Well also talk about temperatures in the 50s for the weekend. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Heathers looking at the trains whats going on . Reporter yeah, there is a new Jersey Transit, metro north, they are doing just fine. Our Subway Service is also running on or close to schedule. This is a look at the fdr drive doing very well. We had an earlier accident right here. We also had construction as you go southbound. That construction vehicle is still blocking the right lane, but its really not causing major delays as a result. Were also taking a look at the new england throughway as you go southbound right near exit 18. That is an accident. You have two lanes closed off as you go through this spot. This deegan accident has been cleared away. This is the George Washington bridge. You can see the bridge is doing just fine coming into the city. Leaving the city, no major issues there. You have a minor delay coming into the tolls of the George Washington bridge. Delays
Dupontpioneer is one of the biggest and most Profitable Companies in the dupontpioneer is one of the biggest and most profitable state of iowa. And they are about to get some free money from the state iowa. Tomorrow the Iowa Economic Development authority and the city of johnston will each vote to approve unspecified financial packages for the company. Details of how much money is being awarded to dupontpioneer arent being released but heres what we know now. Tomorrow morning the ieda board will vote on a Financial Assistance award to the company. The Johnston City council will do the same tomorrow afternoon. Last year the company had 25 billion dollars in sales worldwide. At the same time, though, it missed its budget growth targets and has delayed bonuses this year to account for that. The company is currently merging with delaware based dow chemical. Each company is thousands of workers before the merger is finalized. We hope to have further details vote on our evening newscasts. Wh
War of words with donald trump. Pope francis criticized in public. He just said he did not mention him by name. Talking about the candidate that wanted to build a wall on the Mexican Border. Greg a lot of people are on his side. I do not want to be on either side. The woman that killed Elliott Spitzer of choking her. There are deleted Text Messages, reportedly. They reveal that she may have tried to get thousands of dollars from the former governor. Police were able to get the deleted Text Messages from her phone. How did that happen . I thought that there was that whole thing with apple. Permission to do it. Rosanna it is technically above us. Greg give us your password. Rosanna just take a moment and enjoy this. Can we get a little closer . You look very gq this morning. Greg you do not think that it is too much . Greg okay. Mike he does look good. Rosanna i am here to go like this. That is my role today. Greg you can just call me prince. Greg i like that. Even this is called. Low te
Oh, we cant wait to check in with ginger and sweet little adrian. And big day for adrian. Today is his twomonth birthday. Two months. Happy birthday. Were going to check in with the family a little later. Other big headlines. The race for the white house now reaching the vatican. Donald trump and the pope in a war of words. Our terry moran was on t plane with the pope and well get to all that in a moment. An electrifying moment. ll begin with that terrifying chopper crash in hawaii. It went down with five tourists on board. A 15yearold passenger is in Critical Condition this morning. Well talk with two men who jumped into action on the scene after this report from our Kayna Whitworth in honolulu. Good morning, kayna. Reporter yeah, george, good morning to you. That tour helicopter, i want to show you where it crashed, right behind me in that murky water morning. This is an area visited by nearly 2 Million People every year and helicopter tours are very popular. Its hard to imagine anyo
Good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im amanda krenz. Amanda new at midday amanda there was a house fire in des moines this morning. It happened in a Single Family home near the intersection of hubbell and douglas avenue. There was no one was inside house when crews arrived on scene, but smoke was pouring out of basement and has caused extensive damage in the home. Officials say todays high winds did not contribute to the fire. Amanda ots a change is coming to the dowdupont headquarters in johnston just this morning, the recently merged Company Released a statement saying the Corporate Headquarters will be moving to delaware, while two Global Business centers will remain in johnston and indianapolis. While exact changes in staffing numbers have yet to be announced, the move will certainly have an impact on johnstons economy. Be sure to stick with local 5 to keep you up to date on this story as it develops. Amanda iowan has tested positive for the zika virus.