Mr. Blumenauer its come to this. Republicans are poised to pass the largest transfer of wealth in our nations history financed by mortgaging our childrens future with a mountain of increased debt. Whats wrong with this picture . Well, first of all, nobody really knows everything thats in this bill. Its been written over the last few days to satisfy donors and win the final few votes necessary for senate passage. It is not tax reform. Its not even a policy. Its a collection of special interest provision being sold on a false sense of promises. Its decidedly not middleclass tax relief. Its permanent, massive tax reduction for the largest corporations and wealthy individuals. Every independent expert agrees and the American Public understands that the benefits of this bill flow not primarily to the middle class but to people like donald trump. The vast majority of americans get little and temporary tax reduction. Only to see the bottom 80 of our taxpayers on average actually facing a tax
The temperature, 42 degrees. Neighborhoods in new jersey have dropped to the 30s. Upper 30s, no sign of freezing conditions this morning. That 43 degrees in philadelphia with sunshine breaking through during the morning hours, warming into the 50s. Were on track for middle to upper 50s. The normal high is 44 degrees. Well be up to 56 in philadelphia. 50s for the Lehigh Valley, new jersey, and delaware. Ill break it down hour by hour when im back in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington and first alert traffic. Thanks. Starting on the schuylkill expressway this morning. Cameras just around girard avenue looking just fine on the eastbound and westbound sides. Typical volume for now. On the bensalem, a crash on the westbound side of the p. A. Turnpike. Delays approaching the scene, westbound, again, near mile marker 350. Approaching that scene right there westbound, you will see with lanes lost some delays, as well. We had an earlier opening over the tacony palmyra, back to normal an hour
Here is your school planner, send the kids to the bus stop with the umbrella and the raincoat. Because again, even though the rain may be little bit after break here for philly, it will be picking up as we go through the rest of the day. Recess inside, 60 degrees with showers, thunderstorms on the ride home, 64, still looking at showers. Storm scan3, precipitation is coming down. This is all in front of a cold front thats still draped off to our west. That front will slowly work it way eastwards across the state of pennsylvania, push through philly right around 1 00 or so this afternoon. Storm scan3, we zoom further in, as i said, getting little bit after break here in fill but the north and west suburbs still plenty of rain coming down. Temperatures in that rain cooled air up in the Lehigh Valley only in the four s, but still see plenty of 50s philly back down into Central New Jersey back toward dover, as well, at 57 degrees. And then we get quick cool down, down to the 40s, 30 eights
Melissa magee tracking the storm, melissa. Walter, we have a large area of precipitation that were tracking looking at Storm Tracker six live double scan radar 3d and see that snow press nothing to much of the pennsylvania and Delaware Valley. Little farther south and west through ohio valley we have mixed precipitation. We will go in tighter on street level with storm track er six and we have light snow falling, there in philadelphia, and if you look off to the south we have got some snow across interior sections of south jersey, heavier bands of snow setting up in delaware but milk precipitation farther south. Would i not be surprised in a couple hours from now these areas to the south of philadelphia, mixed over and eventually change over, to rain. As far as the temperatures are concerned, we are getting that column of cold air that is starting to cool right now. It three is two in reading. Same thing in lancaster. Forty in atlantic city. 38 degrees in cape may. Thirtynine in philad
Were starting to see a few Little Things go on 39th street is blocked with the Fire Department on the scene. Thats affect something of the septa buses, 108 113 and 68 are on detour due to the activity northeast extension area. As for new Jersey Transit, patco, no delays there. The vine street expressway, these signs were blocking off the lanes but everything is open. Its still a 13minute drive time if youre headed eastbound from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway with average speeds of 60 miles per hour. New from overnight, check out this video we just got in. A driver went to the hospital after crashing into a trucking business in port richmond. You can see the hole left in the side of the building on richmond street. Its not clear what caused the driver to lose control. No one else was hurt. 5 31 now. Philadelphia police are investigating how a 6yearold boy was shot while playing basketball in his own driveway. It happened just before midnight in the grays ferry nei