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police are looking for the two men who robbed a popular center city restaurant tria early this morning and the thieves got away with thousands of dollars. david henry live outside that restaurant at 12th and spruce with more on the investigation today. david. reporter: yeah, brian the robbery has gelled residents of this neighborhoods of townhouses, apartments and corner shops. it happened early this morning at closing time around 1:15. outside of tria which is a busy corner got robbed. i guess go for something that you wouldn t expect. reporter: it was business as usual for the tria cafe after a terrifying ordeal for one of the employees early this morning. the cafe had closed and the night manager was in the basement office countering money. police say the two robbers walked into the office and forced the manager to the floor. one of them placed a hard object to the back of his head and threatened to shoot him. they then forced him to open the safe and hand ov ....
people moving in next door. it s a good thing. right now it s a little bit of a bad thing cause of the dust. but we re looking for the new business to come into the community. reporter: for decades perceptions about public safety and homelessness have plagued parts of market east but with plans to overhaul the gallery and other projects like this one on chestnut street paul levy of the center city district says markets east is turning the corner. this is part of a completion of a 20 year process of really diversifying s-not only officers and healthcare but retail hotel residential so a really active vibrant city that s coming to market east. reporter: so, it would seem things are in motion here on market east. this is east market. that s the name of the project. this big project between 11th and 12thth streets and chestnut and market. it is a major undertaking the estimated price tag 500 million dodges it will probably take four to six years to complete. howeve ....
but if you have to get up and you got to get to work let s help you through it. you ve got some storms to deal. reporter: i told you yesterday i thought we would see some of these storms even early through your morning commute. that s what s happening right now on storm tracker6 live double scan. we can see live lightning strikes happening as well. we can go in tight with double scan and show you what s happening. right along 202 in chadds ford along west chester pike and also the route one media bypass in south jersey as well right along route 49 getting some lightning strikes as well and the problem is not just the frequent lightning but the heavy downpours. we ve got the humidity even up from yesterday. so as you re driving to work you re driving through that. satellite6 and action radar showing that we re not looking at the entire region blanketed with storms that s going to last all day but the trouble is it s not just through the early hours. at any point today ....
even snowstorms are threatening the lives and homes of 16 million people from virginia to massachusetts. we to want go back to new york and show you this crane that is just swinging above west 57th street. it s connected to a skyscraper. it s not complete. it s the 70th floor so far, going up to 90. one57. it snapped earlier today and now the boom is just swinging over that community. some areas have been evacuated, fearing it could fall. nobody knows if that s going to happen and when. let s go to meteorologist ivan cabrera with us now on this superstorm. the worst is over for new jersey and new york, is that safe to say? and who s getting the brunt of this right now? i don t think it is safe to say at this point. i think for the remainder of the night we ll have dangerous winds out there. the winds so high that if you have to go out and rescue folks, it s simply not able to be done because winds are gusting over 40 miles an hour. power lines are down and crews wil ....
been reported dead in the u.s. five alone in new york. 5.3 million people are without power. 23 states are under wind advisories. damage from the wind alone could top $3 million. and sandy is already response iblg f67 deaths in caribbeans. roads flooded out. the water rising above the cars in some locals. this historic superstorm made landfall over the most populated areas of the u.s. wind damage, power outages, storm surges, inland flooding, you name it, even snowstorms are threatening the lives and homes of 60 people from virginia to mags ma massachusetts. look at this. this is the crane atop a luxury manhattan skyscraper. now it s 730 stories. going up to 90. it s swaying back and forth over west 57th street. let s get to meteorologist ivan cabrera joining us with the latest on the superstorm. where is sandy right now? sandy is inland at this point here. unlike a hurricane, it s going to be a long one here. this is not weakening. remember, when a hurricane that ....