Comfortable there. 66 in trenton. 64 in reading. 66 in wilmington. 71 in cape may, new jersey, the humidity is low. Its warm again, 78 degrees by noon, 3 00 p. M. , 84. High of 85 around 4 00 p. M. 7 00 p. M. Were holding on to 80. Of course today does usher in the autumn signal season even though it doesnt feel like fall. Fall arrives at 4 02 p. M. When the suns direct rays are over the equator and it drifts over the tropicle capricorn over the next tropics of capricorn after the next few months. Hot high of 85 degrees and maybe a heat wave will be coming. Reporter looking outside on the blue route, baltimore pike, the commute is what you would expect, light volume. No delays just yet. Weve had a a bunch of accidents the newest one chester, Delaware County, 322, westbound at bethel street. An accident involving a downed pole bethlehem pike blocked near dagger road, stick to penn lynn pike. An accident in farmington avenue in upper pottsgrove has cleared. Live in new jersey, 42, a litt
Were going to start with jonathan bloom. It appears copper thieves made this problem worse jonathan . These criminals werent rying to shut down a freeway, which they did. All theyre trying to do was make a buck, ripping thousands of feet worth of wiring out of the pumps to suck rain water over the gully workers drained the lake of rain water that closed down highway 87. It wasnt Mother Nature to blame, but common criminals looking to make a buck. The copper wire thieves stole about 4,000 feet worth of water. The pumps are in windowless buildings acop a ridge down a private road with a locked gate. The price increased 350 . Its become valuable. And that is why thieves goring to any and all lengths to steal it. There is a lot of money to be made and lost. Caltrans estimates it spent 50 million taxpayer dollars repairing damage. Metering lights. Irrigation systems its going to be vulnerable. Caltrans says its working with police and fortifying infrastructure. Working with dealers to make
map. and show you exactly where it is old georgetown road on the ramp at the outer loop of the beltway. you are fine right through rossville. over to the beltway. you should be okay. back to the maps we have updated news on mark brunswick line. 874 running 15 to 20 minutes late. if you are planning to head around town on 395 or 95, you are going to be okay this morning heading into the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, i ll update you on the accident in bethesda. we are following breaking news now. a wild early morning scene in northeast washington. a exine national of a shooting and a car crashed into a home. this happened along monroe street near 17th street. surae chinn is live there piecing it all together, good morning surae. reporter: good morning. i have been mentioning i could still smell the burning rub and melted plastic. well firefighters arrived here just moments ago here and they were putting out a fire here at that crash scene. more detectiv