Both ways between ben salem and valley forge. Still an accident blocking all lanes on route 22 eastbound at 15th street. For drivers in the Lehigh Valley, the westbound side of 22 is okay. Take that but just eastbound is affected. You can take tilghman street or 78 to get around that. New overnight, lincoln drive in philadelphia opened a half hour ago. Police blocked it off near gypsy lane because of a water main break, but trucks spread salt to clear the ice. And upthe frigid conditions for firefighters battling a fire at a vacant home on mount vernon street. No one was hurt. Well, driving in winter conditions can be made a lot easier if your car has fourwheel drive. But experts say this safety feature can cause damage to your car and you may not know it. Katy zachry is live in South Whitehall township to explain. Katy . Reporter hi tracy. Some vehicles have the feature to turn fourwheel drive on and off, bunt its important to remember theres a time and place to use fourwheel drive. D
Degrees this is what is ahead. Lets get ready for a frigid night, temperatures dropping down to the teens and 20s tonight you know the drill have you to bundle up and dress in layers the next two days, temperatures moderate up near 40 degrees that is seasonable. And on sunday im tracking a surge of mild air and along with that comes the threat of rain, ill talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. All right thank you cecily. Show us the conditions in your own neighborhood with the 6 abc Storm Tracker app, send a postcard of your weather sounderings. We have a developing story out of central pennsylvania a multialarm fire is moving through the northumberland prison it forces officials to evacuate 200 inmates under heavy guard to a nearby church in sunbury 85 miles north of the state capital. The prison is 100 years old and a Stone Building the blaze is not yet under control and well continue to follow that story and bring you update as as soon as we get them. Secu
For philadelphia itself it will indicate we expect a coating to one inch of snow and the gfs at one inch and nam and euro less than an inch, just a nuisance event but it will create slick travel later this evening. When we come back well talk about a sharp shot of arctic air coming in for the weekend and another round of snow possible for the weekend. We had an active pattern coming up in the forecast. 6 abc Storm Tracker app has you covered this winter showing you the path for the snow and the hourly forecast, its free to download for your apple or android device. Action news learn that Pennsylvania State treasure rob mccord is under federal investigation, sources tell us that the widespread probe is looking into whether mccord used funds. And he is stepping down in two weeks despite the fact that he has two years left in his term. It will be up to Governor Tom Wolf to appoint a new treasurer. A local doctor and his receptionist are accused of selling Prescription Drugs out of his off
Why, then, would they spend 500 million on a radically new plant . How could an idea developed by two College Dropouts be worth 300 million . A fundamental incentive of our Economic System is to make money. It is why we work, save, invest, and take risks. Individuals and institutions alike want to maximize the money they can get from the marketplace. Profits and interest how do you get the best return . With economic analyst richard gill, well investigate that question on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. The church first decreed that charging for the use of money was sinful. The concept of usury and its immorality is found in the bible. By the middle ages, it was church law. Usury came to mean excessive Interest Rates. Limiting rates to reasonable levels was adopted as government policy. What caused that policy to work against people it was designed to protect . For 100 years, maryland Financial Institutions lived with laws setting usury ceilings. Because Interest R
Reporter and again, police here tonight say that they are still investigating the video that we saw. They say only tells part of the story. Theyre looking into exactly what happened here. That 2yearold boy pronounced dead here on the scene. Reporting live deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Now to the other big story today, the dnc coming to philly. A live look at the Wells Fargo Center in south philadelphia one of the sites that will host next Years National convention. Democratic lawmakers say the citys historical landmarks and experience make philadelphia the right choice. Organizers say now its time to get to work. That convention will be less than a year after philadelphia hosts this septembers world meeting of families and pope francis. They got the good news today by telephone. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said they chose philadelphia because of its history and because it offered the best logistics, resources and financing to host the convention. Leaders say a few unlikely factors also pla