Im Natasha Brown in for rahel. Lots going on this morning, globally. I swear. Still looking at outside on the road, feel guilty talking about this construction, not much going on but matt, i know you are really busy. We are bus toy day, we had jose, that is starting to move away. We all are taking an eye, taking our eyes to maria, of course, is affecting puerto rico, already definitely affecting puerto rico. Tough to see but we are looking at margate beach, it is rough surf down here and here is storm scan three this is a live picture, maria now making land fall in the southe coast of puerto rico affecting many, many people down there, we will be looking for wind gusts that are close to 150 or so miles an hour, this is a very strong catastrophic category four storm making land fall along southeast coast of puerto rico. We are keeping an eye on maria affecting everybody in puerto rico there this morning. Temperatures close tore home, we have to talk about that, 60 s and 70s, warm and mu
Was a Football Player from what i understand. He was. Its always a tragic incident when persons lose their lives by way of violence. Its even more painful when its a 16yearold on his way to school. This is a horrendous loss of life. This is devastating that a 16yearold child could be walking to his high school and be gunned downhis morning around 9 20, two vehicles were involved in a wild shooting incident not far from the high school. One gunshot victim was mercury marquee which lookedone. Police are still looking for a second vehicle. Later this morning around 11 00, a third shooting. Police say it happened in the 200 block of 23rd street. Plenty of shell casings on the ground but no victim to be found. Early Afternoon Police arrested one man they say was carrying a gun down ninth street. They say he aimed it at them but they fired first and then chased him on foot before locking him up. At this hour Police Continue to search for the weapon they believe he discarded during the chase.
Reporter the transport Workers Union is prepared for a midnight strike, protesting pension, health, and workplace issues. Now pennsylvanias governor and phillys mayor are watching closely, in contact with both sides but not directly involved in the talks. People need to get to work and get where theyre going. It disrupts everybodys lives. Students, workers, everybody. Reporter hundreds of thousands of riders depend on the system. Im going to go down to dollar tree and stock up, because i dont have a way to get anywhere. Reporter now they could be left with few alternatives. Well be carpooling or whatever we have to do. Reporter the city is predicting traffic, gridlock, and delays getting to work and school. Septa acknowledges the possibility of a strike is nearing fast. It wont be easy to deal with. Im hoping to hear good news when i go to bed tonight. Reporter for those people who may be taking bus Service Later tonight, we asked would there be a scaling back of that service. Right no
Commute. Good evening. Im jacqueline london. And im jim rosenfield. Weve been covering the labor battle for months, and now it all comes down to these last few minutes left to make a deal. Nbc10s keith jones is live in center city where the negotiations are happening. Keith, what is the latest . Reporter both sides are negotiating. Still here behind me, the latest information we received about ten minutes ago, this statement from septa. They say theyre hopeful. Theyre optimistic. They are making progress. However, with that said, there is a contingency plan in place. Theyve already started distributing it to riders. Also tonight theyve started encouraging drivers in the city not to abandon their routes come midnight. Off the bus, on to work. I dont know how im going to get around. Reporter earnest depends on septa. He works two jobs. Its going to be really difficult. Reporter neither does mom cheryl edwards. It will mess my whole family up. I got three girls. Reporter and missing work
The septa strike to help you get to work and school this morning. We begin with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington in the studio. Jessica . Thanks, vai. Well go down a list and tell you whats running and what is not. The market frankford line and broad street subway are additionally not run. Specific trolleys 10, 11, 13, 15, 34 and 36. Thats mostly in and out of the city of philadelphia directly. What is running are the Regional Rails, the norristown highspeed line, suburban buses. Clearly theres alternates for you, uberpool is extending its coverage, late, taxis, carpooling, walking a little bit. We have a good forecast for today. Heres schuylkill expressway, though, not seeing overcrowding here yet. We would expect more vehicles to be out on roads this afternoon and Early Morning as well. This is right around montgomery drive. 13 minutes eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway. Average speeds are into the 60s. Again, well have more updates for y