Im chris cato. Well begin with meteorologist bill henley and the firstalert forecast and the allimportant friday forecast, too. Well see a lot of sunshine today, but were also going to see a dramatic turn. The temperatures right around noontime, just in the early afternoon hours, thats when top wind shifts and temperatures will get colder. This morning it is colder but well see windchills that will feel colder this afternoon. Right now in philadelphia were holding at 29 degrees. 31 in northeast philly at the airport. Pottstown is 22 degrees. Look at the 20s for delaware and mt. Holly, new jersey. 29 degrees. A cold start and it will be cold at 7 00. But bright sunshine at 9 00 with the winds starting to kick in at noontime. Well get close to the 40degree mark. Well go through hour by hour to show you how it will be exactly changing as the day goes on. First well go to jillian mele. Happy friday to you, jillian. Happy friday to you as well. Spring garden street is clear in both directio
Maintenance, money spent or anything. Again, were standing by for all those details in the preliminary report from the ntsb. Could get that into the newsroom any minute. Well bring you the latest details as soon as we get them. Reporting live in southwest washington, mike conneen, abc 7 news. Thank you. The mind set of some metro passengers seems to be changing these days after mondays incident. This morning, abc 7 saw several people tweeting about smoke in the rosalynn station just down the street as a matter of fact from our studio here and we sent a crew out and they found an odd smell there in the station but things running just fine. But richard wolf tweeted this picture noting the orange line train emptied at rosalynn and smoke fills cars. And then steve cuff tweeted this. Orange line car at rosalynn starts getting something burning smell before metro even says anything. People get the hell off new reality. That could be the case. Abc 7 did call metro and we found out there was a
And Penn State University. Friday night the big story on action news tonight is the null and voiding of the Consent Decree that brought crippling sanctions against penn state in the wake of the revelations of Jerry Sandusky and Sharee Williams as you well know the on the field sachtions like scholarships and bowl games were lifted but today is an agreement that substantially restores joe pattern owes legacy. Hes such an iconic figure and with these wins restored it means joe paterno reclaims title of most winningest coach in college football. Total 112 wins restored and 111 paternos and one belongs to tom bradley. Its a major turning point for penn state and the football program. Its a victory for people of pennsylvania. Today is a great day for penn state nation. Senate morety leader rejoicing he was among those that believed the ncaa did not have authority to wipe out the 112 wins garnered between 1998 and 2011 announcement ofed wins being restored was a major milestone and the senat
Sun climbs up, it will warm things up later this afternoon. That will change tomorrow, well see the clouds increase during the nighttime hours. As we get into sunday an area of low pressure develops off virginias and carolinas that runs the eastern seaboard. That means sunday is a miserable day. If you have anything to do outdoors today would be the day to get it down, today 34 degrees is the forecasted high. Sunday soaker on the way milder next week. As a matter of fact i believe we have 4 days in the forecast that are 40 degrees if not milder than that. Ill have more on that with the seven day when i step back inside in ten minutes. New this morning fire that is severely damaged a business in chester county. Firefighters had to watch out for ice as they battle the the blaze inside the soft pretzel factor. It turned the 100 block of Church Street in west chester into a sheet of ice. The fire was brought under control in an hour, the fire is under investigation. The pa legacy has been
34 is the high. 10 00 a. M. 24, noon, 30, 2 00 p. M. , 32, 4 00 p. M. Periods of rain tomorrow, ill have the details in ten minutes. A newborn was set on fire and police are piecing together to what led up to the disturbing scene. A woman was found overnight standing along side the baby in pemberton township. Police arrived and put out the fire. The baby was burned over its body. The woman was hysterical. The Prosecutors Office is looking into what happened. Fire rips through a pretzel business in Chester County overnight. Firefighters also had to watch out for ice as they battle the the blaze inside the soft pretzel factor. The water they used to put out the fire turned north Church Street in west chester into a street of ice. Firefighters he nod notice the the smoke coming from the basement. The cause is under recess. A settlement deal between penn state and the ncaa runs 112 wins to the school and turns joe pa to the winningest coach in philadelphia. We have more on the turning poin