68 degrees in philadelphia. Wind speeds east northeast at 8 miles per hour. Mid 50s in the poconos. 61 in reading, 66 in wildwood, 64 degrees in Atlantic City. Cooler temperatures along the shoreline. Were at 66 in lewis. Heading into the rest of today, temperatures above average. 87 degrees for philadelphia. The highs for pottstown at 86. A bit cooler in wild wood staying in the mid 70s. Same thing for Atlantic City. Moving closer too 80 degrees. I am tracking weekend rain. Ill have the details coming up in my full forecast in ten minutes. Lets check in with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter, Jessica Boyington. Brittney, watching through a lot of active zones. 95 around aramingo avenue. Losing shoulder area because of actual signs from overnight construction as well. Just something to watch for. From woodhaven to the vine 13 minutes. No problems or volume in the area. More ongoing construction on the pa turnpike between Fort Washington and willow grove. Only one lane getting by. If
Today our temperatures will range between 85 and 88 degrees. Mix of sun and clouds and less humidity. Wind speeds starting off from the northeast. They will shift eventually out of the south 8 to 15 miles per hour. Tracking those changes for you. Ill go over the details. Check in with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Hey brittney. Yeah, we are monitoring an accident on the schuylkill expressway in upper merian. I monitored the cameras. No delays or backup behind that scene. Just something to watch out for in the lane restriction there. As we head north to 295 around the black horse pike that ramp has reopened thats been closed for the ongoing construction. You can see the lane restrictions have been removed. All lanes getting by. 12 minutes southbound from 38 up towards the black horse pike at that point. As we head out the door to 95 currently no problems for the drive times there. Heading into the Center City Area a 14minute trip from woodhaven road towards the vine st
I had to turn away. I couldnt aint. When youre wrong youre wrong. And if you make a bad decision, dont care if youre behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. Reporter the video is graphic. Police say slager fired eight shots at an unarmed scott on saturday in North Charleston. Its not nice to say. I dont like to see anybody get hurt. Reporter this neighbor asked us not to to be identified but says the slagers were his friends when they lived in this mt. Laurel neighbor. We moved here when he was about 12. He left about, i dont know, five years later. He went into the coast guard. But he was a nice kid i was the whole time he lived here. Reporter he said slager was friendly and joined the coast guard before becoming a member of the North Charleston police department. Wednesday night a group held a peaceful demonstration in North Charleston supporting Walter Scotts family. If convicted Michael Slager could face 30 to life in prison even the De
High school in medford with new information. David . Reporter chris, used to walk the halls here at lenape high school. He graduated in 2001. Tonight we go back to Michael Slagers new jersey roots and we spoke to a man who knew slager while he was growing up. This class photo from online yearbook shows Michael Slager in 1999 when he was a sophomore at lenape high school. Now the 33yearold is behind bars charged with killing walter lamar scott. When i saw my son running and i saw the policeman behind him i couldnt take it. I had to turn away. I couldnt aint. When youre wrong youre wrong. And if you make a bad decision, dont care if youre behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. Reporter the video is graphic. Police say slager fired eight shots at an unarmed scott on saturday in North Charleston. Its not nice to say. I dont like to see anybody get hurt. Reporter this neighbor asked us not to to be identified but says the slagers were his frien
Equipment anticipating a long stay, chairs, and a reinforcement of people. The topic on many lips, a strike both sides will dispute saying they did not want and yet thats exactly what they have. Were disappointed. We really felt that the one issue that was a Sticking Point was something we could continue to discuss. The we did ask for a twoweek extension with or without the pay raises that we had offered to the employees. Those offers were denied. Reporter that denial has led to workers for two Regional Rail unions, standing outside their job this morning instead of working at their job. Late last night executives say representatives from the blet and iew told them they were on strike effective 12 01 this morning. The Regional Rail system stretching 280 track miles is now shut down for the First Time Since 1983. The issue thats created this impasse centers on pension increases offered to other Union Employees and fourees worth of raises. The two striking unions do not have a pension, s