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in emmaus, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> we should just tell bruce to get the giant anaconda over to that lake and he can take care of all the problems. >> just a thought. scott william. >>> tell him to mick sure he cleans his feet before he comes back to the studio. >> that's right. >> let's talk about this weather because on day like today the humidity is on the increase. it feels more like summer. 86 degrees right now. and you can see it feels a little hotter by 1 degree at 87 but those winds are out of the south at 11 miles per hour. the low this morning 70. that's where we should be for this time of year and afternoon high 1 degree above average a high of 88. but several years ago the record high for today's date was 103 degrees. so it could be hotter. we're not going to get that hot tomorrow but tomorrow will be the hottest day this week. 85 in trenton right now. we have 80 in mount pocono. low 80s in lancaster. low 80s right now in wilmington. so we've been talking about the dew point. it's a measure of moisture in the atmosphere. earlier in the weekend we saw dew point temperature
in emmaus, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> we should just tell bruce to get the giant anaconda over to that lake and he can take care of all the problems. >> just a thought. scott william. >>> tell him to mick sure he cleans his feet before he comes back to the studio. >> that's right. >> let's talk about this weather because on day like today the humidity is on the increase. it feels more like summer. 86 degrees right now. and you can see it feels a little hotter...
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our bruce gordon is live in the newsroom with the case in point. bruce? >> lucy, everyone deserves due process. especially when it's the city talking about targeting maintenance of your property. but that process sometimes means years of waiting for folks who simply want their quality of life back. the folks who live near folk rod and hawthorn do their best to make this neighborhood safe and clean for the kids in their care. this block has a cancer one that returns every summer. >> i have to be responsible as homeowner for my property and other people should have to be responsible for their property as homeowners also. >> reporter: you don't so that happening here? >> no. >> reporter: when the weather turns warm the weeds start growing and this long vacant lot on the 1700 block of folk rod. it is home to all manner of wild animals and a magnet for trash. >> do you see illegal dumping pink going on back here? >> all the time. all the time. >> reporter: illegal dumping going on. >> yes. people just throw things away. >> reporter: ida daniels complain to the
our bruce gordon is live in the newsroom with the case in point. bruce? >> lucy, everyone deserves due process. especially when it's the city talking about targeting maintenance of your property. but that process sometimes means years of waiting for folks who simply want their quality of life back. the folks who live near folk rod and hawthorn do their best to make this neighborhood safe and clean for the kids in their care. this block has a cancer one that returns every summer. >>...
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our bruce gordon hit up celebrations across the city to find out. and lucy right on queue for the fourth of july joey chestnut witnesses his eighth hotdog eating contest at coney island. you don't believe what his pre hotdog contest motivation was. >> right on queue the clouds are clearing across our area. temperatures warming up a bit. that entire full weekend the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪ during the cadillac summer's best event, lease this 2014 srx for around $329 a month or purchase with 0% apr and make this the summer of style. ♪ >> a very happy fourth of july for 13 children. they gathered today at the betsy ross house in old city to become our nation's newest citizens. ages eight to 14 years old, these young americans came from countries that include the united kingdom, myanmar and cambodia. so congratulations to them. >>> and another group of now us citizens had their swearing in today at the white house. president obama welcome the active military servicemen and women and their spouses as citizens of the country. that the
our bruce gordon hit up celebrations across the city to find out. and lucy right on queue for the fourth of july joey chestnut witnesses his eighth hotdog eating contest at coney island. you don't believe what his pre hotdog contest motivation was. >> right on queue the clouds are clearing across our area. temperatures warming up a bit. that entire full weekend the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪ during the cadillac summer's best event, lease this 2014 srx for around $329 a...
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we put our bruce gordon on the case. scott? >> coming up your weather authority is monitoring your weekend forecast. the complete details and plus we'll talk about a pattern change ahead if he were a lobbyist... if they were political contributors... maybe tom corbett would listen to them, instead of cutting funding for their schools. oil and gas companies gave corbett 1.7 million dollars in political contributions. and he gave them a sweetheart deal on taxes that's costing pennsylvania billions. corbett's mismanagement has caused a huge budget deficit. and his painful education cuts are forcing teacher layoffs and increasing class sizes. now corbett wants to give the oil and gas industry even more handouts. and what's he getting from them? corbett's keeping that secret. so pennsylvanians are challenging tom corbett to come clean. release the records of your meetings with donors... that you've been hiding. disclose all the contributions, letters and emails from oil and gas lobbyists who influence you. we've got a right to know
we put our bruce gordon on the case. scott? >> coming up your weather authority is monitoring your weekend forecast. the complete details and plus we'll talk about a pattern change ahead if he were a lobbyist... if they were political contributors... maybe tom corbett would listen to them, instead of cutting funding for their schools. oil and gas companies gave corbett 1.7 million dollars in political contributions. and he gave them a sweetheart deal on taxes that's costing pennsylvania...
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on independence mall, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> loving the outfit there is. and your fox 29 weather authority we're talk bowing hurricane arthur. the storm hit north carolina's out banks as category two hurricane last night. that power most definitely striking a blow. thousands of people lost power but officials say though it's going take a bit to clean up up no lives were lost. >> there have been no casualties or serious injuries reported and that was our number one goal. so that puts a big smile on all our faces. of course, we haven't got all the reports in but things look quite good throughout the coast of north carolina. >> officials say arthur eroded some beaches and damaged properties but overall it's not too bad. >>> in our neck of the woods, the man with his finger on the pulse of what's happening right now, the one and only chief meteorologist scott williams. hey, scott. >> hi there, lucy. hematoma fourth of july to you. much improved weather across our area. of course, folks were on edge with hurricane arthur. those severe thunderstorms we saw yeste
on independence mall, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> loving the outfit there is. and your fox 29 weather authority we're talk bowing hurricane arthur. the storm hit north carolina's out banks as category two hurricane last night. that power most definitely striking a blow. thousands of people lost power but officials say though it's going take a bit to clean up up no lives were lost. >> there have been no casualties or serious injuries reported and that was our number one goal. so...
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but it took fox 29 news and bruce gordon to get it done. to get the job done 100%. >> bruce always gets it done. city records show the vacant lot has been cited repeatedly over the past several years for trash and high weeds. and fox 29 wants to help you get results. if you've got an issue just visit our website at myfoxphilly.com and click on the get results tab. >> bizarre twist in a story of an elderly philadelphia man accused of being a nazi guard at auschwitz. >> as his extradition to germany moves ahead his lawyer says he's dead much the stunning end to this case after the break. >> and he fought under general patton now one of the last surviving veterans of world war ii right here in our area. the effort to preserve his memories for generations to come. howard? >> i got an issue for bruce. can he help back up our wage tax a little bit in philadelphia cut it back? bruce, take care of that. call the city for me. will you? >> the phillies have big problems but so does their first baseman ryan how war. he talked about feeling the heat. t
but it took fox 29 news and bruce gordon to get it done. to get the job done 100%. >> bruce always gets it done. city records show the vacant lot has been cited repeatedly over the past several years for trash and high weeds. and fox 29 wants to help you get results. if you've got an issue just visit our website at myfoxphilly.com and click on the get results tab. >> bizarre twist in a story of an elderly philadelphia man accused of being a nazi guard at auschwitz. >> as his...
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gordon, fox 29 news. >> you saw from bruce's pictures right there, a little bit of rain. a lot of wind this morning. fox 29 weather court chief meteorologist scott williams and it is glorious tonight. >>> it was beautiful for our station barbecue. >> we did. we were right in the back patio. we had shrimp. we all kinds of stuff going. wonderful. >>> beautiful conditions for a barbecue as well as those fireworks. earlier a lot of folks were on edge thinking the weather was going to ruin a lot of plans, but -- >> even though -- >>> it turned out that be really nice day. >> you were talking three days ago saying it's going to be fine. believe me, it's going to be fine. it was. >>> temperatures in the low 70s. humidity is comfortable as well. beautiful conditions. it is still a little breezy those winds at times gusting over 20 miles per hour. but the high today only in the 70s. 78 degrees. we should have high temperatures in the upper 80s for this time of year so well below average for the fourth of july. temperatures area wide right now it's cool in the pocono mountains in t
gordon, fox 29 news. >> you saw from bruce's pictures right there, a little bit of rain. a lot of wind this morning. fox 29 weather court chief meteorologist scott williams and it is glorious tonight. >>> it was beautiful for our station barbecue. >> we did. we were right in the back patio. we had shrimp. we all kinds of stuff going. wonderful. >>> beautiful conditions for a barbecue as well as those fireworks. earlier a lot of folks were on edge thinking the...
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folks here told our bruce gordon that they are tired of waiting for a city crew to come out and clear away the mess. >> it's a hassle. you got to go all the way around. the kids can't come out and play because you're worried about getting hurt. >> reporter: the city has been called. >> they've been called numerous time, yup. >> reporter: you're on the list i guess. >> yup. they said when they get here, they get here basically. waiting game. >>> bruce call the city. they tell him the tree on palmetto is on their list for row mel because it's possible for traffic to both and enter the exit neighborhood on other streets it's not high priority as some of the other downed trees. >> overgrown weeds and grass, garbage and while animals all from a single vacant lot bringing down in a neighbor in philadelphia's frankford section bad enough. what's worse it's been a problem for years. so fox 29's bruce gordon steps in tonight to find out why and how to fix it. >> reporter: the sound of children's laughter near a cooling mist from an open fire hydrant. summertime and life is good near folk rod a
folks here told our bruce gordon that they are tired of waiting for a city crew to come out and clear away the mess. >> it's a hassle. you got to go all the way around. the kids can't come out and play because you're worried about getting hurt. >> reporter: the city has been called. >> they've been called numerous time, yup. >> reporter: you're on the list i guess. >> yup. they said when they get here, they get here basically. waiting game. >>> bruce call...
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. >> one couple reached out to us and talked to fox 29's bruce gordon to find out what's going on. >> reporter: the news came as jared was graduating from eighth grade. he was a recipient from a scholarship from the morgan brown. the money would help pay the tuition. >> your reaction immediately is? >> it's great. it's $1,000. so the tuition goes to 6150 to 5150. >> i was excited. i was very proud. i was very proud that he got it. >> reporter: basically for being a good kid? >> yeah. >> reporter: jared thrived in his freshman year at the high kool school. but when spring arrived, mom and dad were notified they were to attend a mandatory gala on behalf of scholarship recipients at 300 bucks a couple. >> it's smaller money to get bigger money, okay we'll do that. >> meanwhile they were shorting their tuition bill a bit believing the scholarship was picking up the rest. it was not. when the school year ended they learned they were $1,000 short on the tuition bill. she called the foundation to ask where's the money. >> you're told early june, if not late may, that this will all be taken c
. >> one couple reached out to us and talked to fox 29's bruce gordon to find out what's going on. >> reporter: the news came as jared was graduating from eighth grade. he was a recipient from a scholarship from the morgan brown. the money would help pay the tuition. >> your reaction immediately is? >> it's great. it's $1,000. so the tuition goes to 6150 to 5150. >> i was excited. i was very proud. i was very proud that he got it. >> reporter: basically for...
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our bruce gordon is in rhawnhurst right now and as usual, bruce, you've got resul results. >> reporter: we're doing what we can, lucy. i'm on the 1700 block of arnold street and this, well it's one of the more than 400 trees around philadelphia toppled in our recent stretch of rough weather. but it's not just any old tree. it's called a street tree planted by the parks commission between the curb and the sidewalk to help beautify neighborhoods much it is the responsibility planting, maintenance, yes, the removal of the city of philadelphia. they arrived home the stormy night of july 3rd to find their nearly 50-foot street tree on top of they are home. if you until was mortified. >> scared because you don't know what you're walking into. just unbelievable. just unbelievable. >> reporter: little frustration as well. >> very frustrated. just want to cry. >> reporter: you knew this was coming? >> now it was comin coming. >> fie nels stay the street tree had been dying for year a city tree inspector had slated the tree for removal back in october 2012. the city would cut it down quote at so
our bruce gordon is in rhawnhurst right now and as usual, bruce, you've got resul results. >> reporter: we're doing what we can, lucy. i'm on the 1700 block of arnold street and this, well it's one of the more than 400 trees around philadelphia toppled in our recent stretch of rough weather. but it's not just any old tree. it's called a street tree planted by the parks commission between the curb and the sidewalk to help beautify neighborhoods much it is the responsibility planting,...
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fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live again from delaware. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, the president's message was no doubt pushed at the background because of the international crisis we've been talking about during this newscast. but he soljured on nonetheless coming here to the port of wilmington to make a pitch for increased spending on infrastructure issues and to do a little shooting at the republicans who he says are stalling progress. ♪ >> reporter: damage and closed i495 bridge serving a as visual back drop mr. president came to the port of wilmington to talk. >> first class infrastructure at tracts investment. >> governor markell explains us mass transit fallen far behind systems in the countries against which we compete. >> it is embarrassing when amtrak and passion sell la which is our fastest train is half the speed of the fastest trains in many countries around the world. this is the united states of america and we have, you know, other countries have a first class infrastructure and we don't. >> reporter: the president spent much of h
fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live again from delaware. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, the president's message was no doubt pushed at the background because of the international crisis we've been talking about during this newscast. but he soljured on nonetheless coming here to the port of wilmington to make a pitch for increased spending on infrastructure issues and to do a little shooting at the republicans who he says are stalling progress. ♪ >> reporter: damage and closed i495...
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if-ee mace, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >> l year old boy vacationing in florida is in the hospital, this is shark attack, that happened, aiden crick from indianna says he was playing in the surf and having fun in the water when all the sudden, he felt something brush up against him, then a stinging pain in his right knee. his mother was just few feet away when this happened. they both still can't believe a shark actually bit him. >> i heard help scream. was within several arms reach. i reached up, pulled him up out of the water, and i could see the bone on his knee. >> family had to cancel the plans, but just happen that i they have their little boy. once he gets out of the hospital, doctors say it could take month before he makes a full recovery. >>> the white house right now denying rumors the president obama scheduled to appear on jimmy kimmel's talk show tonight. >> "tmz" actually reported that abc sources confirmed would tape segment for the show. but the white house and representative for jimmy kimmel live later denied that report. appearing on the show, during two escalating
if-ee mace, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >> l year old boy vacationing in florida is in the hospital, this is shark attack, that happened, aiden crick from indianna says he was playing in the surf and having fun in the water when all the sudden, he felt something brush up against him, then a stinging pain in his right knee. his mother was just few feet away when this happened. they both still can't believe a shark actually bit him. >> i heard help scream. was within...
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fox 29's bruce gordon was at the seen right after the crash. bruce, simply horrific. what happened? >> reporter: unbelievable lucy. you talked about that reward. in fact a $40,000 reward is being offered tonight for information leading to the arrest and conviction of either of the two men involved believed to be described as a black man and hispanic man believed to be involved in the horrific deadly crash here at germantown and allegheny this midday. for weeks as the weather turned warm this fruit and vegetable stand was a symbol of summer. neighborhood kids helping adults sell produce for fun an few bucks. but on this day the stand or what was left of it became a symbol of unimagable carnage. >> they just came out for an honest couple of dollars during summer vacation and now not be here that's sad. >> reporter: this white toyota suv crumpled and abandoned a grove of trees nearby hints of the violence that began just a few blocks away. >> at sixth and huntington the female occupant of this vehicle was carjacked point of gun. we believe two males got in the vehicle, forced her into
fox 29's bruce gordon was at the seen right after the crash. bruce, simply horrific. what happened? >> reporter: unbelievable lucy. you talked about that reward. in fact a $40,000 reward is being offered tonight for information leading to the arrest and conviction of either of the two men involved believed to be described as a black man and hispanic man believed to be involved in the horrific deadly crash here at germantown and allegheny this midday. for weeks as the weather turned warm...
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fox 29's bruce gordon is live in the neighborhood tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, the word we heard used over and over again to describe the situation regarding this single mother of five overwhelmed. still what happened here in this neighborhood over the past two months put a four year old girl in great danger. 38 year old maryann gone tess ski has problem. expressed by riverside police department ron brock. >> obviously, someone needs to help this woman to watch her kids. >> reporter: back on may 20th, her four year old daughter walked away from their middleton street home and was found wandering bridgeboro street several blocks away. that in itself is alarming. so county road. it's a heavily traveled road in the township. >> reporter: police reports show the scene was repeated two days later. the four year old found walking around by herself. gone tess ski was charged with child ban don many. june 30th it happened again. the child wandered away from the house and was picked up by police blocks away. mom was arrested again. and child welfare au
fox 29's bruce gordon is live in the neighborhood tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, the word we heard used over and over again to describe the situation regarding this single mother of five overwhelmed. still what happened here in this neighborhood over the past two months put a four year old girl in great danger. 38 year old maryann gone tess ski has problem. expressed by riverside police department ron brock. >> obviously, someone needs to help this woman to watch her kids....
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in the newsroom, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> her eyes just melt you, don't they. >>> absolutely. >> great end to go a good story. >> let's check in with scott william. another wild night of weather out there. >>> absolutely iain and lucy. you know, cleanup is going to have to take place across the area for some. especially upper montgomery county, sections of chester county. tree limbs down. wires down. power out across the area take lock at all of these storm reports from earlier in the afternoon and evening across our area. hail reports in sections of the pocono mountains. but take look at how things have settled down for now across much of the area. watching some activity now moving into central and southern sections of delaware. so we'll zoom in a little closer on that. moderate to heavy rainfall right now moving just south of the dover area. nothing is severe. but during the overnight, as we watch a cold front approach the area, and also we're watching some of this tropical moisture with arthur. we'll squeeze out some more showers and thunderstorms during the overnight time fra
in the newsroom, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> her eyes just melt you, don't they. >>> absolutely. >> great end to go a good story. >> let's check in with scott william. another wild night of weather out there. >>> absolutely iain and lucy. you know, cleanup is going to have to take place across the area for some. especially upper montgomery county, sections of chester county. tree limbs down. wires down. power out across the area take lock at all of these...
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in the newsroom, working to get results, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> let's check in with chief meteorologist scott williams who has got a look at your tuesday morning forecast. >>> iain, it will be cool and crisp tomorrow morning. in fact we're looking at near record lows potentially for the philadelphia area. the record low get this for tomorrow morning is 59 degrees set 100 years ago. so will we break that record? we'll come close. i think in the city temperatures bottom out in the low 60s. but in the suburbs you might want to grab light jacket headed out to work tomorrow. 57 degrees the average low mostly sunny it will be crisp as well as refreshing and still a little breezy. those drier northwesterly winds at about 10 miles per hour so perfect for that morning walk with the dog or just getting outdoors first thing tomorrow morning. as we look at how temperatures play out, you can see dropping into the 50s by 11:00 o'clock in the pocono mountains. low 60s north and west. over the next hour or so but by 6am, take a look at the temperatures. 60 in trenton. 60 in millville. and
in the newsroom, working to get results, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> let's check in with chief meteorologist scott williams who has got a look at your tuesday morning forecast. >>> iain, it will be cool and crisp tomorrow morning. in fact we're looking at near record lows potentially for the philadelphia area. the record low get this for tomorrow morning is 59 degrees set 100 years ago. so will we break that record? we'll come close. i think in the city temperatures bottom...
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they asked seven's bruce gordon to get results. >> reporter: the stormy night in july 3rd to find their nearly 50-foot street tree on top of their home. fennel was mortified. >> scared. you don know what you're walking into. just unbelievable. just unbelievable. >> reporter: little frustration as well. >> very frustrated. just want to cry. >> reporter: you knew this was coming. >> knew it was coming. the fennels say the street tree had been dying for year. a city tree inspector slater the tree for removal back in octob october 2012. the city would cut it down quote at some future date. the fennels waited and waited and waited. >> then filling out the forms online. calling 311. calling the park commission. >> reporter: to no avail came last week's storm. the downed tree appeared to have done some minor damage to the fennels home and also took out a street light on the block. when they reached out to the parks commission again to finally get the tree removed, michael fennel says they were told to be patient. >> what kind of wait are we talking? >> we've heard anywhere -- anywhere from a d
they asked seven's bruce gordon to get results. >> reporter: the stormy night in july 3rd to find their nearly 50-foot street tree on top of their home. fennel was mortified. >> scared. you don know what you're walking into. just unbelievable. just unbelievable. >> reporter: little frustration as well. >> very frustrated. just want to cry. >> reporter: you knew this was coming. >> knew it was coming. the fennels say the street tree had been dying for year. a...
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in the news room i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> 4:49 right now. the department of corrections is disputing claims that an inmate's execution was botched. attorney for joseph was in the death chambers during his execution and he said he watched him gasp for air for nearly two hearst before dying. death by lethal injection typically takes about ten minutes. family members of his victim they say that was rightfully what he deserved. >> this man conduct a horrifying murder and you guys are going oh, let's worry about the the drug and how it effects him. why don't we give him a bullet. >> wood was convicted in 1991 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her dad. >>> 4:50 is the the time n kentucky a mother of the boyfriend are accused of force feeding hot sauce and vinegar to a four year-old girl as punishment. police say they did this a number of times, and a judge arraigned 23 year-old brittany hurtz by video from jail. she pleaded not guilty to first degree criminal abuse. her boyfriend's arraignment is next week. court documents said he was within feedin
in the news room i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> 4:49 right now. the department of corrections is disputing claims that an inmate's execution was botched. attorney for joseph was in the death chambers during his execution and he said he watched him gasp for air for nearly two hearst before dying. death by lethal injection typically takes about ten minutes. family members of his victim they say that was rightfully what he deserved. >> this man conduct a horrifying murder and you...
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in emmaus, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >> that's bruce gordon. 4:19, mystery in new york. who would place two american flags with white flags on the brooklyn bridge? investigators say that sometime early yesterday morning, group of people crossed the bridge and then several minutes later a light that normally illuminates one of the flags flickered and went out. officers found aluminum pans covering the lights. they were secured with zip ties. >> for someone to compromise that gate by going around it, continue to the top of the tower, have the right size cover to put over the light, there is some indication of some good deal of pre- operational planning. >> no reason to think they are related to terrorism or politics. crews have removed the flags and put up american flags. >> another legal battle with president obama's healthcare law. two federal appeals, contradictory, ruled financial aid is only available in states that have set up their own insurance exchanges. but, in virginia, another appeals panel came to the opposite conclusion. the white house says policyholders wil
in emmaus, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >> that's bruce gordon. 4:19, mystery in new york. who would place two american flags with white flags on the brooklyn bridge? investigators say that sometime early yesterday morning, group of people crossed the bridge and then several minutes later a light that normally illuminates one of the flags flickered and went out. officers found aluminum pans covering the lights. they were secured with zip ties. >> for someone to compromise...
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in the newsroom, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> if i had big backyard. >>> you would. >> i would. i would adopt big pat in a heartbeat. you know, iain has a theory, scott williams, about what happened to the anaconda. >> what is he saying? >> tell him real quick. >>> it's not me near theory. >> he thinks a chimp came down from lack shame pain. >> ready that's what happened. beautiful start to forty four friday morning. upper 50s in the burbs. 64 degrees in the city. a lot of sunshine out there and low relative humidity values. look at ultimate doppler right now. it's dry and quiet. the front that brought us the heat and the humidity and storms last night well to our south. and we still have those winds coming out of the north pumping in drier air. look at the temperatures in the pocono mountains already into the upper 50s. we have 66 in lancaster. 70 in wilmington right now. 75 currently in philadelphia. so what about the day tomorrow? sunshine, wall to wall, whether you're in the pocono mountains or down the shore or in the city, it's going to be a beautiful friday. but what abou
in the newsroom, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> if i had big backyard. >>> you would. >> i would. i would adopt big pat in a heartbeat. you know, iain has a theory, scott williams, about what happened to the anaconda. >> what is he saying? >> tell him real quick. >>> it's not me near theory. >> he thinks a chimp came down from lack shame pain. >> ready that's what happened. beautiful start to forty four friday morning. upper 50s in the burbs....
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so they called fox 29's bruce gordon and take a look at how he's helping them breathe a little easier tonight. >> reporter: you go to bed at night. you come out in the morning and this thing has grown. >> there's more stuff put here. >> reporter: eileen was s clear this was the work of short dumpers and they've been at it since last october turning this block into a mountain of yard waste and old carpet. front steps and food couldn't caneness even burned football shoulder pads? >> kids are out here playing, and they're always saying about the smell. i mean every time you come down the street it smells. >> reporter: ahhh the smell. michael ripoli lives across the street with his grandmother and his own children. >> disgusting. i got two little kids w we're out here they can't play out here because it stinks so bad. >> reporter: eileen took this couple a couple of weeks ago. the medical examiner's office was called out to remove the contents of this old suitcase from the putrid piles. >> bodies of animals, bodies i have no idea. >> reporter: two mystery packages were dumped. coolers wra
so they called fox 29's bruce gordon and take a look at how he's helping them breathe a little easier tonight. >> reporter: you go to bed at night. you come out in the morning and this thing has grown. >> there's more stuff put here. >> reporter: eileen was s clear this was the work of short dumpers and they've been at it since last october turning this block into a mountain of yard waste and old carpet. front steps and food couldn't caneness even burned football shoulder...
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fox 29's bruce gordon was there as the officers faced a judge. it's a story you saw first on fox. >> reporter: the indictment calls six former members of the police department's narcotics field unit traders in the war on drugs. >> theory of the operation was to identify suspected drug dealers and use extortion means and threats in order to get their money and property and if it happened to be drugs then they distributed. >> the alleged dirty half dozen thomas, brian reynolds, michael spicer, perry bets, linwood norman and john spicer are accused of shaking down drug dealers for more than half a until i don't know bucks from 2006 through 2012. it's alleged they beat and threatened uncooperative targets who are naturally reluctant to go public with their stories. in one case, officer norman is accused of lifting a man off his feet and leaning him over the rail on the 18th floor of an apartment house. >> i've been a police officer for more than 40 years, and this is one of the worst cases of corruption that i have ever heard. >> reporter: already co
fox 29's bruce gordon was there as the officers faced a judge. it's a story you saw first on fox. >> reporter: the indictment calls six former members of the police department's narcotics field unit traders in the war on drugs. >> theory of the operation was to identify suspected drug dealers and use extortion means and threats in order to get their money and property and if it happened to be drugs then they distributed. >> the alleged dirty half dozen thomas, brian reynolds,...
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in the news room, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >> 4:48 right now. charlie sheen making run for the border, surprised customers at a taco bell the other night, seemingly drunk, stumble to up a car in the drive-thru after the owner called him over. he was very polite, even showed off his tattoos. at one point, he actually told the driver he was quote hammered. >> don't evidently have that video. >> no, that's not the scene. >>> britney spears being accused of pulling off a dine and dash, but her team says this is all a mistake, according to "tmz", spears and her boyfriend, ate at a california cheese steak fakery. after the meal was over spears reportedly told the waitress her security guard would take care of the bill. but security guards never paid the bill. apparently the guard thought spears had paid before she left. sources close to spears say she feels terrible about the confusion, the mix-up, plus can always sends a check, right? >> you can always do. that will the security guard will take care of it. >>> youtube video from new jersey governor c
in the news room, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >> 4:48 right now. charlie sheen making run for the border, surprised customers at a taco bell the other night, seemingly drunk, stumble to up a car in the drive-thru after the owner called him over. he was very polite, even showed off his tattoos. at one point, he actually told the driver he was quote hammered. >> don't evidently have that video. >> no, that's not the scene. >>> britney spears being accused of...
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in emmaus, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> bruce summed it up right there. >> here's how you get rid of the geese problem. the anaconda you bring the anaconda down from north injuries see over to that area you got everything cleared up. >> first they got to find that thing. >> you're right. >> they can do that tomorrow. >> chief meteorologist scott williams is tomorrow a good day to hunt anaconda per happen. >>> hot humid day. if you like the heat it will be hot tomorrow. muggy start lucy. 70 degrees in the city. by 6am mid 60s in the suburbs. we'll keep those winds out of the south pumping in that moisture. so it will feel a little more uncomfortable even tomorrow than today. a pair of sevens right now in trenton as well as philadelphia. upper 70s still north and west in reading as well as allentown. so as we look at the satellite and radar, it's quiet but we have weather makers on the way. out ahead of it, humid conditions but you can see this frontal bun degree it will pick up some moisture so tomorrow not only do we have the heat and the humidity, but we also have the threat for som
in emmaus, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> bruce summed it up right there. >> here's how you get rid of the geese problem. the anaconda you bring the anaconda down from north injuries see over to that area you got everything cleared up. >> first they got to find that thing. >> you're right. >> they can do that tomorrow. >> chief meteorologist scott williams is tomorrow a good day to hunt anaconda per happen. >>> hot humid day. if you like the heat it...
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the woman who shot the video spoke to fox twin's bruce gordon about the struggle she and others felt. >> i literally never do this. i hate when people do this actually. >> reporter: our amateur photographer was hesitant to record the scene that confronted her when she boarded the market frankford line at the girard station around 8:30 sunday morning morning but the sight of a shoe less toddler in stroller the adults with her seemingly out of it forked her hand. what struck you when you first saw this? were goes through your mind? >> horror. like, i mean, it was just so disturbing. >> reporter: she says the adult male was wearing hospital bracelets he was nodding off his eyes were rolling back in his head and he was sweating profusely. she says the woman was in even worse shape. >> her eyes were rolling in the back of her head. her hands are just like falling all over the place. um -- >> reporter: didn't look tired to you. there's differs obviously between tired and impaired. >> no. >> reporter: this was not tired? >> no. they were wacked out on something. i just don't know what it was
the woman who shot the video spoke to fox twin's bruce gordon about the struggle she and others felt. >> i literally never do this. i hate when people do this actually. >> reporter: our amateur photographer was hesitant to record the scene that confronted her when she boarded the market frankford line at the girard station around 8:30 sunday morning morning but the sight of a shoe less toddler in stroller the adults with her seemingly out of it forked her hand. what struck you when...
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in the news room, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> absolutely. >> 6:21. good day starts in about 40 minutes. coming up popular pain medication may not help at all when it comes to back pain. doctor mike will be here to explain that and tell you what you should take instead. >> football fans, eagles report to training cam top day, steve keeley is there live with what we can expect from our birds this season. ,. >> it is 6:21. time for weather on the one's with sue. >> with temperatures in the 50's it makes it feel like football season because it isn't humid anymore. it doesn't feel like july usually does around here but we are not complaining. fair skies and cooler start then what we had yesterday, ten to 15 degrees cooler in some places, today, mostly sunny, beautiful daze you can see start to the the beautiful day right there, in our view of the the benjamin franklin bridge. so the weekend, we will have warm temperatures, things will be warming up, but a few storm chances, most of them, occurring on sunday. it looks like saturday for most of us will be a
in the news room, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> absolutely. >> 6:21. good day starts in about 40 minutes. coming up popular pain medication may not help at all when it comes to back pain. doctor mike will be here to explain that and tell you what you should take instead. >> football fans, eagles report to training cam top day, steve keeley is there live with what we can expect from our birds this season. ,. >> it is 6:21. time for weather on the one's with sue....
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our bruce gordon explains. >> reporter: philadelphia fire fighter ryan craig and fiance emilie have a brand new foster puppy a three-year old pit bull their gwennveer who without brian would be dead. >> we pride ourself as being pro active members of the community and taking care of the community. welshing not everybody in the community walks on two legs. >> reporter: on monday the dog hobbled in the craig's firehouse engine nine, ladder 21 in mount area. dog horrible injured ran right in the captain's office. she needed help. she seemed to know where to find it. fire fighters did what they had to called animal control and officers took dying dying doug dog in the shelter. she had 48 hours to be adopted or be put down. >> i was just thinking it has got to be something to do for this animal. >> reporter: craig turn to go fund me.com plead for donations to get gwennveer the the medical help she so desperately needed. in less than a day he raised more than $2,000. >> i was literally humled and ought by the pur of social media, fact that you can reach out and touch so many people. >> repo
our bruce gordon explains. >> reporter: philadelphia fire fighter ryan craig and fiance emilie have a brand new foster puppy a three-year old pit bull their gwennveer who without brian would be dead. >> we pride ourself as being pro active members of the community and taking care of the community. welshing not everybody in the community walks on two legs. >> reporter: on monday the dog hobbled in the craig's firehouse engine nine, ladder 21 in mount area. dog horrible injured...
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in the news room, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >>> thanks, bruce, it is 4:18. a father and son are behind bars in montgomery county. the father is accused of killing his own dad. the son stands accused of helping getting rid of his grandfather's body. police say this murder happened late last month at a home on the 3,000 block of arch road in plymouth township montgomery county. investigators say david saint onge senior admitted he hit his 88 year old father in the head killing him. then police say the son and the grandson wrapped the body up in a tarp and dumped it by a road in gibson township. one neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous said she can't believe it. >> i'm so shocked, i don't know what happened, because, you know, he was still active, and i said -- he was good neighbor. >> no word yet on motive. police say both of those suspects could be facing more charges. >>> let's take a look at your national headlines, two wisconsin girls accused of stabbing classmate, on line character appears before a judge. doctors consider one of them mentally incompete
in the news room, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >>> thanks, bruce, it is 4:18. a father and son are behind bars in montgomery county. the father is accused of killing his own dad. the son stands accused of helping getting rid of his grandfather's body. police say this murder happened late last month at a home on the 3,000 block of arch road in plymouth township montgomery county. investigators say david saint onge senior admitted he hit his 88 year old father in the head...
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in the news room i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> thanks, so much bruce. 4:21. happy friday to you all. great end to the workweek at least weather-wise. we are looking at another beautiful take. yesterday was awesome. today, same thing, it is cool this morning. temperatures for us are starting in the 60's and some of us will be starting out in the 50's, maybe in the cool enough to grab a jacket but certainly feels good on the skin out there. 67 degrees for the drive-in. by lunchtime we will warm up without the humidity that makes all of the difference. mostly sunny skies, 81 that noon time temperature. p.m. drive, 58 degrees. beautiful afternoon if you are heading to the shore, poconos or staying in town this weekend. either way a fabulous start to the weekend. we have nice weather that will last us through the the weekend ahead in your seven day forecast, kacie. >> thanks very much, caitlin. some construction, worth talking about and mentioning north bound side of 55 between 47 in deptford. right shoulder closed until 5:00 a.m. southbound side of 42 right aroun
in the news room i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> thanks, so much bruce. 4:21. happy friday to you all. great end to the workweek at least weather-wise. we are looking at another beautiful take. yesterday was awesome. today, same thing, it is cool this morning. temperatures for us are starting in the 60's and some of us will be starting out in the 50's, maybe in the cool enough to grab a jacket but certainly feels good on the skin out there. 67 degrees for the drive-in. by lunchtime...
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in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> police are looking for two men in connection with a shooting in philadelphia's point breeze neighborhood. this is surveillance video from the 1700 block of wharton street. police say the men shot another man in the leg and investigators say the victim was carrying drugs at the time of the shooting. >> a piece of radioactive equipment is missing and the pennsylvania department of environmental protection is on the hunt for it. what's missing is a nuclear gauge like this one. take look at this. it disappeared friday from a town near pittsburgh it belongs to solar testing of pennsylvan pennsylvania. it's not dangerous as long as you don't tamper with it. if you see something like this don't mess with it and give police a call. >> israel buries three teenagers who's bodies were discovered in the west bank. teens were kidnapped more than two weeks ago. thousands of people gathered for their funerals much israeli officials blame hamas for the kidnappings and murders and vowed revenge on the group launching air strikes targeting dozens of s
in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> police are looking for two men in connection with a shooting in philadelphia's point breeze neighborhood. this is surveillance video from the 1700 block of wharton street. police say the men shot another man in the leg and investigators say the victim was carrying drugs at the time of the shooting. >> a piece of radioactive equipment is missing and the pennsylvania department of environmental protection is on the hunt for it. what's...
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fox 29's bruce gordon was there. ♪ >> reporter: with the damage and closed i-495 bridge serving as a visual back drop mr. obama came to the port of wilmington to talk up the benefits of public dollars. >> first class infrastructure at tracts investment and creates first class jobs. >> reporter: delaware governor markell complains u.s. mass transit fallen far behind systems in the countries against which we now compete. >> it is embarrassing when amtrak which is our you know and the acela which is our fastest train is about half the speed of the fastest trains in many countries around the world. this is the united states of america. and we have, you know, other countries have a first class infrastructure and we don't. >> reporter: the president much of his nearly 20 minute speech blasting republicans in congress whom he climbs have been barely winning to fund gap stop infrastructure plans. >> when invest in infrastructure we're making sure that the economy is growing in the just for the next five years but for another century. that's what right now republicans in congress don't seem t
fox 29's bruce gordon was there. ♪ >> reporter: with the damage and closed i-495 bridge serving as a visual back drop mr. obama came to the port of wilmington to talk up the benefits of public dollars. >> first class infrastructure at tracts investment and creates first class jobs. >> reporter: delaware governor markell complains u.s. mass transit fallen far behind systems in the countries against which we now compete. >> it is embarrassing when amtrak which is our you...
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in the news room i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> bruce, thanks very much. 5:21 a.m. on this independent day. fire works forecast for you basically changing by the hour here in the city. lets take a look at your fourth of july, starting off damp. we have got morning showers north and west, and down in southern delaware. they will move in later this morning. we've got the the wind and some rain and it will take us to noon. skies will clear as we hit 3:00p m. temperatures though not going to be too hot. we will get a nice break from the heat and humidity. later this evening we will see a high temperature of 79 degrees. it is cooler, breezy, wind gusting over 30 miles an hour at times. your fire works forecast looks very nice and comfortable, mostly clear at 9:00 p.m. 72 degrees, northwest wind, still gusting to about 20, 25 miles an hour. so starting with rain, and keeping the wind, and skies clear as we go through the rest of the day. that is a look at your fourth of july forecast here in the city of brotherly love. let's talk about some closures, because of the all of
in the news room i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> bruce, thanks very much. 5:21 a.m. on this independent day. fire works forecast for you basically changing by the hour here in the city. lets take a look at your fourth of july, starting off damp. we have got morning showers north and west, and down in southern delaware. they will move in later this morning. we've got the the wind and some rain and it will take us to noon. skies will clear as we hit 3:00p m. temperatures though not...
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fox 29's bruce gordon has reaction from both sides. >> reporter: it's attacks dispute that would knock your socks off, hers, too, if she were wearing any. the court ruling has fans of gentlemen's clubs cheering. >> that's ridiculous. already paying ridiculous amount of money any way. >> reporter: just to get in? >> yeah. and for a lap dance. >> reporter: first hand knowledge of the subject matter? >> yes. (laughter). >> reporter: have you ever gone to one of these establishments, do you have any first hand knowledge of the subject? >> oh, yes. i have. >> reporter: you wouldn't want to pay an extra tax for lap dance i'm guessing? >> no. >> reporter: unamerican? >> yes, unamerican. >> reporter: here's the basic story. the city wants to charge a separate amusement tax for lap dances at strip clubs. that's on top of the tax already built into the cover charge you pay when you walk in the door. city solicitor shelly smith explains it -- amusement taxes taxes amusement. lap dancing a separate a us moo many once the person gets inside the club. >> reporter: the city hit philly strip clubs for
fox 29's bruce gordon has reaction from both sides. >> reporter: it's attacks dispute that would knock your socks off, hers, too, if she were wearing any. the court ruling has fans of gentlemen's clubs cheering. >> that's ridiculous. already paying ridiculous amount of money any way. >> reporter: just to get in? >> yeah. and for a lap dance. >> reporter: first hand knowledge of the subject matter? >> yes. (laughter). >> reporter: have you ever gone to...
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in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> philadelphia flyers captain claude giroux reportedly spent last night behind bars for allegedly groping a police officer. they report the incident happened last night at a bar in ottawa. a witness an officer routine patrols had his back side grabbed by giroux when he was told to stop it happened again. witnesses telling the paper the officer didn't recognize the hockey star until he was outside making the arrest. police won't comment saying they cannot talk about incidents unless criminal charges for you would. the paper reports giroux was released from jail this morning without being charged and so far there's no comment from giroux. >> a cop shoves a man in the wheelchair knocking him right to the ground this scene caught on tape. what is going to happen to the hover. >> a local man trying to buy a smart phone on craigslist thought he was being careful but things still went bad. the seller pulled a knife. how to buy and sell online without getting hurt that's coming up. >> high school graduate takes a very emotional walk with his twin
in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> philadelphia flyers captain claude giroux reportedly spent last night behind bars for allegedly groping a police officer. they report the incident happened last night at a bar in ottawa. a witness an officer routine patrols had his back side grabbed by giroux when he was told to stop it happened again. witnesses telling the paper the officer didn't recognize the hockey star until he was outside making the arrest. police won't comment...
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in rhawnhurst i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> bruce does good work. >>> garden state a little green they are morning, children and volunteers plant $5.00 donated seedlings from the salvation army community gardens in camden and it happened yesterday. organizers say that these gardens are very important to communities, where fruits and vegetables are hard to get. scott's miracle grow donated seedlings. >>> a same sex couple in ohio denied access to their community swimming pool after they had gone there for years. >> it is all because they got married. you see city or the nantz to find a family there has a man woman and three children. city council is hoping to change that policy. >> i just thought they with realize it was an old ornament and give me permanent in mission right away. the. >> the proposed wording was that we change it to a either a family or a household pass and it would how two adults and three children. >> officials say that change is not likely to happen before the summer pool season is over, in september. >>> all right. 6:48 right now. we have got a little bit of e
in rhawnhurst i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> bruce does good work. >>> garden state a little green they are morning, children and volunteers plant $5.00 donated seedlings from the salvation army community gardens in camden and it happened yesterday. organizers say that these gardens are very important to communities, where fruits and vegetables are hard to get. scott's miracle grow donated seedlings. >>> a same sex couple in ohio denied access to their community...
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fox 29 getting results n rhawnhurst i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> it is 4:50. take a look at this video. this is from ocean city. got a lot of rain. very heavy rain. fox 29 caught a couple of kids, number of kids, swimming in the streets. not a good idea, i wouldn't recommend it but video is amazing. >> right. >> you don't realize it is the street. >> yes, exactly, i don't know, i guess this is recent but -- >> it was yesterday. >> it was yesterday. we got that crazy rain. >> it was that thunderstorm that parked right over atlantic city so ocean city right down the road from there and sea isle city we had reports of the flash flooding. we got two to 3 inches of rain in an hour. it was crazy. all that, back bays, backed up and flooded and it was pretty nuts. because of this frontal system nearby and we will talk about pop up thunderstorms in the summertime and that is what that means. i call it a thunderstorm because that is what it was. we don't have any drama going on anymore. we had thunderstorms rolling through last night. it looks like we are in the process
fox 29 getting results n rhawnhurst i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> it is 4:50. take a look at this video. this is from ocean city. got a lot of rain. very heavy rain. fox 29 caught a couple of kids, number of kids, swimming in the streets. not a good idea, i wouldn't recommend it but video is amazing. >> right. >> you don't realize it is the street. >> yes, exactly, i don't know, i guess this is recent but -- >> it was yesterday. >> it was yesterday. we...
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our bruce gordon is live there with the latest efforts to get them some relief. bruce? >> reporter: iain, this house here on the 1700 block of arnold street belongs to michael and lavon ya fennel. this tree to medical by last week's wicked weather is it a street industry belongs to the city of philadelphia. the story let's just say it belongs under the category of you got to be kidding. as bad as it looks from the inside -- >> unbelievable. just unbelievable. >> reporter: little frustration as well. >> very frustrated. >> reporter: it looks just as bad from the and sigh. >> it was just a matter of time, and we thought we were on top of this like a few years back but now you see here 2014 the tree is sitting on the house now. >> reporter: the couple say they're 50-foot tall street tree came crashing down on their arnold street home during last thursday's big storm. that wasn't the worst of the they'd be warning the city that the tree was dying and dangerous for years. back in october 2012, city parks commission tree inspector slated this tree for removal quote at some fu
our bruce gordon is live there with the latest efforts to get them some relief. bruce? >> reporter: iain, this house here on the 1700 block of arnold street belongs to michael and lavon ya fennel. this tree to medical by last week's wicked weather is it a street industry belongs to the city of philadelphia. the story let's just say it belongs under the category of you got to be kidding. as bad as it looks from the inside -- >> unbelievable. just unbelievable. >> reporter:...
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fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live in feltonville tonight. bruce? >> iain, i'm right across the street right across wyoming avenue from where that truck sat well within the blast zone from yesterday. five victims of that explosion including the 42 year old female owner operator of the lunch truck and three female family members who worked for her are hospitalized tonight in critical condition. there are others who miraculously escaped serious injury. >> victoria lee returned to the blast seen a day later. took one look at her scorched hyundai sonata and broke down in tears. she had been driving past the lunch truck around 5:40 p.m. tuesday with two young children in the car with her when the lunch truck ear rupped into a fire ball that engulfed most of the block. >> windows were up because she had the air on. had windows been down with her riding by that fire would have consumed because the blast would have went right through. >> reporter: what goes through your mind as you look at that car and the shape it's in. >> i just thank god -- every minute
fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live in feltonville tonight. bruce? >> iain, i'm right across the street right across wyoming avenue from where that truck sat well within the blast zone from yesterday. five victims of that explosion including the 42 year old female owner operator of the lunch truck and three female family members who worked for her are hospitalized tonight in critical condition. there are others who miraculously escaped serious injury. >> victoria lee returned to the...
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i'm bruce gordon. the story straight a head. >> other than the fact the phillies are not a good team. what are their biggest problems you will not like this for the future much that's coming up in sports. >> coming up in weather, your weather authority continuing to keep tabs on intensifying hurricane arthur. fan out were this system means hurricane arthur. fan out were this system means for our area and from safety... to fuel economy... to quality... today's chevrolet has it all. and it's a great time to buy. during the chevy 72 hour sale, you'll get 0% apr for 72 months. plus no monthly payments for the rest of the summer. 0% apr for 72 months plus no monthly payments for the rest of the summer. hurry, the chevy 72 hour sale ends monday. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >> here's a live look right now at wildwood, new jersey. if you're taking your family down the shore for the fourth of july, the weather could affect some of your plans. we'll check in again with chief meteorologist scott wi
i'm bruce gordon. the story straight a head. >> other than the fact the phillies are not a good team. what are their biggest problems you will not like this for the future much that's coming up in sports. >> coming up in weather, your weather authority continuing to keep tabs on intensifying hurricane arthur. fan out were this system means hurricane arthur. fan out were this system means for our area and from safety... to fuel economy... to quality... today's chevrolet has it all....
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fox 29's bruce gordon live outside the special victims unit in hunting park. bruce? >> reporter: iain that's correct daycare operator may consider hers fortunate this story did not end tragically. five young children locked inside a running suv with no one around to keep an eye on them. skyfox over the scene in port richmond just before noon. moments after police removed five children from the suv in which they had been left untended for half an hour. the kids ages six months to nine years old were left inside this lincoln aviator when the daycare operator responsible for their care went inside this supermarket to shop. crowds surrounded the suv stunned at the news. >> no, no, no. can't do that. can't do that. that's just not right. >> sickening. sickening. they're babies. >> reporter: police say the suv was locked, its engine was running and air-conditioner on when they arrived. inside the vehicle, we saw sun reflector, a baby bottle, and an unopened jug of water. a document inside references karen thompson family child care home. that's an in home daycare based on
fox 29's bruce gordon live outside the special victims unit in hunting park. bruce? >> reporter: iain that's correct daycare operator may consider hers fortunate this story did not end tragically. five young children locked inside a running suv with no one around to keep an eye on them. skyfox over the scene in port richmond just before noon. moments after police removed five children from the suv in which they had been left untended for half an hour. the kids ages six months to nine...
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bruce gordon live in the newsroom with one woman's response. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, the woman who shot that video on market frank for line wonders to night whether she and her fellow travelers could have or should have done more. she's asked we not use her name or show her face and we've greed because the lesson of this story is more important than her identity. >> i literally never do this. i hate when people do this actually. >> reporter: our amateur photographer was hesitant to record the scene that confronted her when she boarded the market frankford line at the girard station around 8:30 sunday morning. but the sight of a shoe less toddler in stroller the adults with her seemingly out of it forced her hasn't. >> what struck you when you first saw this? what goes through your mind? >>> horror. like i mean it was just so disturbing. >> reporter: she says the adult male was wearing hospital bracelets. he was nodding off, his eyes were rolling back in his head and he was sweating profusely. she says the woman was in even worse shape. >> her eyes w
bruce gordon live in the newsroom with one woman's response. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, the woman who shot that video on market frank for line wonders to night whether she and her fellow travelers could have or should have done more. she's asked we not use her name or show her face and we've greed because the lesson of this story is more important than her identity. >> i literally never do this. i hate when people do this actually. >> reporter: our amateur photographer was...
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fox 29's bruce gordon is live at the scene for us tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, law enforcement sources tell us this day long essential was part of long investigation an on hiv going case that dates back a decade or so. we're told law men got information that brought them specifically to the middle of this the 300 block of erie street. they arrived bright and early this morning and they brought their shovels. investigators from the fbi and camden county's police and prosecutor's office spent most of the day searching through and digging up the home and backyard of this place in the middle of erie street. the woman who lives here was not happy about it. >> you live in this house, they searched your house, they went in your his. >> um-hmm. >> reporter: any idea what they were looking for. >> nope, not at all. >> reporter: no? >> they dig and side the house as well -- >> i have no clue. they didn't let me go in there. >> reporter: law enforcement source tells fox 29 investigators were searching for human remains. part of on-going probe into a kill
fox 29's bruce gordon is live at the scene for us tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, law enforcement sources tell us this day long essential was part of long investigation an on hiv going case that dates back a decade or so. we're told law men got information that brought them specifically to the middle of this the 300 block of erie street. they arrived bright and early this morning and they brought their shovels. investigators from the fbi and camden county's police and prosecutor's...
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let's go to fox 29's bruce gordon who's life in upper darby township after speaking to police. bruce? >> reporter: iain, 21 year old tyrell booker goes by the name of rel and hails from yeadon, pa, is under arrest tonight charged with an april 16th home break in here on the 7200 block of guilford road. importantly, booker is also considered a prime suspect in four other case cases of very sr nature in the weeks that followed this folks was pretty creepy stuff. now i'm at april 16th incident a female juvenile a teenager says she was awakened around 3:00 o'clock in the morning in her living room by a slender black man around 5-foot eight to 5-foot 10 staning over top of her. she ran him off but notice add gap between his teeth and later picked tyrell booker out of a police photo lineup. four other cases followed with a very similar pattern. young women targeted, a break in, though no sign of forced entry, no one injured, nothing taken, but in one case at least a woman was groped. >> you're in the privacy of your home. your home is your castle and this bum comes in and whatever he
let's go to fox 29's bruce gordon who's life in upper darby township after speaking to police. bruce? >> reporter: iain, 21 year old tyrell booker goes by the name of rel and hails from yeadon, pa, is under arrest tonight charged with an april 16th home break in here on the 7200 block of guilford road. importantly, booker is also considered a prime suspect in four other case cases of very sr nature in the weeks that followed this folks was pretty creepy stuff. now i'm at april 16th...
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fox 29's bruce gordon is live in wilmington tonight where the president made his first public appearance just hours after that news broke. bruce? >> reporter: iain, international crisis often occur without warning so it was today when president obama on his way here to the port of wilmington to make a pitch for increased spending on federal dollars for roads and bridges infrastructure projects if you will, learned of the downing of that malaysian jetliner. ♪ >> reporter: the president bounded on to the make shift stage at the port of wilmington with a smile. but the mood quickly turned somber when he reported the downing of the malaysian jetliner. >> it looks like it may be a terrible tragedy. right now we're working to determine whether there were american citizens on board. that is our force priority and i directed my national security team to stay in close contact with the ukrainian government. the united states will offer any assistance we can to help determine what happened and why. and as a country our thoughts and prayers are with all the families of the passengers wherever they
fox 29's bruce gordon is live in wilmington tonight where the president made his first public appearance just hours after that news broke. bruce? >> reporter: iain, international crisis often occur without warning so it was today when president obama on his way here to the port of wilmington to make a pitch for increased spending on federal dollars for roads and bridges infrastructure projects if you will, learned of the downing of that malaysian jetliner. ♪ >> reporter: the...
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our bruce gordon is in the newsroom and as do you so well, bruce, you're working to get results. >> reporter: we're doing what we can. lucy, if you live in philadelphia's bridesburg or port richmond sections you probably know neighborhood good guy patrick brown. and you probably heard of his scholarship fund, the morgan and smokey brown foundation. since 2008, it has helped lots of families foot the bill for catholic high school tuition but this year there's a problem. jared healey got the news last june as he was graduating eighth grade he's been selected by neighborhood activist patrick brown to receive a character based thousand dollars a year scholarship from the morgan and smokey brown foundation. the money would help ease the pain of $6,100 a year tuition at neumann-goretti high school. >> it was great. it was something that he earned and something esche be proud of. >> reward for being a good kid. >> absolutely. >> reporter: jared loved neumann-goretti. he played freshman basketball and earned a spot on the varsity baseball team. then came spring. mom and dad learned they'd be expecte
our bruce gordon is in the newsroom and as do you so well, bruce, you're working to get results. >> reporter: we're doing what we can. lucy, if you live in philadelphia's bridesburg or port richmond sections you probably know neighborhood good guy patrick brown. and you probably heard of his scholarship fund, the morgan and smokey brown foundation. since 2008, it has helped lots of families foot the bill for catholic high school tuition but this year there's a problem. jared healey got...
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fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live from cobbs creek to explain the all much bruce? >> reporter: lucy, you're right. no one was injured when these two row homes collapsed here on the 6,000 block of spruce street around midday today. but two champion show dogs were inside 6717 spruce when the buildings came tumbling down. their story provided plenty of drama. the collapse was quick and it was surprising. investigators think a party wall -- party wall between 6017 and 6015 spruce street gave way taking both roofs and second floors with it. department of licenses and inspections says there were no complaints, no violations reported on either home. >> just collapsed. started from the left hand side of 1617 and breaking it down. a whole bunch of dust. >> dan chapman grew up at 1617. his mother still lives there. >> what did she tell you about the whole situation. >> crack started to happening in the front bedroom the last week and a half. >> chris chapman wasn't worried about her home. she had two champion show dogs scottish deer hounds in the house when it collapsed. one
fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live from cobbs creek to explain the all much bruce? >> reporter: lucy, you're right. no one was injured when these two row homes collapsed here on the 6,000 block of spruce street around midday today. but two champion show dogs were inside 6717 spruce when the buildings came tumbling down. their story provided plenty of drama. the collapse was quick and it was surprising. investigators think a party wall -- party wall between 6017 and 6015 spruce street...
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. >> fox 29's bruce gordon is live outside federal court where the accused officers appeared today. >> reporter: lucy, the cops in this case had been yanked off narcotics duty actually some months ago after the philadelphia district attorney first questioned their conduct. so they had to know that the hammer could come down at any time. well today it did. in the form of a federal indictment criminal charges that could land all of them in prison for decades. the indictment calls six former members of the police department's narcotics field unit traders in the war on dru drugs. >> theory of the operation was to identify suspected drug dealers and extortion means and threats to get their money. >> the alleged dirty half dozen thomas, brian reynolds, michael spicer, perry bets, linwood norman and john spys ser are accused of shaking down drug dealers for more than half a billion bucks from 2006 through 2012. it's alleged they beat and threatened uncooperative targets. who were naturally reluctant to go pub look with their stories. in one case, officer norman is accused of lifting a man of
. >> fox 29's bruce gordon is live outside federal court where the accused officers appeared today. >> reporter: lucy, the cops in this case had been yanked off narcotics duty actually some months ago after the philadelphia district attorney first questioned their conduct. so they had to know that the hammer could come down at any time. well today it did. in the form of a federal indictment criminal charges that could land all of them in prison for decades. the indictment calls six...
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police headquarters but let's begin with bruce gordon live in north philadelphia tonight. >> reporter: that reward is up to $60,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the two men believed to have been responsible for this deadly carjacking. their victims innocent children selling produce to help their church and neighborhood. by late afternoon, police were towing away the crumpled toyota suv at the center of this tragedy. but clearing the scene could not wipe away memories of the horror visited upon this random street corner. >> nobody was moving. >> what went through your mind as you're seeing this happen? >> i'm praying. i'm praying. i called my son and we prayed together. we praying report roar police said a pair of armed men carjack the suv with female driver inside just after 11 a.m. at sixth and huntington. moments later the men arrived at germantown and allegheny lost control of vehicle and crashed through a produce stand run by two men and several neighborhood children. >> i couldn't help them. i wish i could but i couldn't. >> charles smith was among the
police headquarters but let's begin with bruce gordon live in north philadelphia tonight. >> reporter: that reward is up to $60,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the two men believed to have been responsible for this deadly carjacking. their victims innocent children selling produce to help their church and neighborhood. by late afternoon, police were towing away the crumpled toyota suv at the center of this tragedy. but clearing the scene could not wipe away...
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bruce gordon will have to go out there to the steps today. >> yes? >> maybe bruce and jeff cole, as we said. >> oh, can you imagine that? that's just too much good right there. >> jet runner going right now. >> oh, silly. >> so serious. i don't want to mess with him. >> oh, silly. >> you guises are working almost. jeff cole has like the wrestler eyebrow. he is like the rock. jeff co-a/k/a the rock. >> no problem. >> how great were the fireworks over philadelphia? >> seriously, fireworks? i always like it when they did chopper pilots to get up over it, so you see the hot city, all of that. but look what this one guy did. photographer got one of the little drones, right? and then put it, put one of those little go pro cameras on the little drum. and flew over fireworks. >> and then put it over some italian song that you don't understand, and it just gives you guys bumps. i love it. >> andre a poor chilly. >> yes. >> ♪ >> okay. >> well, italian song? >> i thought it was very nice. >> you're so cute. >> i didn't even see any stinking fireworks because
bruce gordon will have to go out there to the steps today. >> yes? >> maybe bruce and jeff cole, as we said. >> oh, can you imagine that? that's just too much good right there. >> jet runner going right now. >> oh, silly. >> so serious. i don't want to mess with him. >> oh, silly. >> you guises are working almost. jeff cole has like the wrestler eyebrow. he is like the rock. jeff co-a/k/a the rock. >> no problem. >> how great were the...
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gordon is life. bruce? >> reporter: iain, the usual quiet of this the 100 block of queen lane was shattered around dinnertime by a barricaded man and his alleged hostage. we're told the 40 year old man and 27 year old woman who lived in the apartment right behind me had been a couple at least they were until tonight. 14th district police called here just after 6:30 on a report of a hostage situation. >> they knock on the door. a male refused to an the door and he shouted at police if you come through the door, i'm going to shoot at police. >> reporter: neighbors on queen lane saw it all go down. >> we were sitting out here and we saw the police go in, and then all of a sudden we saw them runninrunning out with their gus drawn. and they were ducking behind cars and they told us to go in the house. >> reporter: swat team was called and in the man quickly surrendered. police entered the apartment to check for that hostage and found a 27 year old woman first floor bathroom. she was tied up. her wrists we
gordon is life. bruce? >> reporter: iain, the usual quiet of this the 100 block of queen lane was shattered around dinnertime by a barricaded man and his alleged hostage. we're told the 40 year old man and 27 year old woman who lived in the apartment right behind me had been a couple at least they were until tonight. 14th district police called here just after 6:30 on a report of a hostage situation. >> they knock on the door. a male refused to an the door and he shouted at police...