This morning the northeast is bracing for a powerful storm. A foot or more of snow is expected in parts of upstate new york and new england. At least 50 million americans are in the storms path, and at least six deaths are blamed so far r on the storm since friday. Right now winter storm alerts are posted in more than a dozen states. Laura podesta is here in new york. Laura, the storm is already causing major headaches for travelers. Reporter yeah, and a lot of kids in the northeast are getting an extended thanksgiving break thanks to snow and sleet thats coming down now and is expected to continue through the day. This storm is turning a lot of places into a winter wonderland. As you know, we are still weeks away from the official start of winter. Cars and tractortrailers in upstate new york were slowed or brought to a halt completely as a powerful prewinter snowstorm took aim at the northeast. Over the weekend, the same weather system dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the u
Lets 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 yesterdays 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. Well 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 im back in ten minutes. Lets 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 its open. We are all i
Its the first time weve done it. But brian miller says the previous gun shop sold weapons that turned up at crime scenes. They attract crime, they attract violence, and thats bad for the whole city. But its especially bad with being so close to where students are educated. For many local high school and college students, academic terror is enough. A lot of people were feeling as though they had to choose between getting an education and living their life. And thats a decision that no 20yearold, no 19yearold should have to make. But campus violence is becoming the ever present fixture. For these cases to keep on occurring and not even be surprising anymore is surprising and devastating and really sad. And so a rally is necessary. One of those students says until lawmakers in harrisburg and washington get over their fear of the National Rifle association, nothings going to change. Live in spring garden, im doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Right now at 5 00, ending a few days of frenzy and mont
No third time. There will be no charm. It is wednesday night and the big story on action news tonight is a nogo by vicepresident biden. He came to the rose garden with his boss and his wife today to say that the window had closed on his chance to mount a viable campaign. He explained that mourning the death of his son, his son bo didnt necessarily sync up with the political calendar and he said unfortunately i believe were out of time. But biden then spoke at considerable length about his vision for future. For carrying on the obama legacy and the need to change the culture in washington. How can we move forward without being able to arrive to a consensus. Four more years of this battle may be more than this country can take. We have to change it. And Hillary Clinton praised biden for his unyielding faith in the american promise. And mayor nutter, a supporter of Hillary Clinton, had this reaction to the biden announcement. Thats a very personal decision on his part and, you know, i thi
Hear about is getting a call or some type of information through a Public Security officer that your child has been victim might have. Reporter District Attorney jack whelan is addressing the issue head on. Had a summit for educators this month. One goal, stop private texting. You should move away from Text Messages look at emails if youre doing to use Text Messages as coach, as teacher to make sure that you are including others in that chain. Reporter mom marisol is on board with that. This is personal cell phone were talking about, so hopefully they just remain just emailing the teachers. They want to position themselves to be close to the prey. Reporter licensed social worker troy brendl says parents have to stay vigilant and involved in their kids school lives. This is a world we live that we have to be hyper vigilant. This institution is sacred. It will be very wrong if they do it. Damage trust at the school and teachers. Reporter and the safe schools summit will be held on octobe