We want to go to the bill kapone with the pennsylvania turnpike commission. Bill can you update us . The turnpike is closed, we anticipate being able to reopen it within in the hour, i cant be be much more specific than that. We feel conditions will be such that we can reopen, east west section from morgantown to the delaware bridge to the new jersey line within the hour. So the roads are getting better. We had accidents and vehicle accident scenes to address and get the vehicles off the roads and treating the roads so the report i just got from our road crews was that they expected that within the how we may be able to reopen the road. Good news, pennsylvania turnpike commission, thanks so much. Thank you byebye. This warrington bucks county a white pickup truck slid on the bristol road this morning. The force of the collision as you can see snapping that pole there in half. We want to update you on the Weather Forecast and where the freezing rain is falling. Reporter meteorologist ch
If you can believe that. That would be on top of the nearly sick feet that has already fallen this week. 40s are blaming the storm for five deaths in new york including three from heart attacks. You can stay updated and prepared for the cold by heading to our website at myfoxphilly. Com. Just click the weather tab at the top of the home page for the latest forecast, information and all your life radar images. House a blaze in Chester County. Skyfox over the 200 block of north union street in kennett square. This is a threestory house and a very big battle for firefighters. The flames probably started right around two hours ago or so. We know that one person is suffering smoke inhalation and is now at the hospital. Well bring you more as it continues to come in. Busy night for sky fox. In delaware, a car plumped down an embankment and into a pond near the christiana mall. Six people were in that car including a child. They are from philadelphia. That are all at the hospital right now. T
And across the country. President obama has asked the Philadelphia Police commissioner, Charles Ramsey to head the task force on 21st Century Policing to seek ways to build trust between police and minorities communities while at the same time reducing crime. So much to talk about, i think i want to start by can asking thir maybe interject. Police need to be able to tell their families they will come home at night safe. They need to protect themselves, right . At the same time citizens need to feel they are not going to be wrongfully abused or killed by police. Two very simple suggestions here, how do you balance that . Its hard to reconcile, the 180degree difference of point of view between the black community and the White Community in the United States. Theres a variation in the historic problem in the United States its been going on for centuries. The one thing i think we know is that these cameras are not the solution. I mean thats what the case in new york shows this is something
Criminal charges that could send her to jail. Whats going on here, brian . Its clearcut her defense is tied to the fact this occurred in 2009 i leaked an old document i wasnt attorney general then. But she leaked it when she was attorney general. Under that idea, anything she walked in the door she could give even if it was illegal to do it. If this goes to the old file makes it okay. Theres something fundamentally about this woman that she doesnt seem to have the base judgment skills you would expect in somebody in any corporate life but particularly attorney general. She has had mishaps all year. Ive been a supporter of the attorney general and i am a former prosecutor, and i ran for the office myself, but i think this is serious. Its a cull minute nation of bad mull culmination of bad judgment and its going back to a fueled with the Deputy Attorney general who is assistant d. A. In philadelphia. Why attorney general would be in an argument with the assistant da. Grand jury secrecy i
A lot of people he is dealing with are ideologues. He is a guy who doesnt come in and this is what the analysts have said hes not a politician. He does come in with an opportunity, a real opportunity to sit down with all sides. I want to pick up with something you raised, the shift in the Republican Party statewide. We know that Nicholas Pileggi has been told hell have challenger. Two senators said im not going to support you. What can we see coming out of the republican senate. Will he win that race and what does it mean in terms of governorring where this senate is going . Well it would be Dominic Pileggi the majority leader is in a tough fight to hold on to his majority leadership. There are those in the western part of the state that blame him for Liquor Private pension reform. He has been made the scapegoat for him. It would be a devastating loss to the region to lose him as majority leader. We were talking about this earlier, i think its a loss for the region. I think it puts tha