Local residents. It gets pretty busy here. I feel like theres been more traffic in general because of people people here for the draft and so you can compound that with all these road closures. It is bringing some congestion and closures around the parkway but also excitement for something that puts philly in the spotlight. Its starting to have a whole bunch of events that are fun and huge and gigantic. Reporter the sports spotlight will be here perhaps along with some new routines to get around. Were just going to walk everywhere, i think. Reporter even if you are not driving, this could really take some planning to get around. We notice that septa posted this telling you to board your bus some where else if you are leaving from this area, even walking youre going to have to do some planning. There will be places where the sidewalk will be closed. Heres a tip for you look for 22nd street that is one of the streets that will get you across. Live on the parkway, im lauren mayk, nbc10 ne
He says he blacked out but does not know why. Back out here live i did have a small conversation with the home owners and they told me they sit on the couch that backs up to this wall all the time. As a matter of fact they were sitting on the couch 10 minutes before the crash. No one was injured. Reporting live gina lazara 13 action news right now a live look at the 15 out near primm. If youre heading to california traffic seems to be moving very slowly at the moment. Earlier it was at a standstill taking drivers as many as 2hours to get to primm. Right now a live look outside across the valley. Clouds are rolling in and the temperatures dropping. Is more rain on the way . Lets check in with 13 first alert meteorolgist karla huelga. Could this be . Relief from the dog days of summer . Karla. Chances for rain are looking rather bleak for tonight. We are very dry at the surface winds from showers south and east of the area. Low pressure to our south will keep chances for scattered shower
Down slightly over the weekend. It will be breezy this afternoon and evening, with a chance for showers mainly north of interstate 80 tonight and early saturday. Another weak system is possible sunday night, with season that is. And the president makes an announcement hes been working towards for nearly 8 years. Our Washington Bureau correspondent alex miller joins us live to talk about the biggest news in washington this week and what we can expect from the election in the coming days. Alexthe president announced plans to close Guantanamo Bay in cuba. But its not going over so well with members of congress. For those who are so do to stop the president s plan . And secretary of Defense Ash Carter says the Administration Needs congressional approval to close Guantanamo Bay. What once had bi partisan support now has become an extremely partisan issue. And of course the president can use executive action on this as well. He says closing gitmo could lower costs by 85 Million Dollars each
Lindsey matherly joins me. Northeast california be well above average today before easing down slightly over the weekend. It will be breezy this afternoon and evening, with a chance for showers mainly north of interstate 80 tonight and early saturday. Another weak system is possible sunday night, with hows traffic looking so far . Traffic running smoothly. Reno area highways. No major delays on highways in northern new this morning. Police say the traffic lights are out at the intersection of plumb and arlington because a minivan reportedly hit the electrical box. Police say they believe the driver of the mini van may have fallen asleep at the wheel. No word yet on when the traffic lights will be restored. Northbound lanes on arlington from plumb are closed. Stay with kolo 8 news now for any updates. One person is dead. And two others injured following an officer involved shooting in Silver Springs. Kolo 8 news nows matt vaughan joins us in studio with the latest this incident spread a
The terrible accident happened. Fox19 nows mike schell is live along the river. Mike. That car is still in there. Right now. Unfortunatel y. This is still a waiting game before the Recovery Efforts can begin. Authorities say it is just too dangerous at this point. Learning more about who may have been behind the plunged from the combhehl bridge. Campbell county family has come forward to say their loved one is missing. 1chief its a strong possibility that we believe we know who might be. Had been driving at the time the vehicle went over the bridge. The potential victim has not been identified but police say that drives between on the combshehl bridge. For us, the most important aspect of this occupants in the vehicle so were not going to might distrub that. The the vehicle involved is a mid 2000 model red pontiac gran car. And Authorities Say it is sitting in up 27 feet in swifty moving water. 4dale this river is very unfriendly right now, very unforgiving. We have to have the current