Was shut down. It was around 5 30 this morning when a massive pileup involving four tractor trailers and one vehicle forced a closure of the northeast extension between landsdale and quakertown. In the end it took nine hours to clean up the wreckage and reopen the highway. Amazingly one minor injury reported. There was no shortage of commuters that got stuck in the backup. As drivers were diverted turnpike officials handed out slips of paper with suggestions how to get around the closure. Matt was one of lucky ones getting off at the landsdale exit any way. I was coxing from levittown, and i thought it would be worse. I was stuck for 15 minutes, but it was traffic. Dan was not as fortunate. He was trying to get home to scranton. Maybe add another hour, hopefully less but well stay optimistic. Just fun and games. Fun and games yes. Back outside live once again, only one injury reported after the massive pipeup and as of 2 45 p. M. , this stretch of the northeast extension is back open.
Again and talking only to nbc10 about the gunman who shot him in the leg. Im glad to be here. Reporter this grandfather, who asked we not show his face, say the folks at a and a gross rid in north philadelphia treat him like family. In this Surveillance Video released by him. I walked over to him and tapped and said, come on, come on. Thats when he turn around and shot me. The gunman robbed two other stores a few blocks away, including the fontaine deli. One of the owners showed me video of how he and the suspect fought over the suspects gun until cruz pried it out of his hands and chased him out the store. As soon as i turned, my reaction was to jump on him. Got protected me and i was able to take his gun. Reporter as for the good samaritan, he doesnt consider himself brave, but rather blessed for surviving and getting back on his feet so quickly. He has this message for the gunman who terrorized workers, customers and store owners blocks from the Temple University campus. The best th
Unfortunately the temperatures are warmer this morning, nowhere near as chilly as yesterday, 40s and low 50s to start with, 60s this afternoon and yes we will get sunshine, clearing skies this afternoon. After a chance of a shower this morning in philadelphia, 61 degrees, most of the suburbs will be dry, that clearing happening this afternoon, you will see sunshine this morning, too. The rain in new jersey this morning will be out of here in the afternoon with a high of 60. The Lehigh Valley a few sprinkles first thing in morning, then partly sunny and 60 daegs for the Lehigh Valley. In delaware we will see more and more sunshine there. I will show you the future cast hour by hour so you can see exactly where that rain is going when i come back in ten minutes. Watching the vine street expressway were open right now, so all lanes back open following the earlier construction project. Our cameras right around 24th street. Right here is the westbound side, thats whats moving towards the sk
People killed. Catching fire and washing off its foundation. California more than 50 homes destroyed by a wildfire what is becoming the states worst wildfire ever. And legendary steven tyler live on our plaza today june 24th, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Arri live from studio one a. Good morning. Steven tyler will rock our plaza but i think it is safe to say the world has been rocked by news coming out of britain. David cameron the Prime Minister has said he will resign and spoke to the queen about it. The pope weighed in on it and says it is the responsibility for us to guarantee the good of the people in the United Kingdom as well as the good and coexistence of the european continent. This is obviously our top stories. It is a monumental decision. As savannah just mentioned the Prime Minister says he will step down. We have chief global correspond bill neilly. Bill, what can you tell us . Good morning, matt. Make no mistake, this is the bigg
Lehigh valley than parts of the rest of the area. Its dry in philadelphia and this afternoon, into the 80s. 81 degrees, partly sunny skies in new jersey at the shore. Scattered showers especially to the south this morning in Cape May County. 74 degrees. You may have to deal with a few isolated showers during the day. Youll also need your sunglasses. These clouds will be clearing out this afternoon. And the weekend, thats looking pretty nice, too. Your weekend forecast when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington is watching first alert traffic. Were watching the boulevard around 17th street. Not a lot of cars on the roads yet. Its still early to see a lot of that normal volume and backup. Both directions on the boulevard, north, southbound, looking just fine. If youre headed to the schuylkill expressway from the boulevard, youll be just find. In west chester, theres a downed tree around 322 around pottstown pike. And no big problems on route 73. We did have construction earlier in th