then downed tree and in chestnut hill, bells mill road closed german germantown to ridge avenue. alternate is church road your best bet. then septa, route 101 trolley shuttle bussing between woodland avenue in media. just make sure to check the schedules on line, than is where weaver some construction northeast extension, in this one cleared, still focusing on this one, this is near lansdale, that right lane is still compromised. jim, rahel, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. two nor'easters in less than a westbound, just can't take it any more. >> so many feel in our area are still in the dark following last friday storm. right now peco says about 24,000 homes and businesses are still without power. ppl has about 1800 outages, and the outages are lower, for atlantic city electric, while the power and pse&g. so, now, the race against the clock to restore power before the next nor'easter. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, liver in hatboro, where it has been tough couple every days for people still in the dark there. good morning, trang. >> most of the people who remain

the accident cleared from germantown pike. we're watching a crash in ambler with the vehicle facing sideways 309 southbound by susquehanna road jammed coming down to the turnpike. mount laurel a bunch of downed wires blocking portions of hartford road and elbow lane and church road. >> up next, a life saving act when every second counted. hear from a man who helped free a little girl from a car that scrummed the car. >> we'll -- that jumped the curb. >> we'll look at the full storm damage when we come right back. does this map show the peninsula trail? you won't find that on a map. i'll take you there. take this left. if you listen real hard you can hear the whales. >>> go in the house all-new 2018 subaru outback models. now through april 2nd. but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it! just kind of ties in very well. house. >> panic settles in as xanax viewer watc

there's one in germantown blocking rittenhouse street. couple along queen lane in east falls, so that a couple chunks that of remain closed and near chestnut hill bells mill road is still closed but at least germantown avenue has reopened. downed tree there is gone. a couple in northern delaware still blocking portions of creek road and centreville road as we kick things off on this tuesday morning, matt. >> thank you, matt. the race is on for power crews to get the lights and the heat back on for thousands of people still without power. last week's nor'easter brought down trees and power lines and now the area as we all know now is bracing for a second nor'easter arriving later tonight. now, some people in montgomery and parts of delaware county have been without power since friday. peco crews were busy working along gypsy lane in upper merion where a massive tree came down on friday smashing an infiniti and taking the power lines with it. the action cam was also at the home depot in king of prussia last night where people were rushing t

down tree blocking germantown avenue. stenton avenue a better bet. rittenhouse street traffic lights are not working and tree blocking rittenhouse itself. city avenue southbound by the schuylkill expressway there's a downed tree there sticking out in the right lane. farther south 59th street. traffic lights are dark by st. wynnewood road i do,neda te. ight troubles o southbound, debris on the road fire police are directing you on this monday a firefighter was injured in bucks county as his team was forced to retreat from a burning home. bob brooks is live at the scene in feasterville. , good morning matt. the firefighter is expected to be okay according to fire marshal this firefighter awake and conscious leaving the scene on the way to the hospital. the home behind me the fire is under control. you can see a lot of firefighters and crews had to show up they rushed f floor collapsed that's when the firefighter with the trevose fire company went to the basement. the may day call was made, they had to be pulled out and rushed to the hospital. >> they w

please say he walked into a barbershop on germantown with a gun. he tried to rob that business, too, but employees and customers fought back before he ran off. >>> a town in ussics county is still dealing with unsafe water. private wells tested for high levels of pfcs, compounds which have been linked to higher cholesterol, even some types of cancer. this is video of crews giving out safe water. it's being provided to people with private wells. >>> back to the coverage of the major storm that will be here in a matter of hours. we have just learned all archdiocesen schools will be closed tomorrow. >>> tammie souza is back with more on the timing. >> the timing will be really baz. it won't be pretty in the morning, but specifically when the kids would be coming home from school would be the most dangerous, which is why you need to stay with us to see what's going on at your child's school. some light show eers we're seei them in northern delaware, nothing spreading into philadelphia yet. we may even see some snow showers making their way through the

as for cosby himself last time we saw him publicly was at le rose jazz club in germantown in january. he had dinner with friends and fans before cracking jokes in front of the small audience. before that cosby was in court back in august with his new defense team. those lawyers trying to convince the same judge who presided over his sexual assault trial to keep the rules the same as it relates to victims. andrea constand testify that she was sexually assaulted in cosby's home in 2004 after she was drug. one more woman was allowed to testify. the prosecutors didn't get that their way in asking for a dozen more to take the stan. today's hearing will determine what happens in this retrial scheduled for april 2nd. ten days ago the comedian who his 44 year-old daughter ensa to kidney failure and lawyers have not indicated whether or not that will delay the trial or today's hearing in anyway, thomas and karen. >>> we have another important trial, we have been covering right now there is a man accused of murdering and dis memberrering a transgendered woman. it happened five years ago in cent

germantown avenue closed water main avenue. alternate stenton avenue. one other downed tree, morris road now closed between mt. pleasant avenue and pen lynn blue bell pike. use alternate here, as well, route 73, skippack pike, going to be your best bet around there. and then we have some downed wires, as well, in coatesville route 82, manor road, it is closed between kings highway and monesy road, your alternate reese ville road is your best bet. lot of alternates to use. then we also have some emergency road work from earlier accident. and take a look at this new jersey turnpike southbound near burlington mt. holly. right lane compromised there. jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. unbelievable stroke of luck during this weekend's storms in massachusetts, jeep parked in a driveway is all that stand between large tree and a house. glenn watson drove over to his mom's house, to help her through the heavy storm. and parked in the driveway like always does turns out that this casino every helped his mom needed. >> actually in line with the cor

they've also struck in the 14th police district in germantown recently. they've hit 14 to 18 times. >> probablysing high end jacks get the cars jacked um, removethe tires. ting the cars on blocks. >> reporter: police say car owners should install we'll locks and try to park in well-lit well-traveled areas. >> listen to what's going on late at night particularly after midnight. if you see something that looks suspicious or whatever, you know, feel free to call 911 and the police will comed investigate. >> rr:ep now police say your $4,000 set of rims and tires like these will get about a thousand dollars on the black-market. some insurance covers that you youville to pate deductible not to mention your lost time and energy replacing those tires and rims. chris? >>> all right, dave thank you. >>> taking a live look down at the shore, conditions are just going to get worse down there. more team coverage of this storm coming up nt. stay with us. >>> fox 29 weather authority continuing to track a major march storm. re. as we take a live look at doylestown. in p

we will go to this one down tree on germantown avenue right at waterman avenue. all traffic diverted to stenton avenue. so many left over closures from the weekend respect them, they are there for a reason. could be a debris, could be wires still energized and peco trying to get to them. live look at bennie sun glare off to the upper left there but all four lanes are opened this morning coming into philadelphia. big hit came to delco hundreds of traffic lights out, a lot of the intersections, i was at springfield country club yesterday and i don't know how folks will get through these intersections this morning like route one, sprawl road with the traffic lights out so just be careful four way stop when lights are out, mike and alex, back to you you are saying delco. >> they got hit hard. >> lets go there now then. >> that is where jenny joyce is in havertown, jenny. >> good morning, guys, you can see this mess behind me so peco's still reminding people because there are so many wires down throughout the area to stay away from them because they are working around

the british during the germantown battle commandeered -- and used the bibles -- bible pages. this is known as the gun law bible. there is a story where they go into a church and a use -- but sauer was a conscientious objector to the work because of citedith, not because he with england or america. as a result he was considered to potentially be a spy. he was prosecuted but found innocent. his land was taken over by the government. he would never printed bible again. i think it was his nephew who would continue printing. printed on and things like that. the story is really interesting. >> we take on a topic of the bible and education. some of the great universities were founded on a biblical principle. you can read some of the declarations at the time. >> the establishment of harvard and yale, they were actually pastorsties produced by to evangelize. this book right here comes from cotton matters. it open up tove this portion of the book to the development and story. out is aside carried graduation broadside. it's in latin. one of the things that is interesting is latin, hebre

and watching the blue route right around the germantown pike on-ramp. really no problems so far, but i'll check in with the rest of the roads when i come back. >>> power down. tens of thousands of people are still in the dark following friday's storm. now we may have to deal with another round of wicked weather. >>> cosby in court. today a legal battle over his accusers and who will testify in his retrial. we're at the courthouse to break down the case. >>> and making history. stars of the big screen make their mark on oscar night. >>> we have a lot to cover for you this morning. welcome to nbc 10 news today. thanks for being with us. i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikehema. this morning dozens of schools are closed as the impacts of the major storm are being felt. you can see the list at the bottom of your screen scrolling there. and meteorologist brittney shipp is now tracking another storm in the first alert forecast. >> if you're still without power the last thing you want to hear is that another nor'easter is on its way. but that is what's in t

won't like freeze up. >> reporter: earlier in the day, this was the scene on germantown pike in chestnut hill. during the heart of wednesday's big snowstorm. the wet fast accumulating snow got packed down quickly and left dozens of drivers stuck on these slick hilly roads. >> they're pretty bad honestly as long as everyone gets home safely that's all we care about. >> people stuck all over. >> reporter: or fox 25 live truck was a casualty of the slippery roads. we got stuck for almost 90 minutes. we joined other drivers as they shoveled, pushed and muffled their way up the hills and out. bob breck came to our rescue together us out with pickup truck. >> i live down the coniine saw the backup. so, you know, keep the traffic moving. >> reporter: between six and 8-n nearby plymouth meeting montgomery county. that's where we found joe plowing parking lots. he'd been up sin the early morning hours. >> been out since about 3:00 a.m. wee kind of thought it was going to be a dud but it did hit us hard we're glad it stopped when it did. >> reporter: plowing companies broke out all kinds of equipm

we were stuck on germantown pike in chestnut hill for about 90 minutes. the entire roadway was littered with cars who literal not move. take look at the roadway on ridge pike at conshohocken road. down to the pavement. wet if kathy is right about it freezing overnight this will be a real mess overnight for commuters. pretty clear right now. coming into norristown. through plymouth meeting if you look over here snowplows are out. my good buddy joe from tara landscaping working what the what parking lot here. cleaning that up. he says the snow is wet. it's heavy. you have to be real careful plowing it out but he's moving as fast as he can he's been working since 3:00 o'clock this morning clearing snow up here in the montgomery county area. how much snow did we get good check out this car somebody parked it here you can see i'm going to say four or 5-inches on the hood of the car they got some work to do when they get back again all of the roadways up in this area if you don't have to go out, don't go out. let the crews get out here, clear them off, they are

this is germantown avenue, a major traffic artery going through philadelphia. you can see right here on the black top still slippery and slushy in places. we do know the city has 40,000 tons of salt to work with and has equipment and man power to keep the roads safe. a message from the mayor, stay home if possible especially when the heart of the storm sets in today. >> stay home and stay safe and let the road crews do their work. meantime doctors say slips and falls will likely cause the most injuries during this storm. >> in severe cases those accidents can lead to broken bones and head injuries and can even be deadly. if you have to go outside make your sure shoes have rubber soles on them, and if you use a cane, purchase an ice gripper tip with spikes on it. >>> and we talked with experts from penn medicine about shoveling snow. don't overload your shovel. be sure to hydrate. and bend at the waist to do the lifting. don't let your back do it. and if you have a major health issue, don't do it at all. >>> now to more of the stories we're following for you rig

. >>> starting with the blue route and cameras at the germantown pike on ramp. not bad here. we can still see snow. icy spots to the shoulders. for most part, things are fine. slippery off and on ramps. take your time. we'll pop up with a few accidents here. one in west conshohocken at front street. route 38 and lenola, police activity here. looks like we actually may have resolved this problem. both directions on 38 aren't bad. lights down at hartford. police will detour you around the scene. >> thank you. >>> 5:18. 33 degrees. temperatures around the freezing mark. as we were saying, it's going to be slick. be careful heading out the door. >> if it looks wet, it could be black ice wants be careful. brittney shipp has the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. >> that's right. it depends on the temperatures, and they are dropping. a lot are close to freezing. be very careful as we go into the rest of today. here are the weather headlines -- messy roads expected. still seeing stronger wind speeds today and tomorrow. it will make the feels-like temperature closer to the

bells mill road closed between germantown and ridge avenue. alternate church road. we are talking about it coming up in a little bit. back to you. >> meisha, thank you. art lovers are letting mother nature decide the fate of public art in downtown glassboro. >> the scene is climate change , pop up ice sculpture at the corner every victoria street and rowan boulevard says melt. it will do just that, as time goes by. >> there were free give ace way for everybody who came by to watch the weather play it role in a exhibit by the artist kicks offer thursday at rowan's art galleries. >> well, coming up the in the next hour, new details in the russia investigation. finds out who now says they've been subpoenaed by the special council. >> also this morning, authorities are searching for the gunman who shot a pizza delivery man, we'll tell you new they managed to get away work out craze inspired by popular song, pat gallen checks it out, back athour. getting an appointment with a specialist shouldn't be. at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, you can see a c

we just talked to two gentlemen who were walk iing from the direction of germantown pike, which is over here to my right. they went to the -- that has electricity because this neighborho neighborhood. it's one of many sights around the county. a long with this one. by afternoon, tens of thousands without power. roads not only snow packed, but blocked and for trees not being held back by wires, those had caused fires, power outages and frustration. >> it's pretty bad. >> driving is the last thing crews want you to do. no one is getting anywhere fast and the pennsylvania turnpike to side roads. mother nature delivered an unexpected end to the week. >> think iing it was going to b rainy and windy. >> now we have heard from the colonial school district that serves the areas and there are still some students, elementary school students at some of the elementary schools. the bus that was stuck here in plymouth valley, bus ten. traffic has been gridlocked. it's slow going. staff right now, staying with those children until their they're home safely. nbc 10 news. >> shows you the power of that

what we fou earlier thisnoon as we made our t this tree is stillown, wissohickon and rittenhouse in germantown, block ago this road and still on top of thee street. stationt intersection has been withouth esf wednesday, for the lihe for cash olynd>> ur buse,tter tor him and delaware county atlast check more han 42,000 customers are still without power, according to peco and about 5,000 of those are in hereain haverford schools will be closed tomorrow, because of the storm damage. live trish hartman for channel six "action news". >> walter that storm pack a tri>>> some municipalities have set up warming and charging stations like this one in northampton township, library there i in bucks county. for a full list of the warming station locations go to our web site at six abc.com. ood news amtrak tonight all scheduled amtrak northeast corridor services between washington d.c., amtrak was also in the of issuing refunds to travelers affected by cancellations over the past few days. >> so this stor does continue but the wind is still a factor tonight. week will start off dry but accu weather now trac

in germantown, rittenhouse street still blocked by wissahickon because of a downed tree. couple chunks of queen lane remain blocked in east falls. gypsy lane also blocked near lincoln drive. have a downed tree along city avenue underneath the schuylkill partially taking out the right lane and city avenue at 59th street traffic lights still on the fritz there. also still have some downed trees in chestnut hill, portions of bells mill and cresham valley drive remain blocked. northern delaware still without parts of creek road and centreville road because of more storm damage on this tuesday morning, tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> with another nor'easter heading our way, peco is running out of time to make repairs from the last storm before we're in for a potential round two. 90 percent of customers are backline, that's good. but not if you're part of that other 10 percent. that's 20,000 people out there who are still in the dark and the cold. and some of the hardest hit areas of montgomery county hotel rooms are booked up with local residents. normandy farm in blue bell

this is the blue route near the germantown toll plaza. you're going to want to be prepared to tap our brakes because we are seeing some ponding on our majors. traffic again light, running pretty smoothly. but again, people are clearly being cautious about the wet roads out there. just got an update. so in hortium township right at welsh road, there's a crash with injuries. be aware of that. that's going to slow you down. we're also having these little crashes pop up. kinsey road at church road and on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound between fort washington and norristown there's another crash reported. >>> urged to leave. the storm is not just threatening our area. why people along the massachusetts coast are being told to get out. >>> face-off with the king. the sixers take on lebron james as he answers more questions about reports that he is considering coming to philly. >>> 4:47 right now. we are in a first alert this morning because we want you prepared for this major storm. you see it there. the conditions will be different depend

germantown avenue reopened but bells mill remains closed. still a lot of damage but we're keeping track of it. matt. >> matt. the rush is on to restore month your to businesses and residents with the approach of another storm o best buy and the united artist movie theater remain in the dark in king of prussia. crews were busy installing a new transformer at sixth avenue near main street in collegeville last night. more than 20,000 peco customers remain without power right now. the utility company says it already has a plan in place for tomorrow's nor'easter. >> it's an all hands on deck situation. we have all 2600 peco employees fully committed planning and preparing in terms of staffing, resources, just a plan of attack for whatever it may bring. >> the action cam was at the home depot in king of prussia where people wasted no time buying brand new generators. head to 6abc.com for the latest watches and warnings of our next storm. you can also see multiple live views from storm tracker6 live radar. check in often over the next 24 to 48 hour

. >> reporter: earlier in the day this was the scene on germantown pike in chestnut hill. during the heart of wednesday's big snowstorm. wet fast accumulating snow got packed down quickly. and left dozens of drivers stuck on these slick hilly roads. >> they're pretty bad honestly as long as everyone gets home safely that's all we care about. >> people stuck all over. >> reporter: our fox 29 live truck was a casualty of the slippery roads we got stuck forearm 90 minutes. we joined other drivers as they shoveled, pushed and muffled their way up there the hills and out. bob breck came to our rescue together us out with his pickup truck. >> i live down the corner and i saw the backup. so, you know, keep the traffic moving. >> reporter: between six and 8-n nearby plymouth meeting montgomery county. that's where we found joe plowing parking lots. he'd been up sin the early morning hours. >> been out since about 3:00 a.m. we kind of thought it was going to be dud but it did hit us hard and we're glad it stopped when it did. >> reporter: forecasters get this kind of right or no. >

earlier today we were actually stuck on germantown pike with a lot of other folks in chestnut hill. we'll show you some video. lots of cars stuck there. snow came down quickly. packed down it was an icy surface. all up and down the hills there. cars stopped, once they stopped, it was all over. couldn't move, couldn't go forward. couldn't go backward. people were pushing cars. digging cars out even our live truck got stuck for about 90 minutes till we have a buddy of ours bob breck pus of pulled us out and we got free and got our way up here to plymouth meeting. lots of snow removal going on tonight. a lot of crews coming in here to this wawa we're at right now. fueling up, getting nothing eat and going right back out and working. earlier day we talked to joe hard at work in the parking lot right here. >> been out since about 3:00 a.m. we kind of thought it was going to be a dud but it did hit us hard and we're glad it stopped when it did. so we're out getting everything cleaned up. make everything safe for everybody. >> reporter: what's it like pushing this kind of snow. >> got to t

according to isaiah thomas, who was also a historic printer the , british during the germantown battle commandeered the printing press and used the pages for gun wadding for their muskets. it's also known as the gun was bible. there's a similar story where , but heinto a church was a conscientious objector to ,he war because of his faith not because he sided with england or america. as a result, he was considered to be potentially a spy. he was prosecuted but found innocent, but his land was taken over by the government. he would never print a bible again. his work would go actually all the way up to baltimore, not far from where we are in d.c., and i think it was his nephew that would continue printing bibles, hymnals, newspapers, almanacs, and things like that, but the story is really interesting. >> we take on because of the time period, the topic of the bible and education. many know this, but some of the great universities were founded upon a biblical principle or undergirding. this one is harvard. in 1636. you can read some of their declarations at the time. >> the establishment

a rash of rim and tire rip offs in roxborough, manayunk and germantown. police say in recent weeks these fast-moving thieves are swiping expensive rims right off cars. they're doing it in the middle of the night and then selling them on the black-market. each set can go for up to four grand. police say they're hitting cars on less travele streets. if you see anything suspicious, call police right away. >>> and sean bell in with sports and we're talking football already, sean. >> we have. okay w penn state barclay does something like he did today we have to take look. check out what he did that might land him in cleveland plus the sixers are shooting up the eastern conference. we love it. joel and ben at it again. we'll take look at the process next in sports. ♪ new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. is it, ladies? don't get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. d, but you still don't have fios. ok? fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, literally engineered for streaming. good advice. i've also got some ideas

role model award, the event was held saturday afternoon at the victorian bang well hall, 4800 block of germantown, organization provides mentoring services cents and activities to young women. so, you never certainly do it for the applause, but always nice when you can be an inspiration to young people, other tv personalities there, some local elected officials, cherri gregg, also, so lovely weekend. >> our version of the ross cents cars. >> well deserved. >> thank you, thank you. >> what's not deserved what i see on that map coming at us, chelsey. >> yes. >> this is why katie took the week off. >> you know, i don't know. i don't know. maybe. we do have another coastal storm headed our way. another nor'easter. we are going to have the wind and maybe even little bit more after snow threat along this one for at least more of a population. so that's something we are keeping very close eye on. speaking of snow, live look at jack frost bigyou can see, lotsk there. and man the poconos have been hit hard over the past few days, since friday, with over 2 feet of they could get quite a bit more as we head

he was in germantown, pennsylvania and then german franklin right next-door in philadelphia. -- and benjamin franklin right next-door in philadelphia. sower was critical of franklin's german translations. there was kind of a war but there was opposition between the two. wasuse of that, when sower buying paper, he was told he had to pay completely. when he was ready to produce his second bible in 1763, he went to the paper and the maker said you pay in full or you do not get any. he has a paper mill and prints the first bible imprinted with american-made paper in 1763. in 1776, his typeset is wearing out. his son has taken over the business and they produce new type set. they would produce this european bible in 1743-1763. in 1776, they would print this first bible printed in america with american-made typeset. --ording to isaiah's thomas isaiah thomas, the british battle, commandeered his printing press, used his bible pages for gun loading. this is also known gun load bible. there is a similar story in the civil war and they use hymnals. wer was a conscientious objector to the war because o

down tree blocking germantown avenue, stick to sten on avenue. a crash at evesham road at white horse road. >> david murphy is off, karen rogers joins us with the weather after the break. [drumming] one time, in new orleans, well, before it was evenfounded, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. and great stories kept coming. [trumpet playing] some make you move to jazz, funk and bounce. some of our stories aren't quite as straightforward. blocked by the saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] look at the windchills, feels like 18 degrees right now this philadelphia. watch with the northerly chilly breeze it will be a factor throughout the day today. it's a dry day, chilly breeze had a forhe high, partly sunny skies this afternoon. tomorrow, cloudy, 47. and then we're tracking another nor'easter, tuesday into wednesday, wednesday is a big day we could see

a big old oak tree down across crescent valley drive closed all traffic being diverted off this on germantown avenue, mike, back over to you. >>> we try to do this every month. dan, our financial dude, good to see you dan. >> is what up my man. >> what to buy in march and what not to buy in march or whatever month we're in, we happen to be in march. we need winter clothes. seemed like we should have this purchased already. >> yes, if there is any room left in your closet for winter clothes, now is the time because up to 75 percent off as they move that last bit of winter merch off shelves and get ready for spring merch. >> good time to buy right now. >> not a lot left but up to 75 percent off macy's, banana republican get those last minute sweaters right now. >> toys, video games in march why. >> when were you a kid what did you get for easter? >> candy. >> yeah, candy right. >> now it is a mini christmas. >> true. >> easter's early april 1st i think, so toys, video games are on sale as we run up to easter. >> and a lot of people are planning cruises vacations because it i sis is time to do i

since then cosby has nailed down a new defense team back in january he emerged at the jazz club in, germantown to perform in front of the small audience. legal experts say that was a deliberate attempt by cosby and his lawyers, to sort of the rebrand h good guy image we will see what happens in court today, thomas and karen. >> thank you. >>> 4:37. ocean county man is wanted for theft of 500 bronze grave markers bases in white memorial park last month. police are searching for that guy right there john white they believe he stole almost 3,000-pounds of bronze to two local scrap yard. they are valued at $175,000. if you know where john whiteys , give police a call. >>> community coming together to raise some money for beloved bartender in philadelphia sheila was a long time bartender at dirty frank 's before being hit by a car three weeks ago. she has severe head trauma look at the turnout right there, even this weekend with so much weather stuff, big fundraiser to raise money for her. she was 56. she was hit on the night of the eagles victory parade. friends say she was always positive and wel

watching the on-ramp on the germantown ramp right here. you can see some of that snow akua accumulating on the median and shoulders. and also watching mass transit if you're not planning on driving anywhere today, they're all on different schedules. a severe weather one schedule for new jersey transit rails, and amtrak with a modified schedule today. so definitely check before you go there. >>> we'll continue with more live first alert team coverage as this major snow storm moves across our area. still ahead. >>> 6:25. and we're following breaking news that a chinese restaurant erupts ipfire. this is philadelphia cobbs creek neighborhood. we're told a woman working behind protective glass was feeding her toddler when she heard shots. they are expected to survive. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you right now with a quick check of the roads. we're watching these snow flurries come down here. hopefully a lot of you are staying home, but we'll keep our eye on this as it worsens through the morning commute. now let's get a c

also have rittenhouse road between wissahickon road and lincoln drive, as well asbe avenue and germantown avenue. so please, give yourselves enough time to get around those detours. also, due to the high wind out there, speeds reduced 35 miles per ho bridges. live from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm cheryle goal end jan, back t there cheryle, thank you. fallen tree montgomery count and upper gulf roads in upper mer scene they found large tree on a carcene the crash is now under storm reaks havoc on power lines now hundreds cents every thousands of peop this morning. right now these are the latest numbers. peco has more customers without power. that number sit ppl. 20,000 people for delmarva. 13,000electric. and 17,000 for pse&g. and the red cross to open an emergency shelter in horsham shore now forecasters anticipate moderate flooding with this where our coverage continues now with " eyewitness news" reporte hoff. >> the one place more brutal than would have been in one every these. wind gusts uphour took no prisoners along the jersey shore lines even prompting thesouri avenues in atlantic

towards germantown pike. we couldn't move. turned around. had a friend of mine text me that her relative was add ridge and butler. she was try iing to come home fm work and was going to take the turnpike. the turnpike eastbound as we went over it from german town, gridlocked. not moving. if you're feting on it, you're going to be sitting there for a while. >> a lot of that gridlock out there. that right there where she is, just an example. microcosm of what people are dealing with in this storm. now we're at the jersey shore. looking live at cape may marina. conditions here. gusts there have reached 60 miles per hour. >> jersey shore reporter ted greenberg is live in ocean city. just the start of the problem there, ted. >> the winds this afternoon are really causing a problem. lots of problems. with these waves. take a look at some pictures i got just a kouchl minutes ago from cape may. this is from the cape may fire department and images of a building on jackson street. a roof was blown off the building. indi indi indicative of how strong t

a crash at white marsh, germantown pike. >> thank you. >>> ahead, today's international women's day. guess what -- check out these ladies, the team that not did let the winter storm stop them. >>> plus, a new travel warning for a popular mexican resort. the new intel following the boat explosion that had the u.s. taking action. >>> winter storm gone, but a slow commute. we'll look at the art museum and have first alert weather and traffic in a few minutes. >>> check out this video of a tree toppling during the storm. a viewer sent us the video. falling trees are still a threat this morning because all the snow is weighing down the branches. that could happen anywhere across the area. >>> a visiting basketball team got stuck in our snowstorm yesterday. they took matters into their own hands. [ cheers ] >> those aren't men. they're really tall women. and they happen to be really strong and athletic. they're powerful. the northeastern women's basketball team. they got stuck at st. joe's in their bus on a hill. they get out and start pushing, they get the bus out. they finally made it to

this is along wissahickon avenue in germantown. good morning to you, i'mer ri e coalman. here's a look at the effort to get power on across the area. more than 61,000 homes and businesses are still without electricity. the vast majority of them more than 52,000 are peco customers. four other major power companies each have less than 6,000 outages remaining. >> nbc 10 is live in sky force 10 showing us damage that still remains. what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: we're over havertown, seen damage in delaware county. down from the street view we can see this is at the intersection of glendale and colonial drive and there is a tree down right in that area right there. we have seen the public works crews and peco crews working hard to try to get that damage repaired and get that off the road. you can see glendale road is blocked offer. take a look at video from earlier this morning. my photographer and i were down there at old west chester pike where it meets up with west chester pike and there you can see it was a utility pole on ground there, a couple of them with

still have lots of downed trees germantown rittenhouse street is blocked. east falls queen lane remains closed this morning. >> 6:11. up next scare on the slopes. a little girl holds on for dear life when she slips from a ski lift out left. >> a "bachelor" bombshell. we'll recap one of the most shocking finales in reality show's history. >> ♪ >> dramatic video here shows the moment a five-year-old girl dangling from a chair lift at a california ski resort before falling onto a safety tarp below. the girl's parents say she slipped from the chair lift on saturday morning when it started moving. the girl's ski instructor was able to grab her hoodie. the instructor held onto the little girl who became unconscious from being choked by her helmet and hoodie. the girl's father calls the instructor a hero for being able to keep the girl from being seriously injured and falling offer the lift. the... off the lift. the girl did have some bruising but is okay. >> three illinois day care workers face charges for how they got children to go down for nap time. they gav

airy today along germantown avenue. the snow didn't stop at least one person out there from taking their dog for a walk. >> got to walk the dog, right? our live team coverage continues with nbc 10's steven fisher. he is live at easton where it is still snowing up there. steven? >> reporter: and right now it's a little bit of a ghost town. a lot of places closed down, as you would imagine. but we did actually find some people that were outside today and not complaining about it. in fact they told me they love this kind of weather. the constant snow may have ruined your plans or made your commute a little more frustrating. but for some in easton, they're taking the snowfall in stride. >> nobody is out. it's quiet. >> reporter: the center square of easton was just that, quiet. except for a little snow removal. >> i like it. it's much better than rain. and the rain gave us a blackout for four days. so this is why i'm out today, because i've been stuck with no power. >> reporter: patricia says the umbrella worked well today.

sticks out into the right lane and in chestnut hill there's still a downed tree blocking busy germantown avenue by the presbyterian church. stenton avenue could be a possible alternate. also still have some downed wires in towamencin blocking orvilla road. 40-foot by ralph's corner could be your alternate. whitpain down tree blocking morris road. skippack pike can get you around that. also have a crash and vehicle fire on the atlantic city expressway westbound approaching 42 slowing us down in both directions. in chopper had to be called in there. i think i would stick with the black horse pike instead. let's grab the ipad check your ways home with the waze app on the monday afternoon. upper macungie crash on 78 eastbound approaching 100. a slow zone there as well. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> matt thank you. >>> next on "action news" at 4:ooh a bipartisan gun bill. two local senators reveal the idea surrounding background checks that have support from both sides of the aisle. >> and a stolen oscar. details about the statue that went missin

and since then cosby has nailed down a new defense team, back in january we saw him at a jazz club in germantown. he was having dinner and performing a comedy show in front of the small audience there legal experts say that was a deliberate act and he wanted to do that to sort of regain his good guy image. we will see what comes out of the hearing. if there are no delays, we do know that jury selection scheduled for march 29th and that trial slated to begin april 2nd. >> okay, all right. >>> well, lets give you an update what happened at cherry hill high school east. >> to recap first student led protest and large walk out and heated school board meeting where they voiced their opinions. security changes are coming to cherry hill schools starting to day. >> lets get through some, police officers will patrol all of the district buildings and visitors will be required to show a photo id, and either have, you know, point. set up, they need to necessity the numbers of your student id number of their particular child. she is changes come after a popular teacher suspension after he made comments regar

we will start with riley, a teacher in germantown, maryland. caller: good morning. i am a teacher, on my way to school now. this disturbing, the idea of arming teachers is insane. would beers i know who willing to have a gun are the exact people you would not want armed around children. host: what do you mean by that? not -- i mean,e justers, adults, you are as likely to have a flawed adults who is a teacher, who should not be armed around children. i would not want anyone armed around children, except maybe law enforcement. host: what about hardening schools with volunteers on campus, former military or -- a veteran, perhaps. would you support that? caller: there are a lot of people who are former military who have done crazy things. is fewer guns. americans agree people should not be buying guns if they have mental health issues. americans agree young people do not need ar-15's, probably no one needs ar-15's. host: let's go to tanisha. she is from seattle, a parent. send 18-year-old kids to war, give them guns, we teach them how to kill. --n they come back, we say

incredible pictures of smashed up cars from germantown, maryland, outside of washington, d.c. it is unclear why the tractor-trailer spilled stones over the highway. the crash closing the highway and causing major delays. wow. >>> president trump taking the fight against opioids to new hampshire today. he unveiling a plan to stop the crisis dead in its tracks. secretary of health and human services alex azar defended the president's proposal for symptom drug dealers. >> if you're involved in the distribution of illicit drugs or if you are improperly using, selling, distributing, even legal opioids, there should be serious penalties attached and serious enforcement attached to all of that. jillian: the white house wants to slash opioid prescriptions by 1/3 over three years. >>> a hero fdny firefighter who saved hundreds of people on september 1 isth has died. he was working as a new york ferry captain when twin towers were hit. he ferried people to safety. two years later he joined fdny and became a marine pilot. he died friday from cancer believed to be linked to the toxic fume