Philadelphia cancels trash and recycling pickup on Friday due to Code Purple air quality alert

The air quality is even worse now, so a Code Purple air quality alert is in effect throughout the region. It has gotten so bad that the city canceled some key services. KYW Newsradio's Tim Jimenez reports.

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