Threat. Good morning, im dray clark. The river is rising putting people in bucks and mercer counties in danger. Pamela osbourne is live where precautions are under way. Reporter good morning. Were expecting the river to rise up about a half foot above flood stage sometime today and its all because of this. These thick chunks of ice that jammed up the Delaware River prompting road closures and Flood Warnings. I want you to look at this. This is farther down the road in lower mayfield township. What youre looking at is river road and its hard to tell where the road starts and river ends. Police have blocked off river road from richardson and east trenton and also blocked off some of those residential side streets that lead down that way. But back to the Flood Warning, theres one in effect for southwestern Mercer County and southeastern bucks. Some locations like trenton, yardley and morrisville, could experience flooding which we are beginning to see. We already saw some of that over on
Climbing. The normal High Temperature is 87. We pass that at lunchtime. Well into the 90s this afternoon. 96 in new jersey. 96 in philadelphia. 95 degrees in delaware, not much higher in the Lehigh Valley or the suburbs. The shore, up to 92 degrees. Ill break it down hourbyhour and show how temperatures climb and how quickly they move. First, Jessica Boyington has the first alert traffic. Route 73, over in mt. Laurel, around 295. No problems reported right now. Actually, both directions look good. We are dry, not seeing a ton of delays there. We are watching in a different spot in the new jersey turnpike, approaching route 73 around exit 4. If you are feeling nervous, take 295 or head northbound toward the trenton area. Right now, its blocked off into the shoulder. Watching the p. A. Turnpike, the drive times look good. 21 minutes. Westbound and eastbound from route 1 to valley forge. Stolen cab chaos, a woman takes off in a taxi in what was a bizarre story. She stole a cab from broad
A 12 mile an hour wind in philadelphia, 13 miles an hour in wilmington. So the feels like temperatures have dropped into the Single Digits. We will get some improvement during the day today as it will warm into the 20s and a little bit warmer this afternoon than what we saw yesterday. 15 degrees right now in the suburbs with a 6 mile an hour wind, 16 at philadelphia international, the Lehigh Valley is at 14 degrees and 15 degrees in delaware. Enough sunshine to warm us into the upper 20s for delaware, 26 degrees in the Lehigh Valley and 27 for new jersey. We have stayed below freezing all day today in the suburbs and philadelphia but that changes tomorrow, just as some wet weather moves in. We are talking snow and sleet but mainly rain for your saturday. A look at the timing of that and i will take you through today hour by hour when im back in ten minutes. But first Pamela Osborne has your first alert traffic. Good morning. I think thats going to be the most difficult part of your dri
He is going to ramp up spending on the military and cut back on programs that he sees as unnecessary. National correspondent Blaine Alexander is live shooin washington. Blaine, this speech could draw fire from all sides. Tell us more. Katy, tonight were expected to hear the president take an optimistic tone. Thats according to the white house. Well expect to hear him list his accomplishments so far and lay out his priorities going forward. Tonight House Speaker paul ryan playing host to the president during President Trumps historic first address to a joint session of congress. A one time critic, today speaker ryan is praising the president s approach. Thats exactly the kind of commander and chief we need in this country. All i can do is speak from the heart. Reporter a speech expected to tick down a list of Campaign Promises kept and still shooin works. Were coming out with a Health Care Plan i think will be terrif terrif terrific. Reporter cutting funds to the state department and En
On its way for us as we get into the afternoon. Heres where we are right now. We have cooled down considerably thanks to the cold front passing by and the rain cold air. 52 the temperature in philadelphia, 46 in the suburbs. Were looking at cloudy conditions now. Only some showers remaining in parts we saw in jersey and delaware. Upper 40s in the Lehigh Valley and delaware as we track along. Winds are strong, theyll continue to be strong into the afternoon. So, were going to take a look at those wind gusts later today and talk about the temperature trend dropping off this weekend. All that coming up in a minute. But currently well head to traffic with jessica. And krystal, currently it is starting to get 95 around nay mans road. It is starting to see some jamb ups. Getting messy ourt there. Were starting to see lay little more volume moving by the scene. We are watching two lanes getting by. At least some good news there. The accident is over into the left hand shoulder, part of the le