Construction crews set up blocking the right lane there. So cars are getting by because theres not a lot of volume. Thats why we didnt see the reflected on the map not slowing anyone down too much because there are just not too many folks out there. That should be cleared up by 6 00. If you are heading to the taconypalmyra bridge the bridge should open soon and then the traffic should stop. Two people are in Critical Condition after this crash in Washington Township at green tree road and bells lake drive. Police say the driver of this car lost control and smashed into a tree. He and his passenger were taken to Cooper University hospital. Its unclear right now what caused the driver to losele co. And be on alert. Thats the warning for students at West Chester University this morning after two attempted robberies near campus over the past few days. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live for us in west chester this morning. Tell us what happened with these crimes here. Reporter this is definitely alarming, chris, for students and people who live around the West Chester University campus. According to the Public Safety alerts on the schools website one of them had happened here right on the edge of campus between residence halls. This is where an attack happened last week. Public safety officers say that student was walking alone when he or she was approached by three people in this area dressed in dark clothing. They demanded money. Hit the student and then ran off. Lets go to a map because another incident happened just a half mile away from where we are standing. A very similar attack that happened this past saturday night in the area that appears to be an offcampus students housing area near east nields street and sharon alley. They hit the victim and ran off. We are here with officials trying to get more information. Students have been alerted to be aware of their surroundings, possibly even walking in groups walk with other students just during this time. If you have any information in west Chester Borough Police or West Chester University police want to hear from you. Katy zachry, nbc 10 news. In two hours the polls will open for a special election in philadelphia. Democrat sarah delricci and mar tina white are looking to fill the street in the 170th legislative district that represents northeast philadelphia and the seat was left vacant at Brandon Boyle was sworn in in january. Today a judge will sentence a former pennsylvania lawmaker at the center of a corruption scandal. The former state representative jp miranda of philadelphia pleaded guilty in january to ethic violations. Authorities say he used state money to pay a ghost worker who never showed up and funneled part of that workers salary to his sister. And the mobsters will face Court Charges today for taking over a texasbased Mortgage Company and using the assets to buy cars homes and a yacht. Scarfo will be sentenced tomorrow and his associate will be sentenced today. Scarfo is the son of the former philadelphia boss little nicky scarfo. A Police Lieutenant pleaded guilty in connection to lewdness at a cherry hill coffee shop. Bonito gonzalez is accused of exposing himself last may at a starbucks. He could lose his job and has been suspended without pay. New this morning, to death due us part. A camden man said if he didnt receive lastminute help a state law would have kept him from marrying his dying bride giving them time to enjoy their time together. Matt, something is being done because of this local case to be done to change the local law in new jersey, right . Reporter thats right. But first, omar esteves wishes he could have spent more time with his dying wife here at cooper dying from cancer. And they wanted to get married but learned they might not make it. You look beautiful, my beautiful wife. Reporter in the final days of her life lynette was battling stage four stomach cancer. She and her fiancedecided to wait on marriage and focus on treatment. That all changed when lynnette was told she had days to live. We said we are going to get married. Reporter what he didnt expect was that a law requiring a threeday application and waiting period for a marriage license might destroy lynnetts last wish. He rushed back and forth from the hospital to city hall to the courthouse getting the paperwork. I observed how it took omar away from his beautiful wife. Those moments are very precious. And he spent a level of frustration. Reporter a nurse at keeper called on assemblyman Angel Fuentes to use his power to speed up the conviction. We have to do a better job. Reporter ours later omar and lynnette got married. She died the next day. She wanted to get married. She was really happy. Very happy. Reporter and now assemblyman fuentes is working on a bill to change that to give doctors the ability to waive the threeday waiting period. More on how that works when we see you coming up at 6 00. Now live in camden matt delucia, nbc 10 news. A Bucks County College is investigating an anti semitic threat that an athlete is accused of posting on twitter. The post said quote, can i kill all the expletive jews in lakewood, please. A member of the Delaware Valley College Track team from ocean county allegedly posted the to the in 2013. It was recently rediscovered touching often the schools investigation. I think it is key that the authorities, the people who know better, speak up and stop it at the outset. Just last month nbc 10 showed you these antisemitic images that teens from Jackson Township posted online making threats against the lakewood jewish community. Atlantic citys emergency manager will release a report today on the citys finances. The new Jersey Department of Community Affairs will post that report on its website. Now its expected to detail a plan to help Atlantic City restructure its debt and find a longterm solution. The goal is to stabilize the citys finances to avoid bankruptcy or tax increases. Well, it may not feel like it but beach weather is just a few months away. We promise. And today well get a first look at tourism expectations in wildwood. Wildwood officials will recap last years season and give us a preview of what is to come for this summer. Tourism is one of the main drivers of the new jersey economy. It sure seems like were a long way from the warm summer weather this morning. Temperatures are cold once again. And with cloudy skies, its going to be a slow warm up. Clouds will start our day, breaks of sunshine this afternoon. And tracking showers for tomorrow and especially on thursday. But along with the showers, warmer weather. So well be looking at rain. This morning with the clouds were watching for a few snowflakes so far but it hasnt happened for most of the area. 26 degrees in doylestown. 30s right now in philadelphia and cape may at 34 degrees. Theres a clear view across the delaware, even though clouds are overhead and were watching some activity on the radar. Its really not reaching to the ground for most of the area. Very light snowfall thats trying to reach the ground. In lancaster, chester, New Castle County and south jersey even the reading area might see a flurry but im not expecting more than that. So little to no accumulation and little to no snow for the area. Plenty of cold around. Temperatures like yesterday are slow to warm up. 31 degrees. Still below freezing at 10 00 this morning. As we go into the afternoon hours, thats when the clouds break. And thats when well see temperatures in the low to middle 40s. About 10 degrees or more colder than normal for this time of year. So clouds to start with. Maybe a snowflake or two. Then clearing in the afternoon. We will see sunshine break through the clouds. The sevenday forecast not quite as cold tomorrow and up to 50 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Clouds will be moving in and theres a chance of scattered showers on up wednesday. Look at the warm up for thursday. Yes, it will come with some rain and even a slight chance of a rm though. 68 degrees on thursday. The wind picks up and here comes the cool for friday and then turning cooler over the weekend. Saturday and sunday morning temperatures in the 20s. Just stuck in this pattern here. At least we get to 68 on thursday. Yeah, well take that. Well see what you face when you hit the roads today with Christine Maddela. Christine . Until we get to 68 degrees, you will need your heater in the car this morning. The good news is there are not many delays on your commute. Route 202 at route 252 in Chester County were not tracking a lot of accidents on the majors. Taking a look right now at the area that slows down the conshohocken curve along the schuylkill expressway right now were seeing a lot of green on the eastbound and westbound direction. Your drive time is 11 minutes between the blue route and the vine in each direction. So thats the good news. We are still watching the a taconypalmyra bridge waiting to open. And we have new threats against president obamas niece prompting extra security at a College Basketball game. And following the money. Well look at where the candidates for philadelphia mayor stand when it comes to campaign finances. The pentagon says theres no real sign of a Security Threat against the military hit list posted by isis as this information was taken from online websites. And president obamas niece had a threat made against her last night. The princeton head coach talked about the threat after the game. Leslie is safe no one knows her like i do and shes an important part of the team. Keep the freex out of the gym, how about it . She was not aware of the threat before the game and president obama was not there last night. 5 15 now. We now have a better idea when new Jersey Governor Chris Christie will decide about a run for the white house. Governor christie said he expects to make that decision in late spring to early summer as he said before on his monthly radio show yesterday where he said there are things hes working through and talking about his family with. The governor said he wont run unless he thinks he can beat hillary clinton. Republican senator ted cruz was the first to officially announce the president ial run in 2016. Making that announcement yesterday. This week the freshman senator from texas will talk to potential donors in new york hoping to bolster his campaign funds. In elected, he would be the countrys first hispanic president. Now to the race for the mayor of philadelphia. You can hear what the six Democratic Candidates have to say about school tonight in an Education Forum tonight in city philadelphia. Organizers call it the only Candidates Forum devoted to answering questions about the candidate vision for education in philadelphia. People attending can submit their questions in advance. The event will be held at 6 30 at child school at 16th and wharton. And it takes more than ideas to win an election. It also takes money. And the six democrats vying for mayor nutters job are former d. A. Lynne abraham, the former judge nelson diaz doug oliver jim kenny, and Anthony Williams and milton street. Nbc 10 investigators did digging and found when it comes to campaign funds, its neck and neck in a money race between Anthony Williams and lynne abraham. Williams campaign shows that he has 425,000 and abraham is a close second with 424,000. You can get a breakdown of each and katecandidates fundraising total on nbc10. Com or the nbc 10 app. And milton street has spent a lot more time on the road than on the campaign trail. He talks about whether he lives in philadelphia and if he was properly registered as a democrat. Last week the judge ruled he can on the ballot as a democrat. The residency issue will be decided in court later this week. The democratic primary for mayor is may 19th. And Jim Rosenfeld will moderate the first debate at the Kimmel Center on april 7th right here on nbc 10. And if you have questions for the candidates, submit them on nbc10. Com or the nbc 10 app. Coast guard helicopters will be taking off for frequently over the next few days from Atlantic City. Because they continue Helicopter Training tomorrow through april. New pilots are training to eventually secure space over washington. Most of the flights will take place between tuckerton and ocean city to stone harbor. So people in that area can expect to see and hear the choppers at least twice a day during the training. And a Frontier Airlines plane is back on the runway again after getting stuck in the mud for almost an entire day. The plane was scheduled to leave the New Castle County airport for orlando on sunday night when it got lodged in a muddy mess. Crews finally freed the jet shortly before 7 00. Passengers left on a backup plane around noon yesterday and arriving at their destination. Drivers in bucks county could see delays this morning as work begins on a road Improvement Project there. Crews will start to work along south delmorr avenue today so drivers have to take a short detour in the area. We have that mapped out for you there. This is all part of a project to fix pavement and make the intersection and walkway improvements as well as other safety issues near the lower trenton bridge. That project should wrap up in late july. Speaking of detours and construction to know about, well check the roads for you. Hopefully no detours on your way to work this morning. The first alert traffic reporter Christine Maddela is here with what youll face. Ill update you on the construction we faced earlier on 295 near route 168. There was one lane blocked with construction crews finishing up some road work. They were expected to be there until 6 00. They wrapped up earlier and now as you can see in both directions things are moving along nicely with Road Conditions looking pretty good as well throughout the area. It is just cold outside, but you wont really see any precipitation on the roadways to slow you down. The pennsylvania turnpike the blue route, 495 to delaware you can see we are seeing a lot of green out there. Nothing much to slow you down. No major accidents, so thats good news. If you are driving interstate 95 in delaware well take a look at travel times from 295 to 495 to take you 11 minutes heading northbound. About the same on the southbound side. And it is 5 19. Coming up on 5 20 were starting off with gray skies and clouds overhead. A little bit of a breeze but the wind is much lighter than yesterday. With the clouds overhead tracking a few snow showers but its unlikely that youll see them. 32 degrees in philadelphia. The wind has started to die down. Its now out of the north at 10 miles an hour. And completely dry even though the skies are cloudy at the shore. Its a live view from the Lafayette Hotel in cape may. The temperatures have dropped down into the cold zone. Its cold enough for us to be snowing, but look at the humidity so low that any snow falling from the clouds is evaporating before it gets to the ground. We are tracking some very light snow showers but it is unlikely to see the snowflakes in most of the area. Theres a chance of a few flurries in the will bigton area to salem county and new jersey. Chester county could see a few flurries but nothing to stick around. Tomorrow, a different batch of wet weather, rain. This time it will be moving into the area. Its moving toward st. Louis right now. And its part of a system that will mostly miss us but give us a chance for rain showers tomorrow afternoon. And those showers are more likely to occur north and west. The future rain and snow shows well get a dry start tomorrow morning and clouds will be building as the day goes on. 3 00 in the afternoon, cloudy skies with showers. There they are mainly off to the northwest. Still with a possibility to lead to the umbrellath to. You certainly wont need your sunglasses today with a cloudy start. But this afternoon well get some breaks of sunshine and we still need the winter coat today. 20s to start with. 40s this afternoon. And a cold start tomorrow morning, though not as cold as today. Near 50 degrees in the afternoon. A chance of some scattered showers on wednesday. A better chance well get the showers with warmer weather for thursday. Then the cool down for friday and the weekend, especially chilly. Look at the morning temperatures, 20 for saturday and sunday with high temperatures in the 40s both afternoons. All right, bill. Well, at 5 21 now, greek life is under the microscope at penn state. Coming up next half hour, what the University President is now doing in the wake of the fraternity social media scandal. And wawa on the way. Well tell you about the convenience chains plan to open a big store in center city. The goose is loose. Wawa plans to open a new store in center city where the old robinson luggage used to be. Wawa reps say it will have unique features but wont reveal the features yet. The delaware countybased convenience chain is still working on final approval and they hope to make a formal announcement next month. Well, a warning for gamers this morning. You may have been the latest victim of hackers. Landon dowdy is here to explain with this mornings cnbc business news. Good morning, lay landon. Reporter good morning to you. If you are a gamer, beware. You may have to hit the reset button. Twitch, a popular site where people go, can live stream themselves playing video games and may have been hacked. Gamers may have gained access to user names and passwords but credit card numbers are not affected. Twitch is the fourth largest website by customer traffic trailing netflix, apple and google. And over on wall street futures are higher ahead of the open with stocks on monday ending at lows for the session. Data today on consumer price, inflation and new home sales. The dow falling to 18116. Back over to you. Landon dowdy, thank you. A cold start and a cloudy one, too. And were tracking a few snowflakes in the area. Most of the area Like Center City is completely dry. Snowflakefree. 31 degrees at 5 26. The temperatures right now are still falling. Another cold start. Hopefully a accident start on the roads. Christine maddela is in the morning traffic center. Good morning christine. Good morning. You will need the heater getting in the car. Heres a live look at a cool and clear interstate 78 in the Lehigh Valley and morgan hill road. No major delays. We can look at the drive times when we come back. Nbc 10 news today will be back in a few minutes. Attacked and robbed. A warning for College Students with crime happening near the local campus. And its legal in new jersey and delaware but not pennsylvania. The steps lawmakers are taking today to change legal marijuana. And it is so cold we have a few flurries out there. But bill says warmer weather is on the way. Well let him explain the flurry part. Flurries of sunshine i hope hes talking about. Good morning, im tracy davidson. Im chris cato. Lets demand some answers from bill henley and his spring forecast, bill . Its a flurry of activity as you run to get your winter coat from the closet because its a cold start. We have scattered snow showers on radar, but look at this view of center city. No snowflakes there. Out of south jersey we are seeing things fall and evaporate. This is what we are seeing across Chester County. Theres a chance to see flurries or even very light snow in some spots, but most of the area will be just cloudy to start with
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