It feel a lot colder than it was. We hope you take a look outside our old city studios. We hope wherever you are got to enjoy the day with friends and family. Thanks for joining us. Im iain page. While it wasnt a completely white christmas, it certainly was a cold christmas. Remember that polar vortex . Well, its coming back. So lets begin with our fox 29 Weather Authority. Lets get over to fox 29 meteorologist nine today cryan. What everybody was talking about today wasnt just the cold, but that wind making it even worse. We had very gusty winds. You can see in Atlantic City we reached your peak gust at 47 Miles Per Hour. Philadelphia 45 Miles Per Hour. You may have noticed a lot of that debris on some of those roadways. You may have had some incidents with those Christmas Lights and outdoor decorations. A lot of this peak weather gust were measured earlier this morning. And then winds did start to slow a bit throughout the day were now at 16 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. You can se
Who will be with us with fans are camp out all night. Veteran is at the norristown train station watching people get to center city. First lets talk about the weather and traffic. Reporter weve seen peopleg. Reporter its cold out there. You can see cloud leftover from rain coast. Wesd were expecting a transitn to mostly sunny 27 allento 29 in millville. 32 in cape may. Theres a bit of a wind blowing trenton. 18 in 14 in allentown andding. Thats down a bit. 19 degrees in millville. Winds running in the teens. On your way out be careful under foot and under your tires, the rain is over from yesterday, temperatures have crashed below freezing that may have frozen up icy patches on roads and sidewalks anywhere the rain didnt have a chance to dry off. Thats a patchy slight problem. 28 degrees by 9 00 a. M. 30 by 11 00 a. M. Up around freezing my 3 00 p. M. Winds returning 1 to 20 Miles Per Hour. That will make it feel like the mid 20s at the best of times today. Bundle up extra gear thats t
The rocket goes up, and the rockets come back down to the launch pad where it takes off. Amazing. Thought i would never see. That will we want to see nick foles, the philly special one more time. Yes. Cant see it enough. Here goes. He called the play. The coach said okay, lets do it. Practiced three times. Wont do that yet . I do have it. Hole on a second. First, more importantly, the wetter. Well yes. It is a mess out there this morning, we have rain, freezing rain, sleet, and some snow, depends on where you are. And it is highly changeable, too. Thats why we have the Winter Weather advisory in effect for the rest of the morning. For the philadelphia area, down new castle county, delaware, to the north and west of us, and winter storm warning in the poconos, where we are expecting accumulating snow. Now were not expecting any accumulation here. But we will get a mess, even after it changes over to rain. So, it is as four out of ten. Bus stop buddy ready for the wet weather, the slippe
Congressional aide. The 62yearold republican married father of two serves the seventh congressional district. It was last weekend it was reported that congressional aide30 years younger had claimed unwanted romantic overtures and eventually meehan paid her a settlement on the taxpayers dime. Well earlier today, he n the speaker of the house paul ryan he will not run for reelection later this year leaving that seat open no doubt be a parade of democrats. Congressman hi meehan told our own jeff cole about that relationship. I have feelings that were generated in that. Ive said an attraction. Reporter so did you have romantic feelings for this woman . Good i did not have romantic feelings. I was relationship that was a very professional relationship. Reporter now tonight we did get a statement from the National Republican Congressional Committee it says in part we must hold ourselves to the highest possible standard especially while serving in congress. So far no confirmation from congres
Dressed as a postal worker pulls a gun on a father putting his nine month old son into a car. He forces the dad back into the home. Advertise him up and makes off with thousands of dollars. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. We begin tonight with breaking news. Congressman pat meehan has decided not to run for reelection this fall. Im lucy noland. This news comes just two days after congressman meehan spoke with fox 29s jeff cole where he denied having romantic feelings for a former female staff. Meehan faces accusations of using tack pair dollars to settle a Sexual Harassment claim. Our Chris Oconnell is live in chadds ford, Delaware County, with the breaking details. Chris . Reporter lucy, congressional source in washington, d. C. Telling me tonight now being widely reported congressman pat meehan will not seek reelection following his Sexual Harassment scandal involving a former congressional aide. The 62yearold congressman has been serving parts of delaware, montgomery, berks and lancaster