expressway construction. it should start to clear out because it is 5:00. typically when we start to see more cars starting to move towards the vine westbound for philadelphia. again, it's still in play and it will be clearing up for the next several minutes. let's take a look at travel times on 95 from wood haven to vine, folks, still in the green, 13 minutes, travel speeds in the 50s and 60s. over in hamilton, new jersey, our cameras around sloan avenue on 295 north and southbound traffic. very light over new jersey. no patchy fog, thank goodness. when i come back, we'll take a look at the vine and the rest of the marriages. >>> two people are dead after an overnight fire in philadelphia's bustleton section. >> pamela osborne is live at the scene. tell us what you know about the victims and what happened here. >> neighbors say a husband and wife that share this home together. they say that couple recently dropped their daughter off at college very soon before this fire. now, officials have not yet identified the victims but what they are telling us is that the bodies of a woman

>>> right now on "nbc 10 news today," breaking traffic alert. the eastbound schuylkill expressway is blocked right now at university avenue because of a tractor-trailer accident. we'll help you get around that. >>> tobacco crackdown. where you live in philadelphia could affect whether your teen starts smoking. now city officials want to do something about it. details ahead. >>> not a banner day for carson wentz and the philadelphia eagles. the team got handed their second straight loss on the road against washington. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. just past a:30. welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm rosemary connors. a lot to get to including that crash on 76. first, a look at the neighborhood forecast with meteorologist bill henley. fog out there, bill? >> yes, we're seeing fog. it's been thickening up. you can see it in south philly. this is the camera at the sports complex, this is 95. the thok has befog has been thi. blue bell is down to two mile visibility. philadelphia international, half-mile visibility and dense fog, quarter mile visibility in wilmington

news on the schuylkill expressway. cameras around university avenue showing that the eastbound side of the schuylkill is shut down right now. there was an earlier tractor-trailer accident and then an oil spill involved with the accident scene. a lot of cleanup under way. it's been like this for a couple hours now. you can see approaching the scene, diverting traffic off of the university avenue off ramp. the alternate, avoid the schuylkill expressway if you're headed eastbound. this traffic would be moving towards 95. if you're heading in that direction, get off there, take a left, head to the 34th street bridge and go to wharton street. you can ak cease the schuylkill expressway eastbound again. we'll keep you updated. we'll be back in ten minutes to do so. >>> 4:30 on this monday. for septa riders, the clock is ticking n. two weeks, buses, subway and trolley service may stop. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in east falls with details. matt, what can you tell us? >> tracy and rosemary, some 5,000 union members have threatened to walk off the job. that could leave bus stations like th

schuylkill expressway, east and westbound, closed in both directions. all traffic right now if there was a car that moved through you would see it's being diverted off on this off ramp right here. they typically remove this construction project around 5:00 or so. we have another half an hour for that. also burlington and mt. holly, this is closed for the construction, around exit 5. that goes to exit 13. you need to know where it starts, especially if you're coming from south. again, that's from burlington mt. holly around exit 5. no problems on 202 right now. we're still in the green, no big problems or delays, 11 minutes northbound from route 30 to the schuylkill expressway. pamela? >> new this morning, a busy delaware highway is open again after a truck full of cows overturned. take a look. this is the scene on 295 northbound at bayesen road in new castle. the truck jackknifed and overturned around 9:30 last night. it was carrying 15 cows. nine survived the crash. they were taken off of the damaged truck and moved to another vehicle overnight. the driver is fine. >>> right n

street expressway. cameras around broad street. eastbound traffic starting to move towards the city. not a lot of cars out there this morning. it's still rather early. the schuylkill expressway, so far, everything looksç pretty good, in the green, from the blue route to the vine, we'll be seeing a travel time of 13 minutes. yes, fog is out there, folks. let's take a look at this camera over in mt. laurel, new jersey. this is 295 at 3. look at your side off to the right, the top shoulder. you see the streetlights but there's a halo around the streetlights. that indicates severe, dense fog in new jersey. let's take a look at the majors in new jersey. so far we're doing okay on 295. when i come back, we'll take a look at the blue route, vai and tracy. >>> happening today after three months of modified schedules and delays, septa's regional rail system is back in full service. the transit agency says its service can now get back to a regular schedule because enough of the train cars are back in operation. septa had to pull 1 to regional rail cars from service to fix a structural flaw.

>>> traffic trouble on 76. a tractor-trailer crash has parts of the schuylkill expressway closed right now. >>> septa's strike threat, bus, trolley and subway operators have voted unanimously to walk off the job if they do not reach a deal on their contract. what you need to know. that's all ahead in a live report. >>> going to trial, the penn state whistle-blower case tied to the jerry sandusky scandal heads to the courts today. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm rosemary connors. plenty going on this morning, including some really warm weather out there. let's get to meteorologist bill henley and the first alert neighborhood forecast. bill? >> it's a warmer start, summer-like this afternoon. the warm air is bringing in moisture. that has created some fog. that's 95, the view from south philadelphia. we've beenç watching the last couple hours, the fog has really been increase. it's hazleton in the mountains, zero visibility, down to a mile in pottstown. philadelphia international is quarter mile visibility a

schuylkill expressway, right around university avenue. that fuel spill that was in the area, oil spill from an earlier tractor-trailer accident, completely wiped out and cleared out of the way. earlier we did have it closed here. you needed alternates and there was a little bit of a backup. traffic moving freely through dhere. no problems on the eastbound or westbound side. if you typically take the vine street expressway, you might check in to see if there's construction. not today. both directions are open in between the schuylkill expressway over here and broad street. we're still in the green there. most of our majors getting back to normal. more updates when i'm back in the next ten minutes and we'll check in with new jersey. rosemary? >> good news. thanks for that, jess. >>> for septa riders, the next two weeks will be very critical. >> transit voters may strike if they don't get a new contract. that means bus, subway and trolley service could stop. matt delucia with more on that. >> septa workers two years ago narrowly avoided a strike. septa riders are saying not again. some 5,000 u

expressway, we're closed both directions in between broad street, just about this area here to the schuylkill expressway for that ongoing construction project. local vine can be a good alternate for you. new jersey, more construction, a ramp closure around the black horse pike 295 northbound. that will be closed for the next half an hour or so at least until the 5:00 hour. rosemary, lauren, back to you guys. >>> two teenagers are dead after a car and suv slammed into each other just after midnight. >> police spent hours overnight investigating. matt delucia is live along the boulevard at front street this morning. what are police telling you about the crash? >> lauren and rosemary, accident investigators left the scene a little while ago, the roads are back open. this is one of the cars involved in the crash, that front end damage. this is what the area looked like shortly after the crash at frontant boulevard. it was just before 12:30, one car on front street, the other on the boulevard. the 54-year-old woman driving her car on the boulevard hit the other car here which had three

problems. we're starting on the vine street expressway because we're open here. our cameras around 8th street. a little bit further east than what we're -- when weç normall see that construction pick up. that's around broad street. both directions open east and westbound. access to the schuylkill expressway and 95 is okay right now. also watching construction where there's a ramp closure out in new jersey, the 42 freeway headed southbound to 295 northbound. that ramp is closed and should be closed for the next half an hour or so until about 5:00. also watching 202, drive times, 11 minutes or 10 minutes. southbound from the schuylkill, to route 30, average speeds into the 50s. vai? >> jessica, thank you. new this morning, philadelphia police officers are okay after a violent encounter with a man armed with a knife. >> officers shot the man after other efforts to subdue him failed. nbc 10's matt delucia is live at police headquarters with details. what happened? >> tracy and vai, officers used a taser on this man twice. both times police say that he ripped the taser prongs out of h

on the vine street expressway all morning, we avoided that construction and all week as well. we're watching the vine around 24th street. both sides open, westbound right here, seeing more traffic head this direction. that's moving towards the schuylkill expressway. everything is still moving, no real increase in drive times yet, moving through center city. abington, watch for an accident on shelmire street and perry street. it's been out there most of the morning. as for the bridges, an earlier opening on the tacony palmyra all back to normal. the burlington bristol scheduled for an opening at 6:10. the ben and the walt whitman are doing okay heading into philadelphia. >>> faculty members at pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities are on strike. the decision came down just about an hour ago impacting more than 100,000 students across the commonwealth. there are five major local universities impacts, east stroudsburg, kutztown, millersville, cheney and west chester university. monique braxton is live at west chester following the breaking developments. monique? >> hi, tracy. a sh

do have emergency construction for drain repairs, actually, out in atlantic city expressway on the westbound side right around exit 2 which is route 322. the left and center lanes are being blocked there because of that. now, over on 422, yesterday had big problems here. right now, not looking like anything eastbound or westbound from route 29 to the schuylkill expressway. that's an eight-minute trip at the most. speeds into the mid-60s, vai and tracy. >> thanks for that. >>> now to decision 2016. it's exactly three weeks from today. >> voter registration deadline has come and gone in pennsylvania and in delaware. today's your last chance to sign up in new jersey. if you live in the garden state, register to vote online. you can find the voter registration form right at our website at nbc10.com. submit the form online or do it in person at a number of locations. for the complete list, tap the nbc 10 app. if you vote in new jersey, you'll be choosing a president but also be deciding issues such as casino expansion and the use of gas tax money. >>> also today, former president bill c

problems on the vine street expressway either. both ways are open. we're not dealing with that typical construction that closes it between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. watch for emergency construction over in new jersey. they're doing drain repairs on the atlantic city expressway on the westbound side around exit 2, which is 322. watch for the left and center lanes closed there, vai and tracy. >>> now to decision 2016. it is exactly three weeks from today. >>> today is your last chance to sign up in new jersey. the voter registration deadline has come and gone. if you live in the garden state, register to vote online, find the voter registration form at nbc10.com. submit the form in person as well at a number of locations. for the complete list, tap the nbc 10 app. if you vote in new jersey you'll be choosing a president and deciding issues such as casino expansion and the use of gas tax money. >>> also today, former president bill clinton will be in our area to come pain for his wife. they'll be speaking at the montgomery county community college in blue bell. d

expressway. looks okay. that's a 12-minute trip there. no problems in either direction. even through parts of the work zone that we do have lanes lost right around the betsy ross bridge area. no big delays or traffic moving by the scene right now. 676, the vine street expressway, we're open again this morning, all last week we didn't have any of that construction closing it in both directions, just between broad street and the schuylkill. we're open again this morning. this is 76 over in new jersey, gloucester city around market street. these lanes, that's what's moving towards the philadelphia area where we see the split before the walt whitman bridge and the ben franklin. no problems there or getting into philly right now. >>> judgment day is here for kathleen kane. >> she was once pennsylvania's attorney general before losing her law license and then her job after being found guilty of perjury. nbc 10's monique braxton is live outside the montgomery county courthouse in norristown. monique, she could be sentenced today. >> that's true. the doors of the courthouse open around 7:30 this m

street expressway, we're watching that with our cameras right here and right around broad street. not closed this morning in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway and all week we've had it open as well. we've had a good week there. in lansdale, there's an accident on 6th street and kennel worth avenue. here's the schuylkill expressway. you can see green on our drive-through right here, eastbound into center city, 12 minutes from the blue route to the vine street expressway. speeds into the 60s. vai and tracy. >> jessica, thanks. >>> 4:30. a part of philadelphia history could soon become history. >> buildings along jewelers row dating back to the 1800s and early 1900s could be demolished to make way for new condos did. today, efforts begin to save the property. pamela osborne is in center city. >> while the historical commission is considering lift something of the properties to the registered historic places, it may be too late to protect the properties. these three buildings on jewelers row are being eyed for demolition by the toll brothers. they would like to demolish a

southbound side of broad street. here's the vine street expressway around broad street. we're actually still closed this morning with that construction in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. you can see right here, traffic off on to the broad street off ramp. right now, we have about a half hour until this opens back up. we'll keep you updated and check in with the building fire as well. >> we'll see you in a bit, jessica. fire officials looking for the cause of this fire that roared through two vacant row homes in philadelphia's hunting park neighborhood. the two homes are on north broad street near pike street. some beams collapsed while the crews were putting out the flames. this fire broke out just after 1:00 this morning. no one was hurt. >>> also this morning, take a look at this fire that destroyed a northeast philadelphia pizza shop and also the garage that's right behind it. >> this happened just after 11:00 in the city's tacony neighborhood. that's where matt delucia is live this morning. what can you tell us about the investigation? >> rosemary and vai, the fire is

. >> let's talk about getting you to work and the vine street expressway. >> jessica is joining us live for that. >> watch the vine, just an overview. a good news update. we're watching the vine street expressway around 24th street. all lanes back open. we done have the to worry about that ongoing construction any more. a little bit behind schedule when we actually got all of the ramps open. no big deal. all traffic can move through on the westbound and eastbound side. that's our camera showing us around 24th street. the schuylkill expressway look goods this morning. so far, we are still green. you can see on the roads, 13 minutes at the most into center city, eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway. speeds into the 60s. now, we had an earlier opening scheduled for the tacony palmyra bridge. route 73 approaching the bridge, actually the toll plaza right back in here. no big problems or delays any more. it looks like they let most of the cars look through. checking in with the rest of of the bridges, that is under control, watch for the burlington bristol bridge

expressway. the speeds also into the 60s. vai and tracy. >> thank, jessica. 5:33. now to decision 2016. it's exactly three weeks from today. >> the voter registration deadline has come and gone in pennsylvania. in delaware, today is the last chance to sign up. if you live in the garden state, you can sign up online. find the voter registration form at nbc10.com and submit it online. for a complete list, tap the nbc 10 app. if you vote in new jersey, you'll be choosing a president. you'll also be deciding issues such as casino expansion and the use of gas tax money. >> also today, former president bill clinton will be in our area to campaign for his wife, democratic nominee hillary clinton. he'll be speaking this afternoon at montgomery county community\college in blue bell. and donald trump is focusing on the latest ref layings about hillary clinton's private e-mails. >> the republican presidential nominee believes it could stop her campaign in its tracks. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in the digital operations center. matt, what got trump's attention? >> tracy and vai, trump is pointi

we're starring off on the vine street expressway. our cameras around 24th street, open in both directions right now. eastbound and westbound right hear. all access to 95 and the schuylkill. we're clear. a little bit of windy or shaky camera at least at that point. watching a disabled vehicle out in cheltenham, eastern road and west church road. checking in with 422, no big problems or delays, east or westbound. specifically east, eight minutes from 29 to the schuylkill expressway, speeds into the 60s. vai and rosemary. >>> i think it's clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is. >> bill clinton was abusive to women. hillary clinton attacked those same women. and attacked them viciously. >> hillary clinton and donald trump clashed hard in their second presidential debate last night in st. louis. it was angry and accusatory. the beginning of the debate focused on sexual misconduct days after an 11-year-old tape revealed trump bragging about groping women. >> there was tension right from the start. there was no handshake and not soon after questions about th

keep you updated as soon as it starts to open back up again. on vine street expressway, closed with construction. these are our cameras around broad street. on the westbound sewaride, that traffic is being diverted off. that typically goes until 5:00 this morning. so another half an hour or so. watching 422 drive times look great, eight minutes eastbound and westbound between 29 and the schuylkill. it fe speeds into the 60s. >>> now to decision 2016, we are expectly four weeks away from election day. >> today may be just as important, especially if you live in the battleground state of pennsylvania. it is your last chance to register to vote. nbc 10's matt delucia is live on penn's landing to fill us in on the details. >> if you want your vote to count, you have to act quickly. the philadelphia city commissioner's office for one will have registration where you can do that in person later on today. they'll be open from 8:30 until midnight to handle the last-minute applications. it's best to get here early and get it done as soon as you can. there are a few ways to register, even in

street expressway, see if that construction is clear when i come back. vai? >> this morning, philadelphia police and fire crews are trying to find out why a fire destroyed a local pizza shop and a nearby garage. nbc 10's matt delucia is live on the scene in the city's tacony section. matt, what happened? >> the fire is still under investigation right now. you can see the fire crews have since left. that garage is right behind me. first i want to show you the area we're looking at right now. it is pretty dark. this area right here in the center, that is the garage that burned down. not a terribly large structure. just behind me, this is what's left of it. right next door, became a much bigger problem when the fire spread to this pizza shop, down here on the first floor and the apartment is up there on the second floor. take a look at this cell phone video. heavy flames and smoke coming from this area last night around 11:00. we're on magee avenue, the tacony section. the firefighters worked into the night, trying to putç this outs quickly as possible. one witness who was on

, still watching this accident scene approaching the atlantic city expressway. that's the black horse pike right here. you can see a lot of police officers on the scene. they have road flares out. making it one lane. if you're coming from the 4 freeway headed southbound, moving towards the shore points away from the philadelphia area, you may run into this if you go past deptford. further south, just at the atlantic city expressway and, again, one lane is only getting by. you can see several vehicles there and over into the center median as well. there's a slowdown by that scene. 422 still looks great. we're not seeing any drive times that are crawling up there yet. we're at eight minutes eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill. average speeds into the 60s. vai and tracy. >>> new this morning, philadelphia police officers are okay after a violent encounter with a man armed with a knife. >> police were called to this home in juniata last night. that's where they found a man threatening to use a knife on himself in the kitchen. when he refused the officers' call to drop it, they tasered him

the schuylkill expressway, camera around belmont, eastbound traffic, so far we're doing okay. more cars are starting to pile on the roadways. we're approaching rush hour. when i come back we'll take a look at the vine street expressway as well as 95. >>> are teenagers to blame? police bust online clown threats in two parts of our area. >> one of those arrested was a 14-year-old from gloucester county. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in washington township with more on that. pam? >> vai, authorities here in washington township are taking these threats very seriously. in fact, in the past few days, two teens have been arrested. a 13-year-old girl from bunker hill middle school in gloucester township was arrested for making threats against a specific student yesterday. her arrest comes after the weekend arrest of a 14-year-old washington township boy who also made threats posting pictures of clowns with weapons, warning kids that the clowns were coming and not to walk alone. some parents kept their kids home from school because of the posts. meanwhile in philly, a police investigation

the vine street expressway. this has been like this with seeing delays from at least the last hour or so. the southbound traffic right here is approaching lane restrictions with a construction project. that's why you're seeing a little bit of backup there. all traffic moving towards center city. our cameras around 95 at cottman avenue are showing that. the vine street expressway is open, between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. local vine doesn't need to be an option this morning. here's the 42 freeway in new jersey, heading into philadelphia, a five-minute trip from 55 to the bridge and average speeds into the 50s. >>> this morning we're following breaking news. the possible strike by faculty at more than a dozen pennsylvania universities. >> the faculty union is expecting to reach a final decision about whether to hit the picket line just before 5:00 a.m., less than an hour from now. the strike threat involves these state-owned schools in our area, east stroudsburg, kutztown, millersville, cheney and west chester university. neither penn state university nor temple uni

morning, everyone. we're watching construction on the vine street expressway. not a lot happening on the roads at this time of morning. our camera around broad street. empty roads, especially for the majors, heading toward the 611 here on the vine street expressway. route 42 at 41, very light traffic in south jersey. we're looking at clear conditions so far. let's take a look at the 95 travel times from woodhaven to travel speeds in the 60s. for the page ares, everything in new jersey looks pretty good so far. 295, the turnpike as well as route 42. when i'm back we'll take a look at the vine street expressway and the schuylkill. >>> right now, hurricane matthew is churning off the treasured coast of florida. >> hundreds of thousands of people are boarded up inside their homes or left to take shelter elsewhere. hurricane matthew has weakened slightly to a category 3 storm but the powerful storm, howling winds and driving rain continue to pummel the coast with its strongest winds of 120 miles an hour just offshore. first alert meteorologist erika martin says matthew is expected to make

expressway. first time in the last week and a half that we've had a construction project active here. we are closed this morning in between broad street at this point where our cameras are showing right now to the schuylkill expressway, east and westbound, closed in both directions. all traffic right now if there was a car that moved through you would see it's being diverted off on this off ramp right here. they typically remove this construction project around 5:00 or so. we have another half an hour for that. also burlington and mt. holly, this is closed for the construction, around exit 5. that goes to exit 13. you need to know where it starts, especially if you're coming from south. again, that's from burlington mt. holly around exit 5. no problems on 202 right now. we're still in the green, no big problems or delays, 11 minutes northbound from route 30 to the schuylkill expressway. pamela? >> new this morning, a busy delaware highway is open again after a truck full of cows overturned. take a look. this is the scene on 295 northbound at bayesen road in new castle. the truck jackknif

, krystal. we're watching the vine street expressway around broad street. traffic can go in and out of the city, eastbound, westbound, you're looking good. also, too, veering off towards the exit for 611. we're doing okay on the vine street expressway. no reported problems. accident lower merion at east lancaster avenue and argyle road. this report came in 20 minutes ago. we're still working through it and no reported problems or delays are existing within this accident. again, it's still early to see any reported delays. west pottsgrove, this just came in at berk street and east howard street. let's take a look at travel times. 422 this morning, usually shorter travel time from route 29 towards the schuylkill. speeds are in the 40s and 50s. again, we're still working with heavy, dense fog in some parts of the area. it will take you eight minutes. travel speeds in the green for most of the majors all throughout the delaware valley. when i come back, we'll take a look at 95 and the schuylkill expressway. vai and tracy, back to you. >>> happening today in decision 2016, hillary clinton i

are watching the schuylkill expressway. this is the westbound side here. that's what's moving from 95 toward the vine street more toward center city. we see a big delay here at some point of the day, but not yet since it's only 6:00. we have a six-minute drive time. speeds in the 50s. no major delays there. there is an accident on perkiomen at high school drive. 422 looks okay. you can see on the bottom of the screen, green on the roads. eight minutes to the schuylkill with speeds into the 60s. tracy? >> we are following breaking news in philadelphia where a police car collided with another vehicle. jessica has been watching this for a while. you can see a car on the side. the officer was responding to a robbery at the time. >>> we have details about a deadly double shooting in northeast philadelphia. police say they have an eyewitness and they are taking him in right now. the shooting happened around 1:30 this morning, one woman killed, a man shot in the face and the arm, but expected to be okay. police say they were both shot in the parking lot where a dozen shots were fired. one bu

blocked there. we're good to go on the vine street expressway, nice and clear between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. all lanes open there with no big problems or delays. pamela and tracy. >> jessica, thanks. >>> 5:01. today former pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane will learn her fate after she was found guilty of perjury. >> former top prosecutor could be facing decades in prison for her conviction. nbc 10's monique braxton is live outside the montgomery county courthouse in norristown with more on that. monique? >> good morning. when kathleen kane is sentenced, some of the focus could be on what is the best care for her teenage son? we last saw kane in august. prosecutors are asking a judge to send kane straight to prison, make it stiff. her attorneys will argue for probation or possibly house arrest. i did some digging this morning and found that one of her attorneys says she has close to 30 letters of support. they've come from family members, friends and former colleagues. but some of those people could testify on her behalf regarding public service and w

minutes southbound from woodhaven road headed to the vine street expressway. average speeds in the 60s. we're not seeing anything major there yet. hatfield township, crews on the scene trying to clean the area up. i have heard there are no injuries reported here. a vehicle did crash into two utility poleses on walnut street around the railroad crossing there. that will be something that might there be for quite some time with cleanup. out in maple shade, new jersey, looking good still here. route 73 around fox meadow drive. lastly, we end with the schuylkill expressway, drive times look great here. you can see we're still all green on our map system. 12 minutes eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway. tracy? >> thanks, jessica. 5:10. the search is on for a group of thieves in north jersey. the crime was caught on tape, learn all about a pre-halloween pumpkin caper. >>> plus, there's this. >> going wild for the wildcats. villanova is getting ready to defend its national title. next, hear what coach jay wright is telling the players. biden: this is what i know about k

backups or delays. we'll check in with the schuylkill expressway, more majors, that's coming up. vai? >> all right, thank you, jessica. 5:32 this tuesday morning. now to decision 2016, we are exactly four weeks away from election day. >> can't believe it's here. today is a significant day as well in the battleground state of pennsylvania. it's the last day to register to vote. matt delucia is live near penn's landing to give us the details not only for voters in pennsylvania but the clock ticking for the rest of the region as well. fill us in, matt. >> right, rosemary. if you want to vote, you have to register. here's one way to do that. you can doç it in person at th philadelphia city commissioner's office here in penn's landing. you can do that from 8:30 until midnight. they'll be handling those last-minute applications. at some point they might even have a long line here. it's probably best to get here and do it early before work if you can pap. there are a few ways you can register, even in the last few hours. the easiest way, perhaps, is online, through the pennsylvania voter

. the vine street expressway, construction is in full gear this morning. will be closed up until the 5:00 hour. we'll be watching that for quite some time. take a look at this in deptford, new jersey, liveç shot, 42 arod route 41. light traffic for this early time of morning. and so far, for the last several days we are even looking at early morning patchy fog. it doesn't look like it's that visible in the cameras. let's take a look at travel times on 95 from woodhaven to the vine, folks, in the green, 13 minutes. within i come back, we'll take a look at the blue route and the rest of the page are-- majors. >>> tragedy in philadelphia's bustleton neighborhood. >> what can you tell us about the victims, pam? >> neighbors say a husband and wife live in this home. they tell us they dropped their daughter off to college. officials haven't identified the victims yet but what they are telling us is that the bodies of a woman and man were pulled out of that home. firefighters got the call just before midnight. when they arrived they found the house in flames. firefighters entered the home,

. starting on the city avenue bridge southbound approaching the schuylkill expressway. where we have lanes blocked with an accident scene in here. you can see the right lane getting by. a little bit of a delay approaching that scene. that was the city avenue bridge approaching the schuylkill expressway. another accident out there. from the northeast extension of the pa turnpike, headed northbound, just around lansdale which is around mile marker 31. you can see a delay approaching the scene over here. either way, traffic still is moving by, not shut down at this .no carrierringringconnect 576 >>> the search is on for a car thief in northeast philadelphia. >> this guy did something more than just drive off with someone's vehicle. a child was inside. thanks to a quick-thinking good samaritan, the child is okay. >> the detectives tell us they don't have a suspect but hope fingerprints will lead them to the carjacker. take a look at where all of this unfolded. skyforce 10 was over mayfair shortly after the car was stolen with a little boy inside. investigators say while a mother was using the

philadelphia right now. up and over the bridge looks great also. here's the schuylkill expressway. drive times you can see on the road there, still green. 13 minutes at the most going to take you headed towards center see eastbound to the vine street expressway. doing very well. drive time speed in the 60s as well. there's an earlier accident still being reporting up in abington on susquehanna row. as up in philadelphia, we're still watching the row home fire and closure, 9th and christian, 10th and 11th and christian as well. going through the area will probably be the most difficult part of navigating around. all of the roads especially in the city there still in the green. washington avenue is a great alternate. any traffic that needs diverted around will be just fine, tracy. >>> we're entering cold and flu system some may be calling off of sick. others decide to just take a sick day. that comes with a warning. ahead, here what social media says about sick days. >>> and take on quite an opponent tonight all to help a 4-year-old boy. i'm matt delucia. i'll explain, next. >>> donald has

atlantic city expressway. this traffic right here is moving northbound. towards deptford or philadelphia, no problems or delays yet, heading down the shore. maybe if you're headed southbound, there's no problems there either. the schuylkill expressway, checking in with the drive times, typically about this time we start to see a slowdown. not at all. 13 minutes right now into center city eastbound from the blue route to the vine and speeds still into really high 50s. there are a few accidents out there. we're not getting away from this completely scot-free. lower salford, main street and indian creek road and another crash in abington, shady lane and pine road. >>> the feds are involved into an investigation into a trash can explosion at the jersey shore. >> coming up next, we'll hear why investigators believe this was not a terrorist attack. >>> plus, walking for awareness. >> here's a live look from willow grove where a three-day walk to end breast cancer will soon get under way. we'll have a preview for you. do you own a plane? do you own a bank? pat toomey owned both. bu

visibility throughout the delaware valley. let's take a look at the vine street expressway. cameras around broad street. eastbound traffic starting to move towards the city. not a lot of cars out there this morning. it's still rather early. the schuylkill expressway, so far, everything looksç pretty good, in the green, from the blue route to the vine, we'll be seeing a travel time of 13 minutes. yes, fog is out there, folks. let's take a look at this camera over in mt. laurel, new jersey. this is 295 at 3. look at your side off to the right, the top shoulder. you see the streetlights but there's a halo around the

news to start off with on the vine street expressway, we're watching that with our cameras right here and right around broad street. not closed this morning in between broad street and the schuylkill expressway and all week we've had it open as well. we've had a good week there. in lansdale, there's an accident on 6th street and kennel worth avenue. here's the schuylkill expressway. you can see green on our drive-through right here, eastbound into center city, 12 minutes from the blue route to the vine street expressway. speeds into the 60s. vai and tracy. >> jessica, thanks. >>> 4:30. a part of philadelphia history could soon become history. >> buildings along jewelers row dating back to the 1800s and early 1900s could be demolished to make way for new condos did. today, efforts begin to save the property. pamela osborne is in center city. >> whi t

, dense fog. travel times on the schuylkill expressway from the blue route to the vine, travel speeds are in the green. it will take you 13 minutes overall. new jersey, maple shade, route 73 at route 30. i'll step out of the way so you could see areas of heavy, dense fog. take a look at the streetlights. we're seeing a halo glow. this is indicating fog. low beams. take your time. >>> back on track, today is the day thousands of septa riders have been waiting for. >> the regional rail system resumes a normal schedule after a summer that's been anything but normal. nbc 10's monique braxton is live at septa's overbrook station. good morning, monique. >> hey there. hope folks waking up will pay close attention. they should not expect a full ride this morning. only 50 of the regional trains are going to be back on the rails. you can see just over my shoulder here in overbrook, it is still pretty quiet here. things should pick up significantly in the next hour. back in july, 120 silver liner 5 trains were placed out of service leaving thousands of riders stranded. after aç defect was noticed,

vine street expressway. that's just a 13-minute trip and speeds also into the 60s as well. so no problems on 95 right now. the schuylkill expressway, a little bit of a different story. we're not in terms of drive times we're not seeing increase there. there's a disabled vehicle reported on the westbound side around conshohocken. approaching there. look at the westbound drive time, not increased yet. it's over into the shoulder, 12 minutes westbound from the vine to the blue route and watch for an accident, still being reported out in lansdale on sixth street and kenworth avenue. >>> for almost a month we've been wondering what caused a speeding new jersey transit train to slam in a station. >> that's just one of the questions lawmakers want answered. today they'll begin taking a closer look at the state-run transit agency. nbc 10's deanna durante is live in our digital operations center to explain. >> speed is going to be a major factor that investigators will look at this in crash. the national transportation safety board is looking at that and many other factors. lawmakers say

center city. 13 minutes southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. and no problems heading northbound. boulevard. and fox street, not causing delays on the boulevard. let's watch out for that over into the right-hand lane. lauren and rosemary, back to you. >> donald trump ask on the defense. who he's saying is the victim and the allegations against him. plus, why he thinks there is a campaign conspiracy going on. >> then, a notorious sign comes down at a popular cheese steak spot in philly. why geno says he removed the sign that gave his restaurant national attention. at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus even more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of "bread." [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. my giant. but pat toomey actually owned a bank. most people owe the bank. and when he went to washington, he voted to change the laws... to benefit wall street and banks like his. voting to gut consumer protections that cra

expressway around broad street. this is where the cameras are seeing the east and westbound traffic specifically towards center city philadelphia. when i come back, we'll take a look at the schuylkill expressway and how the fog is affecting your morning commute. >>> new this morning in philadelphia, one person is in the hospital after a car crashed into a parked car in the city's olney section. this happened on the corner of west fisher avenue and masher street. this happened just before 2:30 this morning. witnesses tell us three people were inside the car when it crashed and they all ran from the scene. no word yet on the victim's condition. >>> 6:03. happening today, septa's regional rail system returns to full service. this comes after three months of modified schedules and delays following the issue with defective train cars. nbc 10's monique braxton is live at septa's overbrook station. monique, what can commuters expect this morning? >> hey there, tracy. the first train is pulling off here now at the overbrook station. but they have fewer cars, they're still not able to handle

the walt. heading into philadelphia, we're clear right now. the schuylkill expressway looks okay. we're not seeing really any big problems or delays but a disabled truck on the westbound side, just approaching conshohocken. not affecting the drive time, 12 minutes from the vine street expressway to the blue route. vai and tracy, back to you. >> thank you, jessica. just when you think you've seen and heard it all this election season, there's this. >> michelle obama gives a speech. and everyone loves it. my wife melania gives the exact same speech and people get on her case. >> up next, donald trump and hillary clinton square off again. this time, for humor's sake. >>> also, school is out. next, we'll take you to the picket lines as pennsylvania's universities strike enters a third day. nearly three thousand miles - that's how far away republican party bosses looked to find brian fitzpatrick. they "hand-picked" him to run for his brother's seat. but all mike and brian fitzpatrick share is a name. brian fitzpatrick supports a radical republican agenda, including defunding planned p

traffic with francesca ruscio. >> krystal, thank you. >>> we're watching the schuylkill expressway, cameras around belmont avenue watching eastbound and westbound. traffic flow looks pretty good. still pretty dark. we're early approaching the heart of rush hour. more cars on the roadways headed toward center city philadelphia and westbound traffic. we're doing pretty good on the schuylkill expressway at this hour at this time. watching mass transit, everything seems to be running smoothly in the green from amtrak to patco, d.a.r.t., new jersey transit. take a look at septa. the thorndale line, it's early to be seeing a delay like this one. it's running 35 minutes late. this is thorndale, 1502. if you are taking that, please know it will be running 35 minutes late. 95 travel times. take a look at this from woodhaven towards the vine. 95 looks pretty good. 13 minutes, so far those are the majors for pa and philadelphia. let's take a look at new jersey right now, 295, the new jersey turnpike and 42. everything seems to be clear and running smoothly. vai and tracy. >>> 5:32. new this m

expressway. good news to report. that construction cleared out of the way. this is right around spring garden street. maybe within 30 seconds ago or so. the police activity and lane restrictions moved out of the way. all traffic is okay, eastbound and westbound on the schuylkill. we're watching for the clearing of more construction. this one is in norristown between elm street and marshall street. we're waiting for the clearing of that as well. the vine street expressway construction typically clears around the 5:00 hour as well. right now we're still watching some crew in the area to just be aware of that. by the time you get out the door, especially if you're watching this right now, you should be fine. it was closed earlier between broad street and the schuylkill but they're lifting it now. >>> new this morning, two teens are dead after a crash along roosevelt boulevard that shut down part of the road for hours overnight. >> police say a driver crashed into a car, sending it spinning before it crashed into a light pole. matt delucia is live in olney where this crash happened. matt,

a little bit. 19 minutes before 6:00 a.m., schuylkill expressway. that's pretty good. >> and "first alert" traffic reporter jessica boyington is getting you to work. jess? >> the schuylkill does look good. 12 minutes, eastbound lanes right there from the blue route to the vine street expressway, speeds everything into the mid-60s so we're still moving along. d,v delays anywhere. same goes for 95, north and south. from 95 to 495, that's a few minutes. speed in the 60s. that's pretty much what we're seeing for most of our majors. over in cherry hill, you can see just a couple cars on the roads there. so we're not seeing any big delays ending with the bridges. so if you're heading into philadelphia, no scheduled openings for the tacony-palmyra or burlington bristol. the ben franklin bridge, looking at cameras moving from camden heading into the city. and walt whitman is clear. vai. >>> putting new jersey's mass transit system under a legal spotlight. nj transit is still investigating this crash that killed one and hurt up to 100 others. hear what state lawmakers are saying holding the

expressway, more good news. only closed one time this week for ongoing construction. we are open in both directions, westbound and eastbound. all lanes in between broad skreet and the schuylkill are good right now. a reported road obstruction. watch for that. checking in with the schuylkill expressway, the roads are still in the green there and eastbound into center city, just a 13 minute trip with speeds also into the 60s. vai and tracy. >> the philadelphia city council is meeting to pass a resolution. >> matt delucia is live. the two sides have five days to reach a deal or else we could see a strike, right? >> reporter: right. septa riders are hoping it does not come down to a strike. come tuesday morning, that could be the issue and leave the riders that come to the station left scrambling to figure out another option where they would need to go to get to those locations they need to get to. to that end, septa put out a service interruption guide yesterday. it's information you will need to know. first off, what would not be running is city bus routes, the market frankfort line, certa

the schuylkill expressway, drive times still okay. maybe a minute or two increase eastbound. from the blue route to the vine street expressway, a 14-minute trip. these are down to the 50s in both directions but still moving. we're not seeing any delays yet. there's an accident in abington in susquehanna road and sewell. >>> camden county field hockey team is rallying around a 4-year-old with a condition so rare only 1200 people in the world have it. >>> next, we'll explain how the players lighting up the night for a little boy. >>> and papal wheel. we'll tell you what the archdiocese is asking for. nearly three thousand miles - that's how far away republican party bosses looked to find brian fitzpatrick. they "hand-picked" him to run for his brother's seat. but all mike and brian fitzpatrick share is a name. brian fitzpatrick supports a radical republican agenda, including defunding planned parenthood, just like donald trump. a hundred and sixty miles down the road in dc, brian fitzpatrick will put his party first, not pennsylvania families. house majority pac is responsible for the c

first alert traffic. >> city avenue bridge headed southbound, approaching the schuylkill expressway. it's been here 45 minutes to an hour or so. left lanes are blocked. right lane is still getting by. pretty major closure right now on the northeast extension of the p.a. turnpike headed northbound. forcing off all traffic around lansdale. take 309. that will be a good one. there's a lot of vehicles involved. three trucks, actually. so with all of that traffic shut down and all the traffic forced off, you may see some big delays. you might as well get a head start and head out 309 when you head out the door. the opening scheduled earlier over the burlington bristol bridge, we're in the process of that. other than that, bridges are doing okay. pamela? >>> breaking news from sky 4's 10. firefighters are along the scene at fountain road. officials tell us they think everyone made it out of the house safely. the home is a total loss. >>> 6:02. new this morning, busy delaware highway is open again as a truck full of cows overturned. 295 northbound at basin road in new castle. the truck jac

about a couple of minutes or so. southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway, back to 25 minutes earlier, we were in the 30s. "át % 30s as well. so all traffic that's moving towards center city really at a slowdown right now. the northbound side looking a bit better. abington, watch for this accident on shelmire and perry street. we had an earlier opening over the tacony palmyra. some residual delays because of that right now. there's a schedule opening for the burlington bristol scheduled for 6:10. >>> now to the breaking news we've been following for the last half hour. it directly impacts month are than 100,000 students across pennsylvania. >> faculty at 14 state colleges and universities are now on strike. nbc 10's monique braxton is live at west chester university. monique, walk us through what that means for students and faculty. >> as you know, the governor urged faculty to return to the classroom today. we've just learned that is not happen. look over my shoulder where you can see the faculty have hit the picket lines here at west chester university. more than

active for two weeks or so. it will be there around 3:30. the vine street expressway is open this morning. here's our cameras around 24th street. no problems east or westbound. you'll have access to the schuylkill expressway and 95. and lastly, we'll stop on 422. but it looks good here. eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill, an eight-minute trip and speeds into the mid-60s. i'll check in with the pa turnpike when i'm back in ten. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 21 minutes before 5:00. it is clear and it is cold this morning. easton, pennsylvania, the temperatures have plunged over clear skies overnight. no sign of any fog. 31 degrees right now. we'll get sunshine but it will still be cold at 7:00. by 10:00, 45 degrees. that's a normal for a low temperature. we're well below normal this morning. there's the 31 degrees in lehigh valley, the suburbs 33. delaware is 35 and in the 30s in philadelphia, 39 degrees but look at the cold air for south jersey. it's among the coldest this morning. swedesboro, clayton, washington township, 31 degrees. alco is 29 along with pemberton right no

things going on, the 42 freeway headed southbound approaching the atlantic city expressway. this is where it branches off to the atlantic city expressway right here. we have an accident scene under way. part of the vehicles involved, some into the center median are blocking off the right-hand shoulder and the next lane over. only one lane is getting by. if you're heading towards the jersey shore area away from center city and philadelphia, that's what you're going to face. no big problems or delays behind it. with the one lane getting by, they're moving slowly. injuries reported on the scene as well. it might be there for quite some time. in franconia, watch for an accident on lydie road and harrington way. >>> breaking news. home invasion in south philadelphia, two men entered the home. the intruders took off, the boy ran out the back door to a 7-eleven store. he was taken to the hospital. five adults were in the house at the time. they were not hurt. nothing was taken from this home. >>> 6:03. new from overnight, philadelphia police say they were forced to shoot a man with a knife