The church. What are people in the congregation saying . Reporter they cannot believe it. This Church Pastor has been a leader here for decades, according to the Church Website a war veteran, ordained bishop. But police have now charged him with Sexual Assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Up in the heavens i saw jesus standing reporter for over 30 years bishop James Simmons jr. Has been preaching at the new life in Christ Ministry the spiritual leader of the south jersey church. Welcome anybody no judgment. Reporter which is why people here just cant believe the accusation. No, not at all. Not at all. Never got that impression never ever seen him do anything like that. Reporter franklintownship Police Arrested the pastor yesterday. Hes accused of starting a sexual relationship with a teenage girl 17 years old. Police are calling it abuse, saying it continued for four years. Now police dont want to reveal much about the victim only saying that she was not affiliated with the
Meteorologist bill henley and the first alert forecast. Bill always springs out of bed every morning, right, bill . Yes, which is why im all bruised up. At 4 00 in the morning or earlier. Grab an umbrella if youre headed out the door. Headed to spring weather, that usually includes rain. Thats what we have this morning. The rain is falling in cape may. Live view from the marchquise de lafayette hotel. The first bit of rain and well get a break before more showers move in later on. The temperatures will be moving up despite the wet weather. The clouds 56 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 59. Upper 60s at noontime. Well go through it hour by hour with the future weather show you when that next round of showers will be moving into the area when im back in ten minutes. Right now lets check in with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Good morning, jessica. Good morning, bill. If youre headed out in the Center City Area on the vine street expressway, the westbound side is closed due to on
Southern burlington and ocean counties right now. Some moderate showers where the rain is falling at 1 3 inch an hour. Scattered showers off to the north and west. Keep an umbrella handy. Not going to be an all day rainfall but at times well see some rain to start with this morning especially. 57 degrees at 7 00. By 10 00 were looking at cloudy skies and a warmup by early this afternoon. In the upper 60s heading into the low 70s. Neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Lets check in with Jessica Boyington. Good morning, jessica. Good morning, bill. Good morning everyone. This friday morning we are dealing with an accident so far out on the West Oak Lane section of philadelphia. This is a live picture of whats happening on that scene right now. You can see a lot of slippery roadways. The car has actually careened off the road and crashed into a tree right here. Police activity on the scene trying to get that out of the way. Head on over to the maps i can show you exact
Go into the afternoon hours. Definitely a warm 58 degree shower. Southwesterly winds at 12 miles an hour. That will help to boost our temperatures. Near 70 at 2 00. At that hour the temperatures are climbing. Neighborhood by neighborhood well show you what to expect in your area. Lets check in with Jessica Boyington. Good morning, bill. As we head out to 95 around gerrard avenue you can see roadways starting to back up just a little bit. These are the southbound lanes here headed towards the Center City Area where you can see a lot of volume starting to build up in all lanes pretty much jam packed. Surprisingly not impacting your drive times too much. 16 minutes headed southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. 95 out in delaware, things are still moving along just fine there with slightly damp roads there as well. Headed northbound or southbound no problems 10 minutes from 295 to 495 or the opposite in the other direction. So, as we head out on to West Oak Lane out
Go into the afternoon hours. 70 degrees at 1 00 and climbing at that hour. Jesse gary is live on the south street bridge in the rain and the wind. Did you feel that wind increase this morning, jesse . Reporter yes, i did, bill. As a matter of fact, weve been checking the wind speeds. Well do it again now. Lets see. Get wind. Here we go. Its about 16, 17 Miles Per Hour, 18. About 18 Miles Per Hour right now, bill. Steady, average wind but the rain has returned. You saw last time i had my hood down. Now its back up. Look at my jacket. One side, the left side is soaking wet because thats the direction the rain is blowing from as opposed to the right side. You can see the spray coming off the truck on the schuylkill expressway. So the roadway is getting much more wet. Youre going to have the pools of water on the roadway so you might want to slow down if youre headed out on this commute. The main thing is the wind is blowing and the rain is coming down much harder right now. We will check