Umbrella. Theres a chance of showers as the day goes on. But the warmup will be with us. 57 degrees at lunchtime today. Your hourbyhour future weather to show you when those heavier showers will move in when im back in ten. Right now lets check in with Christine Maddela. Good morning to you, bill. On the schuylkill expressway to work or school lets check on drive times. Things looking good at the curve and between the blue route and vine, thats going to take you 13 minutes in each direction. And speaking of the schuylkill expressway taking a live look outside, there is some of that light fog in and around there in montgomery county. But we are seeing some dense fog especially undo the shore right now. Take a look at this heavy fog and limited visibility in ocean county. Cape may and atlantic counties also experiencing that fog. Were not seeing a lot of volume out there. But just reduce your speeds if you are heading out into that area. If you are heading out on the bridges, you can see
News today. Im chris cato. Lets begin with meteorologist bill henley and the forecast. The weeds on my lawn were out yesterday. The clouds are moving out. There go the last few rain drops off cape may. Already cleared out in philadelphia. Thats why its running a little chillier this morning. 49 grease in the city, 51 in trenton and pottstown is 52 degrees. Well see a quick warmup though. Sunshine. High clouds. 57 degrees at 9 00. By lunchtime well be in the middle 60s and back in ten with the future weather hour by hour. Now lets check in with first alert traffic reporter katy zachry. Good morning, bill. 95 at girard where were seeing very light volume. You might encounter overnight traffic construction. Drive times between woodhaven and the vine street expressway, 12, 13 minutes in both directions. You cant beat that. We have a closure of the vine. This is for traffic westbound on the vine between broad street and the exit at schuylkill expressway. That is closed because of long term
And the vine expressway. In philadelphia the ogontz neighborhood this is at west nedro avenue. 16th street. Its just in place for you to avoid it if thats part of your morning commute. For new jersey drivers, live look at your drive time on the 42 freeway traveling between route 55 and the walt whitman bridge five minutes in both directions. Speaking of the walt whitman bridge, all of our bridges are clear. A philadelphia man is facing arson charges after police say he started a fire at this row home in the ogontz section of the city. One person went to einstein hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. He is expected to be okay. Police tell us the victim and the suspect were renting rooms inside this house. And crews were also busy overnight in camden where a fire started in an abandoned house on lansdowne avenue. Firefighters arrived at 2 30 this morning to put out flames on the second floor. No one was hurt. This Morning Police are investigating the shooting of a 19yearold man in
The ceo slashing his own salary to give his employees a huge raise. Everyone in that Company Making at least 70,000 a year. Yeah hell tell you where you can send your resume when he joins us live today wednesday, april 15 2015. Announcer from nbc news,th with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. Savannah taking some family time this week. Shell be back next week. Ive got hoda kotb here. A lot of stories people will be talking about. The story of dan price the ceo is one of them. And the other are all the people out on the plaza looking to tickle you. I dont know if you saw the signs. The plaza is loaded. Ellen has made her mark. Remind me to thank her for that. Well talk about that and dan price in a second. But lets talk about our top story. A new wave of protests across the country condemning police brutality. Even as officials in arizona defend the actions of an officer who used his pa
Congressman Nick Mulvaney cut his own slice. The wild theory is that even if the u. S. Breaches the debt ceiling the treasury could continue to prioritize certain payments including social security. Its a line of logic refuted by cannot mists and most people with a general understanding of the way things work. Last week the Treasury Department learned default would lead to the events of the magnitude of late 2008 or worse. Credit markets could freeze, the value of the dollar could plummet, u. S. Interest rates could skyrocket, negative could spill around the world. Cost in 20111 million jobs and 19 billion in borrowing costs. What do actual economists know about this stuff . Apparently a lot. Said former staff director of the budget committee, i donten any serious person who doesnt think this will be cataclysmic. Dont blame numbers crunchers saying default is a good thing for the economy, according to the leadership, it is the democrats who are being reckless. By refusing to negotiate,