News, sign up for our free nbc bay area app. Some terrifying moments for passengers aboard a vta bus in san jose. An suv slammed into the bus this afternoon, causing both vehicles to catch fire and power lines to crash on top of the bus. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo spoke with the bus driver and joins us from the crash site at the location of king and cunningham with more. Damian . Reporter it happened right in front of fire station 16 here on king road in san jose. In fact, the light pole is still perched on top of the vta bus right now as we speak. Now crews arrived almost immediately because they are across the street. As the bus driver worked to get his passengers off the bus and away from a growing fire ball. The smoke was visible for miles as crews tried to put out flames coming from a burning suv while figuring out how to dodge the live wires resting on the vta bus. The bus driver tells us an suv swerved in front of him. Looked like he was coming around the corner and he hit th
A shooting involving philadelphia police. Im tamrah here with jeanette reyes. It began at 9 00 with the robbery of a deli at the 5200 block of the could be creek section. And they spotted a vehicle that matched the trips of the one driven bit suspect. And they gave chase and when the officer approached. The police say he made threatening motions. He motioned to his waist band and the officer struck him one in the check. Investigators say that the vehicle he was driving may have been stolen. And now on to our other big story of the day. That is the weather cold windchills are hanging around and actually we have this breaking news coming to you right now. From the german town section firefighters are on the scene of a house fire on this part of the city. The fire started at 11 00 as the chopper zooms in firefighters are on the roof. And smoke is billowing out of that hole in the center of the structure and the windows are burned out and its not clear what sparked the blaze and from the s
That way. A lot of construction out there. Well get to all of that. It wont necessarily stay that way all day, showers will develop, but the warmth beginning to build in the area. As we start things offer by taking you outside to storm scan3, clouds are out, there helping to keep temperatures little milder after this morning, as well, certainly some green speckles showing up across specially parts of the area here, not necessarily actually verifying at the ground level, but a lot of moisture beginning to build up in the atmosphere. Taking a look at the temperatures, off to mild start here. 50 degrees, both millville, wildwood, 51 Atlantic City, mid 40s going into philadelphia and the i95 corridor. But regardless, mile beginning to a february morning, yet again for us, here, and were very likely going to continue this trend up on the thermometer. Mid 60s the expectation, both in philly and at the shore, there will however be showers along the way specially later tonight. Some of you mig
You with us on this tuesday. Fat tuesday it is fat tuesday. Yes, where are the beads. Ill get them, i got some, fosnot. They sent me pictures of their national. It is fat tuesday, pancake tuesday, some call it to fatten up before lent. This is a lot of information at 4 00 oclock in the morning. It is trivia. Yes, got it. Good morning, sue. Good morning. We have a look at number of the day and it will be milder day. You can feel it but much milder then it was yesterday at this time. We will start off with, oh, yeah, eight out of 10 because it will be mild. We had showers roll through earlier. Nothing in the area right now. Quite a few clouds. That helps keeping it not too cold. Yesterday was below freezing. We were at 45 degrees. Sunrise time 6 35 this morning as the days get longer. 39 degrees in pottstown, allentown and reading. Fifty in wildwood. Fiftyone in Atlantic City and wind are calm this morning. So, yeah, there we go with our planner. And the beads, i put some, at least right
How cool is that. Great to have you with us on this tuesday. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Thanks, bob. Hi there, sue. It is mardi gras, fat tuesday, day before ash wednesday, lent starts tomorrow and now is time to get started. Get the beads, some doughnuts. Well, think about giving up something for lent. Chocolate . I gave up, giving up things for lent. Yes. All right. Well, lets get to the forecast because that is always going to be here, we will have weather every single day, eight out of 10. Bus stop budd which his mask on, celebrating, hopefully you can see where he is going. You do not need winter coat today because it will be in the 60s this morning. We dont have any rain on radar and maybe up around pocono mountains it looks like now a shower or two developing around Atlantic City. Any showers we will get will be more likely tonight though, 46 degrees, quite a few clouds out there, sunrise at 6 35. We will see some sunshine and it is starting off so much milder then i