Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 6 20180102 : comparem

Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 6 20180102

Good morning, jim is off, im joe hole glenn im rahel solomon. Meisha is off. Katie and pat are keeping an eye on things. Blount coming on strong this morning. He might be right. We will tell but that in a little bit. Traffic wise, a lot of water main breaks. We have another one, over in new jersey, to tell you about, that is three, four this morning. Oh, my goodness. Yes. Keeping track, pat. Tis the season, though. When it gets this cold outside you can have these kinds of situations, and, you know, at least storm scan is quiet. You guys mentioned the noreaster, we will have much more on that throughout the course of the shop, stick with us on that. However, for now, to get you out the door, storm scan is just empty. You have got pretty clear sky out there. And we will expect to see nothing but sunshine for yet another day. But it is a very deceptive, you know, when you see the breitbart sunshine, would you expect it would feel a little warmer. But still really harsh out there. For now, it is obviously still pretty dark, sun yet to rise. But we are going to eventually rebound back into the 20s today. These are the values, though, i would rather go by. Use the windchill, because even though the winds is still relatively light today. Any time you feel it, or any time it blows, you will notice it. So, it feels more like it is sub zero almost across the entire board, mill have i at whopping goose egg for feels like, three in wildwood, the best youve got on the coal map. So still really harsh outside. Now, as the day progresses, yes, nothing but sunshine. But dont bank on that solar energy doing anything to help warm you up. To up 25 at best today. Even despite the sunshine, it wont feel any warmer than that. Twentys, into the early evening, as well, then bottoming out once more into the teens. So for in you it is still pretty quiet. But this cold air is absolutely setting the stage for this noreaster to bring in some snow. So, we have more on current thinking with the track, how much we will expect to seep, but pat the cold, just not anything that is going away any same soon, and the wind Something Else that you really cant discount with the upcoming storm system. You know whats isnt going away any time soon . Rush hour. It is getting messy out there today. We have a disable trash truck on the schuylkill expressway, this is eastbound, this is right near the south street ramp. It is causing some backups right here. As we head little further north to the vine. Starting to see the volume levels rise, no delays as of now, between the 95, between 95 and the schuylkill, but again, starting to build here, at 03 00 a. M. In the morning. And we have this, as well, on the boulevard, roosevelt boulevard at lever i can street. The lights, stuck on red. The boulevard already not the biggest mess in the world, this will add to it, also, another water main break, over in cherry hill. Cooper landing road closed at snyder court. Use haddonfield road to get around. This we have the two other, as well, northeast philly, win at minden road at medford road , bad one, about 125 homes are involved this with this one, trang do is live on the scene. We will talk to her. Harriton road near grant avenue, right near the northeast philly airport, some problems with these frozen pipes this morning, joe. Pat, as you mentioned, we will get some more on the breaking news, right now, that water main break we are talking about is in northeast Philadelphia Park wood section Eyewitness News reporter trang do just pulled up to the scene where weve learned more than 100 homes are without water. Trang, apparently that is just part of the problem. What can you tell us . Oh, yes, rahel, joe. Im actually inside one of those 125 homes. That will are affected by this water main break. And at medford road, minden road. Here go. Let me show you here, basement of one of the homes here. Just covered in mud after this water main break happened, sometime after 3 00 a. M. This morning. Many homeowners waking up to this. Here is one of them. This is tom . How are you doing . Tell me what happened. I woke up in the middle of the night. There was a foot of water in the basement. And the Water Department came out. They shut the water off. And here i am now. Wow, were you telling me that your car was also affected, too . Yes, my car wont start. It is burried in mud, erroded. Oh, my goodness. Yes. Have you her to deal with this before living here in park wood . No, never, never. So what are you going do now . I guess wait until tomorrow and call my insurance company. And try to figure it out from there. So you are were about to go to work . Yes, i was about to go to work. Now i got to call out. Im sure theyll see this, theyll know im not lying. A mess. Try to clean up as much as i can. How extensive is the damage here that youve been able to see. Well obviously the rugs, i have to rip out all of the dry wall, because of mold and everything. I see just from looking here that you have Like Electronics down here . Yes. A lot of things got wet. Wow. Hopefully we can save some things, but looks like there is a lot of damage. I heard you talking to your neighbor, as well, you said you would help her out . Try to get a pump so we can pump the water out. We have a lot of mud. So i dont know howie negative that will be. But try to get it out as fast as possible to prevent as much mold as possible. Wow. Thats the game plan. Im so sorry. Thank you for showing us, this is what people are dealing with this morning, on this very frigid morning, these water main breaks, causing some real serious damage here in park wood. But ill sends it back to you guys in the studio. Trang, that weather a nuisance for some people, and for some people causing home damage there, that water main break. Colds is taking its toll on our systems, crews in roxborough dealing with the bitter cold working through the night to repair this ruptured water main. It was a 8inch main that burst yesterday here in the 600 block every jamestown avenue leaving 20 properties, including roxboroughs seafood house without water. Now weve learned all service has since been restored, so there is some good news for the folks in roxborough. Three people escaping these flames during a house fire in the glennside section of abington township Montgomery County. Brian sullivan with the rosalynn fire company, casting the battle on camera. Firefighters responded to the fire call around 4 00 yesterday afternoon. Near pleasant and cottage avenues. There were no reported injuries, the search for cause is underway. Well the new year begins with gun violence in philadelphia. Overnight driveby shooting sent two people to the hospital in germantown. The shots were fired in the 5100 block of germantown avenue. They say man was shot in the head and neck. And a woman was shot in the leg. Well, theyre in stable condition. So far there have been no arrests, no clear motive. And more gun violence this time a 19 year old man fighting for his life in north philadelphia. The shooter opened fire, in the 2200 block of north 23rd street. Just before 11 30 last night. Police say the teen was struck six times, including once in the head. The victim remains in critical condition. And we now know two families with ties to the philadelphia area were among the 12 People Killed when their plane crashed in the costa rica mountains. Now the charter flight went down on new years yvonne it way from a beach town to the capitol of san jose. One of the victims was william steinburying, freshman at the university of pennsylvania. Steinberg was traveling with his parent, and two brother. They were great people. The kids are great. I feel like they are the family you look to emulate. Another family originally from Montgomery County also among the victims, mitchell and leslie wise recently moved to florida. Their two children were also on board. There were report that strong winds had delayed the planes landing in san jose. The National Transportation safety board is now assisting with the investigation. Happening today, philadelphias newly elected city leaders will be sworn in at the Kimmel Center. Democrat larry krause letter take the oath of office as new district concern. Krasner succeeds interim da kelly hodge who took over for williams. Williams serving a sentence for bribery. She is long time civil rights attorney and public defend earn. Reb a rhynhart also sworn in at the kim he he will center at the first ever female controller. Rhynhart defeated mike toll lynn son last november after defeating incumbent city controller Alan Butkovitz in primaries. Celebrating inauguration with a party later tonight to benefit Youth Programs in philadelphia mural arts program. Travelers who took to the skies on new years day encounter quite the headache at some of the countries busiest airport. Now, for two hours last night, the customs and Border Protections passport Processing System was down, nationwide. All passports had to be check manually as a result some travelers in miami and at other International Airport across the country waited in lines for hours. Everyone is very flustered, running, seems like there is some crazy end of the world thing going on. None of the passport machines work. We all had to stand in line for hours. Frustration for sure. Now despite the outage, says all travelers were screened according to security standards. Think also say there is no indication the Service Disruption was malicious in nature. President trump is back at the white house after his holiday vacation in florida. The president spent the holiday playing golf and ringing in the new year, with a private party at march a lag owe. President will have lunch with Vice President mike pence. The white house is arranging it legislative agenda for the new year. Well, no cold or anything else can stop the mummers. Get on the bus, coming up on Eyewitness News, how the musician and performers stayed warm on the coldest new years day if about a century. And at the shore, swimmers take the plunge, in temperatures that plunge below freezing. One who braved the chill talks about it when Eyewitness News continues. More on the deep freeze that has cents set in most of the nation. Mola lenghi tells us extreme temperatures causing problems for areas not used to this kind of wetter. 09 of the nation started 2018 with temperatures below freezing cautioning all sorts every dangerous conditions, these are firefighters in the hot massachusetts, fighting flames, while icicles form on their helmets and runnings of their ladders. The water freezes on our equipment, and our air packs, on our masks. In houston, temperatures in the low 20s are far from normal. Residents like simon still putting their homes back together after massive flooding from Hurricane Harvey many without full walls. Not bad really. No receive a, no chair, no heat. Public schools in indianapolis are closed because of the extreme temperatures. Weaver at the Wheeler Mission center, mad rush trying to get the homeless off the streets. This weather not just cold, it is deafening. Chunks every ice are being seen in waters from lake michigan, to this stretch of the mississippi and missouri, even many of those traditional Polar Bear Plunges were cancelled due to the cold. At one of the nations largeness jackson port wisconsin, negative 20 degrees with the windchill. I think we as humans like a challenge, like to see if we can do it. Weather system on the east coast moving in that could bring snow with all of this cold from as far south as South Carolina through canada. Mola lenghi, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Frigid temperatures here in philadelphia, were no matcher to for the mummers as they strutted their stuff in the annual news year day parade. Under the seek quince, mummers kept warm. Saturday officials decided not to postpone the parade because of the cold so they strutted, one woman said she was happy to experience this new years day tradition. I always wants today see the parade, watch the live show, never done it before. He got us tickets, and im just extactic, colds, windy, but i got a great day. Not bad for 12 degreesment spectators packed into the Convention Center for the mummers fancy brigade finale, performers wowed the crowds with dazzling costumes, lights , and their famous routines on stage. Now the result for the 2018 mummers parade, in, posted full list of winners on line just head over to cbsphilly. Com to see if your favorite bands took home a title. Dozen of defied bitter blast for the annual Atlantic City Polar Bear Plunge yesterday. No hesitation, jump right in, yearly add tryings on new years day, plungers say the 32 e had their bodies feeling numb. Cant feel my skin sit officials in some shore towns cancel their annual dip in the ocean due to the frigid temperatures. Plunge in margate has been re scheduled for january 7th and january 13th for brigantine, but i dont know about the 13th but we know at least the seventh still chilly . As we heard in the story there is a storm that will be developing, and striking part of the east coast, which is where we sit. So, what are the expectations there . Dont discount the winds and cold, first thing i say, the other is yes, it looks as though we are at least dealt glancing blow in the storm system whether it comes to small fall totals, a new england, Atlantic Canada storm system. Well, where is this noreaster if it is supposed to be hitting by tomorrow night . It hasnt really start today develop just yet. At least on the radar, it needs a little time here before it starts to show it hands. It will be very rapidly developing and intensifying, meantime this windchill so widespread, look how many states are sitting in windchill advisory or warning, almost the entire, actually, i dont think there are, not even one state, say, for part of our area, that is not sitting currently in a windchill advisory some kind. It is so harsh, and, certainly , not alone in this we take a look early tomorrow morning look what happens over the span of time it, really starts to get its act together , starts to look a little bit like a hook, cant i cane, whatever you want to call it but even as early as 10 00, 11 00 tomorrow night the snow beginning to break out at least near the shore we think much of thursday watching this sort of clip the coastline, and then continue on it path, very windy, very cold, track is everything, when it comes to how much snow but our First Official be . At snowfall map. I will put this out as a pref ands, pref ankles, this may need to be updated because track is key. But thinking generally to up about 3 inches give or take at the shore line. Thats where the sweet spot will be, when it comes to snowfall amounts, but it is enough to shovel away certainly, and then come friday, as this is all out of here, the sun is back, but this is really harsh, even colder, than what the new years day brought us, pat . From messy forecast to the messy roadways, in the philadelphia area, this is the south street off ramp from the schuylkill expressway, we had broken down trash truck, that is blocking one of the two lanes, so it is causing a little bit after delay back on to the schuylkill expressway. Minor delays headed toward 295, as we go towards the bridge, there is a car fire, and an accident, on the walt whitman bridge eastbound, coming from philadelphia, into new jersey, three lanes are blocked here. So thats causing some delays. And we have the water main breaks, to tell but, in cherry hill, coopers landing road closed at snyder court. Also, weve got the ones in northeast philadelphia, as well, we start you, this is the boulevard first. The lights are stuck on road, which i guess is better than being stuck on green. We will take that, but the boulevard always a mess. Then we have the water main break to tell but in the northeast as well. We will update you in a couple every minutes, but transfigure traffic talk little eagles football. And blount, does not have time for your negativity. Dont even try to be negative around here. Okay . Just going to let you know right now. We all know the eagles laid couple every eggs the last two games, but are playoff bound. Thats what the running back wants to you do to keep the fate. He called out one nay say err saying the eagles season is basically over. Blount tweeted we dont need your negative energy to start out 2018. Block these kind of people and comment out, focus on the positive, heres where it gets interesting, though, as blount takes a shot at some fans saying we definitely have some quote lame and petty fans. Blount may still believe, but vaguest clearly does not, according to leading sport, birds 15 to one long shot to win the superbowl. Three teams in the nfc, vikings, saints, Los Angeles Rams all considered better favorites, to win it all, and let me say this, eagles fans, breathe. Relax. They won 13 games. And the last few have been hard to watch. They still have solid defense, they have two weeks to get ready. So i know it is hard. Lets try to stay positive. We just cant completely. And lost their best player. Lets enjoy the ride. Thank you so much. More than dozen people take hike in the winter chill. We will scan some of this mornings newspaper headlines, and tell you all about it. And runners, ring in the new year on river just turned into ice. 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