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family owned by the way iain. the family has been hoping grocery in the philadelphia south jersey area since the 19 40's congrats to camden. good news for them. >> back to your fox 29 weather authority now and it's warm in the studio. it was warm -- >> it is warm in the studio. >> it does not feel like mid objection, scott. >> we're looking at temperatures today in the upper 70. 79 degrees was the high temperature. no rainfall just yet. we do have some scattered clouds across the area. but the low this morning, 65 degrees and look at what the normal high temperature is, 67 so certainly temperatures well above average. right now we're looking at 75 in allentown. 74 in wilmington. 72 in millville as well as atlantic city. so out ahead of that system, it's all about the wind direction. winds coming in out of the south but take look at the showers and thunderstorm off to the west. that moisture will eventually arrive toward our area primarily once we move toward tomorrow afternoon. so here's the closer perspective by
family owned by the way iain. the family has been hoping grocery in the philadelphia south jersey area since the 19 40's congrats to camden. good news for them. >> back to your fox 29 weather authority now and it's warm in the studio. it was warm -- >> it is warm in the studio. >> it does not feel like mid objection, scott. >> we're looking at temperatures today in the upper 70. 79 degrees was the high temperature. no rainfall just yet. we do have some scattered clouds...
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iain? >> all right, jennifer, thank you. >>> happening now in montgomery county, another courtroom surprise from convicted killer demore row as he waits to fine out if he'll get the death penalty for murder of a baby and her grandmother. fox 29's brad satin live at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown tonight. brad? >> reporter: iain, testimony wrapped up for the day. they'll pick up again early next week. it's not often when a defendant goes to a judge and says, hey, i want the death penalty, but that actually happened at some point early this morning. they got past that. the sentencing phase continued and at times today it got pretty emotional. it was a tough day in the courtroom for the family of 10 month old baby girl and her grandmother murder the two years ago by this man. he was convicted thursday of killing the baby and grandmom in what was a botched attempt to take the child for ransom to pay off some gambling debts. with a guilty verdict the jury must now decide between
iain? >> all right, jennifer, thank you. >>> happening now in montgomery county, another courtroom surprise from convicted killer demore row as he waits to fine out if he'll get the death penalty for murder of a baby and her grandmother. fox 29's brad satin live at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown tonight. brad? >> reporter: iain, testimony wrapped up for the day. they'll pick up again early next week. it's not often when a defendant goes to a judge and says,...
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i'm iain page. because of all of this concerns are growing tonight about any potential risk of catching it while traveling. >> and so fox 29's chris o'connell is live at philadelphia international airport. chris? >> reporter: lucy, iain, after hearing all of that news coming out today, i can tell you there's some very anxious travelers coming in to the international rivals hall here at philly international. many of those passengers asking the same questions. is it save to fly? is my plane that i travel in, how often is it cleaned? well, we tried to answer some of the those questions. we can tell you each airline is responsible for the cleanliness of its aircraft and although they are given minor cleanings between each flight, as a guideline the interiors of airplanes are wiped down and disinfect once every 30 days or 100 flight hours and that is just the suggestion we have not seen any travelers wearing those protective masks as we've seen in other airports around the country, around the world. we d
i'm iain page. because of all of this concerns are growing tonight about any potential risk of catching it while traveling. >> and so fox 29's chris o'connell is live at philadelphia international airport. chris? >> reporter: lucy, iain, after hearing all of that news coming out today, i can tell you there's some very anxious travelers coming in to the international rivals hall here at philly international. many of those passengers asking the same questions. is it save to fly? is my...
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jeff. >> iain, here we go. kind of crime spree that quickly grabs the attention of police and puts a community on edge. 14 pizza shops, bars, a 7eleven and restaurants robbed in less than two months in northeast philly. tonight, it looks in fact like it's over. here the pictures many of the stick ups were caught on surveillance video. the robbers appear to be the same guys following the same mo. early friday a heads up 15 district cops did an investigation of a mitsubishi eclipse and came up big. cop thought the front passenger matched the description of one of the alleged robbers. also, in the car police say they found a 45 caliber handgun and a black beebee gun. under arrest are gin chen and patrick row 29 and cory lockhart 25 both of al guard. police spoke about the big break in the case this morning. >> any store that was open late, including the convenience stores i have been on the phone with a lot of regional managers they were terrorized. they were looking the doors on some of these stores at night. the
jeff. >> iain, here we go. kind of crime spree that quickly grabs the attention of police and puts a community on edge. 14 pizza shops, bars, a 7eleven and restaurants robbed in less than two months in northeast philly. tonight, it looks in fact like it's over. here the pictures many of the stick ups were caught on surveillance video. the robbers appear to be the same guys following the same mo. early friday a heads up 15 district cops did an investigation of a mitsubishi eclipse and came...
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iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> another philadelphia firefighter and his girlfriend are facing charges. they're accused of assault. police say michael lawson and said today greenly assaulted his ex-wife and boyfriend twice in september. she's eight months pregnant. lawson and greenly are facing several charges including aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. bail is set at $75,000 for each of them. >> philadelphia police are searching for whoever killed a 34 year old man in olney on west lindley avenue late this morning. he had been shot. police say they also found several marijuana plants in the basement. and we have a developing story right now out of philadelphia's roxborough neighborhood. police are hoping that you could help track down a man wanted in an tack at a popular park, and this right here is a sketch of the man they're after. they say he grabbed a 51 year old woman as she was walking in wissahickon park. she says he approached her at gate house road near m
iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> another philadelphia firefighter and his girlfriend are facing charges. they're accused of assault. police say michael lawson and said today greenly assaulted his ex-wife and boyfriend twice in september. she's eight months pregnant. lawson and greenly are facing several charges including aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. bail is set at $75,000 for each of them. >> philadelphia police are searching for whoever killed...
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we got to smack them down iain. one eagle says you can ask all you want if the four and one record is legit but he's got an answer ready to fire right back. and what caused this boxer to stay down for five minutes? a reason from now on to listen to the ref when he says protect yourself at all times. you got to see this in few. ♪ >> giants defensive jason pierre paul says even though the eagles are four and one they could be zero-four. four plus one is five. not four. but who's counting. the last two woke eagles have two offensive touchdowns and seven turnovers. meantime the season they scored seven non offensive touchdowns which begs the question are the eagles lucky or good? question tight end brett celek doesn't want to hear from anyone. >> you guys are the ones that are determining whether we're not playing well enough or we are. i mean, we're winning football game. do we have to improve? we do. definitely. and i think that's going to be the story throughout the entire year is that we can all get better. there'
we got to smack them down iain. one eagle says you can ask all you want if the four and one record is legit but he's got an answer ready to fire right back. and what caused this boxer to stay down for five minutes? a reason from now on to listen to the ref when he says protect yourself at all times. you got to see this in few. ♪ >> giants defensive jason pierre paul says even though the eagles are four and one they could be zero-four. four plus one is five. not four. but who's counting....
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i'm iain page. we are tracking it all for you. let's get right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> that's certainly right, iain and lucy. right now pockets of heavy downpours across our area getting a break in philadelphia but take a look toward allentown upper hanover also moving around doylestown, tinicum toward easton where you see the orange and yellow that is where we're looking at rainfall rates at half an inch to an inch per ho hour. damp and dreary out ahead of this slow move moving storm system. take look at all the rainfall off to the west. most of the activity is not moving from west to east. it's moving from south to north. but take a look at this band of very heavy rainfall moving out of maryland that. will slowly move toward sections of new castle county as well as back toward the philadelphia area. so look at the clock. by 6:00 p.m. most of the heavy rain still to the west it starts to continue to move toward our area overnight. we're looking at downpours really continuing
i'm iain page. we are tracking it all for you. let's get right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> that's certainly right, iain and lucy. right now pockets of heavy downpours across our area getting a break in philadelphia but take a look toward allentown upper hanover also moving around doylestown, tinicum toward easton where you see the orange and yellow that is where we're looking at rainfall rates at half an inch to an inch per ho hour. damp and dreary out ahead of this...
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. >> i'm iain page. let's get straight out to fox 29's dave schratwieser live at philadelphia police headquarters tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, lieutenant jamal johnson still here at headquarters behind bars awaiting a hearing on some serious charges including kidnapping, sexual assault and impersonating a police officer. he got caught after the victim jumped from his pickup truck and called 911. as firefighterings at 26th and york headed out to call thursday afternoon, they were minus their lentigo mal janson. he was at the special vick items unit charged with impersonating a cop, kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman overnight. >> he indicated that he's a police officer and that she would not be arrested if she performs these act. >> reporter: johnson was pulled over in his nissan titan pickup truck wednesday night just moments after police say he stopped a 48 year old woman on north 13th street asked her if she was getting high, then allegedly ordered her to get into his pickup truck. >> at s
. >> i'm iain page. let's get straight out to fox 29's dave schratwieser live at philadelphia police headquarters tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, lieutenant jamal johnson still here at headquarters behind bars awaiting a hearing on some serious charges including kidnapping, sexual assault and impersonating a police officer. he got caught after the victim jumped from his pickup truck and called 911. as firefighterings at 26th and york headed out to call thursday afternoon, they...
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>> hi, dawn and iain. i think we will salvage a part of the upcoming weekend but take a look at all of the rainfall moving in. toward the middle west the ohio river valley this rain is moving due east right toward our area. right now, we have cloud cover, cooler than average temperatures and pockets of light showers across the area. it's really hit or miss right now but if you're stepping outdoors for friday evening plans grab the umbrella and rain gear because we are going to be dodging some of those light showers. timing everything. you can see as we roll the clock by 8:00 p.m. we're still looking at pockets of drizzle and showers some of the heavier rainfall south jersey and delaware. look at what happens overnight. saturday 3:00 a.m. we're looking at that rainfall really starting to spread in and overtake the area and temperatures will be dropping, too. right now it's 60 degrees in the philadelphia area. the sun will set this evening at 6:29. so if you're stepping outdoors, it's going to be a little ch
>> hi, dawn and iain. i think we will salvage a part of the upcoming weekend but take a look at all of the rainfall moving in. toward the middle west the ohio river valley this rain is moving due east right toward our area. right now, we have cloud cover, cooler than average temperatures and pockets of light showers across the area. it's really hit or miss right now but if you're stepping outdoors for friday evening plans grab the umbrella and rain gear because we are going to be dodging...
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lucy and iain. we're lock in this pattern this evening as well as most of the day tomorrow unfortunately. take a look at the scenario satellite and radar show this area of low pressure. this nor'easter right now winds coming out of the north and east but you can see the rainfall it has been pinwheeling around this low. but look around the immediate area of low pressure. we're talking about some convection showers even thunderstorms most of that will stay offshore for us right now as we zoom in a little closer, we're looking at some of those pockets of rainfall. so wet roadways out there. a wet and slow evening commute as well. around salem smyrna down to dover looking at some of that rainfall but look at the temperatures only in the mid 50s remember yesterday the high was 70 degrees. not so much today. look at the winds gusting over 20 miles per hour right now in philadelphia. airport delays across the region as well. so pack some patience if you're stepping outdoors this evening. so look at the clo
lucy and iain. we're lock in this pattern this evening as well as most of the day tomorrow unfortunately. take a look at the scenario satellite and radar show this area of low pressure. this nor'easter right now winds coming out of the north and east but you can see the rainfall it has been pinwheeling around this low. but look around the immediate area of low pressure. we're talking about some convection showers even thunderstorms most of that will stay offshore for us right now as we zoom in...
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iain? >> all right, dawn, thank you. >>> the family of the boy who died from complications with the enterovirus d68 plan to honor his memory it's still not clear how four year old eli wahler got sick but the medical examiner has determined the respiratory illness is what caused his dea death. yardville elementary school which he attended was sanitized as precaution. another child from the school was tested for the enterovirus as well. that family is now waiting on results from the centers for disease control. hamilton township school leaders held a meeting laugh night hoping to ease the community fears but relatives dropping kids today are still on edge. >> i really don't think there's anything that can make you feel better until we finally don't hear any more of these cases, because there's not saying this is over with. and i guess that's what i would need to hear. that it was an isolated case. it's not. >> reporter: eli' father says his family and friends plan to honor his memory by stabb
iain? >> all right, dawn, thank you. >>> the family of the boy who died from complications with the enterovirus d68 plan to honor his memory it's still not clear how four year old eli wahler got sick but the medical examiner has determined the respiratory illness is what caused his dea death. yardville elementary school which he attended was sanitized as precaution. another child from the school was tested for the enterovirus as well. that family is now waiting on results from...
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. >> i'm iain page. here's what we know right knowledge world health organization is reporting more than 4400 deaths worldwide from the current ebola epidemic with a thousand new cases each week for the past month. again the mortality rate stands at 70% right now. who warning the next two months will be crucial and what we could see 10,000 new cases worldwide each month if we can't turn the tide against the disease. here in the us, health officials say they're doing all they can to keep you safe. >> stopping ebola is hard. we're working together to make it safer and easier. >> we continue to believe that the risk of an ebola outbreak here in the united states is exceedingly low. >>> there is good news. nina ph a.m. fighting ebola in dallas reportedly doing well. she's one of seven hospital staffers who look after thomas eric duncan and he died from e bella last week. >> one community is looking to get ahead of the spread of the deadly disease. they are forming an ebola task force. chris o'connell is life
. >> i'm iain page. here's what we know right knowledge world health organization is reporting more than 4400 deaths worldwide from the current ebola epidemic with a thousand new cases each week for the past month. again the mortality rate stands at 70% right now. who warning the next two months will be crucial and what we could see 10,000 new cases worldwide each month if we can't turn the tide against the disease. here in the us, health officials say they're doing all they can to keep...
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iain and lucy? >> all right, scott, thank you. >>> a reward is offered and there's no surveillance video in that bold armed robbery of a popular chickie's and pete's restaurant. two masked men put a gun to the female manager's head forced employees into a walk-in freezer and then looted the save. fox 29's jeff cole in the newsroom tonight with more on the hunt for the suspects in this terrifying ordeal. jeff. >> reporter: it's a setup owes upper darby top cop. those two bandits knew just where to go inside that restaurant reason to stash their victims. >> just don't arbitrarily walk into a store like and that come up with 16 grand. it just doesn't happen. >> reporter: except in drexel hill delaware county it did. sunday morning just before 10:00, two robbers wearing masks and waving guns barged into the side door at the chickie's and pete's restaurant on township line and went to work. >> they knew what they were doing. there's no doubt about that this was a setup job and in my opinion based on my e
iain and lucy? >> all right, scott, thank you. >>> a reward is offered and there's no surveillance video in that bold armed robbery of a popular chickie's and pete's restaurant. two masked men put a gun to the female manager's head forced employees into a walk-in freezer and then looted the save. fox 29's jeff cole in the newsroom tonight with more on the hunt for the suspects in this terrifying ordeal. jeff. >> reporter: it's a setup owes upper darby top cop. those two...
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>> reporter: iain, you're right. there's was among 18 student experiments heading into space chose season by nasa as you say from among hundreds of entries from around the country. of course, it never made it. teaching these kids a valuable lesson when you are attempting to push the boundaries of scientific knowledge, nothing is easy. >> oh, my god! >> student video shows it all. more than a year's worth of planning and preparation calculations and concentration gone in a matter of seconds. vanished in a colorful cloud of debris. >> this loud boom that resonated and it made its way across the water, and i was terrified. i was so scared. >> reporter: six student team members from ocean city high school returned from wallops island virginia still shaken by what they witnessed. first hand tuesday night. their micro gravity scientific experiment was aboard a ferry craft headed for the international space station and excitement was high. >> when do you ever have a chance of really going to nasa and conducting experiments
>> reporter: iain, you're right. there's was among 18 student experiments heading into space chose season by nasa as you say from among hundreds of entries from around the country. of course, it never made it. teaching these kids a valuable lesson when you are attempting to push the boundaries of scientific knowledge, nothing is easy. >> oh, my god! >> student video shows it all. more than a year's worth of planning and preparation calculations and concentration gone in a...
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. >> iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> president obama says the national guard may be needed to battle ebola. the president authorizing reserve troops to go to liberia if needed. in the meantime, the first nurse to contract ebola in texas is being moved to maryland. 26 year old nina pham being transferred to the national institutes of health in bethes bethesda. last night her colleague amber vincent was taken to emory university hospital in atlanta for treatment. both nurses are believed to have contracted ebola from thomas eric duncan. he was the first person diagnosed here in america. today health officials facing tough questions on the government's response to the outbreak on capitol hill. >> why are we still allowing folks to come over here and once there over there's no quarantine. >> our fundamental mission is tow poke americans. right now we're able to track everyone who comes in. >> hell officials are stepping up checks on those traveling here from west africa. increased screening measures s
. >> iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> president obama says the national guard may be needed to battle ebola. the president authorizing reserve troops to go to liberia if needed. in the meantime, the first nurse to contract ebola in texas is being moved to maryland. 26 year old nina pham being transferred to the national institutes of health in bethes bethesda. last night her colleague amber vincent was taken to emory university hospital in atlanta for treatment. both nurses...
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back to you, iain and lucy. >> scott, thank you. the red cross is helping 12 people who lost their homes after a fire in atlantic city. firefighters say it broke out and side a consignment shot on atlantic avenue just after 10:00 last night. because of the wind it quickly spread to three other buildings. two of them partially collapsed. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> new information tonight about the possible future of atlantic cities revel kaseen knowledge the canadian company that won a bankruptcy court auction for the revel plans to reopen it as a casino hotel. a bankruptcy court hearing to approve the $10 million sale to brook field us holdings is scheduled for october 7th. two year old revel casino one of four in atlantic city that went out of business this year. mid winter brook field u.s. owns other casinos including the hard rock in las vegas and atlantis paradise island in the bahamas. >> welcome to new area in philadelphia. possessing an ounce or less of marijuana in philly is no longer a serious criminal offense. mayor
back to you, iain and lucy. >> scott, thank you. the red cross is helping 12 people who lost their homes after a fire in atlantic city. firefighters say it broke out and side a consignment shot on atlantic avenue just after 10:00 last night. because of the wind it quickly spread to three other buildings. two of them partially collapsed. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> new information tonight about the possible future of atlantic cities revel kaseen knowledge the canadian...
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>> that's right, iain. we've seen a few light sprinkles and showers during the afternoon but most of the coverage right now well to the north and west. as we move toward the lehigh valley as well as the pocono mountains. this is not the main system. the main system it's still off to the west. it's a cold front right now that's producing severe weather through sections of ohio river valley. so this energy will continue to head in our direction and we're talking some showers, even some thunderstorm activity. as we roll the clock, pretty quiet for the din are in hour. watch what happens after about nine, 10:00 o'clock we're watching a line much showers imbedded thunderstorms move toward our area. here's midnight. you can see pretty good coverage north and west of philadelphia. then as we move toward day break, that system it's pulling out of here but not before leaving some rain as well as some gusty winds. so once again the heaviest not arriving really until after 9:00 o'clock west. a few thunderstorms imbedd
>> that's right, iain. we've seen a few light sprinkles and showers during the afternoon but most of the coverage right now well to the north and west. as we move toward the lehigh valley as well as the pocono mountains. this is not the main system. the main system it's still off to the west. it's a cold front right now that's producing severe weather through sections of ohio river valley. so this energy will continue to head in our direction and we're talking some showers, even some...
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iain, lucy? >> howard, are you surprised if chip didn't have a snappy response. >> i would be disappointed if chip didn't have a snappy response. >> all right. howard, we'll talk to you soon. >>> a group of teens facing very serious charges in sayreville, new jersey. >> over accusations of hazing and sexual abuse of the high school football team. this season has already been canceled. officials are making waves what might happen neck. >> this bound see house is supposed to be about fun but for some children who climbed inside it turned out to be anything but. how it tur >> this is along the 200 block of south springfield road near of three people including a firefighter have been taken to hospital for observation. we do have a crew on the scene. we'll bring you more information as it comes in. >> serious accident on busy west chester pike in chester county sky fox was over the scene at west chester pike and west town way in east goshen. investigators say a car hit utility pole trapping the driver
iain, lucy? >> howard, are you surprised if chip didn't have a snappy response. >> i would be disappointed if chip didn't have a snappy response. >> all right. howard, we'll talk to you soon. >>> a group of teens facing very serious charges in sayreville, new jersey. >> over accusations of hazing and sexual abuse of the high school football team. this season has already been canceled. officials are making waves what might happen neck. >> this bound see...
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iain? >> shawnette, thank you. just a few days ago, saz school board upheld its coach's suspensions after alleged hazi hazing. earlier this month the superintendent of sayreville, saz, canceled the season for the sayreville bombers football te team. those hazing claims even involved sexual assault. several -- seven players on the varsity squad are criminally charged with hazing and incidents of sexual assault inside the locker room. five coaches suspended as well. >> only on fox tonight, a former philadelphia police officer under arrest. he's accused of of taking part in a huge identity theft ring and that's not all. fox 29's chris o'connell is at south detectives with the exclusive story. >> reporter: a philadelphia police officer is in custody tonight here at south detectives arrested today for his alleged involvement in what could be a large scale credit card identity theft ring and we've learned tonight at least one of the victims is a high-ranking philadelphia police officer. outside h
iain? >> shawnette, thank you. just a few days ago, saz school board upheld its coach's suspensions after alleged hazi hazing. earlier this month the superintendent of sayreville, saz, canceled the season for the sayreville bombers football te team. those hazing claims even involved sexual assault. several -- seven players on the varsity squad are criminally charged with hazing and incidents of sexual assault inside the locker room. five coaches suspended as well. >> only on fox...
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iain and lucy. >> scott, thank you. snow days could soon be a thing of the past for pennsylvania school students. the state is starting a pilot program for students to learn online from home on days that schools have to close because of snow. foretop five days a year. school districts would be able to use non traditional methods like cyber school to teach the students. the program is open to all 500 pennsylvania districts. >> hunting trapping is band in seven northeastern pennsylvania townships while the search continues for the suspect in the deadly ambush of two straight troopers. investigators found explosive devices they believe he left behind. they diss covered two pipe bombs in the woods where they think frein is hiding so now state officials have banned hunting and trapping on all public and private land in seven townships in pike and monroe counties. tomorrow marks three weeks that authorities have been on the hunt for frein. >>> new information tonight about the possible future of atlantic city's revel casino.
iain and lucy. >> scott, thank you. snow days could soon be a thing of the past for pennsylvania school students. the state is starting a pilot program for students to learn online from home on days that schools have to close because of snow. foretop five days a year. school districts would be able to use non traditional methods like cyber school to teach the students. the program is open to all 500 pennsylvania districts. >> hunting trapping is band in seven northeastern...
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iain? >> all right, dave, thank you very much. >>> the rain moves out and your fox 29 weather authority. here's a live look from philadelphia international airport. after a long stretch of wind, rain and chilly temperatures things are about to get a whole lot better. chief meteorologist scott williams stand buying with a look at what's in store. scott. >> iain we've been stuck in the 50 today's for high temperatures. but the good news the rain it's over with pretty much across our area but were still have the lingering clouds the nor'easter is pulling away. rainfall totals through today a little over an inch in atlantic city. close to an inch in trenton. between philadelphia and northeast philadelphia about half an inch to three quarters of app inch of rainfall. but the wind it's still up right now gusting over 20 miles per hour area wide. and look at the temperatures. stuck in the 50s. for tonight, it will be cloudy and cool staying breezy bottom out in the low to mid and upper 40s across
iain? >> all right, dave, thank you very much. >>> the rain moves out and your fox 29 weather authority. here's a live look from philadelphia international airport. after a long stretch of wind, rain and chilly temperatures things are about to get a whole lot better. chief meteorologist scott williams stand buying with a look at what's in store. scott. >> iain we've been stuck in the 50 today's for high temperatures. but the good news the rain it's over with pretty much...
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iain. >> all right, bruce, thank you. we will continue to follow the ebola situation for you on our website myfoxphilly.com. we'll post latest updates right on the home page. >>> skyfox live over a rally in spring garden tonight in support of philadelphia teachers take a look this is the 400 block of north broad street where hundreds of students, parents and educators hit the streets and sidewalks to voice their concerns over contracts for teachers being disbanded last week. that decision was made by the city's school reform commission. rally comes as the commission is meeting there tonight. traffic by the way is being diverted by police in that area. >>> and now a story you will only see on fox tonight. sources tell fox 29 a grand jury investigation into sex trafficking brought investigators into center city in the last week and tonight we have learned that a search warrant was executed at a lawyer's office. fox 29's dave schratwieser life in center city with this exclusive story. dave? >> dawn n grand jury investigation
iain. >> all right, bruce, thank you. we will continue to follow the ebola situation for you on our website myfoxphilly.com. we'll post latest updates right on the home page. >>> skyfox live over a rally in spring garden tonight in support of philadelphia teachers take a look this is the 400 block of north broad street where hundreds of students, parents and educators hit the streets and sidewalks to voice their concerns over contracts for teachers being disbanded last week. that...
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iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> more than dozen people are forced on to the street in the middle of the morning after fire rips through their homes. happened on west oxford street in north philadelphia around 1:30. fire crews were able to get the blaze under control before anyone was hurt. the red cross is giving assistance to the three families displaced by the fire. no word yet op a cause. >> a philadelphia firefighter accused of impersonating a police officer and sexually assaulting a woman is out on $100,000 bail tonight. lieutenant jamal johnson an 18 year veteran of the department was formally charged with kidnapping and sexual assault today. he's accused of stopping a woman on north 13th street wednesday night and investigators say he ordered that woman into his pickup truck and forced her to perform a sex act. the woman managed to jump from the truck and called police. >> police investigate a series of car break ins bucks county they say at least nine were targeted in falls township.
iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> more than dozen people are forced on to the street in the middle of the morning after fire rips through their homes. happened on west oxford street in north philadelphia around 1:30. fire crews were able to get the blaze under control before anyone was hurt. the red cross is giving assistance to the three families displaced by the fire. no word yet op a cause. >> a philadelphia firefighter accused of impersonating a police officer and sexually...
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iain and dawn? >> a late night incident at philadelphia international airport has one passenger crying foul. she believes that she was removed from a jet blue flight for criticizing the pilot on social media. >> fox 29's bruce gordon explains how it all started with a delayed flight from philly to boston. >> reporter: carter knight tells us she and her fellow passengers were boarding flight 760 when she overheard a joke about the long delay. >> a passenger says wow it's been a long wait. i hope the bar is fully stocked and the pilot came out and said that's it. everybody back up the jet way, i've just been accused of being intoxicated. >> reporter: passengers were sent back to the gate to wait. as the pilot was given and passed a sobriety test. carter knight tweeted pictures of the plane as she waited at the gate. but she also tweeted a series of comments critical of the pilot. claiming he had falsely accused the passenger who made the joke. and describing the pilot as unruly and irate. >> normal th
iain and dawn? >> a late night incident at philadelphia international airport has one passenger crying foul. she believes that she was removed from a jet blue flight for criticizing the pilot on social media. >> fox 29's bruce gordon explains how it all started with a delayed flight from philly to boston. >> reporter: carter knight tells us she and her fellow passengers were boarding flight 760 when she overheard a joke about the long delay. >> a passenger says wow it's...
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iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> anyone who commits a hate crime in philadelphia is going to face tougher penalties. the philadelphia city council unanimously passing a hate crime bill today, in response to the september 11th assault of the same sex couple in center city philadelphia. prosecutors could not charge anyone with a hate crime since a person's sexual orientation is not covered under current law. mayor still has to sign the bill. we are told that could happen by the end of the week. crimes motivated by hatred of on one's sexual orientation, gender identity or disability would carry a sentence as long as 90 days in jail and a fine as high as $2,000. >>> governor of maine is going after a nurse who refuses to self quarantine after treating ebola victims. kacie hickox arrived, from west africa. new jersey put her in a mandatory quarantine at a hospital but released her on monday. well to day back in maine she decided to go for a bike ride around her town instead of staying in her house.
iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> anyone who commits a hate crime in philadelphia is going to face tougher penalties. the philadelphia city council unanimously passing a hate crime bill today, in response to the september 11th assault of the same sex couple in center city philadelphia. prosecutors could not charge anyone with a hate crime since a person's sexual orientation is not covered under current law. mayor still has to sign the bill. we are told that could happen by the end of...
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iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> happening now, philadelphia police looking for the last suspect wanted in armed robbery. it started with a hold up of the sunoco on 18th and bell field. cops say they spotted the suspects and while trying to stop them they took off crashing into the officer's vehicle. one of the suspects was later arrested at ogontz and olney. the other remains on the loose. >> robbed, tied up even pistol whipped that is what police say happened at students near temple university's campus. they say two men forked their way into the off campus residence last night. dave schratwieser is live outside central detectives. dave? >> reporter: lucy, tonight police are reinterviewing the victims in this home inn vague robbery and they're looking over surveillance video from cameras on the 1900 block of 18th street where this happened. they're hoping to spot the get away car and identify the suss specs. >> they had us get down on the floor and sip tide. >> reporter: chilling w
iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> happening now, philadelphia police looking for the last suspect wanted in armed robbery. it started with a hold up of the sunoco on 18th and bell field. cops say they spotted the suspects and while trying to stop them they took off crashing into the officer's vehicle. one of the suspects was later arrested at ogontz and olney. the other remains on the loose. >> robbed, tied up even pistol whipped that is what police say happened at...
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here's caitlin roth. >> hi iain. last weekend i know you remember, high temperatures in the mid 80s. it was beautiful. it felt like summer. unfortunately, or fortunately depends how you feel about cool weather we'll see a big change beginning right now showers start to spread into the region. ultimate doppler showing three pockets. one area entering our went suburbs much another rain back in western pennsylvania and finally, where the actual push of cold air is moving through the ohio valley we've got some more rain all of that rain will sweep through later tonight early tomorrow. cold enough to produce snow. that's snow breaking out across eastern minnesota, western wisconsin nor off towards our north it's a sign it's coming. maybe not right now but eventually. it already has in parts of our northern plains. right now ultimate doppler showing leading edge of the rain moving through central sections of chester county back up through berks county schuylkill county seeing little bit of that rain started towards downing
here's caitlin roth. >> hi iain. last weekend i know you remember, high temperatures in the mid 80s. it was beautiful. it felt like summer. unfortunately, or fortunately depends how you feel about cool weather we'll see a big change beginning right now showers start to spread into the region. ultimate doppler showing three pockets. one area entering our went suburbs much another rain back in western pennsylvania and finally, where the actual push of cold air is moving through the ohio...
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dawn and iain. >> scott, thank you. of course wicked winter -- weather just around the corner. some homeowners in our area are bracing for more power problems. they say circumstances out of their control have left them in the dark all too often over the past few years and they're begging peco for some answers. fox 29's bruce gordon live in falls township tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, peco is quick to point out that system wide their power customers are experiencing record reliability but they also admit there are some problem pockets, areas where power outages occur far too frequently. this is one of those pockets. fern ridge township of false older homes, big mature trees, and electrical power lines above ground. it makes for the perfect storm when a storm arrives. that's francis helping his son scott with the boy' new truck. they moved into this neighbor in mid may. they've lost power four times. >> that's a lot of outages. in short period of time. >> they were all long, too. till the next day 5:00 o'clock in the morning. >> reporter: hasslely. >> yes. just aggravation.
dawn and iain. >> scott, thank you. of course wicked winter -- weather just around the corner. some homeowners in our area are bracing for more power problems. they say circumstances out of their control have left them in the dark all too often over the past few years and they're begging peco for some answers. fox 29's bruce gordon live in falls township tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, peco is quick to point out that system wide their power customers are experiencing record...
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iain and lucy? >> thank you very much, scott. >>> police are hoping reward and new surveillance video will break the case in an armed robbery at a chickie's and pete's restaurant. police say two masked men put a gun to the head of the manager forcing her and other employees into a walk-in freezer. they looted the safe, got away with more than $16,000. their target was the chickie's and pete's in drexel hill. the police chief says it was a setup saying the robbers new exactly what they were doing. >> you just don't arbitrarily walk into a store like that and come up with 16 grand. it just doesn't happen. >> nobody was hurt. the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the robbers is five thus san dollars now. if you know something, give a call to upper darby township police. >>> a man wanted for several new jersey robberies is behind bars tonight. 48 year old theodore brown, jr., was arrested and charged with several crimes in moorestown, dating back to august. cops say brown who
iain and lucy? >> thank you very much, scott. >>> police are hoping reward and new surveillance video will break the case in an armed robbery at a chickie's and pete's restaurant. police say two masked men put a gun to the head of the manager forcing her and other employees into a walk-in freezer. they looted the safe, got away with more than $16,000. their target was the chickie's and pete's in drexel hill. the police chief says it was a setup saying the robbers new exactly what...
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. >>> good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm luce zoo noland. this was a tough lesson for those student scientists. fox 29's bruce gordon live in ocean city tonight with the story and bruce, it's very easy to forget how inherently dangerous rocket launches are. >> reporter: lucy this was actually a commercial supply ship supervised by nasa and heading into space with among other cargo scientific experiments from 18 student groups from across the country including a project from kids here in ocean city high school. of course, it never made it. teaching these kids the hard way that space science can indeed be difficult, even dangerous. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: student vitter catches the pre launch excitement from ocean city high school. watching their experiment go into space. and the shock and horror of watching it fall back to earth seconds later in a billowing ball of smoke and flames. >> this giant blast came and we all jumped back and, um, we all just stood there for like at least a minute just like, oh, oh, no. >> reporter: the students f
. >>> good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm luce zoo noland. this was a tough lesson for those student scientists. fox 29's bruce gordon live in ocean city tonight with the story and bruce, it's very easy to forget how inherently dangerous rocket launches are. >> reporter: lucy this was actually a commercial supply ship supervised by nasa and heading into space with among other cargo scientific experiments from 18 student groups from across the country including a project...
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iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> nearly 100 people were forced out of their homes in the middle of the night after a fire at their delaware conte apartment complex. the fire broke out around 10:30 last night at the glenn croft court apartments in fulcroft. the red cross provided shelter to 21 people. the rest had to stay with family and friends. one woman was treate treated ate hospital for smoke inhalation. >> four men including a 70 year old are busted during an undercover prostitution sting in philadelphia. the city's vice units targeting the men and arresting them last week. they confiscated over thousand dollars and four vehicles during the sting. 70 year old man from bucks county along with three philadelphia men are charged with solicitation and patroniz patronizing prostitution. both are misdemeanors. >> the ncaa is going on the legal offensive asking federal judge to 96 a state law requiring money from penn state's fine over the jerry sandusky scandal to be kept within penn
iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> nearly 100 people were forced out of their homes in the middle of the night after a fire at their delaware conte apartment complex. the fire broke out around 10:30 last night at the glenn croft court apartments in fulcroft. the red cross provided shelter to 21 people. the rest had to stay with family and friends. one woman was treate treated ate hospital for smoke inhalation. >> four men including a 70 year old are busted during an...
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. >> i'm iain page this is 29 year old amber vincent leaving dallas boarding a private fight to atlanta. she arrived a short timing a walking into emory university hospital where she will be treated in the elation unit. doctors say she's a nurse who helped treat the liberian man who died from the virus last week. vincent drew his blood and changed his catheter among other things. she says she called the cdc several times on monday asking if she was okay to get on a commercial airplane with a low grade temperature of 99.5. the cdc said yes, because it didn't meet their threshold of 1000.4. earlier today, the cdc said otherwise. >> she was in a group of individuals known to have exposure to ebola. she would not have traveled on a commercial airline. >>> vincent took frontier airlines light 3743 from cleveland to dallas on monday. she had been visiting her mom to get ready for her upcoming wedding. all 132 passengers on that frontier flight are asked to contact cdc right away. any deemed quote at risk will be monitored. the plane is out of service tonight but the airline says it was disinf
. >> i'm iain page this is 29 year old amber vincent leaving dallas boarding a private fight to atlanta. she arrived a short timing a walking into emory university hospital where she will be treated in the elation unit. doctors say she's a nurse who helped treat the liberian man who died from the virus last week. vincent drew his blood and changed his catheter among other things. she says she called the cdc several times on monday asking if she was okay to get on a commercial airplane...
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iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> this just in tonight. 30 year old ashley toll under arrest after her four year old child brought heroin to a daycare and began passing it out. police say nearly 250 bags of heroin were found in the backpack that she were begun viv given by her mother and the little thought it was candy. several kids who came in contact witness unopened bags were taken to hospitals as a precaution. >> new in the ebola outbreak, a nurse in spain may be the first person to catch the virus outside of west africa. meantime an american photojournalist who contracted ebola in liberia walking off the plane after arriving back in america today. he was load flood an ambulance to be treated at a nebraska hospital. >>> and the first man diagnosed with ebola here in the united states thomas duncan is being treated with an experimental drug. duncan a liberian man is fighting for his life tonight. he started showing symptoms after arriving for a visit here. hospital officials sayne
iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> this just in tonight. 30 year old ashley toll under arrest after her four year old child brought heroin to a daycare and began passing it out. police say nearly 250 bags of heroin were found in the backpack that she were begun viv given by her mother and the little thought it was candy. several kids who came in contact witness unopened bags were taken to hospitals as a precaution. >> new in the ebola outbreak, a nurse in spain may be...
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. >>> i'm iain page. we sent our chris o'connell to find what was behind today's rush hour chaos. >> reporter: it may look and may sound like the biggest block party you've ever scene. but this is no party. no, believe it or not, this is a funeral. west philly style. they took to the city in mass with their atv's. their dirt bikes popping wheel lease through the streets of west philly but today they were riding with heavy hearts. >> had a good heart. he loved motorcycles. he loved the things that he could do on motorcycle. roar report it was that love of motorcycles the mother of 23 year old cereal tyler says brought more than 500 friends and fellow bike riders to honor a young life taken too soon. >> he was the king in philly. king of dirt bikes in philly. got a lot of love everywhere out here for him. >> reporter: a popular local dirt bike legend was shot and killed last week as he stood on a corner near the 2100 block of 60th street. his killer is still out there. >> devastation. i want this person bro
. >>> i'm iain page. we sent our chris o'connell to find what was behind today's rush hour chaos. >> reporter: it may look and may sound like the biggest block party you've ever scene. but this is no party. no, believe it or not, this is a funeral. west philly style. they took to the city in mass with their atv's. their dirt bikes popping wheel lease through the streets of west philly but today they were riding with heavy hearts. >> had a good heart. he loved motorcycles....
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scott. >> that's right, iain. as we look at ultimate doppler we're watching a weak cold front move toward the central part of the state but take look at some of these pretty aggressive showers even thunderstorms right now moving out of the harrisburg area as we zoom in little closer you can see where we have the yellow as well as the red. that's pretty intense rainfall. there was also a little bit of lightning associated with this cluster. as we put a tracker on it it's moving very slow only about 20 miles per hour so if it holds together moving toward lancaster at about 11:41. approaching reading close to 1:00 a.m. so you can see how slow that line is moving our way. most of us will just see patchy fog developing to night but those western zones watching out for some of those pockets of showers. mid 60s right now in philadelphia. humidity trying to creep up there at 78%. winds are out of the east northeast at about 8 miles per hour. but look at the high temperature for the last day of september. 79 degrees. that'
scott. >> that's right, iain. as we look at ultimate doppler we're watching a weak cold front move toward the central part of the state but take look at some of these pretty aggressive showers even thunderstorms right now moving out of the harrisburg area as we zoom in little closer you can see where we have the yellow as well as the red. that's pretty intense rainfall. there was also a little bit of lightning associated with this cluster. as we put a tracker on it it's moving very slow...
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caitlin. >> hi, iain. our big weather story far out towards our west a potent autumn cold front slicing through the midwest bringing rain and severe weather to the portions of the mid south that will move eastward and bring us wet weather by early weekend. so tracking this cold front by tomorrow night, it's still back towards our west. but as it approaches it will bring a healthy doze of some rain at the worst time. saturday to start our weekend off with some pretty damp weather. so as we go through the morning hours you see that rain pushing through probably going to delay maybe cancel your golf game or some of the kids sports games. luckily though this cold front is quick moving and should be out by late afternoon. we'll see some clearing in late day sunshine behind it but the impacts will carry over through the weekend. timing out this rain, starts off dry friday night. it should arrive closer towards dawn. when you wake up it's raining steady at times north and west where we expect half inch to an inch
caitlin. >> hi, iain. our big weather story far out towards our west a potent autumn cold front slicing through the midwest bringing rain and severe weather to the portions of the mid south that will move eastward and bring us wet weather by early weekend. so tracking this cold front by tomorrow night, it's still back towards our west. but as it approaches it will bring a healthy doze of some rain at the worst time. saturday to start our weekend off with some pretty damp weather. so as we...
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iain? >> all right, sabina, thank you. >>> six year old boy has died after a tragic accident in philadelphia's nicetown tioga neighbor. police say the boy was hit by a brown buick will he sabre on the 3600 block of north 15th street shortly after 4:00 p.m. a man who lives on the street was sitting on his porch when he heard the accident happen. he came running out to the street to help. >> i lost a son two years ago. i know the pain of the parents and the ugh lee i don't have thing i've seen in my life. >> the boy ran out in the middle of the street between two parked cars and the driver did not see him in time to stop. the driver did stay on the scene. police say no drugs or alcohol were involved and no charges have been filed against the driver. >>> to developing story. a deadly fire in new jersey. investigators say someone intentionally set the fire that killed a cooper university hospital ceo and his wife. now that fire broke out at their home early sunday morning, and now vest gathers
iain? >> all right, sabina, thank you. >>> six year old boy has died after a tragic accident in philadelphia's nicetown tioga neighbor. police say the boy was hit by a brown buick will he sabre on the 3600 block of north 15th street shortly after 4:00 p.m. a man who lives on the street was sitting on his porch when he heard the accident happen. he came running out to the street to help. >> i lost a son two years ago. i know the pain of the parents and the ugh lee i don't...
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iain? >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> here's a look at the man philadelphia police charge in the sexual assault of a woman inside her chinatown art studio. 29 year old brandon menially facing several charges including attempted murder, sexual assault and robbery. investigators say they found menially in a homeless shelter and took him into custody. the attack happened sunday morning. cops say menially not only assaulted the 45 year old woman, he also took off with $600. >> and time now for a look at your fox 29 weather authority forecast we're talking rain and winds tonight as we just saw with chris o'connell and dave kinchen, scott. that's right. you probably are better off with a poncho instead of an umbrella. we're looking at temperatures right now 64 degrees. humidity 87%. winds right now south southwest 15. but take a look at the rainfall causing puddles outside of our studios at fourth and mark. so slick road conditions if you're headed into third shift. right now, as we take a lo
iain? >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> here's a look at the man philadelphia police charge in the sexual assault of a woman inside her chinatown art studio. 29 year old brandon menially facing several charges including attempted murder, sexual assault and robbery. investigators say they found menially in a homeless shelter and took him into custody. the attack happened sunday morning. cops say menially not only assaulted the 45 year old woman, he also took off with $600....
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iain. >> dave, thank you. we'll see you then. >>> sky fox over water main break causing trouble in northeast philadelphia. the break is at southampton road and rose vest boulevard. it broke just before 2:00 and shut down southampton to roosevelt no word on what caused the break and we of course will keep updated. >> burlington county contractors dig agnew swimming pool have discovered human bones. crews unearthed them yesterday afternoon on the 600 block of bank avenue in riverton. investigators say the remains appear to be very old. they do not suspect foul play. forensic anthropologist with state police is examining notice bones. >>> developing now more than a dozen dogs found in deplorable conditions inside a south philadelphia home. the animals were removed by animal welfare officers this morning. some of the dogs badly injured. officers say the conditions they were living in were not the worst part of this story. fox 29's dawn tim money knee live tonight in hunting park outside the pspca. dawn, how did th
iain. >> dave, thank you. we'll see you then. >>> sky fox over water main break causing trouble in northeast philadelphia. the break is at southampton road and rose vest boulevard. it broke just before 2:00 and shut down southampton to roosevelt no word on what caused the break and we of course will keep updated. >> burlington county contractors dig agnew swimming pool have discovered human bones. crews unearthed them yesterday afternoon on the 600 block of bank avenue in...