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good morning. reporter: we found out that the fire fighter was released from temple hospital, a short time ago with burns after bat telling fire on the 2800 block of cedar street in port richmond this fire started around 10:30 last night, and we have some pictures from philadelphia fire news, facebook page, which shows flames shooting from the second floor of the home, and fire officials say everyone got out safely and the fire was placed under control just after 11:00 last night. as we mentioned one fire fighter transported to temple for burns but he has been since released. philadelphia fire news reporting that the home will need to be overhauled because of serious hording conditions, for that reason, l and i was called out to the scene. investigators are still looking into a cause, karen. reporter: jenny, thanks very much. another fire fighter recovering after battling a fire in northeast philadelphia , this facebook video capturing the fire engulfing the two s ....
the construction zone. jammed up westbound on the schuylkill expressway, leaving town from the boulevard, out toward belmont. we have had that situation where an elderly woman struck by a vehicle this morning in fox chase, it is pine roadblocked, just off of oxford avenue, jenny will have the very latest from the scene in a few moments. weather delays at the airport, two hours, already at laguardia and that will have a domino effect here in philadelphia but across the country. when laguardia gets behind the eight ball the rest of the country feels it. we have an accident on route 73, right here near i295 and in mount laurel, new jersey and minor delays on the couple regional rail lines, mike and lauren, back over to you. jenny wearing are seeing. reporter: talk louder because it is hard to hear you do you hear me. yes, we are live on pine road, so pine road is shut down right now between stan wood and rhawn street a span of the few blocks, as police, continue to i ....
always any time at cbsphilly.com. ride sharing now legal, today governor wolf signed a bill giving permanent authorization for uber, lyft, other ride sharing services in philadelphia and across pennsylvania new bill protect riders by requiring thorough backgrounds checks for drivers had been doing so illegally until today s signing two. thirds of the rides in philadelphia will go to city schools. a jury reaches guilty verdicts in new jersey bridgegate case two, aids, intentionally create traffic on the words busiest bridge as active political revamp. found guilty on all counts, causing massive traffic jam, the charges include both fraud and conspiracy, both defendants, former aids to governor chris christie, promise to appeal. i am innocent of these charges. and i am very, very looking forward to this appeal. the first step in the process, and this is not over. the days long back up in september 2013 became known as bridgegate, and cast a shadow on governor ....
upcoming at us, really dry weather, too, no big storms. fantastic. yes, looking great. get out there. fall color out there to enjoy, in the peak of it right now across philadelphia. this morning we ll have the latest sunrise as we end daylight saving time 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, so sun coming this morning 7:35, an hour earlier on sunday. but, we have clear skies over the region, winds starting to calm down little bit compared to yesterday. that s allowing the temperatures to really drop at the surface, so here we are, 43 degrees at philadelphia international airport. light northwest breeze at 5 miles per hour, feeling like 40, when you factor in the winds. across the region, look at the temperature drop compared to this time yesterday. eleven to 23 degrees cooler, we have that cooler air mass building in, because lot of sunshine today. pretty nice rebounds, back to where we should be this time of year. thirty-nine in wilmington, 36 in allentown, reading, som ....
mr. wortman is an award-winning journalist and the former editor at yale alumni magazine. his book the millionaires unit is about a generation of privileged young men prepared to risk it all to fight a distant war in france. driven by the belief their membership in the american elite required certain sacrifice, they led the way before america declared formally to join the war. the bulk of this group, the yale aero club, became the first squadron in the u.s. navy air reserve. the press dubbed them the millionaires unit. without further ado please join me in welcoming mr. marc wortman. [applause] well, thank you for coming out this evening. thank you to barnes & noble for having me. this is as many of you know a home coming of sorts. having grown up in bethesda, it is wonderful to see so many old friends here. especially today on the 39th day out of the 40 days and 40 nights of rain. it s been an extraordinary deluge here. now, please pardon me if i refer to notes ....