Miles of high school or twomile walking distance from k8. Majority living in property, coming from single parent homes in which the parents generally work two jobs and they dont enjoy the same support system the counterparts have in suburbia getting to and from school. Minus the gangs, what if its bad weather, snow, rain. By the time you get to school, youre absolutely soaked. Its too much. Walking, go home in peace. If i was in a car or bus, i wouldnt have to go through this. This is unfair for people who just want to get to school and get home. Reporter and the next step, o of course, is taking what officials encountered today on these sidewalks to trenton in hopes for getting more money either for a contracted School Bus Company or passes on a public system for these students like new jersey transit. A truancy attendance officer who walked with me part of the way today didnt want to be on camera, but she said in the dead of winter when its freezing cold, our numbers are down because
Last night. Thank goodness. Thats why we didnt have the widespread flooding threat. Nonetheless, it did bring down power lines and trees. It is well off the coast now. Cleared through here about midnight and really nothing left behind. No residual shower activity or even cloud cover for that matter. We have a few wispy clouds around but were looking for plenty of sunshine today. Its a far reaching system, though, coming all the way down here to the gulf of mexico. Just wanted to give you a birds eye view of Tropical Storm colin. Were watching this system closely as it gets ever closer to the coastline there. The panhandle of florida. Its on track now moving very slowly but it is moving towards tampa. Expected to come onshore tonight at 8 00 p. M. High pressure for us, plenty of sunshine. Lets get a check on traffic right now with jessica. Thanks, karen. Were watching an accident scene in Galloway Township over in the garden state parkway headed southbound around exit 44, which is 561.
Officers found the man lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his side. Hes listed in critical condition. Well have updates on nbc10. Com and the nbc 10 app. c breaking news from overseas. Five people are dead in terror attack in jordan. It happened near the capital of amman. Meanwhile, new from overnight guests are back in their rooms after a small electrical fire at the Embassy Suites in center city. The hotel was evacuated around 12 30 this morning. One of the guests sent us this video. After about 25 minutes they were allowed back inside the hotels but the elevators were still out and some guests tell us they climbed some 25 flights of stairs to get back to their rooms. Today in philadelphia, a federal judge will hear arguments over whether a list of expected conspirators in the bridgegate scandal should be released. The judge ordered the list be made public last month but a person on the list challenged the list claiming his right to due process will be violated. Media out
Not doing too badly. Were warm out there. 67 degrees in mt. Holly. Not feeling as humid as yesterday. Well continue with that lowering humidity as we move through the beginning of our workweek. It is warm, 70 degrees in dover right now. 66 in coatesville and 66 degrees in trenton as well. I mentioned High Pressure moving in. Thats going to be bringing us the sunshine. Were waiting on the official sunrise here in wilmington and everywhere in the Delaware Valley at about 5 33 this morning. Temperatures are on the uptick. Were looking for a High Temperature across the board of about 84 degrees to 87 with that sunshine. Jessica . Well, karen, we are watching the schuylkill expressway right around the conshohocken curve. No problems really right now in either direction. You can see all traffic moving along with what traffic is out there right now. A 12minute drive time into center city from the blue route to the vine street expressway. Speeds into the 60s right now. No big problems or delay
Update in the Lehigh Valley since the sun is starting to come up. Also with your new neighborhood weather, dont forget the sevenday forecast as always at the bottom of the screen. Heres a closeup look at the new jersey neighborhoods, 59 pitmann, 59 turnersville. 55 in medford. 54 in coil fields. 62 mt. Laurel and parts of Mercer County 56 degrees in hamilton. 54 hopewell township. With the lower humidity, feels extremely comfortable outside this morning. It will stay cooler as we go through the afternoon. We also have this area of rain thats approaching. As we go through lunch time today, showers and some thunderstorms in the middle of the day. Before you leave, make sure you grab the umbrella. If youre in new jersey, 59 degrees right now through many suburbs in new jersey. By 10 00 a. M. , 67 degrees. Clouds increasing and by lnch time, expe lnchtime, expect 70s. We do expect the rain to be clearing but it will stay breezy and cooler throughout the afternoon hours, too. At least thats