Us. Cnn primetime with abby phillip starts right now. In just 48 hours, poisonous politics and schoolyard rhetoric will have real life consequences. The United States government once again shut down. And it comes an extraordinary day, when a president openly accused his predecessor of trying to kill the republic. And in the hearing to impeach said president , it backfired on republicans. Good evening, everyone, i am abby phillip. And in the way right now on capitol hill, the house is voting on a series of bills, none of which are expected to actually avert a Government Shutdown. Now, remember, those hardliners, they want to have tickets to spending, including two programs that affect schools. Lets go straight to Melanie Zanona over on capitol hill. A. , abby. So, tonight, these bills they are going to vote on in the house are not expected to pass the senate. Theyre expected to be dead on arrival. But they may not even have the votes to be able to pass them among House Republicans. So,
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On the west coat will becoast we this afternoon. Reporter omar jimenez reporting. While the ntsb works to determine this crash it brings back memories of the crash that happened here in that Port Richmond just two years ago. Amtrak train 188 derailed in may 2015. Eight people were killed and more than 200 others were injured in that incident. The train was traveling 106 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour speed zone. Investigators determined that the engineer was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. In september, a judge dismissed charges against that engineer. You can follow the latest developments of the fatal amtrak derailment on 6abc. Com. You can watch video from the scene in washington state. Pennsylvania state senator day lon leach released a new statement. John rawlins live in Center City Philadelphia this afternoon with the very latest including john some reaction from the governor. Reporter thats correct. Leach is a state senator who has ambitions his goal in 2018
Well still have to deal with the windchill factor this afternoon. Temperatures will warm above freezing in neighborhoods, the exception in the lehigh valley, 31 this afternoon. Even at 31 with bright sunshine, a lot of snow will be melting during the day today. Ill break it down hour by hour, show you whats ahead for your neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington with first alert traffic. Thanks. Were watching one of the first accidents of the morning here. Route 309s northbound side. A crash around highland avenue. A second ago, it was off to the lefthand lane. They just moved it off to the shoulder. Now traffic is squeezing by to the lefthand side. The northbound side around ft. Washington, slow. Also watching the schuylkill expressway following construction. Back to normal now. Not seeing any big increase in drive times yet. Theyre the same. 13 minutes eastbound from the blue route to the vine. Speeds into the high 50s. Ill end with bridges, just checking the
Thanks. Were still watching the schuylkill expressway. I havent seen them remove this construction project yet. Maybe theyre a little bit behind schedule. Watching it around the vine. You see over here, this is the entrance to the vine street expressway. The eastbound schuylkill still diverting traffic off there. Thats still something that were going to contend with heading out the door. It should be gone soon, though. I thought it would be gone, too. This is clearing. Seeing a delay maybe with people trying to get on the road. 413 is closed between new falls and bath road. It was supposed to be until 5 00, right now. So just watch for extra construction crews in the area just in case. The blue route looks good, too. Ill end with the drive times. Northbound and southbound from 95 to the schuylkill, very light. 14 minutes. Speeds still into the high 60s, as well. Ill have updates when i come back in ten minutes. All right. See you then. Breaking news in west philadelphia. Firefighters s