. >>> chester, delaware county people just want the violence to stop. federal officials already considering it one of the most violent cities in the country. good evening, welcome to the 11:00 o'clock show. i'm lucy noland. >>> so far this year, things are already worse than before. people came together tonight to try to stop the crime that is killing their community. fox 29's bruce gordon is in chester where it was an emotional night. bruce? >> reporter: it sure was. you've heard the expression, preaching to the choir. well, meet the choir. lots of folks from chester who tracked to city hall on this bitter cold night to say this deadly violence must end. >> in the midst of the noise and nervousness of chester residents searching for answers to an out of control wave of violence, we found the taylor family. joy and terrence and eight month old terrence, jr. joy is concerned about her baby's future. >> he's a young black mail. young black males have targets on their backs and it's important for me to make sure i'm listening and i'm aware of what's going

snow that will continue to move from northern chester county to the south, places like west chester, coatesville, rain to snow, as we move toward sections of montgomery county, northern sections every montgomery county looking at the little wintery mix transition zone, as well. so the visibility, ten is typically pretty good. you can see looking good, wilmington, millville, dover, wildwood, no problems. but where you see those lower visibilities, places like mount pocono, down to half mile, three quarters after mile allentown, that is where we have the snow that has gun. also, moving toward the pottstown area, down to four. so as we continue throughout the morning, we will watch those reduced visibilities, that means, that the snow is occurring pretty heavily, kind of reducing how you see things, if you're out and b so we have the winter storm warnings, still in place, interior part of south jersey, that hasn't changed as of yet. points north and west, still winter storm warnings, that's where we expect the highest accumulations of snow, before all is said and done. but take a look a

crime statistics show chester to be one of the most violent cities in america. long-time residents have watched the decline. >> people don't really care about folks any more. and then i worry about our young people. you know, so many of them are getting guns like they buying candy and then they're shooting people, bullets don't have eyes. so innocent people are killed. >> reporter: on monday mayor kirkland nounsed chester will double it's current standing offer of $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a city homicide. in a year's time, no one, no one came forward to swap information for cash at the old rate. >> no one has come forward to claim the 5,000 and offer information? >> exactly. >> reporter: what's your reaction to that? >> well, my reaction is it's kind of sad. to tell you the, are telling the truth is not snitching. being up front and honest is not snitching. >> reporter: the increase rewards are part of a plan designed to combat a homicide rate that's obscene even by chester standards. city officials say they'll hire 21

our bruce gordon is live in chester. bruce, what an a emotion packed evening. >> reporter: yeah, it sure was. look, seven weeks into the new year and already seven homicides in a steve 34,000 people. to night as you say some of those people came here to city hall to say they've had enough. you've heard the expression, preaching to the choir? well, meet the choir. more than 100 chester residents who care enough about their community to come out on a bitter cold night to search for solutions to an out of control crime problem. in the middle of the chaos, there's the taylor family. joy and terrence and eight month old terrence, jr. >> i'm highly concerned. i mean i live here. i'm not, you know, immune to anything that happens here. i am part of the community. i have a child that i'm raising here. he's a young blackmail, young black males have targets on their backs it's important for me to make sure i'm listening i'm aware of what's going on. >> reporter: chester murder rate in 2016 was roughly four times hire than that of

make a left on the chester pike. once you get to chester pike. make a left there and head to blue route there. northbound side is where we're having a hard time accessing this morning because of the crash. cherry hill new jersey. route 70 right around kings highway. no problems or delays. just a few cars heading out the door. better scene there. >>> 6:18. get you updated on forecast and day ahead. bill henley has most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. >>> chilly breeze blowing. see the flag at pens landing. the temperatures are on the warm side this morning. even though it's the first of february. it feels like an april morning at 41 degrees in philadelphia. delaware at 40. there are colder neighborhoods in the lehigh valley and suburbs and into new jersey. some spots down to freezing mark. 31 now in millville. just below freezing there. most of tthe neighborhoods in t low 40s. look at princeton. that's a loan one in the 20s this morning. 25 degrees to start with, but all these numbers will be climbing. won't be a huge warmup today. going

shot at close range in the city of chester. >> why? that tea our main question, why? >> we got so close about everything. and i i want to have my friend back. i don't have him. >> william's death one of seven homicides in chester less than two months into the new year. there were 27 in all of last year. and now, chester's mayor and police force are launching what they call a city wide, spiritual state of emergency. >> we need you to be involved. family, communities, connected officials, the media, law enforcement, everyone. >> the city is add skpg tra patrols and high crime neighborhoods and increasing the reward from $5,000 to $10,000 for information that leads to convictions in murders like eric williams. this is where williams spent most time here at the family home. on january 2nd, that all changed. his family and police discovered him inside of his car only a couple blocks away at 22nd and howard. shot to death. williams' family of six brothers and sisters remembered him as the glue that held the family together. he loved kids. like loved kids. >> he had a specia

to check out their efforts to help students in need. >> reporter: this is west chester university, it is located in one of the pennsylvania's wealthiest counties. yet, it has this place for the many students who are struggling. >> so all this is donation. >> so all this is donations on this side. >> reporter: the resource center opened up this fall to provide free personal products , school supplies, clothing, and lots of food. to any student, who needs it. >> we have a lot of food, tuna , water, students seem to like that. >> reporter: this study released in october released 3700 students in 12 states and found that 20 percent of students at four year institutions and 25 percent at two year colleges, lack reliable access to affordable food. so this place, came right on time. west chester university is not only four year college, stepping up to deal with student food needs, rutgers new brunswick and cab rena university opened panaries and rowan university has one coming next year. >> number of students who self identify as missing a meal, was another surprise to us all >> reporter: ri

crime statistics show chester to be one of the most violent cities in america. long tie time residents have watch the decline. >> like people don't really care about folks any more. and then i worry about our young people, you know so many of them are getting guns like they buy candy. and then they're shooting people. bullets don't have eyes. so innocent people are kill. >> reporter: on monday mayor thaddeus kirkland announced chester will double its current standing off of $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a city homicide. in a year's time, no one, no one, came forward to swap information for cash at the old rate. >> no one has come forward to claim the $5,000 and offer information? >> exactly. >> reporter: what's your reaction to that. >> well, my reaction is -- it's kind of sad. telling the truth is not snitching. being up front and honest is not snitching. >> reporter: the increased rewards are part of a plan designed to combat a homicide rate that's obscene even by chester standards. city officials say they'll hire 21 new

you're getting slow speeds in chester county. the changeover line is around the chester county berks county line. elsewhere in berks county, 78 eastbound is blocked because of a crash, 222 that's still open at this point. rieglesville county line road at sunny side road crash. chalfonte, the changeover has happened in this part of bucks county, 202 parkway at bristol road you're starting to see the coverage of the snow on the road surface. >> let's head outside to bob brooks who is continuing our coverage in allentown, cedar crest boulevard tillman street. you tweeted out a picture 60 how fast in the space of an hour the snow is coming down. >> reporter: i'll show you the picture right now, this is the "action news" measuring stick i placed a little over an hour ago, it was at 2 inches, it's approaching 4 inches. in an hour we're seeing a 2-inch difference. to give you another example of that, this was a front print i stepped on a half-hour ago completely covered upere, keep in mind the roads, this is tillman street they are gett

tonight, natasha brown goes on a journey with more than 2000 students faculty and staff at west chester. they got a closer look at roots. ♪ . >>> our region is filled with a me sake of faces. languages about. differences are often pronounced with professors at west chester university trying to start a different conversation. >> one identified as black and one white. >> reporter: diversity becomes more of a topic. >> i identity as black and white >> i shannon and i'm african-american. >> reporter: on campus we met up with a group of curious students looking to delve into ancestry. >> the project started ten years ago when there was a grant from the multi-cultural faculty commission to look at diversity in a nontraditional way. >> reporter: a decade later and the afford ability has expanded mission with students jumping at the chance to explore >> to get people to talk about race in a positive way. this is sort of humbling in that you start with yourself and the diversity. >> reporter: students already gone through the process. >> informative for myself and my family to say with confide

. >> residents living in chester delaware county are fed up, federal officials are ready to consider it one of the most violent cities in the country. our bruce gordon was there as community members came together to try to stop violence that is killing a friend's family and their neighbors. you have heard the investigation preaching to the choir, well, meet the choir, more than 100 chester residents who care enough about their community to come out on a bitter cold night to search for solutions to an out of control crime problem. in the middle of the chaos there is taylor family joy, terence and eight month-old terence junior. >> i'm heyly concerned. i live here. i'm not, you know, immune, to anything that happens here i'm part of the community i have a child that i'm raising here. young black males have targets on their back and it is important that know that i'm listening and aware what is going on. >> reporter: chester's murder raid was roughly four times as high as philadelphia, this year city pace is on pace to double last years carnage. >> it the is easier to get a gun then it

shot at the chester shop and save near ninth and central around 8:00 last night. now, it is un near this happened inside or outside the store. the victim was returned to crozer-chester medical sent war gunshot wound to his abdomen. >> president trump marks one month in office, looking to cross off the items on his agenda. >> planning to unveil his revised immigration and travel ban while is her clinic for new national security advisor, don champion report, thousands of protesters plan to take to the streets on this president's day, against the president's policy. >> president trump said sunday at his so-called winter white house interviewing several candidates to replace this ousted national security advisor michael flynn. advice admiral harwood turned down the president's job offer last week reportedly after staffing dispute with the white house. the new director can do whatever he or she want to do with the staffing at the -- >> the white house is running so smoothly. >> over the weekends the president held a campaign rally in florida for his 2020 re-election, d

in chester i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> is there hope. time is 5:22. this isn't your average burglary, police say someone broke in the costco in king of prussia by climbing a pipe to the roof and then prying open a sky light. the cops say burglar then tied a rope to the ceiling and then climbed down to the sales floor. that person got away with jewelry. the it all happened last hon around 1:00 a.m. in word on the value of everything that they got away with. >>> after 146 years of performances the final curtain call is falling on the greatest show on earth, wrinkling brothers and barn um bailey circus is touring in philadelphia for one last time so thousands of people are checking out iconic show at wells fargo center which runs through monday, and wrinkling says that ticket sales have continued to plumet since the circus retired its he willtent act but audience members they are out there, they say it is nostalgia. >> that is why we wanted him to experience it, i mean for it to be ending we're kind of surprised by that and we want him to experience what

. >>> and a me tonight from the mayor of crime stricken chester delaware county. what the city is now offering that it hopes can put criminals behind bars. >>> and -- >>> it's hank. what happens when 50 to 60 miles an hour gusts meet recycling day in northern anybody liberties? take one look. what can you do about it? hank's take coming up. >>> the first born in the family might have something else to hang over their sib siblings heads. apparently there's now scientific proof that they're the smart test kid in the group. what? >> i don't agree with that. but then again i'm a middle kid. studies show the oldest child scores higher on iw tests than their younger sibling. researchers say pampering from mom and dad might have something to do with it. researchers say that the oldest child usually gets more mental stimulation and breast feeding from their mom and that mothers were less likely to take risks such as smoking or drinking during their first pregnancy. apparently the rest of them, eh, who >> testing. >> testing. >> ment. >> testing. >> testing. >>> in olney a

upper bucks, montgomery and chester county. the pink, 4 to 8 inches through philadelphia, into northern parts of camden and gloucester county. up to 2 inches possible if parts of new jersey and northern delaware. a lot of areas in delaware actually going to miss out with only a coating to two inches of snow. that is more on grassy surfaces. we're going to talk more about the snow moving through, time it out hour by hour and the details on the high winds that will make it feel very cold for the rest of today and even into your friday. >>> $227 million, that's the settlement reached for victims of the market street collapse in philadelphia. the money will be split among the families of the seven people killed and 12 people injured in the june 2013 collapse. the attorneys called it the largest settlement in pennsylvania history. >>> penn state has filed new court papers appealing a multimillion-dollar settlement for a former assistant coach. the school wants mcqueary's settlement set aside and a new trial date set. mcqueary was aw

police hope it will lead them to the driver. >>> and the search is on for a suspect in chester delaware county whom police say killed a hand and in front of his own girl trend. victim was picking up his girl friend at her house, on the 2600 block of boyle street after 10:30 and that is when woman stepped outside to see her boyfriend being robbed and then shot this is head. police say robbery was the motive, it is eighth homicide in chester so far this year. >>> there are new developments this noon this bill cosby's sexual assault case, montgomery county judge has ruled that only one other accuser may testify at cosby's june trial. this december as you may remember, or recall, prosecutors asked for permission to call 13 accusers to show that the 79 year-old comedian has a history of drug ging and hoe less continuing women. cosby is charged with sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand at his home in 2004. >>> the owners of the popular ocean city restaurant chain are facing sentencing later today. manco and manco pizza shop owner charles and mary bengals pled

at that time, all of chester county will be looking at snow. all of lancaster, berks, lehigh, bucks and montgomery county will be seeing snow. and northeast philadelphia it will be snow. but the ground temperatures will still be warm. but not looking at much in the way of accumulation at this point but heavy rain to the south, even potential for thunder and lightning, if it's of course when that happens, that would be thundersnow, otherwise it's a storm. that's going to be the exception. that's 5:00 this morning. now, let's fast forward to 6:00, 7:00, and the storm now sweeps into burlington, camden, gloucester counties, and look at new castle county, that's all snow, accumulating snow. at 7:00, that's when we start to see darker snow bands. this is the heavier snow moving through bucks county into trenton. then as we go into the later early morning hours at 9:00, that steadier snow sweeps into new jersey while it starts to taper off to the west. even though it's lighter in allentown and reading. still the biggest snow of the season. we'll take

. >> still to come on "eyewitness news" a lasting leg ace any chester county. >> it is just so surreal to me to think that she did it here. >> living reminders of the beloved horse but these foals didn't come in the world the old tags way. our stephanie stahl explains their remarkable story and medical technology behind it. >>> plus the doodle that is drawing praise from google we will show you young new jersey artist behind it and how it can be a life changing piece of art, kate. >>> we have enjoyed 70's across the area today coming up i'll tell you which spots broke record today and we will also track storms for weekend when they could impact your weekend plans and when we go back to a dose of february reality coming up when we come back. >>> well, a special kind of fertility intervention is keeping alive the legacy of a chester county horse and took a team of local veterinarians joining up with experts across the country in texas. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here now with details on a medical procedure that they are calling incredible. >> i love this story wait until you s

tonight, natasha brown goes on a journey with more than 2000 students faculty and staff at west chester. they got a closer look at roots. ♪ . >>> our region is filled with a me sake of faces. languages about. differences are often pronounced with professors at west chester university trying to start a different conversation. >> one identified as black and one white. >> reporter: diversity becomes more of a topic. >> i identity as black and white >> i shannon and i'm african-american. >> reporter: on campus we met up with a group of curious students looking to delve into ancestry. >> the project started ten years ago when there was a grant from the multi-cultural faculty commission to look at diversity in a nontraditional way. >> reporter: a decade later and the afford ability has expanded mission with students jumping at the chance to explore >> to get people to talk about race in a positive way. this is sort of humbling in that you start with yourself and the diversity. >> reporter: students already gone through the process. >> informative for myself and my family to say with confide

but an elderly chester county woman survived. >> and police are now trying to peace together clues to find out who did that. fox 29's dave kinchen has the story from east brandywine township. this woman has lived in the east brandywine area for ten years and finds herself keeping an extra eye on her surroundings after learning a 72-year-old woman was viciously beaten and kept in closet for four days at this creek road house a short distance away. >> i have to say i don't know how this could happen, because the police do patrol this area. >> reporter: police met a relative of the victim at the the house as they inspected the property tuesday afternoon while the victim continues to recover in the hospital. investigators say the elderly woman was badly dehydrated after being found by her daughter-in-law during a welfare check sunday morning. the attack happening sometime last wednesday. >> you live out in the country you don't expect it to happen as much as you do in the cities. but it will happen wherever you are. she's out living in this area probably lived here her whole life probably

100 at commerce drive, no problems coming in from phoenixville or chester springs. you want to watch for debris on the roadway. we had a downed tree new had anover township, just cleared, big red road is reopened. we have a downed tree affecting port indian road stick to trooper road if you're in this area of montgomery county. vine street expressway, camera shaking in the winds, but no overnight construction, traffic moving j fine. on the commuter traffic report, we have debris on the roadlue route. 37 degrees in philadelphia. let's check the wind gusts, 41 in philadelphia. 45 in wilmington, 48 in dover, delaware. hold only, tam. >> i'll do my best. >> this story had a a lot of people talking this weekend,paso san francisco went to the exit before the flight tookff. passengers became concerned about the pilot's mental state she showed up in casual clothes sheted over the ifrom everythin. >> she was not in the right >> we were afraid having someone that was unstable flying the plane. >> they opened the plane doors and some passengers grabbed their carry ons and ran

looking live in exton, chester county. route 1 at commerce drive you're coming in from noon nicksville, chester springs, roads are clear and dry, no big accidents we have a couple of early morning problems everything else is cleared right now. now we have no issues looking at route 100. lower chichester we have construction on morton avenue between market and green street. it's closed from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and that's until friday while they do work on drains in the area. stick to ridge avenue. they will be shutting down morton avenue all week. southbound traffic heading toward cottman i-95, no problems. we did find a good friend who is up early, i don't know why he is not a member of the 6abc team. pothole on the road in horsham township in horsham. it's clear and dry, 33 degrees in philadelphia. 24 in allentown. 22 in millville. the afternoon will not be as chilly as yesterday, 57 is the high, sun and clouds, milder, decent day, no weather-related problems affected the roads. you're good to go in that respect. >>> m

the landscapers in west chester were out early. they said the snow blowers were useless because the snow was too heavy. that meant a day with shovels. this is one way to get through the snow this morning. we found this man using ski poles to get to work. got to get the exercise in. even had a red blinking light on his back pack to make him more visible. very smart. >>> it's not hard if you entertain yourself when there's a little snow on the ground. these guys had a snowball fight in upper derby. the snow was fun while it lasts. now we're bracing for bitter cold >> it could be dangerous on the roads. here's your first alert meteorologist erika martin. >> it's all about the strong winds coming out of the north and northwest. it will affect the feels like temperatures through the overnight hours. i'll get to that in just a moment. look at the current sustain wind speeds. 21 mile per hour winds in wilmington. but the difference as far as the gusts are concerned, 30 for philadelphia, 36 for millville. 37 for summerville. allentown, 38

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chester is one of the most violent cities in america. >> now things are getting even worse shorthanded police department just cannot get the assistance it needs. our bruce gordon joins us now in studio with some sobering numbers much bruce. >> reporter: guys, let's put some of these numbers into context. 27 murders in the city of chester last year. that is in a city of about 34,000 people. now, what does that mean? well it's a small city. so let's put it in perspective of philadelphia with a city population of a million and a half people. had this the city of philadelphia had this kind of murder rate, we'd be talking about nearly 1200 murders in the city of philadelphia last year. of course, there were in fact fewer than 300 and that's nothing to brag about. these numbers are out of control. so what do we do? >> enter the lobby of police headquarters in this impoverished city you'll see a sign with tempting offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a city homicide. how many chester residents have taken advantage of the deal to help cops catch 30 plus

chester county and now creeping into delaware, new castle counties as well. expect some showers or light rain or drizzle toll make it in the city here within the next hour or so and that could slow down tail end of the commute outside this evening. as we reported earlier temperatures today another record high, 68 degrees, that puts us 21 above average and eight and a half degrees above normal for month of february, overall a very, very warm month and we are going to start march with a near record day as well. all these records were set on one day in 1972, tomorrow's records to beat in the 70's in atlantic city, 70's in philadelphia. we will get close to. that mount pocono 67. allentown easily beatable record at 67 degrees. tomorrow is very unsettled day tonight we have rain and showers moving through. those clear the area any storms that survive overnight could come through in a line tomorrow morning, so part of the morning commute could be impacted by showers and thunderstorms but it thinks line that comes through later tomorrow afternoon and evening that do

the mayor and chester police department will lay out plans to reduce crime in 2016 chester had 26 homicides, this year, there's already been seven. >>> a scare before take-off. how passengers got the pilot booted and what she said that caused panic. >>> need someone who's going to bring back law and order -- >> it was huge. last night's "saturday night live" did something it had not done in -- fios in the house! dave this fios party is da bomb! fo shizzle! it's tv totally ahead of its time. yo, let me check that. oh snap. that x1 voice remote is crunk! and it lets me search with the sound of my voice. what should i watch? things have come a long way since you got fios. [nervously laughs] what's fios? fios has fallen behind. don't fall with it. xfinity x1 will change the way you experience tv. >>> bomb that experts eventually diffused, the 500 pound bomb. it took about six hours. everyone living in about a mile radius was evacuated. that bomb was found buries beneath a gas station last week during a construction projects. >>> tonight, millions of people are living through this. winter storm

west chester 55. reading, 59 degrees already, wow is this average high temperature up to 46 degrees, of course, we have been well above average for days and days. seventy-three was yesterday's high temperature, and then today we're this record territory with the record from 1985, 74 degrees. it won't take too much to break that one today. seventy-two before thunderstorms hit. chilly day on sun take. then we will go into hardy grass on tuesday, wednesday we have a warming trend with the middle of next week. karen, warm weather coming back again. >> it is bob kelly's turn. >> i will come right here. i was update ago this situation, lets get out to a camera and saying what is this a tractor trailer cross germantown pike here. it is right here near hanna avenue. this all just happened a couple minutes ago. i'm this is sure if it is disable, broken down, toss than the it look cock eyed there. this is on germantown pike at hanna avenue. right now they are pushing traffic through the parking lot. you see the

some of you who have seen the exchangeover in chester county -- change over in chester, bucks and montgomery counties. we have thunderstorms in the picture that's what we've got this morning, the snow line getting closer to city. philadelphia, developed to 36 degrees, 90 minutes ago we were at 42. we talked about how the numbers were going to crash. we're seeing that, by 6:15 you'll be in the freezing mark in philadelphia with the change-over occurring. 33 in allentown. a little bit above freezing in allentown. most of the area is below freezing we're seeing the roads compromised especially where you have the heavy bands coming through. still in the 40s in south jersey. you will see the temperatures drop and the snow will come through. we have snow line across philadelphia a lot of mixing down to the south. we move into 9:00 and 10:00, everybody has the snow. the deep shade of purple is the heaviest snow, too. even as late as 9:30 or 10:00 a.m. you might be looking at accumulating snow. the change in the forecast is how quickly this will move out. as soon as 10:00 a.m. some of the western su

just on the verge of spring city in chester county. see clouds around. the clouds will be thinning out. very warm for philadelphia. northeast philadelphia in the 60s. airport is 59. 59 in wilmington. in the 50s and low 60s. this is where the wampl air is trying to move in. hasn't really succeeded pottstown, redding and allentown in the 30s. actually warmer in the poconos mountains right now. 46 degrees and there are some clouds in the poconos, but i won't see -- you won't see any rain during the snow or snow during the day today. see the sunshine. flags are blowing with a southwesterly wind. warming direction for us. during the day today, those winds shift and that will start to bring colder air, but for the most of the day very unusually warm. radar and satellite showing clouds thinning out. few sprinkles to the north not going to last. what we will see are clouds moving in this evening. there's the snow maker for tomorrow morning. doesn't look like much does it. look how it moves across the ohio valley and in to pennsylvania. this is just after midnigh

if you're coming in from phoenixville or chester springs, the ride is looking good. let's switch over to the maps we're catching an accident on main street in royersford a new accident coming. in germantown pike at hannah avenue, we have a disabled vehicle you have crews blocking the scene. germantown pike at hannah avenue an issue right there. live on the boulevard extension, northbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway moving nicely. we're not seeing any fog. look at the temperatures, temperatures are all over the place, 52 degrees right now in philadelphia. 53 in allentown. 52 in millville. already the temperatures above our normal high for this date. 75 for the record high today. clouds and sunshine, very warm, light southwesterly breeze, hopefully people will enjoy the temperature on this friday, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> developing overnight, two police officers were shot in washington, d.c. both have been transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the shooting happened before 11:00 p.m. two miles from the u.s. capitol. ac

and they were transported to chester crozier burn center in pennsylvania. >> as you said, the hotel is open and operating and they plan to have a wedding this weekend. the fire occurred in the wing of a hotel that contains smoking rooms at this point it's not clear if that say factor in all of this. they want to talk to the occupant of room 248 first before they make a determination into the cause of the fire than could take several days given her condition. >> thank you. >>> in other news, no students were on board the school bus that crashed this morning in lower merion. chopper 6 hd was over saint asa's road. there were injuries but did not appear to be serious. >>> police in burlington county are searching for a man that they say performed a sex ac in front of women. officials believe the same man has done this at least six times before. police in evesham township were called to the area of kings grant drive and wood lake drive before 5:00 p.m. they saw the man hide first degree bushes while in the act. and other witnesses saw him run away. and police have released the sketch, if y

we can tell you it is a shooting in chester city. the location of this we're told it's happening on frank young avenue. you're looking at live pictures from skyforce10. we know the victim was taken to chester kroezer medical center. you see investigators there on the scene. police scouring that area. we can tell you that right now there are no arrests. we'll let you know if that changes. >> a day of tears and joy from one allentown family. >> after they're syrian families were turned away last week we were there as they finally arrived this morning at jfk international. it's been three years since some of the family have embraced one another. today they just simply held on tight not wanting to let go. after 18 hours on a plane they were sent back to war torn syria last weekend because of president trump's executive order. here's matthew asally on how they felt when the family was turned away. >> i'm so grateful. i just want to say thank you for all the american people that support us, through all the attorneys, the congressman. >> it

he's a graduate of west chester university and was an assistant coach at saint joseph's university. way to go lady huskies. >> what a milestone. >> 5:15. many people will be enjoying flowers and chocolates today. >> while a bakery in wisconsin is switching things up and sending a very different kind of message and it's one that cupid might not like. >> ♪

the pink chester county i-95 corridor, philadelphia to trenton, 4 to 8 inches. and we're starting to see the changeover right now as expected. we'll time that out hour by hour entirely coming up in a few minutes. >> it's 5:43, we do want to update you on the school closing. we're up to 650 right now. on the bottom of your screen and the nbc10 dwraapp. we're taking a live look at camelback mountain. the area has gotten 3 inches and they estimate in camelback between 6 to 10 inches of snow before it's all over. >> our reporters in their vehicles are telling us be sure to slow down. sear seeing vehicles. be sure to slow down. >> jessica boyington is here with that. >> that's definitely not a good idea, a handful of speed restrictions in the area as well with the rain starting to change so far to snow. this is route 309 showing that happen in the p.a. turnpike. you can clearly see it's dark outside still. you can clearly see that the roads are getting brighter. that's because they're covered in a thin layer of snow. most of the roads seem to be one lane or so gettin

. >> the memorial said violent crime in chester can only be reduced in citizens, law enforcement, elected officials and the media all get involved. >>> it's 4:35. family and friends of a little girl who was killed in a hit and run will make their case of a new law. >>> also petition denied. tell you why the fight of philadelphia's sugary drink tax will not head to high court. at least for now. >>> cold start this morning. 29 degrees at 4:35. there's some colder neighbors, but we've got a nice day ahead for valentine's day. your neighborhood forecast just ahead. if youin a palace of ice,winter there's only one place to go. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ you can find it all, only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your winter getaway at iloveny.com >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with a check on the roads. watching the schuylkill freeway now. right around montgomery drive is what the camera is looking live here. 13 minutes eastbound. moving towards center city. still a good drive. speeds also into the high 50s the

portions of delaware and chester counties. you can see that extend down to the gulf coast. that is first impulse that is coming through this evening. so, right now we are starting to see steady downpours. you saw greg there in radnor township, portions of montgomery county into chester and delaware counties and right about poised to move over i-95 in new castle county delaware we have steady downpours right now that is impacting center city philadelphia waiting for someone to get home they may be delayed thanks to the rain that has picked up. but worst of it tonight is what is happening across midwest, these storms just getting underway. you can see these super cell thunderstorms. we have tornado warnings especially with that one just south and west of chicago. these will join in tie squall line later tonight and into tomorrow morning and some of that may even survive and get here in the much weakened state tomorrow morning. here's what this looks like. through next couple of hours we have some steady rain and downpours. this model is too slow with it this is what we have r

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tonight the hunt is on for the home invader who did just that to a chester county woman. police if brandywine township said the attacker started beating her as she entered her home last wednesday. he took off with her laptop and her car. the woman's daughter-in-law found her tied up in the closet four days later. that victim is recovering at paoli hospital. >>> two dozen people are charged in a violent drug trafficking ring inside a former philadelphia high rise. federal authorities say they found millions of dollars in crack cocaine inside the norman bloomberg apartment complex. the crimes happened between 2010 and 2015. the apartment complex has since been demolished. >>> former vice president joe biden got a standing ovation today as he walked on to a stage at the university of pennsylvania. he took part in a forum discussing the future of cancer research and treatment. he told the audience recent negative thinking about our country is holding back medical progress. >> this is an enormously, enormously talented country, and so we got to get back to the point where ther

crash also involve several vehicles early today on the pennsylvania turnpike in downing inning town, chester county, happen before 9:00 this morning, eastbound between the exits for morgantown and downingtown. so far there are no report of serious injuries, and the accident has been cleared. >>> and we are also still waiting to hear on the conditions of three pedestrians struck by a car on city avenue. it happened shortly before 10:00 last night, before monument road, wynnefield height. car windshield was smashed on impact. at last check police are still investigating the cause of the crash. no word on if any charges will be filed. >>> meanwhile, police need

it is combating crime in the wake of the recent homicides in chester. residents say they are concerned, about abandoned homes, trash, the absence of security cameras and chester police literally asleep on the job. chester's murder rate in 2016 was roughly four times higher then that of philadelphia. this year city is on pace to double last years carnage. >>> preparing to flee their homes, yet again why almost 200,000 people live near california dam are on edge, again, this morning. but first bob kelly. >> good morning, everybody. 6:11. we are looking live from skies fox over the scene of the tractor trailer accident causing major problems this morning on the new jersey turnpike and detour when we come right back. go to protect your vehicle? i'm on it. ♪ ♪ ♪ weathertech. made right, in america >>> good morning, everybody. we are looking live from sky fox, over the scene of this early morning tractor trailer accident, it happened around 3:30 in the southbound lanes of the new jersey turnpike. right here near exit number four for mount laurel, new je

the occupant that of room is in the hospital at crozer chester burn unit. >>> police in south jersey are looking for the man who has exposed himself to women on at least seven occasions. evesham police have released this sketch of the suspect. investigators say the man hid in that bushes while committing lewd acts. the most recent incident happened late yesterday afternoon near kings grant and wood lake drives. police have increased patrols as the search for the suspect continues. >>> a 13-year-old boy survived after being hit by a car, dragged and pinned under the vehicle. the incident happened at 7:15 this morning near devereaux and rising sun in the lawncrest section of philadelphia. authorities say two vehicles crashed. one of those vehicles went onto the sidewalk where the boy was walking. several people were hurt including the boy who was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> the new jersey pinelands are getting a natural gas pipeline. it is obviously a controversial issue but the pinelands commission today approved the pipeline project that will run 22 m

. >>> chester's native matt ryans football's biggest stage. >>> sky6 live hd giving you a look a rothman ice rink at city hall. we're warming up, meteorologist chris sowers. >> reporter: yesterday it was cold, today it is a completely different story. winds are shifting out of the south/southwest, all of a sudden the windchills in the teens have been replaced with windchills in the 20s and 30s. so it feels better already. this afternoon with a little bit of sunshine we could get up to 47 in philadelphia not too bad, especially for the beginning of february. trenton, 26. a pair of 2s in the poconos. 32 in millville. 32 in cape may, 38 degrees in drank. feels like 22 when you factor in the winds. the air temperature is 29 or 30. feels like 22 in philadelphia. feels like 20 in allentown. 26 in millville. 18 in trenton. satellite and radar starting out with cloud cover more clouds out to the west which will gradually give way to some afternoon sunshine, no showers to the north, snow showers to the south. we're in the middle, both systems pasting on by. we don't have to worry about any precip

chester county into new castle county. in chester county, the yellows and oranges that's a stronger rain that's coming down right now. this is going to continue tracking along through tonight. some rain. this is not the main event, though. watch as we track this out. there's the rain tonight, 9:00 p.m. still hanging over parts of south jersey. could see thunderstorms around midnight, unfortunately a clap of thunder that may wake you up. then tomorrow morning the commute, wet roads possible but not a lot of rain aside from areas farther north. could see a few spot thunderstorms again north as we go to about 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 a.m. it's important that the clouds spin out that we get the energy we need for thunderstorms that we are worried about, especially if you have loose debris from this past weekend's storms. they're passing through philadelphia. continuing into the late afternoon, early evening. that's at 6:30 through south jersey, the shore and delaware. not moving out until 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. which is lingering rain af

photo john list, to show conditions earlier today, as snow is falling on route 202 south in malvern, chester county, it was a familiar scene throughout much of the area as s the snow fell. >> and we continue to keep track of the road conditions, with meisha johnson, and meteorologist, lauren casey and katie fehlinger. tracking what comes next that the storm is moving on. the weather sent war close look at the storm, where does can things stand now, in. >> the storm is very swiftly pulling away. so, it is primarily at this point in a new england issue, when we start things off by looking very quickly here at storm scan3, what you will find is the back edge already moved out. so, it did move through quickly than originally anticipated with the back edge of the snow, but we will take that. as a result of the fact that rain really lasted up until 6:00 a.m. this morning, in the city, that really ended up helping to limit our snowfall totals here in philadelphia. so to the north, did you pretty well. we will get snowfall totals bit later on. here is all that's left of our winter alert. winter stor

happened outside or inside the chester shop and save near ninth and central. happened about 8:00 last night, man rushed to crozer-chester medical sent war gunshot wound to the abdomen. there is no word on his condition. >>> we're still wait to go finds out if charges will be filed after car struck three pedestrians on city avenue. this happened shortly before 10:00 last night, right near monument road in wynnefield height. the car's windshield was smashed during the impact. police directed traffic around the vehicles as they investigated. no word yet on the condition of the victim. >> a car crashes knolled being in north philadelphia sending three people to the hospital this happened on the 1600 block of bouvier street right near oxford street. car smashed into the property's front railing just before 10:00 last night. no word yet on how the victims are doing. >> and firefighters continue to battle a forest fire in ocean county new jersey. the fire scorched more than 100 acres of the greenwood forest wild live management area in manchester township. it started

will start off by looking at the map here local zoom, you can see heavy snow rates coming in across chester county, portions of western montgomery upper bucks and cold air continues to funnel in right now. it is math other time before the changeover takes place and certainly in new jersey but delaware and with time you will start to see that snow piling up if it hasn't begun to already in the northern counties. we will check with trang do to see some of that. looking at some of the alerts that we have got winter storm warning in that purple traded area, this is confined to berks, bucks, chester, montgomery county that is that entire zone shaded in the purple. millions of people impact by this. we do still anticipate four to 8 inches of that heavier wet snow some fall across a good portion of the region. natalie does include philadelphia. between hours of five and 10 is when heaviest snow will tall. we have good stuff coming down right now but, it falls regional wide through that time frame and quick tapering takes lays starting at 10, lasting absolutely as of two but by lunchtime it is done

also happening here in chester county, we've got street road which is 926 and my clicker just died, they run out of batteries, thank you, matt back there. 926 street road closed between pou pocopson and creek roads. stick to 52 which is lenape road or baltimore pike instead to get around that. let's take a look at the temperatures now through the area. 29 degrees, it's even colder than yesterday. so you have to bundle up a little bit out there. in the lehigh valley just in the mid-20's. 21 in millville. when you factor in just a touch of a wind it feels like lope 20's as you head out right now, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. new this morning, a crane came crashing down on a construction site in israel. security cameras recorded that collapse. four people were hurt including the operator as well as a man who was in a car that was crushed by the equipment. the ministry of labor is investigating whether the crane was being operated without proper permits. >> a smoky fire at disneyland's main parking structure burned eight cars and injured seven people. it happened at the mickey and friends