At 13 miles an hour. By 1 00 p. M. It will be a warm lunch hour. Again with the humidity it will feel warmer than that. Im tracking how long the humidity will stick around. Tracking the return of storms and with this heat wave will end. For now we check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. And we are starring things off. A big round check of 95. 95 around cottman avenue this is our drive time for the southbound lanes. 13 minutes from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. Heading out into delaware on 95 right through wilmington you can see all the cars moving along. Theyre green, ten minutes at the most if youre headed northbound or southbound from 295 up towards 495. Still out in lower merion, we are watching for reports of a road obstruction. Be careful if youre heading out the door there. Area bridges have to get into philadelphia. No problems for the tac pal, the walt or the ben. For the ben, later on in the morning, more volume accumulates because
The little robot on a crosscountry journey to san francisco. The goodness of strangers supposed to get him all the way. Then this happens. How the happy little life of hitchbot came to such a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. From nbc news this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. You look so different, matt with your glasses. Well thank you very much. Matt is off this morning. Weve got carson here and breaking news at the top this morning. Its our top story. The severe storms moving east now, after producing dangerous hail high winds and tornadoes across the midwest. Heres nbcs john yang with the latest. Reporter Severe Weather turned deadly over the weekend when high winds caused a tent to collapse at a small festival in suburban chicago. We had one fatality three serious injured and 17 to 20 minor injuries. Reporter John Anderson says his van, southern jack w
Hes in Critical Condition and severely injured in this accident last night. Reporter cars and minivans scattered across the street with debris. They described the accident a scattered collision. He hit another car. That car hit another car. Reporter around 8 00 sunday night, investigators say the driver of the van was speeding down myrtle avenue in jersey city when it hit the silver car. Police say the van spun out of control and pushed the car into a driveway. The car striking and critically injuring a Jersey City Police officer that was standing on the sidewalk. The Chain Reaction accident sent car parts raining all across the street, leafing 12 people hurt. I was leaving 12 people hurt. I was shocked it was daylight kids were outside riding their bikes. There was a group of kids playing football when the accident happened. Get hit. They did not get hit. Amen. Reporter the name of the released. As for the driver of the minivan, witnesses say he tried to run from the scene but was app
The popular locala palooza festival shutting down. Organizers ended the final day of the festival 30 minutes early when another storm hit the area. Here in grays lake, illinois, a day of cleanup. Parts of this building across the street. You can see that truck turned over. Carson, savannah, back to you. What a night. Jong yang in grays lake, illinois, thank you. Meanwhile, in california, thousands of homes are being threatened by a wildfire that nearly tripled in size over the weekend. Emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. Joe fryer has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carson. This fire now at 54,000 acres, growing at a rate thats unprecedented. The flames have moved into a more remote area, which is good news. But in these conditions, they know things can change in an instant. The rocky fire is an unpredictable monster still growing this morning, even veteran firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. At one point, the flames tore through 20,00
Im joyce evans. The hitandrun accident happened on rom bert street no north philadelphia. Fox 29s dave kinchen joins us live now from Temple University hospital where that child was rushed right after the accident. Dave . Reporter thats right, joyce, weve just learned from investigators that that victim a fiveyearold girl was transferred here from this hospital to Saint Christophers Hospital for children. Shes in Good Condition both the family and police want that driver found. Devastate. Five years old. Um, not responding. Something i never seen before. Something i dont even want to witness again in life. Reporter fiveyearold girl describes ceasing her niece on the ground after an suv struck her 2200 block of north lambert in north philly and kept on going. They were all out here playing in the swimming pool, taking in barbecue and all of that, and he just came speeding up the block. Reporter investigators say just before 5 00 p. M. A light colored jeep with pa tag struck the girl and