As the day goes on we will see more cloud cover and that is going to lead to some showers. The first showers could be moving into parts of the area tonight. The hourbyhour future cast show you when the showers will arrive in your area when i come back in ten minutes. Right now take a look at the roads with Jessica Boyington in the first alert traffic center. We are on the schuylkill expressway right now. We are doing great in terms of the drive times around montgomery drive. Whether youre heading westbound or eastbound you can see its a tie right there. 11 minutes from the vine street expressway up towards the blue route so no real problems there. Ongoing construction not tying things up. The blue route here. 14 15 minutes at the most southbound from the schuylkill expressway up towards 95. Mass transit no problems currently delays this morning. A Beautiful Day to come especially right now not dealing with any Philadelphia International airport delays. Coming up we will check in with m
The incident. Not causing a backup yet but something to watch out for. 95 around the vine street expressway and ben franklin bridge no problems northbound or southbound but the total drive times here on 95 southbound from wood haven road to the vine street expressway where see that delay in the morning. Northbound on 95 as well 11 minutes. Blue route cars moving. 15 minutes at the most heading southbound up to 95 from the schuylkill expressway. We are following breaking news in the holmburg section of philadelphia where one person was hurt in a fire. It started on oakmont street. We are working to find out how it started and how badly the person was hurt and new information as soon as we get it. Preparing for the pope and the papal shutdown. Commuters and neighbors are bracing for major road closures when pope francis visits philadelphia next month. Lets begin with the ben franklin bridge. No cars will be allowed on it from friday, september 25th, to monday, 28th. If you need to cross
The lunch hour so we will see a lot of traffic and volume in and out of the stadium area. Coming up in the next ten minutes, we will do a check on mass transit. We have new information on breaking news that we brought you at the top of the hour. We have learned one woman suffered smoke inhalation when her home caught fire the past two hours and started on oakmont street in the holmesburg section. Investigators say the injured woman happened to be blind. She was taken to Nazareth Hospital and we are working to check and see what her condition is. No word on what started the fire but it did start in the basement area of that home. Happening today sh thousands of commuters could find out if they have won a chance to buy papal rail passes on septa. The Transit Agency will start emailing the winners of its lottery today. 20,000 passes went unsold in mondays lottery but doesnt mean everyone is guaranteed to get a pass because septa is trying to figure out which train stops sold out and which
Haven road toward the vine street sprevert expressway. But no problems yet but i see it coming. Then this accident so watch out there. Heading out the door the 42 freeway clear again. That accident scene out of the way so no problems as we look at this drive time here. Five minute trip from 55 up towards the walt whitman bridge. Ben franklin is nice and clear. Volume on the ben into philadelphia with two lanes blocked westbound for ongoing construction. We are updating breaks new we have been following the past hour. A fire in the homesburg section of philadelphia sent one woman to the hospital with smoke inhalation. It started on oakmont street in the basement. Apparently. Investigators say the injured woman is blind. She was taken to nazareth hospital. And she is expected, however, to be okay. Good news. Preparing for the pope. And the papal shutdown. Commuters and neighbors are bracing for major road closures when the pope visits philadelphia next month. Ben franklin bridge, no cars
Perjury. Were just learning the charges are perjury, false swearing and obstruction. Also abuse of office is another charge. We have reporters in this conference room. Were going to listen in to the News Conference as it begins. I think theyre just making sure everybody is in place. Ing at the d. A. In Montgomery County. Kathleen kane is 49 years old. Were seeing where and when theyre about to begin this News Conference. Here we go. Were here today to announce the filing of criminal charges against Pennsylvania Attorney general Kathleen Kane. The charges include obstruction of law and other offenses that relate to a scheme that we allege she original straighted to leak confidential investigative information and secret grand jury materials, and then lying to a grand jury to cover up and conceal her crimes. The genesis of this investigation is a referral we received in december of 2014 from judge William Carpenter of the Montgomery County court of common pleas who was also the supervisin