At Andrew Jackson Elementary School in south philly with more on that. Monique . Reporter hey, rosemary. A few moments ago i talked to the Elections Office and they told me kenney garnered 85 of the vote. So i asked how many people actually voted and i was told about 254,000. Right now you can see that police and other dignitaries are coming here to the school, awaiting the arrival of mayorelect jim kenney. Hes going to be the 99th mayor of philadelphia. Hes launching his Transition Team in just a couple of minutes. Some of the big issues hell tackle aside from education include no state budget and a new Police Commissioner. Were not sure if hes making an announcement or announcing people that will be part of his Transition Team, but no doubt, all eyes will be watching and listening when hebifnj] speaks about 11 15. Well have it live on nbc 10, our news app, and online. Live in south philly, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. Thanks for that, monique. Now to the suburbs and a close race in
And at lunch a little breeze out of the east at 6 miles an hour with brilliant sunshine at noon time. Wellble in the 70s and like yesterday, at lunch time the temperatures will still be climbing. Most of the area is going to be warmer than yesterday. Well go through the forecast when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. Checking out 422 around trooper road. No problems, besides going through the work zone around trooper road and off of the off ramp youll see lane restrictions as well. Headed eastbound in here, that is going toward the schuylkill expressway. The drive times there, no problems, 8 minute trip and normal for this time of morning. Into new jersey now, woolwich township, route 322 at an earlier accident, both directions closed at Meeting House road due to downed poles and wires, so that accident scene is about in here. Your best bet to get around oak grove road that way or 295 is a good alternate, not the new jersey turnpike. You want to av
Here. You can see oak grove road that runs sideways by that high hill road could be an alternate. 295 is great but that might not get you where you need to go right there. Well get you past that scene no problem if you want to take the highway. And if you also want to take the highway on route 202, here what were seeing is Police Activity right around route 30. So its actually impacting both sides, the accident scene on the northbound side. Were seeing problems into the center and Police Activity headed southbound as well. More on these when i come back in 10. Its not a shock to many but now the work begins for jim kenney. The former democratic councilman is now philadelphias 99th mayor. As you said now the real work begins. Kenney will discuss as he prepares to take the helm in 2016. Matt delucia is live in center city. Matt, what will the mayorelect be focusing on now . Reporter there will be a lot on hills plate. That is for sure. The front page of the daily news says he is smiling
Still have some value in them. 2014, of course, marks cnbcs 25th anniversary. Earlier this year, we revealed our list of the 25 rebels, icons and leaders who had the greatest impact on the world of business, commerce and maybe even culture over the past quarter century. Now were going to turn to the future with our list of 100 who we say will have the biggest influence over the next 25 years. First to one of the great influencers, sue at the nyse. Oh, thank you, ty. All right. Well, we have record intraday highs for the Dow Jones Industrial average. The dow transports and the s p 500. So its starting out to be a very strong day. But oil is really the thorn in the side of the market. It continues to be under pressure. Right now we have west texas intermediate off just about twothirds of a percent. And ice brent crude looks like it may go positive. It just hit unchanged. Opec is slashing its demand forecast and outlook for prices ahead. Oil plunging more than 20 in the past three months.
Plans to try to rebuild it. And hats on. One of the biggest superstars in Country Music, Kenny Chesney, celebrates his new album with a live concert. Were making room for the no shoes nation today, tuesday, september 23rd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a tuesday. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, who is here while savannah is on maternity leave. We have al roker and Natalie Morales as well. Raise your hand if youre happy Kenny Chesney is here. Me that is a great crowd. Nothing to put you in a better mood than seeing this. We have a concert in our second half hour. Paul l paula deen will talk about where she is headed. Our top story, the first wave of u. S. Air and missile strikes on isis strongholds inside syria. Were waiting for the president to speak. First to nbcs Jim Miklaszewski live at the pentagon. Reporter the first wave i