sexual intercourse with two men in the same menstrual cycle and two of her eggs are then fertilized separately by each man. >>> construction on a new hotel in university city is going to begin so

jersey if you plan to take on new jersey transit to new york, because they are cross honoring ticket. this could affect your morning rush severely. right now majors are very quiet but lets talk about mass transit and how that derailment is impacting it thus far. as we have been mentioning this morning amtrak suspended service indefinite thely between philadelphia and a new york. they are running modified schedule between philadelphia d.c. harrisburg and philadelphia and new york and boston. as i mentioned before new jersey transit is cross honoring, between new york and trenton. with that said expect higher volume then usual at those platforms points. if you are traveling chestnut hill west line it was earlier suspended and now it has been restored but still want to expect service delays because it was just put back in place. trenton line still suspended for new jersey transit ac rail line has been suspended but be mindful of that as well. in and around the accident scene we are dealing with the active investigative scene at this point here there are many closures in and around the t

so this portion of the new jersey turnpike shut down right now. one of the tractor-trailers burst into flames. they extinguished the fire. it was carrying paint and auto parts. there were no passengers on the tour bus and so far police are saying there aren't any injuries as were reported just yet. fire activity blocking the left lane southbound on 295 and that is causing a problem as well so take 295 instead of the new jersey turnpike right now which is blocked northbound between exits one and exit two with in major accident scene. outside lie in northeast philadelphia this is woodhaven road at the boulevard. seal the fog certainly reduced visibility the weather's impacting the roads this morning so slow it down. no other problems itself on woodhaven road in northeast philadelphia. on the boulevard, though, here we are at bustleton avenue malfunctioning traffic traffic lights. no cross traffic allowed right now, tam. >> okay, thank you karen. >>> and we're starting this morning with brand new information about a crash that killed an 11-year-old i

jersey, right on the new jersey turnpike northbound. it is blocked now between exit one and exit two for 322. we're hearing it's involving two tractor-trailers and a tour bus. the tour bus wasn't carrying any passengers. one of the tractor-trailers we understand was carrying paint and auto parts so a messy scene right here an tractor-trailer caught on fire in the trailer of the truck with the paint and the auto parts so what a messy situation right here. heavy duty tow trucks are trying to make their way to the scene through the backlog and the closures right now. it all happened just after 3:30 this morning so not that long ago. southbound past exit two fire activity blocks the left lane but it's northbound that all traffic is blocked. 295 runs parallel. you can hop on 295 to avoid the problem right there. outside live in another area this is radnor township delaware county, we see a little bit of fog roads in some parts are the damp. no other problems on the blue route between route 30 and the schuylkill expressway, matt. >> thank you

a sinkhole and emergency repair in berlin new jersey. follow the local detours to get on by the area. coming up we'll have more drive times including a report. >>> 4:31 now. a delaware conte man is recovering after he may have been hit by lightning. neighbors tell us the father of three was walking his dog at the end of his driveway when lightning struck. they saw the man fall to the ground. nbc10 technology show severe lightning strikes over that area at that time. we talked to neighbors what the storm was like. >> it was so not -- like anything i've ever heard. terrifying. >> it was scary. we were outside just moments before that. >> they say they saw the man fall to the ground when the lightning hit but police tell us they don't believe he was directly hit by lightning. they believe he may in fact have suffered a medical condition when the lightning struck. witnesses say he was complaining of tingling in his legs but he was able to walk. he was taken to a hospital to be checked out. >>> we did see heavy downpours at times during the t

i've been watching the shore cameras primarily, new jersey and delaware. things looking really good if you're headed to each of those beaches later today. volume on our majors is not really considerable at this time. drive times on the northeast extension. if you're headed to the poconos or somewhere cooler between quaker town and pennsylvania turnpike will take you 20 minutes to do that stretch. moving into new jersey your drive times on the 42 freeway or 295 looking good. some of the overnight construction will clear. right now if you're headed to the shore, lewis beach, route 1 and route 9, not seeing a lot of traffic. if you can get up and out the door, now is a good time to do it. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> getting ready for a beautiful day today. the rain clouds well, see for yourself, they are out of here. this is a live view from the lowe's hotel. besides getting a workout, the wind is blowing. it's 8 miles an hour at the airport. 53 degrees. we'll be climbing into the 70s this afternoon. along with

over a new jersey economy that won't get better. forget about bridgegate on are whatever they're calling. all this other stuff closes the gate on chris christie's chances. to the mayor of new jersey former steve. that's been my premise all along, is that. it's the economy. for a lot of new jerseyans, it's not improved. >> i came across the george washington bridge today. that toll was eight bucks. today it's $11. state spending has gone through the roof. i think it's the 40th state in the nation to do business according to the tax foundation. governor christie had the opportunity to turn new jersey around and make it an economic powerhouse. new jersey once led the nation in job growth. wage growth. this was the place to build your business. thomas edison moved from new york to new jersey because it was the best state to do business. he's had a wonderful opportunity to make new jersey an economic powerhouse. that's no excuse. the governor of new jersey is one of the most powerful executives in the country. he could have been advancin

you can see it new jersey also delaware. that's because reduced advicibilities are a little stronger there and we're see what's going to build off a little flower there. we have the fog in place this morning. take your time to burn off. as we gut throughout time we're going to see the bog turning and there showers most of us will not zing that. i took the area slow to mainly for many of usly. the better chance of receiving a thunderstorm, maybe a shower especially, in parts of southern nudge. this is sunday at 5:00. as we go through time here, monday waking up fog. bituesday, 74 miles, by po. >> overnight police are investigating a two-car crash in philadelphia. it happened around 3:00 this morning opinion medics took mall underin stuns. >>> police say a tech sting led to an accident in montgomery county. a driver told officers he was using his phone with an suv flipped over and hit a parked car. the driver went to the hospital. there's no word on his condition this morning. >> and police in montgomery county of searching fo

that is a live look from above the overpass on the new jersey turnpike. that is not the same video good this is unexpect drop in a sweet 16 party, what came falling from the sky from an airplane that fouled up the party. it is poop. >>> it is a big night for the the sixers, as of tonight we will necessity where sixers are in selecting next month's nba draft. what are our chances for a first pick? we will bring in all o

new jersey 42 freeway looking good. 295 looking great. atlantic city expressway guard deb state park way. when i see you in a bit we'll look at cameras along the new jersey and delaware shores. >>> the man accused of murdering a family at their mansion in washington d.c., is now in jail. here's new video of police arresting daron dylon wint. went killed the former ceo, his wife and 10-year-old son and housekeeper. he worked for the company. the surveillance video plus dna found on a pizza, a slice of it delivered to the mansion, helped lead them to the suspect. >>> welcome to the memorial day weekend. you may be one of the thousands of people headed to the shore or the delaware beaches this weekend and we're here to help you get ready. "nbc 10's" matt delucia is live for us in atlantic city. resort town trying to keep it sparkling. matt? >> reporter: vai, can atlantic city come back? that is the big question out here. i've been talking to people on the boardwalk. the feelings are mixed. you have eight casinos. this time last year there we

she's the reigning miss teen new jersey usa. student council president and several languages performs in school plays and she's competing for miss teen usa in august in the bahamas to try to bring the title back to new jersey. do you think that's it? jacquelyn or arras i called her jackie of all trades is a golfer. she plays on the east brunswick high school team and is highly-regarded. what better place to be than doing my favorite thing on the golf course? wow. i met up with jackie for friendly round of golf and conversation at the trenton country club. >> when i was a freshman in high school i tried out and i didn't start it first so i was kind of upset so i practice really hard and i ended up starting. >> we continued to play walk and talk and talk about the inches in her life. i don't know if she expected to be -- made to be on my game. neither did i. >> sorry. >> we can't all be winners. >> oh my gosh. >> modesty is my best quality. i asked jackie how she juggles all of these activities into responsibilities. >> i do a lot

" tonight >> thursday nights and the big story on "action news" is the first few of the new jersey pine barrens off route 206 warton state forest. 206 was closed much of the day and it's now reopened. this is shamong township, firefighters all auto round have been called in to battle the blaze. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the zion ranger station. dann, what's the situation now. >> reporteer: well, jim, these firefighters almost 100 of them made tremendous progress in battleing a fire which stretches 710 acres. they report tonight the fire is 50% contained as efforts continue. >> new jersey forest fireers rushed to attack the fire on all fronts. in the air a hughie helicopter 225 ball on buoy bucket brought back and forth water from the lake. >> a lot of this area has not burned since 20s or 30s it's dense. >> they were fighting fire with fire lighting backfires around the fire to stavb it of fuel. >> it's a great feeling when what's happening on the ground and what happens in the air comes together. >> as night progressed and firefighter effort continued the plume of

jersey new york metropolitan area. and i know how effective these tools are and how necessary they are. appropriate law enforcement against anyone who goes across the line can do this without throwing the baby out with the bath water. >> what about those who say what we saw in this case was james clapper sitting there with the not wittingly we don't do it. this is a lie. >> it's about being aggressive and asking the right questions and doing the right digging. >> they did and they got lied to. it makes people mistrust them. >> i don't think they were as aggressive as they could have been and i don't think they knew as little as they claim to have known. >> congress overseeing this matter? >> yes absolutely. >> you said today that all of these fears about the government in this area are bologna. but you know a lot of people out there distrust the government from the irs scandal to spying on reporter to the lies that were told about the nsa. they're saying really all the fears are bologna? >> no one pointed to a specific

jersey drivers are taking to the roads and that means more fill-ups at the pump, because it's new jersey motorists will never get from behind the wheel but will it stay that way. >> reporter: new jersey is one of two states in the country where you can't pump your own gas and oregon is the other, and they are starting to ease things. >> this is new jersey and that is what we are used to and the way it's always been. >> but legislation would allow gas stations over a three year business to go from full service to self service. >> i don't pump my gas and i prefer them to do it for me. >> it's an inconvenience, i like for people to do it more me. >> i'm 80 some years old and i never pumped my own gas and i don't think i would like to start now. >> we'll go to self service it will help us a lot. >> the owner says it would save on employee costs and generate business for convenience stores attached to stations. >> new jersey's ban on pumping your own gas started in 1949 when it bad a safety issue so drivers in 48 other states managed to do it. >> it would be nice and speed the process up. the

next, where pennsylvania new jersey and delaware stand on a new list. >>> about five of 5:00. for parents who work with children, there are new laws in pennsylvania that you should know about. the new law requires parents that are volunteering with children to get background checks. the parents would have to successfully clear their background check by july 1st. volunteers at all schools would also need to be checked for any criminal or child abuse history. >> it's one thing to come in and sit down and fill out a paper with your date of birth and social security number and your address. it's another thing to have to go home, sit online for up to an hour, maybe longer. >> now adults willing to volunteer can sit online and fill out the form. some parents could pay $50. a price that some think will discourage adults from volunteering. >>> 4 minutes before 5:00. obesity rates in america are on the rise. the national obesity rate rose to 27.7% last year. that's up .6% from a year before. the rates are the highest in southern and midwestern states with mississippi having the highest

watching problems on the new jersey turnpike. >> bill we have a major closure on the new jersey turnpike on woolwich township. an accident involving two tractor-trailers and a bus closing all lanes between 40 and 322. take 295 to get by. we'll have updates on that to come. >>> "nbc 10 news" starts now. >>> voters will go to the polls across pennsylvania today. we're following the important races. the push to get people to those polls and an election scandal just uncovered. >>> and a wet morning is ahead. the first alert radar tracking showers and in some areas fog and storms could be ahead for later. it's 4:30. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today"." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. we have news on an accident on the new jersey turnpike. let's get a look at the foggy

new jersey. so the only way you will get there, the river line is going to be an active rail line this morning. not built for 11,000 commuters a day but it will be your alternate if you really must get from point a to point b. once you're up in trenton new jersey transit trains will be running in toward new york city f we can let's go to my map computer, to gave you a idea of the location of this accident in port richmond, frandford avenue, between torresdale and castor. i went to north catholic high school right, there looking out my geometry window, coy see the rail lines. i could see that large metal pedestrian bridge that crosses over what could be maybe 15 sets of tracks, counting the freight line, and then you have the four lines of the main line. so service suspended on amtrak this morning between new york and philadelphia. and again, looking from our vantage point from skyfox, those rales are mangled. this is not going to be a quick easy fix like an accident where we can pull everything o

i filled up in new jersey yesterday, and new jersey's great where they pump the gas for you unless everyone pulls up at once and it takes an hour longer then you could do yourself. new york times reporting that general motors may face criminal charges in connection with the faulty ignition switches. criminal charges. the company may also have to pay a fine worth more than $1.2 billion. department of justice case revolves around the fact that gm failed to reveal the problems with its ignition switches. >>> citizens are being sued for denying services to passengers, with wheelchairs and guide dogs. lawsuit claims uber and lift violated the americans with disability act by failing to make their cars handicapped accessible. uber says it can transport blind and wheelchair bound passengers. lyft is also willing to accommodate. recommending passengers with service animals call the the driver in advance. >>> if you are hitting a beach for the holiday don't forget the sun screen but it the is important to know the brand you might be using might not be doing the job. environmental watch dog group loo

with the new jersey plan. and william paterson is in energetic discussion with jacob broom. of all the statues, broom is the only one for whom an image to not exist. -- did not exist. i think the artist had to imagine what his face looked like. everyone is represented according to contemporary pictures. william paterson proposes the new jersey plan which says that every states is going to get equal representation in a bicameral legislature. that would've been great for states like new jersey whose votes counts as much as big states like virginia and new york, but as you can imagine virginia and the larger states were not happy with that. so what to do? it looks like an irreconcilable clash. fortunately as was the case of , many times at the convention someone proposed a compromise. and that someone was roger sherman of connecticut. let's go look at him and see what he came up with. the connecticut delegation is here. and i have to apologize, ladies and gentlemen, because whenever i think of roger sherman i can

host: congresswoman bonnie watson coleman of new jersey. what do you think of your time in washington so far? rep. bonnie watson coleman: it is exhilarating and frustrating all at the same time. it has been a great learning curve for me. and it is so wonderful to be sort of in the midst of all of this activity and all of these important policy initiatives and the discussions that are taking place that impact people throughout the country. host: you come from a background of having served in the new jersey legislature. was it easy to transition with staff and issues from that setting to capitol hill? rep. bonnie watson coleman: from the extent that i knew certain kinds of staff. and what the function would be. that was a pretty easy transition. the experience down here is very different than the one in state government. in state government, you had a predictable committee schedule. you had a predictable employee -- voting schedule. everyone was on the floor when you were voting and debating issues. it is very different down here. you never w

his plan is for the new jersey board of education to come up with a group of new jersey school leaders, as well as parents to try to assess the current core standards and coming up with something better for the students here, of new jersey. yesterday he made this announcement here in burlington county, that he a has been done with common core and abandon issue of common core and adopt better educational standard for new jersey students. but it is not that ease i. new jersey education association says that it is school leaders that has worked tirelessly to reconn figure its curriculum based on common core practices and specifically parcc testing requirements. now christie wants to develop a new plan but still insist that new jersey students take the parcc test as a means to he have is federal education funding. is there already a lot of cop fusion previously, christie supported common core and so it is something that he agreed with president obama on despite it being controversial. for many teachers and parents and student against the the ideas of teaching to a test now he has announce

rail tunnel from new jersey to new york. and that's according to a quinnipiac poll just last december. the existing pair of tunnels, both which are 105 years old, are in dire need of repair. governor rendell, i want to get back, i don't think infrastructure grabs people. i wish there was another word we could come up with. but it seems to me, most americans who don't take the subway or "l" in big cities spend an hour or more going to work an hour or more coming home, spend a good part of their day on roads and bridges. why don't they put the pressure on to do something about bringing those up to date and safe? >> well, americans do it's interesting, chris when we have to vote on referendums that call for an increase on taxes, voters approve 75% of the transportation referendums that are on the ballot. they distrust the federal government, but even that's starting to erode. we saw what happened with amtrak. you know amtrak the curves in the track bed are very dangerous. but there are seven bridges that amtrak trains between b

a better chance that new jersey will see thunderstorms. clouds and no fog in philadelphia but that the not true in allentown. thick fog right now and 64 degrees. atlantic city at 66 northeast philadelphia back in the low 70s today. you can feet humidity. light fog showing up in the camera blue mountains, pocono mountains. any fog will disappear as temperatures climb and we'll be back in the upper 80s for much of the area possibly 90 degrees. for identification allentown, half a mile visibility. under two-mile visibility for coatesville. and the area is mainly fog-free. but you can feel the humidity in the air and that could very much fuel more showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. this morning, showers pushing north and west and these will completely miss us. but as things heat up this afternoon, more showers and thunderstorms are in store. they'll be scattered around this afternoon. hour-by-hour forecast shows breaks of sunshine while clouds linger in new jersey and delaware. and noon time today, you'll see the first showers starting

it soon moved to the new jersey state legislature. it proved up the smoking gun, that it was a deliberate and political act. smoking gun was an e-mail from chris christie's deputy chief of staff, bridget kelly. an e-mail from her to a chris christie appointee at the agency who runs the bridge. an e-mail, in which kelly directed david wildstein to unleash traffic chaos. time for traffic problems in fort lee. then the chris christie appointee responded, got it. what unleashed was traffic armageddon. a planned orchestrated traffic jam that paralyzed fort lee for four days. before somebody stopped it when they figured out what was happening. today, the recipient of the time for traffic problems e-mail, david wildstein, pled guilty, to conspiring to orchestrate that traffic jam along with chris christie's chief of staff, along with another member named bill baroni. the three of them plotted to purposely cause the traffic jam on the george washington bridge in order to quote, punish the mayor of fort lee, democrat for not endorsing chris ch

new jersey shore, they are already gearing up for it. now in south jersey, this morning, we were in avalon, and, avalon, cape may county officials were showing off some emergency vehicles today including an evacuation pet shelter, and a mobile command center. they mean business. it is all part of the national hurricane preparedness week and being ready starts licensing before the storms make land fall. >> we will start planning seven to ten days out. we will be notifying and talking to all of the municipal oem coordinators to tell them to dust off their plans, make sure they check their inventory for sheltering and evacuation and basically just getting ready to have all of the players in line if we have to call an emergency. >> we could, you know, busiest part of our hurricane season along the jersey shore typically is in late august, early september but with an el nino year, it promises to be a little bit quieter we hope so. that is very latest from the jersey shore here in sea isle, lets go back inside to kate and our cbs studios. kate

. >>> new this morning, a new jersey man dies of a rare illness. now they're tracking his travels to make sure it didn't spread. >>> heating up. hue mitd at this kicking in, we'll be pushing 90. details on that. it's 4:30. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. it's already in the mids 60s. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. are we going to hit 90? >> i don't think so. there's a possibility we'll hit 90. it will be in the upper 80s. hotter than it was yesterday. we topped out at 87 degrees yesterday. right along the jersey shore. the delaware beaches will see temperatures in the 70s. 60s across the board for the entire area. temperatures are still coming down so we could see 50s in interior new jersey from mount holly where it's 61 degrees right now. alan town and pottstown in the middle 60s along with wilmington and trenton, 68 in northeast philadelphia at the airport. getting a warm start. a few scattered clouds at 6:00. by 9:00 look at the temperature climb from 66 a

he lived in baltimore but grew up in new jersey. and justin zemser gaines also died in tuesday night's crash in port richmond. 200 others were hurt. >>> more than a dozen patients are still in area hospitals today, six remain in critical condition, eight of the injured at temple university hospital. >>> amtrak service is once again running between philadelphia and new york. the first train was scheduled to leave 30th street station for new york at 5:53 this morning. actually left at 6:07 and arrived about 30 minutes behind schedule. nbc 10 went along as passengers boarded the trean in philadelphia this morning. we made the radio ride with them. the train's speed was slower than normal out of an abundance of caution. >> i hope you know they take a precaution. want to make sure it's safe for passengers. >> you're not worried? >> i'm not worried, no. >> i slept through most of it you know but it was great. it was comfortable, no problem. >> the train reached the speed of 108 miles per hour. our crew on board says that's when most peopl

new jersey" will be complete and commissioned in about six years. >>> also in new jersey, there's a big push to preserve memories from superstorm sandy. >> that's right. students are the ones leading the effort. the college of new jersey launched an oral history archive to collect the experiences of those affected by the 2012 storm. other universities have made a similar effort for historical presentation. >>> tomorrow in bucks county the bristol township school board will hold a budget presentation before voting on a preliminary plan for next year. the board is working to cut a more than $5 million deficit. it could lead to tax hikes in that area. that meeting is scheduled for 7:30 tomorrow night. >>> listen to this. a superintendant in chester county is speaking out about what he calls the massive burden of state testing in schools. joan scanlon wrote a letter to families in the westchester area school district. in it he criticizes the amount of testing in the schools. he writes in part quote, learning should be challenging but also enjoyable and exciting. teaching should be dynamic a

we have an accident in new jersey on the new jersey turnpike southbound approaching the molly pitch pitcher service area. katherine scott is an apartment fire complex devon shire drive. academy road northbound traffic heading toward the boulevard. police blocking local woodhaven road because of a downed pole peco is is on the scene. stick to academy or comly road. >>> a fire broke out at a new jersey apartment complex and it had one person jumping two stories to get to safety a firefighter is among those injured. katherine scott is live in east wind so -- windsor township, mercer county. >> reporter: matt, 20 people have been displaced. one person had to jump two floors in order to escape the flames and the smoke in the apartment. firefighters remain at work in east windsor township. the the fire was placed under control an hour ago but they are still putting out hot spots. this was a fast-moving fire, let's go to cell phone video that a resident shot early this morning as the fire raged. it broke out at 2:30 at a building in the windsor castle apartments on the unit block of devon shire dr

news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan report, one pled guilty and implicated two others in that scheme. >> of what occurred, that was in 2013. >> reporter: with his lawyer supplying the apology david wildstein pleaded guilty to orchestrate september 2013 traffic jam to punish the mayor of fort lee, new jersey for not endorsing chris christie's reelection. for his cooperation he faces two federal charges while prosecutors are pursuing nine counts against bridget kelly and bill barron. >> they deliberately waited until monday september 9th which was the first day of school in fort lee to ratchet up injury to residents. >> reporter: authorities say kelly, christie's former deputy chief of staff ed barone appointe to the new york and new jersey worked with wildstein to cover up their plot as a traffic study. they say wildstein's account of what happened isn't true. >> did he not commit any of the acts for which he stand accused. by contrast, no one disputes that david wildstein is a criminal and a liar. >> i am not a liar and i never lied to anyone about the george washington bridge issue.

new jersey." . senator bob menendez has been pushing this. >> i suggested that it would be great to finally once again particularly in the submarine class recognize new jersey and its long history. >> the new "u.s.s. new jersey" will be completed in about six years. >> there are plenty of events today in our area to observe the memorial day holiday or spend some time outdoors. in chester county, devon horse show continues today. it will run through the upcoming weekend. history buffs are certainly welcome at valley forge national historic park today. a little bit later on there will be a memorial day observance that includes an audio tour and a bell concert. the more events we want to make you aware of memorial day ceremony at philadelphia's korean war memorial park. start at 11:00 this morning. then at penn's landing, a former pow will speak at a special rededication ceremony at the vee et nam war memorial. at 3:00 a ceremony and wreath laying will be held in washington, d.c. at the tom of the unkn

his plan toys develop a new curriculum, yet still insist that new jersey students take the parcc test as a means to receive federal education funding. parcc tests are designed based on common core standard. >> this will in no way effect our efforts to continue effective testing and measurement of our students through the the parcc test. we must continue to review and improve that test based on results, in the based upon fear and rumor and speculation but results. i'm not going to permit new jersey risk vital education fund because some would prefer to let the the perfect get in the way of the good. we must test our children because federal law requires it and because it is the only way to objectively judge our practicing gress. >> in new jersey, teachers union says christie's plan, to over all the standard insist on parcc testing is a logical thing. if the governor is genuinely interested in new standard the state must abandoned parcc fiasco, which is taking a terrible toll on the quality of instruction and student learning in new jersey. he went onto say it is unfair for students and

news," traffic tragedy in new jersey, a speeding car slams into a another vehicle singerly sitting at a stop sign. >>> honoring those who serve it is nation pauses to pay tribute to the military our veterans and fallen heros. >> the heat is on for the week ahead. it's a great day to be at the shore if you have off. clearly that does not apply to those sitting at this desk. we're glad to be with you. matt and karen are off let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman. >> reporter: tamala, working our shift means we'll have the afternoon. it's going to be a nice afternoon. there are a few clouds philadelphia and north we expect them to erode. yourself it will be a sunny day maybe a few clouds the farther north you go across the region. temperatures not bad, 64 in allentown, 63 in wilmington, the dewpoints are fairly low so it's not had a humid out there. now, the winds are out of the south they will get more blustery later on today, that will draw slightly higher humidity into play as we move through the afternoon. temperatures lr roaring by 8 -- will be roaring by 8 can mean. 63 degr