With the transformers with high expansion foam. Reporter you can say that again. The foam was up to the tops of doorways in some places and covered a two and a half block area. Yeah, it was about 8 feet and they were squirting it down. It went down quickly. Looked like a huge snowstorm. Reporter the only thing this situation had in common way snowstorm was power outages. About 3,000 peak cole customers were without power as firefighters spread the foam into the storm drains peco employees worked to restore power that was knocked out by an apparent transformer explosion. Officials say the foam made for an interesting scene but a safe one. It appears everything worked as designed and if there was a fire its been smothered by the foam. Reporter by mid evening the peco outage map showed all power has been restored in center city and Officials Say that the foam is nontoxic. In center city, im cleve bryan, cbs3 eyewitness news. Well, they are partying like crazy at Temple University tonight
With the transformers with high expansion foam. Reporter you can say that again. The foam was up to the tops of doorways in some places and covered a two and a half block area. Yeah, it was about 8 feet and they were squirting it down. It went down quickly. Looked like a huge snowstorm. Reporter the only thing this situation had in common way snowstorm was power outages. About 3,000 peak cole customers were without power as firefighters spread the foam into the storm drains peco employees worked to restore power that was knocked out by an apparent transformer explosion. Officials say the foam made for an interesting scene but a safe one. It appears everything worked as designed and if there was a fire its been smothered by the foam. Reporter by mid evening the peco outage map showed all power has been restored in center city and Officials Say that the foam is nontoxic. In center city, im cleve bryan, cbs3 eyewitness news. Well, they are partying like crazy at Temple University tonight
Is dead at the age of 79. He died in his sleep at a resort in west texas. Scalea was 79 years old. He was appointed by president reagan back in 1986 and approved a vote, was approved by a vote 98 to zero in the senate. First Italian American on the court, maintaining a solid conservative streak in his opinions. Scalea was a native of princeton new jersey and survived by his wife and nine children. World news saturday will have much more on the death of scalea coming up after action news at 6 30. Now to the dangerously cold conditions, all across our region. In addition to the temperatures with the wind chills making it feel like near zero, some parts of our area saw a bit of snow dropping a coating on sidewalks, streets in some spots. You see, heres intrepid folks on Market Street in center city were contending with nasty wind as they made their way across town this cold isnt going anywhere this weekend. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is at the big board with the first check of the accu w
Justice antonin scale y scalia an influential conservative voice on the court has passed away at 79. Saturday night im walter perez. The big story on action news is death of anton inn scalia. He was born in trenton. He was discovered dead this morning at a resort in texas. Tonight battle is already underway to determine his successor. The sudden vacancy on the court has added a new hot button issue to the president ial campaign ace sparking a a fierce debate over decision that could reshape the court for years to come. Story now from abcs lena zach. Reporter just advertise scalia was men for his razor sharp mind, his witt and his passing leaves a tremendous hole in the Supreme Court. The Justice Antonin Scalia was known as conservative anchor of the Supreme Court, and his sudden death was mark by republicans, and democrats alike. He influenced a generation have of judges, lawyers, and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. He will go down a as one of the great justices as
It will be down around where you would expect it to be this time of year. Were starting out with high clouds from the west and so some of you will see a little bit of that but these initially are going to be high and thin enough where we should see a mix of sun and clouds for most of the day. 49 degrees in philadelphia, starting out cool again, 49 wilmington, 46 in trenton and down to about 41 in allentown. 44 a little bit better in sea isle city. Winds arent all that strong, only 10 Miles Per Hour but notice how they they have changed direction coming out of the cooler northeast and that means its going to be cooler than yesterday. On the bus stop this morning 46 by 6 oclock, about 47 by 8 oclock. Partly cloudy overall, chilly. Most of you will see at least some sunshine after it gets up over the horizon. As we go through afternoon yeah a little bit different. 47 by 8 oclock and then by noon 53 and by 3 oclock 58 is going to be your high today after getting up to 70 yesterday in phila