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Good news this morning. Bill . Plenty of sunshine today, but one thing thats developing that might slow things down. We have some areas of fog that have developed north and west and a lot of moisture yesterday and as temperatures cool down, youre not going to see it in center city. This is a live view from the Comcast Center and not a lick of fog there. Look to the north and west. You can see dense fog, dense fog right now in the reading area, but reading is pretty much alone. Getting thicker in lancaster and not quite dense fog just yet and seen improving conditions in blue bell. Chilliest in allentown and 56 in philadelphia. 50s to start with and we will see the 70s this afternoon. The fog will disappear as the temperature climbs up to 62 degrees at 9 00. By lunchtime, 72 degrees. Go neighborhood by neighborhood with the forecast when we come back. A deadly accident on the blue route could have an impact on your morning drive. Jillian mele will have a look at that. Still blocked off between 76 and conshohocken. This accident is a fatal accident and one person rushed to a local hospital. Wait here at the bottom of your screen, its tough to see, a van on its side partially overturned this morning. Crews able to get it upright in the last few minutes. Working to get that van out of there, but as you can see, a lot of activity out here and a lot of debris that needs to be cleaned up on the road. Cleaned up that debris working to get this cleared as quickly as possible, unfortunately when we have a fatal accident on the highway, wroacan you can expecte cleared with. Ramps blocked off both east and westbound. Make sure you take that into account this morning. This is one of the google maps here to show you exactly where this is happening. The closure point right at the interchange with 76. This stretch of the blue route northbound is going to be blocked off this morning. Thats the location were talking about. If you need to get around this accident and access the pennsylvania turnpike or even the northeast extension, here is what is going to happen for you. All traffic being diverted from 76. Take 76 westbound this morning out to king of prussia and at that interchange with 402 go beyond that little bit farther and you can access the pennsylvania turnpike and get right here on the turnpike and access the northeast extension, wherever you need to go is the best bet to get around the accident this morning. 4 33 this morning. New question by alleged plots to attack subway systems in both countries. As soon as the threat was mentioned, u. S. And french authorities went on the alert. Yesterday officials in washington and paris later cast doubt on the Prime Ministers report saying, they had no such information. Nbc 10 Monique Braxton is live and what is septa telling its riders about this . Its telling its riders it will increase Police Presence, tracy. Weve been out here for an hour and a half monitoring the situation and i can tell you the first train just pulled in and riders tell us they plan to hop on it about 5 01 and also noticing an increased Police Presence. Our video shows you just a sampling of what youll see if youre riding the rails this morning. Septa is 265 strong. Most of them part of the increased Police Presence in place due to an announcement by iraqs Prime Minister. He says hes learned of an imminent plan by isis militants to attack american and french subway systems. Officials dispute the credibility of the threat and local leaders tell us theres no evidence that our region would be a target but septa is airing on the side of caution. Making sure they have additional boots on the ground. We talked to commuters about the possibility of a threat and septas reaction to it. Got to get to and from. Got to get back and forth. I dont necessarily believe there will be a threat here, for n instance. Obviously, Due Diligence and nice to see Something Like that. Philadelphias police are also providing assistance above and below ground. Riders are urged to be vigilant. Just a short time ago, we spoke with a rider who had taken the night owl and he told us he did see police. Were going to turn that sound around for you and have it in the next half hour. Live for now, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. Meantime, heres a live look at 30 street station. In a statement amtrak says no specific threats against their railroads or trains and robust security measures in place and work closely with federal terrorism agencies. You can count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com to bring you new developments on the isis threat and local response. We have information on an overnight house fire and in the past 15 minutes we learned that one person died in this fire in chester. The fire hit this home aaround midnight. The victim has not been identified. A manconvicted of a hit and run jerome brooks was found guilty of driving under the influence. Till was run over by brooks suv. Testimony continues today in the trial accused of killing a baby and grandmother in montgomery county. Both parent took the stand and cross examined the babys mother. Charged with killing 10monthold and her grandmother in a botched kidnapping and ransom attempt in king of prussia back in 2012. Union nurses are expected back on the job this morning in delaware county. Those nurses went on strike on sunday. The strike ended tuesday morning, but the hospital brought in temporary nurses who were guaranteed at least five days of work, which is why the union nurses wont return to work until today. Resolve a contact dispute. Making neighborhoods safer. A new effort to fight crime takes aim at two local cities. Some quick thinking by a 6yearold who stepped in to save his dad. Youll hear his 911 call and the message he gave the dispatcher. High school handoff. A local Community Plans to make a tough breakaway from tradition on the gridiron. A cooler start this morning and our skies are clear in philadelphia, but there are some areas that are seeing the remnants of the rain yesterday in the form of fog. Right now, 55 degrees at 4 37. Were following this breaking news now out of cape may. Heres what we learned, a fire in the engine room of the cape may lewis ferry. That fire started within the last half hour. We have limited information but working on more for you. Two people escaped from the engine room, thats where the fire broke out. The ferry is in dock in cape may. We dont know how severe the impact is and we have called sky force 10 to head towards that ferry there and gather more information for us. Well have a live report for you as soon as we get it. 20 minutes before 5 00, two cities in our region will get special attention when a National Summit on reducing violence begins in washington on monday. Wilmington is one of those cities. Been selected as part of a violence selection network. Cities within the group will have full access to Crime Fighting resources from the u. S. Justice department. Now, camden is the other area city to be included. It will be grouped with wilmington, chicago, detroit and oakland california. The mayors of those cities will join eric holder at the city in washington. And crime in camden will be the topic on tonights nightly news with brian williams. Brian Williams Broadcasting tonight from battleship new jersey. Thats right after nbc 10 news at 6 00. The fog, the rain and everything is going to be clearing during the day today. The rain has already ended, but we are seeing some areas of fog this morning, just some areas. Most of the areas in the clear and well see lots of sunshine and that will lead us to a warmer weekend. Were looking at temperatures in the 80s. Going to look more like summer than fall. 50s right now for philadelphia and cooler north and west. Chester springs is 49 degrees and reading with 53 degrees is seeing that thick fog develop quarter mile visibility for reading and lancaster is now reporting dense fog. Really not an issue along the i95 corridor. Dont expect it to be but we could see other areas north and west. All that rainfall yesterday. The rain is done and dry today and sunshine to warm temperatures into the 70s from the pocono mountains through alentown and reading. And along the coastline, it will be sunny skies and mid70s for cape may and atlantic city. Dover 76 degrees this afternoon. Nothing but sunshine for wilmington, chester and philadelphia. And some sunshine for the weekend, too. The sevenday, when i come back. 4 42 now and lets get a check of traffic at the top of that is the situation on the blue route. Still shut down, jillian . Still shut down and i anticipate it being shut down for quite some time. Closed between 76 which is exit 16 and conshohocken and happened around mile marker 17 and this is the scene. We still have a lot of activity out there right now. This is the northbound side of the blue route just beyond 76. This van right here, it appears to be a daily news van. That was the van that was on its side that was made upright in the last 15 minutes. There was another vehicle involved, as well. Very serious, fatal accident that has been out there for quite some time. You can still see a lot of activity out there. So, this accident isnt going to clear any time soon and, in fact, as a result of this accident, ramps from 76 to the blue route northbound are still blocked off, as well. You can see that activity that we have out here on the schuylkill expressway blocking those ramps. Taking you to the map, right at 76 and just beyond that, north of that closure point is where the accident happened. So, the problem for a lot of drivers this morning is going to be accessing the pennsylvania turnpike or the northeast extension from the blue route. So, heres what youre going to do. You can exit the blue route northbound and take 76 westbound out to the interchange with the pennsylvania turnpoike and from 76 you can hop eastbound that will leave you on the turnpike or access the northeast extension from there. Youre going to want to leave yourself plenty of extra time. We dont have any serious accidents on other highways across the country. Tracy . 4 44 right now. A fresh reminder of the Ripple Effect of the 9 11 terror attacks. Reigniting the decades old argument. The new method lenders are using to keep borrowers on task. Some people think vegetables are boring. But with green giants delicious seasonings and blends, we just may change their minds. Ho ho ho green giant yawn ding toaster strudel more fruit in the filling, ya . Mmm ya warm, flaky, gooey, toaster strudel now, with more fruit its 4 46. This just in, nascar driver tony stewart is speaking out in his first interview since the grand jury cleared him for that crash that killed another driver. Stewart gave an interview to the Associated Press last night. In it he said the crash was 100 an accident. He said over the past three weeks he has stayed inside his house and didnt even want it get out of bed. He has asked for professional help in dealing with the grief over the crash. Today authorities here at home and around the country are letting people know the subways are safe. The iraqi Prime Minister announced a threat here by isis. But as tracie potts explains, the u. S. Has no credible information about that threat. Reporter theres more security in new york subways this morning after iraqs Prime Minister surprised every one and told reporters isis was planning to attack subways here and in paris. New yorks governor, mayor and Police Commissioner quickly hopped onboard and tried to reassure the public. There is no specific, credibility information about any specific threat to the new york city subway system. The new york city subway system is safe to ride. Reporter the fbi agreed but an iraq official says they warned the u. S. The u. S. Is still going after isis with air strikes. The pentagon says, the latest hit on Oil Refineries cut off an important source of financing. Theyre not going to be pumping any refined oil out, petroleum, any time soon. Reporter this morning the British Parliament is back considering whether to join the u. S. Led air strikes. Some in Congress Want to come back, too. They claim president obama skipped an important step. Were, obviously, engaged in war inside syria. Seems to me the appropriate thing for congress to do is to vote on it. Reporter tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Listen to this, the Fire Department of new york says three retired firefighters who worked at ground zero died on the same day from 9 11 related illnesses. And a third firefighter all died on monday of cancer. The Fire Department says that cancer was brought on by the toxic air at ground zero. The union that represents fdny in the 13 years since 9 11 850 of their members that were there have gotten sick. A little boy in florida is nothing short of a hero. His quick action to 911 saved his fathers life. Hes on the floor because this is a real emergency. Im really scared. That was the 911 call that the boy made when his dad collapsed and was unconscious inside the familys home. His mom was at work at the time. He stayed on the phone until paramedics got there and rushed his dad it the hospital and thats when the boy said a prayer. Because i wanted him to feel better while he was in the hospital. Sd i feel okay now. Without him i would have passed away i. When dad got out of the hospital a couple days later he went straight to school to pick up his little hero. Give your umbrella the day off. The rain is done. Now, were seeing a little bit of the result of that rain in the form of fog. Not from this vantage point. This is the view from center city. No sign of fog in the immediate philadelphia area. The temperatures are running cooler down six degrees compared to yesterday at this time. Clearer skies in Philadelphia International and 56 degrees. The humidity is at 84 . That number will come way down as the day goes on. Right now were running 13 degrees chillier compared it yesterday morning in allentown and reading is 7 degrees cooler this morning. With the cooler weather, less wind. Still a little bit of a breeze and thats helping the fog from forming, but where it is calm this morning, thats where were seeing some thick fog, reading and lancaster reporting quarter mile visibility right now. The storm we had yesterday, completely out of here yesterday and moving into new england and off shore and clouds have moved ow, too. Bright sunshine from the get go this morning. The forecast is calling for the temperatures to get up into the upper 70s after a cool start this morning. 62 degrees at 9 00 and lots of sunshine and no sign of fog later this morning. Noontime 70, 77 degrees at 4 00 this afternoon and then we go warmer than that this weekend. Normal High Temperature for fall this time of year is in the middle 70s and well be in the low 80s starting tomorrow with nothing but sunshine. Low humidity for saturday and sunday and looks like a great weekend. Pretty nice monday, too. 82 degrees. And then clouds will start to build for tuesday and wednesday. I dont expect to see all day rainfall either day, but theres a chance well see some scattered showers and then by thursday, they will be clearing out. Sunshine returns with a high of 56. Nine minutes before 5 00. If youre just waking up big problem on the blue route shut down northbound. Thats because of a fatal accident and, jillian, because its fatal, it will be out there for a while. Out there for three hours and anticipate it being out there longer because crews have a lot to get done as far as cleanup and investigation. The blue route northbound at 76 shut down between 76 and conshohocken. This van hooked up to this tow truck is ready to clear the scene and still out there. One person died as a result of their injuries and another person was taken to a local hospital. As you can see, a lot of Police Activity still out here at the scene. We have the ramps from 76 to the blue route northbound also blocked off as a result of this accident. So, the problem thefor drivers do you access because typically you would take the blue route just north right at this interchange with the northeast extension and the pennsylvania turnpike, but this is that section of the blue route that is blocked off this morning. This is the area where that closure point is happening right at 76. So, from the blue route you get on 76 westbound and take that out to the interchange with the pennsylvania turnpike and hop right on the turnpike from 76 and the turnpike itself you can take east and either stay on the turnpike or access the northeast extension. This is a big problem this morning and something we continue to follow and also continue to get more details. Well keep you updated as far as new information goes. I want to keep mentioning were not reporting any accidents on any other highways. Chris . And from our Delaware Bureau now, its race weekend in kent county. Tens of thousands of nascar fans will be in town at Dover International speedway. 85,000 people, in fact, are expected to be at the track known as the monster mile over the next three days. The drive sober 150 race and the nasc nascar nationwide series and on friday the flag drops on the nascar and many fans are in town to see tony stewart who spoke last night to the Associated Press after a grand jury cleared him of criminal charges in the death of kevin ward jr. Hes a great guy. Ive met him. Hes a great guy. You know he didnt mean to do that. I mean, you know he didnt. I do. No way anybody could convince me he did that on purpose. Stewart told the ap last night it was 100 an accident. This year a new playoff system in place, by the way, so, during this weekends race four sprint cup drivers will be knocked out of the championship contention this weekend. Big weekend for nascar in dover. All right, some good news for everyone at the gas pump. Next, two things that are driving down prices and when we could see those prices go below 3. And a new effort to rejuvenate one of the areas best known landmarks. Experts say gas prices across the country could soon fall below 3 a gallon. Prices typically drop during autumn and by the end of the year, up to 30 states could have an average gasoline price of under 3 a gallon. Heres hoping your state is one of those. And triple a keeps an eye on gas prices across the country and in the philadelphia area, the average price for a regular unleaded is 3. 42 a gallon. South jersey 3. 15 and in delaware youll pay 3. 29. Missing a payment on your car loan could lead you to a car that wont get you anywhere. Starter interrupt devices are being installed on vehicles to borrowers who are considered high risk. It will allow the lender to remotely disable the ignition when they dont make a payment. Happening today, well be getting a look at how septa is upgrading its system to tackle severe weather. Highlight seven improvement projects funded by an 87 million dwrangrant. One will fix flooding problems and septa lawmakers will be at the sharon hills station later this morning to discuss the project. At 90 million project will begin to spruce up the landmarks. Longwood gardens is in Kenneth Square between route 1 and 926. Once this project is done, these pictures show what it will look like. These are some artist renderings of what visitors will see there. Take a look at some details of the renovation. The price tag is 90 million. The iconic fountain garden will reopen with restored fountains and new lighting. A local Football Team will say goodbye to a longtime home field and make the move to a different place to play. Celebrate Opening Night alhellman field. To mark the event before kickoff ceremonial coin toss and the game ball will be delivered by sky divers. The second time the team is playing a home game away since 1930. The only other time it happened was during hurricane sandy. An update now on the story of cincinnati bengal still. His 4yearold daughter,lia, has been battling cancer and she took a big step in her fight. The surgeon was able to remove all of hertumor and liymp nodes. Are you ready to get this cancer . Lets do it. Still tweeted early this morning that his daughters next round of treatments will attack the cancer that has spread to her bone marrow. His jersey is now the alltime highest selling bengals jersey because a share of the proceeds go to pediatic cancer research. Such a story and well keep them in our prayers. Nbc 10 news at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. We are following breaking news right now. The cape may lewis ferry is on fire. Coast guard is on its way and so is sky force 10. Also breaking this morning, this could impact a lot of you. The blue route is closed northbound at 76 and conshohocken because of a deadly crash there. Impact to your drive. Stepped up security on the subway. The threat that could impact your commute and what septa is doing to keep you safe. Were off to a foggy start in parts of the area. For most of us, a nice friday. 55 degrees in philadelphia and it will continue to warm as the day goes on just in time for the weekend. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today, im chris cato. Im tracy davidson. Lets get you updated on the weather with bill henley in the first alert weather center. Bill . Were watching the remnants of some of the rain from yesterday in the form of fog north and west. Not everybody will see the fog this morning and not see it in center city and north and west a different story. Were having dense fog develop this morning for the reading area and lancaster, too. The fog is thick in those areas, but not the rest of the region. Potstown, coatsville, no sign of fog just yet. A little bit of a breeze and that may be preventing the fog from forming. 56 degrees in philadelphia and 40 for allentown and

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