miles of high school or two-mile walking distance from k-8. majority living in property, coming from single parent homes in which the parents generally work two jobs and they don t enjoy the same support system the counterparts have in suburbia getting to and from school. minus the gangs, what if it s bad weather, snow, rain. by the time you get to school, you re absolutely soaked. it s too much. walking, go home in peace. if i was in a car or bus, i wouldn t have to go through this. this is unfair for people who just want to get to school and get home. reporter: and the next step, o of course, is taking what officials encountered today on these sidewalks to trenton in hopes for getting more money either for a contracted school bus company or passes on a public system for these students like new jersey transit. a truancy attendance officer who walked with me part of the way today didn t want to be on camera, but she said in the dead of winter when it s freezing cold,
let s begin with bill henley and the forecast. it was nice out there yesterday there a gorgeous day. we will do it again. we will be in the 70s this afternoon. very close to yesterday s level. 53 degrees in philadelphia. most of the area drops into the 40s. potts town 46. trentonville down to 43 degrees. once the sun is up. those temperatures will quickly turn around. we ll be at 63 degrees. 9:00 57. on the verge of 70 degrees at noontime. we will go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i m back in ten minutes. let s check for first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington? we deal with a lot of ongoing construction. mainly right now we are dealing with the 59 expressway if between schuylkill expressway. it ab picking up all week. a little early. we will definitely get you updated on that. these are our cameras facing the vooip street expressway. this guy is blocking off the entrance. we have pretty much direct access. when they move that that means it s ope
coldest morning for the rest of the week, the temperatures have fallen, 37 degrees in philadelphia, trenton is in the middle 30s, 34, the 20s for millville and atlantic city. so a cold bundle up kind of morning but we ll see a decent warm-up and much of it happens this morning from 39 at 6:00 to 44 at 9:00 this morning with just a light breeze out of the southeast, wind increases by lunch time as does the temperature, 52 degrees. that will be warmer than all day yesterday by noon and the numbers will be climbing. we ll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i m back. first jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. and bill, we are watching the vine street expressway for that closure this morning. a lot of construction so it s closed east and westbound in between the schuylkill and broad street right now. as you can see these are cameras from the schuylkill expressway looking at the on ramp to the vine. you can see in here some crews blocking off the