Lanes just beyond the exit ramp for lanes dale route 23. The crash involved three trucks. Were hearing one of them was possibly on fire. Were seeing a southbound gaper delay as well but its northbound where no traffic is getting through and chopper6 hd just arrived at the scene. There is the major accident in the northbound lanes of the northeast extension. What a mess. Look at all those trucks involved, one of them appears to be partially tipped over. You see a number of ambulances on the scene as well. This is northbound just beyond the exit ramp for lansdale. No northbound traffic is getting through between lansdale and quakertown. And you can see on the southbound side, those are the headlights off to the left side of your screen, the southbound side also has a delay passing this major accident in towamencin township montgomery county. So coming back out here you want to stay over on 309. No major problems. Of course youll be dealing with the traffic lights but 309 is going to be a
Coming up tonight, booktv in prime time features books about the founding fathers. First, the author of first entrepreneur. And then the life of john quinty adams. And then lous louisa. Next, Edward Lengel talks about his book on George Washington. It took place at the president s former home mount vernon. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Lovely to get a full crowd like this. My name is Doug Bradford and i am the founding director of the study of George Washington which is where you are in the ruben stein hall. You made it. It is very exciting to have these book talks, free book talks, and thank you for supporting the book and mount vernon has never accepted any government money. They have been operating since the 1960s when they took over the estate of George Washington. They are on allwoman run organization and they are all built on private donations from individuals and foundations and the people that come there visit. It is a great honor to serve that mission to pr
Theyre moving through the region right now so lets turn to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers much good morning. Its a little bit damp in isnt spots. Dry on the terrace. Take a look at Storm Tracker6 live double scan. A lot of the rain is highligh highlighted in lighter shades of green. You see darker shades of green in parts of Lancaster County a little bit of that in Chester County and do you near dover delaware and parts of south jersey so in some spots youre getting a little light rain this morning. Cloud cover is pretty much in place everywhere. I see a little bit of brightened skies over toward the east but thats that low sunrise coming in under the clouds. Once it gets above the clouds well probably be fairly socked in today. Its also cool to start out. Grab your jacket even if it isnt raining. 54 degrees in philadelphia. 55 millville and just 44 degrees currently in allentown. And it stays cool today. By 1 oclock well be at 56 degrees. By 3 oclock 58 and thats going t
Veteran. And that even ties boo what i will into what i will talk about in a moment about washingtons views of peace and how essential peace is. As a combat veteran, washington understands a number of things about the nature of war and what war does and what its impact is not only on those who are at the front lines, but on those who are at home who are also affected and in their own ways participants in war. What war does to a country and to a people. He also learns, i think, here too the extreme importance of fundamentals, of basics. This is one element of washingtons character that i saw early on and that ive, its taken a while to understand. If you look at this gentlemans fixation on detail, hes often dismissed as a micromanager, but theres a real purpose to that focus on detail which is that detail matters. If youre in the service and particularly if youre in a position of command, you ignore at your peril the basic fact that the men who serve with you must eat, they must have she
Of washington which is were you or, so you may get. Congratulations. And its very exciting to have these book talks, these free book talks, and theyre sponsored by ford. The forgetting the doctor and, of course, weve never accepted any government money. They been offered in mount vernon since the 1860s, since 1861 it took over the estate of George Washington. They were the founders of National Historic preservation but they are an all Woman Run Organization and they are all built on private donations unpatriotic individuals and foundations from the people who coming the people who coming to visit it at the great honor to serve that mission to preserve the estate at the highest level and to teach people all over the world about the life, leadership and legacy of George Washington. And we couldnt do without the generation of important donors like henry ford. As many of you know an early dont think he did not its first fire engine. And ever since weve gotten the fire engines from ford mot