Pottstown, allentown in the 20s while reading has actually warmed up in the last half hour. 32 degrees. And 36 aPhiladelphia International. The bus stops this morning it is going to be a cold start. The center city in the 30s. We will see sunshine, warm the temperatures into the low 40s by lunchtime but its not going to go much warmer by that this afternoon. By later this afternoon, the temperatures start dropping, 38 degrees later this afternoon. Your hourbyhour future wherear when i come back in less than ten minutes. Jillian mele is watching traffic. Good morning, bill. For an hour and a half ive been watching an accident out of berks county closing 422 between pineland and fairview. Weve got an update that the eastbound side is reopened. Westbound is still blocked. You can take lincoln road as your alternate. This accident involves a tractor trailer, brought down wire its in area. Thats why its taking a long time to at least get the eastbound side open. Chesting not chester county.
They described a terrifying scene. There is no confirmation of the condition of those wounded or of course the status of the shooter. Were hearing various reports on that. Now earlier, students received an email from the university warning them of a dangerous situation and telling them to seek shelter away from doors or windows. And we are waiting for an official News Conference from the university. Of course, as soon as that happens we will take you there. At least bring you the main points of that. Yeah, at this moment, though, we can connect on the line with one of the many students who heard and saw all of this unfold. Perry kostadakis is the Sports Editor of the student newspaper. He joins us now on the phone. Perry, just bring us up to speed on what youve seen. Take us to the initial event when you first knew that something serious was happening on campus. Well, our first indication that there was something wrong was an emergency lets put it that way, which was usually senttous.
Instead of the rule of law handling in our country today, now we are starting to have the rule of rulers. Thats a total an tis sis on what our country was founded on. This is historic. We are going to it shoot the constitution full of holes tonight. What the president is doing is completely inconstitutional. He doesnt have that authority. Im the president of the United States. Im not the emperor of the United States. Look to ronald reagan, your hero, look what he did. There is going to be a severe injury to our country tonight. We cant sit idlely by. The president just feels like he has to act. I waited long enough. Well, thats what assess in a banana republic. This is constitutional vandalism. This is a big deal. And we are going to take you live to the white house and live to capitol hill for the very latest. First, representative jason chaffets, the incoming House Oversight chairman joins us. Nice to see you sir. Good to be here. Congratulations on your soonton chairmanship of House
Stairwells, we were on the third floor and heard from outside about five or six rifle shots go off. Rapid fire. The unidentified gunman was shot and killed by Campus Police after refusing to drop his weapon and after firing on those officers. Three patients with gunshot wounds treated at a local hospital. We do not know their conditions yet. Joining us on the phone right now is perry kostikdakis. The Sports Editor at fsu. Perry, bring us up to speed. You have been covering this story. This breaking news story on campus. We know the gunman is dead. What are authorities telling you about the condition of the three wounded victims . We know for sure that one of the victims is in critical condition. We heard another is stable and as for the third, we have not heard too much. We have not been given an update. We confirmed from the hospital two were admitted. There is speculation as to the severity of the thirds condition, but nothing confirmed. Lets talk about what would have been the scene
Officers and they returned fire killing the suspect. When we were on the first floor, we heard two shots. While we were being moved up the stairwells, on the third floor, heard five or six rifle shots go afternoon from outside. Rapid fire. Three patients with gunshot wounds treated at a local hospital. We do not know their condition. Students report hearing the gunfire from Strozier Library and receiving a police alert telling them to seek shelter and stay away from doors and windows. More than 20 emergency vehicles blocked off the area. We will have continuing coverage here on cnn. Joining us now on the phone right now is perry kastadakis. He is the Sports Editor. Thanks for being here with us. About 12 30 a. M. Eastern time is when this happened in the library. Students received an automated message right away telling them to seek shelter and stay away from the doors and windows. Now barely three and a half hours later, it seems as though the dangerous situation has ended. What is ha